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First Lady Ani Yudhoyono looking at Balinese woven product during the fair trade in Bali Island recently. Revenue of the economic growth of Bali in 2012 is feared to decline from the one in 2011 estimated at 6.36 percent. Bank Indonesia Denpasar recorded that until the third quarter of this year, the Bali’s economy grew in the range of 6.54 percent or above the national economic growth reaching 6.5 percent.
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Economic growth of Bali in 2012 threatened to decline Bali Post
DENPASAR - Achievement of the economic growth of Bali in 2012 is feared to decline from the achievement in 2011 estimated at 6.36 percent. Bank Indonesia Denpasar recorded that until the third quarter of this year, the Bali’s economy grew in the range of 6.54 percent or above the national economic growth reaching 6.5 percent.
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It was revealed by the Indonesia Central Bank (BI) Denpasar office head, Jeffrey Kairupan, in Denpasar, Tuesday (Dec 13). Bali’s economy in 2012 would be lower than this year. This condition was inseparable from the pressure of the global financial crisis impact that would be very apparent in the upcoming year.
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our steps continuously,” he said. He said that in the current era of globalization, every formulation and implementation of economic policy would definitely deal with the necessity of certainty and uncertainty. The certain thing was that any open economy like Indonesia would face external shocks which were not
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“Changes in the constellation of global economy since the last widespread and profound world crisis have given rise to many new and increasingly complex challenges in the management of macroeconomic stability. External shocks and uncertainty look like a constant dimension that follows
always of the same and congruent type. “Meanwhile, the uncertain is about when the external shock will occur, how much and how it will look like,” he said. Although the economic growth of Bali in 2012 would be lower than this year, in general Jeffrey Kairupan said that Bali remained very optimistic to meet the next year. “It is not an easy year for Bali. Pressures against the export of Bali will be even greater and have been felt since the end of this year,” he concluded.
JAKARTA - Industry Minister MS Hidayat said the government would build around 120 industries in 2012 to support the implementation of Indonesia`s Economic Development Acceleration and Expansion Master Plan (MP3EI), especially in Java. “In the Java corridor, the focus
will be on toll road and industrial center development. All programs are downstream and I myself will lead development in the second corridor of Java. More than 120 industries are ready for groundbreaking in 2012,” he said. Investment meanwhile was estimated to be higher than initially predicted and the government had admitted the rise in the need for
investment for the development of the six economic corridors. “Indeed it is higher than initially predicted, far higher,” the chief of the Task Force for the Java Corridor of the MP3EI, Dedy Priatna said not long ago. Dedi said investment in the Java corridor would be needed for the development of food and beverage industries, motor vehicle and car in-
dustries and ship building industries. In connection with that he would reconfirm and ask again the commitment of businesses or private sectors with regard to seek clear information about their investment. Infrastructure development projects in the 2012 MP3EI would cost Rp350.1 trillion and ground breaking would be done on 73 of them. Continued on page 6
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Russian tycoon eyes paper to back election bid Reuters
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who hopes to challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a presidential election next March, is exploring a bid for the influential daily Kommersant to back up his campaign. A source at Onexim, Prokhorov’s investment fund, told Reuters that Onexim was in the early stages of negotiations to buy the Kommersant publishing house from tycoon Alisher Usmanov. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity but is directly involved in the negotiations, said the deal had a “political component” and Usmanov was expected to respond on Wednesday: “It would be strange if I said a deal for a paper such as Kommersant was a purely commercial one. It’s clear that it’s not only commercial, that it is a political instrument.” Prokhorov announced on Mon-
day that he would run for president against Putin, who remains Russia’s most popular politician even though his ruling United Russia party saw its vote slide sharply in this month’s parliamentary election. The tycoon, who needs 2 million signatures or a party nomination in order to run, has presented himself as a champion of a growing middle class who feel United Russia, still easily the dominant party, does not adequately represent their interests. Many of the tens of thousands of people who have taken to the streets to protest against alleged ballot rigging since the election have been from the middle classes. More protests are expected later this month. The daily Kommersant, which has reported extensively on the public discontent since the election, is the main publication in the stable of the same name, with a circulation of over 100,000 mostly middle-class readers.
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Anti-government protesters carry the coffin of Abdul Haleem Baqour during his funeral in Hula near Homs December 10, 2011.
Syria death toll hits 5,000 as insurgency spreads Reuters
AMMAN - Security forces shot dead 17 people in Syria on Tuesday and rebels killed seven police in an ambush, activists said, after the U.N. human rights chief put the death toll from nine months of protest against President Bashar al-Assad at 5,000.
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Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov speaks during a news conference in Moscow December 12, 2011.
