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Guns N’ Roses reunion set for April

NEW YORK - Guns N’ Roses and LCD Soundsystem, two of the most influential bands in recent decades, will both get back together for the Coachella music festival in April.

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Adele album enjoys decade’s biggest US sales year NEW YORK - Adele’s recordbreaking album “25” has scored another feat -- the highest US sales during a single year in a decade.

The British singer’s album unsurprisingly was the top-selling album of 2015 and spent its sixth week at number one on the year’s final chart released Monday by Nielsen Music.

“25” sold 7.44 million copies in the United States by the end of December 31 -- the most in a year since R&B star Usher’s album “Confessions” sold 7.98 million

copies in 2004.

However, Usher’s album came out in March while Adele managed the massive year-end tally despite releasing “25” on November 20.

“25,” full of ballads that touch on heartache and childhood nostalgia, was Adele’s first album in four years and benefited from massive pentup demand. Her previous album, “21,” was the top-selling album in the United States in both 2011 and 2012.

But “21” did not reach the sales of “25” in either year, showing the

historic nature of Adele’s latest work.

“25,” led by the single “Hello,” enjoyed the biggest debut week sales on record both in the United States and Adele’s native Britain.

In a move that challenged the music industry’s conventional wisdom about the need for instant online music, Adele did not make “25” available on streaming sites and still managed the huge sales through physical copies and digital downloads. (afp)

Coachella, which takes place over two consecutive weekends in the California desert, confirmed the long-rumored reunions as it announced its lineup late Monday.

The concerts are expected to mark the first time that the original lineup of Guns N’ Roses -- including singer Axl Rose and guitarist Slash -- have performed together since July 1993 in Buenos Aires.

The Los Angeles-based hard rockers confirmed the dates on their website with a video of a giant concert reminiscent of the band’s heyday.

Rose is heard -- with a profanity added -- singing one of the most famous lines from the band’s repertoire: “You know where you are?

You’re in the jungle, baby.”

Guns N’ Roses have kept playing in name in recent years but without Slash, who has long said it was too difficult to work with Rose.

The singer, who rarely gives interviews, had been scheduled to speak Tuesday on the late-night talk show of Jimmy Kimmel.

But Rose’s name inexplicably disappeared Monday from Kimmel’s list of guests on the show’s website. With Rose’s sweeping vocal range and raw anger coupled with Slash’s intricate metal guitar, Guns N’ Roses became an instant sensation.

“Appetite for Destruction” from 1987 remains the top-selling debut album by a group in the United States, where it has been certified as selling 18 million copies.

But Guns N’ Roses have released just one album in the past two decades -- “Chinese Democracy,” which came out in 2008 after persistent delays and without Slash. (afp)

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16 recipients awarded K. Nadha Nugraha 2016

DENPASAR – The K. Nadha Press Awards 2016 took place at the Ketut Nadha Bali Press Building on Tuesday (5/1). These awards were initiated in 2012 by the Bali Post Media Group.

The event was attended by a number of officials and public figures, such as Bali Regents, Senators, and members of the House of Representatives, Balinese university rectors, legislators, academics, and college students.

A total of four individuals and 12 institutions received K. Nadha Press Awards. The four individuals that received awards were Mayor General Wisnu Bawa Tenaya, S.IP, Ida Cokorda Anglurah Tabanan, I Gusti Agung Prana, and I Wayan Nardayana.

11 of the 12 institutions that received awards are engaged in education. They are; Udayana University, Saraswati Foundation, the Dwijendra Denpasar Foundation, Institut Hindu Dharma Negeri, Undiknas University, IKIP PGRI Bali, UNHI, Warmadewa University, Undiksha, ISI, and Ngurah Rai university. The twelfth institution that was awarded is Bali’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin).

Ellen DeGeneres to accept People’s Choice humanitarian award LOS ANGELES — Ellen DeGeneres is receiving a humanitarian award, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is reaping the benefits.

Producers of the People’s Choice Awards announced Monday that DeGeneres will be recognized

as the Favorite Humanitarian at Wednesday’s ceremony. The honor comes with a $200,000 donation from Walgreens, which DeGeneres is directing toward the hospital.

She joked that the award “sums me up perfectly as I am both a human

and an itarian.”

DeGeneres is also nominated for Favorite Talk Show Host at the fan-voted People’s Choice Awards, which will be presented at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and broadcast on CBS. (ap)

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Recipients of K. Nadha Press Award 2016. The K. Nadha Press Awards 2016 took place at the Ketut Nadha Bali Press Building on Tuesday (5/1). These awards were initiated in 2012 by the Bali Post Media Group.

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Tourism sector ready to compete in AEC

MINISTER of Tourism Arief Yahya is optimistic that Indonesia’s tourism sector is ready to compete in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) that will be enacted in 2016.

Minister Yahya explained that the Ministry of Tourism has taken several steps to ensure that Indonesia remains

competitive.

For example, a Ministerial Decree has established 7 different sets of standards for the tourism sector and 21 others are being drafted and that 1,500 auditors have been prepared to verify that tourism businesses meet these standards.

The Ministry of Tourism has also been facilitating competency

certification for those working in tourism and has also established 12 professional tourism institutes (LSPs). “Our tourism sector has been preparing itself to far the AEC for some time now, particularly in regards to the our human resources.

Between 2007-2015, the Ministry of Tourism issued 81,627 competency certificates to people work-

ing in hotels and restaurants, spas, travel agencies, as well as to people working as tour leaders, cooks, in MICE related activities, rafting and diving,” said Minister Yahya.

Yahya also expressed his optimism about being able to attract even more tourists in 2016 with projected arrivals of 12 million foreign and foreign exchange earnings of some IDR 172

trillion. Projected arrivals of domestic tourists is set at 26 million tourists who will spend approximately IDR 220 trillion. Contributions to the national GDP are projected to increase by 5 percent and 11.7 million jobs are expected to be created.

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COVER STORY Foreign labor infiltrate the informal sector

SEIZING job opportunities in Bali is becoming more competitive and does not just involve Balinese and Indonesian workers. More and more foreign nationals are infiltrating the informal sector, including sales positions that are much sought after by foreigners.

Meanwhile, Balinese people are becoming more and more marginalized in their own land. Growing concerns about the fate of Bali’s local labour force was brought to light by the central House of Representatives where the need to immediately parse the problem in order to avoid the escalating marginalisation of Balinese people in their native Bali was recently discussed.

Deputy Chairman of the Organi-

zation and Membership Division of the Bali Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), I Gusti Ngurah Adnyana acknowledged the fact that even though the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has not been applied in full, the presence of foreigners on the island has been slowly but surely undermining the pillars of the local economy.

The flow of Chinese labor into Bali is particularly difficult to detect. “Bali needs to be well

prepared to face this issues. Understanding and support from entrepreneurs that are committed to supporting Bali is required,” he advised.

Apart form the labour sector, the increasing number of foreign products coming into Bali also represents a serious threat to the prosperity of locals. “Foreign products have even penetrated our traditional markets,” said Adnyana.

Chairman of the Indonesian Tourism Industry Association (GIPI) of Bali, I.B. Ngurah Wijaya also acknowledged that the ASEAN community agreement -as it relates to competency standards, opens

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includes marketing and promotions strategies focused on strengthening the positioning and branding of “Wonderful Indonesia” in countries with large potential markets. The idea is to capture the attention of prospective foreign tourists and have them put Indonesia on their

wish list of places to visit on their holiday.

Yahya explained that a massive communications marketing campaign, featuring images of tourist destinations in Indonesia, will be launched all over the world through international print, electronic and

From page 1 In order to reach those targets, the Ministry of Tourism along with those working in the tourism sector have prepared and action plan that

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Foreign tourists ride traditional horse cart in Kuta area, Bali Island. Minister of Tourism Arief Yahya is optimistic that Indonesia’s tourism sector is ready to compete in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) that will be enacted in 2016.

the way for competition amongst workers in all sectors, including tourism in ASEAN countries. This represents a challenge for local tourism players. Bali tourism professionals (including tour guides) are required to be professional and improve their skills in order to face the new competition. In the era of globalization, the government cannot prevent foreign national from working in Bali.

Head of the Badung Social and Labor Agency, I.B. Oka Dirga, added that all companies that employ foreign workers are required to ensure that they hold a foreign workers employment permit (IMTA). “Otherwise, they can

be charged for employing illegal labor,” said Dirga.

Badung is targeting a total of 300 foreign workers in companies that are operating in Badung. Dirga is confident that this target can be realized. As of August, a total of 235 foreign workers were recorded as holding foreign worker employment permits (IMTA). These permits are issued by the central government, while the local government is given the authority to extend these permits. Oka Dirga admitted that foreign workers mostly occupy strategic positions such as general manager and such and often occupy higher positions than local workers. (par)

online media, as well as though outdoor media such as billboards on buses, taxis, trains, MRT, in bus stations, shopping centers and the like. Indirect advertising will include participating in international tourism fairs, sales missions and familiarization trips.

The Minister of Tourism also explained that throughout 2016, Indonesia will take part in exhibitions like the ITB Berlin, WTM London, WTM Dubai, CTM China, NATAS Singapore, MATTA Malaysia, JATA Japan, Korea, Australia and international tourism exhibition related to special interest such as DEMA Show, cruise shipping, Boot Dusseldorf, GOLF and MICE. To introduce Indonesian tourist destinations, up to date and interesting tour packages, the Ministry of Tourism will also conduct sales missions to a number of big cities in countries that have the potential to be major sources of foreign tourists.

Sales mission activities are aimed at increasing the sale of tour packages and gaining the confidence of the national tourism industry though the presence of government officials and business people.

Familiarization trips will also be organized in which foreign tourism stakeholders such as tour operators, print and electronic media representatives, bloggers and social media enthusiasts, associations and other people who have the power to influence potential tourists will be invited to visit destinations throughout Indonesia with the idea of “seeing is believing”.

between January and October of 2015 8,017,589 foreign tourists visited Indonesia, representing a 3.38 percent increase over the 7,755,616 tourist who visited during the same period in 2014. It is estimated that by the end of December 2015, 10.017 million tourists have visited Indonesia (800,000 in November and 1.2 million in December), which would be an 5.81 percent increase over the same period in 2014. If this turns out to be the case, the ministry targeted 10 million tourist visits in 2015 would be exceeded.

Foreign exchange earnings of USD 11.9 billion will have been generated though the visits of these 10.017 million tourists whose average length of stay was 8.5 days and who spent as much as USD 1,190 per trip. The number of domestic tourist who travelled between January and October 2015 was 208 million, with estimates of 22.5 million in November and 27.5 million people in December, bringing the total number of domestic travellers to 255 million in 2015. Domestic tourists spent IDR 224.68 trillion with average spending of IDR 880.925 per trip.

Tourism generated funds accounted for 4.23 percent of the GDP, thus exceeding the targeted 4 percent contribution. Direct, indirect and subsequent employment was created for 12.16 million people, thus exceeding the Ministry’s target of 11.3 million job opportunities. “Broadly speaking, the development of our tourism policies for 2015 was right on track and our targets were reached,” concluded Minister Yahya. (son)

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Minister Yahya revealed that

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Bali Creative Wedding Souvenir Balinese Temple Ceremony

Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses.

Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

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

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

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

GIANYAR - Bali Creative Wedding Souvenir inaugurated on July 5, 2015, by offering a variety of wedding souvenirs as their main focus. Although Bali Creative Wedding relatively new, but they’ve years of experience in contributing to a variety of unique products. They have loyal customers who come from both local and foreign.

According to the owner of Bali Creative Wedding Souvenir, Ketut Susi Tanteri, her business ac-

cept orders with Custom concept to help customers obtain a product in accordance with the wishes and priced accordingly. “This has become one of our advantage,” she stated during interview with Bali Channel Tourist TV (Bali TV).

She explained with 12 years experience in wholesale trading, Bali Creative Wedding Souvenir not only limited, but includes all the good souvenir of this type to category with unique creations made in the original Bali home industry.

She also said that in years of doing business with big buyers, her company has exported products to French, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Mauritius, Maldives, Hawaii, and other countries. “We will continue to innovate and be creative to produce a new product that is no less unique and interesting to you. Because in accordance with our business concept, namely priority to creativity in producing a quality product,” she mentioned.

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The smart-tech future beckons to us from the CES gadget show

LAS VEGAS — Look around. How many computing devices do you see? Your phone, probably; maybe a tablet or a laptop.

Your car, the TV set, the microwave, bedside alarm clock, possibly the thermostat, and others you’ve never noticed.

Much of that computing isn’t doing much while segregated into individual devices. But many of these gadgets have the potential to get smarter by connecting to their fellows, which in turn could open the door to a brave new “Internet

of Things.”

To see where that might be taking us, there’s no better place than the annual gadget extravaganza formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show — and now simply as CES.

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The First Alert Onelink Wi-Fi Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm is on display at CES Unveiled, a media preview event for CES International, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, in Las Vegas. The device monitors for smoke and carbon monoxide and can send alerts to a mobile device.

The show, which starts Wednesday in Las Vegas, is the place for companies large and small to show off new connected devices. These range from the seemingly trivial — for instance, smart umbrellas that message you if you leave them behind — to the undeniably helpful, such as navigation devices that display driving directions onto your windshield so you don’t have to take your eyes off the road.

And while traditional consumer electronics such as phones and TVs account for about half of revenue in U.S. consumer tech, they aren’t growing as quickly as newer connected devices, according to the Consumer Technology Association, the organizer of CES. For instance, smart home devices, such as cameras, thermostats and locks, are expected to grow 21 percent to 8.9 million units in 2016, or $1.2 billion in revenue.

According to the McKinsey Global Institute, a division of the consulting giant McKinsey & Co., the value created by connecting the world’s devices could hit $11 trillion annually by 2025, a mindboggling sum that represents over half of U.S. economic output in a year.

Most of the value comes from industrial uses — like cleaner air from smarter energy use and fewer factory shut-downs due to smarter maintenance. But trillions in benefits are expected to come from consumer-bought products: safer streets because of better-driving cars, robots that take care of household chores and health and fitness trackers that let us know when our bodies need medical attention.

“There’s a big value in avoiding pain and suffering,” says report coauthor Michael Chui.

Of course, people have been making big projections for the Internet of Things for years, yet progress remains halting and fragmentary.

Major technology companies can purposefully make it tougher to interact with other companies’ gadgets for business reasons. More data can mean less privacy.

In recent years, CES has begun catering more heavily to startups hoping to break through the noise.

The sprawling show has sections for wearable fitness gadgets, drones, autonomous vehicles, education, virtual reality, video games, robots, 3-D printers and smart homes.

That’s largely a reaction to the fact that many of technology’s big-

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People work on booths in preparation for the International CES gadget show Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, in Las Vegas. The show officially kicks off Wednesday, Jan. 6.

gest names have been no-shows for some time. Apple Inc. has skipped the show since the 1990s, and Microsoft Corp.’s then-CEO Steve Ballmer gave the company’s last CES keynote in 2012. Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Amazon. com Inc. hold their own events to release products.

