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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop comes to life for the holidays

NEW YORK — Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle site Goop is alive and well in the analog world. Paltrow, with a hand from the fashion house of Valentino, hosted the media Wednesday at her pop-up shop Goop Mrkt, open through Dec. 24 at The Shops at Columbus Circle in midtown Manhattan’s Time Warner Center.

“It’s so nice for all of us as a company to experience the digital come to life in brick and mortar, and to be able to bring the whole lifestyle piece to an actual physical store,” Paltrow told The Associated Press.

Among the beauty products, housewares and other goods selected by Paltrow for the shop is a playful collection of sparkly, staradorned dresses, jackets, sneakers and accessories from Valentino creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli for the capsule collection dubbed Val-

entino x goop. They’re displayed in the shop under a bright Wonder Woman mural.

“I think of the Wonder Woman aesthetic being like Goop in a dream,” Paltrow said. “It’s kind of like the highest possible end of what we do, you know. And it’s fantasy in a way. It’s really high fashion and it really embodies the luxury aspect of the business.”

She said busy moms like herself must be Wonder Women on a regular basis.

Paltrow said she enjoyed Thanksgiving with her “consciously un-

coupled” ex Chris Martin and their kids, along with singing on Coldplay’s track “Everglow” from the band’s upcoming album.

“We had a really nice time,” she said.

As for Christmas, Paltrow hadn’t given much thought to what she’d like as a gift.

“I wouldn’t mind something from the Valentino collaboration, and I really like that new Apple Watch, the Hermès Apple Watch. I got my eye on that,” she smiled.

Paltrow wore one of the Valentino pieces, a tulle mini-dress.

It’s not the first Goop pop-up.

The company has set them up in Dallas and Chicago in the past.

“It’s a lot of work getting it together for such a short amount of time, but we have a great time doing it,” Paltrow said. (ap)

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Facing AEC

Teachers demanded to have broader insights

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Lenny Kravitz turns camera on paparazzi in photo exhibit

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In this image taken from video, Musician Lenny Kravitz stands in front of one of his photos from his exhibit “Flash”, which is running in conjunction with Art Basel in Miami Beach, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Kravitz set out shooting photos on his days off while touring, hoping to capture soulful photographs and people in their environments.

MIAMI — Legendary rocker Lenny Kravitz’s photo exhibit was never meant to turn out the way it did. While shooting photos on his days off from touring, Kravitz set out hoping to capture soulful photographs and people in their everyday environments. But each time he stepped out with his camera, fans followed and paparazzi flocked.

“It started out being a real nuisance because I wanted to shoot.

I wanted time to do my thing and be anonymous,” Kravitz told The Associated Press during a personal tour of his exhibit Wednesday. The black and white collection titled “Flash” runs through Dec. 6 as part of Art Basel Miami Beach.

He blames the social media craze for people forgetting basic manners and respect for one another.

“It’s really weird that people feel they have a right to invade your space in any kind of way.”

After several frustrating encounters, the rocker turned the camera on the crowds and started clicking — almost a joke at first.

But then something changed.

“Life and art is about accepting and taking what you’re organically given ... this is what life is bringing me at this moment, don’t be pissed off about it.”

As he developed the photos, he found himself no longer categorizing the people, but sensing their individual stories in their eyes, expressions and moods.

“I just began to really look into the people” and found “curiosity, happiness, pain, intrigue ... frustration, love, everything, just people, human emotions.”

Kravitz is among dozens of

celebs, including Hilary Swank, Sylvester Stallone, Eva Longoria and Katie Holmes, who are in town for the prestigious art fair, which is an extension of the annual contemporary art fair in Basel, Switzerland. The fair officially opens Thursday, but many independent fairs and star-studded parties are already underway.

Kravitz, who has lived in Miami on and off for decades, said the exhibit also speaks to the culture’s obsession with documenting everything from food to nail art, yet often don’t realize the human connections they’re giving up in return.

It “shows me how lonely and empty and hurt and unloved people feel,” he said, looking every bit a rock star in a suede leopard jacket, blue paisley button down and characteristic sunglasses. (ap)

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Police officers conduct a manhunt after a shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California December 2, 2015. A heavily armed man and woman in their 20s died in a shootout with police after killing 14 people at a Christmas party in California in America’s worst mass shooting in three years, authorities said.

14 killed in California shooting, two suspects dead

SAN BERNARDINO - A heavily armed man and woman in their 20s died in a shootout with police after killing 14 people at a Christmas party in California in America’s worst mass shooting in three years, authorities said.

Police identified the pair as Syed Farook, a 28-year-old US citizen who worked for the local county, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, whose nationality was unknown. They said the suspects were either married or engaged.

Jarrod Burguan, San Bernardino’s police chief, confirmed that both were dead, and that police no longer believed a third suspect mentioned earlier was at large.

The shooters targeted a year-end party taking place at a social services center in San Bernardino, about an hour’s drive east of Los Angeles, killing 14 people and wounding 17 more.

“We don’t have the motive at this point,” the police chief said. “We have not ruled out terrorism.”

The massacre drew an angry response from President Barack Obama, who once again urged Congress to pass tougher gun control measures to stem America’s epidemic of gun violence.

According to Burguan, Farook was an environmental inspector who had worked for the county health department for five years.

He and Malik were dressed in military-style gear and carried assault weapons as they burst into the auditorium where the bloodbath took

place. The hall was let out for the holiday party by the Inland Regional Center for the disabled.

Burguan said Farook had attended the Christmas party organized by the health department and left after an apparent dispute, only to return a short time later with Malik, armed with assault rifles and semiautomatic handguns.

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FACING the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), teachers are required to have broad insights and professionalism. They should have a good quality and capability in order to compete with teachers from overseas.

An education observer, Prof.

Dr. Putu Rumawan Salain said expansion of foreign workers coming to compete for job opportunities in Bali should be addressed seriously. Late response is feared to result in the marginalization and loss of competitiveness of the local labor in Bali. Moreover, the majority of foreign workers have better work ethic and discipline as well as skills needed by businesses or industries in Bali.

According to Rumawan Salain, all the components in Bali must immediately make selfimprovement in order to be ready to face the free and extremely competitive era. A similar commitment should also be carried out by institutions of higher education including vocational high school (SMK) incidentally posing the producer of labor candidates. One of the strategies to be taken is synchronization of educational curriculum package with the demand of job market so that the graduates are really ready to compete.

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Salain stated high unemployment rate among the educated can be caused by incompatibility of the study program developed at universities with the job markets available. For example, the current job markets tend to demand for

graduates that are really ready to work like the graduates of polytechnic and the like, while prospective workers supplied by universities are largely with bachelor academic specification that are actually prepared to be a thinker.

Rumawan Salain asserted that this phenomenon does not only happen in Bali but also poses a national problem. To make this

condition proportionate, of course, the format of higher education in Indonesia must be amended. If previously higher education tends to be directed to become a thinker, this format must be shifted where the programs put forward are more directed to produce professionals.

Nevertheless, he said, it does not necessarily mean that prospective workers with bachelor specification

actually prepared to be a thinker cannot compete for the existing job markets. However, they are obliged to equip themselves with skills, expertise and life skills beyond their major at higher education.

Similar opinion was also expressed by an education observer, I Putu Sarjana. Academically, he said that graduates of higher education averagely have adequate knowledge corresponding to their field.

Unfortunately, they are often not supported by adequate insights and skills. As a result, the creativity and innovation incidentally becoming a key requirement to entrepreneurship is finally unrevealed. “In the future, the educational curriculum at universities must also be directed to produce prospective reliable entrepreneurs. So, they are not only focused on finding job after graduation but also creating job opportunities for them,” he said.

Improve knowledge

A member of Commission IV of the Bali House of Representatives, A.A. Ngurah Gede Widiada, added the constantly developing science and technology demands the teachers always improve their knowledge and competence because they will be directly related to the quality of teachers themselves. Qualified teachers play an important role in preparing qualified human resources. “In the era of the IBP/File Photo increasingly bitter global comFacing the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), teachers are required to have petition, the matter of quality is broad insights and professionalism. They should have a good quality and capability in order non-negotiable,” he said.

Widiada asserted that the imto compete with teachers from overseas.

provement of teacher competence is also important to be carried out such as the pedagogical competence, personal competence, social competence, sociability and tolerance as well as professional competence.

“Improving teacher competency can be done through education and ongoing training. The availability of qualified teachers is the main capital for delivering generations in the face of the increasingly higher global competition,” he said.

Considering the very central role of teachers, Widiada agreed if teachers shall be guaranteed with a decent living due to their profession as the profession in other fields. By doing so, the program of teacher professionalism is not limited to only labeling because the rights and obligations must be balanced.

This senior figure from Puri Peguyangan (Denpasar) also hoped the government through the Education Agency both at provincial and district / municipal level to help teachers improve their capability to design and carry out a research so that they can independently resolve the problems faced in implementing learning process. Definitely, the relevant agency must design a workshop through well-prepared and systematic measure for that purpose.

“If a research has been familiar for teachers, of course, it will encourage the emergence of innovations in education carried out by teaching practitioners directly involved in the education,” he said. (ian)

Standard salary of non-permanent teachers should be set

SALARY of the non-permanent teachers serving at a number of schools in Bali is still considered too low. Moreover, a teacher at one of the kindergartens in Klungkung is only paid at IDR 150,000 per month by the school management. This condition is certainly very worrying because it is considered so far under the feasible category. In response to this, an education observer, Dr. I Made Gede Putra Wijaya, urged the government to immediately establish the minimal standard salary for non-permanent teachers in Bali.

“It is time to make the minimum standard salary for non-permanent teachers. By doing so, school management cannot hire nonpermanent teachers arbitrarily,” said Putra Wijaya.

According to Putra Wijaya,

school management hiring nonpermanent teachers is also obliged to pay attention to their welfare. The school may not constantly argue that non-permanent teachers do not work based on the spirit of devotion so that the salary issue is not important.

“In principle, when hiring nonpermanent teachers it means that the school must be ready to pay attention to their welfare,” he said.

Furthermore, Putra Wijaya also asked the Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) at all levels to struggle for the welfare of the nonpermanent teachers. At the very least, the organization must struggle for the salaries of non-permanent teachers that can meet the regional minimum salary (UMR) applying in the district / municipality where the non-permanent teachers serve.

“It will be better if the minimal standard salary of non-permanent

teachers is set forth in the Regional Bylaw (Perda). By doing so, there is a legal instrument so that the nonpermanent teachers can also get a decent life,” he said.

Considering the school management has different ability to hire nonpermanent teachers, Putra Wijaya also hoped the district / municipal government in Bali to be able to allocate funds for incentives / allowances for non-permanent teachers. This allowance is necessary to supplement the salaries prepared by school so that the overall salary can meet eligibility standards.

“Non-permanent teachers also

play important role in improving the quality of education like what civil servant teachers and permanent teachers of foundation employed at private schools do. On that account, they are also entitled to get a decent income,” he warned.

As reported earlier, the welfare of non-permanent teachers remains to become an unresolved problem.

There is a wide gap between the non-permanent teachers and teachers with the status as civil servant.

In Klungkung District, for example, there are non-permanent teachers that only earn IDR 150,000 per month for teens of years. (kmb13)

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

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

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

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

Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Pantone’s color of the year grows to 2 colors

NEW YORK — Serenity now, people, with some Rose Quartz mixed in. The experts at the Pantone Color Institute have chosen not one but two colors of the year — named thusly — in a complementary pairing that spans fashion, media, packaging, housewares and a desire for more tranquility and calm in actual life.

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This image released by Harper’s Bazaar shows the September 2015 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, designed in shades of blue and pink. The experts at the Pantone Color Institute have chosen two colors of the year, Rose Quartz, a pale pink and Serenity, a shade that is closer to baby blue.

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In this Sept. 14, 2015 file photo, the Thom Browne Spring 2016 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York.

Or so they say — they being color analysts, who span the globe in search of trends. Rose Quartz is a pale pink and Serenity is close but not quite what once was referred to as baby blue.

In fact, Pantone believes the blend reflects a gender neutrality that has strengthened over the last year or so and is sure to carry through to 2016 and beyond, said Laurie Pressman, vice president of the institute, based in Carlstadt, New Jersey.

It’s the first time Pantone has picked two colors of the year since it debuted the designation in 1999.

“This is a fusion of two shades,” Pressman said in a recent interview. “Rose Quartz is a warm and embracing gentle rose tone that conveys compassion and a sense of composure.

Serenity reflects a mindset of inner peace.”

Those things, she said, are in short supply.

“Our lives are stressful, and what we’re seeing is consumers trying to cut out that noise by balancing the fast pace, their fractured lives, their hurried lives, with some downtime and some calm, and the opportunity to just switch off,” Pressman said.

But there’s more to the pairing than a desire for emotional nourishment, more quiet and more relaxation.

“There’s a calmness, but there’s also a happiness to it,” Pressman said.

In travels to home and interior design shows around the world, Pantone came up with examples of the two colors in lighting, kitchen wares and home accen ts s u ch as throw pillows for the living room and sets of bedding.

Nowhere are the two colors stronger than in fashion — as seen on the streets, on the backs of celebrities and on catwalks around the globe, she said.

Chanel put the two together in its haute couture collection for fall 2015. Prada did the same for spring/summer, as did Fendi. Thom Browne put the color merge front and center for his 2016 resort collection for women,

while Richard James and Roberto Cavalli used the two together for men on spring 2016 runways.

Blurring gender lines on catwalks had Valentino showing pale pink athletic-inspired shoes for men with a band of Serenity blue, along with leather backpacks showing off geometric splashes of the same shades.

In fashion, women have borrowed from men in suiting, color and silhouette for years. And they still do.

“But the real news is that men are exploring, and they’re experimenting with their other side,” Pressman said.

Pink for girls and blue for boys hasn’t always been the norm: In 1927, Time magazine printed a chart showing genderappropriate colors for girls and boys as reflected in the wares of major U.S. retailers, but even then opinions differed, Pressman said.

Filene’s in Boston suggested parents dress boys in pink, as did Best & Co. in New York, Halle’s in Cleveland and Marshall Field in Chicago.

After World War II, with the return women back into their homes, pink rose to ultrafeminine levels.

Today, retailers are promoting collections intended to be worn by both men and women.

“People want choices.

They don’t want to be pushed into a specific direction,” Pressman said. “They want to make that choice on their own. Today’s genderless styling is definitely a more modern approach than we’ve seen in the past, and it’s not necessarily trying to make a man look like a woman or a woman look like a man. It’s about creating a canvas.” (ap) In this Feb. 18, 2015 file photo, The DelPozo Fall 2015 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York.

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Delegates of Bali cancel their attendance in Africa

DENPASAR - Delegates of Bali led by the lecturer of the ISI Denpasar, Prof. I Wayan Dibia, canceled their attendance in the meeting of the UNESCO Establishment in Namibia, Africa, on December 1 to 2. Actually, the delegates of Bali consisting of three dancers have been prepared to perform the Nawa Sari Dance. This dance represents the nine Balinese traditional dances proposed to become the Immaterial World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO. “But due to particular reasons, such as difficulties of visa transit in South Africa, we cannot leave because if it is imposed we will probably arrive there when the session is over,” said Dibia when giving a press conference together with the Head of Bali Culture Agency in

the public relations press room of the government of Bali Province, Wednesday (Dec. 2).

According to him, the dance would be originally performed after the decision of the nine Balinese traditional dances into the Immaterial World Cultural Heritage by

UNESCO was announced. Since the departure was cancelled, finally it was decided to use film illustrations prepared from Bali.

“We have prepared a number of dances proposed in the form of excerpts. There are in 20 seconds and 15 seconds, and they have been received by our ambassador. Then, they have been used as illustration when the ambassador gave the exposure,” he explained.

The Head of the Bali Culture of Agency, Dewa Putu Beratha, confirmed that the cancellation of the delegates of Bali to attend the UNESCO session will not affect the

assessment of the nine proposed Balinese traditional dances. The Nawa Sari Dance is deliberately composed as an expression of gratitude for the determination of the Immaterial World Cultural Heritage.

