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Occupy DC protesters holds a signs January 17, 2012 during a demonstration in front of the Capitol in Washington, DC. The White House was locked down for more than an hour on Tuesday night as authorities investigated what appeared to be a smoke bomb tossed over the fence of the executive compound, a Secret Service spokesman said.

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WASHINGTON - The White House was locked down for more than an hour on Tuesday night as authorities investigated what appeared to be a smoke bomb tossed over the fence of the executive compound, a Secret Service spokesman said.

The device was thrown over the fence at one point when about 1,000 to 1,500 “Occupy DC” protesters were demonstrating outside the White House, Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie said. He gave the “all clear” later in the evening. A majority of the protesters had left the area earlier and there had been

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Denpasar – The mediation trial for the law suit of Bali Government, Made Mangku Pastika on Bali Post is being continued in Denpasar Court. After the governor was called twice, yesterday the Bali Post’s turn attended the trial. Bali Post was represented by the Chief Editor Nyoman Wirata accompanied by the lawyers, I Nyoman Gde Sudiantara, S.H., Suryatin Lijaya, S.H.,

no arrests, he said. President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, went out to dinner to celebrate her birthday and were not at the White House when the incident began but returned while the investigation was under way. Continued on page 6

Nyoman Putra, S.H., and Agus Sujoko, S.H. the trial which was supposed to start at 10 am postponed until 12 noon. The trial was very short and around 15 minutes later, the mediation ended. Suryatin Lijaya said that the mediator will have the opportunity to explain the result of the trial to the governor. On the other hand, the IBP/Yudi Karnaedi Bali Post has also received the result of the meditation trial between the Bali Post lawyer, Suryatin Lijaya, explained to the press about the progress of mediation on Governor Bali vs governor and the mediator. Bali Post case, on Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Continued on page 6

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Bali News Lack of raw materials,

production of sandalwood fans drops Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Fan has become one of the favored souvenirs by residents, chiefly for wedding ceremony. Many craftsmen flocked to create a variety of fan creations in order to draw the attention of consumers. One of them is Wayan Wiraperdhana. The fan craftsman from Sesetan, South Denpasar, has diverse innovations in facing the quite tight competition, especially in terms of production and marketing of the fan for a souvenir and wall decoration. Enriching the fan collection and design should be performed. Other than for facing competition, the strategy was also meant to attract the attention of consumers. “Our home business was pioneered in 1970s and now has come to the third generation,� he explained. In his mind, there was not only a business, but also the way to survive as a fan craftsman preserving the sandalwood fan of Sesetan typicality. “Our previous characteristic was indeed the maker of sandalwood fan. However, considering the scarcity and the soaring high price of sandalwood, the sandalwood fan is then becoming a complement,� he explained. He currently more focused on the selling of fan made of Bali local wood. Virtually every month, at least eleven thousand fans could be produced with a variety of motives. Even, 60 percent of which was exported to several countries, like France and Spain. One of the innovative fans initiated was a painted fan for wedding souvenir and hand fan for art shop used as wall decoration. Advantage of this fan was the buyer got a freedom to choose the painting style whether it would be used as hand fan of wall ornament. Not just a painted fan, Wiracana had now developed an embroidery fan by means of various fabrics. Most fans were ordered by foreign fashion hobbyists. Other than design, the materials used by Wiracana fan had made him still exist in the middle of tight fan business competition. Apart from wood materials, he also used bone, silver and gold to enhance his products. No wonder, such innovation had made the Wiracana fan craft widely known. With the selling price ranging from IDR 10,000 to IDR 8.5 million, Wiracana could not only mine benefits and employ dozens of workers, but could also make his products competitive in the midst of onslaught by China’s fans spreading in the market after the free trade implementation. (bit)

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The ofďŹ cers are checking the villa which was built on the edge of Beratan Lake, Tabanan

Quibble to be a private property

Villa on lake borderline unlicensed Tabanan (Bali Post)—

There remain some unlicensed villas in Tabanan. A villa located on the edge of Lake Beratan, Candikuning I Hamlet, Candikuning Village, Baturiti, was unable to present its RIÂżFLDO SHUPLVVLRQ ZKHQ LQVSHFWHG E\ WKH SXEOLF RUGHU RIÂżFHUV 6DWSRO 33 of Tabanan, Tuesday (Jan 17). The RIÂżFHUV ZHUH RQO\ PHW E\ WKH VHFXULW\ RIÂżFHU DQG JDUGHQHU Aside from being unable to present the permits, the villa building was also suspicious because the courtyard directly bordered with the lip of the lake. Its architectural style was very luxurious like a five star hotel. In front of the entrance lay a lobby and UHFHSWLRQ RIÂżFH WKHQ WKHUH ZDV WKH paving-blocked pathway leading to the villa building. 7KH RIÂżFHUV RI 6DWSRO 33 KDG H[amined some corners of the villa, but the condition was quiet. Nevertheless, the villa looked elegant as villas in general. Even, there were few gas cylinders as means of heating water. :KHQ WKH RIÂżFHUV DUULYHG DW a.m. Local Time, a number of workers looked distraught. Strangely, none of the workers knew the phone number RI WKH PDQDJHU 7KH RIÂżFHU RQO\ JDYH

the phone number of the management office located in Kuta. When the number was contacted, in fact, the villa was really unlicensed. “It is said WKH RIÂżFH ZLOO H[WHQG WKH SHUPLW +H SURPLVHV WR FRPH WR WKH RIÂżFH RI 6DWpol PP tomorrow (Wednesday—Ed),â€? said Nyoman Suaba, an investigator of civil servant (PPNS) of the Satpol PP Tabanan after the inspection. 7KLV RIÂżFLDO VDLG WKDW EDVHG RQ WKH report received, the luxurious villa had been renamed from Bedugul Garden and Lake Resort (BGLR) to Resort Puri Candikuning (RPC). However, until last Tuesday no name board was found at the villa location. Especially for the RPC, the permit had expired in May 2009. More strangely, the super luxurious building only had a permit of budget hotel. “We will report this information to the leadership, including tracing the documents,â€? he exSODLQHG $FFRUGLQJ WR WKH RIÂżFH VWDII when contacted by Suaba, the villa PDQDJHPHQW ZDV VWLOO KDG GLIÂżFXOW\ to get approval from the adjacent landowner to extend the permit. 2QH RI WKH YLOOD VHFXULW\ RIÂżFHUV Ngurah Sudi, admitted if the villa building was not operated commercially, but only used privately. So far,

it was only occupied by the owner and even very rare. According to him, the villa project had not totally accomplished yet. Related to the permits, the man quibbled to know nothing. “We just do clean-up services along with 20 other workers. For the matter of permit, please contact the management,â€? he suggested. Meanwhile, the Headman of Candikuning, Made Mudita deplored the licensing issues. He got information if the villa had been renamed. However, his party never knew about the process of renaming. “Probably, the process took place before my appointment. However, VR IDU WKHUH KDV EHHQ QR RIÂżFLDO FRQÂżUPDWLRQ UHJDUGLQJ WKH QHZ SHUPLW from the management,â€? he said. Ideally, Mudita said when extending the permit of villa or other business, village authority should be involved. Prior to submitting all licensing, the ÂżUVW SURFHVV ZDV WR DVN IRU UHFRPmendation and approval from village administration. Moreover, according to Mudita, the adjacent landowners of the villa belonged to his extended family. Mudita worried if his party would be disregarded in the process to obtain the permit. (udi)

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Windscreen shattered, IDR 400 million vanishes Gianyar (Bali Post)—

