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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Rafsanjani, Iran leader whose life mirrored nation’s, dies

TEHRAN — Iran’s former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died Sunday after a decades-long career in the ruling elite, where his moderate views were not always welcome but his cunning guided him through revolution, war and the country’s turbulent politics.

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Emma Stone carries the award she won for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for her role in “La La Land” during the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 8, 2017.

‘La La Land’ wins big at Golden Globes, Meryl Streep gets political

BEVERLY HILLS - La La Land danced off with seven Golden Globes on Sunday on a night marked by upsets and a stinging indictment of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump by Hollywood favorite Meryl Streep.

La La Land, a romantic musical about a struggling actress and a jazz pianist trying to make it in Hollywood, took home Globes for best comedy/musical and for its stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, as well as for director Damien Chazelle, screenplay, score and original song.

But the evening’s most dramatic

moments came from 67-year-old Streep, the most respected actress of her generation, while accepting her lifetime achievement award.

Although the three-time Oscar winner never mentioned Trump’s name, she said the most heartbreaking performance of the year came “when the person asking to sit in the

most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter.”

“I still can’t get it out of my head because it wasn’t in a movie. It was real life,” Streep said.

Streep wasn’t the only celebrity to get political at the Globes. Firsttime host Jimmy Fallon opened the three-hour ceremony by calling the awards show “one of the few places left where America still honors the popular vote” - a dig at Trump’s victory despite losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton. (rtr)

The political survivor’s life spanned the trials of Iran’s modern history, from serving as a close aide to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during the 1979 Islamic Revolution to acting as a go-between in the Iran-Contra deal. He helped found Iran’s contested nuclear program, but later backed the accord with world powers to limit it in exchange for sanctions relief.

Rafsanjani, who showed ruthlessness while in power but later pushed for reforms, died Sunday after suffering a heart attack, state media reported. He was 82.

Iranian media said he was hospitalized north of Tehran earlier Sunday, where doctors performed CPR in vain for nearly an hour and a half before declaring him dead.

A female state newscaster’s voice quivered as she read the news. Rafsanjani, “after a life full of restless efforts in the path of Islam and revolution, had departed for lofty heaven,” she said.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Rafsanjani an “old friend and comrade” and said his loss is “difficult and lifedecreasing.” The government an-

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FILE -- In this March 2, 2012 file photo, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani casts his ballot for the parliamentary elections in front of a portrait of late Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, at a polling station in Tehran, Iran.

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nounced three days of mourning, and a funeral was expected to be held on Tuesday.

Rafsanjani served as president from 1989 to 1997, during a period of significant changes in Iran. At the time, the country was struggling to rebuild its economy after a devastating 1980s war with Iraq, while also cautiously allowing some wider freedoms, as seen in Iran’s highly regarded film and media industry.

He also oversaw key developments in Iran’s nuclear program by negotiating deals with Russia to build an energy-producing reactor in Bushehr, which finally went into service in 2011 after long delays.

Behind the scenes, he directed the secret purchase of technology and equipment from Pakistan and elsewhere.

BAHRAIN The foreign minister of the tiny island nation, which long has accused Iran of meddling in its internal affairs, simply said “God bless” Rafsanjani in a post on Twitter. A separate condolence from King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to Iran said he was “praying to almighty God for his soul to rest in peace and inspire Iran’s president, its people and his family.”

IRANIAN EXILED OPPOSITION Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the political arm of the Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, said in a statement that she hoped the Islamic Republic would fall apart with Rafsanjani’s passing. “With the death of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of the two pillars and key to the equilibrium of the religious fascism ruling Iran has collapsed and the regime in its entirety is approaching overthrow,” she said.

KUWAIT Kuwait’s ruling emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, sent condolences over Rafsanjani, saying he “prayed to Allah the almighty to bestow blessings on the deceased.”

TURKEY Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu offered his condolences over Twitter, saying he was “deeply saddened” by Rafsanjani’s death.

LEBANON The secretary-general of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, called Rafsanjani “a great man” and a “protector and supporter” of modern political Shiism in the Middle East. He lamented Rafsanjani’s passing as a loss to the Muslim world.

Hezbollah, which is also a leading political party in Lebanon.

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International

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COVER STORY

Bali oversupply in tourist accommodation

Tourist visit rises, but occupancy rate low DENPASAR —

The growth of tourist arrival in Bali in 2016 was quite a lot. However, on the other hand, the hotel occupancy rate was not too good, moving in the range of 46 percent. Actually, this percentage is not good enough for the circles of hoteliers. This condition needs to be noticed, so that it will not happen again in the future. There should be a strategic measure taken by the government in encouraging business climate and hospitality, particularly in tourist accommodation sector in Bali, so that it could grow and provide benefits for all components.

In response to these conditions, Chairman of the Indonesia Employers Association (Apindo) of Bali, Panudiana Kuhn, recently revealed at Shankara Resto Sanur that what happened all this time in Bali has been oversupply. Hotel, souvenir market, travel agency, spa and others have appeared in so large numbers.

So, it results in oversupply. Although the growth of tourist arrival rose 20 percent per year, the hotel occupancy remains 46 percent. It is poor and should be 70 percent.

It happens because, in addition to hotels, now there are also boarding houses occupied by travelers and villas contracted on annual basis.

Many travelers stay there, said Panudiana Kuhn in a special interview with BaliTV. To anticipate this situation, Panudiana Kuhn expected that relevant components, such as the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), district / municipal government and the provincial government must undertake strategic efforts. They must work together. If they dare, possibly moratorium can be enforced temporarily. Dare the government to

do it? Hotel construction, on the other hand, is good, as it can absorb a lot of employment, but the impact on the occupancy rate is not good. Another impact is crowdedness in several areas. West Bali, East Bali and North Bali have not jammed. They should also be considered, he said.

Responding to the imbalance in the development of Bali, this member of the Bali Chamber of Commerce Advisory Board requested the government to work on a fast track to Singaraja and to Tanah Lot, so that travelers will not trapped in congestion when they want to see sunset view at Tanah Lot. It should become the duty of the government.

This is not the domain of private sector.

In 2017, the association hoped that native (local) entrepreneurs can become the hosts in their own country. Realizing it is not easy, there should be a concern of the government to indigenous entrepreneurs. For example, the government simplifies the licensing terms. There are policies taking side in local entrepreneurs as well as the bank must dare to give softer loans to local

entrepreneurs. Such ease is expected to result in new entrepreneurs in Bali that are capable of being the host in their home country. As happened in developed countries, such as Japan, Germany, Korea and Malaysia, they also do the same. Based on the existing data, 85 percent of the rich belongs to entrepreneur, while the rest are professionals, he said.

Making local businessmen into the hosts in their home land can be done by forming a consortium first.

Some businessmen are gathered, and each equally gives initial capital and then they establish a limited liability company or PT that manages any sector of business considered to be very prospective in the future.

For instance, it can run the business in industry, handicraft, textiles and agriculture so that we do not need to import. With this pattern, the number of entrepreneurs in Bali is expected to increase. In developed countries, the percentage of entrepreneurs reaches 10 percent as an employer, while the 90 percent is the employed. In our side, we still lack 2 percent. These need to be explored in the future, he added. (kmb12)

The increasing number of hotels in Bali make it difficult to compete each other.

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Having no longer authority, police difficult to monitor foreigners MORE and more foreigners violate and commit crimes, so that supervision should be carried out more intensively.

Moreover, they are now widely spreading or staying in people’s residence. The institution whose deployment of personnel spreads to rural areas is the national police (Polri) and Indonesian military (TNI).

However, with the new law of immigration, police no longer have authority to supervise foreigners, but has been taken over by immigration.

“Now, it fully becomes the authority of immigration.

If there are criminal cases, then we (police—Ed) are just authorized to handle it,” said IBP/ken the Chief of Denpasar Police, The Chief of Denpasar Police Hadi Purnomo, accompanied

by Chief of Denpasar Police Hadi Purnomo Criminal Investigation, Reinhard.

From the data gathered at the Bali Police, there were a total of 40 criminal cases and 56 suspects that involved foreigners in 2016.

In the meantime, 183 foreigners became the victims of crimes and 56 foreigners died. They involved in various cases like robbery, murder, traffic accident, drug and other cases.

“So, we are not authorized to check or perform early prevention.

For example, if our personnel suspect of foreigners, they cannot ask for the data or passport of the foreigners. We are just allowed to intervene after the incident occurred,” said Reinhard.

Similar opinion was also delivered by Commander of the 163/ Wira Satya Military Resort, Nyoman Cantiasa. “I was instructed by commander of military region to check large companies employing foreigners mainly those from China. All the commanders of military district are currently working (collecting data) whether there are hidden foreign workers or not. This checking is actually intended to know how many foreigners are working in Bali,” he said.

How to watch them? According to this commander of military resort, one of the ways is by holding joint inspection with police authorities and related agencies such pecalang (customary village security guard) and headman.

“We do inspection of migrants. Foreigners also belong to migrants especially those living at villas or leasing houses. There were always foreign workers found, reaching averagely 2 to 3 people every time making an operation. Some were found to have expired temporary residency permit or KITAS, while the others misused tourist the permit for working,” said this friendly officer.

Therefore, the immigration as the leading sector has to work hard.

Moreover, police institution currently has no authority to do so. In the past, each foreigner coming to Bali had to report to the nearest police station. But currently police no longer have such authority.

“Hopefully, there would be discussion ahead because the supervision against foreigners should be tightened. Moreover, there is indication that many foreigners currently violate and commit crimes and these are facts. When needed, we are ready to help the immigration,” he said. (rah)

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Back to Nature at Desa Visesa Ubud

We begin 2017 with a full calendar of activities and dining events to enrich your stay with us this January. Our special dinner to celebrate Chinese New Year promises to be memorable evening with a lively Barongsai parade at Taman Sari. We also highlight local flavours with our Organic Culinary Experience served in a tranquil setting surrounded by lush rice fields. Meanwhile, Visesa Spa focuses on wellness with a unique menu of treatments inspired by the elements to address the ef-

fects of living in today’s fast paced world. At Desa Visesa, we truly embody the term “back to nature” in a setting that recreates the harmony of a traditional Balinese community.

Stay connected via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram where we post regular updates and photos relating to our unique village concept.

For more information and promotion please visit our website www. visesaubud.com. Looking forward to welcoming you in Ubud, Bali!

WEEKLY EVENTS and FARMERS MARKETS EVERY SATURDAY Meditation class by Mangku Budi Dharma 14-16:30 Bona, Blahbatuh meet at Ubud Cocomarket at 13:00 Saturday Market Oldman’s Cafe Canggu, Batu Bolong Beach, pottery fresh produce, clothing Sand Beach Club and Restaurant, Sanur Every second Saturday Biasa Art Space, Jl. Raya Seminyak 24, Seminyak, Fresh produce, potted plants, meat pie, sshie, coffee and more.

Every Saturday 9AM-2PM OrganIc Farmer’s Market Pizza Bagus (Jl. Pengosekan), Ubud EVERY SUNDAY Soul to soul spirituall dialogue Anand Ashram, Ubud Jl Sri Wedari KM 3 Mantra chanting 6-6:30pm Navaraha Arati 6:30-6:45pm Meditation, Satsang and celebration 6:45-8:30pm www.ubudashram.org SUNDAY MARKETS 10AM 1PM Sunday Market at Batu Jimbar Jl. Danau Tablingan , Sanur 10AM-4PM The Sands Beach Club and Restaurant Sunday MArket Jl. Danau Tamblingan, No 27, Sanur 9:30AM-1PM Sunday Market @ Warung Sopa Jl. Sugriwas no36, Padang Tegal, Ubud 9AM-2PM Samadi Sunday Market Jalan. Padang Linjong 39, Canggu, 9AM-2PM Wednesday and Sunday Ubud Organik Market Jl. Raya Pengosekan across from Zens Hotel Tebesaya, Ubud 12PM-10PM Sunday Food Festival & Bazaar Byrdhouse Beach Club, Sanur 10AM-6PM, Mercure,last sunday of every month, jl. ,Mertasari, Sanur, fashion food and and kids activities The Coffee Spot, Jalan Peigenet 888X,Seminyak, last Sunday of every month, garage sale clothing, books, and hand-made jewellery

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Science

International

2016 was hottest year ever recorded in New Zealand

WELLINGTON — Unusually warm winds and seas helped make last year the hottest ever recorded in New Zealand.

The average temperature during 2016 was 13.4 Celsius (56.1 Fahrenheit), according to a report released Monday by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.

That was nearly 1 degree Celsius warmer than normal and fractionally hotter than the previous record set in 1998. The climate agency began keeping records in 1909.

Agency forecaster Chris Brandolino said ocean temperatures around New Zealand were warmer than normal for the first seven months of 2016 and that winds during the year came more often than usual from the north rather than the cooler south.

He said there was no clear reason for the 2016 changes but that they had come against a backdrop of global warming caused by increased carbon emissions.

“We are expecting temperatures to continue to rise,” Brandolino said. “It’s very concerning.”

New Zealand’s economy relies

on farming, an industry which is particularly dependent on the weather.

Anders Crofoot, the vice president for advocacy group Federated Farmers, said sheep and beef farmers in north Canterbury were hit by a drought last year.

He said one downside of climate change was the possibility of more volatile weather, such as heavy but infrequent rainfall.

He said in the longer term, climate change could force farmers like kiwifruit growers to move or consider alternative crops as the weather became less favorable to them.

He added that certain crops like avocados and oranges could benefit from warmer weather.

He said farmers were beginning to talk about climate change more and to consider it their planning.

He said many farmers were trying to find ways to reduce their own carbon emissions and farm more efficiently. (ap)

Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP

In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 photo, people gather on the sand at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Sydney residents sweltered through the city’s second hottest night on record and its hottest December night in 148 years, with many cooling off at beaches long after dark.

Scientists watch growing Antarctic crack but aren’t alarmed

WASHINGTON — Scientists are watching, but not alarmed by, a growing crack at the edge of a key floating ice shelf in Antarctica.

New images show the long-watched rift in the Larsen C ice shelf grew 11 miles (18 kilometers) in the last few weeks. The crack is now about 60 miles long (97 kilometers) and about 300 feet wide (100 meters).

If it grows another dozen miles, a Delaware-sized iceberg could break off and float away.

University of Colorado scientist Ted Scambos said that could happen soon, likely in March, and would “cut deeper to the bone” of the ice shelf, changing its shape. Ice shelves — sheets of floating ice — wrap around three-quarters of the South Pole’s coastline. They provide protection and support for inland glaciers.

Scambos, who is about to travel to Antarctica for research, and other scientists said they don’t see other key signs that this growing crack would result in a catastrophic collapse of the entire shelf. A chunk of ice will break off, “But it’s not going to lead to a runaway disintegration,” he said Friday.

That’s what happened suddenly in 2002 to the smaller Larsen B shelf, allowing inland glaciers to shrink rapidly. NASA glaciologist Jay Zwally said there’s no rapid melting with ponds of water on top of the ice this time.

“By itself this calving is not a cause for alarm,” Zwally said.

Large icebergs do periodically break off from Antarctica naturally, Zwally said. “But the ice shelf has been thinning as other ice shelves have been thinning in the Antarctic peninsula,” he said.

John Sonntag/NASA via AP There’s no evidence linking this crack to climate change, This Nov. 10, 2016 aerial photo released by NASA, shows a rift in the Antarctic Peninsula’s Larsen yet it fits the overall warming picture, said Adrian Luckman, a C ice shelf. According to NASA, IceBridge scientists measured the Larsen C fracture to be about 70 researcher at Swansea University in England, which has been monitoring the crack. (ap) miles long, more than 300 feet wide and about a third of a mile deep.