“When being determined, the Indonesian representative will be asked to give a 1-2 minute speech as an expression of gratitude for the determination of Balinese dances as the Immaterial World Cultural Heritage. After that, we present the dance for six minutes,” he explained.

Beratha added that the nine proposed Balinese traditional dances

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were put into the session after lunch at Namibia local time or about 8:30 p.m. The session is estimated to end at 11:30 p.m. On that account, the results of the UNESCO session can just be announced on Thursday (Dec. 3).

The nine Balinese traditional dances proposed include the Barong Ket, Joged, Legong Kraton, Wayang Wong Dance-Drama, Gambuh Dance-Drama, Sidakarya Mask, Ritual Baris, Sanghyang and Rejang.

The nine dances represent the entire dances in Bali as well as their respective district / municipality on the Island of the Gods. (kmb32)

Foreign guests forbidden taken pictures at temple main area

SINGARAJA - To maintain the sanctity of temples in Bali is not an easy matter. It needs a shared awareness with all the components of the Hindus. Lately, many temples are often made into tourist object to be visited.

Due to erroneous interpretation of tourist guides, they are not even half-hearted to escort guests to temple main area. This condition is inversely proportional to what has been done by the pengempon or supporting devotees of Pura Bukit Pucak Sinunggal at Tajun customary village, Kubutambahan.

The supporting devotees expressly prohibit foreign travelers from entering the innermost courtyard of the temple just to take a photo, and not to pray.

The understanding on the temple sanctity and uniqueness should be instilled early. Bali Island with a variety of contents is a blessing and it is made sacred by the Hindus. It is without exception for the temple used to say prayers and worship the sanctity of God. Prohibition of foreign travelers from entering the innermost area of the temple main area is intended for taking photographs, not for saying prayers. As evidence, the supporting devotees of the temple put a high awareness of the temple sanctity and its contents.

“If there are foreign travelers to enter the temple not for saying prayers, but only taking photographs, we still do not give permission. It is intended to maintain the sanctity and uniqueness of the temple along with the residing deities. Temple sanctity should be maintained and do not let the taksu (divine vibration) and the energy decline,” said Jro Made Kerta, the priest of Pura Bukit Pucak Sinunggal at Tajun customary village, Wednesday (Dec. 2) coinciding with the celebration of Pagerwesi Day. Supporting devotees maintain the temple sanctity with the hope that it will survive physically and psychically. The prohibition for foreign travelers from entering the temple if they just take photographs, not to say prayers, has been imposed through generations. “The regulation prohibiting foreign visitors from entering the temple (unless for saying prayers—Ed) is meant to maintain the sanctity of the temple having been in force from generation to generation. This temple is guarded by the ancestors from time immemorial,” he said.

Foreign travelers are only allowed to make a visit until outside the temple area, and not allowed to enter.

At least, through this rule the temple sanctity is better maintained. Moreover, it coincides with the celebration of Pagerwesi, where people are taken to improve their faith and devotion. “If there are guests making a visit, they can only do it outside the temple and does not get into the innermost temple courtyard,” he said. (kmb34)

Jro Made Kerta, the priest of Pura Bukit Pucak Sinunggal

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Karangasem to arrange its catus pata

AMLAPURA - In the near future, the town of Amlapura will be arranged. Center of the arrangement will start from the catus pata or central intersection of Amlapura and surrounding areas by building a number of supporting infrastructures as a heritage town. With the budget of IDR 5 billion from the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing, it is confirmed to realize next year.

The Head of the Karangasem Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda), Ketut Sedana Merta, accompanied by Spatial Planning Subdivision Head I Nyoman Siki Ngurah said that in accordance with the detailed engineering design (DED) the budget was originally drafted at IDR 15 billion.

However, the funding disbursement from central government to Karangasem will be made gradually.

Next year, a total of IDR 5 billion will be disbursed from working unit of the Settlement Area Development, Directorate General of Human Settlement, Ministry of Public Works and the Public Housing Affairs. Last week, he admitted to have presented this plan to central government. Then, the team of central government has gone down to check the location of the town heritage of Karangasem, where Karangasem belongs to heritage town of category A. In other words, it includes in the best 10 heritage towns in Indonesia.

Selection of the catus pata as the beginning of the arrangement, he said, has been in conformity with the input of cultural and historical figures in Karangasem. His agency also actively made coordination with royal palace and the Karangasem customary village. It is the location of zero point of Amlapura serving as the meeting point of sky and the earth, which has always been used to perform mecaru or animal sacrifice in the town of Amlapura. The location is just between the Puri Gede reflecting the social and cultural aspect; Puri Agung reflecting the central government; Pura Madura reflecting the history and Pura Kelodan serving as the center of literary development. “In other regions, the catus pata is identical to statue, but our catus pata serves as the zero point of the town center,” he explained.

As the arrangement process, it will be built a number of infrastructures such as square, the return of the functions of public spaces like pedestrian, sport venues, heritage town gates to different sidewalk from other towns. “With this arrangement, the town center will be more visible and looks more obvious,” said Siki Ngurah.

He delivered that physical work will start next year. Currently, the arrangement is focused on the area outside the royal palace, while the arrangement inside the royal place is recognized to still be constrained by asset status. Nevertheless, since it is built in stages, the planning process has been carried out completely, so that it just needs to implement every year with the joint commitment of central government.

Earlier, for this year the central government has disbursed IDR 5 billion for the asset arrangement of Tenganan Pegringsingan heritage town. Such amount of budget will be used to repair some supporting tourism facilities, without changing the heritage elements. Tenganan Pegringsingan has been registered as a heritage town asset since 2011. Karangasem is one of the 16 heritage towns in Indonesia. Related to heritage asset utilization, previously it has been held the Tenganan Pegringsingan Heritage Exhibition in 2013. With the status as a town heritage asset, the local government hoped that Tenganan Pegringsingan remains sustainable over time. (kmb31)

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Unlicensed Cambodian doctor imprisoned for spreading HIV

Children perform Rejang Dance, one of the sacred dance in Bali.

Rejang is one of the dances listed in UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Haritage of Humanity.

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Anticipate ISIS, police patrol coastal areas of Buleleng SINGARAJA - Operation Division Head of the Buleleng Police, Ketut Gelgel, led the patrol to anticipate the acts of terrorism and smuggling through the sea. By involving the Buleleng Marine Police, the operation gave serious attention to a number of control points in the coastal areas of Buleleng. Although the security conditions in North Bali is still relatively favorable, police still alert and are ready to face every possible acts of terrorism.

As the rampant issue, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is predicted to have a plan to enter the territory of Indonesia. Of course such condition may not be underestimated. The supervision in the form of raid is conducted by police by combing the coastal waters approaching the border of Buleleng. “We anticipate the acts of terrorism and smuggling by involving the members of Buleleng marine police and spread to supervise the Buleleng coastal areas,” said Gelgel with permission from the Chief of Buleleng Police Harry Haryadi B. He told that in the field operation the Buleleng Police deployed 10 personnel and C2 vessel. It is meant to anticipate and prevent the smuggling of valuables or stolen goods. “Ten personnel are deployed every day equipped with Raid C2 vessel to keep the shoreline in Buleleng from the acts of terrorism and smuggling,” he said.

In addition, any suspected and unknown people encountered in the waters of Buleleng are also examined.

“The examination is made to the vessel and migrants at the PPI Sangsit. Coastal patrol is also helped by fishermen group, so that they can anticipate the unknown people entering the Buleleng through sea territory,” said Gelgel. (kmb34)

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FILE - In this April 8, 2014 file photo, relatives of Chinese passengers onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 hold a candlelight vigil for their loved ones at a hotel in Beijing, China.

Search for Malaysian jet refocuses in southern Indian Ocean

CANBERRA — The deep sea hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner has been refocused on the southern reaches of an expansive search zone based on new analysis released on Thursday of the Boeing 777’s final hours and how it might have plunged into the Indian Ocean with 239 people aboard after running out of fuel.

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The Buleleng Police patrol on the coastal area to anticipate the spread of ISIS.

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Searchers have been combing a 120,000-square-kilometer (46,000square-mile) expanse of the Indian Ocean since October last year but have yet to turn up any trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

A wing flap found in July on the other side of the Indian Ocean when it washed up on remote Reunion Island is the only debris recovered.

The new analysis by a Defense Department agency confirmed “the highest probability” the final resting place for the plane was within the southern end of the search zone.

Two ships towing side-scan sonar have continued the search during the harsh southern hemisphere winter months. A third ship will join the search in the new priority area on Saturday, said Australian Transport Safety Bureau chief commissioner Martin Dolan, who runs the search on behalf of Malaysia.

The latest ship is equipped with a video camera inside an underwa-

ter unmanned submarine that can examine rough terrain and objects of interest detected by sonar that require a closer look.

A Chinese ship will join the search in late January equipped with Synthetic Aperture Sonar, state of the art technology that provides higher resolution images than the standard sonar now being used, Dolan said.

Some experts have been critical that the sonar was not used throughout the search and have questioned whether wreckage might have already been overlooked.

Dolan said about 4 percent of the area already searched would have to be searched again because of gaps in the sonar mapping and because some objects that had been detected could not yet be ruled out.

About 54,000 square kilometers (21,000 square miles) of the 98,000 square kilometers (38,000 square miles) of the highest-priority search

zone have already been searched, the bureau’s search director Peter Foley said. That area is 2,800 kilometers (1,700 miles) southwest of the Australian port of Fremantle. Foley said the Synthetic Aperture Sonar and the camera would be used to examine a trench that runs north-south through the high priority zone, the Geelvinck Fracture Zone.

“It’s very, very difficult terrain.

Very steep drop offs. It’s pretty bad,” Foley said. “A lot of the area is hard and rocky and that’s the hardest place to search.”

The latest analysis by a team of mathematicians and a satellite expert will likely be the last of the scant satellite clues that have been used to track the airliner’s final hours after it disappeared from radar on March 8, 2014, during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. One of the engines sent an hourly signal to a satellite and a final signal when it apparently ran out of fuel.

Team leader Neil Gordon said dozens of flights around the world were tracked to fine tune the analysis of these engine signals and to test the accuracy of their methodology.(ap)

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A Cambodian court sentenced an unlicensed medical practitioner to 25 years in prison Thursday after finding him responsible for infecting more than 100 villagers with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, by reusing unsanitized syringes. At least 10 of the infected people have died.

Yem Chrin was found guilty of cruel behavior resulting in death, intentionally spreading HIV and practicing medicine without a license, said a spokesman for the court in the northwestern province of Battambang. His trial was conducted over five days in October.

Yem Chrin, 56, was arrested last December and taken into protective custody, with authorities fearing he might be lynched by residents of Roka village, where at least 106 of 800 people tested were found to be infected with HIV. Local newspapers reported the total was 300.

He insisted he meant no harm and was only trying to help people in the community where he practiced from 1996 to 2014.

The infected patients ranged in age from 3 to 82 and included Buddhist monks. Cambodia had a high HIV prevalence rate of 2.0 percent in 1998, but an aggressive campaign to promote safe sex brought the figure down to an estimated 0.7 percent last year, according to the U.N. agency that spearheads the worldwide fight against AIDS. Cambodia, one of the world’s poorest countries, has inadequate health care facilities, especially in rural areas, where villagers often have no recourse but to rely on unlicensed medical practitioners who have trained themselves to treat minor ailments and give injections.

The court also ordered Yem Chrin to pay a fine to the state and damages to the victims. He was barred for life from practicing medicine again, the court spokesman said.

The charge of cruel behavior resulting in death was a step down from the murder charge he originally faced, which would have made him liable for life imprisonment. Defense lawyer Em Sovann said he had not yet consulted with his client on whether to appeal the sentence.(ap)

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Cambodian students wave flowers during the Independence Day celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. King Norodom Sihamoni joined civil servants and students to mark the country’s 62th Independence Day. The country gained independence from France on Nov. 9, 1953.

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Oil prices bounce back on eve of OPEC meeting

The US benchmark West Texas Intermediate closed below $40 a barrel for the first time since late August on Wednesday after data showed an increase in US commercial stockpiles and production, adding to anxiety about a long-

running supply glut.

Focus is now on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting in Vienna Friday. Analysts say the 12 members appear to be divided, with Saudi Arabia and its Gulf partners at

odds with others pushing for a cut in output in a bid to perk up prices.

WTI for delivery in January was up 70 cents at $40.64 and Brent crude was trading 85 cents higher at $43.34 at around 0630 GMT. WTI fell 4.6 percent Wednesday while Brent sank 4.4 percent.

Bloomberg News said Venezuela and Ecuador -- which have

been badly hit by the plunge in prices -- would seek production cuts during the meeting.

IHS Energy said Saudi, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will have great influence on the tone of the meeting as they account for more than half of OPEC’s 31.5 million barrels per day output.

“Without the Gulf group, there can be no effective OPEC agree-

BANGLI - Farmers at Subak Pengiangan Kawan, Pengiangan village, Susut, are frustrated because their harvest yields fell sharply. It is the aftermath of the recent water crisis. Based on observation on Wednesday (Dec. 2), most of the paddy plants look to dry out. In addition, the rice produced looks stunted and the quality is less maximal. When being observed more closely, the land of paddy field also cracked to reach one inch.

A local farmer, Dewa Gede Suarta, said that the water crisis has occurred since the paddy plant was a few days old. This condition makes him difficulty to weed because the soil hardens. Besides, it also causes the growth of paddy to be less optimal. The trunk grows stunted and the leaves turn yellow. “Water crisis is getting more serious, so that the growth of paddy plants becomes not good,” he explained.

He continued that the poor growth of paddy plants has caused significant decline in the harvest yields. Typically the 3,500 square meters of land can produce 20 sacks of grain. Now, it can only produce a maximum of three sacks. “Our production is very little, approximately reaches a quarter. The remaining ear of grain is empty,” he complained.

The quality of paddy, said Suarta, also decreased. Good grain is usu-

ment,” IHS Energy said in a report ahead of Friday’s meeting.

OPEC has been pumping above its collective target of 30 million barrels per day as its influential members led by Saudi Arabia try to maintain their share of a highly competitive market.

Prices have plunged by more than half from peaks of above $100 a barrel in mid-2014 largely because of the oversupply. (afp)

ECB set to boost stimulus measures

FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank is widely expected to step up efforts to kick start chronically low inflation in the euro area at a meeting Thursday, but analysts warn the measures could fall short of market expectations.

At the ECB’s last monetary policy meeting of the year, president Mario Draghi is set to announce a beefing up of the bank’s controversial bond purchase programme, known as QE, and a possible cut in key interest rates, already at historic lows, analysts say.

In a bid to bring eurozone inflation back up to levels conducive to healthy economic growth, the ECB has already unleashed an unprecedented series of easing measures.

It has slashed borrowing costs, made vast amounts of cheap loans available to banks and most recently embarked on a programme to buy around 60 billion euros of sovereign bonds each month until at least September 2016.

But area-wide inflation is still stubbornly low, standing at just 0.1 percent in November, far below the ECB’s target of just under 2.0 percent.

ECB watchers therefore believe a new round of action is a done deal.

Andrew Cates at the Royal Bank of Scotland said he was pencilling in a further reduction in the ECB’s deposit rate, already in negative territory at minus 0.2 percent and an increase and extension of the QE (quantitative easing) programme.

“We expect the ECB to deliver a deposit rate cut to minus 0.4 percent, the monthly asset purchase programme to rise to 85 billion euros and an extension of the programme to March 2017,” he said.

“Following a succession of dovish signals from ECB officials in recent weeks, and most notably from Draghi, we think anything less than this would risk disappointing market expectations,” he said.

“Santa Mario is coming to Euroland,” said ING DiBa economist Carsten Brzeski.

“After six weeks of speculation and anticipation, we expect Draghi to present a package of rate cuts and additional QE, for the Euroland’s sake,” he said. (afp)

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Fed says more consumer spending, housing boost US growth WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve says the U.S. economy grew at a modest pace this fall, lifted by higher consumer spending and more home sales and construction.

