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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 South Korea finally gets a new prime minister

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Messi nets 3 more goals in Barcelona’s 5-0 rout of Levante

After attacks, Europe fights call for mass migration of Jews

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LOS ANGELES \ Audiences were more than curious to check out the big-screen adaptation of the racy phenomenon “Fifty Shades of Grey” this weekend. The erotic drama sizzled in its debut, earning an estimated $81.7 million from 3,646 theaters in its first three days, distributor Universal Pictures said on Sunday.

In addition to destroying Valentine’s and Presidents Day weekend records, “Fifty Shades of Grey” has also become the second-highest February debut ever, behind “Passion of the Christ’s” $83.9 million opening in 2004.

The chart-topping film cost a modest $40 million to produce.

Starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, it could be on track to earn over $90 million across the four-day holiday weekend.

“Our fondest wishes were realized,” said Universal’s President of Domestic Distribution Nick Carpou. “This is one of those moments where I can speak for the entire studio and say we’re celebrating.”

Carpou was especially pleased that audiences in large, mid-size, and small markets turned out to see the film despite severe weather challenges in the Northeast.

“We had a tremendous amount of interest from small-town exhibitors,” said Carpou, noting strong

outings in the South. “That speaks to their patrons really wanting to see the film as soon as possible and be part of what everyone is talking about.”

According to Universal, North American audiences were 68 percent female.

Internationally, director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s adaptation of British author E L James’ book earned an estimated $158 million from 9,637 locations in 58 territories. That’s the second biggest international opening for Universal, right behind the $160.3 million debut from “Fast & Furious 6,” and the highest international opening for an R-rated film ever.

“Those are summer-style blockbuster numbers in February,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box office firm Rentrak.

“Controversy, or at least the conversation that’s created by ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ suddenly infuses this movie into the mainstream conversation,” he added. “They

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Parisians gather in front of a cinema playing “Fifty Shades of Grey” directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, inspired by the 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015.

had to very carefully create a movie that was edgy, push the envelope, but without going too far to make it socially unacceptable.”

Director Matthew Vaughn’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service” also exceeded expectations, landing in second place with an estimated

$35.6 million from 3,204 locations across the three-day period, according to Rentrak.

The R-rated comic book adaptation starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson cost a reported $81 million to produce and should earn around $41 million across the

four-day period.

Animated children’s film “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” came in third with $30.5 million in its second weekend in theaters, falling only 45 percent.

As one of the few family-friendly options in theaters.(ap)

‘Grand Budapest,’ ‘Imitation Game’ top Writers Guild awards LOS ANGELES \ In an awards season dominated by “Boyhood” and “Birdman,” the Writers Guild of America has honored two different choices with its top film awards: “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The Imitation Game.” Awards were presented in simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles on Saturday.

In the original screenplay category, Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” lost out to Wes Anderson and Hugo Guin-

ness for their darkly whimsical fable “The Grand Budapest Hotel.”

Other nominees in the category included “Whiplash,” written by director Damien Chazelle, “Nightcrawler,” written by director Dan Gilroy, and “Foxcatcher,” written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman.

Anderson and Guinness recently picked up the BAFTA for best screenplay as well and are considered favorites to win the Academy Award.

“Birdman” was not eligible for the WGA award, but it will be competing with “Grand Budapest” in the original screenplay category for the Oscar on Feb. 22.

In the adapted screenplay category, Graham Moore took the prize for the World War II-set Alan Turing biopic “The Imitation Game,” adapted from Andrew Hodges’ book “Alan Turing: The Enigma.”

Moore’s work won over adapted

screenplay nominees “American Sniper,” ‘’Gone Girl,” ‘’Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Wild.”

“The Theory of Everything,” which was not eligible for the WGA, won the adapted screenplay BAFTA over “The Imitation Game.” Both will be competing for the Oscar against “American Sniper,” ‘’Inherent Vice” and “Whiplash.”

In addition to film, videogames, radio, news, and new media, the

Writers Guild also honors television work.

“True Detective” writer and creator Nic Pizzolatto took the award for best drama series and best new series. Louis CK won best comedy series and episodic comedy for his show “Louie.” In the comedy/variety category, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” won for series and the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards for specials. (ap)

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One of the works that shows the rejection against the plan to develop Menjangan Island.

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FOR ME volunteers coalesce

Protecting Menjangan Island from impish investor

Singaraja - The communities of Pejarakan and Sumberklampok village have united to reject the proposed resort and villa development at post I of Menjangan Island planned by PT Puri Tirta Propertindo investors. Disapproval of the proposed project is now taking a more serious form with the establishment of the Menjangan Volunteer Forum or For Me. Through this joint declaration the communities share a commitment to reject any kind of tourist accommodations on Menjangan Island. They are taking this position in order to maintain and preserve the sanctity of a number of temples on the island.

Ketut Danu elected as Chairman of the For Me was vivaciously welcomed by dozens of communities and environmental activists in Bali.

The official announcement of the declaration was also attended by

subdistrict head of Gerokgak; Putu Ariadi Pribadi, headman of Sumberklampok, Wayan Sawitrayasa, and chief of Sumberklampok customary village, Jro Nengah Nadia.

Although they had previously

signed the letter of support for the investors, they finally realized that this was a mistake and have withdrawn their approval. The officals are now in support of the preserve of the natural environment and the

sanctity of Menjangan Island. “We Balinese people, especially the residents of the surrounding area of Menjangan Island, hereby declare that in order to preserve and maintain the island’s sustainability in terms of a conservation area, sacred grounds, as well as an economic resource. We reject the development of tourism facilities and support the government in enforcing the laws of spatial planning” said Ketut Danu in his declaration that coincided with Valentine’s day celebrations

on Saturday night (Feb 14).

On this occasion, the new forum asked relevant agencies to immediately review and revise the zoning of Menjangan Island. The existing utilization zone provided a loophole for investors to pave the way to build tourist accommodations. “We encourage the government backed by the declaration that we’ve agreed upon, to revise the zoning of Menjangan Island that was changed without the knowledge of the community.

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Promotion and provisions for tourism village facilities still lacking

Govt accused being less than efficient Bangli

Tourism villages have now become one of the alternative forms of tourisms that have started to draw the interest of foreign travelers. Based on the potential of nature, human resources and local wisdom, each tourism village can offers its own peculiarities. Unfortunately, the support of the government in helping to promote the many tourism villages spread across Bangli, is far from maximal. Despite the difficulties faced in developing tourist attractions, the number of visitors continues to grow.

Recently, the Chief of Undisan tourism village, Komang Adi Sutisna, said that the promotion of tourism villages by the local government was minimal to nonexistent. Promotion of Undisan as a tourism village, is being carried out by individuals. So far the local governement has only focused on improving the quality of human ressources.

Funding for the development of tourism villages is mostly provided by the central governement. Up until now, Undisan tourism village has received IDR 170 million worth of funding which has been used to develop human ressources as well as improve facilites for tourists visiting the village.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency, I Wayan Adnyana, said that tourism promotion was being done through websites, the dissemination of pamphlets and attending tourism exhibitions.

When asked about the regional budget allocated for the promotion of tourism villages, Adnyana did

not give exact numbers. He did reveal that the percentage of the regional budget allocated for tourism promotion was based on the needs of each tourism village.

Facilities in tourism villages are, by and large still inadequate.

Penglipuran tourism village, for instance, despite contributing to the betterment of the region, lacks adequate parking spaces as well as sufficient toilets for the increasing number of visitors. Also the environement around the bamboo forest has already been severely damaged. “Penglipuran tourism village still requires supporting facilities such as a parking lot and toilet but other things as well” said the chief of Penglipuran tourism village management, I Nengah Moneng.

Moneng also explained that so far the government has not been very supportive of the tourist attraction. “We have never received any assistance” he said.

Apart from Penglipuran, other tourism village startups including Bayunggede village, face similar

Favehotel Panakkukang opens

JAKARTA – Following last year’s opening of the favehotel Daeng Tompo - Makassar, Archipelago International continues to expand its cheerful chain of 2 star favehotels in Makassar with the opening of the favehotel Panakkukang.

Tenganan Village, one of the tourism village which has the potential to be developed.

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conditions to those in Penglipuran.

Headman of Bayunggede, I Wayan Suarjaya, explained that the number of monthly tourist visits to Bayunggede has already increased. But, appropriate landscaping of the area has yet to be done. He said that so far the path toward the bamboo forest behind the village, which is the main atttaction

has yet to be paved at all. Suarjaya said that the village had received government assistance for a toilet, but once it was damaged, repairs had to be paid for by allocating rural funds.

So far, there are a total of 22 tourism villages in Bangli, spread across four subdistricts. Among them, only 5 of these villages are able to function

namely: Batur, Penglipuran, Kehen, Penulisan and Trunyan villages.

Meanwhile, the others must be classified as startups. In 2014, the number of tourist visit to Batur reached 500,324 people, Penglipuran (64,692 people), Kehen (16,563 people), Penulisan (1,026 people) and Trunyan (15,184 people). (sos)

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not receive any orders for a particular item. But overall, our order shows fairly sharp increases” he explained.

He also added that the increase of orders for bamboo handicrafts was based on the uniqueness of the craft itself and the wide range of options that he offers “The more craft items I can offer, the higher the possibility of getting more orders” he said.

Head of Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, I Nengah Sudibia, confirmed that orders for bamboo handicrafts in fact showed an increase last year.

However, he did not know for sure the amont of the increase as he claimed

not to have recorded the exact numbers. He also agreed that the increase was dependant on the particular craft items.

Although flooded with orders, constraints in capital flow are still experienced. The majority of customers pay 30 percent up front but craftspeople then struggle to find the rest of the capital to cover their operational costs.

“Our main constraint in this business lies with lack of fluid capital. The government has been supportive in promoting bamboo craft businesses but operational capital is still lacking” he said. (sos)

Orders for bamboo handicraft skyrocket

The bamboo handicraft is seen in the picture

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Currently bamboo craftsmen in Bangli County are being flooded with orders. One of the craftsmen, I Gede Putra Wisatawan, from Nyalian hamlet, Kawan village, said that in 2014 orders for his bamboo crafts rose sharply. “My orders for bamboo craft increased by 70 percent this year” he said on Sunday (Feb 15).

In fact the exact percentage of the increase in orders is not yet clear because calculations will only be made at the end of the year. “The increase in orders highly depends on the particular craft item. Sometimes, we do

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The new fave is well situated close to the city center, just a 35 minutes drive from the famed Losari Beach and 15 minutes from the airport. A myriad of restaurants and local conveniences are within the hotel’s direct vicinity, whilst nearby traffic arteries provide guests with easy access to all that Makassar has to offer.

The hotel offers 110 functional, select service hotel rooms, focusing on facilities that are truly important to most travellers.

Guests can look forward to free and reliable high-speed WiFi throughout the entire

hotel, favehotel’s typical edgy design, uncompromising standards for cleanliness and comfortable beddings with top notch pillows and 100% cotton linens.

In addition the new fave also provides a selection of meeting rooms, whether it be a business meeting or private social event, together with all the essential amenities to ensure guests’ events unfold without a hitch. These functions can be held in conjunction with the hotel’s eclectic all-day dining Lime Restaurant, which offers a wide range of delightful dishes for break-

fast, lunch and dinner.

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Indonesian typical food has many uniqueness and secret recipes. Starting in terms of cooking, composition, flavor, seasoning and ingredients. Now, the uniqueness and the secret has been revealed in a book entitled A New Approach to Indonesian Cooking. The tenth book was a masterpiece of an experienced chef named Heinz Von Holzen. The book was launched by him in his restaurant namely Rumah Bali Bed & Breakfast.

Heinz invited his colleagues and business associates such as travel agents, tourism practitioners and media.

According to him, Indonesian cuisine can perform very well as its rich contenct such as herbs and spices. therefore he shares the science of cooking with the new system in his book. Starting from the simplest level, for example, savory fried rice, stews, all kinds of satay, chicken braised in coconut milk, soto rendang, and many more. “It tasted 100% Indonesian cuisine but with a different system,” He said on the sidelines of the event.

Heinz told that the book has more than 100 favorite recipes from various regions

of the Indonesian archipelago. Moreover, the book gave the detail instructions on how to reproduce an authentic flavors by using a traditional cooking methods into modern kitchen.

The method that was described, Heinz continued, related with contemporary cooking techniques with materials and equipment with can be reached easily at home. The method will produce a cuisine with an exceptional taste. “The methods in the book were not only valid for Indonesian food, but also for various types of cuisine,” the man who had a hoby likes photography and adventure said.

On that occasion, Heinz also announced his other latest books, such as Images of Bali and Images of Indonesia which were attractively and professionally packaged in the form of an album. It Contained many collection of pictures related to the diversity of cultural traditions of Bali and Indonesia, such as art of dance, music, ceremony, social life and customs. His hand’s snapshots was a personal documentation for 6 years exploring the Indonesian archipelago.

A New Approach to Indonesian Cooking is written in English with 204 pages.

Published in 2014 by Marshall Cavendish publisher in Singapore. The Books prices is Rp. 400,000 and targeting culinary lovers and foreigner. Anyone who wanted to make Indonesian cuisine and come to Bali, this book could be a reference,” He said.

(BTN/ocha)

100 secrect food recipes in A New Approach to Indonesia Cooking book.

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

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “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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Survival for some endangered species hinges on ‘Frozen Zoo’

AP Photo/Seth Shostak, SETI Institute

This undated handout photo provided by Seth Shostak, SETI Institute, shows the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. The worldfs largest single antenna, it has a million watt transmitter.

Should we call the cosmos seeking ET? Or is that risky?

SAN JOSE, California \ Astronomers looking for alien life have sat for decades by their telescopes, waiting to hear from E.T. It didn’t happen, so now some of them want to beam messages out into the void and invite the closest few thousand worlds to chat or even visit.

Others scientists, including Stephen Hawking, think that’s crazy, warning that instead of sweet and gentle E.T., we may get something like the planetconquering aliens from “Independence Day.” The consbsequences, they say, could be catastrophic.

But calling out there ourselves may be the only way to find out if we are not alone, and humanity may benefit from alien intelligence, said Douglas A. Vakoch, whose title is director of interstellar message composition at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California.

SETI stands for Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and until now it’s been mostly a listening-type thing.

This dispute \ which mixes astronomy, science fiction, philosophy, the law, mathematics and a touch of silliness \ broke out Thursday and Friday at a convention in San Jose of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

And this week several prominent space experts, including Space X founder Elon Musk and planet hunter Geoff Marcy, started a petition cautioning against sending out such messages, saying it is impossible to predict whether extraterrestrial life will be benign or hostile.

Vakoch is hosting a separate conference Saturday at the SETI Institute on the calling-all-aliens proposal and what the messages should say.

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The idea is called active SETI, and according to Vakoch would involve the beaming of messages via radar and perhaps eventually lasers.

There have been a few small and unlikely-to-work efforts to beam messages out there in the past, including NASA sending the Beatles song “Across the Universe” into the cosmos in 2008.

NASA’s Voyager probe recently left the solar system with a “golden record” created by Carl Sagan with a message, and the space agency’s New Horizon probe will also have greetings on it by the time it exits the solar system.

But what scientists are now talking about is a coordinated and sustained million-dollar-a-year effort with approval from some kind of science or international body and a message that people agree on.

It’s an “attempt to join the galactic club,” Vakoch said. He assured a crowd of reporters: “There’s no danger of alien invasion from active SETI.” But as a science fiction author, as well as an astrophysicist, David Brin thinks inviting aliens here is a bad idea.

Even if there is a low risk of a nasty creature coming, the consequences could be extreme.

“I can’t bring myself to wager my grandchildren’s destiny on unreliable assumptions” about benevolent aliens, Brin said.

Brin noted that European explorers

brought slaughter and disease to less technologically advanced people in the Americas more than 500 years ago. He called for the science community to put efforts on hold for an ethical and scientific discussion.

As Brin, Shostak, Vakoch and others sparred at a news conference, 84-yearold Frank Drake sat in the back quietly.

Drake, a pioneer in the search for extraterrestrial life, created the formula called Drake’s Equation that scientists use to estimate the chances that other life is out there. More than 40 years ago, Drake and Sagan beamed a message into space to look for aliens, a first for Earth.

It was a short message from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, and it was aimed at a star cluster called Messier 13. It will take 25,000 years to get there, Drake said.

“The probability of succeeding is infinitesimally small,” Drake said, rolling out incredible amount of time it takes messages to go back and forth and his estimate that the average civilization will last only 10,000 years.

So why’d he do it? Curiosity, Drake said. And it doesn’t matter if our civilization is gone by the time E.T. answers, if he does.

“We get messages from the ancient Greeks and Romans and Socrates all the time, long since gone. Still valuable,” Drake said. “We’re going to do the archaeology of the future.” (ap)

ESCONDIDO, California — Whenever an endangered animal dies at the San Diego Zoo, researchers race out, regardless of the hour, to remove its sperm or eggs, maybe a bit of ear or eyeball, and carefully freeze the cells in liquid nitrogen.

Today, the survival of the northern white rhinoceros and dozens of other species could hinge on the collection amassed over nearly 40 years that has become the largest gene bank of its kind: The Frozen Zoo. The icy vials may one day be used in experiments to resurrect recently extinct animals, like the Hawaiian Po’ouli bird. The stainless steel tanks hold the genetic material of more than 10,000 individual animals from more than 1,000 species and subspecies.

The Frozen Zoo’s work has taken on renewed urgency since the San Diego Safari Park lost 42-year-old Angalifu to cancer in December, leaving only five northern white rhinos left in the world — and all unable to reproduce.

Scientists are racing to find the best way to utilize the bank’s frozen sperm to produce another one before the northern white goes extinct, which could happen within a decade.

Critics question whether it’s worth spending millions of dollars on species that are down to so few.

The bank is valued as a genetic archive that has helped advance artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, cloning and stem cell technology. But debate is stirring over how far such research should go.

Paul Ehrlich, a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, said the world needs to address the problem’s root causes, such as population growth and climate change.

“Screwing around with science to save a white rhino might be fun and I would like to see it preserved and am all for biodiversity, but it’s so far down the list of things we should be doing first,” he said.

