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Ricky Martin finds new home on small screen Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Ricky Martin is saying goodbye to Broadway’s “Evita.” But don’t cry for him. The Latin superstar has a slew of new projects in the works, including two television series and a children’s book. “It’s about growing,” said Martin in an interview Friday. “It’s a moment in my life where I just need to absorb and be surrounded by amazing actors and musicians and grow as an entertainer. I think this is going to be an amazing year for that.”

Martin takes his final bow in the Andrew Lloyd Webber revival on Jan. 26.

Then he heads down under to join the second season of the Australian edition of “The Voice.” But the Grammy winner says not to expect any biting, Simon Cowellesque critiques.

“I don’t believe in tough love. I believe in love, and I believe in being nur-

turing to new talented men and women,” he said at an M.A.C. Viva Glam event for Saturday’s World AIDS Day. Martin partnered with the cosmetics brand to raise awareness and funding for HIV/ AIDS programs worldwide.

The “Livin’ la Vida Loca” singer is developing a new series for NBC, expected in 2013. He’s producing, writing and will star

MANAMA, Bahrain — Just hours after reality TV star Kim Kardashian gushed about her impressions of Bahrain, riot police fired tear gas to disperse more than 50 hardline Islamic protesters denouncing her presence in the Gulf kingdom.

The clashes took place just before Kardashian opened the Bahrain branch of her Millions of Milkshakes shop.

An Associated Press journalist saw protesters chanting “God is Great” near the shopping complex in Riffa, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the capital Manama. The demonstrators were

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in the currently untitled dramedy, where he hopes to tackle social issues with humor. He’s also writing his second book and admitted he didn’t have to look far for inspiration.

“I think it’s time to write about things that I’ve been through with my kids that I’m sure many daddys out there will understand,” said the father of 4-year-old twins Matteo and Valentino. The familyfriendly story about self-esteem is slated for release next summer.

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Five dead in Japan tunnel collapse and fire

In this Monday, March 12, 2012 photo, Ricky Martin appears at the curtain call after his first performance in the new Broadway production of “Evita”, in New York.

Protests flare in Bahrain for Kim Kardashian visit Associated Press Writer

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OTSUKI - Rescuers in Japan have confirmed at least five people died after being trapped inside their burning vehicle in a highway tunnel that collapsed on Sunday, a spokesman told AFP. “A number of charred bodies were confirmed inside” a vehicle, said a spokesman for Yamanashi Prefectural Police.

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cleared before Kardashian appeared late Saturday.

Earlier, she posted glowing remarks about Bahrain on her Twitter account, calling it “the prettiest place on earth.”

It was re-Tweeted by Bahrain’s foreign minister. Kardashian was in Kuwait earlier this week to open another branch of the shop.

A young Bahraini smiles after having his picture taken with TV star Kim Kardashian, in Riffa, Bahrain, Dec. 1, 2012.

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Police vehicles are parked at the entrance as smoke billows out of the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, Sunday morning, Dec. 2, 2012. A part of the tunnel collapsed Sunday morning, possibly involving several vehicles and injuring several people, local media said.

In Memoriam Desak Gede Raka Nadha

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The world of Education feel a great loss after Desak Gede Raka Nadha passed away. She worked tirelessly to make the people of Bali educated. As an educator, she was never give up in developing education and Desak Raka also preserve Balinese culture through education.

During the time of war, Desak

Raka worked as a teacher in SLUB Saraswati which became the starting point of education development in Bali. “We surely will miss the late Desak Raka, she was the pioneer as well as the education fighter in Bali,” said the Head of Udayana University Prof. Made Bakta on Saturday.

He also said that the university

often ask for assistance from the late Desak Raka because her idea on how to develop education in Bali was very bright. The most impressive thing is that she was always emphasizing on the local decency.

“The protection and conservation on Balinese culture need serious attention especially through education,” Bakta said. He hoped that the

example set by the late Desak Raka must be followed by others.

The member of Puri Ageng Pemayun Kesiman, Gusti Bagus Oka, is also admiring the spirit of Desak Raka to develop education in Bali.

During her first time teaching, she was not getting any payroll but she kept on teaching. This spirit made many of her students become very

successful in their life.

“Our families are very close to her. She always fought without asking for any return,” he added. The late Desak Raka kept preserving Bali through education since her old age. On July 13, 2009, she established Alit Kirana Kindergarten on Kebo Iwa Street, Denpasar.

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508 people died due to traffic accident Denpasar (Bali Post)-

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The pedestrian which is located in Gajah Mada.

The traffic accident cases that have been worrying a lot of people seemed to increase every year. The cause of it is the vehicle’s condition, violation or the crowded traffic that’s been ongoing. Bali Police noted that there has been 2,308 cases alone in the January-October 2012 period with 508 casualties, 1,195 severely wounded and 2,426 lightly wounded. “The highest number of cases is in Buleleng,” Head of Bali Traffic Police Operational Guidance Directorate, GAPC Waluya, stated.

In Buleleng casualties reached 91 people, severely wounded 210 and light wounded 774 people totaling 580 cases. The second highest goes to Denpasar with 478 cases, 80 casualties, 399 severely wounded and 372 lightly wounded. Gianyar came third with 308 cases, 63 casualtes, 209 severely wounded and 279 lightly wounded. Followed by Tabanan with 256 cases, 79 died, 118 severely wounded and 261 lightly wounded. In Jembrana it has 193 cases with 71 people died, 4 people severely wounded while 243 lightly wounded. Badung experienced 180 cases with 61 dead, 154 severely wounded and 100 people lightly wounded. Karangasem is on the seventh spot with 116 cases, 40 died, 90 people severely wounded and lightly wounded 178 people. Klungkung has 115 cases, 20 died, 4 people severely wounded and 172 people lightly wounded. Lastly is in Bangli with 32 cases, 3 people died, 7 severely wounded and 47 lightly wounded.

With this high number of cases, Bali Traffic Police will take clear actions and keep on socializing how to behave well n the streets targeting not only adults but also from kindergarten to high school also placing suggestion banners in strategic places. A Regional Traffic Management Center (RTMC) has been the positive affect in decreasing this number as it optimized the supervision of traffic also criminal actions. “Up until now, the number of vehicles in Bali reached more than 2.7 million,” Waluya clarified. (kmb21)

Concept of pedestrian HIV infection spreads path runs less optimally to mother and children Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Denpasar city is considered to have not had a focused and consistent spatial planning and the city face. As evidence, none of the pedestrian paths in Denpasar is designed pursuant to its function so that it increasingly makes the spatial arrangement and city face chaotic and overlapping. “The concept of pedestrian path is just limited to discourse, while the implementation remains to overlap,” said the Management Board of the National Association of Indonesian Consultants (Inkindo), Ida Bagus Gede Wiyana, Saturday (Dec 1).

Further he said that one of the structuring elements of a good city was marked by the existence of well-organized transportation system. Furthermore, there was also adequate public facility becoming as one of the criteria of a healthy city.

“A healthy city should have a good public facility where one of which is the availability of pedestrian path and bicycle lane. Additionally, the need of car and motorist should also be well-ordered,” he said.

He added that to become a good city Denpasar should really have a boulevard or plaza, one of which was a pedestrian path. In the arrangement of pedestrian path, according to Wiyana, it should not be mixed up with cyclists especially motorcyclists or car. Pedestrian path could not be disturbed by street vendors that used the road body to sell.

“Pedestrian path is an ideal need of a good city. Unfortunately, it has not been available and well-ordered in Denpasar. Pedestrian path is

still passed through by vehicles and even frequently used by street vendors to sell,” he said According to him, Denpasar should comply with the basic pattern and spatial arrangement of an ideal city by providing an adequate pedestrian path. He said Denpasar should really be able to realize some pedestrian areas, namely the education boulevard in the area of Jalan Kamboja, boulevard of old city economy on Jalan Gajah Mada, chastity boulevard in front of Bali Museum and Jagatnatha Temple as well as cultural boulevard along the Catur Mukha leading to Denpasar Art Center on Jalan Nusa Indah.

The boulevard contained pedestrian path and featured local cultural values where in the arrangement it included a sacred, economic and other areas. They were the minimum requirement for an ideal city.

“Unfortunately, so far there has been no ideal pedestrian path in Denpasar. Sidewalks are taken ad-

vantage as a place to sell and parking lot. Denpasar has not reflected a city with adequate public facilities.

Our urban spatial arrangement is still overlapping,” said Wiyana doubling as Chairman of the Central Dwijendra Foundation.

He asked the Mayor of Denpasar, the Spatial Planning and Housing Agency (DTRP), the Public Order Officer (Satpol PP) and Civilian Security Guard (Trantib) of Denpasar to be firmed with the concept of pedestrian path and not only be limited to discourse. “There should be an effort to create a better city. In the concept of pedestrian, there should be no passing vehicles and should not be mixed with parking space.

The rules should be disseminated and implemented. When violators are stubborn, make an execution and give rewards and punishment,” he said while adding that parking facilities should also be improved. (kmb29)

Celebration of the World AIDS Day falling on December 1, 2012 took the theme Protect Women and Children from HIV and AIDS. This theme was chosen because the data indicated the risk of transmission was not only confined to the high-risk population but also to low-risk population such as housewives and children.

Based on the results of nationwide projection, it is seen an increase in the number of People Living with HIV/AIDS (ODHA) in women from 19 percent in 2008 and estimated to increase to 28 percent in 2014. Meanwhile, based on data up to July 2012, the HIV/AIDS cases in Bali reach 6,292 people where it consists of 4,163 cases in men and 2,129 cases in women.

By age group, the HIV cases found in the age of 0-14 years was noted 233 people.

Most infected was at the age range of 20-29 years with 2,565 cases and 2,250 cases at the age range of 30-39 years.

In Bali, this HIV/AIDS risk factor was initially dominated by transmission through drug injection, now it shifts to sexual factor. Based on heterosexual risk factors, 74.43 percent or about 4,683 people are infected with HIV due to heterosexual contacts.

This risk factor caused the low-risk population such as housewives and children potentially exposed to HIV. Viruses carried by the husband who likes making ‘love affair’ are passed on to his wife. If the wife is pregnant, then it will transmit to their children.

Prevention against the HIV transmission cannot be handled by the government alone, but must be dealt with together. The heterosexual risk factor arises due to behavioral pattern in society. According to the Head of Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, to avoid HIV infection through sexual contact, people should change their self-attitude first. “So the service users of prostitutes and those having sex with multiple partners should change their behavior first,” said Suarjaya.

Treatment of the HIV itself should be carried out from the upstream to downstream.

If the upstream or behavior could not be changed, then it would be handled in the downstream. “For example, the downstream handling can be carried out to commercial sex workers. If you do not want to get transmitted, do not use the service of prostitutes.

Otherwise, the downstream treatment can be made by using condom,” said Suarjaya.

In dealing with HIV, the Bali Health Agency made cooperation with the AIDS Commission Prevention (KPA) and the Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association (PKBI). The Health Agency was responsible for providing health care and counseling for HIV patients. In the prevention of HIV infection from mother to baby, Bali has owned the preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) clinic in Sanglah Hospital, Badung Hospital and Buleleng Hospital. (san)

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Aston plans to open 40 new hotels in 2013 IBP

SURABAYA – During this year’s Aston Week Surabaya, an annual trade show that brings representatives of more than 60 Aston managed Hotels and East Java’s Travel Trade and Media Communities together, Aston International announced plans to open 40 new hotels in 2013.

The new hotels include a wide range of properties such as Aston’s first 4-star life style Alana Hotel which is set to open in February in Seminyak Bali , several 4 star Aston and 3 star Aston City Hotels which are set to open in Belitung, Bekasi, Bojonegoro, Jambi, Jember, Kupang, Lampung, Madiun and Solo, 1 trendy 3 star Quest Hotel on Jalan Mangkubumi in Yogyakarta and numerous select service favehotels and superior select service Hotel NEOs including 9 in Jakarta, 5 in Bali and others in Balikpapan, Bandung, Lampung, Malang, Medan, Palembang, Samarinda and Semarang.

While continuing to expand its more upscale core hotel brands Grand Aston, Aston, and Aston City Hotels throughout Indonesia’s vast archipelago the group also focuses on Indonesia’s budget hotel segment were it already operates 16 favehotels, plans to open another 27 faves and NEOs in 2013 and has a strong pipeline beyond next year with more than 30 hotels set to open by 2014 and 2015.

Aston Internationals Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr. Norbert Vas, said: “Aston entered Indonesia 15 years ago with one hotel in Bali. Back then in 1997, foreigners where leaving the county and global hotel chains had their eyes fixed on China not recognizing Indonesia’s potential. We stayed, settled down and made Indonesia our home, learned the language and local ways and were firm believers in Indonesia’s future with a strong desire to be part of it. We now have thanks to our local partners grown to more than 60 operating hotels with a construction pipeline of more than 12.000 rooms and enjoy industry leading occupancy levels and guest loyalty throughout our entire system.“ IBP/Aston International

Seen in the picture Mr. Norbert Vas – Vice President Sales & Marketing of Aston International giving Aston Group’s Business Development presentation.

Calendar Event for October 23 through November 27, 2012 23 Oct A nggar Kasih Tambir Pura Dalem Puri Batuan S ukawati Pura Dalem Kediri Silakarang Singapadu Pura dalem Desa Sukawati Pura Dalem Desa Singakerta Pura dalem Lembeng Ketewel - Sukawati Pura Paibon Pasek Tangkas Peliatan - Ubud Pura Puseh ngukuhin Keramas - Gianyar Pura Pemerajan Agung Ki Telabah, Tuakilang - Tabanan Pura Karang Buncing Blahbatuh Pura Dalem Bubunan Desa - Seririt Buleleng Pura Desa Badung Kota Denpasar Merajan Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa - Kayuputih - Turupinghe Pura Luwur Pedengenan Bedha Bongan - Tabanan Mr. Dukuh Sebudi Mr. Pasek Ngukuhin Keramas Pura Pucak Payongan Banjar Lungsiakan - Desa Kedewatan Pura Tanah Kilap Gria Anyar Denpasar Pura Selukat Desa Keramas Keramas - Blahbatuh - Gianyar Pura Dalem Tampuagan Desa Peninjoan - Tembuku - Bangli Pura Waturenggong Desa Taro Pura Dalem Bentuyung Ubud Pura Puseh Ubud Ubud Pura Dalem Peliatan Peliatan Ubud.

24 Oct B uda Umanis Tambir Pura Sari Bankar Titih Kapal Badung 29 Oct P urnama Kelima Aci-aci Penaung Bayu Pura Batumadeg di Besakih Pura Kentel Gumi Bangli Pura Pedarman Agung Satria Denpasar Pura Pemerajan Agung Pemecutan Denpasar

Ngusaba di Pura Kehen Bangli Pura Desa Pemenang Lombok Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Gobleg Kekeran Mengwi Pura Suranadi Lombok Pura Puncak Bukit Tampak Siring Pura Dalem Puri Agung Kintamani Pura Dalem Agung Nongan Karangasem Pura Dalem Ubung-Kupang Dukuh PenebelTabanan Pura Dalem Balingkang Kintamani Pr. Tampurhyang Pusat Kawitan Mahagota Catur Sanak Songan Kintamani Pura Dalem Pulasari Desa Bantas Sudaji Buleleng Merajan Pasek Gelgel Lebih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tulamben Pura Penyusungan Pasek Tohjiwa S e l e m a d e g Tabanan Pura Pasar Agung Besakih Sebudi Karangasem Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tengkulak Kaja Pura Suci Desa Tianyar K ubu Karangasem Pura Bukit Mentik ring Gunung Lebah Desa Batur Kintamani Pura Narmada Lombok Pura Segara Ampenan Lombok Pura Ularan Seririt Buleleng 7 Nov B uda Keliwon Matal Pura Desa Ds. Sukawati Merajan Agung Batuyang - batubulan Pura Pasek Gelgel Bebetin - sawan - buleleng Pura Maspahit Sesetan - Denpasar Selatan Pura Pasek Bendesa Manik Mas Dukuh Kendran - Tegalalang Pura Panti Pasek Gaduh Sesetan Merajan Pasek Kubayan Wangaya Gede Pura Pedarman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih 17 Nov H ari Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh, Pura Desa Kota Gianyar

Pura Luhur Dalem Sagenin Kediri - Tabanan Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tegal Gede Badung 21 Nov B uda Wage Menail Pr. Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan C emenggaon Sukawati Mr. Pasek Dangke bambang - Bangli Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Menakaji Desa Peninjoan - Bangli Merajan Agung Blangsinga - Blahbatuh Pura Kawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh Gianyar Pura Kawitan Gusti Celuk, Baler Pura Sada, Banjar Pemebatan, Kapal Mengwi.

27 Nov A nggar Kasih Perangbakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa - Klungkung Pura Tirta Sudamala Bebalang - Bangli Pura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sangsit sawan Buleleng Pura Pasek Gelgel Pangi Dawan - Klungkung Pura Gunung engsong - Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Dalem Bitra Gianyar Pura Dalem Banyuning Timur - Buleleng Pura Dalem Pauman Batan Getas (Padang Entas) Titih Denpasar Pura Tengah Padang Tegalalang Merajan Pasek Gelgel Batu Dewa Kangin Banjar Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg di Desa Sande - Pupuan Tabanan Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Adat Pagan Denpasar Pura Hyangaluh J enggala Besakih Merajan Pasek Lurah Tutuan Gunaksa Mr. Pasek Gelgel Selulung Merajan Pasek Subrata M edahan Merajan Pasek Munggu M unggu Pura Tengkulak Tulikup - Gianyar Pura Penataran Badung D esa Ogang Sidemen

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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By APEC Summit 2013, PLN Bali prepares 60 MW power backup

Travel books as gifts: From coffee table to memoir Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — From memoirs and maps to beautiful hard-covers suitable for coffee-table display, here are some ideas for holiday gifts from this year’s crop of travel books and publications. (Prices shown are cover list prices.)

