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International directors gather for Globes panel Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — The Golden Globe Awards are put on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — a group of journalists who cover movies for international publications — so it’s fitting to pay special tribute to international filmmakers. The HFPA did that Saturday at its 11th annual Foreign Language Film Symposium, which drew the directors of four of the five foreign-language films nominated at Sunday’s Golden Globes.

Abdellatif Kechiche of France (“Blue is the Warmest Color”), Thomas Vinterberg of Denmark (“The Hunt”), Paolo Sorrentino of Italy (“The Great Beauty”) and Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi of Iran (“The Past”) discussed their work with each other and an audience of fans at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre. Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, whose film “The Wind Rises” is also up for a Globe, wasn’t able to attend.

Apart from Vinterberg, who also

works in English, each director was accompanied by an interpreter. All said that despite working in disparate languages, film transcends any such obstacles. “Film is beyond all spoken language,” Vinterberg said. “The more local I get in my writing, the farther my film reaches.”

His nominated film, “The Hunt,” stars Mads Mikkelsen as a lonely teacher whose life is upended by an innocent lie. “Blue is the Warmest Color” is a coming-of-age love story. “The Great

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FILE - This photo released by courtesy of Sundance Selects shows Lea Seydoux, left, as Emma and Adele Exarchopoulos as Adele in the film, “Blue Is the Warmest Color,” directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.

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Slow, development of tourism village in Bali

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Beauty” explores the indulgence of lavish nightlife. “The Past” deals with family relationships. “The Wind Rises” is about a dreamer who designed fighter planes in World War II. Trailers for all five films up for the Golden for best foreign-language film were shown at the symposium, where filmmakers also took questions from fans. The winner will be announced Sunday at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards.

Hanks, Blanchett, Scorsese among BAFTA guests Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Tom Hanks, Martin Scorsese, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Aaron Paul celebrated their Golden Globe Award nominations over cucumber sandwiches and scones with cream.

The nominees were among the guests of honor at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ annual awardsseason tea party, held Saturday at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. With no agenda other than to eat, drink and socialize, the stars enjoyed a relaxing respite amid a whirlwind weekend leading into Sunday’s Golden Globes.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Christoph Waltz, Shohreh Aghdashloo and “Captain Phillips” supporting actor Barkhad Abdi were also among the celebrants. Some tea-party guests, including TV mogul Nigel Lythgoe, also popped by the HBO Luxury Lounge held at the hotel, where brands such as Pandora and Sophia Fiori Diamonds were hoping for last-minute placement on the Globes red carpet.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor, left, and Steve McQueen attend a cocktail party hosted by Ariel Foxman, the editors of InStyle, and Fox Searchlight Pictures to celebrate the Golden Globe nominations for “12 Years a Slave” and “Enough Said” on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at Chi Lin in West Hollywood, Calif.

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Development of tourism village in Bali remains to look slow. It is indicated by the fact that a lot of tourism villages are unable to become self-sufficient tourism village and can draw the interest of travelers.

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DENPASAR - Development of tourism village in Bali remains to look slow. It is indicated by the fact that a lot of tourism villages are unable to become self-sufficient tourism village and can draw the interest of travelers. Actually, the special interest tourism will contribute to the prosperity of society existing in the customary village.

A member of the Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board (BPPI), Mangku Nyoman Kandia, said that Bali government in this regard needed to more focus on developing the tourism village. So far, there had been no tourism villages managed optimally. Most tourism villages emerged without being poised with the supporting human resources,

facilities and infrastructure.

“Many customary villagers in Bali are on the poverty line. The development of tourist object is expected to help prosper the communities of customary village in the vicinity,” said Nyoman Kandia in Denpasar.

Kandia judged the development of tourism village should be done by people who understood about

the tourism conditions of each region, not by the outsiders. Aside from not being close to the local community, they equally did not know about the culture and character of the local people.

“At the provincial level, there has been a help for customary villages across Bali. County and municipal government also needs to provide the assistance for customary villages. It is particularly given through the management of tourist attraction in the county / municipality. It is expected to help customary villages in the vicinity,” he said.

According to him, by developing tourism village, the life of the surrounding communities would

rise, including the customary village controlling the territory of the tourist attraction. The results of admission fee collection should be used for the welfare of communities in the customary village.

“From the revenue of the tourist attraction management, for example, 30 percent must be allocated to help the customary villages in the vicinity. Meanwhile, the remaining 70 percent of the revenue can be returned to the county/municipality for financing the overall development, including improvement of the road infrastructure to the tourist attraction,” he explained.

He said that 30 percent of the support of the tourist object manage-

ment would be able to improve the economy of customary villagers and alleviate the burden of customary villagers living on the poverty line.

“I encourage the tourism components to develop tourism villages because foreign tourists are more interested in enjoying the object.

Ultimately, it will have an impact on the local community because the development of tourism village will be able to directly empower the residents in improving their economy,” he said.

He said the management of the accommodation by local community was very suitable for backpackers.

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DENPASAR - The growth of tourist accommodation in Bali is increasingly unmanageable. Such condition is reflected by the hotel occupancy that continues to erode amidst the surge in tourist arrivals to the Island of the Gods. As a result, it makes the room growth unequal between the supply and demand.

One of the newly built hotel in Kuta Area. was always based on the number of tourists coming to Bali, so the quality of tourists making a visit tended to decrease.

“The concept of calculating the carrying capacity of tourism should also prioritize the needs of local community such as the need for water and land. Then, the remaining one can be used for tourism because the tourism is for Bali, not Bali for tourism. We must seek quality, not quantity,” he said.

He asked the government to

decisively reject when the presence of investors resulted in environmental damage and was not subject to investors. Clean and green program promoted through a discourse by local government to preserve the nature and the environment should be maintained.

“We have a clean and green program, so the conservation of nature should be rigorously maintained, not just as a lip service,” he said.

The rapid growth of tourist accommodation was also reflected

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in the data of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Bali Chapter. Total accommodation in Bali is recorded to reach 2,190 units with 45,408 rooms in 2010. The figure consists of 158 units of star hotel (20,558 rooms), 1,036 units of budget hotels (20,410 rooms) and 996 units of cottage (4,440 rooms). Until 2011, the number of hotel rooms in Bali had reached 55,000 rooms where most of them scattered in Southern Bali. (kmb27)

Tumpek Kandang in Buleleng

Livestock to pets get consecrated Bali Post

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One of the Hindus is celebrating the Tumpek Kandang

SINGARAJA - Tumpek Uye or better known as Tumpek Kandang is never forgotten by all Balinese residents. As an expression of devotion to the god of creatures, Balinese residents consecrated livestock and pets on the Tumpek Kandang day falling on Saturday (Jan 11).

On that day, Balinese residents raising livestock such as cows, pigs and others consecrated theirs with special offerings. Besides, their beloved pets such as birds and rare animals bred were also consecrated.

Made Sudirta, one of the bird hobbyists, when met at his home after consecrating dozens of birds, said that he never forgot to consecrate his birds on Tumpek Kandang. Before

the ceremony was performed, he took down his birds in the cage. First of all, those birds were bathed and the cage was cleaned up. Meanwhile, the offerings had been prepared from the morning.

The oblation presented on the Tumpek Kandang day was usually adjusted to local tradition in each region. However, the oblation of Tumpek Kandang in Buleleng was equipped with blayag and other supplies. Entering the midday, dozens of pet birds along with their cage were consecrated solemnly.

According to Sudirta, it was carried out as an expression of devotion to the god of creatures. Such worship also posed the implementation of the Hindu teachings namely the Tri Hita

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Denpasar, Friday (Jan 10).

According to the man from Kapal village, Badung, the tourist area known as a favorite foreign and domestic tourist destination had been experiencing over capacity since 2010. Udayana University as the assessor team at that time recommended allowing the establishment of home stay.

“However, it was infringed by the government and investors. I often say that Bali has great potential, so it should not legalize any illegal ways for the sake of personal gain,” he said.

He explained that to determine the carrying capacity of Bali tourism was not only based on the number of rooms, yet also based on the needs for water in every addition of room. All this time, the addition of hotel rooms made by the county and municipal government

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Accommodation growth in Bali getting uncontrolled A lecturer at Tourism Faculty of Udayana University, I Putu Anom, considered the rapid and uncontrolled growth of accommodation in Southern Bali, especially in Badung County, happened due to collusion of government officials and investors. The region becoming the heart of tourism got around the moratorium by building condotel and rental house.

Both properties were estimated to reach 15 units of condotel with 1,800 rooms and 35 units of rental house with nearly 600 rooms.

“Other than being uncontrolled, ironically, the culprit does not belong to our community, so what yielded by the growth of accommodation is not enjoyed by local community. As proof, the poverty increases. One of the reasons is the lack of multiplier effect of that growth,” said Putu Anom in

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Karana or three sources of happiness (keeping harmonious relationship of human to God, fellow humans and nature—Ed). “It is no other than the implementation of Tri Hita Karana teachings and through the presentation of these offerings we wish to express our devotion in loving the creation of God,” he said.

In addition to pets, on the Tumpek Kandang day, the residents of Bali also consecrated rare animals deliberately bred by residents at Bebetin village, Sawan subdistrict. Residents of this village consecrated deer having been bred since a few years ago. On the Tumpek Kandang day, the breeders invoked safety for the captive deer all this time. (mud)

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Calendar Event for January 1 through February 26, 2014 1 Jan Buda Kliwon Matal, Kajeng Kliwon And Tilem Sasih Kenam Pura Desa Sukawati Sukawati Pura Pasek Gelgel Gelgel Bebetin Pura Maspahit Sesetan Pura Padharman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih 11 Jan Tumpek Kandang Pura Desa Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Sagening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang 15 Jan Purnama Sasih Kapitu Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjauan Bangli Pura Taman Limut Pengosekan Mas Ubud Pura Benua Besakih Pura Gunung Rena Sidemen Karangasem Pura Pasek Gelgel Abadi Karangasem Pura Pucak Gunung Mangun Kubu Karangasem 16 Jan Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

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

Pura Tengkulak Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Badung

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

29 Jan Hari Siwaratri

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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3-D printing set to break out of niche Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS — Some of the oddest items on display this week at the International CES gadget show were edible, origami-like sculptures made of sugar, their shapes so convoluted as to baffle the eye. The treats are one of many signs that we’ll all be getting a taste of 3-D printing soon —and the phenomenon won’t be relegated to the realm of engineers and tech enthusiasts.

The sugar sculptures are the output of the ChefJet Pro, the first commercial, kitchen-ready food printer. It looks like an oven, and deposits sugar layer by layer in a tray, then melts the parts intended for the sculpture with water so they solidify much like sugar in a bowl will harden with moisture.

Ink can be selectively added to the water so the sculptures come out in full color — a feature sure to set the minds of wedding and party planners spinning. Next to the geometric sculptures was a wedding cake supported by a delicate lattice-work tower of sugar that would be nearly impossible to make by conventional means. Oh, and the printer can print in chocolate too.

3D Systems Inc., a Rock Hill, South Carolina, company, expects to sell the full-color printer for about $100,000 in the latter half of this year, and a monochrome version for half that price.

Last year, there were only a handful of 3-D printing companies at the gadget show. This year, there were thirty, and the organizers had to turn others away because they couldn’t fit them in. The 3-D printing area of the show floor drew dense crowds that gawked at the printers and their creations, which ranged from toys to tea cups to iPhone cases.

Melissa Spencer, a jewelry designer from Los Angeles, was at the show to look for a printer. 3-D printers have been used in jewelry-making for a long time, but high prices and poor resolution have limited their use. With prices down and output quality up, it’s now possible for an independent designer to buy her own printer, Spencer said.

The printers focus bright ultraviolet light into liquid resin, setting it. That takes time. One printer maker cited 7 hours for a batch of five rings. The plastic pieces are then used to create molds for molten silver, gold or platinum.

Spencer is now toying with the idea of abandoning the reuse of molds, and instead using the power of a 3-D printer to make every piece a one-off, unique design, customized to the buyer. It helps that she can show the plastic prototypes to the customer before casting.

With 3-D printing, “we’re moving to a world of mass customization,” said Shawn Dubravac, an analyst for the Consumer Electronics Association, which puts on the show. What started with custom-printed T-shirts a la CafePress can now happen in all kinds of industries, he added. It’s still a small field, though. He expects that just under 100,000 3-D printers will be sold in 2014.

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To maintain Uluwatu Temple

All Stakeholders fight against plastic waste MANGUPURA - Condition of the Uluwatu Temple becoming the largest contributor to the regional budget of Badung was apprehensive as littered with plastic waste, either sourcing from visitors or pilgrims. As proof, a total of 2 truck of plastic waste could be collected by the members of the 1611 Badung Military District Command, Military Area Command, South Kuta Police, South Kuta subdistrict staff, Pecatu villagers and environmental activists to all students of SDN 3 Pecatu elementary school.

“Awareness of the environmental sanitation and the hazards of plastic waste should be realized by all the stakeholders,” said the Commander of the South Kuta Military Area Command, Kamto Waluyo, Saturday (Jan 11).

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A trade show attendee examines a centerpiece confection made with a ChefJet Pro 3D food printer on display at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in Las Vegas. The candies are made with sugar, food coloring and a single flavor.

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Black rhino hunting permit auctioned for $350,000

In this Jan. 5, 2003, photo released by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a black rhino male and calf in Mkuze, South Africa.

Hunt the black rhino to save the black rhino. That’s the Dallas Safari Club’s approach to a fundraiser for efforts to protect the endangered species.

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DALLAS — A permit to hunt an endangered African black rhino sold for $350,000 at a Dallas auction held to raise money for conservation efforts but criticized by wildlife advocates.

Steve Wagner, a spokesman for the Dallas Safari Club, which sponsored the closed-door event Saturday night, confirmed the sale of the permit for a hunt in the African nation of Namibia. He declined to name the buyer.

The Safari Club’s executive director, Ben Carter, has defended the auction, saying all money raised will go toward protecting the species. He also said the rhino that the winner will be allowed to hunt is old, male and nonbreeding — and that the animal was likely to be targeted for removal anyway because it was becoming aggressive and threatening other wildlife.

But the auction drew howls from critics, including wildlife and animal rights groups, and the FBI said it was investigating death threats against members of the club. Officials from the Humane Society and the International Fund for Animal Welfare have said that while culling can be appropriate in abundant animal populations, all black rhinos should be protected, given their endangered status.

An estimated 4,000 black rhinos remain in the wild, down from 70,000 in the 1960s. Nearly 1,800 are in Namibia, according to the Safari Club. Critics have also said any hunting of a rhino sends a bad message to the public.

“This auction is telling the world that an American will pay anything to kill their species,” Jeffrey Flocken, North American regional director of the Massachusetts-based IFAW, said

this past week. “This is, in fact, making a spectacle of killing an endangered species.”

The auction took place in downtown Dallas under tight security. Organizers hoped to at least break the previous high bid for one of the permits in Namibia, which was $223,000, and had said the amount could be as high as $1 million. The nation offers five permits each year, and the one auctioned Saturday was the first to be made available for purchase outside of Namibia. The winning bidder could have come from anywhere in the world, and at least some bidders were expected to enter by phone.

About 40 protesters gathered early Saturday evening outside the convention center where the auction and a pre-auction dinner were to take place. They held signs and chanted. Most dispersed by just after 6 p.m. CST.

Kamto Waluyo said the event was held to keep Bali away from waste hazard. Moreover, Uluwatu Temple as sad kahyangan temple was one of the heritages becoming a tourist destination, so the sanitation should be maintained by all components. “This event will also be made in other places to realize a clean Badung, especially in South Kuta,” he added.

Meanwhile, the South Kuta subdistrict head, Wayan Wirya, said the activity aimed to make people aware that plastic waste would only decompose after 250 years, so if the plastic waste was ignored it could be a time bomb for future generations. “It’s important to encourage the public awareness so they are aware of the environmental sanitation, especially the matter of plastic

waste. We hope people not to burn plastic waste but disposed in place as the combustion of plastic waste is very hazardous,” he said.

Further, he explained that to anticipate the hazards of plastic waste should be imparted to younger generation. On that account, the students of the SDN 3 Pecatu elementary school were also included in order they had a habit of being clean from plastic waste in the future. “All stakeholders in South Kuta have been engaged, especially the elementary school students that must be immersed from childhood,” he said while adding the plastic waste would be more hazardous in rainy season because it could trigger floods, dengue, cikungunya as well as a variety of other

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Condition of the Uluwatu Temple becoming the largest contributor to the regional budget of Badung was apprehensive as littered with plastic waste, either sourcing from visitors or pilgrims. diseases.

Jro Mangku I Wayan Sentana expressed his gratitude for the attention of all the stakeholders because they had participated in

the cleanup activity at Uluwatu Temple. Besides, his party also expected all visitors or pilgrims who came to Uluwatu to participate in maintaining, at least,

disposing waste in place. “Hopefully, visitors or pilgrims could dispose plastic waste into the trash bin provided,” pleaded Jero Mangku Uluwatu. (nik)

2014, Russian travelers targeted to rise 18 percent Bali Post

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Foreign tourists are surfing and swimming in the Kuta Beach recently. Russian Honorary Consul to Bali targeted the number of foreign tourists from Russia in 2014 would rise by 18 percent.

DENPASAR - Russian Honorary Consul to Bali targeted the number of foreign tourists from Russia in 2014 would rise by 18 percent. As of January to October 2013, the number of Russian tourists had reached 65,530 people. The lowest point of Russian tourist arrival in 2013 occurred in July reaching 4,358 people, and the highest point occurred in January with the arrival of 11,377 people.

“We observe the Russian market in recent years quite helps stimulate the tourism in Bali. Therefore, we target their arrival to Bali up 18 percent this year,” said Honorary Consul of Russia, Chairul Nuku Kamka.

According to him, total Russian tourist arrivals to Bali in 2012 reached 77,869 people. Such amount was experiencing the lowest point in July, namely 2,576 people and the highest point reached 10,964 people in January.

“We calculated the visit of Russian tourists to Bali from 2012 to 2013 has increased 18 percent. Russian tourist visiting to Bali in 2013 to 2014 is estimated to increase in the range of 15 percent to

20 percent,” he said.

According to him, the increase in Russian tourist arrivals to Bali in 2014 happened due to the existence of support in terms of regular flights of Russian route to Bali by Singapore Airlines, and Cathay Pacific.

“We are optimistic the visit of Russian tourists to Bali in 2014 will increase 18 percent compared to 2013. This includes the support of flight by Trans Aero providing charter flight services from Russia to Bali,” he said.

He said that Russian tourists from the West such as Moscow averagely had the length of stay around 10 or 12 days. Meanwhile, Russian tourists coming from Far East such as Vladivostok and others stayed for around 14 days.

They preferred to stay in accommodation whose location was adjacent to the beach.

“Indeed, there is a change in the type of the Russian tourist arrival in Bali.

They like best a minimalist accommodation, rent a car for the tour and choose to book accommodation via online booking service in Bali,” he said. (kmb27)

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Bangkok braces as Thai protesters set for shutdown Associated Press Writer

BANGKOK — Residents of Thailand’s congested capital are bracing for worse traffic chaos than usual, with anti-government demonstrators planning to occupy major intersections Monday in what they describe as an effort to shut down Bangkok. There is concern that violence may ensue and possibly trigger a military coup.

The flood which happen in Pangkung Dedari, Jembrana

After a 15-minute rain, Pangkung Dedari hit by floods Bali Post

NEGARA - A number of homes in the territory Puseh sub-group, Pangkung Dedari hamlet, Melaya village, were hit by floods, Saturday afternoon (Jan 11). Height of the puddles after the rain reached the adult knee.

According to some residents, the flood always happened when it rained. However, they deplored, although such incident had happened for a long time, there had been no action from the government.

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One of the residents, Agus Adinata, 36, said that such a flood took place every heavy rain. Even last Saturday, just 15 minutes after the heavy rain, the water had flooded around 7 houses. Therefore, rainy

season had always caused a trauma for residents of Pangkung Dedari.

“Just now, after it rained for 15 minutes, it has flooded homes and just receded an hour ago. Moreover, if it rains all night, the water can get into the house of residents for all day long,” he explained. Similar incident also afflicted the house belonging to Ni Kadek Sariani and Nyoman Koner.

As a matter of fact, local residents had delivered the condition for a few times to local village officials. How-

ever, the response only told them to wait, even until a few more years.

The flood-prone area near the official residence of Jembrana Regent and the office of Melaya subdistrict extended from the Puseh Temple to the front area of the Plantation Office of Bali Province.

The area was hit by regular flood because the culvert connecting to Melaya River was deliberately closed by a welding business. As consequence, the water could not

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flow into the culvert in front of the Post Office. When it rained heavily for a whole night long, all the residents worried and alerted if the water would get into their house.

“I cannot cool down when it rains.

Even, when it rained for whole night, many chickens of residents were drifting,” he explained. Residents hoped that such floods could be immediately addressed and did not wait until claiming more casualties. (kmb26)

Before handover, metal detector door damaged

DENPASAR - Sewaka Darma Building at Lumintang always has a problem. The building previously designed environmentally friendly because it does not use air conditioner and lights has failed. Now, its metal detector door does not work.

The door worth tens of millions of rupiahs is damaged due to frequent move during the building works.

Ironically, such an asset has not been handed over by the Spatial Planning and Housing Agency (DTRP) to the management of the Communications and Informatics Agency.

Two units of metal detector fitted on the entrance door into the room of service seem to be used as decoration only. Other than not working, people who want to go into the building worth billions of rupiahs can still do

it at ease without examination. Even, the function of the metal detector door is very strategic to prevent any hazardous materials such as bombs and others getting into the building.

Division Head of Hardware and Networking, the Communications and Informatics Agency, Nyoman Darmayasa, said on Friday (Jan 10) the metal detector door could not indeed be operated. At the moment, the metal detector door management had not been the responsibility of the agency. “There has been no handover yet from the Spatial Planning and Housing Agency, so we have not been able to operate at this time,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Spatial Planning and Housing Agency, I Gede Cipta Sudewa, said the door had actually been activated since the last mid-December 2013. However,

since it was frequently moved, there was then a little damage. “If we operate it now, we worry if there will be short-circuit,” he explained. He said that his party had reported the matter to the partner. Cipta Sudewa said the problem would be addressed and the cable would possibly be replaced.

Related to the matter of handover, Cipta Sudewa said it could not be done directly. According to the rules, the Spatial Planning and Housing Agency should inventory first all the items to be handed over through the Asset Division. Having accomplished the whole inventory, the entire management could be handed over to the Communications and Informatics Agency. “Different from the past time, now it must go through the Asset Division. After that, it can be handed over to the agency concerned,” he said. (kmb12)

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The metal detector door which is not working properly

The protesters are trying to force caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign and have her government replaced by a non-elected interim administration to implement reforms they say are needed to stop corruption and money politics. They want to scuttle an early general election called by Yingluck for Feb. 2.

Since November, the demonstrators have engaged in street battles with police, cut off water and electricity to national police headquarters, and occupied for a time the compounds of other government agencies. There have been at least eight deaths associated with the political unrest. The protest leaders said last week that the demonstrators would occupy seven key intersections Monday in Bangkok, a city known for its debilitating traffic jams. They’re also threatening to occupy government office compounds.

Deputy Prime Minister Surapong AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong Tovichakchaikul said Friday that a Anti-government protesters have an afternoon chat under beach umbrellas during a rally at the combined force of around 12,000 police Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. officers and 8,000 soldiers was being de-

ployed to maintain order in the capital.

Protest leaders have said they will maintain their “shutdown” of Bangkok for weeks, or until they obtain their goal. Their recent demonstrations have drawn up to 150,000-200,000 people at their height. The attacks on government installations have been carried out by young men armed with home-made weapons.

The protesters’ attempt to destabilize the country has been assisted by the opposition Democrat Party, which is boycotting the February elections. The main protest leader is a former senior Democrat leader, Suthep Thaugsuban, who served at deputy prime minister in the party’s 2008-2011 government.

The current crisis dates back to 2006, when mass protests calling for then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra — Yingluck’s brother — to step down because of alleged corruption and abuse of power led to a military coup.

Since then, supporters and opponents of Thaksin have vied for power, sometimes violently.

Fire destroys ancient Tibetan town in SW China

Associated Press Writer

BEIJING — A fire that raged for nearly 10 hours razed an ancient Tibetan town in southwest China that’s popular with tourists, burning down hundreds of buildings after fire engines failed to get onto the narrow streets, state media and witnesses said. There was no immediate report of any casualties, and the cause of the fire was not yet known. State media, citing local authorities, said the blaze started in a guesthouse and was ruled accidental.

The fire broke out at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the ancient Tibetan quarter of Dukezong, which dates back more than 1,000 years and is known for its preserved cobbled streets, ancient structures and Tibetan culture. Dukezong is part of scenic Shangri-La county in Deqen prefecture.

Once called Gyaitang Zong, the county renamed itself Shangri-La in 2001, hoping to draw tourists by the reference to the mythical Himalayan land described in James Hilton’s 1933 novel. Like

hundreds of Chinese cities and counties, Shangri-La renovated its old neighborhood, Dukezong, turning it into a tourist attraction filled with shops and guesthouses.

Photos and video footage showed Dukezong and its labyrinth of houses engulfed in flames that turned the night sky red.

The fire destroyed about 242 houses and shops in Dukezong, dislocated more than 2,600 people, and torched many historic artifacts, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He Yu, a resident, said she woke to loud, explosionlike sounds to find the old town on fire.

“The fire was huge,” she said.

“The wind was blowing hard, and the air was dry. I was scared because my home is a little distance away from the ancient town. It kept burning, and the firefighters were there, but there was little they could do because they could not get the fire engines onto the old town’s narrow streets.”

With fire engines kept out, local residents lined up to pass buckets of water to combat the fire, the

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A firefighter works on a roof of a wooden building while a fire ravages ancient Dukezong town in Shangrila county, in southwestern China’s Yunnan province, Saturday Jan. 11, 2014. The 10-hour inferno has razed the ancient Tibetan town in the province that’s popular with tourists.

Deqen prefecture government said. Most of Dukezong’s buildings are made of wood and the fire spread easily because of dry

weather, state-run China Central Television said.

More than 2,000 firefighters, soldiers, police, local officials

and volunteers responded to the blaze and brought it under control at around 11 a.m., the Shangri-La county government said.

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BUSINESS TOKYO - Toyota Motor is aiming to produce more than 10 million vehicles in 2014, a bullish target that could boost other industries in Japan, a report said Saturday.

The Toyota group’s production may fall temporarily after April, when Japan increases the consumption tax from five to eight percent, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said.

But the impact of the tax hike should be blunted by a lowering of the automobile acquisition tax that will also become effective from the new fiscal year starting April, the Asahi said.

With Japan’s economic recovery set to remain solid, Toyota expects its production will pick up from the autumn to achieve the target, the Asahi said.

“Toyota’s bullish stance could cause ripple effects to other industries,” the Asahi said.

Toyota is Japan’s biggest

manufacturer. Its health could affect steelmakers and parts suppliers of all kinds, as well as the economy of the central Japan, where the company is based. In 2013, Toyota aimed to produce a record 10.12 million vehicles, after it overtook General Motors in 2012 to regain the title of world’s biggest automaker.

The company built 9.3 million vehicles between January and November, with Japanese media saying it was on target to become the first automaker in the world to build more than 10 million units in a year.

Toyota, whose group includes small-vehicle maker Daihatsu and truck producer Hino, will make the 2014 annual production target official by the end of the month, the Asahi said.

The consumption tax hike is expected to lower Toyota’s annual production by 10,000 units. The Japanese auto sector as a whole was likely to reduce production by 20,000 to 30,000 units due to the tax hike, the Asahi added.

Trace back a pilgrimage of ancient sage

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An owner of damaged house fix the roof before it hits again with whirlwind. A whirlwind suddenly crashed Subagan, Karangasem, Friday (Jan 10) around 12:30 a.m. As a result, at least 29 houses at BTN Wahyu Permai housing complex, Subagan and eight other houses at Subagan village were broken.

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Toyota vice president and general manager Bob Carter talks about Toyota’s FCV hydrogen electric concept car during the International Consumer Electronics Show, recently. Toyota Motor is aiming to produce more than 10 million vehicles in 2014, a bullish target that could boost other industries in Japan, a report said Saturday.

Obama picks Stanley Fischer for Fed vice chair Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Friday nominated former Israeli central bank governor and renowned economist Stanley Fischer as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, completing a shakeup of the board’s leadership.

The president also named former under secretary of the Treasury Lael Brainard to join the Fed board, and renominated current Fed governor Jerome Powell for a full term, setting up a full team for incoming chairwoman Janet Yellen.

Yellen, the current vice chair, will take over from outgoing Chairman Ben Bernanke on February 1, after her nomination was confirmed by the Senate last week.

Each of the new nominees will need Senate confirmation, and although all three are well-qualified and widely respected, congressional politics could end up slowing that process.

“These three distinguished indi-

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viduals have the proven experience, judgment and deep knowledge of the financial system to serve at the Federal Reserve during this important time for our economy,” Obama said.

Fischer, 70 and a dual US and Israeli citizen, is one of the world’s most respected active monetary economists. He led Israel’s central bank from 2005 to last year and before that held senior positions at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

He was a professor of Bernanke, as well as European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was reportedly considered by the

White House as a replacement for Bernanke.

“He is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading and most experienced economic policy minds, and I’m grateful he has agreed to take on this new role,” Obama said.

“I am confident that he and Janet Yellen will make a great team.”

Brainard is well known abroad as she served as one of the president’s top international economic advisers during a period of acute turbulence in the eurozone, during his first term.

Powell was a Treasury official in the former Republican administration of George HW Bush. He joined the Fed board in 2012 to fill an unfinished term that expires at the end of the month.

Fischer, a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, said he was “deeply honored” by the nomination.

“The Fed will continue to play a critical role in restoring and maintaining the health of the economy, and I look forward, if confirmed by the Senate, to working to the best of my ability with Janet Yellen and my future colleagues to achieve its policy goals,” he said in a statement.

The nominations would bring the Fed board of governors up to a full complement of seven; one seat has been empty since August when governor Elizabeth Duke left.

But another governor, Sarah Raskin, is also poised to depart. She was nominated by Obama last year as deputy secretary of the Treasury, and is awaiting Senate confirmation for that position.

The new lineup at the Fed takes charge at a complicated time for the US economy and Fed monetary policy. The central bank needs to balance reining in its stimulus and normalizing policy without stalling

growth. At the same time, it needs to keep an eye on the possible threat of inflation from years of easy-money policies.

Hopes that the job market may be about to rocket higher after years of sluggish growth were dampened by a new Labor Department jobs report Friday showing only 74,000 new positions were created last month.

The disappointing data sparked speculation the Fed could be forced to slow a planned winding down of its stimulus program.

In December the Federal Open Market Committee, after months of discussion, decided to begin cutting back the $85 billion a month bond purchases by $10 billion, beginning this month, after seeing steady job creation and a significant drop last year in the jobless rate.

Fischer is seen as likely to fall in line behind the policies championed

by Bernanke and Yellen, aimed at pushing down joblessness.

Whirlwind hits Subagan

29 homes of residents damaged AMLAPURA - A tornado suddenly crashed Subagan, Karangasem, Friday (Jan 10) around 12:30 a.m. As a result, at least 29 houses at BTN Wahyu Permai housing complex, Subagan and eight other houses at Subagan village were broken.

The Head of the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Nyoman Sutirtayasa, on the sidelines of his bustles to lead his team to record the damaged homes said that no casualties were reported in the incident. Only one resident suffered abrasion injury as to be exposed by a fallen roof tile.

Sudden brunt of the tornado made local residents fall into commotion.

Kids were scared. At the time of incident, condition of the housing remained relatively quiet as most inhabitants had not come home from the office. Few times after the brunt of the tornado, the inhabitants rushed to go home. They got information from their neighbors if the housing complex was hit by tornado.

Later on, the BPBD team arrived at the location.

Homeowners found their roof tile destroyed and flying around.

Many roof tiles were falling down,

while garage roofs made of zinc or asbestos sheet or canopies were destroyed. There was a canopy missing from the location and then found hundreds of meters away from the house owner.

Of dozens of the damaged homes in the BTN Wahyu Permai housing complex, the most badly damaged homes belonged to Wayan Putu, Adi Kusmawanto, Samhadi and Wayan Dwija. Roof tile of an official Edi Setyadi flew and also fallen down by coconut. Similarly, the house of a driver who served in Amlapura Prosecutor Office, Nyoman Ardana, was fallen down by dried coconut.

A number of residents such as Edi Setyadi and Putu Wayan immediately climbed up after the brunt of the tornado to replace and install their roof tiles. They quickly repaired the roof tiles, so the house was not flushed by the rain because it was cloudy and about to rain.

One of the residents whose house survived from the tornado, Ni Kadek Swandewi, said she was calling her family. Suddenly, she heard a roar of wind from the west to the east.

She also saw the rubbish in the rice field flying around in the sky. Shortly after that, the wind was increasingly stronger and tackled the park and people’s houses in the west. Wayan Cita and the Commander of Karangasem Military Region Wayan Jaya Antara who lived at the local neighborhood said the tornado crashing the housing complex lasted about 10 minutes. At that time, the television antenna, satellite dish antenna and roof made of zinc, asbestos and canopy were flying around in the sky. Some residents said they were afraid of staying outside the house for fear of being afflicted by roof tile or zinc sheets.

Based on the data collection by BPBD team at the BTN Wahyu Permai, a total of 21 homes were damaged ranging from mild to severe condition. In addition, 8 houses of residents at Subagan village were also damaged. (013)

NEGARA - Amerthasari Temple located about 1.5 km south of Negara town is one of the Dang Khayangan temples in Jembrana. From time immemorial to the present, the temple situating amid the customary settlement of Lokasari, or precisely Mertasari hamlet, Loloan Timur, Negara, is venerated by the subak members. It is reflected at the beginning of each planting season. To keep away their plants from diseases, residents are always saying prayers and starting their activities from the temple. It is a universal temple because it is used to venerate a great religious teacher, Danghyang Nirartha and closely associated with his pilgrimage to the Island of Bali.

Building of this temple has been renovated in 1961 but in 1965 the temple building was abandoned and the renovation was totally discontinued.

Ultimately, on July 14, 1976, the entire building collapsed as hit by earthquake. After that, four customary villages were responsible for the temple existence, namely the BB Agung, Puseh Agung of Banjar Tengah village, Kertha Jaya customary village of Pendem village, and Lokasari customary village of Loloan Timur village.

At the beginning of the Merthasari Temple and before the renovation in 1965, there was only one temple located under a large banyan tree. Priest of the Merthasari Temple, Mangku Nendra, said that previously there was a small pond around the temple. After the renovation, the pond was moved and a meru shrine was established. Now, it has been added with a Padma shrine on the pond. Meanwhile, water of the pond is taken modernly from the ground with the depth of about 15 meters, and then flowed under the Padma shrine.

As a matter of fact, it was named Amerthasari Temple.

However, for consideration of easier pronunciation, it was then called Merthasari. The current temple priest, denoting the third generation, mentioned the meaning of Amerthasari was that Amertha meant the whole foods, while Sari meant the essence.

Mangku Nendra is the successor of the previous temple priest, namely Nengah Netra who was also his deceased father. Meanwhile, the first was still unclear

because the temple was still not restored at that time.

At the moment, the Dang Khayangan Amerthasari Temple has some shrines, namely the Ratu Nyoman, Padmasana, Meru, Pepelik, Taksu and Dewa Ayu Manik Galih dedicated to venerate the Goddess Sri. Genesis of the temple has something to do with Danghyang Nirartha. When arriving in Bali, Pedanda Sakti taught religion at Gede Perancak Temple where currently the Dang Khayangan Perancak Temple has been moved to Tanjung Tangis. At that time, he asked the monkeys where there was another village.

The monkey responded by facing north and there laid a village called Budeng. There lived black monkey or Ijah. As soon as arriving at the village, he asked again where there was a village, and the monkeys were facing the west, now becoming the location of the Merthasari Temple.

When arriving at the village, he taught the people about agriculture, farming and trade. The Telaga Taman was a very fertile area. Religious life was quite good. In this area, there were five sanctums. In the long run, it turned into Amerthasari village and is now called Mertasari.

Now, the temple whose anniversary falls on Anggara Kasih (Tuesday) Perangbakat is venerated by four customary villages namely the Lokasari (Mertasari), Dauh Waru, Pendem and Batu Agung. Mangku added that other than the temple, there was also the Taman Temple that formerly was a pond. “In days of yore, there was a temple located beneath the banyan tree,” explained Nendra.

Aside from the six shrines existing today, the temple sitting on the area of 1800 square meters also has a Peselang pavilion to place gamelan instrument, Piasan, storing chamber and the easternmost is pavilion of Banten Piodalan (oblation).

In the past, most of the supporting devotees were farmers, but now they are from four customary villages and even from beyond Bali. As the existing plan, this temple area will be expanded to the current parking lot. After the land acquisition, it will become about 3,000 square meters. Renovation and expansion of the temple area will include the temple building, construction of base fence, parking lot expansion, the arrangement of temple landscaping, as well as the wantilan hall. (kmb)

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Croatian tourism booms to record in 2013 Agence France Presse

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Members of the Knesset guard carry the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Knesset plaza, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Sharon, the hard-charging Israeli general and prime minister who was admired and hated for his battlefield exploits and ambitions to reshape the Middle East, died Saturday, eight years after a stroke left him in a coma from which he never awoke.

Israelis pay last respects to founding father Sharon Agence France Presse

Jerusalem - Israelis were on Sunday paying their respects to Ariel Sharon, whose controversial life inspired admiration and provoked revulsion and whose death drew emotional reactions even after eight years in a coma. Celebrated as a military hero at home, recognised as a pragmatic politician abroad and despised as a bloodthirsty criminal by the Palestinians and the Arab world, the former premier was nothing if not a polarising figure.

But Israelis of all stripes acknowledged the burly 85-year-old as a key figure in their nation’s history, his death on Saturday leaving left President Shimon Peres as the Jewish state’s last surviving founding father.

Ahead of his funeral on Monday, Sharon’s body was to lie in state at the Knesset, or parliament, between 1000 GMT and 1600 GMT to allow the public to pay their last respects, the premier’s office said. His coffin left the Tzrifin military base en route for Jerusalem on Sunday morning, with Peres expected to pay his respects and lay a wreath shortly before the arrival of the public, officials said. He will be buried on Monday afternoon at his ranch in the southern Negev desert after a military ceremony.

The burly white-haired former general had been in coma since January 4, 2006, following a massive stroke which felled him at the height of his political career. His condition took a sudden turn for the worse on New Year’s Day when he suffered serious kidney problems after surgery. Sharon’s dramatic story was the subject

of blanket coverage in the Israeli press on Sunday, with the papers dedicating multiple pages to pictures and commentary on his life and legacy.

World leaders sent condolences over his death, remembering the controversial figure in cautious diplomatic language, with Vice President Joe Biden expected to represent Washington at a special memorial at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Monday morning.Others expected to attend were German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, outgoing Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok and Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair as well as other diplomats from Spain, Russia and Canada.

Sharon was once known chiefly as a ruthless military leader who fought in all of Israel’s major wars, before switching to politics in 1973 and championing the development of Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. He was long considered a pariah for his personal but “indirect” responsibility in the 1982 massacre of hundreds of Palestinians by Israel’s Lebanese Phalangist allies in Beirut’s Sabra

and Shatila refugee camps.

His early career as a warrior earned him the moniker “The Bulldozer” but most world leaders chose to remember the politician who surprised many by masterminding the pullout from Gaza in 2005. “Bulldozer in war and peace,” said the English-language Jerusalem Post, describing him as “perhaps the most revered and often reviled of the country’s politicians, perceived alternately as a peacemaker and a warmonger.”

“The last leader,” wrote another commentator in the left-leaning Haaretz newspaper, noting that the political vacuum created by his collapse eight years ago “has never really been filled and it is doubtful that it will be filled in the foreseeable future.” Even Gideon Levy, arguably Sharon’s bitterest Israeli critic, paid his respects.

“He was certainly Israel’s most courageous politician. He was also its cruellest. He was the leader who used brute force more than anyone to achieve his policies. But he was also one of few to recognise the limits of force,” he wrote in Haaretz.

Zagreb - Croatia drew a record number of tourists, mainly to its island-studded Adriatic coastline, in 2013, a minister said on Friday, contributing growth to an economy struggling to recover and reduce a big public deficit. The number of tourists rose by 5.5 percent from the figure for 2012 and to a record total of 12.4 million people, most of whom were from Germany, Slovenia and Austria.

Tourism has developed into a key part of the economy since the former Yugoslav republic gained independence in 1991. Tourists accounted for about 72 million overnight stays or 4.1 percent more than in the previous year.The figures also showed that the “main tourist season ... is extending” beyond the July-August summer period, Tourism Minister Darko Lorencin said in a statement.

Croatia also registered a growth in tourism income which totalled 6.5

billion euros ($8.8 billion) during the first nine months of 2013 or 4.7 percent more than in the same period of 2012, he said.For the whole of last year, the figure is expected to exceed 7.0 billion euros for the first time since 2008 when the global economic crisis hit, Lorencin added.

Tourism accounts for about 15 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in Croatia, which joined the European Union in July. The country’s economy has not grown in the last five years.

The government has forecast 1.3percent growth in 2014.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm and responsible for enforcing the EU rules, has said that Croatia should be put under an “Excessive Deficit Procedure” which lays down the steps it must take to return to EU norms. The recommendation will be put up for approval in April next year by all EU member states, many of which are also at fault over the deficit and debt limits.

Powerful cyclone hits Tonga, killing at least 1 Associated Press Writer

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga — Authorities were searching Tonga’s remote islands for cyclone victims Sunday after a powerful storm cut a swath of destruction through this South Pacific archipelago, killing one person and destroying most of the homes in some areas. Relief efforts following Saturday’s cyclone were concentrating on the Ha’apai islands — one of Tonga’s three island groups between the main island of Tongatapu in the south and the Vava’u islands to the north, Tonga’s Director of Emergencies Leveni Aho said.

Cyclone Ian hit Tonga with gusts

of up to 287 kilometers (178 miles) per hour. The storm was later downgraded from Category 5 — the most destructive level — to Category 4, with gusts of up to 250 kph (155 mph). On Sunday, the cyclone was tracking southeast away from Tonga.

Two navy patrol boats carrying tarpaulins, tents and other emergency supplies left Tongatapu to bring help to victims who were cut off in the Ha’apai islands.Authorities have been unable to make telephone contact with 23 islands, which account for most of the inhabited islands in the Ha’apai group, Aho said. “The patrol boats are still out there, going from island to island to scout for information,” he said.

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From page 1 This type of traveler only took advantage of the accommodation at night just to take a rest. “Meanwhile, during the day travelers spend more time to look around the tourist attraction by riding a motorcycle or on foot,” he said.

The Bali Government Tourism Office records the developing tourism village on the Island of the Gods reaches 23 villages.

Some of the are Bona village, Mas village, Peliatan village, Celuk village, Batuan village, Ubud village, Batubulan village, Penge-

lipuran village, Trunyan village, Kamasan village, Gegel village, Tihingan village, Tenganan village, Sidatapa ancient village, Pedawa ancient village, Tigawasa ancient village, Cempaga ancient village, Banyuseri ancient village, Sembiran ancient village, Julah ancient village, Jatiluwih village, and Sangkaragung village. Dozens of those villages are located in the tourist area of Badung, Gianyar, Bangli, Klungkung, Karangasem, Buleleng, Tabanan and Jembrana. (kmb27)

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INDONESIA Mt. Sinabung eruption isolated villages in Karo Antara

MEDAN - A number of villages in Namanteran Subdistrict, Karo District, North Sumatra, are now isolated as vehicles are hampered to reach the areas due to volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung eruption that blocks access roads.

Head of the Information Data and Public Relations of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutop Purwo Nugroho said in a text message to Antara here on Saturday the volcanic ash became mud when rain fell so that vehicles faced difficulties in passing on the roads.

He said Mt Sinabung’s volcanic tremors were still high, expressing fear that the mount would erupt again.

On Saturday, Mt Sinabung erupted several times belching volcanic materials with varied height up to 5km. It was accompanied with hot clouds moving to the southeastern and southern directions at a distance of of about 4.5 km and to the eastern direction at a distance of one km.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho stated in a text message last Monday

that the volcanic activity of Mount Sinabung had increased the previous day on Sunday, January 5, erupting 106 times.

Besides the eruption, Sutopo added, the volcanic activity of Mount Sinabung had also caused 1,545 times of hybrid quakes and produced hot clouds 426 times.

The number of hybrid earthquakes had increased, creating a lava dome on the volcano. Even the lava dome was seen and had started melting at 500 meters east of the crater.

Sutopo pointed out that if the lava under the dome was still there, then the hot clouds will also continue spreading, which eventually spread toward the east.

The mountain also spewed around 2 to 6 centimeters of ma-

terials at a length of more than 5 kilometers.

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

The current emergency status of Mount Sinabung is at the fourth level or “Warning” status, which bans local villagers from doing any activities within the radius of five kilometers from the volcano’s crater.

BNPB has asked the residents around Mount Sinabung to keep alert and obey the mitigation instruction from the officials in the area.

Government eases mineral export ban after opposition Agence France-Presse

BOGOR - Indonesia’s president signed off on a controversial mineral ore export ban Saturday after an 11thhour easing of the policy following opposition from miners and warnings it would hit state coffers, cabinet ministers said.

Ministers announced late Saturday night that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had signed the watered down version of the regulation just an hour before it came into effect.

The government had originally proposed a blanket ban on the export of certain raw minerals, which also included concentrates, but the revised version would ban ore only and allow concentrates to be exported for the next three years.

This means many miners -- including US giant Freeport McMoRan, the biggest miner operating in resourcerich Indonesia -- can continue to export.

Exports of some key metals, such as nickel and bauxite, are still set to

be banned in the nearer future, which may affect a number of miners, the Indonesian Mining Association warned.

“Starting from 00:00, January 12, 2014, the export of ore is prohibited,” Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik said.

Indonesia’s ban on the export of unprocessed mineral ore was aimed at creating added value to the lucrative industry, meaning more jobs and profits would stay in Indonesia.

The proposed ban prompted strong opposition from both foreign and domestic miners, some of whom dubbed the policy “nationalistic”, and warned the demands were unrealistic and would lead to widespread closures and lay-offs in the industry.

The government has been scrambling to ease the ban in recent weeks, concluding it was unlikely to have the desired effect and would instead be a drain on state revenues in lost tax and royalties.

Under the regulation, miners will

also be obliged to build smelters by 2017, which some in the industry have complained is costly and economically unviable.

Industry Minister M.S. Hidayat said that the government would impose taxes on mineral exports until 2017, when companies will have built smelters and will no longer need to export ore.

“We will slap on an export tax, and every year the tax will get progressively higher,” he said.

The energy, finance and trade ministries are due to reveal more precise details of the revised ban.

The export ban was announced several years ago but its implementation was delayed to give miners time to fulfil the requirement of building smelters to process their ore before exporting.

But miners complained this would involve huge investments and that existing infrastructure was not up to the task. Most took little action, betting that Jakarta would back away from the policy.

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For Indonesian jihadists, Syrian civil war beckons Associated Press

JAKARTA — The young Indonesian was raised in an extremist household and graduated from a boarding school notorious for teaching generations of terrorists. So it was perhaps no surprise that when Muhammad Fakhri Ihsani left to study in Pakistan, the lure of jihad proved inescapable.

But the 21-year-old didn’t sneak into nearby Afghanistan or the lawless border areas, as scores of other foreigners have in recent years.

Indonesian authorities believe that after flying to Turkey, he and three other Indonesian students traveled overland to Syria to fight there with fellow countrymen and jihadists from all over the world.

Their journey in August shows how determined some Indonesians are to join what has become the new theater of choice for international jihadists. It also points to an emerging threat for Southeast Asian authorities, who have successfully clamped down on militants in recent years, largely preventing them from forging links with their brethren overseas.

While security agencies in Europe and beyond are worried about militants returning from Syria, Indonesia knows only too well how foreign battlefields, training opportunities and contact with al-Qaida can lead to deadly results. Indonesian veterans of the Afghan jihad spearheaded attacks in the 2000s against local and Western targets, including nightclub bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed 202 people.

The Syrian conflict is also helping fuel an increasingly bitter hate campaign against Shias in Sunni-majority Indonesia, where until a few years ago sectarian divisions, let alone conflict, were largely unheard of. Syrian veterans are only likely to exacerbate this.

“We have to learn from our bitter experience in the past,” said Ansyaad Mbai, head of the country’s anti-terror agency. “Every Indonesian who ends up in Syria needs to be watched. We have to anticipate the fact that when they return they will have new abilities and skills in warfare.”

In interviews, Mbai and two other Indonesian anti-terror officials estimated there were around 50 Indonesian militants fighting against the regime of Bashar Assad, out of up to 11,000 foreigners believed to have become opposition fighters. They said that number is expected to grow. Many were already living or studying in the Middle East when they left. The estimate was based on information from Syrian authorities and their own investigations in Indonesia and Turkey.Indonesian humanitarian groups staffed by hardliners or those with known links to extremists have been raising funds across Indonesia with little transparency. Some are traveling to regions of Syria under the control of militants, treating fighters and handing out cash and relief funds to civilians and local authorities. One organization has traveled at least eight times to the front line in Latakia region, a stronghold of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, according to their literature.

Indonesia has more Muslims than any other nation, but the brand and practice of Islam is markedly different from the austere version common in parts of the Middle East and South Asia. Militant Islam has a long history in Indonesia, dating back to the country’s birth in 1945, but it has struggled to gain significant followers even as the torch of jihad has been handed down through the generations.

The Ngruki boarding school, on the main island of Java, and its network of teachers and ex-students have been central to militant activity in the country since the early 1990s. A close look at those taking part — and advocating for — the war in Syria reveals it remains a central node of extremism, apparently intent on making Syria a new venue for those wishing to take part in jihad.

Ihsani and the three other Indonesians who left Pakistan with him attended Ngruki. The first Indonesian known to be killed in the conflict, Riza Fardi, was also a graduate. His death was reported on Arabic jihadi websites in late November, along with a photo of him taken in the region, smiling with other fighters.

The head of the organization nationwide, Abu Bakar Bashir, is serving a 15-year jail sentence for supporting the establishment of a militant training camp. From behind bars, the cleric issued a call for jihad to Syria year.

A sustained crackdown by Indonesian authorities since 2002 has reduced the threat of large-scale terrorism against Western or civilian targets in Indonesia and elsewhere in the region. But small groups of militants continue to plot, train for and carry out attacks, mostly against police targets, across the country of 240 million people.Syria represents a rare training and battle opportunity for the current generation of Indonesian militants.

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MANGUPURA - Seseh beach located on Munggu Village in Badung district. Seseh beach located about 15 Km from Denpasar and about 55 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport. Seseh beach have black sand and great view. This beach is not crowded like Kuta and Legian. Before we reach the beach, along the road we can see green rice field. In this beach we can do activity like surfing and kite surfing and see the sunset in the afternoon. For the people around the beach, they usually use the beach for religion activity like Melasti and Melarung Bumi.

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Djokovic looks to Boris boost for fifth Australian title Reuters

MELBOURNE - Novak Djokovic admits he has taken a gamble by making changes to his coaching team but is hoping for great things from his partnership with former grand slam champion Boris Becker.

The Serbian will be without the support of Marian Vijda, his coach for the last eight years, when he begins his bid for a fifth Australian Open title against Lukas Lacko on Monday.

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves during a training session ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014.

Djokovic was quick to emphasise, though, that bringing Becker on board had been instigated by Vijda, who wanted to spend more time with his family after 35 years travelling around the world. “Whenever you make a change in life, it’s a potential risk, right? How is it going to affect you?,” Djokovic told reporters at Melbourne Park.

“But I don’t want to think from that perspective. I’m really excited about this cooperation. I’m excited about this partnership that I have with Boris that also has been approved and supported by Marian, who is still in the team. “He’s still going to travel with me on certain tournaments that Boris is not going to be there. We’re going to spend a lot of time on preparation.

“They have a great communication. All I see is positive results, and hope for that obviously.” Djokovic admitted that tennis had changed radically since Becker won six grand slam titles in the 1980s and 1990s but still thought there was

plenty he could learn from the 46year-old German from the “mental point of view”.

“Now the game is based on the baseline, longer rallies and so forth,” he said. “I believe with his great volleys, that aggressive kind of mindset also, from that point of view he can help me.” Djokovic said the success Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has enjoyed since adding Ivan Lendl to his team had not inspired the decision to work with Becker.

REALLY POSITIVE With Roger Federer having brought Stefan Edberg into his camp, Japan’s Kei Nishikori working with Michael Chang and Goran Ivanisevic guiding Marin Cilic, employing former grand slam champions as coaches has become something of a trend. “It’s really positive for the sport,” Djokovic added. “Obviously, they have won so many grand slams between themselves, they’ve all been world number one, they’ve been champions,

they know what we all go through in particular moments, especially in the grand slams.

“They can identify themselves through us.” Djokovic, seeded second in Melbourne behind Rafa Nadal, has not looked in much need of coaching since he lost the U.S. Open final to the Spaniard last September.

The 26-year-old won 20 straight matches through to the end of the season to claim four successive titles, including a resounding 6-3 6-4 victory over Nadal in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals.

If such a rich vein of form was not enough to make him a favourite to win a fourth successive Australian Open title over the next two weeks, Friday’s draw added another reason for punters to back the Serbian.

While Nadal, Federer and Murray are all placed in the same half of the draw, Djokovic’s first major challenge should come from Stan Wawrinka in the last eight, with David Ferrer his scheduled opponent in the semi-finals. Djokovic said he was even ready for the high temperatures forecast for Melbourne.

“Last couple of years, everything has been very all right with my health, with my physical state,” he said. “I’ve been working a lot with my team, making sure I’m fit and ready to play best-of-five (sets) in extreme conditions.

Smith’s bank shot lifts Pistons over Suns 110-108 Associated Press Writer

AUBURN HILLS, Michigan — Josh Smith made a driving, left-handed bank shot with 1.2 seconds left to give the Detroit Pistons a 110-108 win over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday, while the Houston Rockets came back to down Washington.

Smith was involved in a few big plays in the final half-minute — both good and bad. His 3-pointer as the shot clock expired put Detroit ahead 108-105 with 26.8 seconds left. Then he fouled Gerald Green while the Phoenix guard was shooting a 3-pointer. Green made all three free throws to tie it with 4.3 seconds remaining.

Smith took the ensuing inbounds pass near the top of the key, drove to the right and then switched hands, making a tough shot while being tightly defended by Channing Frye.

Green’s shot at the buzzer from in front of the Detroit bench missed

badly.

Smith finished with 25 points, and Brandon Jennings had eight points, 18 assists — an NBA high this season — and eight rebounds for Detroit. Greg Monroe added 20 points and 12 rebounds. Frye led Phoenix with 21 points.

Houston built a 25-point lead, lost all of it, then rallied from five down late in the fourth quarter to defeat the Washington Capitals 114-107 in a game twice delayed by leaks in the roof.

Long after the stoppages of 35 and 22 minutes because the leaks, James Hardin leveled the game with a driving layup with 2:33 to play, then gave the Rockets the lead again — this time for good — with a three-point play with 1:54 remaining. He finished with 25 points for the Rockets, who made only four field goals in the final period yet closed with a 17-5 run.

John Wall led Washington’s comeback and finished with 23 points and 10 assists, Trevor Ariza had 23 points and 14 rebounds, and Kevin Seraphin — another catalyst in Washington’s surge — had all of his season-high 18 points in the second half. Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points and 13 rebounds to help the Trail Blazers hand the Boston Celtics their eighth straight loss 112-104.

Detroit Pistons forward Josh Smith (6) takes a shot against Phoenix Suns guard Ish Smith (3) and forward Channing Frye (8) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in Auburn Hills, Mich. Smith scored 25 points, including the game winning basket, in a 110-108 win.

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Atletico, Barcelona draw 0-0 in Spanish league Associated Press Writer

Barcelona was troubled by Atletico pair Diego Costa and Arda Turan throughout, while secondhalf substitute Lionel Messi enjoyed the visitors’ best chances as the Barcelona forward headed wide before forcing goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois into a clutch stop in the 81st. Neymar also came on in the second half for Barcelona but the Brazil striker made little impact as the teams played out their third straight draw following the summer Spanish Super Cup series.

“It was like a game of chess,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone said. “The game reflected where these two teams are in the standings.” Atletico will remain encouraged about winning its first title since 1996 and dislodging the Barcelona-Real Madrid monopoly that has been broken only

by Deportivo La Coruna and Valencia since. Real Madrid travels to Espanyol on Sunday knowing a victory will move it to within three points of the leaders.

While Barcelona counted on its squad of regulars, Atletico’s lineup was relatively unchanged down to Simeone’s all-black suit and jacket. The hosts started more brightly as Turan’s short cross

along the goal-line was headed just over for the game’s opening chance four minutes in. The physical Diego Costa forced goalkeeper Victor Valdes into a save before awkward positioning kept him scoring from a headed-on corner in the 28th.

Barcelona braved Atletico’s early surge and its choking pressure up the field with its passing game, with Pedro Rodriguez heading over goal in the 33rd before Courtois saved Gerard Pique’s long, low shot. With Cesc Fabregas playing as a “false 9” Barcelona had trouble breaking through in attack. “We expected a very strong, disciplined, and unrelenting opponent. They don’t leave any open space in their area and it’s very difficult to expose them,” Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez said. “We just couldn’t create enough chances on goal. It was a very intense game.”

Tension was building as the action moved end-to-end in the hard-fought, energetic match with Simeone warned by the referee to cool down just before the break.

Andres Iniesta hurt his left knee and gave way to Messi to start the second half but it was Diego Costa who continued to prowl Barcelona’s goal

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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi from Argentina, center, controls the ball in between players during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Atletico de Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. only to shoot wide in the 59th.

Messi perhaps showed some rust from a two-month injury layoff when he headed Jordi Alba’s cross wide from the penalty spot at the other end. Alba and Daniel Alves made little impact in attack as the Barcelona fullbacks were cut off by Atletico’s strikers. Atletico looked set to break through in the 79th but Turan volleyed a looping

ball straight at Valdes, moments before Courtois denied Messi’s hard-taken shot from the left.

“I don’t know what will happen between now and the last 19 rounds but I expect Atletico to stay in the fight,” Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino said. Also, Athletic Bilbao maintained its grip on fourth by demolishing Almeria 6-1 while Valencia’s season-long

slide continued with a 2-1 defeat at Celta Vigo.

Athletic enjoys a four-point cushion in fourth at the halfway point of the season, while Almeria sits three points above the drop zone. Celta moved three points clear of the relegation zone with the victory. Daniel Carrico scored in the last minute as Sevilla rallied to draw 1-1 at Elche.

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PSG moves 5 points clear after 2-1 win at Ajaccio Associated Press Writer

PARIS — Although defending champion Paris Saint-Germain moved five points clear at the top of the French league after a hard-fought 2-1 win at last-place Ajaccio on Saturday, coach Laurent Blanc was far from happy with the overall performance. Argentina winger Ezequiel Lavezzi and France midfielder Blaise Matuidi scored, with star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic setting up both despite having a poor game by his high standards.

Forward Eduardo gave Ajaccio the lead in the sixth minute after being set up by right winger Benjamin Andre, and the Corsican side looked comfortable in the first half, with the lively Johan Cavalli causing problems with his probing runs from midfield. “We needed to play well in the first 20 minutes, which we didn’t do, and then we conceded the goal,” Blanc said.

“We could have wrapped it up in the second half as we had a few chances, but Ajaccio really made it difficult for us.

“What annoys me is that we were vulnerable every time Ajaccio attacked.

At the moment we think too much about what we’re going to do when we have the ball, and we forget what we’re supposed to do when we don’t have it.” Lille can overtake Monaco and move into second place if it beats Reims at home on Sunday. After striker Edinson Cavani missed two chances, PSG cut through Ajaccio’s defense easily for the equalizing goal in the 41st.

Cavani collected the ball in midfield from Ibrahimovic, turned and passed to Matuidi, whose pass released Ibrahimovic behind the defense and his cross from the right gave Lavezzi a comfortable finish from close range.

Ibrahimovic made a sloppy start to the second half, and it was a rare sight to see him casually giving possession away several times, even failing with one easy cross from the left as he let the ball slip away from him.

Ajaccio almost regained the lead in the 68th when Cavalli’s fine pass released Eduardo, and his shot from the right side of the penalty area forced goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu into a low save. Shortly after, Blanc made two changes to spark some life into his listless team — taking off center half Alex and bringing on playmaker Javier Pastore, and replacing Lavezzi with winger Lucas Moura. Blanc switched to a 4-4-2 formation and Cavani moved in from the right to join Ibrahimovic in attack.

Moments later, PSG scored after a brilliant piece of skill from Pastore.

The Argentine dragged the ball back and turned to hit a swerving pass over the Bastia defense. Ibrahimovic rose at the back post to head the ball down and Matuidi sprinted in to nod the ball past goalie Guillermo Ochoa.

“We were playing against a team fighting for survival. It’s a fair result,” Matuidi said. “The pitch wasn’t easy to play on either, it was very dry. It did bother us a bit. But let’s not look for excuses — the main thing is that we won and that we keep moving forward. “It’s good to win and keep that gap.

We’ve shown that we’ll be there (at the end) and we won’t give up.”

Cardiff City have swooped for their second Norway international in a week with midfielder Mats Moller Daehli joining the Premier League side from Molde after he rejected an approach from Manchester United. New Cardiff manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has wasted no time in signing up his fellow countrymen, with 18-year-old Daehli

following Magnus Wolff Eikrem to the Welsh club. Daehli, capped twice by his country, joined for an undisclosed transfer fee.

Daehli and Eikrem are former Manchester United youngsters who worked under Solskjaer when he was reserve team manager at Old Trafford and during his reign as Molde manager. He said Daehli had turned down the chance to return to United, who had first refusal

on their former academy player.

“I am pleased to announce we have signed Mats from Molde, we had some competition and I’m glad to say he has chosen to come to Cardiff instead of going back to where he was before,” Solskjaer was quoted as saying on the skysports.com website.

“He had talks with United, they had the option to bring him back as part of the deal with Molde, but he has decided

to come here and that shows his desire to do well here.” Daehli said the prospect of working with Solskjaer again influenced his decision to join Cardiff.

“Of course it was difficult to say no to Manchester United,” he said on the skysports.com website. “I had good years there but I wanted to play for this manager. He said he wanted to take me here. I am delighted to sign and I want to help the team.”

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MANCHESTER, England — Chelsea moved provisionally atop of the English Premier League by beating Hull 2-0 while Manchester United ended a sorry run of three straight defeats to lift the gloom surrounding the reigning champion on Saturday.

Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points.

Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively. “Now we’re top of the league for the first time in a long time and hopefully we can stay there,” Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech said.

United was on the brink of a crisis, by its lofty standards, after losing three games in six days to kick off 2014, but a 2-0 win over Swansea will boost the confidence among David Moyes’ squad and keeps his seventh-place team in touch with the top four. Antonio Valencia and Danny Welbeck scored in a 13-minute span at the start of the second half for United, which was inspired by another brilliant display by 18-year-old winger Adnan Januazaj. “His natural talent and ability is up there with the best,” Moyes said.

Everton will spend the night in fourth thanks to a 2-0 win over Norwich, and Tottenham also boosted its chances of finishing in the Champions

League spots by earning a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace, which slipped to last place.

That’s because Sunderland, which started the day at the bottom, beat Fulham 4-1 mainly thanks to a hat trick by winger Adam Johnson. West Ham was next to last at kickoff but climbed out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 win at Cardiff, despite playing the final stages with 10 men following James Tomkins’ sending-off.

Carlton Cole and Mark Noble were the scorers for West Ham, earning their under-fire manager Sam Allardyce some breathing space after a dreadful run of form and condemning Cardiff coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to a defeat in his first league match in charge.

England midfielder Adam Lallana scored Southampton’s winner in a 1-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion in the day’s other game.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said this week it wouldn’t even enter-

Manchester United’s Danny Welbeck celebrates after scoring against Swansea City during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Jan. 11, 2014. tain bids of 100 million pounds ($165 million) for Hazard, amid reported interest from Paris Saint-Germain, and it is easy to see why.

The Belgium winger is Chelsea’s top scorer this season with nine goals and he underlined his increasing value to the Blues by ending Hull’s stubborn resistance with a well-taken individual goal, twice cutting inside before delivering an emphatic finish. “He is not a talented kid anymore,” Mourinho said. “He is now more than that. He is a player who feels and accepts the responsibility, feels and accepts that a team player is more than a talented player and he has done it without losing his fantastic ability and fantastic talent.”

Torres, whose best form appears to be returning, marked his 200th Premier League appearance with the second goal three minutes from time and it was also a good day for Cech, who earned a club-record 209th clean sheet.

Bologna holds Lazio to 0-0 in Serie A Associated Press Writer

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MADRID — Atletico Madrid and Barcelona showed the battle for the title would be a long, drawn-out affair after the Spanish co-leaders drew 0-0 in their first league meeting of the season on Saturday. Both teams finished the first half of the season tied on 50 points after an exciting, back-and-forth showdown at Vicente Calderon Stadium yielded no winner.

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Paris-Saint-Germain’s coach Laurent Blanc gestures during a French league one soccer match between Paris-Saint-Germain and Lille at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Sunday Dec. 22, 2013.

MILAN — Relegation-threatened Bologna held Lazio to a goalless draw in Serie A on Saturday in Davide Ballardini’s first match in charge of the home side. Ballardini, who coached Lazio for half a season, replaced the sacked Stefano Pioli on Wednesday and immediately steered Bologna to only its second point in five matches.

Lazio, which beat Inter Milan 1-0 in Edy Reja’s first match in charge, had the best chance of the match in the 70th minute when talented teen Keita Balde picked out Antonio Candreva

but his cross was blasted over the bar

by Miroslav Klose from six yards. “I saw two teams who were both fairly scared,” Reja said. “In order to play well you also need to move off the ball and attack the spaces.

“I hoped we’d have been boosted on a psychological level after the victory against Inter. Everyone ran a lot but we have to improve, the squad can give more.”

Both sides struggled to carve out opportunities and Bologna’s only real chance came following a well-worked team move, but Lazio goalkeeper Etrit Berisha did well to keep out Rolando Bianchi’s back-heeled flick. Lazio

did not have a single shot on target in a poor game.

Boos rang out at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara at the end of the match with Bologna fans clearly not happy.

An enormous banner hung from the stands read “Enough shameful performances. You are wearing the Bologna shirt.” Bologna moved provisionally two points clear of the relegation zone.

“Bologna was very focused and good for long periods,” Ballardini said.

“We had a bit of a drop for quarter of an hour, but that’s OK. It’s difficult playing against Lazio, which is a great team, but I see positive aspects.

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Atletico, Barcelona draw 0-0 in Spanish league Associated Press Writer

Barcelona was troubled by Atletico pair Diego Costa and Arda Turan throughout, while secondhalf substitute Lionel Messi enjoyed the visitors’ best chances as the Barcelona forward headed wide before forcing goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois into a clutch stop in the 81st. Neymar also came on in the second half for Barcelona but the Brazil striker made little impact as the teams played out their third straight draw following the summer Spanish Super Cup series.

“It was like a game of chess,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone said. “The game reflected where these two teams are in the standings.” Atletico will remain encouraged about winning its first title since 1996 and dislodging the Barcelona-Real Madrid monopoly that has been broken only

by Deportivo La Coruna and Valencia since. Real Madrid travels to Espanyol on Sunday knowing a victory will move it to within three points of the leaders.

While Barcelona counted on its squad of regulars, Atletico’s lineup was relatively unchanged down to Simeone’s all-black suit and jacket. The hosts started more brightly as Turan’s short cross

along the goal-line was headed just over for the game’s opening chance four minutes in. The physical Diego Costa forced goalkeeper Victor Valdes into a save before awkward positioning kept him scoring from a headed-on corner in the 28th.

Barcelona braved Atletico’s early surge and its choking pressure up the field with its passing game, with Pedro Rodriguez heading over goal in the 33rd before Courtois saved Gerard Pique’s long, low shot. With Cesc Fabregas playing as a “false 9” Barcelona had trouble breaking through in attack. “We expected a very strong, disciplined, and unrelenting opponent. They don’t leave any open space in their area and it’s very difficult to expose them,” Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez said. “We just couldn’t create enough chances on goal. It was a very intense game.”

Tension was building as the action moved end-to-end in the hard-fought, energetic match with Simeone warned by the referee to cool down just before the break.

Andres Iniesta hurt his left knee and gave way to Messi to start the second half but it was Diego Costa who continued to prowl Barcelona’s goal

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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi from Argentina, center, controls the ball in between players during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Atletico de Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. only to shoot wide in the 59th.

Messi perhaps showed some rust from a two-month injury layoff when he headed Jordi Alba’s cross wide from the penalty spot at the other end. Alba and Daniel Alves made little impact in attack as the Barcelona fullbacks were cut off by Atletico’s strikers. Atletico looked set to break through in the 79th but Turan volleyed a looping

ball straight at Valdes, moments before Courtois denied Messi’s hard-taken shot from the left.

“I don’t know what will happen between now and the last 19 rounds but I expect Atletico to stay in the fight,” Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino said. Also, Athletic Bilbao maintained its grip on fourth by demolishing Almeria 6-1 while Valencia’s season-long

slide continued with a 2-1 defeat at Celta Vigo.

Athletic enjoys a four-point cushion in fourth at the halfway point of the season, while Almeria sits three points above the drop zone. Celta moved three points clear of the relegation zone with the victory. Daniel Carrico scored in the last minute as Sevilla rallied to draw 1-1 at Elche.

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PSG moves 5 points clear after 2-1 win at Ajaccio Associated Press Writer

PARIS — Although defending champion Paris Saint-Germain moved five points clear at the top of the French league after a hard-fought 2-1 win at last-place Ajaccio on Saturday, coach Laurent Blanc was far from happy with the overall performance. Argentina winger Ezequiel Lavezzi and France midfielder Blaise Matuidi scored, with star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic setting up both despite having a poor game by his high standards.

Forward Eduardo gave Ajaccio the lead in the sixth minute after being set up by right winger Benjamin Andre, and the Corsican side looked comfortable in the first half, with the lively Johan Cavalli causing problems with his probing runs from midfield. “We needed to play well in the first 20 minutes, which we didn’t do, and then we conceded the goal,” Blanc said.

“We could have wrapped it up in the second half as we had a few chances, but Ajaccio really made it difficult for us.

“What annoys me is that we were vulnerable every time Ajaccio attacked.

At the moment we think too much about what we’re going to do when we have the ball, and we forget what we’re supposed to do when we don’t have it.” Lille can overtake Monaco and move into second place if it beats Reims at home on Sunday. After striker Edinson Cavani missed two chances, PSG cut through Ajaccio’s defense easily for the equalizing goal in the 41st.

Cavani collected the ball in midfield from Ibrahimovic, turned and passed to Matuidi, whose pass released Ibrahimovic behind the defense and his cross from the right gave Lavezzi a comfortable finish from close range.

Ibrahimovic made a sloppy start to the second half, and it was a rare sight to see him casually giving possession away several times, even failing with one easy cross from the left as he let the ball slip away from him.

Ajaccio almost regained the lead in the 68th when Cavalli’s fine pass released Eduardo, and his shot from the right side of the penalty area forced goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu into a low save. Shortly after, Blanc made two changes to spark some life into his listless team — taking off center half Alex and bringing on playmaker Javier Pastore, and replacing Lavezzi with winger Lucas Moura. Blanc switched to a 4-4-2 formation and Cavani moved in from the right to join Ibrahimovic in attack.

Moments later, PSG scored after a brilliant piece of skill from Pastore.

The Argentine dragged the ball back and turned to hit a swerving pass over the Bastia defense. Ibrahimovic rose at the back post to head the ball down and Matuidi sprinted in to nod the ball past goalie Guillermo Ochoa.

“We were playing against a team fighting for survival. It’s a fair result,” Matuidi said. “The pitch wasn’t easy to play on either, it was very dry. It did bother us a bit. But let’s not look for excuses — the main thing is that we won and that we keep moving forward. “It’s good to win and keep that gap.

We’ve shown that we’ll be there (at the end) and we won’t give up.”

Cardiff City have swooped for their second Norway international in a week with midfielder Mats Moller Daehli joining the Premier League side from Molde after he rejected an approach from Manchester United. New Cardiff manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has wasted no time in signing up his fellow countrymen, with 18-year-old Daehli

following Magnus Wolff Eikrem to the Welsh club. Daehli, capped twice by his country, joined for an undisclosed transfer fee.

Daehli and Eikrem are former Manchester United youngsters who worked under Solskjaer when he was reserve team manager at Old Trafford and during his reign as Molde manager. He said Daehli had turned down the chance to return to United, who had first refusal

on their former academy player.

“I am pleased to announce we have signed Mats from Molde, we had some competition and I’m glad to say he has chosen to come to Cardiff instead of going back to where he was before,” Solskjaer was quoted as saying on the skysports.com website.

“He had talks with United, they had the option to bring him back as part of the deal with Molde, but he has decided

to come here and that shows his desire to do well here.” Daehli said the prospect of working with Solskjaer again influenced his decision to join Cardiff.

“Of course it was difficult to say no to Manchester United,” he said on the skysports.com website. “I had good years there but I wanted to play for this manager. He said he wanted to take me here. I am delighted to sign and I want to help the team.”

Associated Press Writer

MANCHESTER, England — Chelsea moved provisionally atop of the English Premier League by beating Hull 2-0 while Manchester United ended a sorry run of three straight defeats to lift the gloom surrounding the reigning champion on Saturday.

Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points.

Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively. “Now we’re top of the league for the first time in a long time and hopefully we can stay there,” Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech said.

United was on the brink of a crisis, by its lofty standards, after losing three games in six days to kick off 2014, but a 2-0 win over Swansea will boost the confidence among David Moyes’ squad and keeps his seventh-place team in touch with the top four. Antonio Valencia and Danny Welbeck scored in a 13-minute span at the start of the second half for United, which was inspired by another brilliant display by 18-year-old winger Adnan Januazaj. “His natural talent and ability is up there with the best,” Moyes said.

Everton will spend the night in fourth thanks to a 2-0 win over Norwich, and Tottenham also boosted its chances of finishing in the Champions

League spots by earning a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace, which slipped to last place.

That’s because Sunderland, which started the day at the bottom, beat Fulham 4-1 mainly thanks to a hat trick by winger Adam Johnson. West Ham was next to last at kickoff but climbed out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 win at Cardiff, despite playing the final stages with 10 men following James Tomkins’ sending-off.

Carlton Cole and Mark Noble were the scorers for West Ham, earning their under-fire manager Sam Allardyce some breathing space after a dreadful run of form and condemning Cardiff coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to a defeat in his first league match in charge.

England midfielder Adam Lallana scored Southampton’s winner in a 1-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion in the day’s other game.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said this week it wouldn’t even enter-

Manchester United’s Danny Welbeck celebrates after scoring against Swansea City during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Jan. 11, 2014. tain bids of 100 million pounds ($165 million) for Hazard, amid reported interest from Paris Saint-Germain, and it is easy to see why.

The Belgium winger is Chelsea’s top scorer this season with nine goals and he underlined his increasing value to the Blues by ending Hull’s stubborn resistance with a well-taken individual goal, twice cutting inside before delivering an emphatic finish. “He is not a talented kid anymore,” Mourinho said. “He is now more than that. He is a player who feels and accepts the responsibility, feels and accepts that a team player is more than a talented player and he has done it without losing his fantastic ability and fantastic talent.”

Torres, whose best form appears to be returning, marked his 200th Premier League appearance with the second goal three minutes from time and it was also a good day for Cech, who earned a club-record 209th clean sheet.

Bologna holds Lazio to 0-0 in Serie A Associated Press Writer

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MADRID — Atletico Madrid and Barcelona showed the battle for the title would be a long, drawn-out affair after the Spanish co-leaders drew 0-0 in their first league meeting of the season on Saturday. Both teams finished the first half of the season tied on 50 points after an exciting, back-and-forth showdown at Vicente Calderon Stadium yielded no winner.

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Paris-Saint-Germain’s coach Laurent Blanc gestures during a French league one soccer match between Paris-Saint-Germain and Lille at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Sunday Dec. 22, 2013.

MILAN — Relegation-threatened Bologna held Lazio to a goalless draw in Serie A on Saturday in Davide Ballardini’s first match in charge of the home side. Ballardini, who coached Lazio for half a season, replaced the sacked Stefano Pioli on Wednesday and immediately steered Bologna to only its second point in five matches.

Lazio, which beat Inter Milan 1-0 in Edy Reja’s first match in charge, had the best chance of the match in the 70th minute when talented teen Keita Balde picked out Antonio Candreva

but his cross was blasted over the bar

by Miroslav Klose from six yards. “I saw two teams who were both fairly scared,” Reja said. “In order to play well you also need to move off the ball and attack the spaces.

“I hoped we’d have been boosted on a psychological level after the victory against Inter. Everyone ran a lot but we have to improve, the squad can give more.”

Both sides struggled to carve out opportunities and Bologna’s only real chance came following a well-worked team move, but Lazio goalkeeper Etrit Berisha did well to keep out Rolando Bianchi’s back-heeled flick. Lazio

did not have a single shot on target in a poor game.

Boos rang out at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara at the end of the match with Bologna fans clearly not happy.

An enormous banner hung from the stands read “Enough shameful performances. You are wearing the Bologna shirt.” Bologna moved provisionally two points clear of the relegation zone.

“Bologna was very focused and good for long periods,” Ballardini said.

“We had a bit of a drop for quarter of an hour, but that’s OK. It’s difficult playing against Lazio, which is a great team, but I see positive aspects.

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MANGUPURA - Seseh beach located on Munggu Village in Badung district. Seseh beach located about 15 Km from Denpasar and about 55 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport. Seseh beach have black sand and great view. This beach is not crowded like Kuta and Legian. Before we reach the beach, along the road we can see green rice field. In this beach we can do activity like surfing and kite surfing and see the sunset in the afternoon. For the people around the beach, they usually use the beach for religion activity like Melasti and Melarung Bumi.

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Djokovic looks to Boris boost for fifth Australian title Reuters

MELBOURNE - Novak Djokovic admits he has taken a gamble by making changes to his coaching team but is hoping for great things from his partnership with former grand slam champion Boris Becker.

The Serbian will be without the support of Marian Vijda, his coach for the last eight years, when he begins his bid for a fifth Australian Open title against Lukas Lacko on Monday.

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves during a training session ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014.

Djokovic was quick to emphasise, though, that bringing Becker on board had been instigated by Vijda, who wanted to spend more time with his family after 35 years travelling around the world. “Whenever you make a change in life, it’s a potential risk, right? How is it going to affect you?,” Djokovic told reporters at Melbourne Park.

“But I don’t want to think from that perspective. I’m really excited about this cooperation. I’m excited about this partnership that I have with Boris that also has been approved and supported by Marian, who is still in the team. “He’s still going to travel with me on certain tournaments that Boris is not going to be there. We’re going to spend a lot of time on preparation.

“They have a great communication. All I see is positive results, and hope for that obviously.” Djokovic admitted that tennis had changed radically since Becker won six grand slam titles in the 1980s and 1990s but still thought there was

plenty he could learn from the 46year-old German from the “mental point of view”.

“Now the game is based on the baseline, longer rallies and so forth,” he said. “I believe with his great volleys, that aggressive kind of mindset also, from that point of view he can help me.” Djokovic said the success Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has enjoyed since adding Ivan Lendl to his team had not inspired the decision to work with Becker.

REALLY POSITIVE With Roger Federer having brought Stefan Edberg into his camp, Japan’s Kei Nishikori working with Michael Chang and Goran Ivanisevic guiding Marin Cilic, employing former grand slam champions as coaches has become something of a trend. “It’s really positive for the sport,” Djokovic added. “Obviously, they have won so many grand slams between themselves, they’ve all been world number one, they’ve been champions,

they know what we all go through in particular moments, especially in the grand slams.

“They can identify themselves through us.” Djokovic, seeded second in Melbourne behind Rafa Nadal, has not looked in much need of coaching since he lost the U.S. Open final to the Spaniard last September.

The 26-year-old won 20 straight matches through to the end of the season to claim four successive titles, including a resounding 6-3 6-4 victory over Nadal in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals.

If such a rich vein of form was not enough to make him a favourite to win a fourth successive Australian Open title over the next two weeks, Friday’s draw added another reason for punters to back the Serbian.

While Nadal, Federer and Murray are all placed in the same half of the draw, Djokovic’s first major challenge should come from Stan Wawrinka in the last eight, with David Ferrer his scheduled opponent in the semi-finals. Djokovic said he was even ready for the high temperatures forecast for Melbourne.

“Last couple of years, everything has been very all right with my health, with my physical state,” he said. “I’ve been working a lot with my team, making sure I’m fit and ready to play best-of-five (sets) in extreme conditions.

Smith’s bank shot lifts Pistons over Suns 110-108 Associated Press Writer

AUBURN HILLS, Michigan — Josh Smith made a driving, left-handed bank shot with 1.2 seconds left to give the Detroit Pistons a 110-108 win over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday, while the Houston Rockets came back to down Washington.

Smith was involved in a few big plays in the final half-minute — both good and bad. His 3-pointer as the shot clock expired put Detroit ahead 108-105 with 26.8 seconds left. Then he fouled Gerald Green while the Phoenix guard was shooting a 3-pointer. Green made all three free throws to tie it with 4.3 seconds remaining.

Smith took the ensuing inbounds pass near the top of the key, drove to the right and then switched hands, making a tough shot while being tightly defended by Channing Frye.

Green’s shot at the buzzer from in front of the Detroit bench missed

badly.

Smith finished with 25 points, and Brandon Jennings had eight points, 18 assists — an NBA high this season — and eight rebounds for Detroit. Greg Monroe added 20 points and 12 rebounds. Frye led Phoenix with 21 points.

Houston built a 25-point lead, lost all of it, then rallied from five down late in the fourth quarter to defeat the Washington Capitals 114-107 in a game twice delayed by leaks in the roof.

Long after the stoppages of 35 and 22 minutes because the leaks, James Hardin leveled the game with a driving layup with 2:33 to play, then gave the Rockets the lead again — this time for good — with a three-point play with 1:54 remaining. He finished with 25 points for the Rockets, who made only four field goals in the final period yet closed with a 17-5 run.

John Wall led Washington’s comeback and finished with 23 points and 10 assists, Trevor Ariza had 23 points and 14 rebounds, and Kevin Seraphin — another catalyst in Washington’s surge — had all of his season-high 18 points in the second half. Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points and 13 rebounds to help the Trail Blazers hand the Boston Celtics their eighth straight loss 112-104.

Detroit Pistons forward Josh Smith (6) takes a shot against Phoenix Suns guard Ish Smith (3) and forward Channing Frye (8) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in Auburn Hills, Mich. Smith scored 25 points, including the game winning basket, in a 110-108 win.

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Croatian tourism booms to record in 2013 Agence France Presse

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Members of the Knesset guard carry the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Knesset plaza, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Sharon, the hard-charging Israeli general and prime minister who was admired and hated for his battlefield exploits and ambitions to reshape the Middle East, died Saturday, eight years after a stroke left him in a coma from which he never awoke.

Israelis pay last respects to founding father Sharon Agence France Presse

Jerusalem - Israelis were on Sunday paying their respects to Ariel Sharon, whose controversial life inspired admiration and provoked revulsion and whose death drew emotional reactions even after eight years in a coma. Celebrated as a military hero at home, recognised as a pragmatic politician abroad and despised as a bloodthirsty criminal by the Palestinians and the Arab world, the former premier was nothing if not a polarising figure.

But Israelis of all stripes acknowledged the burly 85-year-old as a key figure in their nation’s history, his death on Saturday leaving left President Shimon Peres as the Jewish state’s last surviving founding father.

Ahead of his funeral on Monday, Sharon’s body was to lie in state at the Knesset, or parliament, between 1000 GMT and 1600 GMT to allow the public to pay their last respects, the premier’s office said. His coffin left the Tzrifin military base en route for Jerusalem on Sunday morning, with Peres expected to pay his respects and lay a wreath shortly before the arrival of the public, officials said. He will be buried on Monday afternoon at his ranch in the southern Negev desert after a military ceremony.

The burly white-haired former general had been in coma since January 4, 2006, following a massive stroke which felled him at the height of his political career. His condition took a sudden turn for the worse on New Year’s Day when he suffered serious kidney problems after surgery. Sharon’s dramatic story was the subject

of blanket coverage in the Israeli press on Sunday, with the papers dedicating multiple pages to pictures and commentary on his life and legacy.

World leaders sent condolences over his death, remembering the controversial figure in cautious diplomatic language, with Vice President Joe Biden expected to represent Washington at a special memorial at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Monday morning.Others expected to attend were German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, outgoing Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok and Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair as well as other diplomats from Spain, Russia and Canada.

Sharon was once known chiefly as a ruthless military leader who fought in all of Israel’s major wars, before switching to politics in 1973 and championing the development of Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. He was long considered a pariah for his personal but “indirect” responsibility in the 1982 massacre of hundreds of Palestinians by Israel’s Lebanese Phalangist allies in Beirut’s Sabra

and Shatila refugee camps.

His early career as a warrior earned him the moniker “The Bulldozer” but most world leaders chose to remember the politician who surprised many by masterminding the pullout from Gaza in 2005. “Bulldozer in war and peace,” said the English-language Jerusalem Post, describing him as “perhaps the most revered and often reviled of the country’s politicians, perceived alternately as a peacemaker and a warmonger.”

“The last leader,” wrote another commentator in the left-leaning Haaretz newspaper, noting that the political vacuum created by his collapse eight years ago “has never really been filled and it is doubtful that it will be filled in the foreseeable future.” Even Gideon Levy, arguably Sharon’s bitterest Israeli critic, paid his respects.

“He was certainly Israel’s most courageous politician. He was also its cruellest. He was the leader who used brute force more than anyone to achieve his policies. But he was also one of few to recognise the limits of force,” he wrote in Haaretz.

Zagreb - Croatia drew a record number of tourists, mainly to its island-studded Adriatic coastline, in 2013, a minister said on Friday, contributing growth to an economy struggling to recover and reduce a big public deficit. The number of tourists rose by 5.5 percent from the figure for 2012 and to a record total of 12.4 million people, most of whom were from Germany, Slovenia and Austria.

Tourism has developed into a key part of the economy since the former Yugoslav republic gained independence in 1991. Tourists accounted for about 72 million overnight stays or 4.1 percent more than in the previous year.The figures also showed that the “main tourist season ... is extending” beyond the July-August summer period, Tourism Minister Darko Lorencin said in a statement.

Croatia also registered a growth in tourism income which totalled 6.5

billion euros ($8.8 billion) during the first nine months of 2013 or 4.7 percent more than in the same period of 2012, he said.For the whole of last year, the figure is expected to exceed 7.0 billion euros for the first time since 2008 when the global economic crisis hit, Lorencin added.

Tourism accounts for about 15 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in Croatia, which joined the European Union in July. The country’s economy has not grown in the last five years.

The government has forecast 1.3percent growth in 2014.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm and responsible for enforcing the EU rules, has said that Croatia should be put under an “Excessive Deficit Procedure” which lays down the steps it must take to return to EU norms. The recommendation will be put up for approval in April next year by all EU member states, many of which are also at fault over the deficit and debt limits.

Powerful cyclone hits Tonga, killing at least 1 Associated Press Writer

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga — Authorities were searching Tonga’s remote islands for cyclone victims Sunday after a powerful storm cut a swath of destruction through this South Pacific archipelago, killing one person and destroying most of the homes in some areas. Relief efforts following Saturday’s cyclone were concentrating on the Ha’apai islands — one of Tonga’s three island groups between the main island of Tongatapu in the south and the Vava’u islands to the north, Tonga’s Director of Emergencies Leveni Aho said.

Cyclone Ian hit Tonga with gusts

of up to 287 kilometers (178 miles) per hour. The storm was later downgraded from Category 5 — the most destructive level — to Category 4, with gusts of up to 250 kph (155 mph). On Sunday, the cyclone was tracking southeast away from Tonga.

Two navy patrol boats carrying tarpaulins, tents and other emergency supplies left Tongatapu to bring help to victims who were cut off in the Ha’apai islands.Authorities have been unable to make telephone contact with 23 islands, which account for most of the inhabited islands in the Ha’apai group, Aho said. “The patrol boats are still out there, going from island to island to scout for information,” he said.

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From page 1 This type of traveler only took advantage of the accommodation at night just to take a rest. “Meanwhile, during the day travelers spend more time to look around the tourist attraction by riding a motorcycle or on foot,” he said.

The Bali Government Tourism Office records the developing tourism village on the Island of the Gods reaches 23 villages.

Some of the are Bona village, Mas village, Peliatan village, Celuk village, Batuan village, Ubud village, Batubulan village, Penge-

lipuran village, Trunyan village, Kamasan village, Gegel village, Tihingan village, Tenganan village, Sidatapa ancient village, Pedawa ancient village, Tigawasa ancient village, Cempaga ancient village, Banyuseri ancient village, Sembiran ancient village, Julah ancient village, Jatiluwih village, and Sangkaragung village. Dozens of those villages are located in the tourist area of Badung, Gianyar, Bangli, Klungkung, Karangasem, Buleleng, Tabanan and Jembrana. (kmb27)

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INDONESIA Mt. Sinabung eruption isolated villages in Karo Antara

MEDAN - A number of villages in Namanteran Subdistrict, Karo District, North Sumatra, are now isolated as vehicles are hampered to reach the areas due to volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung eruption that blocks access roads.

Head of the Information Data and Public Relations of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutop Purwo Nugroho said in a text message to Antara here on Saturday the volcanic ash became mud when rain fell so that vehicles faced difficulties in passing on the roads.

He said Mt Sinabung’s volcanic tremors were still high, expressing fear that the mount would erupt again.

On Saturday, Mt Sinabung erupted several times belching volcanic materials with varied height up to 5km. It was accompanied with hot clouds moving to the southeastern and southern directions at a distance of of about 4.5 km and to the eastern direction at a distance of one km.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho stated in a text message last Monday

that the volcanic activity of Mount Sinabung had increased the previous day on Sunday, January 5, erupting 106 times.

Besides the eruption, Sutopo added, the volcanic activity of Mount Sinabung had also caused 1,545 times of hybrid quakes and produced hot clouds 426 times.

The number of hybrid earthquakes had increased, creating a lava dome on the volcano. Even the lava dome was seen and had started melting at 500 meters east of the crater.

Sutopo pointed out that if the lava under the dome was still there, then the hot clouds will also continue spreading, which eventually spread toward the east.

The mountain also spewed around 2 to 6 centimeters of ma-

terials at a length of more than 5 kilometers.

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

The current emergency status of Mount Sinabung is at the fourth level or “Warning” status, which bans local villagers from doing any activities within the radius of five kilometers from the volcano’s crater.

BNPB has asked the residents around Mount Sinabung to keep alert and obey the mitigation instruction from the officials in the area.

Government eases mineral export ban after opposition Agence France-Presse

BOGOR - Indonesia’s president signed off on a controversial mineral ore export ban Saturday after an 11thhour easing of the policy following opposition from miners and warnings it would hit state coffers, cabinet ministers said.

Ministers announced late Saturday night that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had signed the watered down version of the regulation just an hour before it came into effect.

The government had originally proposed a blanket ban on the export of certain raw minerals, which also included concentrates, but the revised version would ban ore only and allow concentrates to be exported for the next three years.

This means many miners -- including US giant Freeport McMoRan, the biggest miner operating in resourcerich Indonesia -- can continue to export.

Exports of some key metals, such as nickel and bauxite, are still set to

be banned in the nearer future, which may affect a number of miners, the Indonesian Mining Association warned.

“Starting from 00:00, January 12, 2014, the export of ore is prohibited,” Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik said.

Indonesia’s ban on the export of unprocessed mineral ore was aimed at creating added value to the lucrative industry, meaning more jobs and profits would stay in Indonesia.

The proposed ban prompted strong opposition from both foreign and domestic miners, some of whom dubbed the policy “nationalistic”, and warned the demands were unrealistic and would lead to widespread closures and lay-offs in the industry.

The government has been scrambling to ease the ban in recent weeks, concluding it was unlikely to have the desired effect and would instead be a drain on state revenues in lost tax and royalties.

Under the regulation, miners will

also be obliged to build smelters by 2017, which some in the industry have complained is costly and economically unviable.

Industry Minister M.S. Hidayat said that the government would impose taxes on mineral exports until 2017, when companies will have built smelters and will no longer need to export ore.

“We will slap on an export tax, and every year the tax will get progressively higher,” he said.

The energy, finance and trade ministries are due to reveal more precise details of the revised ban.

The export ban was announced several years ago but its implementation was delayed to give miners time to fulfil the requirement of building smelters to process their ore before exporting.

But miners complained this would involve huge investments and that existing infrastructure was not up to the task. Most took little action, betting that Jakarta would back away from the policy.

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For Indonesian jihadists, Syrian civil war beckons Associated Press

JAKARTA — The young Indonesian was raised in an extremist household and graduated from a boarding school notorious for teaching generations of terrorists. So it was perhaps no surprise that when Muhammad Fakhri Ihsani left to study in Pakistan, the lure of jihad proved inescapable.

But the 21-year-old didn’t sneak into nearby Afghanistan or the lawless border areas, as scores of other foreigners have in recent years.

Indonesian authorities believe that after flying to Turkey, he and three other Indonesian students traveled overland to Syria to fight there with fellow countrymen and jihadists from all over the world.

Their journey in August shows how determined some Indonesians are to join what has become the new theater of choice for international jihadists. It also points to an emerging threat for Southeast Asian authorities, who have successfully clamped down on militants in recent years, largely preventing them from forging links with their brethren overseas.

While security agencies in Europe and beyond are worried about militants returning from Syria, Indonesia knows only too well how foreign battlefields, training opportunities and contact with al-Qaida can lead to deadly results. Indonesian veterans of the Afghan jihad spearheaded attacks in the 2000s against local and Western targets, including nightclub bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed 202 people.

The Syrian conflict is also helping fuel an increasingly bitter hate campaign against Shias in Sunni-majority Indonesia, where until a few years ago sectarian divisions, let alone conflict, were largely unheard of. Syrian veterans are only likely to exacerbate this.

“We have to learn from our bitter experience in the past,” said Ansyaad Mbai, head of the country’s anti-terror agency. “Every Indonesian who ends up in Syria needs to be watched. We have to anticipate the fact that when they return they will have new abilities and skills in warfare.”

In interviews, Mbai and two other Indonesian anti-terror officials estimated there were around 50 Indonesian militants fighting against the regime of Bashar Assad, out of up to 11,000 foreigners believed to have become opposition fighters. They said that number is expected to grow. Many were already living or studying in the Middle East when they left. The estimate was based on information from Syrian authorities and their own investigations in Indonesia and Turkey.Indonesian humanitarian groups staffed by hardliners or those with known links to extremists have been raising funds across Indonesia with little transparency. Some are traveling to regions of Syria under the control of militants, treating fighters and handing out cash and relief funds to civilians and local authorities. One organization has traveled at least eight times to the front line in Latakia region, a stronghold of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, according to their literature.

Indonesia has more Muslims than any other nation, but the brand and practice of Islam is markedly different from the austere version common in parts of the Middle East and South Asia. Militant Islam has a long history in Indonesia, dating back to the country’s birth in 1945, but it has struggled to gain significant followers even as the torch of jihad has been handed down through the generations.

The Ngruki boarding school, on the main island of Java, and its network of teachers and ex-students have been central to militant activity in the country since the early 1990s. A close look at those taking part — and advocating for — the war in Syria reveals it remains a central node of extremism, apparently intent on making Syria a new venue for those wishing to take part in jihad.

Ihsani and the three other Indonesians who left Pakistan with him attended Ngruki. The first Indonesian known to be killed in the conflict, Riza Fardi, was also a graduate. His death was reported on Arabic jihadi websites in late November, along with a photo of him taken in the region, smiling with other fighters.

The head of the organization nationwide, Abu Bakar Bashir, is serving a 15-year jail sentence for supporting the establishment of a militant training camp. From behind bars, the cleric issued a call for jihad to Syria year.

A sustained crackdown by Indonesian authorities since 2002 has reduced the threat of large-scale terrorism against Western or civilian targets in Indonesia and elsewhere in the region. But small groups of militants continue to plot, train for and carry out attacks, mostly against police targets, across the country of 240 million people.Syria represents a rare training and battle opportunity for the current generation of Indonesian militants.

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BUSINESS TOKYO - Toyota Motor is aiming to produce more than 10 million vehicles in 2014, a bullish target that could boost other industries in Japan, a report said Saturday.

The Toyota group’s production may fall temporarily after April, when Japan increases the consumption tax from five to eight percent, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said.

But the impact of the tax hike should be blunted by a lowering of the automobile acquisition tax that will also become effective from the new fiscal year starting April, the Asahi said.

With Japan’s economic recovery set to remain solid, Toyota expects its production will pick up from the autumn to achieve the target, the Asahi said.

“Toyota’s bullish stance could cause ripple effects to other industries,” the Asahi said.

Toyota is Japan’s biggest

manufacturer. Its health could affect steelmakers and parts suppliers of all kinds, as well as the economy of the central Japan, where the company is based. In 2013, Toyota aimed to produce a record 10.12 million vehicles, after it overtook General Motors in 2012 to regain the title of world’s biggest automaker.

The company built 9.3 million vehicles between January and November, with Japanese media saying it was on target to become the first automaker in the world to build more than 10 million units in a year.

Toyota, whose group includes small-vehicle maker Daihatsu and truck producer Hino, will make the 2014 annual production target official by the end of the month, the Asahi said.

The consumption tax hike is expected to lower Toyota’s annual production by 10,000 units. The Japanese auto sector as a whole was likely to reduce production by 20,000 to 30,000 units due to the tax hike, the Asahi added.

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An owner of damaged house fix the roof before it hits again with whirlwind. A whirlwind suddenly crashed Subagan, Karangasem, Friday (Jan 10) around 12:30 a.m. As a result, at least 29 houses at BTN Wahyu Permai housing complex, Subagan and eight other houses at Subagan village were broken.

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Toyota vice president and general manager Bob Carter talks about Toyota’s FCV hydrogen electric concept car during the International Consumer Electronics Show, recently. Toyota Motor is aiming to produce more than 10 million vehicles in 2014, a bullish target that could boost other industries in Japan, a report said Saturday.

Obama picks Stanley Fischer for Fed vice chair Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Friday nominated former Israeli central bank governor and renowned economist Stanley Fischer as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, completing a shakeup of the board’s leadership.

The president also named former under secretary of the Treasury Lael Brainard to join the Fed board, and renominated current Fed governor Jerome Powell for a full term, setting up a full team for incoming chairwoman Janet Yellen.

Yellen, the current vice chair, will take over from outgoing Chairman Ben Bernanke on February 1, after her nomination was confirmed by the Senate last week.

Each of the new nominees will need Senate confirmation, and although all three are well-qualified and widely respected, congressional politics could end up slowing that process.

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viduals have the proven experience, judgment and deep knowledge of the financial system to serve at the Federal Reserve during this important time for our economy,” Obama said.

Fischer, 70 and a dual US and Israeli citizen, is one of the world’s most respected active monetary economists. He led Israel’s central bank from 2005 to last year and before that held senior positions at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

He was a professor of Bernanke, as well as European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was reportedly considered by the

White House as a replacement for Bernanke.

“He is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading and most experienced economic policy minds, and I’m grateful he has agreed to take on this new role,” Obama said.

“I am confident that he and Janet Yellen will make a great team.”

Brainard is well known abroad as she served as one of the president’s top international economic advisers during a period of acute turbulence in the eurozone, during his first term.

Powell was a Treasury official in the former Republican administration of George HW Bush. He joined the Fed board in 2012 to fill an unfinished term that expires at the end of the month.

Fischer, a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, said he was “deeply honored” by the nomination.

“The Fed will continue to play a critical role in restoring and maintaining the health of the economy, and I look forward, if confirmed by the Senate, to working to the best of my ability with Janet Yellen and my future colleagues to achieve its policy goals,” he said in a statement.

The nominations would bring the Fed board of governors up to a full complement of seven; one seat has been empty since August when governor Elizabeth Duke left.

But another governor, Sarah Raskin, is also poised to depart. She was nominated by Obama last year as deputy secretary of the Treasury, and is awaiting Senate confirmation for that position.

The new lineup at the Fed takes charge at a complicated time for the US economy and Fed monetary policy. The central bank needs to balance reining in its stimulus and normalizing policy without stalling

growth. At the same time, it needs to keep an eye on the possible threat of inflation from years of easy-money policies.

Hopes that the job market may be about to rocket higher after years of sluggish growth were dampened by a new Labor Department jobs report Friday showing only 74,000 new positions were created last month.

The disappointing data sparked speculation the Fed could be forced to slow a planned winding down of its stimulus program.

In December the Federal Open Market Committee, after months of discussion, decided to begin cutting back the $85 billion a month bond purchases by $10 billion, beginning this month, after seeing steady job creation and a significant drop last year in the jobless rate.

Fischer is seen as likely to fall in line behind the policies championed

by Bernanke and Yellen, aimed at pushing down joblessness.

Whirlwind hits Subagan

29 homes of residents damaged AMLAPURA - A tornado suddenly crashed Subagan, Karangasem, Friday (Jan 10) around 12:30 a.m. As a result, at least 29 houses at BTN Wahyu Permai housing complex, Subagan and eight other houses at Subagan village were broken.

The Head of the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Nyoman Sutirtayasa, on the sidelines of his bustles to lead his team to record the damaged homes said that no casualties were reported in the incident. Only one resident suffered abrasion injury as to be exposed by a fallen roof tile.

Sudden brunt of the tornado made local residents fall into commotion.

Kids were scared. At the time of incident, condition of the housing remained relatively quiet as most inhabitants had not come home from the office. Few times after the brunt of the tornado, the inhabitants rushed to go home. They got information from their neighbors if the housing complex was hit by tornado.

Later on, the BPBD team arrived at the location.

Homeowners found their roof tile destroyed and flying around.

Many roof tiles were falling down,

while garage roofs made of zinc or asbestos sheet or canopies were destroyed. There was a canopy missing from the location and then found hundreds of meters away from the house owner.

Of dozens of the damaged homes in the BTN Wahyu Permai housing complex, the most badly damaged homes belonged to Wayan Putu, Adi Kusmawanto, Samhadi and Wayan Dwija. Roof tile of an official Edi Setyadi flew and also fallen down by coconut. Similarly, the house of a driver who served in Amlapura Prosecutor Office, Nyoman Ardana, was fallen down by dried coconut.

A number of residents such as Edi Setyadi and Putu Wayan immediately climbed up after the brunt of the tornado to replace and install their roof tiles. They quickly repaired the roof tiles, so the house was not flushed by the rain because it was cloudy and about to rain.

One of the residents whose house survived from the tornado, Ni Kadek Swandewi, said she was calling her family. Suddenly, she heard a roar of wind from the west to the east.

She also saw the rubbish in the rice field flying around in the sky. Shortly after that, the wind was increasingly stronger and tackled the park and people’s houses in the west. Wayan Cita and the Commander of Karangasem Military Region Wayan Jaya Antara who lived at the local neighborhood said the tornado crashing the housing complex lasted about 10 minutes. At that time, the television antenna, satellite dish antenna and roof made of zinc, asbestos and canopy were flying around in the sky. Some residents said they were afraid of staying outside the house for fear of being afflicted by roof tile or zinc sheets.

Based on the data collection by BPBD team at the BTN Wahyu Permai, a total of 21 homes were damaged ranging from mild to severe condition. In addition, 8 houses of residents at Subagan village were also damaged. (013)

NEGARA - Amerthasari Temple located about 1.5 km south of Negara town is one of the Dang Khayangan temples in Jembrana. From time immemorial to the present, the temple situating amid the customary settlement of Lokasari, or precisely Mertasari hamlet, Loloan Timur, Negara, is venerated by the subak members. It is reflected at the beginning of each planting season. To keep away their plants from diseases, residents are always saying prayers and starting their activities from the temple. It is a universal temple because it is used to venerate a great religious teacher, Danghyang Nirartha and closely associated with his pilgrimage to the Island of Bali.

Building of this temple has been renovated in 1961 but in 1965 the temple building was abandoned and the renovation was totally discontinued.

Ultimately, on July 14, 1976, the entire building collapsed as hit by earthquake. After that, four customary villages were responsible for the temple existence, namely the BB Agung, Puseh Agung of Banjar Tengah village, Kertha Jaya customary village of Pendem village, and Lokasari customary village of Loloan Timur village.

At the beginning of the Merthasari Temple and before the renovation in 1965, there was only one temple located under a large banyan tree. Priest of the Merthasari Temple, Mangku Nendra, said that previously there was a small pond around the temple. After the renovation, the pond was moved and a meru shrine was established. Now, it has been added with a Padma shrine on the pond. Meanwhile, water of the pond is taken modernly from the ground with the depth of about 15 meters, and then flowed under the Padma shrine.

As a matter of fact, it was named Amerthasari Temple.

However, for consideration of easier pronunciation, it was then called Merthasari. The current temple priest, denoting the third generation, mentioned the meaning of Amerthasari was that Amertha meant the whole foods, while Sari meant the essence.

Mangku Nendra is the successor of the previous temple priest, namely Nengah Netra who was also his deceased father. Meanwhile, the first was still unclear

because the temple was still not restored at that time.

At the moment, the Dang Khayangan Amerthasari Temple has some shrines, namely the Ratu Nyoman, Padmasana, Meru, Pepelik, Taksu and Dewa Ayu Manik Galih dedicated to venerate the Goddess Sri. Genesis of the temple has something to do with Danghyang Nirartha. When arriving in Bali, Pedanda Sakti taught religion at Gede Perancak Temple where currently the Dang Khayangan Perancak Temple has been moved to Tanjung Tangis. At that time, he asked the monkeys where there was another village.

The monkey responded by facing north and there laid a village called Budeng. There lived black monkey or Ijah. As soon as arriving at the village, he asked again where there was a village, and the monkeys were facing the west, now becoming the location of the Merthasari Temple.

When arriving at the village, he taught the people about agriculture, farming and trade. The Telaga Taman was a very fertile area. Religious life was quite good. In this area, there were five sanctums. In the long run, it turned into Amerthasari village and is now called Mertasari.

Now, the temple whose anniversary falls on Anggara Kasih (Tuesday) Perangbakat is venerated by four customary villages namely the Lokasari (Mertasari), Dauh Waru, Pendem and Batu Agung. Mangku added that other than the temple, there was also the Taman Temple that formerly was a pond. “In days of yore, there was a temple located beneath the banyan tree,” explained Nendra.

Aside from the six shrines existing today, the temple sitting on the area of 1800 square meters also has a Peselang pavilion to place gamelan instrument, Piasan, storing chamber and the easternmost is pavilion of Banten Piodalan (oblation).

In the past, most of the supporting devotees were farmers, but now they are from four customary villages and even from beyond Bali. As the existing plan, this temple area will be expanded to the current parking lot. After the land acquisition, it will become about 3,000 square meters. Renovation and expansion of the temple area will include the temple building, construction of base fence, parking lot expansion, the arrangement of temple landscaping, as well as the wantilan hall. (kmb)

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Bangkok braces as Thai protesters set for shutdown Associated Press Writer

BANGKOK — Residents of Thailand’s congested capital are bracing for worse traffic chaos than usual, with anti-government demonstrators planning to occupy major intersections Monday in what they describe as an effort to shut down Bangkok. There is concern that violence may ensue and possibly trigger a military coup.

The flood which happen in Pangkung Dedari, Jembrana

After a 15-minute rain, Pangkung Dedari hit by floods Bali Post

NEGARA - A number of homes in the territory Puseh sub-group, Pangkung Dedari hamlet, Melaya village, were hit by floods, Saturday afternoon (Jan 11). Height of the puddles after the rain reached the adult knee.

According to some residents, the flood always happened when it rained. However, they deplored, although such incident had happened for a long time, there had been no action from the government.

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One of the residents, Agus Adinata, 36, said that such a flood took place every heavy rain. Even last Saturday, just 15 minutes after the heavy rain, the water had flooded around 7 houses. Therefore, rainy

season had always caused a trauma for residents of Pangkung Dedari.

“Just now, after it rained for 15 minutes, it has flooded homes and just receded an hour ago. Moreover, if it rains all night, the water can get into the house of residents for all day long,” he explained. Similar incident also afflicted the house belonging to Ni Kadek Sariani and Nyoman Koner.

As a matter of fact, local residents had delivered the condition for a few times to local village officials. How-

ever, the response only told them to wait, even until a few more years.

The flood-prone area near the official residence of Jembrana Regent and the office of Melaya subdistrict extended from the Puseh Temple to the front area of the Plantation Office of Bali Province.

The area was hit by regular flood because the culvert connecting to Melaya River was deliberately closed by a welding business. As consequence, the water could not

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flow into the culvert in front of the Post Office. When it rained heavily for a whole night long, all the residents worried and alerted if the water would get into their house.

“I cannot cool down when it rains.

Even, when it rained for whole night, many chickens of residents were drifting,” he explained. Residents hoped that such floods could be immediately addressed and did not wait until claiming more casualties. (kmb26)

Before handover, metal detector door damaged

DENPASAR - Sewaka Darma Building at Lumintang always has a problem. The building previously designed environmentally friendly because it does not use air conditioner and lights has failed. Now, its metal detector door does not work.

The door worth tens of millions of rupiahs is damaged due to frequent move during the building works.

Ironically, such an asset has not been handed over by the Spatial Planning and Housing Agency (DTRP) to the management of the Communications and Informatics Agency.

Two units of metal detector fitted on the entrance door into the room of service seem to be used as decoration only. Other than not working, people who want to go into the building worth billions of rupiahs can still do

it at ease without examination. Even, the function of the metal detector door is very strategic to prevent any hazardous materials such as bombs and others getting into the building.

Division Head of Hardware and Networking, the Communications and Informatics Agency, Nyoman Darmayasa, said on Friday (Jan 10) the metal detector door could not indeed be operated. At the moment, the metal detector door management had not been the responsibility of the agency. “There has been no handover yet from the Spatial Planning and Housing Agency, so we have not been able to operate at this time,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Spatial Planning and Housing Agency, I Gede Cipta Sudewa, said the door had actually been activated since the last mid-December 2013. However,

since it was frequently moved, there was then a little damage. “If we operate it now, we worry if there will be short-circuit,” he explained. He said that his party had reported the matter to the partner. Cipta Sudewa said the problem would be addressed and the cable would possibly be replaced.

Related to the matter of handover, Cipta Sudewa said it could not be done directly. According to the rules, the Spatial Planning and Housing Agency should inventory first all the items to be handed over through the Asset Division. Having accomplished the whole inventory, the entire management could be handed over to the Communications and Informatics Agency. “Different from the past time, now it must go through the Asset Division. After that, it can be handed over to the agency concerned,” he said. (kmb12)

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The metal detector door which is not working properly

The protesters are trying to force caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign and have her government replaced by a non-elected interim administration to implement reforms they say are needed to stop corruption and money politics. They want to scuttle an early general election called by Yingluck for Feb. 2.

Since November, the demonstrators have engaged in street battles with police, cut off water and electricity to national police headquarters, and occupied for a time the compounds of other government agencies. There have been at least eight deaths associated with the political unrest. The protest leaders said last week that the demonstrators would occupy seven key intersections Monday in Bangkok, a city known for its debilitating traffic jams. They’re also threatening to occupy government office compounds.

Deputy Prime Minister Surapong AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong Tovichakchaikul said Friday that a Anti-government protesters have an afternoon chat under beach umbrellas during a rally at the combined force of around 12,000 police Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. officers and 8,000 soldiers was being de-

ployed to maintain order in the capital.

Protest leaders have said they will maintain their “shutdown” of Bangkok for weeks, or until they obtain their goal. Their recent demonstrations have drawn up to 150,000-200,000 people at their height. The attacks on government installations have been carried out by young men armed with home-made weapons.

The protesters’ attempt to destabilize the country has been assisted by the opposition Democrat Party, which is boycotting the February elections. The main protest leader is a former senior Democrat leader, Suthep Thaugsuban, who served at deputy prime minister in the party’s 2008-2011 government.

The current crisis dates back to 2006, when mass protests calling for then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra — Yingluck’s brother — to step down because of alleged corruption and abuse of power led to a military coup.

Since then, supporters and opponents of Thaksin have vied for power, sometimes violently.

Fire destroys ancient Tibetan town in SW China

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BEIJING — A fire that raged for nearly 10 hours razed an ancient Tibetan town in southwest China that’s popular with tourists, burning down hundreds of buildings after fire engines failed to get onto the narrow streets, state media and witnesses said. There was no immediate report of any casualties, and the cause of the fire was not yet known. State media, citing local authorities, said the blaze started in a guesthouse and was ruled accidental.

The fire broke out at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the ancient Tibetan quarter of Dukezong, which dates back more than 1,000 years and is known for its preserved cobbled streets, ancient structures and Tibetan culture. Dukezong is part of scenic Shangri-La county in Deqen prefecture.

Once called Gyaitang Zong, the county renamed itself Shangri-La in 2001, hoping to draw tourists by the reference to the mythical Himalayan land described in James Hilton’s 1933 novel. Like

hundreds of Chinese cities and counties, Shangri-La renovated its old neighborhood, Dukezong, turning it into a tourist attraction filled with shops and guesthouses.

Photos and video footage showed Dukezong and its labyrinth of houses engulfed in flames that turned the night sky red.

The fire destroyed about 242 houses and shops in Dukezong, dislocated more than 2,600 people, and torched many historic artifacts, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He Yu, a resident, said she woke to loud, explosionlike sounds to find the old town on fire.

“The fire was huge,” she said.

“The wind was blowing hard, and the air was dry. I was scared because my home is a little distance away from the ancient town. It kept burning, and the firefighters were there, but there was little they could do because they could not get the fire engines onto the old town’s narrow streets.”

With fire engines kept out, local residents lined up to pass buckets of water to combat the fire, the

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A firefighter works on a roof of a wooden building while a fire ravages ancient Dukezong town in Shangrila county, in southwestern China’s Yunnan province, Saturday Jan. 11, 2014. The 10-hour inferno has razed the ancient Tibetan town in the province that’s popular with tourists.

Deqen prefecture government said. Most of Dukezong’s buildings are made of wood and the fire spread easily because of dry

weather, state-run China Central Television said.

More than 2,000 firefighters, soldiers, police, local officials

and volunteers responded to the blaze and brought it under control at around 11 a.m., the Shangri-La county government said.

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3-D printing set to break out of niche Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS — Some of the oddest items on display this week at the International CES gadget show were edible, origami-like sculptures made of sugar, their shapes so convoluted as to baffle the eye. The treats are one of many signs that we’ll all be getting a taste of 3-D printing soon —and the phenomenon won’t be relegated to the realm of engineers and tech enthusiasts.

The sugar sculptures are the output of the ChefJet Pro, the first commercial, kitchen-ready food printer. It looks like an oven, and deposits sugar layer by layer in a tray, then melts the parts intended for the sculpture with water so they solidify much like sugar in a bowl will harden with moisture.

Ink can be selectively added to the water so the sculptures come out in full color — a feature sure to set the minds of wedding and party planners spinning. Next to the geometric sculptures was a wedding cake supported by a delicate lattice-work tower of sugar that would be nearly impossible to make by conventional means. Oh, and the printer can print in chocolate too.

3D Systems Inc., a Rock Hill, South Carolina, company, expects to sell the full-color printer for about $100,000 in the latter half of this year, and a monochrome version for half that price.

Last year, there were only a handful of 3-D printing companies at the gadget show. This year, there were thirty, and the organizers had to turn others away because they couldn’t fit them in. The 3-D printing area of the show floor drew dense crowds that gawked at the printers and their creations, which ranged from toys to tea cups to iPhone cases.

Melissa Spencer, a jewelry designer from Los Angeles, was at the show to look for a printer. 3-D printers have been used in jewelry-making for a long time, but high prices and poor resolution have limited their use. With prices down and output quality up, it’s now possible for an independent designer to buy her own printer, Spencer said.

The printers focus bright ultraviolet light into liquid resin, setting it. That takes time. One printer maker cited 7 hours for a batch of five rings. The plastic pieces are then used to create molds for molten silver, gold or platinum.

Spencer is now toying with the idea of abandoning the reuse of molds, and instead using the power of a 3-D printer to make every piece a one-off, unique design, customized to the buyer. It helps that she can show the plastic prototypes to the customer before casting.

With 3-D printing, “we’re moving to a world of mass customization,” said Shawn Dubravac, an analyst for the Consumer Electronics Association, which puts on the show. What started with custom-printed T-shirts a la CafePress can now happen in all kinds of industries, he added. It’s still a small field, though. He expects that just under 100,000 3-D printers will be sold in 2014.

