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Don Everly receives ‘special spiritual message’

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Thai protesters march again in bid to bring down government

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The 13th K. Nadha Awards

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The infighting and hard feelings between The Everly Brothers were well-known, but surviving brother Don felt he had a special moment with his brother Phil before Phil’s passing Friday — even if the two weren’t together at the time.

Up Little Susie” remain a shared memory for generations of listeners who were hooked by their deceptively simple harmonies that hid greater meaning in songs that were dark and new compared with the pop music of the day.

The two broke up amid quarrelling in 1973 after 16 years of hits, then reunited in 1983, “sealing it with a hug,” Phil Everly said.

There was a heavy outpouring on social media following Phil Everly’s death, proving The Everly Brothers remain relevant a halfcentury after their first hits.

Don Everly said he didn’t expect to see the day his brother would pass. “I loved my brother very much,” the 76-year-old wrote.

“I always thought I’d be the one to go first. ... The world might be mourning an Everly Brother, but I’m mourning my brother Phil Everly.”

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“I was listening to one of my favorite songs that Phil wrote and had an extreme emotional moment just before I got the news of his passing,” Don Everly wrote in a statement to The Associated Press on Saturday morning. “I took that as a special spiritual message from Phil saying goodbye. Our love was and will always be deeper than any earthly differences we might have had.”

Phil Everly died Friday in California from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 74.

The Everly Brothers were arguably the most influential vocal duo in music history.

They brought their love of country music to rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s and 1960s, transforming the pop charts of the day and inspiring legions of young proto rockers like the Beatles, Bob Dylan and the Byrds who would go on to change popular culture.

Songs like “Bye Bye Love” and “Wake

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FILE - In this Aug. 30, 1997 file photo, Phil and Don Everly sing some of their hits at the 10th annual Everly Brothers Homecoming concert in Central City, Ky.

AMLAPURA - The 13th K. Nadha Awards held at hall of Besakih Temple on Sunday, January 5, 2014. The award goes to Ida Bagus Tantra (Pak Poleng), Tjilik, Drs. R.A.Ng.BA Bayupati, I Ketut Gede Darma Yuda, Djero Wilaja, Ketut Sambereg, and Made Okin Adiyana.

This same award also go to Besakih Customary Village, Penglipuran Village, and Environment NGO, Walhi Bali.

The awards were given to 10 figures from educators, veteran, customary villages, and NGO by Commander of Udayana Military Region, Major General Wisnu Bawa Tenaya flanked by CEO of Bali Post Media Group, Satria Naradha.

Tenaya gave high appreciation to the conferment of this awards

because it give an appreciation to them who, either physically or in the form of thinking, make Bali remains steady and balance.

On the occasion, Bali Post also handed over donation from readers of Bali Post and viewers of Bali TV to people of Karangasem, in the form of water reservoirs and endowment fund for Besakih

Temple.

According to Naradha, recipients of K. Nadha Award gave great example to safeguarding Bali. He hopes people can act together in safeguarding Bali, not only from the negative impact of modernization but also negative act that can destroy the environment. (kmb18)

Steven Seagal says he may run for Ariz. governor Associated Press Writer PHOENIX — Action-movie star Steven Seagal says he is considering a run for Arizona governor. The “Marked for Death” actor told KNXV-TV that he is considering a shot at the state’s highest office and has had a talk about the bid with the selfproclaimed toughest sheriff in America.

The 61-year-old made the comments while talking about his newly released reality series “Steven Seagal - Lawman: Maricopa County.” Seagal teamed up with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for the show that was shot in Arizona and airs on cable TV’s Reelz Channel.

The martial arts expert is a member of Arpaio’s posse, made up of 3,000 unpaid civilians. He also has been deputized with sheriff’s offices in New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana and says he wants to increase border security.

Wisnu Bawa Tenaya fasten a pin to one of K. Nadha Award recipients. The 13th K. Nadha Awards held at hall of Besakih Temple on Sunday, January 5, 2014. The award goes to Ida Bagus Tantra (Pak Poleng), Tjilik, Drs. R.A.Ng.BA Bayupati, I Ketut Gede Darma Yuda, Djero Wilaja, Ketut Sambereg, and Made Okin Adiyana. This same award also go to Besakih Customary Village, Penglipuran Village, and Environment NGO, Walhi Bali.

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Thousands of private car throng Gilimanuk Bali Post

NEGARA - After holiday of the New Year, thousands of travelers wishing to leave Bali thronged Gilimanuk Harbor. A total of 36 vessels alerted to serve the crossing in the Bali Strait were unable to prevent the buildup of thousands of vehicles coming in almost simultaneously.

TABANAN - CAZ Villa & Wellneez is a romantic accommodation nestled amid the green paddy fields. Aside from providing secure and comfortable hideaway, it also offers a natural treatment services. Tranquil atmosphere of the local nature and the aura of every single paddy plant seem to give a new vivacity. The property is located at Telengis hamlet, Bengkel village, Kediri subdistrict, Tabanan. It is far from the urban hustles and bustles, only 45 minutes from the Ngurah Rai Airport, 20 minutes from Echo Beach and 10 minutes from the famous Tanah Lot tourist attraction.

When staying in this villa, our mind will really get refreshed. We can see the magnificence of sunrise and sunset. An unforgettable memory will be created by the ambiance of villa property having a mountain view in the north and the beach with blue seawater in the south. Surely, it will anesthetize visitors luxuriating in the peaceful nature of Bali. The owner, Yanni F., said the villa offered a variety of treatments for tourists.

They were not just treatment, but also served as relaxations and natural healing. The treatment on offer consisted of massage like the aroma, herbal

line began to diminish on Thursday morning (Jan 2). Previously, the buildup of private vehicles had been predicted by the harbor authority and it was anticipated by increasing the number of vessel.

Operational Manager of the ASDP Gilimanuk, Wahyudi Susianto, said that his party estimated the vehicle buildup occurred on Wednesday night, particularly the private vehicles. The line was unavoidable due to their arrival coincided with the freight vehicles and buses. According to him, the number of passengers who crossed on Wednesday night reached 37,000 people and private vehicles reached up to 4,000 units. He said that night was the peak of the New Year’s holiday. (kmb26)

medicine, acupressure, full body scrub, foot relaxing, foot and back, shiatsu and saka.

“We also offer other treatments such as foot reflexology, viginer spa, stretch marks or slimming spa, galvanic facial spa, reiki, hair spa, manicure, pedicure and waxing,” said the woman claiming to manage the villa with her husband Patrick Dado.

In the treatment, explained Yanni, tourists could feel positive energy of each therapy. “It is an effective healing method because it is carried away in traditional way supported by natural ingredients,” she added.

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The cars are waiting in line in Gilimanuk, Jembrana

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Municipal Police dismantle dozens of billboards in Singaraja Bali Post

The officials are dismantling dozens of billboards in Singaraja.

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After New Year’s holiday

As information from local officer at the harbor, the flow of vehicles coming out of Bali had started to be busy since Wednesday afternoon (Jan 1). Increasing number of vehicles came in at night. Flow of the public transport both the interprovincial buses and tourist transport extended the queue inside the vessel.

Even, at night the queue reached the Gilimanuk Market or about one kilometer long. The efforts of the harbor authority to open the ticket booth of freight vehicles for private vehicle could give a little help.

But later at night, the flow of vehicles coming into Gilimanuk increased. Some car drivers assumed to have been overtaken were grumpy and honked one another. Police were made busy to arrange the queue. The

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BULELENG - Dozens of small to jumbo size billboards mounted at a number of strategic locations in the city of Singaraja were dismantled by force by the officers of the Buleleng Municipal Police, Thursday (Jan 2).

In addition, hundreds of posters or banners installed on shade trees were also dismantled in the discipline operation.

The dismantled billboards were known to have no permit of installation or the installation permit had expired. Dismantle of the large-size billboards, among others, were carried out on Jalan Ahmad Yani and in front of the Banjar Bali village office.

Aside from having expired, the billboards were also assessed to protrude to the middle of the road.

Chief of Buleleng Municipal Police, Putu Hartana, explained the disciplining action against the billboards was carried out on the request of the Office of Integrated Services (KPT) of Buleleng. “Since many unlicensed billboards were found lately, we then asked for help of the KPT to discipline the billboards

that do not have permission,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, said his party was indeed necessary to make arrangement against the advertisement posted at strategic locations in Buleleng. All this time, the tax of advertisement received by local government was not comparable to the reality in the field. In addition, his party wanted to organize the appearance of the town so that no more billboards were installed at the locations that could endanger the public.

“Contribution of the advertisement is very small. To that end, we are planning to arrange them in order the look of the town will not be damaged,” he said.

Furthermore, said the regent, the county government would make a special zone for the installation of billboards. Each zone would have different tax rates depending on the degree of strategic zone. “We ask the KPT to make a comparative study to Denpasar city in order to explore and learn about the advertising management in terms of tax rates and placement zoning,” he said. (kmb15)

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1 Jan Buda Kliwon Matal, Kajeng Kliwon And Tilem Sasih Kenam Pura Desa Sukawati Sukawati Pura Pasek Gelgel Gelgel Bebetin Pura Maspahit Sesetan Pura Padharman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih 11 Jan Tumpek Kandang Pura Desa Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Sagening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang 15 Jan Purnama Sasih Kapitu Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjauan Bangli Pura Taman Limut Pengosekan Mas Ubud Pura Benua Besakih Pura Gunung Rena Sidemen Karangasem Pura Pasek Gelgel Abadi Karangasem Pura Pucak Gunung Mangun Kubu Karangasem 16 Jan Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

17 Jan Hari Bhatara Sri 21 Jan Anggara Kasih Prangbakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sidamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Gunung Pangsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Dalem Bitra Gianyar Pura Pura Hyang Haluh/Jenggala Besakih

Pura Tengkulak Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Badung

Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura jala Sidhi amerta Juanda Surabaya

29 Jan Hari Siwaratri

19 Feb Buda Cemeng Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Camenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran ped Nusa Penida Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Kelungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Kedonganan Kuta Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Jati Ubud Pura Melanting Ubud Pura Dalem Peed Nusa Penida Pura Sad Kayangan Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Gunung Karangasem

30 Jan Tilem Sasih Kepitu Pura Buana Kawan Besakih Pura Ulun Kulkul Besakih 31 Jan Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan 5 Feb Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Peninjauan Tembuku Bangli Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Kayangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Taro Tegalalang 6 Feb Pura Dalem Puri Besakih 14 Feb Purnama Sasih Kawulu Pura Dalem Batur Bangli Pura Ida Ratu Pasek Besakih Pura Dalem Suci Sidemen Karangasem Pura Buana Kawan Besakih 15 Feb Tumpek Wayang & Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Pura Pedarman Dalem Sukawati Besakih Pura Pedarman Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarman Kaba-kaba Besakih Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pedarman Dinasti Dalem Besakih

21 Feb Hari Bhatara Sri 25 Feb Anggara Kasih Dukut Pura Dalem Batuyang Batubulan Pura Pasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Undagi Krambitan Tabanan Pura Pucak Taman bedulu Gianyar Pura Puser Jagat Nusa Penida Pura Dalem Purwa Kawan Bangli Pura Desa Ketewel Gianyar 26 Feb Pura Agung Pasek gelgel Sibang Kaja Abian Semal Pura Dalem Samprangan Gianyar

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

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Boats, pearls, crabs: new museum channels Miami Associated Press Writer

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A car dealership worker, right, and a boy clean a used Chinese Geely for sale at a governmentrun dealership in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. This car once was for sale for $5,000 dollars, but the price has risen to as much as $30,000, after a new law took effect eliminating a special permit requirement that has greatly restricted vehicle ownership in the country.

Cubans aghast at car prices as new law kicks in Associated Press Writer

HAVANA — Talk about sticker shock! Cubans are eagerly flocking to Havana car dealerships as a new law takes effect eliminating a special permit requirement that has greatly restricted vehicle ownership in the country. To their dismay on Friday, the first day the law was in force, they found sharply hiked prices, some of them light years beyond all but the most well-heeled islanders.

A new Kia Rio hatchback that starts at $13,600 in the United States sells for $42,000 here, while a fresh-off-the-lot Peugeot 508 family car, the most luxurious of which lists for the equivalent of about $53,000 in the U.K., will set you back a cool $262,000. “Between all my family here in Cuba and over in Miami, we couldn’t come up with that kind of money,” said Gilbert Losada, a 28-year-old musical director. “We’re going to wait and see if they lower the prices, which are really crazy. We’re really disappointed.”

Cuba’s Communist-run government traditionally has placed huge markups on retail goods and services paid for with hard currency, a policy that amounts to a tax on people who can afford such goods. The practice applies to everything from dried pasta, to household appliances, to Internet access. The astronomical sticker prices on the cars will likely mean fewer sales and the state leaving money on the table, noted Philip Peters, a longtime Cuba analyst and president of the Virginia-based Cuba Research Center.

“There’s a lot more money to be

made at lower price points,” Peters said. “It’s a short-sighted tax-man’s mentality. ... Paradoxically, they mark it up so much that they’re not going to make any money. But that’s the mentality.”

Havana legalized the sale of used cars by private individuals in 2011.

But longstanding rules remained in place requiring Cubans to obtain a Transportation Ministry permit to purchase a new or used car from state-run dealerships. Permission took months or years to obtain, resulting in a black market in which car buyers would often quickly flip them for a big profit.

The new law eliminates the need for a permit, but does not allow Cubans to import automobiles directly. The government retains its monopoly on that, and alone decides a vehicle’s market value. Some exceptions will still exist allowing diplomatic missions and foreign entities to import vehicles. The Ferrari-like price schedules for even mundane new cars are a signal that automotive scarcity and high demand will likely continue to reign in Cuba, which is

famous for the 1950s American cars that still rumble through the streets long after they became museum pieces elsewhere.

Because replacing a car is so difficult, those lucky enough to own a finned Detroit classic or a boxy Russian import go to great lengths to keep them on the road as long as possible, swapping in makeshift parts and resorting to creative soldering. At a used car dealership in western Havana on Friday, there were a few relatively affordable options.

A 1997 BMW was the cheapest vehicle and the first to sell shortly after the dealership opened at 8 a.m. It went for $14,457 to a young man who declined to talk to reporters, so it wasn’t known many miles it had previously logged. But even many of the used cars had eye-popping asking prices, such as a 2009 Hyundai minivan that listed for $110,000.

“Let’s see if a revolutionary worker who lives honorably on his salary can come and buy a car at these prices,” said Guillermo Flores, a 27-year-old computer engineer.

“This is a joke on the people.”

MIAMI — Model yachts, rustic fishing boats and wooden rafts dangle above visitors as they step into the new Perez Art Museum Miami. The colorful display is both a playful nod to South Florida’s maritime culture and a somber reference to the perilous journeys many make to get here. It is the perfect entry to a museum that channels the city around it: whimsical, vibrant, brimming with culture from across the Americas - and yes, a work in progress.

The museum, which opened in December, still lacks a permanent blockbuster, but its retrospective of Chinese master and political dissident Ai Weiwei, on display through mid-March, should temporarily satisfy. And the museum’s eclectic and provocative collection, coupled with its bay front location, has quickly turned the PAMM - as locals already call it - into a must-see destination for tourists and natives.

“Our biggest competition down here isn’t the other cultural institutions. It’s the beach, the water,” Museum director Thom Collins said.

“So, rather than compete, the museum embraces its surroundings.”

As in the rest of Miami’s booming downtown, visitors to the Perez Museum are immediately greeted by construction along the museum’s front plaza and at the site of a neighboring science museum, set to open in 2015. Once under the PAMM’s shaded deck, though, Ai Weiwei’s mammoth bronze animal Zodiac Heads welcome guests, and the call of gulls and ocean breezes take over.

The Pritzker Prize-winning Swiss architect firm Herzog & de Meuron took pains to design an airy and hurricane resistant building, with a wide, shaded deck that can serve as the rare outdoor communal space in a city with scorching temperatures and no central park. Beneath the deck’s three-story slatted roof, shrubbery-covered columns hang like an abstract enchanted forest, pumping recaptured rainwater through hidden pipes to further cool the deck.

Inside, strategically placed windows offer views of the beaches and downtown skyline and provide natural light, while an open floor plan ensures future exhibits can be shaped around new acquisitions. No space is wasted: the museum’s center staircase doubles as a theater that can be divided into two auditoriums.

Ai’s retrospective, which includes symbolic crab piles, buckets of pearls, a maze of hundreds of bicycle wheels and an exploration of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, will be followed by a retrospective of Caribbean art and an exhibit by Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes, whose psychedelic color bursts have earned her fame throughout Latin America and Europe.

Collins says that contemporary Latin American artists like Milhazes are sometimes overlooked by major U.S. museums. “Her work is so baroque and sexual, and often in the U.S. we are somewhat puritanical,” he said, “but it will be well received here.”