Bali News

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Healthy generation without drugs NATIONAL Narcotics Agency (BNN) and its ranks continue to aggressively implement the prevention and eradication against the abuse and trafficking of illicit drugs (P4GN) program. This indicates if the agency is serious in addressing drug problems in Indonesia.

Moreover, President Joko Widodo has established Indonesia into drug emergency. Allegedly the circulation of drugs is no longer limited to be a business, but is designed to break the chain of younger generation so that the country no longer has the next strong generation or the generation will lose. If this happens, then foreign countries will dominate all sectors and economic foundations in Indonesia.

In order to realize the golden generation, a healthy generation without drugs, all the Indonesian people should jointly and earnestly fight against drugs, especially from the life of younger generation denoting the successor to this nation. Moreover, the data of various sources suggest that the current number of young people is more than the older. They are expected to become golden generation so that in 2045 they will become the successor that lead this country and bring progress and triumph for Indonesia. To realize the golden generation, education in family is the key to provide an understanding for children about the importance of healthy lifestyle without drugs.

Parents play a major role in determining children’s personality.

“At the moment, the teenagers, especially those having the status as students, need to be protected and fortified. They are next generation and the assets of the nation. Do not let Indonesia lose the generation,” said the Head of BNNP Bali,

Putu Gede Suastawa, on Saturday (Jan. 7).

To save them, added Suastawa, his agency synergizes with the Bali Education Agency to realize the P4GN integrated curriculum for junior high school, high school and vocational school. Materials on drugs for junior high school will be inserted in the subjects like religion, civics, Bahasa Indonesia, social sciences and health education. Then, in high school and vocational school it is inserted into the subject of religion, civics, Bahasa Indonesian, history and health education.

“We do prevention ranging from the upstream area namely education curriculum. We’d like to do early prevention, so that the students can understand about the hazards of drugs,” he said.

Drug handling in the upstream immediately is undertaken through the implementation of integrated curriculum inserted into five subjects. Hopefully, it can be transferred to the students as well as can become one of the graduation requirements.

According to him, urine test is very important as initial data of students when enrolling at schools.

Whether new students using drugs or not can be filtered through this way. If they belong to drug abusers, they should be rehabilitated so as not to influence the other school mates.

Drug abuse can happen to anyone, not limited to any age, educa-

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National Narcotics Agency (BNN) and its ranks continue to aggressively implement the prevention and eradication against the abuse and trafficking of illicit drugs (P4GN) program. This indicates if the agency is serious in addressing drug problems in Indonesia. tion and employment. In addition, the syndicates involve professionals and have a large budget.

Proliferation of this illicit business happens because it is considered to bring in huge profits so that many people plunged into misery.

Its syndicates do not consider any territorial boundaries, both locally, regionally and internationally. “So, if we are not vigilant when the syndicates have grown widely then all will be broken. Mainly parents may

not give freedom to their sons and daughters,” he said.

“Using drug can result in fatal impacts. Physical condition or health is attacked, and it has great impact on the mental, emotion and behavior as well as social life.

Whatever is said by drug dealers, never believe it because your future could be ruined,” said Suastawa.

The program is very urgent because the condition of teenagers or students in Bali is vulnerable

to the influence of drugs. If the integrated curriculum containing this drug material can be realized, then the rescue efforts of students from drug are expected to achieve optimal results.

“Education institution is the spearheading for the eradication of drugs in long-term. I hope this program could be realized maximally because we have prepared the materials,” said the one-star general on his shoulder. (rah)

ASITA has free-visa policy evaluated

Supervision must be maximized DENPASAR - The Association of Indonesia Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA) asked the government to evaluate the visa-free policy. The evaluation should be carried out to the countries whose tourist visit does not show an increase. “If the tourist visit increases, it is not evaluated, but the performance is improved.

Supervision is undertaken so that our program can run well,” said Chairman of the Central ASITA, H. Asnawi Bahar, on Thursday (Jan. 5).

Of the 169 countries getting the visa free entry (BVK), according to him, only approximately 50-60 percent is effective. Other countries such as Africa, he said,

do not show an increase or addition in the number of tourist visit. “So, I think it should be evaluated. I disagree if the visafree policy is revoked but agree to be evaluated. The facility is only revoked for the countries that do not contribute to us,” he said.

So far, he saw that the countries showing a sharp increase in tourist visit include the Middle East, India and China. In the meantime, Australia is indeed Indonesia’s traditional market.

In addition to Australia, the other Indonesia’s traditional markets are ASEAN and European countries. “Now, China is ranked second but formerly Australia was ranked second and ASEAN

countries are ranked first. Currently, ASEAN does not show any growth but even goes down and then Australia is ranked third,” he explained.

Considering the target of tourist visit in 2017 is 15 million foreign travelers, it is necessary to build new markets because the endeavor to bring in 15 million travelers, according to him, is not easy. In addition, monitoring the visa-free program is still weak and should be maximized.

“On that account, this supervision should be increased because it is the domain of immigration so that the immigration must be ready to support this program,” he said. If the sector does not work

optimally, the visa-free program will become prolonged issues.

Foreign travelers who come to Indonesia depart through illegal travel agencies. “They use unknown travel agencies. Probably, they are overseas travel agencies that do not obey the rules prevailing in the country,” he said. When sending guests to Indonesia, overseas travel agencies should make cooperation with local travel agencies. At the same time, when the Indonesia’s travel agencies bring guests overseas, they are also required at least to use local tourist guides.

“We cannot freely bring guests to other countries and we were arrested. Conversely, they are not

arrested in our country and free.

When their guests do not come back, it does not matter and are not controlled. However, if our travel agencies bring guests, lacking 1-2 guests, they will make it a problem. As a result, the visafree triggers a lot of problems.

Hopefully, the government will not allow foreign travelers to use illegal or overseas travel agencies to enter Indonesia without coordinating with us,” he explained.

Therefore, according to him, the immigration must indeed prepare its officers, equipment and technology to work optimally.

“Otherwise, the visa-free policy will continue to generate new problems,” he said. (kmb42)

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International

Teratai Bang Temple remains to hold piodalan ritual

TABANAN - Though experiencing serious damage due to landslide a few weeks ago, piodalan or anniversary of the Teratai Bang Temple falling on Tumpek Landep next February will be still held on schedule.

Hamlet chief of Bukit Catu, Wayan Sarma, said on Sunday (Jan. 8) the piodalan to be held belongs to the small one and pilgrims will not be limited to say prayers even though the temple condition is damaged.

Condition of the innermost courtyard of Teratai Bang Temple remains intact, but the other parts are broken and buried in the ground. High enough volume of soil covering up the part of middle courtyard has been largely moved by heavy equipment.

Although there is still soil covering up its surface, it is not as high as when the disaster occurred. According to Sarma, almost 22 points of the temple building are damaged and need rebuilding.

Sarma added if there are devotees wishing to come and conduct mutual cooperation, they are required to clean up temple environment from rubbish. “Currently the soil is moved by using heavy equipment. It cannot be done manually,” he said. Nevertheless, in the future it is surely required volunteers to clean up the temple compound from landslides when the heavy equipment finalized its work.

Sarma told that on Saturday (Jan. 7) a team of the Udayana University came to make the sketches for the temple reconstruction later on. “The reconstruction and development fund of the temple will source from provincial government while the rituals will be funded by Tabanan district,” he said.

One of the characteristics owned by the Teratai Bang Temple is that the temple has holy water tasting sour. People believe that drinking the water can cure certain diseases. Unfortunately, due to the landslide, the sour-tasting holy water stopped to flow.

According to him, to reactivate it is required particular rituals.

“When consecrated, the holy water is believed to flow again,” he added. (kmb24)

for few days only and after that the activities were resumed,” he said.

He explained that with the re-operation of the sandstone quarrying activities he can meet the needs of his family. Being a laborer transporting sandstone, he can meet all the needs of his family. “Here, we are greatly helped by the existence of this activity. In addition, we make a living for family here. Whether it is illegal or legal we do not know. The point is that we are here working without thinking about it,” he said.

He did not know exactly why the sand stone quarrying activities can re-operate even though it has been halted. According to him, probably a talk has been made by the owner with the authorities. “I really do not know whether there is conspiracy or not. Maybe there is bribery because now money can resolve any problems. Otherwise, these quarrying activities will be possibly halted,” he said.

When separately confirmed to the Head of the Bangli Environment Agency, Ida Ayu Gede Yudisutha, she did not know exactly about the problem because she was coincidentally installed by the Environment Agency. “I will come down tomorrow (Monday—Ed) along with the division head in charge of it to check directly the sandstone quarrying area at Buungan hamlet,” said Ida Ayu Gede Yudisutha. (kmb41)

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Chinese state tabloid warns Trump, end one China policy and China will take revenge

SHANGHAI - State-run Chinese tabloid Global Times warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that China would take “take revenge” if he reneged on the one-China policy, only hours after Taiwan’s president made a controversial stopover in Houston.

Teratai Bang Temple

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Australian traveler Sandstone quarrying at Buungan hamlet increasingly on the rise killed at swimming pool BANGLI- Sandstone quarrying activities in the Sangsang River at Buungan hamlet, Tiga, Susut, is increasingly widespread. Such condition has caused the environmental damages to become more serious.

Previously, the quarrying activities have been actually suspended by the authorities, in this case the Bangli Environment Agency (BLH) and police.

However, the activities were just halted for a moment. After which, the activities remain to continue until now. Moreover, the current quarrying area is expanded to the south.

As seen on Sunday (Jan. 8), the quarrying of sandstone looked to run normally. Moreover, the quarrying site is now expanding to the south which makes the environmental damages more extensive. Moreover, the excavation is carried out to the depth of around 40 meters. Not only that, the machines used to excavate and cut the sandstone have also been increased from two to three units, including the workers transporting the sandstone are increased as well.

One of the sandstone carriers said that previously the excavation of sandstone has been discontinued because it was considered illegal. But after a few days, the quarrying activities were continued.

“Previously, I indeed stopped working because the excavation was stopped. However, it lasted

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GIANYAR - A traveler from Australia was killed after swimming at Indrakila Garden Hotel on Jalan Raya Sanggingan, Kedewatan, Ubud, on Sunday (Jan. 8). The victim, Rodrigues, was known to die suddenly when swimming with his wife, Kubekcova, 34. Though he had been taken to Ubud Health Care Clinic, the victim’s life still could not be helped.

As the information gathered, the victim and his wife swam together at the hotel on Sunday morning around 09:00. Few moments later, Kubekcova suddenly screamed for help. “From the restaurant, I heard a women screaming for help repeatedly. Having been noticed, the voice came from the swimming pool. I came to location to make sure with some hotel employees,” said Ni Ketut Jiwi Arlita when interrogated by police.

When checked to the pool, this hotel employee was surprised to see Kubekcova was assuming the victim in unconscious condition, right in the northern side of the

pool. As mentioned, at that time the victim’s body already turned blue. Some hotel employees then helped move the victim who was then known to be lifeless.

Hotel management then took the victim from Australia to Ubud Health Care Clinic and continued with the examination to Sanglah Hospital. Police who received the report also directly came down to the location to perform crime scene investigation and examine witnesses.

Chief of Ubud Police, Nyoman Wirajaya, when asked for his confirmation justified the incident. Currently, his office is still awaiting the results of medical examination to ascertain the cause of victim’s death. Moreover, the victim is known to have no history of any pains. “We cannot ascertain about the cause of victim’s sudden death. According to witness’ testimony, the victim previously looked healthy and was known to have no history of pain,” he said. (kmb35)

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met senior U.S. Republican lawmakers during her stopover in Houston on Sunday en route to Central America, where she will visit Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador.

Tsai will stopover on Jan. 13 in San Francisco on her way back to Taiwan.

Beijing had asked Washington not to allow Tsai to enter the United States and that she not have any formal government meetings under the one China policy.

A photograph tweeted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott shows him meeting Tsai, with a small table between them adorned with the U.S., Texas and Taiwanese flags. Tsai’s office said on Monday she also spoke by telephone with U.S. senator John McCain, head of the powerful Senate Committee on Armed Services. Tsai also met Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

“Sticking to (the one China) principle is not a capricious request by China upon U.S. presidents, but an obligation of U.S. presidents to maintain China-U.S. relations and respect the existing order of the AsiaPacific,” said the Global Times editorial on Sunday. The influential tabloid is published by the ruling Communist Party’s official People’s Daily.

Trump triggered protests from Beijing last month by accepting a congratulatory telephone call from Tsai and questioning Washington’s commitment to China’s position that Taiwan is part of one China.

“If Trump reneges on the one-China policy after taking office, the Chinese people will demand the government to take revenge.

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak during a USA Thank You Tour event at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 15, 2016.

There is no room for bargaining,” said the Global Times.

Cruz said some members of Congress had received a letter from the Chinese consulate asking them not to meet with Tsai during her stopovers.

“The People’s Republic of China needs to understand that in America we make decisions about meeting with visitors for

ourselves,” Cruz said in a statement. “This is not about the PRC. This is about the U.S. relationship with Taiwan, an ally we are legally bound to defend.”

Cruz said he and Tsai discussed upgrading bilateral relations and furthering economic cooperation between their countries, including increased access to Taiwanese markets that will benefit Texas ranchers, farmers and

small businesses.

In a dinner speech Saturday to hundreds of overseas Taiwanese, Tsai said that the United States holds a “special place in the hearts of the people of Taiwan” and that the self-ruled island via bilateral exchanges has provided more than 320,000 jobs directly and indirectly to the American people, her office said on Monday. (rtr)

Thai floods kill 21 and hit rubber production

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People walk in a flooded street at Muang district in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand, January 6, 2017.

BANGKOK - Widespread flooding in Thailand’s south has killed 21 people, hit rubber production in the region and shut down infrastructure, officials said on Monday, as the military government increased aid to floodaffected areas.

Thailand’s wet season usually ends in late November and heavy rain and flooding are rare in January. Unseasonably heavy rain has hit 12 out of 67 provinces, officials said.

“We have sent soldiers, police and the Ministry of the Interior to ease the situation,” Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan told reporters.

The death toll from the floods stood at 21 on Monday with more than 330,000 households affected, according to the Department Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.

The department said that the main airport in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat would remain shut for the foreseeable future. A rail route from the Thai capital Bangkok to Nak-

hon Si Thammarat has also been suspended.

Southern Thailand is a major rubber-producing area and the floods have come at a particularly bad time for farmers, said Uthai Sonlucksub, president of the Natural Rubber Council of Thailand.

“This the worst impact we have had in the area in 10 years. The floods are very heavy. The problem is this year we’ve seen both drought and flooding so it has been disastrous for rubber farmers,” Uthai told Reuters.

Uthai said that rubber prices would increase this year because demand is set to exceed supply.

“I’ve had orders from China but we aren’t even sure if we can meet these orders because of the havoc the floods have caused,” he said. “If they buy, it’ll be at higher-than-expected prices.”

Widespread floods in 2011 killed more than 900 people and caused major disruption to industry, cutting economic growth that year to just 0.1 percent. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Fiat Chrysler ups the ante as automakers respond to Trump

DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on Sunday said it will invest $1 billion to modernize two plants in the U.S. Midwest and create 2,000 jobs, upping the ante as automakers respond to threats from President-elect Donald Trump to slap new taxes on imported vehicles.