Another case of windscreen shatter occurred in Gianyar. This WLPH LW DIĂ€LFWHG D XQLW RI )UHHG FDU SDUNHG DW 3DJXWDQ +DPOHW Batubulan Village, Sukawati Subdistrict, with the victim Rusnanto, 40. Since the windscreen was shattered, the sum of IDR 400 million kept in the car vanished. The incident took place around 11:30 a.m. Local Time. Eventually the victim reported the incident to Headquarters of Sukawati Police, Tuesday afternoon (Jan 17). Based on information compiled, at that time, Rusanto with KLV FROOHDJXH +DGL 6XNDU\R was eating in the Waja food stall DW 3DJXWDQ +DPOHW %DWXEXODQ 9LOODJH $W WKDW WLPH KH MXVW FDPH from withdrawing cash worth ,'5 PLOOLRQ LQ %&$ RI WKH 7HXNX 8PDU %UDQFK $V SODQQHG the victim and colleague would like to go to Ubud. When arriving in Batubulan, he parked the car with license plate of DK 745 VF on the west side of the food stall facing north. Within less than ten minutes, after eating they were back to the

FDU +RZ VXUSULVH KH ZDV ZKHQ returning to the car he saw if the left windscreen had been shatWHUHG +DVWLO\ WKH YLFWLP JRW LQWR the car and examined the plastic bag containing the cash worth ,'5 PLOOLRQ SXW XQGHU WKH front seat. In fact, it had disappeared. Then, he immediately reported the incident to Sukawati Police. Chief of Sukawati Police, I Made Witaya, justified if his party had received the report on the theft. From the report, police then deepened the case and conducted an investigation. (kmb16)

Crewmen of Costa Concordia from Buleleng safe Family holds ngulapin ritual Singaraja (Bali Post)—

Two young men from Buleleng Regency working in the Costa &RQFRUGLD &UXLVH ,WDO\ ZHUH UHSRUWHG VDIH $IWHU UHFHLYLQJ WKH information, the family of both employees held ngulapin or selfpurification ritual. One of the young men from Buleleng who worked in the ill-fated FUXLVH VKLS ZDV .DGHN $OLW 6HWLD $UMDQD OLYLQJ RQ -DODQ 8GD\DQD 6HULULW +H KDG MXVW ZRUNHG IRU WKUHH PRQWKV RQ WKH FUXLVH VKLS DV D cook. When hearing the ship got an accident, his family in Seririt immediately looked for information. Fortunately, after the incident, $OLW LQIRUPHG KLV FRQGLWLRQ WR WKH IDPLO\ LQ %XOHOHQJ LI KH VXUYLYHG 1HYHUWKHOHVV $OLW FRQIHVVHG WR EH WUDXPDWL]HG E\ WKH LQFLGHQW +DYLQJ successfully rescued and been placed in refugee camps in one of the KRWHOV LQ ,WDO\ $OLW ZLWK FROOHDJXHV IURP %DOL ZRXOG EH UHSDWULDWHG on Tuesday (Jan 17). (OGHU VLVWHU RI $OLW 1\RPDQ $UVLDQL VDLG RQ 7XHVGD\ WKDW WR KHDO KLV WUDXPD WKH IDPLO\ LPPHGLDWHO\ KHOG QJXODSLQ ULWXDO $FFRUGLQJ to local belief, each family member who was safe from the incident almost claiming the life should be given ngulapin ritual. “My younger EURWKHU VXUYLYHG DQG JRW QR LQMXULHV +H LV RQO\ VWLOO WUDXPDWL]HG by the incident. Therefore, our parents agreed to hold the ritual to spiritually restore his psychological condition,� she said. $UVLDQL DGGHG WKDW DIWHU JUDGXDWLQJ IURP WRXULVP VFKRRO LQ /RPERN 17% LQ $OLW ZRUNHG LQ D FUXLVH VKLS 6R IDU KH KDG FKDQJHG workplace in five Italian cruise ships with the position as a cook. +RZHYHU LQ WKH &RVWD &RQFRUGLD &UXLVH KH KDG EHHQ ZRUNLQJ VLQFH 1RYHPEHU $V VRRQ DV KHDULQJ WKH LQIRUPDWLRQ RQ WKH FUXLVH ship running aground from the media, his parents Ketut Metaram and Putu Merta Sining were surprised. Even, his father, Ketut Metaram, fainted after receiving the information about the cruise ship where $OLW ZRUNHG JRW DQ DFFLGHQW 0HDQZKLOH WKH +HDG RI %XOHOHQJ 0DQSRZHU DQG 7UDQVPLJUDWLRQ $JHQF\ 0DGH 6XODVWUL VDLG WKDW SDUHQWV RI WKH HPSOR\HHV ZRUNLQJ on the cruise running aground were urged to calm and did not need to panic. She did so because the workers from Bali including two ZRUNHUV IURP %XOHOHQJ FRPSULVLQJ $OLW DQG 3XWX <XGL $UWD ZHUH UHported safe. Similarly, the recruitment agency placing both workers remained responsible for the crewmen from Bali, including those from Buleleng. (kmb)

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Kintamani tourism goes through setbacks Bangli (Bali Post)—

$ QXPEHU RI LQFLGHQWV UDQJing from hawkers forcing tourLVWV XQWLO WRXU JXLGH ÂżJKWLQJ RYHU commission when escorting guests happened recently. Such incidents had harmed the image of Kintamani tourism again. The Regent of Bangli, Made Gianyar, recently said that his party was very serious to revive the image of Kintamani tourism that recently suffered a setback. 9DULRXV SUREOHPV DIĂ€LFWLQJ WKH Bangli tourism had made the WRXULVP LPDJH VOXPS $GPLWtedly, such various factors made Kintamani that had been previ-

ously famous in the world get increasingly unremarkable. 7R UHYLYH LW UHTXLUHG WKH VHriousness of all the components of society. It could not just rely on the government without the support and good will of the community. Moreover, at this time his party was getting serious and did the arrangements to Kintamani. From the smallest elements like disciplining the souvenir hawkers, local tour guides up to physical improvements to tourist attraction had been carried RXW +RSHIXOO\ WKH LQYROYHPHQW and good will of the community

could change the negative image of Kintamani tourism. By doing VR KH KDG FRQÂżGHQFH WKH JORU\ as a world tourist destination could be regained. $QRWKHU PHDVXUH WDNHQ ZDV to cooperate with the IndoneVLD 7RXU *XLGHV $VVRFLDWLRQ +3, RI %DOL &KDSWHU 6SRNHVSHUVRQ RI +3, %DOL $PRV Lillo, and the ranks once made a site inspection to Kintamani tourist attraction a few weeks ago. The entourage had time to visit the local tourist attractions like Penelokan, Kedisan pier and Trunyan traditional village. (kmb17)

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)LYH (XURSHDQV NLOOHG LQ (WKLRSLD DWWDFN Agence France Presse

Ethiopia said on Wednesday that five tourists killed in an attack blamed on terrorists in the northeast were all European, and that two other foreigners in the group had been kidnapped. The government confirmed the attack, first reported by state television late on Tuesday, and blamed terrorists backed by its arch-foe neighbour Eritrea. “Terrorist groups trained and armed by the Eritrean government crossed the border and attacked them and the assailants have gone back,” government spokesman Bereket Simon told AFP. “They killed five, wounded two and kidnapped four, out of which two foreigners, one police and one driver,” Bereket Simon said. Eritrea vehemently denied involvement in the attack. Simon earlier said those killed were a German, a Belgian, an Italian, a Hungarian and an Austrian. He did not give the nationalities of those wounded or abducted. State television said the wounded had been taken to hospital by

government forces in the region. The attack occurred Monday in the remote Afar region near Ethiopia’s border with Eritrea. The group was visiting the Erta Ale volcanic site. A German foreign ministry official who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity said they were probing reports that German nationals could have been victims of the attack. “Reports of an attack on tourist group with German citizens in Ethiopia are being followed up. The German foreign ministry and the German embassy are working with determination to clarify the matter and the fate of the German citizens,” the officials said on phone from Berlin. The official said the tourists were travelling in the same group. The Afar region, an inhospitable scrubland and desert with shallow salty lakes and chains of volcanoes, is reputed to be one of the hottest places on Earth. It also known for hominid fossil finds. Addis Ababa routinely accuses Eritrea of supporting rebels fighting the Ethiopian regime, charges that Eritrea denies.