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In this Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013 photo, Thom Collins, director of the Perez Art Museum Miami, poses for a photograph at the museum standing by a piece by artist Robert Morris called “Untitled (Pine Portal with Mirrors)” in Miami.

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Foreign tourist visits surpass target Antara

DENPASAR - A total of 2.97 million foreign tourists visited the Indonesian island resort of Bali between January and November 2013, thus surpassing the target of 2.8 million, according to local bureau of statistics spokesman Amirudin.

“In December alone around 300 thousand foreign tourists were recorded to have visited

the paradise island, making the number surpass the total target of 2.8 million in 2013,” Amirudin

stated here on Friday.

According to him, the number of foreign tourists visiting Bali

during 11 months from January to November 2013 rose sharply to 11.50 percent from 2.67 million during the same period in the previous year.

“Only around 30,657 foreign tourists visited Bali by cruise ship, while most arrived by flight

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directly from their respective countries to Ngurah Rai airport,” Amirudin noted.

He added that the number of tourists from Australia was still the highest, compared to that from other ASEAN, American, and European countries.

China dominates 77.20 percent of import products Bali Post

DENPASAR - Imported products in Bali during November 2013 stayed to be dominated by goods from China. At least, as much as 77.20 percent or worth USD 42.64 million, imported products from the Bamboo Curtain country recorded the biggest market leader in almost all kinds of products, and then it was followed by Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States.

Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, in the release exposure on the export and import growth during November 2013 on Saturday (Jan 4) recorded that the main commodities imported in November 2013 included machinery/mechanical products, machinery/electrical equipment, essential oil products, cosmetic fragrances, jewelry/gem product and optical device products.

“For essential oil products, they

came to top five products of import commodity. Probably, these products are commonly used for the production of incense,” said Distribution Statistics Division Head of BPS Bali, Amirudin.

An economic observer from Mahasaraswati University Denpasar, Wayan Sujana, said the dependence of Indonesia, especially Bali, on imported products from China was increasingly alarming. Domination

of certain products from China was estimated to continue in line with the population growth while on the other hand the domestic industry producing similar goods had not increased, so the imports continued to rise.

“If there is no serious attention from the government for similar industries, dependence of our import is definitely getting higher. As consequence, it can be ascertained that we are unable to be a host in our own country,” he said.

According to him, although Indonesia had secured the domestic market through a number of instruments, such as through the regulation on the port of entry, implementation of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI) and labeling rules in Indonesian, the fact the import products remained to flood the domestic market. “It proves that the security efforts of domestic products have not been maximized,” he said. (bit)

Price hike of LPG strangles Bali Post

DENPASAR - The price hike of 12-kg LPG cylinder to IDR 122,400 per January 1, 2014 was assessed to strangle small people because the increase determined

by PT Pertamina was beyond the bounds of reasonableness.

“Now, the increase in the price of the 12-kg LPG to over IDR 122,000 highly strangles small people. Previously, the price of the 12-kg LPG was only IDR 76,000,” said a LPG retailer, Nengah Nasih, in Denpasar.

She said the increase was feared to make people switch to buy the 3-kg LPG remaining to be subsidized by the government. “The price of 3-kg LPG has also been increased to IDR 16,500 from IDR 14,000. Moreover, it is only in the level of distributor, not the retail price,” she said.

The price hike of LPG following the fuel was also felt by small and home-based industries. Before their suffering got recovered due to government policies of raising the fuel price, another burden had come.

Wayan Wenten, for instance, a cracker maker, also said that he could not say much to address the policy of Pertamina. “Obviously, it makes us more difficult,” he complained.

It was indeed not easy to deal with the operational cost increase when the people’s purchasing power weakened. Therefore, the complaints

revealed by the LPG users were not without reason.

“At least, there should be a pause after the government decided to announce the price hike of fuel. The price hike of LPG was made too quickly,” he said.

Director of Consumer Protection Foundation (YLPK) of Bali, Putu Armaya, admitted the increase in the price of the 12-kg LPG harmed the consumers in Indonesia, including Bali. “To reduce losses, Pertamina should not burden consumers. The increase will lead to higher price disparities between the 12-kg and 3-kg cylinder,” he said.

Such condition, assessed Putu Armaya, would trigger a massive migration of the LPG use from the 12-kg to 3-kg cylinder. It happened because the difference in the price offered was very high.

“It means the right of the lower middle class people will be ‘robbed’ by the upper middle class. Though the price of 3-kg LPG cylinder also increased, it still indicated the wide range of price disparity,” he said.

According to Putu Armaya, this issue potentially triggered a fraud and smuggling.

As reported previously, PT Pertamina (Persero) raised the price of the 12-kg LPG to IDR 122.400 per January 1, 2014. It was due to the rising cost of LPG in the market and the decline in the rupiah exchange rate.

The new price of non-subsidized

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The price hike of 12-kg LPG cylinder to IDR 122,400 per January 1, 2014 was assessed to strangle small people because the increase determined by PT Pertamina was beyond the bounds of reasonableness.

12-kg LPG increased simultaneously throughout Indonesia with the average increase in the level of consumer of IDR 3,959 per kg.

Earlier, the price of 12-kg LPG was about IDR 75,400-IDR 78,000 per cylinder. The amount of increase in the consumer level would vary based on the distance to the supply point of the SPBBE handover.

Consumption pattern of the non-subsidized 12-kg LPG in the community, especially for families, generally could be used for 1 to 1.5 months. At this time, the price increase would provide additional impact on spending up to IDR 47,000 per month or IDR 1.566 per day.

According to Pertamina, such

condition would not have much effect on the purchasing power of consumers considering the nonsubsidized 12-kg LPG was mostly used by the upper middle class.

For weak-economy consumer society and micro enterprises, the government had provided a cheaper subsidized LPG in 3-kg cylinder. (kmb27)

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Dozens of houses in Kuta submerged in floods

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MANGUPURA - The rain flushing for a few days lately had caused floods in Kuta area. On Thursday (Jan 2), dozens of homes in the vicinity of Jalan Nakula to Sunset Road and Legian to Seminyak flooded. The water height was estimated to reach 70 centimeters.

Maximum water height inundating the residential areas and local villas happened in the morning. The most severe location was on Jalan Nakula leading to Sunset Road, Legian village. Such condition caused a number of residents whose home was most seriously hit by floods, including guests staying at villas, had to be evacuated by inflatable boat. The water began to recede during the day, with a height of about adult knee. In addition to the area of Legian village, some road sections at Seminyak also flooded.

The most severe area was around Gang Baik-Baik.

According to the Emergency and Logistics Division Head of the Badung Regional Mitigation Agency (BPBD), I Putu Ngurah Thomas Yuniarta, the cause of floods was the overflowing stream of Mati River. No fatalities were reported in the incident. Until Thursday afternoon, his party could not estimate the material loss due to the severe floods.

In the disaster mitigation, dozens of joint personnel of the Indonesian Military, BPBD Badung and emergency service response (ESR) of Bali were deployed. Three inflatable boats were also deployed to evacuate residents. In order to anticipate the subsequent floods, the Badung government established a flood shelter at Legian village and remained the alert the officers in the field. Meanwhile, the Head of Kuta subdistrict, I Gede Rai Wijaya, said the location of flood belonged to lowland area and formerly was regularly hit by floods when the water of Mati River overflowed. Nevertheless, he said, the recent flood was not too bad after the government intensively built drainage and sidewalks in Kuta subdistrict. (kmb25)

Glass waste besieges Jungut Batu tourist area SEMARAPURA - Jungut Batu tourist area in Nusa Penida subdistrict, Klungkung, is currently invaded by glass waste. It is quite apprehensive considering the Jungut Batu is destination highly supporting the tourism in Klungkung County. It was revealed when the Head of Klungkung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), Nyoman Rahayu, conveyed the fundamental points of the issues in her agency to the regent in the Office of Klungkung Regent.

Initially, Nyoman Rahayu conveyed that some obstacles were faced at her workplace.

For instance, the agency lacked of employee, waste truck as well as other supporting facilities. In addition, another constraint was the matter of landfill. Regarding the landfill, Nyoman Rahayu stated the existence of landfill in the area of Sente village had been overloaded and needed an expansion. In addition to the mainland, Nyoman Rahayu also expressed the problem related to waste on the islands region, namely at Jungut Batu, Nusa Penida.

She delivered that one of the problems faced by the landfill at Jungut Batu was the number of beverage glass bottles. Even, its number tended to be getting more and more

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Anyhow, Jungut Batu had become a part of world destination in Bali, which was always visited by hundreds of tourists every day.

When receiving the report, the Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, ordered the Head of Klungkung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency to record a variety of issues.

His party would immediately discuss them with other relevant agencies to address the threats that had besieged the Jungut Batu area so the problem could be immediately followed up. In addition, the regent also asked all the janitors to work optimally, considering the sanitation had become a necessity. Nyoman Rahayu was also asked to map out the janitors such as cleaners in order they could be easily controlled and could work optimally.

The regent claimed if he often received a report related to the slow handling of rubbish at a number of locations. He was also furious as his instruction was ignored by the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency.

Considering the rain was accompanied by strong winds, the regent also highlighted to immediately trim the shade trees so as not to endanger road users. (kmb31)

BANGKOK - Thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the Thai capital on Sunday, a prelude to a broader action next week when they say they will shut down Bangkok in their bid to scuttle a February election and topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

The protesters, who accuse Yingluck of being the puppet of her self-exiled brother and former premier, Thaksin Shinawatra, want an appointed “people’s council” to oversee a vague reform platform, which includes electoral reform,

A motorcycle was broke down in the flood in Kuta area

TABANAN - Persistent rain flushing Tabanan triggered a disaster. A merajan or family temple owned by Sumerta, 37, at Tundak hamlet, Mekarsari village, Baturiti, was destroyed by avalanche, Thursday (Jan 2). No victims were reported in the incident.

However, a number of shrines in the merajan were badly damaged. Even, the wall compound was destroyed as well.

The incident occurred around 20:00. Allegedly the unstable land after flushed by rain had caused the revetment over the family temple suddenly avalanched. Due to hard blow, materials of the revetment hit the wall of the family temple. As a result, some of the shrines were instantly damaged. “It was heard a crack sound .... in fact, the collapsed revetment hit the family temple,” he said. At the time of incident, he was at home. Once seen, the materials of avalanche had buried a part of his family temple.

Actually, the revetment owned by the house developer was just completed ten days before.

Due to continued rain, the land was unstable and avalanched. Moreover, it had rained since the past two days. Even, during the incident, the rain was still flushing the location.

The damaged shrines included the taksu,

decentralizing power, and a volunteer police force, over a 12-month period before any future election.

The crisis, an outbreak of turmoil stretching back eight years, began in November and has become a drag on the Thai economy. The baht slid on

Friday to its lowest against the dollar since February 2010 and the benchmark .SETI stock index has lost 15 percent since early November.

Yingluck, her brother and their support base among the rural poor in the populous north and northeast are

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surya, guardian shrine and ancestral shrine. The total loss was estimated to reach IDR 30 million.

The family temple, said Sumerta, was just built in 2011. Due to the incident, he should make a ritual spending not a few budgets. The avalanched revetment, he said, had the height of about 3.5 meters with a length of 15 meters. According to Sumerta, there were no signs if the revetment would collapse. Moreover, the backfill was also new, and had not been handed over by the developer. “Hopefully, the avalanched materials could be immediately evacuated,” he said.

Chief of Baturiti Police, Gede Selonog, justified the incident. He emphasized it was purely due to catastrophic incident. “The rain was indeed torrential. However, it claimed no casualties,” he said after seeing the condition of the avalanche. His party appealed to residents to be vigilant during the rainy season as it was prone to subsequent avalanche.

Similar avalanche also occurred on the highway of Buruan-Senganan leading to Pacung, Baturiti. Around 12:00 a.m., a tree collapsed and hampered the road section. Roots of the tree triggered avalanched and hindered the road. Luckily, people could move fast. Meanwhile, the trunk could be immediately removed so it did not disturb the traffic flows. Length of the avalanche was about 3 meters. (kmb30)

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Security personnel for anti-government protesters line up before a march during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Thousands of anti-government protesters began their campaign Sunday to paralyze the Thai capital Bangkok - the latest tactic in their bid to topple the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

pitted against protesters who draw support from Bangkok’s conservative, royalist elite and middle classes and the south.

Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, a fiery former deputy premier from the main opposition Democrat Party, said marches would be held on Tuesday and Thursday, leading up the January 13 “shutdown”.

That event is shaping up as the biggest confrontation since the latest round of largely peaceful demonstrations began. The protests at times have brought as many as 200,000 people on to the streets, but have also sparked sporadic clashes with police in which three people were killed and scores wounded. “We will keep walking, we won’t stop,” Suthep said on the march. “We will walk until we win and we won’t give up.”

Sunday’s march began at Bangkok’s Democracy Monument, where some supporters had gathered overnight. Suthep said the protesters would set up stages at five rallying points through the city leading up to Jan 13. Suthep was feted by whistleblowing supporters, many of whom handed him cash as he shook hands and walked through the crowd.

The protesters plan to shut down government offices in an attempt to force Yingluck’s administration to a standstill but, mindful of bloody crackdowns on similar protests, they have also said they will minimize the impact on ordinary Thais and will not target airports.

The protests since November have

been the biggest in Thailand since 2010, when mostly “red shirt” supporters of Thaksin tried to bring down a Democrat-led government.Those protests led to a military crackdown in which 91 people were killed.

ELECTION “THE BEST MEDICINE” Yingluck has steadfastly refused to bow to the protesters’ demands and is determined that the election, which her Puea Thai Party is almost certain to win, will go ahead. “I admit that the election may not be a panacea to solve the problems immediately,” Yingluck said in a post on her Facebook page on Sunday. “But the election is the best medicine to help solve conflict under the democratic system.

“I don’t want to see violence as it happened in 2010, or an economic crisis. We should not leave our children to inherit this conflict,” she said.

The government has vowed to roll out 20,000 police and 20 companies of troops to maintain order during the protests. Concurrently, the “red shirts” have also promised to hold rallies outside Bangkok to counter the anti-government group.

Thousands of Puea Thai supporters gathered in a Bangkok suburb on Saturday for the party’s official campaign launch. Pro-Thaksin parties have won every election since 2001, based on their support among the rural poor who have benefited from Thaksin’s populist policies such as cheap healthcare, easy credit and subsidies for rice farmers.

Erdogan denounces ‘judicial coup’ against Turkey

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Istanbul - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hit out against a corruption probe that has dragged down members of his government, calling it an “attempted assassination” and a “judicial coup”. At a luncheon in Istanbul with generally progovernment intellectuals, writers and journalists, Erdogan reiterated his view that shadowy groups in Turkey and abroad are conspiring to oust him from power.

“What they wanted to do was an attempted assassination of the national will,” he said in the address later broadcast on television.

“They tried to carry out a judicial coup in Turkey.... But we are going to oppose this operation, this December 17 plot that targeted the future, the stability of our country,” Erdogan said.

A string of public figures including high-profile businessmen and the sons of three ministers were detained on December 17 over allegations of bribery for construction projects as well as illicit money transfers to sanctions-hit Iran.

Several MPs including a former culture minister have resigned from the ruling party AKP since the raids, which the government has suggested were instigated by supporters of an influential US-based Turkish cleric.

Erdogan was also forced into a major cabinet reshuffle after the resignation of three ministers whose sons were implicated in the probe. The corruption scandal has sparked a fresh wave of protests against Erdogan, half a year after he faced down a series of nationwide anti-government demonstrations.

It has also hurt the economy,

sending the Turkish lira currency to a record low against the dollar and shares tumbling on the Istanbul stock exchange. Erdogan on Saturday expressed confidence that Turkey would overcome its current difficulties and pointed to municipal elections set for March as a test for his government ahead of presidential elections in August.

“We will not allow a cloud to be cast over Turkey’s future,” he vowed. Meanwhile Turkish President Abdullah Gul has promised that any corruption would not be hushed up.

“If acts of corruption are covered up, society will disintegrate,” said Gul on television Friday night.

“Nothing must be hidden. Those who have not committed a crime, have nothing to fear.” Gul and Erdogan were co-founders of the AKP in 2001.

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, speaks with Sakarya University rector Muzaffer Elmas in Sakarya, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013.

Erdogan on Friday faced mounting accusations of trying to cover up a corruption scandal that has implicated his allies after a prosecutor said he was being prevented from expanding a corruption probe.

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Words, but no action yet from ECB Agence France-Presse

FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank looks set to ring in the New Year with interest rates on hold, but will have its work cut out for it in 2014, analysts say.

The ECB’s policy-setting governing council is scheduled to hold its first meeting of this year on Thursday, but central bank watchers are not projecting any new measures just yet after a surprise rate cut in November.

“The ECB’s governing council appears unlikely to make any substantive policy changes at its first policy meeting of the year,” said Jonathan Loynes at Capital Economics.