And the Consumer Technology Association that runs CES is aiming for attendance this year at or below last year’s record 176,000.

Shawn DuBravac, the CTA’s chief economist, argues the show’s maturity is a good thing, its focus transforming over the last two decades from what was “technologically possible” to what’s “technologically meaningful.” It’s no longer about a robot that can walk up steps. It’s about robots that actually mow your lawn.

It’s worth bearing in mind that CES is first and foremost a venue for promoting the tech industry — at least the non-Google/Apple/ Amazon/Microsoft part of it. Sometimes the promotion falls flat; 3-D screen technology unveiled at CES in 2010 went from the next big thing to a mostly unused feature.

Netbooks introduced in 2009 took a back seat to the iPad released a year later. And concepts such as the smart home have taken a really long time to materialize.

For all we know, the Internet of Things could be next on that list.

Last summer, two researchers described how they hacked into and took control of a Jeep Cherokee via its cellular connection to the Internet. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 gave a failing grade to eight of nine popular baby monitors for simple and obvious weaknesses like failing to encrypt Internet-streamed video to prevent eavesdropping or using unchangeable passwords that malicious types could easily find online.

Such issues point to a deeper problem: Many would-be connected devices max out their capabilities doing one thing well, leaving little headroom for security protection that wasn’t ever necessary in an unconnected world. Such gadgets could offer hackers an easy route into home or work computers.

The fact that many such devices are produced by startups, often crowd-funded and on shoestring budgets, means security is often an afterthought. And the more devices there are, the bigger the potential problem.

“With the Internet of Things, we really have to think in terms of scale,” says Rapid7 senior security consultant Mark Stanislav. (ap)

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Garuda to open direct flight on Shanghai-Denpasar route

BEIJING - State-owned airline Garuda Indonesia is planning to start a direct flight between Shanghai, China, and Denpasar, Bali, on January 13.

“The non-stop flight between Shanghai and Denpasar will operate thrice a week using an Airbus-330 aircraft,” Vice President of Garuda Indonesia for China Region I I Wayan Subagja on Tuesday.

As Bali is the favorite destination for Chinese tourists visiting Indonesia, hence Garuda will continue to increase the number of direct flights to Bali through regular and unscheduled flights.

Garuda Indonesia also provides regular flights on the Beijing-Jakarta route that operate thrice a week and seven weekly flights each on the Shanghai-Jakarta and GuangzhouJakarta routes.

Since January 2013, the national flag carrier has been operating four non-stop weekly flights on the Beijing-Denpasar route and has also

added a new flight on the GuangzhouDenpasar route at the end of 2015.

Moreover, Garuda facilitates unscheduled flights for people from eleven Chinese cities who plan on visiting Bali for the Chinese New Year and summer holidays.

“They still have huge interest to visit Bali due to which Garuda has tried to provide ease and comfort to

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tourists who want to visit Bali. We also promote other destinations in Indonesia,” Subagja emphasized.

The opening of flights between several cities in Tiongkok and Bali is expected to support an increase in the number of Chinese tourists to Indonesia, which is targeted to reach ten million people in the next five years since 2015. (ant)

Shiva Park becomes Gilimanuk icon

NEGARA - Gradually, the area of Gilimanuk -that had been lacking any visual indications that it is part of Bali, has started to be ornamented with charateristically Balinese designs at the exit of Gilimanuk Harbour. After the gate and arched entrance of the harbour were redesigned, incorporating Balinese architecture, a 22 meter high statue of Shiva was erected in front of Gilimanuk Harbour. The Shiva statue has become part of the view of Gilimanuk Bay area and stands to become Gilimanuk’s tourism icon.

The Shiva statue that can be seen from vessels as they moor in the jetty, is the work of an artist from Penyaringan, Mendoyo. Even though the statue is still partly under construction, passer-by’s can already enjoy its presence and a number of gazebos have also been set up in the area for people to rest and enjoy the view.

The Spatial Planning and Environment (RBTL) board revealed that the area of 2.2 hectares that is being renovated, includes Gilimanuk Bay. Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, who recently came to check the location of the Shiva statue accompanied by the Head of the Environment, Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (LHKP), I Wayan Darwin, had requested that the park area to be both beautified with flowers and that security elements such as permanent road bumps also be installed. The area of the park wil also have lamp posts installed so that the area can also be enjoyed at night.

Previously, the location of the Shiva Park was overgrown with weeds and the trees had withered and the park area was bordered by the wall for the security checkpoint for Gulimanuk. The park has now been made beautiful and the wall has been taken down allowing for a view of Gilinmanuk Bay. Regent Artha also inspected the green open space (RTH) at Gilimanuk village square that is still being worked on with the aim of encouraging people to use the space to do exercise. Artha has also requested that weekly free medical check ups be provided there. (kmb26)

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The Shiva statue has become part of the view of Gilimanuk Bay area and stands to become Gilimanuk’s tourism icon.

Badung rife with secret recruitment of contract workers

MANGUPURA - At the end of 2015, it came to light that the recruitment of contract workers in Badung has been going on secretly, not only by the Municipal Police, but also by a number of other agencies (SKPD). Agencies that have allegedly been hiring non-civil servants include; the Highways and Irrigation Agency, the Environment Agency and the Population and Civil Registry Office. Allegedly the contract workers were commended by individual officials, including the local legislators. Such recruitment methods are not appropriate according to prescribed discipline for these agencies. “For example, these agencies are required to fill positions with technical development officers, but they have been hiring

senior high school graduates,” said an anonymous source.

Spokesperson for the Regional Secretariat of the government of Badung, A.A. Raka Yuda, did not dismiss the fact that contract workers are urgently needed, but said that he had not heard anything about contract workers being recruited secretly. “We were told to do our work well in the appointment of civil servants, and of course we really need contract workers” he said.

Yuda explained that the recruitment of contract workers is determined by each agency and adjusted to each agency’s respective needs.

“In principle, the qualifications of workers should be known by the agency and if their performance is not good, yes..they can be termi-

nated,” he said.

Irregularities in the recruitment process were also detected by member of Commission I, I Wayan Regep. “Inappropriate contracting of workers must be stopped. Such contracts must simply be concluded, as it only burdens the budget,” said Regep.

This politician from Sembung, Mengwi, asked the executive branch of the house of representatives to immediately conduct a thorough investigation. Regep has received information indicating that a lot of the contract workers that are recruited do not meet the requirements specified by concerned agencies.“If the agency requires a driver for example they should look for a driver, or if they need a heavy equipment

operator, then, ya, they should look for such an operator. There must be no commended workers that cannot do their job,” he said.

Regep added that a number of agencies have allocated a portion of their budget for contracting non-permanent workers. He therefore urges agencies to conduct the recruitment of non-civil servants openly and transparently, using the standard methods of announcing the open position and conducting open selection. “So, that it is clear how many personnel are needed and what level of education they need to have, that way everyone who qualifies has the same opportunity to apply for the position,” he explained.

As many people know, the

government of Badung allocated a large amount of their budget for the recruitment of contract workers in 2015. For instance, at the Regional Secretariat allocated at IDR 791.7 million; Regional Employment Agency IDR 178.4 million, the Village Community Empowerment Board and Village Government or BPMD Pemdes IDR 121.2 million, the Environment Agency IDR 45.4 million, Population and Civil Registry Office IDR 49 million and the Secretariat of the Badung House of Representatives allocated IDR 1.2 billion for drivers. Budget allocations for 2016 are quite similar with additional positions for contract workers having been added. (kmb27)

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Judge asks medium to be presented

DENPASAR - Adoptive mother of the murder victim Engeline, Margriet Ch Megawe, was re-presented in the Denpasar District Court, Monday (Jan. 4). The woman accused of committing murder was on trial with the agenda of examining witnesses.

Prosecutor Subekhan et al. presented a number of witnesses, including a close friend of the defendant, Rohana, Andika Anakonda as well as Riden, the friend of Agustay Hamda May.

Rohana who testified before the panel of judges chaired by Edward Harris Sinaga adequately made the spectators and the judges laugh because her statement is considered to be unreasonable.

She said that Margriet called her and said that Engeline was kidnapped by a long-haired woman. “Mrs. Margriet said that Engeline was kidnapped by long-haired person,” she told the court. Rohana claimed that she just believed in what is said by the defendant who is also her close friend. Even the witness said that when Engeline was missing, the witness also accompanied to make a report to hamlet chief. “Hamlet chief directly told to report the incident to East Denpasar Police because Mrs. Margriet said (to hamlet chief) that she missed her daughter,” said Rohana lightly.

Responding to the statement, the presiding judge reassured about the statement saying that Engeline was kidnapped by a long-haired woman. The witness believed offhand because it was told by a medium. “It was in my opinion.

A medium said that the child was kidnapped, so I believed it. Margriet told that her missing dog was even found by the medium as well. It was told by Mrs. Margriet,” said the witness.

“Aaahh, the missing dog was even encountered by the medium? How superb the medium is!” the judge said.

In addition, Rohana was also invited to search Engeline to Kuta. “I was invited by Mrs. Margriet. It is said there was a child with her parents eating fresh vegetables in a stall.

She said there were two children, where one of which was with long hair. Someone heard, so that the kid was told not to go anywhere,” told the witness Rohana. “Then, what about the results?” asked the judge. The witness answered that she failed. “We were roaming around,” the witness replied.

“Why did you not report the incident to police station?” questioned the judge again.

“I do not know,” said Rohana frankly.

In addition, the witness was about to be

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Iran president criticizes Saudi Arabia over severing ties

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia cannot “cover up” its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic, even as the kingdom’s allies began limiting their links to his country.

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The witnesses in Margriet Ch Megawe trial are taking oath before it start taken to Singaraja. The witness said there was a child found in Singaraja. “It was told

by Mrs. Margriet. There was a child found in a ravine. So, it would be operated on and I wanted to join. Eh… finally the journey was cancelled because police were said to have telephoned because no child was operated on as it was false call,” said the witness.

The judge tried to extract the information regarding the reaction and facial expression of Margriet at the time. Witness Rohana said that it was so and so. Margriet was convinced to find her daughter.

In addition to the incident, Rohana also got a call from Margriet to take jewelry and a certificate. Margriet asked her to take the jewelry and certificate in a pile in the house of Margriet. But Rohana at that time answered she was in a market.

On the proximity, the judge could also ask, how close is the friendship of Rohana to Mar-

griet as the jewelry or certificate, denoting a private assets, were also entrusted to be taken by Rohana. Rohana said that she was not willing to take on the pretext that she was in a market.

Did Rohana visit Margriet while in detention? The witness said she did not because he was sad. She just met last Monday as a witness. On the evidence, the judge asked about the medium named Ramli. Prosecutor said the medium has actually been summoned, but he did not come. So, prosecutors will seek to summon the medium again to inquire about the long-haired kidnapper of Engeline and told the presence of the missing dog. “It is so clear anyway. Anyone who knows, we’ll summon as a witness,” said the judge.

The defendant Margriet justified the statement of Rohana. Another witness is Andika Anakonda. He told about the beginning of his acquaintance with Margriet to the employment of Agustay Hamda May at the home of Mar-

griet. “At that time, Margriet was shopping at Lotte Mart,” said the witness. When delivering goods, the defendant Margriet asked the witness whether there are people willing to work to maintain chickens and dogs.

In addition, the judge pursued the information about lie detector expert saying that Anakonda told lies and even Agustay being honest and the results of Margriet being evaluated at National Police Headquarters.

Anakonda denied to have told lies and said that what he stated in the case of Margriet who he knows as the ‘Boss of Chicken’ is true. He even vows. “Let me vow that I dare to die when going out of this place (the room) if have really told lies,” said the witness.

Riden, the friend of Agustay, who was taken to overnight at his home, did not give much information. During overnight there, Agustay never talked about the murder of Engeline. (kmb37)

A year, diarrhea epidemic spreads at three locations

TABANAN - Throughout the year 2015, Tabanan recorded diarrhea epidemic at three locations, namely 18 people of Senganan Kanginan (January) and 21 people at Basang Be hamlet, Perean Kangin.

Then, another epidemic occurred at Pasut hamlet, Tibubiu, due to food poisoning afflicting to 100 people in March.

The Division Head of the P2MPL at the Tabanan Health Agency, Wayan Triana, stated on Monday (Jan. 3)

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that the diarrhea case is categorized into epidemic in the event of twice increases or more than the previous month in the same year or twice increases or more in the same month of the previous year. “So, from these data there is twice increase in cases from the previous month in the same year and there is an increase in cases in the same month of the previous year. Thus, the diarrhea is declared as an epidemic,” he said.

In terms of diarrhea handling, the

epidemic case is certainly not too good because the objective of creating the application of healthy life in the community cannot be achieved.

However, in terms of performance of the case discovery is well recorded.

Further, Triana added that there is a formulation in determining the performance of diarrhea case discovery in the community, namely 214/1000 multiplied by 10/100 multiplied by the number of Tabanan population.

Based on the recent data, the diar-

rhea case found is 7,972 with the target of 9,467 cases or 84.2 percent.

“In terms of our performance report, it is good, but in terms of program, it is on the contrary because the incidence of diarrhea should be less than 214/1000 population,” said Triana.

In conducting the performance report, the district government allocated IDR 6 million used for program evaluation meetings on the diarrhea with health centers. As for the operations, the budget is al-

located by the health operational aid (BOK) at each health center.

Other than health services by the Health Agency, the handling cases of diarrhea in the community is also conducted through provision of briefing on clean and healthy life behavior primarily by always washing hands with soap and defecating in place. “Briefing is done regularly at health centers and schools through the infirmary,” said Triana. (kmb24)

President Hassan Rouhani’s comments came as Kuwait announced it had recalled its ambassador to Iran over attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic.

The execution last weekend of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a Shiite cleric and opposition figure in Saudi Arabia, has heightened the SaudiIran regional rivalry, threatening to derail already-shaky peace efforts over the wars in Syria and Yemen.

A statement posted on his official website said Rouhani discussed the current diplomatic dispute with visiting Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen.

“The Saudi government has taken a strange action and cut off its diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran to cover its crimes of beheading a religious leader in its country,” Rouhani said.

“Undoubtedly, such actions can’t cover up that big crime.”

The diplomatic standoff between Iran and the kingdom began Saturday, when Saudi Arabia executed Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others convicted of terror charges — the largest mass execution carried out by the kingdom since 1980. It’s not clear whether alNimr was beheaded with a sword, though Saudis routinely use that form of execution.

Al-Nimr, a central figure in the Arab Spring-inspired protests by Saudi Arabia’s Shiite minority, was

executed after being convicted of sedition and of other crimes, though he long denied advocating violence.

News of his execution has sparked Shiite protests from Bahrain to Pakistan.

In Iran, protesters responded by attacking the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad. Late Sunday, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announced the kingdom would sever its relations with Iran over the assaults, giving Iranian diplomatic personnel 48 hours to leave his country.

Sudan and the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain said Monday they would sever ties with Iran The United Arab Emirates announced it would downgrade ties to Tehran to the level of the charge d’affaires, while other nations issued statements criticizing Iran.