With species going extinct at a faster rate, zoos are taking on greater conservation roles and facing decisions on which animals are worth trying to save. Some may be extinct by the time another one is reproduced and possibly never live in the wild.

The northern white’s natural habitat is in countries like Sudan and Congo, which have been unable to stop poachers. The horn is coveted in Asia as an aphrodisiac, creating a market that threatens all rhino species.

There’s also the hurdle of producing enough offspring to avoid inbreeding.

“We can do all kinds of razzle-dazzle things but it’s one thing to make another animal or two or three, but it’s quite another to make a sustainable population from a genetic standpoint,” said George Seidel, a Colorado State University professor who has written about resurrecting the woolly mammoth.

The challenges, however, are not insurmountable for critically endangered species or possibly recently extinct species, said Barbara Durrant, director of reproductive physiology at The San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, which houses the Frozen Zoo. “We’re not so much interested in bringing back dinosaurs or mammoths,” she said.

The Frozen Zoo holds the cell cultures from 12 northern white rhinos — more than the living population: “There have been other species that have come back from numbers that small so we think there is good reason we can do this with the northern white rhino,” she said.

Sperm from the Frozen Zoo has been used to reproduce endangered animals from the giant panda to the Chinese monal pheasant. Its frozen cells also were used to clone two endangered types of cattle. The gaur lived only a few days while the banteng survived for seven years before being put down after breaking a leg. Both animals, however, had genetic defects.

The northern white rhino and the drill monkey were the first endangered animals to have their cells transformed into stem cells and stored at the Frozen Zoo. Theoretically, stem cells can produce any body tissue. That means thawed stem cells from a male rhino could produce both sperm and egg in the lab, but the method has been done only once — in a mouse.

Artificial insemination has seen success in producing other rhino species. Northern white rhino semen could be used to impregnate the closely related southern white to make a hybrid. (ap)

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Police target hotels selling liquor without a license

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It is very easy to buy liquor in either shops or hotels. However, not all the tourist accommodations have permits for the sale of liquor as set forth in the Denpasar Regional Bylaw (Perda) No.11/2002 on liquor trade. On that account, the West Denpasar Police will comb all hotels in Denpasar that show indications of selling liquor.

“Results of the initial investigation indicated there were hotels selling imported liquor, without permission. We will raid all the hotels, especially those in the region of West and North Denpasar” said Chief of West Denpasar Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Muhammad Agustiawan, Sunday (Feb 15).

At the very least, added Agustiawan, during the Public Disease Operation 2015, hotels found selling liquor would be dealt with according to the rules. In addition, his party will also be targeting stores or shops alleged to sell liquor.

“Within the past two weeks, we have secured 20 bottles of imported liquor of various brands and 22 bottles of wine. They were secured from 5 shops and stalls. Those who sell liquor will be cracked down on, let alone the liquor with alcohol content of above 40 percent,” he said.

Meanwhile, the joint team of the Public Disease Operation of Denpasar Police led by Opera-

tions Division Head, Leo Martin Pasaribu, early morning on Sunday raided a hotel on Jalan Mahendradatta, Denpasar. When searching room number 306 occupied by a 30 year old man from Jakarta with the initial MR, 29 year old woman with the initials As was found there with him, but she was not his wife.

The woman was registered in roomumber 309. What shocked the officers was the dozens of bottles of imported liquor found in the room. The liquor and its owner were taken to police station. “This case will be processed by Denpasar Police investigator. We just secured it,” said Leo. Betting retailer

Related to the results of Public Disease Operation, the West Denpasar Police also revealed an illegal Toto gambling case on Sunday. The betting retailer with initials Wayan Rg aka Clungkik, 36, was arrested at his home on Jalan Nusa Kambangan Gang XXVIII, Denpasar, Thursday (Feb 12) approximately

The police officers shows the illegal liquors and the suspect a few days ago. at 4:30 p.m. From this unemployed man, the officers secured the evidence of cash worth IDR 277,000 and a mobile phone. To the officer,

he admitted to have been selling illegal Toto since December 2014.

When the officers checked the suspect’s mobile phone, it contained

National conference of Sundanese communities successfully held A NATIONAL Conference of Sundanese communities in Indonesia was successfully held over two days (Feb 13-14) and was officially closed by Governor of West Java, Ahmad Heryawan, at Jak Resto, Kuta, on Saturday (Feb 14).

On the closing night, there was a declaration of the Sundanese Diaspora Communication Forum (Formas Sunda Pengumbaran) and the inauguration of the board and its members.

A Jaka Bandung was inaugurated as Chairman, HM Iqbal as Secretary General and Puguh Hartono as Treasurer. Similarly.

The event was also attended by the Rector of Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Rector of Padjajaran University (Unpad), Managing Director of West Java Regional Bank (BJB), Rector of Parahyangan University (Unpar), legislator Popong Otje Djundjunan, CEO of Bali Post Group

Satria Naradha and representatives of Sundanese people who wandered in 33 provinces in Indonesia.

The chairman known as Jaka, who was the initiator of the Sundanese Diaspora Communication Forum, conveyed that the forum aimed to unite the Sundanese diaspora communities throughout the archipelago and to strengthen relationships between the Sundanese community in areas from Aceh to Papua, and even those working overseas in Sidney, Tokyo and the United States.

The main activities of the forum, added Jaka, was friendship and mutual help in the social, economic and cultural field. As the target in the near future, this forum was planning to make a visit to Bandung. Meanwhile, in the next six months, the forum also planned to go to Papua in the religious gatherings. “We want the existence

of this forum to be introduced to members of the government such as the local regent and mayor.

There are no political aspects nor special mission and vision for the forum” said the man who has been living in Bali since 1981.

On this occasion, Governor Ahmad Heryawan congratulated the members for the formation of the Sundanese Diaspora Communication Forum. “Sunda is the second largest ethnic group in Indonesia.

By preserving it, we have participated in maintaining cultural diversity of the Homeland” he warmly welcomed.

The forum was an organization, explained Governor Ahmad Heryawan, so that everyone involved was expected to maintain the integrity and identity. “I will support the residents of West Java and the organization. The Sundanese known as friendly ethnic can be successful as long as they

are well-behaved and polite in the diaspora,” he advised.

The Sundanese Diaspora Communication Forum was an NGO that had been officially registered completely and had a notarial deed.

The Board of Trustees of the forum was the Governor of West Java and Banten with the operations office based in Bandung. Bali was chosen as the first declaration venue because it was strategic and easy to reach as well as well known as tourist destination.

Approximately there were 45 million Sundanese people spreading across the archipelago and overseas. Especially in Bali, the Sundanese people were estimated to reach 30,000 people with 4,000 families, Singaraja (300 families), Tabanan (700 families), Karangasem (26 families), Bangli (hundreds of families) and the rest scattered in Denpasar and Badung. (ocha)

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SMS on the numbers of customers.

Furthermore, the suspect was taken to West Denpasar Police and put into a cell. (kmb36)

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After attacks, Europe fights call for mass migration of Jews

Alleged to keep marijuana, an American traveler arrested

Denpasar (Bali Post) - Dozens of Denpasar Police personnel searched the room of one of the hotels on Jalan Mahendradatta, West Denpasar, Sunday (Feb 15).

Consequently in the room number 308 occupied by a guest from the United States with initials SC could be secured a plastic clip alleged to contain marijuana.

The Operations Division Head of Denpasar Police, Leo Martin Pasaribu, revealed that his party did not dare to make sure whether it was marijuana or not and should be tested at forensic laboratory. In addition, the investigators would also further explore the case.

“Later on, after the completion of the Public Disease Operation, we will release all. This case will be dealt with by the investigator first,” he said.

SC was arrested with a woman, Ek, 23, from Buleleng. The goods suspected as marijuana were kept in a suitcase hidden in the wardrobe of this skinny tourist. Furthermore, SC and Ek were taken to Denpasar Police station.

Meanwhile, on Friday (Feb 13), the personnel of the Denpasar Police Narcotic Unit arrested a dealer of crystal meth and ecstasy with initial Ton, 40, on Jalan Mahendradatta, Denpasar.

Chief of Narcotic Unit, Gede Ganefo, revealed last Sunday the suspect had been put into wanted list by the Denpasar Police Narcotic Unit since September 2014.

Originally when living in the boarding house on Jalan Gunung Tangkuban Perahu Denpasar, the suspect could escape when raided.

At that time, he was the operation target because he became a dealer of crystal meth and marijuana.

Having been investigated, the hiding place of the suspect could eventually be tracked. On Friday approximately at 2:25 p.m., police raided the residence of the suspect. At the location, the officers secured some evidences such as 151 ecstasy pills, 18 packages of crystal meth weighing 4.02 grams, 2 bongs, 2 glasses, 3 empty plastic clips and 1 electric scale.

“Quite a lot of evidences are found and the suspect is probably a major dealer in Bali. This case is still being developed, mainly investigating where the suspect got the drug from,” said Ganefo. (kmb36)

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PARIS — Despite desecrated Jewish graves in France and a deadly attack at a synagogue in Copenhagen, European leaders on Monday rejected calls from the Israeli prime minister for a mass immigration of the continent’s Jews, urging unity instead.

Hundreds of Jewish tombstones were found vandalized in eastern France on Sunday, hours after a Danish Jew guarding a synagogue in Copenhagen was shot to death.

Frenchmen have been accused of three deadly attacks on Jewish sites since 2012: one at a school in the southern city of Toulouse, another at a museum in Brussels and finally one at a kosher market last month.

Twelve people died in total.

“We know there are doubts, questions across the community,” French President Francois Hollande said Monday. “I will not just let what was said in Israel pass, leading people to believe that Jews no longer have a place in Europe and in France in particular.”

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls also said Monday that the government would defend French Jews against what he described as “Islamo-fascism.” “A Jew who leaves France is a piece of France that is gone,” Valls told RTL radio.

Badung Market, one of the destination in Denpasar City tour

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City tour not supported yet by infrastructure Denpasar (Bali Post - Denpasar Municipality planning to work on again the city tour package got a response from the legislators of Denpasar. The city tour scheduled to be launched next March is rumored to have received appreciation from tourism practitioners. Even, the Association of Indonesia Tours and Travel Agency (ASITA) have also expressed its support and readiness to help implement the city tour package expected to become the tourism icon of Denpasar.

However, the launching plan is considered premature considering so far there have been no indications if the Denpasar Municipality makes preparation such as physical infrastructure. “We greatly appreciate the plan of the municipality to sell city tour package. Unfortunately, there seems no preparation to support the city tour,” said a legislator of the Denpasar House getting involved in tourism, Putu Oka Mahendra, Sunday (Feb 15).

This Chairman of the Golkar Party Faction in the Denpasar

House mentioned that to revive the city tour having been at issue for a long time the government had to consider a number of crucial and supporting components. To that end, the Denpasar Municipality should repair several public facilities such as toilet in the area included in the city tour package before the launching. Arrangement of the park along the heritage area of city tour (Jagatnatha Temple, Bali Museum, Jaya Sabha, Catur Muka Statue, Badung Market and Desa Temple) should be maxi-

mized.

Another member of the Golkar Faction formerly pursuing the world of tourism as a Japanese tourist guide, Wayan Suwirya, disclosed that to revive the city tour the government should pay attention to a number of tourism components.

One of them was about the role of tour guide. “Tour guide as tourism practitioner who really understands about the ins and outs of this excursion should be made a spearhead in exciting the city tour of Denpasar,” said Suwirya.

Based on his experiences as Japanese tourist guide, Suwirya admitted that popularity of tourist attraction depended on the tour guide.

The role of tour guide in the field was crucial when directing their guests, although the travel agency had determined the itinerary. “Not

infrequently, tour guide can direct its guests to another object, outside the specified destinations in the itinerary of travel agency,” he explained.

To popularize city tour among travelers, added Suwirya, there were some things that should become the concern of the government. Among them, there should be a drop zone and pick-up zone equipped with representative social facilities such as parking lot and restrooms. The most important issue was the guarantee of congestion-free, both at drop zone and pick-up zone. It was particularly important considering the city tour package was basically a tour package bounded by time of 4 to 6 hours. To that end, the transportation posed a crucial issue for tour guide and travel agency. (kmb12)

In 2014, more than 7,000 French Jews in a community estimated at around 500,000 left for Israel, more than double the number for 2013. And the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved a $46 million plan to encourage still more Jewish immigration from France, Belgium and Ukraine.

The exodus from France accelerated after the March 2012 attacks by Mohammed Merah, who stormed a Jewish school in Toulouse, killing three children and a rabbi. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that at a time of rising antiSemitism in Europe, Israel is the only place where Jews can truly feel safe.

“This wave of attacks is expected to continue,” Netanyahu told his Cabinet. “Jews deserve security in every country, but we say to our Jewish brothers and sisters, Israel is your home.” Netanyahu’s comments triggered an angry response from Copenhagen’s chief rabbi,

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French Chief Rabbi Moise Lewin, left and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo visit the Synagogue in Copenhagen, during a visit to the Synagogue in Copenhagen, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, after the attacks at the weekend.

Jair Melchior, who said he was “disappointed” by them. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that her government will

Biting cold air follows latest New England snowstorm

BOSTON — New England remained bitterly cold Monday after the region’s fourth winter storm in a month blew through. Forecasters said another winter blast might hit midweek. Forecasters had warned Sunday of exceptionally cold air, perhaps the coldest in years. Strong winds were expected to continue into Monday, reducing visibility, creating drifts and complicating an ongoing cleanup

effort.

Matthew Belk of the National Weather Service said exposed skin could start to develop frostbite in “a matter of minutes.” The Arctic cold front already had frozen the upper Midwest.

New Englanders were talking in superlatives for this winter — harshest, most relentless. Boston already had 6 feet (1.8 meters) of snow before the latest storm.Some areas of New England reported nearly 2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow from the storm.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said it will resume limited service Monday after the latest snowstorm forced the agency to suspend service again.

The Coast Guard said it rescued an Australian father-son sailing team whose boat lost power and had its sails torn in 60 mph (96.5 kph) winds about 140 miles (225 kilometers) southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Belk, the weather forecaster, said that after heading out to sea, the storm may turn north and drop a fresh round of snow on the Northeast on Tuesday, AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Derek Davis though it’s unclear how much. “The Sarah Pitt-Wooll digs through a wall of snow on her question is whether it grazes by southern walkway after a storm left over a foot and a half in Kittery, New England on its way out to the North Maine, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.

Atlantic,” he said.(ap)

do everything possible to ensure Jewish sites are secure.

“We are glad and thankful that there is Jewish life in Germany

again,” Merkel said in Berlin. “And we would like to continue living well together with the Jews who are in Germany today.”(ap)

India’s Modi talking with newly elected Sri Lankan president NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka’s newly elected president, Maithripala Sirisena, held wide-ranging talks Monday as the South Asian neighbors sought to strengthen strategic ties, increase trade and resolve long-standing issues between their nations. This was Sirisena’s first foreign visit as president, and Indian officials said it indicated the easing of tensions that had crept into the relationship as China made forays into what New Delhi considers its strategic backyard.

Modi said the security and prosperity of the two countries was indivisible and they were committed to unlock the potential of their economic cooperation, citing a nuclear agreement that was reached. “The bilateral agreement on civil nuclear cooperation is yet another demonstration of our mutual trust,” Modi told journalists soon after his talks with the Sri Lankan leader.

The nuclear agreement would allow India and Sri Lanka to share expertise on the management of ra-

dioactive waste, nuclear disaster mitigation and environmental protection, officials said. It would also allow the training of Sri Lankans in the use of radioisotopes, nuclear and radiation safety and nuclear security.

Sri Lankan lawmakers in the past have raised concerns about the safety of India’s Russian-built nuclear power plants in Tamil Nadu state, near Sri Lanka.

The talks between Modi and Sirisena appeared to have put relations between the neighbors back on track, with both leaders agreeing to resolve many of the irritants in their ties. Over the past decade, India has watched with concern as China pumped billions of dollars into infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka.

Last year, President Xi Jinping became the first Chinese leader to visit Sri Lanka in 28 years as he courted Colombo’s support for a maritime trade route. Sri Lanka also irked New Delhi by allowing two Chinese submarines to dock along its coastline.(ap)

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A journey into the history and mystery of Bali

Japan says economy grew 2.2 pct in Oct-Dec

TOKYO - Japan’s economy emerged from recession in the last quarter, growing at a 2.2 percent annualized rate as exports and public spending helped to offset weaker residential investment.

However, the preliminary data released Monday put growth for the world’s third-largest economy in 2014 flat at 0.0 percent, the slowest rate in three years, while real wages fell 0.1 percent.

The economy expanded 0.6 percent in October-December from the previous quarter, a rate that fell below many economists’ expectations.

Private investment that remained anemic, suggesting that businesses and households, which account for the lion’s share of growth, remain cautious about spending.

“The weakness in domestic demand supports our view that output will essentially be flat this year,” Marcel Thieliant of Capital Economics said in a commentary.

The government revised earlier growth figures, suggesting the technical recession of two straight months of contraction was milder than earlier reported.

The economy suffered two straight quarters of contraction following a sales tax hike in April, prompting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to push back until April 2017 a tax hike planned for October of this year.

The economy contracted at a minus 0.6 percent pace in JulySeptember, Monday’s data showed, compared to the earlier reported minus 1.9 percent pace. The contraction in April-July was revised

upward from minus 7.3 percent to minus 1.7 percent.

Many economists had forecast an exit from recession in the October-December quarter thanks partly to stronger demand in the U.S., Japan’s largest export market.

Abe has sought to foster sustained growth through massive injections of cash into the economy, primarily through central bank asset purchases similar to those used in the U.S. under the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing policy.

The ultra-loose monetary policy is meant to spur inflation and counter years of deflationary stagnation, but so far Japan remains far short of the government and central bank’s target of 2 percent.

More than two years into his administration, Abe is struggling to get growth back on a sustainable path and make a “new start.”

In a major policy speech last week, he vowed to push through the biggest reforms in Japan since World War II, reiterating pledges for sweeping reforms of the government bureaucracy, labor regulations and other policies to catalyze growth.