FCA’s announcement that it would retool factories in Ohio and Michigan to build new Jeep sport utility vehicles, including a pickup truck, and potentially move production of a Ram heavy-duty pickup truck to Michigan from Mexico, also highlighted the auto industry’s keen interest in getting relief from tough fuel economy rules enacted by the outgoing Obama administration.

General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra on Sunday said tax reform and “streamlining regulations ... are just two areas that would be extremely beneficial” for Trump to address. Trump has criticized GM for building cars in Mexico while laying off workers in the United States.

Barra, who is on an advisory committee to Trump, told reporters that decisions about where to build specific vehicles are made “two, three four years ago”. Overall, she said of Trump, “we have much more in common than we have different”. Barra had a conversation with Trump on Tuesday, a person briefed on the call told Reuters.

Barra declined to discuss her conversations with Trump.

Many automakers plan to use the annual North American International Auto show in Detroit, which started on Saturday, to tout investments in the United States and a commitment to U.S. employment against the backdrop of Trump’s criticism of automakers for shipping vehicles into the U.S. from Mexico.

Daimler AG Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche on Sunday said during an auto show event that the German automaker plans to invest another $1.3 billion to expand sport utility vehicle (SUV) production at a factory in Alabama. Automakers are girding for rounds of questions about Mexican investments and U.S. jobs in the wake of Trump’s harsh criticism of automakers.

Most of the major automakers

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An assembly line with 2014 Ram 1500 pickup trucks is seen at the Warren Truck Plant in Warren, Michigan, U.S. on September 25, 2014. in the U.S. have substantial vehicle making operations in Mexico, as well as complex networks of parts makers that supply their factories in the U.S. and support jobs and investment in states such as Ohio and Michigan. FCA’s investment decisions were not related to Trump’s recent attacks Ford Motor Co, GM and Toyota Motor Corp for building cars for the U.S. market in Mexico, people familiar with company’s moves said on Sunday.

The company had already signaled plans to expand truck and SUV production at its U.S. plants, and discontinued production of small and medium-sized cars in two U.S. factories. FCA executives did not confer with Trump before making the decision on the new big SUVs and a Jeep pickup truck, according to a person familiar with the company’s thinking.

The same source said FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne wanted to get out the news about adding jobs and

investment in the United States in case the company encounters more criticism from Trump. Still, Fiat Chrysler’s announcement landed as global auto industry executives gathered for the annual auto show in a climate of growing uncertainty about the trade and regulatory policies the new Republican administration will pursue.

Trump, who will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, has talked about rolling back environmental regulations, and supporting corporate tax cuts moves automakers would welcome.

He has just as explicitly warned that he will move to raise the costs of importing vehicles from Mexico, a policy industry executives said could hurt their businesses.

PLAYING UP U.S. INVESTMENTS Since Trump’s election, automakers and other companies have played up their investments in the United States. Last week,

Ford scrapped plans to build a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico and invest $700 million in a factory in Michigan. Ford will still move production of Focus small cars to Mexico, but will instead cut total production of the cars by consolidating their assembly in an existing Mexican plant.

Hinrich Woebcken, chief executive of the North America Region for German automaker Volkswagen AG, told Reuters on Sunday the automaker plans to invest $7 billion in the United States between 2015 and 2019 and will start building its new Atlas SUV in Tennessee later this year. Volkswagen has had a plant in Mexico for 50 years and it is not shifting any jobs to Mexico from the United States.

“We do not make our investment decisions based on administrative cycles. Our business is really an 8-, 12-, 14-year horizon when we look at investments,” Woebcken said on the sidelines of the Detroit

auto show.

FCA said a plant in Warren, Michigan, near Detroit, would make the Jeep Wagoneer and Jeep Grand Wagoneer SUVs, while a Toledo, Ohio, factory would produce the Jeep pickup. The company said the production plans in Ohio and Michigan were “subject to the negotiation and final approval of incentives by state and local entities”.

U.S. consumers have increasingly shifted toward SUVs and pickup trucks and away from sedans in recent years, as gasoline prices have remained relatively low. A year ago, Marchionne said FCA would cease production of two sedans and focus on SUVs and pickups. Marchionne said in a statement on Sunday that the lineup changes were due to that consumer shift. “We continue to reinforce the U.S. as a global manufacturing hub” for SUVs and pickup trucks, he added.(rtr)

Bali News

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Shivaratri as Sin Redemption Night, Perform Main Abstinences

Hindu community in Bali celebrates a unique Shivaratri Day. Shivaratri means the holy contemplation night or the sin redemption night. Shivaratri falls one day before new moon in the seventh month of Balinese calendar (Kapitu). On this day, Hindu devotees in Bali do fasting and meditation to get forgiveness from God for the sins caused by avidya (darkness).

On that day, the Hindu community commonly performs three types of abstinence adjusted to the capabilities. The main abstinences are monabrata (no speaking), upawasa (fasting) and jagra (guarding, keeping awake for whole night). Medium abstinence only performs the upawasa and jagra, while the small abstinence just performs jagra.

Shivaratri is often called pejagran day because on that day God in his manifestation as Lord Shiva in his function as destroyer does meditation for whole night. Therefore, on this day devotees invoke to him so that all the sins could be removed. Devotees usually do pejagran at temples or shrines while reading scriptures.

The Hindu palm-leaf manuscript named Lubdaka written by Mpu Tanakung carries the procession of Shivaratri with a series as follows: firstly, taking a bath in the morning, putting on clean dressing and invoking holy water.

Then, begin the fasting without food and drink.

It’s a mental exercise in order to get a strength and durability against thirst and hunger.

At night, it is resumed with the reading of Vedic scripture while keeping awake through the night to calm down the mind. Of course, it is commenced with the worship of God for forgiveness for the sins having been committed previously. In the Lubdaka palm-leaf manuscript is stated that though people are very guilty, even the most sinful, they still have the opportunity to destroy their sins

if they sincerely celebrate and implement the abstinence of Shivaratri. In the mythology, Lubdaka is mentioned as a hunter of animals in the forest. Every day, he always kills animals.

READ Typical Kite Fighting of Buleleng Once upon a time, he returned to the forest for hunting. Unfortunately he was unlucky on that day, so that did not get any animals.

Unwittingly, it was already dusk and it was getting darker. Actually he intended to go home, but it was extremely dark so that he did not know the right way home. He decided to stay, and for fear of being ambushed by beasts he climbed a bilva tree to lean.

Unwittingly, underneath there is a clear

water lake with a shrine and lingam. To prevent from sleeping for fear of being attacked by animals, he eliminated his sleepiness while picking bilva leaves. He picked the bilva leaves one by one and then he dropped it so that hit the lingam underneath. Lubdaka did not realize that on that day was the Shivaratri (the night of Shiva) where Lord Shiva was meditating. When picking bilva leaves, he began to regret what he had committed in past times. He promised to himself to stop hunting. After staying up all night, the morning came and he went home. From that day, he stopped hunting and switched profession into a farmer. In keeping with the times, his health condition dropped and

eventually died.

It is narrated that the soul of Lubdaka was hovering in the sky, did not know where to go. After that, the Cikrabala forces took him away to be included in the Candragomuka crater in Hell. At that time, Lord Shiva came and intercepted the Cikrabala forces. Cikrabala forces insisted on bringing the soul of Lubdaka to Hell because during his lifetime he often killed many forest animals. Lord Shiva explained that Lubdaka has made penance on the Shivaratri by staying up all night accompanied by remorse over his sins in the past. Thus, he deserved to get forgiveness and ultimately Lubdaka was taken to Shiva Loka. (kmb)

The Sticky and Chewy “Jaja Bantal” Balinese people have a treasure of traditional cakes with tasty and unique flavor. The aroma always tempts us so as to give it a try. One of them is jaja bantal offering sticky and chewy flavor. Balinese people like best this cake, but should not eat too much because it can result in illness. Understandably, the main ingredient is white sticky rice that can generate excessive heat inside.

In the Balinese language, jaje means ‘cake’ that may refer to the shape resembling a small pillow, so that it is called jaje bantal. Other than functioned as refreshment, this cake is also obligatory in the ritual of picking up the bride by the bridegroom known as Ngabe Tipat Bantal. When picking-up the groom, it is attended by family

members as well as customary and administrative village apparatus.

Nevertheless, this cake has become a snack very easily obtained.

Stalls in rural area, school canteens, traditional markets and pastry shops are serving this cake. Moreover, it is also available at various hotels in the area of Sanur, Nusa Dua, Kuta and other areas in Bali offered in their dessert menu.

This cake is classified into eco-friendly because it uses many natural materials such as young coconut leaf as wrapper, bamboo pin as well as the locking strap made of bamboo rope. This cake applies natural sweetener, not artificial.

Inside it is filled with banana or mix with red beans, so that it offers a different taste.

The ingredients required include white sticky rice, grated coconut, small sliced banana, red beans, sugar and salt. The preparation: first of all, soak the white sticky rice for approximately an hour, and then steam half-done. Then, take out and mix the white sticky rice with grated coconut, red beans, sugar and salt to taste. Stir well and evenly.

READ Doa di Ground Zero Previously, prepare the wrapping of young coconut leaf by making a circle like a pillow. Then, put white sticky rice into the wrapper and stuff with sliced banana and wrap. Tie with a rope and then boil to cook for approximately an hour. Ultimately, take out and cool down. Now, it is ready to be served. (kmb)

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A downed tree covers a parked vehicle during a winter storm in San Francisco, California, January 8, 2017.

U.S. storm brings floods to California, along with snow and ice

CALIFORNIA - A powerful storm walloped California and other parts of the western United States on Sunday, flooding rivers and shutting roads from mudslides in a state that has struggled with drought for years.

From 3 to 8 inches (7.6 to 20 cm) of rain is forecast for central and northern California and the Sierra Nevada mountains through early on Tuesday, and several feet (1-2 metres) of snow is likely for higher elevations, said meteorologist Andrew Orrison at the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.

“We’re going to see heavy rain going into the evening and early morning,” he said.

Locally heavy snow is expected in Nevada, and the northern Rocky Mountains could get several feet of snow as the system moves east over the next day or two, Orrison said.

The National Weather Service reported that almost 40 rivers or creeks in Northern California or western Nevada were flooded or threatened to top their

Rafsanjani ...

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In an interview published in October, Rafsanjani acknowledged the 1980-1988 war with Iraq, which killed some 1 million people, led Iran to consider seeking nuclear weapons.

“Our basic doctrine was always for a peaceful nuclear application, but it never left our mind that if one day we should be threatened and it was imperative, we should be able to go down the other path,” he said.

“But we never went.”

The cleric managed to remain within Iran’s ruling theocracy after leaving office, but an attempt to return to the presidency in 2005 was dashed by the electoral victory of the more hard-line Mahmoud

banks.

The upper Napa River north of San Francisco was expected to cause “extreme damage to all towns along the reach,” the California emergency agency said in a statement.

An agency spokesman there had been no reports of fatalities or serious damage from the bad weather.

Several California highways were closed from landslides or high water.

In Washington state, high winds, ice and heavy snow shut roads and created hazardous driving conditions.

Iridium Communications said Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company had delayed Monday’s launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 of its satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base, north of Los Angeles. The new launch date was set for Saturday.

The storm is drawing its strength from the interaction between an “atmospheric river,” a plume of water vapor flowing from the tropics toward the West Coast, and a low-pressure area near Oregon, the National Weather Service said.

After years of drought, the storm is the latest incident in a strong wet season for California that began in the autumn. Another front is expected on Tuesday.

In an encouraging sign, the U.S. Forest Service said the rain had restored moisture levels in Southern California vegetation to a seasonal normal for the first time in five years.

The eastern United States experienced cold temperatures on Sunday, the day after a massive storm dumped snow from Georgia to Massachusetts. (rtr)

Ahmadinejad. Rafsanjani was later branded a dissenter by many conservatives for his harsh criticism of the crackdown that followed Ahmadinejad’s re-election in 2009.

But after years of waning influence, Rafsanjani was handed an unexpected political resurgence with the 2013 victory of a fellow moderate, Hassan Rouhani, giving him an insider role in efforts that would culminate in the 2015 nuclear agreement.

Some analysts believe Rafsanjani was kept within the ruling fold as a potential mediator with America and its allies in the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program. His past stature as a trusted Khomeini ally also offered him political protection. Rafsanjani

was a top commander in the war with Iraq and played a key role in convincing Khomeini to accept a cease-fire after years of crippling stalemate.

His image, however, also had darker undertones. He was named by prosecutors in Argentina among Iranian officials suspected of links to a 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people. Some Iranian reformers accused him of involvement in the slaying of liberals and dissidents during his presidency — charges that he denied and that were never pursued by Iranian authorities.

“The title of Islamic Republic is not just a formality,” he said in 2009 in the chaos after Ahmadinejad’s re-election.(ap)

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New Brazil prison clash leaves at least 4 dead in Amazon region SAO PAULO - A new prison uprising in Brazil early on Sunday left four dead, adding to the chaos in Brazil’s penitentiary system that has left almost 100 inmates killed in the past week in a gang war.

The latest violence took place at the Desembargador Raimundo Vidal Pessoa jail in the center of the jungle city of Manaus, according to an emailed statement from the government penitentiary agency in Amazonas state, where the facility is located.

Three of the dead were beheaded while one was strangled to death, according to the statement. It did not give a motive for the killings and it was not yet known if drug gangs were involved.

In the last week, 64 inmates have been killed in prisons in or near Manaus. A prison uprising in the neighboring state of Roraima left at least 33 dead.

Behind the bloodshed is an escalating feud between Brazil’s biggest drug gangs, which ended two decades of an uneasy working relationship about six months ago.

Brazil’s most powerful gang, the Sao Paulo-based First Capital Command (PCC) split with the Rio de Janeiro-based Red Command gang when the PCC took over drug trading routes in Brazil’s southeast.

Previously, the two groups worked together to ensure a heavy flow of drugs and arms over Brazil’s borders.

Members of the PCC were targeted last Sunday in the first violent outbreak, which left 56 dead, many decapitated and butchered.

It was Brazil’s deadliest uprising in more than two decades.

It was the North Family gang, allied with the Red Command, that carried out the killings in that riot, authorities said.

Five days later, PCC members killed 33 people at a Roraima state prison. Brutal scenes captured on a cellphone video spread widely on social media, in which the inmates are seen hacking away at bodies in acts of revenge.

Authorities originally said 31 prisoners died in the Roraima uprising, but revised the total to 33 after finding two buried bodies on the prison grounds on Saturday.

Experts say the PCC is moving to infiltrate areas in the Red Command’s home base of Rio and infiltrating Brazil’s Amazon region in efforts to control cocaine-smuggling river routes.

Since it split with the PCC, the Red Command has allied itself with smaller regional gangs like the North Family to confront PCC. (rtr)

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Relatives of inmates react in front of Desembargador Raimundo Vidal Pessoa jail in the center of the Amazonian city of Manaus, Brazil, January 8, 2017.

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OPM`s flag raising in Melbourne`s Indonesian Consulate is crime: President Jokowi BATANG - The raising of the Free Papua Movements (OPMs) flag by an individual at the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Melbourne, Australia, was a purely criminal act, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) affirmed.

“The crime concerns Australias domestic affairs and has nothing to do with Indonesia,” President Jokowi stated here, Monday.