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Any decision by Israel on whether to attack Iran in a bid to halt its nuclear programme remains “very far away,” Defence Minister Ehud Barak (pictured) told army radio on Wednesday.

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Any decision by Israel on whether to attack Iran in a bid to halt its nuclear programme remains “very far away,” Defence Minister Ehud Barak told army radio on Wednesday.

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This file illustration photo shows camels carrying salt in the Ethiopia’s Afar region. Ethiopia said on Wednesday that five tourists killed in an attack blamed on terrorists in the northeast were all European, and that two other foreigners in the group had been kidnapped.

“We don’t have a decision to go forward with these things. We don’t have a decision or a date for taking such a decision. This whole thing is very far away,” he said. Asked to explain what he meant by “far away,” Barak said he did not want to make “forecasts.” Barak’s comments came as tensions rise over Iran’s nuclear programme, which Israel and Western govern-

ments suspect masks a drive for a weapons capability. Iran denies any such ambition, saying the programme is for peaceful power generation and medical purposes only, and has refused repeated UN Security Council ultimatums to suspend uranium enrichment. Israel, which has the Middle East’s sole if undeclared nuclear arsenal, has said an Iranian

nuclear weapons capability would pose an existential threat to the Jewish state. It has not ruled out resorting to military action to prevent any possibility of the Islamic republic developing one. The United States, which has expressed serious concern over Iran’s nuclear programme, has pushed for much tougher sanctions, targeting its oil exports and financial institutions. But Israeli officials have accused Washington of dragging its feet, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the sanctions currently in force do not go far enough.

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Prince Philip, the 90-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, resumed official duties on Tuesday evening for the first time since undergoing heart surgery over Christmas. The Duke of Edinburgh, as he is officially known, looked relaxed as he arrived for a dinner at Cambridge University to mark 100 years to the day since explorer Captain Robert Scott reached the South Pole.

Adventurer Ranulph Fiennes and Prince Albert of Monaco were also among the 100 guests attending the event at Corpus Christi College to raise funds for the Scott Polar Research Institute. Prince Philip was admitted to hospital on December 23 after complaining of chest pains, and was found to have a blocked coronary artery. He underwent surgery to have a stent fitted, before being released on December 27. The health scare was the most

serious yet for the prince, the longest serving royal consort in British history, and came as the queen prepares to celebrate her diamond jubilee year marking 60 years on the throne. Prince Phillip (L) is greeted by Cambridge University Vice Chancellor Prof Leszek Borysiewicz as he arrives for the Corpus Christi College in Cambridge for a dinner to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Captain Scotts Antartic expedition

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Aston opened Favehotel Adi Sucipto IBP

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JAKARTA – Recently Aston International opened its sixth trendy select service favehotel, the favehotel Adi Sucipto - Solo. The new favehotel located in the very heart of Solo’s business district and close to the International Airport and Railway Station, is also within easy reach of well known tourist destinations such as the Javanese Kraton Mangkunegaran and the most popular traditional market Pasar Klewer. The hotel offers 190 modern, functional and stylish fave rooms, several meeting rooms for up to 200 persons as well as a charming coffee shop. Aston International’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr. Norbert Vas, said “favehotel Adi Sucipto – Solo is a delightful, select service, fun, fresh and friendly hotel – offering Solo

something surprisingly different and definitely destined to become the favorite choice for smart budget minded travelers in the city.” Solo is a city in Central Java, Indonesia (also known as Surakarta) and is located 60 kilometres from Yogyakarta. Surakarta

together with Yogyakarta is well known as the cultural heartland of Java - famous for its refined, highly polished aesthetic and sophisticated Javanese art with the well known Kraton serving as an important center dedicated to the preservation of Javanese culture.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for January 4 through 26, 2012 4 Jan Buda Paing Wariga Merajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli. 7 Jan Tumpek Uduh/Pengatag Pura Puseh/Pura Desa Batuan Sukawati Pura Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi Pura Manik Mas Besakih. 8 Jan Purnama Kepitu Ngusaba Ngaed Pr. Benua - Besakih Pura Dalem Desa Camenggaon - Sukawati Pura Suranadhi Lombok Pura Narmada Lombok Pura Segara Ampenan Lombok Mr Agung Dewa Agung Klungkung Sidemen Karangasem Pura . Merajan Pasek Gelgel Ababi Mr. Pasek gelgel Tista Pura di Gunung - Tianyar Kubu - Karangasem. Pura Pingit Klenting sari Gerokgak - Singaraja Pura di Gunung - Tianyar Tianyar Merajan Pasek Gelgel Ababi Mr. Pasek gelgel Tista Pura di Gunung - Tianyar Kubu - Karangasem Pura Pingit Klenting sari Gerokgak - Singaraja Pura Payogan Agung Kutai Kartanegara. 11 Jan Buda Wage Warigadean. Pura Kepisah Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Pura Pasek Gelgel Pura Puncaksari Penarukan Peninjoan Bangli Pura Bangun Sakti Besakih Pura Antegsari Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan Pura Pesimpangan Batur Pande Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan 13 Jan Sukra Umanis Warigadean Odalan Ida Ratu di Penataran Agung Besakih

Odalan Ida Ratu Puraus Merajan Salonding Besakih. 15 Jan Redite Pon Julungwangi Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Banjar Singaraja. 17 Jan Anggar Kasih Julungwangi Pura Tirtaharum Tegalwangi Bangli Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit Buleleng Pura Dalem Waturenggong Taro Tegalalang Pura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanasari Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup Pura manik Bingin Sidemen. 18 Jan Buda Umanis Julungwangi Pura Penetaran Gana Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande Bangli Pura Puncaksari Sangeh Abiansemal Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi Sidan Gianyar Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Jakatebel Merajan Pasek Prateka Batusesa Odalan di Mr. Jeroan Dauh Cemenggon Pr. Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan Singaraja. 23 Jan Tilem Kepitu Aci Petahuan Pura Ulun Kulkul Besakih Ngusaba Buluh Pura Benua Kawasan Besakih. 26 Jan Wraspati Wage Sungsang Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Pr. Siang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Petemon Merajan Pasek Gelgel MelinggihGelgel Melinggih Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih

Balinese Temple Ceremony EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc. The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion. The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines. In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Mubarak trial encapsulates divisions in Egypt Associated Press Writer

CAIR Hosni Mubarak, on trial for his life, is ferried to court by helicopter from a presidential hospital suite. His sons and co-defendants swagger in wearing designer track suits and no handcuffs. His security chief is treated with near reverence by police in the courtroom. )RU DFWLYLVWV LQ (J\SW WKH scenes only deepen their feeling that the authoritarian system the ousted president oversaw remains largely in place, almost a year since the 18-day uprising that toppled him. When Mubarak’s trial began five months ago, many hoped it would bring not only punishment but a clear sense of victory for a movement that aimed to wipe the slate clean and start again. Instead, it has boiled down to a bare-knuckled showdown between supporters and foes of the “revoluWLRQ ´ UHĂ€HFWLQJ WKH WHQVLRQV WKDW have been gripping the country. Those divisions were clear in court Tuesday as Mubarak’s defense began its arguments. +LV FKLHI ODZ\HU )DULG HO 'HHE went for maximum effect with flowery language depicting him as an unjustly maligned victim who tried to improve Egypt during 29 years in power. “This man before you, who is 83, has been fatigued and burdened by ailments and mauled by the malice of cunning people,â€? el-Deeb said. “He is looking to your justice to save him from the oppression that surrounds him from every direction, after his reputation and history have been targeted by tongues and pens.â€? The courtroom erupted when he said that Mubarak in fact supported the revolution. El-Deeb quoted from a letter he said Mubarak wrote to his lifetime friend Ahmed Shafiq — who was prime minister at the time of the uprising — saying that protesters were exercising their right to stage peaceful protests but were infiltrated by criminals and Islamists who destroyed public property and challenged the regime’s “legitimacy.â€? “Lies, lies!â€? and “Execution for Mubarak!â€? screamed the lawyers representing the families of protesters killed by police during the revolution. They rushed at el-Deeb and nearly set upon him, but court police quickly moved to keep them back. Mubarak, who has worn an

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Italy ship search suspended after KXON PRYHV RI‍ۋ‏FLDOV Reuters

GIGLI , Italy - Italian divers suspended their search of the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia after the vessel shifted slightly on LWV UHVWLQJ SODFH QHDU WKH 7XVFDQ LVODQG RI *LJOLR RIÂżFLDOV VDLG RQ Wednesday. )LUH VHUYLFHV VSRNHVPDQ /XFD &DUL VDLG WKH VHDUFK ZDV VXVSHQGHG DW about 8.00 a.m (0700 GMT) after a shift of a few centimeters, posing a potential threat to diving teams operating in the submerged spaces of the ship. There was no word on when work might resume.

