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‘Transformers’ sequel leads Razzies ‘worst-of’ list

LOS ANGELES — “Transformers: Age of Extinction” is rolling out with the most nominations at this year’s Golden Raspberry Awards.

The action sequel starring Mark Wahlberg alongside morphing robots led all films Tuesday with seven nominations, including worst picture, worst sequel, worst screenplay and worst screen combo.

“Transformers” is also up for worst director for Michael Bay, worst supporting actress for Nicola Peltz, and worst supporting actor for Kelsey Grammer, who was also recognized for his supporting parts in “The Expendables 3,” ‘’Legends of Oz” and “Think Like a Man Too.” The nominations were released to The Associated Press on Tuesday ahead of an official announcement on Wednesday.

This year’s other worst picture

nominees are “Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas,” ‘’Left Behind,” ‘’The Legend of Hercules” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”

The faith-based comedy “Saving Christmas” and the Kellan Lutz action flick “Legend of Hercules” both collected six nominations, including worst actor for Cameron and Lutz.

The nominees for worst screen combo are Cameron and his ego in “Saving Christmas”; Seth MacFarlane and Charlize Theron in “A Million Ways To Die in the West”; any two robots, actors (or robotic actors) in “Transformers”; Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel in “Sex Tape”; and Lutz and either his abs, pecs or glutes in “Legend

of Hercules.”

The Razzies, which launched in 1980 as a spoof of Hollywood’s awards season, added a new category this year called the redeemer award that lauds past Razzie honorees.

The inaugural redeemer award nominees are: Ben Affleck for being praised for both “Argo” and “Gone Girl” after winning the worst actor trophy in 2004 for “Gigli,” ‘’Daredevil” and “Paycheck”; Jennifer Aniston for her Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for “Cake” following four Razzie nods; Mike Myers for earning acclaim as the director of the documentary “Supermensch” after winning three Razzies for

“Love Guru” in 2008; six-time Razzie nominee Keanu Reeves for rebounding with “John Wick”; and “Twilight” star and former Razzie recipient Kristen Stewart for earning rave reviews for the indie film “Camp X-Ray.” The Razzies announcement came ahead of Thursday’s Oscar nominations.

The winners of the 35th annual Razzies are selected by online votes from the organization’s 757 members. They will be announced at Hollywood’s Montalban Theater on Feb. 21, the night before the 87th annual Academy Awards.

While far less star-studded than other award shows, past Razzie recipients such as Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock have shown up in person to jokingly accept their gold spray-painted prizes. (ap)

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In this June 29, 2014 file photo, from left, actors Nicola Peltz, Mark Wahlberg, Li Bingbing, and Jack Reynor pose for photographers, during the European premiere of the film “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. Transformers” is rolling out with the most nominations at this year’s Golden Raspberry Awards.

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Madonna, AC/DC, Ariana Grande to perform at Grammy Awards NEW YORK — Madonna, AC/DC and Ariana Grande are among the first performers announced to take the stage at the Grammy Awards next month.

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and country star Eric Church will also perform at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, The Recording Academy announced Tuesday.

Grande, who is nominated for two awards, will make her Grammy debut. Church is nominated for four honors, while Sheeran has three, including album of the year for “x.”

Beyonce, Sam Smith and Pharrell are the leaders in nominations with six apiece.

The three pop stars, along with Sheeran, will compete with Beck for album of the year. The 57th annual Grammy Awards will air live on CBS. (ap)

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Bali allocates IDR 6.18 billion to prevent, control rabies

DENPASAR - As part of a program to prevent and deal with rabies, the provincial adminis- the Protection of Animals, assisted tration of Bali has set aside IDR 6.18 billion to be used by nine regions of this resort island, for the local government in rapidly controlling the spread of the deadly acquiring and distributing rabies vaccinations.

“The budget, allocated from both regional and national budgets, will be used to purchase rabies vaccinations and cover operational costs” said Nata Kesuma, Head of the Animal Health Division of Bali’s Livestock and Animal Health Office.

As much as IDR 2 billion will be used to procure rabies vaccines, while the remaining IDR 4.18 billion will be used for operational costs in the nine districts of Bali, which are

subceptible to the disease.

The amount allocated for 2015 was increased from the IDR 5.9 billion set aside in the budget for 2014 (IDR 3.5 billion for buying vaccines and IDR 2.4 billion for operational costs).

“We will focus our efforts in areas with large free- dog populations” Kesuma stated.

Currently, there are some 70,000 doses of rabies vaccines available

from the 2014 program. The health office is set to buy 250 more doses for the prevention and control program for this year.

The issue of rabies receives serious attention in Bali as dogs have always been an integral part of Balinese culture.

In 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, with the support of the USAID and the World Society for

rabies virus in Bali through an innovative strategy of the comprehensive mass vaccination of dogs.

Since May 2011, the provincial and local governments of Bali, in coordination with the Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services of the Ministry of Agriculture, have been carrying out an island-wide dog vaccination campaign to ensure that 70 percent of the dog population is vaccinated, in order to prevente the transmis-

sion of the virus.

As a result of these efforts, there was a decline in the number of human rabies cases from eleven per month in 2010 to just one per month the next year.

There was another major decline in 2012 and again in 2013, when the number of reported cases dropped to only for the whole year.

The FAO noted that the model developed in Bali is now being modified and used in other affected parts of Indonesia to progressively control and eliminate the virus throughout the country. (ant) 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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A dog held by its owner during anti-rabies vaccination during a free anti-rabies vaccination event in Denpasar, Bali Island. As part of a program to prevent and deal with rabies, the provincial administration of Bali has set aside IDR 6.18 billion to be used by nine regions of this resort island, for acquiring and distributing rabies vaccinations.

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Cekik weighbridge chaotic

Reject to be repatriated, hundreds of truck driver protest

NEGARA - Officers from the Bali Transportation Agency in charge of the Cekik weighbridge, in Gilimanuk, took firm action against the drivers of overloaded trucks on Tuesday (Jan 13). Guarded by Jembrana Police personnel, the roadblock conducted between 11:00am and 12:30 pm, sent all overloaded trucks heading for Bali, back to Java The strict verifications on cargo trucks, was led by Chief Technical Officer of the Weighbridge, I Wayan Aryana, accompanied by Weighbridge Coordinator, Made Ardana. Police enforcement, was led by the Division Head of Operations of the Jembrana Police, Ketut Sukarta.

As anticipated, the hour-long operations at the weighbridge resulted in long queues along 500 meters of Jalan Raya Denpasar-Gilimanuk. Hundreds of trucks filled the road and many drivers refused to take the blame for their overstocked trucks, saying that they hade made it though the weight check in Java.

There was nearly a hectare filled with trucks as a result of the operations.

More than 100 drivers were found to be in violation of weigh restrictions and some protested about being ticketed and asked to return to where they had come from. One driver came up to the counter to deliver his complaints.

Many drivers protested in a very tense atmosphere, saying that they were being harmed by the policy “We all agreed that we are not prepared to be sent home from Gilimanuk, considering that we passed the examination in Java, and how are we suppose to

pay for our trip back?” asked some drivers. Similarly, drivers requested that the restriction of freight at the weighbridge should be applied consistently and jointly on the Java side, so that they would not cross over to Gilimanuk for nothing. “This way of dealing with us is harmful to us, as the freight we carry must be taken back to Java” said Sanurin, one of the drivers carrying ironwood from Pulukan. He admitted that he was carrying 4 tons more of freight that is permitted.

Ahmad Saroni who was transporting bulk cement to Singaraja gave similar arguments. “I am carrying 5 tons over the 23 tons of freight we are allowed, but if I am asked to turn around, the cement will harden and who will bear this loss?” he said curtly.

Nyoman Nada, another truck driver transporting building materials, said that if he could not afford the fuel costs of returning to Java, as it costs as much as IDR 800,000 to go from Surabaya to Bali. “If I have to go back, who pay for it? Our boss will definitely not want to because the stock has been delivered to the driver,” he said.

One driver revealed that his boss, who had opened Java-Bali trading lines, would not want to run his shipments with the allowed tonnage,

because he would be functioning at a loss. “Despite the limitation on freight weight the goods must also be delivered to their destination -we are driving” he said.

Some of the drivers, showed reporters the type of official compensation letter that the weighbridges in East Java(Probolingo and Pasuran), provides them with for overloaded trucks. They also receive a payment of IDR 50,000. “Why are is this provided in Java and not in Bali? If the rules vary between the islands, we are put in a difficult situation” said Nada.

Overwhelmed by the actions of the drivers and the increasingly long line of trucks, the Chief Technical Officer (UPT) of the Weighbridge,

Bali Transportation Agency, I Wayan Aryana, discussed the matter with police and decided to allow the drivers to continue their journey but still issued tickets to them.

The Bali transportation agency nonetheless reminded the drivers that ticketing and sending trucks back, would still occur in the future. Pursuant to regulations, his party could only tolerate a certain amount of overweight freight. “However, for now, we will tolerate the violations as a stage in the coaching process,” he said. As for the drivers’ request for a compensation letter of regarding certain costs for overloaded trucks, Aryana said that he would convey this to his superiors at the provincial level.

However according to Aryana, regulations for land transportation state no the weighbridges are allowed to charge for overweight freight, but because the roads in Java can handle more weight, there was perhaps more lenience there. His party would therefore also suggest that the weightbearing capacityof highways in Bali be made similar to those in Java.

The weight checking incident came some time after, the Minister of Transportation, Ignasius Jonan, while checking the Gilimanuk weighbridge, instructed the officers there to see that all overloaded vehicles be sent back to their hometown as a way to deter trucks form continuing this practice. (kmb/kmb26)

DENPASAR - Two barges moored at Benoa Harbor, Denpasar, Tuesday (Jan 6) were reported missing to Benoa Harbor Police on Tuesday (Jan 6). Surprisingly, Bali Police and Denpasar Police officials deny having heard anything about the case. “I have not received any reports about the incident. Let me check” said Spokesperson of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, Tuesday (Jan 13).

Nengah Sadiarta, Chief of Denpasar Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit also denied any knowledge of such an incident “I have not received any report yet. Let me check first with the subdistrict police chief,” he added.

According to information obtained in the field, a businessman from Banjarmasin, Kalimantan, lost two barges that were moored at the Bumi Pasir

Mandiri pier, Benoa Harbor.

In December 2014, the owner of the barges planned to bring the barges back to Banjarmasin by towing them with other vessels. He was shocked to find that the two barges worth IDR 6 billion were gone. The incident was allegedly reported to the Benoa Harbor Police however until now, the investigation of the case remains unclear.

According to an unnamed source, the two missing boats named boats Rahmat 01 and Barito 04, were reported missing on Tuesday (Jan 6) by the businessman from Bajarmasin, Kalimantan. “The barges went missing from their mooring at Bumi Pasir Mandiri Pier, Benoa Harbor,” explained the unnamed source.

The source went on to explain that the two barges, Rahmat 01 and

Barito 04, were originally brought in from Banjarmasin in 2013 to transport stakes for the Benoa-Nusa Dua toll road development project. After the project was completed, the two jumbo-sized barges were moored at Bumi Pasir Mandiri Pier. “At that time, the barge owner had hired people to take care of the vessels,” said a police source declining to be named. (kmb36)

Black Canyon opens on Amaris Teuku Umar DENPASAR - Black Canyon which famous for its coffee beverages, is now open at Amaris Hotel, Teuku Umar, Denpasar. According to Dewi Damayanti, Chief Commissioner of PT Boga Citra Cemerlang, the opening of Black Canyon at Teuku Umar is the fifth in Bali.

The rally done by the truck drivers in Cekik weighbridge, Gilimanuk

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Two barges reported missing at Benoa Harbor

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She said Bali has special meaning for Black Canyon Indonesia. Because when she got license from Thailand, Bali was the first place where Black Canyon open its store before expanding around Indonesia. “We’re currently having 45 outlets around Indonesia. This outlet in Teuku Umar is our fifth outlets in Bali,” she explained.

Dewi said that through this new outlet, Black Canyon Indonesia try to offers

something different. “We’re trying to make our restaurant not only become a place to eat but also a space for sharing,” Dewi mentioned.

Vice Director of Black Canyon Indonesia, Rahadhian Inu K, explained that in this newest outlet, customers can experience different culinary journey. “In this outlet, we’re offering something different. Customers can enjoy live music and magic show during their visit,” he said.

Besides having live music and magic show, customers also can ask baristas to perform Latte Art. Latte art is a method of preparing coffee created by pouring steamed milk into a shot of espresso and resulting in a pattern or design on the surface of the resulting latte. It can also be created or embellished by simply “drawing” in the top layer of foam. Latte art is particularly difficult to create consistently, due to the demanding conditions required

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Happy employee, happy guests

Resort Manager of The Elysian Boutique Villa Hotel, Made Subrata, is one of the figures known to be resilient by his team. Every day, the man born on August 18 having the hobby in sport and never getting tired of traveling always motivates his team through briefing. As a result, he can establish a loyal team that has commitment and dedication to advancing the Elysian.

Made Subrata realizes that every leader has a different leadership style. “To me, happy employee results in happy guests.

Every afternoon, I never miss to motivate, encourage and evaluate the staff. I always want to give authority to staff to make decision, act, talk and then make it happen. In essence, everything done must be positive, constructive, well directed and coordinative,” said the man who had work experience at the InterContinental, Hilton and Sheraton Kuta.

To build staff motivation, he added, he had a special training program every Thursday where each department head

should motivate and refresh the knowledge of each team. “We also have English class for all departments provided by guest instructor. It is intended to enhance their knowledge and self-confidence,” he said.

According to him, enhancing the potential of staff by providing good training on hard skills or soft skills was a key to success. “Our staff here is very solid and close to guests. Even, most of them have been working since this villa was opened.

So, the repeater guests who stayed here have already known them well,” he said.

Over time, the challenge of working in tourism field is getting greater. On that account, the quality and facilities should be maintained to keep the image of the accommodation. “No matter how fancy and good the villa or hotel is human resources in it are very important and need to be given the attention. This can be seen in TripAdvisor where most guest comments are regarding the staff,” he added. (ocha)

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of both the espresso shot and milk. This, in turn, is limited by the experience of the barista and quality of the espresso machine.

The pour itself, then, becomes the last challenge for the latte artist. “We’re offer Latte Art on table for customers. They can ask barista to perform in their table and ask barista to draw or create preferred image on latte,” Rahadhian explained. (iah)

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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Birth control shot may boost HIV risk

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange January 8, 2015. Working too hard can drive you to drink, said researchers Wednesday who warned of the health risks of such dual excess.

Working too hard can drive you to booze

PARIS - It’s true: working too hard can drive you to drink, said researchers Wednesday who warned of the health risks of such dual excess.

An overview of studies covering more than 400,000 people showed that individuals who exceed 48 working hours per week -- the European Union’s suggested maximum -- are likelier to consume “risky” quantities of alcohol, they said.

The paper, published in The BMJ journal, reported that long working hours boosted the likelihood of higher alcohol intake by 11 percent overall.

People who worked 49-54 hours a week ran a 13-percent higher risk of developing a “risky alcohol use” habit compared to counterparts who worked a 35-40-hour work week.

Those working 55 hours or more were 12 percent more at risk.

“Risky” alcohol use was defined as more than 14 units per week for a woman and more than 21 for a man -- levels that have been linked to a higher risk for liver and heart disease, cancer, stroke and mental

disorders.

An alcohol unit is the equivalent of a third of a pint of mediumstrength beer, half a 175-millilitre (six fluid ounces) glass of red wine with 12 percent alcohol by volume, or a 25 ml-shot of whisky, The findings add statistical backing to anecdotal evidence for a link between excessive work and alcohol abuse, the authors said.

More than a dozen developed economies were covered by the research, including Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and the United States.

“This meta-analysis supports the longstanding suspicion that among workers subjected to long working hours, alcohol can seem like a fast acting and effective way to dull work-related aches and pains and smooth the transition between work life and home life,” Cas-

sandra Okechukwu of the Harvard School of Public Health wrote in an editorial.

Long working hours have previously been linked to cardiovascular disease, depression and anxiety.

The increased risk of developing a “risky” drinking habit from overwork was small in absolute terms, Okechukwu said. Also, having a job was associated with a lower prevalence of alcohol consumption and a higher chance of recovery from alcohol misuse than being unemployed.

Even so, the risk should be taken seriously.

“Any exposure associated with avoidable increases in disease or health damaging behaviour, or both, warrants careful examination,” said Okechukwu.