On Tuesday, Kuwait announced the recalling of its ambassador in a statement carried on the state-run Kuwait News Agency, without elaborating. It wasn’t immediately clear how the Kuwait-Iran diplomatic ties would be affected by the move.

Tiny Kuwait is home to both Shiites and Sunnis living in peace and has the most free-wheeling political system among all Gulf nations.

Iran expressed “regret” over the attacks on the diplomatic missions in a letter to the United Nations on Monday and vowed to arrest those

German city holds crisis meeting after New Year sex assaults

BERLIN — City officials and police in Cologne are holding a crisis meeting following a series of sex assaults in the western German city on New Year’s Eve. Mayor Henriette Reker called Tuesday’s meeting to discuss the police response to the assaults that occurred around Cologne’s main train station, next to the city’s famous cathedral, during the night.

Police say dozens of women have reported being sexually assaulted and robbed. At least 60 criminal complaints have been filed, including one allegation of rape.

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas called for the perpetrators to be held to account, saying the attacks were “cowardly and vile.”

Green Party lawmaker Claudia Roth warned against blaming refugees for the assaults, which police say witnesses described as being committed by men of “Arab or North African origin.” (ap)

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A Muslim cleric chants slogans alongside women in a rally to protest the execution by Saudi Arabia last week of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent opposition Saudi Shiite cleric, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. responsible. In the letter, obtained

by The Associated Press, Iran’s U.N. envoy Gholamali Khoshroo said more than 40 protesters have been arrested and that authorities are searching for other suspects.

In response to a Saudi letter, the U.N. Security Council late Monday strongly condemned the attacks by Iranian protesters on Saudi diplomatic posts. The council statement, agreed to after hours of negotiations, made no mention of the Saudi executions or the rupture in Saudi-Iranian relations.

Saudi Arabia and Iran have long vied for influence in the Middle East. Their rivalry deepened following the toppling of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and the chaos of the Arab Spring, which gave rise to proxy wars in Syria and Yemen.

World powers have sought to calm the tensions. On Monday, Germany called on both sides to mend ties, while Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted an unnamed senior diplomat as saying Moscow is ready to act as a mediator.

The U.N. envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, was en route to Riyadh on Monday with plans to later visit Tehran. Iran, a staunch supporter of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Saudi Arabia, a key backer of the opposition, have participated in three rounds of international talks aimed at ending the conflict. De Mistura has set a Jan. 25 target date for a fourth round of talks.

The White House urged Saudi Arabia and Iran to not let their dispute derail efforts to end the Syrian civil war. (ap)

Chinese woman dies of H5N6 bird flu, another woman critical

BEIJING — Health authorities in southern China said Tuesday that a 26-year-old woman has died of a strain of bird flu, and another woman is reportedly in serious condition. The two contracted H5N6, a strain of bird flu that has so far only been seen in people in China.

A press officer at Shenzhen’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the death of the local woman on Dec. 30. He wouldn’t identify himself.

A 40-year-old woman also from Guangdong province is in serious condition in hospital, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Six human cases of H5N6 have been reported in total, all in China, since May 2014. The virus has been detected in poultry in China, Lao and Vietnam.

The World Health Organization says that human cases of bird flu remain uncommon, with sporadic cases occurring following exposure to infected poultry or a contaminated environment. It says there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission of bird flu. (ap)

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A woman is silhouetted against the sun as she walks past the Turret of the Forbidden City during a blue sky day in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016.

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WASHINGTON — Leading business groups, often at odds with President Barack Obama, are looking to give momentum to one of his priorities before he leaves office: approval of a trade pact linking 12 nations along the Pacific Rim that make up 40 percent of the world economy.

Republican governor of Michigan, said his organization is hoping Congress will approve the pact before it heads home for its August recess.

“The hope is to send the signal now that we’re getting pretty comfortable with the agreement and let’s get ready to give it serious consideration,” Engler told The Associated Press.

The trade agreement took more than five years to stitch together.

Participating nations would reduce or eliminate thousands of tariffs that apply to foreign-made goods. The agreement also rolls back regulatory requirements, such as the need

to establish an office in a particular country or partner with a local entity, in order to access their markets.

Several presidential candidates in both parties as well as members of Congress have panned the TransPacific Partnership since agreement on the deal’s terms was announced in October. Donald Trump said it’s a “terrible deal.” Democrat Hillary Clinton said “it didn’t meet my standards.”

That’s led to questions about whether Congress would pass the trade pact, even though lawmakers just last year passed legislation designed to speed TPP’s passage without the threat of amendments or filibuster. Support from business groups could ease some lawmakers’ concerns about the political environment.

The trade group representing

manufacturers came out with its endorsement Monday. The group’s president and CEO, Jay Timmons, said that without the agreement, the United States would be ceding economic leadership to other global powers, letting them set the rules of economic engagement in the region.

The group has frequently clashed with the Obama administration over new environmental regulations and recently sued to stop stricter limits on smog-causing pollution.

Labor unions have come out overwhelmingly against the trade agreement, saying it will drive wages down, and it’s clear that for Obama to get a legacy-setting victory, he’ll have to rely on the Republican party to push the legislation to victory.

Engler said he’s confident that the pact would end up getting more

votes than the fast-track legislation that passed last year.

He said not all members of the Business Roundtable supported TPP, but there was broad consensus.

“We cannot have a robust economy if the goal is to make things here and sell it to ourselves,” Engler said.

The White House said it welcomed the endorsements and that it showed that companies big and small feel the agreement is vital to their ability to compete globally.

“We look forward to working with Congress to ratify this agreement as soon as possible, so that these job creators can begin to take advantage of the 18,000 tax cuts within the agreement and support more higher-paying American jobs,” said White House spokeswoman Brandi Hoffine. (ap)

Asian markets swing through day before ending lower HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell at the end of another volatile session Tuesday, a day after a global rout that saw trading suspended in Chinese markets and US and European equities tank.

In echoes of the summer’s turbulence that saw trillions wiped off valuations, most bourses in the region tumbled in the first few minutes of trade before bouncing in and out of positive territory throughout the day.

The selling on Monday was fuelled by more downbeat data on Chinese factory activity, the latest evidence showing the world’s number two economy struggling with its lowest annual growth rates in 25 years.

The data -- combined with the expiration this Friday of China’s measures brought in to curb last year’s share slump -- sent Shanghai stocks crashing almost seven percent.

Regulators halted trading in China before the scheduled close on Monday, the first day a new circuit breaker mechanism was in place.

“The main reason for yesterday’s fall was concern that China’s economy won’t steadily pick up. The circuit breaker was more of an accelerant for the fall,” Northeast Securities analyst Shen Zhengyang told AFP. On Tuesday the market watchdog, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, sought to calm the panic by defending the measure.

“The circuit breaker has a big impact in stabilising the market and its main function is to provide a ‘cooling off period’ for the market to avoid or reduce rushed decisions made during wide swings,” it said in a statement.

Shanghai fell a further three percent at the open Tuesday before swinging from red to green and finally ending 0.3 percent lower.

The losses came despite the central People’s Bank of China injecting billions of dollars into financial markets to boost liquidity.

Hong Kong finished 0.7 percent lower, having also enjoyed healthy buying spells, while Tokyo was down 0.4 percent by the close on the back of a strong yen. (afp)

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Business group hopes to boost momentum for trade pact The Business Roundtable, made up of chief executive officers from large U.S. companies, will endorse the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement on Tuesday. A trade group representing manufacturers did the same Monday.

Their influence could make supporters in Congress more eager to take the agreement up in an election year. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently urged Obama to hold off on sending the agreement to Congress before the elections, warning that it didn’t have the votes.

John Engler, president of the Business Roundtable, and a former

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Mount Soputan at the border of Minahasa Selatan and Minahasa Tenggara in North Sulawesi erupted at 20.53 local time on Monday.

MINAHASA - Mount Soputan at the border of Minahasa Selatan and Minahasa Tenggara in North Sulawesi erupted at 20.53 local time on Monday.

“We confirm that Mount Soputan erupted at 20.53 and it was clearly seen,” head of the Minahasa Tenggara district’s Disaster Mitigation Agency service, Joppie Mokodase, said.

He said the danger status of the volcano has been raised to Level III. “The geological agency raised the danger status to Level III minutes after it erupted,” he said.

He said molten lava was seen flowing down along the eastern slope of the mountain.

“Molten lava can be seen flowing from the peak down the eastern side of the mountain and a crumbling sound was heard coming from the mountain’s peak,” he said.

Joppie said he was still awaiting reports from the monitoring posts about areas that were vulnerable to the impact of the eruption.

“We are still waiting for information regarding the development from monitoring posts. As soon as we receive such information, we would immediately share it with the people living around the mountain,” he said.

Mount Soputan, one of the most active volcanoes in North Sulawesi, last erupted in March 2015. (ant)

Poverty rate rose in September 2015

JAKARTA - The number of Indonesians living in poverty rose by 780 thousand to 28.51 million in September 2015, from 27.73 million in September 2014, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS).

The number of poor people rose significantly during the September 2014-March 2015 period due to a fuel price hike in November 2014 and the impact of economic slow-

down, BPS Chairman Suryamin said on Monday.

“Compared to September 2014, (the number of poor people) in September 2015 rose by 0.78 mil-

lion,” he said.

According to BPS data, the inflation rate in the September 2014March 2015 period was recorded at 4.03 percent, with rural inflation reaching 4.4 percent over the same period.

Compared to September 2014, rice prices rose 14.48 percent to Rp13,089 per kilogram and farm-

er’s exchange rate weakened by 1.34 percent in March 2015.

However, he added that the number of residents not belonging to poor category began to increase in March 2015 after the government’s social program was implemented.

The decline was also the result of the government’s efforts to anticipate inflation in March 2015,

he said.

Therefore, the number of poor people dropped by 80 thousand during the March 2014-September 2015 period.

“Admittedly, if we look at data in September last year, the number of poor people did increase but if we look at data in March 2015, it declined,” he said. (ant)

Indonesian tattooists revive tribal traditions

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Traders talk at each other in front of screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), second from left, and foreign exchange rates at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. Asian markets mostly fell at the end of another volatile session Tuesday, a day after a global rout that saw trading suspended in Chinese markets and US and European equities tank.

MAGUWOHARJO - Men in tribal dress stand amid dense jungle on the Indonesian island of Java, their bodies covered in elaborate, traditional tattoos inspired by cultures in distant corners of the vast, tropical archipelago.

Many images on display at the recent tattoo festival that brought the men together were not applied with fast, modern machines, but using a centuries-old, tribal method that involves artists gently tapping a stick mounted with a needle on a subject’s skin.

The practice known as “handtapping” had almost faded out completely, as modernity overwhelmed Indonesia’s tribes and younger generations eschewed their ancestors’ ways, but tattoo artists have in recent years been driving a revival as more and

more people seek to reconnect with the past.

“There is a growing trend now, there are more people who want to learn about traditional tattooing -- I am very happy about it,” said Herpianto Hendra, a tattoo artist who uses the ancient method and is a member of Borneo’s Dayak tribespeople.

“I am proud that my culture is being recognised.”

The body art ranges from flowers inspired by Dayak tattoos that mark the coming of age, to narrow, black lines running across the body, like those of indigenous peoples from a remote scattering of islands in western Indonesia.

The festival earlier this month in Maguwoharjo village in Java’s cultural heartland gathered people from across Indonesia and the world

at the studio of celebrated Indonesian tattoo artist Durga, a leading figure in the revival.

Durga has championed tattoos from the western Mentawai islands, home to a semi-nomadic tribespeople famed for their body art and the practice of sharpening their teeth, which they believe makes them more beautiful.

Mentawai tattoos, generally long lines looping over the shoulders and chest and more elaborate patterns on feet and hands, were long part of local culture and signified the tribespeople’s close links to nature.

The other well known body art from Indonesia is found among the Dayaks, an array of semi-nomadic tribes who traditionally lived in the jungles and mountains of vast, biodiverse Borneo island shared between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.

Their tattoos featured thick, black lines forming images inspired by nature, such as flowers, leaves and animals, that mark a person’s journey through life. Before head-hunting was banned, Dayaks also received tattoos on their hands if they decapitated an enemy.

While not as well known, other indigenous groups also have tattooing traditions, such as those in the eastern Maluku Islands and the central island of Sumba.

But the tradition has been waning for decades, after Christian missionaries and the Indonesian government sought to discourage what they saw as outdated, tribal practices, and as younger tribespeople moved away from villages to rapidly growing cities in search of better jobs and education.

Lars Krutak, an American tattoo anthropologist, said people are drawn to ancient Indonesian designs as they are “unique, beautiful and deeply spiritual”.

“People living in big cities want to be rooted to something meaningful, especially if they plan to wear these tattoos on their bodies for the rest of their lives,” said Krutak, who has written an entry on Durga for the “World Atlas of Tattoo”, which features 100 tattoo artists.

Despite signs of a revival in some areas, experts warn that tattooing styles of tribes in more remote places could be forgotten.

“I fear this ancient traditional and artistic knowledge will soon be lost forever unless a concerted effort is made to record it immediately,” said Krutak. (afp)

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BANGKOK — Hackers have taken over several police websites in Thailand, replacing the home pages with a message saying, “Failed Law. We want Justice!”

The online attack took place late Monday. Several police websites were either offline or still displayed the message demanding justice Tuesday evening.

Home pages were replaced with a black screen that showed a white mask and blanked-out eyes and the hashtag #Boycott Thailand.

A police spokesman said authorities were investigating the hack, which targeted websites of regional police forces across the country and a variety of police agencies. (ap)

BERLIN — The United Nations says the civilian death toll from nine months of fighting in Yemen has reached nearly 2,800 after at least 81 people were killed in December.

The U.N. human rights office said Tuesday another 109 civilians were wounded last month. That brings its total count to 2,795 dead and 5,324 wounded since March 26.

Yemen’s fighting pits Shiite rebels known as Houthis and troops

loyal to the ex-president against southern separatists, local and tribal militias, Sunni Islamic militants and presidential loyalists. A Saudi-led coalition has been waging an air campaign since March against the Houthis.

The U.N. office said it received allegations that coalition forces used cluster bombs in Hajjah province. A U.N. team says it found remnants of 29 cluster submunitions in the village of al-Odair. (ap)

UN: civilian death toll from Yemen fighting nears 2,800

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An Indian army truck carrying military equipment moves towards the Indian air force base in Pathankot, India, Monday, Jan.4, 2016.

India says 6 gunmen killed, operation on to secure air base

PATHANKOT — An Indian official says six gunmen who attacked an air force base near the country’s border with Pakistan have been killed, and that an operation is underway to secure the compound. Seven Indian troops were also killed in the attack.

Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar also said Tuesday that no military hardware was damaged in the fighting at the Pathankot base, which has a fleet of India’s Russianorigin MiG-21 fighter jets and Mi25 and Mi-35 attack helicopters.

The attack began before dawn Saturday and dragged on as government troops struggled to contain the heavily armed attackers in the sprawling compound. At least twice it appeared that the attack had ended, but fresh gunfire and explosions erupted both times. The attack took place despite early intelligence warnings.

