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Indonesia is investigating the case of an Australian who is believed to have been infected with HIV while getting a tattoo on the resort island of Bali, an official said Monday.

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DENPASAR - Indonesia is investigating the case of an Australian who is believed to have been infected with HIV while getting a tattoo on the resort island of Bali, an official said Monday. “We received a report about this case from the health ministry yesterday and officials will be visiting tattoo parlours today to verify

this claim,” Bali health department chief Nyoman Sutedja told AFP. “At this point, we are still investigating. We can’t say for sure if the

patient caught the virus from getting a tattoo or sexual contact,” he added. There are currently 4,200 HIV/ AIDS cases on Bali, Sutedja said. Australian health authorities on Friday said a patient diagnosed with HIV probably contracted the virus while being tattooed on the island. They did not reveal any details of the individual concerned. More than

a million tourists visit Bali every year to enjoy its white, surf beaches, nightlife and Hindu culture. Indonesian officials said last year that the number of known HIV/ AIDS cases on Bali was soaring, with one in four prostitutes reported to be HIV-positive and the number of infections jumping almost 19 percent from the year before.

Year’s End Note for Balinese Art

Need more creative space The creative process need to be given the biggest space in order to develop Balinese art and culture. By the availability of the rooms to do creative process, there is great hope that more art works will be produced. How much the space for the creative process available in 2011 and what is the hope for 2012, here is the report.

Long time ago, many karawitan arts, dances or traditional Balinese performances were born by the process of the creation in Bale Banjar. This was because Balai Banjar is the place to gather with all of the creative idea. An art would be created in a communal fashion. Even tough there was somebody considered as coach but actually they were filling and teaching each other. Nowadays, Balai Banjar is not as crowded as before. Even if there are people who learn to play

the traditional Balinese music or dance but the process of creativity is very rare can be found in it. The people usually learn the existing dances or music academically or somewhere else. Many artists want to return the Balai Bajar into what it is used to be. The government actually has build many building to perform but it is not to create something. There is no creativity process, creation, and the filling process among the artists. Continued on page 6

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A fallen tree topples onto car and motorist Gianyar (Bali Post)—

Rainy season occurring during this time did not only make the land condition unstable. However, a number of large trees had vulnerability to fracture as happened to a banyan tree on Jalan +DQXPDQ 3DGDQJ 7HJDO 8EXG *LDQ\DU 6DWXUGD\ 'HF $W DURXQG S P /RFDO Time, a branch of banyan tree on Jalan Hanuman broke and toppled RQWR DQ $YDQ]D FDU EHORQJHG WR Sang Spa. In addition, an employee of the spa company, Giman, 38, suffered a minor injury in the mouth and hands. It was caused by a toppled branch of the banyan tree falling from a height of apSUR[LPDWHO\ PHWHUV Prior to the incident, the atmosphere of Jalan Hanuman, Padang Tegal, Ubud was as the day before where many tourists were passing by in the area. But by the afternoon, the surrounding residents were suddenly startled by a loud noise. Later, it was known if a banyan tree limb fell down and toppled onto a motorcycle. Head of Gianyar Regional

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Christmas celebrated festively in Buleleng Singaraja (Bali Post)—

Celebration of Christmas in some locations in Buleleng took place safely and smoothly. Under police safeguarding, Christians in Buleleng organized church services, holy mass RI &KULVWPDVÂś (YH RQ 6DWXUGD\ 'HF DQG &KULVWPDV RQ 6XQGD\ 'HF 25) tranquilly and solemnly. In the Paniel Protestant Church of Western Indonesia (GPIB) on Jalan Ngurah Rai, north of City Garden of Singaraja, hundreds of congregations thronged the largest Protestant church in Buleleng. Meanwhile, the Catholics of Buleleng held Christmas holy mass at each location, such as in the St. Paul Church Singaraja and on Jalan Wijaya Kusuma led GLUHFWO\ E\ )DWKHU <RKDQHV 7DQXPLarja Nyoman. In the meantime, the Christmas morning holy mass last Sunday was held festively in the Santa Maria Wantilan at BingihbanMDK /RYLQD OHG E\ )DWKHU <RKDQHV Tanumiarja Nyoman.

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Princes visit queen’s KXVEDQG LQ KRVSLWDO Agence France Presse

Prince Philip spent Christmas night in hospital as he recovers from heart surgery but was given a festive boost by a visit from grandsons Prince William and Harry. The outspoken Philip -- who at the age of 90 is the longest serving royal consort in British history -- missed the royal Christmas celebrations for the first time as he recovered from surgery to clear a blocked coronary artery. Six of his eight grandchildren with Queen Elizabeth II came to the Papworth hospital near Cambridge after the royal family’s Christmas church service and lunch at their Sandringham estate in eastern England. New wife Catherine did not come with William, 29, who arrived in a Range Rover along with Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips, the children of the queen’s daughter Princess Anne. Harry, 27, drove an Audi which also carried Beatrice and Eugenie, the daughters of the queen’s sec-

ond youngest son Prince Andrew. William and Harry are the sons of heir to the throne Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana. The queen -- who visited Philip on Saturday with her children -- stressed the importance of family and friendship in her annual pre-recorded Christmas address to the nation which was televised Sunday. Wearing a red dress, she said the marriage of William and Catherine in April was her personal reminder of the value of loved ones, and that in times of hardship we often “find strength from our families”. The royals earlier told wellwishers who had gathered to see them attend the Christmas morning service in the St Mary Magdalene church at Sandringham that Prince Philip’s condition was improving. William said his grandfather, known for his outspoken and occasionally gruff comments, was “very well, thank you. Getting much better”, while Charles added that Philip was “very well”.