“Indeed, these findings could add impetus to further regulation of working hours as a public health intervention.” (afp)

PARIS - Women who use a specific type of injectable birth control have a slightly higher risk of HIV infection than those who take the pill, said a study Friday.

While the authors noted the link was “statistically significant”, they warned it was not enough on its own to justify a complete withdrawal of the drug commonly known by its brand name, Depo-Provera, used by millions of women.

The health risks of pulling the medicine from shelves may far outweigh the potential preventable HIV infections, the authors argued in a paper published in prestigious medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

A meta-analysis of 12 studies involving nearly 40,000 women in sub-Saharan Africa, showed that use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), “increases a woman’s chance of becoming infected with HIV by 40 percent compared with women using other contraceptive methods or no method,” said a statement.

“Although statistically significant, this represents only a moderate increase in relative risk,” it added.

The increase in risk was somewhat lower among women “in the general

population” than for those already at higher HIV risk, like sex workers.

The analysis showed no increased risk for users of other contraceptive drugs. All the studies had factored in condom use.

“The moderate elevation in risk observed in our study is not enough to justify a complete withdrawal of DMPA for women in the general population,” said study co-author Lauren Ralph of the University of California at Berkeley.

Banning DMPA, the most widely used injectable contraceptive, “would leave many women without immediate access to alternative, effective contraceptive options.

“This is likely to lead to more unintended pregnancies, and because childbirth remains life-threatening in many developing countries, could increase overall deaths among women.”

Further research was urgently needed to examine the danger for the highest risk women like sex workers and those in a relationship with an HIV-positive partner.

A potential association between DMPA and higher HIV-risk was first noted in 1991, but numerous studies have failed to show a direct causal link. (afp)

Combination therapy shows promise in early breast tumors MIAMI - Treatment combining low-dose chemotherapy and the targeted drug trastuzumab showed promise in women with early stage breast cancer of a type called HER2positive, US researchers said Wednesday. Women receiving the treatment were highly unlikely to see their cancer return, said the study in the New England Journal of Medicine analyzing a regimen that including the chemotherapy agent paclitaxel and the targeted drug under the brand name Herceptin.

Three years after completing the combination therapy, “98.7 percent of the participants were alive and free of invasive breast cancer,” said the study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Massachusetts.

The phase II trial involved 406 women whose tumors were smaller than three centimeters and had not spread to their lymph nodes. They were treated with the drug combination for 12 weeks, followed by nine months of Herceptin alone.

“Women with small, HER-2 positive, node-negative breast tumors

have a low, but still significant, risk of recurrence of their disease,” said the study’s senior author, Eric Winer, director of the Breast Oncology Program at the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers at Dana-Farber.

“This study demonstrates that a combination of lower-intensity chemotherapy and trastuzumab -- which is associated with fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy regimens -- is an appealing standard of care for this group of patients.”

Approaches to treating women with HER2-positive breast cancer -- which means their cells have extra human epidermal growth factor receptors on their surface -- have varied widely but often involve a stronger regimen of chemotherapy with adriamycin and cytoxan followed by paclitaxel and trastuzumab, researchers said.

Until now, Herceptin has been recommended mainly for women with larger tumors, or who are at greater risk of metastasis. Some of the reported side effects have included heart and lung problems and fatal infusion reactions. (afp)

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Solution for terminal dualism still unclear MANGUPURA - Dualism of Mengwi terminal and Ubung terminal still reaching a solution is considered as a major factor of deserted passenger at Mengwi terminal. In particular, the Regent of Badung A.A. Gde Agung already submitted the matter to the Minister of Transportation, Ignasius Jonan, when making a site inspection to Mengwi terminal at the end of last year. At that time, Minister Ignasius Jonan asked the Badung Regent to invite Mayor of Denpasar to meet him in order to resolve the dualism problem.

How is it going?

So far, the plan of the meeting is unclear. The Head of Badung Transportation, Communications and Informatics Agency, Wayan Weda Dharmaja, revealed on Tuesday (Jan 13) that his party could not ensure the agenda of the meeting. His party just looked for the right time to confront the regent and the mayor. However, he said, the meeting of both leaders should be facilitated by Bali government.

He explained there were several important issues related to the management of Mengwi terminal. One of them was about the enforcement of rules, master plan of Trans Sarbagita and removal of the type A terminal from Ubung terminal to Mengwi terminal. With the enactment of

Mengwi terminal as the type A terminal and pursuant to the prevailing route permit, all the interprovincial city buses (AKAP) should drop off passengers at Mengwi terminal. But in fact, many AKAP buses dropped off passengers at Ubung terminal.

“On that account, this needs to be discussed by the two leaders,” said Weda.

Does the dualism occurred today has something to do with the regionally generated revenue from terminal levies? When answering this question, Weda only explained it normatively. According to him, Ubung terminal was no longer belonging to terminal of type A. As consequence, there should be no charges to AKAP buses at the Ubung terminal.

Similarly, if it was associated with multiplier effect of a terminal, Weda said that all the parties should think ahead. If the crowdedness in the area around the terminal, especially the Ubung terminal, was not anticipated from today, in the future it would become a very difficult problem to solve.

Back to the matter of levies, Weda revealed that his party got approximately IDR 300 million from Mengwi terminal each year.

He admitted the revenue from this sector continued to decline. (kmb25)

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Tommy Schaefer of Chicago, Ill., sits in a courtroom during his first hearing trial in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. Schaefer and his girlfriend Heather Mack are accused of murdering Sheila von Wiese-Mack, Mack’s mother, who was found stuffed inside a suitcase last August.

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Gilimanuk as the gateway to a landline in West Bali is considered very strategic and must be arranged in accordance with the existing potential.

Gilimanuk should be well arranged

NEGARA - Gilimanuk as the gateway to a landline in West Bali is considered very strategic and must be arranged in accordance with the existing potential. Other than increasing security, the other potential providing job opportunities and social welfare such as tourism, cargo terminal arrangement to rest area should be sought.

Chairman of the Jembrana House, I Ketut Sugiasa, said on the plan to develop Gilimanuk into a strategic area had been discussed for a long time. The arrangement needed to be done gradually.

“This year, we emphasize on the maneuver parking so that it can be budgeted for the re-arrangement as well as cargo terminal at the gateway,” said Sugiasa. Regarding cargo terminal, according to him, the House had already coordinated with central government, and the land available today reaching four hectares was considered inadequate. So, it needed additional area because it would be intended for cargo terminal and rest area along with various supporting facilities.

“View at the location is quite beautiful and supporting when used as rest area,” explained Sugiasa. His party encouraged so that local government was committed to developing the Gilimanuk area into an important area. One of them was the presence of cargo terminal and his party supported local government to realize the idea through the Transportation Agency. Aside from being used for truck parking lot, the area could also be taken

advantage for warehouse of overloading goods from Java.

He was confident that Gilimanuk tourism could also be constructed, provided that there was a strong will from the executive. “The area also has great potential religious and nature tourism. Surely we can develop it. If necessary, the Tourism Agency is established independently,” added Sugiasa. With the arrangement, the community was expected to get job opportunities and did not depend on the services at the harbor.

On that account, there would be no longer a term of ID card motorcycle taxi or those allowing migrants to enter Bali without identity card. Previously, the Jembrana Transportation Agency claimed that it would ask for additional land area for the development of cargo terminal. The land area of former eviction at the gateway was assessed to be insufficient to realize the cargo terminal.

So, it required to file a request to the West Bali National Park for the use of land that connected to the weighbridge. (kmb26)Other than increasing security, the other potential providing job opportunities and social welfare such as tourism,

cargo terminal arrangement to rest area should be sought.

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International

Path at Sidembunut incomplete

Project contract ends, but workmanship still continues

BANGLI - Although fiscal year 2014 was over, the workmanship of path project leading to Masceti Temple through Subak Munggu at Sidembunut village, Bangli, remains unfinished.

Until mid-January, the project financed by Bangli regional budget and worked on by the former Bangli legislator is still ongoing.

The path in Sidembunut Village in Bangli is still carried out by the officers.

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Based on observation on Tuesday (Jan 13), a number of workers were seen still working on the path project.

Their work was installing foundation stone and covered road surface with concrete. The length of the path worked on reached approximately 20 meters.

A number of workers met last Tuesday admitted that they had begun to resume the road construction since last few days. Meanwhile, the project sign board that should be installed at project location could no longer be found there.

Related to the project in 2014 which was still running, the Head of Bangli Public Works, Ida Bagus Wediatmika, when contacted could not give clear explanation. Considering the Public Works handled a number of projects, he suggested Bali Post to get in touch with one of his division heads directly dealing with the project.

Meanwhile, when contacted via cell phone, the Division Head of Human Settlements, Wayan Suarsana, said the project was undertaken by using regional budget 2014.

However, he claimed to have forgotten the amount of budget used to finance the project. Similarly, he was not familiar with the correct total length of the road worked on. He just said that according to the project contract, it should be worked on until December 31, 2014.

Then, why the project was still worked on until midJanuary? He argued that it was only repairing some incomplete parts considering the project was still in the maintenance period. However, he did not deny if the work was also carried out to increase the volume deficiency of the previous work. “Actually it has been completed, but there is a drawback. What worked on today is the drawback including its maintenance,” he said.

Drawback of the volume was also recognized by Ariasa serving as the project supervisor. He admitted the project was financed with the budget worth IDR 67 million and still lacked for 25 meters of the total project. “What we are working on now is the lack of previous volume,” he said. To complete the project drawback, he targeted the contractor could accomplish it next five days. (ina)

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South Korean activist arrested for allegedly praising Pyongyang SEOUL — South Korean officials on Wednesday arrested a leftist activist for allegedly praising archrival North Korea, just days after an American was deported on similar charges and adding to criticism that the government seeks to limit free speech and suppress dissidents.

The Seoul prosecutors’ office arrested Hwang Sun soon after the Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant, according to court spokesman Kim Dae-hyun. Hwang is the former spokeswoman for a now-disbanded leftist party and has long been hounded by claims she supports Pyongyang.

In an Internet talk show she hosted between 2011 and 2013, Hwang dressed in black and mourned the death of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in late 2011.

She also introduced an editorial of the North’s main Rodong Sinmun newspaper. Hwang angered conservatives in 2005 when she gave birth by cesarean section during a visit to Pyongyang.

Over the weekend, the Justice Ministry deported American travel writer Shin Eun-mi because of similar accusations that she had praised the North. Shin appeared with Hwang in lectures about North

Korea last year.

“It’s possible that the (National Security Law) could be abused by those in power to suppress their political rivals or create social fear. The recent events suggest that these worries are warranted,” the liberal Hankyoreh newspaper said in an online editorial Wednesday.

In December, a high school student threw a homemade explosive device toward a podium where Hwang and Shin were speaking, injuring two people. Hwang and Shin were unhurt. The student was sent to a juvenile detention center and is awaiting trial.

The Korean Peninsula remains technically in a state of war, split along the world’s most heavily fortified border, because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. In South Korea, praising North Korea can be punished by up to seven years in prison under the National Security Law. Supporters argue that the law is needed because of continuing threats from North Korea. But critics want it scrapped. Past authoritarian leaders in South Korea frequently used the law to suppress political rivals. (ap)

judge Gusti Ngurah Putra Bergawa, prosecutor Nurhayati also saw no alleviating consideration for the defendant. If the defendant was not sentenced to death the society was feared to be apathetic with the existing law.

In addition, the prosecutor also worried there would be many mutilation cases in the future. On that account, the prosecutor in principle took the original decision namely sentencing the defendant to death in order to provide a deterrent effect for prospective offenders.

After the prosecutor read the

two-page reply, the judge Gusti Ngurah Bergawa gave the opportunity for the defendant to give final answer. However, in the trial commenced around 11:45 a.m., the defendant’s counsel, Wayan Suniata, interrupted to have a discussion with the defendant.

The panel of judges then allowed the defendant to make a discussion with his legal counsel.

Even, after completing the discussion, the defendant delivered his final answer alone to the judges.

With quite heavy tone, he said to remain on the previous pleading. “It is in accordance with the

pleading, sir,” said Fikri.

Just for information, in his defense, Fikri previously requested waivers of sentence to the judge orally. He did it because he claimed to still have small children and a wife to bear. In addition, Fikri also had submitted apologies to victim’s family (Diana Sari—Ed), including the Klungkung community who had been made anxious due to his deed. Besides, he admitted to regret over his action that already mutilated Diana Sari, 23, from Sumbawa at his boarding house on Jalan Kenyeri IX at Jelantik

Koribatu hamlet, Tojan village, Klungkung, June 16, 2014.

However, the pleading submitted by Fikri last Tuesday did not cause the judge panel to directly make decision. The judge Gusti Bergawa would make a decision on the next trial on Wednesday (Jan 21) because Tuesday (Jan 20) was worried to be a joint holiday in relation to the celebration of Shivaratri. After the hearing was closed, Fikri was taken back to a detention vehicle guarded by two armed police officers and immediately headed for Klungkung Prison. (kmb)

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A man holds the new issue of satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo entitled “Tout est pardonne” (“All is forgiven”), which shows a caricature of Prophet Mohammad, in front of a kiosk in Paris January 14, 2015.

Al Qaeda in Yemen claims responsibility for Paris attack

DUBAI - Al Qaeda in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, saying it was ordered by the Islamist militant group’s leadership for insulting the Prophet Mohammad, according to a video posted on YouTube.

Prosecutor insists on sentencing to death to mutilator

SEMARAPURA - Mutilation murderer, Fikri, 26, from Sumbawa, seemed to be unable to breathe freely. Although he had asked for leniency, the public prosecutor remained in its original charges. As evidence, in the trial of reply in the Semarapura District Court on Tuesday (Jan 13), the prosecutor Nurhayati Ulfiah who was present alone remained on her original charges, sentencing the defendant (Fikri—Ed) to death because the pleading delivered by the defendant was also considered not fundamental.

Besides, in the trial led by the

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In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, Hwang Sun, a former spokeswoman for a now-disbanded leftist party, arrives to participate in determination of a warrant’s validity at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office in Seoul, South Korea.

“As for the blessed Battle of Paris, we, the Organisation of al Qaeda al Jihad in the Arabian Peninsula, claim responsibility for this operation as vengeance for the Messenger of God,” said Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, a leader of the Yemeni branch of al Qaeda (AQAP) in the recording.

Gunmen killed a total of 17 people in three days of violence that began when they opened fire at Charlie Hebdo in revenge for its past publication of satirical images of the Prophet.

Ansi, the main ideologue for

AQAP, said the “one who chose the target, laid the plan and financed the operation is the leadership of the organisation”, without naming an individual. He added without elaborating that the strike was carried out in “implementation” of the order of overall al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, who has called for strikes by Muslims in the West using any means they can find.

AQAP itself is led by Nasser alWuhayshi, who is also Zawahri’s number two in the network’s global hierarchy. “We did it in

compliance with the command of Allah and supporting His Messenger, peace be upon Him,” Ansi added.

It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the recording, which carried the logo of the al Qaeda’s media group al-Malahem.

The first edition of Charlie Hebdo published after last week’s attacks sold out within minutes at newspaper kiosks around France on Wednesday, with people queuing up to buy copies to support the satirical weekly. (rtr)

Iran condemns new Charlie Hebdo issue as ‘provocative’

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has condemned Charlie Hebdo’s new issue as “provocative” and says the new cartoon by the weekly is an insult to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.

Foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham says that Wednesday’s publication of the paper featuring another caricature of the prophet “provokes the sentiments

of Muslims the world over.”

Iran has strongly condemned the deadly assault by two masked gunmen that killed 12 people last week, including much of the

weekly’s editorial staff and two police officers. Those who survived published an issue with a print run of 3 million — more than 50 times the usual circulation.

Afkham says last week’s attack against the French satirical weekly was against Islam’s teaching. But, she says, the latest cartoon is also insulting to the religion. (ap)

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In this Aug. 19, 2013 file photo, a Philadelphia business displays a help wanted sign in its storefront. With the price of oil below $50 a barrel, consumers will have steadily more money to spend, potentially creating job openings at retailers, auto dealers, shipping firms, restaurants and hotels.

US job openings at 14-year high

WASHINGTON — The rapid hiring that made 2014 a stellar year for job gains is showing no sign of slowing down. ramped up their overall hiring.

There are always some open jobs even in a depressed economy.

Job vacancies fell to 2.1 million in July 2009, one month after the Great Recession ended. Vacancies have soared in the past year, raising questions about why they aren’t being filled more quickly.