“But the ongoing combination

of weak economic growth, a damagingly strong currency and poor liquidity conditions will maintain the pressure on the central bank to take further action to support the region’s fragile economic recovery in 2014,” he said.

The ECB took markets by surprise in November and pared back its central “refi” refinancing rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a record low of 0.25 percent.

The reason behind the move was an expectation that the single

currency area is facing a prolonged period of very low inflation.

Area-wide inflation picked up fractionally in November, but analysts believe that does not sound the all-clear and the ECB may have to take further action again at some point.

There is “no immediate need to act,” said Commerzbank economist Michael Schubert.

“ECB council members signalled in recent weeks that they currently see no need for further measures,” the expert said.

“Against this backdrop we expect that at ECB President Mario Draghi will merely emphasise once again that the ECB is ready to act,” Schubert suggested.

In addition to changing interest rates, the ECB could pump more liquidity into the financial system to get credit flowing again between banks and businesses, crucial if any economic upturn is to be sustained.

For the moment, loans to businesses in the euro area are continuing to decline, new ECB data showed on Friday.

Private sector loans dropped by 2.3 percent in November in a yearon-year comparison, after already contracting by 2.2 percent in October, the ECB calculated.

The ECB already pumped more than 1.0 trillion euros ($1.3 trillion) into the banking system at the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 to avert a potentially disastrous

credit crunch.

But the banks preferred to use the ultra-cheap cash to buy up sovereign bonds rather than lend it on to businesses and the ECB is considering ways of channelling the cash directly to businesses if it decides to open the liquidity gates once again.

Berenberg Bank’s Schmieding said the weak credit data did suggest a possible credit crunch.

However, “companies are -- on aggregate -- in such a comfortable financial position that they can reduce their bank loans and increase their cash reserves at the same time. On aggregate, companies do not need credit at the moment,” Schmieding suggested.

Bernanke urges more action to cement economic recovery

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WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who steps down at the end of January, called Friday for more action to ensure the United States recovers from the economic and financial crisis.

In a speech at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bernanke retraced the eight years he spent at the helm of the US central bank as it tackled the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession.

“Needless to say, my tenure has been eventful -- for the Federal Reserve, for the country, and for me personally,” Bernanke said, according to the text of his speech.

“We took extraordinary measures to meet extraordinary economic challenges,” said the chairman, who will be succeeded on February 1 by his vice chair, Janet Yellen, pending her approval by the Senate.

Highlighting that the US unemployment rate fell from 10 percent in 2009 to 7.0 percent recently, Bernanke nevertheless insisted: “Much progress has been made, but more remains to be done. “ The jobless rate “still is elevated,” he said, reiterating concerns about the “unusually high” number of long-term unemployed and declining participation in the labor force, in part probably due to workers discouraged by poor

job prospects.

Bernanke said that an important factor holding back the economy was “disappointing” productivity growth.

He said the Fed’s decision in mid-December to modestly taper its $85 billion a month assetpurchase program did not indicate any lesser commitment to maintain an easy-money policy “for as long as needed.”

Instead, the taper “reflected the progress we have made toward our goal of substantial improvement in the labor market outlook that we set out when we began the current purchase program in September 2012.”

The Fed intends to keep its key interest rate near zero “well past” the time that the unemployment threshold of 6.5 percent is crossed, he said, particularly if inflation continues to run below 2.0 percent.

Bernanke emphasized his efforts to make the central bank more transparent, saying it had been one of his initial goals when he took the post in February 2006, just as the housing price bubble collapsed and triggered the financial crisis.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who steps down at the end of January, called Friday for more action to ensure the United States recovers from the economic and financial crisis.

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ASITA Bali optimistic Bali tourism grows positive Bali Post

DENPASAR - The Association of Indonesia Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA) of Bali Chapter is optimistic that tourism growth in 2014 will be positive compared to the previous year even though the global economy shows a slowing growth.

“In 2014, we remain optimistic there will be an increase in the number of foreign and domestic tourist arrival to Bali. As tourism actors, I hope there will be an attempt to make it happen,” said Chairman of the ASITA Bali, Ketut Ardana, in Denpasar, recently.

He said that such an increase was remarkably needed because the current number of hotel rooms in Bali had exceeded the capacity. As a consequence, it had an impact on the daily occupancy rate of hotels in Bali.

“Daily hotel occupancy in Bali only reaches 60 percent. This figure remains small compared to the number of tourists visiting Bali in 2013 that increased by 13 percent,” he said.

According to him, the number of hotel rooms was larger than the number of tourist arrivals, so the tariff war between the employers was inevitable. Although the government targeted tourist arrivals to Bali amounted to 3.1 million foreign tourists and 6 million domestic tourists, or diminished when compared to the realization in 2013 reaching 3.27 million foreign tourists and 6.5 million domestic tourists. “Nevertheless, we continue to set a target of the increase in tourist arrivals,” he said.

Ketut Ardana said that his party set a target of 5 percent of the actual number of tourist arrival in 2013. “Yes, at least there is an increase, perhaps around 3.3 million tourists. However, we do not want Bali to become a cheap tourism and there must be an increase in quality,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Bali government had targeted 3 million foreign tourist arrivals in 2014. The target was lower than in 2013, which amounted to 3.1 million foreign tourists. (kmb27

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The Association of Indonesia Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA) of Bali Chapter is optimistic that tourism growth in 2014 will be positive compared to the previous year even though the global economy shows a slowing growth.

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Farmers forced to sold low quality grain Bali Post

DENPASAR - High rainfall at the end of 2013 led farmers in Bali to harvest their grain with high enough moisture content.

In December 2013, the price of grain reached the range of IDR 3,973. When compared to the previous months, the average price of harvest dry grain (GKP) in December declined 0.12 percent, while in rice mill level it even increased by 1.43 percent.

“Although the grain producing farmers usually sell grain in the form of harvest dry grain, in this month as many as 35 respondents of 83 respondents monitored by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali scattered in Jembrana, Tabanan, Badung, Gianyar, Klungkung and Buleleng sold low quality grain,” said the Distribution Statistics Division Head of BPS Bali, Amirudin, Saturday (Jan 4).

At the level of farmer, the average

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High rainfall at the end of 2013 led farmers in Bali to harvest their grain with high enough moisture content.

price of grain belonging to GKP quality in December reached IDR 3,973 per kilogram, while in the level of rice mill was IDR 4,118 per kilogram. Even though the price of GKP quality grain in the farmer level decreased, at the level of rice mill the price of grain with the same quality even increased. It was partly caused by high cost of transportation from rice fields to the mill. “In Klungkung, for instance, the transportation cost of grain reached IDR 800 per kilogram as the rice field is located away from road, so farmers have to pay transportation cost from rice field to road nearby and from the road to rice mill,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the highest price of harvest dry grain at farmer level occurred in Buleleng County at IDR 4,300 for Serang variety, while the lowest price occurred in Klungkung County at IDR 3,300 per kilogram for Ciherang variety. “Although selling grain of low quality, the average price of GKP quality grain in December 2013 was above the basic selling price (HPP), namely at IDR 3,300 per kilogram at farmer level and IDR 3,350 per kilogram at rice mill level,” he said. (bit)

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People clear snow from around their cars on a street in Montreal Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 as a winter storm warning has been issued for the region.

Historic freeze could break Midwest temp records Associated Press Writer

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The deep freeze expected soon in the Midwest, New England and even the South will be one to remember, with potential record-low temperatures heightening fears of frostbite and hypothermia. It hasn’t been this cold for decades — 20 years in Washington, D.C., 18 years in Milwaukee, 15 in Missouri — even in the Midwest, where bundling up is second nature. Weather Bell meteorologist Ryan Maue said, “If you’re under 40 (years old), you’ve not seen this stuff before.”

Preceded by snow in much of the Midwest, the frigid air will begin Sunday and extend into early next week, funneled as far south as the Gulf Coast. Blame it on a “polar vortex,” as one meteorologist calls it, a counterclockwise-rotating pool of cold, dense air. “It’s just a large area of very cold air that comes down, forms over the North Pole or polar regions ... usually stays in Canada, but this time it’s going to come all the way into the eastern United States,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Phillip Schumacher in Sioux Falls, S.D. The predictions are startling: 25 below zero in Fargo, N.D., minus 31 in International Falls, Minn., and 15 below in Indianapolis and Chicago. At those temperatures, exposed skin can get frostbitten in minutes and hypothermia can quickly set in as wind chills may reach 50, 60 or even 70 below zero.

Even wind chills of 25 below zero can do serious damage, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Truett in St. Louis. “A person not properly dressed could

die easily in those conditions,” he said of the expected wind chill in Missouri at daybreak Monday.

Already, parts of New England dropped into the negatives Saturday, with East Brighton, Vt., seeing 30 below zero just after midnight and Allagash, Maine, hitting minus 36. The cold will sweep through other parts of New England where residents are digging out from a snowstorm.

Snow will reduce the sun’s heating effect, so nighttime lows will plummet because of the strong northwest winds, Maue said. Fresh snowfall is expected Saturday night, ranging from up to a foot in eastern Missouri and southern Michigan, 6 to 8 inches in central Illinois, 8 or more inches in western Kentucky and up to 6 inches in middle Tennessee.

The South also will dip into temperatures rarely seen. By Monday morning, western and central Kentucky could be below zero — “definitely record-breaking,” said weather service meteorologist Christine Wielgos in Paducah, Ky.

And in Atlanta, Tuesday’s high is expected to hover in the mid20s. The arctic chill will affect everything from sports to schools to flights. Mike Duell, with flighttracking website FlightAware. com, says to expect airport delays and flight cancellations because of the cold temperatures.

“For some of them, they run into limitations on the aircraft.

They’re only certified to take off at temperatures so low so if they get into a particular cold front it can prevent them from being able to legally take off,” he said. “In a lot of cases, it’s just ice.”

Sunday’s NFL playoff game in Green Bay could be among one of the coldest ever played — a frigid minus 2 degrees when the Packers and San Francisco 49ers kickoff at Lambeau Field. Medical experts suggest fans wear at least three layers and drink warm fluids — not alcohol. Minnesota has called off school Monday for the entire state — the first such closing in 17 years — as well as the Wisconsin cities of Milwaukee and Madison.

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police in Bangladesh fired at protesters and opposition activists torched more than 100 polling stations Sunday during a national election boycotted by the opposition and described as flawed by the international community. At least 11 people were killed in election-related violence.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s refusal to heed opposition demands to step down and appoint a neutral caretaker to oversee the election led to the boycott, undermining the legitimacy of the vote. Opposition activists have staged attacks, strikes and transportation blockades in unrest that has left at least 286 people dead since last year.

“We never expected such an election,” said Aminul Islam, a resident of the capital, Dhaka, who refused to vote. “For such a situation, both the government and opposition are responsible.

They don’t want to establish democracy.” Police opened fire to stop protesters from seizing a polling center in Bangladesh’s northern Rangpur district, killing two people, authorities said. In a similar incident in neighboring Nilphamari district, police fired into about two dozen protesters, killing two people.

Police gave no further details, but Dhaka’s Daily Star newspaper said the four men who were killed belonged to the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party. Another seven people were killed in election-related violence elsewhere, including a polling official who was stabbed to death by suspected opposition activists, police said.

Local media reported that attackers torched at least 127 school buildings across Bangladesh in overnight attacks. The buildings were to be used as polling stations. By midmorning Sunday, voting was suspended at least 149 polling centers because of attacks, the election commission said. The opposition boycott led to 153 of Parliament’s 300 elected seats going uncontested.

The European Union, the United States and the British Commonwealth did not send observers for what they considered a flawed election. U.S. State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said that Washington was disappointed that the major political parties had not reached a consensus on a way to hold free, fair and credible elections.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said voter turnout was not immediately known. Local television stations showed mostly empty polling stations in the morning, but turnout improved in the afternoon.

At a polling station in Dhaka’s Mirpur district, only 25 out of 24,000 registered voters cast ballots in the first two hours, with polling officials saying fear of violence and absence of any strong opposition had kept people away.

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A Bangladeshi policeman is reflected on the windshield of a bus as he stands guard during a nationwide 48-hour strike called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a day before general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014.

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INDONESIA President hold meeting discussing gas price hike Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Sunday held a meeting with several ministers following gas price hike starting early January 2014.

The meeting was held at Halim Perdanakusuma airport, half an hour after President Yudhoyono landed from his official visit to East java province.

Among participants of the meeting were Vice President Boediono, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Radjasa, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik, Finance Minister Chatib Basri, Stateowned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan, and CEO of State-owned Oil Company Karen Agustiawan.

“Giving the circumstances, the government think it is necessary to find solution to this problem,” Yudhoyono briefly said.

Pertamina has hiked the selling price of non-subsidized 12-kg cylinders of liquefied petroleum gas by about 68 percent, effective January 1, 2014.

Deputy President of Pertamina’s Communications Affairs Ali Mundakir reported Wednesday that his company had raised the price in an effort to shore up Pertamina’s losses in the 12-kg cylinder gas business, which reached about Rp6 trillion in 2013.

“The new price simultaneously became effective across the country on January 1, 2014. The new price of non-subsidized 12-kg cylinder gas translates to an average in-

crease of Rp3,959 per kg for the consumer,” Mundakir added.

Pertamina increased the price of 12-kilogram LPG by 68 per cent, or from Rp 70,200 to Rp 117,708 per canister, on Wednesday, the first day of the year.

Although Pertamina has set the price, fixed consumer prices in the market vary depending on the proximity between LPG stations and supply points in each area.

Pertamina claimed the pricehike policy needed to be taken because the company had suffered annual losses amounting to Rp 6 trillion from the 12-kilogram LPG canister business.

Mt. Sinabung erupted 77 times since Saturday Antara

MEDAN - Mount Sinabung located in Karo District, North Sumatra, has erupted 77 times and spitted lava since Saturday, according to a local official.

“Since Saturday, until this morning at 6.00 am local time, there have been 77 eruptions,” Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), said in a text message on Sunday.

The mountain spewed volcanic materials at a height of between 500 meters and 4,000 meters in the air.

The volcano also produced hot cloud that spread up to 4,500 meters toward south and southeast directions.

The number of hybrid earthquakes has increased, indicating a process of creating a lava dome of the volcano.

The Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center has kept on monitoring the volcano’s eruption and reported the development of the volcanic activities to the BNPB, the North Sumatra Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and the Karo authorities.

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Slain terror suspects planned US embassy attack Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Six suspected terrorists killed in a New Year’s Eve police raid near Jakarta had planned to carry out a string of attacks targeting the US embassy, a church and Buddhist temples, police said Friday.

Following a nine-hour gun battle with the six men in a house on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital, police seized a hand-written document revealing the group’s targets, national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said.

“Take your pistols, holy warriors, and prepare to attack the US embassy,” Amar said, reading from the document during a press conference. Suicide attacks were also planned, he said.

The document listed “hotels harbouring the CIA” and anti-terror police officers among targets, while National Police Chief Sutarman said the men also planned to attack a church and Buddhist temples to avenge anti-Muslim violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar.

The men are believed to be behind a low-impact bombing on a Buddhist temple last August, which lightly injured one person, police said.

Police linked the men to a cell formerly headed by Abu Roban, a suspected militant killed in a raid last year, and Sutarman said the cell was suspected of having links with Al-Qaeda.

“One of the men, according to documents (seized), was also planning to go to Syria for jihad. He planned to carry out a suicide bombing there,” said Sutarman, who goes by one name.

Indonesia was rocked by several deadly terror attacks in the last decade, including the 2002 bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed 202 people, mostly foreigners.

But only low-impact attacks have been executed in recent years as the country continues a clampdown on terrorism, having dismantled some of the deadliest networks.

Indonesians rescued from faulty boat off Malaysia Agence France-Presse

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Villagers watch as Mount Sinabung releases pyroclastic flow during an eruption in Tiga Kicat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. The 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) volcano has sporadically erupted since September. of Mount Sinabung is at the fourth level or “Warning” status, banning local villagers from doing any activities within the radius of five kilometers from the volcano’s crater.

However, in the southeast direction, the safe radius is seven kilometers, forcing the evacuation of residents of two villages - Pinto Besi and Jeraya, which are located within the radius.

According to Earthquake-Report.Com (http://earthquake-report.

com), the district administration of Karo in Sumatra reported that in the past two months 11 evacuees have died while hundreds more have fallen ill following the eruption of Mt. Sinabung.

Most of the dead evacuees suffered various complications such as breathing difficulties, depression, asthma and hypertension.

The first recorded death was on Nov. 23 while the last death was on Dec. 28, 2013.

KUALA LUMPUR - Some 51 Indonesians who drifted in rough seas for five days after the engine on their rickety boat failed have been rescued by Malaysian authorities, a report said Sunday.