Former first lady Lee Hee-ho (L), the widow of late South Korean President Kim Daejung, and Hyundai Group chairwoman Hyun Jung-eun are escorted by officials as they leave for Pyongyang in order to pay their respects over North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s death, at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul, December 26, 2011.

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PAJU, South Korea - The widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, the author of a now-jettisoned engagement policy with North Korea, crossed the fortified land border between the two sides on Monday to pay her respects to deceased dictator Kim Jong-il.

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Prince Charles, his wife Camilla, and Prince William and his wife Catherine arrive for the royal family’s Christmas Day church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, eastern England.

Ties between the North and South have been frozen since the election of conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in 2008, who cut aid in a bid to force the North to abandon a nuclear programme and bring it to the negotiating table. A thirteen-member delegation, led by Lee Hee-ho, the widow of former president Kim Dae-jung who

masterminded the so-called “Sunshine Policy” of engagement with the North, crossed the border by car and will pay their respects at the bier of Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang. “I hope my visit to North Korea will help improve South-North Korea relations,” Yoon Chul-koo, an aide to Lee, quoted her as saying at an immigration office at the southern border of the De-Militarized Zone.

Lee, who met Kim Jong-il in Pyongynag in 2000 in the first inter-Korean summit since the end of the Korean War in 1953, will stay for two days and will not attend the December 28 funeral. Most South Koreans are banned from going to the North under the current government’s policy and South Korea, which remains technically at war with the North, is not sending an official delegation to mourn Kim, who died earlier this month. Asked by reporters at the crossing point whether the delegation plans to meet North Korea’s new leader, Kim Jong-un, Yoon said the visit was for “pure condolence.”

Japan urges China to help keep in check North Korea Reuters

BEIJING - Japan urged China on Monday to shoulder a big role in ensuring that North Korea avoids volatile moves despite uncertainties created by the death of Pyongyang’s leader, Kim Jong-il. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda also nudged Chinese President Hu Jintao to share information about developments in North Korea, where the succession of Kim’s youngest son, Kim Jongun, has fanned speculation about who will really control the secretive one-party state and its nuclear

weapons programme. “It is important that we will not let the death of the Chairman of the National Defence Commission Kim have a negative impact on the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula,” Noda was quoted by a Japanese official as telling Hu in Beijing. Kim Jong-il’s many titles included head of the military. “Under these circumstance, the role of China, which is the chair country of the six-party talks and has a big influence on North Korea, is extremely important,” said Noda, according to the official who brief

reporters on condition that he remained anonymous. The Japanese prime minister was the first regional leader to visit Beijing since Kim Jong-il’s death was announced a week ago, putting Kim Jong-un in formal charge of North Korea, which has long relied on China for diplomatic and economic support. China has also sought to defuse confrontation by hosting six-party nuclear disarmament talks since August 2003. The now-stalled negotiations bring together North and South Korea, China, the United States, Japan and Russia.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shakes hands with China’s President Hu Jintao (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 26, 2011.

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The Sunset Hotel

Accommodation for Young People in Kuta IBP

The Sunset Hotel, Villas, Restaurant and Spa turns steadier to proclaim itself as a tourist accommodation for young people. Other than arranging the ornaments into more elegant, it also prepares some musical events and watching together with the focus on the community. “We have appointed the model Aishah Gray as the hotel brand ambassador having the elegant and youthful character,” said General Manager of The Sunset, Dewa Adnyana. Adnyana confessed to be very proud of choosing Gray as the brand ambassador of The Sunset Hotel. Gray was remarkably suitable as a figure representing the beautiful, young and dynamic The Sunset. Gray was also very representative to the market share of The Sunset aged 20-35 years. “Many artists have stayed in this hotel. Virtually all Production Houses and the

ministries have ever stayed here,” said Adnyana after a photo session in the hotel located on Jalan Dewi Sri, Kuta. The Sunset is a four star hotel which commenced the operations in June 2011. The hotel has a minimalist style but features a modern impression. It offers 77 super deluxe rooms, two restaurants, a swimming pool, lounge and a spacious parking lot. The location is very strategic, only 10 minutes from Kuta Beach. “The Sunset also provides a meeting hall for 500 participants. On that account, it is now also pursuing the MICE market,” he added. The Sunset never limited the market. No matter from which country the guests came, they would be comfortable to enjoy the complete hotel facilities. However, this hotel was visited by more domestic tourists where the occupancy reached 80 percent. “Later, this hotel will be equipped with a villa that is now under construction,” he added.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for December 3 through 28, 2011 3 Dec Tumpek Landep Pasek Gelgel Temple Pedungan Denpasar Selatan Agung Pasek Temple Tangun Titi kaler Tabanan Agung Pasek Temple Silamadeg Tabanan Pasek Tangkas Temple Kediri Tabanan Kerta Temple Banyuning Barat Buleleng Dalem Tenggaling Temple Sengguan Singapadu Kawitan Arya Wang Bang Pinatih Peguyangan Singaraja Bhujangga Weisnawa Tegalcangkring Jembrana Taman Desa Temple Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Penataran Pande Batur Jati Banjar Pandean Mengwi Dalem Pingit Temple Taro Kaje Tegalalang dadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Selat Sukasada Buleleng Batur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo Sudimara Tabanan Ida ratu Pande Temple Besakih Mr. Pasek Temple Toh Jiwa Tangungtiti Penataran Pande Temple Kusamba Klungkung Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Gianyar 4 Dec Redite Umanis Ukir Sangah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar 7 Dec Buda Wage Uki Pasar Agung Temple Besakih Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Gede Gunung Agung Dukuh Munggu Badung Hyang Agung Ibuwanasari Tegal Puseh/ Desa Temple Bebalang Bangli Dalem Temple Perancak Badung Pasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Kerobokan Badung Kekeran Langit Sading Mengwi 10 Dec Purnama Kenam Kiduling Kereteg Besakih Lingsar Temple Lombok Bebengan Tanjung Lombok Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Mengwi Dalem Putra Belingkang Benawah Gianyar Prajapati Temple Balikpapan