Claiming to have received the report from Foreign Affairs Minister Retno LP Marsudi, the head of state remarked that the Australian government had increased the deployment of several security personnel to secure the consulates area, which had been intruded on Jan 6 by a suspect, who was allegedly a sympathizer of the OPM. The suspect had trespassed into the Indonesian Consulates neighboring apartment before scaling a 2.5-meter-high gate of

the mission and had raised the separatist groups flag. The incident occurred when most of the consulates staff members were conducting the Friday prayer.

While making assurance that the incident was viewed as Australias criminal problem, the president has urged Minister Marsudi to call on the Australian government to promptly take necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents.

Minister Marsudi stressed on Sunday that the Australian authority should arrest and sentence the trespasser.

“The Australian authority must conduct an investigation and im-

mediately take legal action against the perpetrator who had trespassed into the Indonesian Consulate in Melbourne,” she noted in a press statement.

Minister Marsudi emphasized that the trespassing and flag raising incident in Melbourne is a crime that cannot be tolerated.

To this end, Marsudi reminded that Australia, as a receiver country, has the responsibility and obligation to conduct a legal process against the criminal and provide security guarantee to all members of the Indonesian mission in accordance with the Vienna Convention 1961 and 1963 on Diplomatic and Consulate Relations. (ant)

Indonesia hopes to produce 9,500 MW of geothermal power in 2025 JAKARTA - Geothermal power is expected to contribute 9,500 megawatts to the countrys energy requirement in 2025 when oil contribution is to be cutback by 30 percent.

Stability of production of geothermal power is more reliable as it is not affected by weather, Deputy Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arcandra Tahar said when visiting Pertamina Geothermal Energi (PGE) of Kamojang Area on Sunday.

The superiority in production stability makes geothermal power base load in electricity provision by state electricity company PLM for the public, Arcandra said.

Production of geothermal power as a base load would continue at full capacity when the use of power at its lowest level, he said.

“Geothermal power plants (PLTP) could continue to operate at full capacity while oil fueled and coal fired power plants have to be shut down as bad weather,” he said.

He said the challenge in the development of geothermal power is competitiveness of the geothermal power price.

Arcandra Tahar The production cost of geothermal power is high making it less competitive in price facing power produced from other facility such as, gas, oil and coal fired power plants.

Data at the Geology department of the ESDM Ministry showed that Indonesia holds the largest reserve of geothermal in the world.

The data said Indonesia has known geothermal reserves of 29 GWe found in 265 locations in the country or around 40 percent of the worlds reserves.

If the potential could be fully

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converted into reality, the country would save 1.2 million barrels per day needed to generate energy, Arcandra said.

Meanwhile, Operation Director of PGE Ali Mundakir said by the end of 2016, the installed capacity of PGE was 537 MW electricity equivalent. Four of 14 Geothermal Working Area (WKP), have been in operation

by PGE. They are Kamojang Area in West Java, Sibayak in North Sumatra, Lahendong in North Sulawesi, and Ulubelu in Lampung. (ant)

President Joko Widodo

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Govt to revoke visa-free facility JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has decided to revoke its visa-free facility for a number of countries but it has not disclosed how many countries of the 169 facility recipients will be affected as it will still carry out further evaluations.

According to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, several visa-free facility recipients will be affected based on a preliminary evaluation but he would not reveal it too early, leaving it to the Immigration Directorate General to announce it later.

The government has provided visa waiver facility to 169 countries in an effort to promote its tourism and support its target to win 20 million foreign tourist arrivals by 2019.

In March 2015, the government granted the facility for 30 countries, taking the total number of beneficiaries of the policy to 45, including the 15 existing free visa recipients.

By March 2016, the government has provided the facility to 169 recipients. The main objective of the policy is to promote the countrys tourism.

However, many circles considered that the facility has the potential to be abused. It also seen to have failed in contributing to the economy.

The House of Representatives (DPR), for example, urged the government last month to evaluate the policy for fear it will threaten the states sovereignty.

“At several working meetings of the House Commission I with the Foreign Minister, we asked the government to review the visa-free policy.

We also asked (the foreign ministry) to convey it to President Joko Widodo and relevant ministries,” Chief of House Commission I Abdul Kharis Almasyhari said.

According to him the visa-free policy prompted many illegal migrant workers to enter the country. It has also caused losses to Indonesias non-tax state revenues. Additionally, the policy may threaten the states sovereignty.

This is because many Indonesians are not employed even as foreign workers enter the country, according to him.

Thus, it creates unrest. Lawmaker Saleh Partaonan Daulay of House Commission IX of the House urged the government to evaluate, if not scrap, visa-waiver privileges for foreign nationals, claiming these are causing unrest to certain sections of the community. (ant)

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Benel Dam NEGARA - Initially Benel dam pure construction for agricultural purposes, where the farmers around the dam so that water shortages are now often interrupted his harvest.

Benel dam was then constructed with the primary function as a means of irrigation for the people of the region Jembrana. However, because of the location here have views of beautiful natural scenery and the idea to commercialize the region emerged.

Conditions are close to the protected forest reinforces this dam to the area later to be tour productive.

Air around the dam is very cool because it’s located in the mountains and surrounded by large trees.

The beauty and natural scenery around the Benel dam is the inspiration to make this place an attraction in Jembrana.

Benel dam is large and spacious, surrounded by green forests and natural protected areas that make the air in this area very cool because it is located high in the mountains.

At the bottom of the dam you can see a vast expanse of rice fields with its terracing so it is suitable to be a place to dissipate fatigue when you are bored with life in the city.

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Harden powers Rockets past Raptors for 8th straight win

Benel dam located in the village Manistutu, Jembrana. Benel dam began construction in 2006 and was completed in 2010, opened

by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 26 January 2010.

In addition to the irrigation and natural attraction.

Below the dam there is also a wide field that is so beautiful with terraces. It is suitable for you tourists who feel very bored with life in the city is so crowded and a lot of pollution. So if you have free time, time to travel to Benel Dam, Jembrana, Bali. Benel a somewhat large dams can also be used for freshwater fisheries. A variety of freshwater fish such as tilapia fish, fish cork, and other freshwater fish found in this dam. So it is very suitable for tourists who enjoy your hobby or fishing in the dam Benel distribute this hobby.

The existence of this dam as a natural attraction has been able to attract tourists to visit this place even though it is located in the countryside. Currently the facilities available are ample parking and restrooms and a couple of small warungs that sell food and drinks.

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TORONTO — James Harden had his 10th triple-double of the season to help the Houston Rockets extend their winning streak to eight games. He still sees a lot of room for improvement.

“One hundred percent,” Harden said after finishing with 40 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in the Rockets’ 129-122 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.

“We’re almost halfway through the season and we’re a fairly new team still and I’ll get better and my turnovers will start dropping just when I get familiar with what different defenses are doing but until then, we’re rolling, guys are happy and we’re making shots.” Harden also had 10 of Houston’s 15 turnovers.

“I’ve got the ball in my hands 90 per cent of the time so it’s going to happen,” he said, adding that as long as the team stays under coach Mike D’Antoni’s limit of 15 turnovers it will be OK. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Harden is the first player with a 40-point triple-double and 10 or more turnovers since turnovers became official in the 1977-78 season.

Harden shot 13 of 26 from the field, finishing with 30-plus points and 10-plus assists for a league-leading 13th time this season.

Montrezl Harrell had 28 points in 26 minutes off the bench on 12-of-13 shooting, with Eric Gordon adding 19 more as Houston won consecutive games in Toronto for the first time in franchise history.

Down 99-95 entering the fourth quarter, the Rockets went on a 15-0 run to take an 11-point lead. DeRozan’s run of 12 consecutive points for the Raptors cut into that advantage, but Toronto could get no closer than five points.

Going on that kind of run is nothing new for the Rockets, who feed off each other, according to Trevor Ariza, who had 17 points.

“Once one shot goes in for someone, another one goes in, it brings up the team’s morale and everybody’s getting open looks, everybody’s knocking down shots, it’s fun to play that way,” he said.

Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP

Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) drives to the net against Houston Rockets guard Patrick Beverley (2) during second-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017.

After compiling a 19-0 record when taking a lead into the fourth quarter this season, the Raptors have lost two straight in the last 12 minutes. They ultimately lost in overtime in Chicago on Saturday night, and followed that up with Sunday’s loss, a game where they had a 13-point lead at one stage.

“It just sucks in the moment, especially two night sin a row,” DeMar DeRozan said.

“It happened and you just have to lock in.”

DeRozan had 36 points for the Raptors, setting a career high with his 18th 30-plus-point game of the season. DeMarre Carroll tied a career high with 26 points and set a career high

with six 3-pointers on 10 attempts.

The late run by Houston to take the game away from Toronto was particularly galling for coach Dwane Casey, who constantly stresses the importance of a consistent approach to defense throughout the entire game. (ap)

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SYDNEY - Kei Nishikori has pulled out of an exhibition event in Sydney to recover from a hip injury, with the Japanese world number five reluctant to take any risks ahead of next week’s Australian Open.

The world number five needed a lengthy injury timeout in the Brisbane International men’s singles

final after drawing level in the second set against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.

Nishikori went on to lose the deciding set, suffering a first defeat to Dimitrov in four meetings.

“I hurt it during the match yesterday in the final. It’s not too bad but obviously I needed some

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rest,” the 2014 U.S. Open runnerup said.

The 27-year-old, who beat Stan Wawrinka in the Brisbane semifinals, hopes to recover in time for Melbourne Park, where the year’s first grand slam begins on Monday.

“It was a really tough tournament,” Nishikori said. “There were five of the top 10 in the tournament.

“I played Dimi in the final and it was another tough match and I used a lot of energy on the court last week.” (rtr)

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Sp rt Higuain helps Juventus to record 26th straight home win ROME — It’s no coincidence that Juventus has won Serie A every season since the Juventus Stadium opened in September 2011. The Bianconeri have been virtually unbeatable in the Italian league’s only major club-owned stadium and improved on their own Serie A record with a 26th consecutive home win Sunday.

Gonzalo Higuain scored his fourth brace of the season as Juventus beat Bologna 3-0. Juventus held the previous record of 25 straight home wins, established at the stadium between 2013 and 2015.

The current streak began against Bologna on Oct. 24, 2015, and Bologna never really had a chance to prevent the latest record.

Higuain opened the scoring with a volley from a lobbed pass from Miralem Pjanic seven minutes in, Paulo Dybala added a penalty before the break and then Higuain headed in another early in the second half.

Juventus, which still has a game in hand, restored its four-point lead over Roma, which beat Genoa 1-0 earlier.

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi shoots to score.

REUTERS/Heino Kalis

Messi screamer salvages draw for Barca at Villarreal

ROMAN VICTORIES Roma finally found a way to win away from home — with an own goal. Armando Izzo redirected a cross from Bruno Peres into his own net in the first half as Roma won 1-0 at Genoa for its first victory away from the Stadio Olimpico since October.

Roma has won all nine of its home matches, while its away record now reads four wins, two draws and four losses.

“It’s a big win. This is a tough league and we’ve faced some difficult opponents,” Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi said. “If we had won all of our away matches, too, we would be champions of Italy by now.”

Roma’s last win outside the capital had been a 3-1 victory over Sassuolo on Oct. 26 in Reggio Emilia. The Giallorossi also beat Lazio 2-0 in the Rome derby early last month when they were technically the visitors.

Roma forward Edin Dzeko hit the post near the hour mark, the fourth time the Bosnia and Herzegovina striker has found the woodwork this season — more than any other player in the league.

Roma goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny preserved the win with a difficult save on a shot from beyond the area by Lucas Ocampos in stoppage time.

“For Genoa, I think in 38 matches they won’t play one that’s not physical. Because that’s the type of football they play — very aggressive, man against man,” De Rossi said. “We needed to put our work boots on and we did.” Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin tore his ACL early on and will miss the rest of the season.

Lazio also won 1-0, over struggling Crotone with a last-minute goal from Ciro Immobile after Lucas Biglia hit the crossbar with a penalty in the first half. Lazio is fourth, one point behind third-placed Napoli, which beat Sampdoria 2-1 on Saturday.(ap)

Careful management can extend Rooney’s career, says Mourinho Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes Wayne Rooney can extend his stay at the top level with careful management as the record-equalling striker enters the twilight of his career.

Rooney is one goal away from becoming United’s highest scorer after equalling Bobby Charlton’s 249-goal tally during a 4-0 victory over Reading in FA Cup third-round.

The club captain, who arrived at Old Trafford from Everton in 2004, has two-and-a-half years left on his current contract.

“I don’t know, it depends on him -- especially on his brain, on his desire,” Mourinho told the British media when asked about how long Rooney can contribute at the highest level.

“I think everything is about desire, more important than anything else. I think he has motivation so if he keeps motivation he can play.”

The 31-year old forward,

who has scored just once in the Premier League so far this season, has lost his regular spot in the United starting lineup. The match against Reading was only the seventh time he had a full 90 minutes this season.

Mourinho believes midfielder Michael Carrick and striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, both 35, as well as Rooney must be utilised sparingly in order to get the best out the final phase of their careers.

“It’s always a pity when these guys they go to the end, but they get older and we cannot stop the clock,” the Portuguese manager added.

“But when they take good care about themselves, when the wives help, when they train well, when the manager and the staff is intelligent enough to understand the difference between the body of a teenager or the body of a man of thirtysomething... they can delay the end of their career.”(rtr)

“Of course there is still time to catch Real. We’re going to have opportunities to fight for the league, although that will not just depend on us but also on them and they are looking very strong at the moment.”

The pressure was on Luis Enrique’s side after Real and Sevilla enjoyed big wins on Saturday but Villarreal were far from ideal opponents, having held Barca to a 2-2 draw last season and halting their 12-game winning streak in the league.

The first clear chance of a vibrant, end-to-end game fell to former Barcelona midfielder Jonathan dos Santos, who put too much power on his shot and watched it fly over the bar.

Luis Enrique made three changes to the Barca team that lost 2-1 in a King’s Cup last 16, first leg game at Athletic Bilbao on Thursday and it was one of the players he recalled who made the fatal mistake that led to the opening goal.

France left back Lucas Digne lost possession in Villarreal’s half and Alexandre Pato strode through the middle unopposed, teeing up Sansone to send the ball home off the far post.

Messi hit the post with a sumptuous shot and had a penalty appeal turned down when his effort was blocked by Villarreal captain Bruno Soriano’s hand, while Barca’s Javier Mascherano was also fortunate not to concede a spot kick for handball.(rtr)

Reuters / Andrew Yates

Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck

Alessandro Di Marco/ANSA via AP

Juventus’s Gonzalo Higuain celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Bologna at Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho talks to Wayne Rooney

Welbeck was desperate during injury layoff, says Wenger

BARCELONA - Barcelona’s Lionel Messi rescued a 1-1 draw at Villarreal with a sensational late free-kick on Sunday but could not prevent the champions finishing the weekend third in La Liga, five points behind leaders Real Madrid.

Messi bent a stunning free-kick into the top corner in the 90th minute after Villarreal’s Italian forward Nicola Sansone finished off a breakaway to open the scoring in the 50th as they looked set to record a first home win over Barca in 11 years.

Barcelona have 35 points from 17 games, one behind Sevilla, and trail a Real Madrid side who beat Granada 5-0 on Saturday, are unbeaten in all competitions and have a game in hand.

“I can’t make a positive evaluation because we needed the three points today,” said Barca coach Luis Enrique. “We aren’t on a very favourable run at the moment and although we kept hitting the target things just would not fall for us.”