The 34 men, 14 women and three children -- including a twomonth-old girl, are thought to have boarded the fishing boat on December 28 as they tried to sneak out of Malaysia to return to Indonesia’s Sumatra island, The Star reported.

But the vessel suffered engine problems and drifted until maritime personnel spotted it on Thursday off northern Perak state, the report added.

The immigrants were weak from hunger and shaken by bad weather that rocked the boat, Razak Johan -- an official with the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency -- told the paper.

They are now under investigation for trying to illegally leave the country, it said.

Razak and other officials could not immediately be reached for comments.

Around two million Indonesians and others from poorer regional countries are estimated to work illegally in Malaysian plantation, construction, factory and other jobs.

They often use rickety boats to sneak in and out of the Southeast Asian country, and accidents are common.

In August, seven Indonesians died, four were rescued and 33 others went missing -- presumed dead -- when their boat sank in rough seas on their way home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the end of the Muslim fasting month.

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Spurs too good for Paul-less Clippers Associated Press Writer

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio took advantage of Los Angeles being without injured All-Star Chris Paul and comfortably beat the Clippers 116-92 in Saturday’s clash of NBA divisional leaders. The win moved the Spurs into equal second in the Western Conference standings, behind new leader Oklahoma City, which got a super performance from Kevin Durant in its comeback win over Minnesota and moved above Portland, which was narrowly beaten at home by Philadelphia.

Satria Gatot Kaca Statue

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MANGUPURA - Satria Gatot Kaca Statue is one of the magnificent statue in Bali. It is located between the highway of Tuban and Ngurah Rai International Airport. It was developed in 1993 in order to beautify the area around the International Ngurah Rai Airport.

The statue told about war of Bratayudha found in Mahabrata. The story showed Gatot Kaca was fighting against Adipati Karna who was

riding horse while archery Konta weapon.

Though finally he was killed in war, but he is known as a gallant knight and brave in defending the homeland. Community in Bali believes that the statue can provide spiritual protection and security for travelers who are visiting Bali. Besides being a tourist attraction, as well as a form of preserving culture and tradition. Now many tourists take pictures there before continuing the journey in this paradise island.

San Antonio’s Tiago Splitter had 22 points before leaving with a shoulder injury and Tim Duncan added 19 points and 11 rebounds.

Jamal Crawford scored 24 points for the Clippers who missed Paul after he suffered a shoulder injury on Friday against Dallas. Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant scored 23 of his season-high 48 points in the fourth quarter and hit the winner with 4 seconds to play, rallying the Thunder from 13 points down in a 115-111 victory over Minnesota.

Durant went 7 for 11 from the field and hit four 3-pointers in the final quarter, while Derek Fisher scored 13 points for the Thunder, who won despite being outscored 66-46 in the key.

Kevin Love played the entire second half and finished with 30

points, 14 rebounds and five assists for the Wolves. But he missed four free throws in the final 27 seconds to let this one slip away. The last three came when he was fouled on a 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds to go and the Wolves down by two. Indiana, the overall league leader, improved to 26-6 by beating New Orleans 99-82, overcoming a seven-point halftime deficit.

Paul George had 24 points and 10 rebounds to lead four Pacers in double figures, with Lance Stephenson scoring 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting. Indiana went on a 14-0 run over a 4:12 span of the third quarter as the Pelicans missed seven straight field goals. Eric Gordon finished with 21 points for the Pelicans but only four in the second half.

Philadelphia made it four-straight

wins — all on the road — by beating Portland 101-99, led by 30 points from Thaddeus Young.

Evan Turner added 23 points for the 76ers, and rookie Michael Carter-Williams had 16, but fell hard on the court at the final buzzer when he was trying to keep Damian Lillard from scoring the tying basket. After a few moments he got up holding his head.

San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan (21) and Los Angeles Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan (6) reach for a rebound during the second half on an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, in San Antonio.

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Hewitt grinds down Federer to claim Brisbane title

Venus, Stephens opt to rest up ahead of Australian Open

BRISBANE - Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt delighted his home fans when he battled to a typically gutsy 6-1 4-6 6-3 victory over Swiss top seed Roger Federer in the Brisbane International final on Sunday. Federer, who led Hewitt 18-8 in meetings between the former world number ones going into the contest, committed 22 unforced errors on his way to being broken three times in the first set after reaching the final without dropping serve once.

The world number six improved markedly in the second set but a failure to convert seven break opportunities in the third proved costly, as the Australian held on for victory in two hours and seven minutes. The victory secured Hewitt’s first ATP title since Halle in 2010 when he also beat Federer in the final, ending a 15-match losing run against his opponent.

The match was Federer’s last competitive outing before the Australian Open begins on Jan. 13, where the Swiss will be seeking to add to his record 17 grand slam titles with a fifth Melbourne crown.

With next week’s Australian Open in mind, a weary Venus Williams has opted to skip the Hobart International while her American compatriot Sloane Stephens has pulled out of the Sydney International with a minor wrist injury. Following her 6-2 5-7 6-4 defeat to fellow former world number one Ana Ivanovic in the Auckland Classic final on Saturday, Williams withdrew from the Hobart event to recover ahead of the first grand slam of the season beginning next week.

“After a long week during my first tournament of the year, my body needs time to rest and recover,” the 33-year-old Williams told the Hobart International website (www. hobartinternational.com.au).

“Unfortunately, I am not able to play this week in Hobart. I was looking forward to playing in Tasmania and I sincerely do hope to play there in the coming years,” the seven-time grand slam winner added.

Stephens, the world number 12, also saw her preparations for the Australian Open compromised.

“I was having some pain in my wrist and the doctor recommended I not play this week,” the 20-year-old American, a semi-finalist at Melbourne Park a year ago, said. “This is a difficult decision, but the best decision for me and my team to make,” she added.

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Lleyton Hewitt of Australia kisses his trophy after winning the men’s final match 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 against Roger Federer of Switzerland during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014.

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Arsenal beats Tottenham 2-0 in FA Cup derby Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Tottenham fans pelted Arsenal forward Theo Walcott with coins as their team was overpowered 2-0 in a hotly-contested London derby in the FA Cup on Saturday. Arsenal had already scored its goals in the third round fixture when the fierce rivalry turned ugly in the final ten minutes as Walcott was being carried off on a stretcher. knocked out of both domestic cup competitions. But Sherwood has overseen a Premier League revival, collecting 10 out of a possible 12 points as Tottenham has climbed to within two points of the top four, in sixth place.

Looking to maintain that momentum, Sherwood made only one change from the side that won at Manchester United on Wednesday, with 19-yearold midfielder Nabil Bentaleb making his first Tottenham start.

Wenger, though, had the luxury of making five switches from the side that beat Cardiff 2-0 on New Year’s Day and Arsenal still was in the ascendancy throughout. “We had good discipline and were tight at the back,” Wenger said.

“With quick, sharp passing we looked dangerous.”

Ivory Coast striker Traore joins Monaco from Anzhi Reuters

PARIS - Ivory Coast striker Lacina Traore has joined Monaco on a 4-1/2 year deal from Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala, the big-spending Ligue 1 club said on its website (www.asm-fc.com) on Saturday. The 23-year-old, who is 6ft 8in tall, scored 12 goals in 24 games last season after joining Anzhi from Kuban Krasnodar in June 2012.

The financial details of the transfer were not disclosed. Traore is the latest player to leave the struggling Russian club after billionaire owner Suleiman Kerimov cut spending amid frustration with their lack of success since his 2011 takeover. Anzhi are bottom of Russia’s top flight having sold Brazil playmaker Willian and Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o to Chelsea and Russia midfielder Oleg Shatov to Zenit St Petersburg.

Monaco, owned by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, have spent heavily to build a team challenging for the Ligue 1 title and are three points behind leaders Paris St Germain.

Promoted Monaco signed big names like striker Radamel Falcao from Atletico Madrid plus his Colombia team mate James Rodriguez and Portugal’s Joao Moutinho from Porto before the season began.

Traore, who has scored four goals in seven internationals, was in the Ivory Coast squad that lost in last year’s African Nations Cup quarter-finals to eventual winners Nigeria.

Arsenal’s Santi Cazorla celebrates after scoring the first goal of the game during the English FA Cup third round soccer match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium in London, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014.

Atletico wins at Malaga, Report: Eusebio dead at 71 sleeps as Spanish leader after heart failure Associated Press Writer

BARCELONA, Spain — Atletico Madrid needed a second-half goal from midfielder Jorge “Koke” Resurreccion to eke out a 1-0 win at Malaga on Saturday, becoming the overnight leader of the Spanish league as it resumed following the winter break. Atletico built a provisional three-point advantage over Barcelona before the defending champion hosts Elche on Sunday. Barcelona then visits Atletico in the following round.

“We will have to wait and see if Barcelona wins tomorrow to stay leader, as it is accustomed to doing,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone said.

Also, Valencia’s new manager, Juan Antonio Pizzi, debuted with a 2-0 victory at home over crosstown rival Levante. Almeria routed visiting Granada 3-0 to climb four points clear of the relegation zone, and Real Betis remained bottom of the table after a drab 0-0 draw at Valladolid.

Atletico dominated possession but was held in check by Malaga’s five-man defense until Simeone sent on forwards Adrian Lopez and Cristian Rodriguez to join Diego Costa and David Villa up front for the final half hour. Diego Costa failed to add to his league-leading 19 goals, but the striker turned playmaker to unlock the hosts’ stingy defense in the 70th.

Diego Costa slipped the ball to Adrian, whose rebound off goalkeeper Willy Caballero fell for Koke arriving late to rifle through the crowded

area and into the back of the net to claim the winner. “They played a great game in defense but eventually we earned the victory with my goal. That is important for us to take three points back home,” Koke said. “The team believes in what it is doing.” Atletico moved eight points clear of third-place Real Madrid before it hosts Celta Vigo on Monday.

Atletico continued to base its title challenge on Spain’s best defense, which again left its opponent without a clear scoring opportunity. It has conceded a competition-low 11 goals through 18 games. The loss was the first in four rounds for Bernd Schuster’s Malaga, leaving it in the middle of the standings. Schuster defended his strategy of trying to stop Atletico by playing with three central defenders, which arguably hurt its efforts in attack.

“If somebody believes they can play Atletico as equals with what we have, then go ahead, I’ll pay them to do it,” Schuster said. “They are better than we are and didn’t need a great game to beat us.”

Pizzi replaced the fired Miroslav Djukic over the two-week league break, and Valencia responded with a convincing win in the city derby against Levante at its Mestalla Stadium.

After Pablo Piatti drilled in a clearance to put Valencia in front three minutes before halftime, forward Sofiane Feghouli dribbled through the defense and chipped the ball home via the crossbar in the 73rd to put the result beyond doubt.

Too many foreign coaches in England, says Mourinho Reuters

LONDON - There are too many foreign coaches in the Premier League and British candidates should be given more opportunities, Chelsea’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho has said. “In this moment in the Premier League - and I’m speaking against myself - I disagree with so many foreign coaches in this country,” Mourinho told British media.

“I don’t see a reason for that because I don’t feel the English managers are in any point behind the foreign ones.

“But I think if there are no jobs in the country as a manager or a player then you have to go (abroad) because this is a short professional life.

So go and enjoy. You always have the chance to come back as a manager and a player.” There are now nine foreign managers from outside Britain and Ireland in the top flight after Cardiff City this week named Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

to replace Scot Malky Mackay.

There were none in 1992 when the Premier League was launched.

West Bromwich Albion have been considering appointing a Spaniard, ex-Osasuna manager Jose Luis Mendilibar, to succeed another sacked Scot Steve Clarke, British media have reported.

“I have to say, the ones that are coming, and I can analyse (them) one by one, all of them are good coaches and good people and they try to do good jobs for them and for their clubs,” Mourinho was quoted as saying in The Independent on Sunday.

“So I’m not saying these people are not top people or people that don’t deserve to be here the same way I deserve to be here. I just feel sorry that in a football country like England, that is the country of so many managers, they (British managers) are not getting enough jobs in this country.

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Atletico de Madrid’s Diego Costa from Brazil, right, duels for the ball against Malaga’’s Marcos Alberto Angeleri from Argentina, left, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Malaga and Atletico de Madrid at the La Rosaleda stadium in Malaga, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014.

Associated Press Writer

LISBON, Portugal — Eusebio, the Portuguese football star who was born into poverty in Africa but became an international sporting icon and was voted one of the 10 best players of all time, has died of heart failure aged 71, Portuguese media reported. Eusebio died in the early hours of Sunday, Portugal’s national news agency Lusa reported, citing unnamed sources at Benfica, Eusebio’s longtime club. Officals at Benfica and at the Portuguese Football Federation, where Eusebio was an ambassador, could not immediately be reached.

Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portugal captain who plays for Real Madrid, commented on his Facebook page, “Always eternal Eusebio, rest in peace.” Eusebio was admitted to hospital several times over the past year for the treatment of heart and respiratory problems.

Eusebio da Silva Ferreira became affectionately known as the Black Panther for his athletic prowess and clinical finishing that made him one of the world’s top scorers during his heyday in the 1960s for Benfica and the Portuguese national team. Perhaps his biggest accomplishment was to lead Portugal to a third-place finish at the 1966 World Cup, but his agility and speed made him one of Europe’s most dangerous forwards for most of a career that lasted two decades.

He was awarded the Ballon d’Or in 1965 as Europe’s player of the year and twice won the Golden Boot — in 1968 and 1973 — for being top scorer in Europe. According to football’s world governing body FIFA, he scored 679 goals in a total of 678 official games.

None are more famous than those he netted against North Korea in the quarterfinals of the 1966 World Cup. With Portugal trailing 3-0, Eusebio inspired his team’s turnaround with four goals and an eventual 5-3 victory.

While Portugal went on to lose to host and eventual champion England in the semifinals, Eusebio became even more popular at home when he wept openly as he left the field following the defeat. He finished as the tournament’s top scorer with nine goals. In 1998, a panel of 100 experts gathered by FIFA named him in its International Football Hall of Fame as one of the sport’s top 10 all-time greats.

“Look, there are only two black people on the list: me and Pele,” Eusebio commented on the honor, referring to the Brazilian great who was a friend. “I regard that as a great responsibility because I am representing Africa and Portugal, my second homeland.” Eusebio was born in Maputo, the Mozambican capital, during the Second World War when the southeast African country was still a Portuguese colony. He came from a poor family but sparkled for his local team and was lured by Benfica to Portugal when he was 18.

Known for his unpretentious and easy manner as well as his courage and ball skills, his popularity in Portugal was such that in 1964, when Italian clubs offered to buy Eusebio for sums that were astronomical for the time, the country’s then-dictator, Antonio Salazar, decreed that the

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Walcott was injured. Santi Cazorla swept in the opener in the 31st minute, and the second goal came after a further 31 minutes when Tomas Rosicky charged forward from the halfway line before lifting the ball into the net. “We played very collectively and tactically very well,” Rosicky said. “We always have the quality to score goals.”

The victory maintained Arsenal’s bright start to 2014, a year when Wenger will hope to produce the team’s first trophy since the 2005 FA Cup. The Gunners are also top of the Premier League they haven’t won since 2004 and in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Tottenham, though, has only one realistic chance of ending the season with silverware in the second-tier Europa League.

In the three weeks since managerial novice Tim Sherwood replaced Andre Villas-Boas, Spurs have been

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Despite his knee injury, Walcott used his predicament as a chance to taunt the Tottenham fans, signaling the 2-0 score with his fingers as he was carried around the Emirates Stadium pitch. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisted that the gesture came after — not before — Tottenham fans hurled coins and bottles at Walcott and the medics carrying him.

“The doctors said to me that the coins had been raining over (Walcott’s) head and they had to protect him, maybe that is why he did that (gesture),” Wenger said. “After that, what he did is not offensive. You look for every single incident, I can understand that, but it is an action that didn’t offend anybody.”

Arsenal had already done enough to book its place in the fourth round by that stage, seeing out the final minutes with 10 men as its three substitutes had been used before

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Former Portugal and Benfica great Eusebio attends a national team training session during Euro 2012 in Opalenica in this June 15, 2012 file photo. Portuguese great Eusebio, acknowledged as one of soccer’s greatest ever strikers, has died aged 71, Portuguese media reported on January 5, 2014. player was a “national treasure” — meaning that he could not be sold abroad. In a playing career unparalleled in Portugal, Eusebio was a cornerstone of the Benfica team that won back-to-back European titles in the early 1960s.

In an epic European Cup final against Real Madrid in 1962, when a first-half hat trick by Ferenc Puskas looked like it would be enough to secure the trophy for the Spanish club, Eusebio scored the last two goals as the Lisbon team came back to win 5-3 and clinch Benfica’s second straight continental title.