Last week’s jobs report showed that employers added 252,000 jobs in December, capping the strongest year for hiring in 15 years.

Yet that figure is a net total of job gains or losses. Tuesday’s data on job openings is from the Job

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Rindik, a Balinese Folk Musical Art

Long, tough road to make India ‘easiest’ place for business

U.S. employers advertised the most job openings in nearly 14 years in November, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That suggests businesses are determined to keep adding staff because they are confident strong economic growth will create more demand for their goods and services.

Job openings rose 2.9 percent to 4.97 million in November, the most since January 2001. More job vacancies generally lead to more hiring. Employers have been slow to fill their openings for most of the recovery, but that started to change last year as companies

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Openings and Labor Turnover survey, or JOLTS, which provides a more detailed look at the job market than the monthly employment report. It also includes figures for overall hiring, as well as the number of quits and layoffs.

Hiring, as reported in the JOLTS report, slipped to 4.99 million in November from a nearly seven-year high of 5.1 million in October.

The number of open jobs has risen a blistering 21 percent in the 12 months ending in November.

Yet total hiring has increased only 9.1 percent. (ap)

GANDHINAGAR, India - Narendra Modi may have pledged to make India the “easiest” place to do business but experts remain skeptical about how the prime minister intends to overcome obstacles such as corruption, red tape and an arduous tax regime.

Hundreds of executives gathered this week in Modi’s longtime fiefdom of Gujarat to hear him promise to transform India’s business climate, with “unlimited” reforms designed to attract foreign investment.

Everyone from World Bank president Jim Yong Kim to US Secretary of State John Kerry publicly heaped praise on Modi’s efforts to kickstart economic growth since his right-wing party stormed to power at elections in May. But behind the scenes at the major “Vibrant Gujarat” summit, the mood among some was more cautious while economists rattled off a string of substantial reforms the government still needs to tackle.

India currently ranks 142 out of 189 on the World Bank’s “ease of doing business survey”, behind its arch rival Pakistan, and even dropping two places on the list last year.

Kerry hailed Modi as a “visionary” in his address at the summit, enthused by his government’s promises to cut a swathe through red tape and simplify a tax regime that often leaves foreign business in despair.

But, speaking on the sidelines of the gathering, one of Kerry’s own officials struck a more cautious waitand-see note.

“I think there are companies who are sort of watching to make sure that what’s projected actually happens,” a senior US State Department official said in the Gujarati capital Gandhinagar.

Also speaking at the three-day gathering, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley defended his government’s pace of reforms so far and stressed that Modi’s pledge to make India the “easiest” place to do business was not an empty slogan.

Jaitley pointed to moves to fasttrack changes to land purchases -- a major business bugbear -- and steps to introduce a national sales tax to replace myriad confusing duties imposed by state and national governments.

“I see investments significantly moving up in days to come,” said Jaitley.

Economist Rajiv Kumar applauded Modi’s efforts but said more was needed to remove cumbersome and often opaque rules and regulations for

every kind of business, from private schools to major industries, operating in India.

Kumar also said India’s notoriously inert and labyrinthine bureaucracy charged with imposing those regulations needed to be overhauled.

“It’s a paradigm shift that’s needed. It’s not incremental,” Kumar, a senior fellow at the Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research thinktank, told AFP. And he was brutal about India’s “completely arbitrary” taxation regime, which he blamed for keeping international investors away and which the government has also promised to fix.

British mobile giant Vodafone is embroiled in a bitter, $2.4-billion battle with India’s tax authorities who are sometimes accused by business of acting capriciously, while Finnish company Nokia had a plant in India seized over a tax dispute.

While he agreed there was “still a long way to go”, Kumar said he was optimistic the government could transform the economy “because India will never have another chance like this and Modi understands that”.

India needs $800 billion a year in investments, well above the current $200 billion, to help the economy accelerate to seven percent growth, the government’s financial services secretary told the summit.

Asia’s third largest economy has been struggling through its worst slowdown since the 1980s, with growth at around five percent, too low to help create jobs for tens of millions of young people.

While some experts pointed to a need to overhaul dilapidated infrastructure including pot-holed roads and unreliable power supplies to boost business, others singled out endemic corruption.

India-born economist Jagdish Bhagwati, a professor at Columbia University in New York, said the government must do more to tackle corruption among public officials that plagued the previous left-leaning Congress government’s decade in power.

“They have inherited the UPA-2 (Congress coalition) government’s inactions. They (UPA-2) didn’t really do anything about corruption,” Bhagwati said in an interview with the Hindustan Times newspaper.

On the sidelines of the summit, foreign and local companies announced planned joint projects worth billions of dollars in a sign of growing investor confidence in India. (afp)

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Mixed cassava cake

Rindik is one of the Balinese traditional musical instruments.

This musical instrument is very simple, but has a distinctive sound.

Rustic, peaceful and prosperous atmosphere is depicted in the tones played. In the wedding reception, thanksgiving and other ceremonial events, rindik can become a choice of entertainment. At hotel lobby, this bamboo music is often played as a welcome music. In the performing session, rindik is usually played by three musicians. A player of lanang (female) instrument plays the selangsih tone and another plays wadon (female) instrument with a plain tone. Then, another plays a flute to give the sweet feel in every gamelan composition.

To play the blades of rindik requires a good concentration because both hands should be able to play the mallet (beater) with different tempo and composition.

The beat of left hand sets the tempo, while the right hand plays kotekan in accordance with the rhythm of gamelan composition played. Sometimes it can be fast and tender. Uniform of the players is not too flossy. They usually wear fabric, saput, selempot, clothes and headdress. If the performance is intended for reception or a large ceremonial event, the uniform put on by players usually arranged

beautifully like a dancer. A combination of colors and patterns has become a main thing. Sometimes, it is embellished with yellowish golden leaf.

Prof. Dr. I Wayan Dibia said the traditional musical instrument was estimated to origin from pejogedan art emerging in 1940s. Pejodegan art was the development of Joged Pingitan circa 1811. After the independence period, it then developed into Joged Bumbung having full expression and spontaneity. As a popular art, continued Dibia, rindik was very appropriate to be combined with dance movements having the formality space. At the beginning, the Joged Bumbung emerged as a sensual dance, but not erotic. “Well, in the later development Joged Bumbung features erotic motion. As a result, it kindles an unfair judgment,” he said.

According to Dibia, we could not blame them (the joged dancers) alone. “Probably, it indicates if people are in severe stress or it also becomes the people’s demand today,” said the lecturer in the Indonesia Institute of Arts (ISI) Denpasar seriously. Similar opinion was also revealed by I Wayan Wendra. This man having composed dozens of gamelan musical art said the birth of rindik was predicted to come from the

tingklik (bamboo blade musical instrument). Tingklik was estimated to have existed since 1930s. “The birth of rindik started when farmers were relaxing while hitting galar (bamboo mat). As sounding fun, they were then given the tone to produce very melodious sounds,” he said.

The tingklik then used intact bamboo stuffed with resonance chamber to produce tender tone.

Creativity of the Hindu community in Bali was high and then the rindik was combined with dance, so that it developed into jejogedan accompanying the Joged Bumbung dance.

“Almost all the regions in Bali have this art. This musical instrument is very close to the life of farmers in Bali,” he said.To make rindik instrument, added Wendra, people used selected bamboo to generate a nice tone. Other than being dry, the bamboo should also have a matching thickness. “A fanatic rindik player usually makes it from dry bamboo at place, not cleared it first before dried out,” he said.

According to him, every region in Bali has special day to present the offerings for the gamelan instrument. Meanwhile, each craftsman would not have different ability. “People who can make the rindik have strong auditory tone of gamelan,” he said. (kmb)

Mixed cassava cake is one of the simple and affordable cakes of the Hindu community in Bali. Rural people love very much this kind of cake. Moreover, farmers often enjoy it as a substitute for rice. Its main ingredient is cassava mixed with sticky rice, grated coconut, brown sugar and salt.

In the past, people made the cassava a staple food. Understandably, the rice was very expensive at that time, even it was hard to get.

At least, the cassava was cut into small pieces and then boiled and sprinkled with salt. To get different flavors, people made the cakes in various preparations. One of them is this mixed cassava cake.

The making of it is very simple. First of all, cassava is peeled and cut into small elongated shape. Alternatively, people can also use a slicer. Before that, prepare sticky rice at adequate amount.

It is then soaked for 24 hours and then drained. The cassava and sticky rice are steamed for about 10 minutes. Take out when they have been cooked.

Afterward, prepare brown sugar sauce and grated coconut. Add a little salt to the grated coconut so that it has a flavor. How to serve it?

At first, prepare a dish and banana leaf as the base. Take an adequate amount of cassava cake and mixed with grated coconut. Having well mixed, top it with brown sugar sauce to taste.

Children really like this kind of cassava cake sprinkled with brown sugar sauce. Unlike the old people, they sometimes are reluctant to sweet foods. Recently, it is difficult to find this king of cake, let alone at urban areas. However, traditional markets usually still sell it. Nevertheless, the urban communities are often longing for enjoying this cake. If they happen to have a promenade to village, they usually buy it. (kmb) IBP/File Photo

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Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, gestures during a ceremony inaugurating the country’s longest bridge in Neak Loeung, southeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015.

Cambodia’s wily leader marks 30 years in power

NEAK LOEUNG, Cambodia — Hun Sen, Cambodia’s tough and wily prime minister, marked 30 years in power Wednesday, one of just a handful of political strongmen worldwide who have managed to cling to their posts for three decades.

Since first taking up the job of prime minister at age 33, he has consolidated power with violence and intimidation of opponents that continue to draw criticism from human rights advocates.

But he can also take some credit for bringing modest economic growth and stability in a country devastated by the communist Khmer Rouge’s regime in the 1970s, which left some 1.7 million people dead from starvation, disease and executions.

“Hun Sen is one of the cleverest politicians Asia has ever seen,” said Sebastian Strangio, author of a recent biography of the Cambodian leader.

In a speech marking the ceremonial completion of the country’s longest, 2,200-meter (7,200-

foot) Japanese-funded bridge across the Mekong River on Wednesday, the 62-year-old Hun Sen defended his record, saying that only he was daring enough to tackle the Khmer Rouge and help bring peace to Cambodia.

“If Hun Sen hadn’t been willing to enter the tigers’ den, how could we have caught the tigers?” he said. He acknowledged some shortcomings, but pleaded for observers to see the good as well as the bad in his leadership.

Born to a peasant family in east-central Cambodia, Hun Sen initially joined the Khmer Rouge against a pro-American government. He defected to Vietnam in 1977, and accompanied the Vietnamese invasion that toppled his former comrades in 1979.

The timely change of sides led to his being appointed foreign minister, then prime minister of the Vietnamese-supported regime in 1985. He has never left the top post despite being forced to temporarily accept the title of “co-prime minister” after his party came in second in a 1993 U.N.-supervised election. Four years later, he deposed his coalition partner in a bloody coup.

“He has brought stability and peace, but he has also brought so much inequality, corruption and frustration to millions as well,” said Ou Virak, head of Future Forum, a Cambodian think tank.

While many Cambodians are now better off, “far too many people, during a time of tremendous growth, are made poorer.” (ap)

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102 bodies found in Indian river thought to be water burials LUCKNOW, India — Authorities were investigating Wednesday how more than 100 bodies, many of them children, ended up floating in an offshoot of the Ganges River in northern India. Officials do not suspect a crime, and instead believe the dead were given water burials. It is Indian custom not to cremate unwed girls, and many poor people cannot afford cremation.

The 102 bodies found floating near the village of Pariyar in the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh were too badly decomposed for autopsies or identification, District Magistrate Saumya Agarwal said. DNA testing is being done to determine where the bodies might have come from.

“Once we will complete all the legal formalities, these bodies will be buried to avoid spread of diseases,” Sub-Divisional Magistrate

Saryua Shukla said.

Officials were questioning how so many bodies could be discovered at the same time. While it is illegal to dispose of the dead in rivers, some practicing Hindus believe that giving an unwed girl a water burial will ensure she is born again into the family. Poverty also drives people to conduct water burials to avoid the cost of cremation, which at a minimum of about $40 is far above a poor person’s monthly wage.

Villagers first noticed the bodies on Tuesday, when many had become stuck on a river bank with dogs and vultures circling the area.

The narrow river breaks off from the Ganges just before passing Pariyar, about 28 kilometers (17 miles) from the state capital of Lucknow. “It seems these were in water for very long,” police officer Ram Chander Sahu said. (ap)

Italy’s president quits as promised; scramble’s on for next ROME — Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano has resigned as promised, less than two years after accepting an unprecedented second term as head of state because squabbling lawmakers couldn’t agree on a successor.

The Quirinal presidential palace said Napolitano, who turns 90 this year, signed his formal resignation late Wednesday morning.

Napolitano reluctantly agreed in spring 2013 to stay on for a second term when lawmakers

repeatedly failed to elect his successor. He made clear then because of age, he wouldn’t serve the entire new term. In recent weeks he repeatedly indicated he would step down in mid-January.

Now Parliament and special regional electors must hold a special voting session in 15 days to pick a new president. The largely ceremonial office is usually held by someone considered above the political fray. (ap)

Israeli students go on strike after field trips canceled JERUSALEM — Israel’s half a million high school students are staying home for three days to protest cancelled field trips, the first time the country’s teenagers are playing hooky nationwide.

Education Ministry spokeswoman Hagit Cohen said the strike was in protest against a decision by an organization of Israeli teachers some weeks ago to stop accompanying students on field trips.

The organization decided teachers would no longer escort students

unless they have legal guarantees they would not be sued by the parents should something happen to students during the trips.

Cohen says the issue stemmed from a drowning incident during a school trip.

The National Student Council declared the strike Wednesday, saying it will involve all high school students. Israeli media reported that teachers went to work, only to find empty classrooms. (ap)

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INDONESIA Divers investigate object thought to be AirAsia jet body PANGKALAN BUN - Indonesian divers on Wednesday investigated an object believed to be the main body of the crashed AirAsia jet and the resting place of most of the victims, after the discovery of the plane’s black boxes raised hopes of determining why it went down.

Flight QZ8501 crashed in the Java Sea on December 28 in stormy weather during a short, routine flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.

There were 162 people on board.

Both black boxes -- the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder -- were recovered this week after a frustrating, lengthy search often hampered by bad weather. Investigators have begun downloading the data and hope it will provide them with vital clues as to what caused the accident.

Scores of divers on Wednesday shifted their focus to investigating an object thought to the jet’s fuselage, the main body of the plane, which was earlier spotted on sonar scans and is lying about two miles (three kilometres) from where the tail was found.

Finding the fuselage of the Airbus 320200 is seen as vital, as most of the victims are believed to be still trapped inside. Just 48 bodies have so far been recovered.

Search and rescue agency official S.B. Supriyadi said if the object, which is lying about 30 metres (100 feet) under

water, turned out to be the fuselage, divers would examine how it could be raised from the water.

“If it is not too heavy, we may lift the whole piece and evacuate the victims,” Supriyadi, who is coordinating what has been a huge, international search, told AFP. “If it’s too heavy, we may then swim into the fuselage and pull out the bodies one by one before lifting it.”

But he cautioned it would be a complex operation that could take several days.

“Retrieving the main part of the body poses a different challenge to retrieving the black boxes. We are working with larger plane parts and then there’s a possibility of victims trapped inside,” he said.

The so-called black boxes -- which are actually orange in colour -- have been flown to Jakarta, where Indonesia’s National Transport Safety Committee is leading a probe into the accident, helped by experts from countries including France and the United States.

The country’s meteorological agency has said bad weather may have caused the crash but only the black boxes will be able

to provide definitive answers.

Investigators have started retrieving data from the recorders and converting it into a usable format, which will take around a week, before the lengthy analysis process can begin, committee head Tatang Kurniadi told AFP. The flight data recorder holds a wealth of information about every major part of the plane, with details such as the jet’s speed and the direction it was heading in, while the cockpit voice recorder stores radio transmissions and sounds in the cockpit.

Divers on Tuesday also spotted what they believe is one of the plane’s engines, which could provide further clues about what caused the accident.

In his last communication, the plane’s experienced pilot said he wanted to change course to avoid the storm. Then all contact was lost, about 40 minutes after take-off.

All but seven of those on board the flight were Indonesian. The foreign nationals were from South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Britain and France. (afp)

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President to issue instruction on illegal fishing JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will soon issue a presidential instruction (Inpres) to crackdown on illegal fishing activities in Indonesian waters, according to Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti.