National Geographic’s “World’s Best Travel Experiences” ($40) looks at wild places, urban spaces, manmade wonders and other extraordinary destinations, from beach paradises to religious pilgrimage sites. There’s even a list of best places for dance lessons, whether you want to hula in Hawaii or tango in Argentina. The book also includes reminiscences from well-known writers like Bill Bryson and Anna Quindlen.

From Lonely Planet, “Great Adventures” ($40) offers inspiration for hikes, dives, biking, climbs, and drives, plus animal adventures like tracking mountain gorillas in Uganda and washing elephants in Thailand; winter trips from ice-trekking an Argentine glacier to dog-sledding the Yukon; and trips by water, in canoes, kayaks, sailboats, rafts and other conveyances.

Also from Lonely Planet, “Food Lover’s Guide to the World” ($40) offers food history, recipes and recommendations for where to eat, from a Bangkok vendor of noodle dishes, Yen Ta Fo JC, to tips for cooking mofongo, a combination of plantains and pork rinds popular in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Travel writers Don George, an editor at large for National Geographic Traveler magazine, and Pauline Frommer, creator of Pauline Frommer Guidebooks, both said travel books they’ve recently enjoyed include actor Andrew McCarthy’s memoir, “The Longest Way Home” (Free Press, $26). Frommer said the book has “the same wary, watchful charm” that McCarthy displays as an actor. McCarthy made his name in Brat Pack movies like “St. Elmo’s Fire” and “Pretty in Pink.”

Frommer says she also enjoyed the “behind-the-scenes hijinx of ‘Heads in Beds,’” by Jacob Tomsky (Doubleday, $26), a funny insider’s memoir of the world of high-end hotels, along with “Wild,’ by Cheryl Strayed (Knopf, $26), a memoir of a grueling 1,100mile (1,770-kilometer) hike on the Pacific Crest Trail that helped the writer put her life together. Frommer said the book gave her a “cathartic cry or three.”

Other recommendations from George include “Among the Islands”

by Tim Flannery, about his adventures researching animals of the Pacific islands (Penguin, $25) and “The Black Rhinos of Namibia” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25) in which writer Rick Bass recounts his experiences tracking animals in Africa with conservation-

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FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2003 file photo, Spanish chef Ferran Adria examines ingredients in his kitchen workshop in Barcelona, Spain. Spain’s famed chef Ferran Adria says the wine cellar of his former restaurant, elBulli is to be auctioned to raise funds for his new project, the elBulli Foundation.

Spain’s elBulli restaurant to sell wine cellar Associated Press Writer

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This undated image released by Free Press shows “The Longest Way Home: One Man’s Quest for the Courage to Settle Down,” by Andrew McCarthy. Pauline Frommer, creator of Pauline Frommer Guidebooks,says “The Longest Way Home” has “the same wary, watchful charm” that McCarthy displays as an actor. ists. George himself is out with a new anthology of travel stories he edited called “Better Than Fiction” (Lonely

Planet, $16) featuring work by Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Matthiessen, Kurt Andersen and others.

MADRID — Spain’s famed chef Ferran Adria on Saturday said the contents of the wine cellar of his former restaurant, elBulli, will be auctioned off next year to raise funds for his new project. ElBulli served its last supper and closed in July 2011, with Adria and business partner Juli Soler planning to establish “an experimental center looking at the process of innovation and creativity.”

Adria told The Associated Press the sale will raise funds for the foundation. “In around a month’s time, the full list of wines will be published,” Adria said. “I don’t really know that much about wine, I drink and enjoy them, but that’s about as far as it goes.”

He said many bottles were signed by producers and all would carry an elBulli Foundation identifying label. Sotheby’s auction house said in a statement that more than 8,800 bottles from elBulli’s cellar would be auctioned with a view to raising an estimated $1.6 million.

El Bulli maintained an almost unattainable Michelin three-star status for over a decade and was rated the world’s best restaurant five times by British magazine The Restaurant, with Adria often being cited as the world’s most talented and imaginative chef.

In October, Soler, the maitre d’ who discovered and signed up Adria, resigned from the elBulli Foundation after being diagnosed with a neuro-degenerative disease. Since his arrival at El Bulli in 1981, Soler became an essential figure in what became one of the world’s most influential restaurants.

Serena Sutcliffe, head of Sotheby’s international wine department, said those lucky enough to have dined at elBulli will never forget the extraordinary sensations experienced there.

“There was surprise, delight and elation in every dish, a seamless procession of magic that opened up before one’s eyes, only to disappear in a moment of bliss,” she said.

Sutcliffe added that the food, which she described as all the secrets of smoke, foam and spheres of liquid involving melon to olives, was intuitively paired with “enticing and phenomenally interesting” wines.

DENPASAR - PT PLN of Bali Distribution prepares additional 60 MW power supply for Nusa Dua and surrounding areas ahead of the APEC Summit to be held in Bali in 2013. “Hopefully, with this addition the APEC Summit next year can run smoothly and there will be no problems in the supply of electricity,” said Manager of Southern Bali Area, I Nyoman Sueca, accompanied

by Spokesperson of PT PLN Bali, Agung Mastika.

With such amount of electric power, it was expected there would be no interference or outages during the APEC Summit. Other than power backup for Nusa Dua, the additional 60 MW was also prepared to meet the needs for electric power at the Ngurah Rai Airport because airport renovation was estimated to require additional power. “At the moment, the Ngurah Rai Airport requires electric power from the PLN at 4.9 MW, while Nusa Dua area requires 170 MW,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Agung Mastika added that for the additional power supply his party currently built a substation system in the south of

the airport expected to be completed prior to the APEC implementation.

Related to the power supply in Bali, Agung Mastika said that maintenance to the Gilimanuk power plant with the capacity of 130 MW would be undertaken in mid-January 2013.

He said the maintenance program was to improve the reliability of Bali electrical system in the future in harmony with the increasing demand for electricity each year due to economic and social development of local communities.

To make the event successful, Agung Mastika expected the community could participate in maintaining the electrical reliability by saving power consumption.

Instantaneous power saving was

highly expected especially at peak hours at 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. every day, so the reliability of electricity in Bali could be wellmaintained.

Agung Mastika explained the power supply capacity in Bali amounted to 690 MW sourcing from Pesanggaran diesel and gas-fired power plant (190 MW), Gilimanuk gas-fired power plant (130 MW), Pemaron diesel and gas-fired power plant (170 MW) and Java-Bali marine cables (200 MW). Meanwhile, the highest peak load occurred on November 14, 2012 reaching 664.4 MW, so that it was required the support of community to use the electricity economically. (kmb28)

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PT PLN of Bali Distribution prepares additional 60 MW power supply for Nusa Dua and surrounding areas ahead of the APEC Summit to be held in Bali in 2013.

Raffles and the British Invasion of Java:

A book revealing dark side of Thomas Stamford Raffles Bali Post

MANGUPURA - So far, many books depict Thomas Stamford Raffles when he led the British colonial administration in Indonesia in 1811-1816 as a good figure with various outstanding achievements.

However, very few books are found to feature the other side of Raffles as a hero, namely as a figure of evil during his leadership in Indonesia.

Departing from that point, a writer who is also a professional photog-

rapher, Tim Hannigan, is moved to write a book entitled Raffles and the British Invasion of Java as the second book after the book entitled Murder in the Hindu Kush (2011). This book is a differentiator from the previous book about Raffles because it is capable of exploring the other sides of Raffles so this book gives more complete depiction where the figure Raffles does not only serve as a hero but also as a ‘criminal.’

Before the media crew at the press

conference in the launching of the book Raffles and the British Invasion of Java in Periplus Bookstore, Bali Mall Galeria, Saturday (Dec 1), the man from Penzance, South England, exposed the content of the book worked on for 3 years through research in the British Library London, one of the museums in Yogyakarta and use of resources like the chronicle Bedhah ing Ngayogyakarta.

In his book, he presents some nasty sides of Raffles where one of which was his straightforward attempt to attack and destroy the power of Surakarta and Yogyakarta Palace.

It was intended to fulfill the ambition of making the British colonial fully rule in Indonesia. “Previously, the Dutch implemented a diplomatic approach to the palace. Raffles instead directly attacked so that it claimed IBP/Widana

A writer who is also a professional photographer, Tim Hannigan, is moved to write a book entitled Raffles and the British Invasion of Java as the second book after the book entitled Murder in the Hindu Kush (2011).

many casualties. It is important because it was never told in the previous book on Raffles,” said the man born 32 years ago.

In the 368-page book is mentioned that during the administration of Raffles, a massive corruption was committed by the team of Raffles.

Besides, Raffles also lied by telling the leadership if he had obtained a lot of results. But, he then asked for money to the central administration of British colonial in Kolkata, India, and claimed as the result of Indonesia.

Raffles also often applied the practice of nepotism by putting relatives or acquaintances in high positions in the government.

Aside from negative sides, the book also contains the good sides and achievement of Raffles in Indonesia as well as the influence left so far.

Before the arrival of Raffles, almost no European people were really interested in the results of Javanese culture such as Prambanan and Borobudur Temple. Such interest encouraged Raffles to catalog the temples including the Dien, Panataran and others. The love of Raffles to culture and history of Java was so great so that he composed the book History

of Java becoming the first book in English containing a complete study about Java and the book becomes an important contribution to date.

According to the man who had been a chef, Raffles also affected the transportation system in Indonesia such as the use of the left lane to drive. “In Europe, only the UK applied the left lane to drive. Such influence was applied by Raffles in Indonesia and remains in use until now,” said the man who is now an English teacher in Surabaya.

Through this book, Tim hoped there was a thorough understanding on Raffles and the British colonialist because it was still growing an assumption if the British ruler longer colonized Indonesia, Indonesia could attain more advancement as achieved by the former British colonies like Singapore and Malaysia. “Until now, some people of Indonesia have assumption if they prefer to be colonized by British than Dutch colonial, whereas it is not true. Indonesia was once ruled by British colonial but could not become a developed country,” concluded the freelance reporter in a number of media in Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia. (wid)

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Heavy rain flushing the Klungkung Regency recently caused one of the public roads at Umanyar, Nyalian village, Banjarangkan, to avalanche. As a result, the activities of local farmers to rice fields paralyzed because the road was the only access to their rice field. Besides, they are also at risk of crop failure because both the road and irrigation channels avalanched.

CAIRO - Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi called a December 15 referendum on a new constitution, hoping to end protests over a decree expanding his powers, as at least 200,000 of his Islamist supporters rallied in Cairo on Saturday. Approval of the constitution drafted by an assembly stacked with Mursi’s Islamist allies will override the November 22 decree that temporarily shielded Mursi from judicial oversight and triggered statements of concern from Western governments.

A resident of Umanyar, I Nengah Sumerta, said on Saturday (Dec 1) the avalanche occurred five days ago.

At that time, Klungkung was flushed by heavy rains from the afternoon until the morning. There were no fatalities in the incident. The eroded road was more than 10 meters wide, 20 meters long and with a height of approximately 30 meters. The avalanche made local communities restless.

Due to avalanche, they could not go to their rice field as usual and perform worship to subak temple at Gombleng Klod. Additionally, about 50 hectares of farmland cultivated by hundreds of local farmers were at risk of harvest failure. The avalanched road access was adjacent to irrigation channel, so the only water flow running to the rice field was also disconnected. “As the water flow disconnected, farmers are unable to fertilize and do other activities in their field. If this condition persists farmers here can face crop failure,” he complained.

Meanwhile, Deputy Regent of Klungkung, Tjokorda Gde Agung, said last Saturday his party had not received a report from local village authority. However, his party promised to check the road condition after the avalanche and would take immediate emergency measures. At least, local farmers could go to their farmland.

Sumerta added that farmers which had harvested their rice were also difficult to bring home their agricultural products such as grain and crops. They really hoped the road and irrigation channel could soon be repaired.

By doing so, they could cultivate their rice fields again. (kmb31)

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Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi rally in the vicinity of Cairo University and Nahdet Misr Square in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo December 1, 2012.

Data of the Badung Highways and Irrigation Agency (BMP) in 2010 noted 23 points of flooding locations across Badung Regency.

Most of them have now been handled.

Tens of billions of funds are ready to be disbursed in order to tackle the remaining flood-prone spots.

Division Head of Road and Bridge of the BMP Badung, IB Surya Suamba, said on Friday (Nov 30) the flood-prone points were located in two subdistricts namely South Kuta and Kuta.

Other subdistricts were North Kuta, Mengwi, Abiansemal and Petang.

The potential of flooding remained to exist, but was not as bad as Kuta and South Kuta.

According to him, there were four points of flooding in South Kuta subdistrict. Two of them had been handled by means of Badung

The decree plunged Egypt into its worst crisis since Mursi won office in a June election and sparked countrywide protests and violence in which two people have been killed and hundreds injured. This hit an economy just showing signs of recovery.

“I renew my call for opening a serious national dialogue over the concerns of the nation, with all honesty and impartiality,” said Mursi after receiving the final draft from the constituent assembly. “We must move beyond the period of confrontation and differences, and get on to productive work.”

The constitution is meant to

be the cornerstone of democracy after three decades of army-backed autocracy under President Hosni Mubarak. Yet drafting it has been divisive, exposing splits between newly empowered Islamists and their opponents. Protesters in an open-ended sit-in in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, which was also the focus of demonstrations against Mubarak, accuse Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood of trying to impose a flawed constitution.

Leading opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei said on Twitter that “struggle will continue” despite the referendum and that the draft constitution “undermines basic

freedoms.” Liberal figures including former Arab League chief Amr Moussa pulled out of the constituent assembly last month, as did representatives of Egypt’s Christian minority.

The draft constitution contains Islamist-flavored language which opponents say could be used to whittle away human rights and stifle criticism. It forbids blasphemy and “insults to any person”, does not explicitly uphold women’s rights and demands respect for “religion, traditions and family values”.

The text also limits presidents to two four-year terms, requires parliamentary approval for their choice of prime minister, and introduces some civilian oversight of the military although not enough for critics.

Mursi described it as a constitution that fulfilled the goals of the January 25, 2011 revolution that brought an end to Mubarak’s rule.

“Let everyone - those who agree and those who disagree - go to the referendum to have their say,” he said.

North Korea plans new rocket launch as leader asserts power Reuters

The damage road at Umanyar, Nyalian village, Banjarangkan

Rainy season, flooding still haunts Badung regional budget and assistance from central government. Meanwhile, two more points would be addressed in 2013.

In Kuta, there were five critical points of flooding namely on Jalan Raya Kuta, Jalan Dewi Sartika, Temacun Legian, Jalan Dewi Sri dan Jalan Arjuna. Surya Suamba stated the endeavor to anticipate flooding in Kuta was more serious than in other regions because Kuta had been hit by serious flooding for several times.

Badung Regency assisted by central government had allocated tens of billions of rupiahs to deal with flooding points in Kuta. The most assistance came from central government. For instance, central government would allocate a fund worth IDR 27 billion for Jalan Raya Kuta, in 2013. Then, Jalan Dewi Sartika would get allocation worth IDR 26 billion to make a pump

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system. As for the Jalan Dewi Sri, he recognized to have not addressed thoroughly. “In the future, it will be made an estuary at the mouth of Mati River. Similarly, on Jalan Arjuna will be made a channel to estuary with the help of central government,” he said.

He said further that in the upcoming rainy season, flooding would possibly happen at some points.

Among them, two points were located on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, South Kuta area and three points in Kuta area. To help the emergency management, the Badung Regency planned to purchase water pump to suck flooding and mud.

Although the flooding points had been addressed by the government, Surya Suamba remained to ask people to be pro-active in protecting the environment. Without public participation, the government efforts would not go maximal. (kmb)

Four kids robbed

Amlapura (Bali Post)-

Married couple Nengah Buda and Ketut Sopak from Batu Gede, Nawakerti Village, Abang, Karangasem last Friday, got robbed as they left their four little kids picking grasses on the mountain. The robber managed to take a number of valuable ceremony equipments such as four pieces of bokor selaka. The robbery was reported by Buda accompanied by Banjar Head, Bau Nyoman Karta Sugiantara, to Abang Police which then tens of police went to investigate yet accused hasn’t been found.

It was stated they left around 5 am local time to find grasses in a mountain located quite far. According to their 10 year old child, as the parents left suddenly someone knocked the locked door rapidly. The robber couldn’t forced open the door as it is locked with

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a wood yet from a hole above the door, robber managed to take the wooden lock.

With his face covered in white cloth and wearing black long pants, robber did turn on a flashlight as it was dark. The eldest child threatens him but robber seems to know that the little kids won’t do a thing. The robber opened a cupboard and took two big bokor selaka (a kind of bowl made from metal) valuing IDR 6 million each and other two small ones along with its sahab (cover).

The total loss they’re experiencing reached IDR 14 million. Buda stated he just knew the incident after coming back around 9.30 am local time. The Head of Banjar really hoped that police can capture the robber so that the village can be peaceful again and none of those incidents repeated. (013)

SEOUL - North Korea said it would carry out its second rocket launch of 2012 as its youthful leader Kim Jong-un flexes his muscles a year after his father’s death, in a move that South Korea and the United States swiftly condemned as a provocation. North Korea’s state news agency announced the decision to launch another space satellite on Saturday, just a day after Kim met a senior delegation from China’s Communist Party in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.