The bloodshed in the northern province of Idlib, which borders Turkey, highlighted the accelerating violence in Syria where an insurgency has begun to overshadow what started as peaceful street protests against Assad’s 11-year rule. The United Nations’ Navi Pillay said the death toll was 1,000 higher than an estimate she released 10 days earlier. It includes civilians, army defectors and those executed for refusing to shoot civilians, but
not soldiers or security personnel killed by opposition forces, she said. The Syrian government has said more than 1,100 members of the army, police and security services have been killed and state media reported 17 military funerals on Tuesday for victims of “terrorist armed groups.” Pillay said Syria’s actions could constitute crimes against humanity, issuing a fresh call for the U.N. Security Council
to refer the situation to the International Criminal Court. “It was the most horrifying briefing that we’ve had in the Security Council over the last two years,” British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said after the session, which was arranged despite opposition from Russia, China and Brazil. European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said: “The situation is totally unacceptable. The brutal repression of civilians must stop. Assad must listen to his people, to his neighbors, to the Arab partners, to Europe, to the world. We all have the same message: he should stop the violence against his own people and let the transition begin.”
Police release CCTV images in London riots probe Agence France Presse
Police investigating the riots that swept London in August have posted photos of more than 200 suspects online in an effort to bring those involved in the disorder to justice. Scotland Yard on Wednesday released CCTV images on the photo-sharing website Flickr of 213 of its “most wanted suspects” in relation to the widespread violence and looting. Riots broke out in Tottenham, north London, on August 6, and spread across 22 London boroughs, as well as to other English cities, including Manchester and Birming-
ham. Police have already arrested 3,269 people, of which 2,046 have been being charged or summonsed, while at least 3,877 crimes have been reported. Now officers, who have scoured 200,000 hours of CCTV footage, hope the release of new images will lead to further arrests before Christmas. Commander Steve Rodhouse, leading the riots investigation dubbed Operation Withern, urged people to come forward with information which could assist inquiries. “Four months on from the disorder my team of officers remain absolutely committed to identify-
ing, arresting and charging those involved in the criminality that took place,” he said. “The investigation is a huge challenge and one that will continue for some time to come, but I want to reassure London’s communities that we are determined to bring those who committed these outrageous crimes to justice and more arrests will follow.”All 213 images can be found on the Metropolitan Police Service’s Flickr page. Anyone who recognises a picture or has any information can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting the reference number alongside the image.
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Riot police stand in front of a burning building in Croydon, south London, on August 8. Police investigating the riots that swept London in August have posted photos of more than 200 suspects online in an effort to bring those involved in the disorder to justice
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Ni Luh Putu Artini Yati:
Grandmas Comes with First Class Nuance Accommodation THIS energetic woman joined the Grandmas Hotels since May 16, 2011 as Corporate Directress of Sales & Marketing (DOSM). Yati as her familiar address of this woman was born in Denpasar on October 31, 1975. She did expect that in the future Grandmas could be a leading local hotel chain and equivalent to the international chain and continued to grow according to plan. Yati started her career in marketing domain in PT Sili Githa Contractor & Developer Denpasar. Her main tasks were to sell and promote the property, including handling credit application and its legality. In March 1996, she moved to build her career in the tourism industry, namely in Bali Desa Suites Boutique Villa, Nusa Dua until September 2000 with position as Guest Service Staff. Then, during the period of May 2000 - August 2003 she was entrusted to occupy the position as Guest Service Supervisor and the highest carrier in Bali Desa Suites Boutique Villa Nusa Dua was Assistant Sales Manager until June 2004. Later, she joined with The Oasis Boutique Beach Resort (2004-2009) and started as Assistant Front Office Manager and the peak position was as Directress of Sales & Marketing in 2009. Meanwhile, effective of May 2011Yati chose to fill the position as Corporate DOSM of Grandmas Hotels.
With a wealth of experience mainly related to sales events, such as the Jakarta sales blitz, ATF in Singapore, Malaysian MATTA Fair, Bangkok ATF, Singapore Road Show, ITB Asia and CITM China plus Hong Kong Sales Call, Yati hoped that Grandmas could become a leading local hotel chain because the presence of GrandmasHotels.com as a local chain and having not had a hotel outside Bali came with the concept ‘providing accommodation facilities with first class nuance.’ The price on offer is cheap but remains to consider the convenience of guests. With the concept of simplicity, it only provides the basic necessities needed by a traveler such as a comfortable bed, LCD TV with national and international channels, safety box, air conditioning, bathrooms with hot and cold water and free Wi-Fi facility in room. There is no need for guests to pay additional costs because they are unnecessary to pay for what they do not need in a room with a comfortable atmosphere in bed known as Healthy Bed. With the tag line ‘First Class Feeling with Budget Rates,’ Grandmas is optimistic to be able to compete against the other 2 star hotels with the same market considering that GrandmasHotels offers the comfort of stay with a very affordable price. Additionally, it also implements a dynamic pricing if customers make an early reservation through the website