“The president will soon issue the Inpres on the management of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing,” Minister Pudjiastuti stated during a press conference at the Mina Bahari-I building of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries on Wednesday.

Pujiastuti admitted to having urged President Jokowi to issue the Inpres, so that Indonesia can boost its efforts to consistently safeguard its territorial waters.

She noted that with the issuance of the Inpres, the fight against illegal fishing could be carried out continuously.

According to her, the Inpres is expected to impact the prices and supply of fish at various markets in Indonesia.

She said some indicators showed that curbing illegal fishing had led to a significant increase in fish catch in numerous regions such as Muncar in East Java, Bali, and Aceh.

The minister has noted that illegal fishing by foreign vessels had depleted Indonesia’s marine and fisheries resources, particularly in certain areas where fish stocks are now low.

To ensure that Indonesia does not run out of maritime and fisheries resources, she emphasized that this situation should not persist.

Referring to the sinking of foreign vessels found poaching fish in Indonesian waters, the minister clarified that it had nothing to do with legal violations and bilateral relations with other countries.

She affirmed that it constituted the implementation of the rights and obligations of a law-abiding country. “This is not an issue between countries but one between a country and a thief infiltrating Indonesian sovereign waters,” Pudjiastuti explained.

In the October-December 2014 period, the Indonesian government sank two foreign vessels found poaching fish in Indonesian waters. (ant)

Solidity unaffected: Chief Police JAKARTA - Commissioner General Budi Gunawan’s status as a suspect in a corruption case revealed by the Indonesian anti-graft body on Tuesday does not affect the solidity of police institution, according to police chief.

“Our internal solidity stands unaffected despite the case. We do support President Joko Widodo’s decision to nominate Com. Gen. Budi Gunawan,” National Police Chief General Sutarman said Wednesday.

Despite the Corruption Eradication Commission’s announcement naming him a suspect in a bribery case on Tuesday, Budi Gunawan on Wednesday underwent a fitand-proper test required of candidates for national police chief.

General Sutarman noted that he did not harbor any resentment at not being involved in nominating candidates for police chief, because choosing nominees was the Presi-

dent’s prerogative.

He stressed he was ready to hand over the post anytime and to anyone who will be officially appointed.

“I am ready to be replaced, today or tomorrow. I accept it and I will do it,” General Sutarman stated when asked about Budi Gunawan’s case.

In another development, Budi Gunawan, the sole candidate for national police chief, told legislators here Wednesday that he was committed to developing the culture of anticorruption within the institution of police.

“My first commitment is toward developing the culture of anti-corruption within the police institution,” he told lawmakers from the commission overseeing law and human rights.

Budi Gunawan has been named suspect in a corruption case for allegedly receiving bribes through suspicious transactions. (ant)

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The sole candidate for National Police Chief, Budi Gunawan (middle) after underwent fit-and-proper test on Wednesday.

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Garuda Wisnu Kencana Statue JIMBARAN - Designed and built by Nyoman Nuarta, one of Indonesia’s foremost modern sculptor, the Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue or GWK and its pedestal building will be standing 150 meters tall with its wings span 64 meters across. Made from more than 4000 tons of copper and brass, the statue is picturing Lord Wisnu, as the source of wisdom, riding on the back of the

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mythical bird Garuda as the manifestation of conscience toward Amerta, the perennial goodness.

The statue and its pedestal will be surrounded by more than 240 hectares cultural park which was once an abandoned and unproductive limestone quarry. The cultural park will provide attractions for both local and foreign visitors with supporting facilities such as Lotus Pond, Festival Park, Amphitheater, Street Theater, Exhibition Hall, as well as Jendela Bali The Panoramic Resto and souvenir shop. At present time, the statue of Wisnu, the statue of Garuda, and the hands of Wisnu have been placed temporarily in three different plazas within the park. GWK Cultural Park is intended to educate, especially the young generations about the importance of preserving and cultivating world’s cultural heritage.

Del Potro wins again in Sydney injury comeback SYDNEY — Juan Martin Del Potro continued his promising return from an 11 months injury layoff by beating top seed Fabio Fognini 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Sydney International. The secondround triumph over Fognini further demonstrated the Argentine’s return to top form ahead of next week’s Australian Open.

The former No. 4 needed a wildcard to gain entry to the main draw as his world ranking had dropped to 338 during his lengthy absence.

He showed the benefit of concerted preparation by beating Fognini in 1 hour, 48 minutes. Second seed David Goffin of Belgium also suffered a second round loss, going down 6-3, 6-3 to Italy’s Simone Bolelli.

Former U.S. Open champion Del Potro needed treatment from the courtside trainer during the first set. He has said he still suffers wrist pain and his injury constrains his two-handed backhand.

But he grew in confidence and precision as the match progressed, serving 11 aces and winning 80 percent of points when his first serve was in play. The Argentine’s quarterfinal opponent will be Ka-

zakhstan qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin, who upset sixth seed Pablo Cuevas 7-5, 7-5. Fourth seed Julien Benneteau of France beat Vasek Pospisil of Canada 7-6 (3), 6-3.

On the women’s side, defending champion Tsvetana Pironkova beat Barbora Zhalavova Strycova 6-4, 6-1 to stay on track to win the tournament for the second-straight year as a qualifier.

A high rate of attrition among seeded players has continued at the ATP Tour’s Heineken Open in Auckland.

Fifth seed Tommy Robredo of Spain on Wednesday became the fourth seeded player to withdraw from the tournament without hitting a ball.

World No. 17 Robredo, who had a first round bye, pulled out of his second round match against New Zealand’s Michael Vensu with a hip injury, saying there was a “little bit” of doubt about his fitness for the Australian Open. (ap)

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WASHINGTON — Washington finally broke a decade-long losing run against San Antonio by beating the Spurs 101-93 on Tuesday, giving the Wizards the second best record in the NBA Eastern Conference.

Among other results, overall league leader Golden State overran Utah, Dallas won in overtime at Sacramento, and Cleveland suffered another defeat despite the return of LeBron James, losing to Phoenix.

Washington had lost 17 consecutive games against San Antonio, dating back to 2005, but ended that run of outs thanks chiefly to John Wall, who scored 25 points with eight assists.

Tim Duncan had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Spurs. Dallas’ Monta Ellis scored six of his 28 points in overtime and added 10 assists to guide the Mavericks to a 108-104 win at Sacramento.

The visitors rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to avoid their first four-game losing skid. Rajon Rondo broke out of a scoring slump with 21 points and seven assists for Dallas, which also rallied from a 24-point deficit to beat the Kings earlier in the season.

DeMarcus Cousins, who fouled out late in the fourth quarter, had 32 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists for the Kings. Golden State’s Stephen Curry scored 27 points and ignited a decisive third-quarter run to lead the Warriors to a 116-105 win over Utah.

Draymond Green scored 15 points to help the Warriors to their franchise-best seventh consecutive victory by double figures. Derrick Favors had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Jazz, who could not overcome blistering third-quarter shooting by Golden State. Utah allowed 44 points on 16-of-26 shooting in that period.

Cleveland’s LeBron James scored 33 points in his return from a twoweek injury layoff but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Cavaliers from going down to their sixth straight loss, 107-100 to Phoenix. Markieff Morris scored a career-high 35 points on 15-of-21 shooting for the Suns, who outscored the Cavs 11-3 over the last 3:31.

The Cavaliers rallied from a 19-point, third-quarter deficit to go ahead in the fourth, the first of eight late lead changes. J.R. Smith, who joined the Cavaliers during James’ absence, scored 29, going 8 of 14 on 3-pointers. (ap)

from France, reacts after a play with San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, rear, frrom France, AP Photo/Rick Rycroft

Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina looks up after defeating Fabio Fognini of Italy in their match at the Sydney International tennis tournament in Sydney, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015.

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The Wizards won 101-93.

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Gloves off as goalie Adrian strikes West Ham’s winner LONDON - In one of the most memorable moments in an absorbing match, West Ham United goalkeeper Adrian dramatically ripped off his gloves before scoring West Ham United’s winning penalty in their FA Cup tie against Everton.

The Spanish keeper had the fate of the third round replay in his hands before scoring against compatriot Joel Robles to give West Ham a 9-8 penalty shootout victory after a superb end-to-end thriller ended 2-2 after extra time on Tuesday.

Robles had failed to beat Adrian when he struck the bar with the preceding penalty, leaving the scores level at 8-8 before the West Ham keeper slotted home the 20th penalty of the night. The Spaniard was so confident he was going to score, he took his gloves off as he prepared for his kick.

“I didn’t have any nerves,” he told reporters. “I thought ‘I’ll take off my gloves, this game is over’ and I struck the ball. “It was an unbelievable game and I feel really happy. Joel made some unbelievable saves for Everton but we played well and deserved it in the end.

“I took my gloves off so quickly as I worried that the referee might blow his whistle and book me for time-wasting.

“I have celebrated my saves before, but

never scoring a goal. It was my first goal in my career and it’s an amazing day.”

West Ham next play at League One (third tier) Bristol City in the fourth round after coming through what could be one of the last FA Cup matches played at the Boleyn Ground ahead of their move to the Olympic Stadium at the end of next season. In an exhilarating match worthy of any swan song, West Ham went ahead when Enner Valencia beat Robles with an angled shot after 51 minutes.

Everton then had Aiden McGeady sent off for a second yellow card four minutes later but the 10 men equalised when Kevin Mirallas struck with a stunning free-kick after 82 minutes.

Romelu Lukaku put Everton 2-1

Espanyol beats Valencia, Malaga ousts Levante in Copa BARCELONA, Spain — Late substitute Felipe Caicedo scored twice to give Espanyol a 2-0 win over 10-man Valencia on Tuesday and a place in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals. Espanyol advanced 3-2 on aggregate after losing the first leg 2-1 at Valencia. Malaga also moved into the last eight, losing 3-2 to Levante on the night but coming through 4-3 on aggregate.

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played a man down from the 13th minute after Shkodran Mustafi lost the ball under pressure from Sergio Garcia and then fouled him when the forward only had the goalkeeper to beat.

The visitors resisted until Caicedo headed home Salva Sevilla’s free kick in the 79th minute — just four minutes after coming on. The Ecuador striker, who has had a subdued first season at Espanyol, received a heavy knock from goalie Yoel

Rodriguez as he made contact with the ball, but jumped right back up and stripped off his shirt to celebrate.

Caicedo struck again with a minute left, after controlling Lucas Vazquez’s squared pass.

“Caicedo needed something like this. I am happy for him,” Espanyol manager Sergio Gonzalez said. “I hope it can be the first of many goals. “The sending off was important but it doesn’t take away from what we did well. We

minute, pouncing on a failed clearance by Saudi goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah and firing the ball into the back of the net for North Korea’s first Asian Cup goal since 1992.

Striker Pak Kwang Ryong helped to set up the goal with a powerful strike from the edge of the box that forced a desperate save from Abdullah, before Ryang coolly slotted it home. Striker Naif Hazazi equalized in the 37th when he completed a sweeping passing play that bamboozled

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ahead in the seventh minute of extra time, before substitute Carlton Cole equalised with his first touch in the 113th minute.

The momentum then swung in West Ham’s favour in the shootout when Steven Naismith missed Everton’s second penalty but with the scores at 4-4, Robles saved Stewart Downing’s potential match-winning spot kick. The next four penalties were converted before Robles cracked his effort against the bar, allowing Adrian to throw down his gauntlets and win it for West Ham.(rtr)winning penalty in a shoot out against Everton during their FA Cup third round replay soccer match at Upton Park in London January 13, 2015.

the North Korean defense. Three Saudi players were involved before Nawaf Al Abid drew in the defense and deftly passed to Haziz, who scored from just outside the box.

Nawaf Alabid came close five minutes later when he chested down a pass and volleyed the ball toward the far post, forcing an athletic, diving save by North Korea ‘keeper Ri Myong Guk. Al Sahlawi put Saudi Arabia in front in the 52nd when he positioned himself inside the box to

kick for Juanfran Garcia to net Levante’s third in the 85th.

Barral received an ovation from the smattering of fans at Ciutat de Valencia Stadium when he was sent off with a second booking in the 90th after he used his arm to knock the ball into the net.

Defending champion Real Madrid visits Atletico Madrid on Thursday needing to overturn a 2-0 first-leg loss. Barcelona, meanwhile, visits Elche with a 5-0 advantage.(ap)

FIFA finds stone base of original World Cup trophy West Ham United’s goalkeeper Adrian celebrates after scoring the

ZURICH — A piece of the original World Cup trophy has been found and will be displayed in the new FIFA museum. A staff member found the stone base of the Jules Rimet trophy last month in basement storage at FIFA headquarters, museum creative director David Ausseil said Tuesday.

“It’s like finding an Egyptian mummy,” Ausseil told The Associated Press. “You can’t put a price tag on it because it’s family jewels.” The base is a 10-cen-

timeter (4-inch) tall, octagonal piece of blue semi-precious lapis lazuli stone, Ausseil said.

It carries the names of the first four World Cup winners: Uruguay and Italy each won twice between 1930 and 1950. Ausseil said the trophy got a new base before the 1954 tournament, won

by West Germany.

The gold statuette was permanently given to Brazil after winning its third title in 1970. It was stolen in 1983 and never recovered. “We thought (the base) was

lost in Brazil,” Ausseil said. “We think no FIFA president has seen it since Jules Rimet himself.”

The director spoke on the sidelines of a tour of the museum construction site in downtown Zurich. The World Football Museum, with exhibits on three floors, is scheduled to open in March 2016.

FIFA announced the museum in 2012 when the expected $200 million project was to be built underground at its headquarters on a hill overlooking the city.(ap)

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AC Milan’s Giampaolo Pazzini celebrates after scoring during the Italian Cup soccer match between AC Milan and Sassuolo at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.

Saudi Arabia eliminates North Korea 4-1 MELBOURNE, Australia — Mohammed Al Sahlawi scored twice in two minutes to lead Saudi Arabia back from a one-goal deficit to a 4-1 win over North Korea in the Asian Cup on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia has a share of first place in Group B ahead of the match between fellow leaders China and Uzbekistan late Wednesday.

With its second loss from as many games, North Korea was eliminated from contention.

Midfielder Ryang Yong Gi opened the scoring in the 11th

played a great match.”

Malaga had won the first meeting with Levante 2-0 and looked to have taken full control of the second leg after goals by Ricardo Horta in the 22nd minute and Jose “Recio” Garcia in the 38th. But David Barral sparked Levante’s rally, scoring twice after coming on in the 60th. The striker pulled a goal back in the 71st before adding another with a great solo effort three minutes later. He then headed on a corner

finish off a long Abdulla Aldossary pass. The striker claimed the simplest of goals two minutes later when Guk came out of his goal, allowing Al Sahlawi to tap the ball into the empty net.

Ri Yong Jik was sent off in the 77th after his intentional handball saved an almost certain goal, and man-of-the-match Nawaf Albid sealed the win when he put in the rebound of his subsequent spot kick.

Al Sahlawi also came close in the 51st when he rose to meet a

long Hassan Muath Fallatah pass only for his header to skim the top of the goal. He could have had a hat trick in the 72nd when, with just the goalie to beat, he sent his shot wide of the far post.

North Korea hunted desperately for a goal until the final whistle, but was frustrated by the Saudis, who were always ready to pounce on any error and quickly counterattack. Jong Il Gwan made an ignoble start, receiving a yellow card for a dangerous tackle just 15 seconds into the match.(ap)

AC Milan beats Sassuolo 2-1 to reach Cup quarterfinals

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Soccer players Marta of Brazil, center, and Alessandro Del Piero of Italy, right, as well as former Swiss national coach Koebi Kuhn, left, pose next to the FIFA World Cup trophy during a press conference at the FIFA museum construction site in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.

MILAN — Nigel de Jong scored an 86th-minute winner as AC Milan beat Sassuolo 2-1 on Tuesday to reach the Italian Cup quarterfinals and avenge a defeat to the same opponent last week. Giampaolo Pazzini put Milan ahead after 38 minutes at San Siro with an acrobatic shot following a cross from newly signed Alessio Cerci.

Nicola Sansone equalized with a penalty in the 64th, but De Jong prevented extra time by volleying in the rebound after a shot by Andrea Poli hit the crossbar. Last week, Sassuolo beat Milan 2-1 in Serie A. Milan will next face either Torino or Lazio.