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Arsenal beats Tottenham 2-0 in FA Cup derby Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Tottenham fans pelted Arsenal forward Theo Walcott with coins as their team was overpowered 2-0 in a hotly-contested London derby in the FA Cup on Saturday. Arsenal had already scored its goals in the third round fixture when the fierce rivalry turned ugly in the final ten minutes as Walcott was being carried off on a stretcher. knocked out of both domestic cup competitions. But Sherwood has overseen a Premier League revival, collecting 10 out of a possible 12 points as Tottenham has climbed to within two points of the top four, in sixth place.

Looking to maintain that momentum, Sherwood made only one change from the side that won at Manchester United on Wednesday, with 19-yearold midfielder Nabil Bentaleb making his first Tottenham start.

Wenger, though, had the luxury of making five switches from the side that beat Cardiff 2-0 on New Year’s Day and Arsenal still was in the ascendancy throughout. “We had good discipline and were tight at the back,” Wenger said.

“With quick, sharp passing we looked dangerous.”

Ivory Coast striker Traore joins Monaco from Anzhi Reuters

PARIS - Ivory Coast striker Lacina Traore has joined Monaco on a 4-1/2 year deal from Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala, the big-spending Ligue 1 club said on its website (www.asm-fc.com) on Saturday. The 23-year-old, who is 6ft 8in tall, scored 12 goals in 24 games last season after joining Anzhi from Kuban Krasnodar in June 2012.

The financial details of the transfer were not disclosed. Traore is the latest player to leave the struggling Russian club after billionaire owner Suleiman Kerimov cut spending amid frustration with their lack of success since his 2011 takeover. Anzhi are bottom of Russia’s top flight having sold Brazil playmaker Willian and Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o to Chelsea and Russia midfielder Oleg Shatov to Zenit St Petersburg.

Monaco, owned by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, have spent heavily to build a team challenging for the Ligue 1 title and are three points behind leaders Paris St Germain.

Promoted Monaco signed big names like striker Radamel Falcao from Atletico Madrid plus his Colombia team mate James Rodriguez and Portugal’s Joao Moutinho from Porto before the season began.

Traore, who has scored four goals in seven internationals, was in the Ivory Coast squad that lost in last year’s African Nations Cup quarter-finals to eventual winners Nigeria.

Arsenal’s Santi Cazorla celebrates after scoring the first goal of the game during the English FA Cup third round soccer match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium in London, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014.

Atletico wins at Malaga, Report: Eusebio dead at 71 sleeps as Spanish leader after heart failure Associated Press Writer

BARCELONA, Spain — Atletico Madrid needed a second-half goal from midfielder Jorge “Koke” Resurreccion to eke out a 1-0 win at Malaga on Saturday, becoming the overnight leader of the Spanish league as it resumed following the winter break. Atletico built a provisional three-point advantage over Barcelona before the defending champion hosts Elche on Sunday. Barcelona then visits Atletico in the following round.

“We will have to wait and see if Barcelona wins tomorrow to stay leader, as it is accustomed to doing,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone said.

Also, Valencia’s new manager, Juan Antonio Pizzi, debuted with a 2-0 victory at home over crosstown rival Levante. Almeria routed visiting Granada 3-0 to climb four points clear of the relegation zone, and Real Betis remained bottom of the table after a drab 0-0 draw at Valladolid.

Atletico dominated possession but was held in check by Malaga’s five-man defense until Simeone sent on forwards Adrian Lopez and Cristian Rodriguez to join Diego Costa and David Villa up front for the final half hour. Diego Costa failed to add to his league-leading 19 goals, but the striker turned playmaker to unlock the hosts’ stingy defense in the 70th.

Diego Costa slipped the ball to Adrian, whose rebound off goalkeeper Willy Caballero fell for Koke arriving late to rifle through the crowded

area and into the back of the net to claim the winner. “They played a great game in defense but eventually we earned the victory with my goal. That is important for us to take three points back home,” Koke said. “The team believes in what it is doing.” Atletico moved eight points clear of third-place Real Madrid before it hosts Celta Vigo on Monday.

Atletico continued to base its title challenge on Spain’s best defense, which again left its opponent without a clear scoring opportunity. It has conceded a competition-low 11 goals through 18 games. The loss was the first in four rounds for Bernd Schuster’s Malaga, leaving it in the middle of the standings. Schuster defended his strategy of trying to stop Atletico by playing with three central defenders, which arguably hurt its efforts in attack.

“If somebody believes they can play Atletico as equals with what we have, then go ahead, I’ll pay them to do it,” Schuster said. “They are better than we are and didn’t need a great game to beat us.”

Pizzi replaced the fired Miroslav Djukic over the two-week league break, and Valencia responded with a convincing win in the city derby against Levante at its Mestalla Stadium.

After Pablo Piatti drilled in a clearance to put Valencia in front three minutes before halftime, forward Sofiane Feghouli dribbled through the defense and chipped the ball home via the crossbar in the 73rd to put the result beyond doubt.

Too many foreign coaches in England, says Mourinho Reuters

LONDON - There are too many foreign coaches in the Premier League and British candidates should be given more opportunities, Chelsea’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho has said. “In this moment in the Premier League - and I’m speaking against myself - I disagree with so many foreign coaches in this country,” Mourinho told British media.

“I don’t see a reason for that because I don’t feel the English managers are in any point behind the foreign ones.

“But I think if there are no jobs in the country as a manager or a player then you have to go (abroad) because this is a short professional life.

So go and enjoy. You always have the chance to come back as a manager and a player.” There are now nine foreign managers from outside Britain and Ireland in the top flight after Cardiff City this week named Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

to replace Scot Malky Mackay.

There were none in 1992 when the Premier League was launched.

West Bromwich Albion have been considering appointing a Spaniard, ex-Osasuna manager Jose Luis Mendilibar, to succeed another sacked Scot Steve Clarke, British media have reported.

“I have to say, the ones that are coming, and I can analyse (them) one by one, all of them are good coaches and good people and they try to do good jobs for them and for their clubs,” Mourinho was quoted as saying in The Independent on Sunday.

“So I’m not saying these people are not top people or people that don’t deserve to be here the same way I deserve to be here. I just feel sorry that in a football country like England, that is the country of so many managers, they (British managers) are not getting enough jobs in this country.

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Atletico de Madrid’s Diego Costa from Brazil, right, duels for the ball against Malaga’’s Marcos Alberto Angeleri from Argentina, left, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Malaga and Atletico de Madrid at the La Rosaleda stadium in Malaga, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014.

Associated Press Writer

LISBON, Portugal — Eusebio, the Portuguese football star who was born into poverty in Africa but became an international sporting icon and was voted one of the 10 best players of all time, has died of heart failure aged 71, Portuguese media reported. Eusebio died in the early hours of Sunday, Portugal’s national news agency Lusa reported, citing unnamed sources at Benfica, Eusebio’s longtime club. Officals at Benfica and at the Portuguese Football Federation, where Eusebio was an ambassador, could not immediately be reached.

Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portugal captain who plays for Real Madrid, commented on his Facebook page, “Always eternal Eusebio, rest in peace.” Eusebio was admitted to hospital several times over the past year for the treatment of heart and respiratory problems.

Eusebio da Silva Ferreira became affectionately known as the Black Panther for his athletic prowess and clinical finishing that made him one of the world’s top scorers during his heyday in the 1960s for Benfica and the Portuguese national team. Perhaps his biggest accomplishment was to lead Portugal to a third-place finish at the 1966 World Cup, but his agility and speed made him one of Europe’s most dangerous forwards for most of a career that lasted two decades.

He was awarded the Ballon d’Or in 1965 as Europe’s player of the year and twice won the Golden Boot — in 1968 and 1973 — for being top scorer in Europe. According to football’s world governing body FIFA, he scored 679 goals in a total of 678 official games.

None are more famous than those he netted against North Korea in the quarterfinals of the 1966 World Cup. With Portugal trailing 3-0, Eusebio inspired his team’s turnaround with four goals and an eventual 5-3 victory.

While Portugal went on to lose to host and eventual champion England in the semifinals, Eusebio became even more popular at home when he wept openly as he left the field following the defeat. He finished as the tournament’s top scorer with nine goals. In 1998, a panel of 100 experts gathered by FIFA named him in its International Football Hall of Fame as one of the sport’s top 10 all-time greats.

“Look, there are only two black people on the list: me and Pele,” Eusebio commented on the honor, referring to the Brazilian great who was a friend. “I regard that as a great responsibility because I am representing Africa and Portugal, my second homeland.” Eusebio was born in Maputo, the Mozambican capital, during the Second World War when the southeast African country was still a Portuguese colony. He came from a poor family but sparkled for his local team and was lured by Benfica to Portugal when he was 18.

Known for his unpretentious and easy manner as well as his courage and ball skills, his popularity in Portugal was such that in 1964, when Italian clubs offered to buy Eusebio for sums that were astronomical for the time, the country’s then-dictator, Antonio Salazar, decreed that the

REUTERS/Bartosz Jankowski/Files

Walcott was injured. Santi Cazorla swept in the opener in the 31st minute, and the second goal came after a further 31 minutes when Tomas Rosicky charged forward from the halfway line before lifting the ball into the net. “We played very collectively and tactically very well,” Rosicky said. “We always have the quality to score goals.”

The victory maintained Arsenal’s bright start to 2014, a year when Wenger will hope to produce the team’s first trophy since the 2005 FA Cup. The Gunners are also top of the Premier League they haven’t won since 2004 and in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Tottenham, though, has only one realistic chance of ending the season with silverware in the second-tier Europa League.

In the three weeks since managerial novice Tim Sherwood replaced Andre Villas-Boas, Spurs have been

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Despite his knee injury, Walcott used his predicament as a chance to taunt the Tottenham fans, signaling the 2-0 score with his fingers as he was carried around the Emirates Stadium pitch. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisted that the gesture came after — not before — Tottenham fans hurled coins and bottles at Walcott and the medics carrying him.

“The doctors said to me that the coins had been raining over (Walcott’s) head and they had to protect him, maybe that is why he did that (gesture),” Wenger said. “After that, what he did is not offensive. You look for every single incident, I can understand that, but it is an action that didn’t offend anybody.”

Arsenal had already done enough to book its place in the fourth round by that stage, seeing out the final minutes with 10 men as its three substitutes had been used before

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Former Portugal and Benfica great Eusebio attends a national team training session during Euro 2012 in Opalenica in this June 15, 2012 file photo. Portuguese great Eusebio, acknowledged as one of soccer’s greatest ever strikers, has died aged 71, Portuguese media reported on January 5, 2014. player was a “national treasure” — meaning that he could not be sold abroad. In a playing career unparalleled in Portugal, Eusebio was a cornerstone of the Benfica team that won back-to-back European titles in the early 1960s.

In an epic European Cup final against Real Madrid in 1962, when a first-half hat trick by Ferenc Puskas looked like it would be enough to secure the trophy for the Spanish club, Eusebio scored the last two goals as the Lisbon team came back to win 5-3 and clinch Benfica’s second straight continental title.

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Spurs too good for Paul-less Clippers Associated Press Writer

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio took advantage of Los Angeles being without injured All-Star Chris Paul and comfortably beat the Clippers 116-92 in Saturday’s clash of NBA divisional leaders. The win moved the Spurs into equal second in the Western Conference standings, behind new leader Oklahoma City, which got a super performance from Kevin Durant in its comeback win over Minnesota and moved above Portland, which was narrowly beaten at home by Philadelphia.

Satria Gatot Kaca Statue

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MANGUPURA - Satria Gatot Kaca Statue is one of the magnificent statue in Bali. It is located between the highway of Tuban and Ngurah Rai International Airport. It was developed in 1993 in order to beautify the area around the International Ngurah Rai Airport.

The statue told about war of Bratayudha found in Mahabrata. The story showed Gatot Kaca was fighting against Adipati Karna who was

riding horse while archery Konta weapon.

Though finally he was killed in war, but he is known as a gallant knight and brave in defending the homeland. Community in Bali believes that the statue can provide spiritual protection and security for travelers who are visiting Bali. Besides being a tourist attraction, as well as a form of preserving culture and tradition. Now many tourists take pictures there before continuing the journey in this paradise island.

San Antonio’s Tiago Splitter had 22 points before leaving with a shoulder injury and Tim Duncan added 19 points and 11 rebounds.

Jamal Crawford scored 24 points for the Clippers who missed Paul after he suffered a shoulder injury on Friday against Dallas. Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant scored 23 of his season-high 48 points in the fourth quarter and hit the winner with 4 seconds to play, rallying the Thunder from 13 points down in a 115-111 victory over Minnesota.

Durant went 7 for 11 from the field and hit four 3-pointers in the final quarter, while Derek Fisher scored 13 points for the Thunder, who won despite being outscored 66-46 in the key.

Kevin Love played the entire second half and finished with 30

points, 14 rebounds and five assists for the Wolves. But he missed four free throws in the final 27 seconds to let this one slip away. The last three came when he was fouled on a 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds to go and the Wolves down by two. Indiana, the overall league leader, improved to 26-6 by beating New Orleans 99-82, overcoming a seven-point halftime deficit.

Paul George had 24 points and 10 rebounds to lead four Pacers in double figures, with Lance Stephenson scoring 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting. Indiana went on a 14-0 run over a 4:12 span of the third quarter as the Pelicans missed seven straight field goals. Eric Gordon finished with 21 points for the Pelicans but only four in the second half.

Philadelphia made it four-straight

wins — all on the road — by beating Portland 101-99, led by 30 points from Thaddeus Young.

Evan Turner added 23 points for the 76ers, and rookie Michael Carter-Williams had 16, but fell hard on the court at the final buzzer when he was trying to keep Damian Lillard from scoring the tying basket. After a few moments he got up holding his head.

San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan (21) and Los Angeles Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan (6) reach for a rebound during the second half on an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, in San Antonio.

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Hewitt grinds down Federer to claim Brisbane title

Venus, Stephens opt to rest up ahead of Australian Open

BRISBANE - Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt delighted his home fans when he battled to a typically gutsy 6-1 4-6 6-3 victory over Swiss top seed Roger Federer in the Brisbane International final on Sunday. Federer, who led Hewitt 18-8 in meetings between the former world number ones going into the contest, committed 22 unforced errors on his way to being broken three times in the first set after reaching the final without dropping serve once.

The world number six improved markedly in the second set but a failure to convert seven break opportunities in the third proved costly, as the Australian held on for victory in two hours and seven minutes. The victory secured Hewitt’s first ATP title since Halle in 2010 when he also beat Federer in the final, ending a 15-match losing run against his opponent.

The match was Federer’s last competitive outing before the Australian Open begins on Jan. 13, where the Swiss will be seeking to add to his record 17 grand slam titles with a fifth Melbourne crown.

With next week’s Australian Open in mind, a weary Venus Williams has opted to skip the Hobart International while her American compatriot Sloane Stephens has pulled out of the Sydney International with a minor wrist injury. Following her 6-2 5-7 6-4 defeat to fellow former world number one Ana Ivanovic in the Auckland Classic final on Saturday, Williams withdrew from the Hobart event to recover ahead of the first grand slam of the season beginning next week.

“After a long week during my first tournament of the year, my body needs time to rest and recover,” the 33-year-old Williams told the Hobart International website (www. hobartinternational.com.au).

“Unfortunately, I am not able to play this week in Hobart. I was looking forward to playing in Tasmania and I sincerely do hope to play there in the coming years,” the seven-time grand slam winner added.

Stephens, the world number 12, also saw her preparations for the Australian Open compromised.

“I was having some pain in my wrist and the doctor recommended I not play this week,” the 20-year-old American, a semi-finalist at Melbourne Park a year ago, said. “This is a difficult decision, but the best decision for me and my team to make,” she added.

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Lleyton Hewitt of Australia kisses his trophy after winning the men’s final match 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 against Roger Federer of Switzerland during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014.

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People clear snow from around their cars on a street in Montreal Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 as a winter storm warning has been issued for the region.

Historic freeze could break Midwest temp records Associated Press Writer

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The deep freeze expected soon in the Midwest, New England and even the South will be one to remember, with potential record-low temperatures heightening fears of frostbite and hypothermia. It hasn’t been this cold for decades — 20 years in Washington, D.C., 18 years in Milwaukee, 15 in Missouri — even in the Midwest, where bundling up is second nature. Weather Bell meteorologist Ryan Maue said, “If you’re under 40 (years old), you’ve not seen this stuff before.”

Preceded by snow in much of the Midwest, the frigid air will begin Sunday and extend into early next week, funneled as far south as the Gulf Coast. Blame it on a “polar vortex,” as one meteorologist calls it, a counterclockwise-rotating pool of cold, dense air. “It’s just a large area of very cold air that comes down, forms over the North Pole or polar regions ... usually stays in Canada, but this time it’s going to come all the way into the eastern United States,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Phillip Schumacher in Sioux Falls, S.D. The predictions are startling: 25 below zero in Fargo, N.D., minus 31 in International Falls, Minn., and 15 below in Indianapolis and Chicago. At those temperatures, exposed skin can get frostbitten in minutes and hypothermia can quickly set in as wind chills may reach 50, 60 or even 70 below zero.