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hailed Danny Welbeck for his patience during his injury setbacks and hopes the striker comes back a stronger player for the club during the second half of the season.

The England international, who signed for the North London club from Manchester United in 2014, was sidelined with a kneecartilage damage last May only three months after returning from another long-term knee injury.

Welbeck, who also missed the Euro 2016 due to the injury, made his first appearance of the season as a late substitute in Arsenal’s 2-1 victory over Preston North End in FA Cup third round on Saturday.

“I think he went through certainly desperation because the

setback he had was absolutely atrocious,” Wenger told the British media.

“The patience you need when you’re that age - and to miss the European Championship on top of that, after missing the start of the season - it was terrible. “But he worked hard and certainly it will make him stronger, what happened to him.”

Wenger also said the 26-yearold was allowed to spend some time away from the club during his rehabilitation.

“We let him go outside as well and mixed his time,” he added.

“At the end of the day, when something like that happens to you, you have to deal with it on your own, but of course we spoke with him a lot and tried to support him.”(rtr)

Reuters / Phil Noble

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Sp rt Higuain helps Juventus to record 26th straight home win ROME — It’s no coincidence that Juventus has won Serie A every season since the Juventus Stadium opened in September 2011. The Bianconeri have been virtually unbeatable in the Italian league’s only major club-owned stadium and improved on their own Serie A record with a 26th consecutive home win Sunday.

Gonzalo Higuain scored his fourth brace of the season as Juventus beat Bologna 3-0. Juventus held the previous record of 25 straight home wins, established at the stadium between 2013 and 2015.

The current streak began against Bologna on Oct. 24, 2015, and Bologna never really had a chance to prevent the latest record.

Higuain opened the scoring with a volley from a lobbed pass from Miralem Pjanic seven minutes in, Paulo Dybala added a penalty before the break and then Higuain headed in another early in the second half.

Juventus, which still has a game in hand, restored its four-point lead over Roma, which beat Genoa 1-0 earlier.

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi shoots to score.

REUTERS/Heino Kalis

Messi screamer salvages draw for Barca at Villarreal

ROMAN VICTORIES Roma finally found a way to win away from home — with an own goal. Armando Izzo redirected a cross from Bruno Peres into his own net in the first half as Roma won 1-0 at Genoa for its first victory away from the Stadio Olimpico since October.

Roma has won all nine of its home matches, while its away record now reads four wins, two draws and four losses.

“It’s a big win. This is a tough league and we’ve faced some difficult opponents,” Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi said. “If we had won all of our away matches, too, we would be champions of Italy by now.”

Roma’s last win outside the capital had been a 3-1 victory over Sassuolo on Oct. 26 in Reggio Emilia. The Giallorossi also beat Lazio 2-0 in the Rome derby early last month when they were technically the visitors.

Roma forward Edin Dzeko hit the post near the hour mark, the fourth time the Bosnia and Herzegovina striker has found the woodwork this season — more than any other player in the league.

Roma goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny preserved the win with a difficult save on a shot from beyond the area by Lucas Ocampos in stoppage time.

“For Genoa, I think in 38 matches they won’t play one that’s not physical. Because that’s the type of football they play — very aggressive, man against man,” De Rossi said. “We needed to put our work boots on and we did.” Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin tore his ACL early on and will miss the rest of the season.

Lazio also won 1-0, over struggling Crotone with a last-minute goal from Ciro Immobile after Lucas Biglia hit the crossbar with a penalty in the first half. Lazio is fourth, one point behind third-placed Napoli, which beat Sampdoria 2-1 on Saturday.(ap)

Careful management can extend Rooney’s career, says Mourinho Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes Wayne Rooney can extend his stay at the top level with careful management as the record-equalling striker enters the twilight of his career.

Rooney is one goal away from becoming United’s highest scorer after equalling Bobby Charlton’s 249-goal tally during a 4-0 victory over Reading in FA Cup third-round.

The club captain, who arrived at Old Trafford from Everton in 2004, has two-and-a-half years left on his current contract.

“I don’t know, it depends on him -- especially on his brain, on his desire,” Mourinho told the British media when asked about how long Rooney can contribute at the highest level.

“I think everything is about desire, more important than anything else. I think he has motivation so if he keeps motivation he can play.”

The 31-year old forward,

who has scored just once in the Premier League so far this season, has lost his regular spot in the United starting lineup. The match against Reading was only the seventh time he had a full 90 minutes this season.

Mourinho believes midfielder Michael Carrick and striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, both 35, as well as Rooney must be utilised sparingly in order to get the best out the final phase of their careers.

“It’s always a pity when these guys they go to the end, but they get older and we cannot stop the clock,” the Portuguese manager added.

“But when they take good care about themselves, when the wives help, when they train well, when the manager and the staff is intelligent enough to understand the difference between the body of a teenager or the body of a man of thirtysomething... they can delay the end of their career.”(rtr)

“Of course there is still time to catch Real. We’re going to have opportunities to fight for the league, although that will not just depend on us but also on them and they are looking very strong at the moment.”

The pressure was on Luis Enrique’s side after Real and Sevilla enjoyed big wins on Saturday but Villarreal were far from ideal opponents, having held Barca to a 2-2 draw last season and halting their 12-game winning streak in the league.

The first clear chance of a vibrant, end-to-end game fell to former Barcelona midfielder Jonathan dos Santos, who put too much power on his shot and watched it fly over the bar.

Luis Enrique made three changes to the Barca team that lost 2-1 in a King’s Cup last 16, first leg game at Athletic Bilbao on Thursday and it was one of the players he recalled who made the fatal mistake that led to the opening goal.

France left back Lucas Digne lost possession in Villarreal’s half and Alexandre Pato strode through the middle unopposed, teeing up Sansone to send the ball home off the far post.

Messi hit the post with a sumptuous shot and had a penalty appeal turned down when his effort was blocked by Villarreal captain Bruno Soriano’s hand, while Barca’s Javier Mascherano was also fortunate not to concede a spot kick for handball.(rtr)

Reuters / Andrew Yates

Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck

Alessandro Di Marco/ANSA via AP

Juventus’s Gonzalo Higuain celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Bologna at Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho talks to Wayne Rooney

Welbeck was desperate during injury layoff, says Wenger

BARCELONA - Barcelona’s Lionel Messi rescued a 1-1 draw at Villarreal with a sensational late free-kick on Sunday but could not prevent the champions finishing the weekend third in La Liga, five points behind leaders Real Madrid.

Messi bent a stunning free-kick into the top corner in the 90th minute after Villarreal’s Italian forward Nicola Sansone finished off a breakaway to open the scoring in the 50th as they looked set to record a first home win over Barca in 11 years.

Barcelona have 35 points from 17 games, one behind Sevilla, and trail a Real Madrid side who beat Granada 5-0 on Saturday, are unbeaten in all competitions and have a game in hand.

“I can’t make a positive evaluation because we needed the three points today,” said Barca coach Luis Enrique. “We aren’t on a very favourable run at the moment and although we kept hitting the target things just would not fall for us.”

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hailed Danny Welbeck for his patience during his injury setbacks and hopes the striker comes back a stronger player for the club during the second half of the season.

The England international, who signed for the North London club from Manchester United in 2014, was sidelined with a kneecartilage damage last May only three months after returning from another long-term knee injury.

Welbeck, who also missed the Euro 2016 due to the injury, made his first appearance of the season as a late substitute in Arsenal’s 2-1 victory over Preston North End in FA Cup third round on Saturday.

“I think he went through certainly desperation because the

setback he had was absolutely atrocious,” Wenger told the British media.

“The patience you need when you’re that age - and to miss the European Championship on top of that, after missing the start of the season - it was terrible. “But he worked hard and certainly it will make him stronger, what happened to him.”

Wenger also said the 26-yearold was allowed to spend some time away from the club during his rehabilitation.

“We let him go outside as well and mixed his time,” he added.

“At the end of the day, when something like that happens to you, you have to deal with it on your own, but of course we spoke with him a lot and tried to support him.”(rtr)

Reuters / Phil Noble

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Benel Dam NEGARA - Initially Benel dam pure construction for agricultural purposes, where the farmers around the dam so that water shortages are now often interrupted his harvest.

Benel dam was then constructed with the primary function as a means of irrigation for the people of the region Jembrana. However, because of the location here have views of beautiful natural scenery and the idea to commercialize the region emerged.

Conditions are close to the protected forest reinforces this dam to the area later to be tour productive.

Air around the dam is very cool because it’s located in the mountains and surrounded by large trees.

The beauty and natural scenery around the Benel dam is the inspiration to make this place an attraction in Jembrana.

Benel dam is large and spacious, surrounded by green forests and natural protected areas that make the air in this area very cool because it is located high in the mountains.

At the bottom of the dam you can see a vast expanse of rice fields with its terracing so it is suitable to be a place to dissipate fatigue when you are bored with life in the city.

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Harden powers Rockets past Raptors for 8th straight win

Benel dam located in the village Manistutu, Jembrana. Benel dam began construction in 2006 and was completed in 2010, opened

by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 26 January 2010.

In addition to the irrigation and natural attraction.

Below the dam there is also a wide field that is so beautiful with terraces. It is suitable for you tourists who feel very bored with life in the city is so crowded and a lot of pollution. So if you have free time, time to travel to Benel Dam, Jembrana, Bali. Benel a somewhat large dams can also be used for freshwater fisheries. A variety of freshwater fish such as tilapia fish, fish cork, and other freshwater fish found in this dam. So it is very suitable for tourists who enjoy your hobby or fishing in the dam Benel distribute this hobby.

The existence of this dam as a natural attraction has been able to attract tourists to visit this place even though it is located in the countryside. Currently the facilities available are ample parking and restrooms and a couple of small warungs that sell food and drinks.

(IBP/net)

TORONTO — James Harden had his 10th triple-double of the season to help the Houston Rockets extend their winning streak to eight games. He still sees a lot of room for improvement.

“One hundred percent,” Harden said after finishing with 40 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in the Rockets’ 129-122 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.

“We’re almost halfway through the season and we’re a fairly new team still and I’ll get better and my turnovers will start dropping just when I get familiar with what different defenses are doing but until then, we’re rolling, guys are happy and we’re making shots.” Harden also had 10 of Houston’s 15 turnovers.

“I’ve got the ball in my hands 90 per cent of the time so it’s going to happen,” he said, adding that as long as the team stays under coach Mike D’Antoni’s limit of 15 turnovers it will be OK. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Harden is the first player with a 40-point triple-double and 10 or more turnovers since turnovers became official in the 1977-78 season.

Harden shot 13 of 26 from the field, finishing with 30-plus points and 10-plus assists for a league-leading 13th time this season.

Montrezl Harrell had 28 points in 26 minutes off the bench on 12-of-13 shooting, with Eric Gordon adding 19 more as Houston won consecutive games in Toronto for the first time in franchise history.

Down 99-95 entering the fourth quarter, the Rockets went on a 15-0 run to take an 11-point lead. DeRozan’s run of 12 consecutive points for the Raptors cut into that advantage, but Toronto could get no closer than five points.

Going on that kind of run is nothing new for the Rockets, who feed off each other, according to Trevor Ariza, who had 17 points.

“Once one shot goes in for someone, another one goes in, it brings up the team’s morale and everybody’s getting open looks, everybody’s knocking down shots, it’s fun to play that way,” he said.

Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP

Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) drives to the net against Houston Rockets guard Patrick Beverley (2) during second-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017.

After compiling a 19-0 record when taking a lead into the fourth quarter this season, the Raptors have lost two straight in the last 12 minutes. They ultimately lost in overtime in Chicago on Saturday night, and followed that up with Sunday’s loss, a game where they had a 13-point lead at one stage.

“It just sucks in the moment, especially two night sin a row,” DeMar DeRozan said.

“It happened and you just have to lock in.”

DeRozan had 36 points for the Raptors, setting a career high with his 18th 30-plus-point game of the season. DeMarre Carroll tied a career high with 26 points and set a career high

with six 3-pointers on 10 attempts.

The late run by Houston to take the game away from Toronto was particularly galling for coach Dwane Casey, who constantly stresses the importance of a consistent approach to defense throughout the entire game. (ap)

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SYDNEY - Kei Nishikori has pulled out of an exhibition event in Sydney to recover from a hip injury, with the Japanese world number five reluctant to take any risks ahead of next week’s Australian Open.

The world number five needed a lengthy injury timeout in the Brisbane International men’s singles

final after drawing level in the second set against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.

Nishikori went on to lose the deciding set, suffering a first defeat to Dimitrov in four meetings.

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Tennis players Rafael Nadal (L) of Spain and Kei Nishikori of Japan cuddle up to Lola, an Australian wombat, in Sydney, January 9, 2017 before the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne begins January 16.

rest,” the 2014 U.S. Open runnerup said.

The 27-year-old, who beat Stan Wawrinka in the Brisbane semifinals, hopes to recover in time for Melbourne Park, where the year’s first grand slam begins on Monday.

“It was a really tough tournament,” Nishikori said. “There were five of the top 10 in the tournament.

“I played Dimi in the final and it was another tough match and I used a lot of energy on the court last week.” (rtr)

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A downed tree covers a parked vehicle during a winter storm in San Francisco, California, January 8, 2017.

U.S. storm brings floods to California, along with snow and ice

CALIFORNIA - A powerful storm walloped California and other parts of the western United States on Sunday, flooding rivers and shutting roads from mudslides in a state that has struggled with drought for years.

From 3 to 8 inches (7.6 to 20 cm) of rain is forecast for central and northern California and the Sierra Nevada mountains through early on Tuesday, and several feet (1-2 metres) of snow is likely for higher elevations, said meteorologist Andrew Orrison at the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.

“We’re going to see heavy rain going into the evening and early morning,” he said.

Locally heavy snow is expected in Nevada, and the northern Rocky Mountains could get several feet of snow as the system moves east over the next day or two, Orrison said.

The National Weather Service reported that almost 40 rivers or creeks in Northern California or western Nevada were flooded or threatened to top their

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In an interview published in October, Rafsanjani acknowledged the 1980-1988 war with Iraq, which killed some 1 million people, led Iran to consider seeking nuclear weapons.

“Our basic doctrine was always for a peaceful nuclear application, but it never left our mind that if one day we should be threatened and it was imperative, we should be able to go down the other path,” he said.

“But we never went.”

The cleric managed to remain within Iran’s ruling theocracy after leaving office, but an attempt to return to the presidency in 2005 was dashed by the electoral victory of the more hard-line Mahmoud

banks.

The upper Napa River north of San Francisco was expected to cause “extreme damage to all towns along the reach,” the California emergency agency said in a statement.

An agency spokesman there had been no reports of fatalities or serious damage from the bad weather.

Several California highways were closed from landslides or high water.

In Washington state, high winds, ice and heavy snow shut roads and created hazardous driving conditions.

Iridium Communications said Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company had delayed Monday’s launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 of its satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base, north of Los Angeles. The new launch date was set for Saturday.

The storm is drawing its strength from the interaction between an “atmospheric river,” a plume of water vapor flowing from the tropics toward the West Coast, and a low-pressure area near Oregon, the National Weather Service said.

After years of drought, the storm is the latest incident in a strong wet season for California that began in the autumn. Another front is expected on Tuesday.

In an encouraging sign, the U.S. Forest Service said the rain had restored moisture levels in Southern California vegetation to a seasonal normal for the first time in five years.

The eastern United States experienced cold temperatures on Sunday, the day after a massive storm dumped snow from Georgia to Massachusetts. (rtr)

Ahmadinejad. Rafsanjani was later branded a dissenter by many conservatives for his harsh criticism of the crackdown that followed Ahmadinejad’s re-election in 2009.

But after years of waning influence, Rafsanjani was handed an unexpected political resurgence with the 2013 victory of a fellow moderate, Hassan Rouhani, giving him an insider role in efforts that would culminate in the 2015 nuclear agreement.

Some analysts believe Rafsanjani was kept within the ruling fold as a potential mediator with America and its allies in the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program. His past stature as a trusted Khomeini ally also offered him political protection. Rafsanjani

was a top commander in the war with Iraq and played a key role in convincing Khomeini to accept a cease-fire after years of crippling stalemate.

His image, however, also had darker undertones. He was named by prosecutors in Argentina among Iranian officials suspected of links to a 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people. Some Iranian reformers accused him of involvement in the slaying of liberals and dissidents during his presidency — charges that he denied and that were never pursued by Iranian authorities.

“The title of Islamic Republic is not just a formality,” he said in 2009 in the chaos after Ahmadinejad’s re-election.(ap)

International

New Brazil prison clash leaves at least 4 dead in Amazon region SAO PAULO - A new prison uprising in Brazil early on Sunday left four dead, adding to the chaos in Brazil’s penitentiary system that has left almost 100 inmates killed in the past week in a gang war.

The latest violence took place at the Desembargador Raimundo Vidal Pessoa jail in the center of the jungle city of Manaus, according to an emailed statement from the government penitentiary agency in Amazonas state, where the facility is located.

Three of the dead were beheaded while one was strangled to death, according to the statement. It did not give a motive for the killings and it was not yet known if drug gangs were involved.

In the last week, 64 inmates have been killed in prisons in or near Manaus. A prison uprising in the neighboring state of Roraima left at least 33 dead.

Behind the bloodshed is an escalating feud between Brazil’s biggest drug gangs, which ended two decades of an uneasy working relationship about six months ago.

Brazil’s most powerful gang, the Sao Paulo-based First Capital Command (PCC) split with the Rio de Janeiro-based Red Command gang when the PCC took over drug trading routes in Brazil’s southeast.

Previously, the two groups worked together to ensure a heavy flow of drugs and arms over Brazil’s borders.

Members of the PCC were targeted last Sunday in the first violent outbreak, which left 56 dead, many decapitated and butchered.

It was Brazil’s deadliest uprising in more than two decades.

It was the North Family gang, allied with the Red Command, that carried out the killings in that riot, authorities said.

Five days later, PCC members killed 33 people at a Roraima state prison. Brutal scenes captured on a cellphone video spread widely on social media, in which the inmates are seen hacking away at bodies in acts of revenge.

Authorities originally said 31 prisoners died in the Roraima uprising, but revised the total to 33 after finding two buried bodies on the prison grounds on Saturday.

Experts say the PCC is moving to infiltrate areas in the Red Command’s home base of Rio and infiltrating Brazil’s Amazon region in efforts to control cocaine-smuggling river routes.

Since it split with the PCC, the Red Command has allied itself with smaller regional gangs like the North Family to confront PCC. (rtr)

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Relatives of inmates react in front of Desembargador Raimundo Vidal Pessoa jail in the center of the Amazonian city of Manaus, Brazil, January 8, 2017.

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OPM`s flag raising in Melbourne`s Indonesian Consulate is crime: President Jokowi BATANG - The raising of the Free Papua Movements (OPMs) flag by an individual at the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Melbourne, Australia, was a purely criminal act, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) affirmed.

“The crime concerns Australias domestic affairs and has nothing to do with Indonesia,” President Jokowi stated here, Monday.

Claiming to have received the report from Foreign Affairs Minister Retno LP Marsudi, the head of state remarked that the Australian government had increased the deployment of several security personnel to secure the consulates area, which had been intruded on Jan 6 by a suspect, who was allegedly a sympathizer of the OPM. The suspect had trespassed into the Indonesian Consulates neighboring apartment before scaling a 2.5-meter-high gate of

the mission and had raised the separatist groups flag. The incident occurred when most of the consulates staff members were conducting the Friday prayer.

While making assurance that the incident was viewed as Australias criminal problem, the president has urged Minister Marsudi to call on the Australian government to promptly take necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents.

Minister Marsudi stressed on Sunday that the Australian authority should arrest and sentence the trespasser.

“The Australian authority must conduct an investigation and im-

mediately take legal action against the perpetrator who had trespassed into the Indonesian Consulate in Melbourne,” she noted in a press statement.

Minister Marsudi emphasized that the trespassing and flag raising incident in Melbourne is a crime that cannot be tolerated.

To this end, Marsudi reminded that Australia, as a receiver country, has the responsibility and obligation to conduct a legal process against the criminal and provide security guarantee to all members of the Indonesian mission in accordance with the Vienna Convention 1961 and 1963 on Diplomatic and Consulate Relations. (ant)

Indonesia hopes to produce 9,500 MW of geothermal power in 2025 JAKARTA - Geothermal power is expected to contribute 9,500 megawatts to the countrys energy requirement in 2025 when oil contribution is to be cutback by 30 percent.

Stability of production of geothermal power is more reliable as it is not affected by weather, Deputy Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arcandra Tahar said when visiting Pertamina Geothermal Energi (PGE) of Kamojang Area on Sunday.

The superiority in production stability makes geothermal power base load in electricity provision by state electricity company PLM for the public, Arcandra said.

Production of geothermal power as a base load would continue at full capacity when the use of power at its lowest level, he said.

“Geothermal power plants (PLTP) could continue to operate at full capacity while oil fueled and coal fired power plants have to be shut down as bad weather,” he said.

He said the challenge in the development of geothermal power is competitiveness of the geothermal power price.

Arcandra Tahar The production cost of geothermal power is high making it less competitive in price facing power produced from other facility such as, gas, oil and coal fired power plants.

Data at the Geology department of the ESDM Ministry showed that Indonesia holds the largest reserve of geothermal in the world.

The data said Indonesia has known geothermal reserves of 29 GWe found in 265 locations in the country or around 40 percent of the worlds reserves.

If the potential could be fully

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converted into reality, the country would save 1.2 million barrels per day needed to generate energy, Arcandra said.

Meanwhile, Operation Director of PGE Ali Mundakir said by the end of 2016, the installed capacity of PGE was 537 MW electricity equivalent. Four of 14 Geothermal Working Area (WKP), have been in operation

by PGE. They are Kamojang Area in West Java, Sibayak in North Sumatra, Lahendong in North Sulawesi, and Ulubelu in Lampung. (ant)

President Joko Widodo

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Govt to revoke visa-free facility JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has decided to revoke its visa-free facility for a number of countries but it has not disclosed how many countries of the 169 facility recipients will be affected as it will still carry out further evaluations.

According to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, several visa-free facility recipients will be affected based on a preliminary evaluation but he would not reveal it too early, leaving it to the Immigration Directorate General to announce it later.

The government has provided visa waiver facility to 169 countries in an effort to promote its tourism and support its target to win 20 million foreign tourist arrivals by 2019.

In March 2015, the government granted the facility for 30 countries, taking the total number of beneficiaries of the policy to 45, including the 15 existing free visa recipients.

By March 2016, the government has provided the facility to 169 recipients. The main objective of the policy is to promote the countrys tourism.

However, many circles considered that the facility has the potential to be abused. It also seen to have failed in contributing to the economy.

The House of Representatives (DPR), for example, urged the government last month to evaluate the policy for fear it will threaten the states sovereignty.

“At several working meetings of the House Commission I with the Foreign Minister, we asked the government to review the visa-free policy.

We also asked (the foreign ministry) to convey it to President Joko Widodo and relevant ministries,” Chief of House Commission I Abdul Kharis Almasyhari said.

According to him the visa-free policy prompted many illegal migrant workers to enter the country. It has also caused losses to Indonesias non-tax state revenues. Additionally, the policy may threaten the states sovereignty.

This is because many Indonesians are not employed even as foreign workers enter the country, according to him.

Thus, it creates unrest. Lawmaker Saleh Partaonan Daulay of House Commission IX of the House urged the government to evaluate, if not scrap, visa-waiver privileges for foreign nationals, claiming these are causing unrest to certain sections of the community. (ant)

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BUSINESS Fiat Chrysler ups the ante as automakers respond to Trump

DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on Sunday said it will invest $1 billion to modernize two plants in the U.S. Midwest and create 2,000 jobs, upping the ante as automakers respond to threats from President-elect Donald Trump to slap new taxes on imported vehicles.

FCA’s announcement that it would retool factories in Ohio and Michigan to build new Jeep sport utility vehicles, including a pickup truck, and potentially move production of a Ram heavy-duty pickup truck to Michigan from Mexico, also highlighted the auto industry’s keen interest in getting relief from tough fuel economy rules enacted by the outgoing Obama administration.

General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra on Sunday said tax reform and “streamlining regulations ... are just two areas that would be extremely beneficial” for Trump to address. Trump has criticized GM for building cars in Mexico while laying off workers in the United States.

Barra, who is on an advisory committee to Trump, told reporters that decisions about where to build specific vehicles are made “two, three four years ago”. Overall, she said of Trump, “we have much more in common than we have different”. Barra had a conversation with Trump on Tuesday, a person briefed on the call told Reuters.

Barra declined to discuss her conversations with Trump.

Many automakers plan to use the annual North American International Auto show in Detroit, which started on Saturday, to tout investments in the United States and a commitment to U.S. employment against the backdrop of Trump’s criticism of automakers for shipping vehicles into the U.S. from Mexico.

Daimler AG Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche on Sunday said during an auto show event that the German automaker plans to invest another $1.3 billion to expand sport utility vehicle (SUV) production at a factory in Alabama. Automakers are girding for rounds of questions about Mexican investments and U.S. jobs in the wake of Trump’s harsh criticism of automakers.

Most of the major automakers

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An assembly line with 2014 Ram 1500 pickup trucks is seen at the Warren Truck Plant in Warren, Michigan, U.S. on September 25, 2014. in the U.S. have substantial vehicle making operations in Mexico, as well as complex networks of parts makers that supply their factories in the U.S. and support jobs and investment in states such as Ohio and Michigan. FCA’s investment decisions were not related to Trump’s recent attacks Ford Motor Co, GM and Toyota Motor Corp for building cars for the U.S. market in Mexico, people familiar with company’s moves said on Sunday.

The company had already signaled plans to expand truck and SUV production at its U.S. plants, and discontinued production of small and medium-sized cars in two U.S. factories. FCA executives did not confer with Trump before making the decision on the new big SUVs and a Jeep pickup truck, according to a person familiar with the company’s thinking.

The same source said FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne wanted to get out the news about adding jobs and

investment in the United States in case the company encounters more criticism from Trump. Still, Fiat Chrysler’s announcement landed as global auto industry executives gathered for the annual auto show in a climate of growing uncertainty about the trade and regulatory policies the new Republican administration will pursue.

Trump, who will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, has talked about rolling back environmental regulations, and supporting corporate tax cuts moves automakers would welcome.

He has just as explicitly warned that he will move to raise the costs of importing vehicles from Mexico, a policy industry executives said could hurt their businesses.

PLAYING UP U.S. INVESTMENTS Since Trump’s election, automakers and other companies have played up their investments in the United States. Last week,

Ford scrapped plans to build a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico and invest $700 million in a factory in Michigan. Ford will still move production of Focus small cars to Mexico, but will instead cut total production of the cars by consolidating their assembly in an existing Mexican plant.

Hinrich Woebcken, chief executive of the North America Region for German automaker Volkswagen AG, told Reuters on Sunday the automaker plans to invest $7 billion in the United States between 2015 and 2019 and will start building its new Atlas SUV in Tennessee later this year. Volkswagen has had a plant in Mexico for 50 years and it is not shifting any jobs to Mexico from the United States.

“We do not make our investment decisions based on administrative cycles. Our business is really an 8-, 12-, 14-year horizon when we look at investments,” Woebcken said on the sidelines of the Detroit

auto show.

FCA said a plant in Warren, Michigan, near Detroit, would make the Jeep Wagoneer and Jeep Grand Wagoneer SUVs, while a Toledo, Ohio, factory would produce the Jeep pickup. The company said the production plans in Ohio and Michigan were “subject to the negotiation and final approval of incentives by state and local entities”.

U.S. consumers have increasingly shifted toward SUVs and pickup trucks and away from sedans in recent years, as gasoline prices have remained relatively low. A year ago, Marchionne said FCA would cease production of two sedans and focus on SUVs and pickups. Marchionne said in a statement on Sunday that the lineup changes were due to that consumer shift. “We continue to reinforce the U.S. as a global manufacturing hub” for SUVs and pickup trucks, he added.(rtr)

Bali News

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Shivaratri as Sin Redemption Night, Perform Main Abstinences

Hindu community in Bali celebrates a unique Shivaratri Day. Shivaratri means the holy contemplation night or the sin redemption night. Shivaratri falls one day before new moon in the seventh month of Balinese calendar (Kapitu). On this day, Hindu devotees in Bali do fasting and meditation to get forgiveness from God for the sins caused by avidya (darkness).

On that day, the Hindu community commonly performs three types of abstinence adjusted to the capabilities. The main abstinences are monabrata (no speaking), upawasa (fasting) and jagra (guarding, keeping awake for whole night). Medium abstinence only performs the upawasa and jagra, while the small abstinence just performs jagra.

Shivaratri is often called pejagran day because on that day God in his manifestation as Lord Shiva in his function as destroyer does meditation for whole night. Therefore, on this day devotees invoke to him so that all the sins could be removed. Devotees usually do pejagran at temples or shrines while reading scriptures.

The Hindu palm-leaf manuscript named Lubdaka written by Mpu Tanakung carries the procession of Shivaratri with a series as follows: firstly, taking a bath in the morning, putting on clean dressing and invoking holy water.

Then, begin the fasting without food and drink.

It’s a mental exercise in order to get a strength and durability against thirst and hunger.

At night, it is resumed with the reading of Vedic scripture while keeping awake through the night to calm down the mind. Of course, it is commenced with the worship of God for forgiveness for the sins having been committed previously. In the Lubdaka palm-leaf manuscript is stated that though people are very guilty, even the most sinful, they still have the opportunity to destroy their sins

if they sincerely celebrate and implement the abstinence of Shivaratri. In the mythology, Lubdaka is mentioned as a hunter of animals in the forest. Every day, he always kills animals.

READ Typical Kite Fighting of Buleleng Once upon a time, he returned to the forest for hunting. Unfortunately he was unlucky on that day, so that did not get any animals.

Unwittingly, it was already dusk and it was getting darker. Actually he intended to go home, but it was extremely dark so that he did not know the right way home. He decided to stay, and for fear of being ambushed by beasts he climbed a bilva tree to lean.

Unwittingly, underneath there is a clear

water lake with a shrine and lingam. To prevent from sleeping for fear of being attacked by animals, he eliminated his sleepiness while picking bilva leaves. He picked the bilva leaves one by one and then he dropped it so that hit the lingam underneath. Lubdaka did not realize that on that day was the Shivaratri (the night of Shiva) where Lord Shiva was meditating. When picking bilva leaves, he began to regret what he had committed in past times. He promised to himself to stop hunting. After staying up all night, the morning came and he went home. From that day, he stopped hunting and switched profession into a farmer. In keeping with the times, his health condition dropped and

eventually died.

