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‘Gangnam Style’ most watched YouTube video ever Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean rapper PSY’s “Gangnam Style” has become YouTube’s most viewed video of all time. YouTube says in a posting on its Trends blog that “Gangnam Style” had been viewed 805 million times as of Saturday afternoon, surpassing Justin

Bieber’s “Baby,” which has had 803 million views.

The blog says the “velocity of popularity for PSY’s outlandish video is unprecedented.” PSY’s video featuring his horse-riding dance was posted on YouTube in July, while “Baby” was uploaded in February 2010.

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criticism along the way.

The special-effects workforce of 150 WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A crate full of sushi arrives. Work- on “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy a ers wearing wetsuit shirts or in bare feet bustle past with slim laptops. decade ago now numbers 1,100. Only With days to go, a buzzing intensity fills the once-dilapidated warehouses five of Weta Digital’s workers are actual where Peter Jackson’s visual-effects studio is rushing to finish the open- employees, however, while the rest are contractors. Many accept the situation ing film in “The Hobbit” trilogy. because movie work often comes irThe fevered pace at the Weta Digital lington. It’s a one-stop shop for making regularly but pays well. Union leaders, studio near Wellington will last nearly major movies — not only his own, but though, say the workers lack labor until the actors walk the red carpet Nov. other blockbusters like “Avatar” and protections existing in almost any other 28 for the world premiere. But after “The “The Avengers” and hoped-for block- industry.

Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” hits busters like next year’s “Man of Steel.”

Like many colleagues, Weta Digitheaters, there’s more work to be done.

Along the way, Jackson has be- tal’s director, Joe Letteri, came to New Weta Digital is the centerpiece of a come revered here, even receiving a Zealand in 2001 to work on the “Rings” filmmaking empire that Jackson and knighthood. His humble demeanor and trilogy for two years. The work kept close collaborators have built in his New crumpled appearance appeal to distinctly coming, so he bought a house in WelZealand hometown, realizing his dream New Zealand values, yet his modesty lington and stayed. of bringing a slice of Hollywood to Wel- belies his influence. He’s also attracted “People come here because they know it’s their chance to do something really great and to get it up on the screen,” he said in a recent interview. “And you want to do it in these next two weeks, because the two weeks after the movie’s finished are useless.”

Jackson, who declined to be interviewed for this story, launched Weta in 1993 with fellow filmmakers Jamie Selkirk and Richard Taylor. Named after an oversized New Zealand insect, the company later was split into its digital arm and Weta Workshop, which makes props and costumes.

Loving homages to the craft are present in Weta Digital’s seven buildings around the green-hilled suburb of Miramar. There are oldtime movie posters, prop skulls of dinosaurs and apes, and a wall of latex face impressions of actors from Chris O’Donnell to Tom Cruise.

Its huge data center, with the computing power of 30,000 laptops, resembles a milk-processing AP Photo/Nick Perry In this photo taken Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, a giant sculpture of Gollum, plant because only the dairy indusa character from “The Hobbit,” is displayed in the Wellington Airport to try in New Zealand knew how to celebrate the upcoming premiere of the first movie in the trilogy, in Wel- build cooling systems on such a grand scale. lington, New Zealand.

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PSY’s video has become a global sensation, with many people around the world mimicking his “Gangnam Style” dance. In their October meeting, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a South Korean, joked that he had to relinquish his title as “the most famous Korean,” and tried a few of PSY’s dance moves.

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Heroine and educator

Senior figure of Bali Post died Bali Post

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FILE - South Korean rapper PSY, who sings the popular “Gangnam Style,” performs during his concert in front of Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea, in this, Oct. 4, 2012 file photo.

DENPASAR - Bali has lost and been left behind forever by a heroine as well as prominent educator. Mrs. Desak Gede Raka Nadha has breathed her last. This senior figure of Bali Post died at the age of 86 years at Siloam Hospital, Karawaci Tangerang, at 05:43 a.m. on Saturday (Nov 24).

Her body arrived in Bali on Saturday night (Nov 24). From the Ngurah Rai Airport, it was taken to stop by at her residence at Jalan Kenanga 17 Denpasar. Commander of the IX /Udayana Military Command, Wisnu Bawa Tenaya, was seen to join the funeral on Saturday night.

Afterward, the body passed through Jalan Kepundung where the office of Bali Post located to be further taken to funeral home at Lumajang hamlet, Samsam, Kerambitan, Tabanan.

Spouse of the Bali Post pioneer, K. Nadha, was born at Lumajang hamlet on April 26, 1926, and left four children and 10 grandchildren.

The third son, Satria Naradha, now continued leading the Bali Post Media Group (KMB), whose first publication was made in 1948.

Mrs. Desak Gede Raka Nadha is known as a senior figure of Bali Post. Within the past two months, this member of the Indonesian veteran legion (LVRI) of Denpasar was very intensely talking about the enforcement of Pancasila press, nationalism and heroism. Mrs. Desak Gede Raka Nadha strengthened the commitment of Bali Post as the leading press in sustaining Bali and continuing the ideals of the heroes.

She included in a few little Balinese school girls who had the opportunity to attend school in Java then. After graduating from primary school in Bajera in 1939, she

continued her education to Taman Siswa led by Ki Hajar Dewantara in Yogyakarta. It was an important chapter in her life where she got involved in the struggle field together with the national hero I Gusti Ngurah Rai. Besides, she also devoted herself as a teacher.

When leaving for Yogyakarta, Indonesia was invaded by the Dutch and when coming home to Bali, Indonesia was occupied by Japan. Suffering of the people had not changed. Even, the moral decadence claiming women as the victim was getting more apprehensive.

Desak Gede Raka thought of something to contribute in order she could change the situation. She chose to fight through education and was then appointed a teacher in Kediri, Tabanan.

In this town, Desak founded an organization known as the Association of Kediri Women (Pewake). Focus of the organization was on the struggle against the reality where many women were forced to serve the sexual desire of Japanese soldiers. As an impact of her speech criticizing the reality, Mrs. Desak Gede Raka Nadha received a terror no less severe from the Japanese. She was the investigated. Shortly after that, a bomb exploded in Hiroshima and Nagasaki where Japan ultimately surrendered to the Allies. As a result, this heroine was free from any prosecution.

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Kediri and left school to join the guerrilla facing the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration (NICA).

Some of the activities included the dissemination of information to community that Indonesia had got its independence, establishment of public kitchen to support the fighters facing the new enemy, coalition with the General Headquarters Red Cross and provision of solution related to women affairs.

She joined the group of fighters led by I Gusti Ngurah Rai at Munduk Malang. In that location, Mrs. Desak had a house commonly used as a rendezvous by the fighters.

Since it had historical value, location of the house had now been built with a monument of struggle.

Munduk Malang was left by the fighters and they fled to another place because the location had been known by the NICA soldiers. When the fight exploded at Margarana,

Desak happened to be at Timpag. A messenger came and told if Mr. Rai was killed. Since then, Mrs. Desak Gede Raka Nadha decided to fight again through education.

Story on the involvement of Mrs. Desak Gede Raka Nadha in the struggle with Ngurah Rai was documented in the book entitled Orangorang di Sekitar Pak Rai (1995), Wanita Bali Berjuang 1936-1950 (1998), and Biografi Veteran RI di Bali (2000). (wid/dar)

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Bali has lost and been left behind forever by a heroine as well as prominent educator. Mrs. Desak In the next round, Mrs. Gede Raka Nadha has breathed her last. This senior figure of Bali Post died at the age of 86 Desak Gede Raka Nadha left years at Siloam Hospital, Karawaci Tangerang, at 05:43 a.m. on Saturday (Nov 24).

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Gianyar (Bali Post)—

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The JDP project which often use lasers to prevent the rain

Laser use at JDP alleged to cause hot temperature and scarce rain Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Although Bali has entered the rainy season, it is still not evenly distributed. Some regions, such as the south of Denpasar and Badung, hardly rain while intensive rain has happened to other regions. Similarly, the air temperature in both regions is still quite hot, even it reaches 35o Celsius. Both conditions are complained by people and they thought it is kindled by the widespread use of laser in hotels and the Benoa-Nusa Dua toll road project (JDP). ture in Denpasar and Badung was still very hot recently. “Very hot temperature does not only happen during the day but also at night.

Perhaps, the lack of rain and hot temperature are the impacts of the use of laser,” complained Rawan. To that end, he requested the use of laser should be limited and regulated.

If it could not be stopped, its use should be restricted. This politician of the Golkar Party also advised to considering it so that people would not be harmed.

Meanwhile, the authority of PT Jasamarga Bali Toll working on the JDP project could not be asked for its information regarding the use of the laser. Spokesperson of PT Jasamarga Bali Toll, Drajad Hari Suseno could not be asked for his confirmation when contacted via telephone. When contacted through a short message, he had not responded it.

Meanwhile, the Head of Bali Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency

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Rain accompanied by quake causes temple compound wall to collapse

A legislator of the Bali House from Nusa Dua, Wayan Rawan Atmaja, claimed to get a lot of complaints about the use of rainpreventing laser, chiefly the use of laser in the JDP project. The laser was used to break clouds and prevent rains in the area so the JDP project could go on without a hitch. Likewise, the use of laser was also rife in hotels across Nusa Dua area. When hotels organized a large event, they were competing to use laser to prevent rain.

People complained about the rampant use of laser that caused the lack of rain in the region. “We suspect the laser in use causes the scarce rain, whereas it has rained very often in other regions and even caused a flooding,” said Rawan. Within the past one month, continued Rawan, it had rained in Benoa and Nusa Dua area at least for 5 times.

The use of laser was also alleged to cause the very hot temperature. Though it had come into the rainy season, the air tempera-

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(BMKG), Wayan Suardana, said the use of laser actually did have too much influence in the lack of rain and hot temperature.

He explained that south Bali regions such as Denpasar, Gianyar and Badung currently had not come into rainy season unlike what happened on the highlands of Bali such as Kintamani, Bedugul and Tabanan. “At the moment, the southern Bali is still in transition period from dry season to rainy season so that it has not entered into rainy season yet,” he explained.

Further, he described the current position of the sun was in the south of the equator so that the regions in the south of the equator like South Bali and NTB had not intensely come into rainy season. Such position of the sun also made the air temperature in South Bali still quite hot reaching a maximum of 35o Celsius during the day and 27o-35o Celsius at night. (kmb29)

Heavy rain since three days ago in Gianyar was accompanied by earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 in Richter scale located 84 km southwestern of Denpasar on Thursday (Nov 22). It caused the temple wall compound in the complex of Samuan Tiga temple, Bedulu, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, to collapse. The wall of the Dalem Puri Temple toppled over a piasan pavilion established eight months ago by local residents.

Testimony of a customary security officer, I Ketut Sudarsana, told if the temple wall collapsed about 4:30 p.m. After the earthquake, the rain in Bedulu was accompanied by thunder. “The water around the temple rapidly went up so that made the temple wall fragile and then collapsed when hit by flooding,” he said, Friday (Nov 23).

The temple wall collapsed along 15 meters with a height of 5 meters. Some residents were starting to clean up the debris of the collapsed wall. Other than the wall collapse in the Dalem Puri Temple, similar incident also hit the Pasar Agung and Melanting Temple at Samuan Tiga where the entrance gates were damaged due to the earthquake. Estimated loss reached some IDR 30 million. Residents hoped the local and provincial government could immediately repair the temples as they belonged to dhang kahyangan temple.

Temple priest of the Dalem Puri Samuan Tiga, Jro Mangku Istri Ratna, said that for the time being there was no ritual made after the collapse of the compound wall.

Residents remained to focus on the ritual held in the Pasar Agung and Melanting Temple at Samuan Tiga because a piodalan or temple anniversary was still going on.

“Temporarily, residents just clean up the collapse debris,” she explained.

Meanwhile, a member of Commission III of the Bali House from the constituency of Gianyar, Wayan Tagel Arjana, had visited the disaster site. For this disaster, he suggested the province to lend a hand. In terms of the status, it belonged to Dhang Kahyangan, so that Bali government through relevant agency was entitled to help it. “However, I also hope that local government can proactively give a help because the Dalem Puri Temple will hold a temple anniversary soon,” he said. (kmb16)

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The accommodation located on Jalan Gunung Soputan 88 DenpasarBali had been equipped with all the facilities and amenities. There are kitchen, tableware and sofa. Besides,

it was also equipped with downstairs room with a cool patio. Customers could also use the free facility for washing and ironing. Then, another facility was the outdoor multi-function lounge where in-house guests could socialize because by organizing a business meeting or a gathering with friends.

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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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Most and Least Emotional Countries Revealed

Singapore and the Philippines may occupy a similar geographic corner of the world, but there’s a vast emotional ocean between them.

A new Gallup survey found that Singaporeans are the least likely in the world to report either positive or negative feelings on a daily basis, while emotions run highest among Filipinos.

In a survey of more than 150 nations, Gallup conducted telephone and in-person interviews with about 1,000 people ages 15 and older in each country every year between 2009 and 2011.

Residents were asked whether they experienced 10 different emotions a lot the previous day, including five negative emotions (anger, stress, sadness, physical pain and worry) and five positive emotions (feeling well-rested, smiling and laughing a lot, being treated with respect, enjoyment, and learning or doing something interesting).

Gallup averaged the percentage of residents in each country who answered “Yes” to such questions, finding that, at the low end of the spectrum, 36 per-

cent of residents of Singapore experienced the range of these feelings daily. Georgia was the second most emotionless nation, followed by Lithuania, Russia, Madagascar and Ukraine. [List of World’s Happiest (and Saddest) Countries] Meanwhile, the Philippines topped the emotional charts with an average of 60 percent of its residents saying they felt these 10 emotions a lot on a daily basis. Ranking second was El Salvador, followed by Bahrain, Oman, Colombia, Chile and Costa Rica. The United States ranked 15th, with 54 percent of residents saying they experienced the set of negative and positive feelings daily.

Here are the 10 least emotional countries based on the percentage of respondents who answered “Yes” when asked whether they experienced a range of either positive or negative emotions daily:

Singapore: 36 (percent) Georgia: Lithuania: Russia: Madagascar: Ukraine: Belarus: Kazakhstan: Nepal: Kyrgyzstan:

WASHINGTON — Wild weather is taking a toll on roads, airports, railways and transit systems across the country. That’s leaving states and cities searching for ways to brace for more catastrophes like Superstorm Sandy that are straining the nation’s transportation lifelines beyond what their builders imagined.

Despite their concerns about intense rain, historic floods and record heat waves, some transportation planners find it too politically sensitive to say aloud a source of their weather worries: climate change.

Political differences are on the minds of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, whose advice on the design and maintenance of roads and bridges is closely followed by states.

The association recently changed the name of its Climate Change Steering Committee to the less controversial Sustainable Transportation, Energy Infrastructure and Climate Solutions Steering Committee.

Still, there is a recognition that the association’s guidance will need to be updated to reflect the new realities

of global warming. “There is a whole series of standards that are going to have to be revisited in light of the change in climate that is coming at us,” said John Horsley, the association’s executive director.

In the latest and most severe example, Superstorm Sandy inflicted the worst damage to the New York subway system in its 108-year history, halted Amtrak and commuter train service to the city for days, and forced cancellation of thousands of airline flights at airports in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

In Washington state, “we joked we

The 15 most emotional countries: Philippines: 60 (percent) El Salvador: 57 Bahrain: 56 Oman: 55 Colombia: 55 Chile: 54 Costa Rica: 54 Canada: 54 Guatemala: 54 Bolivia: 54 Ecuador: 54 Dominican Republic: 54 Peru: 54 Nicaragua: 54 United States: 54

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FILE - This Oct. 30, 2012 file photo shows water reaching the street level of the flooded Battery Park Underpass, Tuesday in New York, remnants from Superstorm Sandy.

Electricity consumption growth in Bali reaches 8.15 percent

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DENPASAR - Electricity in Bali should be managed professionally considering the demand growth is high. Even, within the past three years (2009-2011), the growth reached 8.15 percent.

Such high consumption of electricity was recognized by IBG Mardawa Padangratha, General Manager of PT PLN (Persero) for Bali Distribution.

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were having 100-year storms every year,” said Paula Hammond, head of the state’s Department of Transportation.

Last year flooding threatened to swallow up the Omaha, Neb., airport, which sits on a bend in the Missouri River. The ground beneath the airfield became saturated, causing about 100 sinkholes and “soil boils” — uplifted areas of earth where water bubbles to the surface. The airport was spared through a massive effort that included installing 70 dewatering wells and stacking sandbags around airport equipment and buildings.

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Extreme weather tough Food revolution helps on transportation system Electrolux to sharpen its image Associated Press Writer

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STOCKHOLM - The U.S. head of Electrolux, the world’s secondlargest maker of home appliances, talks a lot about food - the food revolution, celebrity chefs and a fad for cooking classes. Keith McLoughlin, chief executive of the Swedish company since 2011, wants to shake off the fusty image of cookers, fridges, vacuum cleaners and washing machines to draw in consumers and increase profits.