Death toll in Haiti truck crash climbs to 29 Associated Press

P RT-A -PRINCE, Haiti — A truck’s brakes failed and it crashed a small bus then careened onto the sidewalk of one Portau-Prince’s busiest streets, killing 29 people and injuring 67, a Haitian official said Tuesday. Nadia Lochard of Haiti’s Civil Protection Office said the accident happened on Route Delmas in the capital when the driver lost control of his dump truck. The press office of President Michel Martelly issued a statement saying the leader went to the site of the crash, which was in front of the national television headquarters. The sidewalk outside the news station is often crowded with street vendors who sell their goods and motorcycle cabbies awaiting customers. The incident happened before midnight Monday.

White House... From page 1 Members of the White House press pool were prevented from leaving for about 45 minutes before they were escorted off the grounds. Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House was also closed during the investigation. Demonstrators from the Occupy movement marched to the White House after earlier converging at the U.S. Capitol and congressional office buildings to protest against the influence of money on lawmakers. Several hundred demonstrators, some from as far as Nevada and San Diego, staged rallies and attempts to meet lawmakers as they returned from a holiday break. One demonstrator was arrested for assaulting a police officer and three others for crossing a police line, a Capitol Police spokeswoman said. The Occupy movement burst on the national scene in September in New York with its focus on income inequality in the United States.

Peaceful... From page 1 AP Photo/Mohammed al-Law

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled into a court house in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. unwaveringly grim expression ever since the trial began on Aug. 3, looked content as el-Deeb SUDLVHG KLP )RU WKH ILUVW WLPH LQ the trial, he sat in a wheelchair in the courtroom cage where the defendants are kept, rather than lying on a hospital gurney as he has in previous sessions. Mubarak, his former security

chief Habib el-Adly and four top security officers are charged with complicity in the killing of hundreds of protesters and could face the death penalty if convicted. Mubarak’s sons Alaa and Gamal, along with their father, are charged with corruption in the same trial, a crime that would carry a prison sentence.

“We hope that our statement and thought are given to the governor through the mediator,� he added. He also said that his side already opens the door for peaceful settlement. “We are open to reach the peaceful end on this case. However, the terms of the peace need to be discussed. This is the one that we emphasis on,� Suryatin explained. However, he cannot explain further because now the case is still in the level of mediation. “I’m sorry I cannot give further detail about the discussion and everything is still on the hand of the mediator,� Suryatin added. (108)

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A worker arranges incense sticks after drying at an incense factory preparing for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Tangerang, Banten province January 14, 2012. According to the owners of the factory, sales generated from incense demand by the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia increases by 50% during the festive season. The Lunar New Year begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac.

SURABAYA — Police say 19 illegal migrants, including survivors of a shipwreck, have escaped from an Indonesian detention house. Thirty detainees fled Monday night through a tunnel they dug themselves, and 11 have been recaptured in a search across East Java province, said Maj. Hadi Suryo, the police chief in the provincial town of Bangil. Iwan Rustiawan, head of the detention house, said among those escaping were survivors of a shipwreck last month. The ship that sank Dec. 17 carried nearly 250 asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan trying to reach Australia in search of a better life. Only 49 survived. The recaptured detainees told police they were trying to find their contacts to arrange another boat to reach Australia.

Lunar new year preparations at temple show interfaith tolerance Antara

JAKARTA - An example of the practice of Indonesian pluralism and tolerance can be seen in activity at the Jin De Yuan Buddhist Temple at Petak Sembilan, Glodok, in downtown Jakarta in preparation of the Lunar New Year celebrations. In the temple`s compound, people from many different religious and ethnic backgrounds work hand in hand to prepare the house of worhip for Chinese New Year celebrations on January 23. Local civil defense personnel (Han-

sip) most of whom are Muslim can be seen preparing themselves to guard the temple which will be visited by many people on the eve of or on Imlek as Lunar New Year is locally called. The temple`s walls is given a new paint cover by workers who

are mostly Muslims. “We try our best to prepare the temple for the celebrations. That is why we need the cooperation of many sides, including people living around the temple,” said Yu Ie (37), the Jin De Yuan temple`s manager. “It does not matter what their religion or ethnic identity is,” Yu Ie added. “I would really like to help here, because I have been living around here since I was little, and people from this temple have always been

kind to me,” said Suratin (50), one of the civil defense guards said. Imlek was not listed as an official holiday on Indonesian calendars for many years but since early 2002, it has been a national holiday, indicating a strengthening of the nation`s interfaith and inter-ethnic sense of tolerance end respect. “Historically, the Jin De Yuan temple is the oldest house of worhip of its kind in Jakarta. It was first built in 1650 but destroyed by the colonial government in 1740 and

rebuilt in 1755 and then named Jin De Yuan which means virtue of gold.” Yu Ie explained. In the runup and during Imlek, the alley way leading to the temple from its main gate is usually lined by beggars of various ethnicities and religions who expect tithes from temple goers. “We do not feel disturbed by or try to drive the beggars away from the front of the temple as long as they behave in orderly manner,” said Yu Ie.

Kadin asks government to persuade Breast milk courier helps Indonesian mums cope state banks lower lending rates Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has asked the government to push state-owned banks to lead in lowering the interest rates on lending. “We hope that the Vice President and the State Enterprises Minister will encourage state-owned banks to take the lead in lowering the lending rates to the same level as those in other ASEAN countries,” Kadin chairman Bambang Suryo Sulistyo said at a meeting with Vice President Boediono at the latter`s office here Tuesday. With state-owned banks pio-

neering a lowering of lending rates it was hoped other banks would follow suit so that interest rates would become more competitive and investment could increase. He said lending rates had difficulty coming down although inflation had remained under control and tending to drop and banks had plenty of liquidity. Indonesia`s inflation rate in 2011 was recorded at 3.79 percent. Meanwhile, Bank Indonesia`s policy was conservatively keeping its benchmark rate at six percent while regionally and globally interest rates had sharply dropped. In addition, the banking industry`s

inefficiency had made credit in the field costly. The lending rate in the field now averaged 11 percent. “The business community, smalland medium-scale enterprises in particular, is thereby unable to benefit from the currently favorable external conditions of the money market,” he said. Bambang also said it was quite possible there was a money market (deposits and SBI (Bank Indonesia Certificates) auctions) cartel where big capital owners, state owned enterprises and government ministries demanded special interest rates causing lending rates to remain high.

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JAKARTA - Febby Kemala Dewi returned to work at a Jakarta accounting firm after three months of maternity leave but struggled, like many new mums, to balance her home and work lives -- especially keeping her infant daughter fed. Unwilling to stop breastfeeding, unable to pump enough for a whole day in the morning before work and leery of giving her baby anything but the freshest milk, she finally turned to a unique Jakarta service -- a breast milk motorbike courier. “I have to work, but at the same

time I can still feed my baby,” said Dewi, the wall by her desk plastered with pictures of her smiling daughter, eight-month-old Ashalina Putri. Now, the 29-year-old IT consultant pumps breast milk at her office in central Jakarta and a courier comes to pick up the bottles around lunchtime. Placing them in a padded cooler box whose strap he then slings over his shoulder, the courier rides 45 minutes to an hour on a motorbike through choked Jakarta streets to deliver the milk to Dewi’s mother, who cares for the baby.