where they will get a cheaper price. The owning company would like to develop the GrandmasHotels brand in Bali as a leading tourist destination in Indonesia by building the first five hotels located in Seminyak, Legian, Kuta, Tuban and Jimbaran whose development took place until 2013 with the overall target of 1,000 rooms. “Today, there are many 3-5 star hotels but only a few 2 star hotels that provide the quality and comfort in Bali,” concluded Yati. (BTN/014)
Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for December 3 through 28, 2011 3 Dec Tumpek Landep Pasek Gelgel Temple Pedungan Denpasar Selatan Agung Pasek Temple Tangun Titi kaler Tabanan Agung Pasek Temple Silamadeg Tabanan Pasek Tangkas Temple Kediri Tabanan Kerta Temple Banyuning Barat Buleleng Dalem Tenggaling Temple Sengguan Singapadu Kawitan Arya Wang Bang Pinatih Peguyangan Singaraja Bhujangga Weisnawa Tegalcangkring Jembrana Taman Desa Temple Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Penataran Pande Batur Jati Banjar Pandean Mengwi Dalem Pingit Temple Taro Kaje Tegalalang dadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Selat Sukasada Buleleng Batur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo Sudimara Tabanan Ida ratu Pande Temple Besakih Mr. Pasek Temple Toh Jiwa Tangungtiti Penataran Pande Temple Kusamba Klungkung Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Gianyar 4 Dec Redite Umanis Ukir Sangah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar 7 Dec Buda Wage Uki Pasar Agung Temple Besakih Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Gede Gunung Agung Dukuh Munggu Badung Hyang Agung Ibuwanasari Tegal Puseh/ Desa Temple Bebalang Bangli Dalem Temple Perancak Badung Pasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Kerobokan Badung Kekeran Langit Sading Mengwi 10 Dec Purnama Kenam Kiduling Kereteg Besakih Lingsar Temple Lombok Bebengan Tanjung Lombok Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Mengwi Dalem Putra Belingkang Benawah Gianyar Prajapati Temple Balikpapan
13 Dec Anggar Kasih Kulantir Penataran Tangkas Sukawati Dalem Lagan Temple Bebalang Bangli Puseh Lembeng Ketewel Sukawati Pasek Gelgel Penulisan Kerambitan Tabanan Gaduh Temple Sanding Dalem Gandamayu Klungkung Sanghyang Tegal Banjar Taro Kaja Tegalalang 14 Dec Buda Umanis Kulantir Pasek Tangkas Temple kaler Tabanan Gaduh Benoh Temple Ubung Denpasar 18 Dec Redite Keliwon Tolu Dalem Alas Harum Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan. 19 Dec Soma Umanis Tolu Puseh/Balai Agung Ubung Kupang Penebel Tabanan Kawitan Sakula Gotra Tegal Kepuh Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan Bhujangga Rsi-Tambak Bayuh Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung Lembongan Nusa Penida Batu Madeg Temple Besakih Penataran Agung Penatih Banjar Saba Penatih 21 Dec Buda Pon Tolu Catur, Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring 22 Dec Wraspati Wage Tolu Peninjoan Temple Besakih 28 Dec Buda Keliwon Gumbreg Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg Tabanan Puseh/ Desa Guwang Sukawati Merajan Pasek Ketewel Ketewel Merajan Pangeran Tangkas Kuro Agung Jeroan Sading Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana Nusa Penida
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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Police and rescuers stand downtown Liege, Belgium Tuesday Dec. 13, 2011. OfďŹ cials say an armed man who attacked people in a crowded square in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday had served time in jail for offenses involving guns, drugs and sexual abuse.
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BANDA ACEH — Police in Indonesia’s most conservative Muslim province of Aceh have a new Public Enemy No. 1: punk rockers. Police official Iskandar Hasan said Wednesday that 65 youths were rounded up during a weekend concert and brought to a detention center where their spiky mohawks — deemed insulting to Islamic traditions — were buzzed off. They were stripped of body piercings, dog-collar necklaces and chains, then thrown in pools of water for “spiritual” cleansing. Their “disgusting” clothes were replaced and each was handed a toothbrush and told: “Use it!” Aceh, on Indonesia’s westernmost tip, banned alcohol and gambling after gaining semiautonomy from the secular central government five years ago. It’s also compulsry for women to wear headscarves.
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 photo, plain-clothed police officers shave the heads of punks at a police school compound in Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia. Police official Iskandar Hasan said Wednesday, Dec. 14 that 65 youths were rounded up during a weekend concert and brought to a detention center where their spiky mohawks - deemed insulting to Islamic traditions - were buzzed off.
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JAKARTA - Striking workers at Freeport Indonesia will return to work on Saturday after agreeing to a pay deal to end a three-month dispute that has paralyzed output at the world’s second-biggest copper mine, a union official said on Wednesday. Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc and the union are expected to sign a deal within days, which will include a pay rise of 37 percent over two years to end Indonesia’s longest-running industrial dispute, the union has said. “The firm has asked us to mobilize workers back to work on December 17 and we have agreed as part of the pay deal,” union field coordinator Hengki Binur told Reuters. The deal was meant to be signed
on Tuesday but has been delayed, showing the timetable for the return of workers could also be pushed back. The level of benefits for workers and whether strikers should be penalized are seen as potential sticking points that could delay an agreement. “We want one other condition -we want a guarantee from Freeport and its units that the workers who have joined the strike will not get any problem when they return to work,” said Binur.