Offering space-age cooking tops and developing an oven that can smoke food or monitor it with cameras, the push is part of Electrolux’s strategy to change focus after years of cost cutting and factory closures. The group wants launches of new products to let it raise prices in weakening key European markets to maintain profitability and fend off competition from U.S. rival Whirlpool and South Korean manufacturers Samsung and LG. “There is a huge food revolution going on around the world...More and more people focus on food, better quality ingredients, taking cooking classes, TV shows with chefs, chefs are the new celebrities.,” McLoughlin told Reuters. “For us, ultimately, what we are going to get paid for is to bring more consumer relevant stuff to the market.”

McLoughlin’s push is focussed on kitchens as cookers are Electrolux’s strongest global market position. This year it launched a high-end kitchen range retailing for 80,000 euros, which McLoughlin said shows Electrolux’s dominance in professional cooking equipment.

The company has also sponsored a travelling restaurant called The Cube, which sits atop famous landmarks in European cities including London and Brussels. It says it innovates outside the kitchen too, citing handheld vacuum cleaners for small areas of grime.

The stress on product launches is in sharp contrast to an earlier focus on getting its manufacturing base right. That involved cutting its workforce in western Europe, which stood at more than 45,000 people in 1999, to just over 13,000 by the end of 2011. Staff numbers have risen in countries such as Mexico and Brazil where wages are lower.

“The electricity in Bali grows very fast within just a year. One of the reasons is possibly due to the hot temperatures lately,” he said.

According to him, the four power plants in Bali, namely the Pesanggaran diesel-fired power plant (PLTD), Celukan Bawang coal-fired power plant (PLTU) and Pemaron gas and coal-fired power plant (PLTGU) and Gilimanuk gas-fired power plant and included the rented diesel could only generate 539 megawatts of electricity. Meanwhile, the peak load of electricity on the island reached 650-653 megawatts.

“To meet the shortages, we are forced to purchase additional 250 megawatts from Java. The remaining power is allocated for backup, just in case there are new installations because many new hotels are establishing in Bali,” he said.

He added that about 55 percent of the electricity users in Bali consisted of the hospitality or tourism industry. “It means the power supply should be adequate. Therefore, Balinese people, particularly the tourism industry, should also think of it,” he said.

According to Mardawa, the backup of electrical energy was still mediocre, so the outage frequently happened in Bali. “But, we calculate every outage as potential point of lose, no matter how long it lasts, whether a minute or longer,” he said.

He said the increase in power consumption was also accompanied by the increase in subscribers of the PLN Bali where until 2012 had reached 900,595 subscribers and 86 percent of them belonged

to households. “Subscriber rate of the PLN grows by 4.47 percent over the past three years,” he explained.

In years to come, Mardawa affirmed that PLN Bali would strive for providing adequate, reliable, quality and economical power.

“In essence, the community can attempt to supply their own electricity need. In other words, the community does not necessarily need to establish a power plant, but the PLN must provide the adequate, reliable and economic electricity, while customers are only required to pay pursuant to predetermined rates,” he said.

So far, he said, the central government stayed to subsidize Balinese people at least IDR 800900 billion per year. “Balinese people including hotels and the small community are paying for electricity under production cost worth IDR 1,900 per kilowatthour and then they only pay for IDR 900-1,000 per kilowatt-hour.

It means the rest is subsidized by the government. Here, there is no quite high distinction between the electricity used by small community from large business, but they are charged at the same rate.

Necessarily, the small community should remain to be subsidized provided that it is right on target, where the subsidy is not given by central government but by other capable PLN subscribers.

For this purpose, Bali will form a subsidiary whose tariff will be set forth by governor based on recommendation of the House,” he explained. (kmb28)

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Workers from electricity company doing regular maintenance. Electricity in Bali should be managed professionally considering the demand growth is high. Even, within the past three years (2009-2011), the growth reached 8.15 percent.

Miss Scuba reintroduces turtle hatchlings at Perancak

Bali Post

JEMBRANA - The contestants of Miss Scuba International from 10 countries supported the turtle conservation effort at Perancak village for the sake of its preservation in Bali. It was revealed by some contestants from a number of countries on Thursday afternoon (Nov 22) when reintroducing 60 turtle hatchlings conserved by

Kurma Asih conservation group to Perancak Beach.

The Kurma Asih Turtle Conservation Group Head, I Wayan Anom Astika Jaya, hoped the arrival of Miss Scuba would bring in a positive value for the environment, not just a beauty contest.

“Good and bad influence of the environmental poses the results of human act,’ he said.

A staff of the Conservation

International Indonesia, I Made Jaya Ratha, said the arrival of the Miss Scuba International was expected to help raise the local activity of Perancak community in conserving sea turtles.

So far, what they had done was less known compared to other places that had been visited by many tourists. As a matter of fact, the group had done much in the turtle conservation. “Hopefully,

it can support the activities of local people. At the moment, the Jembrana government has had an initiative to establish the water area conservation including at Perancak,” he explained.

Organizer of the contest, Billie Tan, said it was the second contest after the first in Malaysia. Currently, the contest held at the Mimpi Resort involved the participants from 10 countries such as Lat-

via, USA, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. By interacting with the turtle conservationists at Perancak, all the contestants could figure out about the turtle breeding and its conservation effort. Aside from reintroducing turtle hatchlings, the contestants were also asked to clean up the plastic rubbish on the beach. (kmb26)

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Tree collapse, SingarajaDenpasar traffic jammed

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The heavy rain that happened on the hills of Buleleng caused a tree collapsing at Bangkiang Sidem, Ambengan Village, Sukasada, last Saturday (24/11) around 2 pm local time.

It halted the traffic of Singaraja-Denpasar route for almost one hour. Besides that, there were also landslides that covered the body of the road. Workers from Buleleng Nature Disaster Management Board (BPBD) came quick which they then cut the tree and clean the landslide.

The Buleleng Traffic Police also came to arrange the traffic. Head of the Board, Putu Dana, stated there has been a team that’s ready for 24 hours in taking care of such situations. Right now they are supervising Sukasada, Kubutambahan, Banjar and Busungbiu which is known as prone landslide area. (kmb15)

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Bangladeshi firefighters battle a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, late Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012.

Bangladesh garment factory blaze kills more than 100

Crime at Sanglah Hospital

Visitors must be careful Denpasar (Bali Post)-

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Vineyard growers in misery The vineyard in Buleleng Regency

Often losing out, they clear up grapevines

The data obtained from the Buleleng Agriculture and Livestock Agency mention if the Banjar subdistrict has about 31 hectares of vineyards that have been cleared up. Such acreage excluded the cleared grapevines in Seririt and Gerokgak subdistrict. Most of the vineyards are converted back into rice field or planted with teak or albizia. Meanwhile, few others are sold for villa development.

Why are those grapevines totally cleared up? By all means, farmers cannot have helped losing out continuously since about five years ago. Such losses occur because their production cost is not comparable to the selling price of grape. Price of fertilizer and pesticide continues to soar, while the selling price of local grape continues to decline.

A resident of Melanting hamlet, Banjar village, Banjar, Ida Bagus Ngurah Widi Astana, revealed the matter. He was forced to clear up his grapevines that had been cultivated for many years. According to him, the grape price was very low, while the pesticide price tended to rise.

“Formerly, the price of pesticide was IDR 30,000. Now, it folds up to IDR 150,000 per bottle,” he said.

Widi revealed that he had cultivated his vineyard for six years. The harvest hap-

pened every three months. Of the harvest yields over the past six years, only about twenty harvests were profitable, while the rest only gave him a loss. “During the six years of cultivating vineyard, he only got profitable harvest for about twenty times as the price of grape was expensive, while the rest suffered a loss,” he said.

Many factors could trigger the cheap price of grape. A farmer in Seririt, Gede Sukra, said one of the causes of bringing down the price of local grape was the easy penetration of imported grape to minimarkets in Bali, including in Buleleng. On the other hand, he recognized if the flavor of imported grape was much better than the local one. However, if it was processed into juices or drinks, the local grape gave a distinctive flavor. “Unfortunately, the grape juice is rarely sold and the processing factory is not available in Buleleng,”

he said.

To that end, Sukra expected the government to build grape-based beverage factories in Buleleng. If necessary, in Buleleng should also be built a large enough wine factory because so far the sale of grape only relied on the service of collectors.

Therefore, the price was determined by collectors. “If collectors say the price is IDR 500 per kilogram, farmers can do nothing and they will sell it rather than being rotten,” he said.

With such a condition, the grape farmers in Banjar, Seririt and Gerokgak subdistrict, gradually cleared up their grapevines.

Several years to come, the grape in Buleleng could possibly come into extinction.

Moreover, the price of land in Banjar, Seririt and Gerokgak subdistrict, especially near beach area, had been getting more expensive. Thus, rather than suffering a loss when cultivating their vineyards, farmers might be tempted to sell their land. “Therefore, the government should consider the fate of grape farmers so that they will not be desperate and sell their land,” he said. (kmb15)

DHAKA - A fire swept through a garment factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital killing more than 100 people, the fire brigade said on Sunday, in the country’s worst ever factory blaze.

Working conditions at Bangladeshi factories are notoriously poor, with little enforcement of health and safety laws and overcrowding and locked fire doors common, but the cause of this fire was not immediately known.

The blaze at the nine-storey Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia industrial belt of Dhaka started on the ground floor late on Saturday and spread, trapping hundreds of workers.

“So far, the confirmed death toll is 109, including nine who died by jumping from the building,” Mizanur Rahman, deputy director of the fire brigade, told Reuters.

Witnesses said the workers, mostly women, ran for safety as the fire engulfed the plant, but were unable to get through narrow exits.

“Many jumped out from the windows and were injured, or died on the spot,” Milon, a resident, said.

Unofficial sources put the num-

ber of dead at more than 120, saying the toll may be higher. Most of the bodies were found on the second floor, Rahman said.

Bangladesh has around 4,500 garment factories and is the world’s biggest exporter of clothing after China, with garments making up 80 percent of its $24 billion annual exports.

This was the highest ever death toll in a Bangladeshi factory fire. In 2006, 84 people were killed in a blaze in the southern port of Chittagong where fire exits had been blocked.

More than 300 factories near the capital shut for almost a week earlier this year as workers demanded higher wages and better working conditions.

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Japan PM, opposition chief clash over monetary policy Reuters

Singaraja (Bali Post)-

As a public service area, Sanglah Hospital has been a place being visited by a lot of people every day yet some of them are individuals taking chances to do crime such as stealing wallet or pickpocket that targeted a patient companion. The crime happened last Friday (23/11) around 6.50 am local time besides the Pharmacy. According to the Hospital’s Public Relation Head, dr. Kadek Nariyantha, the victim of the robbery was a patient companion at Cempaka Bayi which at the time victim was taking a bath at a bathroom next to the Pharmacy. “While taking a bath, the waist bag he brought filled with wallet and IDR 1.5 million cash was hanged.

After bathing, the bag was left behind,” Nariyantha explained.

Another person went in to the bathroom and victim just remembered that the wallet.

However, when he found it, everything gone.

The incident was reported to a security and luckily the pickpocket was found who happens to be the person who took a bath after victim. Nariyantha suggested for visitors and companions to be careful with their belongings even though there are visiting time and cards for companions. “The robber itself admitted to be a companion at first but turns out it has no colleagues being treated here,” Nariyantha continued.

Security patrol every time and if there are any public members being found around Sanglah Hospital outside the visiting time or without companion card, they were asked to go home and come back during visiting time.

But there were those coming without notice or by hiding and with the huge area there is, it is hard to supervise these kinds of people.

This robbery case was then forwarded to the West Denpasar Police to be processed further. (san)

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TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Sunday that the opposition’s call for radical monetary easing to beat chronic deflation was “dangerous” and defended the independence of the central bank, countering arguments by the front runner in next month’s election.

Noda and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Shinzo Abe, differed sharply over monetary and foreign policy in separate television appearances ahead of the December 16 election which the opposition party is tipped to win in opinion polls.

Abe reiterated his call for setting a 2 percent inflation target, which is double the current goal of the Bank of Japan, to pull the world’s third-largest economy out of a long spell of deflation.

The LDP leader also called for revising the law governing the BOJ so that the central bank is held responsible not only for price stability but also for job creation and

the health of the real economy.

He said the BOJ must buy construction bonds from the market to finance infrastructure spending to rev up the economy which is sliding into a recession.

“It is a dangerous way of thinking,” Noda said in a TV Asahi program. “It would undermine the central bank’s independence if the government lays out the objective of monetary policy and mentions specific methods ...”

“It would be too complacent to think that the economy will improve by printing money,” Noda added.

The two leaders also differed on foreign policy especially the LDP’s proposal to post public servants on a permanent basis on islands at the centre of a territorial row with China to boost Tokyo’s effective control.

“Putting personnel there at this time could cause further escalation of tensions. The bilateral relationship would be jeopardized if we don’t have a severe view on the current circumstances,” Noda said.

REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda prepares for a session of the 21st ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and East Asia summit in Phnom Penh November 20, 2012.

Egypt’s Mursi faces judicial revolt over decree

Reuters

CAIRO - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi faced a rebellion from judges who accused him on Saturday of expanding his powers at their expense, deepening a crisis that has triggered violence in the street and exposed the country’s deep divisions. The Judges’ Club, a body representing judges across Egypt,

REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

called for a strike during a meeting interrupted with chants demanding the “downfall of the regime” - the rallying cry in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak last year.

Mursi’s political opponents and supporters, representing the divide between newly empowered Islamists and their critics, called for rival demonstrations on Tuesday over a decree that has triggered concern in the West.

Anti-Mursi protesters raise a big Egyptian flag while others stay around their tents during a sit-in against Egyptian president Mursi’s decree, in Tahrir square, in Cairo November 24, 2012.

Issued late on Thursday, it marks an effort by Mursi to consolidate his influence after he successfully sidelined Mubarak-era generals in August. The decree defends from judicial review decisions taken by Mursi until a new parliament is elected in a vote expected early next year.

It also shields the Islamist-dominated assembly writing Egypt’s new constitution from a raft of legal challenges that have threatened the body with dissolution, and offers the same protection to the Islamist-controlled upper house of parliament.

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Monday, November 26, 2012

The urban for-

Obama visits bookstore, promotes ‘Small Business Saturday’

est of Tabanan spreading on the route of Denpasar-Gilimanuk is in poor condition. The area becoming the urban lung even dries out. More-

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AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle

In this Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, photo, Sheila Bullock, 28, carries a toy car in her cart at a Target store, in Phoenix. Black Friday, the day when retailers traditionally turn a profit for the year, got a jump start this year as many stores opened just as families were finishing up Thanksgiving dinner.

Thanksgiving steals sales from Black Friday Associated Press

Online retailers worked as hard as brickand-mortar stores to draw customers, sendThanksgiving shopping on Thursday took a noticeable bite out of Black Friday’s ing each of their subscribers an average of start to the holiday season, as the latest survey found retail sales in stores fell slightly 5.9 promotional emails during the 7 days through Black Friday. That’s an all-time high, from last year. according to marketing software company Saturday’s report from retail technology day in retail,” said ShopperTrak founder Bill Responsys. company ShopperTrak estimated that con- Martin. “This year, though, more retailers IBM, which tracks more than 1 million sumers spent $11.2 billion at stores across than last year began their doorbuster deals on transactions at 500 online retailers each day, the U.S. That is down 1.8 percent from last Thursday, Thanksgiving itself. So while foot said its data showed 24 percent of online year’s total. traffic did increase on Friday, those Thursday shoppers used a mobile device to check out This year’s Friday results appear to have deals attracted some of the spending that’s a retailer’s site and about 16 percent of online been tempered by hundreds of thousands usually meant for Friday.” purchases were made on a mobile device. of shoppers hitting sales Thursday evening The company estimated that shopper foot But while total online spending rose sharply, while still full of their Thanksgiving dinner. traffic rose the most in the Midwest, up 12.9 the value of the average online order dipped Retailers including Sears, Target and Wal- percent compared with last year. Traffic rose the about 5 percent to $181.22.

Mart got their deals rolling as early as 8 p.m. least, 7.6 percent, in the Northeast, parts of which In spite of all the TV reports showing on Thursday. are still recovering from Superstorm Sandy. shoppers carting away laptops and giant Online shopping also may have cut into Target, Best Buy and other stores near the flat-screen TVs, IBM said combined sales the take at brick-and-mortar stores: IBM said Ikea seemed to have few customers, and traf- of consumer electronics, printers and other online sales rose 17.4 percent on Thanks- fic at the nearby Lloyd Center Mall also was office supplies were up only 8 percent, with giving and 20.7 percent on Black Friday, light, even for a normal weekend. average order prices of $326.05. compared with 2011.

Many shoppers around the country were Sales of appliances and other home goods Yet ShopperTrak said retail foot traffic in- armed with iPads and smart phones, to check rose the most, up about 28 percent from creased 3.5 percent, to more than 307.67 million prices as well as buy.

Black Friday last year. Clothing sales rose store visits, indicating at least some shoppers Online auction and shoppping site eBay 17.5 percent, department store sales grew were browsing but not spending freely. reported more the 2.5 times the number of just under 17 percent and sales of health and “Black Friday continues to be an important mobile transactions as last year. beauty products rose 11 percent.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, in a bid to show support for small businesses, took his daughters on an early Christmas shopping trip on Saturday as the U.S. retail sector swings into high gear this holiday season.

