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‘Taken 3’ takes top slot at N. American box office LOS ANGELES - Action sequel “Taken 3” seized the top spot at the North American box office, ending the three-week reign of fantasy epic “The Hobbit,” according to industry data Monday.

The crime thriller starring Liam Neeson in his third stint as retired spy Bryan Mills, who this time must clear his name of a ruthless murder, earned a hefty $39.2 million in its debut weekend, said box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Historical drama “Selma,” depicting the epic 1965 Alabama march led by Martin Luther King in his battle for equal voting rights, took second place in its wide release debut, earning $11.3 million. The film won a Golden Globe Sunday night for best original song.

In third place this week, Disney’s “Into the Woods,” the starstudded big-screen adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical, added $9.6 million to its three-

week haul of more than $105.1 million.

Fantasy epic “The Hobbit” slipped down to fourth place after three weeks in the number one slot.

“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” by Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson, is the last of six films adapted from J.R.R Tolkien’s books and the third and final installment based on the author’s novel “The Hobbit.”

It took in $9.4 million over the weekend, for a total of $236.5 million since its release four weeks ago, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Fifth place was occupied by “Unbroken,” the Angelina Joliedirected drama about Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete taken captive by the Japanese during World War II. The movie took in $8.2 million.

“The Imitation Game,” about a code-cracking mathematician and logician during World War II, rose

to sixth with $7.2 million, beating out “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb,” which slipped to seventh.

The family comedy, the third in the Ben Stiller franchise about a museum security guard trying to keep track of exhibits that come to life, took in $6.7 million.

“Annie,” about the adventures of an orphan girl starring Quvenzhane Wallis in the title role and Jamie Foxx as the tycoon who takes her under his wing, brought in $4.8 million, good enough for eighth place.

And rounding out the top ten were horror flick “The Woman in Black 2,” in ninth with $4.6 million, and “Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1,” which fell to tenth with $3.8 million.

The third installment in the hugely popular series starring Jennifer Lawrence, has racked up a whopping $329.5 million since its debut eight weeks ago. (afp)

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Bali’s tourism development deviates

DENPASAR - According to academic, Putu Rumawan Salain, from Udayana University, be altered, the taksu or divine economic development of Bali has deviated from its original direction and should be set back vibration of the island could also on course. Returning to the basis of the sublime culture of Bali, which promotes conditions that eliminated,” he added.

Rumawan asserted there needs are in line with the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana is the natural way forward.

Will ‘Two and a Half Men’ end run with or without Sheen?

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“Economic self-sufficiency, peace, beauty, and a Bali that allows for a healthy mind and body in a way that is firmly rooted in Balinese culture is an ideal worth supporting. There are however indications that Bali has begun to shift away from such ideals,” said the academic.

Rumawan looks to tourism

as the main generating power of the development of the Island of the Gods, elucidating that Bali tourism no longer looks to focus on Bali and its culture as a selling point, but is willing to provide any kind of tourism, thereby becoming another Thailand or Singapore. He worries that is bound to nurture pragmatic

and superficial attitudes and its worst straight up falsehoods with people only providing goods of services because they are paid to do so.

“We worry that the uniqueness of Bali will no longer be able to provide excellent conditions for the people of Bali themselves.

If spatial expanses continue to

to be a blueprint created for the development of Bali -one that takes into consideration cultural and social capital. In this way the uniqueness of the island would automatically be maintained by the strength of community.

In addition to the problem of tourism, Bali is now also shaking from the presence of Law No.6/2014 on village rights.

PASADENA, Calif. — Charlie Sheen left “Two and a Half Men” amid great drama. Whether he’ll return for the show’s last episode is a mystery.

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This photo released by 20th Century Fox shows Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills in a scene from the film, “Taken 3.”

CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler ducked the question when pressed at a meeting Monday of the Television Critics Association.

“I can promise you there will be a lot of surprises,” Tassler said.

Series executive producer Chuck Lorre has promised to deliver “what he’s calling a ‘mystery sandwich,’” she added.

“Two and a Half Men,” which once reigned as TV’s top-rated comedy, wraps its 12th and final season this spring.

Sheen was fired in 2011 by studio Warner Bros. Television because of his erratic personal life and public ridicule of his bosses, including Lorre. Charlie Harper, Sheen’s character, left along with him: Harper was hit by a subway train in Paris and killed.

Ashton Kutcher joined the series, starring with Jon Cryer.

How the late Charlie Harper could materialize is another secret that Lorre may, or may not, be keeping. (ap)

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Tourists visited Besakih Temple on Karangasem Regency, recently. An academician from the Udayana University, Putu Rumawan Salain, assessed the development in Bali had somewhat deviated from what originally thought. On that account, it was quite natural if Bali should be returned to the condition of Bali in accordance with the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana and the existing sublime cultural base.

Another academic from Udayana University, Luh Kartini, considers this problem quite crucial to the survival of Bali as we know it. Any small mistake made in choosing between the authority of the customary village and that of the administrative village, could threaten the original legal entities that have shaped Bali.

“This is a major concern and one that we need to look at very carefully in determining our options related to the Law on village rights. Hopefully, the governor, regent and mayor will choose using their awareness of the will of the ancestors, including the Tri Hita Karana concept which creates balance, to decide which one should been registered. That way Bali can remain an autonomous Bali allowing its nature and culture to be well maintained,” she said.

Kartini argues that the authority of customary villages in Bali should not be interfered with.

Moreover, a researcher from the Netherlands had stated that Bali is a small republic within a larger republic. According to this researcher, the customary village should be autonomous and allowed to regulate itself without intervention, for this is what makes Bali, genuinely Balinese. “In order to sustain Bali in the future, all that which has been inherited from the ancestors, including traditions, customs, religious stipulations and norms, must be maintained. All that which arises as a result of globalization must be sorted out, so that we only take what is suitable for us, and remain a distinct community, continuing to exist without our uniqueness disappearing,” said Kartini. (kmb32) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali

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High demands, Bangli still brings in bamboo from other counties met the shortage of bamboo by purchasing to Petang, Badung,” he explained. He also admitted the price of bamboo started to grow more expensive. Standard size of six meters long was usually sold for IDR 14,000-15,000 per stem.

He also hoped this opportunity could be taken advantage as well as possible by the public. Other than promising, the existence of bamboo plant was also very good to prevent erosion on sloping land.

Bamboo roots could strengthen terracing land so as to prevent the hazards of landslides. So far, the development of bamboo as a non-timber forest product (HHBK) had been carried out in the area behind the Kintamani hill such as at Alengkong and Pradi hamlet, Songan village. (ina)

UBUD - Furama Villas & Spa Ubud held a grandiose piodalan or temple anniversary and pecaruan (exorcism rite) at local hotel temple on Saturday (Jan 5). The spiritual activities held in early 2015 aimed to clean up the hotel area from negative influences. Likewise it was also meant to reinforce the mind of the workers. “Comfortable workplace and strong mental will create a good work ethic,” said Resort Manager of the Furama Villas & Spa, Wayan Sumandia.

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36 poles of barbed wire fence withdrawn

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Intimate atmosphere could be seen in each execution of the cultural activities, primarily in the mebat activity. In addition to involving all the employees and management, it also invited all priests of the village trinity temples, apparatus of the Bindu customary village, Mekar Bhuana, Mambal, Badung, where the resort is located.

Sumandia said the piodalan was performed to invoke safety to God and express gratitude for all the blessings given by him from the beginning of the establish-

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Batu Ampar

The coastline of Batu Ampar di Buleleng

Five days before the main activity, it was started with cleanup work and preparation of ritual paraphernalia. After that, it was resumed with the installation of shrine clothes and erection of penjor and decorating all the temples and shrines in the resort neighborhood. It was also prepared Balinese delicacies and continued with gebogan competition among the existing departments. As peak of the ritual was the worship officiated over by Ida Pedanda from Griya Bongkasa at 4:00 p.m.

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The Bamboo plantation in an area in Bangli.

SINGARAJA - Responding to the installation of fence poles with barbed wire around the coast of Batu Ampar, Pejarakan Gerokgak, the investor PT Prapat Agung Permai kept its promise with the withdrawal of poles with barbed wire fence crossing the coastal area of Batu Ampar. Withdrawal process to the 36 poles was justified by the Head of the Buleleng Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Agency, Nyoman Sutrisna. Such process was witnessed by headman of Pejarakan, Made Astawa, together with local community.

Sutrisna explained the withdrawal process was done to follow up the visit of Commission II of the Buleleng House, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Agency and local community representatives. Previously, the installation of poles with barbed wire fence caused the community restless as the fence

jutted about 50 meters on the Batu Ampar Beach. At that time, it could be removed smoothly. “In accordance with the promise (of PT Prapat Agung Permai—Ed) when the House made a visit with us to location of the installation of poles with barbed wire fence, it will be done in a week. But before a week, the withdrawal could have been completed,” said Sutrisna, Tuesday (Jan 12).

He explained the withdrawal process was carried out in stages, where 28 poles of the fence with barbed wire could be withdrawn, Saturday (Jan 10). Then, the withdrawal on Sunday (Jan 11) accomplished the remaining eight poles, so that a total of 36 poles were already withdrawn. He appreciated the good intention of PT Prapat Agung Permai that had withdrawn the poles with barbed wire fence. “They

have done what we called out because the installation of poles with barbed wire fence violated the rules in accordance with the Law No.1/2014 on the management of coastal territories and small islands and Law No.45/2009 on fisheries,” he said.

Previously it was reported that based on information of public complaints, the entourage of Commission II of the Buleleng House led by Putu Mangku Budiasa had come down to see the condition of the installation of pole with barbed wire fence complained around the coast of Batu Ampar. Accompanied by headman of Pejarakan, Made Astawa, his party already showed the maps containing the location of land boundaries. Jotting installation of the fence reaching about 50 meters violated the rules and got serious attention from local community. (kmb34)

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Piodalan at Furama Villas & Spa Ubud

BANGLI - Although known as the largest bambooproducing county in Bali, all this time Bangli region still brings in bamboo from outside the county. One of them is from the Petang region, Badung. It happens because the availability of bamboo in Bangli remains limited compared to the high demand of society today.

Restricted availability of bamboo was recognized by the Agriculture Unit Head of Kintamani, Wayan Darmayuda, Monday (Jan 12). He said the bamboo needs of Bangli community had been very high. Other than being used for building materials and raw materials of woven handicrafts, bamboo was also widely used to make agriculture and fishery tools. One of them was floating net cage.

To meet the shortage, all this time Bangli could not meet just by relying solely on the supply of bamboo forest at Penglipuran, Kayubihi and surrounding areas.

As he observed in the field, many bamboos were brought in from outside Bangli lately.

“Due to high public demand for bamboo, many people finally

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Keeping image and eco-friendly aspect

Nowadays, many women in Bali have been able to fill in top level management position in hospitality industry. One of them is Cokorda Istri Rai Lahriani. She was appointed General Manager (GM) of Patra Jasa Bali Resort & Villas as of June 3, 2014. During the four months until now, this woman from Ubud has been running her role as GM with total loyalty.

For 24 years, this mother of two children has been working at the Patra Bali Resort & Villas.

Initially, the graduate of the Engineering Faculty, Udayana University, started her career as an Assistant Chief Engineer, where she was responsible for all the aspects of the department.

In carrying out her role as GM, the woman who is passionately addressed as Mrs. Cok was concerned and responsible for operating the resort. Most importantly, she said, the image should be maintained. For example, it could be carried out by giving emphasis on the aspects of security, eco-friendliness, comfort and active role in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). “This year, the Patra Jasa Hotel & Villas is designated for undertaking public trial related to the Bali Operations Management Center of Disaster Mitigation,” she said.

In the future, Lahriani conveyed that her party would always make positive innovation, improve service, maintain and promote the distinctiveness of the resort and put emphasis on customer-oriented services in appropriate with the market needs and trends. “Our guests are not only from Europe but also from Japan. Even, some state guests, dignitaries and President of Republic Indonesia have ever stayed here,” she said. (ocha)

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ment of the Furama Villas & Spa Ubud until today.

Furama Villas & Spa Ubud is consistently implementing the program of Tri Hita Karana.

“Through this piodalan, the employees and management of the Furama Villas & Spa Ubud hope that in the 2015 they will be always blessed with safety and well-being as well as remain consistent in maintaining the relationship between human and fellow humans, human and nature and human and God,” he explained.

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

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

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

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

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

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Technology

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Auto technology at CES

LAS VEGAS — Self-driving cars garner much of the attention, but in reality, we’re years away from tooling around in something like Knight Rider’s KITT. Coming sooner to a car near you: smartphone apps on dash displays, cruise control that adapts to cars around it, remote engine starting and more.

At International CES in Las Vegas this week, 10 automakers and numerous suppliers unveiled technological features that will find their way into cars in the distant and not-so-distant future.

Here’s a look at some of their wares.

Your car will think. It will react. It will learn.

“This car will take responsibility,” said Dieter Zetsche, leader of Mercedes-Benz, as he introduced

the company’s luxury self-driving concept car of the future.

If that sounds a bit scary, like the prologue to a film in which machines overtake mankind, companies supplying the brains and eyes for these robocars say it’s for our own good. Cars already do some of these things, really. Anti-lock brake systems, cruise control and parallel parking assistance are steps toward taking our hands completely off

the wheel.

There are 1.2 million trafficrelated deaths globally each year, according to the World Health Organization; 32,719 of them were in the U.S. in 2013. As automakers point out, your self-driving car won’t get drunk, tired or distracted. And they could return something many other gadgets have taken away: time.

First, “the car has to become self-aware. It has to be able to see

and understand what’s happening around it,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, which introduced a super-fast processor at the show and has been working with Audi to develop piloted systems and in-car digital displays.

Audi touted a road trip that its A7 piloted prototype — piloted because there still needs to be a driver behind the wheel to assure nothing goes awry — took from Silicon Valley to Las Vegas for the show, without incident, “driven” by chosen journalists sitting behind the wheel.

“We are ready for piloted driving on public streets,” said Ulrich

Hackenberg from Audi’s board of management.