Freeport’s CEO Richard Adkerson has been in Jakarta in recent weeks to help negotiate a deal with the union. The company, which has said it is losing 2 million pounds of copper and 3,000 ounces of gold in daily production, declined to comment on the pay talks. The strike action has helped support copper prices, which have been pushed lower on worries about weak global demand, so a resumption in output could be bearish for prices. Benchmark copper in London fell 0.9 percent on Wednesday. The strike in Papua has been running since mid-Sept, and the firm declared force majeure on its exports from Grasberg in October, freeing it from contractual obligations. Even after workers return, it is
likely to take some days to ramp up production, and longer to resume shipments since the firm needs to repair a sabotaged pipeline that takes metal concentrate from the mine to its port. The firm’s operations have been crippled by attacks on pipelines, employees and blockades by workers and spear-wielding local tribesman that have cut off its food and fuel supplies in a remote region with few roads. Binur said that the road blockades imposed since October will also be lifted once the pay agreement is made. The union initially pushed for a pay rise to as much as $200 an hour, versus current pay of $2-$3 an hour. It steadily dropped its demands in
recent weeks to around $7.50 an hour, a level still deemed “excessive” by Adkerson. The pay agreement is closer to the 35 percent rise offered by the company in recent weeks. Freeport Indonesia has 23,000 workers at its Grasberg operations. Many are Christian and have been worried they would not be able to afford to celebrate Christmas due to the strike, since they are not getting paid, leading to a greater push for a deal in the past week. The strike has been the highest profile stoppage among several worker pay protests in Indonesia -- signs of growing unrest over rising costs and a sense that the country’s economic success is not being shared by all.
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SURABAYA - Six Surabaya residents have filed a class action suit against the US consulate general in the city for having built a conrete barrier in front of its main gate on the ground it was hindering traffic on a public road. A lawyer for the group, Muhammad Sholeh, came to the Surabaya District Court on Tuesday to register their suit which was also
addressed to the Surabaya city police. What the six Surbayans objected to as a conrete wall, one meter high, 50 centimeters thick and 25 centimeters long that had been built seven meters in front of the consulate`s entrance gate on Jalan Raya Polisi Istimewa. “This concrete wall has given rise to many complaints because it is located in the middle of the road, It often causes traffic congestions,
especially for vehicles coming from the east,” Sholeh said. He said, the structure was set up four years ago when demonstrations often happened outside the consulate and apparently intended to keep demonstrators a comfortable distance away. “However, in reality, more often than not, demonstrators are unable to come near the consulate as their path is already blocked by security forces in other streets leading to
the consulate or at least 500 meters from the US mission, So what is the point in maintaining the wall,” he said. Therefore. Sholeh said, the wall should be dismantled. After all, he addded, the wall stood on Indonesian territory, not on US territory as did the consulate building. The wall`s location on Indonesian territory was a violation of the law, namely Article 28, Section (1) of Law Number 22/2009 about
traffic and road transportation. “And the head of the Surabaya city police has violated the spirit of Article 30, Section (4) of the 1945 Constitution by favoring the interest of a foreign party above that of an Indonesian community,” he said. Meanwhile, a staffer at the US consulate general in Surabaya, Esti Durahsanti, when asked about the class-action suit, said the consulate had nothing to say yet.
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Reporting the problems in hotel development Denpasar
The Coalition of Anti Corruption Society (Komak) met the Commission I in Bali House of Representative and the committee for Spatial Plan (RTRW) to discuss the development of hotels that have problem. The spokesman of Komak, Nyoman Mardika, said that the association wanted the House to investigate the cases in Bali such as Mulia Resort in Sawangan, Nusa Dua, which is being built by Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra. “We want the cases to be investigated and solved right away because the permit is given from Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra to Viady Sutodjo ,” he added. According to Mardika, the purpose of the meeting is to show the support
of the association on the rules of development in Bali. “We urge all development in Bali must obey the rule including the investors who want to build hotel in Bali,” he added. The association also implied on the
development of the supporting tourism infrastructures in Bali. “Without any supervision from the House of Representative, there are possibilities that there will be effort to break the rules,” Mardika said.
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Workers finishing a hotel infrastructure in Kuta area.
Beach cleanup at Jerman Beach IBP
TUBAN - The whole Billabong family got down and dirty over the weekend doing beach cleanup at Jerman Beach, Tuban with the help of GUS (Gelombang Udara Segar) and some of the local people. Together they collected a large variety of plastic waste, broken glass and other trash left by visitors, locals or washed ashore by the tides. “Jerman Beach is one of the The whole Billabong family got down and dirty over the weekend doing beach cleanup at Jerman Beach, Tuban with the help of GUS (Gelombang Udara Segar) and some of the local people. Courtesy of Billabong
best surfing spots in Bali, as you can see there are lots of boats here to take people surfing,” stated Made Basur, Operational Manager of PT Billabong Indonesia. “But it’s just not as lively as it could potentially be, because all the trash on the beach is not pleasant to look at. This beach clean up is our first step to do something about that.” Billabong collaborated with GUS to add more rubbish bins on the beach, and to make a more permanent composting site. They also added signs to remind people to throw the trash in the bin. “It’s important that everybody understand how to process trash properly,” added Made Basur. “We can cleanup this beach all day but if people keep throwing trash recklessly then it’s going to be dirty again tomorrow. Socializing information is important and that’s what we are trying to do.” (YHU\RQH HQMR\HG WKH EHDFK IRU the rest of the day and hoping we did some work that will benefit our beloved beaches.