Promoting “Small Business Saturday,” the third annual event that encourages consumers to support independently-owned local shops, Obama took his daughters Sasha and Malia to “One More Page Books” in Arlington, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. “Preparation,” said Obama, while talking to the store owner at the front counter and looking at his BlackBerry, apparently checking book titles while his daughters stood at his side.

“That’s how I shop.”

Over the last two decades, small businesses have created two of every three U.S. jobs. To try to spur job growth, the Obama administration says it aims to cut taxes for small businesses and expand entrepreneurs’ access to financing.

Both Main Street merchants and larger retailers will find out soon if the so-called fiscal cliff that threatens to produce tax increases and automatic spending cuts in January will subdue shoppers and hold back spending this holiday season.

Congress and Obama are about to negotiate on a deal to avert the roughly $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts set to start jolting the economy at the beginning of 2013.

Asked by reporters what is needed to cushion the economic impact of the looming fiscal cliff, Obama declined to answer, saying “we’re doing Christmas shopping.”

The White House said Obama bought 15 children’s books that will be given as Christmas gifts to family members. Last year, more than 100 million Americans shopped locally on Small Business Saturday, according to an estimate by American Express.

Small businesses taking part in the initiative use social networks like Facebook and Twitter to promote deals and attract potential customers.

Taking to Twitter himself after the shopping excursion, Obama wrote: “My family & I started our holiday shopping at a local bookstore on #SmallBizSat. I hope you’ll join & shop small this holiday season.”

The nationwide initiative that urges customers to open their wallets to local businesses follows Black Friday, one the nation’s busiest shopping days at major retailers falling the day after Thanksgiving.

The Monday after Thanksgiving is known as Cyber Monday, where deals are found on the Internet and is more often a hit with shoppers unwilling to brave long lines.

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over, some of the trees apparently almost die.

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Urban forest stricken by drought Bali Post

TABANAN - The urban forest of Tabanan spreading on the route of Denpasar-Gilimanuk is in poor condition. The area becoming the urban lung even dries out. Moreover, some of the trees apparently almost die. Seemingly, they are not well maintained whereas the forest is located near the provincial road section.

Allegedly, the drought has long occurred as seen from simultaneous drying foliage. The forest spanning at

the foot of cliff is mostly planted with weeping willow trees. Strangely, those trees begin to die. This condition will

World Peace Day

Rotary encourage young generation to express peace IBP

DENPASAR - In order to commemorate World Peace Day, Rotary Club Bali held a writting contest for Junior High, Senior High, and colleges students all over Bali, with the theme of peace. The competition is divided in 3 categories for Junior high, senior high, and college students.

According to Committee Chairman of Bali Rotary Peace Forum, Julia Rivai, Sunday (25/11), the writting competition is an effort to engage young people to participate in the peace mission. The competition is expects to become a tool for

younger generation to pour aspirations, opinions and their expectations about the peace.

The top event is scheduled to be held on the World Peace Day on January 27, 2013. On that date, the choosen participants will gather to read their works. “This event is supported by the Bali’s Education and Youth Department and Udayana University,” she mentioned.

She said the winners of this competition will get Ministry of people’s welfare’s Thropy, Minister of Industry’s Thropy, and Rector of Udayana University’s Throphy.

They also receive millions of rupiah prices. (kmb18)

inevitably draw the attention of the passing road users. Formerly, the drying trees were removed from Tabanan City Park that had been rejuvenated with coconut trees. Somehow, when being removed the tree resembling to casuarina even withered and dried out. Strangely, the whole tree dried up almost simultaneously.

Spokesperson of Tabanan government, Putu Dian Setiawan, did not

dismiss the drought to the urban forest.

He affirmed it was triggered by dry season. As consequence, the trees removed could not get normal water supply. “The rainy season is just starting, while the trees in the park will surely turn green again,” he said, Saturday (Nov 24).

This official even featured the greening in the urban area that had been quite nicely arranged, starting from the rejuvenation of the plants

until the planting of a variety of flowers along the main road section.

Similarly, it was also beautified with the installation of street lighting.

“Around the town, we can see the green area with a pretty garden,” said the former subdistrict head of Marga.

Such a green garden was enabled by the infrastructure program of the local government to change the town face so that it turned aglow. (kmb30)

Indonesian parliament urges Myanmar to recognize Rohingya

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NUSA DUA - The Indonesian parliamentary delegation to the two-day interfaith dialog here urged the Myanmar parliament to press its government to settle the question of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar`s western state of Rakhine.

“At the dialog earlier in the day (the Myanmar parliament) pledged to encourage their government to recognize the Rohingya people as Myanmar citizens,” deputy chief of the InterParliamentary Cooperation Board at the House of Representatives Hayono Isman said.

He expressed hope that the

Myanmar government will change its stand to accept the Rohingya Muslims as Myanmar citizens because they were born in the country.

Meanwhile, members of the Myanmar delegation, Aung Kyaing and Nang Khen Pou, said the conflict between Rakhine and Bangales ethnic groups in Myanmar was not desired by both sides and the Myanmar citizens.

They said the Rakhine authorities have made every effort to create peace and tranquility in the region.

Rakhine is Myanmar`s western state and a Rohingya conflict has never happened in Myanmar,

they said.

He made it clear that what has happened in Rakhine had nothing to do with racism or religion. But it is violence between two ethnic groups who have different faith.

“If that is called race or religion issue, clash between groups with different faith will occur in other places in Myanmar,” he said.

He said Myanmar gives priority to tolerance among adherents of different faiths, including Buddhist, Christian, Islam and Hinduism.

“All Islamic organizations in Myanmar have obviously condemned the violence in Rakhine.” he said.

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No Powerball winner; jackpot goes to record $425M Associated Press Writer

DES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery officials say nobody has won the Powerball jackpot and the top prize will now increase to about $425 million for the next drawing, the largest jackpot ever for the game.

Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer said sales were strong over the holiday week for Saturday’s drawing, which was estimated at $325 million before the numbers were picked. That was the fourthlargest jackpot in the game’s history.

Neubauer says the jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing could go even higher than the estimated $425 million because sales pick up in the days before record drawings.

The previous top Powerball prize was $365 million, won in 2006

by ConAgra Foods Workers in Lincoln, Neb. The Powerball numbers for Saturday were 22-32-37-44-50, and the Powerball was 34.

Pope tells new cardinals: shun “worldly logic of power” IBP/ap

Inspectors stand in debris, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at the site of a gas explosion that leveled a strip club in Springfield, Mass., on Friday evening

Mass. natural gas explosion damaged 42 buildings Associated Press Writer

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Preliminary investigations show more than 40 buildings were damaged in a natural gas explosion in Massachusetts that injured 18 people, building inspectors said Saturday.

A strip club was flattened and a day care center was heavily damaged in the massive blast Friday night in Springfield, one of New England’s biggest cities.

Investigators were trying Saturday to figure out what caused the blast that could be heard for miles, left a large hole in the ground where the multistory brick building housing Scores Gentleman’s Club once stood and scattered debris over several blocks.

Officials already had evacuated part of the entertainment district after responding to a gas leak and odor reported about an hour before the explosion. Gas workers venting a gas leak got indications that the building was about to explode and they ducked for cover behind a utility truck — along with firefighters and police officers — just before the blast, said Mark McDonald, president of the New England Gas Workers Association.

Most of the injured were in that group, and the truck that saved their lives was essentially demolished, he said.

“It really is a miracle and it’s an

example of our public safety officials, each and every day, putting themselves in harm’s way, taking what could have been considered a very routine call of an odor of gas, but they took the proper precautions,” State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said. “And thanks to God that they did.”

Officials also marveled how the 5:30 p.m. blast occurred when a day care center next door was closed.

The center’s building was heavily damaged.

Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno were attending a tree-lighting ceremony when the explosion occurred. Sarno said some people mistakenly thought the boom was part of the holiday event.

The explosion blew out windows in a three-block radius, leaving at least three buildings irreparably damaged and causing emergency workers to evacuate a six-story apartment building that was buckling, police said. Pieces of broken glass littered streets and sidewalks. It was unclear how many residents had been evacuated. A shelter was set up at a school,

but city officials said no one stayed there overnight.

Omar Fermin, manager of the Punta Cana Restaurant two blocks from the explosion site, found the floor-to-ceiling windows blasted out when he came to check on the property Saturday morning.

“It looks like an earthquake hit,” said Fermin, a native of the Dominican Republic. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”

He said he was waiting for someone to come and assess the damage.

He worried the restaurant would remain closed for weeks while the owner seeks to replace the massive custom-made windows.

Authorities cordoned off the center of the explosion Saturday as building inspectors worked to identify unsafe structures. Anxious residents gathered at the perimeter, waiting for permission to visit their buildings.

Preliminary reports show the blast damaged 42 buildings housing 115 residential units, said Thomas Walsh, spokesman for the mayor.

Reuters

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict on Sunday told six prelates newly elevated to the rank of cardinal that all Catholic leaders should shun the “worldly logic of power” and stick to spreading the gospel. The pope presided at a solemn mass in St Peter’s Basilica with the six men from the United States, India, Nigeria, the Philippines, Lebanon and Colombia the day after they became cardinals at a ceremony known as a consistory.

“To be disciples of Jesus, then, means not letting ourselves be allured by the worldly logic of power, but bringing into the world the light of truth and God’s love,” he said. “To you, dear and venerable brother cardinals - I think in particular of those created yesterday - is entrusted this demanding responsibility: to bear witness to the kingdom of God, to the truth.”

The new cardinals are American Archbishop James Michael Harvey, Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, a major archbishop of the SyroMalankara rite in India, Archbishop Ruben Salazar Gomez of Bogota, Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Beatitude Bechara Boutros Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church in Lebanon, and Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja.

Indian women at the mass wore saris and African women wore traditional dresses. Prayers were read in Arabic, Hindi, Yoruba and Tagalog as well as English, French and Italian. “I think it’s about time that we have a diverse and more colorful bunch of cardinals,” said Leslie Ryan, a pilgrim who attended the consistory.

“If you want to bring all the Catholics together you need to have a diverse group of cardinals and it’s about time.” The choice of the cardinals, ranging in age from 53 to 72, looked like an attempt to counter criticism that he has in the past neglected the needs of the developing world.

CARDINAL ELECTORS

All six are “cardinal electors”, under 80 years old and therefore eligible to enter a conclave that will one day choose Benedict’s successor.

Two of the new cardinals, Boutros Rai, 72, of Lebanon, and Onaiyekan, 68, of Nigeria, are from countries with significant Muslim populations.

In Nigeria, which is about 50 percent Muslim, the Islamist sect Boko Haram has killed hundreds of people in attacks since 2009. Many of the attacks have been on Christians and churches.

“The Boko Haram, the young men who are throwing bombs all over the place in Nigeria, have been rejected by the mainstream of Islam in Nigeria.

But somehow, the way the Islamic religion is organized there’s nobody who can tell them ‘Stop it!’,” Onaiyekan told Reuters in an interview.

“So the rest of us are actually, you can say, suffering because of the inner difficulties within Islam. But that’s the reality we have to live with and we are doing our best. What is important for people to know is that it is not a case of Nigerian Muslims at war with Nigerian Christians.”

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INDONESIA BI strengthens banks` intermediary function Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian central bank has issued a policy which strengthens the intermediary function of the national banking as part of efforts to expand public access to banking services through branchless banking.

“We will expand access to banking services through non-conventional method by utilizing information technology, telecommunication, and agent cooperation, known as branchless banking,” Bank Indonesia Governor Darmin Nasution said in his address to the annual banking meeting 2012.

Through the strategy, banking services will reach all elements of the community without having to build bank offices, he said.

“The choice to operate branchless banking will bring about large benefit because it will lead to synergy among the banking industry, technologybased industry such as telecommunication company and micro small

businesses,” he said.

He said the combination of the highly-regulated banking industry supported by financial system safety networking and adequate customer protection, telecommunication company and retailers with broad networks and scope as well as expertise in mass market will lead to harmonious combination to reach all parts of the country.

Yet the branchless banking must be operated by paying attention to risks, including its impact on financial system stability, he said.

“That`s why in early 2013 Bank Indonesia will issue guidelines to operate branchless banking,” he said.

Antara

“Based on data from the last 30 years, water discharges increased by 50 percent this year,” he explained.

Maarif added that the increase in water discharges was caused by climate change, though the main factor is related to social issues.

“The residents of flood-prone areas need to change behaviors that can lead to flooding so it doesn’t happen again. They should not litter, hold community services to clean up neighborhoods, and create proper water channels so that water can flow smoothly,” he argued.

Maarif said BNPB has asked the local government to provide a water pump for Kampung Pulo, so the area can be immediately dried.

Maarif further said BNPB is working to provide staple goods and emergency relief for areas affected by floods.

Flood-prones area in Jakarta reach 78 spots

JAKARTA - The chairman of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Syamsul Maarif, said there are 78 flood-prone areas in Jakarta, and the Agency has begun to respond to flooding in those areas.

“There are at least 78 flood-prone areas, but we have managed to cope with flooding in 30 locations, such as Pesanggarahan, Angke, and Sunter, so there’s still 48 locations to be handled,” Maarif said when monitoring the state of Kampung Pulo in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, on Saturday.

“For a while, the current flooding can be solved by the local government. Besides, we will establish a post in the Public Works office to monitor the current situation in the flood-prone areas,” Maarif explained.

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A child jockey raises his hand after winning a race at Panda racetrack, outside Bima, November 18, 2012. Dozens of child jockeys, some as young as eight-years-old take part in the races. Involving nearly 600 horses they take place around a dusty, oval track of 1,400 meters (nearly one mile).

Child jockeys brave danger for cash and glory

Reuters

BIMA - Bareback jockey Herman Sarifudin guides his horse into the starting box for a race on Indonesia’s Sumbawa island. The gate springs open and the horse bolts with Sarifudin clinging on for dear life.

Sarifudin is eight years old.

He’s one of dozens of children taking part in the races. The horses are small, often standing just 1.20 metres (4 feet) tall. But even so, fathers have to help their children clamber on to them.

Sarifudin competed this week in a race against five other children around a dusty, oval track of 1,400 meters (nearly one mile) near Bima town. His reward, if he wins, is a handful of cash for his family, and the glory for him.

He was nervous before the race but once it got going, he and the other barefoot riders looked in control, urging their horses forward with a flick of a switch to the flanks.

In the end, Sarifudin came in third. He told Reuters he felt drained.

Mohammad Amin is a district government official who keeps

horses as a hobby. He has 12 of them.

The children are light, that’s why they’re the jockeys, he explains.

“Children learn to ride horses from the age of five,” he said.

About 2,000 cheering spectators crowded around the track and no one let laws against gambling spoil the fun.

Hami, a grandfather, was desperate to sell off his nearly new Nokia mobile telephone phone so he could put some money down.

Two cows Hajji Sukri, 45, chairman of the race organising team scoffed at the danger. The children were all skilful riders and none had been killed, and none seriously hurt, he said.

One child toppled off on to the dusty track at a recent race. His father quickly picked him up and carried him off, in tears.

“It’s OK to fall off a horse,” said taxi driver Irwansyah.

“My concern is that they should be in school, not racing horses.

They can miss school for 10 days for just one event.”

The races have been held at the end of the rice-harvesting season

ever since anyone can remember.

Horses are used throughout Indonesia, an archipelago of about 17,000 islands that straddles the equator, more often for pulling carts and buggies than for riding.

This year, the races near Bima lasted for 11 days and attracted nearly 600 horses, many from the nearby islands of Sumba, Bali, Lombok and Flores.

The grand prize was one million rupiah ($100). Those who win their groups get two cows.

One of the young stars this year was 11-year-old Mohammad Endiansyah, known as Endi, who has taken a two-month break from school for the racing season.

The punters say he’s a great rider, an expert at handling the horses. His father, Asikin, said he earned 15 million rupiah ($1,500) in the last two months from different races.

“A horse is like a friend,” Endi said. “I’ve fallen, been sick and cried but no horse has ever stepped on me”.

Endhi said he wanted to be a policeman when he grows up.

“But I’d also like to be a professional jockey,” he said.

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Vibrant Cak Dance from Bona Village On hearing the name of Bona village, people will certainly be reminded of the popular Cak dance.

Aside from being the center of Cak

performance, this village shows a unique artistic development. “In the past, the Cak performance was staged in the Puseh Temple every

full moon and black moon. The show was especially presented for tourists,” said I Nyoman Sira, a puppeteer and dancer from the

local village.

This graduate of the Indonesia Institute of Arts (ISI) of Denpasar, said in the performance the Cak

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was combined with Sanghyang Jaran and Sanghyang Dedari Dance owned by the local village. Although the shows were duplicate (not sacred), the performance of both the sanghyang dances could create a magical atmosphere. “Cak appearance is actually a magnet to attract more tourists to Bona village,” he said.

Cak is usually staged for 30 minutes. At first, the Cak is presented for 20 minutes and then was resumed with the presentation of Sanghyang Jaran for 15 minutes and Sanghyang Dedari for 15 minutes.

“However, after 1983 when Cak has developed in Ubud, Uluwatu and other areas in Bali, the existence of Cak at Bona began to erode. Now, it was almost never staged again,” said Sira calmly.