China, under new leadership, is North Korea’s only major political backer and has continually urged peace on the Korean peninsula, where the North and South remain technically at war after an armistice, rather than a peace treaty, ended the 1950-53 conflict.

China’s Foreign Ministry said it was deeply concerned by the move, but urged calm. “North Korea has a right to the peaceful use of space, but this right has been restricted by U.N. Security Council resolutions.

(China) hopes all sides can do more to benefit peace and stability on the peninsula, and hopes all sides handle it calmly to avoid the situation escalating,” ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement.

In Washington, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland condemned the launch plan as a provocative threat to the Asia-Pacific region that would violate United Nations resolutions imposed on Pyongyang after past missile tests.

“A North Korean ‘satellite’ launch would be a highly provocative act that threatens peace and security in the region,” she said in a written statement. Pentagon spokesman George Little said, “North Korea must abide by its international obligations under U.N. Security Council resolutions that clearly articulate what it can and cannot do with respect to missile technologies.”

Seoul’s foreign ministry called the move a “grave provocation.”

Japan’s Kyodo news agency said Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had ordered ministries to be on alert for the launch.

“North Korea wants to tell China that it is an independent state by staging the rocket launch and it wants to see if the United States will drop its hostile policies,” said Chang Yong-seok, a senior researcher at the Institute for Peace Affairs at Seoul National University.

North Korea is banned from conducting missile or nuclear-related activities under U.N. resolutions

imposed after earlier nuclear and missile tests. The country says its rockets are used to put satellites into orbit for peaceful purposes, but that assertion is not widely accepted

outside of Pyongyang.

Washington and Seoul believe that the impoverished North is testing long-range missile technology with the aim of developing an

intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

Pyongyang’s threats are aimed, in part, at winning concessions and aid from Washington, analysts say.

REUTERS/Bobby Yip/Files

A soldier stands guard in front of a rocket sitting on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, during a guided media tour by North Korean authorities in the northwest of Pyongyang in this April 8, 2012 file photo.

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ASEAN Transportation Minister agree to form SAR Forum

Moody’s downgrade eurozone bailout fund Associated Press

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BERLIN — Rating agency Moody’s has stripped the eurozone’s new €500 billion ($615 billion) bailout fund of its top credit rating.

Moody’s announced Friday to downgrade the European Stability Mechanism’s long-term debt rating from AAA to Aa1, maintaining a negative outlook.

The agency said its decision was driven by its earlier downgrade of France. The eurozone’s second-largest economy guarantees a sizable part of the ESM’s loan capacity.

ESM chief Klaus Regling called the decision “difficult to understand,” saying it does “not sufficiently acknowledge ESM’s exceptionally strong institutional framework, political commitment and capital structure.”

The ESM — one of the 17-nation eurozone’s key tools in fighting off its debt crisis — continues to be assigned a top-notch long-term rating

by Fitch. Moody’s and Fitch also see the fund’s short-term credit rating as AAA.

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Tourists released baby turtles during an event in Kuta Beach to preserve the existence of turtle. In Bali, turtle is still at issue by international community because the trafficking rate of this animal remains rife. Although the turtle consumption and trafficking have decreased by 80 percent since 2000, it remains to happen so far.

AP Photo/Francois Mori

A homeless begs next to a bank of ATM’s in Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 as France’s government shrugged off the latest downgrade of its credit rating, saying Tuesday that it just needs time for reforms to the sluggish economy to take root.

1 month before US ‘fiscal cliff’ no deal in sight

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WASHINGTON — Washington politicians have one month to step back from the so-called “fiscal cliff,” across-the-board tax hikes and austerity-driven spending cuts likely to return the country to recession, and a top Republican declares there has been no real progress after two weeks of talks between President Barack Obama and a divided Congress.

The president, who has called for settling the issue before Christmas, visited a Philadelphia suburb to campaign for his demand that any deal include higher tax rates on U.S. couples earning more than $250,000 a year. He also wants to keep in place the smaller tax burden that lower income earners have had for about a decade.

Speaking at a toy factory, Obama said allowing taxes to rise for the middle class would amount to a

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“lump of coal” for Christmas.

Republican House Speaker John Boehner argued that Obama’s latest offer — to raise revenue by $1.6 trillion over the next decade — would be a “crippling blow” to an economy that is still struggling to find its footing. The Ohio Republican told reporters he would continue working with Obama on the issue but gave a gloomy assessment of the talks so far.

“There’s a stalemate. Let’s not kid ourselves,” Boehner said. “Right now, we’re almost nowhere.”

Democrats have said that any delay was the fault of Republicans who refuse to accept Obama’s call to raise tax rates on the richest Americans.

Obama’s speech came a day after his administration proposed nearly $1.6 trillion in new tax revenue over 10 years, $600 billion in savings from changes in mandatory spending programs including Medicare,

and $200 billion in spending ranging from public works projects to help for the unemployed and struggling homeowners, according to administration officials.

Republicans rejected the offer as unreasonable. Republicans have said they are open to new tax revenue but not higher rates.

The austerity measures that automatically would take effect Jan. 1 unless a deal is made is the looming punishment for Washington’s inability, or unwillingness, in recent years to deal decisively with the country’s spending far more than it has been taking in.

Politicians in both major U.S. parties are showing no signs of giving up on the deep partisan divisions that have crippled legislative action in Washington despite Obama’s strong victory for a second White House term.

White House officials believe Obama’s trip Friday will build

momentum for his case, even as Republicans describe it as an irritant and an obstacle to productive talks.

Obama said he believed both parties “can and will work together” to reach an agreement to get its longterm deficit under control “in a way that’s balanced and is fair.”

He said both sides need to “get out of our comfort zones” to reach an agreement.

Obama toured and spoke at the Rodon Group manufacturing facility, showcasing the company as an example of a business that depends on middle-class consumers during the holiday season. The company manufactures parts for K’NEX Brands, a construction toy company.

Administration officials said the White House offer, presented to Hill Republicans by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, constituted much of what Obama has previously suggested in budget proposals and

during the campaign.

Under the administration’s plan, the new tax revenue would include $950 billion generated by raising taxes on families with incomes over $250,000 and by closing certain tax loopholes. The remainder would be achieved through an overhaul of the tax system next year and would not become effective until 2014.

The uncertainty over whether the U.S. can resolve the critical budget deadlock is beginning to increase jitters in stock markets in Europe, where eurozone countries have already returned to recessionary economies.

European investor sentiment had been buoyed this week by upbeat reports on the U.S. economy, including economic growth and consumer confidence. But markets failed to sustain their rally Friday as trading became increasingly focused on the difficult talks between the White House and Congress.

Turtle conservation through ecotourism concept

UNDENIABLY, the wildlife and protected animal conservation does not only require a determination and commitment, but also financial support. Animal conservationist group and similar organization must be having a constraint. As consequence, several parties infrequently underestimate the conservation efforts. Indeed the financial constraints can be covered either with donation or independent business. One of the ways is by developing the concept of ecotourism through involvement of local community in the breeding site, for instance.

As the island of tourist destination, Bali actually has a great opportunity for that. Unfortunately, in some locations it is commercialized for mass tourism and sets aside the concept of conservation. It is feared it can even damage the protective measures. One of the successful ecotourism models is the parrot conservation in Maluku. Tour guides who escort travelers and bird researchers are local people who were previously the hunters of the bent beak bird. Now, the communities are empowered by providing home stay for researchers.

In Bali, turtle is still at issue by international community because the trafficking rate of this animal remains rife. Although the turtle consumption and trafficking have decreased by 80 percent since 2000, it remains to happen so far. Therefore, all components both society

and government must work together to end the turtle trafficking in Bali.

A turtle conservationist group, Kurma Asih at Perancak village, Jembrana, Bali, is currently trying the concept of ecotourism. Compared to similar conservationist groups in Kuta, Badung or Klungkung, this group is less attractive to tourists because of its location is away from the center of tourism activities whereas Perancak is the biggest turtle nest in Bali.

To support this conservation is needed a synergy with the community, not to mention the culture of coastal community of Jembrana that has been accustomed to traffic turtle eggs. Along the coast from Gilimanuk to Pekutatan is found many turtle nests. Local fishermen along the coast often get turtle eggs and sell them. This condition draws the concern of Kurma Asih turtle conservationist group so it is forced

to give real rewards in the form of money as a stimulus for the protection of turtle eggs.

“If we do not buy, they will sell to someone else as the turtle eggs are in high demand,” said Ketut Tirta, one of the founders of the Perancak turtle conservationist group. With the stimulus, many fishermen from the coastal area of Jembrana to Tabanan gave their turtle eggs to the group.

The ecotourism developed at Perancak village is teaming up with an independent international non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), namely ProFauna Indonesia. It is an NGO focusing its activities in wildlife protection through cooperation with the Kurma Asih at Perancak and trying to develop conservation with a slightly different approach. It develops ecotourism and community-based conservation.

Local people are involved so as to obtain economic benefits. On that account, it can reduce or mitigate the exploitation of turtles in the region.

“So far, the turtle egg trafficking remains to happen, and we should minimize and discontinue it in the future.

As a protected animal, the trafficking of turtle eggs is not allowed for any reason,” said Chairman of ProFauna

Indonesia, Rosek Nursahid.

It did not give financial support, but education and training such as by bringing in turtle conservation practitioner, helping promote and mentoring. Besides, they also team up with volunteer agencies of the world such as from France and Australia. “They will send volunteers to Perancak and they will pay. The volunteers will pay for the cost of accommodation, food and so on here. The revenue will be totally come to society. By all means, it will also be dedicated to conservation of sea turtles. So, there is an alternative income for the community,” added the activist from Malang, East Java.

The effort was welcomed by the activists of turtle conservationist at Perancak. I Wayan Anom Astika Jaya said that in the future the conservation would be attempted to go hand in hand with ecotourism and improvement of local economy.

“Thus, it can provide an alternative income for local fishermen by preparing the accommodation for researchers and volunteers from various countries, not only from the results of fishing alone. Ultimately, it will not only empower the Kurma Asih but the Perancak villagers in general,” he explained. (olo)

NUSA DUA - ASEAN transportation ministers have agreed to form a Search and Rescue (SAR) forum to intensify transportation cooperation at regional level, Indonesian Transportation Minister E.E Mangindaan said.

“ASEAN SAR Forum will soon be formed to strengthen transportation cooperation.

Through the forum we will also think of how to provide safe and secure transportation,” he said on the sidelines of the 18th ASEAN Transportation Ministers Meeting which ended here on Friday.

The forum will be held in March 2013, he said without elaborating on where it will take place. The minister said the forum is the implementation of ASEAN SAR cooperation to follow up on the existing cooperation.

“The forum is set up to follow up on the agreement which facilitates a number of existing policies so the ASEAN SAR policies can be adjusted to the current progress,” he said.

Through the forum, ASEAN member states will form a working group to discuss the 1972 accord on the search of missing planes and the rescue of plane crash victims, he said.

In addition, the working group will also discuss the 1975 accord on the rescue of ship accident victims, he said.

He said the ASEAN SAR Forum is not merely aimed at forming a SAR unit but also at taking preemptive measure.

So far there has been no transportation safety and security system at ASEAN level. The existing SAR cooperation only involves two countries, he said.

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M23 rebels withdraw from the eastern Congo town of Goma, Saturday Dec. 1, 2012. Sy Koumbo, a spokesman for the U.N. in Congo, says that an agreement was reached late Friday with M23 rebels after they attempted to force their way into Goma’s international airport to seize arms.

Congo rebels complete Goma pullout Associated Press Writer

GOMA, Congo — Rebels believed to be backed by Rwanda completed their retreat from Congo’s eastern provincial capital on Saturday less than two weeks after taking control of the strategic city, a military official said. The retreat, however, may be tentative after a leader for the M23 rebels said they now wanted to negotiate with the government within 48 hours.

Ugandan Brig. Jeffrey Muheesi, who is part of a mission sent by regional leaders to oversee the rebel retreat, said the rebels’ pullout from Goma was complete. “They have pulled out of Sake and Goma, and now Congolese government policemen are controlling the central bank, the governor’s office and the border post,” he said from the outskirts of Goma.

The M23 rebels took the capital of North Kivu on Nov. 20, after battling the Congolese army for nearly a day. The group had defied two earlier ultimatums to leave Goma, raising the possibility they did not intend to leave and giving credence to a U.N. report accusing Rwanda of using the rebels as a proxy to annex territory in the mineral-rich eastern Congo.

The eight-month-old M23 rebellion is led by fighters from a now-defunct rebel group, who

agreed to lay down their arms on March 23, 2009, in return for being allowed to join the ranks of the Congolese army. M23 takes its name from the date of that accord, and the rebellion began in April, when hundreds of soldiers defected from the military, saying that the terms of the accord had not been respected.

In fact, most analysts believe the origin of the rebellion is a fight over Congo’s vast mineral wealth, a good chunk of which is found in the North Kivu province where Goma is the capital.

Starting this spring, the fighters seized a series of small towns and villages in North Kivu, culminating with the capture of Goma, a population hub of 1 million and a key, mineral trading post.

The regional bloc representing the nations bordering Congo had issued a Friday deadline for the M23 fighters to retreat

from Goma, after the rebels had thumbed their nose at an earlier ultimatum. M23 rebels began retreating on Tuesday from the other territories they seized.

Trucks full of M23 soldiers were driving out of Goma this morning. A column of rebels on foot walked near the convoy, mirroring the column of fighters that first walked into the city a little less than two weeks ago. The rebels left in a matter of hours and in an orderly fashion, carrying rifles and ammunition. Some of the trucks also carried mattresses and even a generator.

“Now we are waiting for the negotiations, within 48 hours,” said a leader of M23, Gen. Sultani Makenga, as he left Goma.

He said the rebels would wait for a cease-fire to be signed. “If the government wants, we will come back,” he said, adding that they’d do so through negotiations, or force if needed.

Indonesia to pursue Palestine’s bid for UN full membership

ROME — Italians are choosing a center-left candidate for premier for elections early next year, an important primary runoff given the main party is ahead in the polls against a center-right camp in utter chaos over whether Silvio Berlusconi will run again.

Sunday’s runoff pits a veteran center-left leader, Pier Luigi Bersani, 61, against the 37-year-old mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi, who has campaigned on an Obama-style “Let’s change Italy now” mantra.

Nearly all polls show Bersani winning the primary, after he won the first round of balloting Nov. 25 with 44.9 percent of the vote. Since he didn’t get an absolute majority, he was forced into a runoff with Renzi, who garnered 35.5 percent.

After battling all week to get more voters to the polling stations for round two, Renzi seemed almost resigned to a Bersani win

by Sunday, saying he hoped that by Monday “we can all work together.”

Bersani, a former transport and industry minister, seemed confident of victory as well, joking about Berlusconi’s flip-flopping political ambitions by asking “What time did he say it?” when told that the media mogul had purportedly decided against running.

Next year’s general election will largely decide how and whether Italy continues on the path to financial health charted

by Premier Mario Monti, appointed last year to save Italy from a Greek-style debt crisis.

The former European commissioner was named to head a technical government after international markets lost confidence in then-Premier Berlusconi’s ability to reign in Italy’s public debt and push through sorely needed structural reforms.

Preserve...

From page 1 The name was taken from the son of Satria Naradha who passed away when he was 8 months. The curriculum in the kindergarten emphasis on Balinese culture, started from greeting and others. “Every Wednesday, we held Balinese day. It is done to make the children use to speaking Balinese language,” said the head of Alit Kirana Kindergarten Ketut Cicawati. The students don’t have to pay anything to study in the kindergarten.

In the press world, the late also was a pioneer. The head of Bali Journalist Association, Bagus Ngurah Rai said that she worked tirelessly to build Bali Post. She always said that the press is the tool to speak oput the public interest. He hopes that all press and media follow her foot steep. (udi)

Five dead...

From page 1 The Fire and Disaster Management Agency later confirmed there were five bodies, adding another vehicle had also been burned.

“Other vehicles are believed to have been buried,” it said in a statement released late afternoon.

A local fire department spokesman said it may take a while for rescue workers to remove the bodies and to find other people who were trapped inside.

“We are going into the tunnel and clearing debris. There is no telling as to when we can actually pull the individuals out,” he told AFP. The discovery of burned corpses was reported as police officers, a local professor and highway engineers surveyed the extent of the collapse inside the tunnel, a fire service spokesman said.

The search-and-rescue operation, which had been suspended because of the risk of another collapse, was back on by late afternoon.

A team of 14 rescue workers returned to the tunnel at 4:16 pm shortly after the bodies were found, along with heavy equipment, including car transporters, the fire brigade spokesman said.

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Jennifer Lopez wowed thousands of fans in Indonesia, but they didn’t see as much of her as concertgoers in other countries — the American pop star toned down both her sexy outfits and her dance moves during her show in the world’s most populous Muslim country, promoters said Saturday.

JLo tones down concert in Indonesia

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JAKARTA — Jennifer Lopez wowed thousands of fans in Indonesia, but they didn’t see as much of her as concertgoers in other countries — the American pop star toned down both her sexy outfits and her dance moves during her show in the world’s most populous Muslim country, promoters said Saturday.