Indian forces searched Tuesday for the last of six suspected gunmen who attacked an air force base near the Pakistan border and killed seven government troops in the nearly four-day siege.

Air force spokeswoman Rochelle D’Silva said Tuesday “there has been no firing since Monday night at the base.” Indian security forces

say they have killed five attackers, the fifth on Monday, and believe one remains on Pathankot air force base’s sprawling premises.

In the first apparent claim of responsibility, the United Jehad Council, an alliance of 13 Kashmir-based rebel groups, claimed its “highway squad” stormed the base.

Alliance spokesman Syed Sadaqat Hussain issued a statement to Current News Service, based in the Indian portion of Kashmir, saying the attack carried a message for India that no security establishment was out of the militants’ reach.

The council is based in Pakistan’s portion of Kashmir, the Himalayan region divided between the countries and claimed in its entirety by both.

Sharad Kumar, chief of India’s National Investigation Agency, said telephone intercepts suggested the attackers were from Pakistan. He did not give details in the interview

with a television news channel TimesNow on Tuesday.

The Pakistan Foreign Ministry said the government was in touch with the Indian government and “is working on the leads provided by it.” “The challenge of terrorism calls for strengthening our resolve to a cooperative approach,” the statement issued Monday said.

The attack precedes a meeting between top foreign ministry bureaucrats of the two countries in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Jan. 15 to discuss steps to settle outstanding issues, including Kashmir.

The United Jehad Council said that by accusing Pakistan of every attack, India neither succeeded in maligning the Kashmir freedom struggle nor would it gain anything in the future. India without delay “should provide an opportunity to the people of Kashmir to decide their future,” Hussain said. India accuses Pakistan of arming and training insurgents in its portion of Kashmir. Pakistan denies that and says it only provides moral and diplomatic support. (ap)

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A man walks past a damaged water tanker truck at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen’s capital Sanaa January 4, 2016.

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From page 1 CEO of Bali Post Media Group, ABG Satria Naradha said that the K. Nadha Press Awards are an expression of the highest appreciation from the press to people or institutions that make tremendous efforts to maintain Bali. He stated that this year, the presentation of the awards would be followed by a discussion about

education, with the hope that Bali can be improved in 2016 by taking strategic steps towards creating human resources that can compete in the Asean Economic Community (AEC) through educational endeavours. “Therefore, the majority of this year’s K. Nadha Press Awards were given to universities. Balinese people should be great and extraordinary human beings, so that Bali and Indonesia can become even better,” said Naradha. (kmb32)

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Dalem Balingkang Temple BANGLI - Dalem Balingkang Temple situated in a remote area at the northern side of Lake Batur. It is situated on the eastern part of Penulisan Hill, some 40 kms from Bangli Town, precisely in Pinggan Village, Kinatamani

District. The place is easy to reach with vehicles. Reaching the parking area, a guest should go on foot for some 500 meters to reach the temple.

The word Balingkang translates King of Bali. The temple

once served as the palace for the King of Bali.

Based on folklore, in the 11th century, there was a king named Sri Kesari Waradewa who had a Chinese wife, a pricess of Chung Dynasty, Tang Ci Keng. The mar-

riage between the two was told in Barong Landung Dance that still can be seen in Bali to date.

Even the palace it self has been influenced by Chinese design and architectural styles, among others, the building of

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Gedong Mas and Pelinggih Ida Ratu Ayu. Chinese influence has also left Balinese old coins to have in one of the sides, Balinese characteristics, as God related symbols, which remain in use to date.

Green triple double leads Warriors over Hornets

Australian Open contenders Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep withdrew from the Brisbane International on Tuesday after suffering injuries less than two weeks before the first grand slam of the year.

Romanian top seed Halep was felled by inflammation in her left Achilles, an injury that hampered her 2015 campaign, but was hopeful of being fit in time for next week’s event in Sydney.

Russian Sharapova, the defending champion, was nursing an arm injury which meant a premature exit and no matches at her only tournament before the Melbourne slam which begins on Jan 18.

“I hurt my forearm in practice a couple days ago and need to precautionary withdraw with the #AusOpen starting,” Sharapova was quoted as saying by Brisbane tournament organisers. Sharapova has long been dogged by injuries and missed last year’s U.S. Open with a leg muscle injury and then suffered an arm injury on her return in China in October.

The world number four had been due to face compatriot Ekaterina Makarova in first round action later on Tuesday but was replaced by another Russian, lucky loser Margarita Gasparyan.

That match, on Pat Rafter Arena, was one of several to be delayed on Tuesday by rain on the east coast of Australia, causing further headaches for tournament organisers shorn of two of their biggest draw cards.

The injuries to Halep and 28-year-old Sharapova, five-times a grand slam singles champion, follow fitness concerns over Australian Open defending champion Serena Williams, who pulled out of her first match of the year at the Hopman Cup in Perth on Monday because of a knee complaint.

Halep, the world number two, was scheduled to face twice Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in second round action after receiving a bye and she downplayed concerns about the injury being anything serious.

“I did an MRI and it’s nothing dangerous, but it’s still an inflammation,” said Halep who was replaced in the draw by lucky loser Ysaline Bonaventure of Belgium. “I have just to take a few days’ rest.”

U.S. Open finalist Roberta Vinci escaped any drama and became the first woman through to the last eight on the Brisbane hard courts after the Italian demolished Dominika Cibulkova 6-1 6-1.

In the men’s draw, seeds David Goffin and Domini Thiem won on Tuesday to make the second round, where 17-times grand slam champion Roger Federer will begin from against German Tobias Kamke on Wednesday. (ap)

Green joined Tom Gola, who did it back in 1959-60, in achieving the rare feat as the Warriors pushed their lead in the NBA’s Pacific Division out to 10-1/2 games. They are three games ahead of San Antonio in the fight over the top record in the Western Conference, with the Spurs keeping up by winning convincingly at Milwaukee.

In another key result, Kyrie Irving led Cleveland to a comfortable home win against Toronto in a clash of Eastern Conference divisional leaders.

Green had 13 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists. The previous player in the NBA to post three straight triple-doubles was Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook, who had a fourgame streak last season.

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson scored 30 points apiece for the Warriors. Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lamb each scored 22 points for the Hornets, who have lost a season-worst four straight.

Simona Halep of Romania speaks at a press conference during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016.

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Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, left, dribbles past Charlotte Hornets’ Brian Roberts (22) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, in Oakland, Calif.

Golden State won 111-101.

OAKLAND, California — Golden State’s Draymond Green became the second Warriors player in history to post three straight triple-doubles, leading the hosts to a 111-101 victory over Charlotte which extended their winning streak in regularseason home games to 35.

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San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard scored 10 of his 24 points in the decisive third quarter to guide the Spurs to a 123-98 win at Milwaukee.

Rookie swingman Jonathon Simmons scored a career-high 18 for the Spurs, who set a season high for points just two days after they had done the same by posting 121 against Houston. San Antonio won despite being without starting point guard Tony Parker due to right hip soreness.

Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving showed he was getting back to his best after a long injury absence, scoring 25 points to lead the Cavaliers to a 122-100 win against Toronto.

Irving, playing his sixth game since returning from a broken left kneecap, was 10 of 16 from the field. The three-time All-Star was injured in Game 1 of last season’s NBA Finals. J.R. Smith had 24 on eight 3-pointers for the Cavaliers, who had all five starters score in

double figures and improved to 15-1 at home.

The Raptors were led by Kyle Lowry’s 23 points. Miami came from 18 points down in the third quarter to force overtime and wound up beating Indiana 103-100.

Chris Bosh scored 31 points while Dwyane Wade had 27 including a layup that beat the buzzer and forced overtime.

Paul George scored 32 points on 12-for-29 shooting for Indiana, but his 3-pointer from the right corner bounced off the rim on the game’s final play. Detroit posted its biggest victory margin of the season by beating Orlando 115-89.

Andre Drummond had 17 points and 12 rebounds while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 21 points for the Pistons, who were only ahead by three points early in the third quarter before pulling away.

Victor Oladipo, starting in place of injured guard Elfrid Payton, led Orlando with 18 points. Sacramento capitalized on the absence of Kevin Durant due to a sprained big toe and won 116-104 at Oklahoma City, led by 33 points and a season-best 19 rebound by DeMarcus Cousins. (ap)

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Sp rt Adidas chief executive critical of Man U’s playing style

BERLIN — Even Manchester United’s sponsors are unhappy with the team’s style of play.

Adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer tells a German newspaper that United’s “current playing style is not exactly what we want to see.”

Man United’s uniforms are made by the German company.

Hainer, however, also tells the Sueddeutsche Zeitung that business with United “is going very

well, we’re selling more jerseys than expected.”

United beat Swansea 2-1 on Saturday to end an eight-game winless run — its longest in 26 years — and give manager Louis van Gaal some reprieve.

The Dutch coach had raised the possibility of resigning during United’s poor run. United is fifth in the Premier League and already out of the Champions League. (ap)

Klopp has need for greed from shot-shy Liverpool

Liverpool’s players must show more desire if they are to get their faltering season back on track, manager Juergen Klopp has said. With his team having netted just 22 goals in 20 Premier League games this season, Klopp has called for an all-round improvement to set matters right.

Daniel Sturridge, Divock Origi and Danny Ings are all injured, leaving the German with Christian Benteke as his only orthodox striking option ahead of Tuesday’s League Cup semi-final first leg against Stoke City.

The Belgian, Liverpool’s leading scorer, has six league goals this season. To put that in perspective, the league’s joint top scorers, Romelu Lukaku and Jamie Vardy, have 15 apiece.

Klopp suggested that his team was having problems in terms of

Leicester moves 1st in January transfer market to sign Gray

carving out opportunities as well as finishing them off.

“The mother of all goals is the opportunities, the chances, so we have to have them and then you have to use them,” the German told reporters. “We need to be more concentrated, be more greedy, be more disciplined, be more everything. We are often in situations where we can score goals and we don’t use them.

“You need confidence, you need to run. We made goals in several games, six against Southampton and things like this, so we know where the goal is, that is the good thing.

“But we have things to work on. We have big problems with injuries with the strikers so we have to work, it’s not dreamland.

We know the numbers and it’s not good but we can do better.” (rtr)

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp

Reuters / Toby Melville

AP Photo/Francois Mori, File

FILE - In this March 26, 2015 file photo, former soccer player and current Real Madrid B team coach Zinedine Zidane waves to spectators prior to the international friendly soccer match between France and Brazil at the Stade de France, north of Paris, France.

Benitez fired as Real Madrid coach, replaced by Zidane

MADRID — Real Madrid fired coach Rafa Benitez after only seven months on Monday and replaced him with its former star player Zinedine Zidane. Club president Florentino Perez announced the decision at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Monday, a day after Madrid’s 2-2 draw at Valencia deepened a crisis that started with an embarrassing 4-0 home loss to rival Barcelona in November.

“We have to do our best so that the team is able to win something,” said Zidane. “I’m going to put all my heart into Real Madrid.”

Madrid has won seven of nine matches since the demoralizing defeat to Barcelona but fans continued to demand the departure of Benitez, whose Liverpool side won the Champions League in 2005. Real Madrid is third in the Spanish league, four points behind leader Atletico Madrid and two behind Barcelona, which has a game in hand.

France soccer great Zidane, who was Carlo Ancelotti’s assistant in 2014 when Real Madrid won the Champions League, has been coaching Madrid’s “B’’ team in the third division. Zidane was at the Bernabeu with his wife and four kids.

“I’m more emotional now than when I signed as a player,” said Zidane, who ended his career at Madrid in 2006. It will be the first major coaching job for the former playmaker, whose career was marked by greatness on the field but also by his head-butting of an Italian defender in the 2006 World Cup final.

“He is clearly conscious of how tough this job is,” Perez said. “Zidane doesn’t know the word impossible.”

Zidane leaves Real Madrid Castilla in second place in the third division, with 37 points from 19 games.

Perez had supported Benitez since the Barcelona loss, saying the Spaniard “was the solution, not the problem,” to Madrid’s crisis. But fans kept showing their discontent even in an 8-0 win over Malmo

in the Champions League and a 10-2 rout of Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish league. They also were not happy with the team’s embarrassing elimination from the Copa del Rey for using an ineligible player.

Zidane’s name was mentioned

by Spanish media every time Real Madrid struggled. The 43-year-old former playmaker kept dismissing the possibility of taking over Benitez, but always made it clear that his ultimate goal was to coach the main team. Perez recently praised Zidane and said that naturally he would become Madrid’s coach one day.

There had been speculation about former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho taking over at Madrid, but Perez said the Portuguese coach’s return wasn’t in the team’s plans for now.

Madrid’s next match is at Granada on Sunday in the 22nd round of the Spanish league.

Zidane said he would begin training for the Madrid squad on Tuesday, the first session of the year and one that is traditionally open to the public. (ap)

LEICESTER — Leicester became the first title challenger in the Premier League to make a move in the transfer market, signing winger Demarai Gray on Monday from second-tier English club Birmingham.

The 19-year-old Gray joined for a reported fee of 3.7 million pounds ($5.4 million) after Leicester met the release clause in his contract.

Leicester came close to signing the Englishman in the offseason and is currently second in the league — two points behind Arsenal — after a surprisingly strong start to the season.

Gray will provide competition for wingers Riyad Mahrez and Marc Albrighton, who have been among Leicester’s best players this season. (ap)

Demarai Gray

Beckham hails Zidane as the right choice for Real

LONDON - Zinedine Zidane is the right man for the job of Real Madrid coach, former team mate David Beckham said on Monday after the Spanish club sacked Rafa Benitez and replaced him with the French World Cup winner.

“Does it get any better than this??,” the former England captain, who played with Zidane at Real after joining from Manchester United in 2003, declared on Instagram.

“A man that has been the best at a game we all love, taking over of a club that myself and many more people love... Someone with drive, passion and also doesn’t accept failure on any level,” added Beckham.

“Taking over from a manager that has huge experience and respect in the game, but taking on a position that he will relish... THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB.” Former Girondins de Bordeaux and France team mate Bixente Lizarazu hoped that his close friend, promoted from the role of coach of Real’s B team, would succeed.

“I am very happy for him because I know he is fully committed to this coaching career now, it’s a life choice,” he told French RTL radio.

“Zizou coaching Real Madrid, it makes me think of (former Bar-

celona coach) Pep Guardiola... it’s the same kind of start for Zizou and I wish he’ll have the same success.

He is a very determined person, who does things with passion.”

Guardiola, now at Bayern Munich and one of the world’s most sought after coaches, won 14 trophies including two Champions League titles in a four-year spell as Barcelona head coach. He had previously been a loyal servant of the club as both a player and B team coach.

Former Real president Ramon Calderon, who resigned in 2009, struck a discordant note, however.

He warned that Zidane was a gamble and that he might not be given much time to prove himself, with former Real coach Jose Mourinho potentially available after his sacking by Chelsea last month.

“I wish Zidane all the best but it will be difficult. If he is not successful then Jose Mourinho will be on the bench in June, I am sure,” he told BBC radio. “He lacks experience as a coach. That is a problem.