13 Dec Anggar Kasih Kulantir Penataran Tangkas Sukawati Dalem Lagan Temple Bebalang Bangli Puseh Lembeng Ketewel Sukawati Pasek Gelgel Penulisan Kerambitan Tabanan Gaduh Temple Sanding Dalem Gandamayu Klungkung Sanghyang Tegal Banjar Taro Kaja Tegalalang 14 Dec Buda Umanis Kulantir Pasek Tangkas Temple kaler Tabanan Gaduh Benoh Temple Ubung Denpasar 18 Dec Redite Keliwon Tolu Dalem Alas Harum Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan. 19 Dec Soma Umanis Tolu Puseh/Balai Agung Ubung Kupang Penebel Tabanan Kawitan Sakula Gotra Tegal Kepuh Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan Bhujangga Rsi-Tambak Bayuh Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung Lembongan Nusa Penida Batu Madeg Temple Besakih Penataran Agung Penatih Banjar Saba Penatih 21 Dec Buda Pon Tolu Catur, Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring 22 Dec Wraspati Wage Tolu Peninjoan Temple Besakih 28 Dec Buda Keliwon Gumbreg Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg Tabanan Puseh/ Desa Guwang Sukawati Merajan Pasek Ketewel Ketewel Merajan Pangeran Tangkas Kuro Agung Jeroan Sading Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana Nusa Penida

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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3XWLQ WHDP GH‍ۋ‏DQW DIWHU protest rocks Russia Agence France Presse

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London Tube drivers strike over public holiday pay Agence France Presse

London Underground drivers on Monday walked out in a row over pay, threatening disruption for shoppers at the start of the post-Christmas sales and football fans hoping to catch a IHVWLYH Âż[WXUH Members of train drivers’ union SLEF voted overwhelmingly to hold a 24-hour strike on Bo ing ay and on three more dates in the coming weeks in a move business chiefs warned FRXOG KLW DLOLQJ UHWDLOHUV The action was prompted by a refusal to pay drivers on the London Underground train network e tra for working on Bo ing ay, D SXEOLF KROLGD\ VDLG WKH XQLRQ “The company is currently offering no additional payments for working on Bo ing ay,â€? said a union statement issued when the action was announced ODVW ZHHN In anticipation of the action, rsenal postponed their Bo ing

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Workers return to Freeport’s Indonesia gold mine Associated Press

TIMIKA — Workers in Indonesia have started returning to Freeport-McMoRan’s largest gold and copper mine. Production at the troubled Grasberg mine in easternmost Papua province has been crippled since 8,000 unionized employees walked off their jobs in September, demanding higher wages. They ended their strike Dec. 14 after getting a 37 percent wage hike and improved benefits. Union spokesman Virgo Solosa says that on Sunday, workers removed roadblocks to the mine sites and a traditional stone-burning ceremony was held to officially mark the end of the strike. It is expected to take about a week for workers to fully return and for full operations to resume at the mine.

Personnel of NTB’s police department guarding the Sape Port, Bima after clashed that happened on Saturday (24/12) between protestors and police. FOTO ANTARA/Rinby

2 killed in protest

Forty-seven people named suspects Antara/Associated Press

BIMA — Two people have been killed and 10 others injured during a violent protest over a planned gold mine in eastern Indonesia. The victims were among nearly 1,000 people in Lambu village in West Nusatenggara province who were trying to stop the gold mining project by Australia’s Arc Exploration Ltd. and its Indonesian partner, PT Sumber Mineral Nusantara. The villagers fear the project will destroy their land and threaten forests and water resources.

National police spokesman Maj. Gen. Saud Usman Nasution says police were forced to fire on Saturday’s protest after demonstrators burned down dozens of government buildings, banks and homes. Nasution said Sunday that police arrested 47 people involved in the protest, which disrupted port and ferry services in the coastal town

of Sape. Meanwhile, according to the Police, they have named 47 people suspects in a clash between demonstrators and police personnel in Bima district. “The Bima police resort has so far questioned 47 suspects. They are members of the Anti-Mining People Front who were involved in blockade and arson,” explained Saud. He said police investigators would interrogate each of the suspects for their alleged part in violent acts, including occupying the Sape

ferry port and vandalizing and setting fire to public facilities. “All the suspects will be interrogated about their involvement in the case,” he said. In the rally, the demonstrators vandalized the office of the Lambu police precinct and set fire to the official residence of the chief of the Lambu police precinct, four units of police dormitory, and a Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN) building. In addition, they also vandalized a forestry office, a youth and sports office and 25 houses, he added.