But laws that would allow such autonomy aren’t quite ready; neither are answers to questions such as: Can someone sue a driverless car if it’s in a crash? If it can’t avoid a crash, how will it decide what or whom to crash into? Can a car be hacked and if so, how can it be protected?

Carmakers and suppliers admit there’s still quite a bit they and their cars are learning. MercedesBenz says their ultimate vision of the future — a sleek carriage that will ferry us to our destinations — exists beyond 2030, at least. (ap)

10 key highlights at CES 1. Drones: flying devices in dozens of shapes and sizes made an impact, from the wrist-worn Nixie drone to the AirDog for extreme sports. The proliferation puts pressure on US regulators to create a framework for flying unmanned devices.

4. Alternative transport: Several startups showed their new “un-Segway” personal transportation devices, using one, two and three wheels, aiming for greener options for short-distance commutes.

2. Advanced TVs: Television manufacturers have finally brought down prices of the latest super-high resolution displays, giving consumers an incentive to upgrade, and showed off technology that goes “beyond 4K,” the ultra-high definition system that is growing. Samsung showed a 103inch bendable display.

6. Intel button: Intel made a big push to be at the heart of the two billion items expected to be connected, with a button-sized module called “Curie,” aiming to stake its claim to the “Internet of Things.”

7. Lifelike robot: The star of the robotics displays, Toshiba’s humanoid robot Chihira Aico was so eerily human-like it fooled some showgoers with her facial and hand expressions. She spoke to passersby and sang “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

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Brian Benson eyes the slim depth of the LG 65” 4K ULTRA HD OLED TV at the 2015 International CES on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in Las Vegas.

3. Autos: The latest advances in connected vehicles and autonomous driving made CES an important venue for the auto sector. A prototype Mercedes-Benz took a spin without a driver on the streets of Las Vegas, and Hyundai unveiled a smartwatch that control some car functions.

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Attendees sit in the self-driving Mercedes-Benz F 015 concept car at the Mercedes-Benz booth at the International CES Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in Las Vegas.

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Takuma Iwasa demonstrates the Cerevo XON Snow-1 snowboard bindings at CES Unveiled, a media preview event for CES International, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in Las Vegas. The bindings have pressure sensors to analyze your snowboarding technique.

5. Wearables: The “digital coach” employs sensors embedded in garments or in small activity trackers, startups and large firms introduced apps to track activity, oxygen levels and motions such as golf swings, giving professional coaching advice to the amateur athlete. Other wearables included an expanded array of smartwatches and medical wearables that measure body fat or capture brain signals to get a handle on stress.

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Abundant production

Residents process mango into toffee

SEMARAPURA - Abundant fruit production does not necessarily mean to suffer losses. Many ways can be taken, so that abundant fruits during harvest season can still have high selling value as what villagers of Besan, Dawan subdistrict, have undertaken. During the harvest season of mango, residents have the creativity to process mango into toffee having become typical souvenirs of Bali. Similar solution can also be applied to jackfruit and snakefruit when production increases.

During rainy season like today, mango production in Klungkung County increases. However, in line with the increase in production, the selling price slumps in the market.

Falling price inspires the people of Besan to find an idea of processing mango into toffee rather than throwing it away into garbage. The village better known as the center of toffee producer lately added its product with mango variant, while previously they only produced toffee from jackfruit and snakefruit.

One of the toffee makers, Nengah Yuliarti, said on Monday (Jan 12) that every day she looked for mango at Galiran Market and Klungkung Market. She admitted that many mangoes of traders could not be sold and almost rotted. Thus, she bought up the mango to be processed into toffee. Each day, Yuliarti spent about 50 kg of clean peeled mango and was ready to be processed. The mango purchased from traders usually delivered in person to Besan. She bought the unpeeled mango from trader only at IDR 5,000 per kilogram. In the processing, Yuliarti was assisted by a number of relatives.

Even though having new product variant namely mango toffee, the jackfruit and snakefruit-based production remained to be continued.

However, the production of snakefruit toffee was made in small scale because it was not the harvest season

of snakefruit.

Toffee production from various fruit ingredients was inseparable from the many orders from her customers. In fact, the Besan toffee products have supplied a number of Bali typical souvenirs shops in Denpasar. Even, the product has been able to penetrate the markets beyond Bali such as Surabaya and Jakarta. Besides, during Hindu holidays in Bali, a number of toffee makers at Besan village are also flooded with the orders because the toffee is also often used to fill in the offerings. With such high demand, Yuliarti admitted to be overwhelmed.

As a traditional home-based microenterprise, her production capacity is surely still limited even though the ingredients are abundant during its harvest season.

Toffee makers at Besan village sell their product for IDR 50,000 per kilogram. It can usually last up to six months. Nevertheless, it does not necessarily mean if this business is without a hitch. Rainy season makes the drying process difficult.

If this happens, the finished toffee product can be easily swarmed by bees so that the toffee is perforated.

As solution, during rainy season, the finished toffee product is immediately put into a simple oven made from a series of wood, iron and some gas stoves. The drying process usually takes three days.

Drying with gas stove also requires additional cost. Moreover, the price of 3-kg LPG canister continues to soar so that it is increasingly unaffordable. “The price of gas continues to rise, while we are hard to raise the price of product to collectors,” complained Yuliarti. Similar condition was also experienced by the other toffee makers at Besan village but they wanted to keep making toffee and develop the business. However, the current constraints made them quite difficult to develop. (gik)

A toy robot named Alpha dances to a music at the Ubtech booth at the International CES Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in Las Vegas.

8. Virtual reality: Technology took another step into a new dimension with new, immersive devices such as the Oculus Rift prototype headset Crescent Bay, and advances in 3D audio.

9. Connected home: Startups and big industrial giants offered new ways to make the home more connected, with smart lightbulbs and door locks, smartphone-controlled security systems and doorbells that monitor entrances.

10. Selfie stick: One of the least expensive devices at the show -- as low as $5 -- was a big hit,with accessory makers capitalizing on the selfie trend with monopods that offer a wider perspective. (afp)

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During the harvest season of mango, residents have the creativity to process mango into toffee having become typical souvenirs of Bali.

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Some travelers complained about the stench of garbage while shopping at Sukawati, Ubud.

Travelers complain about garbage in Sukawati

GIANYAR - Made Suartini frowned when seeing garbage piling up in front of her shop located around Jalan Raya Sukawati, Monday (Jan 12). According to this knickknack trader, the garbage was rarely collected since the last Kuningan celebration. It very much disturbed the sales. Moreover, some travelers having made a visit also complained about the stench of garbage while shopping at the art shop.

“Yesterday there was a Japanese traveler wishing to shop complained about the smell of garbage. Perhaps in her home country there is no garbage left up like this (accumulate— Ed),” she said while pointing to a pile of garbage.

This 50-year-old woman told if the garbage was last collected by the officers of the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) on Friday (Jan 9). Actually the garbage around the Jalan Raya Sukawati was commonly handled by Sukawati village. Besides, her party had to pay orderliness and sanitation levy at IDR 3,000 per day. “Last Friday, the DKP officers turned around for two times here. After that, probably the dump truck of the village had picked up but now it accumulates again and is neglected,” she complained.

As monitoring along the Jalan Raya Sukawati on Monday (Jan 12) around 1:00 p.m., the pile of garbage could be easily found in the left and right side of the road.

At some points the garbage seemed to have been wrapped in plastic, but there was also garbage left to scatter so that it kindled eyesore

and exuded stench. Of course, it was very unfortunate considering that around the area of Sukawati art market was visited by hundreds of foreign travelers each day.

Meanwhile, the headman of Sukawati, Ketut Suardana, recognized that such condition had occurred prior to the celebration of Galungan due to the lack of human resources.

Besides, one of the two operating trucks was out of order. Later, the village sanitation truck was ready to operate, but still lacked for human resources to operate. “The repair of truck was completed yesterday, now the two trucks have been ready for operation. Unfortunately, we have not owned a driver yet,” he said.

He revealed that previously his party had recruit garbage collectors through appointment, but the workers were not working optimally. Today, his party has opened vacancy for the position of garbage collectors, so that the tourist areas like Sukawati Art Market could be sterile from garbage. “Hopefully, we can get garbage collectors, so that travelers making a visit to Sukawati will not be bothered by this condition,” he said. (kmb35)

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Bali News

Hit by storms, dozens of hectares of corn fall down

AMLAPURA - As hit by storms with a violent wind, tens of hectares of corn crops in the area of Abang subdistrict fell down. Severe fallen corn crop occurred at Datah village, such as in the area of Bidong, Bingin and surrounding areas.

It was seen from the observation on Monday (Jan 12). One of the farmers at Bidong, Nyoman Merta, claimed to be confused and so did the other farmers. Actually the corn crop looked lush. They expected it could be harvested for foodstuff of family during two or three months later. At the barren village, corn became the main foodstuff. Besides, the price of rice continued to soar and reached IDR 10,000 per kg.

As fastest, the harvest was expected to fall this season after prolonged dry season. Meanwhile, cassava or yam more frequently faced crop failure, among others due to the attack of carrion beetle.

Since more than eight years ago, this beetle has caused crop failure

of farmers.

Merta and Ketut Nesa admitted in the harvest of cassava last year they just got two sacks of cassava (equivalent to 25 kg each). As their estimation, crop failure seemed to happen again this year. In addition, the cassava stem was also difficult to get as many stem bases were already damaged due to the attack of carrion beetle.

On the other hand, a member of Karangasem House, I Gede Dana, admitted to be apprehensive with the fate of farmers. Currently many farmers having mango orchard throughout Karangasem would harvest this month, but the price of mango dropped. In the market, the price even reached around IDR 1,000 to IDR 2,000 per kg. Last

The damage corn field in Karangasem is seen in the picture

year, the price of mango was still at IDR 6,000 per kg.

Meanwhile, after rainy season when farmers planted corn, their plants were even hit by violent winds. As a result, the corn plants fell down or its stems were broken.

With such conditions, the plants were believed to face crop failure.

Meanwhile, the fallen plants whose stems are not broken would yield less optimal production.

Gede asked the executives at the Agriculture and Horticulture Agency to pay more attention to the fate of farmers. It was required greater budget and appropriate target, for example, to help provide the pest-resistant cuttings, fertilizers and agricultural technology assistance. (013)

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Junior high school students caught bringing gear and knife to school

BANGLI - The officers of Tembuku Police could seize some hazardous objects such as knives and motorbike gear from the hands of two students of the SMPN 3 Tembuku junior high school. The items were found during a regular check made to schools.

Chief of Tembuku Police, Made Adi Suryawan, when asked for his confirmation on Monday (Jan 12) justified the seizure of the hazardous objects. Such foreclosure began when village-commissioned personnel of Tembuku Police performed regular checks to schools.

Incidentally, the school getting the turn for the regular checking on Monday was the SMPN 3 Tembuku.

Together with local school teachers, the officers conducted an examination against the entire belongings brought by students.

When the investigation was ongoing, the officers found a hazardous object in the form of small knife

used for inscribing on palm leaves as well as bike gear commonly used as a weapon in brawl. To anticipate the items from being abused, the officers immediately confiscated them.

Suryawan said that when asked about the use of such items brought to school, the students bringing along the items whose identity was deliberately made confidential could not explain about it to the officer. “When asked they could not answer. They just told if the items would be used for self protection.

Since the items were not for the benefit of school, they were immediately confiscated,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the two junior high school students caught carrying the items were directly handed over to school officials for further coaching. His party urged the students not to bring any hazardous items to school. Moreover, they were not indented for the benefit of school. (ina)

Batununggul village holds Ngadegang ritual tradition SEMARAPURA - Residents of Batununggul customary village, Nusa Penida subdistrict, organized Ngadegang ritual tradition, Monday (Jan 12). This tradition was carried out once a year, precisely on new moon of January (Sasih Kapitu) centered at Sampalan hamlet hall. This ritual was held regularly in order to maintain the harmony of nature on the islands of Nusa Penida.

According to temple priest of local village, Jaro Mangku I Dewa Gede Beneng Alit, the ritual procession was begun with melasti or purificatory rite to the sea along with the sanctified effigies such as Barong Bangkal (boar). All the sanctified effigies and ritual paraphernalia were brought by residents escorted by the other residents of Sampalan hamlet and Batunungul villagers in general. The ngadegang ritual, said Mangku I Dewa Gede Beneng Alit had become an annual ritual to remind people of maintaining harmony between the macrocosm and microcosm which was identical to the teachings of the tri hita karana, covering harmonious relations of human to fellow humans, human to nature and human to God. “In addition, this ritual is also meant to improve the properties of the Hindu spiritual,” he explained. After the melasti procession to the sea, the sanctified boar barong effigy had a break at the central intersection of local village for almost 45 minutes. At that time, temple priest put the offerings in the form of segehan agung oblation with black chicken slaughtered as a sacrifice. During this procession, a number of pilgrims are shaking. Some others looked to put into a trance. Chief of Dalem Setra Batununggul, I Dewa Nyoman Yusa, said that after the procession, the local deity would be enthroned for 11 days to receive worship from the pilgrims.

This opportunity was taken advantage by the Hindus at local village to conduct prayers. Likewise, it was also a good moment for people who migrated to the mainland Klungkung. (kmb31)

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2 US police officers charged with murder in shooting

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Two Albuquerque police officers were charged with murder Monday in the March killing of a homeless camper, a shooting that generated sometimes violent protests around the southwestern city and brought new scrutiny to the police department amid a federal investigation.

The shooting occurred during a year when police tactics came under intense scrutiny around the U.S., fueled by the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, and the chokehold death of another unarmed man in New York City. Grand juries declined to charge officers in those cases, leading to protests.

Police said SWAT team member Dominique Perez and former detective Keith Sandy fatally shot Boyd, who was holding two knives, during a standoff in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains. Video from an officer’s helmet camera showed Boyd, who authorities say was mentally ill, appearing to surrender when officers opened fire.

“Unlike Ferguson and unlike in New York City, we’re going to know. The public is going to have that information,” said District Attorney Kari Brandenburg. She said

she decided to bring murder charges and avoid a grand jury to heighten transparency.

Brandenburg has been criticized for her office’s decades-old practice of using grand juries to affirm prosecutors’ decisions that no probable cause existed to charge officers in shootings. Grand jury proceedings are closed to the public.