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Bali Today Ahead of the Chinese New Year, hotel occupancy reaches 60 percent Mangupura (Bali Post)—

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Balinese ethnic Chinese woman carries a statue of Chinese god to be cleaned at a temple in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. The occupancy rate of hotels in Bali reach 60 percent during Lunar New Year’s holiday.

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(Banana Fritters) Ingredients 4 Eggs 12 T Flour 4 Ripe bananas Oil for deep frying Cinnamon sugar Directions: Slightly beat eggs and mix with our and half cup water. Mash bananas with fork and mix thoroughly with our and egg mixture. Deep-fry banana and our mixture by the tablespoonful in hot oil until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper and dust with cinnamon sugar.

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570cc or 30 egg yolks 525-600 g butter, whipped or melted 100 g our, sifted 300 g granulated sugar 3 Tbs. sweetened condensed milk 1 Tbs. special layer cake extract (optional) 15 g powdered milk ½ tps. powdered vanilla extract Directions: Place the egg yolks, granulated sugar and vanilla into mixing bowl. Beat to very high soft peak. Stir in the layer cake extract, our and butter. The batter should be very thick. Place wax paper at the bottom of a 8x8x8 inch buttered baking pan. Spread butter on top of the wax paper as well. Pour 3-4 Tbs. of batter into the wax covered pan and bake in a preheated 350°F oven (gas oven is better than electric oven) for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and press the cake evenly and then spread butter (not to much, just for avoring) on cake top. Pour another 3-4 Tbs. of batter and bake it again for ďŹ ve minutes. Keep doing this step until the batter is ďŹ nished. Serve when cool.

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Enjoy the uniqueness of Nusa Lembongan IBP

Like the water ows, myriad of foreign tourists throng the island of Nusa Lem bongan. So, it is not mistaken if this bijou island becomes one of the most popular marine tourist attractions. Every day, they come to the tiny island located in the Klungkung Regency. Even, during peak season the number of tourists coming can reach 1,500 people. Sweetness of honey belongs to Nusa Lembongan makes a number of cruise companies selling holiday package over there. One of them is Bounty Cruise based at Benoa Harbor. In the morning at around 9:30 am Local Time, Bounty Cruise has started its voyage to Nusa Lembongan. Passengers are just like a king because they are served by the crews amicably. Like the facility on a luxury cruise, breakfast is available aboard. The voyage from Benoa to

Nusa Lembongan Island takes approximately one hour by speed at 20-25 knots or 45 kilometers per hour. During the voyage, we get to enjoy some entertainment, ranging from watching ďŹ lms to sing along on the boat deck. Songs played by the bands are adjusted to the tourist market. On Monday, for example, is speciďŹ cally serving tourists from China, so the song played is a Mandarin song. Nusa Lembongan is a small island of calcareous land. The life of local people seems to give isolated impression considering there has no adequate transportation service. A number of villas and hotels have been established on steep hills and the beach. Even, on the narrow roadside measuring 2.5 meters has already existed a number of art shops and Internet cafes. To go to a number of objects on the island, we use tarpaulin-roofed pickups. After driving about ďŹ ve miles, we arrive at the center of

seaweed village. At this place, we will ďŹ nd farmers who are cleaning the seaweed and also process it. An attractive place to visit here is the unique underground house located in the cave known as GalaGala house. To enter this house, we have to go down the stairs, because this house is located 10 meters under ground of limestone. The height of the cave varies from about 1 to 1.75 meters. Sometimes, we have to duck and crouch to reach the existing rooms. Gala-Gala house was made in 1961 until 1976 by a village resident named Made Byasa who worked as a puppeteer. Such a unique work of Byasa was inspired by the life story of the Pandavas during their living in the forest. For 17 years Byasa had worked day and night to realize such monumental work. Since the age of 75 years, his old body kept on digging and when he was 93 years old he stopped, then he died at the age of 96 years.

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BUSINESS World Bank slashes global GDP forecasts, outlook grim Reuters

BEIJING ASHINGT N - The orld Bank warned developing countries on ednesday to prepare for the real risk that an escalation in the euro area debt crisis could tip the world into a slump on a par with the global downturn in 200 0 . In a report sharply cutting its world economic growth expectations, the World Bank said Europe was probably already in recession. If the euro area debt crisis deepened, global economic forecasts would be significantly lower. “The sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone appears to be contained,� Justin Lin, the chief economist for the World Bank, told reporters in Beijing on Wednesday. “However, the risk of a global freezing-up of the markets and as well as a global crisis similar to what happened in September 2008 are real.� The World Bank predicted world economic growth of 2.5 percent in 2012 and 3.1 percent in 2013, well below the 3.6 percent growth for each year projected in June. “We think it is now important to think through not only slower growth but sharp deteriorations, as a prudent measure,� said Hans Timmer, director of development prospects at the bank. The World Bank said if the euro area debt crisis escalates, global growth would be about 4 percentage points lower. It forecast high-income economies would expand just 1.4 percent in 2012 as the euro area shrinks 0.3 percent, sharp downward revisions from growth forecasts last June of 2.7 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively. It cut its forecast for growth in developing economies to 5.4 percent for 2012 from its previous forecast of 6.2 percent, saying expansion in Brazil and India and to a lesser extent Russia, South Africa and Turkey, had slowed already. It saw a slight pick up in growth in developing economies in 2013

to 6 percent. But the report said threats to growth are still rising, suggesting the outlook remained highly uncertain. “The downturn in Europe and weaker growth in developing countries raises the risk that the two developments reinforce one another, resulting in an even weaker outcome,� it said. It also cited failure so far to resolve high debts and deficits in Japan and the United States and slow growth in other high-income countries, and cautioned those could trigger sudden shocks. On top of that, political tensions in the Middle East and North Africa could disrupt oil supplies and add another blow to global prospects. It said that while Europe was moving toward a long-term solution to its debt problems, markets remained skittish. On balance, the World Bank said global economic conditions were “fragile and there remains great uncertainty as to how markets will evolve over the medium term.� Against that backdrop, it said developing countries were even more vulnerable than they were in 2008 because they could find themselves facing reduced capital flows and softer trade. In addition, many developing countries have weaker finances and wouldn’t be able to respond to a new crisis as vigorously. China’s growth -- forecast in the report at 8.4 percent in 2012 -- could help bolster imports and gives it “big fiscal space� to respond to changing conditions, Lin said. “No country and no region will escape the consequences of a serious downturn,� the World Bank said, adding that now was the time for developing countries

to plan how to soften the impact of a potential deep crisis. A serious crisis would manifest itself in not just reduced trade flows, but also reversal of capital flows, making it hard for countries, especially in Eastern Europe and Latin America, who have debt coming due. The World Bank pointed out that since last August risk aversion to Europe has shot up and “changed the game� for developing countries that have seen their borrowing costs escalate sharply and the flow of capital to them decrease. High-income countries have prime responsibility for preventing a crisis, the World Bank said, but “developing countries have an obligation to support that process both through the G20 (Group of 20 rich and developing countries) and other international fora.� Among other things, developing countries “could help by avoiding entering into trade disputes and by allowing market prices to move freely.� It also said developing-country governments should start contingency planning to identify spending priorities and to try to shore up safety net programs. Those contingencies should take into account possible drops in commodity prices and a fall in capital inflows, the World Bank said. The World Bank forecast is lower than ones from the InWHUQDWLRQDO 0RQHWDU\ )XQG DQG the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, who last officially updated their numbers in September and November, respectively. 7KH ,0) ZKLFK KDV VDLG LW expects to cut its forecasts had predicted world growth of 4.0 percent in 2012, while the OECD had penciled in 3.4 percent.