The other Round of 16 matchups are: Roma vs. Empoli; Fiorentina vs. Atalanta; Inter Milan vs. Sampdoria; Napoli vs. Udinese; Juventus vs. Hellas Verona; and Parma vs. Cagliari.

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Gloves off as goalie Adrian strikes West Ham’s winner LONDON - In one of the most memorable moments in an absorbing match, West Ham United goalkeeper Adrian dramatically ripped off his gloves before scoring West Ham United’s winning penalty in their FA Cup tie against Everton.

The Spanish keeper had the fate of the third round replay in his hands before scoring against compatriot Joel Robles to give West Ham a 9-8 penalty shootout victory after a superb end-to-end thriller ended 2-2 after extra time on Tuesday.

Robles had failed to beat Adrian when he struck the bar with the preceding penalty, leaving the scores level at 8-8 before the West Ham keeper slotted home the 20th penalty of the night. The Spaniard was so confident he was going to score, he took his gloves off as he prepared for his kick.

“I didn’t have any nerves,” he told reporters. “I thought ‘I’ll take off my gloves, this game is over’ and I struck the ball. “It was an unbelievable game and I feel really happy. Joel made some unbelievable saves for Everton but we played well and deserved it in the end.

“I took my gloves off so quickly as I worried that the referee might blow his whistle and book me for time-wasting.

“I have celebrated my saves before, but

never scoring a goal. It was my first goal in my career and it’s an amazing day.”

West Ham next play at League One (third tier) Bristol City in the fourth round after coming through what could be one of the last FA Cup matches played at the Boleyn Ground ahead of their move to the Olympic Stadium at the end of next season. In an exhilarating match worthy of any swan song, West Ham went ahead when Enner Valencia beat Robles with an angled shot after 51 minutes.

Everton then had Aiden McGeady sent off for a second yellow card four minutes later but the 10 men equalised when Kevin Mirallas struck with a stunning free-kick after 82 minutes.

Romelu Lukaku put Everton 2-1

Espanyol beats Valencia, Malaga ousts Levante in Copa BARCELONA, Spain — Late substitute Felipe Caicedo scored twice to give Espanyol a 2-0 win over 10-man Valencia on Tuesday and a place in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals. Espanyol advanced 3-2 on aggregate after losing the first leg 2-1 at Valencia. Malaga also moved into the last eight, losing 3-2 to Levante on the night but coming through 4-3 on aggregate.

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played a man down from the 13th minute after Shkodran Mustafi lost the ball under pressure from Sergio Garcia and then fouled him when the forward only had the goalkeeper to beat.

The visitors resisted until Caicedo headed home Salva Sevilla’s free kick in the 79th minute — just four minutes after coming on. The Ecuador striker, who has had a subdued first season at Espanyol, received a heavy knock from goalie Yoel

Rodriguez as he made contact with the ball, but jumped right back up and stripped off his shirt to celebrate.

Caicedo struck again with a minute left, after controlling Lucas Vazquez’s squared pass.

“Caicedo needed something like this. I am happy for him,” Espanyol manager Sergio Gonzalez said. “I hope it can be the first of many goals. “The sending off was important but it doesn’t take away from what we did well. We

minute, pouncing on a failed clearance by Saudi goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah and firing the ball into the back of the net for North Korea’s first Asian Cup goal since 1992.

Striker Pak Kwang Ryong helped to set up the goal with a powerful strike from the edge of the box that forced a desperate save from Abdullah, before Ryang coolly slotted it home. Striker Naif Hazazi equalized in the 37th when he completed a sweeping passing play that bamboozled

REUTERS/Toby Melville

ahead in the seventh minute of extra time, before substitute Carlton Cole equalised with his first touch in the 113th minute.

The momentum then swung in West Ham’s favour in the shootout when Steven Naismith missed Everton’s second penalty but with the scores at 4-4, Robles saved Stewart Downing’s potential match-winning spot kick. The next four penalties were converted before Robles cracked his effort against the bar, allowing Adrian to throw down his gauntlets and win it for West Ham.(rtr)winning penalty in a shoot out against Everton during their FA Cup third round replay soccer match at Upton Park in London January 13, 2015.

the North Korean defense. Three Saudi players were involved before Nawaf Al Abid drew in the defense and deftly passed to Haziz, who scored from just outside the box.

Nawaf Alabid came close five minutes later when he chested down a pass and volleyed the ball toward the far post, forcing an athletic, diving save by North Korea ‘keeper Ri Myong Guk. Al Sahlawi put Saudi Arabia in front in the 52nd when he positioned himself inside the box to

kick for Juanfran Garcia to net Levante’s third in the 85th.

Barral received an ovation from the smattering of fans at Ciutat de Valencia Stadium when he was sent off with a second booking in the 90th after he used his arm to knock the ball into the net.

Defending champion Real Madrid visits Atletico Madrid on Thursday needing to overturn a 2-0 first-leg loss. Barcelona, meanwhile, visits Elche with a 5-0 advantage.(ap)

FIFA finds stone base of original World Cup trophy West Ham United’s goalkeeper Adrian celebrates after scoring the

ZURICH — A piece of the original World Cup trophy has been found and will be displayed in the new FIFA museum. A staff member found the stone base of the Jules Rimet trophy last month in basement storage at FIFA headquarters, museum creative director David Ausseil said Tuesday.

“It’s like finding an Egyptian mummy,” Ausseil told The Associated Press. “You can’t put a price tag on it because it’s family jewels.” The base is a 10-cen-

timeter (4-inch) tall, octagonal piece of blue semi-precious lapis lazuli stone, Ausseil said.

It carries the names of the first four World Cup winners: Uruguay and Italy each won twice between 1930 and 1950. Ausseil said the trophy got a new base before the 1954 tournament, won

by West Germany.

The gold statuette was permanently given to Brazil after winning its third title in 1970. It was stolen in 1983 and never recovered. “We thought (the base) was

lost in Brazil,” Ausseil said. “We think no FIFA president has seen it since Jules Rimet himself.”

The director spoke on the sidelines of a tour of the museum construction site in downtown Zurich. The World Football Museum, with exhibits on three floors, is scheduled to open in March 2016.

FIFA announced the museum in 2012 when the expected $200 million project was to be built underground at its headquarters on a hill overlooking the city.(ap)

AP Photo/Antonio Calanni

AC Milan’s Giampaolo Pazzini celebrates after scoring during the Italian Cup soccer match between AC Milan and Sassuolo at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.

Saudi Arabia eliminates North Korea 4-1 MELBOURNE, Australia — Mohammed Al Sahlawi scored twice in two minutes to lead Saudi Arabia back from a one-goal deficit to a 4-1 win over North Korea in the Asian Cup on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia has a share of first place in Group B ahead of the match between fellow leaders China and Uzbekistan late Wednesday.

With its second loss from as many games, North Korea was eliminated from contention.

Midfielder Ryang Yong Gi opened the scoring in the 11th

played a great match.”

Malaga had won the first meeting with Levante 2-0 and looked to have taken full control of the second leg after goals by Ricardo Horta in the 22nd minute and Jose “Recio” Garcia in the 38th. But David Barral sparked Levante’s rally, scoring twice after coming on in the 60th. The striker pulled a goal back in the 71st before adding another with a great solo effort three minutes later. He then headed on a corner

finish off a long Abdulla Aldossary pass. The striker claimed the simplest of goals two minutes later when Guk came out of his goal, allowing Al Sahlawi to tap the ball into the empty net.

Ri Yong Jik was sent off in the 77th after his intentional handball saved an almost certain goal, and man-of-the-match Nawaf Albid sealed the win when he put in the rebound of his subsequent spot kick.

Al Sahlawi also came close in the 51st when he rose to meet a

long Hassan Muath Fallatah pass only for his header to skim the top of the goal. He could have had a hat trick in the 72nd when, with just the goalie to beat, he sent his shot wide of the far post.

North Korea hunted desperately for a goal until the final whistle, but was frustrated by the Saudis, who were always ready to pounce on any error and quickly counterattack. Jong Il Gwan made an ignoble start, receiving a yellow card for a dangerous tackle just 15 seconds into the match.(ap)

AC Milan beats Sassuolo 2-1 to reach Cup quarterfinals

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Soccer players Marta of Brazil, center, and Alessandro Del Piero of Italy, right, as well as former Swiss national coach Koebi Kuhn, left, pose next to the FIFA World Cup trophy during a press conference at the FIFA museum construction site in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.

MILAN — Nigel de Jong scored an 86th-minute winner as AC Milan beat Sassuolo 2-1 on Tuesday to reach the Italian Cup quarterfinals and avenge a defeat to the same opponent last week. Giampaolo Pazzini put Milan ahead after 38 minutes at San Siro with an acrobatic shot following a cross from newly signed Alessio Cerci.

Nicola Sansone equalized with a penalty in the 64th, but De Jong prevented extra time by volleying in the rebound after a shot by Andrea Poli hit the crossbar. Last week, Sassuolo beat Milan 2-1 in Serie A. Milan will next face either Torino or Lazio.

The other Round of 16 matchups are: Roma vs. Empoli; Fiorentina vs. Atalanta; Inter Milan vs. Sampdoria; Napoli vs. Udinese; Juventus vs. Hellas Verona; and Parma vs. Cagliari.

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mythical bird Garuda as the manifestation of conscience toward Amerta, the perennial goodness.

The statue and its pedestal will be surrounded by more than 240 hectares cultural park which was once an abandoned and unproductive limestone quarry. The cultural park will provide attractions for both local and foreign visitors with supporting facilities such as Lotus Pond, Festival Park, Amphitheater, Street Theater, Exhibition Hall, as well as Jendela Bali The Panoramic Resto and souvenir shop. At present time, the statue of Wisnu, the statue of Garuda, and the hands of Wisnu have been placed temporarily in three different plazas within the park. GWK Cultural Park is intended to educate, especially the young generations about the importance of preserving and cultivating world’s cultural heritage.

Del Potro wins again in Sydney injury comeback SYDNEY — Juan Martin Del Potro continued his promising return from an 11 months injury layoff by beating top seed Fabio Fognini 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Sydney International. The secondround triumph over Fognini further demonstrated the Argentine’s return to top form ahead of next week’s Australian Open.

The former No. 4 needed a wildcard to gain entry to the main draw as his world ranking had dropped to 338 during his lengthy absence.

He showed the benefit of concerted preparation by beating Fognini in 1 hour, 48 minutes. Second seed David Goffin of Belgium also suffered a second round loss, going down 6-3, 6-3 to Italy’s Simone Bolelli.

Former U.S. Open champion Del Potro needed treatment from the courtside trainer during the first set. He has said he still suffers wrist pain and his injury constrains his two-handed backhand.

But he grew in confidence and precision as the match progressed, serving 11 aces and winning 80 percent of points when his first serve was in play. The Argentine’s quarterfinal opponent will be Ka-

zakhstan qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin, who upset sixth seed Pablo Cuevas 7-5, 7-5. Fourth seed Julien Benneteau of France beat Vasek Pospisil of Canada 7-6 (3), 6-3.

On the women’s side, defending champion Tsvetana Pironkova beat Barbora Zhalavova Strycova 6-4, 6-1 to stay on track to win the tournament for the second-straight year as a qualifier.

A high rate of attrition among seeded players has continued at the ATP Tour’s Heineken Open in Auckland.

Fifth seed Tommy Robredo of Spain on Wednesday became the fourth seeded player to withdraw from the tournament without hitting a ball.

World No. 17 Robredo, who had a first round bye, pulled out of his second round match against New Zealand’s Michael Vensu with a hip injury, saying there was a “little bit” of doubt about his fitness for the Australian Open. (ap)

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WASHINGTON — Washington finally broke a decade-long losing run against San Antonio by beating the Spurs 101-93 on Tuesday, giving the Wizards the second best record in the NBA Eastern Conference.

Among other results, overall league leader Golden State overran Utah, Dallas won in overtime at Sacramento, and Cleveland suffered another defeat despite the return of LeBron James, losing to Phoenix.

Washington had lost 17 consecutive games against San Antonio, dating back to 2005, but ended that run of outs thanks chiefly to John Wall, who scored 25 points with eight assists.

Tim Duncan had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Spurs. Dallas’ Monta Ellis scored six of his 28 points in overtime and added 10 assists to guide the Mavericks to a 108-104 win at Sacramento.

The visitors rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to avoid their first four-game losing skid. Rajon Rondo broke out of a scoring slump with 21 points and seven assists for Dallas, which also rallied from a 24-point deficit to beat the Kings earlier in the season.

DeMarcus Cousins, who fouled out late in the fourth quarter, had 32 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists for the Kings. Golden State’s Stephen Curry scored 27 points and ignited a decisive third-quarter run to lead the Warriors to a 116-105 win over Utah.

Draymond Green scored 15 points to help the Warriors to their franchise-best seventh consecutive victory by double figures. Derrick Favors had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Jazz, who could not overcome blistering third-quarter shooting by Golden State. Utah allowed 44 points on 16-of-26 shooting in that period.

Cleveland’s LeBron James scored 33 points in his return from a twoweek injury layoff but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Cavaliers from going down to their sixth straight loss, 107-100 to Phoenix. Markieff Morris scored a career-high 35 points on 15-of-21 shooting for the Suns, who outscored the Cavs 11-3 over the last 3:31.

The Cavaliers rallied from a 19-point, third-quarter deficit to go ahead in the fourth, the first of eight late lead changes. J.R. Smith, who joined the Cavaliers during James’ absence, scored 29, going 8 of 14 on 3-pointers. (ap)

from France, reacts after a play with San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, rear, frrom France, AP Photo/Rick Rycroft

Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina looks up after defeating Fabio Fognini of Italy in their match at the Sydney International tennis tournament in Sydney, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015.

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Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, gestures during a ceremony inaugurating the country’s longest bridge in Neak Loeung, southeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015.

Cambodia’s wily leader marks 30 years in power

NEAK LOEUNG, Cambodia — Hun Sen, Cambodia’s tough and wily prime minister, marked 30 years in power Wednesday, one of just a handful of political strongmen worldwide who have managed to cling to their posts for three decades.

Since first taking up the job of prime minister at age 33, he has consolidated power with violence and intimidation of opponents that continue to draw criticism from human rights advocates.

But he can also take some credit for bringing modest economic growth and stability in a country devastated by the communist Khmer Rouge’s regime in the 1970s, which left some 1.7 million people dead from starvation, disease and executions.

“Hun Sen is one of the cleverest politicians Asia has ever seen,” said Sebastian Strangio, author of a recent biography of the Cambodian leader.

In a speech marking the ceremonial completion of the country’s longest, 2,200-meter (7,200-

foot) Japanese-funded bridge across the Mekong River on Wednesday, the 62-year-old Hun Sen defended his record, saying that only he was daring enough to tackle the Khmer Rouge and help bring peace to Cambodia.

“If Hun Sen hadn’t been willing to enter the tigers’ den, how could we have caught the tigers?” he said. He acknowledged some shortcomings, but pleaded for observers to see the good as well as the bad in his leadership.

Born to a peasant family in east-central Cambodia, Hun Sen initially joined the Khmer Rouge against a pro-American government. He defected to Vietnam in 1977, and accompanied the Vietnamese invasion that toppled his former comrades in 1979.

The timely change of sides led to his being appointed foreign minister, then prime minister of the Vietnamese-supported regime in 1985. He has never left the top post despite being forced to temporarily accept the title of “co-prime minister” after his party came in second in a 1993 U.N.-supervised election. Four years later, he deposed his coalition partner in a bloody coup.

“He has brought stability and peace, but he has also brought so much inequality, corruption and frustration to millions as well,” said Ou Virak, head of Future Forum, a Cambodian think tank.

While many Cambodians are now better off, “far too many people, during a time of tremendous growth, are made poorer.” (ap)

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102 bodies found in Indian river thought to be water burials LUCKNOW, India — Authorities were investigating Wednesday how more than 100 bodies, many of them children, ended up floating in an offshoot of the Ganges River in northern India. Officials do not suspect a crime, and instead believe the dead were given water burials. It is Indian custom not to cremate unwed girls, and many poor people cannot afford cremation.

The 102 bodies found floating near the village of Pariyar in the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh were too badly decomposed for autopsies or identification, District Magistrate Saumya Agarwal said. DNA testing is being done to determine where the bodies might have come from.

“Once we will complete all the legal formalities, these bodies will be buried to avoid spread of diseases,” Sub-Divisional Magistrate

Saryua Shukla said.