Under a revamped system, county prosecutors now decide whether there’s probable cause that a crime was committed and either take the case to a grand jury or opt to file a “criminal information” charge on their own, as Brandenburg did against Perez and Sandy.

Each officer faces a single count in the March death of 38-year-old James Boyd. The charges allow prosecutors to pursue either firstdegree or second-degree murder against the officers.

Sam Bregman, lawyer for Sandy, said there is “not one shred” of evidence to support the case. Bergman says the officer had no criminal intent when he encountered the knifewielding homeless man who had a long history of violent encounters with authorities, and that he followed training procedures outlined by the police department.(ap)

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FILE - This July 28, 2013 file photo shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas chair a session of the Palestinian cabinet in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Abbas dramatically challenges Israel after 10 cautious years

RAMALLAH, West Bank — After a decade in power, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has little to show. He is no closer to a deal on Palestinian statehood, has failed to reclaim the Gaza Strip from political rival Hamas and is being disparaged by some as a pliant guardian of Israeli security needs in the West Bank.

AP Photo/Albuquerque Police Department, File

FILE - This March 16, 2014 photo of an Albuquerque Police Department lapel camera still, shows a standoff with James Boyd, 38, before firing six shots at the man.

But the typically cautious 79year-old dramatically changed course in the days before this week’s tenth anniversary in office by signing up to the International Criminal Court. That could allow for war crimes complaints against Israel in what many believe is his strategy of last resort.

The court bid is part of a wider strategy Palestinians hope will bring international pressure to bear on Israel and improve their leverage in future statehood talks. They say the approach stems from frustration with two decades of failed talks overseen by staunch Israeli ally America.

Israel accuses Abbas of trying to replace negotiations with a campaign to delegitimize the Jewish state.

The move carries unprecedented risks, but Palestinian officials say Abbas had to act. “We are weak

and the only way before us is to bring the Palestinian cause back to the international community,” said one aide, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe Abbas’ private views.

Palestinians close to Abbas say he has been under intense domestic pressure to challenge Israel since the summer’s 50-day Gaza war between Israel and the Islamic militant Hamas group that killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, many of them civilians, along with 72 people on the Israeli side.

“He had a choice, whether he listens to the people and the leadership and the advisers, or he isolates himself further,” said Hanan Ashrawi, a senior Palestine Liberation Organization official often briefed by Abbas.

The Israeli response to the court

bid was swift. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu froze the monthly transfer of $120 million in taxes that Israel collects for the Palestinians, forcing the Palestinian Authority — propped up by foreign aid and chronically short of funds — to immediately halt salary payments for 153,000 government employees.

Many civil servants live month to month and have mixed feelings about joining the court.

Government employee Mohammed Jadallah, 49, a father of five already falling behind on loan payments, said Abbas hadn’t done enough to explain his strategy to the suffering public.

In the long run, though, Abbas can count on public support as Palestinians “will never trade their national cause for salaries,” Jadallah said.(ap)

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BUSINESS Oil extends ‘disconcerting’ fall

SINGAPORE - Oil extended its “disconcerting” plunge towards six-year lows in Asia Tuesday after Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs lowered its price forecast, adding to concerns about a supply glut and weak demand.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for February delivery was down 82 cents at $45.25 a barrel in afternoon trade and Brent crude for February dropped 99 cents to $46.44.

On Monday Brent plunged more than five percent to close below $50 for the first time since April 2009, and WTI fell 4.7 percent to its weakest since March 2009.

Analysts are already predicting prices will eventually fall below the psychological level of $40 a barrel this year. Goldman Sachs predicted WTI to hit $39 a barrel

in six months, down from its $75 forecast previously.

It also cut its outlook for Brent, adding that it thought the oil market would continue to experience oversupply for several months.

“There is no numeric target but the depth of fall in oil prices is disconcerting,” said market analyst Michael McCarthy at CMC Markets Sydney.

“We need to see more significant falls in shale drilling production before the supply glut is overturned and prices stabilise.”

The excess in global supplies

has been attributed to an increase in shale gas production in the United States and a return of Libyan oil to the market following prolonged disruption due to civil strife there.

There are some signs pointing to an increase in demand, with China reporting a rise in its trade surplus of 47.2 percent last year, but analysts said the market remains jittery.

“Although China’s demand and growth is not as weak as it seems, the market is in panic mode at the moment and we are seeing capitulations,” said McCarthy. (afp)

Crude oil price

If very recent oil market history is any guidance, Brent prices may pause around $50 a barrel for another week or so, before resuming their decline.

BRENT OIL PRICE Daily close, USD per barrel $100

Nov. 12-25 Oil price holds around $80 a barrel

Nov. 28- Dec. 4 Price holds around $70

80 Dec. 16-29 Around $60

60

40 Sep. 2014

Oct.

Nov.

Jan. 7-9 Price holds around $50 Dec. Jan. 2015

Source: Thomson Reuters G. Cabrera, 09/01/2015

China 2014 trade surplus rockets to record high

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A woman shops at a supermarket in Hefei in central China’s Anhui province Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. China’s trade surplus soared by almost half last year to a record $382 billion, the government announced Tuesday, but the world’s secondlargest economy again missed its trade growth target due to weakness overseas.

BEIJING - China’s trade surplus soared by almost half last year to a record $382 billion, the government announced Tuesday, but the world’s second-largest economy again missed its trade growth target due to weakness overseas.

Exports increased 6.1 percent to $2.34 trillion in 2014, while imports rose 0.4 percent to $1.96 trillion, the General Administration of Customs said on its website.

That translated into a trade surplus of $382.46 billion, the highest ever and a 47.2 percent increase on 2013.

China’s huge trade surpluses were long a source of friction between Beijing and Washington, as the workshop of the world pumped out manufactured goods and US debt mounted, but the issue receded in more recent years.

Total trade in 2014 rose just 3.4 percent from the year before, far below authorities’ aim of about 7.5 percent and the third consecutive year the official target has been missed.

“The world economy recovered rather slowly and couldn’t support China’s trade growing at a high speed,” said Customs spokesman

Zheng Yuesheng.

“China’s comparative advantage of low costs continued to wane, while investment in China’s manufacturing industry from developed economies declined, containing trade (growth),” he added, stressing that foreign-invested companies are responsible for about half the country’s exports.

Zheng attributed the record surplus to falling international commodity prices which dragged down import values.

The trade figures come as China’s economy rounds out a disappointing 2014, with growth slowing because of manufacturing weakness, falling property prices and high corporate and local government debt burdens. This prompted the central People’s Bank of China (PBoC) in November to cut benchmark interest rates for the first time in more than two years.

Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded an annual 7.3 percent in the third quarter, the slowest since the height of the global financial crisis in early 2009.

Some economists expect figures showing further weakness at the end of last year and in the year

ahead, with authorities openly describing slower and hopefully more sustainable expansion as a “new normal”.

For December alone, the trade surplus soared 93.5 percent yearon-year to $49.6 billion, as exports increased 9.7 percent to $227.5 billion and imports fell 2.4 percent to $177.9 billion, Customs said.

It had initially given the figures in yuan terms, with different percentage changes as a result of exchange rate movements.

The export figure exceeded the median forecast of six percent by 40 economists in a Bloomberg survey, while the fall in imports was less severe than their prediction of a 6.2 percent decline.

Zheng said that while China’s trade growth is likely to rebound this year, it faces headwinds.

“We think the negative factors containing trade growth in 2014 will continue for a certain period of time,” he said.

Julian Evans-Pritchard, China economist at Capital Economics, said the outlook for overseas shipments should be brighter this year and import growth is likely to remain soft. (afp)

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Divers retrieve 2nd black box from AirAsia crash

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PANGKALAN BUN — Divers retrieved the crashed AirAsia plane’s second black box from the bottom of the Java Sea on Tuesday, giving experts essential tools to piece together what brought Flight 8501 down.

The cockpit voice recorder was freed from beneath the heavy ruins of a wing early in the morning from a depth of about 30 meters (98 feet), a day after the aircraft’s flight data recorder was recovered, said Tonny Budiono, sea navigation director at the Transportation Ministry.

“Thank God,” he said. “This is good news for investigators to reveal the cause of the plane crash.”

The device will be flown to the capital, Jakarta, to be downloaded and analyzed with the other box.

Since it records in a two-hour loop, all discussions between the captain and co-pilot should be available.

The plane disappeared from radar 42 minutes into a flight from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore on Dec. 28. All 162 people on board were killed, but only 48 bodies have been recovered so far.

The find is the latest boost in the slow-moving hunt to scour the shallow, murky stretch of ocean.

Over the weekend, the tail of the Airbus A320 was recovered, emblazoned with the carrier’s redand-white cursive logo. The black boxes are housed inside the tail, but they were missing when the wreckage was pulled to the surface.

The devices were soon located after three Indonesian ships detected two strong pings being emitted from their beacons, about 20 meters (22 yards) apart.

Strong currents, large waves and blinding silt have hindered divers’ efforts throughout the 17-day search, but they took advantage of calmer early morning conditions on both days to extract the instruments.

The information pulled from the black boxes — which are actually orange — will likely be vital.

Designed to survive extreme heat and pressure, they should provide investigators with a second-bysecond timeline of the flight.

The voice recorder captures all conversations between the pilots and with air traffic controllers, as well as any noises heard in the cockpit, including possible alarms or explosions. The flight data recorder saves information on the position and condition of almost every major part in the plane, including altitude, airspeed, direction, engine thrust, the rate of ascent or descent and what up-or-down angle the plane was pointed.

“There’s like 200-plus parameters they record,” said aviation expert John Goglia, a former U.S. National Transportation Safety Board member. “It’s going to provide us an ocean of material.”

In their last contact with airtraffic controllers, the pilots of the AirAsia jet asked to climb from 32,000 feet (9,750 meters) to 38,000 feet (11,580 meters) to avoid threatening clouds, but were denied permission because of heavy air traffic. Four minutes later, the plane disappeared. No distress signal was received.

Searchers also have been trying to locate the main section of the aircraft’s cabin, where many of the victims are believed to be entombed.

Decomposition is making identification more difficult for desperate families waiting to bury their loved ones. Nearly all passengers and crew were Indonesian.

“I still believe many victims remain trapped there, and we must find them,” said Gen. Moeldoko, Indonesia’s military chief, who uses one name. (ap)

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Chief of KPK, Abraham Samad (right) flanked with deputy chief of KPK, Bambang Widjojanto during the press statement on Tuesday, January 12. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Tuesday named Commissioner General Budi Gunawan a suspect of corruption case.

He allegedly receiving bribes in a suspected transaction case.

Police chief candidate names suspect

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Tuesday named Commissioner General Budi Gunawan a suspect of corruption case. He allegedly receiving bribes in a suspected transaction case.

Budi Gunawan is the only candi-

date for filling the Indonesian police chief post.

According to Chief of KPK, Abraham Samad, his commission has investigate the suspicious transaction case since half a year ago.

“On the end, we found two solid evidence for suspected transaction

case and we decide to step up the case from investigation to examination since January 12, 2015,” Abraham explained.

Abraham said the conclusion was made after the expose forum that conducted by investigator team, prosecutor, and KPK’s leaders. (ant)

SURABAYA - The Indonesian Navy’s Eastern Indonesian Fleet Command (Koarmatim) has sunk a Filipino fishing boat MV Gerry 12 in the waters of Tahuna Bay, Apengsembeka village, Sangihe Islands District, North Sulawesi.

The Filipino fishing boat sunk after being set ablaze on January 10, 2015, Lieutenant Colonel Maman Sulaeman, a spokesman of Koarmatim, remarked on Tuesday.

Commander of the Tahuna Naval Base Colonel Fransiscus Herman led the operations, he added.

The boat was sunk in accordance

with a verdict given by the Tahuna district court that had passed a ruling to destroy the Filipino fishing boat, MV Gerry 12, he stated.

MV Gerry 12 was captured by Indonesian warship KRI Yos Sudarso-353 in Sangihe waters, North Sulawesi Province, in December 2014. The 12 crew members aboard the fishing boat, including nine Filipino nationals, failed to present the necessary documents.

The Sangihe Sea, which shares its border with Filipino waters, is prone to illegal fishing activities conducted by Filipinos.

President Joko Widodo has ordered all concerned parties in the country to take the strongest possible action against foreign fishing boats poaching in Indonesian waters.

“I say, do not capture the foreign fishing boats poaching in Indonesian waters. If needed, sink them straightaway, but save their crew members first. If we do that to some 20 boats, others will think twice before setting out for illegal fishing in Indonesian waters,” Jokowi stated last November. (ant)

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Indian women mourn around the bodies of two men, who died after consuming a bad batch of bootleg liquor in Datli village, about 30 kilometers (almost 20 miles) southwest of Lucknow, India, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.

Bootleg liquor kills at least 28 in India, 160 hospitalized

LUCKNOW, India — A bad batch of bootleg liquor killed at least 28 people and sent 160 others to hospitals in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said Tuesday. Many of the victims had gathered to watch a cricket match Sunday evening in a village about 30 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of the state capital, Lucknow, government official Anil Garg said.

By midday Tuesday, 28 people had died, including 11 in a nearby village, police officer Mukul Goel said. Doctors in Lucknow said some of those hospitalized were in serious condition and were breathing with respirators, and some had lost their eyesight.

Police arrested the shop owner who sold the pouches of homemade alcohol for about 30 cents each. A raid of the shop uncovered large containers of chemicals, which were sent to a laboratory for testing, district official R.K.

Pandey said.

“The symptoms gave a clear indication that these patients were served methyl alcohol,” which despite being toxic is sometimes mixed with ethyl alcohol to make a brew cheaper, said Dr. Kausar Usman, head of the trauma center at Lucknow’s King George’s Medical College. Deaths from drinking illegally brewed alcohol are common in India because the poor cannot afford licensed liquor.

Villager Rajesh Kumar, whose two older brothers became ill after

drinking the liquor on Monday, said the shop in Datli village was well known for selling inexpensive alcohol, and that many men came from surrounding villages to buy it.