“Now is the time. Through our efforts, Japan can achieve growth once again,” he said.

Sustained growth will depend both on global trends and on whether consumer spending can regain

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Children played Engrang, one of traditional games that becomes an alternative for children besides playing video game and other modern games.

Traditional games, a hidden treasure of children heritage

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In this Aug. 20, 2014 file photo, a port worker walks past a piles of cargo at a container terminal in Tokyo.

Japan’s economy grew at a 2.2 percent clip in the last quarter on a sharp recovery in exports.

momentum. Abe and other leaders are pushing corporations to raise wages in this year’s spring labor negotiations to help boost consumer demand.

Last year major corporations like Toyota Motor Corp. gave the largest wage increases in years.

Part-time workers have likewise

seen some increases. But overall incomes lagged behind inflation as the sales tax rose to 8 percent from 5 percent.

The more than 60 percent plunge in oil prices since June is cooling inflation around the globe, but is also seen as a plus for consumer spending since lower costs for gas

and other energy can mean more spending in other areas.

Some economists expect the central bank, to loosen monetary further later in the spring if lower oil prices appear to be weighing too heavily on progress toward the 2 percent inflation target that was meant to be achieved by now. (ap)

Thai economy barely grew Thousands rally against in 2014 after protests, coup austerity across Greece

BANGKOK - Officials say Thailand’s economy grew only 0.7 percent last year as investment and exports declined after a May coup.

The National Economic and Social Development Board says Monday that 2014’s growth was lower than the forecast of 1 percent as growth in private consumption was weak and investment contracted.

It predicted Southeast Asia’s second-biggest economy will expand by 3.5-4.5 percent in 2015 as world

growth picks up.

Thailand was hit by months of antigovernment protests that led to May’s military coup.

The agency said the political situation made the number of tourists decline by 1.77 million people compared with 2013.

It said the economy grew by 2.3 percent in the October-December quarter compared with 1.7 percent in the previous quarter. It shrank in the first half of the year. (ap)

ATHENS \ About 20,000 people gathered in central Athens Sunday to support the newly elected government’s push for a better deal on Greece’s debt.

Protesters carried banners denouncing economic austerity and Greece’s creditors.

Similar rallies took place in several Greek cities and about forty other solidarity gatherings were staged across Europe and in Australia, Brazil and the US. The Greek government has enthusiastically

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welcomed these rallies while insisting that they are spontaneous affairs, organized through social media. On Monday, a gathering of Eurozone finance ministers will consider Greece’s proposal for short-term “bridge financing” without the onerous terms previously imposed on the country, until a longer-term solution to Greece’s crushing debt is found.

So-called technical level talks with creditor representatives ended Saturday, Greek officials say. (ap)

DENPASAR - Today, children have unlimited choices of games. They have been pampered by modern games, ranging from Turtle Ninja, Kung Fu, war games and many more. These can make them stay for hours in front of television or computer. Yet, behind this ease and enjoyment, they lose some values like creativity and do not know they have traditional games.

It is said so because there is a trend where children, both in urban and rural areas, begin to leave their traditional games.

Many game options have been available in the form of CD, DVD, Internet and cartoon in television. Just by CD rental or buying the cheapest one and sitting down sweetly, they could enjoy the games they like best.

If the games contain competition, they will compete against machine or some times against friends. Without realized, this may result in sight disorder where children should gaze the monitor and finally require thick glasses at earlier age.

Advancement is not always bad.

However, parents should control them to what extent those games could drive good impact. Before the presence of these modern games, there were many traditional games. They are no less interesting than the modern ones. Many children even find it attractive and make them creative.

Such event like Bali Arts Festival has shown the treasure of traditional games.

This event is just like a kaleidoscope highlighting a variety of traditional games that ever existed within the life of Balinese children. To play one of the games, children should first search for its materials by themselves at backyard or garden.

Actually, it is here where the challenge

of the games begins. Sometimes, they got injury because they are unable to use a knife properly. It did not matter as intriguing power has superseded it.

Among the parade, there was a space intended for children world where they displayed some bizarre games like coconut shell clog, walking on stilts, pulling friend by the sheath of areca nut, pulling rope in-group and two-wheeled toy where its stick carried on shoulder. Meanwhile, the heavier one was gallivanting show by barong effigy.

To play the coconut shell clog, for instance, they should keep their balance well. Standing on the tips of coconut shell is not easy. Moreover, they have to maintain the harmony of steps with the pulling of rope connected to each coconut shell. When the pull and steps can go harmoniously, the player can walk faster.

Balance is also entailed in walking on stilts or tajog or egrang. This game is even riskier because the position of pedal is higher from the ground. However, when a player can operate these stilts properly it is more challenging and pleasant. The higher the pedal the more challenging it is. Walking on stilts looks like a walking long-legged heron. It would be more interesting when passing through a muddy or knee-deep watery road. These games

are often put into competition related to traditional sports.

Another game requiring cooperation is pulling the sheath of areca nut. If the bean of areca nut is used by grandfathers or grandmothers for ingredient of chewing betel, the sheath of it is used by their grandchildren to make ‘a pulling vehicle’. Yellow leaf signifies it has been mature. It is time for children to take it. They just need to leave out the ribs of leaf. The main rib is not cut as it will be used to pull. One child serves as passenger while another as driver who pulls the sheath. This role is exchanged so both can have an opportunity to enjoy the ‘comfort’ of this vehicle game.

Children also put an interest in dancing barong gallivanting show. For them, it has been designed a smaller-sized barong.

Therefore, before growing adult they have been introduced to art world of adult people. By performing gallivanting show like this, they will obtain experience and earn money. However, the emphasis here is not on the money, but on the experience and fun.

Actually, there are more traditional games that once lived in midst of Balinese community. Bali Arts Festival have revealed them one by one so young generation can know their traditional heritages. Maybe, having watched or played modern games they could combine with the traditional ones they have. At least, the traditional can become an alternative, as all raw materials have been available at their surroundings. (kmb)

Undeniably, bliss or happiness has become a dream and destination of most people. Career and material achievement are the bridge to reach it. However, when arriving at the height of these, sometimes people encounters there is something lost. Ultimately, they travel to several parts of the world to look for a satisfying answer of this matter.

Many favorite destinations of the world now offer the combination of leisure and spirituality as if these two words had become new mantra in travel trend.

Traveling for this purpose is focused on the experience and journey. It digs out self-potential and human achievement in the past, chiefly on self-realization and his relation to nature and the Creator. This kind of tourism is appropriate for those wishing to pursue the answer above.

In the journey of time, local history records that the Balinese community has a bright achievement in spiritual development. Some footprints can be encountered through the heritage at favorite destinations. Gunung Kawi sanctuary, for instance, becomes a proof of spiritual activity established during the administration of the King Anak Wungsu (11th century).

Next to the cave temples occurs a series of meditation cells. The rock was cut to make some cloisters and meditation cells. At this location, ancient people can practice their meditation. It is a truly tranquil place situated at the Petanu riverside.

Another important location is nestled at the Elephant Cave or Goa Gajah, Gianyar. It is estimated to have been founded during the reign of Warmadeva Dynasty (10th century). The sanctuary is known as Kunjarapada where Kunjara (Sanskrit) means elephant and pada means location. In the mass, this name represents that it became the last destination of Maharishi Agastya in providing his spiritual enlightenment in Bali.

Today, visitors can trace back and enjoy a variety of experiences in spiritual travel, ranging from visiting great temples to ancient sanctuaries used to practice yoga. Even, yoga class has now been offered at several hotels, villas and yoga centers at main destinations of Bali. Meanwhile, for relaxation and rejuvenation visitors can try some spa treatments in the combination of traditional method and ingredients with modern technique. These are often promoted through illustrious catchphrases mentioning as product of mind, body and soul. To sum up, by visiting Bali you can enrich your experience related to spiritual and wellness. Though the tradition has been created hundreds of years ago, its practice and benefits remain relevant to modern life today.

More than that, Bali as a tourist destination also implements the concept of indigenous wisdom called Tri Hita Karana (THK). It stands for an integrated application of social, environmental and spiritual aspect in tourism development and practices. Tourism industry also implemented this wisdom. It is intended to implement and preserve this sublime concept in their business practices. By doing so, it is expected they could give the best satisfaction to customer, surrounding community and the operator going hand in hand with the conservation of nature.

Ultimately, inspired by Hinduism, indigenous wisdom and local tradition, the island has a variety of treasures, endless activities and ‘mystery’ to explore.

They have become integrated part of Balinese life.

Many visitors come and go. Some get interested to join the ceremony, to roam pristine villages, or even to stay at ashrams for weeks. Hopefully, one of the activities above can become an answer for those wishing to balance their life with any achievement at hand. (kmb)

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South Korean National Assembly Speaker Chung Ui-hwa bangs the gavel as he announces passing a confirmation of President Park Geun-hye’s nomination of Lee Wan Koo as the country’s prime minister during the plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.

South Korea finally gets a new prime minister SEOUL - South Korean President Park Geun-Hye finally got a new prime minister on her third attempt Monday, despite claims by opposition lawmakers that her nominee was morally unfit for the office. Lee Wan-Koo, a senior legislator from Park’s ruling Saenuri party, was approved in parliament by 148 votes to 128 after a tortuous nomination process.

A largely symbolic post in South Korea where power is concentrated in the executive, the prime minister is the only cabinet member whose nomination requires parliamentary approval.

Outgoing premier Chung HongWon had resigned way back in April last year amid strident public criticism of the government’s response to the Sewol ferry disaster that claimed more than 300 lives. President Park’s popularity ratings also plunged in the wake of the Sewol tragedy and her political fortunes were not helped by several failed attempts to appoint Chung’s successor.

Her first nominee, a retired Supreme Court justice, was forced to withdraw because of criticism over the large income he earned in private practice after leaving the bench.

The second, former journalist Moon Chang-Keuk, withdrew over comments he made suggesting Japan’s repressive colonial rule on the Korean peninsula was “God’s will”.

Apparently fearful of another nominee battle, a chastened Park was left with little choice but to retrospectively reject Chung’s initial resignation. Lee’s nomination when it came was a similarly fraught process.

The main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) had urged him to withdraw voluntarily, accusing him of speculating in real estate and of buying a high-class apartment with illegal political funds.

At his confirmation hearing, NPAD also disclosed a recording of Lee’s conversation with reporters pressuring them to stop carrying negative reports about him.

A Gallup Korea survey in January found that Park’s approval rating hit an all-time low of 29 percent, posing a growing threat to her drive to resuscitate the sluggish economy. (afp)

Do you wanna build a snowman?

Japanese city makes 1,585

TOKYO - A small Japanese city has claimed a new snowman-building world record, an official said Monday, after a winter storm dumped tonnes of the white stuff. More than 600 people raced to complete a whopping 1,585 snowmen -- each at least three-feet (90 centimetres) tall -- in an hour, smashing the previous Guinness World Record.

“We’ve been preparing the event since last year,” said an official in Iiyama city, where 23 centimetres

(nine inches) of snow fell in 24 hours. Young and old joined in the fun, using only their gloved hands, to better the previous record, achieved in the United States in 2011, by 306.

“It was tough because the snow crumbled, but I had fun,” eight-yearold Ichika Oguchi said, according to Kyodo News. “I am very happy that we were able to set a record.” As well as the minimum height requirement, Guinness stipulates that each snow-

man has to have facial features and ornamental arms.

Much of northern Japan has endured heavy snowfall this winter, with one place in Hokkaido getting 180 centimetres in one day earlier this month.

Last month, four people died in avalanches that struck some of the country’s many ski resorts, while in December, a bitter winter storm claimed at least 11 lives nationwide. (afp)

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Australian FM uses angry face to describe Putin in emoji interview SYDNEY - Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has conducted what is reportedly the world’s first political emoji interview, using an angry red face to describe Russia’s Vladimir Putin and a running man to depict her boss Tony Abbott. Buzzfeed, which on Thursday released a video with US President Barack Obama doing “things everyone does but doesn’t talk about” such as posing in front of a mirror, interviewed Bishop by sending her text messages.

Bishop responded using only emojis, the ideograms used for various visual messages sent online, many of which are based on variations of a smiley face. “The foreign minister accepted the challenge in the spirit in which it was offered to her,” her spokeswoman said.

Asked about her prime minister, fitness fanatic Tony Abbott, Bishop replied with an image of a man running.

For Abbott’s potential leadership challenger, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, she offered a mobile phone. For Russian President Putin, however, she came back with a fuming red face with angry eyes and a downturned mouth.

The foreign minister gave the relationship with longstanding ally the United States a thumbs up, a tick, and a broadly smiling face, and for China pretty much the same -except the grinning face was wearing black sunglasses.

For Indonesia, where the impending execution of two Australian drug convicts could strain ties, Bishop offered a thumbs up and a tick for the relationship, but added a downcast face.

Bishop also revealed via emoji that she prefers cats to dogs, her spirit animal is a monkey and her guilty pleasures are high-heeled shoes, cookies and donuts.

Asked whether she wanted to be prime minister, the popular foreign minister replied with an expressionless face with a straight line for a mouth. On a lighter note, asked which emoji she could not live without, she opted for a winking smiley face blowing a kiss. (afp)

Protecting...

From page 1 We do not want the presence of any investors who wish to take advantage of the loophole in order to carry out development plans for the creation of tourist accommodation on the sacred land of Menjangan Island” added Danu.

Chief of Sumberklampok customary village, Jro Nengah Nadi, revealed that he had originally decided to sign the agreement. Investor gave lip services to improvements to people’s welfare by claiming that they would provide employment for 70 percent of Sumberklampok residents. The government support of the project had to be revoked because it had violated the rules and regulations of both the county and Bali province.

“We will continue to support development as long as it does not violate the law. Indeed the investor promised to help the community. However, psychically it is indeed hard to build on the island. As a sacred area sanctified by Balinese people, I am obliged to reject the support of the tourist accommodation development on Menjangan Island. It clearly violates the rules and harms the environment, we shall therefore abide by the concept of Tri Hita Karana” he said.

Meanwhile, the subdistrict head of Gerokgak, Putu Ariadi Pribadi, added that his party still sought the guidance of the Buleleng government. “Being an extension of the regent, when it has rejected by the regency, we had to follow suit. As a sacred area and conservation area, the island must be well protected” he said. (kmb34)

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INDONESIA 13 bodies of victims of crashed AirAsia plane still unidentified

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Supporters of national police chief nominee Budi Gunawan rally outside the presidential palace calling for his inauguration after a court invalidated the anti-graft agency’s decision to name him a corruption suspect, in Jakarta February 16, 2015.

Surabaya - As many as 13 bodies of victims of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 remain unidentified on the 50th day of identification process on Sunday as the bodies have gone beyond identification and DNA data are not complete. Three of the 13 bodies only consisted of body parts, spokesman of the East Java provincial police Snr. Comsr. Awi Setiyono said.

“The 13 bodies which cannot yet be identified are still kept in the cold storage of the Bhayangkara Police Hospital in East Java,” he said. He said the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team of the Bhayangkara Police Hospital would try to identify the remaining 13 bodies by gathering DNA data from different parties including the Indonesian Police Headquarters.

“We will resume the identification of the remaining bodies at the Bhayangkara Hospital on Monday (February 16),” he said.

Earlier, on Friday (February 13), the DVI team managed to identify eight bodies and two body parts of victims. Chief of the East Java provincial police Insp. Gen. Anas Yusuf said a total of 89 bodies had been identified during the identification process.

The AirAsia Airbus A320-200 carrying 162 people had gone missing on the morning of December 28 after losing contact with air traffic control on its way from Surabaya, East Java, to Singapore.

Flight QZ8501 lost contact after the pilot sought permission to climb to 38 thousand feet from 32 thousand feet to avoid stormy weather over the sea between Bangka Belitung and West Kalimantan. (ant)

KPK will first read Jokowi urged to verdict on BG before giving response immediately install controversial police chief

Jakarta - Political observer Karel Susetyo said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) should immediately install Comr. Gen Budi Gunawan new police chief after the court decided corruption charge against him is invalid. “Everyone should accept the the pretrial courts decision and installment of Budi Gunawan should put an end to the polemic over the police general,” Karel, the executive director of POINT Indonesia, said here on Monday.

Judge Sarpin Rizaldi favored the lawsuit filed by Budi Gunawan against a decision of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) that declared him a corruption suspect.

Budi Gunawan was the sole candidate proposed last month by the president to the House of Representatives (DPR).

However, the day before the Commission III of the DPR held the fit and proper test for the candidate, KPK declared Budi Gunawan a corruption suspect. The DPR, despite the status of being a suspect, gave its approval for Budi Gunawan as a new police chief. The conflict began that dragged

until today with police “receiving” law suits against all remaining four leaders of KPK. The situation threw President Jokowi into an unpleasant situation whether to install or not to install Budi Gunawan. His latest promise was to make his decision after the process of pretrial is over. Karel said with the pretrial result on Monday, President Jokowi had no reason to delay installation of Budi Gunawan.

“With the installation of new chief , police should be solid again in carrying out their duties,” he said. As for the legal case against the KPK leader let the law takes it own way without

interference by the president. Meanwhile, law and political observer from the University of Nusa Cendana (Undana) in Kupang Nikolaus Pira Bunga said the president could not install Budi Gunawan.

“In fact Budi Gunawan is already police chief after the approval given

by DPR , but the president delayed the installation to show his respect for the law,” Nikolaus said .

Installation of Budi Gunawan, however, is likely to draw strong public protest. In addition police under Budi Gunawan is not expected to be able to have good relations with KPK after the conflict. (ant)

Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said it was awaiting a copy of South Jakarta District courts verdict to respond to the courts acceptance of Commissioner General Budi Gunawans pretrial petition. “KPK has not yet taken a stand because it is still waiting for a copy of the verdict. We have to first read it thoroughly,” KPKs Deputy Chairman for Prevention Unit Johan Budi stated here on Monday.

South Jakarta District Court Judge Sarpin Rizaldi in a final pretrial hearing here Monday accepted Commissioner General Budi Gunawans pretrial motion, affirming that KPKs move naming Gunawan a graft suspect was illegitimate.