It is narrated that the soul of Lubdaka was hovering in the sky, did not know where to go. After that, the Cikrabala forces took him away to be included in the Candragomuka crater in Hell. At that time, Lord Shiva came and intercepted the Cikrabala forces. Cikrabala forces insisted on bringing the soul of Lubdaka to Hell because during his lifetime he often killed many forest animals. Lord Shiva explained that Lubdaka has made penance on the Shivaratri by staying up all night accompanied by remorse over his sins in the past. Thus, he deserved to get forgiveness and ultimately Lubdaka was taken to Shiva Loka. (kmb)

The Sticky and Chewy “Jaja Bantal” Balinese people have a treasure of traditional cakes with tasty and unique flavor. The aroma always tempts us so as to give it a try. One of them is jaja bantal offering sticky and chewy flavor. Balinese people like best this cake, but should not eat too much because it can result in illness. Understandably, the main ingredient is white sticky rice that can generate excessive heat inside.

In the Balinese language, jaje means ‘cake’ that may refer to the shape resembling a small pillow, so that it is called jaje bantal. Other than functioned as refreshment, this cake is also obligatory in the ritual of picking up the bride by the bridegroom known as Ngabe Tipat Bantal. When picking-up the groom, it is attended by family

members as well as customary and administrative village apparatus.

Nevertheless, this cake has become a snack very easily obtained.

Stalls in rural area, school canteens, traditional markets and pastry shops are serving this cake. Moreover, it is also available at various hotels in the area of Sanur, Nusa Dua, Kuta and other areas in Bali offered in their dessert menu.

This cake is classified into eco-friendly because it uses many natural materials such as young coconut leaf as wrapper, bamboo pin as well as the locking strap made of bamboo rope. This cake applies natural sweetener, not artificial.

Inside it is filled with banana or mix with red beans, so that it offers a different taste.

The ingredients required include white sticky rice, grated coconut, small sliced banana, red beans, sugar and salt. The preparation: first of all, soak the white sticky rice for approximately an hour, and then steam half-done. Then, take out and mix the white sticky rice with grated coconut, red beans, sugar and salt to taste. Stir well and evenly.

READ Doa di Ground Zero Previously, prepare the wrapping of young coconut leaf by making a circle like a pillow. Then, put white sticky rice into the wrapper and stuff with sliced banana and wrap. Tie with a rope and then boil to cook for approximately an hour. Ultimately, take out and cool down. Now, it is ready to be served. (kmb)

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Teratai Bang Temple remains to hold piodalan ritual

TABANAN - Though experiencing serious damage due to landslide a few weeks ago, piodalan or anniversary of the Teratai Bang Temple falling on Tumpek Landep next February will be still held on schedule.

Hamlet chief of Bukit Catu, Wayan Sarma, said on Sunday (Jan. 8) the piodalan to be held belongs to the small one and pilgrims will not be limited to say prayers even though the temple condition is damaged.

Condition of the innermost courtyard of Teratai Bang Temple remains intact, but the other parts are broken and buried in the ground. High enough volume of soil covering up the part of middle courtyard has been largely moved by heavy equipment.

Although there is still soil covering up its surface, it is not as high as when the disaster occurred. According to Sarma, almost 22 points of the temple building are damaged and need rebuilding.

Sarma added if there are devotees wishing to come and conduct mutual cooperation, they are required to clean up temple environment from rubbish. “Currently the soil is moved by using heavy equipment. It cannot be done manually,” he said. Nevertheless, in the future it is surely required volunteers to clean up the temple compound from landslides when the heavy equipment finalized its work.

Sarma told that on Saturday (Jan. 7) a team of the Udayana University came to make the sketches for the temple reconstruction later on. “The reconstruction and development fund of the temple will source from provincial government while the rituals will be funded by Tabanan district,” he said.

One of the characteristics owned by the Teratai Bang Temple is that the temple has holy water tasting sour. People believe that drinking the water can cure certain diseases. Unfortunately, due to the landslide, the sour-tasting holy water stopped to flow.

According to him, to reactivate it is required particular rituals.

“When consecrated, the holy water is believed to flow again,” he added. (kmb24)

for few days only and after that the activities were resumed,” he said.

He explained that with the re-operation of the sandstone quarrying activities he can meet the needs of his family. Being a laborer transporting sandstone, he can meet all the needs of his family. “Here, we are greatly helped by the existence of this activity. In addition, we make a living for family here. Whether it is illegal or legal we do not know. The point is that we are here working without thinking about it,” he said.

He did not know exactly why the sand stone quarrying activities can re-operate even though it has been halted. According to him, probably a talk has been made by the owner with the authorities. “I really do not know whether there is conspiracy or not. Maybe there is bribery because now money can resolve any problems. Otherwise, these quarrying activities will be possibly halted,” he said.

When separately confirmed to the Head of the Bangli Environment Agency, Ida Ayu Gede Yudisutha, she did not know exactly about the problem because she was coincidentally installed by the Environment Agency. “I will come down tomorrow (Monday—Ed) along with the division head in charge of it to check directly the sandstone quarrying area at Buungan hamlet,” said Ida Ayu Gede Yudisutha. (kmb41)

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Chinese state tabloid warns Trump, end one China policy and China will take revenge

SHANGHAI - State-run Chinese tabloid Global Times warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that China would take “take revenge” if he reneged on the one-China policy, only hours after Taiwan’s president made a controversial stopover in Houston.

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Australian traveler Sandstone quarrying at Buungan hamlet increasingly on the rise killed at swimming pool BANGLI- Sandstone quarrying activities in the Sangsang River at Buungan hamlet, Tiga, Susut, is increasingly widespread. Such condition has caused the environmental damages to become more serious.

Previously, the quarrying activities have been actually suspended by the authorities, in this case the Bangli Environment Agency (BLH) and police.

However, the activities were just halted for a moment. After which, the activities remain to continue until now. Moreover, the current quarrying area is expanded to the south.

As seen on Sunday (Jan. 8), the quarrying of sandstone looked to run normally. Moreover, the quarrying site is now expanding to the south which makes the environmental damages more extensive. Moreover, the excavation is carried out to the depth of around 40 meters. Not only that, the machines used to excavate and cut the sandstone have also been increased from two to three units, including the workers transporting the sandstone are increased as well.

One of the sandstone carriers said that previously the excavation of sandstone has been discontinued because it was considered illegal. But after a few days, the quarrying activities were continued.

“Previously, I indeed stopped working because the excavation was stopped. However, it lasted

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International

GIANYAR - A traveler from Australia was killed after swimming at Indrakila Garden Hotel on Jalan Raya Sanggingan, Kedewatan, Ubud, on Sunday (Jan. 8). The victim, Rodrigues, was known to die suddenly when swimming with his wife, Kubekcova, 34. Though he had been taken to Ubud Health Care Clinic, the victim’s life still could not be helped.

As the information gathered, the victim and his wife swam together at the hotel on Sunday morning around 09:00. Few moments later, Kubekcova suddenly screamed for help. “From the restaurant, I heard a women screaming for help repeatedly. Having been noticed, the voice came from the swimming pool. I came to location to make sure with some hotel employees,” said Ni Ketut Jiwi Arlita when interrogated by police.

When checked to the pool, this hotel employee was surprised to see Kubekcova was assuming the victim in unconscious condition, right in the northern side of the

pool. As mentioned, at that time the victim’s body already turned blue. Some hotel employees then helped move the victim who was then known to be lifeless.

Hotel management then took the victim from Australia to Ubud Health Care Clinic and continued with the examination to Sanglah Hospital. Police who received the report also directly came down to the location to perform crime scene investigation and examine witnesses.

Chief of Ubud Police, Nyoman Wirajaya, when asked for his confirmation justified the incident. Currently, his office is still awaiting the results of medical examination to ascertain the cause of victim’s death. Moreover, the victim is known to have no history of any pains. “We cannot ascertain about the cause of victim’s sudden death. According to witness’ testimony, the victim previously looked healthy and was known to have no history of pain,” he said. (kmb35)

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met senior U.S. Republican lawmakers during her stopover in Houston on Sunday en route to Central America, where she will visit Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador.

Tsai will stopover on Jan. 13 in San Francisco on her way back to Taiwan.

Beijing had asked Washington not to allow Tsai to enter the United States and that she not have any formal government meetings under the one China policy.

A photograph tweeted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott shows him meeting Tsai, with a small table between them adorned with the U.S., Texas and Taiwanese flags. Tsai’s office said on Monday she also spoke by telephone with U.S. senator John McCain, head of the powerful Senate Committee on Armed Services. Tsai also met Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

“Sticking to (the one China) principle is not a capricious request by China upon U.S. presidents, but an obligation of U.S. presidents to maintain China-U.S. relations and respect the existing order of the AsiaPacific,” said the Global Times editorial on Sunday. The influential tabloid is published by the ruling Communist Party’s official People’s Daily.

Trump triggered protests from Beijing last month by accepting a congratulatory telephone call from Tsai and questioning Washington’s commitment to China’s position that Taiwan is part of one China.

“If Trump reneges on the one-China policy after taking office, the Chinese people will demand the government to take revenge.

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak during a USA Thank You Tour event at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 15, 2016.

There is no room for bargaining,” said the Global Times.

Cruz said some members of Congress had received a letter from the Chinese consulate asking them not to meet with Tsai during her stopovers.

“The People’s Republic of China needs to understand that in America we make decisions about meeting with visitors for

ourselves,” Cruz said in a statement. “This is not about the PRC. This is about the U.S. relationship with Taiwan, an ally we are legally bound to defend.”

Cruz said he and Tsai discussed upgrading bilateral relations and furthering economic cooperation between their countries, including increased access to Taiwanese markets that will benefit Texas ranchers, farmers and

small businesses.

In a dinner speech Saturday to hundreds of overseas Taiwanese, Tsai said that the United States holds a “special place in the hearts of the people of Taiwan” and that the self-ruled island via bilateral exchanges has provided more than 320,000 jobs directly and indirectly to the American people, her office said on Monday. (rtr)

Thai floods kill 21 and hit rubber production

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People walk in a flooded street at Muang district in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand, January 6, 2017.

BANGKOK - Widespread flooding in Thailand’s south has killed 21 people, hit rubber production in the region and shut down infrastructure, officials said on Monday, as the military government increased aid to floodaffected areas.

Thailand’s wet season usually ends in late November and heavy rain and flooding are rare in January. Unseasonably heavy rain has hit 12 out of 67 provinces, officials said.

“We have sent soldiers, police and the Ministry of the Interior to ease the situation,” Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan told reporters.

The death toll from the floods stood at 21 on Monday with more than 330,000 households affected, according to the Department Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.

The department said that the main airport in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat would remain shut for the foreseeable future. A rail route from the Thai capital Bangkok to Nak-

hon Si Thammarat has also been suspended.

Southern Thailand is a major rubber-producing area and the floods have come at a particularly bad time for farmers, said Uthai Sonlucksub, president of the Natural Rubber Council of Thailand.

“This the worst impact we have had in the area in 10 years. The floods are very heavy. The problem is this year we’ve seen both drought and flooding so it has been disastrous for rubber farmers,” Uthai told Reuters.

Uthai said that rubber prices would increase this year because demand is set to exceed supply.

“I’ve had orders from China but we aren’t even sure if we can meet these orders because of the havoc the floods have caused,” he said. “If they buy, it’ll be at higher-than-expected prices.”

Widespread floods in 2011 killed more than 900 people and caused major disruption to industry, cutting economic growth that year to just 0.1 percent. (rtr)

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2016 was hottest year ever recorded in New Zealand

WELLINGTON — Unusually warm winds and seas helped make last year the hottest ever recorded in New Zealand.

The average temperature during 2016 was 13.4 Celsius (56.1 Fahrenheit), according to a report released Monday by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.

That was nearly 1 degree Celsius warmer than normal and fractionally hotter than the previous record set in 1998. The climate agency began keeping records in 1909.

Agency forecaster Chris Brandolino said ocean temperatures around New Zealand were warmer than normal for the first seven months of 2016 and that winds during the year came more often than usual from the north rather than the cooler south.

He said there was no clear reason for the 2016 changes but that they had come against a backdrop of global warming caused by increased carbon emissions.

“We are expecting temperatures to continue to rise,” Brandolino said. “It’s very concerning.”

New Zealand’s economy relies

on farming, an industry which is particularly dependent on the weather.

Anders Crofoot, the vice president for advocacy group Federated Farmers, said sheep and beef farmers in north Canterbury were hit by a drought last year.

He said one downside of climate change was the possibility of more volatile weather, such as heavy but infrequent rainfall.

He said in the longer term, climate change could force farmers like kiwifruit growers to move or consider alternative crops as the weather became less favorable to them.

He added that certain crops like avocados and oranges could benefit from warmer weather.

He said farmers were beginning to talk about climate change more and to consider it their planning.

He said many farmers were trying to find ways to reduce their own carbon emissions and farm more efficiently. (ap)

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 photo, people gather on the sand at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Sydney residents sweltered through the city’s second hottest night on record and its hottest December night in 148 years, with many cooling off at beaches long after dark.

Scientists watch growing Antarctic crack but aren’t alarmed

WASHINGTON — Scientists are watching, but not alarmed by, a growing crack at the edge of a key floating ice shelf in Antarctica.

New images show the long-watched rift in the Larsen C ice shelf grew 11 miles (18 kilometers) in the last few weeks. The crack is now about 60 miles long (97 kilometers) and about 300 feet wide (100 meters).

If it grows another dozen miles, a Delaware-sized iceberg could break off and float away.

University of Colorado scientist Ted Scambos said that could happen soon, likely in March, and would “cut deeper to the bone” of the ice shelf, changing its shape. Ice shelves — sheets of floating ice — wrap around three-quarters of the South Pole’s coastline. They provide protection and support for inland glaciers.

Scambos, who is about to travel to Antarctica for research, and other scientists said they don’t see other key signs that this growing crack would result in a catastrophic collapse of the entire shelf. A chunk of ice will break off, “But it’s not going to lead to a runaway disintegration,” he said Friday.

That’s what happened suddenly in 2002 to the smaller Larsen B shelf, allowing inland glaciers to shrink rapidly. NASA glaciologist Jay Zwally said there’s no rapid melting with ponds of water on top of the ice this time.

“By itself this calving is not a cause for alarm,” Zwally said.

Large icebergs do periodically break off from Antarctica naturally, Zwally said. “But the ice shelf has been thinning as other ice shelves have been thinning in the Antarctic peninsula,” he said.

John Sonntag/NASA via AP There’s no evidence linking this crack to climate change, This Nov. 10, 2016 aerial photo released by NASA, shows a rift in the Antarctic Peninsula’s Larsen yet it fits the overall warming picture, said Adrian Luckman, a C ice shelf. According to NASA, IceBridge scientists measured the Larsen C fracture to be about 70 researcher at Swansea University in England, which has been monitoring the crack. (ap) miles long, more than 300 feet wide and about a third of a mile deep.

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Healthy generation without drugs NATIONAL Narcotics Agency (BNN) and its ranks continue to aggressively implement the prevention and eradication against the abuse and trafficking of illicit drugs (P4GN) program. This indicates if the agency is serious in addressing drug problems in Indonesia.

Moreover, President Joko Widodo has established Indonesia into drug emergency. Allegedly the circulation of drugs is no longer limited to be a business, but is designed to break the chain of younger generation so that the country no longer has the next strong generation or the generation will lose. If this happens, then foreign countries will dominate all sectors and economic foundations in Indonesia.

In order to realize the golden generation, a healthy generation without drugs, all the Indonesian people should jointly and earnestly fight against drugs, especially from the life of younger generation denoting the successor to this nation. Moreover, the data of various sources suggest that the current number of young people is more than the older. They are expected to become golden generation so that in 2045 they will become the successor that lead this country and bring progress and triumph for Indonesia. To realize the golden generation, education in family is the key to provide an understanding for children about the importance of healthy lifestyle without drugs.

Parents play a major role in determining children’s personality.

“At the moment, the teenagers, especially those having the status as students, need to be protected and fortified. They are next generation and the assets of the nation. Do not let Indonesia lose the generation,” said the Head of BNNP Bali,

Putu Gede Suastawa, on Saturday (Jan. 7).

To save them, added Suastawa, his agency synergizes with the Bali Education Agency to realize the P4GN integrated curriculum for junior high school, high school and vocational school. Materials on drugs for junior high school will be inserted in the subjects like religion, civics, Bahasa Indonesia, social sciences and health education. Then, in high school and vocational school it is inserted into the subject of religion, civics, Bahasa Indonesian, history and health education.

“We do prevention ranging from the upstream area namely education curriculum. We’d like to do early prevention, so that the students can understand about the hazards of drugs,” he said.

Drug handling in the upstream immediately is undertaken through the implementation of integrated curriculum inserted into five subjects. Hopefully, it can be transferred to the students as well as can become one of the graduation requirements.

According to him, urine test is very important as initial data of students when enrolling at schools.

Whether new students using drugs or not can be filtered through this way. If they belong to drug abusers, they should be rehabilitated so as not to influence the other school mates.

Drug abuse can happen to anyone, not limited to any age, educa-

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National Narcotics Agency (BNN) and its ranks continue to aggressively implement the prevention and eradication against the abuse and trafficking of illicit drugs (P4GN) program. This indicates if the agency is serious in addressing drug problems in Indonesia. tion and employment. In addition, the syndicates involve professionals and have a large budget.

Proliferation of this illicit business happens because it is considered to bring in huge profits so that many people plunged into misery.

Its syndicates do not consider any territorial boundaries, both locally, regionally and internationally. “So, if we are not vigilant when the syndicates have grown widely then all will be broken. Mainly parents may

not give freedom to their sons and daughters,” he said.

“Using drug can result in fatal impacts. Physical condition or health is attacked, and it has great impact on the mental, emotion and behavior as well as social life.

Whatever is said by drug dealers, never believe it because your future could be ruined,” said Suastawa.

The program is very urgent because the condition of teenagers or students in Bali is vulnerable

to the influence of drugs. If the integrated curriculum containing this drug material can be realized, then the rescue efforts of students from drug are expected to achieve optimal results.

“Education institution is the spearheading for the eradication of drugs in long-term. I hope this program could be realized maximally because we have prepared the materials,” said the one-star general on his shoulder. (rah)

ASITA has free-visa policy evaluated

Supervision must be maximized DENPASAR - The Association of Indonesia Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA) asked the government to evaluate the visa-free policy. The evaluation should be carried out to the countries whose tourist visit does not show an increase. “If the tourist visit increases, it is not evaluated, but the performance is improved.

Supervision is undertaken so that our program can run well,” said Chairman of the Central ASITA, H. Asnawi Bahar, on Thursday (Jan. 5).

Of the 169 countries getting the visa free entry (BVK), according to him, only approximately 50-60 percent is effective. Other countries such as Africa, he said,

do not show an increase or addition in the number of tourist visit. “So, I think it should be evaluated. I disagree if the visafree policy is revoked but agree to be evaluated. The facility is only revoked for the countries that do not contribute to us,” he said.

So far, he saw that the countries showing a sharp increase in tourist visit include the Middle East, India and China. In the meantime, Australia is indeed Indonesia’s traditional market.

In addition to Australia, the other Indonesia’s traditional markets are ASEAN and European countries. “Now, China is ranked second but formerly Australia was ranked second and ASEAN

countries are ranked first. Currently, ASEAN does not show any growth but even goes down and then Australia is ranked third,” he explained.

Considering the target of tourist visit in 2017 is 15 million foreign travelers, it is necessary to build new markets because the endeavor to bring in 15 million travelers, according to him, is not easy. In addition, monitoring the visa-free program is still weak and should be maximized.

“On that account, this supervision should be increased because it is the domain of immigration so that the immigration must be ready to support this program,” he said. If the sector does not work

optimally, the visa-free program will become prolonged issues.

Foreign travelers who come to Indonesia depart through illegal travel agencies. “They use unknown travel agencies. Probably, they are overseas travel agencies that do not obey the rules prevailing in the country,” he said. When sending guests to Indonesia, overseas travel agencies should make cooperation with local travel agencies. At the same time, when the Indonesia’s travel agencies bring guests overseas, they are also required at least to use local tourist guides.

“We cannot freely bring guests to other countries and we were arrested. Conversely, they are not

arrested in our country and free.

When their guests do not come back, it does not matter and are not controlled. However, if our travel agencies bring guests, lacking 1-2 guests, they will make it a problem. As a result, the visafree triggers a lot of problems.

Hopefully, the government will not allow foreign travelers to use illegal or overseas travel agencies to enter Indonesia without coordinating with us,” he explained.

Therefore, according to him, the immigration must indeed prepare its officers, equipment and technology to work optimally.

“Otherwise, the visa-free policy will continue to generate new problems,” he said. (kmb42)

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Bali oversupply in tourist accommodation

Tourist visit rises, but occupancy rate low DENPASAR —

The growth of tourist arrival in Bali in 2016 was quite a lot. However, on the other hand, the hotel occupancy rate was not too good, moving in the range of 46 percent. Actually, this percentage is not good enough for the circles of hoteliers. This condition needs to be noticed, so that it will not happen again in the future. There should be a strategic measure taken by the government in encouraging business climate and hospitality, particularly in tourist accommodation sector in Bali, so that it could grow and provide benefits for all components.

In response to these conditions, Chairman of the Indonesia Employers Association (Apindo) of Bali, Panudiana Kuhn, recently revealed at Shankara Resto Sanur that what happened all this time in Bali has been oversupply. Hotel, souvenir market, travel agency, spa and others have appeared in so large numbers.

So, it results in oversupply. Although the growth of tourist arrival rose 20 percent per year, the hotel occupancy remains 46 percent. It is poor and should be 70 percent.

It happens because, in addition to hotels, now there are also boarding houses occupied by travelers and villas contracted on annual basis.

Many travelers stay there, said Panudiana Kuhn in a special interview with BaliTV. To anticipate this situation, Panudiana Kuhn expected that relevant components, such as the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), district / municipal government and the provincial government must undertake strategic efforts. They must work together. If they dare, possibly moratorium can be enforced temporarily. Dare the government to

do it? Hotel construction, on the other hand, is good, as it can absorb a lot of employment, but the impact on the occupancy rate is not good. Another impact is crowdedness in several areas. West Bali, East Bali and North Bali have not jammed. They should also be considered, he said.

Responding to the imbalance in the development of Bali, this member of the Bali Chamber of Commerce Advisory Board requested the government to work on a fast track to Singaraja and to Tanah Lot, so that travelers will not trapped in congestion when they want to see sunset view at Tanah Lot. It should become the duty of the government.

This is not the domain of private sector.

In 2017, the association hoped that native (local) entrepreneurs can become the hosts in their own country. Realizing it is not easy, there should be a concern of the government to indigenous entrepreneurs. For example, the government simplifies the licensing terms. There are policies taking side in local entrepreneurs as well as the bank must dare to give softer loans to local

entrepreneurs. Such ease is expected to result in new entrepreneurs in Bali that are capable of being the host in their home country. As happened in developed countries, such as Japan, Germany, Korea and Malaysia, they also do the same. Based on the existing data, 85 percent of the rich belongs to entrepreneur, while the rest are professionals, he said.

Making local businessmen into the hosts in their home land can be done by forming a consortium first.

Some businessmen are gathered, and each equally gives initial capital and then they establish a limited liability company or PT that manages any sector of business considered to be very prospective in the future.

For instance, it can run the business in industry, handicraft, textiles and agriculture so that we do not need to import. With this pattern, the number of entrepreneurs in Bali is expected to increase. In developed countries, the percentage of entrepreneurs reaches 10 percent as an employer, while the 90 percent is the employed. In our side, we still lack 2 percent. These need to be explored in the future, he added. (kmb12)

The increasing number of hotels in Bali make it difficult to compete each other.

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Having no longer authority, police difficult to monitor foreigners MORE and more foreigners violate and commit crimes, so that supervision should be carried out more intensively.

Moreover, they are now widely spreading or staying in people’s residence. The institution whose deployment of personnel spreads to rural areas is the national police (Polri) and Indonesian military (TNI).

However, with the new law of immigration, police no longer have authority to supervise foreigners, but has been taken over by immigration.

“Now, it fully becomes the authority of immigration.

If there are criminal cases, then we (police—Ed) are just authorized to handle it,” said IBP/ken the Chief of Denpasar Police, The Chief of Denpasar Police Hadi Purnomo, accompanied

by Chief of Denpasar Police Hadi Purnomo Criminal Investigation, Reinhard.

From the data gathered at the Bali Police, there were a total of 40 criminal cases and 56 suspects that involved foreigners in 2016.

In the meantime, 183 foreigners became the victims of crimes and 56 foreigners died. They involved in various cases like robbery, murder, traffic accident, drug and other cases.

“So, we are not authorized to check or perform early prevention.

For example, if our personnel suspect of foreigners, they cannot ask for the data or passport of the foreigners. We are just allowed to intervene after the incident occurred,” said Reinhard.

Similar opinion was also delivered by Commander of the 163/ Wira Satya Military Resort, Nyoman Cantiasa. “I was instructed by commander of military region to check large companies employing foreigners mainly those from China. All the commanders of military district are currently working (collecting data) whether there are hidden foreign workers or not. This checking is actually intended to know how many foreigners are working in Bali,” he said.

How to watch them? According to this commander of military resort, one of the ways is by holding joint inspection with police authorities and related agencies such pecalang (customary village security guard) and headman.

“We do inspection of migrants. Foreigners also belong to migrants especially those living at villas or leasing houses. There were always foreign workers found, reaching averagely 2 to 3 people every time making an operation. Some were found to have expired temporary residency permit or KITAS, while the others misused tourist the permit for working,” said this friendly officer.

Therefore, the immigration as the leading sector has to work hard.

Moreover, police institution currently has no authority to do so. In the past, each foreigner coming to Bali had to report to the nearest police station. But currently police no longer have such authority.

“Hopefully, there would be discussion ahead because the supervision against foreigners should be tightened. Moreover, there is indication that many foreigners currently violate and commit crimes and these are facts. When needed, we are ready to help the immigration,” he said. (rah)

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Back to Nature at Desa Visesa Ubud

We begin 2017 with a full calendar of activities and dining events to enrich your stay with us this January. Our special dinner to celebrate Chinese New Year promises to be memorable evening with a lively Barongsai parade at Taman Sari. We also highlight local flavours with our Organic Culinary Experience served in a tranquil setting surrounded by lush rice fields. Meanwhile, Visesa Spa focuses on wellness with a unique menu of treatments inspired by the elements to address the ef-

fects of living in today’s fast paced world. At Desa Visesa, we truly embody the term “back to nature” in a setting that recreates the harmony of a traditional Balinese community.

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Rafsanjani, Iran leader whose life mirrored nation’s, dies

TEHRAN — Iran’s former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died Sunday after a decades-long career in the ruling elite, where his moderate views were not always welcome but his cunning guided him through revolution, war and the country’s turbulent politics.

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Emma Stone carries the award she won for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for her role in “La La Land” during the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 8, 2017.

‘La La Land’ wins big at Golden Globes, Meryl Streep gets political

BEVERLY HILLS - La La Land danced off with seven Golden Globes on Sunday on a night marked by upsets and a stinging indictment of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump by Hollywood favorite Meryl Streep.

La La Land, a romantic musical about a struggling actress and a jazz pianist trying to make it in Hollywood, took home Globes for best comedy/musical and for its stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, as well as for director Damien Chazelle, screenplay, score and original song.

But the evening’s most dramatic

moments came from 67-year-old Streep, the most respected actress of her generation, while accepting her lifetime achievement award.

Although the three-time Oscar winner never mentioned Trump’s name, she said the most heartbreaking performance of the year came “when the person asking to sit in the

most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter.”

“I still can’t get it out of my head because it wasn’t in a movie. It was real life,” Streep said.

Streep wasn’t the only celebrity to get political at the Globes. Firsttime host Jimmy Fallon opened the three-hour ceremony by calling the awards show “one of the few places left where America still honors the popular vote” - a dig at Trump’s victory despite losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton. (rtr)

The political survivor’s life spanned the trials of Iran’s modern history, from serving as a close aide to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during the 1979 Islamic Revolution to acting as a go-between in the Iran-Contra deal. He helped found Iran’s contested nuclear program, but later backed the accord with world powers to limit it in exchange for sanctions relief.

Rafsanjani, who showed ruthlessness while in power but later pushed for reforms, died Sunday after suffering a heart attack, state media reported. He was 82.

Iranian media said he was hospitalized north of Tehran earlier Sunday, where doctors performed CPR in vain for nearly an hour and a half before declaring him dead.

A female state newscaster’s voice quivered as she read the news. Rafsanjani, “after a life full of restless efforts in the path of Islam and revolution, had departed for lofty heaven,” she said.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Rafsanjani an “old friend and comrade” and said his loss is “difficult and lifedecreasing.” The government an-

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FILE -- In this March 2, 2012 file photo, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani casts his ballot for the parliamentary elections in front of a portrait of late Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, at a polling station in Tehran, Iran.

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nounced three days of mourning, and a funeral was expected to be held on Tuesday.

Rafsanjani served as president from 1989 to 1997, during a period of significant changes in Iran. At the time, the country was struggling to rebuild its economy after a devastating 1980s war with Iraq, while also cautiously allowing some wider freedoms, as seen in Iran’s highly regarded film and media industry.

He also oversaw key developments in Iran’s nuclear program by negotiating deals with Russia to build an energy-producing reactor in Bushehr, which finally went into service in 2011 after long delays.

Behind the scenes, he directed the secret purchase of technology and equipment from Pakistan and elsewhere.

BAHRAIN The foreign minister of the tiny island nation, which long has accused Iran of meddling in its internal affairs, simply said “God bless” Rafsanjani in a post on Twitter. A separate condolence from King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to Iran said he was “praying to almighty God for his soul to rest in peace and inspire Iran’s president, its people and his family.”

IRANIAN EXILED OPPOSITION Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the political arm of the Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, said in a statement that she hoped the Islamic Republic would fall apart with Rafsanjani’s passing. “With the death of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of the two pillars and key to the equilibrium of the religious fascism ruling Iran has collapsed and the regime in its entirety is approaching overthrow,” she said.

KUWAIT Kuwait’s ruling emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, sent condolences over Rafsanjani, saying he “prayed to Allah the almighty to bestow blessings on the deceased.”

TURKEY Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu offered his condolences over Twitter, saying he was “deeply saddened” by Rafsanjani’s death.

LEBANON The secretary-general of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, called Rafsanjani “a great man” and a “protector and supporter” of modern political Shiism in the Middle East. He lamented Rafsanjani’s passing as a loss to the Muslim world.

Hezbollah, which is also a leading political party in Lebanon.