“I think the players like Zidane.

He won everything with Real Madrid. I am sure the fans will receive him in a very good way.

What happens in the next weeks, nobody knows.” (rtr)

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Sp rt Adidas chief executive critical of Man U’s playing style

BERLIN — Even Manchester United’s sponsors are unhappy with the team’s style of play.

Adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer tells a German newspaper that United’s “current playing style is not exactly what we want to see.”

Man United’s uniforms are made by the German company.

Hainer, however, also tells the Sueddeutsche Zeitung that business with United “is going very

well, we’re selling more jerseys than expected.”

United beat Swansea 2-1 on Saturday to end an eight-game winless run — its longest in 26 years — and give manager Louis van Gaal some reprieve.

The Dutch coach had raised the possibility of resigning during United’s poor run. United is fifth in the Premier League and already out of the Champions League. (ap)

Klopp has need for greed from shot-shy Liverpool

Liverpool’s players must show more desire if they are to get their faltering season back on track, manager Juergen Klopp has said. With his team having netted just 22 goals in 20 Premier League games this season, Klopp has called for an all-round improvement to set matters right.

Daniel Sturridge, Divock Origi and Danny Ings are all injured, leaving the German with Christian Benteke as his only orthodox striking option ahead of Tuesday’s League Cup semi-final first leg against Stoke City.

The Belgian, Liverpool’s leading scorer, has six league goals this season. To put that in perspective, the league’s joint top scorers, Romelu Lukaku and Jamie Vardy, have 15 apiece.

Klopp suggested that his team was having problems in terms of

Leicester moves 1st in January transfer market to sign Gray

carving out opportunities as well as finishing them off.

“The mother of all goals is the opportunities, the chances, so we have to have them and then you have to use them,” the German told reporters. “We need to be more concentrated, be more greedy, be more disciplined, be more everything. We are often in situations where we can score goals and we don’t use them.

“You need confidence, you need to run. We made goals in several games, six against Southampton and things like this, so we know where the goal is, that is the good thing.

“But we have things to work on. We have big problems with injuries with the strikers so we have to work, it’s not dreamland.

We know the numbers and it’s not good but we can do better.” (rtr)

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp

Reuters / Toby Melville

AP Photo/Francois Mori, File

FILE - In this March 26, 2015 file photo, former soccer player and current Real Madrid B team coach Zinedine Zidane waves to spectators prior to the international friendly soccer match between France and Brazil at the Stade de France, north of Paris, France.

Benitez fired as Real Madrid coach, replaced by Zidane

MADRID — Real Madrid fired coach Rafa Benitez after only seven months on Monday and replaced him with its former star player Zinedine Zidane. Club president Florentino Perez announced the decision at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Monday, a day after Madrid’s 2-2 draw at Valencia deepened a crisis that started with an embarrassing 4-0 home loss to rival Barcelona in November.

“We have to do our best so that the team is able to win something,” said Zidane. “I’m going to put all my heart into Real Madrid.”

Madrid has won seven of nine matches since the demoralizing defeat to Barcelona but fans continued to demand the departure of Benitez, whose Liverpool side won the Champions League in 2005. Real Madrid is third in the Spanish league, four points behind leader Atletico Madrid and two behind Barcelona, which has a game in hand.

France soccer great Zidane, who was Carlo Ancelotti’s assistant in 2014 when Real Madrid won the Champions League, has been coaching Madrid’s “B’’ team in the third division. Zidane was at the Bernabeu with his wife and four kids.

“I’m more emotional now than when I signed as a player,” said Zidane, who ended his career at Madrid in 2006. It will be the first major coaching job for the former playmaker, whose career was marked by greatness on the field but also by his head-butting of an Italian defender in the 2006 World Cup final.

“He is clearly conscious of how tough this job is,” Perez said. “Zidane doesn’t know the word impossible.”

Zidane leaves Real Madrid Castilla in second place in the third division, with 37 points from 19 games.

Perez had supported Benitez since the Barcelona loss, saying the Spaniard “was the solution, not the problem,” to Madrid’s crisis. But fans kept showing their discontent even in an 8-0 win over Malmo

in the Champions League and a 10-2 rout of Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish league. They also were not happy with the team’s embarrassing elimination from the Copa del Rey for using an ineligible player.

Zidane’s name was mentioned

by Spanish media every time Real Madrid struggled. The 43-year-old former playmaker kept dismissing the possibility of taking over Benitez, but always made it clear that his ultimate goal was to coach the main team. Perez recently praised Zidane and said that naturally he would become Madrid’s coach one day.

There had been speculation about former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho taking over at Madrid, but Perez said the Portuguese coach’s return wasn’t in the team’s plans for now.

Madrid’s next match is at Granada on Sunday in the 22nd round of the Spanish league.

Zidane said he would begin training for the Madrid squad on Tuesday, the first session of the year and one that is traditionally open to the public. (ap)

LEICESTER — Leicester became the first title challenger in the Premier League to make a move in the transfer market, signing winger Demarai Gray on Monday from second-tier English club Birmingham.

The 19-year-old Gray joined for a reported fee of 3.7 million pounds ($5.4 million) after Leicester met the release clause in his contract.

Leicester came close to signing the Englishman in the offseason and is currently second in the league — two points behind Arsenal — after a surprisingly strong start to the season.

Gray will provide competition for wingers Riyad Mahrez and Marc Albrighton, who have been among Leicester’s best players this season. (ap)

Demarai Gray

Beckham hails Zidane as the right choice for Real

LONDON - Zinedine Zidane is the right man for the job of Real Madrid coach, former team mate David Beckham said on Monday after the Spanish club sacked Rafa Benitez and replaced him with the French World Cup winner.

“Does it get any better than this??,” the former England captain, who played with Zidane at Real after joining from Manchester United in 2003, declared on Instagram.

“A man that has been the best at a game we all love, taking over of a club that myself and many more people love... Someone with drive, passion and also doesn’t accept failure on any level,” added Beckham.

“Taking over from a manager that has huge experience and respect in the game, but taking on a position that he will relish... THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB.” Former Girondins de Bordeaux and France team mate Bixente Lizarazu hoped that his close friend, promoted from the role of coach of Real’s B team, would succeed.

“I am very happy for him because I know he is fully committed to this coaching career now, it’s a life choice,” he told French RTL radio.

“Zizou coaching Real Madrid, it makes me think of (former Bar-

celona coach) Pep Guardiola... it’s the same kind of start for Zizou and I wish he’ll have the same success.

He is a very determined person, who does things with passion.”

Guardiola, now at Bayern Munich and one of the world’s most sought after coaches, won 14 trophies including two Champions League titles in a four-year spell as Barcelona head coach. He had previously been a loyal servant of the club as both a player and B team coach.

Former Real president Ramon Calderon, who resigned in 2009, struck a discordant note, however.

He warned that Zidane was a gamble and that he might not be given much time to prove himself, with former Real coach Jose Mourinho potentially available after his sacking by Chelsea last month.

“I wish Zidane all the best but it will be difficult. If he is not successful then Jose Mourinho will be on the bench in June, I am sure,” he told BBC radio. “He lacks experience as a coach. That is a problem.

“I think the players like Zidane.

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Dalem Balingkang Temple BANGLI - Dalem Balingkang Temple situated in a remote area at the northern side of Lake Batur. It is situated on the eastern part of Penulisan Hill, some 40 kms from Bangli Town, precisely in Pinggan Village, Kinatamani

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Injured Sharapova, Halep out of Brisbane event

Gedong Mas and Pelinggih Ida Ratu Ayu. Chinese influence has also left Balinese old coins to have in one of the sides, Balinese characteristics, as God related symbols, which remain in use to date.

Green triple double leads Warriors over Hornets

Australian Open contenders Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep withdrew from the Brisbane International on Tuesday after suffering injuries less than two weeks before the first grand slam of the year.

Romanian top seed Halep was felled by inflammation in her left Achilles, an injury that hampered her 2015 campaign, but was hopeful of being fit in time for next week’s event in Sydney.

Russian Sharapova, the defending champion, was nursing an arm injury which meant a premature exit and no matches at her only tournament before the Melbourne slam which begins on Jan 18.

“I hurt my forearm in practice a couple days ago and need to precautionary withdraw with the #AusOpen starting,” Sharapova was quoted as saying by Brisbane tournament organisers. Sharapova has long been dogged by injuries and missed last year’s U.S. Open with a leg muscle injury and then suffered an arm injury on her return in China in October.

The world number four had been due to face compatriot Ekaterina Makarova in first round action later on Tuesday but was replaced by another Russian, lucky loser Margarita Gasparyan.

That match, on Pat Rafter Arena, was one of several to be delayed on Tuesday by rain on the east coast of Australia, causing further headaches for tournament organisers shorn of two of their biggest draw cards.

The injuries to Halep and 28-year-old Sharapova, five-times a grand slam singles champion, follow fitness concerns over Australian Open defending champion Serena Williams, who pulled out of her first match of the year at the Hopman Cup in Perth on Monday because of a knee complaint.

Halep, the world number two, was scheduled to face twice Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in second round action after receiving a bye and she downplayed concerns about the injury being anything serious.

“I did an MRI and it’s nothing dangerous, but it’s still an inflammation,” said Halep who was replaced in the draw by lucky loser Ysaline Bonaventure of Belgium. “I have just to take a few days’ rest.”

U.S. Open finalist Roberta Vinci escaped any drama and became the first woman through to the last eight on the Brisbane hard courts after the Italian demolished Dominika Cibulkova 6-1 6-1.

In the men’s draw, seeds David Goffin and Domini Thiem won on Tuesday to make the second round, where 17-times grand slam champion Roger Federer will begin from against German Tobias Kamke on Wednesday. (ap)

Green joined Tom Gola, who did it back in 1959-60, in achieving the rare feat as the Warriors pushed their lead in the NBA’s Pacific Division out to 10-1/2 games. They are three games ahead of San Antonio in the fight over the top record in the Western Conference, with the Spurs keeping up by winning convincingly at Milwaukee.

In another key result, Kyrie Irving led Cleveland to a comfortable home win against Toronto in a clash of Eastern Conference divisional leaders.

Green had 13 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists. The previous player in the NBA to post three straight triple-doubles was Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook, who had a fourgame streak last season.

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson scored 30 points apiece for the Warriors. Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lamb each scored 22 points for the Hornets, who have lost a season-worst four straight.

Simona Halep of Romania speaks at a press conference during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016.

AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, left, dribbles past Charlotte Hornets’ Brian Roberts (22) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, in Oakland, Calif.

Golden State won 111-101.

OAKLAND, California — Golden State’s Draymond Green became the second Warriors player in history to post three straight triple-doubles, leading the hosts to a 111-101 victory over Charlotte which extended their winning streak in regularseason home games to 35.

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San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard scored 10 of his 24 points in the decisive third quarter to guide the Spurs to a 123-98 win at Milwaukee.

Rookie swingman Jonathon Simmons scored a career-high 18 for the Spurs, who set a season high for points just two days after they had done the same by posting 121 against Houston. San Antonio won despite being without starting point guard Tony Parker due to right hip soreness.

Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving showed he was getting back to his best after a long injury absence, scoring 25 points to lead the Cavaliers to a 122-100 win against Toronto.

Irving, playing his sixth game since returning from a broken left kneecap, was 10 of 16 from the field. The three-time All-Star was injured in Game 1 of last season’s NBA Finals. J.R. Smith had 24 on eight 3-pointers for the Cavaliers, who had all five starters score in

double figures and improved to 15-1 at home.

The Raptors were led by Kyle Lowry’s 23 points. Miami came from 18 points down in the third quarter to force overtime and wound up beating Indiana 103-100.

Chris Bosh scored 31 points while Dwyane Wade had 27 including a layup that beat the buzzer and forced overtime.

Paul George scored 32 points on 12-for-29 shooting for Indiana, but his 3-pointer from the right corner bounced off the rim on the game’s final play. Detroit posted its biggest victory margin of the season by beating Orlando 115-89.

Andre Drummond had 17 points and 12 rebounds while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 21 points for the Pistons, who were only ahead by three points early in the third quarter before pulling away.

Victor Oladipo, starting in place of injured guard Elfrid Payton, led Orlando with 18 points. Sacramento capitalized on the absence of Kevin Durant due to a sprained big toe and won 116-104 at Oklahoma City, led by 33 points and a season-best 19 rebound by DeMarcus Cousins. (ap)

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Thai police websites hacked by group demanding justice

BANGKOK — Hackers have taken over several police websites in Thailand, replacing the home pages with a message saying, “Failed Law. We want Justice!”

The online attack took place late Monday. Several police websites were either offline or still displayed the message demanding justice Tuesday evening.

Home pages were replaced with a black screen that showed a white mask and blanked-out eyes and the hashtag #Boycott Thailand.

A police spokesman said authorities were investigating the hack, which targeted websites of regional police forces across the country and a variety of police agencies. (ap)

BERLIN — The United Nations says the civilian death toll from nine months of fighting in Yemen has reached nearly 2,800 after at least 81 people were killed in December.

The U.N. human rights office said Tuesday another 109 civilians were wounded last month. That brings its total count to 2,795 dead and 5,324 wounded since March 26.

Yemen’s fighting pits Shiite rebels known as Houthis and troops

loyal to the ex-president against southern separatists, local and tribal militias, Sunni Islamic militants and presidential loyalists. A Saudi-led coalition has been waging an air campaign since March against the Houthis.

The U.N. office said it received allegations that coalition forces used cluster bombs in Hajjah province. A U.N. team says it found remnants of 29 cluster submunitions in the village of al-Odair. (ap)

UN: civilian death toll from Yemen fighting nears 2,800

AP Photo/Channi Anand

An Indian army truck carrying military equipment moves towards the Indian air force base in Pathankot, India, Monday, Jan.4, 2016.

India says 6 gunmen killed, operation on to secure air base

PATHANKOT — An Indian official says six gunmen who attacked an air force base near the country’s border with Pakistan have been killed, and that an operation is underway to secure the compound. Seven Indian troops were also killed in the attack.

Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar also said Tuesday that no military hardware was damaged in the fighting at the Pathankot base, which has a fleet of India’s Russianorigin MiG-21 fighter jets and Mi25 and Mi-35 attack helicopters.

The attack began before dawn Saturday and dragged on as government troops struggled to contain the heavily armed attackers in the sprawling compound. At least twice it appeared that the attack had ended, but fresh gunfire and explosions erupted both times. The attack took place despite early intelligence warnings.

Indian forces searched Tuesday for the last of six suspected gunmen who attacked an air force base near the Pakistan border and killed seven government troops in the nearly four-day siege.

Air force spokeswoman Rochelle D’Silva said Tuesday “there has been no firing since Monday night at the base.” Indian security forces

say they have killed five attackers, the fifth on Monday, and believe one remains on Pathankot air force base’s sprawling premises.

In the first apparent claim of responsibility, the United Jehad Council, an alliance of 13 Kashmir-based rebel groups, claimed its “highway squad” stormed the base.