The demonstrators demanded that the Bima district head lift a decision allowing mining firm PT Sumber Mineral Nusantara to operate in the district and urged the security agencies to release AS who had earlier been handed to the public prosecutor`s office. AS was charged with inciting the mob to set fire to the office of Lambu subdistrict head on March 10, 2011. Nasution said a company of police personnel from Jakarta had been dispatched to Bima to restore security there.

Indonesia’s chocoholics lead an Asian quality wave Reuters

JAKARTA - Arriving in Indonesia just a little over a decade ago, Belgium chocolatier Thierry Detournay was dismayed at the lack of quality chocolate on offer in the world’s third-largest cocoa producer. But now, less than seven years after launch, his luxury Chocolate Monggo bars can be found in many of the gigantic and glitzy malls of downtown Jakarta. As Southeast Asia’s largest economy goes from strength to strength -- highlighted by a return to investment-grade status by Fitch Ratings this month -- Indonesia’s Willy Wonka is one of many tapping into a growing Asian market for luxury chocolate. “When I started to make chocolate in Indonesia, I realized there was no good chocolate,” said De-

tournay, who began by converting a pink Vespa into a stall and selling home-made chocolate goodies at local markets. Yogyakarta-based Chocolate Monggo now employs 50 people on the production side, sources cocoa beans from Javanese, Sumatran and Celebes plantations, and churns out as many as 75,000 chocolate bars per month. “While I’m doing this business, I can see the tastes of Indonesian people changing,” he added. “Now more and more people -- young and middle class adults -- are looking more for dark chocolate, and quality.” Chocolate consumption in Indonesia has plenty of scope to grow -- annual cocoa demand is estimated at only 0.2 kg per person, versus 0.6 kg in neighbor Malaysia and 10 kg in Europe. Indonesia has said it wants to

triple domestic cocoa consumption over the next three years. Chocolate Party was a recent business-government joint event in the country’s capital that hoped to help hit this target. As well as a giant chocolate fountain, there were also stalls by Nestle’s Milo, Dunkin’ Donuts, Indonesian consumer firm GarudaFood and Jakarta-based Chocolate School. “Five years ago, people in Indonesia knew about chocolate through chocolate drinks, but now people know about praline, chocolate bars with peanut or ginger,” said Christina Erawati, principal at the school, which teaches chocolatier skills. The growing taste for high quality chocolate in emerging markets -especially in Asia -- will help boost global chocolate sales 2 percent to $81.8 billion in 2011, according to Mintel.

Chocolate sale in China are forecast to rise 19 percent to $1.2 billion this year, and in India by 7 percent to $633 million, with Indonesian sales likely to jump 25 percent to $1.1 billion, data from the market research firm showed. “From a consumer standpoint in China, chocolate is a relatively new taste,” said Marcia Mogelonsky, global food analyst at Mintel. She added that Indonesian chocolate sales would hit $1.9 billion in 2015.Indonesian cocoa grinders and major overseas investors have spotted the potential in Asia and are expanding rapidly. The country is attracting companies such as U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill and Barry Callebaut, the world’s top chocolate maker, which plan to invest almost $150 million in cocoa grinding plants in Sulawesi. But it looks increasingly likely

that the growing Indonesian middle class won’t be eating only chocolate from home-grown cocoa in the future.Bean output in Asia’s secondlargest grinder after Malaysia is likely to fall to a seven-year low in 2011 because of bad weather and disease, while quality is also an issue. “There is still a very big problem about the quality in general, about the beans,” said Chocolate Monggo’s Detournay. Smallholder cocoa farmers, who own about 90 percent of Indonesia’s total plantation area, are also switching to crops like rubber, coffee and palm oil, which can offer bigger profits. “The next three to five years, no farmer will want to plant cocoa and some will replace,” said Zulhefi Sikumbang, chairman at cocoa producers association Askindo, who runs his own 1,200 hectare cocoa plantation in West Java.

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Bali Today Number Of Russian tourists to Bali up 48.5 percent Antara

DEN ASAR - The number of Russian tourists to Bali increased . pct in a month from , in October to , in November . ctually, more Russian tourists wished to come to the Indonesian island paradise, but they had trouble in flying there, a tourist guide, Made Putrawan, said in enpasar Friday. Most of the Russian tourists had to fly to Bali by chartered planes. The Bali tourism office said that almost every month the number of Russian tourists to Bali increased, especially in the past 11 months. Until November the number had reached 63,916, or 2.55 pct of the total number of foreign tourists reaching 2.5 million.

The number of Russian tourists to Bali increased 48.5 pct in a month from 5,202 in October to 7,726 in November 2011.