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Balinese Culture GADO GADO
Statue of Great Heroes Guarding Denpasar On the way home from providing lectures overseas, Swami Vivekananda, a Hindu monk of India, dropped in the house of his friend, who is also a king. There, he was entertained in familial atmosphere. In the meantime, they also talked about religion passionately. His friend asked why the Hindus worshiped idol like statue. This young monk smiled while asking permission to his friend to borrow the picture of his grandfather on the wall. Having been taken and handed over by a servant, Vivekananda examined and placed it on the carpet. Afterward, Vivekananda politely remarked if his friend would not have the heart to touch the photo by the toe of his boots. Finally, the friend realized his mistake that worshipping a statue or the like would help in conceptualization. Meanwhile, according to a French linguist, Ferdinand de Saussure, in the language of sign there are the signifying (object) DQG WKH VLJQL¿HG FRQFHSW RU UHIHUence). In this context, photograph is the object, while grandfather is the reference. God has been universally acknowledged to be the most perfect. To help concentrate the mind on God, the Hindus apply a medium like various kinds of VDQFWL¿HG HI¿JLHV (DFK GHYRWHH has different ability to contact Him. Common people may use a medium, while those having higher spiritual knowledge do not need any
medium. Therefore, none is wrong and it is a freedom. Inspired by puranic or mythological stories, many Hindu artisans in Bali manage to make various kinds of sculpture. When visitors happened to have island excursion, you may encounter many statues such as outside the temple, at the end of each bridge, intersection, hotel’s gardens or even on the pavement on the protocol roads in Denpasar. Sacred statues are placed in the sanctum representing gods and goddess as well as heavenly creatures, decorative statue installed in commercial premises and the last one is statue to commemorate the great heroes. Statues depicting the great heroes can be encountered in the regencies pursuant to their respective origin. One of the great heroes of Bali is I Gusti Ngurah Rai as the name of local international airport. Right in the east of the airport stands still the Statue of Ngurah Rai. He was the commander of Ciung Wanara troops of Bali struggling bitterly against the Dutch colonial for the sake of freedom. With him, there were some other companions in arms. For instance, I Gusti Ngurah Bagus Sugianyar, his statue is strategically installed in the intersection of Jalan Gatot Subroto and Jalan Cokroaminoto, Ubung. As if he welcomes everyone entering the city from outside Denpasar and
outside Bali from the west. Then, Cokorda Agung Tresna—Head of Badung Struggle Headquarters. His statue is installed on the intersection of Jalan Gatot Subroto and Jalan Nangka, right in the east of Sugianyar’s statue. Meanwhile, Ida Bagus Putu Japa was a member of Pembela Tanah Air (embryo of the Indonesian Military) immortalized with a statue put in the Renon roundabouts. In the meantime, Puputan Badung Square located right in the heart of Denpasar City also retained statutes of other great heroes. The statues are placed in the northern side of the square. They depict the bitter struggle of the Badung Kingdom against the colonial until their last bloodshed. This heroic incident occurred on September 20, 1906 and now it is celebrated as the Puputan Badung Day. Those statues are intended to show an appreciation over the merits of great heroes of Bali that had dedicated their entire life sincerely for the nation. Similarly, they denote an educational medium to introduce the heroes to younger generation so they get a simple illustration about the heroes living before their time. Last but not least, they also give good visual impression to the arrangement of urban landscaping and attraction to tourists reflecting one of the artistic treasures owned by Bali. (BTN/punia)
(Vegetable Salad With Peanut Sauce) INGREDIENTS: 100 gr Long bean cut, blanched 1 cup Bean sprout, blanched 100 gr Spinach, blanched 1/4 ea Cabbage chopped and blanched 1 ea Carrot (medium), thinly sliced, blanched 4 sq Hard beancurd, deep fried, sliced 4 ea Hard boiled eggs, cut in wedges 2 tsp Shallot, sliced, fried 1/2 cup peanut sauce PREPARATION: Prepare the sauce by blending first four ingredients until coarse. Put in pan with all other ingredients except fried shallots and lime juice. Simmer over very low heat for I hour. Stirring to prevent sticking. Stir in lime juice and shallots just before use. Arrange all vegetables and on a dish and pour over the sauce. Garnish with bean curd and eggs, sprinkle with shallots and serve with deep-fried krupuk.
SATE LILIT (Minced Seafood Satay) OVERVIEW: This probably the most delicious satay you will ever encounter. The delicate flavors of the shrimp and fish are greatly improved if you can find spears of fresh lemongrass to use as skewers, and if you can cook them over a fire of coconut husks rather than charcoal. Nonetheless, even with wooden skewers and a standard charcoal grill, you will have people coming back more. INGREDIENTS: 600 gr skinned boneless snapper fillet 1 cup freshly grated coconut or 1½ cups moistened desiccated coconut ½ cup seafood spice paste 5 fragrant lime leaves, chopped 1 tsp black peppercorns, finely crushed 1 tsp salt 3-5 bird’s eye chilies, very finely chopped 2 tbsp palm sugar Lemon grass or satay skewers PREPARATION: 1. Mince fish fillet very finely in a food processor or with a chopper. 2. Add all other ingredients & mix well. 3. Mould a heaped tablespoon full of this mixture around a wooden skewer or over trimmed stalks of lemon grass and grill over charcoal until golden brown. Note: This recipe won’t work with frozen fish.