Officials were questioning how so many bodies could be discovered at the same time. While it is illegal to dispose of the dead in rivers, some practicing Hindus believe that giving an unwed girl a water burial will ensure she is born again into the family. Poverty also drives people to conduct water burials to avoid the cost of cremation, which at a minimum of about $40 is far above a poor person’s monthly wage.

Villagers first noticed the bodies on Tuesday, when many had become stuck on a river bank with dogs and vultures circling the area.

The narrow river breaks off from the Ganges just before passing Pariyar, about 28 kilometers (17 miles) from the state capital of Lucknow. “It seems these were in water for very long,” police officer Ram Chander Sahu said. (ap)

Italy’s president quits as promised; scramble’s on for next ROME — Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano has resigned as promised, less than two years after accepting an unprecedented second term as head of state because squabbling lawmakers couldn’t agree on a successor.

The Quirinal presidential palace said Napolitano, who turns 90 this year, signed his formal resignation late Wednesday morning.

Napolitano reluctantly agreed in spring 2013 to stay on for a second term when lawmakers

repeatedly failed to elect his successor. He made clear then because of age, he wouldn’t serve the entire new term. In recent weeks he repeatedly indicated he would step down in mid-January.

Now Parliament and special regional electors must hold a special voting session in 15 days to pick a new president. The largely ceremonial office is usually held by someone considered above the political fray. (ap)

Israeli students go on strike after field trips canceled JERUSALEM — Israel’s half a million high school students are staying home for three days to protest cancelled field trips, the first time the country’s teenagers are playing hooky nationwide.

Education Ministry spokeswoman Hagit Cohen said the strike was in protest against a decision by an organization of Israeli teachers some weeks ago to stop accompanying students on field trips.

The organization decided teachers would no longer escort students

unless they have legal guarantees they would not be sued by the parents should something happen to students during the trips.

Cohen says the issue stemmed from a drowning incident during a school trip.

The National Student Council declared the strike Wednesday, saying it will involve all high school students. Israeli media reported that teachers went to work, only to find empty classrooms. (ap)

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INDONESIA Divers investigate object thought to be AirAsia jet body PANGKALAN BUN - Indonesian divers on Wednesday investigated an object believed to be the main body of the crashed AirAsia jet and the resting place of most of the victims, after the discovery of the plane’s black boxes raised hopes of determining why it went down.

Flight QZ8501 crashed in the Java Sea on December 28 in stormy weather during a short, routine flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.

There were 162 people on board.

Both black boxes -- the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder -- were recovered this week after a frustrating, lengthy search often hampered by bad weather. Investigators have begun downloading the data and hope it will provide them with vital clues as to what caused the accident.

Scores of divers on Wednesday shifted their focus to investigating an object thought to the jet’s fuselage, the main body of the plane, which was earlier spotted on sonar scans and is lying about two miles (three kilometres) from where the tail was found.

Finding the fuselage of the Airbus 320200 is seen as vital, as most of the victims are believed to be still trapped inside. Just 48 bodies have so far been recovered.

Search and rescue agency official S.B. Supriyadi said if the object, which is lying about 30 metres (100 feet) under

water, turned out to be the fuselage, divers would examine how it could be raised from the water.

“If it is not too heavy, we may lift the whole piece and evacuate the victims,” Supriyadi, who is coordinating what has been a huge, international search, told AFP. “If it’s too heavy, we may then swim into the fuselage and pull out the bodies one by one before lifting it.”

But he cautioned it would be a complex operation that could take several days.

“Retrieving the main part of the body poses a different challenge to retrieving the black boxes. We are working with larger plane parts and then there’s a possibility of victims trapped inside,” he said.

The so-called black boxes -- which are actually orange in colour -- have been flown to Jakarta, where Indonesia’s National Transport Safety Committee is leading a probe into the accident, helped by experts from countries including France and the United States.

The country’s meteorological agency has said bad weather may have caused the crash but only the black boxes will be able

to provide definitive answers.

Investigators have started retrieving data from the recorders and converting it into a usable format, which will take around a week, before the lengthy analysis process can begin, committee head Tatang Kurniadi told AFP. The flight data recorder holds a wealth of information about every major part of the plane, with details such as the jet’s speed and the direction it was heading in, while the cockpit voice recorder stores radio transmissions and sounds in the cockpit.

Divers on Tuesday also spotted what they believe is one of the plane’s engines, which could provide further clues about what caused the accident.

In his last communication, the plane’s experienced pilot said he wanted to change course to avoid the storm. Then all contact was lost, about 40 minutes after take-off.

All but seven of those on board the flight were Indonesian. The foreign nationals were from South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Britain and France. (afp)

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President to issue instruction on illegal fishing JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will soon issue a presidential instruction (Inpres) to crackdown on illegal fishing activities in Indonesian waters, according to Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti.

“The president will soon issue the Inpres on the management of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing,” Minister Pudjiastuti stated during a press conference at the Mina Bahari-I building of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries on Wednesday.

Pujiastuti admitted to having urged President Jokowi to issue the Inpres, so that Indonesia can boost its efforts to consistently safeguard its territorial waters.

She noted that with the issuance of the Inpres, the fight against illegal fishing could be carried out continuously.

According to her, the Inpres is expected to impact the prices and supply of fish at various markets in Indonesia.

She said some indicators showed that curbing illegal fishing had led to a significant increase in fish catch in numerous regions such as Muncar in East Java, Bali, and Aceh.

The minister has noted that illegal fishing by foreign vessels had depleted Indonesia’s marine and fisheries resources, particularly in certain areas where fish stocks are now low.

To ensure that Indonesia does not run out of maritime and fisheries resources, she emphasized that this situation should not persist.

Referring to the sinking of foreign vessels found poaching fish in Indonesian waters, the minister clarified that it had nothing to do with legal violations and bilateral relations with other countries.

She affirmed that it constituted the implementation of the rights and obligations of a law-abiding country. “This is not an issue between countries but one between a country and a thief infiltrating Indonesian sovereign waters,” Pudjiastuti explained.

In the October-December 2014 period, the Indonesian government sank two foreign vessels found poaching fish in Indonesian waters. (ant)

Solidity unaffected: Chief Police JAKARTA - Commissioner General Budi Gunawan’s status as a suspect in a corruption case revealed by the Indonesian anti-graft body on Tuesday does not affect the solidity of police institution, according to police chief.

“Our internal solidity stands unaffected despite the case. We do support President Joko Widodo’s decision to nominate Com. Gen. Budi Gunawan,” National Police Chief General Sutarman said Wednesday.

Despite the Corruption Eradication Commission’s announcement naming him a suspect in a bribery case on Tuesday, Budi Gunawan on Wednesday underwent a fitand-proper test required of candidates for national police chief.

General Sutarman noted that he did not harbor any resentment at not being involved in nominating candidates for police chief, because choosing nominees was the Presi-

dent’s prerogative.

He stressed he was ready to hand over the post anytime and to anyone who will be officially appointed.

“I am ready to be replaced, today or tomorrow. I accept it and I will do it,” General Sutarman stated when asked about Budi Gunawan’s case.

In another development, Budi Gunawan, the sole candidate for national police chief, told legislators here Wednesday that he was committed to developing the culture of anticorruption within the institution of police.

“My first commitment is toward developing the culture of anti-corruption within the police institution,” he told lawmakers from the commission overseeing law and human rights.

Budi Gunawan has been named suspect in a corruption case for allegedly receiving bribes through suspicious transactions. (ant)

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The sole candidate for National Police Chief, Budi Gunawan (middle) after underwent fit-and-proper test on Wednesday.

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AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File

In this Aug. 19, 2013 file photo, a Philadelphia business displays a help wanted sign in its storefront. With the price of oil below $50 a barrel, consumers will have steadily more money to spend, potentially creating job openings at retailers, auto dealers, shipping firms, restaurants and hotels.

US job openings at 14-year high

WASHINGTON — The rapid hiring that made 2014 a stellar year for job gains is showing no sign of slowing down. ramped up their overall hiring.

There are always some open jobs even in a depressed economy.

Job vacancies fell to 2.1 million in July 2009, one month after the Great Recession ended. Vacancies have soared in the past year, raising questions about why they aren’t being filled more quickly.

Last week’s jobs report showed that employers added 252,000 jobs in December, capping the strongest year for hiring in 15 years.

Yet that figure is a net total of job gains or losses. Tuesday’s data on job openings is from the Job

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Rindik, a Balinese Folk Musical Art

Long, tough road to make India ‘easiest’ place for business

U.S. employers advertised the most job openings in nearly 14 years in November, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That suggests businesses are determined to keep adding staff because they are confident strong economic growth will create more demand for their goods and services.

Job openings rose 2.9 percent to 4.97 million in November, the most since January 2001. More job vacancies generally lead to more hiring. Employers have been slow to fill their openings for most of the recovery, but that started to change last year as companies

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Openings and Labor Turnover survey, or JOLTS, which provides a more detailed look at the job market than the monthly employment report. It also includes figures for overall hiring, as well as the number of quits and layoffs.

Hiring, as reported in the JOLTS report, slipped to 4.99 million in November from a nearly seven-year high of 5.1 million in October.

The number of open jobs has risen a blistering 21 percent in the 12 months ending in November.

Yet total hiring has increased only 9.1 percent. (ap)

GANDHINAGAR, India - Narendra Modi may have pledged to make India the “easiest” place to do business but experts remain skeptical about how the prime minister intends to overcome obstacles such as corruption, red tape and an arduous tax regime.

Hundreds of executives gathered this week in Modi’s longtime fiefdom of Gujarat to hear him promise to transform India’s business climate, with “unlimited” reforms designed to attract foreign investment.

Everyone from World Bank president Jim Yong Kim to US Secretary of State John Kerry publicly heaped praise on Modi’s efforts to kickstart economic growth since his right-wing party stormed to power at elections in May. But behind the scenes at the major “Vibrant Gujarat” summit, the mood among some was more cautious while economists rattled off a string of substantial reforms the government still needs to tackle.

India currently ranks 142 out of 189 on the World Bank’s “ease of doing business survey”, behind its arch rival Pakistan, and even dropping two places on the list last year.

Kerry hailed Modi as a “visionary” in his address at the summit, enthused by his government’s promises to cut a swathe through red tape and simplify a tax regime that often leaves foreign business in despair.

But, speaking on the sidelines of the gathering, one of Kerry’s own officials struck a more cautious waitand-see note.

“I think there are companies who are sort of watching to make sure that what’s projected actually happens,” a senior US State Department official said in the Gujarati capital Gandhinagar.

Also speaking at the three-day gathering, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley defended his government’s pace of reforms so far and stressed that Modi’s pledge to make India the “easiest” place to do business was not an empty slogan.

Jaitley pointed to moves to fasttrack changes to land purchases -- a major business bugbear -- and steps to introduce a national sales tax to replace myriad confusing duties imposed by state and national governments.

“I see investments significantly moving up in days to come,” said Jaitley.

Economist Rajiv Kumar applauded Modi’s efforts but said more was needed to remove cumbersome and often opaque rules and regulations for

every kind of business, from private schools to major industries, operating in India.

Kumar also said India’s notoriously inert and labyrinthine bureaucracy charged with imposing those regulations needed to be overhauled.

“It’s a paradigm shift that’s needed. It’s not incremental,” Kumar, a senior fellow at the Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research thinktank, told AFP. And he was brutal about India’s “completely arbitrary” taxation regime, which he blamed for keeping international investors away and which the government has also promised to fix.

British mobile giant Vodafone is embroiled in a bitter, $2.4-billion battle with India’s tax authorities who are sometimes accused by business of acting capriciously, while Finnish company Nokia had a plant in India seized over a tax dispute.

While he agreed there was “still a long way to go”, Kumar said he was optimistic the government could transform the economy “because India will never have another chance like this and Modi understands that”.

India needs $800 billion a year in investments, well above the current $200 billion, to help the economy accelerate to seven percent growth, the government’s financial services secretary told the summit.

Asia’s third largest economy has been struggling through its worst slowdown since the 1980s, with growth at around five percent, too low to help create jobs for tens of millions of young people.

While some experts pointed to a need to overhaul dilapidated infrastructure including pot-holed roads and unreliable power supplies to boost business, others singled out endemic corruption.

India-born economist Jagdish Bhagwati, a professor at Columbia University in New York, said the government must do more to tackle corruption among public officials that plagued the previous left-leaning Congress government’s decade in power.

“They have inherited the UPA-2 (Congress coalition) government’s inactions. They (UPA-2) didn’t really do anything about corruption,” Bhagwati said in an interview with the Hindustan Times newspaper.

On the sidelines of the summit, foreign and local companies announced planned joint projects worth billions of dollars in a sign of growing investor confidence in India. (afp)

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Mixed cassava cake

Rindik is one of the Balinese traditional musical instruments.

This musical instrument is very simple, but has a distinctive sound.

Rustic, peaceful and prosperous atmosphere is depicted in the tones played. In the wedding reception, thanksgiving and other ceremonial events, rindik can become a choice of entertainment. At hotel lobby, this bamboo music is often played as a welcome music. In the performing session, rindik is usually played by three musicians. A player of lanang (female) instrument plays the selangsih tone and another plays wadon (female) instrument with a plain tone. Then, another plays a flute to give the sweet feel in every gamelan composition.

To play the blades of rindik requires a good concentration because both hands should be able to play the mallet (beater) with different tempo and composition.

The beat of left hand sets the tempo, while the right hand plays kotekan in accordance with the rhythm of gamelan composition played. Sometimes it can be fast and tender. Uniform of the players is not too flossy. They usually wear fabric, saput, selempot, clothes and headdress. If the performance is intended for reception or a large ceremonial event, the uniform put on by players usually arranged

beautifully like a dancer. A combination of colors and patterns has become a main thing. Sometimes, it is embellished with yellowish golden leaf.

Prof. Dr. I Wayan Dibia said the traditional musical instrument was estimated to origin from pejogedan art emerging in 1940s. Pejodegan art was the development of Joged Pingitan circa 1811. After the independence period, it then developed into Joged Bumbung having full expression and spontaneity. As a popular art, continued Dibia, rindik was very appropriate to be combined with dance movements having the formality space. At the beginning, the Joged Bumbung emerged as a sensual dance, but not erotic. “Well, in the later development Joged Bumbung features erotic motion. As a result, it kindles an unfair judgment,” he said.

According to Dibia, we could not blame them (the joged dancers) alone. “Probably, it indicates if people are in severe stress or it also becomes the people’s demand today,” said the lecturer in the Indonesia Institute of Arts (ISI) Denpasar seriously. Similar opinion was also revealed by I Wayan Wendra. This man having composed dozens of gamelan musical art said the birth of rindik was predicted to come from the

tingklik (bamboo blade musical instrument). Tingklik was estimated to have existed since 1930s. “The birth of rindik started when farmers were relaxing while hitting galar (bamboo mat). As sounding fun, they were then given the tone to produce very melodious sounds,” he said.

The tingklik then used intact bamboo stuffed with resonance chamber to produce tender tone.

Creativity of the Hindu community in Bali was high and then the rindik was combined with dance, so that it developed into jejogedan accompanying the Joged Bumbung dance.

“Almost all the regions in Bali have this art. This musical instrument is very close to the life of farmers in Bali,” he said.To make rindik instrument, added Wendra, people used selected bamboo to generate a nice tone. Other than being dry, the bamboo should also have a matching thickness. “A fanatic rindik player usually makes it from dry bamboo at place, not cleared it first before dried out,” he said.

According to him, every region in Bali has special day to present the offerings for the gamelan instrument. Meanwhile, each craftsman would not have different ability. “People who can make the rindik have strong auditory tone of gamelan,” he said. (kmb)

Mixed cassava cake is one of the simple and affordable cakes of the Hindu community in Bali. Rural people love very much this kind of cake. Moreover, farmers often enjoy it as a substitute for rice. Its main ingredient is cassava mixed with sticky rice, grated coconut, brown sugar and salt.

In the past, people made the cassava a staple food. Understandably, the rice was very expensive at that time, even it was hard to get.

At least, the cassava was cut into small pieces and then boiled and sprinkled with salt. To get different flavors, people made the cakes in various preparations. One of them is this mixed cassava cake.

The making of it is very simple. First of all, cassava is peeled and cut into small elongated shape. Alternatively, people can also use a slicer. Before that, prepare sticky rice at adequate amount.

It is then soaked for 24 hours and then drained. The cassava and sticky rice are steamed for about 10 minutes. Take out when they have been cooked.