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Bali COP achievement OHDGV QDWLRQDO ‫ۋ‬JXUH ENP S R - Bali’s COP (Circle of Period) for electrical consumers were considered to lead a national figure of 1.50 days of customer’s payment accuracy in 2011. “The value is based on the calculation of credit average divided by sales multiplied by the number of days in a month,” Commercial Manager of the Bali state electricity company (PT. PLN)

Syamsul Huda said. Syamsul said that Bali’s COP figure is considered to be the best because it has been the lowest in Indonesia. This achievement is made by hard work of the Bali office by conducting a customer sweepstakes appreciation program with many rewards. The Bali PLN office is recently also implementing a program to disconnect

customer’s electricity of those who are not paying their bills properly. “Such program is meant to encourage and accustom all customers to pay their power bills on time,” Syamsul said. ccording to the regulations, PLN has the right to disconnect power lines of customers who pay their bills over a predetermined period, on the 20th of every month.

The company has the right to cut off it power lines on the ne t day if the customers have still not paid their bills, he said. The program turned out to have a correlation on customer habit in paying their bills on time and eventually reducing the credit value. “Based on our latest data, the current receivables are Rp 8 billion,” he said.

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TABANAN - Christian congregations at Piling Hamlet, Penebel, Tabanan, have different habits for celebrating Christmas. They uniformly put on Balinese traditional attires while attending mass in the local church, Sunday ( ec 25). Not just attire, their church was also decorated with Balinese ornaments and culture. One of them was the installation of two units of penjor (bamboo pole with decoration and festoon) in the front of the house compound’s entrance. Similarly, they also posted warping gelung kori decoration made of young coconut leaves. s soon as the sun rose, Catholic congregations at Piling Hamlet rushed to church in Balinese traditional attires. Women wore fabric and kebaya (traditional blouse) while men wore shirts wrapped in kamben and saput as well as udeng headdress. Some were DOVR ZHDULQJ WKH RI¿FLDO QDWLRQDO GUHVV ressed in Balinese attires had become a tradition for generations. Understandably, Christians at Piling had practiced Christianity since the 1950s. Balinese nuances could also be encountered in the architectural style of the church building. Even, for people from outside Bali, the church was regarded as a temple because the entire ornaments applied Balinese arts. Carvings in use were also of Balinese ethnic. Similar characteristic could

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Christian congregations at Piling Hamlet, Penebel, Tabanan, have different habits for celebrating Christmas. They uniformly put on Balinese traditional attires while attending mass in the local church, Sunday (Dec 25). also be found in the church at Penganggahan Hamlet, Tengkudak. In addition to buildings and clothing, tolerance of the Christians at Piling also quite good. Like the Hindus, before Christmas celebration they always slaughtered pig and prepared lawar delicacy as well as other traditional food. More interestingly, they also perform ngejot (giving food Ed) to Hindus in the vicinity. “ t least, I slaughter a pig. It is intended for the neighbors and relatives from afar,” said Nyoman Parwata in the midst of attending mass on Sunday morning. Ngejot tradition had become a habit when Christians celebrated Christmas. Conversely, on Galungan,

ngejot was carried out by Hindus to Christians. Moreover, most Christians and Hindus at Piling were of the same relatives since the past time.They were only different in religious belief. t Piling, people attended mass in the Saint Michael Church led by Father Ma i Soge. lthough using Balinese traditional attires, it did not reduce the meaning and solemnity of the Christians to celebrate Christmas. uring the celebration, they seriously and solemnly listened to the spiritual sermons. Meanwhile,theTabananPoliceassisted by the ranks of National rmed Forces DQG 3XEOLF 2UGHU 2I¿FHU 6DWSRO 33 were busy securing the services in a number of churches inTabanan. ll ran orderly and safely. (udi)

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Lovina Beach IBP

Lovina is one of the famous tourist places in north part of Bali which own beautiful of calm sea water, blackish chromatic sand and the sea with its dolphin. One of the favorite fascinations in Lovina is dolphin watching tour. Hundreds of dolphins can be seen in the morning time around 1 km offshore. We can see the dolphin attractions in this place like jumping. It is not fail to draw if the tourist has the time to see the sunset here. Lovina area is also supported by the number of tourism fascination which is can be reached from this location. Places of interests around Lovina are Hot Water Banjar, Wihara Budha (Buddies shrine), Gigit Waterfall and some countryside exist around the location. Lovina is ofďŹ cially located in Kalibukbuk area and covering some countryside like Pemaron, Tukad Mungga, Anturan and Kalibukbuk countryside. Kalibugbug countryside it self is located in Buleleng sub district, meanwhile the Kaliasem and Temukus countryside are located in Banjar sub district where it both of them are belong to Buleleng re-

gency. The eastern countryside is called Pemaron about 5 Km west of Singaraja, and the western countryside is Temukus about 12 Km west of Singaraja. There are no clear sources or evidence hit the name of Lovina genesis. Pursuant to the reference of the children from Anak Agung Panji Tisna, the clan of famous Buleleng King that the name of Lovina is given by him which is located in Kaliasem countryside, where at the ďŹ rst time he build a bungalow as a resort. He said that the name of Lovina is taken away from a name of small hotel in India that is lafeina whereabouts he stayed and write the book with the title of Ni Ketut Widhi. This book is translated into some languages. In memory of the hotel name, hence the ownership lands give the Lovina name. But there is also other version that is Lovina Name is given caused by its 2 Santen trees are planted by him and grow embracing each other. In this case Lovina is coming from Latin Language that mean is loving each other or love. Then Lovina’s name is interpreted as abbreviation from Love and Ina and it is interpreted as Love to Indonesia.