Nevertheless, added the dancer who had roamed around the world, Bona village was never lacking of tourist visit. However, the number was small and the volume was not regular. “Right now, many tourists are visiting Bona but they do not watch the art, but learn about the art,” he said.

According to Sira, foreign tourists came because they wanted to learn and play the puppet are directly from puppeteer Made Sija (her father) and studied some dances in the Paripurna Dance Studio managed by Made Sidia (his brother).

They were not foreign tourists on vacation, but those who were learning about the arts of Bali.

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Robert Guerrero wins decision over Andre Berto Associated Press Writer

ONTARIO, Calif. -- Robert Guerrero knocked down Andre Berto twice on the way to a unanimous-decision victory in a welterweight bout on Saturday night. Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KOs) floored the former 147-pound champion in the first round and again in the second round before persevering through a physically punishing bout. Berto’s eyes were both swollen shut by the final bell, and Guerrero’s right eye was nearly closed after multiple rounds of close-range punching. ‘’I did tell Andre I was going to beat him down, so I had to be a man of my word,’’ Guerrero said. ‘’But he did defend himself like a true champ. ... I had to get on the inside with him, work his body and fight him on the inside.’’

Guerrero, the former champion at featherweight and super featherweight from Gilroy, Calif., called out Floyd Mayweather Jr. after the fight.

Guerrero and Mayweather both have promotional relationships with Golden Boy, making a matchup possible. ‘’Pretty Boy, let’s do it,’’ Guerrero said. Berto (28-2) recovered from a slow start to test Guerrero despite a closed right eye from the second round onward. Guerrero took significant damage, but hung on for his eighth consecutive win. All three judges at Citizens Bank Business Arena scored the bout 116-110 for Guerrero.

Returning to the ring for his first

fight in 14 months, Berto complained about the officiating after his second loss in three outings. Berto failed a doping test earlier this year, wiping out a lucrative rematch with Victor Ortiz. ‘’I just didn’t understand,’’ Berto said. ‘’He was coming in, grabbing and holding me. Every time I tried to get off, the referee kept warning me for shots. ... At the end of the day, Robert fought a good fight and he got the win. If you want to do it again, we’ll definitely do that.’’

Guerrero landed 35 percent of his 731 punches, while Berto connected with 44 percent of his 411 blows, including 50 percent of his power punches.

Guerrero dropped Berto with a left hand over Berto’s defense and a series of additional left hands while a dazed Berto attempted to hold. Guerrero also appeared to use his right hand

French federation will ask Tauziat to resign Reuters

PARIS - Nathalie Tauziat will be asked to step down from the French tennis federation’s (FFT) management committee after she testified in favour of former coach Regis de Camaret who was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday for raping young female players.

“Nathalie Tauziat’s statement at the trial was deeply disturbing. On Monday we will ask her to resign from the management committee,” FFT director general Gilbert Ysern told reporters on Saturday.

to keep Berto close during the flurry, but wasn’t called for a hold.

Berto went down again in the opening seconds of the second round when Berto connected with a body shot and a left uppercut.

Berto, whose eye was injured by a left cross moments earlier, gathered himself and clutched his way through the rest of the round, although Berto’s corner also complained about Guerrero’s tactics.

Berto picked up his aggression in the middle rounds, catching Guerrero with uppercuts and hooks. Both fighters traded big shots in the 12th round, which ended with Guerrero and Berto both claiming victory. ‘’He didn’t hurt me at all,’’ Guerrero said. ‘’I took some good shots from him. He’s a strong guy, punched hard, but I’ve got a good chin.’’

On the undercard, rising 154pounder Keith Thurman battered Carlos Quintana and eventually stopped the veteran with 41 seconds left in the fourth round. Thurman (19-0, 18 KOs) knocked down Quintana in the first round with a hook to the body and never stopped pursuing Quintana, with referee Jack Briggs eventually stopping the bout with Quintana nearly out on his feet.

Tauziat, a former world number three who reached the Wimbledon final in 1998, told a Lyon court that she had not seen anything at the time De Camaret was coaching and that she did not believe his accusers, especially her former doubles partner Isabelle Demongeot. De Camaret, now 70, was convicted of raping two female players then aged 12 and 13.

Some 20 of his former pupils have accused him of rape, attempted rape or fondling between 1977 and 1989.

The statute of limitations had run out on all but two, who accused De Camaret of rape or attempted rape.

Former French tennis star Nathalie Tauziat arrives at the Lyon’s courthouse to testify in defense of tennis coach Regis de Camaret at his trial, in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012.

AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Robert Guerrero, right, knocks down Andre Berto in the second round of a WBC interim welterweight title fight in Ontario, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. Guerrero won by unanimous decision after the 12th round.

McIlroy, Donald share lead after Round 3 in Dubai

Associated Press Writer

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Rory McIlroy sank a short birdie putt on the 18th hole Saturday to remain tied with Luke Donald as the world’s two top-ranked golfers pulled three shots clear of a star-studded field after the third round of the Dubai World Championship.

The top-ranked McIlroy, who has already wrapped up the European and PGA Tour money titles, struggled early when he bogeyed the first hole and missed several makeable birdie putts. But he improved on the back nine, sinking a 30-foot eagle putt on 14 to go with three birdies for a 6-under 66.

Donald also had a 66 and is tied with McIlory with a 17-under total of 199. ‘’I’ve done a majority of my scoring this week on the back nine and that’s the way it went today,’’ McIlroy said. ‘’Took me a few holes to adjust. But once I got comfortable, I started to hit some good shots and give myself opportunities for birdies.’’

Donald had his third consecutive bogey-free round and has now

gone 100 holes at the Dubai tournament without one. If he wins Sunday without carding a bogey, he will match the feat of Sweden’s Jesper Parnevik, who won the 1995 Scandinavian Masters without dropping a shot. ‘’I was, again, just trying to play solid golf, minimize mistakes,’’ said Donald, who won in Japan last week to overtake Tiger Woods for the No. 2 spot in the rankings. ‘’I guess it’s a testament to how I play the game. I kind of keep the ball in front of me and, when I get in trouble, I’ve got a good short game to bail myself out.’’

South Africans Louis Oosthuizen (68) and Charl Schwartzel (67) are three shots back, while compatriot Branden Grace and Joostis Luiten of France are a further two shots behind. Seven others are six shots off the pace, including Scotsman Marc Warren, who started the day tied with McIlroy and Donald but had three bogeys on his first 12 holes to fall out of contention.

The round of the day, however, went to Jeev Milkha Singh. Still recovering from a hand injury and worried about his mother, who was

hospitalized after a fall, the Indian golfer shot a 64 to match the course record and move into a tie for 25th.

He strung together three consecutive birdies on the front nine and four straight after the turn in a round that included a total of nine birdies to go with a lone bogey on the 10th. ‘’I dedicate this round to my mother,’’ Singh said. ‘’She was in the ICU yesterday. I learned about it just before I teed off.’’ Though McIlroy and Donald didn’t play together, it seemed the world’s top golfers were having a duel of sorts all day.

Donald struck first, sinking two birdie putts on the first three holes, while McIlroy hit his opening drive into a bunker and settled for a bogey. McIlroy pulled a shot back with a birdie on No. 3 and then sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the sixth hole before Donald sank birdies on 7 and 9 to extend his lead.

But just when it seemed Donald might pull away, McIlroy made consecutive birdies on the 11th and 12th. With Donald extending his lead by two with a 20-foot birdie putt on No. 14, McIlroy needed something special to keep pace.

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Betis deal Real’s title chances a hefty blow Reuters

MADRID - Real Madrid’s defence of their title suffered a major setback when Real Betis surprised them 1-0 in Seville on Saturday to leave the champions eight points behind leaders Barcelona having played a game more. Spain midfielder Benat pounced on an error to score after 17 minutes and Jose Mourinho’s team ran out of steam and ideas as they chased the game in the second half.

Real only lost two games and dropped 14 points on their way to the title last season, but have already tasted defeat three times in 13 games in the current campaign. Mourinho’s side stay third with 26 points, five behind second-placed Atletico Madrid who host Sevilla on Sunday, and who visit the Bernabeu next weekend.

Unbeaten leaders Barca, who have only dropped two points, can open an 11-point gap over their arch-rivals with a win at sixth-placed Levante, also on Sunday. “We have taken a step backwards in trying to cut the points gap,” captain Iker Casillas told Spanish radio. “It has been a tough blow.”

Mourinho congratulated Betis for their battling display and made his customary attacks on the referee and the calendar, but played down the significance of the result on the title race.

“Last year we were 10 points clear in March, we drew a couple of games and the league opened up,” Mourinho told a news conference. “Tomorrow we will probably be 11 points behind.

We aren’t optimistic or pessimistic.

It’s tough.”

5-1 rout at Sevilla in the city derby last weekend, looked to make amends in front of their fans with a high-tempo start against Real. Betis pressured the visitors and took the lead when Alvaro Arbeloa’s miscued clearance reached Benat who skipped past Sami Khedira and fired a low shot past Casillas from the edge of the area.

Madrid were making little headway, and Mourinho gambled with a double change at the break, throwing on Luka Modric and Kaka in place of midfield duo Mesut Ozil and Khedira.

Karim Benzema had an effort unfairly ruled out for offside, but after a strong start to the second half Real wilted and Betis always looked dangerous on the counter. Betis climbed to fifth with 22 points, behind Malaga on goal difference after the Costa del Sol side returned to winning ways with a 4-0 rout at home to a desperately poor Valencia.

Francisco Portillo, Javier Saviola, Roque Santa Cruz and Isco were all on target as Manuel Pellegrini’s side notched their first win in November.

Betis, stung by a humiliating

until decision on future Associated Press Writer

MILAN -- Inter Milan director Marco Branca says Wesley Sneijder won’t play again for the club until he makes a decision about his future, adding to speculation the Dutch playmaker could be set for a January move to Manchester United.

Inter wants Sneijder to sign a new contract which would see him take a significant pay cut. Sneijder,

who has two years remaining on his current deal, is the highest earner at the club with a salary of around 6 million euros ($7.8 million) annually.

Branca said Saturday that Sneijder won’t play until he makes a decision as ‘’we want to give the player and his staff all the necessary time to evaluate well the terms of our offer.’’ Sneijder has long been linked with a move to the Premier League.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Ancelotti: Pato fits Paris Saint-Germain profile Reuters

Carlo Ancelotti has fueled speculation that Paris Saint-Germain could revive its interest in Alexandre Pato by claiming that the AC Milan forward fits its criteria.

The Brazil international was believed to be close to completing a 35 million euro transfer to the Parc des Princes in January but eventually decided against making the move. However, rumors linking the two parties have resurfaced following reports that the 23-year-old is unhappy with life at the Serie A side.

In response to recent speculation, Ancelotti - who coached the striker at the Rossoneri between 2007 and 2009 - described the South American as a player who matches PSG’s profile, but insisted that there is nothing wrong with his

current crop of attackers.

“He did not call me. I’m not his friend and he was only my player [at Milan], but Pato has the profile to play for PSG,” the coach told RTL. “He is a fantastic goalscorer, but we cannot sign all the strikers in the world. We have very good players for the position, such as [Jeremy] Menez, [Ezequiel] Lavezzi and [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic.”

Ancelotti’s side romped to a 4-0 victory over Troyes on Saturday, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s 200th and 201st league goals and strikes from Blaise Matuidi and Maxwell proving enough to end a run of three Ligue 1 matches without a win.

“We played intelligently,” he added. “You do not want to use too much energy. We traveled to Ukraine on Wednesday so it was hard to recover. Our attacking strategy was very well executed. In

the second half we found space and took advantage of it. “[Replacing] Pastore was a tactical choice. I thought Nene could make more use of the spaces. Ibra is a very important player. He is one of the best strikers in the world.

Regarding Matuidi, he managed to hit a high level of performance, which is what we’ve come to expect from him.”

AP Photo/Antonio Calanni

AC Milan Brazilian forward Pato, left, challenges for the ball with Fiorentina midfielder David Pizarro, of Chile, during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Fiorentina at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012.

United recover to send Redknapp’s QPR reeling

Reuters

AP Photo/Angel Fernandez

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal, right, and Sergio Ramos, left, look to the ground during their La Liga soccer match against Betis at the Benito Villamarin stadium, in Seville, Spain on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012.

Espanyol smooth over Wakaso’s Sneijder shelved by Inter racist referees allegation BETIS STUNG

International

Reuters

MADRID - Espanyol’s Ghana midfielder Mubarak Wakaso recognises he was wrong to accuse referees of booking him because of his colour, coach Mauricio Pochettino said on Saturday. “You can’t accuse the whole refereeing body of this (racism), and he knows that,” the Argentine told a news conference. “He spoke with his heart and not his head.”

Wakaso, who has picked up eight yellow cards and one red in 10 La Liga matches this season, told a news conference on Friday: “Sometimes... they just give the card, excuse me to say this, because of the colour of the person.”

Pochettino said he and the club captains had spoken with the 22-year-old player. “He was trying to come to terms with what has been going on,” Pochettino added.

“He is a combative player, but he is honest and when you explain things he understands. He lives life to the limit on and off the pitch.”

Bottom side Espanyol have the worst disciplinary record in La Liga and have complained bitterly about what they see as unfair refereeing against the club.

Striker Sergio Garcia is suspended for the next four matches and defender Hector Moreno for two after both were sent off in the 2-1 defeat at Valencia last weekend. An appeal against the punishments was rejected by the Spanish football federation.

LONDON - Manchester United scored three times in eight minutes to beat Premier League bottom side Queens Park Rangers 3-1 on Saturday leaving their new manager Harry Redknapp in no doubt about the size of the task he faces to save them from relegation.

QPR, who announced earlier on Saturday that Redknapp was taking over after Mark Hughes had been fired the previous day, took the lead in the driving rain at Old Trafford with a 52nd-minute Jamie Mackie tap-in.

United improved after a pedestrian opening 45 minutes and left QPR reeling as goals from Jonny Evans - on his 100th league appearance - Darren Fletcher and

substitute Javier Hernandez secured their sixth comeback win in the league this season.

The victory took United back to the top of the table - at least until champions Manchester City play at Chelsea, in their first game under interim coach Rafa Benitez, on Sunday. United have 30 points from their 13 matches, followed

by City (28), West Bromwich Albion (26) and Chelsea (24).

WBA, this season’s surprise package, moved two points clear of Chelsea with a 4-2 victory at Sunderland to record their fourth successive league win, giving them their best start to a season since 1953-54.

Fifth-placed Everton were minutes away from beating Norwich City but had to settle for a 1-1

draw after a late Sebastian Bassong header cancelled out Steven Naismith’s early opener.

Arsenal stayed sixth place after a tame 0-0 draw at Aston Villa who climbed out of the relegation zone into 17th place despite making little impact against a less than inspired Arsenal side. Wigan Athletic beat fellow strugglers Reading 3-2 with a second-half hat-trick from Jordi Gomez and Stoke City edged Fulham 1-0 with a first-half goal from Charlie Adam.

QPR, still without a win after a third of the season, stay bottom on four points but with caretakers Mark Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki in charge, they impressed for an hour and played far better than they did under Hughes.

AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s Darren Fletcher celebrates after scoring against Queens Park Rangers during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Nov. 24, 2012.

Palermo see off local rivals Catania in style

Reuters

Palermo’s Fabrizio Miccoli scored his 100th Serie A goal and Josip Ilicic netted twice in a 3-1 win over in-form Sicilian rivals Catania who got a late consolation goal from Franceso Lodi but missed the chance to go sixth. Palermo, who moved away from the relegation zone and up to 14th place with 14 points from 14 games, took the lead in the ninth minute after enjoying the better of the opening exchanges.

Catania’s Nicolas Spolli slipped while trying to cut out an Ezequiel Munoz cross, wrong-footing veteran defender Nicola Legrottaglie in the process and allowing Miccoli space and time to place his shot into the net from the edge of the box.

The home side looked confident, pressing the disjointed visitors and coming close to a second goal when Franco Brienza ran into the area, shrugged off two defenders and struck a powerful shot against the bar.

Catania, who remain seventh with 19 points, had their moments, notably a Sergio Almiron effort from distance and a wonderful curled Lodi free kick just before the break, but struggled to get any grip on the match.

Ilicic made it 2-0 in the 48th minute, after Brienza found the Slovenian courtesy of some loose Catania defending, scoring with a right-foot shot from just inside the area.

On the hour mark, with Catania again caught napping on the break, Ilicic ran from the halfway line, beat the sluggish Lodi and hit an angled drive past the unfortunate Mariano Andujar in the visitors’ goal. Lodi’s powerful 70th-minute free kick gave Catania some hope but the hosts responded and nearly got a fourth goal when Spolli cleared Michel Morganella’s close-range effort off the line.

AP Photo / DavideAnastasi, Lapresse Palermo’s Fabrizio Miccoli, left, and Josip Ilicic, of Slovenia, celebrate a goal during the Serie A soccer match between Palermo and Catania, in Palermo, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012.

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Betis deal Real’s title chances a hefty blow Reuters

MADRID - Real Madrid’s defence of their title suffered a major setback when Real Betis surprised them 1-0 in Seville on Saturday to leave the champions eight points behind leaders Barcelona having played a game more. Spain midfielder Benat pounced on an error to score after 17 minutes and Jose Mourinho’s team ran out of steam and ideas as they chased the game in the second half.