Lopez’s “Dance Again World Tour” was performed in the country’s capital, Jakarta, on Friday in line with promises Lopez made to make her show more appropriate for the audience, said Chairi Ibrahim from Dyandra Entertainment, the concert promoter.

“JLo was very cooperative ... she respected our culture,” Ibrahim said, adding that Lopez’s managers also asked whether she could perform her usual sexy dance moves, but were told that “making love” moves were not appropriate for Indonesia.

“Yes, she dressed modestly ... she’s still sexy, attractive and tantalizing, though,” said Ira Wibowo,

an Indonesian actress who was among more than 7,000 fans at the concert.

Another fan, Doddy Adityawarman, was a bit disappointed with the changes.

“She should appear just the way she is,” he said, “Many local artists dress even much sexy, much worse.”

Lopez changed several times during her 90-minute concert along with several dancers, who also dressed modestly without revealing their chests or cleavage.

Most Muslims in Indonesia, a secular country of 240 million people, are moderate. But a small extremist fringe has become more

vocal in recent years.

They have pushed through controversial laws — including an anti-pornography bill — and have been known to attack anything perceived as blasphemous, from transvestites and bars to “deviant” religious sects.

Lady Gaga was forced to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia in May following threats by Islamic hard-liners, who called her a “devil worshipper.”

Lopez will also perform in Muslim-majority Malaysia on Sunday.

“Thank you Jakarta for an amazing night,” the 43-year-old diva tweeted to her 13 million followers Saturday.

Antara UNITED NATIONS - Indonesia hails the UN general assembly non-member observer state status for Palestine and the country will continue to support Palestine`s bid for UN full membership, according to Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa.

“The decision is historic for the realization of a twostate solution vision, where Palestine and Israel could live side by side peacefully,” Minister Marty told the press here Friday.

Indonesia, a co-sponsor of Palestine`s UN membership bid resolution at the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, believes that Palestine`s full membership is consistent with the twoState solution vision.

The UN General Assembly finally voted overwhelmingly to recognise Palestine as a non-member observer state a move strongly opposed by Israel and the US. The assembly voted 138-9 in favour, with 41 nations abstaining.

“Alhamdulillah (Thank God) our efforts have yielded optimal result for the success of Palestine to become an ob-

server state in the UN. However, the work is not finished yet, of course,” Marty stated.

“The next steps, we will continue our joint efforts with other countries to support Palestine`s UN full membership bid,” he said.

With Palestine`s status upgrade in the UN, Indonesia hopes the international community could stop Israel from committing violations of international laws in the occupied Palestinian territories.

He also hoped that more countries will give recognition to the Palestinian state.

Indonesia will never recognize Israel`s sovereignty as long as Palestine has not gained its independence and UN full membership status, the minister stated.

“We will talk about the establishment of diplomatic relations with and recognition of Israel, only when there is an independent Palestinian state,” he stated.

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Minister Marty held bilateral talks with a number of leaders, including UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon and the special envoy of UN-Arab League for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi.

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Serangan Island

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Serangan is a small island that lies off the Balinese coastline just south of Sanur and has long played an important role in local religious history. Despite its size, there are actually four temple compounds found on the island and Pura Sakenan is considered one of the holiest sites of worship for Balinese Hindu’s.

The origin of Pura Sakenan dates back to around 1250 during the reign of Raja Sri Masula Masuli when it was built by Mpu Kuturan.

However, shrines, pagodas and

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other religious elements were added during the 15th Century by Dang Hyang Niratha, a priest who was also responsible for the magnificent cliff top temple at Uluwatu.

Every Kuningan on the Balinese calendar a vibrant three-day temple ceremony is held and Pura Sakenan and worshippers flock from all over south Bali to the island to pray.

Prior to 1996 the island was only accessible by boat and visits to the temple there were likened to a holy pilgrimage.

During the reign of President Suharto, Serangan Island was viewed as prime property and developers

began a massive reclamation project that tripled the size of the island and built a bypass land bridge in anticipation of a luxury golf resort.

But due to financial difficulties the entire project went into bankruptcy and the island and its sacred temple were saved from the clutches of greedy developers. As a result, Hindu worshippers now visit the island by car or motorbike, which some scholars believe de-sanctifies the overall pilgrimage.

Serangan Island is inhabited by over 3,000 people and almost half of them are involved in the fishing industry. Interestingly enough there

is also a local Bugis community of approximately 300 Muslims who live side by side with the Hindu’s complete harmony. There is a rare mutual respect that exists between these two ethnic groups.

Serangan Island is also known as Turtle Island as for many years it was nesting ground for the Green Sea Turtle. Locals used to catch the live turtles as well as their eggs for consumption and unfortunately this exploitation resulted in the near elimination of all turtles in this area.

In 2004 with the aid of international funding a Turtle Conservation and Education Centre was established

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on the island and the government imposed a strict ban on turtle trading. With local help, the aim of this centre is to nurture the growth of newly hatched turtles and release them at an age where survival rates are quite favourable. The fishermen of Serangan now try to safeguard these ocean creatures to prevent extinction.

The waters surrounding Serangan Island are popular with surfers especially during the wet season when west-south-west winds blow.

The waves average 4-6ft and this once secret spot now gets quite crowded.

Associated Press Writer

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San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili (20), of Argentina, drives to the basket past Memphis Grizzlies defender Zach Randolph (50) during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in San Antonio. San Antonio won 99-95.

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Spurs shake off fine to edge Grizzlies Associated Press Writer

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs shook off the disappointment at a $250,000 fine imposed by the NBA to beat Memphis 99-95 in overtime on Saturday, knocking the Grizzlies off their perch atop the league standings.

The Spurs were hit by the fine for resting four starting players against Miami without any notice. Possibly invigorated by that fine, or perhaps just well rested, Tony Parker scored 30 points while Tim Duncan had 27 points and 15 rebounds in the win over Memphis.

Coach Greg Popovich said he was disappointed by Commissioner David Stern’s decision and ruled out neither an appeal, nor a possible repeat of the ploy in future busy scheduling. Marc Gasol scored 20 points for the Grizzlies, who slipped to a 12-3 record, falling into a tie with Miami for the overall NBA lead.

The Heat grabbed that share of the lead by downing the high-flying Brooklyn Nets 102-89, having trailed at one stage by 14 points.

Dwyane Wade scored a season-high 34 points and LeBron James added 21 for the Heat, who won their sixth straight and 12th in a row over the Nets, restricting Brooklyn to just 30 points in the second half.

Andray Blatche scored 20 points for Brooklyn, which lost the lead in

the Atlantic Division, slipping half a game behind New York. Oklahoma City stayed locked with the Spurs on a 14-4 record by cruising past the New Orleans Hornets 100-79, having built a 27-point lead after three quarters.

Kevin Durant scored 20 points, Russell Westbrook added 18 points and 10 assists for the Thunder, which has won five straight; the past four by double digits. Ryan Anderson had 21 points and 10 rebounds for New Orleans, but was only 3 of 11 on 3-point attempts, normally his strength.

The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers — so often the also-rans in the Pacific Division — stayed locked together atop that frame as both notched comfortable wins. The Warriors downed the Indiana Pacers 103-92 as Stephen Curry had 20 points and a seasonhigh 11 assists.

Klay Thompson scored 22 points for the surprising Warriors, who went out to a 16-point lead in the third quarter to notch a third straight

win. David West scored 23 points for the Pacers. The Clippers routed the Sacramento Kings 116-81, with seven players in double figures for points, led by Jamal Crawford’s 17 points off the bench.

Los Angeles was able to rest all its starters in the fourth quarter, with Blake Griffin finishing on 14 points and nine rebounds. Marcus Thornton scored 20 points for the struggling Kings. The Chicago Bulls had a 93-78 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in a reprise of last year’s firstround playoff series. Luol Deng scored a game-high 25 points; making it consecutive games in which he topped the score sheets.

Richard Hamilton added 15 points for the Bulls, while Jrue Holiday led the 76ers with 23 points. The Houston Rockets made it five straight home wins with a 124-116 win over the Utah Jazz in a rich display of shooting skills by both teams.

Patrick Patterson scored 20 points and Chandler Parsons and Jeremy Lin had 19 apiece for the Rockets, who shot 55 percent (46 of 83) and hit half of their 3-point shots at 11 of 22. Gordon Hayward had 13 of his 21 points in the second half for the Jazz who lost despite shooting 51 percent (48 of 94) overall and going 11 for 20 from 3-point range.

KEY BISCAYNE, Florida — Recently retired Andy Roddick beat third-ranked Andy Murray 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday in the Miami Tennis Cup exhibition event. Roddick will play 11th-ranked Nicolas Almagro of Spain in the final Sunday. Almagro advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over 14th-ranked John Isner.

Murray, trailing 2-5 in the first set, surrendered his serve in the eighth game when he sailed a backhand crosscourt wide. In the second set, Murray saved two break points from down 0-40, but couldn’t convert the third to give Roddick a 5-3 lead. At 15-0, Roddick doublefaulted twice in a row, but went on to win the final three points of the match with a service winner and two forehand winners.

“If we had gone three sets I would’ve had a full body cramp and it would’ve been awkward for all of you,” said Roddick, who kept a running dialogue with the crowd. “There’s no comeback (to tennis for me). “Andy was nice to

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me tonight.”

Roddick has put on almost two kilograms (four pounds) since retiring following the U.S. Open. He says he’s content in retirement and is playing a lot of golf.

“I don’t miss the travel at all,” Roddick said. “It’s nice coming here and seeing familiar faces.

I still enjoy hitting tennis balls, but I haven’t lost that part of it. I haven’t lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people.” Murray, the Olympic gold medalist and U.S. Open champion, wasn’t surprised that Roddick won.

“Andy hasn’t hit that many balls the last few months,” Murray said.

“Maybe his timing was a little bit off, but he still hits the ball very well. It was only a few months ago he was making a decent run at the U.S. Open.”

Roddick has beaten Almagro both times they met in straight sets and both meetings were on hard courts. They met here at Crandon Park in the 2010 Miami Masters quarterfinals and the 2011 Shanghai Masters in the round of 16.

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Sp rt Ronaldo unites Bernabeu, eases pressure on Mourinho Reuters

MADRID - Cristiano Ronaldo gave the Real Madrid public some welcome cheer by leading the champions to victory over city rivals Atletico in the derby on Saturday after Jose Mourinho’s publicity stunt failed to unite the Bernabeu. The Portugal forward scored a superb freekick to open the scoring, laid on a second for Mesut Ozil, hit the woodwork twice and brought the smiles back to the faces of Real fans as they ran out 2-0 victors over city rivals Atletico.

“Life in Madrid remains unchanged,” a headline in daily El Mundo said on Sunday, as Atletico made it 22 La Liga matches without a win over their neighbours. After sectors of the crowd had whistled when others sang his name during a King’s Cup match on Tuesday, Mourinho had challenged disgruntled Madrid supporters to vent their frustrations against him personally before the game.

Last weekend’s 1-0 league defeat at Real Betis, their third in 14 matches this season, had left them 11 points adrift of unbeaten leaders Barcelona. As promised, the former Chelsea and Inter Milan boss walked onto the edge of the pitch 40 minutes before kick-off, surrounded by dozens of cameramen, but there were less then 5,000 fans braving the freezing temperatures to see him then.

A few whistles interspersed the applause of those present, as he stood for a few minutes, but it did little to heal any divisions of opinion over his stewardship of the club. “Mourinho never hides, he always shows his face for the team,” assistant coach Aitor Karanka said at the postmatch news conference, which Mourinho did not attend.

“The coach can do what he likes. The whole of Real Madrid is with him,” club director Emilio Butragueno told Spanish television afterwards.

Barcelona’s 5-1 hammering of Athletic Bilbao earlier on Saturday set a new La Liga record of 40 points from the opening 14 games of the campaign with 13 wins a n d a d r a w.

Real stayed 11 p o i n t s back in third, b u t

closed the gap on second-placed Atletico to five points.

It was a bitter disappointment for Atletico and their fans who had held high hopes of recording their first derby win since 1999.

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Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal reacts during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Atletico de Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.

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United defending is agony for Ferguson

Marchisio brace gives Juve derby win over Torino

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Juventus claimed the spoils in the Turin derby on Saturday when a Claudio Marchisio double and Sebastian Giovinco strike in the second half secured a 3-0 Serie A victory over 10-man Torino. The win saw Juve move on to 35 points and extend their lead at the top of the table to five, at least until second-placed Napoli, Inter Milan and Fiorentina (both 28) play on Sunday.

The champions were keen to get back to winning ways after suffering their second defeat in a month, to AC Milan, last weekend and to give them a boost ahead of their crucial Champions League tie at Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.

Italy midfielder Marchisio said the victory was important ahead of the trip to the Ukraine where a draw will guarantee a place in the last 16 ahead of European champions Chelsea. “It wasn’t easy tonight,” he told Sky Italia. “The derby is always the derby and getting back to winning again is really good for morale. It’s a great way to prepare for the game against Shakhtar.”

A goalless first half was played at a fast pace, in classic derby fashion, though clear chances were at a premium. But the tide began to turn when Torino’s Kamil Glik was shown a straight red in the 36th minute for a reckless challenge on midfielder Emanuele Giaccherini.

“The game was over with the red card,” Torino coach Giampiero Ventura told Sky Italia. Juve’s assistant coach Angelo Alessio added: “Glik’s red card was obvious. Giaccherini could have suffered a really nasty injury.”

Five minutes after the Pole was dismissed Juve were awarded a penalty when Migjen Basha handled though it could equally have been given for his upending of Paul Pogba moments later. Andrea Pirlo missed the spot kick, sending it high over Jean-Francois Gillet’s bar.

Valencia sack coach Pellegrino after 5-2 defeat Reuters

MADRID - Valencia sacked coach Mauricio Pellegrino after Saturday’s 5-2 defeat at home to Real Sociedad left them languishing in 12th place in La Liga and in danger of missing out on a place in Europe next season.

Sporting director Braulio Vazquez told a news conference the club had no immediate replacement for the Argentine, who took over from Unai Emery at the end of last season.

“We have been exchanging opinions, debating and we have taken the decision to sack Pellegrino,” club president Manuel Llorente said.

“As you may imagine, it was a painful decision but we think that as part of the responsibility we have, we have to take these kinds of decisions,” he added.

“If we are in this situation it’s not just because of Mauricio Pellegrino... I think that all of us in charge of the club are responsible.

“Our aim is to get the team into the Champions League and it’s our responsibility to make sure that happens. It’s easier not to take decisions but it’s our duty.”

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Los Angeles Galaxy’s David Beckham, right, of England, holds up the trophy as he celebrates the team’s 3-1 win in the MLS Cup championship soccer match against the Houston Dynamo in Carson, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.

Beckham bows out, hailed as turning point for MLS

MANCHESTER - Alex Ferguson described watching his Manchester United side’s defending in the topsy-turvy 4-3 victory over Reading on Saturday as agony. United conceded three times in the opening 23 minutes of a rollercoaster first half at the Madejski Stadium but scored four times themselves before the interval to go three points clear at the top of the Premier League.

“It was agony, the worst defending of this season, and we needed to do something about it,” Ferguson, who hauled off defender Rafael in a first half that often resembled a playground kickaround, told ESPN. “I thought it was going to be a record score in the Premier League at halftime. It was unbelievable.

“We’re needing to rescue the situation all the time. Fortunately we have players who can do that.

“We saw it through and had two really good opportunities from Robin (van Persie) to finish it off but I was just glad to get over the line. If we defend like that against Manchester City, I might need to play myself.”

United have conceded the first goal numerous times this season and have had their defence breached 21 times as they struggle to cope with the absence of the injured Nemanja Vidic.

That is 10 more than champions City, whom they face at the Etihad Stadium next weekend.

In attack, however, they remain lethal. Wayne Rooney scored twice, once from the penalty spot, on Saturday, while Van Persie’s 10th league goal of the season, a typically cool piece of finishing, proved to be the winner as the second half petered out.

“We could have been battered today, but thankfully we are always scoring goals and that is rescuing us every time,” Fergu-

son said. “Wayne was fantastic in the first half, as were Robin and Ashley Young. Reading couldn’t control them. “We should have finished the game off with some of the opportunities we had. In the first half, I said to myself that it would be a miracle if we win this one.

“I’m just glad that we did.”

Reading led 1-0 through Hal Robson-Kanu before Anderson combined superbly with Young to equalise, and Rooney fired United ahead from the penalty spot.

Adam Le Fondre was given a free header to level for Reading before another set piece saw Sean Morrison make it 3-2 for the hosts. Rooney then turned in Patrice Evra’s low cross before Van Persie’s contribution to the scoring bonanza.

Sanity broke out in the second half as the goals dried up and United held on for the win that lifted them above champions City, who had gone top with a 1-1 draw with Everton.

Reuters

CARSON, California - David Beckham’s L.A. Galaxy team-mates urged him to stay on for another year after they won their second successive MLS Cup on Saturday, and while their hopes will surely be in vain, the reaction epitomized the affection in which he has come to enjoy.

A chant of ‘one more year’ rang out from the Galaxy locker-room as the players celebrated their win after Beckham’s final game in Major League Soccer. “We were telling David that we wanted him for one more year,” said defender Todd Dunivant. “We said that last year too and we got it, so why not push our luck a little bit? We will see what happens.”

Beckham, however, has been adamant that now is the right time for him to end his time as a player in MLS and enjoy one more challenge, with so far an unnamed team, before returning to MLS in an ownership role.