KPK investigators accused Budi Gunawan of receiving bribes through suspicious transactions when he headed the Police Headquarters Career Planning Bureau during 2003-2006 and held other posts in police. Gunawan later filed a pretrial suit challenging KPKs move of naming him a graft suspect.

“KPK will soon write to the South Jakarta District Court for a copy of its verdict. It will study the verdict before deciding its stand on the court ruling,” Johan Budi remarked. He stated that KPK leaders, its legal bureau team, structural officials and investigators had met to discuss the South Jakarta District Courts decision.

South Jakarta District Courts Judge Sarpin Rizaldi ruled that KPKs letter of investigation order No.03/01/2015 dated January 12, 2015, which named Budi Gunawan a suspect was illegitimate and did not have any legal binding.

“As I always say, in principle, KPK, as a law enforcing institution, will always respect legal processes, including this (South Jakarta District Courts) pretrial decision,” Johan Budi stressed.(ant)

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Tihingan Village

Tihingan Village in Banjarangkan sub district is the center of Gong gamelan production. Its production is start with crude work then expert work to synchronize the gong sound. This, the most important thing is the expertise to synchronize the gong sound. In Tihingan village there are 2 pande (expert) gong maker groups.

This Village is location in Banjarangkan sub district and can be reached

with 2 wheels or 4 wheels vehicles.

About 3 km go to the west of Semarapura city. The road to Tihingan is well enough.

The people of Tihing village are very famous in Bali as they are expert of making gamelan instrument like Gong, Other Gamelan instrument gender. Except Gong, The people in this village can make all kind of gamelan Bali like: Semara Pegulingan, Gender puppet,

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International Kelentangan/Angklung and other, made of kerawang metal. Their expertise may descended by their ancient from hundred years ago. It can be approved by looking at Gamelan instrument having by many villages. Their village (Tihingan) is written on those gamelan.

The gamelan has become famous in the world and many foreign tourists come to Tihingan and reserve Gong to be brought to their country.

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Westbrook has 41, West edges East in NBA All-Star Game

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Wawrinka downs Berdych to win Rotterdam title

West Team’s Russell Westbrook, of the Oklahoma City Thunder, dunks the ball during the first half of the NBA All-Star basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, in New York.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

The NBA’s return to New York showed off everything about the Big Apple, and by the time Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” played after the game, it was clear Westbrook was king of the hill. “It’s amazing. It’s a blessing to be here in New York City,” Westbrook said during the MVP ceremony.

James Harden added 29 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the West, which built a 20-point lead in the first half and then pulled away after it was tied at 148 with a little more than 4 minutes remaining. LeBron James finished with 30 points, but couldn’t lead the East to the victory in his favorite NBA arena.

Harden’s 3-pointer snapped the final tie with 4:02 to play and Chris Paul followed with consecutive baskets. Westbrook’s fifth 3-pointer put it away at 158-149 with 2:22 to go.

Atlanta’s Kyle Korver made seven 3-pointers and scored 21 points for the East, while Washington’s John

Wall had 19.

But right from the start, the players were sharing the stage. Christina Aguilera appeared from behind a giant big apple, and belted out some New York-inspired numbers to start the show, joined on stage by the Rockettes.

Entertainment’s elite were all over the arena, with players hobnobbing with rapper Jay-Z and boxing champ Floyd Mayweather near their courtside seats at halftime. But the biggest roar came for a star from another sport — politics. President Bill Clinton, who had a big night of his own at Madison Square Garden when he was nominated here during the 1992 Democratic National Convention, got a pair of loud ovations when he was shown during Queen Latifah’s performance of the national anthem.

Big brother Pau Gasol won the jump ball against Marc to begin the first All-Star game featuring two

sibling starters, but for a while it looked as if that would be the East’s only win of the night.

The West shot out to a 20-point lead behind a record 27 first-half points from Westbrook, but the East chipped away and cut it to 83-82 before pop star Ariana Grande’s halftime performance. It was 122-all after three and close throughout the fourth.

It was New York’s first time hosting the weekend since 1998 and a rare journey to the north for the NBA, which has preferred to stage the festivities in the warmth of the South and West.

Even some of the NBA’s most fashionable had to choose bundling up over dressing up, a concession to the frigid temperatures they faced during the weekend. But next year might be worse, when the game heads north of the border to Toronto.

Carmelo Anthony struggled to 14 points on 6-of-20 shooting for the East in what may have been his final game of the season. The Knicks star has been battling a sore knee for much of the season and may opt for surgery with the team owning the NBA’s worst record.(ap)

Stanislas Wawrinka claimed his first indoor silverware when he beat holder Tomas Berdych 4-6 6-3 6-4 to win the ABNAMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam on Sunday.

The Swiss gradually turned a heavyweight duel between the top-10 rivals his way after losing the first set and marched on to a sixth successive victory against the Czech.

A weary-looking Berdych saved one match point at 5-3 in the deciding set but Wawrinka sealed victory a game later with a swinging first serve that his opponent returned long.

“It’s my first (ATP World Tour) 500 title and winning indoors is something special for me personally. It’s always amazing to win a trophy. It’s the best

feeling,” Wawrinka was quoted as saying on the ATP’s website (www.atpworldtour.com).

“It’s been an amazing week.

It wasn’t easy, but every match I found my way. It was a great final. Tomas was playing really well, but I’m happy to turn that match for me and win the title.”

It was Wawrinka’s second title of the year after he triumphed in Chennai in January before falling at the semi-final stage of the Australian Open where he was defending champion. Berdych felt he had let the match slip away from him.

“I’m disappointed with the way the match finished,” he said. “I had my chances in the beginning of the second set and I didn’t make them so I think that cost me the match.”(rtr)

McLaren suspension ‘blockers’ could reappear McLaren has not ruled out returning to its radical rear suspension blocker system later this season, even though the concept did not appear on its new Formula 1 car. The Woking-based team caused a stir last season when its 2014 F1 challenger featured the innovative idea at the rear of its car.

The system was believed to be a way of increasing downforce at low speed and reducing drag at high speed - although rival teams were not totally convinced of its benefits and felt it actually hampered top speeds.

With the new Honda-powered MP4-30 reverting to a more standard suspension system, it

had been thought that McLaren had abandoned the blocker idea totally.

However, engineering director Matt Morris says that the current suspension concept may not stay, and further ideas like the blockers could yet be introduced.

“What we have done is we have designed a rear suspension layout that gives us options to do different things, shall I say,” explained Morris.

“At the moment we are not running the same spec as we did last year. “But with the layout we have got it allows us flexibility if we want to test some different things.”

REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

McLaren Formula One racing driver Jenson Button of Britain sits in his car as he is pushed by members of his team during pre-season testing at the Jerez racetrack in southern Spain February 4, 2015.

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Messi nets 3 more goals in Barcelona’s 5-0 rout of Levante

BARCELONA, Spain — Lionel Messi kept up his scoring streak by netting a hat trick as Barcelona swept aside an outclassed Levante 5-0 in the Spanish league on Sunday. Messi scored his 12th, 13th and 14th goals in Barcelona’s 11-game winning run after Neymar had put the hosts ahead. Substitute Luis Suarez finished off the rout as Barcelona stayed one point behind leader Real Madrid.

Messi 28-19. Neymar is third with 17 goals through 23 rounds.

Messi and Neymar have combined for 24 goals during Barcelona’s winning run to quell a club crisis sparked by a loss at Real Sociedad in early January that was followed by the firing of its sports director and the club calling for early presidential elections this summer. Coach Luis Enrique, however, applauded his team’s attitude.

“My players aren’t euphoric because they know how tough it is to win a title,” said Luis Enrique.

“The number of games you win doesn’t matter if they don’t help you win titles.” Elsewhere on Sunday, Alvaro Negredo earned and converted a 71st-minute penalty to give Valencia a 1-0 win at home over Getafe to reclaim fourth place and the last Champions League spot from Sevilla. Rayo Vallecano got goals from Alberto Bueno and Gael Kakuta beat sixth-place Villarreal 2-0.

Barcelona completely dominated the relegation-threatened visitors who went no closer than David Barral’s effort that hit Sergio Busquets in the 26th.

Besides Messi’s vision to spot

his run, Neymar was helped by a dose of good fortune to score Barcelona’s first goal. Messi cut in from the right flank before meeting Neymar’s run from the left with a lobbed pass that the Brazil striker scuffed, only for the ball to loop over goalkeeper Diego Marino and cross the goalline.

Center back Marc Bartra made a rare start for Barcelona and responded well by charging forward to dispossess Kalu Uche and pass for Messi to drive his first goal under Marino in the 38th.

Barcelona threatened another goal on several occasions before Messi was left unmarked in the 59th to score into an open net after Pedro Rodriguez tapped over Busquets’ lobbed through ball. Six minutes later Messi got his third when he slotted home a spot kick after Neymar was fouled in

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, from Argentina, reacts after scoring against Levante during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.

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“He’s spectacular,” Neymar said of Messi. “We have our dynamic now, things are coming easily, and we are playing our game. Messi and Suarez and I, we are understanding each other well. It’s an honor to play with them.” While Barcelona stayed on Madrid’s heels, Atletico Madrid stumbled to a 2-0 defeat at Celta Vigo that left the defending champions seven points adrift.

Messi passed for Neymar to set the hosts on their way in the 17th minute at Camp Nou Stadium. He then struck twice from open play and added a penalty before Suarez used an acrobatic scissor kick to polish off the demolition.

Even by his high standards, Messi is having an outstanding season and getting better as it reaches its critical phase. Messi’ 31st career treble with Barcelona took his tally in all competitions to 37 goals in 33 games this campaign. His latest multi-goal performance came in his 300th league match and increased his all-time record haul for the competition to 269 goals.

They were also Messi’s 24th, 25th and 26th league goals this season as he closed in on Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo’s tournamentleading tally of 28. Ronaldo had led

the box by Ivan Lopez.

Suarez replaced Neymar and scored his most attractive goal to date for his new club when he leaped up into the air to scissorkick Adriano’s pass into the net in the 73rd. Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta missed the match due to flulike symptoms.

Celta outplayed Atletico at its Balaidos Stadium, and eventually went in front through Manuel “Nolito” Agudo’s penalty in the 59th. Fabian Orellana secured the three points that pushed his team into ninth place in the 71st. (ap)

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Boca Juniors start with victory in new-look Argentine league BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Boca Juniors defeated Olimpo 2-1 Sunday as the new-look Argentine first-division opened play this weekend with 30 teams instead of 20.

Sebastian Palacios scored the winner in the 74th, and another 12

minutes later, to go with a first-half goal from Fernando Gago. Jonathan Blanco scored for Olimpo in the first half.

Under the new format, the season runs until November when one champion will be crowned, replacing the split-season format used in

much of Latin America.

Defending Racing Club got off to a rough start, losing Saturday 1-0 to Rosario. San Lorenzo, among the favorites, defeated Colon 2-0.

In other matches Sunday, Lanus defeated Quilmes 1-0, and Union defeated Huracan 1-0. (ap)

‘Natural’ Giroud has been transformed at Arsenal, says Wenger

LONDON - Arsene Wenger paid tribute on Sunday to his FA Cup match winner Olivier Giroud, recognising how the Frenchman has improved and become a more complete striker in his three years in London. Giroud again demonstrated the quality which persuaded Cup holders Arsenal to pay around 10 million pounds ($15.42 million) for his services as he scored both goals in a decisive two-minute spell to sink Middlesbrough 2-0 in the fifth round.

The player who has not always convinced at Arsenal, despite that peacock strut about him, is these days properly showing off the feathers, this brace taking his tally for the season to 10 goals, even though he missed nearly three months of the campaign with a broken foot.

It was a year ago

that Giroud’s future at the club seemed up in the air after he apologised for taking a female companion back to the team hotel.

Yet even with Alexis Sanchez and Danny Welbeck having subsequently taken the spotlight from him, Giroud’s huge and growing importance to Arsenal was again underlined by Wenger, who explained why his number 12 actually remained the club’s most natural number nine.

“I believe that he is a different player today than the guy who arrived here,” said Wenger of the 28-year-old, who seems tougher and more industrious than when he joined the club.

“He understands what top level football demands, works with a great concentration in training and he has improved tremendously on his mobility, his technical quality.

And, of course, his body is very strong. He uses it very well.”

Giroud’s first goal came straight out of the Arsenal manual of beautiful team goals, a neat first-time finish to end some bewilderingly fine interplay involving all the players. The second was the sharpest of instant volleys from Alexis Sanchez’s corner. “A consequence of intelligence and technique,” said Wenger.

While Sanchez and Welbeck buzz around, there remains only one job for Giroud. “I believe Welbeck’s doing extremely well.

He can play central striker like he did for a long time but the most natural centre forward we have is Giroud,” said Wenger.

“All the strikers we have can play in different positions. The only one who can only play centre forward is Giroud, so when Giroud plays the others have to move out wide.” It seems simple enough; feed the peacock and he will score. (rtr)

Juve held after Vidal penalty miss, Guarin in majestic form MILAN - Arturo Vidal missed a late penalty as Serie A leaders Juventus were dramatically held 2-2 at lowly Cesena on Sunday, wasting a chance to pull further clear of AS Roma who drew 0-0 at home to bottom side Parma. Fredy Guarin scored two majestic long-range goals, one with each foot, and was involved in two more as he led Inter Milan to a much-needed 4-1 win away to Atalanta.

Milan’s troubles continued in a 1-1 draw at home to Empoli, M’Baye Niang scored twice in Genoa’s 5-2 win over Verona, relegationthreatened Cagliari held Torino 1-1 away and Lazio stayed in the race for a Champions League place by winning 1-0 at Udinese. Juventus stayed seven points clear of Roma

after a torrid evening on Cesena’s artificial pitch.

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon had already made three saves before Andrea Pirlo lost possession in midfield, Gregoire Defrel charged forward and laid the ball off for Milan Djuric to put the hosts in front.

But the Sea Horses, one place off the bottom and seven points adrift of safety, undid their good work in six sloppy minutes before halftime.

Alvaro Morata was left unmarked to head the equaliser from Paul Pogba’s pinpoint cross and Claudio Marchisio pounced to score from close range after Cesena failed to clear a throw-in.

Cesena came roaring back after halftime and deservedly equalised

through Franco Brienza in the 70th minute. Although under the cosh, Juve were awarded a penalty for handball by Stefano Lucchini and Cesena coach Domenico Di Carlos was sent off for his protests, but Vidal rolled his effort wide of the post to keep the title race alive.

African Nations Cup winners Gervinho and Seydou Doumbia, making his debut following his move from CSKA Moscow, failed to inspire Roma against Parma, who have lost 18 of their 23 league games against a backdrop of boardroom turbulence. The Ivorian pair’s fatigue, rather than their enthusiasm, rubbed off on their team mates as Roma plodded through 90 minutes and were jeered off the pitch.

Juventus have 54 points from 23 games, followed by Roma on 47, Napoli (42) and Fiorentina (38).

Lazio (37) are fifth thanks to Antonio Candreva’s first-half penalty winner.

Inter, joint ninth, won two league games in a row for the first time since Roberto Mancini took over in November.

Xherdan Shaqiri put them in front by converting a second-minute penalty following a foul on Guarin, the Swiss player’s first league goal since his move from Bayern Munich in January. Maxi Moralez equalised for Atlanta before Guarin sprang into action, powering his way past a challenge in midfield and curling a low 25-metre left foot shot past Marco Sportiello in the 38th minute.

The Colombian surpassed that effort just past the hour when he looped a right-foot effort into the net from a similar distance, then slipped the ball through for Rodrigo Palacio to complete the scoring. Atlanta had Yohan Benalouane sent off early in the second half after he was booked for a foul, then again for dissent.

Milan, stuck in 11th, went ahead when Mattia Destro scored with their first shot on target just before halftime, only to leave Massimo Maccarone unmarked to head the equaliser.

Goalkeeper Diego Lopez was sent off six minutes from time while defender Alex suffered a broken nose early on and Gabriel Paletta pulled a hamstring.

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AP Photo/Matt Dunham

Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud celebrates scoring his side’s second goal during the English FA Cup fifth round soccer match between Arsenal and Middlesbrough at the Emirates Stadium in London, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.

Paris St. Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacts at the end of the French league one soccer match between PSG and Caen, in Paris, France, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. The match ended in a draw 2-2.

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Injuries hit PSG as they prepare for Chelsea test PARIS - Paris St Germain were never going to start as favourites against Chelsea in their Champions League last 16 clash but Saturday’s catalogue of injuries has damaged the French champions’ chances even further at the worst possible time.

PSG were cruising to a 2-0 victory against Caen in Ligue 1 but a series of injuries meant they finished the game with nine men and conceded two late goals in a 2-2 draw that left them third in the table.

Among those injured were utility back Marquinhos and forward Lucas, who were set to start the first leg against Chelsea at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday, a repeat of last year’s quarter-final which the London club won on away goals.

Gregory van der Wiel and Ezequiel Lavezzi are likely to deputise but manager Laurent Blanc will also be without the injured Yohan Cabaye and Serge Aurier.

These problems only put more pressure on Blanc, who will feel further heat from PSG’s Qatari owners if the club fail to qualify. He is adopting a brave face, though. “We were already in difficulty like this before the first game against Barcelona (in the group stages) and we managed to pull through,” said Blanc, who is at least hopeful that Blaise Matuidi will be fit after picking up a knock

against Caen.

Last September, PSG beat Barcelona 3-1 while they were without Lavezzi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Jose Mourinho, Chelsea’s manager, remains wary of the Ibrahimovic threat even though he has been far from his best this season, just like PSG. The Swede, however, did score only his fourth goal from open play this season against Caen.

“Zlatan is a beast,” Chelsea striker Diego Costa told Sport Magazine.

“He is among the best strikers in football history. David Luiz says playing with Ibrahimovic was a major factor in him moving to PSG from Chelsea.

“Of course Mourinho knows him well from Inter and will have a plan to try to stop him but when Zlatan is on form he is unplayable,” David Luiz told the Mail on Sunday.