The state’s highest elected official, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, suspended six police officers suspected of taking bribes to ignore complaints about the shop and its alcohol, and announced that a “drive will be launched against those involved in the illicit liquor trade.” (ap)

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Condo to loom over samurai graves in Japan, spurring protest TOKYO — The “47 ronin” samurai who inspired the longloved saga of loyalty and honor eulogized in films, books and plays are fighting a new kind of battle in urban Japan.

An apartment complex is going up next to the curved tileroofed Sengakuji temple where the three-century-old graves of the ronin, or masterless samurai, lie. The stone monuments, standing barely waist-high, are known here and elsewhere as a humble but proud testament to sacrificing one’s life for what’s right.

The Buddhist monks who are still praying for the souls of the ronin, visitors from near and far, and the neighborhood residents including those who run souvenir stores are all aghast. Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition demanding a stop to the construction. Huge protest banners are up by the gate.

Plans show an eight-story condominium, measuring 24 meters (79 feet), dwarfing the graves and placing the temple’s main wooden gate in its shadow.

Building has already begun

and construction is expected to be completed later this year.

“People who come and pray here, including tourists from abroad, can’t believe why this is being allowed,” said Kenmyo Muta, a priest at the temple.

“Anyone can see what it will do to this beautiful place.” The plight of the graves highlights the recurring struggles between commercial development and the effort to preserve history.

Although many European and American cities work hard to maintain the old, Japanese cities often are a hodgepodge of cutting-edge futuristic buildings next to kitsch, if not slum-like, chaos, exemplified in sign posts galore and cheap erratic construction.

“What we are seeing here is the tragically common, ever repeating story, where a private gain is valued higher by the existing laws and planning regulations than the preservation of a public historical asset,” said Christian Dimmer, assistant professor for urban design at the University of Tokyo. (ap)

Cameroon govt says 143 Boko Haram militants killed DOUALA, Cameroon — Cameroon’s government says the military has killed 143 militants from the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, which has been waging war in neighboring Nigeria.

In a statement carried Tuesday on state television, authorities said hundreds of militants attacked a military camp the day before near the border with Nigeria.

Cameroonian Information Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said in the statement that the

fight lasted five hours. He said a Cameroonian corporal was killed and four other soldiers were wounded, but gave no other details.

Boko Haram is responsible for thousands of deaths since it began its insurgency against the Nigerian government. The group also has been blamed for a growing number of attacking in neighboring countries including Cameroon. The group recently issued a video threatening Cameroon President Paul Biya. (ap)

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s state TV is reporting that police have confiscated seven tons of opium from drug smugglers in southern Iran in a single raid.

Local police chief, Gen. Ahmad Ali Goudarzi, told state television on Tuesday that the opium had been concealed in a cement truck heading toward the capital Tehran. Iranian authorities often confiscate large quantities of

narcotics, but Monday’s seizure is the biggest in months.

Iran is the main route for drug smugglers to ship narcotics from the poppy fields of Afghanistan to Europe. Authorities confiscate hundreds of tons of narcotics — mostly opium — every year. In 2013, over 209,000 hectares (806 square miles) of poppies were planted across Afghanistan, up 36 percent from the year before. (ap)

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Kedonganan Beach

JIMBARAN - It is only 3 kilometers southwards of Ngurah Rai Intemational Airport, This object offers a gently sloping white sandy beach

with quiet waves, so it is suitable for relaxing, swimming and sunbathing. In the northern pmt of Kedonganan

Beach, lies traditional fish market embellished with the parking of traditional boats along the beach. As a result, they enrich the beauty

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of coastal scenery. Exploring and sailing the crescent-shaped beach by fishing boat will give another unique impression for tourists.

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Del Potro wins comeback match after 10-month injury layoff

SYDNEY — Juan Martin Del Potro launched his comeback from a serious wrist injury with a convincing 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Sergiy Stakhovsky in the first round of the Sydney International on Tuesday.

The former U.S. Open champion is currently ranked No. 338 after undergoing surgery on his left wrist last year and missing more than 10 months on tour.

He needed a wild card to enter the main draw in Sydney, where he’s the defending champion, but looked fit and sharp in beating 69th-ranked Stakhovsky in 88 minutes. He will face top-seeded Fabio Fognini in the second round.

Del Potro delayed his comeback a week after pulling out of the Brisbane International tournament with residual pain in his wrist. But he looked unimpeded against Stakhovsky on Tuesday as he served seven aces and never faced a break point. “These guys are playing all year. It’s time to get back on the train again,” del Potro said. “This tournament is very special to me.”

It was del Potro’s second extended layoff with a wrist injury. After capturing his only Grand Slam title at the 2009 U.S. Open, he underwent surgery on his right wrist and was sidelined for eight months. (ap)

20-year-old athletes mark 2,020 days to Tokyo Olympics

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Among those attending the ceremony were 20-year-old swimmer Kosuke Hagino, who won a bronze medal at the London Olympics and

will be a gold medal hopeful five years from now.

Monday’s event coincided with Coming of Age Day, a national holiday in Japan when the country celebrates young people who turned 20 years old in the past year and have reached the age of majority.

Other Japanese athletes who celebrated Coming of Age Day were Olympic gold medal figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu and baseball standout Shohei Otani. (ap)

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Rockets rout Nets 113-99 after Howard-Garnett scuffle

NEW YORK — James Harden scored 30 points to carry Houston on a night when Dwight Howard did little after fighting with Kevin Garnett and the Rockets beat the slumping Brooklyn Nets 113-99 in the NBA on Monday. Garnett was ejected in the first quarter after head-butting Howard in the face and throwing the ball at him, while Howard received a technical foul after appearing to punch or slap Garnett in the neck.

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Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Garnett, right, reacts after being shoved by Indiana Pacers’ David West during the first half of the NBA basketball game at the Barclays Center, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014 in New York. West was charged with a technical foul.

AP Photo/Koji Sasahara

Participants form human letters “2020” during a countdown event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Tokyo. It’s 2020 days more to go until the summer Olympic Games.

Howard had a quiet night otherwise, finishing with eight points and five rebounds, but the Rockets didn’t need much in the middle while dominating from the outside with 16 3-pointers in 40 attempts.

Houston has won four in a row, all by double digits, and blew away a Nets team that had held its previous eight opponents under 100 points, the longest streak in the NBA this season.

Elsewhere in the league, Orlando

ended a six-game losing streak with a 121-114 win over Chicago, Detroit beat Toronto 114-111 for its ninth win in 10 games, and Boston defeated New Orleans 108-100.

Nikola Vucevic had 33 points and 11 rebounds and Victor Oladipo also scored 33 points for the Magic, which shot a season-high 59 percent from the field.

Orlando had lost three in a row and 12 of 15 against the Bulls since the start of the 2010-11 season. In Toronto, Brandon Jennings had 34

points and 10 assists and Greg Monroe had 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Pistons ended a four-game losing streak against Toronto.

Jonas Valanciunas scored a career-best 31 points and had 12 rebounds for the Raptors, who lost for the fifth time in six games. The Celtics won for the third time in their last 12 games.

Jared Sullinger had 27 points and 10 rebounds and rookie Marcus Smart nailed a key 3-pointer in the closing minute. (ap)

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Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014

ZURICH — For the third time, Cristiano Ronaldo was voted the world’s best football player. He hopes it also brought him closer to being remembered as one of the greatest of all time. Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d’Or in a rout on Monday, racking up more than twice the votes of Lionel Messi, who edged German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer into third.

The Real Madrid and Portugal forward’s latest hat trick tied him with Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo of Brazil on three FIFA awards. The original Ballon d’Or presented by France Football magazine was won by European standouts Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten three times each.

O n l y M e s s i ’s f o u r F I FA awards is ahead of the 29-yearold Ronaldo, whose Madrid team again seems better placed for trophies in 2015 than his rival’s Barcelona. “I want to become one of the greatest players of all time,” Ronaldo said through a translator in his acceptance speech. “Of course, this requires a lot of effort and I hope to get there.”

Ronaldo retained football’s highest individual honor after scoring 61 goals last year. His record tally of 17 in a Champions League season helped Madrid win an unprecedented 10th European Cup title — and overshadowed a relatively disappointing World Cup campaign.

He has kept up the pace since FIFA’s voting college — national team captains and coaches, plus selected journalists, in more than 180 countries took part — cast ballots in November.

Ronaldo helped Madrid take the Club World Cup title last month to cap a Spanish-record 22-match winning streak.

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FA endorse Kramaric work permit application Leicester City have received endorsement from the Football Association (FA) to support a work permit application for Croatian international Andrej Kramaric, the Premier League side announced on Monday. The 23-year-old HNK Rijeka forward, who has scored 28 goals for club and country this

season, is reported to have passed a medical and signed for a clubrecord fee of 9 million pounds ($13.66 million) according to British media.

“The FA endorsement allows the club to apply for clearance from the UK Border Agency. Once a work permit is granted, Andrej’s move

to Leicester City from Croatian side HNK Rijeka will be made official,” the club said in a statement.

Bottom-of-the-table Leicester have struggled since their return to the Premier League but have improved of late winning two and drawing one of their last three league games. (rtr)

Women offer FIFA ‘good-faith’ proposal in turf war Players at this year’s women’s World Cup, trying to settle a lawsuit against FIFA, will play on artificial turf as long as the final matches are on natural grass, their lawyer said on Monday.

The proposal is the latest twist in a rolling dispute that picked up steam in August when players said a proposal to play the June6-July 5 tournament in Canada on artificial turf was discriminatory and violated human rights.

“The battle over the use of plastic pitches at the women’s World Cup can easily and quickly come to a peaceful resolution,” attorney Hampton Dellinger said in a statement. “All FIFA and

the Canadian Soccer Association need to do is accept the players’ feasible, affordable, and more than fair deal.”

FIFA has previously said there were no plans to change the decision to play the tournament on artificial surfaces. The players, who filed a lawsuit against soccer’s governing body and the Canadian Soccer Association last year, are now proposing playing all but the semi-final, third-place and final matches on artificial turf.

The proposal lays out how top quality grass fields could be prepared for and installed in each of the three stadiums hosting the tournament’s final two rounds.

According to the proposal, the plan is modelled on systems used successfully for previous men’s and women’s World Cups, and is approved by leading world experts on sports grass.

The tournament’s final game will be played in Vancouver with Montreal and Edmonton hosting semi-finals. The third-place game will also be in Edmonton.

“The players continue to believe a women’s World Cup should not be singled out for field conditions men’s World Cups have never been subjected to,” the proposal said. “But this settlement offer represents a good-faith attempt at compromise.” (rtr)

AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri

Lionel Messi of Argentina, one of the nominees for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014 award, attends a press conference prior to the FIFA Ballon d’Or awarding ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

Messi casts newdoubts about his uture at Barcelona

ZURICH — A day after denying rumors he was considering leaving Barcelona, Lionel Messi cast new doubts about his future at the club on Monday.

Messi said at the awards ceremony for the FIFA BAllon d’Or that he doesn’t know whether he’ll be back at Barcelona next season.

He made the comment after being asked whether he’d consider returning to his boyhood club Newell’s Old Boys at some point.

Messi said in Spanish that “I am not sure if I will go back to Newell’s Old Boys one day,” adding that “I am not sure where I will be next year. I have always said I want to end my career at Barcelona but as Cristiano (Ronaldo) said: ‘Only God knows the future.’ Especially in football where things can change overnight.” On Sunday, Messi told Barcelona’s in-house TV channel that he had no intention of leaving. (rtr)

makeshift South Korea lineup beats Kuwait 1-0 AP Photo/KEYSTONE,Ennio Leanza

Cristiano Ronaldo, left, of Portugal is being congratulated by FIFA President Joseph Blatter after winning the FIFA Men’s soccer player of the year 2014 prize at the FIFA Ballon d’Or awarding ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

“It’s a fantastic moment in my career,” Ronaldo said after the FIFA ceremony. “I want to carry on with more titles in my career, collective and individual.” He won his first FIFA award in 2008 as a Manchester United player and on Monday cited his mentor there, Alex Ferguson, as an inspiration.

“He would say, ‘Cristiano, you are the best, don’t worry about the rest.’ He’s fantastic.

I miss him,” Ronaldo said.

One year ago, Ronaldo was in

tears of joy and relief at ending Messi’s four-year hold on football’s highest individual honor.

He was a much more composed winner on Monday.

On hearing his name read

by French great Thierry Henry, Ronaldo closed his eyes, dipped his head and smiled before walking to the stage. “It has been an unforgettable year,” Ronaldo, who now has a statute in his home island Madeira, said after taking a deep breath. (ap)

FIFA player of the year winners: 2005_Ronaldinho, Brazil

2010_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2006_Fabio Cannavaro, Italy

2011_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2007_Kaka, Brazil

2012_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2008_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal

2013_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal

2009_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2014_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal

REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

Nominees for the 2014 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year (L-R) Brazil’s Marta, Abby Wambach of the U.S. and Nadine Kessler of Germany, appear on stage during the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014 soccer awards ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich January 12, 2015.

CANBERRA, Australia — South Korea overcame the loss of star winger Lee Chung-yong to move to the brink of reaching the Asian Cup quarterfinals with a 1-0 win over Kuwait on Tuesday. The South Koreans made seven changes from the lineup that opened with a 1-0 win over Oman, with injuries and illness forcing a reshuffle. Nam Tae-hee’s first-half header was enough to give two-time champion a second win and six points in Group A. The Koreans had a setback before kickoff when it was confirmed Lee, who plays for English club Bolton, had fractured his shin and would fly home. Lee was injured in the win over Oman last weekend. It is unlikely he will participate in the rest of the tournament, which finishes with the final on Jan. 31.

Right-back Kim Chang-soo has also failed to recover from his injury, while attacker Son Heung-min, mid-

fielder Koo Ja-cheol and goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyun were all kept off the team due to sickness. The replacements made heavy work of Kuwait, defeated 4-1 by Australia four days previously.

The only goal of the game came eight minutes before half-time when Nam headed home a perfect Cha Du-ri cross. The second half was a tough one for the Koreans, on the back foot for the majority of it. A shot from Ali Al Maqseed hit the post early in the period and was a signal for an extended period of Kuwaiti pressure.