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BUSINESS IMF’s Lagarde warns global economy threatened Reuters

AR S - The head of the International Monetary Fund said the world economy was in danger and urged Europeans to speak with one voice on a debt crisis that has rattled the JOREDO ÂżQDQFLDO V\VWHP In Nigeria last week, IMF Christine Lagarde said the IMF’s 4 percent growth forecast for the world economy in 2012 could be revised GRZQZDUG EXW JDYH QR QHZ ÂżJXUH “The world economy is in a dangerous situation,â€? she told France’s Journal du imanche in an interview SXEOLVKHG RQ 6XQGD\ AP Photo/Ed Jones, Pool The debt crisis, which continues Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, fourth from left, and Chinese President Hu Jintao, fourth from right, attend a meeting into 2012 after a European Union at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. 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Japan, China look to trade talks, debt buys

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“Mission: Impossible” FUXLVHV WR WRS RI ER[ RI‫ۋ‬FH Reuters

LOS ANGELES - “Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol” cruised to No. 1 at box offices on Sunday, even as major new movies opened on Christmas Day which may change top 10 results when final numbers are tallied. The new Tom Cruise movie rang up an estimated $26.5 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales over the three-day weekend, according to studio estimates, after expanding from a limited release in Imax and other large-screen theaters last week. Paramount Pictures, which released the movie, said it expects a four-day tally of slightly more than $40 million by Monday, when final estimates are reported. The film’s cumulative ticket sales are expected to reach just over $72 after Monday. Indeed, the weekend box office race truly will finish on Monday because Christmas day annually is among the most crowded days in theaters and on Sunday, director Steven Spielberg’s widely-anticipated “War Horse” makes its debut along with another newcomer, thriller “The Darkest Hour.” Hollywood’s major studios loaded the release schedule last week heading into the holiday, expecting the films to play well

between now and New Year’s Eve while parents and kids are away from work and school. As a result, a clear picture of how the movie studios fared this Christmas season awaits the full week of box office reports. Meanwhile, over the weekend Warner Bros’ “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” took the No. 2 spot on U.S. and Canadian (domestic) box office charts with $17.8 million, according to Sunday’s estimates. Cumulative ticket sales for “Sherlock” after two weeks now stand at roughly $76.5 million. Another holdover from last week, family comedy “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” squeaked into No. 3 with $13.3 million, pushing its total domestic ticket sales to $50.3 million after two weeks in theaters. Following it were a trio of last week’s newcomers, widely-anticipated “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” family

Actress Lindsay Lohan attends a probation violation hearing at Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles November 2, 2011. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Lindsay Lohan “smart” to do Playboy shoot, dad says Reuters

LOS ANGELES - It was a nude photo shoot even a father could love. Lindsay Lohan’s appearance in this month’s issue of Playboy has received Michael Lohan’s endorsement. Lilo’s often estranged father tells Dr. Drew Pinsky on an episode of “Lifechangers” next week that the shoot was a smart move for his daughter, because it got her working again after years of legal troubles. “If she’s happy with it, I’m happy with it,” Lohan said, according to a report in the New York Daily News. That said, he won’t look at his daughter’s latest work. “I haven’t seen it and I never look at it, any of it,” Lohan said. The magazine features an eyecatching cover of the actress channeling Marilyn Monroe while straddling a red Playboy bunny chair -- inside the

issue, she loses the chair entirely. Lilo’s mother, Dina Lohan, was the one who broke the news of her daughter’s photo spread to the press and assured “Herbie Fully Loaded” fans the world over that the shoot would be “tastefully done.” But she reportedly had reservations about the amount of Lindsay that was on display. “I think it was essentially mama and the folks around her that kept pushing for less nudity,” Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner told E! recently. “And I said, ‘We’re doing a nude pictorial here. We’re going to do it in a very classy way and we’re going to do it in a way in which it will not be forgotten.’” Parental reactions aside, the public seems to be lapping up the Lohan issue. Thanks to Lindsay bearing all, the magazine sold 55 percent more ad pages than the same issue the previous year.

film “The Adventures of Tintin” and comedy “We Bought A Zoo.” “Dragon Tattoo” landed at No. 4 on Sunday with $13 million, a hair behind the chipmunks, and a Sony spokesman cautioned the studio’s figure could change when Sunday’s figures are final. “Today and tomorrow should be our strongest days of the holiday frame,” the spokesman said, noting that the studio did not have a Monday estimate. “Dragon Tattoo” now has estimated total domestic ticket sales of $21.4 million since its debut. “Tintin,” another Spielberg film released by Paramount, landed at No. 5 over the weekend with $9.1 million. The studio sees it rising to $14.3 million after Monday. Total ticket sales by Monday are seen at $22.3 million since its debut. Finally, another new entry this weekend, the comedy “We Bought a Zoo,” landed at No. 6 with $7.8 million.