Alliance spokesman Syed Sadaqat Hussain issued a statement to Current News Service, based in the Indian portion of Kashmir, saying the attack carried a message for India that no security establishment was out of the militants’ reach.

The council is based in Pakistan’s portion of Kashmir, the Himalayan region divided between the countries and claimed in its entirety by both.

Sharad Kumar, chief of India’s National Investigation Agency, said telephone intercepts suggested the attackers were from Pakistan. He did not give details in the interview

with a television news channel TimesNow on Tuesday.

The Pakistan Foreign Ministry said the government was in touch with the Indian government and “is working on the leads provided by it.” “The challenge of terrorism calls for strengthening our resolve to a cooperative approach,” the statement issued Monday said.

The attack precedes a meeting between top foreign ministry bureaucrats of the two countries in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Jan. 15 to discuss steps to settle outstanding issues, including Kashmir.

The United Jehad Council said that by accusing Pakistan of every attack, India neither succeeded in maligning the Kashmir freedom struggle nor would it gain anything in the future. India without delay “should provide an opportunity to the people of Kashmir to decide their future,” Hussain said. India accuses Pakistan of arming and training insurgents in its portion of Kashmir. Pakistan denies that and says it only provides moral and diplomatic support. (ap)

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A man walks past a damaged water tanker truck at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen’s capital Sanaa January 4, 2016.

16 recipients ...

From page 1 CEO of Bali Post Media Group, ABG Satria Naradha said that the K. Nadha Press Awards are an expression of the highest appreciation from the press to people or institutions that make tremendous efforts to maintain Bali. He stated that this year, the presentation of the awards would be followed by a discussion about

education, with the hope that Bali can be improved in 2016 by taking strategic steps towards creating human resources that can compete in the Asean Economic Community (AEC) through educational endeavours. “Therefore, the majority of this year’s K. Nadha Press Awards were given to universities. Balinese people should be great and extraordinary human beings, so that Bali and Indonesia can become even better,” said Naradha. (kmb32)

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WASHINGTON — Leading business groups, often at odds with President Barack Obama, are looking to give momentum to one of his priorities before he leaves office: approval of a trade pact linking 12 nations along the Pacific Rim that make up 40 percent of the world economy.

Republican governor of Michigan, said his organization is hoping Congress will approve the pact before it heads home for its August recess.

“The hope is to send the signal now that we’re getting pretty comfortable with the agreement and let’s get ready to give it serious consideration,” Engler told The Associated Press.

The trade agreement took more than five years to stitch together.

Participating nations would reduce or eliminate thousands of tariffs that apply to foreign-made goods. The agreement also rolls back regulatory requirements, such as the need

to establish an office in a particular country or partner with a local entity, in order to access their markets.

Several presidential candidates in both parties as well as members of Congress have panned the TransPacific Partnership since agreement on the deal’s terms was announced in October. Donald Trump said it’s a “terrible deal.” Democrat Hillary Clinton said “it didn’t meet my standards.”

That’s led to questions about whether Congress would pass the trade pact, even though lawmakers just last year passed legislation designed to speed TPP’s passage without the threat of amendments or filibuster. Support from business groups could ease some lawmakers’ concerns about the political environment.

The trade group representing

manufacturers came out with its endorsement Monday. The group’s president and CEO, Jay Timmons, said that without the agreement, the United States would be ceding economic leadership to other global powers, letting them set the rules of economic engagement in the region.

The group has frequently clashed with the Obama administration over new environmental regulations and recently sued to stop stricter limits on smog-causing pollution.

Labor unions have come out overwhelmingly against the trade agreement, saying it will drive wages down, and it’s clear that for Obama to get a legacy-setting victory, he’ll have to rely on the Republican party to push the legislation to victory.

Engler said he’s confident that the pact would end up getting more

votes than the fast-track legislation that passed last year.

He said not all members of the Business Roundtable supported TPP, but there was broad consensus.

“We cannot have a robust economy if the goal is to make things here and sell it to ourselves,” Engler said.

The White House said it welcomed the endorsements and that it showed that companies big and small feel the agreement is vital to their ability to compete globally.

“We look forward to working with Congress to ratify this agreement as soon as possible, so that these job creators can begin to take advantage of the 18,000 tax cuts within the agreement and support more higher-paying American jobs,” said White House spokeswoman Brandi Hoffine. (ap)

Asian markets swing through day before ending lower HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell at the end of another volatile session Tuesday, a day after a global rout that saw trading suspended in Chinese markets and US and European equities tank.

In echoes of the summer’s turbulence that saw trillions wiped off valuations, most bourses in the region tumbled in the first few minutes of trade before bouncing in and out of positive territory throughout the day.

The selling on Monday was fuelled by more downbeat data on Chinese factory activity, the latest evidence showing the world’s number two economy struggling with its lowest annual growth rates in 25 years.

The data -- combined with the expiration this Friday of China’s measures brought in to curb last year’s share slump -- sent Shanghai stocks crashing almost seven percent.

Regulators halted trading in China before the scheduled close on Monday, the first day a new circuit breaker mechanism was in place.

“The main reason for yesterday’s fall was concern that China’s economy won’t steadily pick up. The circuit breaker was more of an accelerant for the fall,” Northeast Securities analyst Shen Zhengyang told AFP. On Tuesday the market watchdog, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, sought to calm the panic by defending the measure.

“The circuit breaker has a big impact in stabilising the market and its main function is to provide a ‘cooling off period’ for the market to avoid or reduce rushed decisions made during wide swings,” it said in a statement.

Shanghai fell a further three percent at the open Tuesday before swinging from red to green and finally ending 0.3 percent lower.

The losses came despite the central People’s Bank of China injecting billions of dollars into financial markets to boost liquidity.

Hong Kong finished 0.7 percent lower, having also enjoyed healthy buying spells, while Tokyo was down 0.4 percent by the close on the back of a strong yen. (afp)

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Mt. Soputan erupts

Business group hopes to boost momentum for trade pact The Business Roundtable, made up of chief executive officers from large U.S. companies, will endorse the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement on Tuesday. A trade group representing manufacturers did the same Monday.

Their influence could make supporters in Congress more eager to take the agreement up in an election year. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently urged Obama to hold off on sending the agreement to Congress before the elections, warning that it didn’t have the votes.

John Engler, president of the Business Roundtable, and a former

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Mount Soputan at the border of Minahasa Selatan and Minahasa Tenggara in North Sulawesi erupted at 20.53 local time on Monday.

MINAHASA - Mount Soputan at the border of Minahasa Selatan and Minahasa Tenggara in North Sulawesi erupted at 20.53 local time on Monday.

“We confirm that Mount Soputan erupted at 20.53 and it was clearly seen,” head of the Minahasa Tenggara district’s Disaster Mitigation Agency service, Joppie Mokodase, said.

He said the danger status of the volcano has been raised to Level III. “The geological agency raised the danger status to Level III minutes after it erupted,” he said.

He said molten lava was seen flowing down along the eastern slope of the mountain.

“Molten lava can be seen flowing from the peak down the eastern side of the mountain and a crumbling sound was heard coming from the mountain’s peak,” he said.

Joppie said he was still awaiting reports from the monitoring posts about areas that were vulnerable to the impact of the eruption.

“We are still waiting for information regarding the development from monitoring posts. As soon as we receive such information, we would immediately share it with the people living around the mountain,” he said.

Mount Soputan, one of the most active volcanoes in North Sulawesi, last erupted in March 2015. (ant)

Poverty rate rose in September 2015

JAKARTA - The number of Indonesians living in poverty rose by 780 thousand to 28.51 million in September 2015, from 27.73 million in September 2014, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS).

The number of poor people rose significantly during the September 2014-March 2015 period due to a fuel price hike in November 2014 and the impact of economic slow-

down, BPS Chairman Suryamin said on Monday.

“Compared to September 2014, (the number of poor people) in September 2015 rose by 0.78 mil-

lion,” he said.

According to BPS data, the inflation rate in the September 2014March 2015 period was recorded at 4.03 percent, with rural inflation reaching 4.4 percent over the same period.

Compared to September 2014, rice prices rose 14.48 percent to Rp13,089 per kilogram and farm-

er’s exchange rate weakened by 1.34 percent in March 2015.

However, he added that the number of residents not belonging to poor category began to increase in March 2015 after the government’s social program was implemented.

The decline was also the result of the government’s efforts to anticipate inflation in March 2015,

he said.

Therefore, the number of poor people dropped by 80 thousand during the March 2014-September 2015 period.

“Admittedly, if we look at data in September last year, the number of poor people did increase but if we look at data in March 2015, it declined,” he said. (ant)

Indonesian tattooists revive tribal traditions

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Traders talk at each other in front of screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), second from left, and foreign exchange rates at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. Asian markets mostly fell at the end of another volatile session Tuesday, a day after a global rout that saw trading suspended in Chinese markets and US and European equities tank.

MAGUWOHARJO - Men in tribal dress stand amid dense jungle on the Indonesian island of Java, their bodies covered in elaborate, traditional tattoos inspired by cultures in distant corners of the vast, tropical archipelago.

Many images on display at the recent tattoo festival that brought the men together were not applied with fast, modern machines, but using a centuries-old, tribal method that involves artists gently tapping a stick mounted with a needle on a subject’s skin.

The practice known as “handtapping” had almost faded out completely, as modernity overwhelmed Indonesia’s tribes and younger generations eschewed their ancestors’ ways, but tattoo artists have in recent years been driving a revival as more and

more people seek to reconnect with the past.

“There is a growing trend now, there are more people who want to learn about traditional tattooing -- I am very happy about it,” said Herpianto Hendra, a tattoo artist who uses the ancient method and is a member of Borneo’s Dayak tribespeople.

“I am proud that my culture is being recognised.”

The body art ranges from flowers inspired by Dayak tattoos that mark the coming of age, to narrow, black lines running across the body, like those of indigenous peoples from a remote scattering of islands in western Indonesia.

The festival earlier this month in Maguwoharjo village in Java’s cultural heartland gathered people from across Indonesia and the world

at the studio of celebrated Indonesian tattoo artist Durga, a leading figure in the revival.

Durga has championed tattoos from the western Mentawai islands, home to a semi-nomadic tribespeople famed for their body art and the practice of sharpening their teeth, which they believe makes them more beautiful.

Mentawai tattoos, generally long lines looping over the shoulders and chest and more elaborate patterns on feet and hands, were long part of local culture and signified the tribespeople’s close links to nature.

The other well known body art from Indonesia is found among the Dayaks, an array of semi-nomadic tribes who traditionally lived in the jungles and mountains of vast, biodiverse Borneo island shared between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.

Their tattoos featured thick, black lines forming images inspired by nature, such as flowers, leaves and animals, that mark a person’s journey through life. Before head-hunting was banned, Dayaks also received tattoos on their hands if they decapitated an enemy.

While not as well known, other indigenous groups also have tattooing traditions, such as those in the eastern Maluku Islands and the central island of Sumba.

But the tradition has been waning for decades, after Christian missionaries and the Indonesian government sought to discourage what they saw as outdated, tribal practices, and as younger tribespeople moved away from villages to rapidly growing cities in search of better jobs and education.

Lars Krutak, an American tattoo anthropologist, said people are drawn to ancient Indonesian designs as they are “unique, beautiful and deeply spiritual”.

“People living in big cities want to be rooted to something meaningful, especially if they plan to wear these tattoos on their bodies for the rest of their lives,” said Krutak, who has written an entry on Durga for the “World Atlas of Tattoo”, which features 100 tattoo artists.

Despite signs of a revival in some areas, experts warn that tattooing styles of tribes in more remote places could be forgotten.

“I fear this ancient traditional and artistic knowledge will soon be lost forever unless a concerted effort is made to record it immediately,” said Krutak. (afp)

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Judge asks medium to be presented

DENPASAR - Adoptive mother of the murder victim Engeline, Margriet Ch Megawe, was re-presented in the Denpasar District Court, Monday (Jan. 4). The woman accused of committing murder was on trial with the agenda of examining witnesses.

Prosecutor Subekhan et al. presented a number of witnesses, including a close friend of the defendant, Rohana, Andika Anakonda as well as Riden, the friend of Agustay Hamda May.

Rohana who testified before the panel of judges chaired by Edward Harris Sinaga adequately made the spectators and the judges laugh because her statement is considered to be unreasonable.

She said that Margriet called her and said that Engeline was kidnapped by a long-haired woman. “Mrs. Margriet said that Engeline was kidnapped by long-haired person,” she told the court. Rohana claimed that she just believed in what is said by the defendant who is also her close friend. Even the witness said that when Engeline was missing, the witness also accompanied to make a report to hamlet chief. “Hamlet chief directly told to report the incident to East Denpasar Police because Mrs. Margriet said (to hamlet chief) that she missed her daughter,” said Rohana lightly.

Responding to the statement, the presiding judge reassured about the statement saying that Engeline was kidnapped by a long-haired woman. The witness believed offhand because it was told by a medium. “It was in my opinion.

A medium said that the child was kidnapped, so I believed it. Margriet told that her missing dog was even found by the medium as well. It was told by Mrs. Margriet,” said the witness.

“Aaahh, the missing dog was even encountered by the medium? How superb the medium is!” the judge said.

In addition, Rohana was also invited to search Engeline to Kuta. “I was invited by Mrs. Margriet. It is said there was a child with her parents eating fresh vegetables in a stall.

She said there were two children, where one of which was with long hair. Someone heard, so that the kid was told not to go anywhere,” told the witness Rohana. “Then, what about the results?” asked the judge. The witness answered that she failed. “We were roaming around,” the witness replied.

“Why did you not report the incident to police station?” questioned the judge again.

“I do not know,” said Rohana frankly.

In addition, the witness was about to be

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Iran president criticizes Saudi Arabia over severing ties

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia cannot “cover up” its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic, even as the kingdom’s allies began limiting their links to his country.

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The witnesses in Margriet Ch Megawe trial are taking oath before it start taken to Singaraja. The witness said there was a child found in Singaraja. “It was told

by Mrs. Margriet. There was a child found in a ravine. So, it would be operated on and I wanted to join. Eh… finally the journey was cancelled because police were said to have telephoned because no child was operated on as it was false call,” said the witness.

The judge tried to extract the information regarding the reaction and facial expression of Margriet at the time. Witness Rohana said that it was so and so. Margriet was convinced to find her daughter.

In addition to the incident, Rohana also got a call from Margriet to take jewelry and a certificate. Margriet asked her to take the jewelry and certificate in a pile in the house of Margriet. But Rohana at that time answered she was in a market.

On the proximity, the judge could also ask, how close is the friendship of Rohana to Mar-

griet as the jewelry or certificate, denoting a private assets, were also entrusted to be taken by Rohana. Rohana said that she was not willing to take on the pretext that she was in a market.

Did Rohana visit Margriet while in detention? The witness said she did not because he was sad. She just met last Monday as a witness. On the evidence, the judge asked about the medium named Ramli. Prosecutor said the medium has actually been summoned, but he did not come. So, prosecutors will seek to summon the medium again to inquire about the long-haired kidnapper of Engeline and told the presence of the missing dog. “It is so clear anyway. Anyone who knows, we’ll summon as a witness,” said the judge.