Even wind chills of 25 below zero can do serious damage, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Truett in St. Louis. “A person not properly dressed could

die easily in those conditions,” he said of the expected wind chill in Missouri at daybreak Monday.

Already, parts of New England dropped into the negatives Saturday, with East Brighton, Vt., seeing 30 below zero just after midnight and Allagash, Maine, hitting minus 36. The cold will sweep through other parts of New England where residents are digging out from a snowstorm.

Snow will reduce the sun’s heating effect, so nighttime lows will plummet because of the strong northwest winds, Maue said. Fresh snowfall is expected Saturday night, ranging from up to a foot in eastern Missouri and southern Michigan, 6 to 8 inches in central Illinois, 8 or more inches in western Kentucky and up to 6 inches in middle Tennessee.

The South also will dip into temperatures rarely seen. By Monday morning, western and central Kentucky could be below zero — “definitely record-breaking,” said weather service meteorologist Christine Wielgos in Paducah, Ky.

And in Atlanta, Tuesday’s high is expected to hover in the mid20s. The arctic chill will affect everything from sports to schools to flights. Mike Duell, with flighttracking website FlightAware. com, says to expect airport delays and flight cancellations because of the cold temperatures.

“For some of them, they run into limitations on the aircraft.

They’re only certified to take off at temperatures so low so if they get into a particular cold front it can prevent them from being able to legally take off,” he said. “In a lot of cases, it’s just ice.”

Sunday’s NFL playoff game in Green Bay could be among one of the coldest ever played — a frigid minus 2 degrees when the Packers and San Francisco 49ers kickoff at Lambeau Field. Medical experts suggest fans wear at least three layers and drink warm fluids — not alcohol. Minnesota has called off school Monday for the entire state — the first such closing in 17 years — as well as the Wisconsin cities of Milwaukee and Madison.

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police in Bangladesh fired at protesters and opposition activists torched more than 100 polling stations Sunday during a national election boycotted by the opposition and described as flawed by the international community. At least 11 people were killed in election-related violence.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s refusal to heed opposition demands to step down and appoint a neutral caretaker to oversee the election led to the boycott, undermining the legitimacy of the vote. Opposition activists have staged attacks, strikes and transportation blockades in unrest that has left at least 286 people dead since last year.

“We never expected such an election,” said Aminul Islam, a resident of the capital, Dhaka, who refused to vote. “For such a situation, both the government and opposition are responsible.

They don’t want to establish democracy.” Police opened fire to stop protesters from seizing a polling center in Bangladesh’s northern Rangpur district, killing two people, authorities said. In a similar incident in neighboring Nilphamari district, police fired into about two dozen protesters, killing two people.

Police gave no further details, but Dhaka’s Daily Star newspaper said the four men who were killed belonged to the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party. Another seven people were killed in election-related violence elsewhere, including a polling official who was stabbed to death by suspected opposition activists, police said.

Local media reported that attackers torched at least 127 school buildings across Bangladesh in overnight attacks. The buildings were to be used as polling stations. By midmorning Sunday, voting was suspended at least 149 polling centers because of attacks, the election commission said. The opposition boycott led to 153 of Parliament’s 300 elected seats going uncontested.

The European Union, the United States and the British Commonwealth did not send observers for what they considered a flawed election. U.S. State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said that Washington was disappointed that the major political parties had not reached a consensus on a way to hold free, fair and credible elections.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said voter turnout was not immediately known. Local television stations showed mostly empty polling stations in the morning, but turnout improved in the afternoon.

At a polling station in Dhaka’s Mirpur district, only 25 out of 24,000 registered voters cast ballots in the first two hours, with polling officials saying fear of violence and absence of any strong opposition had kept people away.

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A Bangladeshi policeman is reflected on the windshield of a bus as he stands guard during a nationwide 48-hour strike called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a day before general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014.

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INDONESIA President hold meeting discussing gas price hike Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Sunday held a meeting with several ministers following gas price hike starting early January 2014.

The meeting was held at Halim Perdanakusuma airport, half an hour after President Yudhoyono landed from his official visit to East java province.

Among participants of the meeting were Vice President Boediono, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Radjasa, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik, Finance Minister Chatib Basri, Stateowned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan, and CEO of State-owned Oil Company Karen Agustiawan.

“Giving the circumstances, the government think it is necessary to find solution to this problem,” Yudhoyono briefly said.

Pertamina has hiked the selling price of non-subsidized 12-kg cylinders of liquefied petroleum gas by about 68 percent, effective January 1, 2014.

Deputy President of Pertamina’s Communications Affairs Ali Mundakir reported Wednesday that his company had raised the price in an effort to shore up Pertamina’s losses in the 12-kg cylinder gas business, which reached about Rp6 trillion in 2013.

“The new price simultaneously became effective across the country on January 1, 2014. The new price of non-subsidized 12-kg cylinder gas translates to an average in-

crease of Rp3,959 per kg for the consumer,” Mundakir added.

Pertamina increased the price of 12-kilogram LPG by 68 per cent, or from Rp 70,200 to Rp 117,708 per canister, on Wednesday, the first day of the year.

Although Pertamina has set the price, fixed consumer prices in the market vary depending on the proximity between LPG stations and supply points in each area.

Pertamina claimed the pricehike policy needed to be taken because the company had suffered annual losses amounting to Rp 6 trillion from the 12-kilogram LPG canister business.

Mt. Sinabung erupted 77 times since Saturday Antara

MEDAN - Mount Sinabung located in Karo District, North Sumatra, has erupted 77 times and spitted lava since Saturday, according to a local official.

“Since Saturday, until this morning at 6.00 am local time, there have been 77 eruptions,” Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), said in a text message on Sunday.

The mountain spewed volcanic materials at a height of between 500 meters and 4,000 meters in the air.

The volcano also produced hot cloud that spread up to 4,500 meters toward south and southeast directions.

The number of hybrid earthquakes has increased, indicating a process of creating a lava dome of the volcano.

The Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center has kept on monitoring the volcano’s eruption and reported the development of the volcanic activities to the BNPB, the North Sumatra Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and the Karo authorities.

The current emergency status

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Slain terror suspects planned US embassy attack Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Six suspected terrorists killed in a New Year’s Eve police raid near Jakarta had planned to carry out a string of attacks targeting the US embassy, a church and Buddhist temples, police said Friday.

Following a nine-hour gun battle with the six men in a house on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital, police seized a hand-written document revealing the group’s targets, national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said.

“Take your pistols, holy warriors, and prepare to attack the US embassy,” Amar said, reading from the document during a press conference. Suicide attacks were also planned, he said.

The document listed “hotels harbouring the CIA” and anti-terror police officers among targets, while National Police Chief Sutarman said the men also planned to attack a church and Buddhist temples to avenge anti-Muslim violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar.

The men are believed to be behind a low-impact bombing on a Buddhist temple last August, which lightly injured one person, police said.

Police linked the men to a cell formerly headed by Abu Roban, a suspected militant killed in a raid last year, and Sutarman said the cell was suspected of having links with Al-Qaeda.

“One of the men, according to documents (seized), was also planning to go to Syria for jihad. He planned to carry out a suicide bombing there,” said Sutarman, who goes by one name.

Indonesia was rocked by several deadly terror attacks in the last decade, including the 2002 bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed 202 people, mostly foreigners.

But only low-impact attacks have been executed in recent years as the country continues a clampdown on terrorism, having dismantled some of the deadliest networks.

Indonesians rescued from faulty boat off Malaysia Agence France-Presse

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Villagers watch as Mount Sinabung releases pyroclastic flow during an eruption in Tiga Kicat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. The 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) volcano has sporadically erupted since September. of Mount Sinabung is at the fourth level or “Warning” status, banning local villagers from doing any activities within the radius of five kilometers from the volcano’s crater.

However, in the southeast direction, the safe radius is seven kilometers, forcing the evacuation of residents of two villages - Pinto Besi and Jeraya, which are located within the radius.

According to Earthquake-Report.Com (http://earthquake-report.

com), the district administration of Karo in Sumatra reported that in the past two months 11 evacuees have died while hundreds more have fallen ill following the eruption of Mt. Sinabung.

Most of the dead evacuees suffered various complications such as breathing difficulties, depression, asthma and hypertension.

The first recorded death was on Nov. 23 while the last death was on Dec. 28, 2013.

KUALA LUMPUR - Some 51 Indonesians who drifted in rough seas for five days after the engine on their rickety boat failed have been rescued by Malaysian authorities, a report said Sunday.

The 34 men, 14 women and three children -- including a twomonth-old girl, are thought to have boarded the fishing boat on December 28 as they tried to sneak out of Malaysia to return to Indonesia’s Sumatra island, The Star reported.

But the vessel suffered engine problems and drifted until maritime personnel spotted it on Thursday off northern Perak state, the report added.

The immigrants were weak from hunger and shaken by bad weather that rocked the boat, Razak Johan -- an official with the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency -- told the paper.

They are now under investigation for trying to illegally leave the country, it said.

Razak and other officials could not immediately be reached for comments.

Around two million Indonesians and others from poorer regional countries are estimated to work illegally in Malaysian plantation, construction, factory and other jobs.

They often use rickety boats to sneak in and out of the Southeast Asian country, and accidents are common.

In August, seven Indonesians died, four were rescued and 33 others went missing -- presumed dead -- when their boat sank in rough seas on their way home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the end of the Muslim fasting month.

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Words, but no action yet from ECB Agence France-Presse

FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank looks set to ring in the New Year with interest rates on hold, but will have its work cut out for it in 2014, analysts say.

The ECB’s policy-setting governing council is scheduled to hold its first meeting of this year on Thursday, but central bank watchers are not projecting any new measures just yet after a surprise rate cut in November.

“The ECB’s governing council appears unlikely to make any substantive policy changes at its first policy meeting of the year,” said Jonathan Loynes at Capital Economics.

“But the ongoing combination

of weak economic growth, a damagingly strong currency and poor liquidity conditions will maintain the pressure on the central bank to take further action to support the region’s fragile economic recovery in 2014,” he said.

The ECB took markets by surprise in November and pared back its central “refi” refinancing rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a record low of 0.25 percent.

The reason behind the move was an expectation that the single

currency area is facing a prolonged period of very low inflation.

Area-wide inflation picked up fractionally in November, but analysts believe that does not sound the all-clear and the ECB may have to take further action again at some point.

There is “no immediate need to act,” said Commerzbank economist Michael Schubert.

“ECB council members signalled in recent weeks that they currently see no need for further measures,” the expert said.

“Against this backdrop we expect that at ECB President Mario Draghi will merely emphasise once again that the ECB is ready to act,” Schubert suggested.

In addition to changing interest rates, the ECB could pump more liquidity into the financial system to get credit flowing again between banks and businesses, crucial if any economic upturn is to be sustained.

For the moment, loans to businesses in the euro area are continuing to decline, new ECB data showed on Friday.

Private sector loans dropped by 2.3 percent in November in a yearon-year comparison, after already contracting by 2.2 percent in October, the ECB calculated.

The ECB already pumped more than 1.0 trillion euros ($1.3 trillion) into the banking system at the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 to avert a potentially disastrous

credit crunch.

But the banks preferred to use the ultra-cheap cash to buy up sovereign bonds rather than lend it on to businesses and the ECB is considering ways of channelling the cash directly to businesses if it decides to open the liquidity gates once again.

Berenberg Bank’s Schmieding said the weak credit data did suggest a possible credit crunch.

However, “companies are -- on aggregate -- in such a comfortable financial position that they can reduce their bank loans and increase their cash reserves at the same time. On aggregate, companies do not need credit at the moment,” Schmieding suggested.

Bernanke urges more action to cement economic recovery

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WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who steps down at the end of January, called Friday for more action to ensure the United States recovers from the economic and financial crisis.

In a speech at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bernanke retraced the eight years he spent at the helm of the US central bank as it tackled the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession.

“Needless to say, my tenure has been eventful -- for the Federal Reserve, for the country, and for me personally,” Bernanke said, according to the text of his speech.

“We took extraordinary measures to meet extraordinary economic challenges,” said the chairman, who will be succeeded on February 1 by his vice chair, Janet Yellen, pending her approval by the Senate.

Highlighting that the US unemployment rate fell from 10 percent in 2009 to 7.0 percent recently, Bernanke nevertheless insisted: “Much progress has been made, but more remains to be done. “ The jobless rate “still is elevated,” he said, reiterating concerns about the “unusually high” number of long-term unemployed and declining participation in the labor force, in part probably due to workers discouraged by poor

job prospects.

Bernanke said that an important factor holding back the economy was “disappointing” productivity growth.

He said the Fed’s decision in mid-December to modestly taper its $85 billion a month assetpurchase program did not indicate any lesser commitment to maintain an easy-money policy “for as long as needed.”

Instead, the taper “reflected the progress we have made toward our goal of substantial improvement in the labor market outlook that we set out when we began the current purchase program in September 2012.”

The Fed intends to keep its key interest rate near zero “well past” the time that the unemployment threshold of 6.5 percent is crossed, he said, particularly if inflation continues to run below 2.0 percent.

Bernanke emphasized his efforts to make the central bank more transparent, saying it had been one of his initial goals when he took the post in February 2006, just as the housing price bubble collapsed and triggered the financial crisis.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who steps down at the end of January, called Friday for more action to ensure the United States recovers from the economic and financial crisis.

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ASITA Bali optimistic Bali tourism grows positive Bali Post

DENPASAR - The Association of Indonesia Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA) of Bali Chapter is optimistic that tourism growth in 2014 will be positive compared to the previous year even though the global economy shows a slowing growth.

“In 2014, we remain optimistic there will be an increase in the number of foreign and domestic tourist arrival to Bali. As tourism actors, I hope there will be an attempt to make it happen,” said Chairman of the ASITA Bali, Ketut Ardana, in Denpasar, recently.

He said that such an increase was remarkably needed because the current number of hotel rooms in Bali had exceeded the capacity. As a consequence, it had an impact on the daily occupancy rate of hotels in Bali.

“Daily hotel occupancy in Bali only reaches 60 percent. This figure remains small compared to the number of tourists visiting Bali in 2013 that increased by 13 percent,” he said.

According to him, the number of hotel rooms was larger than the number of tourist arrivals, so the tariff war between the employers was inevitable. Although the government targeted tourist arrivals to Bali amounted to 3.1 million foreign tourists and 6 million domestic tourists, or diminished when compared to the realization in 2013 reaching 3.27 million foreign tourists and 6.5 million domestic tourists. “Nevertheless, we continue to set a target of the increase in tourist arrivals,” he said.

Ketut Ardana said that his party set a target of 5 percent of the actual number of tourist arrival in 2013. “Yes, at least there is an increase, perhaps around 3.3 million tourists. However, we do not want Bali to become a cheap tourism and there must be an increase in quality,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Bali government had targeted 3 million foreign tourist arrivals in 2014. The target was lower than in 2013, which amounted to 3.1 million foreign tourists. (kmb27

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The Association of Indonesia Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA) of Bali Chapter is optimistic that tourism growth in 2014 will be positive compared to the previous year even though the global economy shows a slowing growth.

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Farmers forced to sold low quality grain Bali Post

DENPASAR - High rainfall at the end of 2013 led farmers in Bali to harvest their grain with high enough moisture content.

In December 2013, the price of grain reached the range of IDR 3,973. When compared to the previous months, the average price of harvest dry grain (GKP) in December declined 0.12 percent, while in rice mill level it even increased by 1.43 percent.

“Although the grain producing farmers usually sell grain in the form of harvest dry grain, in this month as many as 35 respondents of 83 respondents monitored by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali scattered in Jembrana, Tabanan, Badung, Gianyar, Klungkung and Buleleng sold low quality grain,” said the Distribution Statistics Division Head of BPS Bali, Amirudin, Saturday (Jan 4).

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High rainfall at the end of 2013 led farmers in Bali to harvest their grain with high enough moisture content.

price of grain belonging to GKP quality in December reached IDR 3,973 per kilogram, while in the level of rice mill was IDR 4,118 per kilogram. Even though the price of GKP quality grain in the farmer level decreased, at the level of rice mill the price of grain with the same quality even increased. It was partly caused by high cost of transportation from rice fields to the mill. “In Klungkung, for instance, the transportation cost of grain reached IDR 800 per kilogram as the rice field is located away from road, so farmers have to pay transportation cost from rice field to road nearby and from the road to rice mill,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the highest price of harvest dry grain at farmer level occurred in Buleleng County at IDR 4,300 for Serang variety, while the lowest price occurred in Klungkung County at IDR 3,300 per kilogram for Ciherang variety. “Although selling grain of low quality, the average price of GKP quality grain in December 2013 was above the basic selling price (HPP), namely at IDR 3,300 per kilogram at farmer level and IDR 3,350 per kilogram at rice mill level,” he said. (bit)

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Dozens of houses in Kuta submerged in floods

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MANGUPURA - The rain flushing for a few days lately had caused floods in Kuta area. On Thursday (Jan 2), dozens of homes in the vicinity of Jalan Nakula to Sunset Road and Legian to Seminyak flooded. The water height was estimated to reach 70 centimeters.