Chelsea had an unexpected weekend off having exited the FA Cup against third tier Bradford City and the Premier League leaders have no major injury concerns as they turn their attention to making progress in Europe.

Another factor working in their favour. “Jose Mourinho is a genius.

He lost his Cup game and gave himself one more week to prepare for the return leg,” Blanc joked with reporters. (rtr)

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Messi nets 3 more goals in Barcelona’s 5-0 rout of Levante

BARCELONA, Spain — Lionel Messi kept up his scoring streak by netting a hat trick as Barcelona swept aside an outclassed Levante 5-0 in the Spanish league on Sunday. Messi scored his 12th, 13th and 14th goals in Barcelona’s 11-game winning run after Neymar had put the hosts ahead. Substitute Luis Suarez finished off the rout as Barcelona stayed one point behind leader Real Madrid.

Messi 28-19. Neymar is third with 17 goals through 23 rounds.

Messi and Neymar have combined for 24 goals during Barcelona’s winning run to quell a club crisis sparked by a loss at Real Sociedad in early January that was followed by the firing of its sports director and the club calling for early presidential elections this summer. Coach Luis Enrique, however, applauded his team’s attitude.

“My players aren’t euphoric because they know how tough it is to win a title,” said Luis Enrique.

“The number of games you win doesn’t matter if they don’t help you win titles.” Elsewhere on Sunday, Alvaro Negredo earned and converted a 71st-minute penalty to give Valencia a 1-0 win at home over Getafe to reclaim fourth place and the last Champions League spot from Sevilla. Rayo Vallecano got goals from Alberto Bueno and Gael Kakuta beat sixth-place Villarreal 2-0.

Barcelona completely dominated the relegation-threatened visitors who went no closer than David Barral’s effort that hit Sergio Busquets in the 26th.

Besides Messi’s vision to spot

his run, Neymar was helped by a dose of good fortune to score Barcelona’s first goal. Messi cut in from the right flank before meeting Neymar’s run from the left with a lobbed pass that the Brazil striker scuffed, only for the ball to loop over goalkeeper Diego Marino and cross the goalline.

Center back Marc Bartra made a rare start for Barcelona and responded well by charging forward to dispossess Kalu Uche and pass for Messi to drive his first goal under Marino in the 38th.

Barcelona threatened another goal on several occasions before Messi was left unmarked in the 59th to score into an open net after Pedro Rodriguez tapped over Busquets’ lobbed through ball. Six minutes later Messi got his third when he slotted home a spot kick after Neymar was fouled in

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, from Argentina, reacts after scoring against Levante during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

“He’s spectacular,” Neymar said of Messi. “We have our dynamic now, things are coming easily, and we are playing our game. Messi and Suarez and I, we are understanding each other well. It’s an honor to play with them.” While Barcelona stayed on Madrid’s heels, Atletico Madrid stumbled to a 2-0 defeat at Celta Vigo that left the defending champions seven points adrift.

Messi passed for Neymar to set the hosts on their way in the 17th minute at Camp Nou Stadium. He then struck twice from open play and added a penalty before Suarez used an acrobatic scissor kick to polish off the demolition.

Even by his high standards, Messi is having an outstanding season and getting better as it reaches its critical phase. Messi’ 31st career treble with Barcelona took his tally in all competitions to 37 goals in 33 games this campaign. His latest multi-goal performance came in his 300th league match and increased his all-time record haul for the competition to 269 goals.

They were also Messi’s 24th, 25th and 26th league goals this season as he closed in on Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo’s tournamentleading tally of 28. Ronaldo had led

the box by Ivan Lopez.

Suarez replaced Neymar and scored his most attractive goal to date for his new club when he leaped up into the air to scissorkick Adriano’s pass into the net in the 73rd. Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta missed the match due to flulike symptoms.

Celta outplayed Atletico at its Balaidos Stadium, and eventually went in front through Manuel “Nolito” Agudo’s penalty in the 59th. Fabian Orellana secured the three points that pushed his team into ninth place in the 71st. (ap)

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Boca Juniors start with victory in new-look Argentine league BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Boca Juniors defeated Olimpo 2-1 Sunday as the new-look Argentine first-division opened play this weekend with 30 teams instead of 20.

Sebastian Palacios scored the winner in the 74th, and another 12

minutes later, to go with a first-half goal from Fernando Gago. Jonathan Blanco scored for Olimpo in the first half.

Under the new format, the season runs until November when one champion will be crowned, replacing the split-season format used in

much of Latin America.

Defending Racing Club got off to a rough start, losing Saturday 1-0 to Rosario. San Lorenzo, among the favorites, defeated Colon 2-0.

In other matches Sunday, Lanus defeated Quilmes 1-0, and Union defeated Huracan 1-0. (ap)

‘Natural’ Giroud has been transformed at Arsenal, says Wenger

LONDON - Arsene Wenger paid tribute on Sunday to his FA Cup match winner Olivier Giroud, recognising how the Frenchman has improved and become a more complete striker in his three years in London. Giroud again demonstrated the quality which persuaded Cup holders Arsenal to pay around 10 million pounds ($15.42 million) for his services as he scored both goals in a decisive two-minute spell to sink Middlesbrough 2-0 in the fifth round.

The player who has not always convinced at Arsenal, despite that peacock strut about him, is these days properly showing off the feathers, this brace taking his tally for the season to 10 goals, even though he missed nearly three months of the campaign with a broken foot.

It was a year ago

that Giroud’s future at the club seemed up in the air after he apologised for taking a female companion back to the team hotel.

Yet even with Alexis Sanchez and Danny Welbeck having subsequently taken the spotlight from him, Giroud’s huge and growing importance to Arsenal was again underlined by Wenger, who explained why his number 12 actually remained the club’s most natural number nine.

“I believe that he is a different player today than the guy who arrived here,” said Wenger of the 28-year-old, who seems tougher and more industrious than when he joined the club.

“He understands what top level football demands, works with a great concentration in training and he has improved tremendously on his mobility, his technical quality.

And, of course, his body is very strong. He uses it very well.”

Giroud’s first goal came straight out of the Arsenal manual of beautiful team goals, a neat first-time finish to end some bewilderingly fine interplay involving all the players. The second was the sharpest of instant volleys from Alexis Sanchez’s corner. “A consequence of intelligence and technique,” said Wenger.

While Sanchez and Welbeck buzz around, there remains only one job for Giroud. “I believe Welbeck’s doing extremely well.

He can play central striker like he did for a long time but the most natural centre forward we have is Giroud,” said Wenger.

“All the strikers we have can play in different positions. The only one who can only play centre forward is Giroud, so when Giroud plays the others have to move out wide.” It seems simple enough; feed the peacock and he will score. (rtr)

Juve held after Vidal penalty miss, Guarin in majestic form MILAN - Arturo Vidal missed a late penalty as Serie A leaders Juventus were dramatically held 2-2 at lowly Cesena on Sunday, wasting a chance to pull further clear of AS Roma who drew 0-0 at home to bottom side Parma. Fredy Guarin scored two majestic long-range goals, one with each foot, and was involved in two more as he led Inter Milan to a much-needed 4-1 win away to Atalanta.

Milan’s troubles continued in a 1-1 draw at home to Empoli, M’Baye Niang scored twice in Genoa’s 5-2 win over Verona, relegationthreatened Cagliari held Torino 1-1 away and Lazio stayed in the race for a Champions League place by winning 1-0 at Udinese. Juventus stayed seven points clear of Roma

after a torrid evening on Cesena’s artificial pitch.

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon had already made three saves before Andrea Pirlo lost possession in midfield, Gregoire Defrel charged forward and laid the ball off for Milan Djuric to put the hosts in front.

But the Sea Horses, one place off the bottom and seven points adrift of safety, undid their good work in six sloppy minutes before halftime.

Alvaro Morata was left unmarked to head the equaliser from Paul Pogba’s pinpoint cross and Claudio Marchisio pounced to score from close range after Cesena failed to clear a throw-in.

Cesena came roaring back after halftime and deservedly equalised

through Franco Brienza in the 70th minute. Although under the cosh, Juve were awarded a penalty for handball by Stefano Lucchini and Cesena coach Domenico Di Carlos was sent off for his protests, but Vidal rolled his effort wide of the post to keep the title race alive.

African Nations Cup winners Gervinho and Seydou Doumbia, making his debut following his move from CSKA Moscow, failed to inspire Roma against Parma, who have lost 18 of their 23 league games against a backdrop of boardroom turbulence. The Ivorian pair’s fatigue, rather than their enthusiasm, rubbed off on their team mates as Roma plodded through 90 minutes and were jeered off the pitch.

Juventus have 54 points from 23 games, followed by Roma on 47, Napoli (42) and Fiorentina (38).

Lazio (37) are fifth thanks to Antonio Candreva’s first-half penalty winner.

Inter, joint ninth, won two league games in a row for the first time since Roberto Mancini took over in November.

Xherdan Shaqiri put them in front by converting a second-minute penalty following a foul on Guarin, the Swiss player’s first league goal since his move from Bayern Munich in January. Maxi Moralez equalised for Atlanta before Guarin sprang into action, powering his way past a challenge in midfield and curling a low 25-metre left foot shot past Marco Sportiello in the 38th minute.

The Colombian surpassed that effort just past the hour when he looped a right-foot effort into the net from a similar distance, then slipped the ball through for Rodrigo Palacio to complete the scoring. Atlanta had Yohan Benalouane sent off early in the second half after he was booked for a foul, then again for dissent.

Milan, stuck in 11th, went ahead when Mattia Destro scored with their first shot on target just before halftime, only to leave Massimo Maccarone unmarked to head the equaliser.

Goalkeeper Diego Lopez was sent off six minutes from time while defender Alex suffered a broken nose early on and Gabriel Paletta pulled a hamstring.

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Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud celebrates scoring his side’s second goal during the English FA Cup fifth round soccer match between Arsenal and Middlesbrough at the Emirates Stadium in London, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.

Paris St. Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacts at the end of the French league one soccer match between PSG and Caen, in Paris, France, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. The match ended in a draw 2-2.

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Injuries hit PSG as they prepare for Chelsea test PARIS - Paris St Germain were never going to start as favourites against Chelsea in their Champions League last 16 clash but Saturday’s catalogue of injuries has damaged the French champions’ chances even further at the worst possible time.

PSG were cruising to a 2-0 victory against Caen in Ligue 1 but a series of injuries meant they finished the game with nine men and conceded two late goals in a 2-2 draw that left them third in the table.

Among those injured were utility back Marquinhos and forward Lucas, who were set to start the first leg against Chelsea at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday, a repeat of last year’s quarter-final which the London club won on away goals.

Gregory van der Wiel and Ezequiel Lavezzi are likely to deputise but manager Laurent Blanc will also be without the injured Yohan Cabaye and Serge Aurier.

These problems only put more pressure on Blanc, who will feel further heat from PSG’s Qatari owners if the club fail to qualify. He is adopting a brave face, though. “We were already in difficulty like this before the first game against Barcelona (in the group stages) and we managed to pull through,” said Blanc, who is at least hopeful that Blaise Matuidi will be fit after picking up a knock

against Caen.

Last September, PSG beat Barcelona 3-1 while they were without Lavezzi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Jose Mourinho, Chelsea’s manager, remains wary of the Ibrahimovic threat even though he has been far from his best this season, just like PSG. The Swede, however, did score only his fourth goal from open play this season against Caen.

“Zlatan is a beast,” Chelsea striker Diego Costa told Sport Magazine.

“He is among the best strikers in football history. David Luiz says playing with Ibrahimovic was a major factor in him moving to PSG from Chelsea.

“Of course Mourinho knows him well from Inter and will have a plan to try to stop him but when Zlatan is on form he is unplayable,” David Luiz told the Mail on Sunday.

Chelsea had an unexpected weekend off having exited the FA Cup against third tier Bradford City and the Premier League leaders have no major injury concerns as they turn their attention to making progress in Europe.

Another factor working in their favour. “Jose Mourinho is a genius.

He lost his Cup game and gave himself one more week to prepare for the return leg,” Blanc joked with reporters. (rtr)

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Tihingan Village

Tihingan Village in Banjarangkan sub district is the center of Gong gamelan production. Its production is start with crude work then expert work to synchronize the gong sound. This, the most important thing is the expertise to synchronize the gong sound. In Tihingan village there are 2 pande (expert) gong maker groups.

This Village is location in Banjarangkan sub district and can be reached

with 2 wheels or 4 wheels vehicles.

About 3 km go to the west of Semarapura city. The road to Tihingan is well enough.

The people of Tihing village are very famous in Bali as they are expert of making gamelan instrument like Gong, Other Gamelan instrument gender. Except Gong, The people in this village can make all kind of gamelan Bali like: Semara Pegulingan, Gender puppet,

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International Kelentangan/Angklung and other, made of kerawang metal. Their expertise may descended by their ancient from hundred years ago. It can be approved by looking at Gamelan instrument having by many villages. Their village (Tihingan) is written on those gamelan.

The gamelan has become famous in the world and many foreign tourists come to Tihingan and reserve Gong to be brought to their country.

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Westbrook has 41, West edges East in NBA All-Star Game

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Wawrinka downs Berdych to win Rotterdam title

West Team’s Russell Westbrook, of the Oklahoma City Thunder, dunks the ball during the first half of the NBA All-Star basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, in New York.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

The NBA’s return to New York showed off everything about the Big Apple, and by the time Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” played after the game, it was clear Westbrook was king of the hill. “It’s amazing. It’s a blessing to be here in New York City,” Westbrook said during the MVP ceremony.

James Harden added 29 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the West, which built a 20-point lead in the first half and then pulled away after it was tied at 148 with a little more than 4 minutes remaining. LeBron James finished with 30 points, but couldn’t lead the East to the victory in his favorite NBA arena.

Harden’s 3-pointer snapped the final tie with 4:02 to play and Chris Paul followed with consecutive baskets. Westbrook’s fifth 3-pointer put it away at 158-149 with 2:22 to go.

Atlanta’s Kyle Korver made seven 3-pointers and scored 21 points for the East, while Washington’s John

Wall had 19.

But right from the start, the players were sharing the stage. Christina Aguilera appeared from behind a giant big apple, and belted out some New York-inspired numbers to start the show, joined on stage by the Rockettes.

Entertainment’s elite were all over the arena, with players hobnobbing with rapper Jay-Z and boxing champ Floyd Mayweather near their courtside seats at halftime. But the biggest roar came for a star from another sport — politics. President Bill Clinton, who had a big night of his own at Madison Square Garden when he was nominated here during the 1992 Democratic National Convention, got a pair of loud ovations when he was shown during Queen Latifah’s performance of the national anthem.

Big brother Pau Gasol won the jump ball against Marc to begin the first All-Star game featuring two

sibling starters, but for a while it looked as if that would be the East’s only win of the night.

The West shot out to a 20-point lead behind a record 27 first-half points from Westbrook, but the East chipped away and cut it to 83-82 before pop star Ariana Grande’s halftime performance. It was 122-all after three and close throughout the fourth.

It was New York’s first time hosting the weekend since 1998 and a rare journey to the north for the NBA, which has preferred to stage the festivities in the warmth of the South and West.

Even some of the NBA’s most fashionable had to choose bundling up over dressing up, a concession to the frigid temperatures they faced during the weekend. But next year might be worse, when the game heads north of the border to Toronto.

Carmelo Anthony struggled to 14 points on 6-of-20 shooting for the East in what may have been his final game of the season. The Knicks star has been battling a sore knee for much of the season and may opt for surgery with the team owning the NBA’s worst record.(ap)

Stanislas Wawrinka claimed his first indoor silverware when he beat holder Tomas Berdych 4-6 6-3 6-4 to win the ABNAMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam on Sunday.

The Swiss gradually turned a heavyweight duel between the top-10 rivals his way after losing the first set and marched on to a sixth successive victory against the Czech.

A weary-looking Berdych saved one match point at 5-3 in the deciding set but Wawrinka sealed victory a game later with a swinging first serve that his opponent returned long.

“It’s my first (ATP World Tour) 500 title and winning indoors is something special for me personally. It’s always amazing to win a trophy. It’s the best

feeling,” Wawrinka was quoted as saying on the ATP’s website (www.atpworldtour.com).

“It’s been an amazing week.

It wasn’t easy, but every match I found my way. It was a great final. Tomas was playing really well, but I’m happy to turn that match for me and win the title.”

It was Wawrinka’s second title of the year after he triumphed in Chennai in January before falling at the semi-final stage of the Australian Open where he was defending champion. Berdych felt he had let the match slip away from him.

“I’m disappointed with the way the match finished,” he said. “I had my chances in the beginning of the second set and I didn’t make them so I think that cost me the match.”(rtr)

McLaren suspension ‘blockers’ could reappear McLaren has not ruled out returning to its radical rear suspension blocker system later this season, even though the concept did not appear on its new Formula 1 car. The Woking-based team caused a stir last season when its 2014 F1 challenger featured the innovative idea at the rear of its car.

The system was believed to be a way of increasing downforce at low speed and reducing drag at high speed - although rival teams were not totally convinced of its benefits and felt it actually hampered top speeds.

With the new Honda-powered MP4-30 reverting to a more standard suspension system, it

had been thought that McLaren had abandoned the blocker idea totally.

However, engineering director Matt Morris says that the current suspension concept may not stay, and further ideas like the blockers could yet be introduced.

“What we have done is we have designed a rear suspension layout that gives us options to do different things, shall I say,” explained Morris.

“At the moment we are not running the same spec as we did last year. “But with the layout we have got it allows us flexibility if we want to test some different things.”

REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

McLaren Formula One racing driver Jenson Button of Britain sits in his car as he is pushed by members of his team during pre-season testing at the Jerez racetrack in southern Spain February 4, 2015.

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South Korean National Assembly Speaker Chung Ui-hwa bangs the gavel as he announces passing a confirmation of President Park Geun-hye’s nomination of Lee Wan Koo as the country’s prime minister during the plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.