Real only lost two games and dropped 14 points on their way to the title last season, but have already tasted defeat three times in 13 games in the current campaign. Mourinho’s side stay third with 26 points, five behind second-placed Atletico Madrid who host Sevilla on Sunday, and who visit the Bernabeu next weekend.

Unbeaten leaders Barca, who have only dropped two points, can open an 11-point gap over their arch-rivals with a win at sixth-placed Levante, also on Sunday. “We have taken a step backwards in trying to cut the points gap,” captain Iker Casillas told Spanish radio. “It has been a tough blow.”

Mourinho congratulated Betis for their battling display and made his customary attacks on the referee and the calendar, but played down the significance of the result on the title race.

“Last year we were 10 points clear in March, we drew a couple of games and the league opened up,” Mourinho told a news conference. “Tomorrow we will probably be 11 points behind.

We aren’t optimistic or pessimistic.

It’s tough.”

5-1 rout at Sevilla in the city derby last weekend, looked to make amends in front of their fans with a high-tempo start against Real. Betis pressured the visitors and took the lead when Alvaro Arbeloa’s miscued clearance reached Benat who skipped past Sami Khedira and fired a low shot past Casillas from the edge of the area.

Madrid were making little headway, and Mourinho gambled with a double change at the break, throwing on Luka Modric and Kaka in place of midfield duo Mesut Ozil and Khedira.

Karim Benzema had an effort unfairly ruled out for offside, but after a strong start to the second half Real wilted and Betis always looked dangerous on the counter. Betis climbed to fifth with 22 points, behind Malaga on goal difference after the Costa del Sol side returned to winning ways with a 4-0 rout at home to a desperately poor Valencia.

Francisco Portillo, Javier Saviola, Roque Santa Cruz and Isco were all on target as Manuel Pellegrini’s side notched their first win in November.

Betis, stung by a humiliating

until decision on future Associated Press Writer

MILAN -- Inter Milan director Marco Branca says Wesley Sneijder won’t play again for the club until he makes a decision about his future, adding to speculation the Dutch playmaker could be set for a January move to Manchester United.

Inter wants Sneijder to sign a new contract which would see him take a significant pay cut. Sneijder,

who has two years remaining on his current deal, is the highest earner at the club with a salary of around 6 million euros ($7.8 million) annually.

Branca said Saturday that Sneijder won’t play until he makes a decision as ‘’we want to give the player and his staff all the necessary time to evaluate well the terms of our offer.’’ Sneijder has long been linked with a move to the Premier League.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Ancelotti: Pato fits Paris Saint-Germain profile Reuters

Carlo Ancelotti has fueled speculation that Paris Saint-Germain could revive its interest in Alexandre Pato by claiming that the AC Milan forward fits its criteria.

The Brazil international was believed to be close to completing a 35 million euro transfer to the Parc des Princes in January but eventually decided against making the move. However, rumors linking the two parties have resurfaced following reports that the 23-year-old is unhappy with life at the Serie A side.

In response to recent speculation, Ancelotti - who coached the striker at the Rossoneri between 2007 and 2009 - described the South American as a player who matches PSG’s profile, but insisted that there is nothing wrong with his

current crop of attackers.

“He did not call me. I’m not his friend and he was only my player [at Milan], but Pato has the profile to play for PSG,” the coach told RTL. “He is a fantastic goalscorer, but we cannot sign all the strikers in the world. We have very good players for the position, such as [Jeremy] Menez, [Ezequiel] Lavezzi and [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic.”

Ancelotti’s side romped to a 4-0 victory over Troyes on Saturday, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s 200th and 201st league goals and strikes from Blaise Matuidi and Maxwell proving enough to end a run of three Ligue 1 matches without a win.

“We played intelligently,” he added. “You do not want to use too much energy. We traveled to Ukraine on Wednesday so it was hard to recover. Our attacking strategy was very well executed. In

the second half we found space and took advantage of it. “[Replacing] Pastore was a tactical choice. I thought Nene could make more use of the spaces. Ibra is a very important player. He is one of the best strikers in the world.

Regarding Matuidi, he managed to hit a high level of performance, which is what we’ve come to expect from him.”

AP Photo/Antonio Calanni

AC Milan Brazilian forward Pato, left, challenges for the ball with Fiorentina midfielder David Pizarro, of Chile, during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Fiorentina at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012.

United recover to send Redknapp’s QPR reeling

Reuters

AP Photo/Angel Fernandez

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal, right, and Sergio Ramos, left, look to the ground during their La Liga soccer match against Betis at the Benito Villamarin stadium, in Seville, Spain on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012.

Espanyol smooth over Wakaso’s Sneijder shelved by Inter racist referees allegation BETIS STUNG

International

Reuters

MADRID - Espanyol’s Ghana midfielder Mubarak Wakaso recognises he was wrong to accuse referees of booking him because of his colour, coach Mauricio Pochettino said on Saturday. “You can’t accuse the whole refereeing body of this (racism), and he knows that,” the Argentine told a news conference. “He spoke with his heart and not his head.”

Wakaso, who has picked up eight yellow cards and one red in 10 La Liga matches this season, told a news conference on Friday: “Sometimes... they just give the card, excuse me to say this, because of the colour of the person.”

Pochettino said he and the club captains had spoken with the 22-year-old player. “He was trying to come to terms with what has been going on,” Pochettino added.

“He is a combative player, but he is honest and when you explain things he understands. He lives life to the limit on and off the pitch.”

Bottom side Espanyol have the worst disciplinary record in La Liga and have complained bitterly about what they see as unfair refereeing against the club.

Striker Sergio Garcia is suspended for the next four matches and defender Hector Moreno for two after both were sent off in the 2-1 defeat at Valencia last weekend. An appeal against the punishments was rejected by the Spanish football federation.

LONDON - Manchester United scored three times in eight minutes to beat Premier League bottom side Queens Park Rangers 3-1 on Saturday leaving their new manager Harry Redknapp in no doubt about the size of the task he faces to save them from relegation.

QPR, who announced earlier on Saturday that Redknapp was taking over after Mark Hughes had been fired the previous day, took the lead in the driving rain at Old Trafford with a 52nd-minute Jamie Mackie tap-in.

United improved after a pedestrian opening 45 minutes and left QPR reeling as goals from Jonny Evans - on his 100th league appearance - Darren Fletcher and

substitute Javier Hernandez secured their sixth comeback win in the league this season.

The victory took United back to the top of the table - at least until champions Manchester City play at Chelsea, in their first game under interim coach Rafa Benitez, on Sunday. United have 30 points from their 13 matches, followed

by City (28), West Bromwich Albion (26) and Chelsea (24).

WBA, this season’s surprise package, moved two points clear of Chelsea with a 4-2 victory at Sunderland to record their fourth successive league win, giving them their best start to a season since 1953-54.

Fifth-placed Everton were minutes away from beating Norwich City but had to settle for a 1-1

draw after a late Sebastian Bassong header cancelled out Steven Naismith’s early opener.

Arsenal stayed sixth place after a tame 0-0 draw at Aston Villa who climbed out of the relegation zone into 17th place despite making little impact against a less than inspired Arsenal side. Wigan Athletic beat fellow strugglers Reading 3-2 with a second-half hat-trick from Jordi Gomez and Stoke City edged Fulham 1-0 with a first-half goal from Charlie Adam.

QPR, still without a win after a third of the season, stay bottom on four points but with caretakers Mark Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki in charge, they impressed for an hour and played far better than they did under Hughes.

AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s Darren Fletcher celebrates after scoring against Queens Park Rangers during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Nov. 24, 2012.

Palermo see off local rivals Catania in style

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Palermo’s Fabrizio Miccoli scored his 100th Serie A goal and Josip Ilicic netted twice in a 3-1 win over in-form Sicilian rivals Catania who got a late consolation goal from Franceso Lodi but missed the chance to go sixth. Palermo, who moved away from the relegation zone and up to 14th place with 14 points from 14 games, took the lead in the ninth minute after enjoying the better of the opening exchanges.

Catania’s Nicolas Spolli slipped while trying to cut out an Ezequiel Munoz cross, wrong-footing veteran defender Nicola Legrottaglie in the process and allowing Miccoli space and time to place his shot into the net from the edge of the box.

The home side looked confident, pressing the disjointed visitors and coming close to a second goal when Franco Brienza ran into the area, shrugged off two defenders and struck a powerful shot against the bar.

Catania, who remain seventh with 19 points, had their moments, notably a Sergio Almiron effort from distance and a wonderful curled Lodi free kick just before the break, but struggled to get any grip on the match.

Ilicic made it 2-0 in the 48th minute, after Brienza found the Slovenian courtesy of some loose Catania defending, scoring with a right-foot shot from just inside the area.

On the hour mark, with Catania again caught napping on the break, Ilicic ran from the halfway line, beat the sluggish Lodi and hit an angled drive past the unfortunate Mariano Andujar in the visitors’ goal. Lodi’s powerful 70th-minute free kick gave Catania some hope but the hosts responded and nearly got a fourth goal when Spolli cleared Michel Morganella’s close-range effort off the line.

AP Photo / DavideAnastasi, Lapresse Palermo’s Fabrizio Miccoli, left, and Josip Ilicic, of Slovenia, celebrate a goal during the Serie A soccer match between Palermo and Catania, in Palermo, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012.

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Vibrant Cak Dance from Bona Village On hearing the name of Bona village, people will certainly be reminded of the popular Cak dance.

Aside from being the center of Cak

performance, this village shows a unique artistic development. “In the past, the Cak performance was staged in the Puseh Temple every

full moon and black moon. The show was especially presented for tourists,” said I Nyoman Sira, a puppeteer and dancer from the

local village.

This graduate of the Indonesia Institute of Arts (ISI) of Denpasar, said in the performance the Cak

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was combined with Sanghyang Jaran and Sanghyang Dedari Dance owned by the local village. Although the shows were duplicate (not sacred), the performance of both the sanghyang dances could create a magical atmosphere. “Cak appearance is actually a magnet to attract more tourists to Bona village,” he said.

Cak is usually staged for 30 minutes. At first, the Cak is presented for 20 minutes and then was resumed with the presentation of Sanghyang Jaran for 15 minutes and Sanghyang Dedari for 15 minutes.

“However, after 1983 when Cak has developed in Ubud, Uluwatu and other areas in Bali, the existence of Cak at Bona began to erode. Now, it was almost never staged again,” said Sira calmly.

Nevertheless, added the dancer who had roamed around the world, Bona village was never lacking of tourist visit. However, the number was small and the volume was not regular. “Right now, many tourists are visiting Bona but they do not watch the art, but learn about the art,” he said.

According to Sira, foreign tourists came because they wanted to learn and play the puppet are directly from puppeteer Made Sija (her father) and studied some dances in the Paripurna Dance Studio managed by Made Sidia (his brother).

They were not foreign tourists on vacation, but those who were learning about the arts of Bali.

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Robert Guerrero wins decision over Andre Berto Associated Press Writer

ONTARIO, Calif. -- Robert Guerrero knocked down Andre Berto twice on the way to a unanimous-decision victory in a welterweight bout on Saturday night. Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KOs) floored the former 147-pound champion in the first round and again in the second round before persevering through a physically punishing bout. Berto’s eyes were both swollen shut by the final bell, and Guerrero’s right eye was nearly closed after multiple rounds of close-range punching. ‘’I did tell Andre I was going to beat him down, so I had to be a man of my word,’’ Guerrero said. ‘’But he did defend himself like a true champ. ... I had to get on the inside with him, work his body and fight him on the inside.’’

Guerrero, the former champion at featherweight and super featherweight from Gilroy, Calif., called out Floyd Mayweather Jr. after the fight.

Guerrero and Mayweather both have promotional relationships with Golden Boy, making a matchup possible. ‘’Pretty Boy, let’s do it,’’ Guerrero said. Berto (28-2) recovered from a slow start to test Guerrero despite a closed right eye from the second round onward. Guerrero took significant damage, but hung on for his eighth consecutive win. All three judges at Citizens Bank Business Arena scored the bout 116-110 for Guerrero.

Returning to the ring for his first

fight in 14 months, Berto complained about the officiating after his second loss in three outings. Berto failed a doping test earlier this year, wiping out a lucrative rematch with Victor Ortiz. ‘’I just didn’t understand,’’ Berto said. ‘’He was coming in, grabbing and holding me. Every time I tried to get off, the referee kept warning me for shots. ... At the end of the day, Robert fought a good fight and he got the win. If you want to do it again, we’ll definitely do that.’’

Guerrero landed 35 percent of his 731 punches, while Berto connected with 44 percent of his 411 blows, including 50 percent of his power punches.

Guerrero dropped Berto with a left hand over Berto’s defense and a series of additional left hands while a dazed Berto attempted to hold. Guerrero also appeared to use his right hand

French federation will ask Tauziat to resign Reuters

PARIS - Nathalie Tauziat will be asked to step down from the French tennis federation’s (FFT) management committee after she testified in favour of former coach Regis de Camaret who was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday for raping young female players.

“Nathalie Tauziat’s statement at the trial was deeply disturbing. On Monday we will ask her to resign from the management committee,” FFT director general Gilbert Ysern told reporters on Saturday.

to keep Berto close during the flurry, but wasn’t called for a hold.

Berto went down again in the opening seconds of the second round when Berto connected with a body shot and a left uppercut.

Berto, whose eye was injured by a left cross moments earlier, gathered himself and clutched his way through the rest of the round, although Berto’s corner also complained about Guerrero’s tactics.

Berto picked up his aggression in the middle rounds, catching Guerrero with uppercuts and hooks. Both fighters traded big shots in the 12th round, which ended with Guerrero and Berto both claiming victory. ‘’He didn’t hurt me at all,’’ Guerrero said. ‘’I took some good shots from him. He’s a strong guy, punched hard, but I’ve got a good chin.’’

On the undercard, rising 154pounder Keith Thurman battered Carlos Quintana and eventually stopped the veteran with 41 seconds left in the fourth round. Thurman (19-0, 18 KOs) knocked down Quintana in the first round with a hook to the body and never stopped pursuing Quintana, with referee Jack Briggs eventually stopping the bout with Quintana nearly out on his feet.

Tauziat, a former world number three who reached the Wimbledon final in 1998, told a Lyon court that she had not seen anything at the time De Camaret was coaching and that she did not believe his accusers, especially her former doubles partner Isabelle Demongeot. De Camaret, now 70, was convicted of raping two female players then aged 12 and 13.

Some 20 of his former pupils have accused him of rape, attempted rape or fondling between 1977 and 1989.

The statute of limitations had run out on all but two, who accused De Camaret of rape or attempted rape.

Former French tennis star Nathalie Tauziat arrives at the Lyon’s courthouse to testify in defense of tennis coach Regis de Camaret at his trial, in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012.

AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Robert Guerrero, right, knocks down Andre Berto in the second round of a WBC interim welterweight title fight in Ontario, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. Guerrero won by unanimous decision after the 12th round.

McIlroy, Donald share lead after Round 3 in Dubai

Associated Press Writer

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Rory McIlroy sank a short birdie putt on the 18th hole Saturday to remain tied with Luke Donald as the world’s two top-ranked golfers pulled three shots clear of a star-studded field after the third round of the Dubai World Championship.

The top-ranked McIlroy, who has already wrapped up the European and PGA Tour money titles, struggled early when he bogeyed the first hole and missed several makeable birdie putts. But he improved on the back nine, sinking a 30-foot eagle putt on 14 to go with three birdies for a 6-under 66.

Donald also had a 66 and is tied with McIlory with a 17-under total of 199. ‘’I’ve done a majority of my scoring this week on the back nine and that’s the way it went today,’’ McIlroy said. ‘’Took me a few holes to adjust. But once I got comfortable, I started to hit some good shots and give myself opportunities for birdies.’’

Donald had his third consecutive bogey-free round and has now

gone 100 holes at the Dubai tournament without one. If he wins Sunday without carding a bogey, he will match the feat of Sweden’s Jesper Parnevik, who won the 1995 Scandinavian Masters without dropping a shot. ‘’I was, again, just trying to play solid golf, minimize mistakes,’’ said Donald, who won in Japan last week to overtake Tiger Woods for the No. 2 spot in the rankings. ‘’I guess it’s a testament to how I play the game. I kind of keep the ball in front of me and, when I get in trouble, I’ve got a good short game to bail myself out.’’

South Africans Louis Oosthuizen (68) and Charl Schwartzel (67) are three shots back, while compatriot Branden Grace and Joostis Luiten of France are a further two shots behind. Seven others are six shots off the pace, including Scotsman Marc Warren, who started the day tied with McIlroy and Donald but had three bogeys on his first 12 holes to fall out of contention.

The round of the day, however, went to Jeev Milkha Singh. Still recovering from a hand injury and worried about his mother, who was

hospitalized after a fall, the Indian golfer shot a 64 to match the course record and move into a tie for 25th.

He strung together three consecutive birdies on the front nine and four straight after the turn in a round that included a total of nine birdies to go with a lone bogey on the 10th. ‘’I dedicate this round to my mother,’’ Singh said. ‘’She was in the ICU yesterday. I learned about it just before I teed off.’’ Though McIlroy and Donald didn’t play together, it seemed the world’s top golfers were having a duel of sorts all day.