The defendant Margriet justified the statement of Rohana. Another witness is Andika Anakonda. He told about the beginning of his acquaintance with Margriet to the employment of Agustay Hamda May at the home of Mar-

griet. “At that time, Margriet was shopping at Lotte Mart,” said the witness. When delivering goods, the defendant Margriet asked the witness whether there are people willing to work to maintain chickens and dogs.

In addition, the judge pursued the information about lie detector expert saying that Anakonda told lies and even Agustay being honest and the results of Margriet being evaluated at National Police Headquarters.

Anakonda denied to have told lies and said that what he stated in the case of Margriet who he knows as the ‘Boss of Chicken’ is true. He even vows. “Let me vow that I dare to die when going out of this place (the room) if have really told lies,” said the witness.

Riden, the friend of Agustay, who was taken to overnight at his home, did not give much information. During overnight there, Agustay never talked about the murder of Engeline. (kmb37)

A year, diarrhea epidemic spreads at three locations

TABANAN - Throughout the year 2015, Tabanan recorded diarrhea epidemic at three locations, namely 18 people of Senganan Kanginan (January) and 21 people at Basang Be hamlet, Perean Kangin.

Then, another epidemic occurred at Pasut hamlet, Tibubiu, due to food poisoning afflicting to 100 people in March.

The Division Head of the P2MPL at the Tabanan Health Agency, Wayan Triana, stated on Monday (Jan. 3)

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that the diarrhea case is categorized into epidemic in the event of twice increases or more than the previous month in the same year or twice increases or more in the same month of the previous year. “So, from these data there is twice increase in cases from the previous month in the same year and there is an increase in cases in the same month of the previous year. Thus, the diarrhea is declared as an epidemic,” he said.

In terms of diarrhea handling, the

epidemic case is certainly not too good because the objective of creating the application of healthy life in the community cannot be achieved.

However, in terms of performance of the case discovery is well recorded.

Further, Triana added that there is a formulation in determining the performance of diarrhea case discovery in the community, namely 214/1000 multiplied by 10/100 multiplied by the number of Tabanan population.

Based on the recent data, the diar-

rhea case found is 7,972 with the target of 9,467 cases or 84.2 percent.

“In terms of our performance report, it is good, but in terms of program, it is on the contrary because the incidence of diarrhea should be less than 214/1000 population,” said Triana.

In conducting the performance report, the district government allocated IDR 6 million used for program evaluation meetings on the diarrhea with health centers. As for the operations, the budget is al-

located by the health operational aid (BOK) at each health center.

Other than health services by the Health Agency, the handling cases of diarrhea in the community is also conducted through provision of briefing on clean and healthy life behavior primarily by always washing hands with soap and defecating in place. “Briefing is done regularly at health centers and schools through the infirmary,” said Triana. (kmb24)

President Hassan Rouhani’s comments came as Kuwait announced it had recalled its ambassador to Iran over attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic.

The execution last weekend of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a Shiite cleric and opposition figure in Saudi Arabia, has heightened the SaudiIran regional rivalry, threatening to derail already-shaky peace efforts over the wars in Syria and Yemen.

A statement posted on his official website said Rouhani discussed the current diplomatic dispute with visiting Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen.

“The Saudi government has taken a strange action and cut off its diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran to cover its crimes of beheading a religious leader in its country,” Rouhani said.

“Undoubtedly, such actions can’t cover up that big crime.”

The diplomatic standoff between Iran and the kingdom began Saturday, when Saudi Arabia executed Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others convicted of terror charges — the largest mass execution carried out by the kingdom since 1980. It’s not clear whether alNimr was beheaded with a sword, though Saudis routinely use that form of execution.

Al-Nimr, a central figure in the Arab Spring-inspired protests by Saudi Arabia’s Shiite minority, was

executed after being convicted of sedition and of other crimes, though he long denied advocating violence.

News of his execution has sparked Shiite protests from Bahrain to Pakistan.

In Iran, protesters responded by attacking the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad. Late Sunday, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announced the kingdom would sever its relations with Iran over the assaults, giving Iranian diplomatic personnel 48 hours to leave his country.

Sudan and the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain said Monday they would sever ties with Iran The United Arab Emirates announced it would downgrade ties to Tehran to the level of the charge d’affaires, while other nations issued statements criticizing Iran.

On Tuesday, Kuwait announced the recalling of its ambassador in a statement carried on the state-run Kuwait News Agency, without elaborating. It wasn’t immediately clear how the Kuwait-Iran diplomatic ties would be affected by the move.

Tiny Kuwait is home to both Shiites and Sunnis living in peace and has the most free-wheeling political system among all Gulf nations.

Iran expressed “regret” over the attacks on the diplomatic missions in a letter to the United Nations on Monday and vowed to arrest those

German city holds crisis meeting after New Year sex assaults

BERLIN — City officials and police in Cologne are holding a crisis meeting following a series of sex assaults in the western German city on New Year’s Eve. Mayor Henriette Reker called Tuesday’s meeting to discuss the police response to the assaults that occurred around Cologne’s main train station, next to the city’s famous cathedral, during the night.

Police say dozens of women have reported being sexually assaulted and robbed. At least 60 criminal complaints have been filed, including one allegation of rape.

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas called for the perpetrators to be held to account, saying the attacks were “cowardly and vile.”

Green Party lawmaker Claudia Roth warned against blaming refugees for the assaults, which police say witnesses described as being committed by men of “Arab or North African origin.” (ap)

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A Muslim cleric chants slogans alongside women in a rally to protest the execution by Saudi Arabia last week of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent opposition Saudi Shiite cleric, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. responsible. In the letter, obtained

by The Associated Press, Iran’s U.N. envoy Gholamali Khoshroo said more than 40 protesters have been arrested and that authorities are searching for other suspects.

In response to a Saudi letter, the U.N. Security Council late Monday strongly condemned the attacks by Iranian protesters on Saudi diplomatic posts. The council statement, agreed to after hours of negotiations, made no mention of the Saudi executions or the rupture in Saudi-Iranian relations.

Saudi Arabia and Iran have long vied for influence in the Middle East. Their rivalry deepened following the toppling of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and the chaos of the Arab Spring, which gave rise to proxy wars in Syria and Yemen.

World powers have sought to calm the tensions. On Monday, Germany called on both sides to mend ties, while Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted an unnamed senior diplomat as saying Moscow is ready to act as a mediator.

The U.N. envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, was en route to Riyadh on Monday with plans to later visit Tehran. Iran, a staunch supporter of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Saudi Arabia, a key backer of the opposition, have participated in three rounds of international talks aimed at ending the conflict. De Mistura has set a Jan. 25 target date for a fourth round of talks.

The White House urged Saudi Arabia and Iran to not let their dispute derail efforts to end the Syrian civil war. (ap)

Chinese woman dies of H5N6 bird flu, another woman critical

BEIJING — Health authorities in southern China said Tuesday that a 26-year-old woman has died of a strain of bird flu, and another woman is reportedly in serious condition. The two contracted H5N6, a strain of bird flu that has so far only been seen in people in China.

A press officer at Shenzhen’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the death of the local woman on Dec. 30. He wouldn’t identify himself.

A 40-year-old woman also from Guangdong province is in serious condition in hospital, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Six human cases of H5N6 have been reported in total, all in China, since May 2014. The virus has been detected in poultry in China, Lao and Vietnam.

The World Health Organization says that human cases of bird flu remain uncommon, with sporadic cases occurring following exposure to infected poultry or a contaminated environment. It says there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission of bird flu. (ap)

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A woman is silhouetted against the sun as she walks past the Turret of the Forbidden City during a blue sky day in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016.

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The smart-tech future beckons to us from the CES gadget show

LAS VEGAS — Look around. How many computing devices do you see? Your phone, probably; maybe a tablet or a laptop.

Your car, the TV set, the microwave, bedside alarm clock, possibly the thermostat, and others you’ve never noticed.

Much of that computing isn’t doing much while segregated into individual devices. But many of these gadgets have the potential to get smarter by connecting to their fellows, which in turn could open the door to a brave new “Internet

of Things.”

To see where that might be taking us, there’s no better place than the annual gadget extravaganza formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show — and now simply as CES.

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The First Alert Onelink Wi-Fi Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm is on display at CES Unveiled, a media preview event for CES International, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, in Las Vegas. The device monitors for smoke and carbon monoxide and can send alerts to a mobile device.

The show, which starts Wednesday in Las Vegas, is the place for companies large and small to show off new connected devices. These range from the seemingly trivial — for instance, smart umbrellas that message you if you leave them behind — to the undeniably helpful, such as navigation devices that display driving directions onto your windshield so you don’t have to take your eyes off the road.

And while traditional consumer electronics such as phones and TVs account for about half of revenue in U.S. consumer tech, they aren’t growing as quickly as newer connected devices, according to the Consumer Technology Association, the organizer of CES. For instance, smart home devices, such as cameras, thermostats and locks, are expected to grow 21 percent to 8.9 million units in 2016, or $1.2 billion in revenue.

According to the McKinsey Global Institute, a division of the consulting giant McKinsey & Co., the value created by connecting the world’s devices could hit $11 trillion annually by 2025, a mindboggling sum that represents over half of U.S. economic output in a year.

Most of the value comes from industrial uses — like cleaner air from smarter energy use and fewer factory shut-downs due to smarter maintenance. But trillions in benefits are expected to come from consumer-bought products: safer streets because of better-driving cars, robots that take care of household chores and health and fitness trackers that let us know when our bodies need medical attention.

“There’s a big value in avoiding pain and suffering,” says report coauthor Michael Chui.

Of course, people have been making big projections for the Internet of Things for years, yet progress remains halting and fragmentary.

Major technology companies can purposefully make it tougher to interact with other companies’ gadgets for business reasons. More data can mean less privacy.

In recent years, CES has begun catering more heavily to startups hoping to break through the noise.

The sprawling show has sections for wearable fitness gadgets, drones, autonomous vehicles, education, virtual reality, video games, robots, 3-D printers and smart homes.

That’s largely a reaction to the fact that many of technology’s big-

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People work on booths in preparation for the International CES gadget show Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, in Las Vegas. The show officially kicks off Wednesday, Jan. 6.

gest names have been no-shows for some time. Apple Inc. has skipped the show since the 1990s, and Microsoft Corp.’s then-CEO Steve Ballmer gave the company’s last CES keynote in 2012. Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Amazon. com Inc. hold their own events to release products.

And the Consumer Technology Association that runs CES is aiming for attendance this year at or below last year’s record 176,000.

Shawn DuBravac, the CTA’s chief economist, argues the show’s maturity is a good thing, its focus transforming over the last two decades from what was “technologically possible” to what’s “technologically meaningful.” It’s no longer about a robot that can walk up steps. It’s about robots that actually mow your lawn.

It’s worth bearing in mind that CES is first and foremost a venue for promoting the tech industry — at least the non-Google/Apple/ Amazon/Microsoft part of it. Sometimes the promotion falls flat; 3-D screen technology unveiled at CES in 2010 went from the next big thing to a mostly unused feature.

Netbooks introduced in 2009 took a back seat to the iPad released a year later. And concepts such as the smart home have taken a really long time to materialize.

For all we know, the Internet of Things could be next on that list.

Last summer, two researchers described how they hacked into and took control of a Jeep Cherokee via its cellular connection to the Internet. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 gave a failing grade to eight of nine popular baby monitors for simple and obvious weaknesses like failing to encrypt Internet-streamed video to prevent eavesdropping or using unchangeable passwords that malicious types could easily find online.

Such issues point to a deeper problem: Many would-be connected devices max out their capabilities doing one thing well, leaving little headroom for security protection that wasn’t ever necessary in an unconnected world. Such gadgets could offer hackers an easy route into home or work computers.

The fact that many such devices are produced by startups, often crowd-funded and on shoestring budgets, means security is often an afterthought. And the more devices there are, the bigger the potential problem.

“With the Internet of Things, we really have to think in terms of scale,” says Rapid7 senior security consultant Mark Stanislav. (ap)

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Garuda to open direct flight on Shanghai-Denpasar route

BEIJING - State-owned airline Garuda Indonesia is planning to start a direct flight between Shanghai, China, and Denpasar, Bali, on January 13.

“The non-stop flight between Shanghai and Denpasar will operate thrice a week using an Airbus-330 aircraft,” Vice President of Garuda Indonesia for China Region I I Wayan Subagja on Tuesday.

As Bali is the favorite destination for Chinese tourists visiting Indonesia, hence Garuda will continue to increase the number of direct flights to Bali through regular and unscheduled flights.

Garuda Indonesia also provides regular flights on the Beijing-Jakarta route that operate thrice a week and seven weekly flights each on the Shanghai-Jakarta and GuangzhouJakarta routes.

Since January 2013, the national flag carrier has been operating four non-stop weekly flights on the Beijing-Denpasar route and has also

added a new flight on the GuangzhouDenpasar route at the end of 2015.

Moreover, Garuda facilitates unscheduled flights for people from eleven Chinese cities who plan on visiting Bali for the Chinese New Year and summer holidays.

“They still have huge interest to visit Bali due to which Garuda has tried to provide ease and comfort to

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tourists who want to visit Bali. We also promote other destinations in Indonesia,” Subagja emphasized.

The opening of flights between several cities in Tiongkok and Bali is expected to support an increase in the number of Chinese tourists to Indonesia, which is targeted to reach ten million people in the next five years since 2015. (ant)

Shiva Park becomes Gilimanuk icon

NEGARA - Gradually, the area of Gilimanuk -that had been lacking any visual indications that it is part of Bali, has started to be ornamented with charateristically Balinese designs at the exit of Gilimanuk Harbour. After the gate and arched entrance of the harbour were redesigned, incorporating Balinese architecture, a 22 meter high statue of Shiva was erected in front of Gilimanuk Harbour. The Shiva statue has become part of the view of Gilimanuk Bay area and stands to become Gilimanuk’s tourism icon.

The Shiva statue that can be seen from vessels as they moor in the jetty, is the work of an artist from Penyaringan, Mendoyo. Even though the statue is still partly under construction, passer-by’s can already enjoy its presence and a number of gazebos have also been set up in the area for people to rest and enjoy the view.

The Spatial Planning and Environment (RBTL) board revealed that the area of 2.2 hectares that is being renovated, includes Gilimanuk Bay. Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, who recently came to check the location of the Shiva statue accompanied by the Head of the Environment, Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (LHKP), I Wayan Darwin, had requested that the park area to be both beautified with flowers and that security elements such as permanent road bumps also be installed. The area of the park wil also have lamp posts installed so that the area can also be enjoyed at night.

Previously, the location of the Shiva Park was overgrown with weeds and the trees had withered and the park area was bordered by the wall for the security checkpoint for Gulimanuk. The park has now been made beautiful and the wall has been taken down allowing for a view of Gilinmanuk Bay. Regent Artha also inspected the green open space (RTH) at Gilimanuk village square that is still being worked on with the aim of encouraging people to use the space to do exercise. Artha has also requested that weekly free medical check ups be provided there. (kmb26)

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The Shiva statue has become part of the view of Gilimanuk Bay area and stands to become Gilimanuk’s tourism icon.