Michael Buble brings “Christmas” to “CityVille” Reuters

LOS ANGELES - Singer Michael Buble is taking his “Christmas” spirit into the virtual realm, collaborating with popular Facebook game “CityVille” and giving an interactive gift to his fans over the holidays. “CityVille” players will be able to socialize with Buble’s personal avatar, which will talk and sing in different settings including a holiday bonfire, as well as hunt for presents that Buble himself would like under his own Christmas tree. “Social gaming has opened up a new door for artists to connect with their fans,” Buble told Reuters, adding that “CityVille” players will “see a different side of me in the game and also connect with me in a really personal way.” “CityVille,” developed by social network game company Zynga, allows players to create and grow their own towns, and according to Appdata.com, is the No. 1 game on Facebook. It can also be played through Google Plus and smartphones. The collaboration with Buble follows Zynga’s partnership with Lady Gaga earlier this year, who had her own town called GagaVille on Zynga game “FarmVille.” It featured unicorns, crystals and unreleased songs, coinciding with the release of her album “Born This Way.” Grammy-winning Buble, 36, is currently enjoying a fourth week at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart with his holiday record “Christmas,” which

features a selection of festive classics. “I set out to record a classic Christmas album in the old style recorded off the floor in the studio. I wanted it to sound and feel authentic,” said Buble of his holiday album. “I think no matter what a person’s musical taste is, there is always room to enjoy a great holiday record,” he said.

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$QFLHQW VHDO IRXQG LQ -HUXVDOHP OLQNHG WR ULWXDO Associated Press Writer

JERUSALEM — A rare clay seal found under Jerusalem’s Old City appears to be linked to religious rituals practiced at the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago, Israeli archaeologists said Sunday. The coin-sized seal found near the Jewish holy site at the Western Wall bears two Aramaic words meaning “pure for God.” Archaeologist Ronny Reich of Haifa University said it dates from between the 1st century B.C. to 70 A.D. — the year Roman forces put down a Jewish revolt and destroyed the second of the two biblical temples in Jerusalem. The find marks the first discovery of a written seal from that period of Jerusalem’s history, and appeared to be a unique physical artifact from ritual practice in the Temple, said Reich, co-director of the excavation. Very few artifacts linked to the Temples have been discovered so far. The site of the Temple itself — the enclosure known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary — remains off-limits to archaeologists because of its religious and political sensitivity. Archaeologists say the seal was likely used by Temple officials approving an object for ritual use — oil, perhaps, or an animal intended for sacrifice. Materials used by Temple

priests had to meet stringent purity guidelines stipulated in detail in the Jewish legal text known as the Mishna, which also mention the use of seals as tokens by pilgrims. The find, Reich said, is “the first time an indication was brought by archaeology about activities in the Temple Mount — the religious activities of buying and offering and giving to the Temple itself.” The site where the seal was found is on the route of a main street that ran through ancient Jerusalem just outside the Temple compound. Aren Maeir of Bar-Ilan University, a biblical archaeologist not connected to the dig, said the seal was special because it “was found right next to the Temple and is similar to what we see described in the Mishna.” “It’s nice when we can connect an activity recorded in ancient sources with archaeological finds,” he said.

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A rare clay seal is displayed during a news conference at the archaeological site known as the City of David in east Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011.

Stonehenge app offers virtual solstice tour Reuters

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FILE - This June 3, 2003 file photo shows the Kennecott copper mine, the largest open pit mine in the world, in Bingham Canyon, Utah.

Doctors, moms take on No. 1 polluter in Utah Associated Press Writer

SALT LAKE CITY — When winter comes to Utah and atmospheric conditions trap a soup of pollutants close to the ground, doctors say it turns every resident in the Salt Lake basin into the equivalent of a cigarette smoker. For days or weeks at a time, an inversion layer in which high pressure systems can trap a roughly 1,300-footthick layer of cold air — and the pollutants that build up inside it — settles over the basin, leaving some people coughing and wheezing. “There’s no safe level of particulate matter you can breathe,” said Salt Lake City anesthesiologist Cris Cowley, who is among a number of Utah doctors raising the alarm over some of the nation’s worst wintertime air. The doctors and a lobby group of

Utah mothers are blaming a company that mines nearly a mile deep in the largest open pit in the world for contributing one-third of Salt Lake County’s pollution. The rest is from tailpipe and other emissions. They have filed a lawsuit against Kennecott Utah Copper, accusing it of violating the U.S. Clean Air Act. The company operates with the consent of state regulators who enforce the federal law. The company is the No. 1 industrial air polluter along Utah’s heavily populated 120-mile Wasatch Front and operates heavy trucks and power and smelter plants. It says the claims are “without merit.” Kennecott cites the blessing of Utah regulators for expanded operations and new controls that hold emissions steady.

LONDON - For those who couldn’t quite make it to Stonehenge to watch the sun rise on Thursday’s winter solstice, a new app could offer some consolation by offering a virtual tour around the mysterious stones. Features include a Google Maps image of the circle of stones giving different views, allowing users to stand within the virtual stones and physically move about the UNESCO World Heritage Site. “It makes for an absorbing immersive experience and allows people to see and hear Stonehenge as it was

5,000 years ago,” said Rupert Till, from the University of Huddersfield, who worked on the design. The app also offers a history of the prehistoric monument in the southwestern English county of Wiltshire. Some 1,000 people gathered at the site on Thursday morning as the sun rose at around 3 a.m. EST on the shortest day of the year. The shortest day of the year often falls on December 21 but this year and last year druids and pagans marked the first day of winter on December 22. That is because the modern calendar of 365 days a year, with an extra day every four years, does not correspond exactly to the solar year of 365.2422 days.

Revellers watch as the sun rises at Stonehenge on Salisbury plain in southern England December 22, 2011.