The Fed said Wednesday in its latest snapshot of the economy that nine of its 12 regional banks reported growth was modest or moderate from early October through mid-November. The New York Fed said growth leveled off, while it slowed in Boston and was mixed in Kansas City.

The Fed’s report suggests that healthy

consumer spending is offsetting overseas headwinds that have weighed on U.S. manufacturers.

The report, known as the Beige Book, is released eight times a year and consists of anecdotal reports from businesses in each of the 12 districts.

It will be used for discussion when the central bank next meets Dec. 15-16.

Fed officials at that meeting are widely expected to raise interest rates for the first time in nine years.

In a speech Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled that a

rate increase is likely, provided that the economy continues to grow at its current pace and hiring stays healthy.

The November jobs report will be released Friday, and economists forecast that it will show that employers added 200,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate remained 5 percent.

All 12 of the Fed’s districts reported that hiring picked up in the past two months. Many, however, said that the job gains were driven by temporary and entry-level positions that were filled by staffing firms. (ap)

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Water crisis, rice production slumps

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SINGAPORE - Oil prices bounced back in Asia Thursday but trading was cautious on signs the OPEC cartel is divided ahead of a meeting on whether to maintain or slash its high output levels.

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The children are playing on Tukad Mati where the project of long storage is carried out. The project is made to reduce flooding the Denpasar and Badung area.

ally characterized by bright colors without black spots. “The quality of grain also declines unlike in the past time,” he admitted while adding that the decline in production happened for the first time.

This middle-aged man also added that the decline in yields makes him distraught as the harvest time has not yet arrived. Looking for another job is not possible for him due to age factor. “I cannot do much. My income is small, while looking for another job is impossible,” he said.

Previously another farmer, Mangku Tantra, said that the farmland hit by the water crisis reaches 25 hectares. Of that number, most of them faced crop failures. “Most of the paddy plants are dwarf and lead to crop failure. One of them is my paddy field,” he said.

He also confirmed that the water crisis at his subak area is the first

time. To avoid crop failure, local farmers make the efforts by applying irrigation in turn. Unfortunately, this solution does not give positive results. “The irrigation in shifts does not work. Our paddy plants remain to die,” he said.

On this condition, Tantra claimed that he can only surrender and wait for the rains to be able to do the planting. Similarly he said that the drought caused him to suffer losses to millions of rupiahs. “I have spent operating costs a lot. Now, the rice faces crop failure. The losses are moderately great,” he said.

In order to make a living, said Tantra, he is forced to turn into a laborer at chicken coop in the neighborhood. He said that the income obtained is enough to support the needs of daily life. “I am forced to work as laborer just to get an income,” he concluded. (kmb45)

The harvest is done in the ricefield at Subak Pengiangan Kawan, Pengiangan village, Susut IBP/Sosiawan

Mysterious death case of Russian tourist

Police wait for autopsy results of Sanglah Hospital

AMLAPURA - The death case of a Russian tourist named Mozalev Viktor, 35, is still mysterious. Police have not been able to deduce the cause of his death in the bathroom of the lodging at Bugbug Kelodan hamlet, Bugbug, Wednesday (Nov. 25). Chief of Karangasem Police Criminal Investigation, Noor Maghantara, not long ago delivered that his institution was still awaiting the results of autopsy at Sanglah Hospital.

He is reluctant to elaborate

further about the case before holding the results of the autopsy.

Likewise, his institution is waiting for the results of Bali Police forensic laboratory regarding the food leftover found inside the inn and vomit of his food before he was found dead in the bathroom.

“Later on, we will let you know if the result of forensic laboratory has been issued,” he said.

From the results of examination to witnesses, either the victim’s wife Mozoleva Tatiana,

53, the innkeeper I Nyoman Sukerata or local security guard, the victim’s death is alleged to have been caused by poisoning after eating food made from fish.

However, the allegation must await the outcome of the forensic laboratory. In addition, there is also allegation if the victim is suffering from certain disease and recurrent while in the bathroom.

As reported, Viktor Mozalev was found dead after the shower door was broken by the security guard

and innkeeper.

The innkeeper I Nyoman Sukerata delivered that initially he received a call from the security guard of the inn around 02:00 a.m. to check the condition of tourist staying at the inn. The victim’s wife Tatiana Mozoleva told that her husband was not seen after going into the bathroom of the inn. Having been checked into the bathroom, in fact the victim was found lying. The innkeeper, security guard and his wife were

surprised. After that, they contacted the Penta Medika Clinic in Manggis to check the condition of Mozalev.

Based on the result of external examination by Ni Nyoman Wiyani from Penta Medika Clinic, it is not found any signs of violence on the victim’s body. The victim’s wife told the innkeeper that previously Mozalev ate fish. However, whether the victim died of food poisoning or not is uncertain. (kmb31)

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Russia delivers missile systems to Iran

MOSCOW — The arms trade adviser to President Vladimir Putin says Russia has begun delivering S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran, according to the Russian state news agency Tass.

Tass quoted Vladimir Kozhin as saying Thursday that the implementation of the contract for the delivery of the S-300s has begun and the deliveries have started. He didn’t provide any specifics.

Russia in 2010 froze a deal to supply advanced longrange S-300 missile systems to Iran, linking the decision to U.N. sanctions. President Vladimir Putin lifted the suspension earlier this year following Iran’s deal with six world powers that curbed its nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions. Officials said last month that Russia and Iran finalized the contract for their delivery.

The S-300 deal has long worried Israel and other countries in the region, as well as the U.S., which see it as destabilizing. (ap)

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People wade through a flooded road in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Weeks of torrential rains have forced the Chennai airport in southern India to close and have cut off several roads and highways, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded in their homes, government officials said Wednesday.

More rains coming as south India grapples with massive flood

NEW DELHI — The heaviest rainfall in more than 100 years has devastated swathes of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with thousands forced to leave their submerged homes and schools, offices and a regional airport shut for a second day Thursday.

At least 269 people had been killed in the state since heavy rains started in the beginning of November, said India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh, although no deaths have been reported in the latest deluge.

“I can’t even believe that this much water was possible in Chennai,” one woman told NDTV channel as she stood in waist-deep water in the state capital.

“We don’t have any food. We don’t have any milk,” she said, adding that she had stepped out to see if she could find a shop selling some food. “But I’m scared to walk down this road. The water comes up almost to my hips.”

Chennai has received more than 330 millimeters (13 inches) of rain over the last 24 hours, which is significantly higher than the regional average for the entire month of December, Singh said.

While the downpour eased early Thursday, the Indian Meteorological Department has predicted more heavy rain in several parts of the state through the rest of the week. The rains have been caused by a depression in the Bay of Bengal, the

agency said.

Separately, news reports said that flood waters released from a lake on the outskirts of Chennai inundated more neighborhoods in the city. The Adyar river, which runs through Chennai before draining into the Bay of Bengal, was flowing above a danger mark.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi surveyed the destruction and flooding from an air force helicopter.

An aerial view of Chennai showed low-lying neighborhoods as well the city’s airport almost completely submerged. The Airport Authority of India said that the airport was likely to be closed until Sunday.

Dozens of trains to the state have been delayed this week, and on Thursday the main train station was so heavily flooded that it had to shut down operations. Singh said that railways officials convened an emergency meeting to get the station back on track quickly.

Even though hundreds of army, navy and local police and fire department rescuers were helping evacuate those trapped

in their homes, Twitter and other social media were flooded with calls for help from across the city. Most of those still trapped were either the elderly or people with very young children.

The state government cut power to several parts of Chennai as a safety measure to prevent electrocutions. Most deaths in the last month of rains have been due to drowning, electrocution and wall collapses.

India’s main monsoon season runs from June through September, but the period between October to December — also called the retreating monsoon — brings the most rainfall to India’s southeastern coastal areas.

The extreme weather in Chennai comes as heads of state are meeting in Paris to try and work out a new treaty to limit global warming and deal with its effects. However, experts say the floods in the city are most directly linked to the El Nino weather pattern, when the waters of the Pacific Ocean get warmer than usual.

“This year saw the strongest El Nino ever recorded,” said G.P. Sharma, vice president of meteorology at Skymet, a private weather forecaster. He said that was indicative of an extremely heavy retreating monsoon. (ap)

Danes vote in referendum on EU ties, including Europol

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark is voting in a referendum on whether to have closer ties with the European Union or continue a decades-old opt-out from justice affairs that would end ties with Europol, even as the European law-enforcement agency is preparing to increase its role in fighting terrorism.

Last week, the 28-member bloc changed the role of the European police agency, including banning opt-outs from EU justice policies for full members.

Danes are voting in Thursday’s poll on whether to annul the 23-year-old waiver or find themselves on the sidelines of the agency with no say in decisionmaking.

The pro-EU center-right government argues that ending the opt-out would give Danes more say within the bloc, while opponents claim the opposite would happen — Danes will lose even more sovereignty to Brussels. (ap)

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“Based upon how they were equipped, there had to be some degree of planning that went into From page 1 this,” he said. “I don’t think they just ran home and put on these tactical clothes, grabbed guns and came back on a spur of the moment thing.”

He said the attackers left explosive devices behind and authorities were only able to access the scene of the crime several hours after the shooting.

There was no immediate information on the identity of the victims.

FBI agents in the early evening raided an apartment in the nearby town of Redlands, where the two suspects were seen before the police chase that ended in a shootout a few miles from the Inland Center.

The California chapter of the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations (CAIR) denounced the killings.

Farook’s brother-in-law, Farhan Khan, said he had no clue what prompted the carnage. “I am in shock that something like this could happen,” a visibly shaken Khan told a press conference organized by CAIR. The Los Angeles Times quoted some of Farook’s coworkers as saying he had previously traveled to Saudi Arabia and returned with a new wife. The couple had a six-month-old daughter and appeared to be “living the American dream,” Patrick Baccari, a fellow inspector who shared a cubicle with Farook, told the paper. (afp)

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Kumolo otimistic head elections to run peacefully

JAKARTA - Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo expressed optimism that the upcoming regional head elections (pilkada) would run peacefully.

“We are being supported by the coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs and his staff to ensure that the simultaneous pilkada will run smoothly and peacefully,” Minister Kumolo stated while speaking during a discussion on “Pilkada of Integrity” organized by Sinar Harapan daily on Wednesday.

The authorities have declared alert status in several regions considered prone to conflicts during the elections.

Coordination with the election executors, the General Election Commission (KPU), and the General Election Supervisory Body (Bawalu) is expected to help minimize potential problems, he noted.

Three days prior to the simultaneous pilkada to be held on December 9, 2015, the home affairs minister will organize a coordination meeting with the political, legal and security minister and his personnel.

The minister is hopeful that maximum security measures would be able to anticipate conflicts among supporters of the candidates.

In the meantime, KPU Chairman Husni Kamil Manik remarked that there are still problems concerning the disbursement of the pilkada budget in some regions.

He pointed out that 13 regions had not yet disbursed over 50 percent of the pilkada budget.

The home affairs minister has called the heads of the 13 regions to discuss the budgeting problem, according to Manik.

Another problem is the involvement of some candidates in legal cases being handled by the Supreme Court (MA), he added.

Bawaslu Chief Muhammad pointed out that his personnel will be stern in dealing with problems concerning candidates that might arise during the pilkada.

He urged the government to encourage the state civilian apparatus to remain neutral during the implementation of pilkada.

Indonesia is gearing up for the first-ever simultaneous pilkada to be held in some 269 regions, or 53 percent of the country’s entire regions.

More than 800 pairs of regional head candidates will contest in the pilkada that will elect nine governors and vice governors, 224 district heads and their deputies, and 36 mayors and their deputies. (ant)

JAKARTA - Indonesia promised Wednesday to speed up preparations for the 2018 Asian Games after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) expressed concern about slow progress.

Jakarta was awarded the games in September last year after the original host Vietnam withdrew due to economic problems, but the late decision meant it had four years instead of the usual six to prepare.

OCA officials visited Jakarta this week to get a progress report from their Indonesian counterparts and raised concerns about a series of issues.

These included the renovation of a Jakarta stadium which has not yet begun, and the failure to start construction of an athletes’ village due to a land ownership dispute,

said sports ministry spokesman Gatot Dewa Broto.

“We only have around two years... we have to speed up,” he told AFP, adding that a country should ideally have eight years to prepare.

But he insisted everything would be ready on time: “We are highly optimistic that all disputes will be resolved and targets will be achieved.”

Indonesia staged the 2011 Southeast Asian Games but ran into problems, with some venues not ready on time and the death of two people in a stampede at the football final.

Jakarta will host most events at the 2018 games, with a handful of others set to take place in smaller cities.

Indonesia last staged the Asian Games in 1962 in Jakarta. (afp)

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VP hands over Novanto’s case to MKD

JAKARTA - Vice President Jusuf Kalla, representing himself and the president, submitted the case of House Speaker Setya Novanto, accused of demanding a stake in Freeport Indonesia and profiteering, to the House of Representatives’ Ethics Council (MKD).

“I laud the openness of the proceedings at the MKD, and it will enable us to know what happens in the Indonesian nation,” Kalla remarked at the Nusantara Building V on Thursday.

The vice president made the statement after attending the opening of the National Conference on Corruption Eradication at the

Nusantara Building V. The case of House Speaker Novanto proves that despite significant efforts to eradicate corruption, some Parliament and government officials have no fear of committing corruption, Kalla pointed out.

“There are still rogue elements in the House and government who are

not afraid to commit corruption,” he remarked.

When questioned about Coordinating Minister for Political, Law and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan’s name being linked to a recorded conversation of Novanto, Kalla said he had handed it over to the MKD for further investigation.

The vice president explained that after the process in the MKD is complete, and there is a legal implication on the contents of the conversation, then further action would be taken. (ant)

Indonesia vows to speed up Asian Games preparations

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A street busker performs at the Old Town in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015.

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GIANYAR - Batuan Village is indeed worth to get a nickname as cultural tourism village. Apart from having pristine and beautiful nature, the village also holds ‘gold and pearl’ becoming the pride of people of Bali, Indonesia and even the world. The village has resources of traditional arts still inherited up to these days. As consequence, more and more artists, researchers as well as foreign tourists make a visit to the village one after another.

This village belongs to the territory of Sukawati Subdistrict, Gianyar Regency. It is very close to the Sukawati Art Market or about 8 km east of Denpasar. In the art realm, this village gives birth to the most reliable and natural artists, ranging from gamelan players, sculptor, mask artists, dancers, painters and literati. The prominent arts are the Batuan painting style and Gambuh dance drama that still have a generation to date.

Each artist of the Batuan Village has a different character and style.

For example, the late Nyoman Kakul, (late) Anak Agung Raka Aji and (late) I Nyoman Antat were very qualified gambuh artists.

“In the 1950s, these artists have introduced Bali overseas. With their talent to dance, they have roamed around the world such as to the United States, Japan and Europe,” said Wirtawan who is also a successor of the Batuan Gambuh art.

Meanwhile, Dewa Putu Kebes was a famous mask and sculptor.

He created the mystical celuluk mask whose lower jaw can be moved. It is said he created the mask as inspired by his activity when peeping at crickets. Without being realized, an appearance of leak magic creature in the form celuluk occurred before him.

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Curry scores 40, Warriors top Hornets 116-99 to go 20-0 CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Charlotte Hornets broadcaster Dell Curry told his son before Wednesday night’s game, “do not ruin my night.” “He didn’t make any guarantees,” Curry said with a smile.

Actually, Stephen Curry ignored his father altogether. The reigning MVP scored 40 points in three quarters as the Golden State Warriors easily defeated the Hornets 116-99 to extend the best start in NBA history to 20-0.

On a night when the Hornets honored Dell Curry, the franchise’s career scoring leader, with a “key to Buzz City,” it was his oldest son who stole the spotlight by hitting 14 of 18 shots from the field and going 8 for 11 from 3-point range.

Stephen Curry, who grew up in Charlotte, scored 28 points in the pivotal third quarter, including his team’s final 24. He hit 10 of 11 shots from the field, including all five 3s — many from well beyond the arc and in the face of a defender — to help the Warriors build a 21-point

From there, he then created its mask and now has become one of the favorite collections of tourists. Meanwhile, almost the entire residents of Puaya Hamlet are carving artists commonly making clothes for Balinese dance, Barong, Rangda, and shadow puppets.