Maximum water height inundating the residential areas and local villas happened in the morning. The most severe location was on Jalan Nakula leading to Sunset Road, Legian village. Such condition caused a number of residents whose home was most seriously hit by floods, including guests staying at villas, had to be evacuated by inflatable boat. The water began to recede during the day, with a height of about adult knee. In addition to the area of Legian village, some road sections at Seminyak also flooded.

The most severe area was around Gang Baik-Baik.

According to the Emergency and Logistics Division Head of the Badung Regional Mitigation Agency (BPBD), I Putu Ngurah Thomas Yuniarta, the cause of floods was the overflowing stream of Mati River. No fatalities were reported in the incident. Until Thursday afternoon, his party could not estimate the material loss due to the severe floods.

In the disaster mitigation, dozens of joint personnel of the Indonesian Military, BPBD Badung and emergency service response (ESR) of Bali were deployed. Three inflatable boats were also deployed to evacuate residents. In order to anticipate the subsequent floods, the Badung government established a flood shelter at Legian village and remained the alert the officers in the field. Meanwhile, the Head of Kuta subdistrict, I Gede Rai Wijaya, said the location of flood belonged to lowland area and formerly was regularly hit by floods when the water of Mati River overflowed. Nevertheless, he said, the recent flood was not too bad after the government intensively built drainage and sidewalks in Kuta subdistrict. (kmb25)

Glass waste besieges Jungut Batu tourist area SEMARAPURA - Jungut Batu tourist area in Nusa Penida subdistrict, Klungkung, is currently invaded by glass waste. It is quite apprehensive considering the Jungut Batu is destination highly supporting the tourism in Klungkung County. It was revealed when the Head of Klungkung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), Nyoman Rahayu, conveyed the fundamental points of the issues in her agency to the regent in the Office of Klungkung Regent.

Initially, Nyoman Rahayu conveyed that some obstacles were faced at her workplace.

For instance, the agency lacked of employee, waste truck as well as other supporting facilities. In addition, another constraint was the matter of landfill. Regarding the landfill, Nyoman Rahayu stated the existence of landfill in the area of Sente village had been overloaded and needed an expansion. In addition to the mainland, Nyoman Rahayu also expressed the problem related to waste on the islands region, namely at Jungut Batu, Nusa Penida.

She delivered that one of the problems faced by the landfill at Jungut Batu was the number of beverage glass bottles. Even, its number tended to be getting more and more

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and was very worrying. She expected to get the right solution to address the issues.

Anyhow, Jungut Batu had become a part of world destination in Bali, which was always visited by hundreds of tourists every day.

When receiving the report, the Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, ordered the Head of Klungkung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency to record a variety of issues.

His party would immediately discuss them with other relevant agencies to address the threats that had besieged the Jungut Batu area so the problem could be immediately followed up. In addition, the regent also asked all the janitors to work optimally, considering the sanitation had become a necessity. Nyoman Rahayu was also asked to map out the janitors such as cleaners in order they could be easily controlled and could work optimally.

The regent claimed if he often received a report related to the slow handling of rubbish at a number of locations. He was also furious as his instruction was ignored by the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency.

Considering the rain was accompanied by strong winds, the regent also highlighted to immediately trim the shade trees so as not to endanger road users. (kmb31)

BANGKOK - Thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the Thai capital on Sunday, a prelude to a broader action next week when they say they will shut down Bangkok in their bid to scuttle a February election and topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

The protesters, who accuse Yingluck of being the puppet of her self-exiled brother and former premier, Thaksin Shinawatra, want an appointed “people’s council” to oversee a vague reform platform, which includes electoral reform,

A motorcycle was broke down in the flood in Kuta area

TABANAN - Persistent rain flushing Tabanan triggered a disaster. A merajan or family temple owned by Sumerta, 37, at Tundak hamlet, Mekarsari village, Baturiti, was destroyed by avalanche, Thursday (Jan 2). No victims were reported in the incident.

However, a number of shrines in the merajan were badly damaged. Even, the wall compound was destroyed as well.

The incident occurred around 20:00. Allegedly the unstable land after flushed by rain had caused the revetment over the family temple suddenly avalanched. Due to hard blow, materials of the revetment hit the wall of the family temple. As a result, some of the shrines were instantly damaged. “It was heard a crack sound .... in fact, the collapsed revetment hit the family temple,” he said. At the time of incident, he was at home. Once seen, the materials of avalanche had buried a part of his family temple.

Actually, the revetment owned by the house developer was just completed ten days before.

Due to continued rain, the land was unstable and avalanched. Moreover, it had rained since the past two days. Even, during the incident, the rain was still flushing the location.

The damaged shrines included the taksu,

decentralizing power, and a volunteer police force, over a 12-month period before any future election.

The crisis, an outbreak of turmoil stretching back eight years, began in November and has become a drag on the Thai economy. The baht slid on

Friday to its lowest against the dollar since February 2010 and the benchmark .SETI stock index has lost 15 percent since early November.

Yingluck, her brother and their support base among the rural poor in the populous north and northeast are

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surya, guardian shrine and ancestral shrine. The total loss was estimated to reach IDR 30 million.

The family temple, said Sumerta, was just built in 2011. Due to the incident, he should make a ritual spending not a few budgets. The avalanched revetment, he said, had the height of about 3.5 meters with a length of 15 meters. According to Sumerta, there were no signs if the revetment would collapse. Moreover, the backfill was also new, and had not been handed over by the developer. “Hopefully, the avalanched materials could be immediately evacuated,” he said.

Chief of Baturiti Police, Gede Selonog, justified the incident. He emphasized it was purely due to catastrophic incident. “The rain was indeed torrential. However, it claimed no casualties,” he said after seeing the condition of the avalanche. His party appealed to residents to be vigilant during the rainy season as it was prone to subsequent avalanche.

Similar avalanche also occurred on the highway of Buruan-Senganan leading to Pacung, Baturiti. Around 12:00 a.m., a tree collapsed and hampered the road section. Roots of the tree triggered avalanched and hindered the road. Luckily, people could move fast. Meanwhile, the trunk could be immediately removed so it did not disturb the traffic flows. Length of the avalanche was about 3 meters. (kmb30)

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Security personnel for anti-government protesters line up before a march during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Thousands of anti-government protesters began their campaign Sunday to paralyze the Thai capital Bangkok - the latest tactic in their bid to topple the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

pitted against protesters who draw support from Bangkok’s conservative, royalist elite and middle classes and the south.

Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, a fiery former deputy premier from the main opposition Democrat Party, said marches would be held on Tuesday and Thursday, leading up the January 13 “shutdown”.

That event is shaping up as the biggest confrontation since the latest round of largely peaceful demonstrations began. The protests at times have brought as many as 200,000 people on to the streets, but have also sparked sporadic clashes with police in which three people were killed and scores wounded. “We will keep walking, we won’t stop,” Suthep said on the march. “We will walk until we win and we won’t give up.”

Sunday’s march began at Bangkok’s Democracy Monument, where some supporters had gathered overnight. Suthep said the protesters would set up stages at five rallying points through the city leading up to Jan 13. Suthep was feted by whistleblowing supporters, many of whom handed him cash as he shook hands and walked through the crowd.

The protesters plan to shut down government offices in an attempt to force Yingluck’s administration to a standstill but, mindful of bloody crackdowns on similar protests, they have also said they will minimize the impact on ordinary Thais and will not target airports.

The protests since November have

been the biggest in Thailand since 2010, when mostly “red shirt” supporters of Thaksin tried to bring down a Democrat-led government.Those protests led to a military crackdown in which 91 people were killed.

ELECTION “THE BEST MEDICINE” Yingluck has steadfastly refused to bow to the protesters’ demands and is determined that the election, which her Puea Thai Party is almost certain to win, will go ahead. “I admit that the election may not be a panacea to solve the problems immediately,” Yingluck said in a post on her Facebook page on Sunday. “But the election is the best medicine to help solve conflict under the democratic system.

“I don’t want to see violence as it happened in 2010, or an economic crisis. We should not leave our children to inherit this conflict,” she said.

The government has vowed to roll out 20,000 police and 20 companies of troops to maintain order during the protests. Concurrently, the “red shirts” have also promised to hold rallies outside Bangkok to counter the anti-government group.

Thousands of Puea Thai supporters gathered in a Bangkok suburb on Saturday for the party’s official campaign launch. Pro-Thaksin parties have won every election since 2001, based on their support among the rural poor who have benefited from Thaksin’s populist policies such as cheap healthcare, easy credit and subsidies for rice farmers.

Erdogan denounces ‘judicial coup’ against Turkey

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Istanbul - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hit out against a corruption probe that has dragged down members of his government, calling it an “attempted assassination” and a “judicial coup”. At a luncheon in Istanbul with generally progovernment intellectuals, writers and journalists, Erdogan reiterated his view that shadowy groups in Turkey and abroad are conspiring to oust him from power.

“What they wanted to do was an attempted assassination of the national will,” he said in the address later broadcast on television.

“They tried to carry out a judicial coup in Turkey.... But we are going to oppose this operation, this December 17 plot that targeted the future, the stability of our country,” Erdogan said.

A string of public figures including high-profile businessmen and the sons of three ministers were detained on December 17 over allegations of bribery for construction projects as well as illicit money transfers to sanctions-hit Iran.

Several MPs including a former culture minister have resigned from the ruling party AKP since the raids, which the government has suggested were instigated by supporters of an influential US-based Turkish cleric.

Erdogan was also forced into a major cabinet reshuffle after the resignation of three ministers whose sons were implicated in the probe. The corruption scandal has sparked a fresh wave of protests against Erdogan, half a year after he faced down a series of nationwide anti-government demonstrations.

It has also hurt the economy,

sending the Turkish lira currency to a record low against the dollar and shares tumbling on the Istanbul stock exchange. Erdogan on Saturday expressed confidence that Turkey would overcome its current difficulties and pointed to municipal elections set for March as a test for his government ahead of presidential elections in August.

“We will not allow a cloud to be cast over Turkey’s future,” he vowed. Meanwhile Turkish President Abdullah Gul has promised that any corruption would not be hushed up.

“If acts of corruption are covered up, society will disintegrate,” said Gul on television Friday night.

“Nothing must be hidden. Those who have not committed a crime, have nothing to fear.” Gul and Erdogan were co-founders of the AKP in 2001.

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, speaks with Sakarya University rector Muzaffer Elmas in Sakarya, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013.

Erdogan on Friday faced mounting accusations of trying to cover up a corruption scandal that has implicated his allies after a prosecutor said he was being prevented from expanding a corruption probe.

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Boats, pearls, crabs: new museum channels Miami Associated Press Writer

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A car dealership worker, right, and a boy clean a used Chinese Geely for sale at a governmentrun dealership in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. This car once was for sale for $5,000 dollars, but the price has risen to as much as $30,000, after a new law took effect eliminating a special permit requirement that has greatly restricted vehicle ownership in the country.

Cubans aghast at car prices as new law kicks in Associated Press Writer

HAVANA — Talk about sticker shock! Cubans are eagerly flocking to Havana car dealerships as a new law takes effect eliminating a special permit requirement that has greatly restricted vehicle ownership in the country. To their dismay on Friday, the first day the law was in force, they found sharply hiked prices, some of them light years beyond all but the most well-heeled islanders.

A new Kia Rio hatchback that starts at $13,600 in the United States sells for $42,000 here, while a fresh-off-the-lot Peugeot 508 family car, the most luxurious of which lists for the equivalent of about $53,000 in the U.K., will set you back a cool $262,000. “Between all my family here in Cuba and over in Miami, we couldn’t come up with that kind of money,” said Gilbert Losada, a 28-year-old musical director. “We’re going to wait and see if they lower the prices, which are really crazy. We’re really disappointed.”

Cuba’s Communist-run government traditionally has placed huge markups on retail goods and services paid for with hard currency, a policy that amounts to a tax on people who can afford such goods. The practice applies to everything from dried pasta, to household appliances, to Internet access. The astronomical sticker prices on the cars will likely mean fewer sales and the state leaving money on the table, noted Philip Peters, a longtime Cuba analyst and president of the Virginia-based Cuba Research Center.

“There’s a lot more money to be

made at lower price points,” Peters said. “It’s a short-sighted tax-man’s mentality. ... Paradoxically, they mark it up so much that they’re not going to make any money. But that’s the mentality.”

Havana legalized the sale of used cars by private individuals in 2011.

But longstanding rules remained in place requiring Cubans to obtain a Transportation Ministry permit to purchase a new or used car from state-run dealerships. Permission took months or years to obtain, resulting in a black market in which car buyers would often quickly flip them for a big profit.

The new law eliminates the need for a permit, but does not allow Cubans to import automobiles directly. The government retains its monopoly on that, and alone decides a vehicle’s market value. Some exceptions will still exist allowing diplomatic missions and foreign entities to import vehicles. The Ferrari-like price schedules for even mundane new cars are a signal that automotive scarcity and high demand will likely continue to reign in Cuba, which is

famous for the 1950s American cars that still rumble through the streets long after they became museum pieces elsewhere.

Because replacing a car is so difficult, those lucky enough to own a finned Detroit classic or a boxy Russian import go to great lengths to keep them on the road as long as possible, swapping in makeshift parts and resorting to creative soldering. At a used car dealership in western Havana on Friday, there were a few relatively affordable options.

A 1997 BMW was the cheapest vehicle and the first to sell shortly after the dealership opened at 8 a.m. It went for $14,457 to a young man who declined to talk to reporters, so it wasn’t known many miles it had previously logged. But even many of the used cars had eye-popping asking prices, such as a 2009 Hyundai minivan that listed for $110,000.

“Let’s see if a revolutionary worker who lives honorably on his salary can come and buy a car at these prices,” said Guillermo Flores, a 27-year-old computer engineer.

“This is a joke on the people.”

MIAMI — Model yachts, rustic fishing boats and wooden rafts dangle above visitors as they step into the new Perez Art Museum Miami. The colorful display is both a playful nod to South Florida’s maritime culture and a somber reference to the perilous journeys many make to get here. It is the perfect entry to a museum that channels the city around it: whimsical, vibrant, brimming with culture from across the Americas - and yes, a work in progress.

The museum, which opened in December, still lacks a permanent blockbuster, but its retrospective of Chinese master and political dissident Ai Weiwei, on display through mid-March, should temporarily satisfy. And the museum’s eclectic and provocative collection, coupled with its bay front location, has quickly turned the PAMM - as locals already call it - into a must-see destination for tourists and natives.

“Our biggest competition down here isn’t the other cultural institutions. It’s the beach, the water,” Museum director Thom Collins said.

“So, rather than compete, the museum embraces its surroundings.”

As in the rest of Miami’s booming downtown, visitors to the Perez Museum are immediately greeted by construction along the museum’s front plaza and at the site of a neighboring science museum, set to open in 2015. Once under the PAMM’s shaded deck, though, Ai Weiwei’s mammoth bronze animal Zodiac Heads welcome guests, and the call of gulls and ocean breezes take over.

The Pritzker Prize-winning Swiss architect firm Herzog & de Meuron took pains to design an airy and hurricane resistant building, with a wide, shaded deck that can serve as the rare outdoor communal space in a city with scorching temperatures and no central park. Beneath the deck’s three-story slatted roof, shrubbery-covered columns hang like an abstract enchanted forest, pumping recaptured rainwater through hidden pipes to further cool the deck.

Inside, strategically placed windows offer views of the beaches and downtown skyline and provide natural light, while an open floor plan ensures future exhibits can be shaped around new acquisitions. No space is wasted: the museum’s center staircase doubles as a theater that can be divided into two auditoriums.

Ai’s retrospective, which includes symbolic crab piles, buckets of pearls, a maze of hundreds of bicycle wheels and an exploration of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, will be followed by a retrospective of Caribbean art and an exhibit by Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes, whose psychedelic color bursts have earned her fame throughout Latin America and Europe.

Collins says that contemporary Latin American artists like Milhazes are sometimes overlooked by major U.S. museums. “Her work is so baroque and sexual, and often in the U.S. we are somewhat puritanical,” he said, “but it will be well received here.”

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In this Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013 photo, Thom Collins, director of the Perez Art Museum Miami, poses for a photograph at the museum standing by a piece by artist Robert Morris called “Untitled (Pine Portal with Mirrors)” in Miami.

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Foreign tourist visits surpass target Antara

DENPASAR - A total of 2.97 million foreign tourists visited the Indonesian island resort of Bali between January and November 2013, thus surpassing the target of 2.8 million, according to local bureau of statistics spokesman Amirudin.