Afterward, prepare brown sugar sauce and grated coconut. Add a little salt to the grated coconut so that it has a flavor. How to serve it?

At first, prepare a dish and banana leaf as the base. Take an adequate amount of cassava cake and mixed with grated coconut. Having well mixed, top it with brown sugar sauce to taste.

Children really like this kind of cassava cake sprinkled with brown sugar sauce. Unlike the old people, they sometimes are reluctant to sweet foods. Recently, it is difficult to find this king of cake, let alone at urban areas. However, traditional markets usually still sell it. Nevertheless, the urban communities are often longing for enjoying this cake. If they happen to have a promenade to village, they usually buy it. (kmb) IBP/File Photo

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Path at Sidembunut incomplete

Project contract ends, but workmanship still continues

BANGLI - Although fiscal year 2014 was over, the workmanship of path project leading to Masceti Temple through Subak Munggu at Sidembunut village, Bangli, remains unfinished.

Until mid-January, the project financed by Bangli regional budget and worked on by the former Bangli legislator is still ongoing.

The path in Sidembunut Village in Bangli is still carried out by the officers.

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Based on observation on Tuesday (Jan 13), a number of workers were seen still working on the path project.

Their work was installing foundation stone and covered road surface with concrete. The length of the path worked on reached approximately 20 meters.

A number of workers met last Tuesday admitted that they had begun to resume the road construction since last few days. Meanwhile, the project sign board that should be installed at project location could no longer be found there.

Related to the project in 2014 which was still running, the Head of Bangli Public Works, Ida Bagus Wediatmika, when contacted could not give clear explanation. Considering the Public Works handled a number of projects, he suggested Bali Post to get in touch with one of his division heads directly dealing with the project.

Meanwhile, when contacted via cell phone, the Division Head of Human Settlements, Wayan Suarsana, said the project was undertaken by using regional budget 2014.

However, he claimed to have forgotten the amount of budget used to finance the project. Similarly, he was not familiar with the correct total length of the road worked on. He just said that according to the project contract, it should be worked on until December 31, 2014.

Then, why the project was still worked on until midJanuary? He argued that it was only repairing some incomplete parts considering the project was still in the maintenance period. However, he did not deny if the work was also carried out to increase the volume deficiency of the previous work. “Actually it has been completed, but there is a drawback. What worked on today is the drawback including its maintenance,” he said.

Drawback of the volume was also recognized by Ariasa serving as the project supervisor. He admitted the project was financed with the budget worth IDR 67 million and still lacked for 25 meters of the total project. “What we are working on now is the lack of previous volume,” he said. To complete the project drawback, he targeted the contractor could accomplish it next five days. (ina)

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South Korean activist arrested for allegedly praising Pyongyang SEOUL — South Korean officials on Wednesday arrested a leftist activist for allegedly praising archrival North Korea, just days after an American was deported on similar charges and adding to criticism that the government seeks to limit free speech and suppress dissidents.

The Seoul prosecutors’ office arrested Hwang Sun soon after the Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant, according to court spokesman Kim Dae-hyun. Hwang is the former spokeswoman for a now-disbanded leftist party and has long been hounded by claims she supports Pyongyang.

In an Internet talk show she hosted between 2011 and 2013, Hwang dressed in black and mourned the death of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in late 2011.

She also introduced an editorial of the North’s main Rodong Sinmun newspaper. Hwang angered conservatives in 2005 when she gave birth by cesarean section during a visit to Pyongyang.

Over the weekend, the Justice Ministry deported American travel writer Shin Eun-mi because of similar accusations that she had praised the North. Shin appeared with Hwang in lectures about North

Korea last year.

“It’s possible that the (National Security Law) could be abused by those in power to suppress their political rivals or create social fear. The recent events suggest that these worries are warranted,” the liberal Hankyoreh newspaper said in an online editorial Wednesday.

In December, a high school student threw a homemade explosive device toward a podium where Hwang and Shin were speaking, injuring two people. Hwang and Shin were unhurt. The student was sent to a juvenile detention center and is awaiting trial.

The Korean Peninsula remains technically in a state of war, split along the world’s most heavily fortified border, because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. In South Korea, praising North Korea can be punished by up to seven years in prison under the National Security Law. Supporters argue that the law is needed because of continuing threats from North Korea. But critics want it scrapped. Past authoritarian leaders in South Korea frequently used the law to suppress political rivals. (ap)

judge Gusti Ngurah Putra Bergawa, prosecutor Nurhayati also saw no alleviating consideration for the defendant. If the defendant was not sentenced to death the society was feared to be apathetic with the existing law.

In addition, the prosecutor also worried there would be many mutilation cases in the future. On that account, the prosecutor in principle took the original decision namely sentencing the defendant to death in order to provide a deterrent effect for prospective offenders.

After the prosecutor read the

two-page reply, the judge Gusti Ngurah Bergawa gave the opportunity for the defendant to give final answer. However, in the trial commenced around 11:45 a.m., the defendant’s counsel, Wayan Suniata, interrupted to have a discussion with the defendant.

The panel of judges then allowed the defendant to make a discussion with his legal counsel.

Even, after completing the discussion, the defendant delivered his final answer alone to the judges.

With quite heavy tone, he said to remain on the previous pleading. “It is in accordance with the

pleading, sir,” said Fikri.

Just for information, in his defense, Fikri previously requested waivers of sentence to the judge orally. He did it because he claimed to still have small children and a wife to bear. In addition, Fikri also had submitted apologies to victim’s family (Diana Sari—Ed), including the Klungkung community who had been made anxious due to his deed. Besides, he admitted to regret over his action that already mutilated Diana Sari, 23, from Sumbawa at his boarding house on Jalan Kenyeri IX at Jelantik

Koribatu hamlet, Tojan village, Klungkung, June 16, 2014.

However, the pleading submitted by Fikri last Tuesday did not cause the judge panel to directly make decision. The judge Gusti Bergawa would make a decision on the next trial on Wednesday (Jan 21) because Tuesday (Jan 20) was worried to be a joint holiday in relation to the celebration of Shivaratri. After the hearing was closed, Fikri was taken back to a detention vehicle guarded by two armed police officers and immediately headed for Klungkung Prison. (kmb)

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A man holds the new issue of satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo entitled “Tout est pardonne” (“All is forgiven”), which shows a caricature of Prophet Mohammad, in front of a kiosk in Paris January 14, 2015.

Al Qaeda in Yemen claims responsibility for Paris attack

DUBAI - Al Qaeda in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, saying it was ordered by the Islamist militant group’s leadership for insulting the Prophet Mohammad, according to a video posted on YouTube.

Prosecutor insists on sentencing to death to mutilator

SEMARAPURA - Mutilation murderer, Fikri, 26, from Sumbawa, seemed to be unable to breathe freely. Although he had asked for leniency, the public prosecutor remained in its original charges. As evidence, in the trial of reply in the Semarapura District Court on Tuesday (Jan 13), the prosecutor Nurhayati Ulfiah who was present alone remained on her original charges, sentencing the defendant (Fikri—Ed) to death because the pleading delivered by the defendant was also considered not fundamental.

Besides, in the trial led by the

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In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, Hwang Sun, a former spokeswoman for a now-disbanded leftist party, arrives to participate in determination of a warrant’s validity at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office in Seoul, South Korea.

“As for the blessed Battle of Paris, we, the Organisation of al Qaeda al Jihad in the Arabian Peninsula, claim responsibility for this operation as vengeance for the Messenger of God,” said Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, a leader of the Yemeni branch of al Qaeda (AQAP) in the recording.

Gunmen killed a total of 17 people in three days of violence that began when they opened fire at Charlie Hebdo in revenge for its past publication of satirical images of the Prophet.

Ansi, the main ideologue for

AQAP, said the “one who chose the target, laid the plan and financed the operation is the leadership of the organisation”, without naming an individual. He added without elaborating that the strike was carried out in “implementation” of the order of overall al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, who has called for strikes by Muslims in the West using any means they can find.

AQAP itself is led by Nasser alWuhayshi, who is also Zawahri’s number two in the network’s global hierarchy. “We did it in

compliance with the command of Allah and supporting His Messenger, peace be upon Him,” Ansi added.

It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the recording, which carried the logo of the al Qaeda’s media group al-Malahem.

The first edition of Charlie Hebdo published after last week’s attacks sold out within minutes at newspaper kiosks around France on Wednesday, with people queuing up to buy copies to support the satirical weekly. (rtr)

Iran condemns new Charlie Hebdo issue as ‘provocative’

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has condemned Charlie Hebdo’s new issue as “provocative” and says the new cartoon by the weekly is an insult to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.

Foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham says that Wednesday’s publication of the paper featuring another caricature of the prophet “provokes the sentiments

of Muslims the world over.”

Iran has strongly condemned the deadly assault by two masked gunmen that killed 12 people last week, including much of the

weekly’s editorial staff and two police officers. Those who survived published an issue with a print run of 3 million — more than 50 times the usual circulation.

Afkham says last week’s attack against the French satirical weekly was against Islam’s teaching. But, she says, the latest cartoon is also insulting to the religion. (ap)

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange January 8, 2015. Working too hard can drive you to drink, said researchers Wednesday who warned of the health risks of such dual excess.

Working too hard can drive you to booze

PARIS - It’s true: working too hard can drive you to drink, said researchers Wednesday who warned of the health risks of such dual excess.

An overview of studies covering more than 400,000 people showed that individuals who exceed 48 working hours per week -- the European Union’s suggested maximum -- are likelier to consume “risky” quantities of alcohol, they said.

The paper, published in The BMJ journal, reported that long working hours boosted the likelihood of higher alcohol intake by 11 percent overall.

People who worked 49-54 hours a week ran a 13-percent higher risk of developing a “risky alcohol use” habit compared to counterparts who worked a 35-40-hour work week.

Those working 55 hours or more were 12 percent more at risk.

“Risky” alcohol use was defined as more than 14 units per week for a woman and more than 21 for a man -- levels that have been linked to a higher risk for liver and heart disease, cancer, stroke and mental

disorders.

An alcohol unit is the equivalent of a third of a pint of mediumstrength beer, half a 175-millilitre (six fluid ounces) glass of red wine with 12 percent alcohol by volume, or a 25 ml-shot of whisky, The findings add statistical backing to anecdotal evidence for a link between excessive work and alcohol abuse, the authors said.

More than a dozen developed economies were covered by the research, including Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and the United States.

“This meta-analysis supports the longstanding suspicion that among workers subjected to long working hours, alcohol can seem like a fast acting and effective way to dull work-related aches and pains and smooth the transition between work life and home life,” Cas-

sandra Okechukwu of the Harvard School of Public Health wrote in an editorial.

Long working hours have previously been linked to cardiovascular disease, depression and anxiety.

The increased risk of developing a “risky” drinking habit from overwork was small in absolute terms, Okechukwu said. Also, having a job was associated with a lower prevalence of alcohol consumption and a higher chance of recovery from alcohol misuse than being unemployed.

Even so, the risk should be taken seriously.

“Any exposure associated with avoidable increases in disease or health damaging behaviour, or both, warrants careful examination,” said Okechukwu.

“Indeed, these findings could add impetus to further regulation of working hours as a public health intervention.” (afp)

PARIS - Women who use a specific type of injectable birth control have a slightly higher risk of HIV infection than those who take the pill, said a study Friday.

While the authors noted the link was “statistically significant”, they warned it was not enough on its own to justify a complete withdrawal of the drug commonly known by its brand name, Depo-Provera, used by millions of women.

The health risks of pulling the medicine from shelves may far outweigh the potential preventable HIV infections, the authors argued in a paper published in prestigious medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

A meta-analysis of 12 studies involving nearly 40,000 women in sub-Saharan Africa, showed that use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), “increases a woman’s chance of becoming infected with HIV by 40 percent compared with women using other contraceptive methods or no method,” said a statement.

“Although statistically significant, this represents only a moderate increase in relative risk,” it added.

The increase in risk was somewhat lower among women “in the general

population” than for those already at higher HIV risk, like sex workers.

The analysis showed no increased risk for users of other contraceptive drugs. All the studies had factored in condom use.

“The moderate elevation in risk observed in our study is not enough to justify a complete withdrawal of DMPA for women in the general population,” said study co-author Lauren Ralph of the University of California at Berkeley.

Banning DMPA, the most widely used injectable contraceptive, “would leave many women without immediate access to alternative, effective contraceptive options.

“This is likely to lead to more unintended pregnancies, and because childbirth remains life-threatening in many developing countries, could increase overall deaths among women.”

Further research was urgently needed to examine the danger for the highest risk women like sex workers and those in a relationship with an HIV-positive partner.

A potential association between DMPA and higher HIV-risk was first noted in 1991, but numerous studies have failed to show a direct causal link. (afp)

Combination therapy shows promise in early breast tumors MIAMI - Treatment combining low-dose chemotherapy and the targeted drug trastuzumab showed promise in women with early stage breast cancer of a type called HER2positive, US researchers said Wednesday. Women receiving the treatment were highly unlikely to see their cancer return, said the study in the New England Journal of Medicine analyzing a regimen that including the chemotherapy agent paclitaxel and the targeted drug under the brand name Herceptin.

Three years after completing the combination therapy, “98.7 percent of the participants were alive and free of invasive breast cancer,” said the study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Massachusetts.

The phase II trial involved 406 women whose tumors were smaller than three centimeters and had not spread to their lymph nodes. They were treated with the drug combination for 12 weeks, followed by nine months of Herceptin alone.

“Women with small, HER-2 positive, node-negative breast tumors

have a low, but still significant, risk of recurrence of their disease,” said the study’s senior author, Eric Winer, director of the Breast Oncology Program at the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers at Dana-Farber.

“This study demonstrates that a combination of lower-intensity chemotherapy and trastuzumab -- which is associated with fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy regimens -- is an appealing standard of care for this group of patients.”

Approaches to treating women with HER2-positive breast cancer -- which means their cells have extra human epidermal growth factor receptors on their surface -- have varied widely but often involve a stronger regimen of chemotherapy with adriamycin and cytoxan followed by paclitaxel and trastuzumab, researchers said.

Until now, Herceptin has been recommended mainly for women with larger tumors, or who are at greater risk of metastasis. Some of the reported side effects have included heart and lung problems and fatal infusion reactions. (afp)

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Solution for terminal dualism still unclear MANGUPURA - Dualism of Mengwi terminal and Ubung terminal still reaching a solution is considered as a major factor of deserted passenger at Mengwi terminal. In particular, the Regent of Badung A.A. Gde Agung already submitted the matter to the Minister of Transportation, Ignasius Jonan, when making a site inspection to Mengwi terminal at the end of last year. At that time, Minister Ignasius Jonan asked the Badung Regent to invite Mayor of Denpasar to meet him in order to resolve the dualism problem.

How is it going?

So far, the plan of the meeting is unclear. The Head of Badung Transportation, Communications and Informatics Agency, Wayan Weda Dharmaja, revealed on Tuesday (Jan 13) that his party could not ensure the agenda of the meeting. His party just looked for the right time to confront the regent and the mayor. However, he said, the meeting of both leaders should be facilitated by Bali government.

He explained there were several important issues related to the management of Mengwi terminal. One of them was about the enforcement of rules, master plan of Trans Sarbagita and removal of the type A terminal from Ubung terminal to Mengwi terminal. With the enactment of

Mengwi terminal as the type A terminal and pursuant to the prevailing route permit, all the interprovincial city buses (AKAP) should drop off passengers at Mengwi terminal. But in fact, many AKAP buses dropped off passengers at Ubung terminal.

“On that account, this needs to be discussed by the two leaders,” said Weda.

Does the dualism occurred today has something to do with the regionally generated revenue from terminal levies? When answering this question, Weda only explained it normatively. According to him, Ubung terminal was no longer belonging to terminal of type A. As consequence, there should be no charges to AKAP buses at the Ubung terminal.

Similarly, if it was associated with multiplier effect of a terminal, Weda said that all the parties should think ahead. If the crowdedness in the area around the terminal, especially the Ubung terminal, was not anticipated from today, in the future it would become a very difficult problem to solve.

Back to the matter of levies, Weda revealed that his party got approximately IDR 300 million from Mengwi terminal each year.

He admitted the revenue from this sector continued to decline. (kmb25)

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Tommy Schaefer of Chicago, Ill., sits in a courtroom during his first hearing trial in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. Schaefer and his girlfriend Heather Mack are accused of murdering Sheila von Wiese-Mack, Mack’s mother, who was found stuffed inside a suitcase last August.