South Korea finally gets a new prime minister SEOUL - South Korean President Park Geun-Hye finally got a new prime minister on her third attempt Monday, despite claims by opposition lawmakers that her nominee was morally unfit for the office. Lee Wan-Koo, a senior legislator from Park’s ruling Saenuri party, was approved in parliament by 148 votes to 128 after a tortuous nomination process.

A largely symbolic post in South Korea where power is concentrated in the executive, the prime minister is the only cabinet member whose nomination requires parliamentary approval.

Outgoing premier Chung HongWon had resigned way back in April last year amid strident public criticism of the government’s response to the Sewol ferry disaster that claimed more than 300 lives. President Park’s popularity ratings also plunged in the wake of the Sewol tragedy and her political fortunes were not helped by several failed attempts to appoint Chung’s successor.

Her first nominee, a retired Supreme Court justice, was forced to withdraw because of criticism over the large income he earned in private practice after leaving the bench.

The second, former journalist Moon Chang-Keuk, withdrew over comments he made suggesting Japan’s repressive colonial rule on the Korean peninsula was “God’s will”.

Apparently fearful of another nominee battle, a chastened Park was left with little choice but to retrospectively reject Chung’s initial resignation. Lee’s nomination when it came was a similarly fraught process.

The main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) had urged him to withdraw voluntarily, accusing him of speculating in real estate and of buying a high-class apartment with illegal political funds.

At his confirmation hearing, NPAD also disclosed a recording of Lee’s conversation with reporters pressuring them to stop carrying negative reports about him.

A Gallup Korea survey in January found that Park’s approval rating hit an all-time low of 29 percent, posing a growing threat to her drive to resuscitate the sluggish economy. (afp)

Do you wanna build a snowman?

Japanese city makes 1,585

TOKYO - A small Japanese city has claimed a new snowman-building world record, an official said Monday, after a winter storm dumped tonnes of the white stuff. More than 600 people raced to complete a whopping 1,585 snowmen -- each at least three-feet (90 centimetres) tall -- in an hour, smashing the previous Guinness World Record.

“We’ve been preparing the event since last year,” said an official in Iiyama city, where 23 centimetres

(nine inches) of snow fell in 24 hours. Young and old joined in the fun, using only their gloved hands, to better the previous record, achieved in the United States in 2011, by 306.

“It was tough because the snow crumbled, but I had fun,” eight-yearold Ichika Oguchi said, according to Kyodo News. “I am very happy that we were able to set a record.” As well as the minimum height requirement, Guinness stipulates that each snow-

man has to have facial features and ornamental arms.

Much of northern Japan has endured heavy snowfall this winter, with one place in Hokkaido getting 180 centimetres in one day earlier this month.

Last month, four people died in avalanches that struck some of the country’s many ski resorts, while in December, a bitter winter storm claimed at least 11 lives nationwide. (afp)

International

Australian FM uses angry face to describe Putin in emoji interview SYDNEY - Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has conducted what is reportedly the world’s first political emoji interview, using an angry red face to describe Russia’s Vladimir Putin and a running man to depict her boss Tony Abbott. Buzzfeed, which on Thursday released a video with US President Barack Obama doing “things everyone does but doesn’t talk about” such as posing in front of a mirror, interviewed Bishop by sending her text messages.

Bishop responded using only emojis, the ideograms used for various visual messages sent online, many of which are based on variations of a smiley face. “The foreign minister accepted the challenge in the spirit in which it was offered to her,” her spokeswoman said.

Asked about her prime minister, fitness fanatic Tony Abbott, Bishop replied with an image of a man running.

For Abbott’s potential leadership challenger, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, she offered a mobile phone. For Russian President Putin, however, she came back with a fuming red face with angry eyes and a downturned mouth.

The foreign minister gave the relationship with longstanding ally the United States a thumbs up, a tick, and a broadly smiling face, and for China pretty much the same -except the grinning face was wearing black sunglasses.

For Indonesia, where the impending execution of two Australian drug convicts could strain ties, Bishop offered a thumbs up and a tick for the relationship, but added a downcast face.

Bishop also revealed via emoji that she prefers cats to dogs, her spirit animal is a monkey and her guilty pleasures are high-heeled shoes, cookies and donuts.

Asked whether she wanted to be prime minister, the popular foreign minister replied with an expressionless face with a straight line for a mouth. On a lighter note, asked which emoji she could not live without, she opted for a winking smiley face blowing a kiss. (afp)

Protecting...

From page 1 We do not want the presence of any investors who wish to take advantage of the loophole in order to carry out development plans for the creation of tourist accommodation on the sacred land of Menjangan Island” added Danu.

Chief of Sumberklampok customary village, Jro Nengah Nadi, revealed that he had originally decided to sign the agreement. Investor gave lip services to improvements to people’s welfare by claiming that they would provide employment for 70 percent of Sumberklampok residents. The government support of the project had to be revoked because it had violated the rules and regulations of both the county and Bali province.

“We will continue to support development as long as it does not violate the law. Indeed the investor promised to help the community. However, psychically it is indeed hard to build on the island. As a sacred area sanctified by Balinese people, I am obliged to reject the support of the tourist accommodation development on Menjangan Island. It clearly violates the rules and harms the environment, we shall therefore abide by the concept of Tri Hita Karana” he said.

Meanwhile, the subdistrict head of Gerokgak, Putu Ariadi Pribadi, added that his party still sought the guidance of the Buleleng government. “Being an extension of the regent, when it has rejected by the regency, we had to follow suit. As a sacred area and conservation area, the island must be well protected” he said. (kmb34)

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INDONESIA 13 bodies of victims of crashed AirAsia plane still unidentified

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Supporters of national police chief nominee Budi Gunawan rally outside the presidential palace calling for his inauguration after a court invalidated the anti-graft agency’s decision to name him a corruption suspect, in Jakarta February 16, 2015.

Surabaya - As many as 13 bodies of victims of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 remain unidentified on the 50th day of identification process on Sunday as the bodies have gone beyond identification and DNA data are not complete. Three of the 13 bodies only consisted of body parts, spokesman of the East Java provincial police Snr. Comsr. Awi Setiyono said.

“The 13 bodies which cannot yet be identified are still kept in the cold storage of the Bhayangkara Police Hospital in East Java,” he said. He said the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team of the Bhayangkara Police Hospital would try to identify the remaining 13 bodies by gathering DNA data from different parties including the Indonesian Police Headquarters.

“We will resume the identification of the remaining bodies at the Bhayangkara Hospital on Monday (February 16),” he said.

Earlier, on Friday (February 13), the DVI team managed to identify eight bodies and two body parts of victims. Chief of the East Java provincial police Insp. Gen. Anas Yusuf said a total of 89 bodies had been identified during the identification process.

The AirAsia Airbus A320-200 carrying 162 people had gone missing on the morning of December 28 after losing contact with air traffic control on its way from Surabaya, East Java, to Singapore.

Flight QZ8501 lost contact after the pilot sought permission to climb to 38 thousand feet from 32 thousand feet to avoid stormy weather over the sea between Bangka Belitung and West Kalimantan. (ant)

KPK will first read Jokowi urged to verdict on BG before giving response immediately install controversial police chief

Jakarta - Political observer Karel Susetyo said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) should immediately install Comr. Gen Budi Gunawan new police chief after the court decided corruption charge against him is invalid. “Everyone should accept the the pretrial courts decision and installment of Budi Gunawan should put an end to the polemic over the police general,” Karel, the executive director of POINT Indonesia, said here on Monday.

Judge Sarpin Rizaldi favored the lawsuit filed by Budi Gunawan against a decision of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) that declared him a corruption suspect.

Budi Gunawan was the sole candidate proposed last month by the president to the House of Representatives (DPR).

However, the day before the Commission III of the DPR held the fit and proper test for the candidate, KPK declared Budi Gunawan a corruption suspect. The DPR, despite the status of being a suspect, gave its approval for Budi Gunawan as a new police chief. The conflict began that dragged

until today with police “receiving” law suits against all remaining four leaders of KPK. The situation threw President Jokowi into an unpleasant situation whether to install or not to install Budi Gunawan. His latest promise was to make his decision after the process of pretrial is over. Karel said with the pretrial result on Monday, President Jokowi had no reason to delay installation of Budi Gunawan.

“With the installation of new chief , police should be solid again in carrying out their duties,” he said. As for the legal case against the KPK leader let the law takes it own way without

interference by the president. Meanwhile, law and political observer from the University of Nusa Cendana (Undana) in Kupang Nikolaus Pira Bunga said the president could not install Budi Gunawan.

“In fact Budi Gunawan is already police chief after the approval given

by DPR , but the president delayed the installation to show his respect for the law,” Nikolaus said .

Installation of Budi Gunawan, however, is likely to draw strong public protest. In addition police under Budi Gunawan is not expected to be able to have good relations with KPK after the conflict. (ant)

Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said it was awaiting a copy of South Jakarta District courts verdict to respond to the courts acceptance of Commissioner General Budi Gunawans pretrial petition. “KPK has not yet taken a stand because it is still waiting for a copy of the verdict. We have to first read it thoroughly,” KPKs Deputy Chairman for Prevention Unit Johan Budi stated here on Monday.

South Jakarta District Court Judge Sarpin Rizaldi in a final pretrial hearing here Monday accepted Commissioner General Budi Gunawans pretrial motion, affirming that KPKs move naming Gunawan a graft suspect was illegitimate.

KPK investigators accused Budi Gunawan of receiving bribes through suspicious transactions when he headed the Police Headquarters Career Planning Bureau during 2003-2006 and held other posts in police. Gunawan later filed a pretrial suit challenging KPKs move of naming him a graft suspect.

“KPK will soon write to the South Jakarta District Court for a copy of its verdict. It will study the verdict before deciding its stand on the court ruling,” Johan Budi remarked. He stated that KPK leaders, its legal bureau team, structural officials and investigators had met to discuss the South Jakarta District Courts decision.

South Jakarta District Courts Judge Sarpin Rizaldi ruled that KPKs letter of investigation order No.03/01/2015 dated January 12, 2015, which named Budi Gunawan a suspect was illegitimate and did not have any legal binding.

“As I always say, in principle, KPK, as a law enforcing institution, will always respect legal processes, including this (South Jakarta District Courts) pretrial decision,” Johan Budi stressed.(ant)

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Japan says economy grew 2.2 pct in Oct-Dec

TOKYO - Japan’s economy emerged from recession in the last quarter, growing at a 2.2 percent annualized rate as exports and public spending helped to offset weaker residential investment.

However, the preliminary data released Monday put growth for the world’s third-largest economy in 2014 flat at 0.0 percent, the slowest rate in three years, while real wages fell 0.1 percent.

The economy expanded 0.6 percent in October-December from the previous quarter, a rate that fell below many economists’ expectations.

Private investment that remained anemic, suggesting that businesses and households, which account for the lion’s share of growth, remain cautious about spending.

“The weakness in domestic demand supports our view that output will essentially be flat this year,” Marcel Thieliant of Capital Economics said in a commentary.

The government revised earlier growth figures, suggesting the technical recession of two straight months of contraction was milder than earlier reported.

The economy suffered two straight quarters of contraction following a sales tax hike in April, prompting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to push back until April 2017 a tax hike planned for October of this year.

The economy contracted at a minus 0.6 percent pace in JulySeptember, Monday’s data showed, compared to the earlier reported minus 1.9 percent pace. The contraction in April-July was revised

upward from minus 7.3 percent to minus 1.7 percent.

Many economists had forecast an exit from recession in the October-December quarter thanks partly to stronger demand in the U.S., Japan’s largest export market.

Abe has sought to foster sustained growth through massive injections of cash into the economy, primarily through central bank asset purchases similar to those used in the U.S. under the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing policy.

The ultra-loose monetary policy is meant to spur inflation and counter years of deflationary stagnation, but so far Japan remains far short of the government and central bank’s target of 2 percent.

More than two years into his administration, Abe is struggling to get growth back on a sustainable path and make a “new start.”

In a major policy speech last week, he vowed to push through the biggest reforms in Japan since World War II, reiterating pledges for sweeping reforms of the government bureaucracy, labor regulations and other policies to catalyze growth.

“Now is the time. Through our efforts, Japan can achieve growth once again,” he said.

Sustained growth will depend both on global trends and on whether consumer spending can regain

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Children played Engrang, one of traditional games that becomes an alternative for children besides playing video game and other modern games.

Traditional games, a hidden treasure of children heritage

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In this Aug. 20, 2014 file photo, a port worker walks past a piles of cargo at a container terminal in Tokyo.

Japan’s economy grew at a 2.2 percent clip in the last quarter on a sharp recovery in exports.

momentum. Abe and other leaders are pushing corporations to raise wages in this year’s spring labor negotiations to help boost consumer demand.

Last year major corporations like Toyota Motor Corp. gave the largest wage increases in years.

Part-time workers have likewise

seen some increases. But overall incomes lagged behind inflation as the sales tax rose to 8 percent from 5 percent.

The more than 60 percent plunge in oil prices since June is cooling inflation around the globe, but is also seen as a plus for consumer spending since lower costs for gas

and other energy can mean more spending in other areas.

Some economists expect the central bank, to loosen monetary further later in the spring if lower oil prices appear to be weighing too heavily on progress toward the 2 percent inflation target that was meant to be achieved by now. (ap)

Thai economy barely grew Thousands rally against in 2014 after protests, coup austerity across Greece

BANGKOK - Officials say Thailand’s economy grew only 0.7 percent last year as investment and exports declined after a May coup.

The National Economic and Social Development Board says Monday that 2014’s growth was lower than the forecast of 1 percent as growth in private consumption was weak and investment contracted.

It predicted Southeast Asia’s second-biggest economy will expand by 3.5-4.5 percent in 2015 as world

growth picks up.

Thailand was hit by months of antigovernment protests that led to May’s military coup.

The agency said the political situation made the number of tourists decline by 1.77 million people compared with 2013.

It said the economy grew by 2.3 percent in the October-December quarter compared with 1.7 percent in the previous quarter. It shrank in the first half of the year. (ap)

ATHENS \ About 20,000 people gathered in central Athens Sunday to support the newly elected government’s push for a better deal on Greece’s debt.

Protesters carried banners denouncing economic austerity and Greece’s creditors.

Similar rallies took place in several Greek cities and about forty other solidarity gatherings were staged across Europe and in Australia, Brazil and the US. The Greek government has enthusiastically

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welcomed these rallies while insisting that they are spontaneous affairs, organized through social media. On Monday, a gathering of Eurozone finance ministers will consider Greece’s proposal for short-term “bridge financing” without the onerous terms previously imposed on the country, until a longer-term solution to Greece’s crushing debt is found.

So-called technical level talks with creditor representatives ended Saturday, Greek officials say. (ap)

DENPASAR - Today, children have unlimited choices of games. They have been pampered by modern games, ranging from Turtle Ninja, Kung Fu, war games and many more. These can make them stay for hours in front of television or computer. Yet, behind this ease and enjoyment, they lose some values like creativity and do not know they have traditional games.

It is said so because there is a trend where children, both in urban and rural areas, begin to leave their traditional games.

Many game options have been available in the form of CD, DVD, Internet and cartoon in television. Just by CD rental or buying the cheapest one and sitting down sweetly, they could enjoy the games they like best.

If the games contain competition, they will compete against machine or some times against friends. Without realized, this may result in sight disorder where children should gaze the monitor and finally require thick glasses at earlier age.

Advancement is not always bad.

However, parents should control them to what extent those games could drive good impact. Before the presence of these modern games, there were many traditional games. They are no less interesting than the modern ones. Many children even find it attractive and make them creative.

Such event like Bali Arts Festival has shown the treasure of traditional games.

This event is just like a kaleidoscope highlighting a variety of traditional games that ever existed within the life of Balinese children. To play one of the games, children should first search for its materials by themselves at backyard or garden.

Actually, it is here where the challenge

of the games begins. Sometimes, they got injury because they are unable to use a knife properly. It did not matter as intriguing power has superseded it.

Among the parade, there was a space intended for children world where they displayed some bizarre games like coconut shell clog, walking on stilts, pulling friend by the sheath of areca nut, pulling rope in-group and two-wheeled toy where its stick carried on shoulder. Meanwhile, the heavier one was gallivanting show by barong effigy.

To play the coconut shell clog, for instance, they should keep their balance well. Standing on the tips of coconut shell is not easy. Moreover, they have to maintain the harmony of steps with the pulling of rope connected to each coconut shell. When the pull and steps can go harmoniously, the player can walk faster.

Balance is also entailed in walking on stilts or tajog or egrang. This game is even riskier because the position of pedal is higher from the ground. However, when a player can operate these stilts properly it is more challenging and pleasant. The higher the pedal the more challenging it is. Walking on stilts looks like a walking long-legged heron. It would be more interesting when passing through a muddy or knee-deep watery road. These games

are often put into competition related to traditional sports.

Another game requiring cooperation is pulling the sheath of areca nut. If the bean of areca nut is used by grandfathers or grandmothers for ingredient of chewing betel, the sheath of it is used by their grandchildren to make ‘a pulling vehicle’. Yellow leaf signifies it has been mature. It is time for children to take it. They just need to leave out the ribs of leaf. The main rib is not cut as it will be used to pull. One child serves as passenger while another as driver who pulls the sheath. This role is exchanged so both can have an opportunity to enjoy the ‘comfort’ of this vehicle game.

Children also put an interest in dancing barong gallivanting show. For them, it has been designed a smaller-sized barong.

Therefore, before growing adult they have been introduced to art world of adult people. By performing gallivanting show like this, they will obtain experience and earn money. However, the emphasis here is not on the money, but on the experience and fun.

Actually, there are more traditional games that once lived in midst of Balinese community. Bali Arts Festival have revealed them one by one so young generation can know their traditional heritages. Maybe, having watched or played modern games they could combine with the traditional ones they have. At least, the traditional can become an alternative, as all raw materials have been available at their surroundings. (kmb)

Undeniably, bliss or happiness has become a dream and destination of most people. Career and material achievement are the bridge to reach it. However, when arriving at the height of these, sometimes people encounters there is something lost. Ultimately, they travel to several parts of the world to look for a satisfying answer of this matter.