His coach Bruce Arena said he was sure the former England captain, who has won league titles in his homeland with Manchester United and in Spain with Real Madrid before two titles with Galaxy, would find success. “Many would think it is the last chapter, I think David thinks there is another chapter and if there is it is probably going to be another great championship,” he said.

But while Beckham’s passing, set-pieces and influence on his Galaxy team-mates have all been ingredients in the past six years that have pleased Arena, it has been the midfielder’s off field impact which has delighted many in the States. “Twenty years from now we are going to look at this league and still talk about David Beckham as the one who helped turn us,” said Arena.Former U.S. national team goalkeeper Kasey Keller, who played in England, Spain and Germany before returning home and playing in MLS for the Seattle Sounders, said Beckham had been exactly what the North American league needed.

“It was at a time when the league needed something to give it a big global kick-start and there wasn’t a bigger global personality in the game than David Beckham,” he told Reuters.

AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, right, fights for the ball against Queens Park Rangers’ goalkeeper Julio Cesar during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Nov. 24, 2012.

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Sp rt Ronaldo unites Bernabeu, eases pressure on Mourinho Reuters

MADRID - Cristiano Ronaldo gave the Real Madrid public some welcome cheer by leading the champions to victory over city rivals Atletico in the derby on Saturday after Jose Mourinho’s publicity stunt failed to unite the Bernabeu. The Portugal forward scored a superb freekick to open the scoring, laid on a second for Mesut Ozil, hit the woodwork twice and brought the smiles back to the faces of Real fans as they ran out 2-0 victors over city rivals Atletico.

“Life in Madrid remains unchanged,” a headline in daily El Mundo said on Sunday, as Atletico made it 22 La Liga matches without a win over their neighbours. After sectors of the crowd had whistled when others sang his name during a King’s Cup match on Tuesday, Mourinho had challenged disgruntled Madrid supporters to vent their frustrations against him personally before the game.

Last weekend’s 1-0 league defeat at Real Betis, their third in 14 matches this season, had left them 11 points adrift of unbeaten leaders Barcelona. As promised, the former Chelsea and Inter Milan boss walked onto the edge of the pitch 40 minutes before kick-off, surrounded by dozens of cameramen, but there were less then 5,000 fans braving the freezing temperatures to see him then.

A few whistles interspersed the applause of those present, as he stood for a few minutes, but it did little to heal any divisions of opinion over his stewardship of the club. “Mourinho never hides, he always shows his face for the team,” assistant coach Aitor Karanka said at the postmatch news conference, which Mourinho did not attend.

“The coach can do what he likes. The whole of Real Madrid is with him,” club director Emilio Butragueno told Spanish television afterwards.

Barcelona’s 5-1 hammering of Athletic Bilbao earlier on Saturday set a new La Liga record of 40 points from the opening 14 games of the campaign with 13 wins a n d a d r a w.

Real stayed 11 p o i n t s back in third, b u t

closed the gap on second-placed Atletico to five points.

It was a bitter disappointment for Atletico and their fans who had held high hopes of recording their first derby win since 1999.

AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal reacts during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Atletico de Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.

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United defending is agony for Ferguson

Marchisio brace gives Juve derby win over Torino

Reuters

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Juventus claimed the spoils in the Turin derby on Saturday when a Claudio Marchisio double and Sebastian Giovinco strike in the second half secured a 3-0 Serie A victory over 10-man Torino. The win saw Juve move on to 35 points and extend their lead at the top of the table to five, at least until second-placed Napoli, Inter Milan and Fiorentina (both 28) play on Sunday.

The champions were keen to get back to winning ways after suffering their second defeat in a month, to AC Milan, last weekend and to give them a boost ahead of their crucial Champions League tie at Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.

Italy midfielder Marchisio said the victory was important ahead of the trip to the Ukraine where a draw will guarantee a place in the last 16 ahead of European champions Chelsea. “It wasn’t easy tonight,” he told Sky Italia. “The derby is always the derby and getting back to winning again is really good for morale. It’s a great way to prepare for the game against Shakhtar.”

A goalless first half was played at a fast pace, in classic derby fashion, though clear chances were at a premium. But the tide began to turn when Torino’s Kamil Glik was shown a straight red in the 36th minute for a reckless challenge on midfielder Emanuele Giaccherini.

“The game was over with the red card,” Torino coach Giampiero Ventura told Sky Italia. Juve’s assistant coach Angelo Alessio added: “Glik’s red card was obvious. Giaccherini could have suffered a really nasty injury.”

Five minutes after the Pole was dismissed Juve were awarded a penalty when Migjen Basha handled though it could equally have been given for his upending of Paul Pogba moments later. Andrea Pirlo missed the spot kick, sending it high over Jean-Francois Gillet’s bar.

Valencia sack coach Pellegrino after 5-2 defeat Reuters

MADRID - Valencia sacked coach Mauricio Pellegrino after Saturday’s 5-2 defeat at home to Real Sociedad left them languishing in 12th place in La Liga and in danger of missing out on a place in Europe next season.

Sporting director Braulio Vazquez told a news conference the club had no immediate replacement for the Argentine, who took over from Unai Emery at the end of last season.

“We have been exchanging opinions, debating and we have taken the decision to sack Pellegrino,” club president Manuel Llorente said.

“As you may imagine, it was a painful decision but we think that as part of the responsibility we have, we have to take these kinds of decisions,” he added.

“If we are in this situation it’s not just because of Mauricio Pellegrino... I think that all of us in charge of the club are responsible.

“Our aim is to get the team into the Champions League and it’s our responsibility to make sure that happens. It’s easier not to take decisions but it’s our duty.”

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AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Los Angeles Galaxy’s David Beckham, right, of England, holds up the trophy as he celebrates the team’s 3-1 win in the MLS Cup championship soccer match against the Houston Dynamo in Carson, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.

Beckham bows out, hailed as turning point for MLS

MANCHESTER - Alex Ferguson described watching his Manchester United side’s defending in the topsy-turvy 4-3 victory over Reading on Saturday as agony. United conceded three times in the opening 23 minutes of a rollercoaster first half at the Madejski Stadium but scored four times themselves before the interval to go three points clear at the top of the Premier League.

“It was agony, the worst defending of this season, and we needed to do something about it,” Ferguson, who hauled off defender Rafael in a first half that often resembled a playground kickaround, told ESPN. “I thought it was going to be a record score in the Premier League at halftime. It was unbelievable.

“We’re needing to rescue the situation all the time. Fortunately we have players who can do that.

“We saw it through and had two really good opportunities from Robin (van Persie) to finish it off but I was just glad to get over the line. If we defend like that against Manchester City, I might need to play myself.”

United have conceded the first goal numerous times this season and have had their defence breached 21 times as they struggle to cope with the absence of the injured Nemanja Vidic.

That is 10 more than champions City, whom they face at the Etihad Stadium next weekend.

In attack, however, they remain lethal. Wayne Rooney scored twice, once from the penalty spot, on Saturday, while Van Persie’s 10th league goal of the season, a typically cool piece of finishing, proved to be the winner as the second half petered out.

“We could have been battered today, but thankfully we are always scoring goals and that is rescuing us every time,” Fergu-

son said. “Wayne was fantastic in the first half, as were Robin and Ashley Young. Reading couldn’t control them. “We should have finished the game off with some of the opportunities we had. In the first half, I said to myself that it would be a miracle if we win this one.

“I’m just glad that we did.”

Reading led 1-0 through Hal Robson-Kanu before Anderson combined superbly with Young to equalise, and Rooney fired United ahead from the penalty spot.

Adam Le Fondre was given a free header to level for Reading before another set piece saw Sean Morrison make it 3-2 for the hosts. Rooney then turned in Patrice Evra’s low cross before Van Persie’s contribution to the scoring bonanza.

Sanity broke out in the second half as the goals dried up and United held on for the win that lifted them above champions City, who had gone top with a 1-1 draw with Everton.

Reuters

CARSON, California - David Beckham’s L.A. Galaxy team-mates urged him to stay on for another year after they won their second successive MLS Cup on Saturday, and while their hopes will surely be in vain, the reaction epitomized the affection in which he has come to enjoy.

A chant of ‘one more year’ rang out from the Galaxy locker-room as the players celebrated their win after Beckham’s final game in Major League Soccer. “We were telling David that we wanted him for one more year,” said defender Todd Dunivant. “We said that last year too and we got it, so why not push our luck a little bit? We will see what happens.”

Beckham, however, has been adamant that now is the right time for him to end his time as a player in MLS and enjoy one more challenge, with so far an unnamed team, before returning to MLS in an ownership role.

His coach Bruce Arena said he was sure the former England captain, who has won league titles in his homeland with Manchester United and in Spain with Real Madrid before two titles with Galaxy, would find success. “Many would think it is the last chapter, I think David thinks there is another chapter and if there is it is probably going to be another great championship,” he said.

But while Beckham’s passing, set-pieces and influence on his Galaxy team-mates have all been ingredients in the past six years that have pleased Arena, it has been the midfielder’s off field impact which has delighted many in the States. “Twenty years from now we are going to look at this league and still talk about David Beckham as the one who helped turn us,” said Arena.Former U.S. national team goalkeeper Kasey Keller, who played in England, Spain and Germany before returning home and playing in MLS for the Seattle Sounders, said Beckham had been exactly what the North American league needed.

“It was at a time when the league needed something to give it a big global kick-start and there wasn’t a bigger global personality in the game than David Beckham,” he told Reuters.

AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, right, fights for the ball against Queens Park Rangers’ goalkeeper Julio Cesar during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Nov. 24, 2012.

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Serangan Island

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Serangan is a small island that lies off the Balinese coastline just south of Sanur and has long played an important role in local religious history. Despite its size, there are actually four temple compounds found on the island and Pura Sakenan is considered one of the holiest sites of worship for Balinese Hindu’s.

The origin of Pura Sakenan dates back to around 1250 during the reign of Raja Sri Masula Masuli when it was built by Mpu Kuturan.

However, shrines, pagodas and

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other religious elements were added during the 15th Century by Dang Hyang Niratha, a priest who was also responsible for the magnificent cliff top temple at Uluwatu.

Every Kuningan on the Balinese calendar a vibrant three-day temple ceremony is held and Pura Sakenan and worshippers flock from all over south Bali to the island to pray.

Prior to 1996 the island was only accessible by boat and visits to the temple there were likened to a holy pilgrimage.

During the reign of President Suharto, Serangan Island was viewed as prime property and developers

began a massive reclamation project that tripled the size of the island and built a bypass land bridge in anticipation of a luxury golf resort.

But due to financial difficulties the entire project went into bankruptcy and the island and its sacred temple were saved from the clutches of greedy developers. As a result, Hindu worshippers now visit the island by car or motorbike, which some scholars believe de-sanctifies the overall pilgrimage.

Serangan Island is inhabited by over 3,000 people and almost half of them are involved in the fishing industry. Interestingly enough there

is also a local Bugis community of approximately 300 Muslims who live side by side with the Hindu’s complete harmony. There is a rare mutual respect that exists between these two ethnic groups.

Serangan Island is also known as Turtle Island as for many years it was nesting ground for the Green Sea Turtle. Locals used to catch the live turtles as well as their eggs for consumption and unfortunately this exploitation resulted in the near elimination of all turtles in this area.

In 2004 with the aid of international funding a Turtle Conservation and Education Centre was established

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on the island and the government imposed a strict ban on turtle trading. With local help, the aim of this centre is to nurture the growth of newly hatched turtles and release them at an age where survival rates are quite favourable. The fishermen of Serangan now try to safeguard these ocean creatures to prevent extinction.

The waters surrounding Serangan Island are popular with surfers especially during the wet season when west-south-west winds blow.

The waves average 4-6ft and this once secret spot now gets quite crowded.

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San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili (20), of Argentina, drives to the basket past Memphis Grizzlies defender Zach Randolph (50) during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in San Antonio. San Antonio won 99-95.

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SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs shook off the disappointment at a $250,000 fine imposed by the NBA to beat Memphis 99-95 in overtime on Saturday, knocking the Grizzlies off their perch atop the league standings.

The Spurs were hit by the fine for resting four starting players against Miami without any notice. Possibly invigorated by that fine, or perhaps just well rested, Tony Parker scored 30 points while Tim Duncan had 27 points and 15 rebounds in the win over Memphis.

Coach Greg Popovich said he was disappointed by Commissioner David Stern’s decision and ruled out neither an appeal, nor a possible repeat of the ploy in future busy scheduling. Marc Gasol scored 20 points for the Grizzlies, who slipped to a 12-3 record, falling into a tie with Miami for the overall NBA lead.

The Heat grabbed that share of the lead by downing the high-flying Brooklyn Nets 102-89, having trailed at one stage by 14 points.

Dwyane Wade scored a season-high 34 points and LeBron James added 21 for the Heat, who won their sixth straight and 12th in a row over the Nets, restricting Brooklyn to just 30 points in the second half.

Andray Blatche scored 20 points for Brooklyn, which lost the lead in

the Atlantic Division, slipping half a game behind New York. Oklahoma City stayed locked with the Spurs on a 14-4 record by cruising past the New Orleans Hornets 100-79, having built a 27-point lead after three quarters.

Kevin Durant scored 20 points, Russell Westbrook added 18 points and 10 assists for the Thunder, which has won five straight; the past four by double digits. Ryan Anderson had 21 points and 10 rebounds for New Orleans, but was only 3 of 11 on 3-point attempts, normally his strength.

The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers — so often the also-rans in the Pacific Division — stayed locked together atop that frame as both notched comfortable wins. The Warriors downed the Indiana Pacers 103-92 as Stephen Curry had 20 points and a seasonhigh 11 assists.

Klay Thompson scored 22 points for the surprising Warriors, who went out to a 16-point lead in the third quarter to notch a third straight

win. David West scored 23 points for the Pacers. The Clippers routed the Sacramento Kings 116-81, with seven players in double figures for points, led by Jamal Crawford’s 17 points off the bench.

Los Angeles was able to rest all its starters in the fourth quarter, with Blake Griffin finishing on 14 points and nine rebounds. Marcus Thornton scored 20 points for the struggling Kings. The Chicago Bulls had a 93-78 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in a reprise of last year’s firstround playoff series. Luol Deng scored a game-high 25 points; making it consecutive games in which he topped the score sheets.

Richard Hamilton added 15 points for the Bulls, while Jrue Holiday led the 76ers with 23 points. The Houston Rockets made it five straight home wins with a 124-116 win over the Utah Jazz in a rich display of shooting skills by both teams.

Patrick Patterson scored 20 points and Chandler Parsons and Jeremy Lin had 19 apiece for the Rockets, who shot 55 percent (46 of 83) and hit half of their 3-point shots at 11 of 22. Gordon Hayward had 13 of his 21 points in the second half for the Jazz who lost despite shooting 51 percent (48 of 94) overall and going 11 for 20 from 3-point range.

KEY BISCAYNE, Florida — Recently retired Andy Roddick beat third-ranked Andy Murray 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday in the Miami Tennis Cup exhibition event. Roddick will play 11th-ranked Nicolas Almagro of Spain in the final Sunday. Almagro advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over 14th-ranked John Isner.

Murray, trailing 2-5 in the first set, surrendered his serve in the eighth game when he sailed a backhand crosscourt wide. In the second set, Murray saved two break points from down 0-40, but couldn’t convert the third to give Roddick a 5-3 lead. At 15-0, Roddick doublefaulted twice in a row, but went on to win the final three points of the match with a service winner and two forehand winners.

“If we had gone three sets I would’ve had a full body cramp and it would’ve been awkward for all of you,” said Roddick, who kept a running dialogue with the crowd. “There’s no comeback (to tennis for me). “Andy was nice to

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me tonight.”

Roddick has put on almost two kilograms (four pounds) since retiring following the U.S. Open. He says he’s content in retirement and is playing a lot of golf.

“I don’t miss the travel at all,” Roddick said. “It’s nice coming here and seeing familiar faces.

I still enjoy hitting tennis balls, but I haven’t lost that part of it. I haven’t lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people.” Murray, the Olympic gold medalist and U.S. Open champion, wasn’t surprised that Roddick won.

“Andy hasn’t hit that many balls the last few months,” Murray said.

“Maybe his timing was a little bit off, but he still hits the ball very well. It was only a few months ago he was making a decent run at the U.S. Open.”

Roddick has beaten Almagro both times they met in straight sets and both meetings were on hard courts. They met here at Crandon Park in the 2010 Miami Masters quarterfinals and the 2011 Shanghai Masters in the round of 16.

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M23 rebels withdraw from the eastern Congo town of Goma, Saturday Dec. 1, 2012. Sy Koumbo, a spokesman for the U.N. in Congo, says that an agreement was reached late Friday with M23 rebels after they attempted to force their way into Goma’s international airport to seize arms.

Congo rebels complete Goma pullout Associated Press Writer

GOMA, Congo — Rebels believed to be backed by Rwanda completed their retreat from Congo’s eastern provincial capital on Saturday less than two weeks after taking control of the strategic city, a military official said. The retreat, however, may be tentative after a leader for the M23 rebels said they now wanted to negotiate with the government within 48 hours.

Ugandan Brig. Jeffrey Muheesi, who is part of a mission sent by regional leaders to oversee the rebel retreat, said the rebels’ pullout from Goma was complete. “They have pulled out of Sake and Goma, and now Congolese government policemen are controlling the central bank, the governor’s office and the border post,” he said from the outskirts of Goma.