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Gitgit Waterfall IBP
Gitgit Waterfall is a beautiful tourist destination in north part of Bali. Gitgit waterfall is located in the plateau area with the height about 35 meters and it is surrounded by tropical tree and emits the constantly natural water debit during the year. Waterfall voice around the charming nature was amazing and it was the separate attraction which can be enjoyed by each visitor who comes to visit. There are some plantations protecting the rain forest around the waterfall and in this place we often met the wild monkey to get the water from this waterfall. Gitgit Waterfall is one of the famous tourist destinations in Bali which is located in Gitgit countryside, Sukasada sub district and about 10 Km from Singaraja Town or about 70 Km from Denpasar. It is set at height land about 300 meters above sea level. Beside of Gitgit, there is another important spot point like the monument for hero struggle of Singaraja resident who dead on the
battle against the Dutch colonialist. This monument is called Bhuwana Pangkung Bangka. This Monument is extant monument and idol of people struggle action against the Dutch colonization. This monument is located in Gitgit countryside and Sukasada sub district and about 17 Km from Singaraja Town . It is situated on the hill bank. The facilities are available at Gitgit Waterfall is consisted of the parking area, restaurant and art shop. It is not far from the waterfall place, there is a place for taking a rest while enjoy the beauty panorama of rice terrace and Buleleng Beach. In order to visit the Gitgit waterfall, all visitors will follow the walkway down until the spot point. This road is one of the omissions in Dutch era where the local resident uses it to access other regions. On 1975, this waterfall is opened as tourist destinations in north part of Bali . Since it is appointed as a tourist destination in Bali, many tourists from domestic and foreign countries visits this waterfall and Bali Singaraja Lovina Tour is one of the famous tours in Bali visit this place.
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BUSINESS China makes growth guarantee against grim JOREDO HFRQRP\
In this Nov. 25, 2011 ďŹ le photo, a woman carries shopping bags as she walks near a Macy’s store near Union Square in San Francisco. A private research group says consumer’s conďŹ dence in the economy in November soared 15 points to its highest level since July. The report was encourag-
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BEIJING - China pledged to guarantee growth in the face of an “extremely grim� outlook for the global economy in 2012, as its annual policy-setting conference closed on Wednesday with a series of commitments to deliver economic stability.
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Lindsay Lohan back to court for probation update Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan is due in court Wednesday to give a judge her first progress update under strict new probation requirements intended to keep close tabs on the troubled actress. Lohan has been reporting regularly for work at the Los Angeles County morgue since being repeatedly threatened with a long jail sentence if she failed to complete the terms of her probation, which include community service and counseling sessions. The hearing is without the usual drama that precedes Lohan’s recent court appearances, which have focused on the actress’ shortcomings by missing court-ordered therapy sessions and getting booted from a community service assignment at a women’s shelter. The “Mean Girls” star spent less than five hours at a jail last month as part of a 30-day sentence imposed by Judge Stephanie Sautner for Lohan’s continued misbehavior. The judge is requiring the starlet to report on her progress on a monthly basis and it appears Lohan has been successful in meeting the goals of Wednesday’s hearing. “She’s been doing fine,” Deputy Chief Coroner Ed Winter said Tuesday, saying the actress has been showing up, working and leaving without incident. He said he did not know how many hours Lohan had com-
pleted. Her spokesman, Steve Honig, said Lohan has met or exceeded the terms of her probation imposed by Sautner last month. “She’s working very diligently to keep up her days so she can finish up with probation,” he said. Lohan remains on probation for a 2007 drunken driving case and a misdemeanor grand theft case filed after she took a $2,500 necklace without permission from a store. She has consistently struggled with the terms of her various sentences, which have included jail terms, rehab, community service and counseling. Her appearance Wednesday comes days before a Playboy issue featuring Lohan in a mostlynude pictorial hits newsstands. The magazine was forced to release the issue online early after photos of the Marilyn Monroe-inspired spread leaked out online.
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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2011 file photo, actress Lindsay Lohan appears with her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley for a probation hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry sells for $115 million Associated Press Writer
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OprahWinfrey, center, poses for a picture with the owner of the store and workshop Caribbean Craft, Magalie Dresse, left, and U.S. fashion designer Donna Karan during a visit to Caribbean Craft in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Dec. 13, 2011.