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To maintain Uluwatu Temple

All Stakeholders fight against plastic waste MANGUPURA - Condition of the Uluwatu Temple becoming the largest contributor to the regional budget of Badung was apprehensive as littered with plastic waste, either sourcing from visitors or pilgrims. As proof, a total of 2 truck of plastic waste could be collected by the members of the 1611 Badung Military District Command, Military Area Command, South Kuta Police, South Kuta subdistrict staff, Pecatu villagers and environmental activists to all students of SDN 3 Pecatu elementary school.

“Awareness of the environmental sanitation and the hazards of plastic waste should be realized by all the stakeholders,” said the Commander of the South Kuta Military Area Command, Kamto Waluyo, Saturday (Jan 11).

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A trade show attendee examines a centerpiece confection made with a ChefJet Pro 3D food printer on display at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in Las Vegas. The candies are made with sugar, food coloring and a single flavor.

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Black rhino hunting permit auctioned for $350,000

In this Jan. 5, 2003, photo released by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a black rhino male and calf in Mkuze, South Africa.

Hunt the black rhino to save the black rhino. That’s the Dallas Safari Club’s approach to a fundraiser for efforts to protect the endangered species.

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DALLAS — A permit to hunt an endangered African black rhino sold for $350,000 at a Dallas auction held to raise money for conservation efforts but criticized by wildlife advocates.

Steve Wagner, a spokesman for the Dallas Safari Club, which sponsored the closed-door event Saturday night, confirmed the sale of the permit for a hunt in the African nation of Namibia. He declined to name the buyer.

The Safari Club’s executive director, Ben Carter, has defended the auction, saying all money raised will go toward protecting the species. He also said the rhino that the winner will be allowed to hunt is old, male and nonbreeding — and that the animal was likely to be targeted for removal anyway because it was becoming aggressive and threatening other wildlife.

But the auction drew howls from critics, including wildlife and animal rights groups, and the FBI said it was investigating death threats against members of the club. Officials from the Humane Society and the International Fund for Animal Welfare have said that while culling can be appropriate in abundant animal populations, all black rhinos should be protected, given their endangered status.

An estimated 4,000 black rhinos remain in the wild, down from 70,000 in the 1960s. Nearly 1,800 are in Namibia, according to the Safari Club. Critics have also said any hunting of a rhino sends a bad message to the public.

“This auction is telling the world that an American will pay anything to kill their species,” Jeffrey Flocken, North American regional director of the Massachusetts-based IFAW, said

this past week. “This is, in fact, making a spectacle of killing an endangered species.”

The auction took place in downtown Dallas under tight security. Organizers hoped to at least break the previous high bid for one of the permits in Namibia, which was $223,000, and had said the amount could be as high as $1 million. The nation offers five permits each year, and the one auctioned Saturday was the first to be made available for purchase outside of Namibia. The winning bidder could have come from anywhere in the world, and at least some bidders were expected to enter by phone.

About 40 protesters gathered early Saturday evening outside the convention center where the auction and a pre-auction dinner were to take place. They held signs and chanted. Most dispersed by just after 6 p.m. CST.

Kamto Waluyo said the event was held to keep Bali away from waste hazard. Moreover, Uluwatu Temple as sad kahyangan temple was one of the heritages becoming a tourist destination, so the sanitation should be maintained by all components. “This event will also be made in other places to realize a clean Badung, especially in South Kuta,” he added.

Meanwhile, the South Kuta subdistrict head, Wayan Wirya, said the activity aimed to make people aware that plastic waste would only decompose after 250 years, so if the plastic waste was ignored it could be a time bomb for future generations. “It’s important to encourage the public awareness so they are aware of the environmental sanitation, especially the matter of plastic

waste. We hope people not to burn plastic waste but disposed in place as the combustion of plastic waste is very hazardous,” he said.

Further, he explained that to anticipate the hazards of plastic waste should be imparted to younger generation. On that account, the students of the SDN 3 Pecatu elementary school were also included in order they had a habit of being clean from plastic waste in the future. “All stakeholders in South Kuta have been engaged, especially the elementary school students that must be immersed from childhood,” he said while adding the plastic waste would be more hazardous in rainy season because it could trigger floods, dengue, cikungunya as well as a variety of other

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Condition of the Uluwatu Temple becoming the largest contributor to the regional budget of Badung was apprehensive as littered with plastic waste, either sourcing from visitors or pilgrims. diseases.

Jro Mangku I Wayan Sentana expressed his gratitude for the attention of all the stakeholders because they had participated in

the cleanup activity at Uluwatu Temple. Besides, his party also expected all visitors or pilgrims who came to Uluwatu to participate in maintaining, at least,

disposing waste in place. “Hopefully, visitors or pilgrims could dispose plastic waste into the trash bin provided,” pleaded Jero Mangku Uluwatu. (nik)

2014, Russian travelers targeted to rise 18 percent Bali Post

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Foreign tourists are surfing and swimming in the Kuta Beach recently. Russian Honorary Consul to Bali targeted the number of foreign tourists from Russia in 2014 would rise by 18 percent.

DENPASAR - Russian Honorary Consul to Bali targeted the number of foreign tourists from Russia in 2014 would rise by 18 percent. As of January to October 2013, the number of Russian tourists had reached 65,530 people. The lowest point of Russian tourist arrival in 2013 occurred in July reaching 4,358 people, and the highest point occurred in January with the arrival of 11,377 people.

“We observe the Russian market in recent years quite helps stimulate the tourism in Bali. Therefore, we target their arrival to Bali up 18 percent this year,” said Honorary Consul of Russia, Chairul Nuku Kamka.

According to him, total Russian tourist arrivals to Bali in 2012 reached 77,869 people. Such amount was experiencing the lowest point in July, namely 2,576 people and the highest point reached 10,964 people in January.

“We calculated the visit of Russian tourists to Bali from 2012 to 2013 has increased 18 percent. Russian tourist visiting to Bali in 2013 to 2014 is estimated to increase in the range of 15 percent to

20 percent,” he said.

According to him, the increase in Russian tourist arrivals to Bali in 2014 happened due to the existence of support in terms of regular flights of Russian route to Bali by Singapore Airlines, and Cathay Pacific.

“We are optimistic the visit of Russian tourists to Bali in 2014 will increase 18 percent compared to 2013. This includes the support of flight by Trans Aero providing charter flight services from Russia to Bali,” he said.

He said that Russian tourists from the West such as Moscow averagely had the length of stay around 10 or 12 days. Meanwhile, Russian tourists coming from Far East such as Vladivostok and others stayed for around 14 days.

They preferred to stay in accommodation whose location was adjacent to the beach.

“Indeed, there is a change in the type of the Russian tourist arrival in Bali.

They like best a minimalist accommodation, rent a car for the tour and choose to book accommodation via online booking service in Bali,” he said. (kmb27)

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DENPASAR - The growth of tourist accommodation in Bali is increasingly unmanageable. Such condition is reflected by the hotel occupancy that continues to erode amidst the surge in tourist arrivals to the Island of the Gods. As a result, it makes the room growth unequal between the supply and demand.

One of the newly built hotel in Kuta Area. was always based on the number of tourists coming to Bali, so the quality of tourists making a visit tended to decrease.

“The concept of calculating the carrying capacity of tourism should also prioritize the needs of local community such as the need for water and land. Then, the remaining one can be used for tourism because the tourism is for Bali, not Bali for tourism. We must seek quality, not quantity,” he said.

He asked the government to

decisively reject when the presence of investors resulted in environmental damage and was not subject to investors. Clean and green program promoted through a discourse by local government to preserve the nature and the environment should be maintained.

“We have a clean and green program, so the conservation of nature should be rigorously maintained, not just as a lip service,” he said.

The rapid growth of tourist accommodation was also reflected

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in the data of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Bali Chapter. Total accommodation in Bali is recorded to reach 2,190 units with 45,408 rooms in 2010. The figure consists of 158 units of star hotel (20,558 rooms), 1,036 units of budget hotels (20,410 rooms) and 996 units of cottage (4,440 rooms). Until 2011, the number of hotel rooms in Bali had reached 55,000 rooms where most of them scattered in Southern Bali. (kmb27)

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Livestock to pets get consecrated Bali Post

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One of the Hindus is celebrating the Tumpek Kandang

SINGARAJA - Tumpek Uye or better known as Tumpek Kandang is never forgotten by all Balinese residents. As an expression of devotion to the god of creatures, Balinese residents consecrated livestock and pets on the Tumpek Kandang day falling on Saturday (Jan 11).

On that day, Balinese residents raising livestock such as cows, pigs and others consecrated theirs with special offerings. Besides, their beloved pets such as birds and rare animals bred were also consecrated.

Made Sudirta, one of the bird hobbyists, when met at his home after consecrating dozens of birds, said that he never forgot to consecrate his birds on Tumpek Kandang. Before

the ceremony was performed, he took down his birds in the cage. First of all, those birds were bathed and the cage was cleaned up. Meanwhile, the offerings had been prepared from the morning.

The oblation presented on the Tumpek Kandang day was usually adjusted to local tradition in each region. However, the oblation of Tumpek Kandang in Buleleng was equipped with blayag and other supplies. Entering the midday, dozens of pet birds along with their cage were consecrated solemnly.

According to Sudirta, it was carried out as an expression of devotion to the god of creatures. Such worship also posed the implementation of the Hindu teachings namely the Tri Hita

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Denpasar, Friday (Jan 10).

According to the man from Kapal village, Badung, the tourist area known as a favorite foreign and domestic tourist destination had been experiencing over capacity since 2010. Udayana University as the assessor team at that time recommended allowing the establishment of home stay.

“However, it was infringed by the government and investors. I often say that Bali has great potential, so it should not legalize any illegal ways for the sake of personal gain,” he said.

He explained that to determine the carrying capacity of Bali tourism was not only based on the number of rooms, yet also based on the needs for water in every addition of room. All this time, the addition of hotel rooms made by the county and municipal government

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Accommodation growth in Bali getting uncontrolled A lecturer at Tourism Faculty of Udayana University, I Putu Anom, considered the rapid and uncontrolled growth of accommodation in Southern Bali, especially in Badung County, happened due to collusion of government officials and investors. The region becoming the heart of tourism got around the moratorium by building condotel and rental house.

Both properties were estimated to reach 15 units of condotel with 1,800 rooms and 35 units of rental house with nearly 600 rooms.

“Other than being uncontrolled, ironically, the culprit does not belong to our community, so what yielded by the growth of accommodation is not enjoyed by local community. As proof, the poverty increases. One of the reasons is the lack of multiplier effect of that growth,” said Putu Anom in

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Karana or three sources of happiness (keeping harmonious relationship of human to God, fellow humans and nature—Ed). “It is no other than the implementation of Tri Hita Karana teachings and through the presentation of these offerings we wish to express our devotion in loving the creation of God,” he said.

In addition to pets, on the Tumpek Kandang day, the residents of Bali also consecrated rare animals deliberately bred by residents at Bebetin village, Sawan subdistrict. Residents of this village consecrated deer having been bred since a few years ago. On the Tumpek Kandang day, the breeders invoked safety for the captive deer all this time. (mud)

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Calendar Event for January 1 through February 26, 2014 1 Jan Buda Kliwon Matal, Kajeng Kliwon And Tilem Sasih Kenam Pura Desa Sukawati Sukawati Pura Pasek Gelgel Gelgel Bebetin Pura Maspahit Sesetan Pura Padharman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih 11 Jan Tumpek Kandang Pura Desa Gianyar Pura Luhur Dalem Sagening Kediri Tabanan Pura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang 15 Jan Purnama Sasih Kapitu Pura Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja Gianyar Pura Puseh Manakaji Peninjauan Bangli Pura Taman Limut Pengosekan Mas Ubud Pura Benua Besakih Pura Gunung Rena Sidemen Karangasem Pura Pasek Gelgel Abadi Karangasem Pura Pucak Gunung Mangun Kubu Karangasem 16 Jan Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan

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

Pura Tengkulak Tulikup Gianyar Pura Taman Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Badung

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

29 Jan Hari Siwaratri

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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International directors gather for Globes panel Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — The Golden Globe Awards are put on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — a group of journalists who cover movies for international publications — so it’s fitting to pay special tribute to international filmmakers. The HFPA did that Saturday at its 11th annual Foreign Language Film Symposium, which drew the directors of four of the five foreign-language films nominated at Sunday’s Golden Globes.

Abdellatif Kechiche of France (“Blue is the Warmest Color”), Thomas Vinterberg of Denmark (“The Hunt”), Paolo Sorrentino of Italy (“The Great Beauty”) and Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi of Iran (“The Past”) discussed their work with each other and an audience of fans at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre. Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, whose film “The Wind Rises” is also up for a Globe, wasn’t able to attend.

Apart from Vinterberg, who also

works in English, each director was accompanied by an interpreter. All said that despite working in disparate languages, film transcends any such obstacles. “Film is beyond all spoken language,” Vinterberg said. “The more local I get in my writing, the farther my film reaches.”

His nominated film, “The Hunt,” stars Mads Mikkelsen as a lonely teacher whose life is upended by an innocent lie. “Blue is the Warmest Color” is a coming-of-age love story. “The Great

Israelis pay last respects to founding father Sharon

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FILE - This photo released by courtesy of Sundance Selects shows Lea Seydoux, left, as Emma and Adele Exarchopoulos as Adele in the film, “Blue Is the Warmest Color,” directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.

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Slow, development of tourism village in Bali

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Beauty” explores the indulgence of lavish nightlife. “The Past” deals with family relationships. “The Wind Rises” is about a dreamer who designed fighter planes in World War II. Trailers for all five films up for the Golden for best foreign-language film were shown at the symposium, where filmmakers also took questions from fans. The winner will be announced Sunday at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards.

Hanks, Blanchett, Scorsese among BAFTA guests Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Tom Hanks, Martin Scorsese, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Aaron Paul celebrated their Golden Globe Award nominations over cucumber sandwiches and scones with cream.

The nominees were among the guests of honor at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ annual awardsseason tea party, held Saturday at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. With no agenda other than to eat, drink and socialize, the stars enjoyed a relaxing respite amid a whirlwind weekend leading into Sunday’s Golden Globes.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Christoph Waltz, Shohreh Aghdashloo and “Captain Phillips” supporting actor Barkhad Abdi were also among the celebrants. Some tea-party guests, including TV mogul Nigel Lythgoe, also popped by the HBO Luxury Lounge held at the hotel, where brands such as Pandora and Sophia Fiori Diamonds were hoping for last-minute placement on the Globes red carpet.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor, left, and Steve McQueen attend a cocktail party hosted by Ariel Foxman, the editors of InStyle, and Fox Searchlight Pictures to celebrate the Golden Globe nominations for “12 Years a Slave” and “Enough Said” on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at Chi Lin in West Hollywood, Calif.

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Development of tourism village in Bali remains to look slow. It is indicated by the fact that a lot of tourism villages are unable to become self-sufficient tourism village and can draw the interest of travelers.

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DENPASAR - Development of tourism village in Bali remains to look slow. It is indicated by the fact that a lot of tourism villages are unable to become self-sufficient tourism village and can draw the interest of travelers. Actually, the special interest tourism will contribute to the prosperity of society existing in the customary village.

A member of the Indonesian Tourism Promotion Board (BPPI), Mangku Nyoman Kandia, said that Bali government in this regard needed to more focus on developing the tourism village. So far, there had been no tourism villages managed optimally. Most tourism villages emerged without being poised with the supporting human resources,

facilities and infrastructure.

“Many customary villagers in Bali are on the poverty line. The development of tourist object is expected to help prosper the communities of customary village in the vicinity,” said Nyoman Kandia in Denpasar.

Kandia judged the development of tourism village should be done by people who understood about

the tourism conditions of each region, not by the outsiders. Aside from not being close to the local community, they equally did not know about the culture and character of the local people.

“At the provincial level, there has been a help for customary villages across Bali. County and municipal government also needs to provide the assistance for customary villages. It is particularly given through the management of tourist attraction in the county / municipality. It is expected to help customary villages in the vicinity,” he said.

According to him, by developing tourism village, the life of the surrounding communities would

rise, including the customary village controlling the territory of the tourist attraction. The results of admission fee collection should be used for the welfare of communities in the customary village.

“From the revenue of the tourist attraction management, for example, 30 percent must be allocated to help the customary villages in the vicinity. Meanwhile, the remaining 70 percent of the revenue can be returned to the county/municipality for financing the overall development, including improvement of the road infrastructure to the tourist attraction,” he explained.

He said that 30 percent of the support of the tourist object manage-

ment would be able to improve the economy of customary villagers and alleviate the burden of customary villagers living on the poverty line.

“I encourage the tourism components to develop tourism villages because foreign tourists are more interested in enjoying the object.

Ultimately, it will have an impact on the local community because the development of tourism village will be able to directly empower the residents in improving their economy,” he said.

He said the management of the accommodation by local community was very suitable for backpackers.

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