The M23 rebels took the capital of North Kivu on Nov. 20, after battling the Congolese army for nearly a day. The group had defied two earlier ultimatums to leave Goma, raising the possibility they did not intend to leave and giving credence to a U.N. report accusing Rwanda of using the rebels as a proxy to annex territory in the mineral-rich eastern Congo.

The eight-month-old M23 rebellion is led by fighters from a now-defunct rebel group, who

agreed to lay down their arms on March 23, 2009, in return for being allowed to join the ranks of the Congolese army. M23 takes its name from the date of that accord, and the rebellion began in April, when hundreds of soldiers defected from the military, saying that the terms of the accord had not been respected.

In fact, most analysts believe the origin of the rebellion is a fight over Congo’s vast mineral wealth, a good chunk of which is found in the North Kivu province where Goma is the capital.

Starting this spring, the fighters seized a series of small towns and villages in North Kivu, culminating with the capture of Goma, a population hub of 1 million and a key, mineral trading post.

The regional bloc representing the nations bordering Congo had issued a Friday deadline for the M23 fighters to retreat

from Goma, after the rebels had thumbed their nose at an earlier ultimatum. M23 rebels began retreating on Tuesday from the other territories they seized.

Trucks full of M23 soldiers were driving out of Goma this morning. A column of rebels on foot walked near the convoy, mirroring the column of fighters that first walked into the city a little less than two weeks ago. The rebels left in a matter of hours and in an orderly fashion, carrying rifles and ammunition. Some of the trucks also carried mattresses and even a generator.

“Now we are waiting for the negotiations, within 48 hours,” said a leader of M23, Gen. Sultani Makenga, as he left Goma.

He said the rebels would wait for a cease-fire to be signed. “If the government wants, we will come back,” he said, adding that they’d do so through negotiations, or force if needed.

Indonesia to pursue Palestine’s bid for UN full membership

ROME — Italians are choosing a center-left candidate for premier for elections early next year, an important primary runoff given the main party is ahead in the polls against a center-right camp in utter chaos over whether Silvio Berlusconi will run again.

Sunday’s runoff pits a veteran center-left leader, Pier Luigi Bersani, 61, against the 37-year-old mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi, who has campaigned on an Obama-style “Let’s change Italy now” mantra.

Nearly all polls show Bersani winning the primary, after he won the first round of balloting Nov. 25 with 44.9 percent of the vote. Since he didn’t get an absolute majority, he was forced into a runoff with Renzi, who garnered 35.5 percent.

After battling all week to get more voters to the polling stations for round two, Renzi seemed almost resigned to a Bersani win

by Sunday, saying he hoped that by Monday “we can all work together.”

Bersani, a former transport and industry minister, seemed confident of victory as well, joking about Berlusconi’s flip-flopping political ambitions by asking “What time did he say it?” when told that the media mogul had purportedly decided against running.

Next year’s general election will largely decide how and whether Italy continues on the path to financial health charted

by Premier Mario Monti, appointed last year to save Italy from a Greek-style debt crisis.

The former European commissioner was named to head a technical government after international markets lost confidence in then-Premier Berlusconi’s ability to reign in Italy’s public debt and push through sorely needed structural reforms.

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From page 1 The name was taken from the son of Satria Naradha who passed away when he was 8 months. The curriculum in the kindergarten emphasis on Balinese culture, started from greeting and others. “Every Wednesday, we held Balinese day. It is done to make the children use to speaking Balinese language,” said the head of Alit Kirana Kindergarten Ketut Cicawati. The students don’t have to pay anything to study in the kindergarten.

In the press world, the late also was a pioneer. The head of Bali Journalist Association, Bagus Ngurah Rai said that she worked tirelessly to build Bali Post. She always said that the press is the tool to speak oput the public interest. He hopes that all press and media follow her foot steep. (udi)

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From page 1 The Fire and Disaster Management Agency later confirmed there were five bodies, adding another vehicle had also been burned.

“Other vehicles are believed to have been buried,” it said in a statement released late afternoon.

A local fire department spokesman said it may take a while for rescue workers to remove the bodies and to find other people who were trapped inside.

“We are going into the tunnel and clearing debris. There is no telling as to when we can actually pull the individuals out,” he told AFP. The discovery of burned corpses was reported as police officers, a local professor and highway engineers surveyed the extent of the collapse inside the tunnel, a fire service spokesman said.

The search-and-rescue operation, which had been suspended because of the risk of another collapse, was back on by late afternoon.

A team of 14 rescue workers returned to the tunnel at 4:16 pm shortly after the bodies were found, along with heavy equipment, including car transporters, the fire brigade spokesman said.

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Jennifer Lopez wowed thousands of fans in Indonesia, but they didn’t see as much of her as concertgoers in other countries — the American pop star toned down both her sexy outfits and her dance moves during her show in the world’s most populous Muslim country, promoters said Saturday.

JLo tones down concert in Indonesia

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JAKARTA — Jennifer Lopez wowed thousands of fans in Indonesia, but they didn’t see as much of her as concertgoers in other countries — the American pop star toned down both her sexy outfits and her dance moves during her show in the world’s most populous Muslim country, promoters said Saturday.

Lopez’s “Dance Again World Tour” was performed in the country’s capital, Jakarta, on Friday in line with promises Lopez made to make her show more appropriate for the audience, said Chairi Ibrahim from Dyandra Entertainment, the concert promoter.

“JLo was very cooperative ... she respected our culture,” Ibrahim said, adding that Lopez’s managers also asked whether she could perform her usual sexy dance moves, but were told that “making love” moves were not appropriate for Indonesia.

“Yes, she dressed modestly ... she’s still sexy, attractive and tantalizing, though,” said Ira Wibowo,

an Indonesian actress who was among more than 7,000 fans at the concert.

Another fan, Doddy Adityawarman, was a bit disappointed with the changes.

“She should appear just the way she is,” he said, “Many local artists dress even much sexy, much worse.”

Lopez changed several times during her 90-minute concert along with several dancers, who also dressed modestly without revealing their chests or cleavage.

Most Muslims in Indonesia, a secular country of 240 million people, are moderate. But a small extremist fringe has become more

vocal in recent years.

They have pushed through controversial laws — including an anti-pornography bill — and have been known to attack anything perceived as blasphemous, from transvestites and bars to “deviant” religious sects.

Lady Gaga was forced to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia in May following threats by Islamic hard-liners, who called her a “devil worshipper.”

Lopez will also perform in Muslim-majority Malaysia on Sunday.

“Thank you Jakarta for an amazing night,” the 43-year-old diva tweeted to her 13 million followers Saturday.

Antara UNITED NATIONS - Indonesia hails the UN general assembly non-member observer state status for Palestine and the country will continue to support Palestine`s bid for UN full membership, according to Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa.

“The decision is historic for the realization of a twostate solution vision, where Palestine and Israel could live side by side peacefully,” Minister Marty told the press here Friday.

Indonesia, a co-sponsor of Palestine`s UN membership bid resolution at the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, believes that Palestine`s full membership is consistent with the twoState solution vision.

The UN General Assembly finally voted overwhelmingly to recognise Palestine as a non-member observer state a move strongly opposed by Israel and the US. The assembly voted 138-9 in favour, with 41 nations abstaining.

“Alhamdulillah (Thank God) our efforts have yielded optimal result for the success of Palestine to become an ob-

server state in the UN. However, the work is not finished yet, of course,” Marty stated.

“The next steps, we will continue our joint efforts with other countries to support Palestine`s UN full membership bid,” he said.

With Palestine`s status upgrade in the UN, Indonesia hopes the international community could stop Israel from committing violations of international laws in the occupied Palestinian territories.

He also hoped that more countries will give recognition to the Palestinian state.

Indonesia will never recognize Israel`s sovereignty as long as Palestine has not gained its independence and UN full membership status, the minister stated.

“We will talk about the establishment of diplomatic relations with and recognition of Israel, only when there is an independent Palestinian state,” he stated.

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Minister Marty held bilateral talks with a number of leaders, including UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon and the special envoy of UN-Arab League for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi.

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BERLIN — Rating agency Moody’s has stripped the eurozone’s new €500 billion ($615 billion) bailout fund of its top credit rating.

Moody’s announced Friday to downgrade the European Stability Mechanism’s long-term debt rating from AAA to Aa1, maintaining a negative outlook.

The agency said its decision was driven by its earlier downgrade of France. The eurozone’s second-largest economy guarantees a sizable part of the ESM’s loan capacity.

ESM chief Klaus Regling called the decision “difficult to understand,” saying it does “not sufficiently acknowledge ESM’s exceptionally strong institutional framework, political commitment and capital structure.”

The ESM — one of the 17-nation eurozone’s key tools in fighting off its debt crisis — continues to be assigned a top-notch long-term rating

by Fitch. Moody’s and Fitch also see the fund’s short-term credit rating as AAA.

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Tourists released baby turtles during an event in Kuta Beach to preserve the existence of turtle. In Bali, turtle is still at issue by international community because the trafficking rate of this animal remains rife. Although the turtle consumption and trafficking have decreased by 80 percent since 2000, it remains to happen so far.

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A homeless begs next to a bank of ATM’s in Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 as France’s government shrugged off the latest downgrade of its credit rating, saying Tuesday that it just needs time for reforms to the sluggish economy to take root.

1 month before US ‘fiscal cliff’ no deal in sight

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WASHINGTON — Washington politicians have one month to step back from the so-called “fiscal cliff,” across-the-board tax hikes and austerity-driven spending cuts likely to return the country to recession, and a top Republican declares there has been no real progress after two weeks of talks between President Barack Obama and a divided Congress.

The president, who has called for settling the issue before Christmas, visited a Philadelphia suburb to campaign for his demand that any deal include higher tax rates on U.S. couples earning more than $250,000 a year. He also wants to keep in place the smaller tax burden that lower income earners have had for about a decade.

Speaking at a toy factory, Obama said allowing taxes to rise for the middle class would amount to a

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“lump of coal” for Christmas.

Republican House Speaker John Boehner argued that Obama’s latest offer — to raise revenue by $1.6 trillion over the next decade — would be a “crippling blow” to an economy that is still struggling to find its footing. The Ohio Republican told reporters he would continue working with Obama on the issue but gave a gloomy assessment of the talks so far.

“There’s a stalemate. Let’s not kid ourselves,” Boehner said. “Right now, we’re almost nowhere.”

Democrats have said that any delay was the fault of Republicans who refuse to accept Obama’s call to raise tax rates on the richest Americans.

Obama’s speech came a day after his administration proposed nearly $1.6 trillion in new tax revenue over 10 years, $600 billion in savings from changes in mandatory spending programs including Medicare,

and $200 billion in spending ranging from public works projects to help for the unemployed and struggling homeowners, according to administration officials.

Republicans rejected the offer as unreasonable. Republicans have said they are open to new tax revenue but not higher rates.

The austerity measures that automatically would take effect Jan. 1 unless a deal is made is the looming punishment for Washington’s inability, or unwillingness, in recent years to deal decisively with the country’s spending far more than it has been taking in.

Politicians in both major U.S. parties are showing no signs of giving up on the deep partisan divisions that have crippled legislative action in Washington despite Obama’s strong victory for a second White House term.

White House officials believe Obama’s trip Friday will build

momentum for his case, even as Republicans describe it as an irritant and an obstacle to productive talks.

Obama said he believed both parties “can and will work together” to reach an agreement to get its longterm deficit under control “in a way that’s balanced and is fair.”

He said both sides need to “get out of our comfort zones” to reach an agreement.

Obama toured and spoke at the Rodon Group manufacturing facility, showcasing the company as an example of a business that depends on middle-class consumers during the holiday season. The company manufactures parts for K’NEX Brands, a construction toy company.

Administration officials said the White House offer, presented to Hill Republicans by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, constituted much of what Obama has previously suggested in budget proposals and

during the campaign.

Under the administration’s plan, the new tax revenue would include $950 billion generated by raising taxes on families with incomes over $250,000 and by closing certain tax loopholes. The remainder would be achieved through an overhaul of the tax system next year and would not become effective until 2014.

The uncertainty over whether the U.S. can resolve the critical budget deadlock is beginning to increase jitters in stock markets in Europe, where eurozone countries have already returned to recessionary economies.

European investor sentiment had been buoyed this week by upbeat reports on the U.S. economy, including economic growth and consumer confidence. But markets failed to sustain their rally Friday as trading became increasingly focused on the difficult talks between the White House and Congress.

Turtle conservation through ecotourism concept

UNDENIABLY, the wildlife and protected animal conservation does not only require a determination and commitment, but also financial support. Animal conservationist group and similar organization must be having a constraint. As consequence, several parties infrequently underestimate the conservation efforts. Indeed the financial constraints can be covered either with donation or independent business. One of the ways is by developing the concept of ecotourism through involvement of local community in the breeding site, for instance.

As the island of tourist destination, Bali actually has a great opportunity for that. Unfortunately, in some locations it is commercialized for mass tourism and sets aside the concept of conservation. It is feared it can even damage the protective measures. One of the successful ecotourism models is the parrot conservation in Maluku. Tour guides who escort travelers and bird researchers are local people who were previously the hunters of the bent beak bird. Now, the communities are empowered by providing home stay for researchers.

In Bali, turtle is still at issue by international community because the trafficking rate of this animal remains rife. Although the turtle consumption and trafficking have decreased by 80 percent since 2000, it remains to happen so far. Therefore, all components both society

and government must work together to end the turtle trafficking in Bali.

A turtle conservationist group, Kurma Asih at Perancak village, Jembrana, Bali, is currently trying the concept of ecotourism. Compared to similar conservationist groups in Kuta, Badung or Klungkung, this group is less attractive to tourists because of its location is away from the center of tourism activities whereas Perancak is the biggest turtle nest in Bali.

To support this conservation is needed a synergy with the community, not to mention the culture of coastal community of Jembrana that has been accustomed to traffic turtle eggs. Along the coast from Gilimanuk to Pekutatan is found many turtle nests. Local fishermen along the coast often get turtle eggs and sell them. This condition draws the concern of Kurma Asih turtle conservationist group so it is forced

to give real rewards in the form of money as a stimulus for the protection of turtle eggs.

“If we do not buy, they will sell to someone else as the turtle eggs are in high demand,” said Ketut Tirta, one of the founders of the Perancak turtle conservationist group. With the stimulus, many fishermen from the coastal area of Jembrana to Tabanan gave their turtle eggs to the group.

The ecotourism developed at Perancak village is teaming up with an independent international non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), namely ProFauna Indonesia. It is an NGO focusing its activities in wildlife protection through cooperation with the Kurma Asih at Perancak and trying to develop conservation with a slightly different approach. It develops ecotourism and community-based conservation.

Local people are involved so as to obtain economic benefits. On that account, it can reduce or mitigate the exploitation of turtles in the region.

“So far, the turtle egg trafficking remains to happen, and we should minimize and discontinue it in the future.

As a protected animal, the trafficking of turtle eggs is not allowed for any reason,” said Chairman of ProFauna

Indonesia, Rosek Nursahid.

It did not give financial support, but education and training such as by bringing in turtle conservation practitioner, helping promote and mentoring. Besides, they also team up with volunteer agencies of the world such as from France and Australia. “They will send volunteers to Perancak and they will pay. The volunteers will pay for the cost of accommodation, food and so on here. The revenue will be totally come to society. By all means, it will also be dedicated to conservation of sea turtles. So, there is an alternative income for the community,” added the activist from Malang, East Java.

The effort was welcomed by the activists of turtle conservationist at Perancak. I Wayan Anom Astika Jaya said that in the future the conservation would be attempted to go hand in hand with ecotourism and improvement of local economy.

“Thus, it can provide an alternative income for local fishermen by preparing the accommodation for researchers and volunteers from various countries, not only from the results of fishing alone. Ultimately, it will not only empower the Kurma Asih but the Perancak villagers in general,” he explained. (olo)

NUSA DUA - ASEAN transportation ministers have agreed to form a Search and Rescue (SAR) forum to intensify transportation cooperation at regional level, Indonesian Transportation Minister E.E Mangindaan said.

“ASEAN SAR Forum will soon be formed to strengthen transportation cooperation.

Through the forum we will also think of how to provide safe and secure transportation,” he said on the sidelines of the 18th ASEAN Transportation Ministers Meeting which ended here on Friday.

The forum will be held in March 2013, he said without elaborating on where it will take place. The minister said the forum is the implementation of ASEAN SAR cooperation to follow up on the existing cooperation.

“The forum is set up to follow up on the agreement which facilitates a number of existing policies so the ASEAN SAR policies can be adjusted to the current progress,” he said.

Through the forum, ASEAN member states will form a working group to discuss the 1972 accord on the search of missing planes and the rescue of plane crash victims, he said.

In addition, the working group will also discuss the 1975 accord on the rescue of ship accident victims, he said.

He said the ASEAN SAR Forum is not merely aimed at forming a SAR unit but also at taking preemptive measure.

So far there has been no transportation safety and security system at ASEAN level. The existing SAR cooperation only involves two countries, he said.

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Avalanched road, farmers’ activity of Nyalian village paralyzes

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Heavy rain flushing the Klungkung Regency recently caused one of the public roads at Umanyar, Nyalian village, Banjarangkan, to avalanche. As a result, the activities of local farmers to rice fields paralyzed because the road was the only access to their rice field. Besides, they are also at risk of crop failure because both the road and irrigation channels avalanched.

CAIRO - Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi called a December 15 referendum on a new constitution, hoping to end protests over a decree expanding his powers, as at least 200,000 of his Islamist supporters rallied in Cairo on Saturday. Approval of the constitution drafted by an assembly stacked with Mursi’s Islamist allies will override the November 22 decree that temporarily shielded Mursi from judicial oversight and triggered statements of concern from Western governments.