Oprah: Haitian president made me promise to return Associated Press Writer
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Oprah Winfrey’s trip to Haiti included dinner with the country’s president. Winfrey tells reporters she dined with President Michel Martelly and his wife Sophia. The president previously said he hoped the television personality would be a goodwill ambassador for Haiti. Winfrey says no formal role was discussed but he made her promise
to return to Haiti and she did. She spoke Tuesday as she visited Caribbean Craft, a well-known business that produces carnival masks, sculptures and paintings for export. The business received a loan through a program launched earlier this year by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and has had success reaching high-end customers. Winfrey says she will be featuring the venture in a program about Haiti on her Oprah Winfrey Network.
NEW YORK — Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry collection fetched a record-setting $115 million — including more than $11.8 million for a pearl necklace and more than $8.8 million for a diamond ring given to her by Richard Burton — at an auction of gems and other memorabilia amassed by the late actress. The 33.19-carat diamond ring given to Taylor by the actor she married twice, sold for $8,818,500. The pearl, diamond and ruby necklace, known as “La Peregrina,” purchased at auction for $37,000 in 1969 by Burton for Taylor reached the world record price of $11,842,500. It was estimated to sell for $2 million to $3 million. The price surpassed the previous auction record for a pearl, set in 2007 at Christie’s auction house in New York City with the sale of The Baroda Pearls for $7,096,000. The ring, estimated to sell for $2.5 million to $3.5 million, was included in a collection of Taylor’s necklaces, earrings, pendants and rings and other gems that went on sale Tuesday night at Christie’s in New York. The ring was purchased by a private buyer from Asia, according to a Christie’s spokesman. Among the other high-profile items was a diamond bracelet given to the “National Velvet” and “Cleopatra” actress by singer Michael Jackson, with an estimated sale price of $30,000 to $50,000. It sold for $194,500. All prices include the buyer’s premium. Taylor, a screen goddess who also starred in classics such as “Giant,” ‘’Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” died in Los Angeles in March at age 79. A jewelry lover, she
had pieces from some of the most famous names in the jewelry world, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Chopard, in her collection.
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FILE - This Sept. 1, 2001, file photo shows Elizabeth Taylor’s “La Peregrina,” an early 16th century pearl, ruby and diamond necklace by Cartier, that was gift from Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor, at Christie’s, in New York.
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Scientists home in on missing link of physics Reuters
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In this artist’s rendering provided by Stratolaunch Systems, a planned plane that would launch cargo and astronauts into space is seen.
New operating system for space: High-tech tycoons Associated Press Writer
SEATTLE — The tycoons of cyberspace are looking to bankroll America’s resurgence in outer space, reviving “Star Trek” dreams that first interested them in science. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen made the latest step Tuesday, unveiling plans for a new commercial spaceship that, instead of blasting off a launch pad, would be carried high into the atmosphere by the widest plane ever built before it fires its rockets. He joins Silicon Valley powerhouses Elon Musk of PayPal and Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com Inc. in a new private space race that attempts to fill the gap left when the U.S. government ended the space shuttle program. Musk, whose Space Exploration Technologies will send its Dragon capsule to dock with the International Space Station in February,
will provide the capsule and booster rocket for Allen’s venture, which is called Stratolaunch. Bezos is building a rival private spaceship. Allen is working with aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan, who collaborated with the tycoon in 2004 to win a $10 million prize for the first flight of a private spaceship that went into space but not orbit. Allen says his enormous airplane and spaceship system will go to “the next big step: a private orbital space platform business.” The new system is “a radical change” in how people can get to space, and it will “keep America at the forefront of space exploration,”
Allen said. Their plane will have a 380-foot (116-meter) wingspan — longer than a football field and wider than the biggest aircraft ever, Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose. It will launch a space capsule equipped with a booster rocket, which will send the spacecraft into orbit. This method saves money by not using rocket fuel to get off the ground. The spaceship may hold as many as six people. “When I was growing up, America’s space program was the symbol of aspiration,” said Allen, who mentioned his love of science fiction and early human spaceflights. “For me, the fascination with space never ended. I never stopped dreaming what might be possible.” For those attracted to difficult technical challenges, space is the ultimate challenge, Allen said.
GENEVA - International scientists said on Tuesday they had found signs of the Higgs boson, an elementary sub-atomic particle believed to have played a vital role in the creation of the universe after the Big Bang. Peter Higgs, the 82-year-old British theoretical physicist who first proposed the existence of the particle in 1964 as the missing link of a grand theory of matter and energy, was watching the announcement on a webcast with colleagues at Edinburgh University, where he is an emeritus professor. “I won’t be going home to open a bottle of whisky to drown my sorrows, but on the other hand I won’t be going home to open a bottle of champagne either,” his colleague Alan Walker quoted him as saying after the announcement. The leaders of two experiments, Atlas and CMS, revealed their findings to a packed seminar at the CERN physics research centre near Geneva, where they have tried to find traces
of the elusive boson by smashing particles together at near light-speed in the Large Hadron Collider. The experiments generated such excitement by independently reaching very similar conclusions. But the scientists were quick to warn that their results have not yet reached the level of certainty that would let them claim a discovery -- hence Higgs’s caution. Under what is known as the Standard Model of Physics, the boson is posited to have been the agent that gave mass and energy to matter after the creation of the universe 13.7 billion years ago - leading some to nickname it the “God particle”. Its discovery would fill the last remaining hole in the model. However, that does not mean it must exist, and some eminent physicists such as Stephen Hawking believe it does not. “If the Higgs observation is confirmed ... this really will be one of the discoveries of the century,” said Themis Bowcock, professor of particle physics at Britain’s Liverpool University.