Many favorite destinations of the world now offer the combination of leisure and spirituality as if these two words had become new mantra in travel trend.

Traveling for this purpose is focused on the experience and journey. It digs out self-potential and human achievement in the past, chiefly on self-realization and his relation to nature and the Creator. This kind of tourism is appropriate for those wishing to pursue the answer above.

In the journey of time, local history records that the Balinese community has a bright achievement in spiritual development. Some footprints can be encountered through the heritage at favorite destinations. Gunung Kawi sanctuary, for instance, becomes a proof of spiritual activity established during the administration of the King Anak Wungsu (11th century).

Next to the cave temples occurs a series of meditation cells. The rock was cut to make some cloisters and meditation cells. At this location, ancient people can practice their meditation. It is a truly tranquil place situated at the Petanu riverside.

Another important location is nestled at the Elephant Cave or Goa Gajah, Gianyar. It is estimated to have been founded during the reign of Warmadeva Dynasty (10th century). The sanctuary is known as Kunjarapada where Kunjara (Sanskrit) means elephant and pada means location. In the mass, this name represents that it became the last destination of Maharishi Agastya in providing his spiritual enlightenment in Bali.

Today, visitors can trace back and enjoy a variety of experiences in spiritual travel, ranging from visiting great temples to ancient sanctuaries used to practice yoga. Even, yoga class has now been offered at several hotels, villas and yoga centers at main destinations of Bali. Meanwhile, for relaxation and rejuvenation visitors can try some spa treatments in the combination of traditional method and ingredients with modern technique. These are often promoted through illustrious catchphrases mentioning as product of mind, body and soul. To sum up, by visiting Bali you can enrich your experience related to spiritual and wellness. Though the tradition has been created hundreds of years ago, its practice and benefits remain relevant to modern life today.

More than that, Bali as a tourist destination also implements the concept of indigenous wisdom called Tri Hita Karana (THK). It stands for an integrated application of social, environmental and spiritual aspect in tourism development and practices. Tourism industry also implemented this wisdom. It is intended to implement and preserve this sublime concept in their business practices. By doing so, it is expected they could give the best satisfaction to customer, surrounding community and the operator going hand in hand with the conservation of nature.

Ultimately, inspired by Hinduism, indigenous wisdom and local tradition, the island has a variety of treasures, endless activities and ‘mystery’ to explore.

They have become integrated part of Balinese life.

Many visitors come and go. Some get interested to join the ceremony, to roam pristine villages, or even to stay at ashrams for weeks. Hopefully, one of the activities above can become an answer for those wishing to balance their life with any achievement at hand. (kmb)

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After attacks, Europe fights call for mass migration of Jews

Alleged to keep marijuana, an American traveler arrested

Denpasar (Bali Post) - Dozens of Denpasar Police personnel searched the room of one of the hotels on Jalan Mahendradatta, West Denpasar, Sunday (Feb 15).

Consequently in the room number 308 occupied by a guest from the United States with initials SC could be secured a plastic clip alleged to contain marijuana.

The Operations Division Head of Denpasar Police, Leo Martin Pasaribu, revealed that his party did not dare to make sure whether it was marijuana or not and should be tested at forensic laboratory. In addition, the investigators would also further explore the case.

“Later on, after the completion of the Public Disease Operation, we will release all. This case will be dealt with by the investigator first,” he said.

SC was arrested with a woman, Ek, 23, from Buleleng. The goods suspected as marijuana were kept in a suitcase hidden in the wardrobe of this skinny tourist. Furthermore, SC and Ek were taken to Denpasar Police station.

Meanwhile, on Friday (Feb 13), the personnel of the Denpasar Police Narcotic Unit arrested a dealer of crystal meth and ecstasy with initial Ton, 40, on Jalan Mahendradatta, Denpasar.

Chief of Narcotic Unit, Gede Ganefo, revealed last Sunday the suspect had been put into wanted list by the Denpasar Police Narcotic Unit since September 2014.

Originally when living in the boarding house on Jalan Gunung Tangkuban Perahu Denpasar, the suspect could escape when raided.

At that time, he was the operation target because he became a dealer of crystal meth and marijuana.

Having been investigated, the hiding place of the suspect could eventually be tracked. On Friday approximately at 2:25 p.m., police raided the residence of the suspect. At the location, the officers secured some evidences such as 151 ecstasy pills, 18 packages of crystal meth weighing 4.02 grams, 2 bongs, 2 glasses, 3 empty plastic clips and 1 electric scale.

“Quite a lot of evidences are found and the suspect is probably a major dealer in Bali. This case is still being developed, mainly investigating where the suspect got the drug from,” said Ganefo. (kmb36)

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PARIS — Despite desecrated Jewish graves in France and a deadly attack at a synagogue in Copenhagen, European leaders on Monday rejected calls from the Israeli prime minister for a mass immigration of the continent’s Jews, urging unity instead.

Hundreds of Jewish tombstones were found vandalized in eastern France on Sunday, hours after a Danish Jew guarding a synagogue in Copenhagen was shot to death.

Frenchmen have been accused of three deadly attacks on Jewish sites since 2012: one at a school in the southern city of Toulouse, another at a museum in Brussels and finally one at a kosher market last month.

Twelve people died in total.

“We know there are doubts, questions across the community,” French President Francois Hollande said Monday. “I will not just let what was said in Israel pass, leading people to believe that Jews no longer have a place in Europe and in France in particular.”

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls also said Monday that the government would defend French Jews against what he described as “Islamo-fascism.” “A Jew who leaves France is a piece of France that is gone,” Valls told RTL radio.

Badung Market, one of the destination in Denpasar City tour

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City tour not supported yet by infrastructure Denpasar (Bali Post - Denpasar Municipality planning to work on again the city tour package got a response from the legislators of Denpasar. The city tour scheduled to be launched next March is rumored to have received appreciation from tourism practitioners. Even, the Association of Indonesia Tours and Travel Agency (ASITA) have also expressed its support and readiness to help implement the city tour package expected to become the tourism icon of Denpasar.

However, the launching plan is considered premature considering so far there have been no indications if the Denpasar Municipality makes preparation such as physical infrastructure. “We greatly appreciate the plan of the municipality to sell city tour package. Unfortunately, there seems no preparation to support the city tour,” said a legislator of the Denpasar House getting involved in tourism, Putu Oka Mahendra, Sunday (Feb 15).

This Chairman of the Golkar Party Faction in the Denpasar

House mentioned that to revive the city tour having been at issue for a long time the government had to consider a number of crucial and supporting components. To that end, the Denpasar Municipality should repair several public facilities such as toilet in the area included in the city tour package before the launching. Arrangement of the park along the heritage area of city tour (Jagatnatha Temple, Bali Museum, Jaya Sabha, Catur Muka Statue, Badung Market and Desa Temple) should be maxi-

mized.

Another member of the Golkar Faction formerly pursuing the world of tourism as a Japanese tourist guide, Wayan Suwirya, disclosed that to revive the city tour the government should pay attention to a number of tourism components.

One of them was about the role of tour guide. “Tour guide as tourism practitioner who really understands about the ins and outs of this excursion should be made a spearhead in exciting the city tour of Denpasar,” said Suwirya.

Based on his experiences as Japanese tourist guide, Suwirya admitted that popularity of tourist attraction depended on the tour guide.

The role of tour guide in the field was crucial when directing their guests, although the travel agency had determined the itinerary. “Not

infrequently, tour guide can direct its guests to another object, outside the specified destinations in the itinerary of travel agency,” he explained.

To popularize city tour among travelers, added Suwirya, there were some things that should become the concern of the government. Among them, there should be a drop zone and pick-up zone equipped with representative social facilities such as parking lot and restrooms. The most important issue was the guarantee of congestion-free, both at drop zone and pick-up zone. It was particularly important considering the city tour package was basically a tour package bounded by time of 4 to 6 hours. To that end, the transportation posed a crucial issue for tour guide and travel agency. (kmb12)

In 2014, more than 7,000 French Jews in a community estimated at around 500,000 left for Israel, more than double the number for 2013. And the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved a $46 million plan to encourage still more Jewish immigration from France, Belgium and Ukraine.

The exodus from France accelerated after the March 2012 attacks by Mohammed Merah, who stormed a Jewish school in Toulouse, killing three children and a rabbi. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that at a time of rising antiSemitism in Europe, Israel is the only place where Jews can truly feel safe.

“This wave of attacks is expected to continue,” Netanyahu told his Cabinet. “Jews deserve security in every country, but we say to our Jewish brothers and sisters, Israel is your home.” Netanyahu’s comments triggered an angry response from Copenhagen’s chief rabbi,

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French Chief Rabbi Moise Lewin, left and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo visit the Synagogue in Copenhagen, during a visit to the Synagogue in Copenhagen, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, after the attacks at the weekend.

Jair Melchior, who said he was “disappointed” by them. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that her government will

Biting cold air follows latest New England snowstorm

BOSTON — New England remained bitterly cold Monday after the region’s fourth winter storm in a month blew through. Forecasters said another winter blast might hit midweek. Forecasters had warned Sunday of exceptionally cold air, perhaps the coldest in years. Strong winds were expected to continue into Monday, reducing visibility, creating drifts and complicating an ongoing cleanup

effort.

Matthew Belk of the National Weather Service said exposed skin could start to develop frostbite in “a matter of minutes.” The Arctic cold front already had frozen the upper Midwest.

New Englanders were talking in superlatives for this winter — harshest, most relentless. Boston already had 6 feet (1.8 meters) of snow before the latest storm.Some areas of New England reported nearly 2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow from the storm.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said it will resume limited service Monday after the latest snowstorm forced the agency to suspend service again.

The Coast Guard said it rescued an Australian father-son sailing team whose boat lost power and had its sails torn in 60 mph (96.5 kph) winds about 140 miles (225 kilometers) southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Belk, the weather forecaster, said that after heading out to sea, the storm may turn north and drop a fresh round of snow on the Northeast on Tuesday, AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Derek Davis though it’s unclear how much. “The Sarah Pitt-Wooll digs through a wall of snow on her question is whether it grazes by southern walkway after a storm left over a foot and a half in Kittery, New England on its way out to the North Maine, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.

Atlantic,” he said.(ap)

do everything possible to ensure Jewish sites are secure.

“We are glad and thankful that there is Jewish life in Germany

again,” Merkel said in Berlin. “And we would like to continue living well together with the Jews who are in Germany today.”(ap)

India’s Modi talking with newly elected Sri Lankan president NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka’s newly elected president, Maithripala Sirisena, held wide-ranging talks Monday as the South Asian neighbors sought to strengthen strategic ties, increase trade and resolve long-standing issues between their nations. This was Sirisena’s first foreign visit as president, and Indian officials said it indicated the easing of tensions that had crept into the relationship as China made forays into what New Delhi considers its strategic backyard.

Modi said the security and prosperity of the two countries was indivisible and they were committed to unlock the potential of their economic cooperation, citing a nuclear agreement that was reached. “The bilateral agreement on civil nuclear cooperation is yet another demonstration of our mutual trust,” Modi told journalists soon after his talks with the Sri Lankan leader.

The nuclear agreement would allow India and Sri Lanka to share expertise on the management of ra-

dioactive waste, nuclear disaster mitigation and environmental protection, officials said. It would also allow the training of Sri Lankans in the use of radioisotopes, nuclear and radiation safety and nuclear security.

Sri Lankan lawmakers in the past have raised concerns about the safety of India’s Russian-built nuclear power plants in Tamil Nadu state, near Sri Lanka.

The talks between Modi and Sirisena appeared to have put relations between the neighbors back on track, with both leaders agreeing to resolve many of the irritants in their ties. Over the past decade, India has watched with concern as China pumped billions of dollars into infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka.

Last year, President Xi Jinping became the first Chinese leader to visit Sri Lanka in 28 years as he courted Colombo’s support for a maritime trade route. Sri Lanka also irked New Delhi by allowing two Chinese submarines to dock along its coastline.(ap)

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Survival for some endangered species hinges on ‘Frozen Zoo’

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This undated handout photo provided by Seth Shostak, SETI Institute, shows the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. The worldfs largest single antenna, it has a million watt transmitter.

Should we call the cosmos seeking ET? Or is that risky?

SAN JOSE, California \ Astronomers looking for alien life have sat for decades by their telescopes, waiting to hear from E.T. It didn’t happen, so now some of them want to beam messages out into the void and invite the closest few thousand worlds to chat or even visit.

Others scientists, including Stephen Hawking, think that’s crazy, warning that instead of sweet and gentle E.T., we may get something like the planetconquering aliens from “Independence Day.” The consbsequences, they say, could be catastrophic.

But calling out there ourselves may be the only way to find out if we are not alone, and humanity may benefit from alien intelligence, said Douglas A. Vakoch, whose title is director of interstellar message composition at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California.

SETI stands for Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and until now it’s been mostly a listening-type thing.

This dispute \ which mixes astronomy, science fiction, philosophy, the law, mathematics and a touch of silliness \ broke out Thursday and Friday at a convention in San Jose of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

And this week several prominent space experts, including Space X founder Elon Musk and planet hunter Geoff Marcy, started a petition cautioning against sending out such messages, saying it is impossible to predict whether extraterrestrial life will be benign or hostile.

Vakoch is hosting a separate conference Saturday at the SETI Institute on the calling-all-aliens proposal and what the messages should say.

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The idea is called active SETI, and according to Vakoch would involve the beaming of messages via radar and perhaps eventually lasers.

There have been a few small and unlikely-to-work efforts to beam messages out there in the past, including NASA sending the Beatles song “Across the Universe” into the cosmos in 2008.

NASA’s Voyager probe recently left the solar system with a “golden record” created by Carl Sagan with a message, and the space agency’s New Horizon probe will also have greetings on it by the time it exits the solar system.

But what scientists are now talking about is a coordinated and sustained million-dollar-a-year effort with approval from some kind of science or international body and a message that people agree on.

It’s an “attempt to join the galactic club,” Vakoch said. He assured a crowd of reporters: “There’s no danger of alien invasion from active SETI.” But as a science fiction author, as well as an astrophysicist, David Brin thinks inviting aliens here is a bad idea.

Even if there is a low risk of a nasty creature coming, the consequences could be extreme.

“I can’t bring myself to wager my grandchildren’s destiny on unreliable assumptions” about benevolent aliens, Brin said.

Brin noted that European explorers

brought slaughter and disease to less technologically advanced people in the Americas more than 500 years ago. He called for the science community to put efforts on hold for an ethical and scientific discussion.

As Brin, Shostak, Vakoch and others sparred at a news conference, 84-yearold Frank Drake sat in the back quietly.

Drake, a pioneer in the search for extraterrestrial life, created the formula called Drake’s Equation that scientists use to estimate the chances that other life is out there. More than 40 years ago, Drake and Sagan beamed a message into space to look for aliens, a first for Earth.

It was a short message from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, and it was aimed at a star cluster called Messier 13. It will take 25,000 years to get there, Drake said.

“The probability of succeeding is infinitesimally small,” Drake said, rolling out incredible amount of time it takes messages to go back and forth and his estimate that the average civilization will last only 10,000 years.

So why’d he do it? Curiosity, Drake said. And it doesn’t matter if our civilization is gone by the time E.T. answers, if he does.

“We get messages from the ancient Greeks and Romans and Socrates all the time, long since gone. Still valuable,” Drake said. “We’re going to do the archaeology of the future.” (ap)

ESCONDIDO, California — Whenever an endangered animal dies at the San Diego Zoo, researchers race out, regardless of the hour, to remove its sperm or eggs, maybe a bit of ear or eyeball, and carefully freeze the cells in liquid nitrogen.

Today, the survival of the northern white rhinoceros and dozens of other species could hinge on the collection amassed over nearly 40 years that has become the largest gene bank of its kind: The Frozen Zoo. The icy vials may one day be used in experiments to resurrect recently extinct animals, like the Hawaiian Po’ouli bird. The stainless steel tanks hold the genetic material of more than 10,000 individual animals from more than 1,000 species and subspecies.

The Frozen Zoo’s work has taken on renewed urgency since the San Diego Safari Park lost 42-year-old Angalifu to cancer in December, leaving only five northern white rhinos left in the world — and all unable to reproduce.

Scientists are racing to find the best way to utilize the bank’s frozen sperm to produce another one before the northern white goes extinct, which could happen within a decade.

Critics question whether it’s worth spending millions of dollars on species that are down to so few.

The bank is valued as a genetic archive that has helped advance artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, cloning and stem cell technology. But debate is stirring over how far such research should go.

Paul Ehrlich, a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, said the world needs to address the problem’s root causes, such as population growth and climate change.

“Screwing around with science to save a white rhino might be fun and I would like to see it preserved and am all for biodiversity, but it’s so far down the list of things we should be doing first,” he said.

With species going extinct at a faster rate, zoos are taking on greater conservation roles and facing decisions on which animals are worth trying to save. Some may be extinct by the time another one is reproduced and possibly never live in the wild.

The northern white’s natural habitat is in countries like Sudan and Congo, which have been unable to stop poachers. The horn is coveted in Asia as an aphrodisiac, creating a market that threatens all rhino species.

There’s also the hurdle of producing enough offspring to avoid inbreeding.

“We can do all kinds of razzle-dazzle things but it’s one thing to make another animal or two or three, but it’s quite another to make a sustainable population from a genetic standpoint,” said George Seidel, a Colorado State University professor who has written about resurrecting the woolly mammoth.

The challenges, however, are not insurmountable for critically endangered species or possibly recently extinct species, said Barbara Durrant, director of reproductive physiology at The San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, which houses the Frozen Zoo. “We’re not so much interested in bringing back dinosaurs or mammoths,” she said.

The Frozen Zoo holds the cell cultures from 12 northern white rhinos — more than the living population: “There have been other species that have come back from numbers that small so we think there is good reason we can do this with the northern white rhino,” she said.

Sperm from the Frozen Zoo has been used to reproduce endangered animals from the giant panda to the Chinese monal pheasant. Its frozen cells also were used to clone two endangered types of cattle. The gaur lived only a few days while the banteng survived for seven years before being put down after breaking a leg. Both animals, however, had genetic defects.