A resident of Umanyar, I Nengah Sumerta, said on Saturday (Dec 1) the avalanche occurred five days ago.

At that time, Klungkung was flushed by heavy rains from the afternoon until the morning. There were no fatalities in the incident. The eroded road was more than 10 meters wide, 20 meters long and with a height of approximately 30 meters. The avalanche made local communities restless.

Due to avalanche, they could not go to their rice field as usual and perform worship to subak temple at Gombleng Klod. Additionally, about 50 hectares of farmland cultivated by hundreds of local farmers were at risk of harvest failure. The avalanched road access was adjacent to irrigation channel, so the only water flow running to the rice field was also disconnected. “As the water flow disconnected, farmers are unable to fertilize and do other activities in their field. If this condition persists farmers here can face crop failure,” he complained.

Meanwhile, Deputy Regent of Klungkung, Tjokorda Gde Agung, said last Saturday his party had not received a report from local village authority. However, his party promised to check the road condition after the avalanche and would take immediate emergency measures. At least, local farmers could go to their farmland.

Sumerta added that farmers which had harvested their rice were also difficult to bring home their agricultural products such as grain and crops. They really hoped the road and irrigation channel could soon be repaired.

By doing so, they could cultivate their rice fields again. (kmb31)

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Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi rally in the vicinity of Cairo University and Nahdet Misr Square in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo December 1, 2012.

Data of the Badung Highways and Irrigation Agency (BMP) in 2010 noted 23 points of flooding locations across Badung Regency.

Most of them have now been handled.

Tens of billions of funds are ready to be disbursed in order to tackle the remaining flood-prone spots.

Division Head of Road and Bridge of the BMP Badung, IB Surya Suamba, said on Friday (Nov 30) the flood-prone points were located in two subdistricts namely South Kuta and Kuta.

Other subdistricts were North Kuta, Mengwi, Abiansemal and Petang.

The potential of flooding remained to exist, but was not as bad as Kuta and South Kuta.

According to him, there were four points of flooding in South Kuta subdistrict. Two of them had been handled by means of Badung

The decree plunged Egypt into its worst crisis since Mursi won office in a June election and sparked countrywide protests and violence in which two people have been killed and hundreds injured. This hit an economy just showing signs of recovery.

“I renew my call for opening a serious national dialogue over the concerns of the nation, with all honesty and impartiality,” said Mursi after receiving the final draft from the constituent assembly. “We must move beyond the period of confrontation and differences, and get on to productive work.”

The constitution is meant to

be the cornerstone of democracy after three decades of army-backed autocracy under President Hosni Mubarak. Yet drafting it has been divisive, exposing splits between newly empowered Islamists and their opponents. Protesters in an open-ended sit-in in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, which was also the focus of demonstrations against Mubarak, accuse Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood of trying to impose a flawed constitution.

Leading opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei said on Twitter that “struggle will continue” despite the referendum and that the draft constitution “undermines basic

freedoms.” Liberal figures including former Arab League chief Amr Moussa pulled out of the constituent assembly last month, as did representatives of Egypt’s Christian minority.

The draft constitution contains Islamist-flavored language which opponents say could be used to whittle away human rights and stifle criticism. It forbids blasphemy and “insults to any person”, does not explicitly uphold women’s rights and demands respect for “religion, traditions and family values”.

The text also limits presidents to two four-year terms, requires parliamentary approval for their choice of prime minister, and introduces some civilian oversight of the military although not enough for critics.

Mursi described it as a constitution that fulfilled the goals of the January 25, 2011 revolution that brought an end to Mubarak’s rule.

“Let everyone - those who agree and those who disagree - go to the referendum to have their say,” he said.

North Korea plans new rocket launch as leader asserts power Reuters

The damage road at Umanyar, Nyalian village, Banjarangkan

Rainy season, flooding still haunts Badung regional budget and assistance from central government. Meanwhile, two more points would be addressed in 2013.

In Kuta, there were five critical points of flooding namely on Jalan Raya Kuta, Jalan Dewi Sartika, Temacun Legian, Jalan Dewi Sri dan Jalan Arjuna. Surya Suamba stated the endeavor to anticipate flooding in Kuta was more serious than in other regions because Kuta had been hit by serious flooding for several times.

Badung Regency assisted by central government had allocated tens of billions of rupiahs to deal with flooding points in Kuta. The most assistance came from central government. For instance, central government would allocate a fund worth IDR 27 billion for Jalan Raya Kuta, in 2013. Then, Jalan Dewi Sartika would get allocation worth IDR 26 billion to make a pump

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system. As for the Jalan Dewi Sri, he recognized to have not addressed thoroughly. “In the future, it will be made an estuary at the mouth of Mati River. Similarly, on Jalan Arjuna will be made a channel to estuary with the help of central government,” he said.

He said further that in the upcoming rainy season, flooding would possibly happen at some points.

Among them, two points were located on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, South Kuta area and three points in Kuta area. To help the emergency management, the Badung Regency planned to purchase water pump to suck flooding and mud.

Although the flooding points had been addressed by the government, Surya Suamba remained to ask people to be pro-active in protecting the environment. Without public participation, the government efforts would not go maximal. (kmb)

Four kids robbed

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Married couple Nengah Buda and Ketut Sopak from Batu Gede, Nawakerti Village, Abang, Karangasem last Friday, got robbed as they left their four little kids picking grasses on the mountain. The robber managed to take a number of valuable ceremony equipments such as four pieces of bokor selaka. The robbery was reported by Buda accompanied by Banjar Head, Bau Nyoman Karta Sugiantara, to Abang Police which then tens of police went to investigate yet accused hasn’t been found.

It was stated they left around 5 am local time to find grasses in a mountain located quite far. According to their 10 year old child, as the parents left suddenly someone knocked the locked door rapidly. The robber couldn’t forced open the door as it is locked with

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a wood yet from a hole above the door, robber managed to take the wooden lock.

With his face covered in white cloth and wearing black long pants, robber did turn on a flashlight as it was dark. The eldest child threatens him but robber seems to know that the little kids won’t do a thing. The robber opened a cupboard and took two big bokor selaka (a kind of bowl made from metal) valuing IDR 6 million each and other two small ones along with its sahab (cover).

The total loss they’re experiencing reached IDR 14 million. Buda stated he just knew the incident after coming back around 9.30 am local time. The Head of Banjar really hoped that police can capture the robber so that the village can be peaceful again and none of those incidents repeated. (013)

SEOUL - North Korea said it would carry out its second rocket launch of 2012 as its youthful leader Kim Jong-un flexes his muscles a year after his father’s death, in a move that South Korea and the United States swiftly condemned as a provocation. North Korea’s state news agency announced the decision to launch another space satellite on Saturday, just a day after Kim met a senior delegation from China’s Communist Party in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.

China, under new leadership, is North Korea’s only major political backer and has continually urged peace on the Korean peninsula, where the North and South remain technically at war after an armistice, rather than a peace treaty, ended the 1950-53 conflict.

China’s Foreign Ministry said it was deeply concerned by the move, but urged calm. “North Korea has a right to the peaceful use of space, but this right has been restricted by U.N. Security Council resolutions.

(China) hopes all sides can do more to benefit peace and stability on the peninsula, and hopes all sides handle it calmly to avoid the situation escalating,” ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement.

In Washington, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland condemned the launch plan as a provocative threat to the Asia-Pacific region that would violate United Nations resolutions imposed on Pyongyang after past missile tests.

“A North Korean ‘satellite’ launch would be a highly provocative act that threatens peace and security in the region,” she said in a written statement. Pentagon spokesman George Little said, “North Korea must abide by its international obligations under U.N. Security Council resolutions that clearly articulate what it can and cannot do with respect to missile technologies.”

Seoul’s foreign ministry called the move a “grave provocation.”

Japan’s Kyodo news agency said Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had ordered ministries to be on alert for the launch.

“North Korea wants to tell China that it is an independent state by staging the rocket launch and it wants to see if the United States will drop its hostile policies,” said Chang Yong-seok, a senior researcher at the Institute for Peace Affairs at Seoul National University.

North Korea is banned from conducting missile or nuclear-related activities under U.N. resolutions

imposed after earlier nuclear and missile tests. The country says its rockets are used to put satellites into orbit for peaceful purposes, but that assertion is not widely accepted

outside of Pyongyang.

Washington and Seoul believe that the impoverished North is testing long-range missile technology with the aim of developing an

intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

Pyongyang’s threats are aimed, in part, at winning concessions and aid from Washington, analysts say.

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A soldier stands guard in front of a rocket sitting on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, during a guided media tour by North Korean authorities in the northwest of Pyongyang in this April 8, 2012 file photo.

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By APEC Summit 2013, PLN Bali prepares 60 MW power backup

Travel books as gifts: From coffee table to memoir Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — From memoirs and maps to beautiful hard-covers suitable for coffee-table display, here are some ideas for holiday gifts from this year’s crop of travel books and publications. (Prices shown are cover list prices.)

National Geographic’s “World’s Best Travel Experiences” ($40) looks at wild places, urban spaces, manmade wonders and other extraordinary destinations, from beach paradises to religious pilgrimage sites. There’s even a list of best places for dance lessons, whether you want to hula in Hawaii or tango in Argentina. The book also includes reminiscences from well-known writers like Bill Bryson and Anna Quindlen.

From Lonely Planet, “Great Adventures” ($40) offers inspiration for hikes, dives, biking, climbs, and drives, plus animal adventures like tracking mountain gorillas in Uganda and washing elephants in Thailand; winter trips from ice-trekking an Argentine glacier to dog-sledding the Yukon; and trips by water, in canoes, kayaks, sailboats, rafts and other conveyances.

Also from Lonely Planet, “Food Lover’s Guide to the World” ($40) offers food history, recipes and recommendations for where to eat, from a Bangkok vendor of noodle dishes, Yen Ta Fo JC, to tips for cooking mofongo, a combination of plantains and pork rinds popular in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Travel writers Don George, an editor at large for National Geographic Traveler magazine, and Pauline Frommer, creator of Pauline Frommer Guidebooks, both said travel books they’ve recently enjoyed include actor Andrew McCarthy’s memoir, “The Longest Way Home” (Free Press, $26). Frommer said the book has “the same wary, watchful charm” that McCarthy displays as an actor. McCarthy made his name in Brat Pack movies like “St. Elmo’s Fire” and “Pretty in Pink.”

Frommer says she also enjoyed the “behind-the-scenes hijinx of ‘Heads in Beds,’” by Jacob Tomsky (Doubleday, $26), a funny insider’s memoir of the world of high-end hotels, along with “Wild,’ by Cheryl Strayed (Knopf, $26), a memoir of a grueling 1,100mile (1,770-kilometer) hike on the Pacific Crest Trail that helped the writer put her life together. Frommer said the book gave her a “cathartic cry or three.”

Other recommendations from George include “Among the Islands”

by Tim Flannery, about his adventures researching animals of the Pacific islands (Penguin, $25) and “The Black Rhinos of Namibia” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25) in which writer Rick Bass recounts his experiences tracking animals in Africa with conservation-

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FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2003 file photo, Spanish chef Ferran Adria examines ingredients in his kitchen workshop in Barcelona, Spain. Spain’s famed chef Ferran Adria says the wine cellar of his former restaurant, elBulli is to be auctioned to raise funds for his new project, the elBulli Foundation.

Spain’s elBulli restaurant to sell wine cellar Associated Press Writer

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This undated image released by Free Press shows “The Longest Way Home: One Man’s Quest for the Courage to Settle Down,” by Andrew McCarthy. Pauline Frommer, creator of Pauline Frommer Guidebooks,says “The Longest Way Home” has “the same wary, watchful charm” that McCarthy displays as an actor. ists. George himself is out with a new anthology of travel stories he edited called “Better Than Fiction” (Lonely

Planet, $16) featuring work by Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Matthiessen, Kurt Andersen and others.

MADRID — Spain’s famed chef Ferran Adria on Saturday said the contents of the wine cellar of his former restaurant, elBulli, will be auctioned off next year to raise funds for his new project. ElBulli served its last supper and closed in July 2011, with Adria and business partner Juli Soler planning to establish “an experimental center looking at the process of innovation and creativity.”

Adria told The Associated Press the sale will raise funds for the foundation. “In around a month’s time, the full list of wines will be published,” Adria said. “I don’t really know that much about wine, I drink and enjoy them, but that’s about as far as it goes.”

He said many bottles were signed by producers and all would carry an elBulli Foundation identifying label. Sotheby’s auction house said in a statement that more than 8,800 bottles from elBulli’s cellar would be auctioned with a view to raising an estimated $1.6 million.

El Bulli maintained an almost unattainable Michelin three-star status for over a decade and was rated the world’s best restaurant five times by British magazine The Restaurant, with Adria often being cited as the world’s most talented and imaginative chef.

In October, Soler, the maitre d’ who discovered and signed up Adria, resigned from the elBulli Foundation after being diagnosed with a neuro-degenerative disease. Since his arrival at El Bulli in 1981, Soler became an essential figure in what became one of the world’s most influential restaurants.

Serena Sutcliffe, head of Sotheby’s international wine department, said those lucky enough to have dined at elBulli will never forget the extraordinary sensations experienced there.

“There was surprise, delight and elation in every dish, a seamless procession of magic that opened up before one’s eyes, only to disappear in a moment of bliss,” she said.

Sutcliffe added that the food, which she described as all the secrets of smoke, foam and spheres of liquid involving melon to olives, was intuitively paired with “enticing and phenomenally interesting” wines.

DENPASAR - PT PLN of Bali Distribution prepares additional 60 MW power supply for Nusa Dua and surrounding areas ahead of the APEC Summit to be held in Bali in 2013. “Hopefully, with this addition the APEC Summit next year can run smoothly and there will be no problems in the supply of electricity,” said Manager of Southern Bali Area, I Nyoman Sueca, accompanied

by Spokesperson of PT PLN Bali, Agung Mastika.

With such amount of electric power, it was expected there would be no interference or outages during the APEC Summit. Other than power backup for Nusa Dua, the additional 60 MW was also prepared to meet the needs for electric power at the Ngurah Rai Airport because airport renovation was estimated to require additional power. “At the moment, the Ngurah Rai Airport requires electric power from the PLN at 4.9 MW, while Nusa Dua area requires 170 MW,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Agung Mastika added that for the additional power supply his party currently built a substation system in the south of

the airport expected to be completed prior to the APEC implementation.

Related to the power supply in Bali, Agung Mastika said that maintenance to the Gilimanuk power plant with the capacity of 130 MW would be undertaken in mid-January 2013.

He said the maintenance program was to improve the reliability of Bali electrical system in the future in harmony with the increasing demand for electricity each year due to economic and social development of local communities.

To make the event successful, Agung Mastika expected the community could participate in maintaining the electrical reliability by saving power consumption.

Instantaneous power saving was

highly expected especially at peak hours at 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. every day, so the reliability of electricity in Bali could be wellmaintained.

Agung Mastika explained the power supply capacity in Bali amounted to 690 MW sourcing from Pesanggaran diesel and gas-fired power plant (190 MW), Gilimanuk gas-fired power plant (130 MW), Pemaron diesel and gas-fired power plant (170 MW) and Java-Bali marine cables (200 MW). Meanwhile, the highest peak load occurred on November 14, 2012 reaching 664.4 MW, so that it was required the support of community to use the electricity economically. (kmb28)

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PT PLN of Bali Distribution prepares additional 60 MW power supply for Nusa Dua and surrounding areas ahead of the APEC Summit to be held in Bali in 2013.

Raffles and the British Invasion of Java:

A book revealing dark side of Thomas Stamford Raffles Bali Post

MANGUPURA - So far, many books depict Thomas Stamford Raffles when he led the British colonial administration in Indonesia in 1811-1816 as a good figure with various outstanding achievements.

However, very few books are found to feature the other side of Raffles as a hero, namely as a figure of evil during his leadership in Indonesia.

Departing from that point, a writer who is also a professional photog-

rapher, Tim Hannigan, is moved to write a book entitled Raffles and the British Invasion of Java as the second book after the book entitled Murder in the Hindu Kush (2011). This book is a differentiator from the previous book about Raffles because it is capable of exploring the other sides of Raffles so this book gives more complete depiction where the figure Raffles does not only serve as a hero but also as a ‘criminal.’

Before the media crew at the press

conference in the launching of the book Raffles and the British Invasion of Java in Periplus Bookstore, Bali Mall Galeria, Saturday (Dec 1), the man from Penzance, South England, exposed the content of the book worked on for 3 years through research in the British Library London, one of the museums in Yogyakarta and use of resources like the chronicle Bedhah ing Ngayogyakarta.

In his book, he presents some nasty sides of Raffles where one of which was his straightforward attempt to attack and destroy the power of Surakarta and Yogyakarta Palace.

It was intended to fulfill the ambition of making the British colonial fully rule in Indonesia. “Previously, the Dutch implemented a diplomatic approach to the palace. Raffles instead directly attacked so that it claimed IBP/Widana

A writer who is also a professional photographer, Tim Hannigan, is moved to write a book entitled Raffles and the British Invasion of Java as the second book after the book entitled Murder in the Hindu Kush (2011).

many casualties. It is important because it was never told in the previous book on Raffles,” said the man born 32 years ago.

In the 368-page book is mentioned that during the administration of Raffles, a massive corruption was committed by the team of Raffles.