Yahoo co-founder Yang resigns Reuters

SAN FRANCISC - Yahoo Inc co-founder Jerry Yang has quit the company he started in 1995, appeasing shareholders who had blasted the Internet pioneer for pursuing an ineffective personal vision and impeding investment deals that could have transformed the struggling company. Yang’s abrupt departure comes two weeks after Yahoo appointed Scott Thompson its new CEO, with a mandate to return the onceleading Internet portal to the heights it enjoyed in the 1990s. Wall Street views the exit of “Chief Yahooâ€? Yang as smoothing the way for a major infusion of cash from private equity, or a deal to sell off much of its 40 percent slice of China’sAlibaba, unlocking value for shareholders. Shares of Yahoo gained 3 percent in after-hours trade. “Everyone is going to assume this means a deal is more likely with the Asia counterparts,â€? Macquarie analyst Ben Schacter said. “The perception among shareholders was Jerry was more focused on trying to rebuild Yahoo than necessarily on maximizing nearterm shareholder value. “It certainly seems things are coming to a head as far as realizing the value of these assets.â€? Yang, who is severing all formal ties with the company by resigning all positions including his seat on the board of directors, has FRPH XQGHU ÂżUH IRU KLV KDQGOLQJ RI FRPSDQ\ DIIDLUV GDWLQJ EDFN WR an aborted sale to Microsoft in 2008. Yang’s exit comes roughly a month before dissident shareholders can nominate rival directors to Yahoo’s board. The remaining nine members of Yahoo’s board, which includes Hewlett-Packard executive Vyomesh Joshi and private investor Gary Wilson, are all up for reelection this year. Yang’s departure could be part of a broader board shakeup, said 5\DQ -DFRE FKDLUPDQ DQG FKLHI LQYHVWPHQW RIÂżFHU RI -DFRE )XQGV which owns Yahoo shares. “If they don’t move quickly on these things, they run the risk of a proxy battle and they are doing everything they can to avoid that.â€? The company did not say where Yang was headed or why he had suddenly resigned. CEO Thompson offered few clues in a memo to employees obtained by Reuters following the announcement. “I am grateful for the support and warm welcome Jerry provided me in my early days here. His insights and perspective were invaluable, helping me to dig deeper, more quickly than I could have on my own, into some of the key elements of the company and how it operates. <DQJ DQG FR IRXQGHU 'DYLG )LOR ERWK RI ZKRP FDUULHG WKH RIÂżFLDO WLWOH Âł&KLHI <DKRR ´ RZQ VL]DEOH VWDNHV LQ WKH FRPSDQ\ <DQJ RZQV SHUFHQW RI <DKRRÂśV RXWVWDQGLQJ VKDUHV ZKLOH )LOR RZQV 6 percent as of April and May 2011. In a letter to Yahoo’s chairman of the board, Yang said he was leaving to pursue “other interests outside of Yahooâ€? and was “enthusiasticâ€? about Thompson as the choice to helm the company. Yang, 43, is also resigning from the boards of Yahoo Japan and Alibaba Group Holdings. 5HVSHFWHG LQ WKH LQGXVWU\ DV RQH RI WKH IRXQGLQJ ÂżJXUHV RI WKH :HE <DQJ KDV FRPH XQGHU ÂżUH RYHU WKH \HDUV IURP LQYHVWRUV DQG to some extent within the company’s internal ranks. Some analysts say the Yahoo board’s indecision stems in part from Yang’s sway in the company. Disillusioned by the company’s Ă€LS Ă€RSSLQJ WKH\ ZDUQ WKDW WKH UHVW RI WKH ERDUG UHPDLQHG PXFK the same as the one that rejected Microsoft’s unsolicited takeover bid when Yang was CEO. “Jerry Yang was certainly an impediment toward anything happening,â€? said Morningstar analyst Rick Summer. “This is a company that’s been mired by a bunch of competing interests going in different directions. It was never clear what this board’s direction has been.â€?

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Chef Paula Deen hid diabetes, pushed high-fat food Associated Press

NEW YORK — Paula Deen, the Southern belle of butter and heavy cream, makes no apologies for waiting three years to disclose she has diabetes while continuing to dish up deep-fried cheesecake and other high-calorie, high-fat recipes on TV. She said she isn’t changing the comfort cooking that made her a star, though it isn’t clear how much of it she’ll continue to eat while she promotes health-conscious recipes along with a diabetes drug she’s endorsing for a Danish company. “I’ve always said, ‘Practice moderation, y’all.’ I’ll probably say that a little louder now,” Deen said Tuesday after revealing her diagnosis on NBC’s “Today” show. “You can have diabetes and have a piece of cake. You cannot have diabetes and eat a whole cake.” Health activists and one fellow chef called her a hypocrite for promoting an unhealthy diet along with a drug to treat its likely effects. Deen added

her support of the Novo Nordisk company to a collection of lucrative endorsements that include Smithfield ham and Philadelphia Cream Cheese. Deen, who will turn 65 on Thursday, said she kept her diagnosis private as she and her family figured out what to do, presumably about her health and a career built solidly on Southern cooking. Among her recipes: deep-fried cheesecake covered in chocolate and powdered sugar, and a quiche that calls for a pound of bacon. “I really sat on this information for a few years because I said, ‘Oh, my gosh, what am I going to do about this? Is my life fixing to change? Am I no longer going to like my life?” she asked. “I had to have time to adjust and soak it all in and get up all the information that I could.” While Deen, who lives in Savannah, Ga., has cut out the sweet tea she routinely drank straight through to bedtime and taken up treadmill walking, she plans few changes on the air.

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In this image released by Fox International Productions, Stephanie Sigman is shown in a scene from, “Miss Bala.”

Review: ‘Bala’ gives tense look at border violence Associated Press Writer

Gerardo Naranjo may have made the least-glamorous movie ever about a pageant queen with “Miss Bala.” And that’s what makes it so beautiful. With long, fluid takes that create a mesmerizing tension, the Mexican director and writer initially draws us into a world of youthful optimism, one which ends up being wildly unpredictable and increasingly desperate.

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FILE- This undated file photo courtesy of Food Network shows celebrity chef Paula Deen. Deen recently announced that she has Type 2 diabetes. While Deen has cut out glass after glass of sweet tea and taken up treadmill walking off camera, she plans few changes on the air.

“Miss Bala” is Mexico’s entry in the foreign-language film category at the Academy Awards and, sadly, it couldn’t be more relevant in depicting the brutal violence plaguing Mexico’s northern border areas. At its center is the gorgeous, leggy Stephanie Sigman, a former model making her striking film debut. Naranjo doesn’t let us see her face at the film’s start; he shoots her from the back or the side, her dark, wavy hair obscuring her features. But

when she finally turns around and flashes a smile — totally natural, with no makeup — and speaks in her playful, husky voice, she’s radiant. Sigman stars as Laura Guerrero, a young woman still living at home with her father and brother outside Tijuana who hopes to be crowned the next Miss Baja California. (The title is a play on words: “bala” means bullet in Spanish.) Her tacky, clingy dress and chipped fingernails tell us

everything we need to know about the disparity between the life she lives and the one to which she aspires. Laura goes to a club with her best friend, a fellow contestant who insists they could meet some guys with connections there who might help them win. Instead, she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, as gang members shoot the place up while targeting some DEA agents who are partying there. Laura escapes briefly but she’s seen too much, and ends up becoming their captive pawn. The group’s leader is the wily Lino (a subtly menacing Noe Fernandez), who’s been terrorizing northern Mexico with his minions while working the angles across the United States border, as well.