Despite plenty of possession, pressure and chances, Kuwait couldn’t find a way past South Korea goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu. Kuwait is almost certainly out of contention at the tournament following back-to-back defeats.

South Korea moves to Brisbane to face host Australia in the last group game on Saturday, when Kuwait meets Oman in Newcastle. (ap)

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Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014

ZURICH — For the third time, Cristiano Ronaldo was voted the world’s best football player. He hopes it also brought him closer to being remembered as one of the greatest of all time. Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d’Or in a rout on Monday, racking up more than twice the votes of Lionel Messi, who edged German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer into third.

The Real Madrid and Portugal forward’s latest hat trick tied him with Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo of Brazil on three FIFA awards. The original Ballon d’Or presented by France Football magazine was won by European standouts Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten three times each.

O n l y M e s s i ’s f o u r F I FA awards is ahead of the 29-yearold Ronaldo, whose Madrid team again seems better placed for trophies in 2015 than his rival’s Barcelona. “I want to become one of the greatest players of all time,” Ronaldo said through a translator in his acceptance speech. “Of course, this requires a lot of effort and I hope to get there.”

Ronaldo retained football’s highest individual honor after scoring 61 goals last year. His record tally of 17 in a Champions League season helped Madrid win an unprecedented 10th European Cup title — and overshadowed a relatively disappointing World Cup campaign.

He has kept up the pace since FIFA’s voting college — national team captains and coaches, plus selected journalists, in more than 180 countries took part — cast ballots in November.

Ronaldo helped Madrid take the Club World Cup title last month to cap a Spanish-record 22-match winning streak.

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FA endorse Kramaric work permit application Leicester City have received endorsement from the Football Association (FA) to support a work permit application for Croatian international Andrej Kramaric, the Premier League side announced on Monday. The 23-year-old HNK Rijeka forward, who has scored 28 goals for club and country this

season, is reported to have passed a medical and signed for a clubrecord fee of 9 million pounds ($13.66 million) according to British media.

“The FA endorsement allows the club to apply for clearance from the UK Border Agency. Once a work permit is granted, Andrej’s move

to Leicester City from Croatian side HNK Rijeka will be made official,” the club said in a statement.

Bottom-of-the-table Leicester have struggled since their return to the Premier League but have improved of late winning two and drawing one of their last three league games. (rtr)

Women offer FIFA ‘good-faith’ proposal in turf war Players at this year’s women’s World Cup, trying to settle a lawsuit against FIFA, will play on artificial turf as long as the final matches are on natural grass, their lawyer said on Monday.

The proposal is the latest twist in a rolling dispute that picked up steam in August when players said a proposal to play the June6-July 5 tournament in Canada on artificial turf was discriminatory and violated human rights.

“The battle over the use of plastic pitches at the women’s World Cup can easily and quickly come to a peaceful resolution,” attorney Hampton Dellinger said in a statement. “All FIFA and

the Canadian Soccer Association need to do is accept the players’ feasible, affordable, and more than fair deal.”

FIFA has previously said there were no plans to change the decision to play the tournament on artificial surfaces. The players, who filed a lawsuit against soccer’s governing body and the Canadian Soccer Association last year, are now proposing playing all but the semi-final, third-place and final matches on artificial turf.

The proposal lays out how top quality grass fields could be prepared for and installed in each of the three stadiums hosting the tournament’s final two rounds.

According to the proposal, the plan is modelled on systems used successfully for previous men’s and women’s World Cups, and is approved by leading world experts on sports grass.

The tournament’s final game will be played in Vancouver with Montreal and Edmonton hosting semi-finals. The third-place game will also be in Edmonton.

“The players continue to believe a women’s World Cup should not be singled out for field conditions men’s World Cups have never been subjected to,” the proposal said. “But this settlement offer represents a good-faith attempt at compromise.” (rtr)

AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri

Lionel Messi of Argentina, one of the nominees for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014 award, attends a press conference prior to the FIFA Ballon d’Or awarding ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

Messi casts newdoubts about his uture at Barcelona

ZURICH — A day after denying rumors he was considering leaving Barcelona, Lionel Messi cast new doubts about his future at the club on Monday.

Messi said at the awards ceremony for the FIFA BAllon d’Or that he doesn’t know whether he’ll be back at Barcelona next season.

He made the comment after being asked whether he’d consider returning to his boyhood club Newell’s Old Boys at some point.

Messi said in Spanish that “I am not sure if I will go back to Newell’s Old Boys one day,” adding that “I am not sure where I will be next year. I have always said I want to end my career at Barcelona but as Cristiano (Ronaldo) said: ‘Only God knows the future.’ Especially in football where things can change overnight.” On Sunday, Messi told Barcelona’s in-house TV channel that he had no intention of leaving. (rtr)

makeshift South Korea lineup beats Kuwait 1-0 AP Photo/KEYSTONE,Ennio Leanza

Cristiano Ronaldo, left, of Portugal is being congratulated by FIFA President Joseph Blatter after winning the FIFA Men’s soccer player of the year 2014 prize at the FIFA Ballon d’Or awarding ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

“It’s a fantastic moment in my career,” Ronaldo said after the FIFA ceremony. “I want to carry on with more titles in my career, collective and individual.” He won his first FIFA award in 2008 as a Manchester United player and on Monday cited his mentor there, Alex Ferguson, as an inspiration.

“He would say, ‘Cristiano, you are the best, don’t worry about the rest.’ He’s fantastic.

I miss him,” Ronaldo said.

One year ago, Ronaldo was in

tears of joy and relief at ending Messi’s four-year hold on football’s highest individual honor.

He was a much more composed winner on Monday.

On hearing his name read

by French great Thierry Henry, Ronaldo closed his eyes, dipped his head and smiled before walking to the stage. “It has been an unforgettable year,” Ronaldo, who now has a statute in his home island Madeira, said after taking a deep breath. (ap)

FIFA player of the year winners: 2005_Ronaldinho, Brazil

2010_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2006_Fabio Cannavaro, Italy

2011_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2007_Kaka, Brazil

2012_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2008_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal

2013_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal

2009_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2014_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal

REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

Nominees for the 2014 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year (L-R) Brazil’s Marta, Abby Wambach of the U.S. and Nadine Kessler of Germany, appear on stage during the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014 soccer awards ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich January 12, 2015.

CANBERRA, Australia — South Korea overcame the loss of star winger Lee Chung-yong to move to the brink of reaching the Asian Cup quarterfinals with a 1-0 win over Kuwait on Tuesday. The South Koreans made seven changes from the lineup that opened with a 1-0 win over Oman, with injuries and illness forcing a reshuffle. Nam Tae-hee’s first-half header was enough to give two-time champion a second win and six points in Group A. The Koreans had a setback before kickoff when it was confirmed Lee, who plays for English club Bolton, had fractured his shin and would fly home. Lee was injured in the win over Oman last weekend. It is unlikely he will participate in the rest of the tournament, which finishes with the final on Jan. 31.

Right-back Kim Chang-soo has also failed to recover from his injury, while attacker Son Heung-min, mid-

fielder Koo Ja-cheol and goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyun were all kept off the team due to sickness. The replacements made heavy work of Kuwait, defeated 4-1 by Australia four days previously.

The only goal of the game came eight minutes before half-time when Nam headed home a perfect Cha Du-ri cross. The second half was a tough one for the Koreans, on the back foot for the majority of it. A shot from Ali Al Maqseed hit the post early in the period and was a signal for an extended period of Kuwaiti pressure.

Despite plenty of possession, pressure and chances, Kuwait couldn’t find a way past South Korea goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu. Kuwait is almost certainly out of contention at the tournament following back-to-back defeats.

South Korea moves to Brisbane to face host Australia in the last group game on Saturday, when Kuwait meets Oman in Newcastle. (ap)

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Del Potro wins comeback match after 10-month injury layoff

SYDNEY — Juan Martin Del Potro launched his comeback from a serious wrist injury with a convincing 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Sergiy Stakhovsky in the first round of the Sydney International on Tuesday.

The former U.S. Open champion is currently ranked No. 338 after undergoing surgery on his left wrist last year and missing more than 10 months on tour.

He needed a wild card to enter the main draw in Sydney, where he’s the defending champion, but looked fit and sharp in beating 69th-ranked Stakhovsky in 88 minutes. He will face top-seeded Fabio Fognini in the second round.

Del Potro delayed his comeback a week after pulling out of the Brisbane International tournament with residual pain in his wrist. But he looked unimpeded against Stakhovsky on Tuesday as he served seven aces and never faced a break point. “These guys are playing all year. It’s time to get back on the train again,” del Potro said. “This tournament is very special to me.”

It was del Potro’s second extended layoff with a wrist injury. After capturing his only Grand Slam title at the 2009 U.S. Open, he underwent surgery on his right wrist and was sidelined for eight months. (ap)

20-year-old athletes mark 2,020 days to Tokyo Olympics

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TOKYO — For those into quirky milestones, there are only 2,020 days until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. To mark the occasion, a group of enthusiastic spectators and 20-year-old athletes gathered to form a giant ‘2020’ in a plaza in front of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee headquarters.

Among those attending the ceremony were 20-year-old swimmer Kosuke Hagino, who won a bronze medal at the London Olympics and

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Other Japanese athletes who celebrated Coming of Age Day were Olympic gold medal figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu and baseball standout Shohei Otani. (ap)

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Rockets rout Nets 113-99 after Howard-Garnett scuffle

NEW YORK — James Harden scored 30 points to carry Houston on a night when Dwight Howard did little after fighting with Kevin Garnett and the Rockets beat the slumping Brooklyn Nets 113-99 in the NBA on Monday. Garnett was ejected in the first quarter after head-butting Howard in the face and throwing the ball at him, while Howard received a technical foul after appearing to punch or slap Garnett in the neck.

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AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Garnett, right, reacts after being shoved by Indiana Pacers’ David West during the first half of the NBA basketball game at the Barclays Center, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014 in New York. West was charged with a technical foul.

AP Photo/Koji Sasahara

Participants form human letters “2020” during a countdown event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Tokyo. It’s 2020 days more to go until the summer Olympic Games.

Howard had a quiet night otherwise, finishing with eight points and five rebounds, but the Rockets didn’t need much in the middle while dominating from the outside with 16 3-pointers in 40 attempts.

Houston has won four in a row, all by double digits, and blew away a Nets team that had held its previous eight opponents under 100 points, the longest streak in the NBA this season.

Elsewhere in the league, Orlando

ended a six-game losing streak with a 121-114 win over Chicago, Detroit beat Toronto 114-111 for its ninth win in 10 games, and Boston defeated New Orleans 108-100.

Nikola Vucevic had 33 points and 11 rebounds and Victor Oladipo also scored 33 points for the Magic, which shot a season-high 59 percent from the field.

Orlando had lost three in a row and 12 of 15 against the Bulls since the start of the 2010-11 season. In Toronto, Brandon Jennings had 34

points and 10 assists and Greg Monroe had 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Pistons ended a four-game losing streak against Toronto.

Jonas Valanciunas scored a career-best 31 points and had 12 rebounds for the Raptors, who lost for the fifth time in six games. The Celtics won for the third time in their last 12 games.

Jared Sullinger had 27 points and 10 rebounds and rookie Marcus Smart nailed a key 3-pointer in the closing minute. (ap)

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AP Photo/Sanjay Sonkar

Indian women mourn around the bodies of two men, who died after consuming a bad batch of bootleg liquor in Datli village, about 30 kilometers (almost 20 miles) southwest of Lucknow, India, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.

Bootleg liquor kills at least 28 in India, 160 hospitalized

LUCKNOW, India — A bad batch of bootleg liquor killed at least 28 people and sent 160 others to hospitals in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said Tuesday. Many of the victims had gathered to watch a cricket match Sunday evening in a village about 30 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of the state capital, Lucknow, government official Anil Garg said.

By midday Tuesday, 28 people had died, including 11 in a nearby village, police officer Mukul Goel said. Doctors in Lucknow said some of those hospitalized were in serious condition and were breathing with respirators, and some had lost their eyesight.

Police arrested the shop owner who sold the pouches of homemade alcohol for about 30 cents each. A raid of the shop uncovered large containers of chemicals, which were sent to a laboratory for testing, district official R.K.

Pandey said.

“The symptoms gave a clear indication that these patients were served methyl alcohol,” which despite being toxic is sometimes mixed with ethyl alcohol to make a brew cheaper, said Dr. Kausar Usman, head of the trauma center at Lucknow’s King George’s Medical College. Deaths from drinking illegally brewed alcohol are common in India because the poor cannot afford licensed liquor.

Villager Rajesh Kumar, whose two older brothers became ill after

drinking the liquor on Monday, said the shop in Datli village was well known for selling inexpensive alcohol, and that many men came from surrounding villages to buy it.

The state’s highest elected official, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, suspended six police officers suspected of taking bribes to ignore complaints about the shop and its alcohol, and announced that a “drive will be launched against those involved in the illicit liquor trade.” (ap)

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Condo to loom over samurai graves in Japan, spurring protest TOKYO — The “47 ronin” samurai who inspired the longloved saga of loyalty and honor eulogized in films, books and plays are fighting a new kind of battle in urban Japan.

An apartment complex is going up next to the curved tileroofed Sengakuji temple where the three-century-old graves of the ronin, or masterless samurai, lie. The stone monuments, standing barely waist-high, are known here and elsewhere as a humble but proud testament to sacrificing one’s life for what’s right.

The Buddhist monks who are still praying for the souls of the ronin, visitors from near and far, and the neighborhood residents including those who run souvenir stores are all aghast. Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition demanding a stop to the construction. Huge protest banners are up by the gate.

Plans show an eight-story condominium, measuring 24 meters (79 feet), dwarfing the graves and placing the temple’s main wooden gate in its shadow.

Building has already begun

and construction is expected to be completed later this year.

“People who come and pray here, including tourists from abroad, can’t believe why this is being allowed,” said Kenmyo Muta, a priest at the temple.

“Anyone can see what it will do to this beautiful place.” The plight of the graves highlights the recurring struggles between commercial development and the effort to preserve history.

