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Rupert Murdoch announces engagement to Jerry Hall

LONDON — Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has announced his engagement to Jerry Hall, the American actress and former supermodel who had a long-time relationship with Mick Jagger.

Murdoch, 84, and Hall, 59, placed a classified ad Monday in the Births, Marriages and Deaths section of the Times newspaper, which is owned by Murdoch’s News Corporation.

Murdoch, the executive chairman of News Corporation, and Hall have been dating since late summer after being introduced by one of Murdoch’s sisters and his niece in his native Australia, the Times reported

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In this Nov. 1, 2015, file photo, media mogul Rupert Murdoch stands with model Jerry Hall during the Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham Stadium, London. Murdoch has announced his engagement to Hall, the actress and former supermodel who had a long-time relationship with Mick Jagger, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016.

in a story posted online. They made their relationship public in October when they appeared together at the Rugby World Cup Final in London and got engaged last weekend while attending the Golden Globes awards in Los Angeles.

“They have loved these past months together, are thrilled to be getting married and excited about their future,” a spokesperson for the Murdoch family told the Times.

Murdoch has six children from his three previous marriages. He was married to Patricia Booker, an Australian, and then to Scottishborn journalist Anna Torv. He later married Chinese-born Wendi Deng, whom he divorced in 2013.

Hall, a Texas native, moved to Paris as a teenager to pursue a modeling career. She was one of the most photographed supermodels in the 1970s and dated Roxy Music’s lead singer Bryan Ferry. She entered a long-term relationship with the Rolling stones frontman in the late 1970s.

Hall and Jagger had an unofficial private Hindu marriage ceremony in Bali, Indonesia, in 1990, but during divorce proceedings in 1999 a British court declared the marriage invalid. (ap)

‘Creed’s’ Ryan Coogler to direct Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’

studio to work on the album. “’Cause I hate the buildup of anything. If I could, I wouldn’t talk about any of it. I would just put it out.”

Urban has been teasing fans with little snippets of information for months. He’s already put out two singles from the record, the Grammy-nominated “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16,” and his second single, “Break on Me.” “I’d much rather have the record out six months before I tour,” he said. “I certainly don’t want to wait

to tour because the record is not done already. I still think the record is going to be out before the tour, probably.”

For “RipCORD,” he’s been working with a new crop of producers and musicians, including guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers, who won three Grammys for his work with Daft Punk on their hit album, “Random Access Memories.”

“This last year was a lot of experimenting and working with a lot of different people, much like I did with

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LOS ANGELES — “Creed” helmer Ryan Coogler is set to direct Marvel and Disney’s “Black Panther” movie, the studio announced on Monday. Chadwick Boseman has already been cast as the lead character, who will make his first appearance in May’s “Captain America: Civil War.” The “Black Panther” film, set for a release in February 2018, marks the first time a major Marvel Studios film will focus primarily on a black superhero.

There was much speculation surrounding who would take on the directing job. Ava DuVernay earlier this year passed on the film.

Coogler was another favorite choice among fans.

The 29-year-old director gained widespread recognition for his Sundance breakout “Fruitvale Station” and this year has been making waves with “Creed,” a continuation of the Rocky Balboa franchise focused on Apollo Creed’s son. (ap)

‘Fuse,’” Urban said. “And so now it’s just sort of distilling it down to the things that feel right and true.”

Tour openers include country singer Brett Eldredge, who was the 2014 Country Music Association’s new artist of the year, and newcomer Maren Morris, a 25-year-old Texas singer who is expected to release her debut album on the Columbia Nashville label this year.

Urban will have a busy 2016 with the new album, the tour and the final season of “American Idol,” where he

serves as a judge.

“I am going to miss it,” he said of the singing competition. “There is nothing that has quite that feel on television where you can sit down and watch it with your whole family.”

But he’s optimistic about the new year.

“I feel really good about this year,” Urban said. “And I hear that sentiment from a lot of other people.

There’s a lot of optimism from a lot of people who just want this to be a good year.” (ap)

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Keith Urban plans out 2016 tour while finishing album NASHVILLE, Tenn — Country star Keith Urban hasn’t finished his forthcoming album, “RipCORD,” but he’s already planning a new arena and amphitheater tour in 2016.

The first leg of the RipCORD World Tour will start June 2 in Kansas City, Missouri, and run through Nov. 19 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Urban announced Monday.

“I am anxious to get it done,” he said in a phone interview with The Associated Press on his way into the

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IN A RECENT discussion regarding Balinese human resources, several ideas emerged, but the main point that kept coming up was the need for creative breakthroughs leading to concrete measures that will insure that local wisdom is preserved despite the onslaught of influence from technology foreign cultures.

Given the rapid changes in lifestyle, brought on by the need to compete in the global market, Bali cannot afford to be complacent. Bali’s youth need to develop their character so as to become cultured, independent and completive.

“There needs to be a serious move towards building up Balinese human resources by making sure that the Balinese language -as the core of cultural inheritance, is maintained as the mother tongue of young people, while also making sure that they master the English language, so that our young people can bet out the competition in sieving job opportunities,” said Prof. Sutjaja in relation to the soon to be implemented ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

He said that the year 2016 marks the first phase of the AEC and as such, should also mark the moment when the character building of Balinese human resources is given serious attention.

Police secure the area after an explosion in central Istanbul, Turkey January 12, 2016. Ten people were killed and fifteen others were wounded after a large explosion rocked a central Istanbul square on Tuesday, a statement from the Istanbul governor’s office said.

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Blast in Istanbul tourist district kills at least 10 people

ISTANBUL - An explosion in the heart of Istanbul’s his- the blast may have been caused by toric Sultanahmet tourist district killed at least ten people and a suicide bomber but this was not wounded 15 on Tuesday and some local media reports said a independently confirmed.

Ambulances rushed to the scene, suicide bomber may have been responsible.

Several bodies lay on the ground in the Sultanahmet square, close to the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, a major tourist area of Turkey’s most populous city. A police officer and witness at the scene reported also seeing several bodies and body parts.

The Istanbul governor’s office said the authorities were investigating the type of explosive used and

who might have been responsible for the attack. It said ten people were killed and 15 wounded but gave no further details.

“The explosion was very loud.

We shook a lot. We ran out and saw body parts,” one woman who works at a nearby antiques store told Reuters, declining to give her name.

Turkey’s AHaber television said

ferrying away the wounded as police cordoned off streets.

“We’re taking precautions against a second explosion,” the police officer said, ushering people out of the square.

The blast comes just over a year after a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a police station for tourists off the same square, killing one officer and wounding another. That attack was initially

claimed by a far-left group, but later turned out to have been perpetrated by a woman with suspected Islamist militant links, officials said.

Kurdish, leftist and Islamist militants have all carried out attacks in Turkey in the past.

Turkey has also become a target for Islamic State, with two bombings last year blamed on the radical Sunni Muslim group, in the town of Suruc near the Syrian border and in the capital Ankara, the latter killing more than 100 people.

Foreign tourists from Germany and Norway are among those wounded in the central Istanbul explosion that killed at least 10 people on Tuesday, Turkey’s CNN Turk television said.

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From page 1 Prof. Sutjaja emphasised that intelligent, swift and courageous measures need to be taken if Balinese people do not want to become marginalized. All levels of society need to consolidate their efforts in changing their behaviour from what it was previously. “Many Balinese people may not feel satisfied working in a hotel and may become overly focused on wanting to become a civil servant. But people need to be creative in managing the opportunities that are open to them and arm themselves with different skills,” he said.

One of the skills that is of utmost importance in this new era of globalized society, is mastery of English as the lingua franca of the business world. It is also of utmost importance that Balinese people maintain and pass on their mother tongue as the store house of ancestral knowledge.

An intensive bilingualism program need to be initiated in order to ensure that Bali’s youth become professionally competent and cul-

tured, he said. “Bali’s leaders, need to come up with extraordinary breakthrough ideas concerning the management of the island’s human resources. Everyone must work together, and not let segmented political interests dissolve our unity.

Ideally Bali’s leaders should be able to facilitate this agenda,” suggested Prof. Sutjaja.

Prof. Sutjaja also spoke out about the need to ensure that Balinese youth are instructed in ethics and etiquette as they face foreigners. Bali’s youth in particular need to know the basics in managing tourists. He added that ethics are particularly important in terms of determining the character of human resources.

Economist, Viraguna Bagoes Oka, agrees that the next generation of Balinese people coming onto the workforce, need to have good character. At the very least, he said, they need to maintain cultural norms and local knowledge, but also be able to compete in this era of globalization.

He also emphasized that there needs to be a real commitment to developing Balinese human resources through new and innova-

tive methods. “There needs to be a shared commitment to improving present conditions,” he said.

Oka who obtained his master’s degree in the United States, also said that Balinese people need to makes changes to their general work ethics, so that job opportunities do not continue to be seized by foreigners. “In general foreigners take advantage of the gap left by our lack of mastery of foreign languages. The informal sector of tourism in Bali is managed by foreigners, who have much better mastery of foreign languages than most Balinese do, so they get the jobs,” he said.

Oka, like Sutjaja pointed to the need for the government to play an active role in developing Balinese humans resources. According to Oka, the leaders of Bali need to create a space for Bali’s workforce to develop professionally while still leaving room for them to retain their Balinese character and culture.

Clever and innovative measures are needed to build up Balinese human resources, he reiterated.

“Regulations need to be put in place. Balinese people’s weakness in terms of languages skills means

that Balinese people are increasingly marginalized. A remarkable breakthrough is needed if Bali

Bali, he said, has an abundance of resources, yet without the people of Bali working together cooperatively, nothing beneficial can be achieved. “Entrepreneurship in Bali is stunted by the influence of economic interests dominating political decisions. Political ideas need to be freed from the shackles of short term profit-driven thinking.

We are in a battle with this type of thinking,” he said Deputy Rector for Academic Affairs of the Undiksha, Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Arnyana, said that two things must be done to maintain Balinese culture and create qualified human resources amongst the local

population. First there needs to be clear and measurable standards for what shape Balinese people want to take and second, a strategy needs to be determined for achieving this goal.

According to Arnyana, quality Balinese human resources means a workforce that is intelligent, competitive and in line with national educational goals. By intelligent, he said that he means having mastery of science, technology and other skills that increase competitiveness.

Rector of Dhyana Pura University , Dr. Made Nyandra, said that human qualities related to

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Economics need to be balanced with intelligence spirituality are also a major factor in determining competitiveness. “The human being is composed of mind body and spirit. So when faced with the question of ‘where does one begin?’ we can start with ourselves.

Today, he said we see a lot of people who start to work on themselves by working out their body. But, having a burly or strong body, does not ensure a strong mind, this is the problem.” he said.

According to Nyandra, spirituality needs to be worked on first, in order to affect the mind. With a strong spiritual basis, our mental, emotional behaviour is well and our body also becomes healthy. This starts in the family where children can be made to feel comfortable, suggested Nyandra.

I Gusti Bagus Suryadi from the Arya Kenceng fraternity of the Tabanan Palace, sees that character building has largely been forgot-

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wants to win the competition for economic opportunities,” he said. (dir)

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BALINESE society is at a turning point in terms of economic and cultural survival. Recently some experts came together to discuss the matter. Businessman, I Gusti Kade Djaya Wirata, spoke out about the dominating forces of economic interests in Bali, that are threatening to become an exceedingly destructive force on the island.

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ten in the era of globalization. He therefore feels that all Balinese people need to work towards reestablishing this as a priority, so that Bali can serve as an example to the archipelago (Indonesia). “We should not be preparing students to be unemployed, but rather we should be helping them be truly independent people who know who they are. This is what we hope for the youth,” he said.

Rector of Ngurah Rai University, Denpasar, Dr. Nyoman Sura Adi Tanaya, said that the current problem that we are facing economically, is the abundance of labor and lack of job opportunities. We can address this problem by ‘exporting’ our human resources to other countries - particularly ASEAN member countries, now that the AEC has been enacted.

“My friends in Singapore say that Indonesia should be grateful

for their abundance of cheap labor.

Many people in Singapore are worried that Indonesian migrant workers will flood their labor pool.

Thailand is also afraid of our cheap labor,” he said.

Tanaya continued that such fears are justified, but added that Indonesia needs to make sure the the workers that we send abroad are skilled and certified so that we do not become a countries of ‘coolies’. “The most important thing is that we are able to survive, then we can. In country, the problem is that there are currently not enough jobs for everyone - so we need to look at sending people abroad to work”.

Tanaya said that we need to focus on education for the future and remember that education essentially takes place fin three main areas: family, community organizations and educational institutions. (rin)

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There is correction on the February Delights news published yesterday Chinese New Year Festivities at come the prosperous Year of the Red Mulia Bali (7 - 8 February 2016) Monkey.

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

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

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

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

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

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JIMBARAN - Experience a new era of authenticity as Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay unveils its fully-renovated Premier Villas and Deluxe Villas, enriching the sense of place and sanctuary that has guests feeling ‘at home in Bali’.

The iconic resort set global firsts when it opened as an allvilla beach retreat that pioneered ‘Modern Bali Style’, blending innovation in design with thoughtful, genuine service. And just as Bali has evolved into a sophisticated, chic destination

while continuing the daily rituals and spiritual connections of village life, the resort embraces its evolution while holding true to the original authenticity that is uniquely Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay. “When the resort opened in 1993, it was the world’s first large-scale luxury villa resort and the first to feature plunge pools in every guest villa,” said General Manager Uday Rao. “These physical features have since been imitated, but you can’t copy a feeling. Our guests never wake

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up and wonder, ‘Where am I?’ They know they’re in Bali and that’s the essence and soul of the resort and this special island.”

Top Indonesian design firm, Jaya International, was commissioned to enliven the villas’ graceful Balinese aesthetic while creating flexible living spaces that maximize the ocean and sunset views. The dramatic renovation has created completely new products – the Deluxe Villas, Premier Ocean Villas and Family Premier Villas – with completely new interiors and landscaping.

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Transport of the future takes many shapes at tech show

LAS VEGAS - In the future world of mobility, you might be traveling in a car, on a bike or a personal air transporter -- with a range of new possibilities raised by connected technology.

Many of the exhibitors at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas offered their vision of mobility made easier by connectivity.

Chinese drone manufacturer EHang sees a future by air. Its 1.5meter (five foot) long quadcopter on display at the show can carry one person and squeeze into a car parking space.

“It’s not a drone. It’s an autonomous aerial vehicle,” said EHang vice president Claire Chen.

While the company faces a number of regulatory obstacles -- it doesn’t fit into drone regulations and it’s not a road vehicle -- Chen said that “we are ready to sell to anybody.”

The EHang 184 prototype being tested in China is designed so the user can push a button for a destination and arrive by automatic pilot.

It can now travel above traffic for 23 minutes. The price tag is in the range of $200,000 to $300,000.

Other visions are more down to earth. Ford Motor Co. was showing its folding electric bicycle, which fits in the trunk of a car that maintains data connectivity to a smartphone.

Ford’s eBike enables “multimodal” transportation where a traveler can go part of a journey by car, and the rest by bicycle -- a two-wheeler which is guided by GPS and a uses a vibrating warning system for an approaching vehicle.

The underlying technology for smart transport was also on display at CES. Japanese equipment maker Denso unveiled its new system of vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication designed for accident avoidance and reducing congestion.