Alba keeps it ‘Honest’ with eco-friendly products Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Jessica Alba has another new baby. She’s launched an e-commerce company at Honest. com (named after her 3-year-old daughter Honor) to sell eco-friendly and toxic-free baby products and household items for a monthly subscription. Alba, who welcomed her second daughter Haven in 2011, said Tuesday the idea was born after she learned that toxic chemicals are in widely used, everyday products. “I would buy what I thought was like an eco-brand and pay out the

wazoo for it and then find out that it’s made with the same ingredients as any other brand, but the packaging is a little more biodegradable and you’re like ‘But I care about the product touching my kid. Is that OK?’” She decided the best solution was to make available the kinds of products she would buy. To launch the business, she partnered with author and environmentalist Christopher Gavigan, ShoeDazzle founder Brian Lee and PriceGrabber.com executive Sean Kane. The 30-year-old actress said the venture is “hands down” more nerve-

racking than the opening of a new movie but also more gratifying. “I came up with the idea. I had to pitch it to my partners and they came on board and together we created the company from scratch,” she said. “From the packaging to the bottles to the product that’s inside, the way that the interfacing is with the website, all of that is really from me ... it’s taken three years to get here.” To make a purchase, consumers sign up on Honest.com and choose from subscription packages for products including diapers, shampoo and laundry detergent. The products are

then delivered monthly to the buyer’s door. Alba plans to expand the line based on customer feedback. “It’s important that a brand that’s meant for families actually listens to families, and it’s not just some big corporate entity making these huge decisions,” she said. Actress Jessica Alba poses for a portrait Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in New York to promote Honest.com, a new e-commerce eco friendly and non-toxic baby product company.

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Countries consider time RXW RQ WKH ¶OHDS VHFRQG· Associated Press Writer

This handout photo provided by Darryl Pitt of the Macovich Collection shows an external view of a Martian meteorite recovered in December 2011 near Foumzgit, Morocco following a meteorite shower believed to have occurred in July 2011. AP Photo/Darryl Pitt, Macovich Collection

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WASHINGTON — Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars: meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July. This is only the fifth time scientists have confirmed chemically Martian meteorites that people witnessed as they fell. The fireball was spotted in the sky six months ago, but the rocks were not discovered on the ground in North Africa until the end of December. This is an important and unique opportunity for scientists trying to learn about Mars’ potential for life. So far, no NASA or Russian spacecraft has returned bits of Mars, so the only Martian samples scientists

can examine are those that come here in meteorite showers. Scientists and collectors of meteorites are ecstatic, and already the rocks are fetching big money because they are among the rarest things on Earth, rarer even than gold. A special committee of meteorite experts, including some NASA scientists, confirmed the test results Tuesday. They certified that 15 pounds (7 kilograms) of meteorite recently collected came from Mars. The biggest rock weighs more than

2 pounds (1 kilogram). Astronomers think millions of years ago something big smashed into Mars and sent rocks hurtling through the solar system. After a long journey through space, one of those rocks plunged through Earth’s atmosphere, splitting into smaller pieces. Most other Martian meteorite samples sat around on Earth for millions of years, or at the very least for decades, before they were discovered, which makes them tainted with Earth materials and life. These new rocks, while still probably contaminated because they have been on Earth for months, are purer. The last time a Martian meteorite fell and was found fresh was in 1962.

GENEVA — It’s high noon for the humble leap second. After ten years of talks, governments are headed for a showdown vote this week on an issue that pits technological precision against nature’s whims. The United States, France and others are pushing for countries at a U.N. telecom meeting to abolish the leap second, which for 40 years has kept computers in sync with the Earth day. Leap seconds are necessary to prevent atomic clocks from speeding ahead of solar time. They are added at irregular intervals, effectively stretching atomic time by a heartbeat to make up for the irregular wobble in the Earth’s rotation. Critics warn that scrapping the leap second would break the last link between the passing of time and the course of the sun across the sky. But backers say machines shouldn’t any longer be tethered to the imprecise cycle of sunrise and sunset.

“This would be an important decision because the problem of introducing the leap second would disappear and we would have a more steady time than we have today,” Vincent Meens, an official at the International Telecommunication Union who has chaired technical talks on the issue, said Tuesday. Operators of cell phone networks, financial markets and air traffic control systems could then rely on the near-absolute precision offered by atomic clocks without having to worry about stopping their systems for the length of a heartbeat every year or two. “Most of the people who operate time services favor discontinuing leap seconds,” said Judah Levine, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado. “The main problem is that the leap second is usually implemented by stopping the clock for one second. However, the world doesn’t stop,” he said.

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This picture taken Monday Jan. 16, 2012, shows the headquarters of the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva. ITU’s member states are meeting in Switzerland this week to consider abolishing the leap second. The U.N.

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An exceptionally long-running investigation has backed use of the Pill to ease menstruation pain, according to a study published Wednesday.

An exceptionally long-running investigation has backed use of the Pill to ease menstruation pain, according to a study published Wednesday. The findings come from health research spanning 30 years, gathering more than 1,400 Swedish women born in 1962, 1972 and 1982. They filled out a lengthy questionnaire when they were enrolled in the probe at the age of 19, and did the same again five years later at the age of 24. Those who took oral contraceptives reported significant drops in two acknowledged measurements of pain. Age was also a factor. As a

woman aged, the severity of period pain decreased somewhat, but this effect was independent from the Pill, and smaller. The investigation, led by gynaecologist Ingela Lindh at Gothenburg University’s Institute of Clinical Sciences, is published online by the European journal Human Reproduction. The Pill is sometimes prescribed by doctors to reduce period pain, and many women attest to its effectiveness, but the scientific verdict has so far been mixed. Two big reviews of the evidence, carried out in 2007 and 2009, said there had been a lack of randomised controlled trials to provide a clear answer. Randomised control trials are the

gold standard of clinical research. They entail enrolling volunteers who are randomly assigned either to a group that uses the genuine treatment or to a comparison group which uses dummy pills as a comparison. The new paper could help provide a definitive answer, its authors hope. The probe is unusually long and uses each volunteer as a personal benchmark to measure the impact of the Pill and ageing on period symptoms. Menstrual pain, known as dysmenorrhoea, has been estimated to account for 600 million lost working hours and two billion dollars in lost productivity annually in the United States alone.

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Ronaldo ‘working like an animal’ - Mourinho Reuters

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Queens Park Rangers’ Danny Gabbidon (C) celebrates his goal against Milton Keynes Dons with Jamie Mackie (L) during their English FA Cup soccer match at Loftus Road in London January 17, 2012.

Gabbidon comes to QPR’s rescue in FA Cup Reuters

MANCHESTER, England - Danny Gabbidon headed in the winner as Queens Park Rangers weathered a spirited performance from third tier MK Dons to win 1-0 on Tuesday and set up an FA Cup fourth round meeting with fellow Premier League side Chelsea. The MK Dons had tested their top-flight hosts throughout the game, enjoying most of the chances, but they paid the price of some bad misses when Gabbidon powered home from a Shaun Wright-Phillips corner in the 73rd minute. In another third round replay, Bolton Wanderers put aside their Premier League woes to beat League Two (fourth tier) MacclesÂżHOG 7RZQ

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Last-gasp Espanyol in dramatic Cup win Reuters

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Rafa’s knee passes test on day of pain Reuters

MELB RNE - The Australian pen resembled a medical convention on ednesday as Rafa Nadal s sore right knee, leg cramps and stiff backs came under the microscope. Ale andro Falla s leg cramps and Andreas Beck s bad back created discussion, and a sniff of controversy, in Melbourne as most of the main title contenders safely reached the third round. Nadal’s knee, heavily taped after it had caused him “unbelievable painâ€? on Sunday, held up well under a test from Germany’s Tommy Haas, Nadal coming through 6-4 6-3 6-4. Roger Federer advanced without having to lace up his sneakers. The Swiss had been scheduled to play Beck on Hisense Arena, ending a run of 52 matches at Melbourne Park on main show court Rod Laver Arena, before he found out his German opponent had withdrawn. The 16-times grand slam champion, who is seeded WR PHHW 1DGDO LQ WKH VHPL ÂżQDOV VKRXOG they advance that far, did not even have the chance to warm up. “I was just coming for my warm-up hit, so I was completely focusing on the match, saying, ‘Okay, I’ll probably have two, three hours to go’,â€? Federer told reporters. “Now I’ll just take it easy ... and come out tomorrow and hit intensely, and then I’ll be ready for the next match.â€? 1DGDO ZKR URPSHG WKURXJK WKH ÂżUVW two sets and did not seem troubled by his knee, said his match had been easier than it may have looked as Haas moved him around the court. “Apositive match, but not that ... demanding,â€? was Nadal’s