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Celtic closes to within point of Rangers in SPL Associated Press Writer

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Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson (R) shakes hands with Wayne Rooney as he is substituted during their English Premier League soccer match against Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road in London December 18, 2011.

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MANCHESTER, England — Despite the threat posed by Manchester City, Alex Ferguson insists he will resist calls for Manchester United to go on a spending spree in the January transfer window. Going into Monday’s Boxing Day matches, the defending champions are two points behind City, which has considerably outspent its neighbor in recent years and is now reaping WKH UHZDUGV DV LW VLWV DW WKH WRS DW &KULVWPDV IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH VLQFH Even though United has debts of around 460 million pounds ($718 million), Ferguson maintains that cash will be made available by the Glazer family, which owns the club. “Contrary to what some people VHHP WR EH Âż[DWHG DERXW PRQH\ IRU a transfer is not a problem if I deem it necessary,â€? Ferguson said. The 69-year-old Scot delivered the message to fans in the matchday magazine for Monday’s game against Wigan just weeks after 8QLWHGÂśV VXUSULVH H[LW IURP WKH Champions League in the group stage. “I am perfectly happy with the strength of our squad in terms of depth, quality and age range,â€? Ferguson said. “I will not be swayed by the endless tweets and blogs urging the club to get busy in the WUDQVIHU PDUNHW QH[W PRQWK $V IDU as I am concerned I am marching perfectly in step, true to my beliefs and principles. “While recruiting some of the world’s leading players can lift you into contention for honors, it doesn’t necessarily take you all

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Heat spoil Mavericks’ party with Christmas Day crushing Reuters

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Sport

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Williams believes F1 team has learned vital lessons 'XH WR GLIÀFXOW FDPSDLJQ

Williams had to live through the disappointment of its worst ever season in Formula 1 if it was to fully understand what changes are needed to move it further up the grid. That is the view of team chairman Adam Parr, who believes that although the lacklustre showings of 2011 were hard to deal with at the time, they were essential for highlighting the areas where Williams was weak. In an exclusive interview with AUTOSPORT, Parr said that the year gone showed that the structure Williams had in place before the arrival of Mike Coughlan, Mark Gillan and Jason Somerville was not good enough. “In reality we’ve been in the middle ranks for some years now,” he explained. “You don’t have to do anything if you’re plodding along in the middle in this sort of cotton wool world, and I think what’s happened to us is that we have really seen not only that the current level of performance is unacceptable, but also the need to make radical changes. “It was actually put very nicely by Mark Gillan. Patrick [Head] said to him, ‘I wish this season was over,’ and Mark said, ‘Everything that we’re experiencing

out there is vital.’ “If Mark and the other new members of the team had joined at the end of the season, they wouldn’t have seen many of the underlying problems. “They would have seen the performance, but I think we’ve all had the opportunity to really get deep into the roots of it.” Parr adds that the fact Williams has gained an understanding of its deficiencies gives him reason to feel confident about its potential to recover. “The good news is that sometimes in life you’re not performing, but you don’t know why,” he said. “We understand precisely where we’re weak, where the opportunities are, and what we have to do to get there. “The next question is, do we have the people and resources in place to make those changes? And the answer is, absolutely.

“To be honest we needed some fresh eyes, turning over the rocks, looking at all the nasty stuff under the rocks, and bringing it to the surface, and just getting it out there. “I’ve been here for five years and you adapt to the environment you’re in and the way you do things, and you accept it. And what we have learned this year is that we can’t accept certain things.”

Karun Chandhok wants to continue F1 third driver role Karun Chandhok is hoping to dovetail a third driver role in Formula 1 next season with a sportscar campaign in the new World Endurance Championship. The Indian, who appeared nine times as a Friday driver for Team Lotus this year as well as racing in Germany, accepts that it is very unlikely he will land a full-time cockpit for 2012. However, he is hoping to secure another third driver role - possibly for the renamed Caterham team - as well as racing in sportscars. “There are some opportunities to continue as a Friday driver and obviously I still want to be in F1,” Chandhok told AUTOSPORT. “To get a race seat in F1 is almost impossible for 2012, so I don’t think that’s going to happen. “But it’s very clear that I must go racing again because standing on the sidelines for another year can’t be good for me. That will also help me if there are F1 race opportunities in the future. “My target is still F1, but the new World Endurance Championship is very interesting. There’s only one clash with the F1 calendar, so I can keep my hand in there doing a bunch of Fridays and then hopefully combine it with an LMP1 programme. “Competing at Le Mans is one of those boxes that you have to tick. I’ve raced at Monaco, Macau, Spa and Silverstone, and Le Mans is another one on that must-do list.” Chandhok is exploring various opportunities in sportscars, and would be willing to consider driving for a privateer team. This would allow him to build up experience in that type of racing, after spending the majority of his career in single-seaters. “I’m sensible enough to know that I’ve got a lot to learn about sportscar racing,” he said. “Everyone would love to start with a works team, but they already have strong driver line-ups. “It’s such a different type of racing. I’d love to do LMP1 with good experienced team-mates and a good team that I can learn from. There are a lot of options.” “Between the i1 series, sportscars and a third driver role, there should be enough to keep me busy.”

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Williams Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello of Brazil drives during the third practice session of the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo November 26, 2011.

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