Donald struck first, sinking two birdie putts on the first three holes, while McIlroy hit his opening drive into a bunker and settled for a bogey. McIlroy pulled a shot back with a birdie on No. 3 and then sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the sixth hole before Donald sank birdies on 7 and 9 to extend his lead.

But just when it seemed Donald might pull away, McIlroy made consecutive birdies on the 11th and 12th. With Donald extending his lead by two with a 20-foot birdie putt on No. 14, McIlroy needed something special to keep pace.

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No Powerball winner; jackpot goes to record $425M Associated Press Writer

DES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery officials say nobody has won the Powerball jackpot and the top prize will now increase to about $425 million for the next drawing, the largest jackpot ever for the game.

Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer said sales were strong over the holiday week for Saturday’s drawing, which was estimated at $325 million before the numbers were picked. That was the fourthlargest jackpot in the game’s history.

Neubauer says the jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing could go even higher than the estimated $425 million because sales pick up in the days before record drawings.

The previous top Powerball prize was $365 million, won in 2006

by ConAgra Foods Workers in Lincoln, Neb. The Powerball numbers for Saturday were 22-32-37-44-50, and the Powerball was 34.

Pope tells new cardinals: shun “worldly logic of power” IBP/ap

Inspectors stand in debris, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at the site of a gas explosion that leveled a strip club in Springfield, Mass., on Friday evening

Mass. natural gas explosion damaged 42 buildings Associated Press Writer

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Preliminary investigations show more than 40 buildings were damaged in a natural gas explosion in Massachusetts that injured 18 people, building inspectors said Saturday.

A strip club was flattened and a day care center was heavily damaged in the massive blast Friday night in Springfield, one of New England’s biggest cities.

Investigators were trying Saturday to figure out what caused the blast that could be heard for miles, left a large hole in the ground where the multistory brick building housing Scores Gentleman’s Club once stood and scattered debris over several blocks.

Officials already had evacuated part of the entertainment district after responding to a gas leak and odor reported about an hour before the explosion. Gas workers venting a gas leak got indications that the building was about to explode and they ducked for cover behind a utility truck — along with firefighters and police officers — just before the blast, said Mark McDonald, president of the New England Gas Workers Association.

Most of the injured were in that group, and the truck that saved their lives was essentially demolished, he said.

“It really is a miracle and it’s an

example of our public safety officials, each and every day, putting themselves in harm’s way, taking what could have been considered a very routine call of an odor of gas, but they took the proper precautions,” State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said. “And thanks to God that they did.”

Officials also marveled how the 5:30 p.m. blast occurred when a day care center next door was closed.

The center’s building was heavily damaged.

Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno were attending a tree-lighting ceremony when the explosion occurred. Sarno said some people mistakenly thought the boom was part of the holiday event.

The explosion blew out windows in a three-block radius, leaving at least three buildings irreparably damaged and causing emergency workers to evacuate a six-story apartment building that was buckling, police said. Pieces of broken glass littered streets and sidewalks. It was unclear how many residents had been evacuated. A shelter was set up at a school,

but city officials said no one stayed there overnight.

Omar Fermin, manager of the Punta Cana Restaurant two blocks from the explosion site, found the floor-to-ceiling windows blasted out when he came to check on the property Saturday morning.

“It looks like an earthquake hit,” said Fermin, a native of the Dominican Republic. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”

He said he was waiting for someone to come and assess the damage.

He worried the restaurant would remain closed for weeks while the owner seeks to replace the massive custom-made windows.

Authorities cordoned off the center of the explosion Saturday as building inspectors worked to identify unsafe structures. Anxious residents gathered at the perimeter, waiting for permission to visit their buildings.

Preliminary reports show the blast damaged 42 buildings housing 115 residential units, said Thomas Walsh, spokesman for the mayor.

Reuters

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict on Sunday told six prelates newly elevated to the rank of cardinal that all Catholic leaders should shun the “worldly logic of power” and stick to spreading the gospel. The pope presided at a solemn mass in St Peter’s Basilica with the six men from the United States, India, Nigeria, the Philippines, Lebanon and Colombia the day after they became cardinals at a ceremony known as a consistory.

“To be disciples of Jesus, then, means not letting ourselves be allured by the worldly logic of power, but bringing into the world the light of truth and God’s love,” he said. “To you, dear and venerable brother cardinals - I think in particular of those created yesterday - is entrusted this demanding responsibility: to bear witness to the kingdom of God, to the truth.”

The new cardinals are American Archbishop James Michael Harvey, Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, a major archbishop of the SyroMalankara rite in India, Archbishop Ruben Salazar Gomez of Bogota, Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Beatitude Bechara Boutros Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church in Lebanon, and Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja.

Indian women at the mass wore saris and African women wore traditional dresses. Prayers were read in Arabic, Hindi, Yoruba and Tagalog as well as English, French and Italian. “I think it’s about time that we have a diverse and more colorful bunch of cardinals,” said Leslie Ryan, a pilgrim who attended the consistory.

“If you want to bring all the Catholics together you need to have a diverse group of cardinals and it’s about time.” The choice of the cardinals, ranging in age from 53 to 72, looked like an attempt to counter criticism that he has in the past neglected the needs of the developing world.

CARDINAL ELECTORS

All six are “cardinal electors”, under 80 years old and therefore eligible to enter a conclave that will one day choose Benedict’s successor.

Two of the new cardinals, Boutros Rai, 72, of Lebanon, and Onaiyekan, 68, of Nigeria, are from countries with significant Muslim populations.

In Nigeria, which is about 50 percent Muslim, the Islamist sect Boko Haram has killed hundreds of people in attacks since 2009. Many of the attacks have been on Christians and churches.

“The Boko Haram, the young men who are throwing bombs all over the place in Nigeria, have been rejected by the mainstream of Islam in Nigeria.

But somehow, the way the Islamic religion is organized there’s nobody who can tell them ‘Stop it!’,” Onaiyekan told Reuters in an interview.

“So the rest of us are actually, you can say, suffering because of the inner difficulties within Islam. But that’s the reality we have to live with and we are doing our best. What is important for people to know is that it is not a case of Nigerian Muslims at war with Nigerian Christians.”

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INDONESIA BI strengthens banks` intermediary function Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian central bank has issued a policy which strengthens the intermediary function of the national banking as part of efforts to expand public access to banking services through branchless banking.

“We will expand access to banking services through non-conventional method by utilizing information technology, telecommunication, and agent cooperation, known as branchless banking,” Bank Indonesia Governor Darmin Nasution said in his address to the annual banking meeting 2012.

Through the strategy, banking services will reach all elements of the community without having to build bank offices, he said.

“The choice to operate branchless banking will bring about large benefit because it will lead to synergy among the banking industry, technologybased industry such as telecommunication company and micro small

businesses,” he said.

He said the combination of the highly-regulated banking industry supported by financial system safety networking and adequate customer protection, telecommunication company and retailers with broad networks and scope as well as expertise in mass market will lead to harmonious combination to reach all parts of the country.

Yet the branchless banking must be operated by paying attention to risks, including its impact on financial system stability, he said.

“That`s why in early 2013 Bank Indonesia will issue guidelines to operate branchless banking,” he said.

Antara

“Based on data from the last 30 years, water discharges increased by 50 percent this year,” he explained.

Maarif added that the increase in water discharges was caused by climate change, though the main factor is related to social issues.

“The residents of flood-prone areas need to change behaviors that can lead to flooding so it doesn’t happen again. They should not litter, hold community services to clean up neighborhoods, and create proper water channels so that water can flow smoothly,” he argued.

Maarif said BNPB has asked the local government to provide a water pump for Kampung Pulo, so the area can be immediately dried.

Maarif further said BNPB is working to provide staple goods and emergency relief for areas affected by floods.

Flood-prones area in Jakarta reach 78 spots

JAKARTA - The chairman of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Syamsul Maarif, said there are 78 flood-prone areas in Jakarta, and the Agency has begun to respond to flooding in those areas.

“There are at least 78 flood-prone areas, but we have managed to cope with flooding in 30 locations, such as Pesanggarahan, Angke, and Sunter, so there’s still 48 locations to be handled,” Maarif said when monitoring the state of Kampung Pulo in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, on Saturday.

“For a while, the current flooding can be solved by the local government. Besides, we will establish a post in the Public Works office to monitor the current situation in the flood-prone areas,” Maarif explained.

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A child jockey raises his hand after winning a race at Panda racetrack, outside Bima, November 18, 2012. Dozens of child jockeys, some as young as eight-years-old take part in the races. Involving nearly 600 horses they take place around a dusty, oval track of 1,400 meters (nearly one mile).

Child jockeys brave danger for cash and glory

Reuters

BIMA - Bareback jockey Herman Sarifudin guides his horse into the starting box for a race on Indonesia’s Sumbawa island. The gate springs open and the horse bolts with Sarifudin clinging on for dear life.

Sarifudin is eight years old.

He’s one of dozens of children taking part in the races. The horses are small, often standing just 1.20 metres (4 feet) tall. But even so, fathers have to help their children clamber on to them.

Sarifudin competed this week in a race against five other children around a dusty, oval track of 1,400 meters (nearly one mile) near Bima town. His reward, if he wins, is a handful of cash for his family, and the glory for him.

He was nervous before the race but once it got going, he and the other barefoot riders looked in control, urging their horses forward with a flick of a switch to the flanks.

In the end, Sarifudin came in third. He told Reuters he felt drained.

Mohammad Amin is a district government official who keeps

horses as a hobby. He has 12 of them.

The children are light, that’s why they’re the jockeys, he explains.

“Children learn to ride horses from the age of five,” he said.

About 2,000 cheering spectators crowded around the track and no one let laws against gambling spoil the fun.

Hami, a grandfather, was desperate to sell off his nearly new Nokia mobile telephone phone so he could put some money down.

Two cows Hajji Sukri, 45, chairman of the race organising team scoffed at the danger. The children were all skilful riders and none had been killed, and none seriously hurt, he said.

One child toppled off on to the dusty track at a recent race. His father quickly picked him up and carried him off, in tears.

“It’s OK to fall off a horse,” said taxi driver Irwansyah.

“My concern is that they should be in school, not racing horses.

They can miss school for 10 days for just one event.”

The races have been held at the end of the rice-harvesting season

ever since anyone can remember.

Horses are used throughout Indonesia, an archipelago of about 17,000 islands that straddles the equator, more often for pulling carts and buggies than for riding.

This year, the races near Bima lasted for 11 days and attracted nearly 600 horses, many from the nearby islands of Sumba, Bali, Lombok and Flores.

The grand prize was one million rupiah ($100). Those who win their groups get two cows.

One of the young stars this year was 11-year-old Mohammad Endiansyah, known as Endi, who has taken a two-month break from school for the racing season.

The punters say he’s a great rider, an expert at handling the horses. His father, Asikin, said he earned 15 million rupiah ($1,500) in the last two months from different races.

“A horse is like a friend,” Endi said. “I’ve fallen, been sick and cried but no horse has ever stepped on me”.

Endhi said he wanted to be a policeman when he grows up.

“But I’d also like to be a professional jockey,” he said.

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BUSINESS

Monday, November 26, 2012

The urban for-

Obama visits bookstore, promotes ‘Small Business Saturday’

est of Tabanan spreading on the route of Denpasar-Gilimanuk is in poor condition. The area becoming the urban lung even dries out. More-

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AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle

In this Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, photo, Sheila Bullock, 28, carries a toy car in her cart at a Target store, in Phoenix. Black Friday, the day when retailers traditionally turn a profit for the year, got a jump start this year as many stores opened just as families were finishing up Thanksgiving dinner.

Thanksgiving steals sales from Black Friday Associated Press

Online retailers worked as hard as brickand-mortar stores to draw customers, sendThanksgiving shopping on Thursday took a noticeable bite out of Black Friday’s ing each of their subscribers an average of start to the holiday season, as the latest survey found retail sales in stores fell slightly 5.9 promotional emails during the 7 days through Black Friday. That’s an all-time high, from last year. according to marketing software company Saturday’s report from retail technology day in retail,” said ShopperTrak founder Bill Responsys. company ShopperTrak estimated that con- Martin. “This year, though, more retailers IBM, which tracks more than 1 million sumers spent $11.2 billion at stores across than last year began their doorbuster deals on transactions at 500 online retailers each day, the U.S. That is down 1.8 percent from last Thursday, Thanksgiving itself. So while foot said its data showed 24 percent of online year’s total. traffic did increase on Friday, those Thursday shoppers used a mobile device to check out This year’s Friday results appear to have deals attracted some of the spending that’s a retailer’s site and about 16 percent of online been tempered by hundreds of thousands usually meant for Friday.” purchases were made on a mobile device. of shoppers hitting sales Thursday evening The company estimated that shopper foot But while total online spending rose sharply, while still full of their Thanksgiving dinner. traffic rose the most in the Midwest, up 12.9 the value of the average online order dipped Retailers including Sears, Target and Wal- percent compared with last year. Traffic rose the about 5 percent to $181.22.

Mart got their deals rolling as early as 8 p.m. least, 7.6 percent, in the Northeast, parts of which In spite of all the TV reports showing on Thursday. are still recovering from Superstorm Sandy. shoppers carting away laptops and giant Online shopping also may have cut into Target, Best Buy and other stores near the flat-screen TVs, IBM said combined sales the take at brick-and-mortar stores: IBM said Ikea seemed to have few customers, and traf- of consumer electronics, printers and other online sales rose 17.4 percent on Thanks- fic at the nearby Lloyd Center Mall also was office supplies were up only 8 percent, with giving and 20.7 percent on Black Friday, light, even for a normal weekend. average order prices of $326.05. compared with 2011.

Many shoppers around the country were Sales of appliances and other home goods Yet ShopperTrak said retail foot traffic in- armed with iPads and smart phones, to check rose the most, up about 28 percent from creased 3.5 percent, to more than 307.67 million prices as well as buy.

Black Friday last year. Clothing sales rose store visits, indicating at least some shoppers Online auction and shoppping site eBay 17.5 percent, department store sales grew were browsing but not spending freely. reported more the 2.5 times the number of just under 17 percent and sales of health and “Black Friday continues to be an important mobile transactions as last year. beauty products rose 11 percent.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, in a bid to show support for small businesses, took his daughters on an early Christmas shopping trip on Saturday as the U.S. retail sector swings into high gear this holiday season.

Promoting “Small Business Saturday,” the third annual event that encourages consumers to support independently-owned local shops, Obama took his daughters Sasha and Malia to “One More Page Books” in Arlington, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. “Preparation,” said Obama, while talking to the store owner at the front counter and looking at his BlackBerry, apparently checking book titles while his daughters stood at his side.

“That’s how I shop.”

Over the last two decades, small businesses have created two of every three U.S. jobs. To try to spur job growth, the Obama administration says it aims to cut taxes for small businesses and expand entrepreneurs’ access to financing.

Both Main Street merchants and larger retailers will find out soon if the so-called fiscal cliff that threatens to produce tax increases and automatic spending cuts in January will subdue shoppers and hold back spending this holiday season.

Congress and Obama are about to negotiate on a deal to avert the roughly $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts set to start jolting the economy at the beginning of 2013.

Asked by reporters what is needed to cushion the economic impact of the looming fiscal cliff, Obama declined to answer, saying “we’re doing Christmas shopping.”

The White House said Obama bought 15 children’s books that will be given as Christmas gifts to family members. Last year, more than 100 million Americans shopped locally on Small Business Saturday, according to an estimate by American Express.

Small businesses taking part in the initiative use social networks like Facebook and Twitter to promote deals and attract potential customers.

Taking to Twitter himself after the shopping excursion, Obama wrote: “My family & I started our holiday shopping at a local bookstore on #SmallBizSat. I hope you’ll join & shop small this holiday season.”

The nationwide initiative that urges customers to open their wallets to local businesses follows Black Friday, one the nation’s busiest shopping days at major retailers falling the day after Thanksgiving.

The Monday after Thanksgiving is known as Cyber Monday, where deals are found on the Internet and is more often a hit with shoppers unwilling to brave long lines.

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over, some of the trees apparently almost die.

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Urban forest stricken by drought Bali Post

TABANAN - The urban forest of Tabanan spreading on the route of Denpasar-Gilimanuk is in poor condition. The area becoming the urban lung even dries out. Moreover, some of the trees apparently almost die. Seemingly, they are not well maintained whereas the forest is located near the provincial road section.

Allegedly, the drought has long occurred as seen from simultaneous drying foliage. The forest spanning at

the foot of cliff is mostly planted with weeping willow trees. Strangely, those trees begin to die. This condition will

World Peace Day

Rotary encourage young generation to express peace IBP

DENPASAR - In order to commemorate World Peace Day, Rotary Club Bali held a writting contest for Junior High, Senior High, and colleges students all over Bali, with the theme of peace. The competition is divided in 3 categories for Junior high, senior high, and college students.

According to Committee Chairman of Bali Rotary Peace Forum, Julia Rivai, Sunday (25/11), the writting competition is an effort to engage young people to participate in the peace mission. The competition is expects to become a tool for

younger generation to pour aspirations, opinions and their expectations about the peace.