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Gilimanuk as the gateway to a landline in West Bali is considered very strategic and must be arranged in accordance with the existing potential.

Gilimanuk should be well arranged

NEGARA - Gilimanuk as the gateway to a landline in West Bali is considered very strategic and must be arranged in accordance with the existing potential. Other than increasing security, the other potential providing job opportunities and social welfare such as tourism, cargo terminal arrangement to rest area should be sought.

Chairman of the Jembrana House, I Ketut Sugiasa, said on the plan to develop Gilimanuk into a strategic area had been discussed for a long time. The arrangement needed to be done gradually.

“This year, we emphasize on the maneuver parking so that it can be budgeted for the re-arrangement as well as cargo terminal at the gateway,” said Sugiasa. Regarding cargo terminal, according to him, the House had already coordinated with central government, and the land available today reaching four hectares was considered inadequate. So, it needed additional area because it would be intended for cargo terminal and rest area along with various supporting facilities.

“View at the location is quite beautiful and supporting when used as rest area,” explained Sugiasa. His party encouraged so that local government was committed to developing the Gilimanuk area into an important area. One of them was the presence of cargo terminal and his party supported local government to realize the idea through the Transportation Agency. Aside from being used for truck parking lot, the area could also be taken

advantage for warehouse of overloading goods from Java.

He was confident that Gilimanuk tourism could also be constructed, provided that there was a strong will from the executive. “The area also has great potential religious and nature tourism. Surely we can develop it. If necessary, the Tourism Agency is established independently,” added Sugiasa. With the arrangement, the community was expected to get job opportunities and did not depend on the services at the harbor.

On that account, there would be no longer a term of ID card motorcycle taxi or those allowing migrants to enter Bali without identity card. Previously, the Jembrana Transportation Agency claimed that it would ask for additional land area for the development of cargo terminal. The land area of former eviction at the gateway was assessed to be insufficient to realize the cargo terminal.

So, it required to file a request to the West Bali National Park for the use of land that connected to the weighbridge. (kmb26)Other than increasing security, the other potential providing job opportunities and social welfare such as tourism,

cargo terminal arrangement to rest area should be sought.

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Reject to be repatriated, hundreds of truck driver protest

NEGARA - Officers from the Bali Transportation Agency in charge of the Cekik weighbridge, in Gilimanuk, took firm action against the drivers of overloaded trucks on Tuesday (Jan 13). Guarded by Jembrana Police personnel, the roadblock conducted between 11:00am and 12:30 pm, sent all overloaded trucks heading for Bali, back to Java The strict verifications on cargo trucks, was led by Chief Technical Officer of the Weighbridge, I Wayan Aryana, accompanied by Weighbridge Coordinator, Made Ardana. Police enforcement, was led by the Division Head of Operations of the Jembrana Police, Ketut Sukarta.

As anticipated, the hour-long operations at the weighbridge resulted in long queues along 500 meters of Jalan Raya Denpasar-Gilimanuk. Hundreds of trucks filled the road and many drivers refused to take the blame for their overstocked trucks, saying that they hade made it though the weight check in Java.

There was nearly a hectare filled with trucks as a result of the operations.

More than 100 drivers were found to be in violation of weigh restrictions and some protested about being ticketed and asked to return to where they had come from. One driver came up to the counter to deliver his complaints.

Many drivers protested in a very tense atmosphere, saying that they were being harmed by the policy “We all agreed that we are not prepared to be sent home from Gilimanuk, considering that we passed the examination in Java, and how are we suppose to

pay for our trip back?” asked some drivers. Similarly, drivers requested that the restriction of freight at the weighbridge should be applied consistently and jointly on the Java side, so that they would not cross over to Gilimanuk for nothing. “This way of dealing with us is harmful to us, as the freight we carry must be taken back to Java” said Sanurin, one of the drivers carrying ironwood from Pulukan. He admitted that he was carrying 4 tons more of freight that is permitted.

Ahmad Saroni who was transporting bulk cement to Singaraja gave similar arguments. “I am carrying 5 tons over the 23 tons of freight we are allowed, but if I am asked to turn around, the cement will harden and who will bear this loss?” he said curtly.

Nyoman Nada, another truck driver transporting building materials, said that if he could not afford the fuel costs of returning to Java, as it costs as much as IDR 800,000 to go from Surabaya to Bali. “If I have to go back, who pay for it? Our boss will definitely not want to because the stock has been delivered to the driver,” he said.

One driver revealed that his boss, who had opened Java-Bali trading lines, would not want to run his shipments with the allowed tonnage,

because he would be functioning at a loss. “Despite the limitation on freight weight the goods must also be delivered to their destination -we are driving” he said.

Some of the drivers, showed reporters the type of official compensation letter that the weighbridges in East Java(Probolingo and Pasuran), provides them with for overloaded trucks. They also receive a payment of IDR 50,000. “Why are is this provided in Java and not in Bali? If the rules vary between the islands, we are put in a difficult situation” said Nada.

Overwhelmed by the actions of the drivers and the increasingly long line of trucks, the Chief Technical Officer (UPT) of the Weighbridge,

Bali Transportation Agency, I Wayan Aryana, discussed the matter with police and decided to allow the drivers to continue their journey but still issued tickets to them.

The Bali transportation agency nonetheless reminded the drivers that ticketing and sending trucks back, would still occur in the future. Pursuant to regulations, his party could only tolerate a certain amount of overweight freight. “However, for now, we will tolerate the violations as a stage in the coaching process,” he said. As for the drivers’ request for a compensation letter of regarding certain costs for overloaded trucks, Aryana said that he would convey this to his superiors at the provincial level.

However according to Aryana, regulations for land transportation state no the weighbridges are allowed to charge for overweight freight, but because the roads in Java can handle more weight, there was perhaps more lenience there. His party would therefore also suggest that the weightbearing capacityof highways in Bali be made similar to those in Java.

The weight checking incident came some time after, the Minister of Transportation, Ignasius Jonan, while checking the Gilimanuk weighbridge, instructed the officers there to see that all overloaded vehicles be sent back to their hometown as a way to deter trucks form continuing this practice. (kmb/kmb26)

DENPASAR - Two barges moored at Benoa Harbor, Denpasar, Tuesday (Jan 6) were reported missing to Benoa Harbor Police on Tuesday (Jan 6). Surprisingly, Bali Police and Denpasar Police officials deny having heard anything about the case. “I have not received any reports about the incident. Let me check” said Spokesperson of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, Tuesday (Jan 13).

Nengah Sadiarta, Chief of Denpasar Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit also denied any knowledge of such an incident “I have not received any report yet. Let me check first with the subdistrict police chief,” he added.

According to information obtained in the field, a businessman from Banjarmasin, Kalimantan, lost two barges that were moored at the Bumi Pasir

Mandiri pier, Benoa Harbor.

In December 2014, the owner of the barges planned to bring the barges back to Banjarmasin by towing them with other vessels. He was shocked to find that the two barges worth IDR 6 billion were gone. The incident was allegedly reported to the Benoa Harbor Police however until now, the investigation of the case remains unclear.

According to an unnamed source, the two missing boats named boats Rahmat 01 and Barito 04, were reported missing on Tuesday (Jan 6) by the businessman from Bajarmasin, Kalimantan. “The barges went missing from their mooring at Bumi Pasir Mandiri Pier, Benoa Harbor,” explained the unnamed source.

The source went on to explain that the two barges, Rahmat 01 and

Barito 04, were originally brought in from Banjarmasin in 2013 to transport stakes for the Benoa-Nusa Dua toll road development project. After the project was completed, the two jumbo-sized barges were moored at Bumi Pasir Mandiri Pier. “At that time, the barge owner had hired people to take care of the vessels,” said a police source declining to be named. (kmb36)

Black Canyon opens on Amaris Teuku Umar DENPASAR - Black Canyon which famous for its coffee beverages, is now open at Amaris Hotel, Teuku Umar, Denpasar. According to Dewi Damayanti, Chief Commissioner of PT Boga Citra Cemerlang, the opening of Black Canyon at Teuku Umar is the fifth in Bali.

The rally done by the truck drivers in Cekik weighbridge, Gilimanuk

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She said Bali has special meaning for Black Canyon Indonesia. Because when she got license from Thailand, Bali was the first place where Black Canyon open its store before expanding around Indonesia. “We’re currently having 45 outlets around Indonesia. This outlet in Teuku Umar is our fifth outlets in Bali,” she explained.

Dewi said that through this new outlet, Black Canyon Indonesia try to offers

something different. “We’re trying to make our restaurant not only become a place to eat but also a space for sharing,” Dewi mentioned.

Vice Director of Black Canyon Indonesia, Rahadhian Inu K, explained that in this newest outlet, customers can experience different culinary journey. “In this outlet, we’re offering something different. Customers can enjoy live music and magic show during their visit,” he said.

Besides having live music and magic show, customers also can ask baristas to perform Latte Art. Latte art is a method of preparing coffee created by pouring steamed milk into a shot of espresso and resulting in a pattern or design on the surface of the resulting latte. It can also be created or embellished by simply “drawing” in the top layer of foam. Latte art is particularly difficult to create consistently, due to the demanding conditions required

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Resort Manager of The Elysian Boutique Villa Hotel, Made Subrata, is one of the figures known to be resilient by his team. Every day, the man born on August 18 having the hobby in sport and never getting tired of traveling always motivates his team through briefing. As a result, he can establish a loyal team that has commitment and dedication to advancing the Elysian.

Made Subrata realizes that every leader has a different leadership style. “To me, happy employee results in happy guests.

Every afternoon, I never miss to motivate, encourage and evaluate the staff. I always want to give authority to staff to make decision, act, talk and then make it happen. In essence, everything done must be positive, constructive, well directed and coordinative,” said the man who had work experience at the InterContinental, Hilton and Sheraton Kuta.

To build staff motivation, he added, he had a special training program every Thursday where each department head

should motivate and refresh the knowledge of each team. “We also have English class for all departments provided by guest instructor. It is intended to enhance their knowledge and self-confidence,” he said.

According to him, enhancing the potential of staff by providing good training on hard skills or soft skills was a key to success. “Our staff here is very solid and close to guests. Even, most of them have been working since this villa was opened.

So, the repeater guests who stayed here have already known them well,” he said.

Over time, the challenge of working in tourism field is getting greater. On that account, the quality and facilities should be maintained to keep the image of the accommodation. “No matter how fancy and good the villa or hotel is human resources in it are very important and need to be given the attention. This can be seen in TripAdvisor where most guest comments are regarding the staff,” he added. (ocha)

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of both the espresso shot and milk. This, in turn, is limited by the experience of the barista and quality of the espresso machine.

The pour itself, then, becomes the last challenge for the latte artist. “We’re offer Latte Art on table for customers. They can ask barista to perform in their table and ask barista to draw or create preferred image on latte,” Rahadhian explained. (iah)

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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‘Transformers’ sequel leads Razzies ‘worst-of’ list

LOS ANGELES — “Transformers: Age of Extinction” is rolling out with the most nominations at this year’s Golden Raspberry Awards.

The action sequel starring Mark Wahlberg alongside morphing robots led all films Tuesday with seven nominations, including worst picture, worst sequel, worst screenplay and worst screen combo.

“Transformers” is also up for worst director for Michael Bay, worst supporting actress for Nicola Peltz, and worst supporting actor for Kelsey Grammer, who was also recognized for his supporting parts in “The Expendables 3,” ‘’Legends of Oz” and “Think Like a Man Too.” The nominations were released to The Associated Press on Tuesday ahead of an official announcement on Wednesday.

This year’s other worst picture

nominees are “Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas,” ‘’Left Behind,” ‘’The Legend of Hercules” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”

The faith-based comedy “Saving Christmas” and the Kellan Lutz action flick “Legend of Hercules” both collected six nominations, including worst actor for Cameron and Lutz.

The nominees for worst screen combo are Cameron and his ego in “Saving Christmas”; Seth MacFarlane and Charlize Theron in “A Million Ways To Die in the West”; any two robots, actors (or robotic actors) in “Transformers”; Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel in “Sex Tape”; and Lutz and either his abs, pecs or glutes in “Legend

of Hercules.”

The Razzies, which launched in 1980 as a spoof of Hollywood’s awards season, added a new category this year called the redeemer award that lauds past Razzie honorees.

The inaugural redeemer award nominees are: Ben Affleck for being praised for both “Argo” and “Gone Girl” after winning the worst actor trophy in 2004 for “Gigli,” ‘’Daredevil” and “Paycheck”; Jennifer Aniston for her Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for “Cake” following four Razzie nods; Mike Myers for earning acclaim as the director of the documentary “Supermensch” after winning three Razzies for

“Love Guru” in 2008; six-time Razzie nominee Keanu Reeves for rebounding with “John Wick”; and “Twilight” star and former Razzie recipient Kristen Stewart for earning rave reviews for the indie film “Camp X-Ray.” The Razzies announcement came ahead of Thursday’s Oscar nominations.

The winners of the 35th annual Razzies are selected by online votes from the organization’s 757 members. They will be announced at Hollywood’s Montalban Theater on Feb. 21, the night before the 87th annual Academy Awards.

While far less star-studded than other award shows, past Razzie recipients such as Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock have shown up in person to jokingly accept their gold spray-painted prizes. (ap)

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In this June 29, 2014 file photo, from left, actors Nicola Peltz, Mark Wahlberg, Li Bingbing, and Jack Reynor pose for photographers, during the European premiere of the film “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. Transformers” is rolling out with the most nominations at this year’s Golden Raspberry Awards.

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Madonna, AC/DC, Ariana Grande to perform at Grammy Awards NEW YORK — Madonna, AC/DC and Ariana Grande are among the first performers announced to take the stage at the Grammy Awards next month.

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and country star Eric Church will also perform at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, The Recording Academy announced Tuesday.

Grande, who is nominated for two awards, will make her Grammy debut. Church is nominated for four honors, while Sheeran has three, including album of the year for “x.”

Beyonce, Sam Smith and Pharrell are the leaders in nominations with six apiece.

The three pop stars, along with Sheeran, will compete with Beck for album of the year. The 57th annual Grammy Awards will air live on CBS. (ap)

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Bali allocates IDR 6.18 billion to prevent, control rabies

DENPASAR - As part of a program to prevent and deal with rabies, the provincial adminis- the Protection of Animals, assisted tration of Bali has set aside IDR 6.18 billion to be used by nine regions of this resort island, for the local government in rapidly controlling the spread of the deadly acquiring and distributing rabies vaccinations.

“The budget, allocated from both regional and national budgets, will be used to purchase rabies vaccinations and cover operational costs” said Nata Kesuma, Head of the Animal Health Division of Bali’s Livestock and Animal Health Office.

As much as IDR 2 billion will be used to procure rabies vaccines, while the remaining IDR 4.18 billion will be used for operational costs in the nine districts of Bali, which are

subceptible to the disease.

The amount allocated for 2015 was increased from the IDR 5.9 billion set aside in the budget for 2014 (IDR 3.5 billion for buying vaccines and IDR 2.4 billion for operational costs).

“We will focus our efforts in areas with large free- dog populations” Kesuma stated.

Currently, there are some 70,000 doses of rabies vaccines available

from the 2014 program. The health office is set to buy 250 more doses for the prevention and control program for this year.

The issue of rabies receives serious attention in Bali as dogs have always been an integral part of Balinese culture.

In 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, with the support of the USAID and the World Society for

rabies virus in Bali through an innovative strategy of the comprehensive mass vaccination of dogs.

Since May 2011, the provincial and local governments of Bali, in coordination with the Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services of the Ministry of Agriculture, have been carrying out an island-wide dog vaccination campaign to ensure that 70 percent of the dog population is vaccinated, in order to prevente the transmis-

sion of the virus.

As a result of these efforts, there was a decline in the number of human rabies cases from eleven per month in 2010 to just one per month the next year.

There was another major decline in 2012 and again in 2013, when the number of reported cases dropped to only for the whole year.

The FAO noted that the model developed in Bali is now being modified and used in other affected parts of Indonesia to progressively control and eliminate the virus throughout the country. (ant) 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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A dog held by its owner during anti-rabies vaccination during a free anti-rabies vaccination event in Denpasar, Bali Island. As part of a program to prevent and deal with rabies, the provincial administration of Bali has set aside IDR 6.18 billion to be used by nine regions of this resort island, for acquiring and distributing rabies vaccinations.