Denso’s Patrick Powell, who heads the group’s “smart city” activities, says these systems can play an important role by connecting with traffic signals in real time,

cutting down on traffic jams and allowing for a smoother vehicle flow.

Industry executives at CES recognize that people’s relationships with their vehicles may be changing: Some people may not want to own and maintain a car, and new models are being examined.

The concept of car sharing was being talked about at the show, by big automakers as well as the startup Faraday Future, which unveiled a concept electric car it plans to produce.

“We’re completely rethinking how we approach the business, with one foot today and one foot tomorrow,” Ford chief executive Mark Fields said at CES. “We are very proud to be an auto maker... but at the same time, beginning this year, you’re going to see us change pretty dramatically, becoming an automotive and mobility company. You’ll see us focus even more attention on the transportation services sectors.”

Ford is already looking into ondemand car-sharing models, aiming

at millennials who may not want to own a vehicle.

General Motors signaled its own interest in these alternative models by announced a $500 million investment in ride-sharing service Lyft. The two companies also said they will study ways to create a network of self-driving vehicles available on-demand for customers.

As cars move closer to full autonomy, this changes the game for consumers. Many may not see the need to own a car if they can signal one instantly with a smartphone.

And the marketing of the driving experience may also change, says Edmunds.com analyst Ron Montoya.

“Ultimately, when the car drives itself, it doesn’t matter what you drive,” Montoya said.

Many automakers have been talking about self-driving cars, and ramping up some features like automatic parking and lane guidance as an interim step. South Korea’s Kia said it expects to put a fully autonomous car on the road by 2030. (afp)

Eight takeaways from 2016 CES l 1. Netflix stunned the show with the announcement that it added 130 new countries for its streaming TV service to bring its total to 190, calling it “the birth of a new global Internet TV network.”

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SINGARAJA - The amount of electricity needed during peak load (806 mega watts) in Bali has now been secured, and there is even a 40% surplus.

l 4. The Internet of Things showed spectacular growth from products like a smart mirror from Haier that delivers news and weather and connects to other appliances, and connected spoons and diet scales. l 5. Wearable technology probed deeper to get more data about health, while making inroads into the medical field: diagnosing conditions and even offering treatment for pain and other ailments. Shoes measured steps and shirts kept tabs on heart rates.

l 8. Startups turned attention to ways to tap into the brain.

A “mind control” headband unveiled by startup BrainCo effectively hacks into brain signals with a range of possible applications -- from helping to improve attention spans, to detecting disease, controlling smart home appliances or even a prosthetic device. (afp)

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l 3. The 4K high-definition television format became the standard base for manufacturers, which showcased thinner and more spectacular displays for those willing to pay the price.

l 7. Virtual reality spread beyond video games to touch sex, sports, sales and space exploration. Facebook-owned Oculus began taking pre-orders for its eagerly-anticipated Rift VR headsets at a price of $599, and CES was rife with companies scrambling to field competing devices or content that could draw people into faux worlds.

A prototype of the autonomous driving Nissan Leaf is shown at Renault-Nissan Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. In the future world of mobility, you might be traveling in a car, on a bike or a personal air transporter -- with a range of new possibilities raised by connected technology.

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l 2. Google and Lenovo announced plans to produce the first consumer handset using the US computing giant’s Project Tango 3D technology.

l 6. Automakers moved to connect not only to the smartphone, but to the smart home and other parts of the digital life. Ford teamed with Amazon to link up the carmaker’s Sync vehicle hub with the online giant’s smart home hub called Echo.

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Celukan Bawang steam-fueled power plant (PLTU) plant in Gerokgak.

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Bali’s electricity is supplied through the Java-Bali submarine cable network, the Denpasar diesel-fueled power plant (PLTD) and Celukan Bawang steamfueled power plant (PLTU) plant in Gerokgak that has been noted to amount to a total of 1,300 mega watts.

Distribution Director of PT Indonesia Power, Hery Prabowo, accompanied by General Manager of Bali Power Production Unit Services of PT PLN (Persero) for Bali Distribution, IGN Subawa Putra, recently said that one of the reasons that there is now a surplus of electricity on Bali is thanks to the production of the Celukan Bawang power plant and the increased production of both the Java-Bali submarine cable network and the diesel-run power plant in Denpasar. As a result, of the increase in the amount of electricity form these sources, the diesel-fueled power plant at Pemaron has now been terminated.

This power plant is now only used as a reserve for supplying electricity in the event that peak load demands increase.

Although electrical peak load can now be met, the public is still being urged to be mindful of their use of electricity.

An increase in the demand for electrical power needs to be anticipated early on.

“Indeed our peak load problem has been overcome, and we even have a surplus.

We are in a safe position, however we still ask that people save power as we need to anticipate an increase in demand,” he said. (kmb38)

Karang memadu, how Penglipuran village shows respect to women

PENGLIPURAN village in Bangli district has a strict anti-polygamy policy. Men here are strictly forbidden from having more than one wife. If they violate this rule, they must be ready to face being excommunicated to a vacant plot of land to the south of the village, where they must live on a 9x21 meters area called karang memadu.

According to local residents, the karang memadu is considered leteh (spiritually impure) and a signboard is posted in the area that reads: “Karang Memandu”. Due the status of this land as impure, crops yielded from this land - such as bananas, cannot be used in rituals, but can however be consumed.

Residents that dare to break the rules set forth in the awig-awig or customary bylaw, are not only isolated from their wife (wives) but are also subjected to other social sanctions. For example, they are not allowed to walk on certain roads in the village, like the main intersection next to the meeting hall. They are only allowed to use the road located south of the Karang Memadu.

Chief of Penglipuran customary village, Wayan Supat, when met recently, said that the polygamy prohibition has been passed down from generation to generation by local residents. “People who have commited polygamy are forbidden from passing through the catus pata intersection in the north of the village nor may they enter any temples in Penglipuran village because they are considered to be in a state of impurity,” he explained.

In addition, the customary village never recognizes the validity of the marriage to a second wife. Due to these severe social sanctions, said Supat, Karang Memadu currently remains vacant. So far, no residents dare to put themselves in a position where they would have to occupy the Karang Memadu.

The village rule prohibiting men from taking more than one wife is evidence that the ancestors of this community have- since time immemorial, had a deep respect for women. Indirectly this rule also educates men about the important of being faithful to their partner. (sos)

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Penglipuran village in Bangli district has a strict anti-polygamy policy. Men here are strictly forbidden from having more than one wife. If they violate this rule, they must be ready to face being excommunicated to a vacant plot of land to the south of the village, where they must live on a 9x21 meters area called karang memadu.

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Having no solution, mosaic stone seekers still operate freely

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SEMARAPURA - Although getting no mining license, mosaic stone seekers along the coastline of Klungkung remain to operate freely. The mining activities having been carried out for years are allowed without an appropriate solution. Moreover, the existence of mosaic stone miners is coordinated by collector accommodating the stones amassed by residents.

Mosaic stone seekers on Klotok Beach amounting to 180 people have operated for years freely.

Unfortunately, the government of Klungkung seems powerless to stop the illegal mining. On the other hand, Klungkung district until now has not been able to empower the mosaic stone seekers whose livelihood still depending on the mosaic stone mining to meet daily needs.

Associated with this condition, Spokesperson of the government of Klungkung, I Wayan Parna, mentioned that the district government cannot prohibit the people from collecting mosaic stone because it is still finding out the best solution.

“This phenomenon does not only happen in Klungkung community but also along the coast from the east to the west also posing the people from outside Klungkung,” he said, Monday (Jan. 11).

One of the mosaic stone seekers from Satra village, Klungkung,

Dewa Nyoman Gede Antara, 60, said there are some 180 people seeking mosaic stones. They come from villages around the Klotok Beach such as Satra, Tojan and Tangkas village. Residents looking for this mosaic stones are averagely farmers. According to him, searching for mosaic stone is easier than farming. “When looking for mosaic stone, we are sure to get a result, but farming must wait until the harvest season arrives,” said the oldest man among the stone seekers.

He admitted that so far he never has problem with the government.

The Klungkung municipal police even never come to discipline their activities. On average, Dewa Antara can earn IDR 25,000 each day. “When getting a little stone, we get around IDR 11,000, but when getting more stones or works until night may earn IDR 25,000,” he said when met on Klotok Beach. (dwa)

AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo

Leader of National League for Democracy party (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi finishes her renarks in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. Aung San Suu Kyi, whose pro-democracy party will take over power in Myanmar from a pro-military government in the next few months, has for the first time participated in official talks to bring peace with the country’s fractious ethnic minorities.

The mosaic stone seekers are working on Klotok Beach

Karangasem faces water crisis

AMLAPURA - Clean water crisis due to the breakdown of water services by the Karangasem Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) makes it increasingly a serious

problem. On the other hand, the operation of the Telaga Waja project expected to boost water never has clarity.

Regional Secretary of Karan-

IBP/File

Children are walking to find water in Datah, Karangasem.

gasem, I Gede Adnya Mulyadi, said on Monday (Jan. 11) that local government of Karangasem district should immediately sit together with related agencies in the Bali Province in order to get clarity regarding the operation of the Telaga Waja project.

Adnya requested the relevant agencies in Karangasem to quickly establish communication with their counterpart in the provincial government of Bali such as the Drinking Water Processing Development (PKPAM), UPT Telaga Waja and the Bali Public Works.

Similar commands have also been often asked by the Acting Regent of Karangasem, Ida Bagus Ngurah Arda. However, he could not ascertain when the meeting will be held as it is still waiting for certain schedule from the Bali Province.

Obviously, this meeting should be done immediately because the problem of clean water in Karangasem is getting more serious.

From that meeting, he hoped there will be clarity. In addition, there will be solutions to address the issue of clean water crisis in Karangasem. “Water discharge from the springs managed has much

reduced. The only hope expected in the short term is the water from Telaga Waja,” said Adnya Mulyadi who is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

In the meeting with the directors and employees of the PDAM Karangasem on Monday (Jan. 11) his institution already reiterated if there will be another meeting soon. Director of the PDAM Karangasem, I Gede T Baktiyasa, said that the source of water existing today is able to serve 24,000 home connections in normal condition. But in reality, the current water flow has far declined reaching more than 40 percent.

Under normal condition, there are still 6,000 applicants wishing to get clean water services, while the latest number of home connection has reached 30,000. His company also hoped there will be clarity soon about the fate of the operation of the Telaga Waja project. From the beginning, the PDAM Karangasem was planning to buy water from the operation of the Telaga Waja to be flowed to the home connections. “If this water source operates, actually Karangasem never faces a shortage

IBP/Dewa Farend

of clean water. Thus, it must be pushed together to make it realized soon,” he explained.

So far, to address the water crisis Karangasem has been prepared a three-step alternative. Firstly is to maximize the springs throughout Karangasem. Secondly is to encourage the Telaga Waja operation so that it can run optimally. Thirdly is to test the wells in four areas in the subdistrict of Kubu, Manggis and Karangasem.

Division Head of Economic Affairs, Wayan Sutrisna, said that his institution will submit a proposal to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Ministry of Public Works so as to obtain help for well testing. Total value of the proposal for the testing reaches IDR 3.2 billion.

Well testing process is planned to be implemented at four points, namely two points in Kubu subdistrict, precisely at Tianyar village and the others at Antiga village, Manggis subdistrict and around Peladung village in Karangasem subdistrict. This serves as the third step to overcome the water crisis getting worse in Karangasem. (kmb31)

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Suu Kyi takes part in talks to boost Myanmar cease-fire

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Aung San Suu Kyi, whose prodemocracy party will take over power in Myanmar from a pro-military government in coming months, on Tuesday participated for the first time in official talks to bring peace with the country’s fractious ethnic minorities.

Suu Kyi (pronounced “Suuchee”) spoke at the opening of a peace conference in the capital, Naypyitaw, that seeks to drive forward a cease-fire agreement signed last year between the government and ethnic guerrilla armies. Several major groups failed to sign the pact, and were also absent from Tuesday’s event. Myanmar has been wracked by war for decades as ethnic minorities fight for greater autonomy from the central government.

Suu Kyi, who led her National League for Democracy to victory in November’s historic election, said in her speech Tuesday that having all of the rebel groups take part would make the cease-fire talks

more effective.

President Thein Sein hoped the ceasefire deal, inked in October, would be the keynote achievement of his term of office, which will almost certainly end within the next few weeks. But the failure to be inclusive has thrown its effectiveness into grave doubt.

The meeting that started on Tuesday is looking at political aspects of the agreement, such as giving more administrative powers to the regions.

The head of the army, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, told the meeting the door remained open to the other groups though it isn’t immediately clear how or why they will join if the agreement remains

as it is.

Suu Kyi had previously urged armed ethnic groups not to sign on to the current agreement. In her speech she said she believed the fighting could be stopped but she referred to the need to bring all the armies into the process.

“It will be always more effective to have the inclusiveness of all ethnic groups than having a few,” she said. “We all can reach the ethnic people’s dream faster by cooperating with all ethnic groups.”

Among the groups staying outside the agreement are the United Wa State Army, whose numbers are put at around 20,000 and who control territory along the Chinese border, the Kachin Independence Army who are currently embroiled in fighting with government forces in jade-rich, mountainous northern Myanmar, and the smaller Ta’ang Liberation Army. (ap)

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday declared as constitutional a defense pact that allows American forces, warships and planes to temporarily base in local military camps, in a boost to U.S. efforts to reassert its presence in Asia as China rises to regional dominance. Ten of the 15 members of the high court also ruled that the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, which was signed by U.S. and Philippine officials in 2014 and has a 10-year lifespan, is an executive agreement that does not need Senate approval, court spokesman Theodore Te said.

“EDCA is not constitutionally infirm as an executive agreement,” Te said at a news conference after the justices’ long-awaited vote.

The ruling will bolster U.S. efforts to reassert its presence in Asia and dovetails with Philippine efforts to harness America’s help in addressing China’s aggressive acts in the disputed South China Sea. Washington immediately welcomed the court’s decision, saying the defense pact is a mutually beneficial accord that will bolster both countries’ ability to respond to disasters and strengthen the Philippines’ military. Left-wing activists said they would consider filing an appeal, adding that U.S. military presence won’t solve the country’s worries over China in the disputed waters.

“This is another sad day for Philippine sovereignty,” said left-wing activist Renato Reyes, who was one of those who challenged the legality of the defense accord before the high court. “We maintain that the EDCA is not the solution to the problems of China’s incursions.”

The Department of Foreign Affairs said that with the court’s decision, the Philippines and the U.S. can finalize the full implementation of an agreement that is a critical component of efforts to strengthen national security and disaster relief capabilities. (ap)

Pro-secession politician named new Catalan regional leader

MADRID — Pro-independence politician Carles Puigdemont has been confirmed as the new regional president of Spain’s powerful northeastern region of Catalonia, keeping alive the local parliament’s disputed drive to secede from Spain.

Puigdemont’s appointment, signed by King Felipe VI and acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, was published Tuesday in the Official State Gazette.

Puigdemont was voted in by pro-independence deputies in the Catalan parliament on Sunday after then-acting president Artur Mas failed to round up enough support.

A low-profile member of the ruling conservative Convergence party, Puigdemont pledges to continue Mas’ initiative to lead the region to independence by 2017.