The northern white rhino and the drill monkey were the first endangered animals to have their cells transformed into stem cells and stored at the Frozen Zoo. Theoretically, stem cells can produce any body tissue. That means thawed stem cells from a male rhino could produce both sperm and egg in the lab, but the method has been done only once — in a mouse.

Artificial insemination has seen success in producing other rhino species. Northern white rhino semen could be used to impregnate the closely related southern white to make a hybrid. (ap)

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Police target hotels selling liquor without a license

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It is very easy to buy liquor in either shops or hotels. However, not all the tourist accommodations have permits for the sale of liquor as set forth in the Denpasar Regional Bylaw (Perda) No.11/2002 on liquor trade. On that account, the West Denpasar Police will comb all hotels in Denpasar that show indications of selling liquor.

“Results of the initial investigation indicated there were hotels selling imported liquor, without permission. We will raid all the hotels, especially those in the region of West and North Denpasar” said Chief of West Denpasar Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Muhammad Agustiawan, Sunday (Feb 15).

At the very least, added Agustiawan, during the Public Disease Operation 2015, hotels found selling liquor would be dealt with according to the rules. In addition, his party will also be targeting stores or shops alleged to sell liquor.

“Within the past two weeks, we have secured 20 bottles of imported liquor of various brands and 22 bottles of wine. They were secured from 5 shops and stalls. Those who sell liquor will be cracked down on, let alone the liquor with alcohol content of above 40 percent,” he said.

Meanwhile, the joint team of the Public Disease Operation of Denpasar Police led by Opera-

tions Division Head, Leo Martin Pasaribu, early morning on Sunday raided a hotel on Jalan Mahendradatta, Denpasar. When searching room number 306 occupied by a 30 year old man from Jakarta with the initial MR, 29 year old woman with the initials As was found there with him, but she was not his wife.

The woman was registered in roomumber 309. What shocked the officers was the dozens of bottles of imported liquor found in the room. The liquor and its owner were taken to police station. “This case will be processed by Denpasar Police investigator. We just secured it,” said Leo. Betting retailer

Related to the results of Public Disease Operation, the West Denpasar Police also revealed an illegal Toto gambling case on Sunday. The betting retailer with initials Wayan Rg aka Clungkik, 36, was arrested at his home on Jalan Nusa Kambangan Gang XXVIII, Denpasar, Thursday (Feb 12) approximately

The police officers shows the illegal liquors and the suspect a few days ago. at 4:30 p.m. From this unemployed man, the officers secured the evidence of cash worth IDR 277,000 and a mobile phone. To the officer,

he admitted to have been selling illegal Toto since December 2014.

When the officers checked the suspect’s mobile phone, it contained

National conference of Sundanese communities successfully held A NATIONAL Conference of Sundanese communities in Indonesia was successfully held over two days (Feb 13-14) and was officially closed by Governor of West Java, Ahmad Heryawan, at Jak Resto, Kuta, on Saturday (Feb 14).

On the closing night, there was a declaration of the Sundanese Diaspora Communication Forum (Formas Sunda Pengumbaran) and the inauguration of the board and its members.

A Jaka Bandung was inaugurated as Chairman, HM Iqbal as Secretary General and Puguh Hartono as Treasurer. Similarly.

The event was also attended by the Rector of Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Rector of Padjajaran University (Unpad), Managing Director of West Java Regional Bank (BJB), Rector of Parahyangan University (Unpar), legislator Popong Otje Djundjunan, CEO of Bali Post Group

Satria Naradha and representatives of Sundanese people who wandered in 33 provinces in Indonesia.

The chairman known as Jaka, who was the initiator of the Sundanese Diaspora Communication Forum, conveyed that the forum aimed to unite the Sundanese diaspora communities throughout the archipelago and to strengthen relationships between the Sundanese community in areas from Aceh to Papua, and even those working overseas in Sidney, Tokyo and the United States.

The main activities of the forum, added Jaka, was friendship and mutual help in the social, economic and cultural field. As the target in the near future, this forum was planning to make a visit to Bandung. Meanwhile, in the next six months, the forum also planned to go to Papua in the religious gatherings. “We want the existence

of this forum to be introduced to members of the government such as the local regent and mayor.

There are no political aspects nor special mission and vision for the forum” said the man who has been living in Bali since 1981.

On this occasion, Governor Ahmad Heryawan congratulated the members for the formation of the Sundanese Diaspora Communication Forum. “Sunda is the second largest ethnic group in Indonesia.

By preserving it, we have participated in maintaining cultural diversity of the Homeland” he warmly welcomed.

The forum was an organization, explained Governor Ahmad Heryawan, so that everyone involved was expected to maintain the integrity and identity. “I will support the residents of West Java and the organization. The Sundanese known as friendly ethnic can be successful as long as they

are well-behaved and polite in the diaspora,” he advised.

The Sundanese Diaspora Communication Forum was an NGO that had been officially registered completely and had a notarial deed.

The Board of Trustees of the forum was the Governor of West Java and Banten with the operations office based in Bandung. Bali was chosen as the first declaration venue because it was strategic and easy to reach as well as well known as tourist destination.

Approximately there were 45 million Sundanese people spreading across the archipelago and overseas. Especially in Bali, the Sundanese people were estimated to reach 30,000 people with 4,000 families, Singaraja (300 families), Tabanan (700 families), Karangasem (26 families), Bangli (hundreds of families) and the rest scattered in Denpasar and Badung. (ocha)

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SMS on the numbers of customers.

Furthermore, the suspect was taken to West Denpasar Police and put into a cell. (kmb36)

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Promotion and provisions for tourism village facilities still lacking

Govt accused being less than efficient Bangli

Tourism villages have now become one of the alternative forms of tourisms that have started to draw the interest of foreign travelers. Based on the potential of nature, human resources and local wisdom, each tourism village can offers its own peculiarities. Unfortunately, the support of the government in helping to promote the many tourism villages spread across Bangli, is far from maximal. Despite the difficulties faced in developing tourist attractions, the number of visitors continues to grow.

Recently, the Chief of Undisan tourism village, Komang Adi Sutisna, said that the promotion of tourism villages by the local government was minimal to nonexistent. Promotion of Undisan as a tourism village, is being carried out by individuals. So far the local governement has only focused on improving the quality of human ressources.

Funding for the development of tourism villages is mostly provided by the central governement. Up until now, Undisan tourism village has received IDR 170 million worth of funding which has been used to develop human ressources as well as improve facilites for tourists visiting the village.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency, I Wayan Adnyana, said that tourism promotion was being done through websites, the dissemination of pamphlets and attending tourism exhibitions.

When asked about the regional budget allocated for the promotion of tourism villages, Adnyana did

not give exact numbers. He did reveal that the percentage of the regional budget allocated for tourism promotion was based on the needs of each tourism village.

Facilities in tourism villages are, by and large still inadequate.

Penglipuran tourism village, for instance, despite contributing to the betterment of the region, lacks adequate parking spaces as well as sufficient toilets for the increasing number of visitors. Also the environement around the bamboo forest has already been severely damaged. “Penglipuran tourism village still requires supporting facilities such as a parking lot and toilet but other things as well” said the chief of Penglipuran tourism village management, I Nengah Moneng.

Moneng also explained that so far the government has not been very supportive of the tourist attraction. “We have never received any assistance” he said.

Apart from Penglipuran, other tourism village startups including Bayunggede village, face similar

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Tenganan Village, one of the tourism village which has the potential to be developed.

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conditions to those in Penglipuran.

Headman of Bayunggede, I Wayan Suarjaya, explained that the number of monthly tourist visits to Bayunggede has already increased. But, appropriate landscaping of the area has yet to be done. He said that so far the path toward the bamboo forest behind the village, which is the main atttaction

has yet to be paved at all. Suarjaya said that the village had received government assistance for a toilet, but once it was damaged, repairs had to be paid for by allocating rural funds.

So far, there are a total of 22 tourism villages in Bangli, spread across four subdistricts. Among them, only 5 of these villages are able to function

namely: Batur, Penglipuran, Kehen, Penulisan and Trunyan villages.

Meanwhile, the others must be classified as startups. In 2014, the number of tourist visit to Batur reached 500,324 people, Penglipuran (64,692 people), Kehen (16,563 people), Penulisan (1,026 people) and Trunyan (15,184 people). (sos)

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not receive any orders for a particular item. But overall, our order shows fairly sharp increases” he explained.

He also added that the increase of orders for bamboo handicrafts was based on the uniqueness of the craft itself and the wide range of options that he offers “The more craft items I can offer, the higher the possibility of getting more orders” he said.

Head of Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, I Nengah Sudibia, confirmed that orders for bamboo handicrafts in fact showed an increase last year.

However, he did not know for sure the amont of the increase as he claimed

not to have recorded the exact numbers. He also agreed that the increase was dependant on the particular craft items.

Although flooded with orders, constraints in capital flow are still experienced. The majority of customers pay 30 percent up front but craftspeople then struggle to find the rest of the capital to cover their operational costs.

“Our main constraint in this business lies with lack of fluid capital. The government has been supportive in promoting bamboo craft businesses but operational capital is still lacking” he said. (sos)

Orders for bamboo handicraft skyrocket

The bamboo handicraft is seen in the picture

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Currently bamboo craftsmen in Bangli County are being flooded with orders. One of the craftsmen, I Gede Putra Wisatawan, from Nyalian hamlet, Kawan village, said that in 2014 orders for his bamboo crafts rose sharply. “My orders for bamboo craft increased by 70 percent this year” he said on Sunday (Feb 15).

In fact the exact percentage of the increase in orders is not yet clear because calculations will only be made at the end of the year. “The increase in orders highly depends on the particular craft item. Sometimes, we do

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The new fave is well situated close to the city center, just a 35 minutes drive from the famed Losari Beach and 15 minutes from the airport. A myriad of restaurants and local conveniences are within the hotel’s direct vicinity, whilst nearby traffic arteries provide guests with easy access to all that Makassar has to offer.

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hotel, favehotel’s typical edgy design, uncompromising standards for cleanliness and comfortable beddings with top notch pillows and 100% cotton linens.

In addition the new fave also provides a selection of meeting rooms, whether it be a business meeting or private social event, together with all the essential amenities to ensure guests’ events unfold without a hitch. These functions can be held in conjunction with the hotel’s eclectic all-day dining Lime Restaurant, which offers a wide range of delightful dishes for break-

fast, lunch and dinner.

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Indonesian typical food has many uniqueness and secret recipes. Starting in terms of cooking, composition, flavor, seasoning and ingredients. Now, the uniqueness and the secret has been revealed in a book entitled A New Approach to Indonesian Cooking. The tenth book was a masterpiece of an experienced chef named Heinz Von Holzen. The book was launched by him in his restaurant namely Rumah Bali Bed & Breakfast.

Heinz invited his colleagues and business associates such as travel agents, tourism practitioners and media.

According to him, Indonesian cuisine can perform very well as its rich contenct such as herbs and spices. therefore he shares the science of cooking with the new system in his book. Starting from the simplest level, for example, savory fried rice, stews, all kinds of satay, chicken braised in coconut milk, soto rendang, and many more. “It tasted 100% Indonesian cuisine but with a different system,” He said on the sidelines of the event.

Heinz told that the book has more than 100 favorite recipes from various regions

of the Indonesian archipelago. Moreover, the book gave the detail instructions on how to reproduce an authentic flavors by using a traditional cooking methods into modern kitchen.

The method that was described, Heinz continued, related with contemporary cooking techniques with materials and equipment with can be reached easily at home. The method will produce a cuisine with an exceptional taste. “The methods in the book were not only valid for Indonesian food, but also for various types of cuisine,” the man who had a hoby likes photography and adventure said.

On that occasion, Heinz also announced his other latest books, such as Images of Bali and Images of Indonesia which were attractively and professionally packaged in the form of an album. It Contained many collection of pictures related to the diversity of cultural traditions of Bali and Indonesia, such as art of dance, music, ceremony, social life and customs. His hand’s snapshots was a personal documentation for 6 years exploring the Indonesian archipelago.

A New Approach to Indonesian Cooking is written in English with 204 pages.

Published in 2014 by Marshall Cavendish publisher in Singapore. The Books prices is Rp. 400,000 and targeting culinary lovers and foreigner. Anyone who wanted to make Indonesian cuisine and come to Bali, this book could be a reference,” He said.

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100 secrect food recipes in A New Approach to Indonesia Cooking book.

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

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “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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LOS ANGELES \ Audiences were more than curious to check out the big-screen adaptation of the racy phenomenon “Fifty Shades of Grey” this weekend. The erotic drama sizzled in its debut, earning an estimated $81.7 million from 3,646 theaters in its first three days, distributor Universal Pictures said on Sunday.

In addition to destroying Valentine’s and Presidents Day weekend records, “Fifty Shades of Grey” has also become the second-highest February debut ever, behind “Passion of the Christ’s” $83.9 million opening in 2004.

The chart-topping film cost a modest $40 million to produce.

Starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, it could be on track to earn over $90 million across the four-day holiday weekend.

“Our fondest wishes were realized,” said Universal’s President of Domestic Distribution Nick Carpou. “This is one of those moments where I can speak for the entire studio and say we’re celebrating.”

Carpou was especially pleased that audiences in large, mid-size, and small markets turned out to see the film despite severe weather challenges in the Northeast.

“We had a tremendous amount of interest from small-town exhibitors,” said Carpou, noting strong

outings in the South. “That speaks to their patrons really wanting to see the film as soon as possible and be part of what everyone is talking about.”

According to Universal, North American audiences were 68 percent female.

Internationally, director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s adaptation of British author E L James’ book earned an estimated $158 million from 9,637 locations in 58 territories. That’s the second biggest international opening for Universal, right behind the $160.3 million debut from “Fast & Furious 6,” and the highest international opening for an R-rated film ever.

“Those are summer-style blockbuster numbers in February,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box office firm Rentrak.

“Controversy, or at least the conversation that’s created by ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ suddenly infuses this movie into the mainstream conversation,” he added. “They

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Parisians gather in front of a cinema playing “Fifty Shades of Grey” directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, inspired by the 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015.

had to very carefully create a movie that was edgy, push the envelope, but without going too far to make it socially unacceptable.”

Director Matthew Vaughn’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service” also exceeded expectations, landing in second place with an estimated

$35.6 million from 3,204 locations across the three-day period, according to Rentrak.

The R-rated comic book adaptation starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson cost a reported $81 million to produce and should earn around $41 million across the

four-day period.

Animated children’s film “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” came in third with $30.5 million in its second weekend in theaters, falling only 45 percent.

As one of the few family-friendly options in theaters.(ap)

‘Grand Budapest,’ ‘Imitation Game’ top Writers Guild awards LOS ANGELES \ In an awards season dominated by “Boyhood” and “Birdman,” the Writers Guild of America has honored two different choices with its top film awards: “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The Imitation Game.” Awards were presented in simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles on Saturday.

In the original screenplay category, Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” lost out to Wes Anderson and Hugo Guin-

ness for their darkly whimsical fable “The Grand Budapest Hotel.”

Other nominees in the category included “Whiplash,” written by director Damien Chazelle, “Nightcrawler,” written by director Dan Gilroy, and “Foxcatcher,” written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman.

Anderson and Guinness recently picked up the BAFTA for best screenplay as well and are considered favorites to win the Academy Award.

“Birdman” was not eligible for the WGA award, but it will be competing with “Grand Budapest” in the original screenplay category for the Oscar on Feb. 22.

In the adapted screenplay category, Graham Moore took the prize for the World War II-set Alan Turing biopic “The Imitation Game,” adapted from Andrew Hodges’ book “Alan Turing: The Enigma.”

Moore’s work won over adapted

screenplay nominees “American Sniper,” ‘’Gone Girl,” ‘’Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Wild.”

“The Theory of Everything,” which was not eligible for the WGA, won the adapted screenplay BAFTA over “The Imitation Game.” Both will be competing for the Oscar against “American Sniper,” ‘’Inherent Vice” and “Whiplash.”

In addition to film, videogames, radio, news, and new media, the

Writers Guild also honors television work.

“True Detective” writer and creator Nic Pizzolatto took the award for best drama series and best new series. Louis CK won best comedy series and episodic comedy for his show “Louie.” In the comedy/variety category, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” won for series and the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards for specials. (ap)

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One of the works that shows the rejection against the plan to develop Menjangan Island.

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FOR ME volunteers coalesce

Protecting Menjangan Island from impish investor

Singaraja - The communities of Pejarakan and Sumberklampok village have united to reject the proposed resort and villa development at post I of Menjangan Island planned by PT Puri Tirta Propertindo investors. Disapproval of the proposed project is now taking a more serious form with the establishment of the Menjangan Volunteer Forum or For Me. Through this joint declaration the communities share a commitment to reject any kind of tourist accommodations on Menjangan Island. They are taking this position in order to maintain and preserve the sanctity of a number of temples on the island.

Ketut Danu elected as Chairman of the For Me was vivaciously welcomed by dozens of communities and environmental activists in Bali.

The official announcement of the declaration was also attended by

subdistrict head of Gerokgak; Putu Ariadi Pribadi, headman of Sumberklampok, Wayan Sawitrayasa, and chief of Sumberklampok customary village, Jro Nengah Nadia.

Although they had previously

signed the letter of support for the investors, they finally realized that this was a mistake and have withdrawn their approval. The officals are now in support of the preserve of the natural environment and the

sanctity of Menjangan Island. “We Balinese people, especially the residents of the surrounding area of Menjangan Island, hereby declare that in order to preserve and maintain the island’s sustainability in terms of a conservation area, sacred grounds, as well as an economic resource. We reject the development of tourism facilities and support the government in enforcing the laws of spatial planning” said Ketut Danu in his declaration that coincided with Valentine’s day celebrations

on Saturday night (Feb 14).

On this occasion, the new forum asked relevant agencies to immediately review and revise the zoning of Menjangan Island. The existing utilization zone provided a loophole for investors to pave the way to build tourist accommodations. “We encourage the government backed by the declaration that we’ve agreed upon, to revise the zoning of Menjangan Island that was changed without the knowledge of the community.

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