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In this artist’s impression provided by the journal Science, swirling clouds of hydrogen and helium gases are illuminated by the first starlight to shine in the universe after the Big Bang.
US court battle escalates over morning-after pill Associated Press Writer
Women’s health advocates said they will sue the US government for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of young teens by denying them over-the-counter access to emergency contraception.
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File photo shows emergency contraceptive Plan B. Women’s health advocates said they will sue the US government for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of young teens by denying them over-thecounter access to emergency contraception.
The suit is a new escalation in the decade-long battle over whether young teens should be able to get the morning-after pill without seeing a doctor first, and comes a week after the US government blocked access without a prescription to those under 17. Women’s health groups have been urging the Food and Drug Administration to make emergency contraception more widely available to girls by filing a citizen’s petition asking the regulator to remove prescription requirements. A federal judge in Brooklyn held
a hearing on the matter Tuesday and ruled that the Center for Reproductive Rights no longer had any standing to hold the FDA in contempt for ignoring a 2001 petition, because the FDA had answered at the last minute late Monday, saying it needed more data. However, Judge Edward Korman, who has sided with women’s groups in the past, urged them to reopen a 2005 lawsuit that alleges the FDA is violating women’s rights and exceeding its own authority in an “arbitrary and capricious” way. “This fight is far from over. We in-
tend to take every legal step necessary to hold the FDA and this administration accountable for its extraordinary actions to block women from safe, effective emergency contraception,” said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. This time, the suit will add Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as a defendant because she stepped in last week to block the FDA from allowing over-the-counter access to anyone age 12-16, Northup said. A drug called Plan B One-Step made by Teva Pharmaceuticals has been available at pharmacy counters without a prescription to women 17 and older since 2009, but younger girls must see a doctor first to obtain a prescription.
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Neymar propels Santos into club ZRUOG ‍ۋ‏QDO Reuters
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Benzema named French player of the year Reuters
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Dovizioso shines on World Rally Car debut MotoGP frontrunner Andrea Dovizioso made a stunning World Rally Car debut in the Bettega Memorial Rallysprint in Bologna, finishing a close second after pushing 2003 WRC champion Petter Solberg all the way in the final. The Italian, who will ride for Tech 3 Yamaha in 2012, had competed at the Monza Rally Show in a Peugeot 207 S2000 at the end of November, but for Bettega was handed control of the official Ford Fiesta RS run by M-Sport in this year’s WRC.
After finishing fourth in the Memorial Night Sprint, Dovizioso out-did established world rally stars including Jari-Matti Latvala and Kris Meeke by reaching the final, where he came up against Solberg. After sharing the wins it came down to a tie-break and one final run around the asphalt and gravel course, which Solberg won. “I really enjoyed it,” Dovizioso told his official website. “I didn’t think I could race at the same level of the fastest rally drivers in the world already.
“For me it’s an honour to be here and to have one of the best machines in the world, a Ford Focus RS WRC 2011. It was great to reach the final and battle with Solberg, although I must admit that [it] annoys me not to win. I hope to return again next year” Staged annually as part of the Bologna Motor Show, the Bettega Memorial Rallysprint commemorates former Lancia factory driver Attilio Bettega, who died following an accident on the Tour de Corse in 1985.
Bruno Senna would accept third-driver role Bruno Senna is willing to take a third-driver role to remain in Formula 1 next season after missing out on a Lotus drive to Romain Grosjean. The Brazilian’s priority is to land one of the remaining race seats for 2012, but in order to stay in F1 he would consider taking a reserve seat provided it included running in free practice. “To take a third-driver place it would have to be a similar type of role to what certain people had this year with driving on Fridays,” Senna told AUTOSPORT. “That allows you to be active and do something relevant with the team. It would have to be with the right team, but it could be an option.” Senna did not rule out stay-
ing on with Lotus Renault in a third-driver capacity, resuming the role that he had during the first half of last season. However, it is not clear whether the team would be in a position to offer track time, especially with the inexperienced Grosjean and F1 returnee Kimi Raikkonen needing as much running
as possible. “There is still a chance of that,” said Senna. “I still have a good relationship with the engineers and everybody at the team. “But we would need to discuss terms and see what else is in the market.” Lotus team principal Eric Boullier confirmed that Senna is an option for the third-driver role.
He is keen to have a driver with F1 race experience as a backup for the year and Senna would fit the bill. ld fi h bill “Bruno could be a possibility if he doesn’t find a drive elsewhere,” Boullier told AUTOSPORT. “He’s very good with his technical feedback and we would need to see how we could give him some running on Fridays. But we would need to balance that with the team because we have two drivers who are new to the current regulations.”
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Renault Formula One driver Bruno Senna removes a mask as he sits inside his car in Sao Paulo November 24, 2011. The Brazilian Grand Prix, the final race of the year, will be held in Sao Paulo on Sunday.