The top event is scheduled to be held on the World Peace Day on January 27, 2013. On that date, the choosen participants will gather to read their works. “This event is supported by the Bali’s Education and Youth Department and Udayana University,” she mentioned.

She said the winners of this competition will get Ministry of people’s welfare’s Thropy, Minister of Industry’s Thropy, and Rector of Udayana University’s Throphy.

They also receive millions of rupiah prices. (kmb18)

inevitably draw the attention of the passing road users. Formerly, the drying trees were removed from Tabanan City Park that had been rejuvenated with coconut trees. Somehow, when being removed the tree resembling to casuarina even withered and dried out. Strangely, the whole tree dried up almost simultaneously.

Spokesperson of Tabanan government, Putu Dian Setiawan, did not

dismiss the drought to the urban forest.

He affirmed it was triggered by dry season. As consequence, the trees removed could not get normal water supply. “The rainy season is just starting, while the trees in the park will surely turn green again,” he said, Saturday (Nov 24).

This official even featured the greening in the urban area that had been quite nicely arranged, starting from the rejuvenation of the plants

until the planting of a variety of flowers along the main road section.

Similarly, it was also beautified with the installation of street lighting.

“Around the town, we can see the green area with a pretty garden,” said the former subdistrict head of Marga.

Such a green garden was enabled by the infrastructure program of the local government to change the town face so that it turned aglow. (kmb30)

Indonesian parliament urges Myanmar to recognize Rohingya

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NUSA DUA - The Indonesian parliamentary delegation to the two-day interfaith dialog here urged the Myanmar parliament to press its government to settle the question of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar`s western state of Rakhine.

“At the dialog earlier in the day (the Myanmar parliament) pledged to encourage their government to recognize the Rohingya people as Myanmar citizens,” deputy chief of the InterParliamentary Cooperation Board at the House of Representatives Hayono Isman said.

He expressed hope that the

Myanmar government will change its stand to accept the Rohingya Muslims as Myanmar citizens because they were born in the country.

Meanwhile, members of the Myanmar delegation, Aung Kyaing and Nang Khen Pou, said the conflict between Rakhine and Bangales ethnic groups in Myanmar was not desired by both sides and the Myanmar citizens.

They said the Rakhine authorities have made every effort to create peace and tranquility in the region.

Rakhine is Myanmar`s western state and a Rohingya conflict has never happened in Myanmar,

they said.

He made it clear that what has happened in Rakhine had nothing to do with racism or religion. But it is violence between two ethnic groups who have different faith.

“If that is called race or religion issue, clash between groups with different faith will occur in other places in Myanmar,” he said.

He said Myanmar gives priority to tolerance among adherents of different faiths, including Buddhist, Christian, Islam and Hinduism.

“All Islamic organizations in Myanmar have obviously condemned the violence in Rakhine.” he said.

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Tree collapse, SingarajaDenpasar traffic jammed

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The heavy rain that happened on the hills of Buleleng caused a tree collapsing at Bangkiang Sidem, Ambengan Village, Sukasada, last Saturday (24/11) around 2 pm local time.

It halted the traffic of Singaraja-Denpasar route for almost one hour. Besides that, there were also landslides that covered the body of the road. Workers from Buleleng Nature Disaster Management Board (BPBD) came quick which they then cut the tree and clean the landslide.

The Buleleng Traffic Police also came to arrange the traffic. Head of the Board, Putu Dana, stated there has been a team that’s ready for 24 hours in taking care of such situations. Right now they are supervising Sukasada, Kubutambahan, Banjar and Busungbiu which is known as prone landslide area. (kmb15)

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Bangladeshi firefighters battle a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, late Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012.

Bangladesh garment factory blaze kills more than 100

Crime at Sanglah Hospital

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Vineyard growers in misery The vineyard in Buleleng Regency

Often losing out, they clear up grapevines

The data obtained from the Buleleng Agriculture and Livestock Agency mention if the Banjar subdistrict has about 31 hectares of vineyards that have been cleared up. Such acreage excluded the cleared grapevines in Seririt and Gerokgak subdistrict. Most of the vineyards are converted back into rice field or planted with teak or albizia. Meanwhile, few others are sold for villa development.

Why are those grapevines totally cleared up? By all means, farmers cannot have helped losing out continuously since about five years ago. Such losses occur because their production cost is not comparable to the selling price of grape. Price of fertilizer and pesticide continues to soar, while the selling price of local grape continues to decline.

A resident of Melanting hamlet, Banjar village, Banjar, Ida Bagus Ngurah Widi Astana, revealed the matter. He was forced to clear up his grapevines that had been cultivated for many years. According to him, the grape price was very low, while the pesticide price tended to rise.

“Formerly, the price of pesticide was IDR 30,000. Now, it folds up to IDR 150,000 per bottle,” he said.

Widi revealed that he had cultivated his vineyard for six years. The harvest hap-

pened every three months. Of the harvest yields over the past six years, only about twenty harvests were profitable, while the rest only gave him a loss. “During the six years of cultivating vineyard, he only got profitable harvest for about twenty times as the price of grape was expensive, while the rest suffered a loss,” he said.

Many factors could trigger the cheap price of grape. A farmer in Seririt, Gede Sukra, said one of the causes of bringing down the price of local grape was the easy penetration of imported grape to minimarkets in Bali, including in Buleleng. On the other hand, he recognized if the flavor of imported grape was much better than the local one. However, if it was processed into juices or drinks, the local grape gave a distinctive flavor. “Unfortunately, the grape juice is rarely sold and the processing factory is not available in Buleleng,”

he said.

To that end, Sukra expected the government to build grape-based beverage factories in Buleleng. If necessary, in Buleleng should also be built a large enough wine factory because so far the sale of grape only relied on the service of collectors.

Therefore, the price was determined by collectors. “If collectors say the price is IDR 500 per kilogram, farmers can do nothing and they will sell it rather than being rotten,” he said.

With such a condition, the grape farmers in Banjar, Seririt and Gerokgak subdistrict, gradually cleared up their grapevines.

Several years to come, the grape in Buleleng could possibly come into extinction.

Moreover, the price of land in Banjar, Seririt and Gerokgak subdistrict, especially near beach area, had been getting more expensive. Thus, rather than suffering a loss when cultivating their vineyards, farmers might be tempted to sell their land. “Therefore, the government should consider the fate of grape farmers so that they will not be desperate and sell their land,” he said. (kmb15)

DHAKA - A fire swept through a garment factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital killing more than 100 people, the fire brigade said on Sunday, in the country’s worst ever factory blaze.

Working conditions at Bangladeshi factories are notoriously poor, with little enforcement of health and safety laws and overcrowding and locked fire doors common, but the cause of this fire was not immediately known.

The blaze at the nine-storey Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia industrial belt of Dhaka started on the ground floor late on Saturday and spread, trapping hundreds of workers.

“So far, the confirmed death toll is 109, including nine who died by jumping from the building,” Mizanur Rahman, deputy director of the fire brigade, told Reuters.

Witnesses said the workers, mostly women, ran for safety as the fire engulfed the plant, but were unable to get through narrow exits.

“Many jumped out from the windows and were injured, or died on the spot,” Milon, a resident, said.

Unofficial sources put the num-

ber of dead at more than 120, saying the toll may be higher. Most of the bodies were found on the second floor, Rahman said.

Bangladesh has around 4,500 garment factories and is the world’s biggest exporter of clothing after China, with garments making up 80 percent of its $24 billion annual exports.

This was the highest ever death toll in a Bangladeshi factory fire. In 2006, 84 people were killed in a blaze in the southern port of Chittagong where fire exits had been blocked.

More than 300 factories near the capital shut for almost a week earlier this year as workers demanded higher wages and better working conditions.

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As a public service area, Sanglah Hospital has been a place being visited by a lot of people every day yet some of them are individuals taking chances to do crime such as stealing wallet or pickpocket that targeted a patient companion. The crime happened last Friday (23/11) around 6.50 am local time besides the Pharmacy. According to the Hospital’s Public Relation Head, dr. Kadek Nariyantha, the victim of the robbery was a patient companion at Cempaka Bayi which at the time victim was taking a bath at a bathroom next to the Pharmacy. “While taking a bath, the waist bag he brought filled with wallet and IDR 1.5 million cash was hanged.

After bathing, the bag was left behind,” Nariyantha explained.

Another person went in to the bathroom and victim just remembered that the wallet.

However, when he found it, everything gone.

The incident was reported to a security and luckily the pickpocket was found who happens to be the person who took a bath after victim. Nariyantha suggested for visitors and companions to be careful with their belongings even though there are visiting time and cards for companions. “The robber itself admitted to be a companion at first but turns out it has no colleagues being treated here,” Nariyantha continued.

Security patrol every time and if there are any public members being found around Sanglah Hospital outside the visiting time or without companion card, they were asked to go home and come back during visiting time.

But there were those coming without notice or by hiding and with the huge area there is, it is hard to supervise these kinds of people.

This robbery case was then forwarded to the West Denpasar Police to be processed further. (san)

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TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Sunday that the opposition’s call for radical monetary easing to beat chronic deflation was “dangerous” and defended the independence of the central bank, countering arguments by the front runner in next month’s election.

Noda and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Shinzo Abe, differed sharply over monetary and foreign policy in separate television appearances ahead of the December 16 election which the opposition party is tipped to win in opinion polls.

Abe reiterated his call for setting a 2 percent inflation target, which is double the current goal of the Bank of Japan, to pull the world’s third-largest economy out of a long spell of deflation.

The LDP leader also called for revising the law governing the BOJ so that the central bank is held responsible not only for price stability but also for job creation and

the health of the real economy.

He said the BOJ must buy construction bonds from the market to finance infrastructure spending to rev up the economy which is sliding into a recession.

“It is a dangerous way of thinking,” Noda said in a TV Asahi program. “It would undermine the central bank’s independence if the government lays out the objective of monetary policy and mentions specific methods ...”

“It would be too complacent to think that the economy will improve by printing money,” Noda added.

The two leaders also differed on foreign policy especially the LDP’s proposal to post public servants on a permanent basis on islands at the centre of a territorial row with China to boost Tokyo’s effective control.

“Putting personnel there at this time could cause further escalation of tensions. The bilateral relationship would be jeopardized if we don’t have a severe view on the current circumstances,” Noda said.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda prepares for a session of the 21st ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and East Asia summit in Phnom Penh November 20, 2012.

Egypt’s Mursi faces judicial revolt over decree

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CAIRO - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi faced a rebellion from judges who accused him on Saturday of expanding his powers at their expense, deepening a crisis that has triggered violence in the street and exposed the country’s deep divisions. The Judges’ Club, a body representing judges across Egypt,

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called for a strike during a meeting interrupted with chants demanding the “downfall of the regime” - the rallying cry in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak last year.

Mursi’s political opponents and supporters, representing the divide between newly empowered Islamists and their critics, called for rival demonstrations on Tuesday over a decree that has triggered concern in the West.

Anti-Mursi protesters raise a big Egyptian flag while others stay around their tents during a sit-in against Egyptian president Mursi’s decree, in Tahrir square, in Cairo November 24, 2012.

Issued late on Thursday, it marks an effort by Mursi to consolidate his influence after he successfully sidelined Mubarak-era generals in August. The decree defends from judicial review decisions taken by Mursi until a new parliament is elected in a vote expected early next year.

It also shields the Islamist-dominated assembly writing Egypt’s new constitution from a raft of legal challenges that have threatened the body with dissolution, and offers the same protection to the Islamist-controlled upper house of parliament.

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Most and Least Emotional Countries Revealed

Singapore and the Philippines may occupy a similar geographic corner of the world, but there’s a vast emotional ocean between them.

A new Gallup survey found that Singaporeans are the least likely in the world to report either positive or negative feelings on a daily basis, while emotions run highest among Filipinos.

In a survey of more than 150 nations, Gallup conducted telephone and in-person interviews with about 1,000 people ages 15 and older in each country every year between 2009 and 2011.

Residents were asked whether they experienced 10 different emotions a lot the previous day, including five negative emotions (anger, stress, sadness, physical pain and worry) and five positive emotions (feeling well-rested, smiling and laughing a lot, being treated with respect, enjoyment, and learning or doing something interesting).

Gallup averaged the percentage of residents in each country who answered “Yes” to such questions, finding that, at the low end of the spectrum, 36 per-

cent of residents of Singapore experienced the range of these feelings daily. Georgia was the second most emotionless nation, followed by Lithuania, Russia, Madagascar and Ukraine. [List of World’s Happiest (and Saddest) Countries] Meanwhile, the Philippines topped the emotional charts with an average of 60 percent of its residents saying they felt these 10 emotions a lot on a daily basis. Ranking second was El Salvador, followed by Bahrain, Oman, Colombia, Chile and Costa Rica. The United States ranked 15th, with 54 percent of residents saying they experienced the set of negative and positive feelings daily.

Here are the 10 least emotional countries based on the percentage of respondents who answered “Yes” when asked whether they experienced a range of either positive or negative emotions daily:

Singapore: 36 (percent) Georgia: Lithuania: Russia: Madagascar: Ukraine: Belarus: Kazakhstan: Nepal: Kyrgyzstan:

WASHINGTON — Wild weather is taking a toll on roads, airports, railways and transit systems across the country. That’s leaving states and cities searching for ways to brace for more catastrophes like Superstorm Sandy that are straining the nation’s transportation lifelines beyond what their builders imagined.

Despite their concerns about intense rain, historic floods and record heat waves, some transportation planners find it too politically sensitive to say aloud a source of their weather worries: climate change.

Political differences are on the minds of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, whose advice on the design and maintenance of roads and bridges is closely followed by states.

The association recently changed the name of its Climate Change Steering Committee to the less controversial Sustainable Transportation, Energy Infrastructure and Climate Solutions Steering Committee.

Still, there is a recognition that the association’s guidance will need to be updated to reflect the new realities

of global warming. “There is a whole series of standards that are going to have to be revisited in light of the change in climate that is coming at us,” said John Horsley, the association’s executive director.

In the latest and most severe example, Superstorm Sandy inflicted the worst damage to the New York subway system in its 108-year history, halted Amtrak and commuter train service to the city for days, and forced cancellation of thousands of airline flights at airports in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

In Washington state, “we joked we

The 15 most emotional countries: Philippines: 60 (percent) El Salvador: 57 Bahrain: 56 Oman: 55 Colombia: 55 Chile: 54 Costa Rica: 54 Canada: 54 Guatemala: 54 Bolivia: 54 Ecuador: 54 Dominican Republic: 54 Peru: 54 Nicaragua: 54 United States: 54

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FILE - This Oct. 30, 2012 file photo shows water reaching the street level of the flooded Battery Park Underpass, Tuesday in New York, remnants from Superstorm Sandy.

Electricity consumption growth in Bali reaches 8.15 percent

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DENPASAR - Electricity in Bali should be managed professionally considering the demand growth is high. Even, within the past three years (2009-2011), the growth reached 8.15 percent.

Such high consumption of electricity was recognized by IBG Mardawa Padangratha, General Manager of PT PLN (Persero) for Bali Distribution.

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were having 100-year storms every year,” said Paula Hammond, head of the state’s Department of Transportation.

Last year flooding threatened to swallow up the Omaha, Neb., airport, which sits on a bend in the Missouri River. The ground beneath the airfield became saturated, causing about 100 sinkholes and “soil boils” — uplifted areas of earth where water bubbles to the surface. The airport was spared through a massive effort that included installing 70 dewatering wells and stacking sandbags around airport equipment and buildings.

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Extreme weather tough Food revolution helps on transportation system Electrolux to sharpen its image Associated Press Writer

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STOCKHOLM - The U.S. head of Electrolux, the world’s secondlargest maker of home appliances, talks a lot about food - the food revolution, celebrity chefs and a fad for cooking classes. Keith McLoughlin, chief executive of the Swedish company since 2011, wants to shake off the fusty image of cookers, fridges, vacuum cleaners and washing machines to draw in consumers and increase profits.

Offering space-age cooking tops and developing an oven that can smoke food or monitor it with cameras, the push is part of Electrolux’s strategy to change focus after years of cost cutting and factory closures. The group wants launches of new products to let it raise prices in weakening key European markets to maintain profitability and fend off competition from U.S. rival Whirlpool and South Korean manufacturers Samsung and LG. “There is a huge food revolution going on around the world...More and more people focus on food, better quality ingredients, taking cooking classes, TV shows with chefs, chefs are the new celebrities.,” McLoughlin told Reuters. “For us, ultimately, what we are going to get paid for is to bring more consumer relevant stuff to the market.”

McLoughlin’s push is focussed on kitchens as cookers are Electrolux’s strongest global market position. This year it launched a high-end kitchen range retailing for 80,000 euros, which McLoughlin said shows Electrolux’s dominance in professional cooking equipment.

The company has also sponsored a travelling restaurant called The Cube, which sits atop famous landmarks in European cities including London and Brussels. It says it innovates outside the kitchen too, citing handheld vacuum cleaners for small areas of grime.

The stress on product launches is in sharp contrast to an earlier focus on getting its manufacturing base right. That involved cutting its workforce in western Europe, which stood at more than 45,000 people in 1999, to just over 13,000 by the end of 2011. Staff numbers have risen in countries such as Mexico and Brazil where wages are lower.

“The electricity in Bali grows very fast within just a year. One of the reasons is possibly due to the hot temperatures lately,” he said.

According to him, the four power plants in Bali, namely the Pesanggaran diesel-fired power plant (PLTD), Celukan Bawang coal-fired power plant (PLTU) and Pemaron gas and coal-fired power plant (PLTGU) and Gilimanuk gas-fired power plant and included the rented diesel could only generate 539 megawatts of electricity. Meanwhile, the peak load of electricity on the island reached 650-653 megawatts.

“To meet the shortages, we are forced to purchase additional 250 megawatts from Java. The remaining power is allocated for backup, just in case there are new installations because many new hotels are establishing in Bali,” he said.

He added that about 55 percent of the electricity users in Bali consisted of the hospitality or tourism industry. “It means the power supply should be adequate. Therefore, Balinese people, particularly the tourism industry, should also think of it,” he said.

According to Mardawa, the backup of electrical energy was still mediocre, so the outage frequently happened in Bali. “But, we calculate every outage as potential point of lose, no matter how long it lasts, whether a minute or longer,” he said.

He said the increase in power consumption was also accompanied by the increase in subscribers of the PLN Bali where until 2012 had reached 900,595 subscribers and 86 percent of them belonged

to households. “Subscriber rate of the PLN grows by 4.47 percent over the past three years,” he explained.

In years to come, Mardawa affirmed that PLN Bali would strive for providing adequate, reliable, quality and economical power.

“In essence, the community can attempt to supply their own electricity need. In other words, the community does not necessarily need to establish a power plant, but the PLN must provide the adequate, reliable and economic electricity, while customers are only required to pay pursuant to predetermined rates,” he said.

So far, he said, the central government stayed to subsidize Balinese people at least IDR 800900 billion per year. “Balinese people including hotels and the small community are paying for electricity under production cost worth IDR 1,900 per kilowatthour and then they only pay for IDR 900-1,000 per kilowatt-hour.

It means the rest is subsidized by the government. Here, there is no quite high distinction between the electricity used by small community from large business, but they are charged at the same rate.

Necessarily, the small community should remain to be subsidized provided that it is right on target, where the subsidy is not given by central government but by other capable PLN subscribers.

For this purpose, Bali will form a subsidiary whose tariff will be set forth by governor based on recommendation of the House,” he explained. (kmb28)

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Workers from electricity company doing regular maintenance. Electricity in Bali should be managed professionally considering the demand growth is high. Even, within the past three years (2009-2011), the growth reached 8.15 percent.

Miss Scuba reintroduces turtle hatchlings at Perancak

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JEMBRANA - The contestants of Miss Scuba International from 10 countries supported the turtle conservation effort at Perancak village for the sake of its preservation in Bali. It was revealed by some contestants from a number of countries on Thursday afternoon (Nov 22) when reintroducing 60 turtle hatchlings conserved by

Kurma Asih conservation group to Perancak Beach.

The Kurma Asih Turtle Conservation Group Head, I Wayan Anom Astika Jaya, hoped the arrival of Miss Scuba would bring in a positive value for the environment, not just a beauty contest.

“Good and bad influence of the environmental poses the results of human act,’ he said.

A staff of the Conservation

International Indonesia, I Made Jaya Ratha, said the arrival of the Miss Scuba International was expected to help raise the local activity of Perancak community in conserving sea turtles.

So far, what they had done was less known compared to other places that had been visited by many tourists. As a matter of fact, the group had done much in the turtle conservation. “Hopefully,

it can support the activities of local people. At the moment, the Jembrana government has had an initiative to establish the water area conservation including at Perancak,” he explained.

Organizer of the contest, Billie Tan, said it was the second contest after the first in Malaysia. Currently, the contest held at the Mimpi Resort involved the participants from 10 countries such as Lat-

via, USA, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. By interacting with the turtle conservationists at Perancak, all the contestants could figure out about the turtle breeding and its conservation effort. Aside from reintroducing turtle hatchlings, the contestants were also asked to clean up the plastic rubbish on the beach. (kmb26)

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The JDP project which often use lasers to prevent the rain

Laser use at JDP alleged to cause hot temperature and scarce rain Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Although Bali has entered the rainy season, it is still not evenly distributed. Some regions, such as the south of Denpasar and Badung, hardly rain while intensive rain has happened to other regions. Similarly, the air temperature in both regions is still quite hot, even it reaches 35o Celsius. Both conditions are complained by people and they thought it is kindled by the widespread use of laser in hotels and the Benoa-Nusa Dua toll road project (JDP). ture in Denpasar and Badung was still very hot recently. “Very hot temperature does not only happen during the day but also at night.

Perhaps, the lack of rain and hot temperature are the impacts of the use of laser,” complained Rawan. To that end, he requested the use of laser should be limited and regulated.

If it could not be stopped, its use should be restricted. This politician of the Golkar Party also advised to considering it so that people would not be harmed.

Meanwhile, the authority of PT Jasamarga Bali Toll working on the JDP project could not be asked for its information regarding the use of the laser. Spokesperson of PT Jasamarga Bali Toll, Drajad Hari Suseno could not be asked for his confirmation when contacted via telephone. When contacted through a short message, he had not responded it.

Meanwhile, the Head of Bali Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency

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Rain accompanied by quake causes temple compound wall to collapse

A legislator of the Bali House from Nusa Dua, Wayan Rawan Atmaja, claimed to get a lot of complaints about the use of rainpreventing laser, chiefly the use of laser in the JDP project. The laser was used to break clouds and prevent rains in the area so the JDP project could go on without a hitch. Likewise, the use of laser was also rife in hotels across Nusa Dua area. When hotels organized a large event, they were competing to use laser to prevent rain.

People complained about the rampant use of laser that caused the lack of rain in the region. “We suspect the laser in use causes the scarce rain, whereas it has rained very often in other regions and even caused a flooding,” said Rawan. Within the past one month, continued Rawan, it had rained in Benoa and Nusa Dua area at least for 5 times.

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(BMKG), Wayan Suardana, said the use of laser actually did have too much influence in the lack of rain and hot temperature.

He explained that south Bali regions such as Denpasar, Gianyar and Badung currently had not come into rainy season unlike what happened on the highlands of Bali such as Kintamani, Bedugul and Tabanan. “At the moment, the southern Bali is still in transition period from dry season to rainy season so that it has not entered into rainy season yet,” he explained.

Further, he described the current position of the sun was in the south of the equator so that the regions in the south of the equator like South Bali and NTB had not intensely come into rainy season. Such position of the sun also made the air temperature in South Bali still quite hot reaching a maximum of 35o Celsius during the day and 27o-35o Celsius at night. (kmb29)

Heavy rain since three days ago in Gianyar was accompanied by earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 in Richter scale located 84 km southwestern of Denpasar on Thursday (Nov 22). It caused the temple wall compound in the complex of Samuan Tiga temple, Bedulu, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, to collapse. The wall of the Dalem Puri Temple toppled over a piasan pavilion established eight months ago by local residents.

Testimony of a customary security officer, I Ketut Sudarsana, told if the temple wall collapsed about 4:30 p.m. After the earthquake, the rain in Bedulu was accompanied by thunder. “The water around the temple rapidly went up so that made the temple wall fragile and then collapsed when hit by flooding,” he said, Friday (Nov 23).

The temple wall collapsed along 15 meters with a height of 5 meters. Some residents were starting to clean up the debris of the collapsed wall. Other than the wall collapse in the Dalem Puri Temple, similar incident also hit the Pasar Agung and Melanting Temple at Samuan Tiga where the entrance gates were damaged due to the earthquake. Estimated loss reached some IDR 30 million. Residents hoped the local and provincial government could immediately repair the temples as they belonged to dhang kahyangan temple.

Temple priest of the Dalem Puri Samuan Tiga, Jro Mangku Istri Ratna, said that for the time being there was no ritual made after the collapse of the compound wall.

Residents remained to focus on the ritual held in the Pasar Agung and Melanting Temple at Samuan Tiga because a piodalan or temple anniversary was still going on.

“Temporarily, residents just clean up the collapse debris,” she explained.

Meanwhile, a member of Commission III of the Bali House from the constituency of Gianyar, Wayan Tagel Arjana, had visited the disaster site. For this disaster, he suggested the province to lend a hand. In terms of the status, it belonged to Dhang Kahyangan, so that Bali government through relevant agency was entitled to help it. “However, I also hope that local government can proactively give a help because the Dalem Puri Temple will hold a temple anniversary soon,” he said. (kmb16)

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Do you want to stay in a comfortable hideaway with convenient facilities? Cozy Stay can answer your whole demand. It provides accommodation with the concept of boarding house becoming an ideal choice for travelers who want to feel the atmosphere of Bali more closely. The location is truly convenient, within easy reach to central businesses in Denpasar and not too long when you are wishing to relax to Kuta Beach.

Chairman of the Avilla Hospitality, I Gusti Dharma Suyasa, said the Cozy Stay was one of the latest among the seven existing properties under the management of Avilla Hospitality. It offered 72 rooms spreading across an area of 28 ares and featured a variety of facilities. All the domestic works could be done alone because it was like a home. “Cozy Stay is situated in a quiet, comfortable and safe location,” he said on the sidelines of gathering held on Tuesday (Nov 13).

The accommodation located on Jalan Gunung Soputan 88 DenpasarBali had been equipped with all the facilities and amenities. There are kitchen, tableware and sofa. Besides,

it was also equipped with downstairs room with a cool patio. Customers could also use the free facility for washing and ironing. Then, another facility was the outdoor multi-function lounge where in-house guests could socialize because by organizing a business meeting or a gathering with friends.

“Staying at Cozy Stay will make you keep updated with your work as it has been provided with the internet corner facility along with printer and public board put indoor. We are glad to offer a cleverly configured space with flexible service so that it remains to meet your lifestyle demand and budget,” he said.

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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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‘Gangnam Style’ most watched YouTube video ever Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean rapper PSY’s “Gangnam Style” has become YouTube’s most viewed video of all time. YouTube says in a posting on its Trends blog that “Gangnam Style” had been viewed 805 million times as of Saturday afternoon, surpassing Justin

Bieber’s “Baby,” which has had 803 million views.

The blog says the “velocity of popularity for PSY’s outlandish video is unprecedented.” PSY’s video featuring his horse-riding dance was posted on YouTube in July, while “Baby” was uploaded in February 2010.

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criticism along the way.

The special-effects workforce of 150 WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A crate full of sushi arrives. Work- on “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy a ers wearing wetsuit shirts or in bare feet bustle past with slim laptops. decade ago now numbers 1,100. Only With days to go, a buzzing intensity fills the once-dilapidated warehouses five of Weta Digital’s workers are actual where Peter Jackson’s visual-effects studio is rushing to finish the open- employees, however, while the rest are contractors. Many accept the situation ing film in “The Hobbit” trilogy. because movie work often comes irThe fevered pace at the Weta Digital lington. It’s a one-stop shop for making regularly but pays well. Union leaders, studio near Wellington will last nearly major movies — not only his own, but though, say the workers lack labor until the actors walk the red carpet Nov. other blockbusters like “Avatar” and protections existing in almost any other 28 for the world premiere. But after “The “The Avengers” and hoped-for block- industry.

Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” hits busters like next year’s “Man of Steel.”

Like many colleagues, Weta Digitheaters, there’s more work to be done.

Along the way, Jackson has be- tal’s director, Joe Letteri, came to New Weta Digital is the centerpiece of a come revered here, even receiving a Zealand in 2001 to work on the “Rings” filmmaking empire that Jackson and knighthood. His humble demeanor and trilogy for two years. The work kept close collaborators have built in his New crumpled appearance appeal to distinctly coming, so he bought a house in WelZealand hometown, realizing his dream New Zealand values, yet his modesty lington and stayed. of bringing a slice of Hollywood to Wel- belies his influence. He’s also attracted “People come here because they know it’s their chance to do something really great and to get it up on the screen,” he said in a recent interview. “And you want to do it in these next two weeks, because the two weeks after the movie’s finished are useless.”

Jackson, who declined to be interviewed for this story, launched Weta in 1993 with fellow filmmakers Jamie Selkirk and Richard Taylor. Named after an oversized New Zealand insect, the company later was split into its digital arm and Weta Workshop, which makes props and costumes.

Loving homages to the craft are present in Weta Digital’s seven buildings around the green-hilled suburb of Miramar. There are oldtime movie posters, prop skulls of dinosaurs and apes, and a wall of latex face impressions of actors from Chris O’Donnell to Tom Cruise.

Its huge data center, with the computing power of 30,000 laptops, resembles a milk-processing AP Photo/Nick Perry In this photo taken Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, a giant sculpture of Gollum, plant because only the dairy indusa character from “The Hobbit,” is displayed in the Wellington Airport to try in New Zealand knew how to celebrate the upcoming premiere of the first movie in the trilogy, in Wel- build cooling systems on such a grand scale. lington, New Zealand.

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Heroine and educator

Senior figure of Bali Post died Bali Post

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FILE - South Korean rapper PSY, who sings the popular “Gangnam Style,” performs during his concert in front of Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea, in this, Oct. 4, 2012 file photo.

DENPASAR - Bali has lost and been left behind forever by a heroine as well as prominent educator. Mrs. Desak Gede Raka Nadha has breathed her last. This senior figure of Bali Post died at the age of 86 years at Siloam Hospital, Karawaci Tangerang, at 05:43 a.m. on Saturday (Nov 24).

Her body arrived in Bali on Saturday night (Nov 24). From the Ngurah Rai Airport, it was taken to stop by at her residence at Jalan Kenanga 17 Denpasar. Commander of the IX /Udayana Military Command, Wisnu Bawa Tenaya, was seen to join the funeral on Saturday night.

Afterward, the body passed through Jalan Kepundung where the office of Bali Post located to be further taken to funeral home at Lumajang hamlet, Samsam, Kerambitan, Tabanan.

Spouse of the Bali Post pioneer, K. Nadha, was born at Lumajang hamlet on April 26, 1926, and left four children and 10 grandchildren.

The third son, Satria Naradha, now continued leading the Bali Post Media Group (KMB), whose first publication was made in 1948.

Mrs. Desak Gede Raka Nadha is known as a senior figure of Bali Post. Within the past two months, this member of the Indonesian veteran legion (LVRI) of Denpasar was very intensely talking about the enforcement of Pancasila press, nationalism and heroism. Mrs. Desak Gede Raka Nadha strengthened the commitment of Bali Post as the leading press in sustaining Bali and continuing the ideals of the heroes.

She included in a few little Balinese school girls who had the opportunity to attend school in Java then. After graduating from primary school in Bajera in 1939, she

continued her education to Taman Siswa led by Ki Hajar Dewantara in Yogyakarta. It was an important chapter in her life where she got involved in the struggle field together with the national hero I Gusti Ngurah Rai. Besides, she also devoted herself as a teacher.

When leaving for Yogyakarta, Indonesia was invaded by the Dutch and when coming home to Bali, Indonesia was occupied by Japan. Suffering of the people had not changed. Even, the moral decadence claiming women as the victim was getting more apprehensive.

Desak Gede Raka thought of something to contribute in order she could change the situation. She chose to fight through education and was then appointed a teacher in Kediri, Tabanan.

In this town, Desak founded an organization known as the Association of Kediri Women (Pewake). Focus of the organization was on the struggle against the reality where many women were forced to serve the sexual desire of Japanese soldiers. As an impact of her speech criticizing the reality, Mrs. Desak Gede Raka Nadha received a terror no less severe from the Japanese. She was the investigated. Shortly after that, a bomb exploded in Hiroshima and Nagasaki where Japan ultimately surrendered to the Allies. As a result, this heroine was free from any prosecution.

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Kediri and left school to join the guerrilla facing the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration (NICA).

Some of the activities included the dissemination of information to community that Indonesia had got its independence, establishment of public kitchen to support the fighters facing the new enemy, coalition with the General Headquarters Red Cross and provision of solution related to women affairs.

She joined the group of fighters led by I Gusti Ngurah Rai at Munduk Malang. In that location, Mrs. Desak had a house commonly used as a rendezvous by the fighters.

Since it had historical value, location of the house had now been built with a monument of struggle.

Munduk Malang was left by the fighters and they fled to another place because the location had been known by the NICA soldiers. When the fight exploded at Margarana,

Desak happened to be at Timpag. A messenger came and told if Mr. Rai was killed. Since then, Mrs. Desak Gede Raka Nadha decided to fight again through education.

Story on the involvement of Mrs. Desak Gede Raka Nadha in the struggle with Ngurah Rai was documented in the book entitled Orangorang di Sekitar Pak Rai (1995), Wanita Bali Berjuang 1936-1950 (1998), and Biografi Veteran RI di Bali (2000). (wid/dar)

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Bali has lost and been left behind forever by a heroine as well as prominent educator. Mrs. Desak In the next round, Mrs. Gede Raka Nadha has breathed her last. This senior figure of Bali Post died at the age of 86 Desak Gede Raka Nadha left years at Siloam Hospital, Karawaci Tangerang, at 05:43 a.m. on Saturday (Nov 24).