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry reacts to an official’s call as his team plays the Charlotte Hornets in the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in Charlotte, N.C.

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He sat out the entire fourth quarter due to the big lead and didn’t get a shot to break his career high of 54.

“It was a cool atmosphere to play in, especially on top of my dad’s ceremony,” Stephen Curry said. “It was nice to be out there at halftime and hear his speech and stand with my mom, my sister, my aunts and my grandma. It was a good night. I can’t ask for more. To play like I did and get the win was special.”

He said the 20-0 start to the season seems surreal. “It doesn’t even sound right,” he said. “In the NBA, with so many good players and good teams, to be able to put on a run like this is special. We don’t always play our best but we find ways to win. That’s the strength of our team. Every night a different guy might step up and have a huge game and do the little things that don’t show up in the stat sheet.”

Nicolas Batum led Charlotte with 17 points and eight rebounds.

The Lakers had a 108-104 win over the Wizards, with Kobe Bryant scoring 12 of his season-high 31 points in the fourth quarter of his final game in Washington.

Julius Randle had 15 points and a career-best 19 rebounds for the Lakers (3-15), who ended a sevengame losing streak. Jordan Clarkson added 18 points as Los Angeles finished a stretch of four games in five days.

Bryant played 36 minutes in his second game since announcing his plans to retire after this season, his 20th in the NBA. He left the Verizon Center floor to thunderous applause from what remained from a crowd of 20,356, Washington’s third sellout of the season.

At Atlanta, Kyle Lowry scored 22 of his season-high 31 points in the fourth quarter as Toronto rallied from 17 down in the third to beat the Raptors 96-86. Lowry overcame flu-like symptoms that forced him from the game in the second period.

He returned to begin the third, but didn’t build momentum until the fourth when Toronto outscored the Hawks 39-20.

Elsewhere, the Pacers extending their winning streak to six games with a 103-91 victory over the Clippers, the Spurs maintained their unbeaten run at home with a 95-70 win over the Bucks, the Rockets rallied from a double-digit deficit to beat the Pelicans 108-101, the Bulls beat the Pelicans 99-90, the Pistons beat the Suns 127-122 in overtime and the Knicks had a 99-87 win over the 76ers. (ap)

Davis Cup triumph will fuel Australian Open bid-Murray

GHENT, Belgium - Fresh from leading Britain to a long-awaited Davis Cup title Andy Murray is already looking ahead to adding more grand slam silverware to his collection next year. The 28-year-old played more than 100 matches this year and worked overtime against Belgium in Ghent at the weekend to ensure Britain won the trophy for the first time since 1936.

While the Scot intends to enjoy a 10day break after a punishing season, it will then be straight back to work as he begins looking ahead to the Australian Open in January -- a tournament in which he has been runner-up four times.

“The most important thing is, yes, enjoy it now, but don’t let it go on for like three weeks and stop practising hard and going to the gym and doing everything properly,” the 28-year-old, winner of the 2012 U.S. Open and Wimbledon a year later, told reporters before heading home from Belgium.

“I need to train really hard in the offseason if I want to have a chance of making this count for next year. “I hope (winning the Davis Cup) will be an inspiration. It’s

definitely given me a boost going into the off-season.

“I’ve been close (in Australia) a number of years. I haven’t won there but I think I’ve often played my best tennis. I really like the conditions, the courts. “That’s obviously my next big goal.”

Thanks largely to Murray’s incredible record in the Davis Cup since 2013, Britain now head the International Tennis Federation (ITF) rankings and will begin next year’s competition as top seeds when they face Japan in March.

Murray, who won 11 of Britain’s 12 rubbers this year, including three doubles with brother Jamie, said the ranking was well-deserved. “For five years I think we have lost two matches, and even against Italy last year it went to a fifth rubber,” he said.

He believes the title can inspire the likes of James Ward, Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans to improve their rankings. “I think in the last few weeks they all won Challenger events because this final was huge motivation, and now it’s about taking that form and level into next year,” he said. (rtr)

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Prime Minister David Cameron welcomes members of the successful Great Britain Davis Cup Team to Number 10 Downing Street - 1/12/15 Prime Minister David Cameron poses with Great Britain’s Davis Cup Team Andy Murray, James Ward, Dominic Inglot, captain Leon Smith, Kyle Edmund and Jamie Murray

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Leicester’s Vardy looks to extend scoring record at Swansea

LONDON — Record already in hand, Leicester striker Jamie Vardy is ready to make the most of every chance he gets in his pursuit of more goals. Vardy can extend his scoring streak to 12 straight Premier League games on Saturday when Leicester plays at Swansea.

“You have to realize that there are not a lot of chances coming your way,” Vardy said.

“Once you get them, you need to be taking them. Otherwise, you’re going to get punished yourselves.”

With his goal in the 1-1 draw with Manchester United last weekend, Vardy eclipsed the record previously held by Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had a 10match scoring streak.

Leicester is in a surprising second place in the Premier League after 14 games, trailing Manchester City on goal difference and leading Man United by one point. Leicester only escaped relegation last season by winning nine of its last 11 games.

Much of this season’s success can be credited to the 28-year-old Vardy, who signed for Leicester in 2012 from non-league soccer. “He’s very, very smart,” Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri said, “very clever and very cool.”

Man City, which beat Hull 4-1 in the League Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday, faces Stoke on Saturday with Spain playmaker

David Silva back in the team.

Silva played for 80 minutes against Hull.

“The most important thing was to qualify,” City manager Manuel Pellegrini said, “but it was important for him to have 80 minutes after a long injury.”

Also Saturday, Man United will host West Ham and Arsenal will host Sunderland. Also, it’s: Chelsea vs. Bournemouth; West Bromwich Albion vs. Tottenham; Watford vs. Norwich; and Southampton vs. Aston Villa. On Sunday, Liverpool will visit Newcastle, while Everton will host Crystal Palace on Monday.

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West Ham, still without the injured Dimitri Payet and Enner Valencia, could end up losing Diafra Sakho as well ahead of the trip to face Old Trafford.

The Senegal striker was injured in the team’s 1-1 draw with West Brom last week.

“I don’t know if it’s too early before the scan ... but it looks like a muscle injury,” West Ham manager Slaven Bilic said. “It’s a big blow for us after Valencia and Payet.” (ap)

With Santi Cazorla, Laurent Koscielny and Alexis Sanchez all getting injured in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw at Norwich last week, the team is hurting. Sanchez has scored six goals in the Premier League and nine overall, and it’s unclear how long he will be out.

“He says it is a kick on his hamstring,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. “I fear the reality is worse than that.”

Those Arsenal injuries, combined with a rejuvenated Sunderland squad under recently hired manager Sam Allardyce, should be a boost for the Black Cats.

“We will go into the big games as the underdogs and tell the lads to enjoy themselves because nobody expects you to get a result,” Allardyce said.

“Hopefully we can shock one or two because the lads have enough confidence in their ability to play any team at any time.”

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PARIS — Second-place Caen failed to narrow the gap on runaway league leader Paris Saint-Germain after drawing 1-1 at Monaco on Wednesday. Caen had to thank striker Ronny Rodelin for earning a point when he bundled the ball in for an 86th-minute equalizer.

The Normandy side remains 13 points behind PSG, which appears to be coasting to a fourth-straight title despite dropping rare points in Tuesday’s 0-0 draw at Angers.

A win would have moved Monaco to within one point of Caen, and the Principality side looked well set when striker Guido Carrillo grabbed his first league goal of the season in the 56th.

But Monaco remains in sixth place, level on points with seventh-place Saint-Etienne, which lost 1-0 away to struggling Lille. Striker Yassine Benzia scored a spectacular winner for Lille.

Latching onto a long pass from Marvin Martin, he let the ball drop and hit an arching half-volley from the right of the penalty area into the opposite corner. The strike was somewhat similar to Marco van Basten’s stunning goal for the Netherlands against England at the 1988 European Championship.

It was also a much-needed win for Lille, which remains in the relegation zone — one point behind 17th-place Bordeaux.

“We’re relieved to win, especially given our situation,” said former Lyon forward Benzia, who was modest about his goal. “Marvin picked me out; I just re-adjusted my balance and managed to score.”

Bordeaux coach Willy Sagnol was vague when questioned over his future following Bordeaux’s 1-0 defeat at Bastia, which followed last weekend’s 4-1 home defeat to Caen. “The club’s in a difficult position,” the former France and Bayern Munich right back said. “It’s down to the directors to lead the way.”

Striker Florian Raspentino struck in the 88th minute, his first goal of the season, to move Bastia above Bordeaux and into 16th spot. Toulouse remains in next-to-last place despite securing a second straight win with a 3-0 victory at last-place Troyes.

Sixteen-year-old goalkeeper Alban Lafont — the youngest ever goalie in the French first division — kept a second consecutive clean sheet, distinguishing himself with three smart saves and good composure.

Toulouse took the lead in the second minute when 18-year-old centerhalf Issa Diop head home from a free-kick.

Defender Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro doubled the lead early in the second half and Serbian striker Aleksandar Pesic completed the win late on.

Also, Montpellier lost 2-0 at home to Corsican side Gazelec Ajaccio and Reims won 2-1 at Guingamp. In that match, a huge blunder from goalkeeper Kossi Agassa helped Guingamp equalize on the stroke of halftime.

Midfielder Yannis Salibur tried his luck with a speculative free-kick from 40 yards (meters) out, and Agassa easily gathered it but stepped back over his line while doing so. Referee Johan Hamel immediately pointed to his watch, signifying that video technology had told him the ball had crossed the line.

But after Salibur was red-carded five minutes into the second half, former Liverpool striker David N’Gog got his second of the night for Reims.(ap)

FIFA in talks for 40-team World Cup starting in 2026

ZURICH — The FIFA executive committee could expand the World Cup to 40 teams starting at the 2026 tournament.

According to a document seen

by The Associated Press, the plan to add eight teams and 32 matches is part of the reform proposals being considered Thursday. If accepted, it can become FIFA policy without

the approval of the 209 member federations.

The 2026 bidding should start next year with the United States, Canada and Mexico the expected

Liverpool routs Southampton 6-1 in League Cup quarterfinals

Caen fails to close gap on PSG after drawing 1-1 at Monaco

candidates. The U.S. would likely be the favorite for a tournament needing a minimum 12 stadiums for a 96-match World Cup. The probable format would be

eight five-team groups, with the top two advancing to the round of 16. The 40-team World Cup was first suggested by UEFA President Michel Platini in 2013. (ap)

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Real Madrid’s Cherishev walks off the field as Rafa Benitez gestures during a Copa del Rey soccer match between Cadiz and Real Madrid at the Ramon de Carranza stadium in Cadiz, Spain, Wednesday Dec. 2, 2015.

Real Madrid could be disqualified from Copa del Rey BARCELONA, Spain — Real Madrid risks being disqualified from the Copa del Rey after fielding an ineligible player on Wednesday in a 3-1 victory over Cadiz, its opening match in the competition.

On a night when Barcelona advanced with an easy 6-1 win against third-tier Villanovense in a first round, second leg match, Madrid and its coach Rafa Benitez were heading for trouble from Spain’s soccer federation after fielding Denis Cheryshev in a first-leg game.

Cheryshev rose through Madrid’s youth ranks after joining the club in 2002, but he played on loan for Villarreal last season and picked up a one-match ban after collecting three yellow cards in the Copa. Having since left Villarreal and returned to Madrid, the suspension should have been active on Wednesday. Instead, Cheryshev took the field and went on to score Madrid’s opening goal.

Federation rules specify that if a club fields an ineligible player, it faces disqualification from the competition — provided the opposing club lodges an objection. Cadiz president Manolo Vizcaino said after the match that his club would indeed lodge a complaint, albeit “with pain in our hearts, because

Madrid is a friend.”

Benitez said Madrid was not aware that Cheryshev was ineligible for Wednesday’s match. “The moment we discovered this could be the situation, we substituted him at halftime,” Benitez said.

Madrid director Emilio Butragueno said he had spoken to the federation and was told that a competition judge would have the final decision on the club’s fate. Spanish media reported that the decision would be made Friday.

“All I can say is that we were not aware of the situation,” Butragueno said. “We had not received notification from the federation about the sanction, neither did we hear about it from Villarreal.”

Cheryshev scored Madrid’s opener from a perfectly-timed long cross by James Rodriguez in the third minute. Carlos Casimiro made a long pass forward which Francisco “Isco” Alarcon chested down and slotted in past the goalkeeper in the 66th and scored again in the 74th.

Kike Marquez pulled one back for Cadiz in the 88th. The second leg is due to be played in Madrid on Dec. 16.

In an earlier match, a hat trick and an assist by Sandro Ramirez helped Barcelona to its comfortable

victory over Villanovense.

After the first leg finished in a 0-0 draw, Dani Alves put Barcelona ahead after four minutes with a long shot that goalkeepJose Fuentes got his fingerto. Futhen t h e

e r only tips entes cleared b a l l straight to Ramirez w h o fired it back over t h e ‘ k e e p e r ’s head in the 21st.

Villanovense pulled one back with a shot by Juanfran Guarnido eight minutes later. Ramirez scored again in the 31st and Munir El Haddadi headed in Jeremy Mathieu’s cross in the 51st. Ramirez got his third in the 69th and delivered a perfect back-pass for El Haddadi to score again in the 76th.

In other matches, Valencia drew 1-1 at Barakaldo, Sevilla beat Logrones 2-0, Celta bested Almeria 2-1, Llagostera defeated Deportivo La Coruna 1-0, Betis beat Sporting 2-0 and Rayo Vallecano beat Getafe 2-0. (ap)

SOUTHAMPTON — Liverpool recovered from conceding inside the first minute to thrash Southampton 6-1 away in the League Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday as Juergen Klopp’s impressive start as manager continued.

Divock Origi scored a hat trick — his first goals for Liverpool — after fellow striker Daniel Sturridge marked his latest return from injury with goals in the 25th and 29th minutes to spark the comeback.

Jordon Ibe also netted as the Reds reached a record 16th League Cup semifinal, where they will play Stoke over two legs in January. Everton will play Manchester City in the other last-four match.

Sadio Mane put Southampton in front at St. Mary’s Stadium before the hosts’ defense was shredded.

Liverpool has won seven of its last eight games in all competitions under Klopp, who took charge in October, and looks unrecognizable from the one that struggled under predecessor Brendan Rodgers early this season.

Away from home, the Reds are looking unstoppable and have scored 13 goals in total in wins at Chelsea, Manchester City, and Southampton under Klopp, whose high-pressing, high-energy game is paying off.

“It is not a miracle what he has done,” said Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana, who used to captain Southampton. “He’s come in and put his ethos and way of working into the squad.”

Sturridge’s brace proved crucial in turning the game, and was another reminder o f his talents that have been so sparingly seen this season. This was only his fifth game.

“Now I know what everyone is talking about him, I have seen it first hand,” Klopp said of Sturridge, who was told to toughen up by his manager last week after the striker’s spate of injuries.

Origi, who joined from Lille on a permanent basis last s u m m e r, w a s also handed a rare start and the Belgium international responded by scoring the third goal before halftime and adding more in the 68th and 86th. (ap) Liverpool’s Divock Origi celebrates scoring against Liverpool during the quarterfinal English League Cup soccer match at St Mary’s, Southampton, England, Wednesday Dec. 2, 2015.

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Leicester’s Vardy looks to extend scoring record at Swansea

LONDON — Record already in hand, Leicester striker Jamie Vardy is ready to make the most of every chance he gets in his pursuit of more goals. Vardy can extend his scoring streak to 12 straight Premier League games on Saturday when Leicester plays at Swansea.

“You have to realize that there are not a lot of chances coming your way,” Vardy said.

“Once you get them, you need to be taking them. Otherwise, you’re going to get punished yourselves.”

With his goal in the 1-1 draw with Manchester United last weekend, Vardy eclipsed the record previously held by Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had a 10match scoring streak.