Temperatures were much more comfortable on Wednesday after two GD\V RI ÂżHUFH KHDW DQG &OLMVWHUV EDUHO\ built up a sweat on as she thrashed France’s Stephanie Foretz Gacon 6-0 6-1. Clijsters, who has recorded four previous 6-0 6-0 ‘double bagels’ at 0HOERXUQH 3DUN DOPRVW KDG D ÂżIWK as she rattled off the opening seven games in under 30 minutes before her RSSRQHQW ÂżQDOO\ JRW RQ WKH ERDUG “I felt like in my first match I didn’t really have that rhythm that I would have liked to have,â€? Clijsters told reporters. “So that’s usually something that I try to look for in the beginning of the match. “I was hitting the ball well, felt that I could keep her under pressure. I didn’t really let her play her game. From the beginning till the end, I did what I NO SWEAT had to do well.â€? French Open champion Li, was Women’s top seed Caroline WozniDFNL DOVR DGYDQFHG DIWHU ÂżJKWLQJ RII DOPRVW DV HIÂżFLHQW JLYLQJ $XVWUDOLDQ a second set wobble to knock out Olivia Rogowska little time to settle Georgia’s Anna Tatishvili 6-1 7-6. into the match, and ran out a comfortThe Dane joined champion Kim able 6-2 6-2 winner in 62 minutes. Clijsters and Li Na in the third round, Tenth seed Francesca Schiavone ODVW \HDUÂśV ÂżQDOLVWV UDUHO\ QHHGLQJ WR suffered a shock defeat, however, JHW RXW RI ÂżUVW JHDU LQ WKHLU PDWFKHV dumped out by fellow Italian Romina Oprandi 6-4 6-3. earlier on Rod Laver Arena. verdict. “We didn’t play four hours and D KDOI ÂżYH KRXUV Âł7KUHH VHWV VR ZDVQÂśW that tough.â€? 0DUG\ )LVK EHFDPH WKH ÂżUVW PHQÂśV top 10 seed to exit Melbourne Park earlier than expected, though his 7-6 6-3 7-6 defeat left a bitter taste in the American’s mouth. He suggested afterwards much of Falla’s treatment for cramping during a tense third set had been a tactical ploy. “When you think someone is cramping or ailing physically, you sort of change your game a tiny bit,â€? Fish said. Âł, WKLQN LW KDG D VLJQLÂżFDQW EHDULQJ RQ the third set, for sure. “Didn’t seem like he was having too much trouble during the point. So it was a good tactic on his part.â€?

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Spain’s Rafael Nadal makes a backhand return to Germany’s Tommy Haas during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012.

Heat shoots down Spurs with long-range missiles “I couldn’t disappoint my boy on his birthday,â€? James hree-pointers rained down told reporters as Miami imfrom all directions as the Mi- proved to 4-0 without Wade ami Heat burnt the San Anto- in the lineup. “I think in the nio Spurs 120-98 on Tuesday second half I took sleep (medidespite the absence of All-Star cine), I came out and was guard Dwyane Wade. Miami’s tired. I was able to come back perimeter assault came in the and put together a good third second half where they made quarter.â€? The Heat (9-4) took over 12 of their 16 attempts from beyond the arc to erase a 14- by outscoring San Antonio SRLQW ÂżUVW KDOI GHÂżFLW DQG VQDS 39-12 in the third, where at their three-game losing streak one point they used a 24-2 run with a dizzying display of to claim a commanding 85-70 advantage. long-distance shooting. Tony Parker recorded 18 LeBron James led the way with 33 points and 10 assists, points and Daniel Green had Chris Bosh scored 30 and 20 off the bench for the Spurs Mike Miller (hernia injury) (9-5) who looked in control made his season debut off early on but had their threethe bench with 18 points on game winning streak brushed a perfect six-from-six from aside. San Antonio remained three-point range. It was a dra- winless on the road this season matic second-half turnaround at 0-5. “In the second half, I that saw Miami rebound from D SRLQW GHÂżFLW LQ WKH VHFRQG thought they got physical and quarter. They did so with Wade I felt we folded,â€? Spurs coach looking on from them bench Gregg Popovich lamented. on his 30th birthday. Wade “LeBron James was great. missed his fourth game of the That certainly helped them kick our butts.â€? season due to a foot injury. Reuters

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Miami Heat’s Norris Cole (30) looks to pass the ball as San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan (21) and Richard Jefferson (24) defend during the ďŹ rst half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in Miami.

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Hill : Barrichello will be missed DAMON Hill believes that Formula 1 will miss Rubens Barrichello if the Brazilian does not return to the grid after missing out on the Williams seat. Barrichello turns 40 this year and although he has always maintained his desire to continue to race in F1, with only one seat left open at HRT it is unlikely that he will be on the grid in 2012. Former rival Hill, who raced against Barrichello for seven seasons in F1, believes that he was a big part of the grand prix scene. “There are a limited number of characters in F1 and Rubens has been thoroughly a positive character,” Hill told AUTOSPORT. “People like and respect Rubens

and his abilities. “He has had an incredibly long career and that is worth a lot - he’s the most experienced F1 driver ever so people will miss him as a person and a driver.” Hill reckons that if Barrichello’s F1 career is over, it will be difficult for him to adjust to no longer being a grand prix driver. Barrichello has raced in F1 full-time since 1993 and Hill pointed out that there are few other categories that can offer the same feeling as racing at the top level. “It’s a really difficult thing for drivers to give up, or to be forced to give up, something they really love and that is their way of life,” said Hill, who retired at

the end of 1999. “You know as a driver that some day it’s going to happen and that you will have to stop. The shame is that there is nowhere to go next for a driver. “You could go to DTM, but nothing is the same as F1 and there’s no gradual climbdown from it. “When you’ve been doing it as long as Rubens has, when March comes around, it’s going to be a shock to the system.” Barrichello has yet to make clear his plans for 2012, although he did wish Bruno Senna, who landed the Williams seat, good luck and say that “the future is wide open” on Twitter.

-DUL 0DWWL /DWYDOD ‫ی‬LHV LQWR 0RQWH &DUOR OHDG Jari-Matti Latvala has taken a shock Monte Carlo Rally lead after a bold tyre choice for the second stage of the event. World champion and five-time Monte winner Sebastien Loeb (Citroen) had been quickest as expected on this morning’s Le Moulinon to Antraigues opener, albeit by just one second ahead of the flying Dani Sordo’s Mini. SS1 had seen dry asphalt, but the following Burzet to St Martial stage

featured patches of snow and ice. Loeb and Ford driver Latvala both opted for a mix of studded and slick tyres, placing one studded tyre at the front and one at the rear, diagonally apart. While Loeb ran soft tyres, Latvala was on super softs, and despite having never tested the slick/studded combination in this configuration before, he put in an incredible stage time - 52s quicker than Loeb. That moved Latvala from fourth place, 28s off the lead, to first - with a 30.5s advantage over Loeb.

Petter Solberg is third in the second works Ford, having impressively got through SS2 with no studded tyres at all and still been second-quickest, 28s behind Latvala but 24s faster than Loeb. After his superb SS1 performance, Sordo clipped a wall and damaged his Mini’s suspension on SS2. The Spaniard was still able to nurse his car through the stage and remains fourth overall. Mikko Hirvonen was third after SS1 but struggled in SS2’s tricky conditions as he continues to acclimatise to the Citroen DS3, leaving him fifth.

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Jari-Matti Latvala is racing through a crowd of spectators

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