Besides, Raffles also lied by telling the leadership if he had obtained a lot of results. But, he then asked for money to the central administration of British colonial in Kolkata, India, and claimed as the result of Indonesia.

Raffles also often applied the practice of nepotism by putting relatives or acquaintances in high positions in the government.

Aside from negative sides, the book also contains the good sides and achievement of Raffles in Indonesia as well as the influence left so far.

Before the arrival of Raffles, almost no European people were really interested in the results of Javanese culture such as Prambanan and Borobudur Temple. Such interest encouraged Raffles to catalog the temples including the Dien, Panataran and others. The love of Raffles to culture and history of Java was so great so that he composed the book History

of Java becoming the first book in English containing a complete study about Java and the book becomes an important contribution to date.

According to the man who had been a chef, Raffles also affected the transportation system in Indonesia such as the use of the left lane to drive. “In Europe, only the UK applied the left lane to drive. Such influence was applied by Raffles in Indonesia and remains in use until now,” said the man who is now an English teacher in Surabaya.

Through this book, Tim hoped there was a thorough understanding on Raffles and the British colonialist because it was still growing an assumption if the British ruler longer colonized Indonesia, Indonesia could attain more advancement as achieved by the former British colonies like Singapore and Malaysia. “Until now, some people of Indonesia have assumption if they prefer to be colonized by British than Dutch colonial, whereas it is not true. Indonesia was once ruled by British colonial but could not become a developed country,” concluded the freelance reporter in a number of media in Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia. (wid)

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The pedestrian which is located in Gajah Mada.

The traffic accident cases that have been worrying a lot of people seemed to increase every year. The cause of it is the vehicle’s condition, violation or the crowded traffic that’s been ongoing. Bali Police noted that there has been 2,308 cases alone in the January-October 2012 period with 508 casualties, 1,195 severely wounded and 2,426 lightly wounded. “The highest number of cases is in Buleleng,” Head of Bali Traffic Police Operational Guidance Directorate, GAPC Waluya, stated.

In Buleleng casualties reached 91 people, severely wounded 210 and light wounded 774 people totaling 580 cases. The second highest goes to Denpasar with 478 cases, 80 casualties, 399 severely wounded and 372 lightly wounded. Gianyar came third with 308 cases, 63 casualtes, 209 severely wounded and 279 lightly wounded. Followed by Tabanan with 256 cases, 79 died, 118 severely wounded and 261 lightly wounded. In Jembrana it has 193 cases with 71 people died, 4 people severely wounded while 243 lightly wounded. Badung experienced 180 cases with 61 dead, 154 severely wounded and 100 people lightly wounded. Karangasem is on the seventh spot with 116 cases, 40 died, 90 people severely wounded and lightly wounded 178 people. Klungkung has 115 cases, 20 died, 4 people severely wounded and 172 people lightly wounded. Lastly is in Bangli with 32 cases, 3 people died, 7 severely wounded and 47 lightly wounded.

With this high number of cases, Bali Traffic Police will take clear actions and keep on socializing how to behave well n the streets targeting not only adults but also from kindergarten to high school also placing suggestion banners in strategic places. A Regional Traffic Management Center (RTMC) has been the positive affect in decreasing this number as it optimized the supervision of traffic also criminal actions. “Up until now, the number of vehicles in Bali reached more than 2.7 million,” Waluya clarified. (kmb21)

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Denpasar city is considered to have not had a focused and consistent spatial planning and the city face. As evidence, none of the pedestrian paths in Denpasar is designed pursuant to its function so that it increasingly makes the spatial arrangement and city face chaotic and overlapping. “The concept of pedestrian path is just limited to discourse, while the implementation remains to overlap,” said the Management Board of the National Association of Indonesian Consultants (Inkindo), Ida Bagus Gede Wiyana, Saturday (Dec 1).

Further he said that one of the structuring elements of a good city was marked by the existence of well-organized transportation system. Furthermore, there was also adequate public facility becoming as one of the criteria of a healthy city.

“A healthy city should have a good public facility where one of which is the availability of pedestrian path and bicycle lane. Additionally, the need of car and motorist should also be well-ordered,” he said.

He added that to become a good city Denpasar should really have a boulevard or plaza, one of which was a pedestrian path. In the arrangement of pedestrian path, according to Wiyana, it should not be mixed up with cyclists especially motorcyclists or car. Pedestrian path could not be disturbed by street vendors that used the road body to sell.

“Pedestrian path is an ideal need of a good city. Unfortunately, it has not been available and well-ordered in Denpasar. Pedestrian path is

still passed through by vehicles and even frequently used by street vendors to sell,” he said According to him, Denpasar should comply with the basic pattern and spatial arrangement of an ideal city by providing an adequate pedestrian path. He said Denpasar should really be able to realize some pedestrian areas, namely the education boulevard in the area of Jalan Kamboja, boulevard of old city economy on Jalan Gajah Mada, chastity boulevard in front of Bali Museum and Jagatnatha Temple as well as cultural boulevard along the Catur Mukha leading to Denpasar Art Center on Jalan Nusa Indah.

The boulevard contained pedestrian path and featured local cultural values where in the arrangement it included a sacred, economic and other areas. They were the minimum requirement for an ideal city.

“Unfortunately, so far there has been no ideal pedestrian path in Denpasar. Sidewalks are taken ad-

vantage as a place to sell and parking lot. Denpasar has not reflected a city with adequate public facilities.

Our urban spatial arrangement is still overlapping,” said Wiyana doubling as Chairman of the Central Dwijendra Foundation.

He asked the Mayor of Denpasar, the Spatial Planning and Housing Agency (DTRP), the Public Order Officer (Satpol PP) and Civilian Security Guard (Trantib) of Denpasar to be firmed with the concept of pedestrian path and not only be limited to discourse. “There should be an effort to create a better city. In the concept of pedestrian, there should be no passing vehicles and should not be mixed with parking space.

The rules should be disseminated and implemented. When violators are stubborn, make an execution and give rewards and punishment,” he said while adding that parking facilities should also be improved. (kmb29)

Celebration of the World AIDS Day falling on December 1, 2012 took the theme Protect Women and Children from HIV and AIDS. This theme was chosen because the data indicated the risk of transmission was not only confined to the high-risk population but also to low-risk population such as housewives and children.

Based on the results of nationwide projection, it is seen an increase in the number of People Living with HIV/AIDS (ODHA) in women from 19 percent in 2008 and estimated to increase to 28 percent in 2014. Meanwhile, based on data up to July 2012, the HIV/AIDS cases in Bali reach 6,292 people where it consists of 4,163 cases in men and 2,129 cases in women.

By age group, the HIV cases found in the age of 0-14 years was noted 233 people.

Most infected was at the age range of 20-29 years with 2,565 cases and 2,250 cases at the age range of 30-39 years.

In Bali, this HIV/AIDS risk factor was initially dominated by transmission through drug injection, now it shifts to sexual factor. Based on heterosexual risk factors, 74.43 percent or about 4,683 people are infected with HIV due to heterosexual contacts.

This risk factor caused the low-risk population such as housewives and children potentially exposed to HIV. Viruses carried by the husband who likes making ‘love affair’ are passed on to his wife. If the wife is pregnant, then it will transmit to their children.

Prevention against the HIV transmission cannot be handled by the government alone, but must be dealt with together. The heterosexual risk factor arises due to behavioral pattern in society. According to the Head of Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, to avoid HIV infection through sexual contact, people should change their self-attitude first. “So the service users of prostitutes and those having sex with multiple partners should change their behavior first,” said Suarjaya.

Treatment of the HIV itself should be carried out from the upstream to downstream.

If the upstream or behavior could not be changed, then it would be handled in the downstream. “For example, the downstream handling can be carried out to commercial sex workers. If you do not want to get transmitted, do not use the service of prostitutes.

Otherwise, the downstream treatment can be made by using condom,” said Suarjaya.

In dealing with HIV, the Bali Health Agency made cooperation with the AIDS Commission Prevention (KPA) and the Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association (PKBI). The Health Agency was responsible for providing health care and counseling for HIV patients. In the prevention of HIV infection from mother to baby, Bali has owned the preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) clinic in Sanglah Hospital, Badung Hospital and Buleleng Hospital. (san)

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Aston plans to open 40 new hotels in 2013 IBP

SURABAYA – During this year’s Aston Week Surabaya, an annual trade show that brings representatives of more than 60 Aston managed Hotels and East Java’s Travel Trade and Media Communities together, Aston International announced plans to open 40 new hotels in 2013.

The new hotels include a wide range of properties such as Aston’s first 4-star life style Alana Hotel which is set to open in February in Seminyak Bali , several 4 star Aston and 3 star Aston City Hotels which are set to open in Belitung, Bekasi, Bojonegoro, Jambi, Jember, Kupang, Lampung, Madiun and Solo, 1 trendy 3 star Quest Hotel on Jalan Mangkubumi in Yogyakarta and numerous select service favehotels and superior select service Hotel NEOs including 9 in Jakarta, 5 in Bali and others in Balikpapan, Bandung, Lampung, Malang, Medan, Palembang, Samarinda and Semarang.

While continuing to expand its more upscale core hotel brands Grand Aston, Aston, and Aston City Hotels throughout Indonesia’s vast archipelago the group also focuses on Indonesia’s budget hotel segment were it already operates 16 favehotels, plans to open another 27 faves and NEOs in 2013 and has a strong pipeline beyond next year with more than 30 hotels set to open by 2014 and 2015.

Aston Internationals Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr. Norbert Vas, said: “Aston entered Indonesia 15 years ago with one hotel in Bali. Back then in 1997, foreigners where leaving the county and global hotel chains had their eyes fixed on China not recognizing Indonesia’s potential. We stayed, settled down and made Indonesia our home, learned the language and local ways and were firm believers in Indonesia’s future with a strong desire to be part of it. We now have thanks to our local partners grown to more than 60 operating hotels with a construction pipeline of more than 12.000 rooms and enjoy industry leading occupancy levels and guest loyalty throughout our entire system.“ IBP/Aston International

Seen in the picture Mr. Norbert Vas – Vice President Sales & Marketing of Aston International giving Aston Group’s Business Development presentation.

Calendar Event for October 23 through November 27, 2012 23 Oct A nggar Kasih Tambir Pura Dalem Puri Batuan S ukawati Pura Dalem Kediri Silakarang Singapadu Pura dalem Desa Sukawati Pura Dalem Desa Singakerta Pura dalem Lembeng Ketewel - Sukawati Pura Paibon Pasek Tangkas Peliatan - Ubud Pura Puseh ngukuhin Keramas - Gianyar Pura Pemerajan Agung Ki Telabah, Tuakilang - Tabanan Pura Karang Buncing Blahbatuh Pura Dalem Bubunan Desa - Seririt Buleleng Pura Desa Badung Kota Denpasar Merajan Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa - Kayuputih - Turupinghe Pura Luwur Pedengenan Bedha Bongan - Tabanan Mr. Dukuh Sebudi Mr. Pasek Ngukuhin Keramas Pura Pucak Payongan Banjar Lungsiakan - Desa Kedewatan Pura Tanah Kilap Gria Anyar Denpasar Pura Selukat Desa Keramas Keramas - Blahbatuh - Gianyar Pura Dalem Tampuagan Desa Peninjoan - Tembuku - Bangli Pura Waturenggong Desa Taro Pura Dalem Bentuyung Ubud Pura Puseh Ubud Ubud Pura Dalem Peliatan Peliatan Ubud.

24 Oct B uda Umanis Tambir Pura Sari Bankar Titih Kapal Badung 29 Oct P urnama Kelima Aci-aci Penaung Bayu Pura Batumadeg di Besakih Pura Kentel Gumi Bangli Pura Pedarman Agung Satria Denpasar Pura Pemerajan Agung Pemecutan Denpasar

Ngusaba di Pura Kehen Bangli Pura Desa Pemenang Lombok Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Gobleg Kekeran Mengwi Pura Suranadi Lombok Pura Puncak Bukit Tampak Siring Pura Dalem Puri Agung Kintamani Pura Dalem Agung Nongan Karangasem Pura Dalem Ubung-Kupang Dukuh PenebelTabanan Pura Dalem Balingkang Kintamani Pr. Tampurhyang Pusat Kawitan Mahagota Catur Sanak Songan Kintamani Pura Dalem Pulasari Desa Bantas Sudaji Buleleng Merajan Pasek Gelgel Lebih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tulamben Pura Penyusungan Pasek Tohjiwa S e l e m a d e g Tabanan Pura Pasar Agung Besakih Sebudi Karangasem Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tengkulak Kaja Pura Suci Desa Tianyar K ubu Karangasem Pura Bukit Mentik ring Gunung Lebah Desa Batur Kintamani Pura Narmada Lombok Pura Segara Ampenan Lombok Pura Ularan Seririt Buleleng 7 Nov B uda Keliwon Matal Pura Desa Ds. Sukawati Merajan Agung Batuyang - batubulan Pura Pasek Gelgel Bebetin - sawan - buleleng Pura Maspahit Sesetan - Denpasar Selatan Pura Pasek Bendesa Manik Mas Dukuh Kendran - Tegalalang Pura Panti Pasek Gaduh Sesetan Merajan Pasek Kubayan Wangaya Gede Pura Pedarman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih 17 Nov H ari Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh, Pura Desa Kota Gianyar

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

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “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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Ricky Martin finds new home on small screen Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Ricky Martin is saying goodbye to Broadway’s “Evita.” But don’t cry for him. The Latin superstar has a slew of new projects in the works, including two television series and a children’s book. “It’s about growing,” said Martin in an interview Friday. “It’s a moment in my life where I just need to absorb and be surrounded by amazing actors and musicians and grow as an entertainer. I think this is going to be an amazing year for that.”

Martin takes his final bow in the Andrew Lloyd Webber revival on Jan. 26.

Then he heads down under to join the second season of the Australian edition of “The Voice.” But the Grammy winner says not to expect any biting, Simon Cowellesque critiques.

“I don’t believe in tough love. I believe in love, and I believe in being nur-

turing to new talented men and women,” he said at an M.A.C. Viva Glam event for Saturday’s World AIDS Day. Martin partnered with the cosmetics brand to raise awareness and funding for HIV/ AIDS programs worldwide.

The “Livin’ la Vida Loca” singer is developing a new series for NBC, expected in 2013. He’s producing, writing and will star

MANAMA, Bahrain — Just hours after reality TV star Kim Kardashian gushed about her impressions of Bahrain, riot police fired tear gas to disperse more than 50 hardline Islamic protesters denouncing her presence in the Gulf kingdom.

The clashes took place just before Kardashian opened the Bahrain branch of her Millions of Milkshakes shop.

An Associated Press journalist saw protesters chanting “God is Great” near the shopping complex in Riffa, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the capital Manama. The demonstrators were

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in the currently untitled dramedy, where he hopes to tackle social issues with humor. He’s also writing his second book and admitted he didn’t have to look far for inspiration.

“I think it’s time to write about things that I’ve been through with my kids that I’m sure many daddys out there will understand,” said the father of 4-year-old twins Matteo and Valentino. The familyfriendly story about self-esteem is slated for release next summer.

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Five dead in Japan tunnel collapse and fire

In this Monday, March 12, 2012 photo, Ricky Martin appears at the curtain call after his first performance in the new Broadway production of “Evita”, in New York.

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OTSUKI - Rescuers in Japan have confirmed at least five people died after being trapped inside their burning vehicle in a highway tunnel that collapsed on Sunday, a spokesman told AFP. “A number of charred bodies were confirmed inside” a vehicle, said a spokesman for Yamanashi Prefectural Police.

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cleared before Kardashian appeared late Saturday.

Earlier, she posted glowing remarks about Bahrain on her Twitter account, calling it “the prettiest place on earth.”

It was re-Tweeted by Bahrain’s foreign minister. Kardashian was in Kuwait earlier this week to open another branch of the shop.

A young Bahraini smiles after having his picture taken with TV star Kim Kardashian, in Riffa, Bahrain, Dec. 1, 2012.

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Police vehicles are parked at the entrance as smoke billows out of the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, Sunday morning, Dec. 2, 2012. A part of the tunnel collapsed Sunday morning, possibly involving several vehicles and injuring several people, local media said.

In Memoriam Desak Gede Raka Nadha

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The world of Education feel a great loss after Desak Gede Raka Nadha passed away. She worked tirelessly to make the people of Bali educated. As an educator, she was never give up in developing education and Desak Raka also preserve Balinese culture through education.

During the time of war, Desak

Raka worked as a teacher in SLUB Saraswati which became the starting point of education development in Bali. “We surely will miss the late Desak Raka, she was the pioneer as well as the education fighter in Bali,” said the Head of Udayana University Prof. Made Bakta on Saturday.

He also said that the university

often ask for assistance from the late Desak Raka because her idea on how to develop education in Bali was very bright. The most impressive thing is that she was always emphasizing on the local decency.

“The protection and conservation on Balinese culture need serious attention especially through education,” Bakta said. He hoped that the

example set by the late Desak Raka must be followed by others.

The member of Puri Ageng Pemayun Kesiman, Gusti Bagus Oka, is also admiring the spirit of Desak Raka to develop education in Bali.

During her first time teaching, she was not getting any payroll but she kept on teaching. This spirit made many of her students become very

successful in their life.

“Our families are very close to her. She always fought without asking for any return,” he added. The late Desak Raka kept preserving Bali through education since her old age. On July 13, 2009, she established Alit Kirana Kindergarten on Kebo Iwa Street, Denpasar.

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