Badung rife with secret recruitment of contract workers

MANGUPURA - At the end of 2015, it came to light that the recruitment of contract workers in Badung has been going on secretly, not only by the Municipal Police, but also by a number of other agencies (SKPD). Agencies that have allegedly been hiring non-civil servants include; the Highways and Irrigation Agency, the Environment Agency and the Population and Civil Registry Office. Allegedly the contract workers were commended by individual officials, including the local legislators. Such recruitment methods are not appropriate according to prescribed discipline for these agencies. “For example, these agencies are required to fill positions with technical development officers, but they have been hiring

senior high school graduates,” said an anonymous source.

Spokesperson for the Regional Secretariat of the government of Badung, A.A. Raka Yuda, did not dismiss the fact that contract workers are urgently needed, but said that he had not heard anything about contract workers being recruited secretly. “We were told to do our work well in the appointment of civil servants, and of course we really need contract workers” he said.

Yuda explained that the recruitment of contract workers is determined by each agency and adjusted to each agency’s respective needs.

“In principle, the qualifications of workers should be known by the agency and if their performance is not good, yes..they can be termi-

nated,” he said.

Irregularities in the recruitment process were also detected by member of Commission I, I Wayan Regep. “Inappropriate contracting of workers must be stopped. Such contracts must simply be concluded, as it only burdens the budget,” said Regep.

This politician from Sembung, Mengwi, asked the executive branch of the house of representatives to immediately conduct a thorough investigation. Regep has received information indicating that a lot of the contract workers that are recruited do not meet the requirements specified by concerned agencies.“If the agency requires a driver for example they should look for a driver, or if they need a heavy equipment

operator, then, ya, they should look for such an operator. There must be no commended workers that cannot do their job,” he said.

Regep added that a number of agencies have allocated a portion of their budget for contracting non-permanent workers. He therefore urges agencies to conduct the recruitment of non-civil servants openly and transparently, using the standard methods of announcing the open position and conducting open selection. “So, that it is clear how many personnel are needed and what level of education they need to have, that way everyone who qualifies has the same opportunity to apply for the position,” he explained.

As many people know, the

government of Badung allocated a large amount of their budget for the recruitment of contract workers in 2015. For instance, at the Regional Secretariat allocated at IDR 791.7 million; Regional Employment Agency IDR 178.4 million, the Village Community Empowerment Board and Village Government or BPMD Pemdes IDR 121.2 million, the Environment Agency IDR 45.4 million, Population and Civil Registry Office IDR 49 million and the Secretariat of the Badung House of Representatives allocated IDR 1.2 billion for drivers. Budget allocations for 2016 are quite similar with additional positions for contract workers having been added. (kmb27)

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COVER STORY Foreign labor infiltrate the informal sector

SEIZING job opportunities in Bali is becoming more competitive and does not just involve Balinese and Indonesian workers. More and more foreign nationals are infiltrating the informal sector, including sales positions that are much sought after by foreigners.

Meanwhile, Balinese people are becoming more and more marginalized in their own land. Growing concerns about the fate of Bali’s local labour force was brought to light by the central House of Representatives where the need to immediately parse the problem in order to avoid the escalating marginalisation of Balinese people in their native Bali was recently discussed.

Deputy Chairman of the Organi-

zation and Membership Division of the Bali Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), I Gusti Ngurah Adnyana acknowledged the fact that even though the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has not been applied in full, the presence of foreigners on the island has been slowly but surely undermining the pillars of the local economy.

The flow of Chinese labor into Bali is particularly difficult to detect. “Bali needs to be well

prepared to face this issues. Understanding and support from entrepreneurs that are committed to supporting Bali is required,” he advised.

Apart form the labour sector, the increasing number of foreign products coming into Bali also represents a serious threat to the prosperity of locals. “Foreign products have even penetrated our traditional markets,” said Adnyana.

Chairman of the Indonesian Tourism Industry Association (GIPI) of Bali, I.B. Ngurah Wijaya also acknowledged that the ASEAN community agreement -as it relates to competency standards, opens

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includes marketing and promotions strategies focused on strengthening the positioning and branding of “Wonderful Indonesia” in countries with large potential markets. The idea is to capture the attention of prospective foreign tourists and have them put Indonesia on their

wish list of places to visit on their holiday.

Yahya explained that a massive communications marketing campaign, featuring images of tourist destinations in Indonesia, will be launched all over the world through international print, electronic and

From page 1 In order to reach those targets, the Ministry of Tourism along with those working in the tourism sector have prepared and action plan that

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Foreign tourists ride traditional horse cart in Kuta area, Bali Island. Minister of Tourism Arief Yahya is optimistic that Indonesia’s tourism sector is ready to compete in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) that will be enacted in 2016.

the way for competition amongst workers in all sectors, including tourism in ASEAN countries. This represents a challenge for local tourism players. Bali tourism professionals (including tour guides) are required to be professional and improve their skills in order to face the new competition. In the era of globalization, the government cannot prevent foreign national from working in Bali.

Head of the Badung Social and Labor Agency, I.B. Oka Dirga, added that all companies that employ foreign workers are required to ensure that they hold a foreign workers employment permit (IMTA). “Otherwise, they can

be charged for employing illegal labor,” said Dirga.

Badung is targeting a total of 300 foreign workers in companies that are operating in Badung. Dirga is confident that this target can be realized. As of August, a total of 235 foreign workers were recorded as holding foreign worker employment permits (IMTA). These permits are issued by the central government, while the local government is given the authority to extend these permits. Oka Dirga admitted that foreign workers mostly occupy strategic positions such as general manager and such and often occupy higher positions than local workers. (par)

online media, as well as though outdoor media such as billboards on buses, taxis, trains, MRT, in bus stations, shopping centers and the like. Indirect advertising will include participating in international tourism fairs, sales missions and familiarization trips.

The Minister of Tourism also explained that throughout 2016, Indonesia will take part in exhibitions like the ITB Berlin, WTM London, WTM Dubai, CTM China, NATAS Singapore, MATTA Malaysia, JATA Japan, Korea, Australia and international tourism exhibition related to special interest such as DEMA Show, cruise shipping, Boot Dusseldorf, GOLF and MICE. To introduce Indonesian tourist destinations, up to date and interesting tour packages, the Ministry of Tourism will also conduct sales missions to a number of big cities in countries that have the potential to be major sources of foreign tourists.

Sales mission activities are aimed at increasing the sale of tour packages and gaining the confidence of the national tourism industry though the presence of government officials and business people.

Familiarization trips will also be organized in which foreign tourism stakeholders such as tour operators, print and electronic media representatives, bloggers and social media enthusiasts, associations and other people who have the power to influence potential tourists will be invited to visit destinations throughout Indonesia with the idea of “seeing is believing”.

between January and October of 2015 8,017,589 foreign tourists visited Indonesia, representing a 3.38 percent increase over the 7,755,616 tourist who visited during the same period in 2014. It is estimated that by the end of December 2015, 10.017 million tourists have visited Indonesia (800,000 in November and 1.2 million in December), which would be an 5.81 percent increase over the same period in 2014. If this turns out to be the case, the ministry targeted 10 million tourist visits in 2015 would be exceeded.

Foreign exchange earnings of USD 11.9 billion will have been generated though the visits of these 10.017 million tourists whose average length of stay was 8.5 days and who spent as much as USD 1,190 per trip. The number of domestic tourist who travelled between January and October 2015 was 208 million, with estimates of 22.5 million in November and 27.5 million people in December, bringing the total number of domestic travellers to 255 million in 2015. Domestic tourists spent IDR 224.68 trillion with average spending of IDR 880.925 per trip.

Tourism generated funds accounted for 4.23 percent of the GDP, thus exceeding the targeted 4 percent contribution. Direct, indirect and subsequent employment was created for 12.16 million people, thus exceeding the Ministry’s target of 11.3 million job opportunities. “Broadly speaking, the development of our tourism policies for 2015 was right on track and our targets were reached,” concluded Minister Yahya. (son)

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Bali Creative Wedding Souvenir Balinese Temple Ceremony

Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses.

Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

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

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

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

GIANYAR - Bali Creative Wedding Souvenir inaugurated on July 5, 2015, by offering a variety of wedding souvenirs as their main focus. Although Bali Creative Wedding relatively new, but they’ve years of experience in contributing to a variety of unique products. They have loyal customers who come from both local and foreign.

According to the owner of Bali Creative Wedding Souvenir, Ketut Susi Tanteri, her business ac-

cept orders with Custom concept to help customers obtain a product in accordance with the wishes and priced accordingly. “This has become one of our advantage,” she stated during interview with Bali Channel Tourist TV (Bali TV).

She explained with 12 years experience in wholesale trading, Bali Creative Wedding Souvenir not only limited, but includes all the good souvenir of this type to category with unique creations made in the original Bali home industry.

She also said that in years of doing business with big buyers, her company has exported products to French, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Mauritius, Maldives, Hawaii, and other countries. “We will continue to innovate and be creative to produce a new product that is no less unique and interesting to you. Because in accordance with our business concept, namely priority to creativity in producing a quality product,” she mentioned.

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Guns N’ Roses reunion set for April

NEW YORK - Guns N’ Roses and LCD Soundsystem, two of the most influential bands in recent decades, will both get back together for the Coachella music festival in April.

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Adele album enjoys decade’s biggest US sales year NEW YORK - Adele’s recordbreaking album “25” has scored another feat -- the highest US sales during a single year in a decade.

The British singer’s album unsurprisingly was the top-selling album of 2015 and spent its sixth week at number one on the year’s final chart released Monday by Nielsen Music.

“25” sold 7.44 million copies in the United States by the end of December 31 -- the most in a year since R&B star Usher’s album “Confessions” sold 7.98 million

copies in 2004.

However, Usher’s album came out in March while Adele managed the massive year-end tally despite releasing “25” on November 20.

“25,” full of ballads that touch on heartache and childhood nostalgia, was Adele’s first album in four years and benefited from massive pentup demand. Her previous album, “21,” was the top-selling album in the United States in both 2011 and 2012.

But “21” did not reach the sales of “25” in either year, showing the

historic nature of Adele’s latest work.

“25,” led by the single “Hello,” enjoyed the biggest debut week sales on record both in the United States and Adele’s native Britain.

In a move that challenged the music industry’s conventional wisdom about the need for instant online music, Adele did not make “25” available on streaming sites and still managed the huge sales through physical copies and digital downloads. (afp)

Coachella, which takes place over two consecutive weekends in the California desert, confirmed the long-rumored reunions as it announced its lineup late Monday.

The concerts are expected to mark the first time that the original lineup of Guns N’ Roses -- including singer Axl Rose and guitarist Slash -- have performed together since July 1993 in Buenos Aires.

The Los Angeles-based hard rockers confirmed the dates on their website with a video of a giant concert reminiscent of the band’s heyday.

Rose is heard -- with a profanity added -- singing one of the most famous lines from the band’s repertoire: “You know where you are?

You’re in the jungle, baby.”

Guns N’ Roses have kept playing in name in recent years but without Slash, who has long said it was too difficult to work with Rose.

The singer, who rarely gives interviews, had been scheduled to speak Tuesday on the late-night talk show of Jimmy Kimmel.

But Rose’s name inexplicably disappeared Monday from Kimmel’s list of guests on the show’s website. With Rose’s sweeping vocal range and raw anger coupled with Slash’s intricate metal guitar, Guns N’ Roses became an instant sensation.

“Appetite for Destruction” from 1987 remains the top-selling debut album by a group in the United States, where it has been certified as selling 18 million copies.

But Guns N’ Roses have released just one album in the past two decades -- “Chinese Democracy,” which came out in 2008 after persistent delays and without Slash. (afp)

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16 recipients awarded K. Nadha Nugraha 2016

DENPASAR – The K. Nadha Press Awards 2016 took place at the Ketut Nadha Bali Press Building on Tuesday (5/1). These awards were initiated in 2012 by the Bali Post Media Group.

The event was attended by a number of officials and public figures, such as Bali Regents, Senators, and members of the House of Representatives, Balinese university rectors, legislators, academics, and college students.

A total of four individuals and 12 institutions received K. Nadha Press Awards. The four individuals that received awards were Mayor General Wisnu Bawa Tenaya, S.IP, Ida Cokorda Anglurah Tabanan, I Gusti Agung Prana, and I Wayan Nardayana.

11 of the 12 institutions that received awards are engaged in education. They are; Udayana University, Saraswati Foundation, the Dwijendra Denpasar Foundation, Institut Hindu Dharma Negeri, Undiknas University, IKIP PGRI Bali, UNHI, Warmadewa University, Undiksha, ISI, and Ngurah Rai university. The twelfth institution that was awarded is Bali’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin).

Ellen DeGeneres to accept People’s Choice humanitarian award LOS ANGELES — Ellen DeGeneres is receiving a humanitarian award, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is reaping the benefits.

Producers of the People’s Choice Awards announced Monday that DeGeneres will be recognized

as the Favorite Humanitarian at Wednesday’s ceremony. The honor comes with a $200,000 donation from Walgreens, which DeGeneres is directing toward the hospital.

She joked that the award “sums me up perfectly as I am both a human

and an itarian.”

DeGeneres is also nominated for Favorite Talk Show Host at the fan-voted People’s Choice Awards, which will be presented at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and broadcast on CBS. (ap)

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Recipients of K. Nadha Press Award 2016. The K. Nadha Press Awards 2016 took place at the Ketut Nadha Bali Press Building on Tuesday (5/1). These awards were initiated in 2012 by the Bali Post Media Group.

News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http://globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http://ustream.tv/ channel/global-fm-bali.

Tourism sector ready to compete in AEC

MINISTER of Tourism Arief Yahya is optimistic that Indonesia’s tourism sector is ready to compete in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) that will be enacted in 2016.

Minister Yahya explained that the Ministry of Tourism has taken several steps to ensure that Indonesia remains

competitive.

For example, a Ministerial Decree has established 7 different sets of standards for the tourism sector and 21 others are being drafted and that 1,500 auditors have been prepared to verify that tourism businesses meet these standards.

The Ministry of Tourism has also been facilitating competency

certification for those working in tourism and has also established 12 professional tourism institutes (LSPs). “Our tourism sector has been preparing itself to far the AEC for some time now, particularly in regards to the our human resources.

Between 2007-2015, the Ministry of Tourism issued 81,627 competency certificates to people work-

ing in hotels and restaurants, spas, travel agencies, as well as to people working as tour leaders, cooks, in MICE related activities, rafting and diving,” said Minister Yahya.

Yahya also expressed his optimism about being able to attract even more tourists in 2016 with projected arrivals of 12 million foreign and foreign exchange earnings of some IDR 172

trillion. Projected arrivals of domestic tourists is set at 26 million tourists who will spend approximately IDR 220 trillion. Contributions to the national GDP are projected to increase by 5 percent and 11.7 million jobs are expected to be created.

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