His appointment comes as Spanish political parties opposed to independence struggle to make deals to form a new national government following an inconclusive Dec. 20 general election. (ap)

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

Incoming Catalan President Carles Puigdemont speaks during the investiture session at the Catalonian parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016.

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Indonesia Today

A sell-off in Chinese stocks last week sent shock waves through international trading floors, as investors remain worried about low global demand for commodities on the back of slower growth in the world’s number two economy.

“Everyone rational wants to sell, while everyone official has been told to buy,” Michael Every, Hong

Kong-based head of financial markets research at Rabobank Group, told Bloomberg news.

“By throwing good money after bad, it just delays the inevitable.”

Beijing’s weakening of its yuan currency -- raising questions about the opaqueness of its exchange rate policy -- also played a key role in the equities downturn.

On Tuesday, the greenback rose against riskier, but higher-yielding, emerging units. However, the US unit traded lower against the yen and the euro, fetching 117.52 yen from 117.77 yen Monday in New York, and trading at $1.0875 per euro from $1.0858 in US trade.

The Japanese currency, traditionally considered a safe haven in times of turmoil and uncertainty, has risen more than two percent against the greenback so far this year.

The Malaysian ringgit led declines against the dollar, falling 0.40 percent, as analysts warned the currency could weaken further on the back of the continuing slump in oil prices.

Malaysia is Asia’s only major net petroleum exporter.

“Falling crude oil prices and uncertainty involving the slowdown in China are weighing on the ringgit,” Zulkiflee Mohd. Nidzam, head of foreign exchange and bond trading Asian Finance Bank in Kuala Lum-

MOSCOW — The Russian ruble fell sharply on its first day of trading after a tenday holiday period, as a drop in the price of oil cast a shadow across the energy-exporting economy.

The national currency dropped by nearly 2 percent half an hour into trading, to 76.1 rubles, as the Moscow exchange resumed trading in foreign exchange for the first time since Dec. 31.

The price of oil, the backbone of the Russian economy, has declined over the past week amid fears about a slowdown in China’s growth. Russia has also been hit by economic sanctions that Western nations imposed following the 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea.

The sharp decline in the price of oil, now trading at 12-year lows at $34 per barrel for Brent crude, will likely cause a drain on Russia’s reserves and push the government to cut down on expenses.

Russia has based its budget this year on an average oil price of $50 per barrel and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov indicated last month that the government is prepared for cuts if crude were to fall to $30. The Russian daily Vedomosti last month quoted a ministry draft proposal that would see budget expenses cut by 5 percent across the board.

Russia is running a budget deficit of 3 percent of GDP this year and since President Vladimir Putin has ordered it to be kept below that level, the government will have to let the ruble depreciate further to balance the budget.

Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a research note last month that the ruble would need to weaken to a staggering 94 rubles to the dollar if Russia wants to keep its budget deficit below 3 percent.

After the economy shrank 3.8 percent drop last year, the Russian economic development ministry expected it to return to growth of

JAKARTA — A strong earthquake struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.4 quake hit 233 kilometers (145 miles) southeast of Sarangani in the Philippines, at a depth of 12.9 kilometers (8 miles).

The Indonesia Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said Tuesday that the quake, which struck just 22 minutes before midnight (1638 GMT) Monday, was centered about 58 kilometers (36 miles) southeast of the Talaud islands in North Sulawesi province and had no potential to trigger a tsunami.

It was strongly felt in Melonguane, a town of Talaud, but there were no reports of its impact, the agency said.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. In December 2004, a massive earthquake off Sumatra island triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries. (ap)

pur, told Bloomberg News.

“If these persist, the ringgit could weaken further to 4.45 a dollar in the near term.”

Crude slipped below $31 for the first time in more than 12 years on signs key producer Iran could be allowed to export the commodity within weeks as Western countries prepare to lift embargoes after a deal over Tehran’s nuclear programme.

Other emerging units also fell against the greenback. (afp)

Russia’s ruble slumps on first day of trading after holiday

REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Indonesian radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir (C) arrives at a court to attend an appeal hearing in Cilacap, Central Java province, January 12, 2016.

Jailed Indonesian firebrand cleric challenges conviction

CILACAP - A jailed Indonesian firebrand cleric Tuesday challenged his conviction for funding a militant group in court, as a hundredsstrong crowd chanting “God is great” rallied in support of the Islamist preacher.

AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev

People walk along a street passing an exchange booth in downtown Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. The Russian ruble has tanked on the first day of trading after a ten-day holiday period as the price of oil continues to decline. The national currency dropped by nearly 2 percent half an hour into trading to 76.1 rubles on Monday at the Moscow stock exchange’s first currency trading session since Dec. 31. about 0.7 percent this year. But with the further drop in oil prices, the economy could instead shrink another 3 percent, the ministry warned.

Speaking in an interview with the German newspaper Bild published Monday, Putin sought to assuage fears of an economic crisis.

“We believe that we will gradually be looking at the stabilization and the rise of the economy,” he said, adding that the government is investing in the high-tech industry and domestic manufacturing, which should help growth in the future.

Unlike in the 1990s, Russia is much better prepared for a recession as its debt levels

are low and it has $340 billion in gold and currency reserves. But they may be running low soon.

Finance Minister Siluanov warned last month that Russia would likely deplete one of its two rainy day funds, now worth roughly $52 billion, by the end of 2016 as it tries to plug the state deficit. (ap)

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Strong earthquake struck off Talaud islands

Dollar rises against emerging currencies as risk sentiment recedes

TOKYO - The dollar advanced against emerging market currencies Tuesday as declining risk sentiment engulfed Asia, amid fears about the weak outlook for the Chinese economy.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Abu Bakar Bashir is regarded as the spiritual leader of militant Islam in Indonesia, and was thought to be a key figure in regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah, blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people.

He was sentenced to 15 years in jail in 2011 for helping fund a paramilitary group in Aceh, a staunchly Islamic province in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, which planned to kill the then president as well as Westerners.

The 77-year-old made a rare public appearance Tuesday to apply for a judicial review of his conviction in the hope of being freed, travelling to the court in the town of Cilacap, the gateway to the prison island off Java where he is held.

His legal team are arguing that funds Bashir collected were intended to help people in the Palestinian territories, but ended up getting sent to the Aceh group without his knowledge.

However Bashir, a frail, bespectacled man with a bushy white beard, appeared to undermine his own case by admitting to knowing about the group’s Aceh training camp during a fiery tirade in court Tuesday.

“The physical and weapons’ training in Aceh were aimed at defending Islam and Muslims in Indonesia and overseas, and were an obligation Muslims must fulfil because it is God’s order,” said Bashir, who was wearing a white turban and white robe.

Bashir also told the packed courtroom that the judges should repent for acting against the Koran.

Tuesday’s hearing was brief. Prosecutors will respond to the lawyers’ arguments later this month.

About 500 supporters, most of whom were dressed in white Islamic skullcaps, packed out the courtroom and gathered outside, and more than 1,000 security personnel had been deployed.

“Bashir is a cleric, not a terrorist,” a supporter shouted, while others yelled “God is great, God is great” and thrust their fists into the air.

Bashir, also co-founder of an infamous Islamic boarding school known for producing militants, was previously jailed over the Bali bombings but his conviction was quashed on appeal.

Indonesia was hit by several Islamic militant attacks between 2000 and 2009 but a crackdown weakened the most dangerous networks.

Authorities last month foiled terror plots by several radical Muslim groups, some linked to the Islamic State group, including plans for suicide bombings. (afp)

Bird watchers attracted to Lake Tambing PALU - Foreign ecotourists flock to Lake Tambing in Lore Lindu National Park (LLNP), Central Sulawesi, every year to enjoy the beauty of the lake and to spot the numerous birds in the area.

“This is the most beautiful place I have ever visited,” Nicolass, a Danish tourist, remarked while visiting Lake Tambing in Poso District over the weekend.

Accompanied by two local tour guides, he explored the forest around Lake Tambing to spot the different kinds of birds and listen to their songs.

“This is the main attraction for tourists, especially foreign tourists, because it’s not available in other countries,” he said.

LLNP spokesman Fery noted that many foreign tourists have been coming to the park and the lake, in particular, to see the birds of the forest.

“Most foreign tourists come especially to study and watch the birds at the ecotourism site,” Fery said.

The LLNP was declared a biosphere preserve by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1977.

Fery said there are some 263 bird species living in the park, and 30 per cent of them are endemic to the area.

The latter includes the Noree Sulawesi (Tanygnatus sumatrana), the cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea), rangkong birds (Buceros rhinoceros and Aceros cassidix), and the pecuk ular (Anhinga rufa).

Fery said the number of foreign tourists visiting the tourist site, located 1,700 meters above sea level in Poso District, has continued to rise each year.

He noted that from January to December 2015, the number of foreign tourists was recorded at 244, up from only 100 in the same period the year before.

“Most of the foreign visitors were researchers and bird watchers,” he explained.

Lake Tambing is located some 90 kilometers from Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi, and can be reached in two hours by car or motorcycle. (ant)

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Iraqi PM vows to expel IS after deadly mall attack

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister vowed on Tuesday to continue the fight against Islamic State militants, a day after the group launched a suicide attack on a shopping mall in the capital, Baghdad, killing 18 people.

Touring the bombed and destroyed mall in the eastern Shiitedominated area of New Baghdad, Haider al-Abadi described the attack as a “desperate attempt” by militants after they lost control of the key western city of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province.

Iraq’s government will “spare no efforts” to expel IS forces from the country, al-Abadi said.

Gunmen stormed the Jawhara Mall on Monday after setting off a car bomb and launching a suicide attack at its entrance. Iraqi forces later surrounded the building, landing troops on the roof before clashing with attackers inside, killing two gunmen and arresting four.

Along with the 18 killed, around 50 people were wounded.

Shortly after the attack, IS posted an online statement saying it targeted an area where many Shiite Muslims are known to gather and warned of “worse” to come. The Associated Press could not immediately verify the authenticity of the statement, but its language and phrasing is consistent with past IS claims of responsibility.

Shortly after the attack, a backto-back suicide attack targeted a cafe in the town of Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles (90 kilometers) north of Baghdad in Diyala province, killing at least 24 people and wounding 52. And in a crowded area in southeast Baghdad, a car bomb explosion killed at least five people and wounded 12 others.

All police and health officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Iraq is going through its worst crisis since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops. In the summer of 2014, the Islamic State group blitzed across large swaths of the country’s north and west, capturing Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul and the majority of the western Anbar province.

Last month, the group suffered a major defeat when Iraqi forces drove the extremists out of the western city of Ramadi, the capital of the sprawling Anbar province. Islamic State still controls much of northern and western Iraq.

Baghdad has been almost quiet over the past few months, expect for a few small attacks with bombs and assaults targeting Iraqi forces and government officials. (ap)

AP Photo/Alastair Grant

The British National Heath Service Singers, who are either doctors or nurses, perform a protest song in support of junior doctors outside Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, as a 24 hour junior doctor strike starts in London, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016.

Thousands of doctors walk off the job in pay dispute

LONDON — Thousands of junior doctors have walked off the job in England in a dispute over pay and working conditions — the first such strike in 40 years.

Some 50,000 junior doctors — who represent a third of the medical workforce — are on strike for 24 hours protesting government plans to change pay and work schedules.

The doctors argue patients will be put at risk, while the government says the National Health Service

needs more flexibility to deliver services on weekends.

The strike Tuesday has forced cancellation of some 4,000 operations and outpatient procedures.

Prime Minister David Cameron had pleaded with doctors to call off the action. But Dr. Kitty Mohan, from the British Medical Association’s junior doctors committee, told the BBC that doctors “really need proper contractual safeguards.” (ap)

Blast ...

Sunni Muslim group, in the town of Suruc near the Syrian border and in the capital Ankara, the latter killing more than 100 people.

Violence has also escalated in the mainly Kurdish southeast since a two-year ceasefire collapsed in July between the state and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been fighting for three decades for Kurdish autonomy.

The PKK has however generally avoided attacking civilian targets in urban centres outside the southeast in recent years.

“Ambulances started rushing in and I knew it was a bomb right away because the same thing happened here last year,” said Ali Ibrahim Peltek, 40, who operates a kiosk selling snacks and drinks on the square.

“This is not good for Turkey but everyone was expecting a terrorist attack,” he said.

Davutoglu’s office imposed a broadcasting ban on the blast, invoking a law which allows for such steps when there is the potential for serious harm to national security or public order. (rtr)

From page 1 An official from one tour company who declined to be identified told Reuters that a tourist group from Germany was in the area at the time of the blast, but it was unclear whether any of them had been hurt.

Terorrist links

AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed

A man collects his belongings from a building heavily damaged by a car bomb explosion and attack left at least 18 people dead, in the commercial area of New Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan 12, 2016.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held an emergency meeting in Ankara with the interior minister and security chiefs. A senior official said “terrorist links” were suspected in the attack, but declined to comment further.

Just over a year ago, a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a police station for tourists off the same square, killing one officer and wounding another. That attack was initially claimed by a far-left group, but officials later said it had been perpetrated by a woman with suspected Islamist militant links.

Turkey has become a target for Islamic State, with two bombings last year blamed on the radical

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

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Pingit Waterfall

BANGLI - There are many waterfall attractions in Bali.

Some of them can be found in Bangli. There are Kuning waterfall at Tamanbali village, Pengibul waterfall and Tibumana waterfall at Apuan village, Susut and Kubusalya waterfall at Sukawana village, Kintamani. Another one is no less beautiful, namely the Pingit waterfall located at Payuk hamlet, Peninjoan, Tembuku. Wow… simply come and enjoy the beauty and freshness of the air and water.

To get to the waterfall, visitors will take about 30 minutes from the town of Bangli. From the hamlet hall of Payuk, it is only two kilometers. Before reaching the location, the eyes will be spoiled by the pristine and natural beauty. Cool atmosphere coupled with green trees will endlessly pamper the eyes. Arriving at the waterfall, serene atmosphere is very pronounced. A thin stream of the water as high as nine meters wrapped in sunlight are fused with black rocks. At first glance, the splashing and rumbling water sounds rhythmically. It is capable of soothing our mind.

Having been traced, in fact the waterfall has a Pingit cave.

Two caretakers of local customary youth club, I Gede Rikayana and Komang Payu Antayana, explained at the location that when coming into the cave, there are two caves inside. The first cave spreads across the area of around 2 x 3 meters and the second one about 3 x 4 meters. Besides, there are rocks like a place to mediate. Not only that, drops of water also fall directly on the rocks from cave ceiling. On that account, the water is called tirta pingit, believed to be a medicine. In Balinese, Tirta means holy water. “When coming into the cave, visitors will be welcomed by a swarm of bats,” he said.

Other than Tirta Pingit, chief of Payuk customary village, I Nyoman Mudita, explained that around the waterfall there are also Tirta Campuhan and Tirta Anakan Payuk. Tirta Campuhan is commonly used to do malukat (purificatory rite) for newly pregnant women in order to get smooth childbirth.

Then, the Tirta Anakan Payuk is the forerunner of Payuk village. He told that there was a yogi meditating on a hill. At that time, there was a pot-size spring emerging in the middle of paddy field, so that it was called Tirta Anakan Payuk used to perform melasti by local customary village and neighboring villages. In addition, there are also eleven springs located not far from the waterfall. So far, only eight springs have been identified, such as the Tirta Dedari, Tirta Tingkih, Tirta Melanting, Tirta Anakan, Tirta Bulung, Tirta Ponggang, Tirta Celuk and Tirta Ngening.