“In December alone around 300 thousand foreign tourists were recorded to have visited

the paradise island, making the number surpass the total target of 2.8 million in 2013,” Amirudin

stated here on Friday.

According to him, the number of foreign tourists visiting Bali

during 11 months from January to November 2013 rose sharply to 11.50 percent from 2.67 million during the same period in the previous year.

“Only around 30,657 foreign tourists visited Bali by cruise ship, while most arrived by flight

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directly from their respective countries to Ngurah Rai airport,” Amirudin noted.

He added that the number of tourists from Australia was still the highest, compared to that from other ASEAN, American, and European countries.

China dominates 77.20 percent of import products Bali Post

DENPASAR - Imported products in Bali during November 2013 stayed to be dominated by goods from China. At least, as much as 77.20 percent or worth USD 42.64 million, imported products from the Bamboo Curtain country recorded the biggest market leader in almost all kinds of products, and then it was followed by Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States.

Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, in the release exposure on the export and import growth during November 2013 on Saturday (Jan 4) recorded that the main commodities imported in November 2013 included machinery/mechanical products, machinery/electrical equipment, essential oil products, cosmetic fragrances, jewelry/gem product and optical device products.

“For essential oil products, they

came to top five products of import commodity. Probably, these products are commonly used for the production of incense,” said Distribution Statistics Division Head of BPS Bali, Amirudin.

An economic observer from Mahasaraswati University Denpasar, Wayan Sujana, said the dependence of Indonesia, especially Bali, on imported products from China was increasingly alarming. Domination

of certain products from China was estimated to continue in line with the population growth while on the other hand the domestic industry producing similar goods had not increased, so the imports continued to rise.

“If there is no serious attention from the government for similar industries, dependence of our import is definitely getting higher. As consequence, it can be ascertained that we are unable to be a host in our own country,” he said.

According to him, although Indonesia had secured the domestic market through a number of instruments, such as through the regulation on the port of entry, implementation of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI) and labeling rules in Indonesian, the fact the import products remained to flood the domestic market. “It proves that the security efforts of domestic products have not been maximized,” he said. (bit)

Price hike of LPG strangles Bali Post

DENPASAR - The price hike of 12-kg LPG cylinder to IDR 122,400 per January 1, 2014 was assessed to strangle small people because the increase determined

by PT Pertamina was beyond the bounds of reasonableness.

“Now, the increase in the price of the 12-kg LPG to over IDR 122,000 highly strangles small people. Previously, the price of the 12-kg LPG was only IDR 76,000,” said a LPG retailer, Nengah Nasih, in Denpasar.

She said the increase was feared to make people switch to buy the 3-kg LPG remaining to be subsidized by the government. “The price of 3-kg LPG has also been increased to IDR 16,500 from IDR 14,000. Moreover, it is only in the level of distributor, not the retail price,” she said.

The price hike of LPG following the fuel was also felt by small and home-based industries. Before their suffering got recovered due to government policies of raising the fuel price, another burden had come.

Wayan Wenten, for instance, a cracker maker, also said that he could not say much to address the policy of Pertamina. “Obviously, it makes us more difficult,” he complained.

It was indeed not easy to deal with the operational cost increase when the people’s purchasing power weakened. Therefore, the complaints

revealed by the LPG users were not without reason.

“At least, there should be a pause after the government decided to announce the price hike of fuel. The price hike of LPG was made too quickly,” he said.

Director of Consumer Protection Foundation (YLPK) of Bali, Putu Armaya, admitted the increase in the price of the 12-kg LPG harmed the consumers in Indonesia, including Bali. “To reduce losses, Pertamina should not burden consumers. The increase will lead to higher price disparities between the 12-kg and 3-kg cylinder,” he said.

Such condition, assessed Putu Armaya, would trigger a massive migration of the LPG use from the 12-kg to 3-kg cylinder. It happened because the difference in the price offered was very high.

“It means the right of the lower middle class people will be ‘robbed’ by the upper middle class. Though the price of 3-kg LPG cylinder also increased, it still indicated the wide range of price disparity,” he said.

According to Putu Armaya, this issue potentially triggered a fraud and smuggling.

As reported previously, PT Pertamina (Persero) raised the price of the 12-kg LPG to IDR 122.400 per January 1, 2014. It was due to the rising cost of LPG in the market and the decline in the rupiah exchange rate.

The new price of non-subsidized

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The price hike of 12-kg LPG cylinder to IDR 122,400 per January 1, 2014 was assessed to strangle small people because the increase determined by PT Pertamina was beyond the bounds of reasonableness.

12-kg LPG increased simultaneously throughout Indonesia with the average increase in the level of consumer of IDR 3,959 per kg.

Earlier, the price of 12-kg LPG was about IDR 75,400-IDR 78,000 per cylinder. The amount of increase in the consumer level would vary based on the distance to the supply point of the SPBBE handover.

Consumption pattern of the non-subsidized 12-kg LPG in the community, especially for families, generally could be used for 1 to 1.5 months. At this time, the price increase would provide additional impact on spending up to IDR 47,000 per month or IDR 1.566 per day.

According to Pertamina, such

condition would not have much effect on the purchasing power of consumers considering the nonsubsidized 12-kg LPG was mostly used by the upper middle class.

For weak-economy consumer society and micro enterprises, the government had provided a cheaper subsidized LPG in 3-kg cylinder. (kmb27)

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Thousands of private car throng Gilimanuk Bali Post

NEGARA - After holiday of the New Year, thousands of travelers wishing to leave Bali thronged Gilimanuk Harbor. A total of 36 vessels alerted to serve the crossing in the Bali Strait were unable to prevent the buildup of thousands of vehicles coming in almost simultaneously.

TABANAN - CAZ Villa & Wellneez is a romantic accommodation nestled amid the green paddy fields. Aside from providing secure and comfortable hideaway, it also offers a natural treatment services. Tranquil atmosphere of the local nature and the aura of every single paddy plant seem to give a new vivacity. The property is located at Telengis hamlet, Bengkel village, Kediri subdistrict, Tabanan. It is far from the urban hustles and bustles, only 45 minutes from the Ngurah Rai Airport, 20 minutes from Echo Beach and 10 minutes from the famous Tanah Lot tourist attraction.

When staying in this villa, our mind will really get refreshed. We can see the magnificence of sunrise and sunset. An unforgettable memory will be created by the ambiance of villa property having a mountain view in the north and the beach with blue seawater in the south. Surely, it will anesthetize visitors luxuriating in the peaceful nature of Bali. The owner, Yanni F., said the villa offered a variety of treatments for tourists.

They were not just treatment, but also served as relaxations and natural healing. The treatment on offer consisted of massage like the aroma, herbal

line began to diminish on Thursday morning (Jan 2). Previously, the buildup of private vehicles had been predicted by the harbor authority and it was anticipated by increasing the number of vessel.

Operational Manager of the ASDP Gilimanuk, Wahyudi Susianto, said that his party estimated the vehicle buildup occurred on Wednesday night, particularly the private vehicles. The line was unavoidable due to their arrival coincided with the freight vehicles and buses. According to him, the number of passengers who crossed on Wednesday night reached 37,000 people and private vehicles reached up to 4,000 units. He said that night was the peak of the New Year’s holiday. (kmb26)

medicine, acupressure, full body scrub, foot relaxing, foot and back, shiatsu and saka.

“We also offer other treatments such as foot reflexology, viginer spa, stretch marks or slimming spa, galvanic facial spa, reiki, hair spa, manicure, pedicure and waxing,” said the woman claiming to manage the villa with her husband Patrick Dado.

In the treatment, explained Yanni, tourists could feel positive energy of each therapy. “It is an effective healing method because it is carried away in traditional way supported by natural ingredients,” she added.

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The cars are waiting in line in Gilimanuk, Jembrana

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Municipal Police dismantle dozens of billboards in Singaraja Bali Post

The officials are dismantling dozens of billboards in Singaraja.

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Natural healing at CAZ Villa Tabanan

After New Year’s holiday

As information from local officer at the harbor, the flow of vehicles coming out of Bali had started to be busy since Wednesday afternoon (Jan 1). Increasing number of vehicles came in at night. Flow of the public transport both the interprovincial buses and tourist transport extended the queue inside the vessel.

Even, at night the queue reached the Gilimanuk Market or about one kilometer long. The efforts of the harbor authority to open the ticket booth of freight vehicles for private vehicle could give a little help.

But later at night, the flow of vehicles coming into Gilimanuk increased. Some car drivers assumed to have been overtaken were grumpy and honked one another. Police were made busy to arrange the queue. The

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BULELENG - Dozens of small to jumbo size billboards mounted at a number of strategic locations in the city of Singaraja were dismantled by force by the officers of the Buleleng Municipal Police, Thursday (Jan 2).

In addition, hundreds of posters or banners installed on shade trees were also dismantled in the discipline operation.

The dismantled billboards were known to have no permit of installation or the installation permit had expired. Dismantle of the large-size billboards, among others, were carried out on Jalan Ahmad Yani and in front of the Banjar Bali village office.

Aside from having expired, the billboards were also assessed to protrude to the middle of the road.

Chief of Buleleng Municipal Police, Putu Hartana, explained the disciplining action against the billboards was carried out on the request of the Office of Integrated Services (KPT) of Buleleng. “Since many unlicensed billboards were found lately, we then asked for help of the KPT to discipline the billboards

that do not have permission,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, said his party was indeed necessary to make arrangement against the advertisement posted at strategic locations in Buleleng. All this time, the tax of advertisement received by local government was not comparable to the reality in the field. In addition, his party wanted to organize the appearance of the town so that no more billboards were installed at the locations that could endanger the public.

“Contribution of the advertisement is very small. To that end, we are planning to arrange them in order the look of the town will not be damaged,” he said.

Furthermore, said the regent, the county government would make a special zone for the installation of billboards. Each zone would have different tax rates depending on the degree of strategic zone. “We ask the KPT to make a comparative study to Denpasar city in order to explore and learn about the advertising management in terms of tax rates and placement zoning,” he said. (kmb15)

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1 Jan Buda Kliwon Matal, Kajeng Kliwon And Tilem Sasih Kenam Pura Desa Sukawati Sukawati Pura Pasek Gelgel Gelgel Bebetin Pura Maspahit Sesetan Pura Padharman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih 11 Jan Tumpek Kandang Pura Desa Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Sagening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang 15 Jan Purnama Sasih Kapitu Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjauan Bangli Pura Taman Limut Pengosekan Mas Ubud Pura Benua Besakih Pura Gunung Rena Sidemen Karangasem Pura Pasek Gelgel Abadi Karangasem Pura Pucak Gunung Mangun Kubu Karangasem 16 Jan Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

17 Jan Hari Bhatara Sri 21 Jan Anggara Kasih Prangbakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa Klungkung Pura Tirtha Sidamala Bebalang Bangli Pura Gunung Pangsong Lombok Pura Dalem Benawah Gianyar Pura Dalem Bitra Gianyar Pura Pura Hyang Haluh/Jenggala Besakih

Pura Tengkulak Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Badung

Pura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura jala Sidhi amerta Juanda Surabaya

29 Jan Hari Siwaratri

19 Feb Buda Cemeng Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Camenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran ped Nusa Penida Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Sanding Tampak Siring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Kelungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Kedonganan Kuta Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Pura Jati Ubud Pura Melanting Ubud Pura Dalem Peed Nusa Penida Pura Sad Kayangan Nusa Penida Pura Penataran Agung Gunung Karangasem

30 Jan Tilem Sasih Kepitu Pura Buana Kawan Besakih Pura Ulun Kulkul Besakih 31 Jan Kajeng Kliwon Enyitan 5 Feb Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Peninjauan Tembuku Bangli Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Kayangan Tiga Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Taro Tegalalang 6 Feb Pura Dalem Puri Besakih 14 Feb Purnama Sasih Kawulu Pura Dalem Batur Bangli Pura Ida Ratu Pasek Besakih Pura Dalem Suci Sidemen Karangasem Pura Buana Kawan Besakih 15 Feb Tumpek Wayang & Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit Jembrana Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Pura Pedarman Dalem Sukawati Besakih Pura Pedarman Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarman Kaba-kaba Besakih Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Pedarman Dinasti Dalem Besakih

21 Feb Hari Bhatara Sri 25 Feb Anggara Kasih Dukut Pura Dalem Batuyang Batubulan Pura Pasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Undagi Krambitan Tabanan Pura Pucak Taman bedulu Gianyar Pura Puser Jagat Nusa Penida Pura Dalem Purwa Kawan Bangli Pura Desa Ketewel Gianyar 26 Feb Pura Agung Pasek gelgel Sibang Kaja Abian Semal Pura Dalem Samprangan Gianyar

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

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Monday, January 6, 2014

Don Everly receives ‘special spiritual message’

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Thai protesters march again in bid to bring down government

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The 13th K. Nadha Awards

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The infighting and hard feelings between The Everly Brothers were well-known, but surviving brother Don felt he had a special moment with his brother Phil before Phil’s passing Friday — even if the two weren’t together at the time.

Up Little Susie” remain a shared memory for generations of listeners who were hooked by their deceptively simple harmonies that hid greater meaning in songs that were dark and new compared with the pop music of the day.

The two broke up amid quarrelling in 1973 after 16 years of hits, then reunited in 1983, “sealing it with a hug,” Phil Everly said.

There was a heavy outpouring on social media following Phil Everly’s death, proving The Everly Brothers remain relevant a halfcentury after their first hits.

Don Everly said he didn’t expect to see the day his brother would pass. “I loved my brother very much,” the 76-year-old wrote.

“I always thought I’d be the one to go first. ... The world might be mourning an Everly Brother, but I’m mourning my brother Phil Everly.”

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“I was listening to one of my favorite songs that Phil wrote and had an extreme emotional moment just before I got the news of his passing,” Don Everly wrote in a statement to The Associated Press on Saturday morning. “I took that as a special spiritual message from Phil saying goodbye. Our love was and will always be deeper than any earthly differences we might have had.”

Phil Everly died Friday in California from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 74.

The Everly Brothers were arguably the most influential vocal duo in music history.

They brought their love of country music to rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s and 1960s, transforming the pop charts of the day and inspiring legions of young proto rockers like the Beatles, Bob Dylan and the Byrds who would go on to change popular culture.

Songs like “Bye Bye Love” and “Wake

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FILE - In this Aug. 30, 1997 file photo, Phil and Don Everly sing some of their hits at the 10th annual Everly Brothers Homecoming concert in Central City, Ky.

AMLAPURA - The 13th K. Nadha Awards held at hall of Besakih Temple on Sunday, January 5, 2014. The award goes to Ida Bagus Tantra (Pak Poleng), Tjilik, Drs. R.A.Ng.BA Bayupati, I Ketut Gede Darma Yuda, Djero Wilaja, Ketut Sambereg, and Made Okin Adiyana.

This same award also go to Besakih Customary Village, Penglipuran Village, and Environment NGO, Walhi Bali.

The awards were given to 10 figures from educators, veteran, customary villages, and NGO by Commander of Udayana Military Region, Major General Wisnu Bawa Tenaya flanked by CEO of Bali Post Media Group, Satria Naradha.

Tenaya gave high appreciation to the conferment of this awards

because it give an appreciation to them who, either physically or in the form of thinking, make Bali remains steady and balance.

On the occasion, Bali Post also handed over donation from readers of Bali Post and viewers of Bali TV to people of Karangasem, in the form of water reservoirs and endowment fund for Besakih

Temple.

According to Naradha, recipients of K. Nadha Award gave great example to safeguarding Bali. He hopes people can act together in safeguarding Bali, not only from the negative impact of modernization but also negative act that can destroy the environment. (kmb18)

Steven Seagal says he may run for Ariz. governor Associated Press Writer PHOENIX — Action-movie star Steven Seagal says he is considering a run for Arizona governor. The “Marked for Death” actor told KNXV-TV that he is considering a shot at the state’s highest office and has had a talk about the bid with the selfproclaimed toughest sheriff in America.

The 61-year-old made the comments while talking about his newly released reality series “Steven Seagal - Lawman: Maricopa County.” Seagal teamed up with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for the show that was shot in Arizona and airs on cable TV’s Reelz Channel.

The martial arts expert is a member of Arpaio’s posse, made up of 3,000 unpaid civilians. He also has been deputized with sheriff’s offices in New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana and says he wants to increase border security.

Wisnu Bawa Tenaya fasten a pin to one of K. Nadha Award recipients. The 13th K. Nadha Awards held at hall of Besakih Temple on Sunday, January 5, 2014. The award goes to Ida Bagus Tantra (Pak Poleng), Tjilik, Drs. R.A.Ng.BA Bayupati, I Ketut Gede Darma Yuda, Djero Wilaja, Ketut Sambereg, and Made Okin Adiyana. This same award also go to Besakih Customary Village, Penglipuran Village, and Environment NGO, Walhi Bali.

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