Leicester is in a surprising second place in the Premier League after 14 games, trailing Manchester City on goal difference and leading Man United by one point. Leicester only escaped relegation last season by winning nine of its last 11 games.

Much of this season’s success can be credited to the 28-year-old Vardy, who signed for Leicester in 2012 from non-league soccer. “He’s very, very smart,” Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri said, “very clever and very cool.”

Man City, which beat Hull 4-1 in the League Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday, faces Stoke on Saturday with Spain playmaker

David Silva back in the team.

Silva played for 80 minutes against Hull.

“The most important thing was to qualify,” City manager Manuel Pellegrini said, “but it was important for him to have 80 minutes after a long injury.”

Also Saturday, Man United will host West Ham and Arsenal will host Sunderland. Also, it’s: Chelsea vs. Bournemouth; West Bromwich Albion vs. Tottenham; Watford vs. Norwich; and Southampton vs. Aston Villa. On Sunday, Liverpool will visit Newcastle, while Everton will host Crystal Palace on Monday.

REJUVENATED SUNDERLAND

INJURED ARSENAL

West Ham, still without the injured Dimitri Payet and Enner Valencia, could end up losing Diafra Sakho as well ahead of the trip to face Old Trafford.

The Senegal striker was injured in the team’s 1-1 draw with West Brom last week.

“I don’t know if it’s too early before the scan ... but it looks like a muscle injury,” West Ham manager Slaven Bilic said. “It’s a big blow for us after Valencia and Payet.” (ap)

With Santi Cazorla, Laurent Koscielny and Alexis Sanchez all getting injured in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw at Norwich last week, the team is hurting. Sanchez has scored six goals in the Premier League and nine overall, and it’s unclear how long he will be out.

“He says it is a kick on his hamstring,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. “I fear the reality is worse than that.”

Those Arsenal injuries, combined with a rejuvenated Sunderland squad under recently hired manager Sam Allardyce, should be a boost for the Black Cats.

“We will go into the big games as the underdogs and tell the lads to enjoy themselves because nobody expects you to get a result,” Allardyce said.

“Hopefully we can shock one or two because the lads have enough confidence in their ability to play any team at any time.”

SAKHO’S FITNESS

PARIS — Second-place Caen failed to narrow the gap on runaway league leader Paris Saint-Germain after drawing 1-1 at Monaco on Wednesday. Caen had to thank striker Ronny Rodelin for earning a point when he bundled the ball in for an 86th-minute equalizer.

The Normandy side remains 13 points behind PSG, which appears to be coasting to a fourth-straight title despite dropping rare points in Tuesday’s 0-0 draw at Angers.

A win would have moved Monaco to within one point of Caen, and the Principality side looked well set when striker Guido Carrillo grabbed his first league goal of the season in the 56th.

But Monaco remains in sixth place, level on points with seventh-place Saint-Etienne, which lost 1-0 away to struggling Lille. Striker Yassine Benzia scored a spectacular winner for Lille.

Latching onto a long pass from Marvin Martin, he let the ball drop and hit an arching half-volley from the right of the penalty area into the opposite corner. The strike was somewhat similar to Marco van Basten’s stunning goal for the Netherlands against England at the 1988 European Championship.

It was also a much-needed win for Lille, which remains in the relegation zone — one point behind 17th-place Bordeaux.

“We’re relieved to win, especially given our situation,” said former Lyon forward Benzia, who was modest about his goal. “Marvin picked me out; I just re-adjusted my balance and managed to score.”

Bordeaux coach Willy Sagnol was vague when questioned over his future following Bordeaux’s 1-0 defeat at Bastia, which followed last weekend’s 4-1 home defeat to Caen. “The club’s in a difficult position,” the former France and Bayern Munich right back said. “It’s down to the directors to lead the way.”

Striker Florian Raspentino struck in the 88th minute, his first goal of the season, to move Bastia above Bordeaux and into 16th spot. Toulouse remains in next-to-last place despite securing a second straight win with a 3-0 victory at last-place Troyes.

Sixteen-year-old goalkeeper Alban Lafont — the youngest ever goalie in the French first division — kept a second consecutive clean sheet, distinguishing himself with three smart saves and good composure.

Toulouse took the lead in the second minute when 18-year-old centerhalf Issa Diop head home from a free-kick.

Defender Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro doubled the lead early in the second half and Serbian striker Aleksandar Pesic completed the win late on.

Also, Montpellier lost 2-0 at home to Corsican side Gazelec Ajaccio and Reims won 2-1 at Guingamp. In that match, a huge blunder from goalkeeper Kossi Agassa helped Guingamp equalize on the stroke of halftime.

Midfielder Yannis Salibur tried his luck with a speculative free-kick from 40 yards (meters) out, and Agassa easily gathered it but stepped back over his line while doing so. Referee Johan Hamel immediately pointed to his watch, signifying that video technology had told him the ball had crossed the line.

But after Salibur was red-carded five minutes into the second half, former Liverpool striker David N’Gog got his second of the night for Reims.(ap)

FIFA in talks for 40-team World Cup starting in 2026

ZURICH — The FIFA executive committee could expand the World Cup to 40 teams starting at the 2026 tournament.

According to a document seen

by The Associated Press, the plan to add eight teams and 32 matches is part of the reform proposals being considered Thursday. If accepted, it can become FIFA policy without

the approval of the 209 member federations.

The 2026 bidding should start next year with the United States, Canada and Mexico the expected

Liverpool routs Southampton 6-1 in League Cup quarterfinals

Caen fails to close gap on PSG after drawing 1-1 at Monaco

candidates. The U.S. would likely be the favorite for a tournament needing a minimum 12 stadiums for a 96-match World Cup. The probable format would be

eight five-team groups, with the top two advancing to the round of 16. The 40-team World Cup was first suggested by UEFA President Michel Platini in 2013. (ap)

AP Photo/Angel Fernandez

Real Madrid’s Cherishev walks off the field as Rafa Benitez gestures during a Copa del Rey soccer match between Cadiz and Real Madrid at the Ramon de Carranza stadium in Cadiz, Spain, Wednesday Dec. 2, 2015.

Real Madrid could be disqualified from Copa del Rey BARCELONA, Spain — Real Madrid risks being disqualified from the Copa del Rey after fielding an ineligible player on Wednesday in a 3-1 victory over Cadiz, its opening match in the competition.

On a night when Barcelona advanced with an easy 6-1 win against third-tier Villanovense in a first round, second leg match, Madrid and its coach Rafa Benitez were heading for trouble from Spain’s soccer federation after fielding Denis Cheryshev in a first-leg game.

Cheryshev rose through Madrid’s youth ranks after joining the club in 2002, but he played on loan for Villarreal last season and picked up a one-match ban after collecting three yellow cards in the Copa. Having since left Villarreal and returned to Madrid, the suspension should have been active on Wednesday. Instead, Cheryshev took the field and went on to score Madrid’s opening goal.

Federation rules specify that if a club fields an ineligible player, it faces disqualification from the competition — provided the opposing club lodges an objection. Cadiz president Manolo Vizcaino said after the match that his club would indeed lodge a complaint, albeit “with pain in our hearts, because

Madrid is a friend.”

Benitez said Madrid was not aware that Cheryshev was ineligible for Wednesday’s match. “The moment we discovered this could be the situation, we substituted him at halftime,” Benitez said.

Madrid director Emilio Butragueno said he had spoken to the federation and was told that a competition judge would have the final decision on the club’s fate. Spanish media reported that the decision would be made Friday.

“All I can say is that we were not aware of the situation,” Butragueno said. “We had not received notification from the federation about the sanction, neither did we hear about it from Villarreal.”

Cheryshev scored Madrid’s opener from a perfectly-timed long cross by James Rodriguez in the third minute. Carlos Casimiro made a long pass forward which Francisco “Isco” Alarcon chested down and slotted in past the goalkeeper in the 66th and scored again in the 74th.

Kike Marquez pulled one back for Cadiz in the 88th. The second leg is due to be played in Madrid on Dec. 16.

In an earlier match, a hat trick and an assist by Sandro Ramirez helped Barcelona to its comfortable

victory over Villanovense.

After the first leg finished in a 0-0 draw, Dani Alves put Barcelona ahead after four minutes with a long shot that goalkeepJose Fuentes got his fingerto. Futhen t h e

e r only tips entes cleared b a l l straight to Ramirez w h o fired it back over t h e ‘ k e e p e r ’s head in the 21st.

Villanovense pulled one back with a shot by Juanfran Guarnido eight minutes later. Ramirez scored again in the 31st and Munir El Haddadi headed in Jeremy Mathieu’s cross in the 51st. Ramirez got his third in the 69th and delivered a perfect back-pass for El Haddadi to score again in the 76th.

In other matches, Valencia drew 1-1 at Barakaldo, Sevilla beat Logrones 2-0, Celta bested Almeria 2-1, Llagostera defeated Deportivo La Coruna 1-0, Betis beat Sporting 2-0 and Rayo Vallecano beat Getafe 2-0. (ap)

SOUTHAMPTON — Liverpool recovered from conceding inside the first minute to thrash Southampton 6-1 away in the League Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday as Juergen Klopp’s impressive start as manager continued.

Divock Origi scored a hat trick — his first goals for Liverpool — after fellow striker Daniel Sturridge marked his latest return from injury with goals in the 25th and 29th minutes to spark the comeback.

Jordon Ibe also netted as the Reds reached a record 16th League Cup semifinal, where they will play Stoke over two legs in January. Everton will play Manchester City in the other last-four match.

Sadio Mane put Southampton in front at St. Mary’s Stadium before the hosts’ defense was shredded.

Liverpool has won seven of its last eight games in all competitions under Klopp, who took charge in October, and looks unrecognizable from the one that struggled under predecessor Brendan Rodgers early this season.

Away from home, the Reds are looking unstoppable and have scored 13 goals in total in wins at Chelsea, Manchester City, and Southampton under Klopp, whose high-pressing, high-energy game is paying off.

“It is not a miracle what he has done,” said Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana, who used to captain Southampton. “He’s come in and put his ethos and way of working into the squad.”

Sturridge’s brace proved crucial in turning the game, and was another reminder o f his talents that have been so sparingly seen this season. This was only his fifth game.

“Now I know what everyone is talking about him, I have seen it first hand,” Klopp said of Sturridge, who was told to toughen up by his manager last week after the striker’s spate of injuries.

Origi, who joined from Lille on a permanent basis last s u m m e r, w a s also handed a rare start and the Belgium international responded by scoring the third goal before halftime and adding more in the 68th and 86th. (ap) Liverpool’s Divock Origi celebrates scoring against Liverpool during the quarterfinal English League Cup soccer match at St Mary’s, Southampton, England, Wednesday Dec. 2, 2015.

International Destination Batuan, a cultural tourism village in Gianyar

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GIANYAR - Batuan Village is indeed worth to get a nickname as cultural tourism village. Apart from having pristine and beautiful nature, the village also holds ‘gold and pearl’ becoming the pride of people of Bali, Indonesia and even the world. The village has resources of traditional arts still inherited up to these days. As consequence, more and more artists, researchers as well as foreign tourists make a visit to the village one after another.

This village belongs to the territory of Sukawati Subdistrict, Gianyar Regency. It is very close to the Sukawati Art Market or about 8 km east of Denpasar. In the art realm, this village gives birth to the most reliable and natural artists, ranging from gamelan players, sculptor, mask artists, dancers, painters and literati. The prominent arts are the Batuan painting style and Gambuh dance drama that still have a generation to date.

Each artist of the Batuan Village has a different character and style.

For example, the late Nyoman Kakul, (late) Anak Agung Raka Aji and (late) I Nyoman Antat were very qualified gambuh artists.

“In the 1950s, these artists have introduced Bali overseas. With their talent to dance, they have roamed around the world such as to the United States, Japan and Europe,” said Wirtawan who is also a successor of the Batuan Gambuh art.

Meanwhile, Dewa Putu Kebes was a famous mask and sculptor.

He created the mystical celuluk mask whose lower jaw can be moved. It is said he created the mask as inspired by his activity when peeping at crickets. Without being realized, an appearance of leak magic creature in the form celuluk occurred before him.

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Curry scores 40, Warriors top Hornets 116-99 to go 20-0 CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Charlotte Hornets broadcaster Dell Curry told his son before Wednesday night’s game, “do not ruin my night.” “He didn’t make any guarantees,” Curry said with a smile.

Actually, Stephen Curry ignored his father altogether. The reigning MVP scored 40 points in three quarters as the Golden State Warriors easily defeated the Hornets 116-99 to extend the best start in NBA history to 20-0.

On a night when the Hornets honored Dell Curry, the franchise’s career scoring leader, with a “key to Buzz City,” it was his oldest son who stole the spotlight by hitting 14 of 18 shots from the field and going 8 for 11 from 3-point range.

Stephen Curry, who grew up in Charlotte, scored 28 points in the pivotal third quarter, including his team’s final 24. He hit 10 of 11 shots from the field, including all five 3s — many from well beyond the arc and in the face of a defender — to help the Warriors build a 21-point

From there, he then created its mask and now has become one of the favorite collections of tourists. Meanwhile, almost the entire residents of Puaya Hamlet are carving artists commonly making clothes for Balinese dance, Barong, Rangda, and shadow puppets.

It is different from the late I Nyoman Ngendon who created a lot of Batuan style painting. He

was not only able to produce the works of art. As a veteran, Ngendon could also successfully give birth to a new generation. Among them, there are the late I Made Jata and I Made Budi now becoming a source of inspiration for the young artists in working on their beautiful paintings, especially of Batuan style. These artists are also often asked as a resource person for various art books published

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More than that, Batuan Village also has a variety of traditional gamelan sets. Even, almost every hamlet at the village has it. Other than actively developing the arts at each hamlet, the village also has some art studios either of gamelan music, dance or painting. These arts are actively delivered to young generation. Among them, there are the Budasanthi, Kakul Mas, Tri

Pusaka and Danaswara.

Aside from intended for local community, the art studios also provide training for foreign artists.

Among them, some are just curious, while others practicing it seriously, so that they can become an artist in their home country. Their coming to practice is pursuant to the season. Most guests come in holiday season, such as in July and August.

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry reacts to an official’s call as his team plays the Charlotte Hornets in the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in Charlotte, N.C.

cushion.

He sat out the entire fourth quarter due to the big lead and didn’t get a shot to break his career high of 54.

“It was a cool atmosphere to play in, especially on top of my dad’s ceremony,” Stephen Curry said. “It was nice to be out there at halftime and hear his speech and stand with my mom, my sister, my aunts and my grandma. It was a good night. I can’t ask for more. To play like I did and get the win was special.”

He said the 20-0 start to the season seems surreal. “It doesn’t even sound right,” he said. “In the NBA, with so many good players and good teams, to be able to put on a run like this is special. We don’t always play our best but we find ways to win. That’s the strength of our team. Every night a different guy might step up and have a huge game and do the little things that don’t show up in the stat sheet.”

Nicolas Batum led Charlotte with 17 points and eight rebounds.

The Lakers had a 108-104 win over the Wizards, with Kobe Bryant scoring 12 of his season-high 31 points in the fourth quarter of his final game in Washington.

Julius Randle had 15 points and a career-best 19 rebounds for the Lakers (3-15), who ended a sevengame losing streak. Jordan Clarkson added 18 points as Los Angeles finished a stretch of four games in five days.

Bryant played 36 minutes in his second game since announcing his plans to retire after this season, his 20th in the NBA. He left the Verizon Center floor to thunderous applause from what remained from a crowd of 20,356, Washington’s third sellout of the season.

At Atlanta, Kyle Lowry scored 22 of his season-high 31 points in the fourth quarter as Toronto rallied from 17 down in the third to beat the Raptors 96-86. Lowry overcame flu-like symptoms that forced him from the game in the second period.

He returned to begin the third, but didn’t build momentum until the fourth when Toronto outscored the Hawks 39-20.