Although many European and American cities work hard to maintain the old, Japanese cities often are a hodgepodge of cutting-edge futuristic buildings next to kitsch, if not slum-like, chaos, exemplified in sign posts galore and cheap erratic construction.

“What we are seeing here is the tragically common, ever repeating story, where a private gain is valued higher by the existing laws and planning regulations than the preservation of a public historical asset,” said Christian Dimmer, assistant professor for urban design at the University of Tokyo. (ap)

Cameroon govt says 143 Boko Haram militants killed DOUALA, Cameroon — Cameroon’s government says the military has killed 143 militants from the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, which has been waging war in neighboring Nigeria.

In a statement carried Tuesday on state television, authorities said hundreds of militants attacked a military camp the day before near the border with Nigeria.

Cameroonian Information Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said in the statement that the

fight lasted five hours. He said a Cameroonian corporal was killed and four other soldiers were wounded, but gave no other details.

Boko Haram is responsible for thousands of deaths since it began its insurgency against the Nigerian government. The group also has been blamed for a growing number of attacking in neighboring countries including Cameroon. The group recently issued a video threatening Cameroon President Paul Biya. (ap)

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s state TV is reporting that police have confiscated seven tons of opium from drug smugglers in southern Iran in a single raid.

Local police chief, Gen. Ahmad Ali Goudarzi, told state television on Tuesday that the opium had been concealed in a cement truck heading toward the capital Tehran. Iranian authorities often confiscate large quantities of

narcotics, but Monday’s seizure is the biggest in months.

Iran is the main route for drug smugglers to ship narcotics from the poppy fields of Afghanistan to Europe. Authorities confiscate hundreds of tons of narcotics — mostly opium — every year. In 2013, over 209,000 hectares (806 square miles) of poppies were planted across Afghanistan, up 36 percent from the year before. (ap)

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BUSINESS Oil extends ‘disconcerting’ fall

SINGAPORE - Oil extended its “disconcerting” plunge towards six-year lows in Asia Tuesday after Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs lowered its price forecast, adding to concerns about a supply glut and weak demand.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for February delivery was down 82 cents at $45.25 a barrel in afternoon trade and Brent crude for February dropped 99 cents to $46.44.

On Monday Brent plunged more than five percent to close below $50 for the first time since April 2009, and WTI fell 4.7 percent to its weakest since March 2009.

Analysts are already predicting prices will eventually fall below the psychological level of $40 a barrel this year. Goldman Sachs predicted WTI to hit $39 a barrel

in six months, down from its $75 forecast previously.

It also cut its outlook for Brent, adding that it thought the oil market would continue to experience oversupply for several months.

“There is no numeric target but the depth of fall in oil prices is disconcerting,” said market analyst Michael McCarthy at CMC Markets Sydney.

“We need to see more significant falls in shale drilling production before the supply glut is overturned and prices stabilise.”

The excess in global supplies

has been attributed to an increase in shale gas production in the United States and a return of Libyan oil to the market following prolonged disruption due to civil strife there.

There are some signs pointing to an increase in demand, with China reporting a rise in its trade surplus of 47.2 percent last year, but analysts said the market remains jittery.

“Although China’s demand and growth is not as weak as it seems, the market is in panic mode at the moment and we are seeing capitulations,” said McCarthy. (afp)

Crude oil price

If very recent oil market history is any guidance, Brent prices may pause around $50 a barrel for another week or so, before resuming their decline.

BRENT OIL PRICE Daily close, USD per barrel $100

Nov. 12-25 Oil price holds around $80 a barrel

Nov. 28- Dec. 4 Price holds around $70

80 Dec. 16-29 Around $60

60

40 Sep. 2014

Oct.

Nov.

Jan. 7-9 Price holds around $50 Dec. Jan. 2015

Source: Thomson Reuters G. Cabrera, 09/01/2015

China 2014 trade surplus rockets to record high

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A woman shops at a supermarket in Hefei in central China’s Anhui province Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. China’s trade surplus soared by almost half last year to a record $382 billion, the government announced Tuesday, but the world’s secondlargest economy again missed its trade growth target due to weakness overseas.

BEIJING - China’s trade surplus soared by almost half last year to a record $382 billion, the government announced Tuesday, but the world’s second-largest economy again missed its trade growth target due to weakness overseas.

Exports increased 6.1 percent to $2.34 trillion in 2014, while imports rose 0.4 percent to $1.96 trillion, the General Administration of Customs said on its website.

That translated into a trade surplus of $382.46 billion, the highest ever and a 47.2 percent increase on 2013.

China’s huge trade surpluses were long a source of friction between Beijing and Washington, as the workshop of the world pumped out manufactured goods and US debt mounted, but the issue receded in more recent years.

Total trade in 2014 rose just 3.4 percent from the year before, far below authorities’ aim of about 7.5 percent and the third consecutive year the official target has been missed.

“The world economy recovered rather slowly and couldn’t support China’s trade growing at a high speed,” said Customs spokesman

Zheng Yuesheng.

“China’s comparative advantage of low costs continued to wane, while investment in China’s manufacturing industry from developed economies declined, containing trade (growth),” he added, stressing that foreign-invested companies are responsible for about half the country’s exports.

Zheng attributed the record surplus to falling international commodity prices which dragged down import values.

The trade figures come as China’s economy rounds out a disappointing 2014, with growth slowing because of manufacturing weakness, falling property prices and high corporate and local government debt burdens. This prompted the central People’s Bank of China (PBoC) in November to cut benchmark interest rates for the first time in more than two years.

Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded an annual 7.3 percent in the third quarter, the slowest since the height of the global financial crisis in early 2009.

Some economists expect figures showing further weakness at the end of last year and in the year

ahead, with authorities openly describing slower and hopefully more sustainable expansion as a “new normal”.

For December alone, the trade surplus soared 93.5 percent yearon-year to $49.6 billion, as exports increased 9.7 percent to $227.5 billion and imports fell 2.4 percent to $177.9 billion, Customs said.

It had initially given the figures in yuan terms, with different percentage changes as a result of exchange rate movements.

The export figure exceeded the median forecast of six percent by 40 economists in a Bloomberg survey, while the fall in imports was less severe than their prediction of a 6.2 percent decline.

Zheng said that while China’s trade growth is likely to rebound this year, it faces headwinds.

“We think the negative factors containing trade growth in 2014 will continue for a certain period of time,” he said.

Julian Evans-Pritchard, China economist at Capital Economics, said the outlook for overseas shipments should be brighter this year and import growth is likely to remain soft. (afp)

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PANGKALAN BUN — Divers retrieved the crashed AirAsia plane’s second black box from the bottom of the Java Sea on Tuesday, giving experts essential tools to piece together what brought Flight 8501 down.

The cockpit voice recorder was freed from beneath the heavy ruins of a wing early in the morning from a depth of about 30 meters (98 feet), a day after the aircraft’s flight data recorder was recovered, said Tonny Budiono, sea navigation director at the Transportation Ministry.

“Thank God,” he said. “This is good news for investigators to reveal the cause of the plane crash.”

The device will be flown to the capital, Jakarta, to be downloaded and analyzed with the other box.

Since it records in a two-hour loop, all discussions between the captain and co-pilot should be available.

The plane disappeared from radar 42 minutes into a flight from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore on Dec. 28. All 162 people on board were killed, but only 48 bodies have been recovered so far.

The find is the latest boost in the slow-moving hunt to scour the shallow, murky stretch of ocean.

Over the weekend, the tail of the Airbus A320 was recovered, emblazoned with the carrier’s redand-white cursive logo. The black boxes are housed inside the tail, but they were missing when the wreckage was pulled to the surface.

The devices were soon located after three Indonesian ships detected two strong pings being emitted from their beacons, about 20 meters (22 yards) apart.

Strong currents, large waves and blinding silt have hindered divers’ efforts throughout the 17-day search, but they took advantage of calmer early morning conditions on both days to extract the instruments.

The information pulled from the black boxes — which are actually orange — will likely be vital.

Designed to survive extreme heat and pressure, they should provide investigators with a second-bysecond timeline of the flight.

The voice recorder captures all conversations between the pilots and with air traffic controllers, as well as any noises heard in the cockpit, including possible alarms or explosions. The flight data recorder saves information on the position and condition of almost every major part in the plane, including altitude, airspeed, direction, engine thrust, the rate of ascent or descent and what up-or-down angle the plane was pointed.

“There’s like 200-plus parameters they record,” said aviation expert John Goglia, a former U.S. National Transportation Safety Board member. “It’s going to provide us an ocean of material.”

In their last contact with airtraffic controllers, the pilots of the AirAsia jet asked to climb from 32,000 feet (9,750 meters) to 38,000 feet (11,580 meters) to avoid threatening clouds, but were denied permission because of heavy air traffic. Four minutes later, the plane disappeared. No distress signal was received.

Searchers also have been trying to locate the main section of the aircraft’s cabin, where many of the victims are believed to be entombed.

Decomposition is making identification more difficult for desperate families waiting to bury their loved ones. Nearly all passengers and crew were Indonesian.

“I still believe many victims remain trapped there, and we must find them,” said Gen. Moeldoko, Indonesia’s military chief, who uses one name. (ap)

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Chief of KPK, Abraham Samad (right) flanked with deputy chief of KPK, Bambang Widjojanto during the press statement on Tuesday, January 12. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Tuesday named Commissioner General Budi Gunawan a suspect of corruption case.

He allegedly receiving bribes in a suspected transaction case.

Police chief candidate names suspect

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Tuesday named Commissioner General Budi Gunawan a suspect of corruption case. He allegedly receiving bribes in a suspected transaction case.

Budi Gunawan is the only candi-

date for filling the Indonesian police chief post.

According to Chief of KPK, Abraham Samad, his commission has investigate the suspicious transaction case since half a year ago.

“On the end, we found two solid evidence for suspected transaction

case and we decide to step up the case from investigation to examination since January 12, 2015,” Abraham explained.

Abraham said the conclusion was made after the expose forum that conducted by investigator team, prosecutor, and KPK’s leaders. (ant)

SURABAYA - The Indonesian Navy’s Eastern Indonesian Fleet Command (Koarmatim) has sunk a Filipino fishing boat MV Gerry 12 in the waters of Tahuna Bay, Apengsembeka village, Sangihe Islands District, North Sulawesi.

The Filipino fishing boat sunk after being set ablaze on January 10, 2015, Lieutenant Colonel Maman Sulaeman, a spokesman of Koarmatim, remarked on Tuesday.

Commander of the Tahuna Naval Base Colonel Fransiscus Herman led the operations, he added.

The boat was sunk in accordance

with a verdict given by the Tahuna district court that had passed a ruling to destroy the Filipino fishing boat, MV Gerry 12, he stated.

MV Gerry 12 was captured by Indonesian warship KRI Yos Sudarso-353 in Sangihe waters, North Sulawesi Province, in December 2014. The 12 crew members aboard the fishing boat, including nine Filipino nationals, failed to present the necessary documents.

The Sangihe Sea, which shares its border with Filipino waters, is prone to illegal fishing activities conducted by Filipinos.

President Joko Widodo has ordered all concerned parties in the country to take the strongest possible action against foreign fishing boats poaching in Indonesian waters.

“I say, do not capture the foreign fishing boats poaching in Indonesian waters. If needed, sink them straightaway, but save their crew members first. If we do that to some 20 boats, others will think twice before setting out for illegal fishing in Indonesian waters,” Jokowi stated last November. (ant)

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Hit by storms, dozens of hectares of corn fall down

AMLAPURA - As hit by storms with a violent wind, tens of hectares of corn crops in the area of Abang subdistrict fell down. Severe fallen corn crop occurred at Datah village, such as in the area of Bidong, Bingin and surrounding areas.

It was seen from the observation on Monday (Jan 12). One of the farmers at Bidong, Nyoman Merta, claimed to be confused and so did the other farmers. Actually the corn crop looked lush. They expected it could be harvested for foodstuff of family during two or three months later. At the barren village, corn became the main foodstuff. Besides, the price of rice continued to soar and reached IDR 10,000 per kg.

As fastest, the harvest was expected to fall this season after prolonged dry season. Meanwhile, cassava or yam more frequently faced crop failure, among others due to the attack of carrion beetle.

Since more than eight years ago, this beetle has caused crop failure

of farmers.

Merta and Ketut Nesa admitted in the harvest of cassava last year they just got two sacks of cassava (equivalent to 25 kg each). As their estimation, crop failure seemed to happen again this year. In addition, the cassava stem was also difficult to get as many stem bases were already damaged due to the attack of carrion beetle.

On the other hand, a member of Karangasem House, I Gede Dana, admitted to be apprehensive with the fate of farmers. Currently many farmers having mango orchard throughout Karangasem would harvest this month, but the price of mango dropped. In the market, the price even reached around IDR 1,000 to IDR 2,000 per kg. Last

The damage corn field in Karangasem is seen in the picture

year, the price of mango was still at IDR 6,000 per kg.

Meanwhile, after rainy season when farmers planted corn, their plants were even hit by violent winds. As a result, the corn plants fell down or its stems were broken.

With such conditions, the plants were believed to face crop failure.

Meanwhile, the fallen plants whose stems are not broken would yield less optimal production.

Gede asked the executives at the Agriculture and Horticulture Agency to pay more attention to the fate of farmers. It was required greater budget and appropriate target, for example, to help provide the pest-resistant cuttings, fertilizers and agricultural technology assistance. (013)

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Junior high school students caught bringing gear and knife to school

BANGLI - The officers of Tembuku Police could seize some hazardous objects such as knives and motorbike gear from the hands of two students of the SMPN 3 Tembuku junior high school. The items were found during a regular check made to schools.

Chief of Tembuku Police, Made Adi Suryawan, when asked for his confirmation on Monday (Jan 12) justified the seizure of the hazardous objects. Such foreclosure began when village-commissioned personnel of Tembuku Police performed regular checks to schools.

Incidentally, the school getting the turn for the regular checking on Monday was the SMPN 3 Tembuku.

Together with local school teachers, the officers conducted an examination against the entire belongings brought by students.

When the investigation was ongoing, the officers found a hazardous object in the form of small knife

used for inscribing on palm leaves as well as bike gear commonly used as a weapon in brawl. To anticipate the items from being abused, the officers immediately confiscated them.