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Tennis star Andy Murray helps Syrian refugees with every ace scored

LONDON - British tennis star Andy Murray has helped raise more than 83,000 pounds ($121,000)for Syrian refugee children by donating money for every ace he scored through his Andy’s Aces initiative, the U.N. children’s agency (UNICEF) said on Monday.

Murray, who is ranked world number two, announced in September he would donate 50 pounds for every ace he hit until the end of 2015.

He is the latest celebrity to donate money to Syrian war victims.

Last month, actors Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher announced a $1 million donation to two charities working in Syria.

“I remember watching the news last summer and deciding I wanted to do something to help some of the millions of children whose lives have turned upside down by the situation in Syria,” said Murray, who is expecting his first child next month with his wife Kim. “It’s amazing that we’ve been able to raise so much, and I’m very grateful to my sponsors and fans for their help in this - I couldn’t have done it without them,” he said in

statement.

Murray’s donations to UNICEF were matched by his sponsors Standard Life and Under Armour, along with the Lawn Tennis Association and The Association of Tennis Professionals.

The U.K. government also matched all donations made by the British public from Oct. 29 October last year. And additional funds were raised through the Tie Break Tens tournament and the ATP ACES for Charity programme.

The money raised by the tennis champion can provide more than 16,000 children with blankets, UNICEF said.

“Almost five years into the conflict, Syria remains one of the most dangerous places to be a child and millions of children have lost loved ones, homes and schools,” UNICEF UK executive director, David Bull, said.

“Their world has been turned upside down by the conflict and humanitarian needs are becoming ever more urgent. The support of Andy, his fans and the wider tennis community will help us provide support for children who have lost so much.”

Murray is the latest in a line of celebrities to highlight the Syrian crisis, which is entering its sixth year.

Actor Edward Norton has started a Crowdrise campaign and raised more than $450,000 for a Syrian man he called “the Scientist” who had lost seven family members in a deadly attack on his home in Syria, according to the Crowdrise website.

Actress Susan Sarandon spent her Christmas meeting Syrian refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos, in an effort to raise awareness of the refugee crisis.

Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Mandy Patinkin and Angelina Jolie and author JK Rowling have also highlighted the crisis in recent months. (rtr)

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Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov gets up after an NBA basketball news conference in New York, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. The Nets reassigned their general manager and fired coach Lionel Hollins on Sunday in the midst of their worst season since moving from New Jersey.

NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov wanted a championship, and his team never got close. Now he wants a reset, and said it was an easy decision to start it now.

“If we look at the team for the time being, it’s clear we’re doing not the best way,” Prokhorov said Monday.

A day after firing coach Lionel Hollins and reassigning general manager Billy King, Prokhorov blamed himself for a win-quick strategy that’s left the Nets in one of the NBA’s worst situations — then said he hopes to contend for an NBA title next season.

He’ll try to do that with new leadership that he hopes will help clarify what kind of team the Nets want to be and what kind of personnel they will need. The Russian billionaire had determined more than a month ago that King and Hollins weren’t among them.

“I have to look at the reality and make a change if things are not going in the right direction,” Prokhorov said. “That’s what we have done. It was just very easy.”

The Nets made the playoffs the last three years but are 10-27 entering Monday’s game against San Antonio. Their likely spot in the NBA draft lottery will go to Boston as payment from one of King’s big trades, and they don’t fully control their own first-round pick until 2019.

“Our approach helped us to reach three playoffs in a row but we have failed to go further.

And for us it’s important to go further,” Prokhorov said. “That’s why we need a small reset for this year and I hope we’ll be back not as a playoff team, as a championship contender. This is my only goal.”

He wanted a title within five years of buying the team in 2010, and King was aggressive in trying to build a contender quickly. He acquired Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett in moves that came at a future cost the Nets are paying now.

“I take full responsibility for the state of the team and I think Billy King did his best,” Prokhorov said. “Just, we need a fresh look.”

Tony Brown is the interim coach and Prokhorov said assistant general manager Frank Zanin will oversee the front office until King’s replacement is hired. He offered no timetable for either job — he ideally wants it to be two people — and expects to have a long list of candidates.

Prokhorov has largely been an absentee owner, spending most of his time in Russia focused on his business and political interests. But he vowed to be around Brooklyn more for the time being to lead the search for new leadership, adding he will personally meet all candidates.

He was swayed by the Nets’ strengths — the New York market, a state-of-the-art arena and new training facility soon to follow, salary cap space — in thinking a quick turnaround is possible. “I hope next season, championship contender,” he said. (ap)

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Sp rt Messi wins Ballon d’Or for fifth time

ZURICH - Lionel Messi reclaimed the FIFA Ballon d’Or have been indicted on corruption award for the world player of the year on Monday from his charges.

Outgoing FIFA president Sepp great rival Cristiano Ronaldo who had walked off with the Blatter, normally a central figure award for the previous two years.

The Barcelona and Argentina forward took 41.33 percent of the votes followed by the Portuguese and Real Madrid forward (27.76 percent), with Brazil and Barcelona forward Neymar third (7.86 per cent).

“It is a very special moment for me to be back here on this stage, winning again another Ballon d’Or after being there in the audience watching Cristiano win,” said Messi as he accepted the award at the end of a drawn-out 90-minute ceremony. “It’s incredible this is my fifth.”

Barcelona’s Luis Enrique was voted coach of the year while United States World Cup winner Carli Lloyd, who scored a hat-trick in the final against Japan, was named women’s player of the year.

Initially started as the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1991, it became known as the Ballon d’Or after merging with France Football’s European footballer of the year award in 2010.

The award, shared exclusively between Messi and Real Madrid’s Ronaldo since Brazilian Kaka won in 2007, has been heavily promoted

by FIFA and was broadcast to 190 countries with 1,100 guests including players and coaches attending the ceremony.

But it is not everyone’s cup of tea and some critics, such as Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, say it is not appropriate in a team sport.

“I’m a big enemy of the Ballon

d’Or. Who will win it? You know as well as I do that it’s certainly Messi who will win it. I think so.

Overall I’m not a big fan of that,” the Frenchman said earlier on Monday.

The breakdown presented by FIFA also revealed tactical voting among the 165 national team coaches, 162 national team captains and 171 media representatives who cast votes.

Messi, eligible to vote as Argentina captain, named Barcelona team mates Luis Suarez, Neymar and Andres Iniesta as his top three.

Portugal captain Ronaldo choose three Real Madrid team mates -Karim Benzema, James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale.

Belgium captain Vincent Kompany opted for his compatriots Eden Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne as his top two. More surprisingly, Spain captain Iker Casillas -- the former Real Madrid goalkeeper who now plays for Portuguese club Porto -- was among those who did not vote.

Despite a red carpet and plenty of glitz, the event had a low-key air of predictability about it and was held against the backdrop of FIFA going through the worst corruption crisis since it was founded in 1904.

The sport is facing criminal investigations in both Switzerland and the United States, where some leading FIFA officials are among 41 individuals and sports entities who

in the ceremony, was not involved after being banned for eight years by the Ethics Committee in December and there was no President’s Award, usually given out by Blatter for outstanding services to the game.

Past recipients have included Pele, former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, the Haiti

national team, Queen Rania of Jordan and South African anti-apartheid activist and veteran cleric, Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Acting president Issa Hayatou played a low-key role, reading a brief speech before the start and appearing on stage when the awards for best player and women’s player were presented. Ronaldo said the players did not want to discuss FIFA’s problems.

“We avoid answering this kind of question,” he told a press con-

ference before the ceremony. “We are professional football players, we compete every week, every day, we train and we just focus on that. These things happen not just in football but in life, and the best thing would be no corruption anywhere.”

In terms of individual achievement, Ronaldo had slightly the better in the last year, scoring 54 goals in 52 games for Real Madrid, compared to Messi’s 48 in 53. (rtr)

Celtic bans 3 fans for throwing flares on field during game

GLASGOW — Scottish club Celtic suspended three fans on Monday for setting off flares and is being investigated by police for several outbreaks of crowd trouble during a Scottish Cup match.

In a strong statement, the Scottish champions said the supporters in question “have again caused embarrassment to Celtic” and that they “simply do not care about our club.”

The incidents took place during Celtic’s 3-0 win over Stranraer on Sunday.

Supporters used pyrotechnic devices, a smoke bomb was thrown onto the

field, and there is alleged to have been sectarian singing and chanting.

Police Scotland said four supporters were arrested for football-related and public-order offenses before and during the match.

Celtic was charged by UEFA for setting off flares during a Europa League match against Fenerbahce in December. The club is set to receive its punishment on Feb. 18.

Celtic manager Ronny Deila has said that fan trouble is “something that is making a bad reputation for the club.” (ap)

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi of Argentina holds the World Player of the Year award during the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2015 ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, January 11, 2016.

to neutral venues. Muhammad AlNuwaiser, the vice-president of the Saudi Arabia Football Federation, also tweeted that the protests in Iran showed that it should not host soccer games.

There are already six games scheduled between the countries in the group stage of the continent’s biggest club competition and, depending on preliminary playoff results, there could be as many as eight. That leaves plenty of opportunity for tensions to spill over on the field, according to James Dorsey, an expert in Middle East soccer politics at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University.

“Football is politics and that is certainly true with regard to international matches, particularly in countries like Saudi Arabia and

Iran where political control of the sport is tight,” Dorsey told The Associated Press. “Saudi Arabia, by refusing to play Asian Champions League matches (in Iran), seeks to project Iran as an insecure, unstable country,” he said.

In response to the Saudi claims about Iran’s inability to host Champions League matches, Iranian Football Federation President Ali Kafashian pointed out that his country has been serving as a home venue for Afghanistan and Iraq during the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign due to instability in both of those countries.

“Iran is a safe country and if the Saudi Arabian football officials don’t agree with it, (they) must give evidence,” Kafashian was quoted as saying by the Tehran Times. “Saudi

Arabia barred its citizens from traveling to Iran, but sport has nothing to do with politics.”

The AFC said in a statement last week that it was “monitoring the situation” in both countries, but has not commented further.

Saudi Arabia and Iran’s under-23 teams could also meet at the Asian Under-23 Championships, which start Tuesday in Qatar. Iran has been drawn in Group A and Saudi Arabia in Group B, meaning the teams could play in the quarterfinals if one finishes first and the other second in their respective groups.

The tournament also carries significance as it will decide which three Asian teams will go to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics this year.

The host, Qatar, is hoping for big things from its young players as

it gears up to host the 2022 World Cup. Under-23 stars Mohammed Muntari and Abdelkarim Hassan have already appeared for the senior team, giving them confidence they can add the U-23 Asian title to Qatar’s under-19 crown in 2014.

“Qatar is putting in a lot of effort and they are investing a lot in youth development,” said the under-23 team coach, Felix Sanchez of Spain.

“The players will learn a lot from these competitions. And hopefully, Qatar will reach a very good level before the World Cup in 2022.”

South Korea, led by young stars Ryu Seung-woo of Bayer Leverkusen and Red Bull Salzburg’s Hwang Hee-chan, will also be difficult to beat. The Koreans won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. (ap)

Action Images via Reuters / John Sibley

Arsenal’s Theo Walcott celebrates with a fan on the pitch after the game

Holders Arsenal draw Burnley in FA Cup fourth round

LONDON - Holders and Premier League leaders Arsenal will be at home to Championship (second tier) Burnley in the fourth round of the FA Cup after most of the big guns avoided top flight opponents in Monday’s draw.

Arsene Wenger’s side, hoping to become the first club to win the trophy three times in a row since Blackburn Rovers in the 19th century, should have little to worry about even in a competition renowned for upsets.

Crystal Palace’s home tie against Stoke City was the only definite all-Premier League tie, although Liverpool will play West Ham United at Anfield if the Reds beat fourth tier Exeter City in a replay after Friday’s 2-2

draw. The ties are due to be held between Jan 29 and Feb 1.

Wealthy Manchester City will travel to last season’s runners-up Aston Villa, currently rooted to the bottom of the Premier League, or fourth tier Wycombe Wanderers depending on the outcome of a replay. Louis Van Gaal’s Manchester United will have to travel to Championship side Derby County.

Premier League champions Chelsea, four-times Cup winners since 2007, are also waiting on a replay before knowing whether they face a trip to fourth tier Northampton Town or Championship side Milton Keynes Dons.

The winners of the third round replay between high-flying Pre-

mier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City, who drew 2-2 on Sunday, will travel to League Two (third tier) Colchester United.

Giant killers Oxford United, who beat Premier League Swansea City 3-2 on Sunday, have a less glamorous home tie to fourth tier rivals Newport County or second tier Blackburn Rovers -- manager Michael Appleton’s previous employers.

Minor league Eastleigh, the lowest-ranked club remaining in the draw who performed heroics in a 1-1 draw against four times winners Bolton Wanderers, were handed the appetising prospect of a visit from Leeds United if they make it through the replay. (rtr)

MOSCOW — Kazakhstan fans could choose their country’s next national team coach in an online vote as part of a rare democratic experiment in international soccer.

Fans have been offered a choice between a Kazakh or foreign coach on the federation’s website. In the second round, fans will pick a name from a list of coaches, federation spokesman Dmitry Nesterenko told The Associated Press.

The candidates will all be realistic hires rather than global stars, Nesterenko said, with “basically, no (Jose) Mourinho,” who recently left Chelsea.

However, the Central Asian nation’s foray into Internet de-

mocracy has been hampered by low participation.

The federation said 50,000 votes would be needed to consider the vote valid, but barely 5 percent of that figure had been reached as of Monday evening, with only four days to go. There was a clear preference for a foreign coach, that option leading by 1,732 votes to 836.

“There aren’t really any problems with popularizing football.

People go to the football, watch it, but I can’t say why no one is voting,” Nesterenko said.

There is no guarantee that all the votes were cast by Kazakh supporters. Registration is open to registered users of the federation’s website, but there is noth-

ing to stop foreigners from going through the automated registration process and casting votes.

Soccer in Kazakhstan reached a milestone this season when FC Astana became the first Kazakh team to play in the group stage of the Champions League. While it didn’t qualify for the knockout stages, Astana managed to remain unbeaten at home in its group games.

However, that success has yet to transfer to the national team, which failed to reach this year’s European Championship, winning only one of 10 qualifying games. Kazakhstan’s last four coaches have been foreigners, most recently Yuri Krasnozhan of Russia. (ap)

Kazakhstan holds vote for new national soccer team

Saudi-Iran tensions overshadow Asian soccer tournaments The political tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran may filter onto the soccer pitch in the coming weeks with teams from the two nations due to play each other in the Asian Champions League and the Asian Under-23 Championships.

Relations between the countries deteriorated sharply in early January when Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shiite cleric and Iranian protesters responded by attacking the Saudi embassy in Tehran and a consulate in another city. Riyadh then broke off diplomatic relations with Tehran.

As the standoff has escalated, Saudi Arabia’s leading soccer clubs asked the Asian Football Confederation to move Champions League matches between clubs from the two nations in February

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Danny Lawson/PA via AP

Celtic’s Stefan Johansen, right, and Partick Thistle’s Sean Welsh battle for the ball during the Scottish Premiership soccer match at Celtic Park, Glasgow, Saturday Jan. 2, 2016.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Sp rt Messi wins Ballon d’Or for fifth time

ZURICH - Lionel Messi reclaimed the FIFA Ballon d’Or have been indicted on corruption award for the world player of the year on Monday from his charges.

Outgoing FIFA president Sepp great rival Cristiano Ronaldo who had walked off with the Blatter, normally a central figure award for the previous two years.

The Barcelona and Argentina forward took 41.33 percent of the votes followed by the Portuguese and Real Madrid forward (27.76 percent), with Brazil and Barcelona forward Neymar third (7.86 per cent).

“It is a very special moment for me to be back here on this stage, winning again another Ballon d’Or after being there in the audience watching Cristiano win,” said Messi as he accepted the award at the end of a drawn-out 90-minute ceremony. “It’s incredible this is my fifth.”

Barcelona’s Luis Enrique was voted coach of the year while United States World Cup winner Carli Lloyd, who scored a hat-trick in the final against Japan, was named women’s player of the year.

Initially started as the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1991, it became known as the Ballon d’Or after merging with France Football’s European footballer of the year award in 2010.

The award, shared exclusively between Messi and Real Madrid’s Ronaldo since Brazilian Kaka won in 2007, has been heavily promoted

by FIFA and was broadcast to 190 countries with 1,100 guests including players and coaches attending the ceremony.

But it is not everyone’s cup of tea and some critics, such as Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, say it is not appropriate in a team sport.

“I’m a big enemy of the Ballon

d’Or. Who will win it? You know as well as I do that it’s certainly Messi who will win it. I think so.

Overall I’m not a big fan of that,” the Frenchman said earlier on Monday.

The breakdown presented by FIFA also revealed tactical voting among the 165 national team coaches, 162 national team captains and 171 media representatives who cast votes.

Messi, eligible to vote as Argentina captain, named Barcelona team mates Luis Suarez, Neymar and Andres Iniesta as his top three.

Portugal captain Ronaldo choose three Real Madrid team mates -Karim Benzema, James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale.

Belgium captain Vincent Kompany opted for his compatriots Eden Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne as his top two. More surprisingly, Spain captain Iker Casillas -- the former Real Madrid goalkeeper who now plays for Portuguese club Porto -- was among those who did not vote.

Despite a red carpet and plenty of glitz, the event had a low-key air of predictability about it and was held against the backdrop of FIFA going through the worst corruption crisis since it was founded in 1904.

The sport is facing criminal investigations in both Switzerland and the United States, where some leading FIFA officials are among 41 individuals and sports entities who

in the ceremony, was not involved after being banned for eight years by the Ethics Committee in December and there was no President’s Award, usually given out by Blatter for outstanding services to the game.

Past recipients have included Pele, former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, the Haiti

national team, Queen Rania of Jordan and South African anti-apartheid activist and veteran cleric, Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Acting president Issa Hayatou played a low-key role, reading a brief speech before the start and appearing on stage when the awards for best player and women’s player were presented. Ronaldo said the players did not want to discuss FIFA’s problems.

“We avoid answering this kind of question,” he told a press con-

ference before the ceremony. “We are professional football players, we compete every week, every day, we train and we just focus on that. These things happen not just in football but in life, and the best thing would be no corruption anywhere.”

In terms of individual achievement, Ronaldo had slightly the better in the last year, scoring 54 goals in 52 games for Real Madrid, compared to Messi’s 48 in 53. (rtr)

Celtic bans 3 fans for throwing flares on field during game

GLASGOW — Scottish club Celtic suspended three fans on Monday for setting off flares and is being investigated by police for several outbreaks of crowd trouble during a Scottish Cup match.

In a strong statement, the Scottish champions said the supporters in question “have again caused embarrassment to Celtic” and that they “simply do not care about our club.”

The incidents took place during Celtic’s 3-0 win over Stranraer on Sunday.

Supporters used pyrotechnic devices, a smoke bomb was thrown onto the

field, and there is alleged to have been sectarian singing and chanting.

Police Scotland said four supporters were arrested for football-related and public-order offenses before and during the match.

Celtic was charged by UEFA for setting off flares during a Europa League match against Fenerbahce in December. The club is set to receive its punishment on Feb. 18.

Celtic manager Ronny Deila has said that fan trouble is “something that is making a bad reputation for the club.” (ap)

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi of Argentina holds the World Player of the Year award during the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2015 ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, January 11, 2016.

to neutral venues. Muhammad AlNuwaiser, the vice-president of the Saudi Arabia Football Federation, also tweeted that the protests in Iran showed that it should not host soccer games.

There are already six games scheduled between the countries in the group stage of the continent’s biggest club competition and, depending on preliminary playoff results, there could be as many as eight. That leaves plenty of opportunity for tensions to spill over on the field, according to James Dorsey, an expert in Middle East soccer politics at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University.

“Football is politics and that is certainly true with regard to international matches, particularly in countries like Saudi Arabia and

Iran where political control of the sport is tight,” Dorsey told The Associated Press. “Saudi Arabia, by refusing to play Asian Champions League matches (in Iran), seeks to project Iran as an insecure, unstable country,” he said.

In response to the Saudi claims about Iran’s inability to host Champions League matches, Iranian Football Federation President Ali Kafashian pointed out that his country has been serving as a home venue for Afghanistan and Iraq during the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign due to instability in both of those countries.

“Iran is a safe country and if the Saudi Arabian football officials don’t agree with it, (they) must give evidence,” Kafashian was quoted as saying by the Tehran Times. “Saudi

Arabia barred its citizens from traveling to Iran, but sport has nothing to do with politics.”

The AFC said in a statement last week that it was “monitoring the situation” in both countries, but has not commented further.

Saudi Arabia and Iran’s under-23 teams could also meet at the Asian Under-23 Championships, which start Tuesday in Qatar. Iran has been drawn in Group A and Saudi Arabia in Group B, meaning the teams could play in the quarterfinals if one finishes first and the other second in their respective groups.

The tournament also carries significance as it will decide which three Asian teams will go to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics this year.

The host, Qatar, is hoping for big things from its young players as

it gears up to host the 2022 World Cup. Under-23 stars Mohammed Muntari and Abdelkarim Hassan have already appeared for the senior team, giving them confidence they can add the U-23 Asian title to Qatar’s under-19 crown in 2014.

“Qatar is putting in a lot of effort and they are investing a lot in youth development,” said the under-23 team coach, Felix Sanchez of Spain.

“The players will learn a lot from these competitions. And hopefully, Qatar will reach a very good level before the World Cup in 2022.”

South Korea, led by young stars Ryu Seung-woo of Bayer Leverkusen and Red Bull Salzburg’s Hwang Hee-chan, will also be difficult to beat. The Koreans won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. (ap)

Action Images via Reuters / John Sibley

Arsenal’s Theo Walcott celebrates with a fan on the pitch after the game

Holders Arsenal draw Burnley in FA Cup fourth round

LONDON - Holders and Premier League leaders Arsenal will be at home to Championship (second tier) Burnley in the fourth round of the FA Cup after most of the big guns avoided top flight opponents in Monday’s draw.

Arsene Wenger’s side, hoping to become the first club to win the trophy three times in a row since Blackburn Rovers in the 19th century, should have little to worry about even in a competition renowned for upsets.

Crystal Palace’s home tie against Stoke City was the only definite all-Premier League tie, although Liverpool will play West Ham United at Anfield if the Reds beat fourth tier Exeter City in a replay after Friday’s 2-2

draw. The ties are due to be held between Jan 29 and Feb 1.

Wealthy Manchester City will travel to last season’s runners-up Aston Villa, currently rooted to the bottom of the Premier League, or fourth tier Wycombe Wanderers depending on the outcome of a replay. Louis Van Gaal’s Manchester United will have to travel to Championship side Derby County.

Premier League champions Chelsea, four-times Cup winners since 2007, are also waiting on a replay before knowing whether they face a trip to fourth tier Northampton Town or Championship side Milton Keynes Dons.

The winners of the third round replay between high-flying Pre-

mier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City, who drew 2-2 on Sunday, will travel to League Two (third tier) Colchester United.

Giant killers Oxford United, who beat Premier League Swansea City 3-2 on Sunday, have a less glamorous home tie to fourth tier rivals Newport County or second tier Blackburn Rovers -- manager Michael Appleton’s previous employers.

Minor league Eastleigh, the lowest-ranked club remaining in the draw who performed heroics in a 1-1 draw against four times winners Bolton Wanderers, were handed the appetising prospect of a visit from Leeds United if they make it through the replay. (rtr)

MOSCOW — Kazakhstan fans could choose their country’s next national team coach in an online vote as part of a rare democratic experiment in international soccer.

Fans have been offered a choice between a Kazakh or foreign coach on the federation’s website. In the second round, fans will pick a name from a list of coaches, federation spokesman Dmitry Nesterenko told The Associated Press.

The candidates will all be realistic hires rather than global stars, Nesterenko said, with “basically, no (Jose) Mourinho,” who recently left Chelsea.

However, the Central Asian nation’s foray into Internet de-

mocracy has been hampered by low participation.

The federation said 50,000 votes would be needed to consider the vote valid, but barely 5 percent of that figure had been reached as of Monday evening, with only four days to go. There was a clear preference for a foreign coach, that option leading by 1,732 votes to 836.

“There aren’t really any problems with popularizing football.

People go to the football, watch it, but I can’t say why no one is voting,” Nesterenko said.

There is no guarantee that all the votes were cast by Kazakh supporters. Registration is open to registered users of the federation’s website, but there is noth-

ing to stop foreigners from going through the automated registration process and casting votes.

Soccer in Kazakhstan reached a milestone this season when FC Astana became the first Kazakh team to play in the group stage of the Champions League. While it didn’t qualify for the knockout stages, Astana managed to remain unbeaten at home in its group games.

However, that success has yet to transfer to the national team, which failed to reach this year’s European Championship, winning only one of 10 qualifying games. Kazakhstan’s last four coaches have been foreigners, most recently Yuri Krasnozhan of Russia. (ap)

Kazakhstan holds vote for new national soccer team

Saudi-Iran tensions overshadow Asian soccer tournaments The political tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran may filter onto the soccer pitch in the coming weeks with teams from the two nations due to play each other in the Asian Champions League and the Asian Under-23 Championships.

Relations between the countries deteriorated sharply in early January when Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shiite cleric and Iranian protesters responded by attacking the Saudi embassy in Tehran and a consulate in another city. Riyadh then broke off diplomatic relations with Tehran.

As the standoff has escalated, Saudi Arabia’s leading soccer clubs asked the Asian Football Confederation to move Champions League matches between clubs from the two nations in February

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Danny Lawson/PA via AP

Celtic’s Stefan Johansen, right, and Partick Thistle’s Sean Welsh battle for the ball during the Scottish Premiership soccer match at Celtic Park, Glasgow, Saturday Jan. 2, 2016.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

International

Pingit Waterfall

BANGLI - There are many waterfall attractions in Bali.

Some of them can be found in Bangli. There are Kuning waterfall at Tamanbali village, Pengibul waterfall and Tibumana waterfall at Apuan village, Susut and Kubusalya waterfall at Sukawana village, Kintamani. Another one is no less beautiful, namely the Pingit waterfall located at Payuk hamlet, Peninjoan, Tembuku. Wow… simply come and enjoy the beauty and freshness of the air and water.

To get to the waterfall, visitors will take about 30 minutes from the town of Bangli. From the hamlet hall of Payuk, it is only two kilometers. Before reaching the location, the eyes will be spoiled by the pristine and natural beauty. Cool atmosphere coupled with green trees will endlessly pamper the eyes. Arriving at the waterfall, serene atmosphere is very pronounced. A thin stream of the water as high as nine meters wrapped in sunlight are fused with black rocks. At first glance, the splashing and rumbling water sounds rhythmically. It is capable of soothing our mind.

Having been traced, in fact the waterfall has a Pingit cave.

Two caretakers of local customary youth club, I Gede Rikayana and Komang Payu Antayana, explained at the location that when coming into the cave, there are two caves inside. The first cave spreads across the area of around 2 x 3 meters and the second one about 3 x 4 meters. Besides, there are rocks like a place to mediate. Not only that, drops of water also fall directly on the rocks from cave ceiling. On that account, the water is called tirta pingit, believed to be a medicine. In Balinese, Tirta means holy water. “When coming into the cave, visitors will be welcomed by a swarm of bats,” he said.

Other than Tirta Pingit, chief of Payuk customary village, I Nyoman Mudita, explained that around the waterfall there are also Tirta Campuhan and Tirta Anakan Payuk. Tirta Campuhan is commonly used to do malukat (purificatory rite) for newly pregnant women in order to get smooth childbirth.

Then, the Tirta Anakan Payuk is the forerunner of Payuk village. He told that there was a yogi meditating on a hill. At that time, there was a pot-size spring emerging in the middle of paddy field, so that it was called Tirta Anakan Payuk used to perform melasti by local customary village and neighboring villages. In addition, there are also eleven springs located not far from the waterfall. So far, only eight springs have been identified, such as the Tirta Dedari, Tirta Tingkih, Tirta Melanting, Tirta Anakan, Tirta Bulung, Tirta Ponggang, Tirta Celuk and Tirta Ngening.

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Tennis star Andy Murray helps Syrian refugees with every ace scored

LONDON - British tennis star Andy Murray has helped raise more than 83,000 pounds ($121,000)for Syrian refugee children by donating money for every ace he scored through his Andy’s Aces initiative, the U.N. children’s agency (UNICEF) said on Monday.

Murray, who is ranked world number two, announced in September he would donate 50 pounds for every ace he hit until the end of 2015.

He is the latest celebrity to donate money to Syrian war victims.

Last month, actors Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher announced a $1 million donation to two charities working in Syria.

“I remember watching the news last summer and deciding I wanted to do something to help some of the millions of children whose lives have turned upside down by the situation in Syria,” said Murray, who is expecting his first child next month with his wife Kim. “It’s amazing that we’ve been able to raise so much, and I’m very grateful to my sponsors and fans for their help in this - I couldn’t have done it without them,” he said in

statement.

Murray’s donations to UNICEF were matched by his sponsors Standard Life and Under Armour, along with the Lawn Tennis Association and The Association of Tennis Professionals.

The U.K. government also matched all donations made by the British public from Oct. 29 October last year. And additional funds were raised through the Tie Break Tens tournament and the ATP ACES for Charity programme.

The money raised by the tennis champion can provide more than 16,000 children with blankets, UNICEF said.

“Almost five years into the conflict, Syria remains one of the most dangerous places to be a child and millions of children have lost loved ones, homes and schools,” UNICEF UK executive director, David Bull, said.

“Their world has been turned upside down by the conflict and humanitarian needs are becoming ever more urgent. The support of Andy, his fans and the wider tennis community will help us provide support for children who have lost so much.”

Murray is the latest in a line of celebrities to highlight the Syrian crisis, which is entering its sixth year.

Actor Edward Norton has started a Crowdrise campaign and raised more than $450,000 for a Syrian man he called “the Scientist” who had lost seven family members in a deadly attack on his home in Syria, according to the Crowdrise website.

Actress Susan Sarandon spent her Christmas meeting Syrian refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos, in an effort to raise awareness of the refugee crisis.

Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Mandy Patinkin and Angelina Jolie and author JK Rowling have also highlighted the crisis in recent months. (rtr)

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Andy Murray of Britain celebrates his men’s singles win over Alexander Zverev of Germany at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia, January 8, 2016.

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Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov gets up after an NBA basketball news conference in New York, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. The Nets reassigned their general manager and fired coach Lionel Hollins on Sunday in the midst of their worst season since moving from New Jersey.

NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov wanted a championship, and his team never got close. Now he wants a reset, and said it was an easy decision to start it now.

“If we look at the team for the time being, it’s clear we’re doing not the best way,” Prokhorov said Monday.

A day after firing coach Lionel Hollins and reassigning general manager Billy King, Prokhorov blamed himself for a win-quick strategy that’s left the Nets in one of the NBA’s worst situations — then said he hopes to contend for an NBA title next season.

He’ll try to do that with new leadership that he hopes will help clarify what kind of team the Nets want to be and what kind of personnel they will need. The Russian billionaire had determined more than a month ago that King and Hollins weren’t among them.

“I have to look at the reality and make a change if things are not going in the right direction,” Prokhorov said. “That’s what we have done. It was just very easy.”

The Nets made the playoffs the last three years but are 10-27 entering Monday’s game against San Antonio. Their likely spot in the NBA draft lottery will go to Boston as payment from one of King’s big trades, and they don’t fully control their own first-round pick until 2019.

“Our approach helped us to reach three playoffs in a row but we have failed to go further.

And for us it’s important to go further,” Prokhorov said. “That’s why we need a small reset for this year and I hope we’ll be back not as a playoff team, as a championship contender. This is my only goal.”

He wanted a title within five years of buying the team in 2010, and King was aggressive in trying to build a contender quickly. He acquired Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett in moves that came at a future cost the Nets are paying now.

“I take full responsibility for the state of the team and I think Billy King did his best,” Prokhorov said. “Just, we need a fresh look.”

Tony Brown is the interim coach and Prokhorov said assistant general manager Frank Zanin will oversee the front office until King’s replacement is hired. He offered no timetable for either job — he ideally wants it to be two people — and expects to have a long list of candidates.

Prokhorov has largely been an absentee owner, spending most of his time in Russia focused on his business and political interests. But he vowed to be around Brooklyn more for the time being to lead the search for new leadership, adding he will personally meet all candidates.

He was swayed by the Nets’ strengths — the New York market, a state-of-the-art arena and new training facility soon to follow, salary cap space — in thinking a quick turnaround is possible. “I hope next season, championship contender,” he said. (ap)

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Iraqi PM vows to expel IS after deadly mall attack

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister vowed on Tuesday to continue the fight against Islamic State militants, a day after the group launched a suicide attack on a shopping mall in the capital, Baghdad, killing 18 people.

Touring the bombed and destroyed mall in the eastern Shiitedominated area of New Baghdad, Haider al-Abadi described the attack as a “desperate attempt” by militants after they lost control of the key western city of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province.

Iraq’s government will “spare no efforts” to expel IS forces from the country, al-Abadi said.

Gunmen stormed the Jawhara Mall on Monday after setting off a car bomb and launching a suicide attack at its entrance. Iraqi forces later surrounded the building, landing troops on the roof before clashing with attackers inside, killing two gunmen and arresting four.

Along with the 18 killed, around 50 people were wounded.

Shortly after the attack, IS posted an online statement saying it targeted an area where many Shiite Muslims are known to gather and warned of “worse” to come. The Associated Press could not immediately verify the authenticity of the statement, but its language and phrasing is consistent with past IS claims of responsibility.

Shortly after the attack, a backto-back suicide attack targeted a cafe in the town of Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles (90 kilometers) north of Baghdad in Diyala province, killing at least 24 people and wounding 52. And in a crowded area in southeast Baghdad, a car bomb explosion killed at least five people and wounded 12 others.

All police and health officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Iraq is going through its worst crisis since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops. In the summer of 2014, the Islamic State group blitzed across large swaths of the country’s north and west, capturing Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul and the majority of the western Anbar province.

Last month, the group suffered a major defeat when Iraqi forces drove the extremists out of the western city of Ramadi, the capital of the sprawling Anbar province. Islamic State still controls much of northern and western Iraq.

Baghdad has been almost quiet over the past few months, expect for a few small attacks with bombs and assaults targeting Iraqi forces and government officials. (ap)

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The British National Heath Service Singers, who are either doctors or nurses, perform a protest song in support of junior doctors outside Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, as a 24 hour junior doctor strike starts in London, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016.

Thousands of doctors walk off the job in pay dispute

LONDON — Thousands of junior doctors have walked off the job in England in a dispute over pay and working conditions — the first such strike in 40 years.

Some 50,000 junior doctors — who represent a third of the medical workforce — are on strike for 24 hours protesting government plans to change pay and work schedules.

The doctors argue patients will be put at risk, while the government says the National Health Service

needs more flexibility to deliver services on weekends.

The strike Tuesday has forced cancellation of some 4,000 operations and outpatient procedures.

Prime Minister David Cameron had pleaded with doctors to call off the action. But Dr. Kitty Mohan, from the British Medical Association’s junior doctors committee, told the BBC that doctors “really need proper contractual safeguards.” (ap)

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Sunni Muslim group, in the town of Suruc near the Syrian border and in the capital Ankara, the latter killing more than 100 people.

Violence has also escalated in the mainly Kurdish southeast since a two-year ceasefire collapsed in July between the state and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been fighting for three decades for Kurdish autonomy.

The PKK has however generally avoided attacking civilian targets in urban centres outside the southeast in recent years.

“Ambulances started rushing in and I knew it was a bomb right away because the same thing happened here last year,” said Ali Ibrahim Peltek, 40, who operates a kiosk selling snacks and drinks on the square.

“This is not good for Turkey but everyone was expecting a terrorist attack,” he said.

Davutoglu’s office imposed a broadcasting ban on the blast, invoking a law which allows for such steps when there is the potential for serious harm to national security or public order. (rtr)

From page 1 An official from one tour company who declined to be identified told Reuters that a tourist group from Germany was in the area at the time of the blast, but it was unclear whether any of them had been hurt.

Terorrist links

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A man collects his belongings from a building heavily damaged by a car bomb explosion and attack left at least 18 people dead, in the commercial area of New Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan 12, 2016.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held an emergency meeting in Ankara with the interior minister and security chiefs. A senior official said “terrorist links” were suspected in the attack, but declined to comment further.

Just over a year ago, a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a police station for tourists off the same square, killing one officer and wounding another. That attack was initially claimed by a far-left group, but officials later said it had been perpetrated by a woman with suspected Islamist militant links.

Turkey has become a target for Islamic State, with two bombings last year blamed on the radical

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A sell-off in Chinese stocks last week sent shock waves through international trading floors, as investors remain worried about low global demand for commodities on the back of slower growth in the world’s number two economy.

“Everyone rational wants to sell, while everyone official has been told to buy,” Michael Every, Hong

Kong-based head of financial markets research at Rabobank Group, told Bloomberg news.

“By throwing good money after bad, it just delays the inevitable.”

Beijing’s weakening of its yuan currency -- raising questions about the opaqueness of its exchange rate policy -- also played a key role in the equities downturn.

On Tuesday, the greenback rose against riskier, but higher-yielding, emerging units. However, the US unit traded lower against the yen and the euro, fetching 117.52 yen from 117.77 yen Monday in New York, and trading at $1.0875 per euro from $1.0858 in US trade.

The Japanese currency, traditionally considered a safe haven in times of turmoil and uncertainty, has risen more than two percent against the greenback so far this year.

The Malaysian ringgit led declines against the dollar, falling 0.40 percent, as analysts warned the currency could weaken further on the back of the continuing slump in oil prices.

Malaysia is Asia’s only major net petroleum exporter.

“Falling crude oil prices and uncertainty involving the slowdown in China are weighing on the ringgit,” Zulkiflee Mohd. Nidzam, head of foreign exchange and bond trading Asian Finance Bank in Kuala Lum-

MOSCOW — The Russian ruble fell sharply on its first day of trading after a tenday holiday period, as a drop in the price of oil cast a shadow across the energy-exporting economy.

The national currency dropped by nearly 2 percent half an hour into trading, to 76.1 rubles, as the Moscow exchange resumed trading in foreign exchange for the first time since Dec. 31.

The price of oil, the backbone of the Russian economy, has declined over the past week amid fears about a slowdown in China’s growth. Russia has also been hit by economic sanctions that Western nations imposed following the 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea.

The sharp decline in the price of oil, now trading at 12-year lows at $34 per barrel for Brent crude, will likely cause a drain on Russia’s reserves and push the government to cut down on expenses.

Russia has based its budget this year on an average oil price of $50 per barrel and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov indicated last month that the government is prepared for cuts if crude were to fall to $30. The Russian daily Vedomosti last month quoted a ministry draft proposal that would see budget expenses cut by 5 percent across the board.

Russia is running a budget deficit of 3 percent of GDP this year and since President Vladimir Putin has ordered it to be kept below that level, the government will have to let the ruble depreciate further to balance the budget.

Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a research note last month that the ruble would need to weaken to a staggering 94 rubles to the dollar if Russia wants to keep its budget deficit below 3 percent.

After the economy shrank 3.8 percent drop last year, the Russian economic development ministry expected it to return to growth of

JAKARTA — A strong earthquake struck off North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.4 quake hit 233 kilometers (145 miles) southeast of Sarangani in the Philippines, at a depth of 12.9 kilometers (8 miles).

The Indonesia Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said Tuesday that the quake, which struck just 22 minutes before midnight (1638 GMT) Monday, was centered about 58 kilometers (36 miles) southeast of the Talaud islands in North Sulawesi province and had no potential to trigger a tsunami.

It was strongly felt in Melonguane, a town of Talaud, but there were no reports of its impact, the agency said.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. In December 2004, a massive earthquake off Sumatra island triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries. (ap)

pur, told Bloomberg News.

“If these persist, the ringgit could weaken further to 4.45 a dollar in the near term.”

Crude slipped below $31 for the first time in more than 12 years on signs key producer Iran could be allowed to export the commodity within weeks as Western countries prepare to lift embargoes after a deal over Tehran’s nuclear programme.

Other emerging units also fell against the greenback. (afp)

Russia’s ruble slumps on first day of trading after holiday

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Indonesian radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir (C) arrives at a court to attend an appeal hearing in Cilacap, Central Java province, January 12, 2016.

Jailed Indonesian firebrand cleric challenges conviction

CILACAP - A jailed Indonesian firebrand cleric Tuesday challenged his conviction for funding a militant group in court, as a hundredsstrong crowd chanting “God is great” rallied in support of the Islamist preacher.

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People walk along a street passing an exchange booth in downtown Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. The Russian ruble has tanked on the first day of trading after a ten-day holiday period as the price of oil continues to decline. The national currency dropped by nearly 2 percent half an hour into trading to 76.1 rubles on Monday at the Moscow stock exchange’s first currency trading session since Dec. 31. about 0.7 percent this year. But with the further drop in oil prices, the economy could instead shrink another 3 percent, the ministry warned.

Speaking in an interview with the German newspaper Bild published Monday, Putin sought to assuage fears of an economic crisis.

“We believe that we will gradually be looking at the stabilization and the rise of the economy,” he said, adding that the government is investing in the high-tech industry and domestic manufacturing, which should help growth in the future.

Unlike in the 1990s, Russia is much better prepared for a recession as its debt levels

are low and it has $340 billion in gold and currency reserves. But they may be running low soon.

Finance Minister Siluanov warned last month that Russia would likely deplete one of its two rainy day funds, now worth roughly $52 billion, by the end of 2016 as it tries to plug the state deficit. (ap)

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Dollar rises against emerging currencies as risk sentiment recedes

TOKYO - The dollar advanced against emerging market currencies Tuesday as declining risk sentiment engulfed Asia, amid fears about the weak outlook for the Chinese economy.

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Abu Bakar Bashir is regarded as the spiritual leader of militant Islam in Indonesia, and was thought to be a key figure in regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah, blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people.

He was sentenced to 15 years in jail in 2011 for helping fund a paramilitary group in Aceh, a staunchly Islamic province in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, which planned to kill the then president as well as Westerners.

The 77-year-old made a rare public appearance Tuesday to apply for a judicial review of his conviction in the hope of being freed, travelling to the court in the town of Cilacap, the gateway to the prison island off Java where he is held.

His legal team are arguing that funds Bashir collected were intended to help people in the Palestinian territories, but ended up getting sent to the Aceh group without his knowledge.

However Bashir, a frail, bespectacled man with a bushy white beard, appeared to undermine his own case by admitting to knowing about the group’s Aceh training camp during a fiery tirade in court Tuesday.

“The physical and weapons’ training in Aceh were aimed at defending Islam and Muslims in Indonesia and overseas, and were an obligation Muslims must fulfil because it is God’s order,” said Bashir, who was wearing a white turban and white robe.

Bashir also told the packed courtroom that the judges should repent for acting against the Koran.

Tuesday’s hearing was brief. Prosecutors will respond to the lawyers’ arguments later this month.

About 500 supporters, most of whom were dressed in white Islamic skullcaps, packed out the courtroom and gathered outside, and more than 1,000 security personnel had been deployed.

“Bashir is a cleric, not a terrorist,” a supporter shouted, while others yelled “God is great, God is great” and thrust their fists into the air.

Bashir, also co-founder of an infamous Islamic boarding school known for producing militants, was previously jailed over the Bali bombings but his conviction was quashed on appeal.

Indonesia was hit by several Islamic militant attacks between 2000 and 2009 but a crackdown weakened the most dangerous networks.

Authorities last month foiled terror plots by several radical Muslim groups, some linked to the Islamic State group, including plans for suicide bombings. (afp)

Bird watchers attracted to Lake Tambing PALU - Foreign ecotourists flock to Lake Tambing in Lore Lindu National Park (LLNP), Central Sulawesi, every year to enjoy the beauty of the lake and to spot the numerous birds in the area.

“This is the most beautiful place I have ever visited,” Nicolass, a Danish tourist, remarked while visiting Lake Tambing in Poso District over the weekend.

Accompanied by two local tour guides, he explored the forest around Lake Tambing to spot the different kinds of birds and listen to their songs.

“This is the main attraction for tourists, especially foreign tourists, because it’s not available in other countries,” he said.

LLNP spokesman Fery noted that many foreign tourists have been coming to the park and the lake, in particular, to see the birds of the forest.

“Most foreign tourists come especially to study and watch the birds at the ecotourism site,” Fery said.

The LLNP was declared a biosphere preserve by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1977.

Fery said there are some 263 bird species living in the park, and 30 per cent of them are endemic to the area.

The latter includes the Noree Sulawesi (Tanygnatus sumatrana), the cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea), rangkong birds (Buceros rhinoceros and Aceros cassidix), and the pecuk ular (Anhinga rufa).

Fery said the number of foreign tourists visiting the tourist site, located 1,700 meters above sea level in Poso District, has continued to rise each year.

He noted that from January to December 2015, the number of foreign tourists was recorded at 244, up from only 100 in the same period the year before.

“Most of the foreign visitors were researchers and bird watchers,” he explained.

Lake Tambing is located some 90 kilometers from Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi, and can be reached in two hours by car or motorcycle. (ant)

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Having no solution, mosaic stone seekers still operate freely

Philippine court OKs pact allowing US troops in local camps

SEMARAPURA - Although getting no mining license, mosaic stone seekers along the coastline of Klungkung remain to operate freely. The mining activities having been carried out for years are allowed without an appropriate solution. Moreover, the existence of mosaic stone miners is coordinated by collector accommodating the stones amassed by residents.

Mosaic stone seekers on Klotok Beach amounting to 180 people have operated for years freely.

Unfortunately, the government of Klungkung seems powerless to stop the illegal mining. On the other hand, Klungkung district until now has not been able to empower the mosaic stone seekers whose livelihood still depending on the mosaic stone mining to meet daily needs.

Associated with this condition, Spokesperson of the government of Klungkung, I Wayan Parna, mentioned that the district government cannot prohibit the people from collecting mosaic stone because it is still finding out the best solution.

“This phenomenon does not only happen in Klungkung community but also along the coast from the east to the west also posing the people from outside Klungkung,” he said, Monday (Jan. 11).

One of the mosaic stone seekers from Satra village, Klungkung,

Dewa Nyoman Gede Antara, 60, said there are some 180 people seeking mosaic stones. They come from villages around the Klotok Beach such as Satra, Tojan and Tangkas village. Residents looking for this mosaic stones are averagely farmers. According to him, searching for mosaic stone is easier than farming. “When looking for mosaic stone, we are sure to get a result, but farming must wait until the harvest season arrives,” said the oldest man among the stone seekers.

He admitted that so far he never has problem with the government.

The Klungkung municipal police even never come to discipline their activities. On average, Dewa Antara can earn IDR 25,000 each day. “When getting a little stone, we get around IDR 11,000, but when getting more stones or works until night may earn IDR 25,000,” he said when met on Klotok Beach. (dwa)

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Leader of National League for Democracy party (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi finishes her renarks in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. Aung San Suu Kyi, whose pro-democracy party will take over power in Myanmar from a pro-military government in the next few months, has for the first time participated in official talks to bring peace with the country’s fractious ethnic minorities.

The mosaic stone seekers are working on Klotok Beach

Karangasem faces water crisis

AMLAPURA - Clean water crisis due to the breakdown of water services by the Karangasem Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) makes it increasingly a serious

problem. On the other hand, the operation of the Telaga Waja project expected to boost water never has clarity.

Regional Secretary of Karan-

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Children are walking to find water in Datah, Karangasem.

gasem, I Gede Adnya Mulyadi, said on Monday (Jan. 11) that local government of Karangasem district should immediately sit together with related agencies in the Bali Province in order to get clarity regarding the operation of the Telaga Waja project.

Adnya requested the relevant agencies in Karangasem to quickly establish communication with their counterpart in the provincial government of Bali such as the Drinking Water Processing Development (PKPAM), UPT Telaga Waja and the Bali Public Works.

Similar commands have also been often asked by the Acting Regent of Karangasem, Ida Bagus Ngurah Arda. However, he could not ascertain when the meeting will be held as it is still waiting for certain schedule from the Bali Province.

Obviously, this meeting should be done immediately because the problem of clean water in Karangasem is getting more serious.

From that meeting, he hoped there will be clarity. In addition, there will be solutions to address the issue of clean water crisis in Karangasem. “Water discharge from the springs managed has much

reduced. The only hope expected in the short term is the water from Telaga Waja,” said Adnya Mulyadi who is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

In the meeting with the directors and employees of the PDAM Karangasem on Monday (Jan. 11) his institution already reiterated if there will be another meeting soon. Director of the PDAM Karangasem, I Gede T Baktiyasa, said that the source of water existing today is able to serve 24,000 home connections in normal condition. But in reality, the current water flow has far declined reaching more than 40 percent.

Under normal condition, there are still 6,000 applicants wishing to get clean water services, while the latest number of home connection has reached 30,000. His company also hoped there will be clarity soon about the fate of the operation of the Telaga Waja project. From the beginning, the PDAM Karangasem was planning to buy water from the operation of the Telaga Waja to be flowed to the home connections. “If this water source operates, actually Karangasem never faces a shortage

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of clean water. Thus, it must be pushed together to make it realized soon,” he explained.

So far, to address the water crisis Karangasem has been prepared a three-step alternative. Firstly is to maximize the springs throughout Karangasem. Secondly is to encourage the Telaga Waja operation so that it can run optimally. Thirdly is to test the wells in four areas in the subdistrict of Kubu, Manggis and Karangasem.

Division Head of Economic Affairs, Wayan Sutrisna, said that his institution will submit a proposal to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Ministry of Public Works so as to obtain help for well testing. Total value of the proposal for the testing reaches IDR 3.2 billion.

Well testing process is planned to be implemented at four points, namely two points in Kubu subdistrict, precisely at Tianyar village and the others at Antiga village, Manggis subdistrict and around Peladung village in Karangasem subdistrict. This serves as the third step to overcome the water crisis getting worse in Karangasem. (kmb31)

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Suu Kyi takes part in talks to boost Myanmar cease-fire

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Aung San Suu Kyi, whose prodemocracy party will take over power in Myanmar from a pro-military government in coming months, on Tuesday participated for the first time in official talks to bring peace with the country’s fractious ethnic minorities.

Suu Kyi (pronounced “Suuchee”) spoke at the opening of a peace conference in the capital, Naypyitaw, that seeks to drive forward a cease-fire agreement signed last year between the government and ethnic guerrilla armies. Several major groups failed to sign the pact, and were also absent from Tuesday’s event. Myanmar has been wracked by war for decades as ethnic minorities fight for greater autonomy from the central government.

Suu Kyi, who led her National League for Democracy to victory in November’s historic election, said in her speech Tuesday that having all of the rebel groups take part would make the cease-fire talks

more effective.

President Thein Sein hoped the ceasefire deal, inked in October, would be the keynote achievement of his term of office, which will almost certainly end within the next few weeks. But the failure to be inclusive has thrown its effectiveness into grave doubt.

The meeting that started on Tuesday is looking at political aspects of the agreement, such as giving more administrative powers to the regions.

The head of the army, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, told the meeting the door remained open to the other groups though it isn’t immediately clear how or why they will join if the agreement remains

as it is.

Suu Kyi had previously urged armed ethnic groups not to sign on to the current agreement. In her speech she said she believed the fighting could be stopped but she referred to the need to bring all the armies into the process.

“It will be always more effective to have the inclusiveness of all ethnic groups than having a few,” she said. “We all can reach the ethnic people’s dream faster by cooperating with all ethnic groups.”

Among the groups staying outside the agreement are the United Wa State Army, whose numbers are put at around 20,000 and who control territory along the Chinese border, the Kachin Independence Army who are currently embroiled in fighting with government forces in jade-rich, mountainous northern Myanmar, and the smaller Ta’ang Liberation Army. (ap)

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday declared as constitutional a defense pact that allows American forces, warships and planes to temporarily base in local military camps, in a boost to U.S. efforts to reassert its presence in Asia as China rises to regional dominance. Ten of the 15 members of the high court also ruled that the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, which was signed by U.S. and Philippine officials in 2014 and has a 10-year lifespan, is an executive agreement that does not need Senate approval, court spokesman Theodore Te said.

“EDCA is not constitutionally infirm as an executive agreement,” Te said at a news conference after the justices’ long-awaited vote.

The ruling will bolster U.S. efforts to reassert its presence in Asia and dovetails with Philippine efforts to harness America’s help in addressing China’s aggressive acts in the disputed South China Sea. Washington immediately welcomed the court’s decision, saying the defense pact is a mutually beneficial accord that will bolster both countries’ ability to respond to disasters and strengthen the Philippines’ military. Left-wing activists said they would consider filing an appeal, adding that U.S. military presence won’t solve the country’s worries over China in the disputed waters.

“This is another sad day for Philippine sovereignty,” said left-wing activist Renato Reyes, who was one of those who challenged the legality of the defense accord before the high court. “We maintain that the EDCA is not the solution to the problems of China’s incursions.”

The Department of Foreign Affairs said that with the court’s decision, the Philippines and the U.S. can finalize the full implementation of an agreement that is a critical component of efforts to strengthen national security and disaster relief capabilities. (ap)

Pro-secession politician named new Catalan regional leader

MADRID — Pro-independence politician Carles Puigdemont has been confirmed as the new regional president of Spain’s powerful northeastern region of Catalonia, keeping alive the local parliament’s disputed drive to secede from Spain.

Puigdemont’s appointment, signed by King Felipe VI and acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, was published Tuesday in the Official State Gazette.

Puigdemont was voted in by pro-independence deputies in the Catalan parliament on Sunday after then-acting president Artur Mas failed to round up enough support.

A low-profile member of the ruling conservative Convergence party, Puigdemont pledges to continue Mas’ initiative to lead the region to independence by 2017.

His appointment comes as Spanish political parties opposed to independence struggle to make deals to form a new national government following an inconclusive Dec. 20 general election. (ap)

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Incoming Catalan President Carles Puigdemont speaks during the investiture session at the Catalonian parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016.

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Transport of the future takes many shapes at tech show

LAS VEGAS - In the future world of mobility, you might be traveling in a car, on a bike or a personal air transporter -- with a range of new possibilities raised by connected technology.

Many of the exhibitors at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas offered their vision of mobility made easier by connectivity.

Chinese drone manufacturer EHang sees a future by air. Its 1.5meter (five foot) long quadcopter on display at the show can carry one person and squeeze into a car parking space.

“It’s not a drone. It’s an autonomous aerial vehicle,” said EHang vice president Claire Chen.

While the company faces a number of regulatory obstacles -- it doesn’t fit into drone regulations and it’s not a road vehicle -- Chen said that “we are ready to sell to anybody.”

The EHang 184 prototype being tested in China is designed so the user can push a button for a destination and arrive by automatic pilot.

It can now travel above traffic for 23 minutes. The price tag is in the range of $200,000 to $300,000.

Other visions are more down to earth. Ford Motor Co. was showing its folding electric bicycle, which fits in the trunk of a car that maintains data connectivity to a smartphone.

Ford’s eBike enables “multimodal” transportation where a traveler can go part of a journey by car, and the rest by bicycle -- a two-wheeler which is guided by GPS and a uses a vibrating warning system for an approaching vehicle.

The underlying technology for smart transport was also on display at CES. Japanese equipment maker Denso unveiled its new system of vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication designed for accident avoidance and reducing congestion.

Denso’s Patrick Powell, who heads the group’s “smart city” activities, says these systems can play an important role by connecting with traffic signals in real time,

cutting down on traffic jams and allowing for a smoother vehicle flow.

Industry executives at CES recognize that people’s relationships with their vehicles may be changing: Some people may not want to own and maintain a car, and new models are being examined.

The concept of car sharing was being talked about at the show, by big automakers as well as the startup Faraday Future, which unveiled a concept electric car it plans to produce.

“We’re completely rethinking how we approach the business, with one foot today and one foot tomorrow,” Ford chief executive Mark Fields said at CES. “We are very proud to be an auto maker... but at the same time, beginning this year, you’re going to see us change pretty dramatically, becoming an automotive and mobility company. You’ll see us focus even more attention on the transportation services sectors.”

Ford is already looking into ondemand car-sharing models, aiming

at millennials who may not want to own a vehicle.

General Motors signaled its own interest in these alternative models by announced a $500 million investment in ride-sharing service Lyft. The two companies also said they will study ways to create a network of self-driving vehicles available on-demand for customers.

As cars move closer to full autonomy, this changes the game for consumers. Many may not see the need to own a car if they can signal one instantly with a smartphone.

And the marketing of the driving experience may also change, says Edmunds.com analyst Ron Montoya.

“Ultimately, when the car drives itself, it doesn’t matter what you drive,” Montoya said.

Many automakers have been talking about self-driving cars, and ramping up some features like automatic parking and lane guidance as an interim step. South Korea’s Kia said it expects to put a fully autonomous car on the road by 2030. (afp)

Eight takeaways from 2016 CES l 1. Netflix stunned the show with the announcement that it added 130 new countries for its streaming TV service to bring its total to 190, calling it “the birth of a new global Internet TV network.”

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SINGARAJA - The amount of electricity needed during peak load (806 mega watts) in Bali has now been secured, and there is even a 40% surplus.

l 4. The Internet of Things showed spectacular growth from products like a smart mirror from Haier that delivers news and weather and connects to other appliances, and connected spoons and diet scales. l 5. Wearable technology probed deeper to get more data about health, while making inroads into the medical field: diagnosing conditions and even offering treatment for pain and other ailments. Shoes measured steps and shirts kept tabs on heart rates.

l 8. Startups turned attention to ways to tap into the brain.

A “mind control” headband unveiled by startup BrainCo effectively hacks into brain signals with a range of possible applications -- from helping to improve attention spans, to detecting disease, controlling smart home appliances or even a prosthetic device. (afp)

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l 3. The 4K high-definition television format became the standard base for manufacturers, which showcased thinner and more spectacular displays for those willing to pay the price.

l 7. Virtual reality spread beyond video games to touch sex, sports, sales and space exploration. Facebook-owned Oculus began taking pre-orders for its eagerly-anticipated Rift VR headsets at a price of $599, and CES was rife with companies scrambling to field competing devices or content that could draw people into faux worlds.

A prototype of the autonomous driving Nissan Leaf is shown at Renault-Nissan Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. In the future world of mobility, you might be traveling in a car, on a bike or a personal air transporter -- with a range of new possibilities raised by connected technology.

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l 2. Google and Lenovo announced plans to produce the first consumer handset using the US computing giant’s Project Tango 3D technology.

l 6. Automakers moved to connect not only to the smartphone, but to the smart home and other parts of the digital life. Ford teamed with Amazon to link up the carmaker’s Sync vehicle hub with the online giant’s smart home hub called Echo.

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Celukan Bawang steam-fueled power plant (PLTU) plant in Gerokgak.

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Bali’s electricity is supplied through the Java-Bali submarine cable network, the Denpasar diesel-fueled power plant (PLTD) and Celukan Bawang steamfueled power plant (PLTU) plant in Gerokgak that has been noted to amount to a total of 1,300 mega watts.

Distribution Director of PT Indonesia Power, Hery Prabowo, accompanied by General Manager of Bali Power Production Unit Services of PT PLN (Persero) for Bali Distribution, IGN Subawa Putra, recently said that one of the reasons that there is now a surplus of electricity on Bali is thanks to the production of the Celukan Bawang power plant and the increased production of both the Java-Bali submarine cable network and the diesel-run power plant in Denpasar. As a result, of the increase in the amount of electricity form these sources, the diesel-fueled power plant at Pemaron has now been terminated.

This power plant is now only used as a reserve for supplying electricity in the event that peak load demands increase.

Although electrical peak load can now be met, the public is still being urged to be mindful of their use of electricity.

An increase in the demand for electrical power needs to be anticipated early on.

“Indeed our peak load problem has been overcome, and we even have a surplus.

We are in a safe position, however we still ask that people save power as we need to anticipate an increase in demand,” he said. (kmb38)

Karang memadu, how Penglipuran village shows respect to women

PENGLIPURAN village in Bangli district has a strict anti-polygamy policy. Men here are strictly forbidden from having more than one wife. If they violate this rule, they must be ready to face being excommunicated to a vacant plot of land to the south of the village, where they must live on a 9x21 meters area called karang memadu.

According to local residents, the karang memadu is considered leteh (spiritually impure) and a signboard is posted in the area that reads: “Karang Memandu”. Due the status of this land as impure, crops yielded from this land - such as bananas, cannot be used in rituals, but can however be consumed.

Residents that dare to break the rules set forth in the awig-awig or customary bylaw, are not only isolated from their wife (wives) but are also subjected to other social sanctions. For example, they are not allowed to walk on certain roads in the village, like the main intersection next to the meeting hall. They are only allowed to use the road located south of the Karang Memadu.

Chief of Penglipuran customary village, Wayan Supat, when met recently, said that the polygamy prohibition has been passed down from generation to generation by local residents. “People who have commited polygamy are forbidden from passing through the catus pata intersection in the north of the village nor may they enter any temples in Penglipuran village because they are considered to be in a state of impurity,” he explained.

In addition, the customary village never recognizes the validity of the marriage to a second wife. Due to these severe social sanctions, said Supat, Karang Memadu currently remains vacant. So far, no residents dare to put themselves in a position where they would have to occupy the Karang Memadu.

The village rule prohibiting men from taking more than one wife is evidence that the ancestors of this community have- since time immemorial, had a deep respect for women. Indirectly this rule also educates men about the important of being faithful to their partner. (sos)

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Penglipuran village in Bangli district has a strict anti-polygamy policy. Men here are strictly forbidden from having more than one wife. If they violate this rule, they must be ready to face being excommunicated to a vacant plot of land to the south of the village, where they must live on a 9x21 meters area called karang memadu.

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From page 1 Prof. Sutjaja emphasised that intelligent, swift and courageous measures need to be taken if Balinese people do not want to become marginalized. All levels of society need to consolidate their efforts in changing their behaviour from what it was previously. “Many Balinese people may not feel satisfied working in a hotel and may become overly focused on wanting to become a civil servant. But people need to be creative in managing the opportunities that are open to them and arm themselves with different skills,” he said.

One of the skills that is of utmost importance in this new era of globalized society, is mastery of English as the lingua franca of the business world. It is also of utmost importance that Balinese people maintain and pass on their mother tongue as the store house of ancestral knowledge.

An intensive bilingualism program need to be initiated in order to ensure that Bali’s youth become professionally competent and cul-

tured, he said. “Bali’s leaders, need to come up with extraordinary breakthrough ideas concerning the management of the island’s human resources. Everyone must work together, and not let segmented political interests dissolve our unity.

Ideally Bali’s leaders should be able to facilitate this agenda,” suggested Prof. Sutjaja.

Prof. Sutjaja also spoke out about the need to ensure that Balinese youth are instructed in ethics and etiquette as they face foreigners. Bali’s youth in particular need to know the basics in managing tourists. He added that ethics are particularly important in terms of determining the character of human resources.

Economist, Viraguna Bagoes Oka, agrees that the next generation of Balinese people coming onto the workforce, need to have good character. At the very least, he said, they need to maintain cultural norms and local knowledge, but also be able to compete in this era of globalization.

He also emphasized that there needs to be a real commitment to developing Balinese human resources through new and innova-

tive methods. “There needs to be a shared commitment to improving present conditions,” he said.

Oka who obtained his master’s degree in the United States, also said that Balinese people need to makes changes to their general work ethics, so that job opportunities do not continue to be seized by foreigners. “In general foreigners take advantage of the gap left by our lack of mastery of foreign languages. The informal sector of tourism in Bali is managed by foreigners, who have much better mastery of foreign languages than most Balinese do, so they get the jobs,” he said.

Oka, like Sutjaja pointed to the need for the government to play an active role in developing Balinese humans resources. According to Oka, the leaders of Bali need to create a space for Bali’s workforce to develop professionally while still leaving room for them to retain their Balinese character and culture.

Clever and innovative measures are needed to build up Balinese human resources, he reiterated.

“Regulations need to be put in place. Balinese people’s weakness in terms of languages skills means

that Balinese people are increasingly marginalized. A remarkable breakthrough is needed if Bali

Bali, he said, has an abundance of resources, yet without the people of Bali working together cooperatively, nothing beneficial can be achieved. “Entrepreneurship in Bali is stunted by the influence of economic interests dominating political decisions. Political ideas need to be freed from the shackles of short term profit-driven thinking.

We are in a battle with this type of thinking,” he said Deputy Rector for Academic Affairs of the Undiksha, Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Arnyana, said that two things must be done to maintain Balinese culture and create qualified human resources amongst the local

population. First there needs to be clear and measurable standards for what shape Balinese people want to take and second, a strategy needs to be determined for achieving this goal.

According to Arnyana, quality Balinese human resources means a workforce that is intelligent, competitive and in line with national educational goals. By intelligent, he said that he means having mastery of science, technology and other skills that increase competitiveness.

Rector of Dhyana Pura University , Dr. Made Nyandra, said that human qualities related to

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Economics need to be balanced with intelligence spirituality are also a major factor in determining competitiveness. “The human being is composed of mind body and spirit. So when faced with the question of ‘where does one begin?’ we can start with ourselves.

Today, he said we see a lot of people who start to work on themselves by working out their body. But, having a burly or strong body, does not ensure a strong mind, this is the problem.” he said.

According to Nyandra, spirituality needs to be worked on first, in order to affect the mind. With a strong spiritual basis, our mental, emotional behaviour is well and our body also becomes healthy. This starts in the family where children can be made to feel comfortable, suggested Nyandra.

I Gusti Bagus Suryadi from the Arya Kenceng fraternity of the Tabanan Palace, sees that character building has largely been forgot-

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wants to win the competition for economic opportunities,” he said. (dir)

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BALINESE society is at a turning point in terms of economic and cultural survival. Recently some experts came together to discuss the matter. Businessman, I Gusti Kade Djaya Wirata, spoke out about the dominating forces of economic interests in Bali, that are threatening to become an exceedingly destructive force on the island.

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ten in the era of globalization. He therefore feels that all Balinese people need to work towards reestablishing this as a priority, so that Bali can serve as an example to the archipelago (Indonesia). “We should not be preparing students to be unemployed, but rather we should be helping them be truly independent people who know who they are. This is what we hope for the youth,” he said.

Rector of Ngurah Rai University, Denpasar, Dr. Nyoman Sura Adi Tanaya, said that the current problem that we are facing economically, is the abundance of labor and lack of job opportunities. We can address this problem by ‘exporting’ our human resources to other countries - particularly ASEAN member countries, now that the AEC has been enacted.

“My friends in Singapore say that Indonesia should be grateful

for their abundance of cheap labor.

Many people in Singapore are worried that Indonesian migrant workers will flood their labor pool.

Thailand is also afraid of our cheap labor,” he said.

Tanaya continued that such fears are justified, but added that Indonesia needs to make sure the the workers that we send abroad are skilled and certified so that we do not become a countries of ‘coolies’. “The most important thing is that we are able to survive, then we can. In country, the problem is that there are currently not enough jobs for everyone - so we need to look at sending people abroad to work”.

Tanaya said that we need to focus on education for the future and remember that education essentially takes place fin three main areas: family, community organizations and educational institutions. (rin)

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

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

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

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

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

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JIMBARAN - Experience a new era of authenticity as Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay unveils its fully-renovated Premier Villas and Deluxe Villas, enriching the sense of place and sanctuary that has guests feeling ‘at home in Bali’.

The iconic resort set global firsts when it opened as an allvilla beach retreat that pioneered ‘Modern Bali Style’, blending innovation in design with thoughtful, genuine service. And just as Bali has evolved into a sophisticated, chic destination

while continuing the daily rituals and spiritual connections of village life, the resort embraces its evolution while holding true to the original authenticity that is uniquely Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay. “When the resort opened in 1993, it was the world’s first large-scale luxury villa resort and the first to feature plunge pools in every guest villa,” said General Manager Uday Rao. “These physical features have since been imitated, but you can’t copy a feeling. Our guests never wake

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up and wonder, ‘Where am I?’ They know they’re in Bali and that’s the essence and soul of the resort and this special island.”

Top Indonesian design firm, Jaya International, was commissioned to enliven the villas’ graceful Balinese aesthetic while creating flexible living spaces that maximize the ocean and sunset views. The dramatic renovation has created completely new products – the Deluxe Villas, Premier Ocean Villas and Family Premier Villas – with completely new interiors and landscaping.

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Rupert Murdoch announces engagement to Jerry Hall

LONDON — Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has announced his engagement to Jerry Hall, the American actress and former supermodel who had a long-time relationship with Mick Jagger.

Murdoch, 84, and Hall, 59, placed a classified ad Monday in the Births, Marriages and Deaths section of the Times newspaper, which is owned by Murdoch’s News Corporation.

Murdoch, the executive chairman of News Corporation, and Hall have been dating since late summer after being introduced by one of Murdoch’s sisters and his niece in his native Australia, the Times reported

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In this Nov. 1, 2015, file photo, media mogul Rupert Murdoch stands with model Jerry Hall during the Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham Stadium, London. Murdoch has announced his engagement to Hall, the actress and former supermodel who had a long-time relationship with Mick Jagger, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016.

in a story posted online. They made their relationship public in October when they appeared together at the Rugby World Cup Final in London and got engaged last weekend while attending the Golden Globes awards in Los Angeles.

“They have loved these past months together, are thrilled to be getting married and excited about their future,” a spokesperson for the Murdoch family told the Times.

Murdoch has six children from his three previous marriages. He was married to Patricia Booker, an Australian, and then to Scottishborn journalist Anna Torv. He later married Chinese-born Wendi Deng, whom he divorced in 2013.

Hall, a Texas native, moved to Paris as a teenager to pursue a modeling career. She was one of the most photographed supermodels in the 1970s and dated Roxy Music’s lead singer Bryan Ferry. She entered a long-term relationship with the Rolling stones frontman in the late 1970s.

Hall and Jagger had an unofficial private Hindu marriage ceremony in Bali, Indonesia, in 1990, but during divorce proceedings in 1999 a British court declared the marriage invalid. (ap)

‘Creed’s’ Ryan Coogler to direct Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’

studio to work on the album. “’Cause I hate the buildup of anything. If I could, I wouldn’t talk about any of it. I would just put it out.”

Urban has been teasing fans with little snippets of information for months. He’s already put out two singles from the record, the Grammy-nominated “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16,” and his second single, “Break on Me.” “I’d much rather have the record out six months before I tour,” he said. “I certainly don’t want to wait

to tour because the record is not done already. I still think the record is going to be out before the tour, probably.”

For “RipCORD,” he’s been working with a new crop of producers and musicians, including guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers, who won three Grammys for his work with Daft Punk on their hit album, “Random Access Memories.”

“This last year was a lot of experimenting and working with a lot of different people, much like I did with

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LOS ANGELES — “Creed” helmer Ryan Coogler is set to direct Marvel and Disney’s “Black Panther” movie, the studio announced on Monday. Chadwick Boseman has already been cast as the lead character, who will make his first appearance in May’s “Captain America: Civil War.” The “Black Panther” film, set for a release in February 2018, marks the first time a major Marvel Studios film will focus primarily on a black superhero.

There was much speculation surrounding who would take on the directing job. Ava DuVernay earlier this year passed on the film.

Coogler was another favorite choice among fans.

The 29-year-old director gained widespread recognition for his Sundance breakout “Fruitvale Station” and this year has been making waves with “Creed,” a continuation of the Rocky Balboa franchise focused on Apollo Creed’s son. (ap)

‘Fuse,’” Urban said. “And so now it’s just sort of distilling it down to the things that feel right and true.”

Tour openers include country singer Brett Eldredge, who was the 2014 Country Music Association’s new artist of the year, and newcomer Maren Morris, a 25-year-old Texas singer who is expected to release her debut album on the Columbia Nashville label this year.

Urban will have a busy 2016 with the new album, the tour and the final season of “American Idol,” where he

serves as a judge.

“I am going to miss it,” he said of the singing competition. “There is nothing that has quite that feel on television where you can sit down and watch it with your whole family.”

But he’s optimistic about the new year.

“I feel really good about this year,” Urban said. “And I hear that sentiment from a lot of other people.

There’s a lot of optimism from a lot of people who just want this to be a good year.” (ap)

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Keith Urban plans out 2016 tour while finishing album NASHVILLE, Tenn — Country star Keith Urban hasn’t finished his forthcoming album, “RipCORD,” but he’s already planning a new arena and amphitheater tour in 2016.

The first leg of the RipCORD World Tour will start June 2 in Kansas City, Missouri, and run through Nov. 19 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Urban announced Monday.

“I am anxious to get it done,” he said in a phone interview with The Associated Press on his way into the

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IN A RECENT discussion regarding Balinese human resources, several ideas emerged, but the main point that kept coming up was the need for creative breakthroughs leading to concrete measures that will insure that local wisdom is preserved despite the onslaught of influence from technology foreign cultures.

Given the rapid changes in lifestyle, brought on by the need to compete in the global market, Bali cannot afford to be complacent. Bali’s youth need to develop their character so as to become cultured, independent and completive.

“There needs to be a serious move towards building up Balinese human resources by making sure that the Balinese language -as the core of cultural inheritance, is maintained as the mother tongue of young people, while also making sure that they master the English language, so that our young people can bet out the competition in sieving job opportunities,” said Prof. Sutjaja in relation to the soon to be implemented ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

He said that the year 2016 marks the first phase of the AEC and as such, should also mark the moment when the character building of Balinese human resources is given serious attention.

Police secure the area after an explosion in central Istanbul, Turkey January 12, 2016. Ten people were killed and fifteen others were wounded after a large explosion rocked a central Istanbul square on Tuesday, a statement from the Istanbul governor’s office said.

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Blast in Istanbul tourist district kills at least 10 people

ISTANBUL - An explosion in the heart of Istanbul’s his- the blast may have been caused by toric Sultanahmet tourist district killed at least ten people and a suicide bomber but this was not wounded 15 on Tuesday and some local media reports said a independently confirmed.

Ambulances rushed to the scene, suicide bomber may have been responsible.

Several bodies lay on the ground in the Sultanahmet square, close to the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, a major tourist area of Turkey’s most populous city. A police officer and witness at the scene reported also seeing several bodies and body parts.

The Istanbul governor’s office said the authorities were investigating the type of explosive used and

who might have been responsible for the attack. It said ten people were killed and 15 wounded but gave no further details.

“The explosion was very loud.

We shook a lot. We ran out and saw body parts,” one woman who works at a nearby antiques store told Reuters, declining to give her name.

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ferrying away the wounded as police cordoned off streets.

“We’re taking precautions against a second explosion,” the police officer said, ushering people out of the square.

The blast comes just over a year after a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a police station for tourists off the same square, killing one officer and wounding another. That attack was initially

claimed by a far-left group, but later turned out to have been perpetrated by a woman with suspected Islamist militant links, officials said.

Kurdish, leftist and Islamist militants have all carried out attacks in Turkey in the past.

Turkey has also become a target for Islamic State, with two bombings last year blamed on the radical Sunni Muslim group, in the town of Suruc near the Syrian border and in the capital Ankara, the latter killing more than 100 people.

Foreign tourists from Germany and Norway are among those wounded in the central Istanbul explosion that killed at least 10 people on Tuesday, Turkey’s CNN Turk television said.

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