Elsewhere, the Pacers extending their winning streak to six games with a 103-91 victory over the Clippers, the Spurs maintained their unbeaten run at home with a 95-70 win over the Bucks, the Rockets rallied from a double-digit deficit to beat the Pelicans 108-101, the Bulls beat the Pelicans 99-90, the Pistons beat the Suns 127-122 in overtime and the Knicks had a 99-87 win over the 76ers. (ap)

Davis Cup triumph will fuel Australian Open bid-Murray

GHENT, Belgium - Fresh from leading Britain to a long-awaited Davis Cup title Andy Murray is already looking ahead to adding more grand slam silverware to his collection next year. The 28-year-old played more than 100 matches this year and worked overtime against Belgium in Ghent at the weekend to ensure Britain won the trophy for the first time since 1936.

While the Scot intends to enjoy a 10day break after a punishing season, it will then be straight back to work as he begins looking ahead to the Australian Open in January -- a tournament in which he has been runner-up four times.

“The most important thing is, yes, enjoy it now, but don’t let it go on for like three weeks and stop practising hard and going to the gym and doing everything properly,” the 28-year-old, winner of the 2012 U.S. Open and Wimbledon a year later, told reporters before heading home from Belgium.

“I need to train really hard in the offseason if I want to have a chance of making this count for next year. “I hope (winning the Davis Cup) will be an inspiration. It’s

definitely given me a boost going into the off-season.

“I’ve been close (in Australia) a number of years. I haven’t won there but I think I’ve often played my best tennis. I really like the conditions, the courts. “That’s obviously my next big goal.”

Thanks largely to Murray’s incredible record in the Davis Cup since 2013, Britain now head the International Tennis Federation (ITF) rankings and will begin next year’s competition as top seeds when they face Japan in March.

Murray, who won 11 of Britain’s 12 rubbers this year, including three doubles with brother Jamie, said the ranking was well-deserved. “For five years I think we have lost two matches, and even against Italy last year it went to a fifth rubber,” he said.

He believes the title can inspire the likes of James Ward, Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans to improve their rankings. “I think in the last few weeks they all won Challenger events because this final was huge motivation, and now it’s about taking that form and level into next year,” he said. (rtr)

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Prime Minister David Cameron welcomes members of the successful Great Britain Davis Cup Team to Number 10 Downing Street - 1/12/15 Prime Minister David Cameron poses with Great Britain’s Davis Cup Team Andy Murray, James Ward, Dominic Inglot, captain Leon Smith, Kyle Edmund and Jamie Murray

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Russia delivers missile systems to Iran

MOSCOW — The arms trade adviser to President Vladimir Putin says Russia has begun delivering S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran, according to the Russian state news agency Tass.

Tass quoted Vladimir Kozhin as saying Thursday that the implementation of the contract for the delivery of the S-300s has begun and the deliveries have started. He didn’t provide any specifics.

Russia in 2010 froze a deal to supply advanced longrange S-300 missile systems to Iran, linking the decision to U.N. sanctions. President Vladimir Putin lifted the suspension earlier this year following Iran’s deal with six world powers that curbed its nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions. Officials said last month that Russia and Iran finalized the contract for their delivery.

The S-300 deal has long worried Israel and other countries in the region, as well as the U.S., which see it as destabilizing. (ap)

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People wade through a flooded road in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Weeks of torrential rains have forced the Chennai airport in southern India to close and have cut off several roads and highways, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded in their homes, government officials said Wednesday.

More rains coming as south India grapples with massive flood

NEW DELHI — The heaviest rainfall in more than 100 years has devastated swathes of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with thousands forced to leave their submerged homes and schools, offices and a regional airport shut for a second day Thursday.

At least 269 people had been killed in the state since heavy rains started in the beginning of November, said India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh, although no deaths have been reported in the latest deluge.

“I can’t even believe that this much water was possible in Chennai,” one woman told NDTV channel as she stood in waist-deep water in the state capital.

“We don’t have any food. We don’t have any milk,” she said, adding that she had stepped out to see if she could find a shop selling some food. “But I’m scared to walk down this road. The water comes up almost to my hips.”

Chennai has received more than 330 millimeters (13 inches) of rain over the last 24 hours, which is significantly higher than the regional average for the entire month of December, Singh said.

While the downpour eased early Thursday, the Indian Meteorological Department has predicted more heavy rain in several parts of the state through the rest of the week. The rains have been caused by a depression in the Bay of Bengal, the

agency said.

Separately, news reports said that flood waters released from a lake on the outskirts of Chennai inundated more neighborhoods in the city. The Adyar river, which runs through Chennai before draining into the Bay of Bengal, was flowing above a danger mark.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi surveyed the destruction and flooding from an air force helicopter.

An aerial view of Chennai showed low-lying neighborhoods as well the city’s airport almost completely submerged. The Airport Authority of India said that the airport was likely to be closed until Sunday.

Dozens of trains to the state have been delayed this week, and on Thursday the main train station was so heavily flooded that it had to shut down operations. Singh said that railways officials convened an emergency meeting to get the station back on track quickly.

Even though hundreds of army, navy and local police and fire department rescuers were helping evacuate those trapped

in their homes, Twitter and other social media were flooded with calls for help from across the city. Most of those still trapped were either the elderly or people with very young children.

The state government cut power to several parts of Chennai as a safety measure to prevent electrocutions. Most deaths in the last month of rains have been due to drowning, electrocution and wall collapses.

India’s main monsoon season runs from June through September, but the period between October to December — also called the retreating monsoon — brings the most rainfall to India’s southeastern coastal areas.

The extreme weather in Chennai comes as heads of state are meeting in Paris to try and work out a new treaty to limit global warming and deal with its effects. However, experts say the floods in the city are most directly linked to the El Nino weather pattern, when the waters of the Pacific Ocean get warmer than usual.

“This year saw the strongest El Nino ever recorded,” said G.P. Sharma, vice president of meteorology at Skymet, a private weather forecaster. He said that was indicative of an extremely heavy retreating monsoon. (ap)

Danes vote in referendum on EU ties, including Europol

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark is voting in a referendum on whether to have closer ties with the European Union or continue a decades-old opt-out from justice affairs that would end ties with Europol, even as the European law-enforcement agency is preparing to increase its role in fighting terrorism.

Last week, the 28-member bloc changed the role of the European police agency, including banning opt-outs from EU justice policies for full members.

Danes are voting in Thursday’s poll on whether to annul the 23-year-old waiver or find themselves on the sidelines of the agency with no say in decisionmaking.

The pro-EU center-right government argues that ending the opt-out would give Danes more say within the bloc, while opponents claim the opposite would happen — Danes will lose even more sovereignty to Brussels. (ap)

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“Based upon how they were equipped, there had to be some degree of planning that went into From page 1 this,” he said. “I don’t think they just ran home and put on these tactical clothes, grabbed guns and came back on a spur of the moment thing.”

He said the attackers left explosive devices behind and authorities were only able to access the scene of the crime several hours after the shooting.

There was no immediate information on the identity of the victims.

FBI agents in the early evening raided an apartment in the nearby town of Redlands, where the two suspects were seen before the police chase that ended in a shootout a few miles from the Inland Center.

The California chapter of the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations (CAIR) denounced the killings.

Farook’s brother-in-law, Farhan Khan, said he had no clue what prompted the carnage. “I am in shock that something like this could happen,” a visibly shaken Khan told a press conference organized by CAIR. The Los Angeles Times quoted some of Farook’s coworkers as saying he had previously traveled to Saudi Arabia and returned with a new wife. The couple had a six-month-old daughter and appeared to be “living the American dream,” Patrick Baccari, a fellow inspector who shared a cubicle with Farook, told the paper. (afp)

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Friday, December 4, 2015

Kumolo otimistic head elections to run peacefully

JAKARTA - Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo expressed optimism that the upcoming regional head elections (pilkada) would run peacefully.

“We are being supported by the coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs and his staff to ensure that the simultaneous pilkada will run smoothly and peacefully,” Minister Kumolo stated while speaking during a discussion on “Pilkada of Integrity” organized by Sinar Harapan daily on Wednesday.

The authorities have declared alert status in several regions considered prone to conflicts during the elections.

Coordination with the election executors, the General Election Commission (KPU), and the General Election Supervisory Body (Bawalu) is expected to help minimize potential problems, he noted.

Three days prior to the simultaneous pilkada to be held on December 9, 2015, the home affairs minister will organize a coordination meeting with the political, legal and security minister and his personnel.

The minister is hopeful that maximum security measures would be able to anticipate conflicts among supporters of the candidates.

In the meantime, KPU Chairman Husni Kamil Manik remarked that there are still problems concerning the disbursement of the pilkada budget in some regions.

He pointed out that 13 regions had not yet disbursed over 50 percent of the pilkada budget.

The home affairs minister has called the heads of the 13 regions to discuss the budgeting problem, according to Manik.

Another problem is the involvement of some candidates in legal cases being handled by the Supreme Court (MA), he added.

Bawaslu Chief Muhammad pointed out that his personnel will be stern in dealing with problems concerning candidates that might arise during the pilkada.

He urged the government to encourage the state civilian apparatus to remain neutral during the implementation of pilkada.

Indonesia is gearing up for the first-ever simultaneous pilkada to be held in some 269 regions, or 53 percent of the country’s entire regions.

More than 800 pairs of regional head candidates will contest in the pilkada that will elect nine governors and vice governors, 224 district heads and their deputies, and 36 mayors and their deputies. (ant)

JAKARTA - Indonesia promised Wednesday to speed up preparations for the 2018 Asian Games after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) expressed concern about slow progress.

Jakarta was awarded the games in September last year after the original host Vietnam withdrew due to economic problems, but the late decision meant it had four years instead of the usual six to prepare.

OCA officials visited Jakarta this week to get a progress report from their Indonesian counterparts and raised concerns about a series of issues.

These included the renovation of a Jakarta stadium which has not yet begun, and the failure to start construction of an athletes’ village due to a land ownership dispute,

said sports ministry spokesman Gatot Dewa Broto.

“We only have around two years... we have to speed up,” he told AFP, adding that a country should ideally have eight years to prepare.

But he insisted everything would be ready on time: “We are highly optimistic that all disputes will be resolved and targets will be achieved.”

Indonesia staged the 2011 Southeast Asian Games but ran into problems, with some venues not ready on time and the death of two people in a stampede at the football final.

Jakarta will host most events at the 2018 games, with a handful of others set to take place in smaller cities.

Indonesia last staged the Asian Games in 1962 in Jakarta. (afp)

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VP hands over Novanto’s case to MKD

JAKARTA - Vice President Jusuf Kalla, representing himself and the president, submitted the case of House Speaker Setya Novanto, accused of demanding a stake in Freeport Indonesia and profiteering, to the House of Representatives’ Ethics Council (MKD).

“I laud the openness of the proceedings at the MKD, and it will enable us to know what happens in the Indonesian nation,” Kalla remarked at the Nusantara Building V on Thursday.

The vice president made the statement after attending the opening of the National Conference on Corruption Eradication at the

Nusantara Building V. The case of House Speaker Novanto proves that despite significant efforts to eradicate corruption, some Parliament and government officials have no fear of committing corruption, Kalla pointed out.

“There are still rogue elements in the House and government who are

not afraid to commit corruption,” he remarked.

When questioned about Coordinating Minister for Political, Law and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan’s name being linked to a recorded conversation of Novanto, Kalla said he had handed it over to the MKD for further investigation.

The vice president explained that after the process in the MKD is complete, and there is a legal implication on the contents of the conversation, then further action would be taken. (ant)

Indonesia vows to speed up Asian Games preparations

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A street busker performs at the Old Town in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015.

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Oil prices bounce back on eve of OPEC meeting

The US benchmark West Texas Intermediate closed below $40 a barrel for the first time since late August on Wednesday after data showed an increase in US commercial stockpiles and production, adding to anxiety about a long-

running supply glut.

Focus is now on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting in Vienna Friday. Analysts say the 12 members appear to be divided, with Saudi Arabia and its Gulf partners at

odds with others pushing for a cut in output in a bid to perk up prices.

WTI for delivery in January was up 70 cents at $40.64 and Brent crude was trading 85 cents higher at $43.34 at around 0630 GMT. WTI fell 4.6 percent Wednesday while Brent sank 4.4 percent.

Bloomberg News said Venezuela and Ecuador -- which have

been badly hit by the plunge in prices -- would seek production cuts during the meeting.

IHS Energy said Saudi, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will have great influence on the tone of the meeting as they account for more than half of OPEC’s 31.5 million barrels per day output.

“Without the Gulf group, there can be no effective OPEC agree-

BANGLI - Farmers at Subak Pengiangan Kawan, Pengiangan village, Susut, are frustrated because their harvest yields fell sharply. It is the aftermath of the recent water crisis. Based on observation on Wednesday (Dec. 2), most of the paddy plants look to dry out. In addition, the rice produced looks stunted and the quality is less maximal. When being observed more closely, the land of paddy field also cracked to reach one inch.

A local farmer, Dewa Gede Suarta, said that the water crisis has occurred since the paddy plant was a few days old. This condition makes him difficulty to weed because the soil hardens. Besides, it also causes the growth of paddy to be less optimal. The trunk grows stunted and the leaves turn yellow. “Water crisis is getting more serious, so that the growth of paddy plants becomes not good,” he explained.

He continued that the poor growth of paddy plants has caused significant decline in the harvest yields. Typically the 3,500 square meters of land can produce 20 sacks of grain. Now, it can only produce a maximum of three sacks. “Our production is very little, approximately reaches a quarter. The remaining ear of grain is empty,” he complained.

The quality of paddy, said Suarta, also decreased. Good grain is usu-

ment,” IHS Energy said in a report ahead of Friday’s meeting.

OPEC has been pumping above its collective target of 30 million barrels per day as its influential members led by Saudi Arabia try to maintain their share of a highly competitive market.

Prices have plunged by more than half from peaks of above $100 a barrel in mid-2014 largely because of the oversupply. (afp)

ECB set to boost stimulus measures

FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank is widely expected to step up efforts to kick start chronically low inflation in the euro area at a meeting Thursday, but analysts warn the measures could fall short of market expectations.

At the ECB’s last monetary policy meeting of the year, president Mario Draghi is set to announce a beefing up of the bank’s controversial bond purchase programme, known as QE, and a possible cut in key interest rates, already at historic lows, analysts say.

In a bid to bring eurozone inflation back up to levels conducive to healthy economic growth, the ECB has already unleashed an unprecedented series of easing measures.

It has slashed borrowing costs, made vast amounts of cheap loans available to banks and most recently embarked on a programme to buy around 60 billion euros of sovereign bonds each month until at least September 2016.

But area-wide inflation is still stubbornly low, standing at just 0.1 percent in November, far below the ECB’s target of just under 2.0 percent.

ECB watchers therefore believe a new round of action is a done deal.

Andrew Cates at the Royal Bank of Scotland said he was pencilling in a further reduction in the ECB’s deposit rate, already in negative territory at minus 0.2 percent and an increase and extension of the QE (quantitative easing) programme.

“We expect the ECB to deliver a deposit rate cut to minus 0.4 percent, the monthly asset purchase programme to rise to 85 billion euros and an extension of the programme to March 2017,” he said.

“Following a succession of dovish signals from ECB officials in recent weeks, and most notably from Draghi, we think anything less than this would risk disappointing market expectations,” he said.

“Santa Mario is coming to Euroland,” said ING DiBa economist Carsten Brzeski.

“After six weeks of speculation and anticipation, we expect Draghi to present a package of rate cuts and additional QE, for the Euroland’s sake,” he said. (afp)

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Fed says more consumer spending, housing boost US growth WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve says the U.S. economy grew at a modest pace this fall, lifted by higher consumer spending and more home sales and construction.

The Fed said Wednesday in its latest snapshot of the economy that nine of its 12 regional banks reported growth was modest or moderate from early October through mid-November. The New York Fed said growth leveled off, while it slowed in Boston and was mixed in Kansas City.

The Fed’s report suggests that healthy

consumer spending is offsetting overseas headwinds that have weighed on U.S. manufacturers.

The report, known as the Beige Book, is released eight times a year and consists of anecdotal reports from businesses in each of the 12 districts.

It will be used for discussion when the central bank next meets Dec. 15-16.

Fed officials at that meeting are widely expected to raise interest rates for the first time in nine years.

In a speech Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled that a

rate increase is likely, provided that the economy continues to grow at its current pace and hiring stays healthy.

The November jobs report will be released Friday, and economists forecast that it will show that employers added 200,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate remained 5 percent.

All 12 of the Fed’s districts reported that hiring picked up in the past two months. Many, however, said that the job gains were driven by temporary and entry-level positions that were filled by staffing firms. (ap)

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Water crisis, rice production slumps

BUSINESS

SINGAPORE - Oil prices bounced back in Asia Thursday but trading was cautious on signs the OPEC cartel is divided ahead of a meeting on whether to maintain or slash its high output levels.

Friday, December 4, 2015

The children are playing on Tukad Mati where the project of long storage is carried out. The project is made to reduce flooding the Denpasar and Badung area.

ally characterized by bright colors without black spots. “The quality of grain also declines unlike in the past time,” he admitted while adding that the decline in production happened for the first time.

This middle-aged man also added that the decline in yields makes him distraught as the harvest time has not yet arrived. Looking for another job is not possible for him due to age factor. “I cannot do much. My income is small, while looking for another job is impossible,” he said.

Previously another farmer, Mangku Tantra, said that the farmland hit by the water crisis reaches 25 hectares. Of that number, most of them faced crop failures. “Most of the paddy plants are dwarf and lead to crop failure. One of them is my paddy field,” he said.

He also confirmed that the water crisis at his subak area is the first

time. To avoid crop failure, local farmers make the efforts by applying irrigation in turn. Unfortunately, this solution does not give positive results. “The irrigation in shifts does not work. Our paddy plants remain to die,” he said.

On this condition, Tantra claimed that he can only surrender and wait for the rains to be able to do the planting. Similarly he said that the drought caused him to suffer losses to millions of rupiahs. “I have spent operating costs a lot. Now, the rice faces crop failure. The losses are moderately great,” he said.

In order to make a living, said Tantra, he is forced to turn into a laborer at chicken coop in the neighborhood. He said that the income obtained is enough to support the needs of daily life. “I am forced to work as laborer just to get an income,” he concluded. (kmb45)

The harvest is done in the ricefield at Subak Pengiangan Kawan, Pengiangan village, Susut IBP/Sosiawan

Mysterious death case of Russian tourist

Police wait for autopsy results of Sanglah Hospital

AMLAPURA - The death case of a Russian tourist named Mozalev Viktor, 35, is still mysterious. Police have not been able to deduce the cause of his death in the bathroom of the lodging at Bugbug Kelodan hamlet, Bugbug, Wednesday (Nov. 25). Chief of Karangasem Police Criminal Investigation, Noor Maghantara, not long ago delivered that his institution was still awaiting the results of autopsy at Sanglah Hospital.

He is reluctant to elaborate

further about the case before holding the results of the autopsy.

Likewise, his institution is waiting for the results of Bali Police forensic laboratory regarding the food leftover found inside the inn and vomit of his food before he was found dead in the bathroom.

“Later on, we will let you know if the result of forensic laboratory has been issued,” he said.

From the results of examination to witnesses, either the victim’s wife Mozoleva Tatiana,

53, the innkeeper I Nyoman Sukerata or local security guard, the victim’s death is alleged to have been caused by poisoning after eating food made from fish.

However, the allegation must await the outcome of the forensic laboratory. In addition, there is also allegation if the victim is suffering from certain disease and recurrent while in the bathroom.

As reported, Viktor Mozalev was found dead after the shower door was broken by the security guard

and innkeeper.

The innkeeper I Nyoman Sukerata delivered that initially he received a call from the security guard of the inn around 02:00 a.m. to check the condition of tourist staying at the inn. The victim’s wife Tatiana Mozoleva told that her husband was not seen after going into the bathroom of the inn. Having been checked into the bathroom, in fact the victim was found lying. The innkeeper, security guard and his wife were

surprised. After that, they contacted the Penta Medika Clinic in Manggis to check the condition of Mozalev.

Based on the result of external examination by Ni Nyoman Wiyani from Penta Medika Clinic, it is not found any signs of violence on the victim’s body. The victim’s wife told the innkeeper that previously Mozalev ate fish. However, whether the victim died of food poisoning or not is uncertain. (kmb31)

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Karangasem to arrange its catus pata

AMLAPURA - In the near future, the town of Amlapura will be arranged. Center of the arrangement will start from the catus pata or central intersection of Amlapura and surrounding areas by building a number of supporting infrastructures as a heritage town. With the budget of IDR 5 billion from the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing, it is confirmed to realize next year.

The Head of the Karangasem Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda), Ketut Sedana Merta, accompanied by Spatial Planning Subdivision Head I Nyoman Siki Ngurah said that in accordance with the detailed engineering design (DED) the budget was originally drafted at IDR 15 billion.

However, the funding disbursement from central government to Karangasem will be made gradually.

Next year, a total of IDR 5 billion will be disbursed from working unit of the Settlement Area Development, Directorate General of Human Settlement, Ministry of Public Works and the Public Housing Affairs. Last week, he admitted to have presented this plan to central government. Then, the team of central government has gone down to check the location of the town heritage of Karangasem, where Karangasem belongs to heritage town of category A. In other words, it includes in the best 10 heritage towns in Indonesia.

Selection of the catus pata as the beginning of the arrangement, he said, has been in conformity with the input of cultural and historical figures in Karangasem. His agency also actively made coordination with royal palace and the Karangasem customary village. It is the location of zero point of Amlapura serving as the meeting point of sky and the earth, which has always been used to perform mecaru or animal sacrifice in the town of Amlapura. The location is just between the Puri Gede reflecting the social and cultural aspect; Puri Agung reflecting the central government; Pura Madura reflecting the history and Pura Kelodan serving as the center of literary development. “In other regions, the catus pata is identical to statue, but our catus pata serves as the zero point of the town center,” he explained.

As the arrangement process, it will be built a number of infrastructures such as square, the return of the functions of public spaces like pedestrian, sport venues, heritage town gates to different sidewalk from other towns. “With this arrangement, the town center will be more visible and looks more obvious,” said Siki Ngurah.

He delivered that physical work will start next year. Currently, the arrangement is focused on the area outside the royal palace, while the arrangement inside the royal place is recognized to still be constrained by asset status. Nevertheless, since it is built in stages, the planning process has been carried out completely, so that it just needs to implement every year with the joint commitment of central government.

Earlier, for this year the central government has disbursed IDR 5 billion for the asset arrangement of Tenganan Pegringsingan heritage town. Such amount of budget will be used to repair some supporting tourism facilities, without changing the heritage elements. Tenganan Pegringsingan has been registered as a heritage town asset since 2011. Karangasem is one of the 16 heritage towns in Indonesia. Related to heritage asset utilization, previously it has been held the Tenganan Pegringsingan Heritage Exhibition in 2013. With the status as a town heritage asset, the local government hoped that Tenganan Pegringsingan remains sustainable over time. (kmb31)

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Unlicensed Cambodian doctor imprisoned for spreading HIV

Children perform Rejang Dance, one of the sacred dance in Bali.

Rejang is one of the dances listed in UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Haritage of Humanity.

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Anticipate ISIS, police patrol coastal areas of Buleleng SINGARAJA - Operation Division Head of the Buleleng Police, Ketut Gelgel, led the patrol to anticipate the acts of terrorism and smuggling through the sea. By involving the Buleleng Marine Police, the operation gave serious attention to a number of control points in the coastal areas of Buleleng. Although the security conditions in North Bali is still relatively favorable, police still alert and are ready to face every possible acts of terrorism.

As the rampant issue, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is predicted to have a plan to enter the territory of Indonesia. Of course such condition may not be underestimated. The supervision in the form of raid is conducted by police by combing the coastal waters approaching the border of Buleleng. “We anticipate the acts of terrorism and smuggling by involving the members of Buleleng marine police and spread to supervise the Buleleng coastal areas,” said Gelgel with permission from the Chief of Buleleng Police Harry Haryadi B. He told that in the field operation the Buleleng Police deployed 10 personnel and C2 vessel. It is meant to anticipate and prevent the smuggling of valuables or stolen goods. “Ten personnel are deployed every day equipped with Raid C2 vessel to keep the shoreline in Buleleng from the acts of terrorism and smuggling,” he said.

In addition, any suspected and unknown people encountered in the waters of Buleleng are also examined.

“The examination is made to the vessel and migrants at the PPI Sangsit. Coastal patrol is also helped by fishermen group, so that they can anticipate the unknown people entering the Buleleng through sea territory,” said Gelgel. (kmb34)

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FILE - In this April 8, 2014 file photo, relatives of Chinese passengers onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 hold a candlelight vigil for their loved ones at a hotel in Beijing, China.

Search for Malaysian jet refocuses in southern Indian Ocean

CANBERRA — The deep sea hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner has been refocused on the southern reaches of an expansive search zone based on new analysis released on Thursday of the Boeing 777’s final hours and how it might have plunged into the Indian Ocean with 239 people aboard after running out of fuel.

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The Buleleng Police patrol on the coastal area to anticipate the spread of ISIS.

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Searchers have been combing a 120,000-square-kilometer (46,000square-mile) expanse of the Indian Ocean since October last year but have yet to turn up any trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

A wing flap found in July on the other side of the Indian Ocean when it washed up on remote Reunion Island is the only debris recovered.

The new analysis by a Defense Department agency confirmed “the highest probability” the final resting place for the plane was within the southern end of the search zone.

Two ships towing side-scan sonar have continued the search during the harsh southern hemisphere winter months. A third ship will join the search in the new priority area on Saturday, said Australian Transport Safety Bureau chief commissioner Martin Dolan, who runs the search on behalf of Malaysia.

The latest ship is equipped with a video camera inside an underwa-

ter unmanned submarine that can examine rough terrain and objects of interest detected by sonar that require a closer look.

A Chinese ship will join the search in late January equipped with Synthetic Aperture Sonar, state of the art technology that provides higher resolution images than the standard sonar now being used, Dolan said.

Some experts have been critical that the sonar was not used throughout the search and have questioned whether wreckage might have already been overlooked.

Dolan said about 4 percent of the area already searched would have to be searched again because of gaps in the sonar mapping and because some objects that had been detected could not yet be ruled out.

About 54,000 square kilometers (21,000 square miles) of the 98,000 square kilometers (38,000 square miles) of the highest-priority search

zone have already been searched, the bureau’s search director Peter Foley said. That area is 2,800 kilometers (1,700 miles) southwest of the Australian port of Fremantle. Foley said the Synthetic Aperture Sonar and the camera would be used to examine a trench that runs north-south through the high priority zone, the Geelvinck Fracture Zone.

“It’s very, very difficult terrain.

Very steep drop offs. It’s pretty bad,” Foley said. “A lot of the area is hard and rocky and that’s the hardest place to search.”

The latest analysis by a team of mathematicians and a satellite expert will likely be the last of the scant satellite clues that have been used to track the airliner’s final hours after it disappeared from radar on March 8, 2014, during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. One of the engines sent an hourly signal to a satellite and a final signal when it apparently ran out of fuel.

Team leader Neil Gordon said dozens of flights around the world were tracked to fine tune the analysis of these engine signals and to test the accuracy of their methodology.(ap)

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A Cambodian court sentenced an unlicensed medical practitioner to 25 years in prison Thursday after finding him responsible for infecting more than 100 villagers with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, by reusing unsanitized syringes. At least 10 of the infected people have died.

Yem Chrin was found guilty of cruel behavior resulting in death, intentionally spreading HIV and practicing medicine without a license, said a spokesman for the court in the northwestern province of Battambang. His trial was conducted over five days in October.

Yem Chrin, 56, was arrested last December and taken into protective custody, with authorities fearing he might be lynched by residents of Roka village, where at least 106 of 800 people tested were found to be infected with HIV. Local newspapers reported the total was 300.

He insisted he meant no harm and was only trying to help people in the community where he practiced from 1996 to 2014.

The infected patients ranged in age from 3 to 82 and included Buddhist monks. Cambodia had a high HIV prevalence rate of 2.0 percent in 1998, but an aggressive campaign to promote safe sex brought the figure down to an estimated 0.7 percent last year, according to the U.N. agency that spearheads the worldwide fight against AIDS. Cambodia, one of the world’s poorest countries, has inadequate health care facilities, especially in rural areas, where villagers often have no recourse but to rely on unlicensed medical practitioners who have trained themselves to treat minor ailments and give injections.

The court also ordered Yem Chrin to pay a fine to the state and damages to the victims. He was barred for life from practicing medicine again, the court spokesman said.

The charge of cruel behavior resulting in death was a step down from the murder charge he originally faced, which would have made him liable for life imprisonment. Defense lawyer Em Sovann said he had not yet consulted with his client on whether to appeal the sentence.(ap)

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Cambodian students wave flowers during the Independence Day celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. King Norodom Sihamoni joined civil servants and students to mark the country’s 62th Independence Day. The country gained independence from France on Nov. 9, 1953.

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Pantone’s color of the year grows to 2 colors

NEW YORK — Serenity now, people, with some Rose Quartz mixed in. The experts at the Pantone Color Institute have chosen not one but two colors of the year — named thusly — in a complementary pairing that spans fashion, media, packaging, housewares and a desire for more tranquility and calm in actual life.

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This image released by Harper’s Bazaar shows the September 2015 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, designed in shades of blue and pink. The experts at the Pantone Color Institute have chosen two colors of the year, Rose Quartz, a pale pink and Serenity, a shade that is closer to baby blue.

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In this Sept. 14, 2015 file photo, the Thom Browne Spring 2016 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York.

Or so they say — they being color analysts, who span the globe in search of trends. Rose Quartz is a pale pink and Serenity is close but not quite what once was referred to as baby blue.

In fact, Pantone believes the blend reflects a gender neutrality that has strengthened over the last year or so and is sure to carry through to 2016 and beyond, said Laurie Pressman, vice president of the institute, based in Carlstadt, New Jersey.

It’s the first time Pantone has picked two colors of the year since it debuted the designation in 1999.

“This is a fusion of two shades,” Pressman said in a recent interview. “Rose Quartz is a warm and embracing gentle rose tone that conveys compassion and a sense of composure.

Serenity reflects a mindset of inner peace.”

Those things, she said, are in short supply.

“Our lives are stressful, and what we’re seeing is consumers trying to cut out that noise by balancing the fast pace, their fractured lives, their hurried lives, with some downtime and some calm, and the opportunity to just switch off,” Pressman said.

But there’s more to the pairing than a desire for emotional nourishment, more quiet and more relaxation.

“There’s a calmness, but there’s also a happiness to it,” Pressman said.

In travels to home and interior design shows around the world, Pantone came up with examples of the two colors in lighting, kitchen wares and home accen ts s u ch as throw pillows for the living room and sets of bedding.

Nowhere are the two colors stronger than in fashion — as seen on the streets, on the backs of celebrities and on catwalks around the globe, she said.

Chanel put the two together in its haute couture collection for fall 2015. Prada did the same for spring/summer, as did Fendi. Thom Browne put the color merge front and center for his 2016 resort collection for women,

while Richard James and Roberto Cavalli used the two together for men on spring 2016 runways.

Blurring gender lines on catwalks had Valentino showing pale pink athletic-inspired shoes for men with a band of Serenity blue, along with leather backpacks showing off geometric splashes of the same shades.

In fashion, women have borrowed from men in suiting, color and silhouette for years. And they still do.

“But the real news is that men are exploring, and they’re experimenting with their other side,” Pressman said.

Pink for girls and blue for boys hasn’t always been the norm: In 1927, Time magazine printed a chart showing genderappropriate colors for girls and boys as reflected in the wares of major U.S. retailers, but even then opinions differed, Pressman said.

Filene’s in Boston suggested parents dress boys in pink, as did Best & Co. in New York, Halle’s in Cleveland and Marshall Field in Chicago.

After World War II, with the return women back into their homes, pink rose to ultrafeminine levels.

Today, retailers are promoting collections intended to be worn by both men and women.

“People want choices.

They don’t want to be pushed into a specific direction,” Pressman said. “They want to make that choice on their own. Today’s genderless styling is definitely a more modern approach than we’ve seen in the past, and it’s not necessarily trying to make a man look like a woman or a woman look like a man. It’s about creating a canvas.” (ap) In this Feb. 18, 2015 file photo, The DelPozo Fall 2015 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York.

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Delegates of Bali cancel their attendance in Africa

DENPASAR - Delegates of Bali led by the lecturer of the ISI Denpasar, Prof. I Wayan Dibia, canceled their attendance in the meeting of the UNESCO Establishment in Namibia, Africa, on December 1 to 2. Actually, the delegates of Bali consisting of three dancers have been prepared to perform the Nawa Sari Dance. This dance represents the nine Balinese traditional dances proposed to become the Immaterial World Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO. “But due to particular reasons, such as difficulties of visa transit in South Africa, we cannot leave because if it is imposed we will probably arrive there when the session is over,” said Dibia when giving a press conference together with the Head of Bali Culture Agency in

the public relations press room of the government of Bali Province, Wednesday (Dec. 2).

According to him, the dance would be originally performed after the decision of the nine Balinese traditional dances into the Immaterial World Cultural Heritage by

UNESCO was announced. Since the departure was cancelled, finally it was decided to use film illustrations prepared from Bali.

“We have prepared a number of dances proposed in the form of excerpts. There are in 20 seconds and 15 seconds, and they have been received by our ambassador. Then, they have been used as illustration when the ambassador gave the exposure,” he explained.

The Head of the Bali Culture of Agency, Dewa Putu Beratha, confirmed that the cancellation of the delegates of Bali to attend the UNESCO session will not affect the

assessment of the nine proposed Balinese traditional dances. The Nawa Sari Dance is deliberately composed as an expression of gratitude for the determination of the Immaterial World Cultural Heritage.

“When being determined, the Indonesian representative will be asked to give a 1-2 minute speech as an expression of gratitude for the determination of Balinese dances as the Immaterial World Cultural Heritage. After that, we present the dance for six minutes,” he explained.

Beratha added that the nine proposed Balinese traditional dances

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were put into the session after lunch at Namibia local time or about 8:30 p.m. The session is estimated to end at 11:30 p.m. On that account, the results of the UNESCO session can just be announced on Thursday (Dec. 3).

The nine Balinese traditional dances proposed include the Barong Ket, Joged, Legong Kraton, Wayang Wong Dance-Drama, Gambuh Dance-Drama, Sidakarya Mask, Ritual Baris, Sanghyang and Rejang.

The nine dances represent the entire dances in Bali as well as their respective district / municipality on the Island of the Gods. (kmb32)

Foreign guests forbidden taken pictures at temple main area

SINGARAJA - To maintain the sanctity of temples in Bali is not an easy matter. It needs a shared awareness with all the components of the Hindus. Lately, many temples are often made into tourist object to be visited.

Due to erroneous interpretation of tourist guides, they are not even half-hearted to escort guests to temple main area. This condition is inversely proportional to what has been done by the pengempon or supporting devotees of Pura Bukit Pucak Sinunggal at Tajun customary village, Kubutambahan.

The supporting devotees expressly prohibit foreign travelers from entering the innermost courtyard of the temple just to take a photo, and not to pray.

The understanding on the temple sanctity and uniqueness should be instilled early. Bali Island with a variety of contents is a blessing and it is made sacred by the Hindus. It is without exception for the temple used to say prayers and worship the sanctity of God. Prohibition of foreign travelers from entering the innermost area of the temple main area is intended for taking photographs, not for saying prayers. As evidence, the supporting devotees of the temple put a high awareness of the temple sanctity and its contents.

“If there are foreign travelers to enter the temple not for saying prayers, but only taking photographs, we still do not give permission. It is intended to maintain the sanctity and uniqueness of the temple along with the residing deities. Temple sanctity should be maintained and do not let the taksu (divine vibration) and the energy decline,” said Jro Made Kerta, the priest of Pura Bukit Pucak Sinunggal at Tajun customary village, Wednesday (Dec. 2) coinciding with the celebration of Pagerwesi Day. Supporting devotees maintain the temple sanctity with the hope that it will survive physically and psychically. The prohibition for foreign travelers from entering the temple if they just take photographs, not to say prayers, has been imposed through generations. “The regulation prohibiting foreign visitors from entering the temple (unless for saying prayers—Ed) is meant to maintain the sanctity of the temple having been in force from generation to generation. This temple is guarded by the ancestors from time immemorial,” he said.

Foreign travelers are only allowed to make a visit until outside the temple area, and not allowed to enter.

At least, through this rule the temple sanctity is better maintained. Moreover, it coincides with the celebration of Pagerwesi, where people are taken to improve their faith and devotion. “If there are guests making a visit, they can only do it outside the temple and does not get into the innermost temple courtyard,” he said. (kmb34)

Jro Made Kerta, the priest of Pura Bukit Pucak Sinunggal

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Salain stated high unemployment rate among the educated can be caused by incompatibility of the study program developed at universities with the job markets available. For example, the current job markets tend to demand for

graduates that are really ready to work like the graduates of polytechnic and the like, while prospective workers supplied by universities are largely with bachelor academic specification that are actually prepared to be a thinker.

Rumawan Salain asserted that this phenomenon does not only happen in Bali but also poses a national problem. To make this

condition proportionate, of course, the format of higher education in Indonesia must be amended. If previously higher education tends to be directed to become a thinker, this format must be shifted where the programs put forward are more directed to produce professionals.

Nevertheless, he said, it does not necessarily mean that prospective workers with bachelor specification

actually prepared to be a thinker cannot compete for the existing job markets. However, they are obliged to equip themselves with skills, expertise and life skills beyond their major at higher education.

Similar opinion was also expressed by an education observer, I Putu Sarjana. Academically, he said that graduates of higher education averagely have adequate knowledge corresponding to their field.

Unfortunately, they are often not supported by adequate insights and skills. As a result, the creativity and innovation incidentally becoming a key requirement to entrepreneurship is finally unrevealed. “In the future, the educational curriculum at universities must also be directed to produce prospective reliable entrepreneurs. So, they are not only focused on finding job after graduation but also creating job opportunities for them,” he said.

Improve knowledge

A member of Commission IV of the Bali House of Representatives, A.A. Ngurah Gede Widiada, added the constantly developing science and technology demands the teachers always improve their knowledge and competence because they will be directly related to the quality of teachers themselves. Qualified teachers play an important role in preparing qualified human resources. “In the era of the IBP/File Photo increasingly bitter global comFacing the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), teachers are required to have petition, the matter of quality is broad insights and professionalism. They should have a good quality and capability in order non-negotiable,” he said.

Widiada asserted that the imto compete with teachers from overseas.

provement of teacher competence is also important to be carried out such as the pedagogical competence, personal competence, social competence, sociability and tolerance as well as professional competence.

“Improving teacher competency can be done through education and ongoing training. The availability of qualified teachers is the main capital for delivering generations in the face of the increasingly higher global competition,” he said.

Considering the very central role of teachers, Widiada agreed if teachers shall be guaranteed with a decent living due to their profession as the profession in other fields. By doing so, the program of teacher professionalism is not limited to only labeling because the rights and obligations must be balanced.

This senior figure from Puri Peguyangan (Denpasar) also hoped the government through the Education Agency both at provincial and district / municipal level to help teachers improve their capability to design and carry out a research so that they can independently resolve the problems faced in implementing learning process. Definitely, the relevant agency must design a workshop through well-prepared and systematic measure for that purpose.

“If a research has been familiar for teachers, of course, it will encourage the emergence of innovations in education carried out by teaching practitioners directly involved in the education,” he said. (ian)

Standard salary of non-permanent teachers should be set

SALARY of the non-permanent teachers serving at a number of schools in Bali is still considered too low. Moreover, a teacher at one of the kindergartens in Klungkung is only paid at IDR 150,000 per month by the school management. This condition is certainly very worrying because it is considered so far under the feasible category. In response to this, an education observer, Dr. I Made Gede Putra Wijaya, urged the government to immediately establish the minimal standard salary for non-permanent teachers in Bali.

“It is time to make the minimum standard salary for non-permanent teachers. By doing so, school management cannot hire nonpermanent teachers arbitrarily,” said Putra Wijaya.

According to Putra Wijaya,

school management hiring nonpermanent teachers is also obliged to pay attention to their welfare. The school may not constantly argue that non-permanent teachers do not work based on the spirit of devotion so that the salary issue is not important.

“In principle, when hiring nonpermanent teachers it means that the school must be ready to pay attention to their welfare,” he said.

Furthermore, Putra Wijaya also asked the Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) at all levels to struggle for the welfare of the nonpermanent teachers. At the very least, the organization must struggle for the salaries of non-permanent teachers that can meet the regional minimum salary (UMR) applying in the district / municipality where the non-permanent teachers serve.

“It will be better if the minimal standard salary of non-permanent

teachers is set forth in the Regional Bylaw (Perda). By doing so, there is a legal instrument so that the nonpermanent teachers can also get a decent life,” he said.

Considering the school management has different ability to hire nonpermanent teachers, Putra Wijaya also hoped the district / municipal government in Bali to be able to allocate funds for incentives / allowances for non-permanent teachers. This allowance is necessary to supplement the salaries prepared by school so that the overall salary can meet eligibility standards.

“Non-permanent teachers also

play important role in improving the quality of education like what civil servant teachers and permanent teachers of foundation employed at private schools do. On that account, they are also entitled to get a decent income,” he warned.

As reported earlier, the welfare of non-permanent teachers remains to become an unresolved problem.

There is a wide gap between the non-permanent teachers and teachers with the status as civil servant.

In Klungkung District, for example, there are non-permanent teachers that only earn IDR 150,000 per month for teens of years. (kmb13)

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

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

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

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

Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop comes to life for the holidays

NEW YORK — Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle site Goop is alive and well in the analog world. Paltrow, with a hand from the fashion house of Valentino, hosted the media Wednesday at her pop-up shop Goop Mrkt, open through Dec. 24 at The Shops at Columbus Circle in midtown Manhattan’s Time Warner Center.

“It’s so nice for all of us as a company to experience the digital come to life in brick and mortar, and to be able to bring the whole lifestyle piece to an actual physical store,” Paltrow told The Associated Press.

Among the beauty products, housewares and other goods selected by Paltrow for the shop is a playful collection of sparkly, staradorned dresses, jackets, sneakers and accessories from Valentino creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli for the capsule collection dubbed Val-

entino x goop. They’re displayed in the shop under a bright Wonder Woman mural.

“I think of the Wonder Woman aesthetic being like Goop in a dream,” Paltrow said. “It’s kind of like the highest possible end of what we do, you know. And it’s fantasy in a way. It’s really high fashion and it really embodies the luxury aspect of the business.”

She said busy moms like herself must be Wonder Women on a regular basis.

Paltrow said she enjoyed Thanksgiving with her “consciously un-

coupled” ex Chris Martin and their kids, along with singing on Coldplay’s track “Everglow” from the band’s upcoming album.

“We had a really nice time,” she said.

As for Christmas, Paltrow hadn’t given much thought to what she’d like as a gift.

“I wouldn’t mind something from the Valentino collaboration, and I really like that new Apple Watch, the Hermès Apple Watch. I got my eye on that,” she smiled.

Paltrow wore one of the Valentino pieces, a tulle mini-dress.

It’s not the first Goop pop-up.

The company has set them up in Dallas and Chicago in the past.

“It’s a lot of work getting it together for such a short amount of time, but we have a great time doing it,” Paltrow said. (ap)

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Lenny Kravitz turns camera on paparazzi in photo exhibit

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In this image taken from video, Musician Lenny Kravitz stands in front of one of his photos from his exhibit “Flash”, which is running in conjunction with Art Basel in Miami Beach, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Kravitz set out shooting photos on his days off while touring, hoping to capture soulful photographs and people in their environments.

MIAMI — Legendary rocker Lenny Kravitz’s photo exhibit was never meant to turn out the way it did. While shooting photos on his days off from touring, Kravitz set out hoping to capture soulful photographs and people in their everyday environments. But each time he stepped out with his camera, fans followed and paparazzi flocked.

“It started out being a real nuisance because I wanted to shoot.

I wanted time to do my thing and be anonymous,” Kravitz told The Associated Press during a personal tour of his exhibit Wednesday. The black and white collection titled “Flash” runs through Dec. 6 as part of Art Basel Miami Beach.

He blames the social media craze for people forgetting basic manners and respect for one another.

“It’s really weird that people feel they have a right to invade your space in any kind of way.”

After several frustrating encounters, the rocker turned the camera on the crowds and started clicking — almost a joke at first.

But then something changed.

“Life and art is about accepting and taking what you’re organically given ... this is what life is bringing me at this moment, don’t be pissed off about it.”

As he developed the photos, he found himself no longer categorizing the people, but sensing their individual stories in their eyes, expressions and moods.

“I just began to really look into the people” and found “curiosity, happiness, pain, intrigue ... frustration, love, everything, just people, human emotions.”

Kravitz is among dozens of

celebs, including Hilary Swank, Sylvester Stallone, Eva Longoria and Katie Holmes, who are in town for the prestigious art fair, which is an extension of the annual contemporary art fair in Basel, Switzerland. The fair officially opens Thursday, but many independent fairs and star-studded parties are already underway.

Kravitz, who has lived in Miami on and off for decades, said the exhibit also speaks to the culture’s obsession with documenting everything from food to nail art, yet often don’t realize the human connections they’re giving up in return.

It “shows me how lonely and empty and hurt and unloved people feel,” he said, looking every bit a rock star in a suede leopard jacket, blue paisley button down and characteristic sunglasses. (ap)

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Police officers conduct a manhunt after a shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California December 2, 2015. A heavily armed man and woman in their 20s died in a shootout with police after killing 14 people at a Christmas party in California in America’s worst mass shooting in three years, authorities said.

14 killed in California shooting, two suspects dead

SAN BERNARDINO - A heavily armed man and woman in their 20s died in a shootout with police after killing 14 people at a Christmas party in California in America’s worst mass shooting in three years, authorities said.

Police identified the pair as Syed Farook, a 28-year-old US citizen who worked for the local county, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, whose nationality was unknown. They said the suspects were either married or engaged.

Jarrod Burguan, San Bernardino’s police chief, confirmed that both were dead, and that police no longer believed a third suspect mentioned earlier was at large.

The shooters targeted a year-end party taking place at a social services center in San Bernardino, about an hour’s drive east of Los Angeles, killing 14 people and wounding 17 more.

“We don’t have the motive at this point,” the police chief said. “We have not ruled out terrorism.”

The massacre drew an angry response from President Barack Obama, who once again urged Congress to pass tougher gun control measures to stem America’s epidemic of gun violence.

According to Burguan, Farook was an environmental inspector who had worked for the county health department for five years.

He and Malik were dressed in military-style gear and carried assault weapons as they burst into the auditorium where the bloodbath took

place. The hall was let out for the holiday party by the Inland Regional Center for the disabled.

Burguan said Farook had attended the Christmas party organized by the health department and left after an apparent dispute, only to return a short time later with Malik, armed with assault rifles and semiautomatic handguns.

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FACING the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), teachers are required to have broad insights and professionalism. They should have a good quality and capability in order to compete with teachers from overseas.

An education observer, Prof.

Dr. Putu Rumawan Salain said expansion of foreign workers coming to compete for job opportunities in Bali should be addressed seriously. Late response is feared to result in the marginalization and loss of competitiveness of the local labor in Bali. Moreover, the majority of foreign workers have better work ethic and discipline as well as skills needed by businesses or industries in Bali.

According to Rumawan Salain, all the components in Bali must immediately make selfimprovement in order to be ready to face the free and extremely competitive era. A similar commitment should also be carried out by institutions of higher education including vocational high school (SMK) incidentally posing the producer of labor candidates. One of the strategies to be taken is synchronization of educational curriculum package with the demand of job market so that the graduates are really ready to compete.

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