Suryawan said that when asked about the use of such items brought to school, the students bringing along the items whose identity was deliberately made confidential could not explain about it to the officer. “When asked they could not answer. They just told if the items would be used for self protection.

Since the items were not for the benefit of school, they were immediately confiscated,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the two junior high school students caught carrying the items were directly handed over to school officials for further coaching. His party urged the students not to bring any hazardous items to school. Moreover, they were not indented for the benefit of school. (ina)

Batununggul village holds Ngadegang ritual tradition SEMARAPURA - Residents of Batununggul customary village, Nusa Penida subdistrict, organized Ngadegang ritual tradition, Monday (Jan 12). This tradition was carried out once a year, precisely on new moon of January (Sasih Kapitu) centered at Sampalan hamlet hall. This ritual was held regularly in order to maintain the harmony of nature on the islands of Nusa Penida.

According to temple priest of local village, Jaro Mangku I Dewa Gede Beneng Alit, the ritual procession was begun with melasti or purificatory rite to the sea along with the sanctified effigies such as Barong Bangkal (boar). All the sanctified effigies and ritual paraphernalia were brought by residents escorted by the other residents of Sampalan hamlet and Batunungul villagers in general. The ngadegang ritual, said Mangku I Dewa Gede Beneng Alit had become an annual ritual to remind people of maintaining harmony between the macrocosm and microcosm which was identical to the teachings of the tri hita karana, covering harmonious relations of human to fellow humans, human to nature and human to God. “In addition, this ritual is also meant to improve the properties of the Hindu spiritual,” he explained. After the melasti procession to the sea, the sanctified boar barong effigy had a break at the central intersection of local village for almost 45 minutes. At that time, temple priest put the offerings in the form of segehan agung oblation with black chicken slaughtered as a sacrifice. During this procession, a number of pilgrims are shaking. Some others looked to put into a trance. Chief of Dalem Setra Batununggul, I Dewa Nyoman Yusa, said that after the procession, the local deity would be enthroned for 11 days to receive worship from the pilgrims.

This opportunity was taken advantage by the Hindus at local village to conduct prayers. Likewise, it was also a good moment for people who migrated to the mainland Klungkung. (kmb31)

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2 US police officers charged with murder in shooting

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Two Albuquerque police officers were charged with murder Monday in the March killing of a homeless camper, a shooting that generated sometimes violent protests around the southwestern city and brought new scrutiny to the police department amid a federal investigation.

The shooting occurred during a year when police tactics came under intense scrutiny around the U.S., fueled by the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, and the chokehold death of another unarmed man in New York City. Grand juries declined to charge officers in those cases, leading to protests.

Police said SWAT team member Dominique Perez and former detective Keith Sandy fatally shot Boyd, who was holding two knives, during a standoff in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains. Video from an officer’s helmet camera showed Boyd, who authorities say was mentally ill, appearing to surrender when officers opened fire.

“Unlike Ferguson and unlike in New York City, we’re going to know. The public is going to have that information,” said District Attorney Kari Brandenburg. She said

she decided to bring murder charges and avoid a grand jury to heighten transparency.

Brandenburg has been criticized for her office’s decades-old practice of using grand juries to affirm prosecutors’ decisions that no probable cause existed to charge officers in shootings. Grand jury proceedings are closed to the public.

Under a revamped system, county prosecutors now decide whether there’s probable cause that a crime was committed and either take the case to a grand jury or opt to file a “criminal information” charge on their own, as Brandenburg did against Perez and Sandy.

Each officer faces a single count in the March death of 38-year-old James Boyd. The charges allow prosecutors to pursue either firstdegree or second-degree murder against the officers.

Sam Bregman, lawyer for Sandy, said there is “not one shred” of evidence to support the case. Bergman says the officer had no criminal intent when he encountered the knifewielding homeless man who had a long history of violent encounters with authorities, and that he followed training procedures outlined by the police department.(ap)

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FILE - This July 28, 2013 file photo shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas chair a session of the Palestinian cabinet in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Abbas dramatically challenges Israel after 10 cautious years

RAMALLAH, West Bank — After a decade in power, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has little to show. He is no closer to a deal on Palestinian statehood, has failed to reclaim the Gaza Strip from political rival Hamas and is being disparaged by some as a pliant guardian of Israeli security needs in the West Bank.

AP Photo/Albuquerque Police Department, File

FILE - This March 16, 2014 photo of an Albuquerque Police Department lapel camera still, shows a standoff with James Boyd, 38, before firing six shots at the man.

But the typically cautious 79year-old dramatically changed course in the days before this week’s tenth anniversary in office by signing up to the International Criminal Court. That could allow for war crimes complaints against Israel in what many believe is his strategy of last resort.

The court bid is part of a wider strategy Palestinians hope will bring international pressure to bear on Israel and improve their leverage in future statehood talks. They say the approach stems from frustration with two decades of failed talks overseen by staunch Israeli ally America.

Israel accuses Abbas of trying to replace negotiations with a campaign to delegitimize the Jewish state.

The move carries unprecedented risks, but Palestinian officials say Abbas had to act. “We are weak

and the only way before us is to bring the Palestinian cause back to the international community,” said one aide, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe Abbas’ private views.

Palestinians close to Abbas say he has been under intense domestic pressure to challenge Israel since the summer’s 50-day Gaza war between Israel and the Islamic militant Hamas group that killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, many of them civilians, along with 72 people on the Israeli side.

“He had a choice, whether he listens to the people and the leadership and the advisers, or he isolates himself further,” said Hanan Ashrawi, a senior Palestine Liberation Organization official often briefed by Abbas.

The Israeli response to the court

bid was swift. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu froze the monthly transfer of $120 million in taxes that Israel collects for the Palestinians, forcing the Palestinian Authority — propped up by foreign aid and chronically short of funds — to immediately halt salary payments for 153,000 government employees.

Many civil servants live month to month and have mixed feelings about joining the court.

Government employee Mohammed Jadallah, 49, a father of five already falling behind on loan payments, said Abbas hadn’t done enough to explain his strategy to the suffering public.

In the long run, though, Abbas can count on public support as Palestinians “will never trade their national cause for salaries,” Jadallah said.(ap)

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Auto technology at CES

LAS VEGAS — Self-driving cars garner much of the attention, but in reality, we’re years away from tooling around in something like Knight Rider’s KITT. Coming sooner to a car near you: smartphone apps on dash displays, cruise control that adapts to cars around it, remote engine starting and more.

At International CES in Las Vegas this week, 10 automakers and numerous suppliers unveiled technological features that will find their way into cars in the distant and not-so-distant future.

Here’s a look at some of their wares.

Your car will think. It will react. It will learn.

“This car will take responsibility,” said Dieter Zetsche, leader of Mercedes-Benz, as he introduced

the company’s luxury self-driving concept car of the future.

If that sounds a bit scary, like the prologue to a film in which machines overtake mankind, companies supplying the brains and eyes for these robocars say it’s for our own good. Cars already do some of these things, really. Anti-lock brake systems, cruise control and parallel parking assistance are steps toward taking our hands completely off

the wheel.

There are 1.2 million trafficrelated deaths globally each year, according to the World Health Organization; 32,719 of them were in the U.S. in 2013. As automakers point out, your self-driving car won’t get drunk, tired or distracted. And they could return something many other gadgets have taken away: time.

First, “the car has to become self-aware. It has to be able to see

and understand what’s happening around it,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, which introduced a super-fast processor at the show and has been working with Audi to develop piloted systems and in-car digital displays.

Audi touted a road trip that its A7 piloted prototype — piloted because there still needs to be a driver behind the wheel to assure nothing goes awry — took from Silicon Valley to Las Vegas for the show, without incident, “driven” by chosen journalists sitting behind the wheel.

“We are ready for piloted driving on public streets,” said Ulrich

Hackenberg from Audi’s board of management.

But laws that would allow such autonomy aren’t quite ready; neither are answers to questions such as: Can someone sue a driverless car if it’s in a crash? If it can’t avoid a crash, how will it decide what or whom to crash into? Can a car be hacked and if so, how can it be protected?

Carmakers and suppliers admit there’s still quite a bit they and their cars are learning. MercedesBenz says their ultimate vision of the future — a sleek carriage that will ferry us to our destinations — exists beyond 2030, at least. (ap)

10 key highlights at CES 1. Drones: flying devices in dozens of shapes and sizes made an impact, from the wrist-worn Nixie drone to the AirDog for extreme sports. The proliferation puts pressure on US regulators to create a framework for flying unmanned devices.

4. Alternative transport: Several startups showed their new “un-Segway” personal transportation devices, using one, two and three wheels, aiming for greener options for short-distance commutes.

2. Advanced TVs: Television manufacturers have finally brought down prices of the latest super-high resolution displays, giving consumers an incentive to upgrade, and showed off technology that goes “beyond 4K,” the ultra-high definition system that is growing. Samsung showed a 103inch bendable display.

6. Intel button: Intel made a big push to be at the heart of the two billion items expected to be connected, with a button-sized module called “Curie,” aiming to stake its claim to the “Internet of Things.”

7. Lifelike robot: The star of the robotics displays, Toshiba’s humanoid robot Chihira Aico was so eerily human-like it fooled some showgoers with her facial and hand expressions. She spoke to passersby and sang “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

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Brian Benson eyes the slim depth of the LG 65” 4K ULTRA HD OLED TV at the 2015 International CES on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in Las Vegas.

3. Autos: The latest advances in connected vehicles and autonomous driving made CES an important venue for the auto sector. A prototype Mercedes-Benz took a spin without a driver on the streets of Las Vegas, and Hyundai unveiled a smartwatch that control some car functions.

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Attendees sit in the self-driving Mercedes-Benz F 015 concept car at the Mercedes-Benz booth at the International CES Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in Las Vegas.

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Takuma Iwasa demonstrates the Cerevo XON Snow-1 snowboard bindings at CES Unveiled, a media preview event for CES International, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in Las Vegas. The bindings have pressure sensors to analyze your snowboarding technique.

5. Wearables: The “digital coach” employs sensors embedded in garments or in small activity trackers, startups and large firms introduced apps to track activity, oxygen levels and motions such as golf swings, giving professional coaching advice to the amateur athlete. Other wearables included an expanded array of smartwatches and medical wearables that measure body fat or capture brain signals to get a handle on stress.

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Abundant production

Residents process mango into toffee

SEMARAPURA - Abundant fruit production does not necessarily mean to suffer losses. Many ways can be taken, so that abundant fruits during harvest season can still have high selling value as what villagers of Besan, Dawan subdistrict, have undertaken. During the harvest season of mango, residents have the creativity to process mango into toffee having become typical souvenirs of Bali. Similar solution can also be applied to jackfruit and snakefruit when production increases.

During rainy season like today, mango production in Klungkung County increases. However, in line with the increase in production, the selling price slumps in the market.

Falling price inspires the people of Besan to find an idea of processing mango into toffee rather than throwing it away into garbage. The village better known as the center of toffee producer lately added its product with mango variant, while previously they only produced toffee from jackfruit and snakefruit.

One of the toffee makers, Nengah Yuliarti, said on Monday (Jan 12) that every day she looked for mango at Galiran Market and Klungkung Market. She admitted that many mangoes of traders could not be sold and almost rotted. Thus, she bought up the mango to be processed into toffee. Each day, Yuliarti spent about 50 kg of clean peeled mango and was ready to be processed. The mango purchased from traders usually delivered in person to Besan. She bought the unpeeled mango from trader only at IDR 5,000 per kilogram. In the processing, Yuliarti was assisted by a number of relatives.

Even though having new product variant namely mango toffee, the jackfruit and snakefruit-based production remained to be continued.

However, the production of snakefruit toffee was made in small scale because it was not the harvest season

of snakefruit.

Toffee production from various fruit ingredients was inseparable from the many orders from her customers. In fact, the Besan toffee products have supplied a number of Bali typical souvenirs shops in Denpasar. Even, the product has been able to penetrate the markets beyond Bali such as Surabaya and Jakarta. Besides, during Hindu holidays in Bali, a number of toffee makers at Besan village are also flooded with the orders because the toffee is also often used to fill in the offerings. With such high demand, Yuliarti admitted to be overwhelmed.

As a traditional home-based microenterprise, her production capacity is surely still limited even though the ingredients are abundant during its harvest season.

Toffee makers at Besan village sell their product for IDR 50,000 per kilogram. It can usually last up to six months. Nevertheless, it does not necessarily mean if this business is without a hitch. Rainy season makes the drying process difficult.

If this happens, the finished toffee product can be easily swarmed by bees so that the toffee is perforated.

As solution, during rainy season, the finished toffee product is immediately put into a simple oven made from a series of wood, iron and some gas stoves. The drying process usually takes three days.

Drying with gas stove also requires additional cost. Moreover, the price of 3-kg LPG canister continues to soar so that it is increasingly unaffordable. “The price of gas continues to rise, while we are hard to raise the price of product to collectors,” complained Yuliarti. Similar condition was also experienced by the other toffee makers at Besan village but they wanted to keep making toffee and develop the business. However, the current constraints made them quite difficult to develop. (gik)

A toy robot named Alpha dances to a music at the Ubtech booth at the International CES Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in Las Vegas.

8. Virtual reality: Technology took another step into a new dimension with new, immersive devices such as the Oculus Rift prototype headset Crescent Bay, and advances in 3D audio.

9. Connected home: Startups and big industrial giants offered new ways to make the home more connected, with smart lightbulbs and door locks, smartphone-controlled security systems and doorbells that monitor entrances.

10. Selfie stick: One of the least expensive devices at the show -- as low as $5 -- was a big hit,with accessory makers capitalizing on the selfie trend with monopods that offer a wider perspective. (afp)

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During the harvest season of mango, residents have the creativity to process mango into toffee having become typical souvenirs of Bali.

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Some travelers complained about the stench of garbage while shopping at Sukawati, Ubud.

Travelers complain about garbage in Sukawati

GIANYAR - Made Suartini frowned when seeing garbage piling up in front of her shop located around Jalan Raya Sukawati, Monday (Jan 12). According to this knickknack trader, the garbage was rarely collected since the last Kuningan celebration. It very much disturbed the sales. Moreover, some travelers having made a visit also complained about the stench of garbage while shopping at the art shop.

“Yesterday there was a Japanese traveler wishing to shop complained about the smell of garbage. Perhaps in her home country there is no garbage left up like this (accumulate— Ed),” she said while pointing to a pile of garbage.

This 50-year-old woman told if the garbage was last collected by the officers of the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) on Friday (Jan 9). Actually the garbage around the Jalan Raya Sukawati was commonly handled by Sukawati village. Besides, her party had to pay orderliness and sanitation levy at IDR 3,000 per day. “Last Friday, the DKP officers turned around for two times here. After that, probably the dump truck of the village had picked up but now it accumulates again and is neglected,” she complained.

As monitoring along the Jalan Raya Sukawati on Monday (Jan 12) around 1:00 p.m., the pile of garbage could be easily found in the left and right side of the road.

At some points the garbage seemed to have been wrapped in plastic, but there was also garbage left to scatter so that it kindled eyesore

and exuded stench. Of course, it was very unfortunate considering that around the area of Sukawati art market was visited by hundreds of foreign travelers each day.

Meanwhile, the headman of Sukawati, Ketut Suardana, recognized that such condition had occurred prior to the celebration of Galungan due to the lack of human resources.

Besides, one of the two operating trucks was out of order. Later, the village sanitation truck was ready to operate, but still lacked for human resources to operate. “The repair of truck was completed yesterday, now the two trucks have been ready for operation. Unfortunately, we have not owned a driver yet,” he said.

He revealed that previously his party had recruit garbage collectors through appointment, but the workers were not working optimally. Today, his party has opened vacancy for the position of garbage collectors, so that the tourist areas like Sukawati Art Market could be sterile from garbage. “Hopefully, we can get garbage collectors, so that travelers making a visit to Sukawati will not be bothered by this condition,” he said. (kmb35)

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High demands, Bangli still brings in bamboo from other counties met the shortage of bamboo by purchasing to Petang, Badung,” he explained. He also admitted the price of bamboo started to grow more expensive. Standard size of six meters long was usually sold for IDR 14,000-15,000 per stem.

He also hoped this opportunity could be taken advantage as well as possible by the public. Other than promising, the existence of bamboo plant was also very good to prevent erosion on sloping land.

Bamboo roots could strengthen terracing land so as to prevent the hazards of landslides. So far, the development of bamboo as a non-timber forest product (HHBK) had been carried out in the area behind the Kintamani hill such as at Alengkong and Pradi hamlet, Songan village. (ina)

UBUD - Furama Villas & Spa Ubud held a grandiose piodalan or temple anniversary and pecaruan (exorcism rite) at local hotel temple on Saturday (Jan 5). The spiritual activities held in early 2015 aimed to clean up the hotel area from negative influences. Likewise it was also meant to reinforce the mind of the workers. “Comfortable workplace and strong mental will create a good work ethic,” said Resort Manager of the Furama Villas & Spa, Wayan Sumandia.

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36 poles of barbed wire fence withdrawn

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Intimate atmosphere could be seen in each execution of the cultural activities, primarily in the mebat activity. In addition to involving all the employees and management, it also invited all priests of the village trinity temples, apparatus of the Bindu customary village, Mekar Bhuana, Mambal, Badung, where the resort is located.

Sumandia said the piodalan was performed to invoke safety to God and express gratitude for all the blessings given by him from the beginning of the establish-

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The coastline of Batu Ampar di Buleleng

Five days before the main activity, it was started with cleanup work and preparation of ritual paraphernalia. After that, it was resumed with the installation of shrine clothes and erection of penjor and decorating all the temples and shrines in the resort neighborhood. It was also prepared Balinese delicacies and continued with gebogan competition among the existing departments. As peak of the ritual was the worship officiated over by Ida Pedanda from Griya Bongkasa at 4:00 p.m.

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The Bamboo plantation in an area in Bangli.

SINGARAJA - Responding to the installation of fence poles with barbed wire around the coast of Batu Ampar, Pejarakan Gerokgak, the investor PT Prapat Agung Permai kept its promise with the withdrawal of poles with barbed wire fence crossing the coastal area of Batu Ampar. Withdrawal process to the 36 poles was justified by the Head of the Buleleng Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Agency, Nyoman Sutrisna. Such process was witnessed by headman of Pejarakan, Made Astawa, together with local community.

Sutrisna explained the withdrawal process was done to follow up the visit of Commission II of the Buleleng House, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Agency and local community representatives. Previously, the installation of poles with barbed wire fence caused the community restless as the fence

jutted about 50 meters on the Batu Ampar Beach. At that time, it could be removed smoothly. “In accordance with the promise (of PT Prapat Agung Permai—Ed) when the House made a visit with us to location of the installation of poles with barbed wire fence, it will be done in a week. But before a week, the withdrawal could have been completed,” said Sutrisna, Tuesday (Jan 12).

He explained the withdrawal process was carried out in stages, where 28 poles of the fence with barbed wire could be withdrawn, Saturday (Jan 10). Then, the withdrawal on Sunday (Jan 11) accomplished the remaining eight poles, so that a total of 36 poles were already withdrawn. He appreciated the good intention of PT Prapat Agung Permai that had withdrawn the poles with barbed wire fence. “They

have done what we called out because the installation of poles with barbed wire fence violated the rules in accordance with the Law No.1/2014 on the management of coastal territories and small islands and Law No.45/2009 on fisheries,” he said.

Previously it was reported that based on information of public complaints, the entourage of Commission II of the Buleleng House led by Putu Mangku Budiasa had come down to see the condition of the installation of pole with barbed wire fence complained around the coast of Batu Ampar. Accompanied by headman of Pejarakan, Made Astawa, his party already showed the maps containing the location of land boundaries. Jotting installation of the fence reaching about 50 meters violated the rules and got serious attention from local community. (kmb34)

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Piodalan at Furama Villas & Spa Ubud

BANGLI - Although known as the largest bambooproducing county in Bali, all this time Bangli region still brings in bamboo from outside the county. One of them is from the Petang region, Badung. It happens because the availability of bamboo in Bangli remains limited compared to the high demand of society today.

Restricted availability of bamboo was recognized by the Agriculture Unit Head of Kintamani, Wayan Darmayuda, Monday (Jan 12). He said the bamboo needs of Bangli community had been very high. Other than being used for building materials and raw materials of woven handicrafts, bamboo was also widely used to make agriculture and fishery tools. One of them was floating net cage.

To meet the shortage, all this time Bangli could not meet just by relying solely on the supply of bamboo forest at Penglipuran, Kayubihi and surrounding areas.

As he observed in the field, many bamboos were brought in from outside Bangli lately.

“Due to high public demand for bamboo, many people finally

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Keeping image and eco-friendly aspect

Nowadays, many women in Bali have been able to fill in top level management position in hospitality industry. One of them is Cokorda Istri Rai Lahriani. She was appointed General Manager (GM) of Patra Jasa Bali Resort & Villas as of June 3, 2014. During the four months until now, this woman from Ubud has been running her role as GM with total loyalty.

For 24 years, this mother of two children has been working at the Patra Bali Resort & Villas.

Initially, the graduate of the Engineering Faculty, Udayana University, started her career as an Assistant Chief Engineer, where she was responsible for all the aspects of the department.

In carrying out her role as GM, the woman who is passionately addressed as Mrs. Cok was concerned and responsible for operating the resort. Most importantly, she said, the image should be maintained. For example, it could be carried out by giving emphasis on the aspects of security, eco-friendliness, comfort and active role in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). “This year, the Patra Jasa Hotel & Villas is designated for undertaking public trial related to the Bali Operations Management Center of Disaster Mitigation,” she said.

In the future, Lahriani conveyed that her party would always make positive innovation, improve service, maintain and promote the distinctiveness of the resort and put emphasis on customer-oriented services in appropriate with the market needs and trends. “Our guests are not only from Europe but also from Japan. Even, some state guests, dignitaries and President of Republic Indonesia have ever stayed here,” she said. (ocha)

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ment of the Furama Villas & Spa Ubud until today.

Furama Villas & Spa Ubud is consistently implementing the program of Tri Hita Karana.

“Through this piodalan, the employees and management of the Furama Villas & Spa Ubud hope that in the 2015 they will be always blessed with safety and well-being as well as remain consistent in maintaining the relationship between human and fellow humans, human and nature and human and God,” he explained.

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

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

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

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

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

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‘Taken 3’ takes top slot at N. American box office LOS ANGELES - Action sequel “Taken 3” seized the top spot at the North American box office, ending the three-week reign of fantasy epic “The Hobbit,” according to industry data Monday.

The crime thriller starring Liam Neeson in his third stint as retired spy Bryan Mills, who this time must clear his name of a ruthless murder, earned a hefty $39.2 million in its debut weekend, said box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Historical drama “Selma,” depicting the epic 1965 Alabama march led by Martin Luther King in his battle for equal voting rights, took second place in its wide release debut, earning $11.3 million. The film won a Golden Globe Sunday night for best original song.

In third place this week, Disney’s “Into the Woods,” the starstudded big-screen adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical, added $9.6 million to its three-

week haul of more than $105.1 million.

Fantasy epic “The Hobbit” slipped down to fourth place after three weeks in the number one slot.

“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” by Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson, is the last of six films adapted from J.R.R Tolkien’s books and the third and final installment based on the author’s novel “The Hobbit.”

It took in $9.4 million over the weekend, for a total of $236.5 million since its release four weeks ago, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Fifth place was occupied by “Unbroken,” the Angelina Joliedirected drama about Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete taken captive by the Japanese during World War II. The movie took in $8.2 million.

“The Imitation Game,” about a code-cracking mathematician and logician during World War II, rose

to sixth with $7.2 million, beating out “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb,” which slipped to seventh.

The family comedy, the third in the Ben Stiller franchise about a museum security guard trying to keep track of exhibits that come to life, took in $6.7 million.

“Annie,” about the adventures of an orphan girl starring Quvenzhane Wallis in the title role and Jamie Foxx as the tycoon who takes her under his wing, brought in $4.8 million, good enough for eighth place.

And rounding out the top ten were horror flick “The Woman in Black 2,” in ninth with $4.6 million, and “Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1,” which fell to tenth with $3.8 million.

The third installment in the hugely popular series starring Jennifer Lawrence, has racked up a whopping $329.5 million since its debut eight weeks ago. (afp)

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Bali’s tourism development deviates

DENPASAR - According to academic, Putu Rumawan Salain, from Udayana University, be altered, the taksu or divine economic development of Bali has deviated from its original direction and should be set back vibration of the island could also on course. Returning to the basis of the sublime culture of Bali, which promotes conditions that eliminated,” he added.

Rumawan asserted there needs are in line with the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana is the natural way forward.

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“Economic self-sufficiency, peace, beauty, and a Bali that allows for a healthy mind and body in a way that is firmly rooted in Balinese culture is an ideal worth supporting. There are however indications that Bali has begun to shift away from such ideals,” said the academic.

Rumawan looks to tourism

as the main generating power of the development of the Island of the Gods, elucidating that Bali tourism no longer looks to focus on Bali and its culture as a selling point, but is willing to provide any kind of tourism, thereby becoming another Thailand or Singapore. He worries that is bound to nurture pragmatic

and superficial attitudes and its worst straight up falsehoods with people only providing goods of services because they are paid to do so.

“We worry that the uniqueness of Bali will no longer be able to provide excellent conditions for the people of Bali themselves.

If spatial expanses continue to

to be a blueprint created for the development of Bali -one that takes into consideration cultural and social capital. In this way the uniqueness of the island would automatically be maintained by the strength of community.

In addition to the problem of tourism, Bali is now also shaking from the presence of Law No.6/2014 on village rights.

PASADENA, Calif. — Charlie Sheen left “Two and a Half Men” amid great drama. Whether he’ll return for the show’s last episode is a mystery.

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This photo released by 20th Century Fox shows Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills in a scene from the film, “Taken 3.”

CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler ducked the question when pressed at a meeting Monday of the Television Critics Association.

“I can promise you there will be a lot of surprises,” Tassler said.

Series executive producer Chuck Lorre has promised to deliver “what he’s calling a ‘mystery sandwich,’” she added.

“Two and a Half Men,” which once reigned as TV’s top-rated comedy, wraps its 12th and final season this spring.

Sheen was fired in 2011 by studio Warner Bros. Television because of his erratic personal life and public ridicule of his bosses, including Lorre. Charlie Harper, Sheen’s character, left along with him: Harper was hit by a subway train in Paris and killed.

Ashton Kutcher joined the series, starring with Jon Cryer.

How the late Charlie Harper could materialize is another secret that Lorre may, or may not, be keeping. (ap)

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Tourists visited Besakih Temple on Karangasem Regency, recently. An academician from the Udayana University, Putu Rumawan Salain, assessed the development in Bali had somewhat deviated from what originally thought. On that account, it was quite natural if Bali should be returned to the condition of Bali in accordance with the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana and the existing sublime cultural base.

Another academic from Udayana University, Luh Kartini, considers this problem quite crucial to the survival of Bali as we know it. Any small mistake made in choosing between the authority of the customary village and that of the administrative village, could threaten the original legal entities that have shaped Bali.

“This is a major concern and one that we need to look at very carefully in determining our options related to the Law on village rights. Hopefully, the governor, regent and mayor will choose using their awareness of the will of the ancestors, including the Tri Hita Karana concept which creates balance, to decide which one should been registered. That way Bali can remain an autonomous Bali allowing its nature and culture to be well maintained,” she said.

Kartini argues that the authority of customary villages in Bali should not be interfered with.

Moreover, a researcher from the Netherlands had stated that Bali is a small republic within a larger republic. According to this researcher, the customary village should be autonomous and allowed to regulate itself without intervention, for this is what makes Bali, genuinely Balinese. “In order to sustain Bali in the future, all that which has been inherited from the ancestors, including traditions, customs, religious stipulations and norms, must be maintained. All that which arises as a result of globalization must be sorted out, so that we only take what is suitable for us, and remain a distinct community, continuing to exist without our uniqueness disappearing,” said Kartini. (kmb32) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali