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Monday, January 21, 2013

Original Batmobile from TV series sells for $4.2M Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — The original Batmobile from the 1960s television series ‘Batman’ has sold at auction for $4.2 million. A spokeswoman for Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. says the winning bidder has not been disclosed following Saturday’s auction.

The 19-foot (5.79-meter) -long black, bubbletopped car was used in the “Batman” TV show that starred Adam West as the Caped Crusader.

The car’s owner — famed auto customizer George Barris, of Los Angeles — transformed a

one-of-a-kind 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car into the sleek crime-fighting machine. On the show, it boasted lasers and a “Batphone” and could lay down smoke screens and oil slicks. Barris’ publicist says his client is pleased with the auction result.

This October 2012 file photo provided by Barrett-Jackson/George Barris shows the original Batmobile in Los Angeles.

Batman’s original ride, from the 1960s TV series, has sold at auction for $4.2 million on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013.

AP Photo/Courtesy Barrett-Jackson/George Barris, File

Eagles talk about new Showtime documentary Associated Press Writer

PARK CITY, Utah — The Eagles picked the producer of their new Showtime documentary “The History of the Eagles” — but they insist that’s about all the control they had in the making of it.

“It’s really not a film that represents our point of view so much,” Glen Frey said Saturday as the quartet spoke at the Sundance Film Festival hours before the film’s premiere.

The film was directed by Alison Ellwood and produced by Alex Gibney, whose other documentaries include the Academy Award-winning “Taxi to the Dark Side” and “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.”

“The History of the Eagles” will be shown in two parts on Showtime Feb. 15-16. It includes 40-year-old footage

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that was in the band’s archives, as well as recent interviews with the band.

Henley said he was interested in someone making a documentary about the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers but was unimpressed with recent music documentaries. So, he asked to see the work of Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers and was led to Gibney.

From there, he worked to convince Gibney that he should tell the band’s story, and they had “zero” influence on its outcome.

“We have a good story to tell and I

think he’s a great storyteller,” Frey said, adding that Gibney told him, “We’re going to make a movie, and we’re going to tell the truth.” Don Henley said the band hasn’t even seen the final cut yet. “I hope we like it,” he joked.

Frey said what surprised him most about the film, and seeing the old footage, was “how much fun we had.”

That may surprise people who are familiar with the band’s well-documented discord, including their acrimonious breakup in 1982 (they got back together in 1994).

“Most of the things that have been written about this band have focused on conflict — the journalism of conflict,” Henley said. “It sells papers and magazines, but one thing that Glen said that people will see in this documentary is that we had a lot of fun. Some of it’s not on film, and that’s good.”

“The bitter fighting that the media loved to talk about really didn’t take place. We argued a lot, we discussed stuff a lot, and that tension had a lot of to do with the creative process,” Walsh said.

“We didn’t hate each other; we didn’t have fist fights, none of that.” Walsh, Henley, Frey and Timothy Schmit were expected to attend the premiere later Saturday.

Frey said the band might eventually make new music together. Their last album together was 2007’s “Long Road Out of Eden.”

Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Timothy B. Schmit, left, and Don Henley of The Eagles take part in a Q&A session with reporters at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in Park City, Utah.

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Monday, January 21, 2013 Gas pistol pointed at Bulgaria party leader

10-man Barcelona loses 3-2 at Real Sociedad

Syria says talk of Assad’s removal unacceptable

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Uncertain weather condition these days is a challenge for the operator of travel agencies. A number of travel agencies in Bali even admitted to change their destination visit with a special dinner package to deal with adverse weather condition. Similarly, the tourist arrival is normal as scheduled.

Uncertain weather condition

No cancellation of tourist arrivals occur

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DENPASAR - Uncertain weather condition these days is a challenge for the operator of travel agencies. A number of travel agencies in Bali even admitted to change their destination visit with a special dinner package to deal with adverse weather condition. Similarly, the tourist arrival is normal as scheduled. No group has canceled their visit to Bali although the weather is bad.

“Aside from dinner package, we have replaced their destination by visiting the closer ones,” said Chairman of the Association of the

Indonesia Tours and Travel Agency (ASITA) of Bali, I Ketut Ardana, to reporters recently.

According to him, despite the

bad weather tourist arrivals were still on schedule. “The tourist arrivals remain on schedule. No guests have cancelled the visit,” he said.

He explained that for scheduled trip guests kept on coming. However, upon arrival in tourist destination their tour was then adjusted. “Some guests also prefer to stay at hotel,” he said. Ardana argued that so far there were no tourists complaining about bad weather conditions because they generally knew about the weather in Indonesia. He added that guests were

getting ready as well. In essence, the weather did not have significant impact. Related to special dinner package, he added, it was quite popular so that tourists did not get to ask for refund because they failed to visit the scheduled tourist attractions.

Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Bali, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati, said that foreign tourist visit in January had indeed decreased. “Even though December is the peak season, it is very short

and not until January. They came in the third week and returned at the end of December,” he said.

In response to the decrease in tourist arrivals, hotel management could change their room rate in a matter of hours. “Now, the room rates are the same as ticket changing rapidly. As soon as there is an opportunity to take advantage, yes ... take it,” he said. He added that high season of tourist arrivals to Bali in 2013 was expected to occur from July to August. (kmb)

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After about 2.5 years old, the tabah bamboo (Gigantochloa nigrociliata (Buse Kurz)) planting program undertaken by Kerta villagers in Ubud subdistrict was harvested on Saturday (Jan 19). The bamboo planted on 500 hectares of land is expected to boost the economy of local communities other than maintaining the environment.

However, the harvest of bamboo shoots needed marketing. To that end, the support of the entrepreneurs in relation to the existence of the bamboo was needed. It was revealed in the prime harvest of the bamboo shoots at Kerta village. Chairman of the Biodiversity Foundation (Kehati), Sembiring, said the environmental sustainability was the responsibility of all the parties.

Raising the bamboo was very appropriate because aside from preserving the environment it could also benefit economically through the support of the entrepreneurs.

In addition to marketing support of the entrepreneurs to the bamboo products, it was also required a synergy between the government and community. It happened because the agricultural sector had an important role in balancing the Bali’s economy dominated by tourism sector, added the Regent of Gianyar, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Bamboo Farmers Group of Kerta village, Made Kerta Witarjana, said the bamboo cultivation was chosen by villagers of Kerta,

Payangan, because it had the ability to grow in the geographical condition with slightly rocky soil as at Kerta.

People expected the bamboo planting could improve the soil structure so that other commodity crops could be developed, too. Economically, the bamboo shoot could be used as vegetable and its stalk could be used as raw material for handicraft or building a house. Until now, the land area prepared for the bamboo planting at Kerta village reached 500 hectares, he explained.

Chairperson of the Bali Bamboo Association, Dr. Pande Ketut Diah Kencana, said the production was estimated to reach 750 tons of bamboo shoot. If processed into raw materials such as bamboo shoot vegetable, it could be sold at least for IDR 20,000 per piece to consumers. Thus, the total yield in each harvest would give revenue worth IDR15 million. Cooperation of the employers with farmers would be implemented through a cluster system and followed with an evaluation for the sustainability of the bamboo cultivation. (kmb16)

JAKARTA - Aston International announced that the company has renamed itself to Archipelago International. This new corporate legal entity will serve as the group’s umbrella organization and be the name of the hotel management company behind all of its existing and upcoming hotels and resorts.

A half Ketapang Kembar temple vanishes After swept away by waves since Shivaratri, a half Ketapang Kembar temple standing at beachfront of Batu Tumpeng, Gelgel, Klungkung, vanished on Friday (Jan 18). Such ferocious waves collapsed the temple entrance, shrine and some beach almond trees. Now, the temple area of approximately 50 x 50 meters leaves a half while the remaining another shrine is at risk of being eroded.

From observation at location on Friday (Jan 18) the waves were back to normal. Debris of the buildings looked to be buried in the sand. Compound wall of the temple in the east and west side also collapsed, while a

pavilion in temple area almost eroded. The only one remaining shrine was just one meter from the eroded shrine. The shrine was worried to get eroded because the foundation was only made of sand. The loss of a half the Ketapang Kembar temple became a spectacle to dozens of foreign tourists passing in front of it. They looked surprised and apprehensive why the damaged temple had not been repaired.

Related to damage of the temple, the chief of temple pilgrim, Wayan Suka, organized a meeting a day after the collapse of the temple. The meeting proposed to move the temple to a safer location towards the north so that if tidal waves came they would not

hit the entrance gates. Meanwhile, the Beji or spring area in the north would be placed at one location with the temple area. However, the plan required a lot of money.

Therefore, the plan could not be undertaken to restore the temple.

“We’ll wait first because we have no sufficient funds to restore the temple,” he said.

The Ketapang Kembar temple is supported by 60 families of devotees from Kamasan village.

Apart from pilgrims from Kamasan village, this temple is visited by tens of pilgrims from Ubud and Sukawati on full moon and dark moon. They generally do purificatory rite or melukat on the beach and invoke holy water at the Beji or local spring. (kmb31)

Parking in forbidden area, seven cars sealed Denpasar (Bali Post)-

Denpasar Transportation Agency in action again, this time: punishing those parking in forbidden areas. After sealing five trucks at Mahendradatta Street, this Friday (18/1) they moved to West Gatut Subroto Street. Here, a number of vehicles parking in the wrong area have got its owners called.

Yet none of them responded so seven vehicles were sealed by the agency workers. Head of Control and Operational Section of the

Agency, Ketut Sriawan, confirmed that the biggest challenge faced was the people’s realization of how dangerous it can be to park in these areas. All this time the agency and Indonesian police have held some disciplinary and gave sanctions to violators yet after that they kept repeating it again. “If it’s only us who takes care of it, it’s nothing.

All sides of students, public and government has to realize how important it is road safety,” Sriawan explained. (kmb12)

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Swept away by waves Semarapura (Bali Post)—

Monday, January 21, 2013

Aston International renamed to Archipelago International

Harvest yield of bamboo shoots needs marketing Gianyar (Bali Post)—

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The surfers pass on the Ketapang Kembar Temple which is damaged by the waves

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Archipelago International explained that the name “Aston” is in reality the name of the group’s hero brand and as such is no longer suitable as a name for a management company with 9 booming hotel brands. While the Aston label continues to grow other brands such as the select service favehotels and the new 4 star lifestyle Alana Hotels, which is due to open its first Indonesian Hotel in Seminyak, Bali in February this year, are now representing more than 50 % of the Archipelago groups future hotel portfolio.

Archipelago International is In-

donesia’s largest hotel management company with a presence in Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia and an underlying portfolio of more than 140 hotels, resorts and residences out of which 60 are operational and more than 80 are in various stages of development due to open within the coming two years.

Archipelago International managed hotels range from select service to five star hotels and luxury villas and operates under the hotel brands: Grand Aston, Aston, Aston City, Crimson, Quest, favehotels, NEO, Alana and Kamuela.

“With Archipelago, we have the inten-

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tion of creating a platform that allows each brand to showcase and highlight its individual hotels and enables different personalities to shine. From our select service

favehotels to the 5 star Grand Astons and luxurious Kamuela Villas our aim is for each hotel brand to be recognized as best in class and to exceed guest’s

Calendar Event for December 12 through December 27, 2012 12 Des B uda Keliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Banjar Pulasari Desa Peninjoan Tembuku - Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kabakaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning T e n gah - Buleleng Pura Desa Kayangan Tiga Desa Bubunan Seririt - Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Banjar Taro Kaja Taro - Tegalalang Merajan Pasek Dangka Bungbungan 22 Des H ari Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit Jembrana Odalan Betara ratu Gede Celuk Sukawati Odalan Betara Ratu Wedyadari Camenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Denpasar Betara Ratu Alit dan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarmaan Dalem Sukawati B esakih Pura Pedarmaan Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarmaan Kaba-kaba Besakih Pura Pedarmaan dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel

Pegatepan Gelgel Klungkung Pura Pemrajan Agung Sulang Kec Dawan Klungkung Merajan Pasek Bendesa Kori Agung Pengatepan Pura Pedarmaan Dinasti dalem sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan P u r a Besakih (Dalem Klungkung) Pura Penataran Giri Purwa dan Pesraman Dusun Kuto Rejo Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyuangi 26 Des Buda Wage Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting D esa Camenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Gelgel Pangembungan Bongkase Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Br. Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Desa Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Klungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Kedonganan Kuta

Pura Goa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Pejeng Merajan Pasek Gelgel Songan Merajan Pasek Prateka Pekandelan Sidemen Merajan Pasek Prateka Taman Sari Sukasada Pura dadia Pasek Gelgel Sidemen Karangasem Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tampuagan, Tembuku, Bangli 27 Des Purnama Kepitu Pr. Benua Besakih.

Pura Dalem Desa Camenggaon - Sukawati Pura Suranadhi Lombok Pura Narmada Lombok Pura Segara Ampenan Lombok Mr Agung Dewa Agung Klungkung Ulah Sidemen Pura Gunungrene S i d e m e n Karangasem.

Merajan Pasek Gelgel Ababi Mr. Pasek gelgel Tista Pura Gunung Gunung - Tianyar Kubu - Karangasem Pura Pingit Klenting sari Banjar Sumberkelompok - Gerokgak Singaraja Pura Payogan Agung Kutai Kartanegara

expectations in accommodation, amenities and personal attention” said Norbert Vas, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Archipelago International.

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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US Marines studying mindfulness-based training Associated Press Writer

CAMP PENDLETON, California — The U.S. Marine Corps, known for turning out some of the military’s toughest warriors, is studying how to make its troops even tougher through meditative practices, yoga-type stretching and exercises based on mindfulness.

AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi

U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Carlos Lazano talks about a special training he underwent in which Marines were taught methods to “quiet the mind” and to reach an inner calm as a means to battle stress Tuesday Jan. 15, 2013 at Camp Pendlton, Calif.

Marine Corps officials say they will build a curriculum that would integrate mindfulnessbased techniques into their training if they see positive results from a pilot project. Mindfulness is a Buddhist-inspired concept that emphasizes active attention on the moment to keep the mind in the present.

Facing a record suicide rate and thousands of veterans seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress, the military has been searching for ways to reduce strains on service members burdened with more than a decade of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Marine Corps officials are testing a series of brain calming exercises called “MindfulnessBased Mind Fitness Training” that they believe could enhance the performance of troops, who are under mounting pressures from long deployments and looming budget cuts expected to

slim down forces.

“Some people might say these are Eastern-based religious practices but this goes way beyond that,” said Jeffery Bearor, the executive deputy of the Marine Corps training and education command at its headquarters in Quantico, Virginia. “This is not tied to any religious practice. This is about mental preparation to better handle stress.”

The School Infantry-West at Camp Pendleton will offer the eight-week course starting Tuesday to about 80 Marines.

The experiment builds on a 2011 study involving 160 Marines who were taught to focus their attention by concentrating on their body’s sensations, including breathing, in a period of silence.

The Marines practiced the calming methods after being immersed in a mock Afghan village with screaming actors and controlled blasts to expose them to combat stress.

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VEVCANI, Macedonia — The tiny Macedonian town of Vevcani boasts its own constitution, its own currency and a passport emblazoned with a golden coat of arms.

They are a tongue-in-cheek expression of the village’s historical defiance of authority -- and were born of a symbolic declaration of independence. But beneath the mockery lies a real rebellious streak that has coursed through Vevcani for decades and spawned violent protests, diplomatic incidents and run-ins with the law.

That spirit of rebellion reaches a climax every year during the village’s annual carnival in January, where villagers don costumes that poke fun at the world around them.

The sharp satire leaves nothing untouched, targeting the national leadership, politics, religion and social issues. Most recently it has taken aim at Macedonia’s crisis-stricken southern neighbor, Greece.

With its colorful floats and masked revelers, the festival -- said to be 14 centuries old and date from pagan times -- has grown in popularity over the last decade. It attracts thousands of visitors to St. Vasilij Day celebrations on Jan. 13, welcoming in the New Year ac-

cording to the Julian calendar.

“We have had (masks of) Muslims, priests, world leaders, terrorists,” said Mayor Pero Ilieski, adding that people shouldn’t be offended by the outré themes: “It is only a carnival, so it is something that is not real.”

Vevcani, nestled on the forested slopes of the Jablanica mountain about 190 kilometers (120 miles)

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Innovation of Ubud tourism through jazz festival

Lose competitiveness, silversmiths switch profession

Naval Health Research Center scientist Douglas C. Johnson, who is leading the research, monitored their reactions by looking at blood and saliva samples, images of their brains and problem-solving tests they took.

Another 160 other Marines went through the mock village with no mindfulness-based training, acting as the control group.

Results from the 2011 study are expected to be published this spring.

The latest study by Johnson will compare three groups of Marines, whose biological reactions will be also monitored. One group of about 80 will receive mindfulness-based training. Another of equal size will be given mental resilience training based on sports psychology techniques.

The third one will act as a control group. Results from that study are expected in the fall, Marine Corps officials said.

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DENPASAR - Tight competition and declined purchasing interest of foreign tourists to visit the centers of silver industry make a lot of entrepreneurs and silversmiths switch professions.

Not only that, some silversmiths have transformed their art shop into shop of Balinese typical souvenirs.

A number of silversmiths from Celuk, Sukawati, previously said the sluggish sales of silverworks were caused by the decreased purchasing power and the increasing number of foreign tourists that also sold silverworks.

“They order silverworks in Bali in large quantities, and then sold them in their home country,” said one of them. As a result, many silverworks were then shifting their profession. Even, the entrepreneurs had established a special silverworks art market at Celuk area to help the sector survive.

Sluggish sales of silverworks were also admitted by Chairman of the Bali Silver Association, Nyoman Mudita, as serious problem faced by silversmiths of Bali.

Other than being marginalized by silver entrepreneurs from other countries, he said, high prices

Rebellious Macedonian village stages carnival Associated Press Writer

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southwest of the capital Skopje, held its own referendum on independence in 1993, in a move tinged with nationalism after members of the country’s ethnic Albanian minority living nearby did the same.

Ninety-six percent voted in favor of independence, and the ‘Republic of Vevcani’ was born, according to Mirte Aluloski, who drafted the new republic’s constitution.

of raw materials and production costs also became a dilemma for the active employers or silversmiths. “Not only that, the difficulty to eliminate the practice of commission for tour guides so far is still a challenge,” he said.

However, he hoped despite the various problems faced by crafters, they should still strengthen their determination to compete by featuring quality. If crafters only pursued temporary profits by ignoring quality of Balinese silver they would be excluded. “Design and motif of Bali silverworks had already owned a positive image in the eyes of international community,” he said.

Further, he said when talking about Bali silverworks it would be inseparable from the artistic elements in it. It was the artistic elements featured by craftsmen making the product itself costly. When crafters were able to change their mindset to increase the market reach with strong financial support, they would surely never lose competitiveness. If the mindset ignored the quality in order to sell the products faster regardless of subsequent and broader impacts they would be getting more sluggish. (kmb28)

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Performers performed during Jazz Festival. To improve attractiveness to domestic and foreign tourists, the components of community from jazz musician plans to bring in dozens of national and international jazz musicians to participate in the event of Ubud Village Festival.

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GIANYAR - To improve attractiveness to domestic and foreign tourists, the components of community from jazz musician plans to bring in dozens of national and international jazz musicians to participate in the event of Ubud Village Festival. The jazz festival is planned to be held next August, right in holiday season.

AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski

This picture taken Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 shows a villager dressed up as a beggar with a baby, mocking Greece’s crippled economy, during the carnival in Macedonia’s southwestern village of Vevcani.

It was stated in a meeting of the Advisor to the Ubud Village Jazz Festival, Amir Rabik, with Gianyar Regent Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, Friday (Jan 18). Ubud was selected as the venue because it had been an international tourist destination and considered to have the potential to be featured in jazz festival, explained Amir.

As planned, the jazz festival would feature international musicians. Among them, there would

be Uwee Plath Combo featuring Dian Pratiwi (Germany), Yokohama Association of Artist (Japan), Peter Beets (the Netherlands) and David Ades (Australia). Meanwhile, the national performer would consist of Indra Lesmana, Dwiki Darmawan, The Jonges, Tomorrow People Ensemble, Yuri Mahatma, Balawan and Batuan Ethnic Fusion, Rio Sidik, Dira Sugandi, Koko Harsoe, Simak Dialog, Under Ground Jazz Movement as well as local

musicians of Bali.

Gianyar Regent appreciated the selection of Ubud as the venue to hold the jazz festival. Although it had international flavor, Cok Ace had confidence it would be able to present jazz music in collaboration with Balinese traditional arts.

As an event with the capability of exploring the local potential, Gianyar County government would fully support the implementation of the Ubud Village Jazz Festival 2013. (kmb16)

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Silversmith making a bracelet in one of workshops in Celuk, Gianyar. Tight competition and declined purchasing interest of foreign tourists to visit the centers of silver industry make a lot of entrepreneurs and silversmiths switch professions. Not only that, some silversmiths have transformed their art shop into shop of Balinese typical souvenirs.

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The flood which happen at Subak Puspasari, Tuwed village, Melaya subdistrict caused hundreds of ricefield damaged

Embankment collapse

Dozens of hectares of rice fields at Tuwed flooded Negara (Bali Post)—

Dozens of hectares of rice fields at Subak Puspasari, Tuwed village, Melaya subdistrict, were submerged in seawater since the past week. It occurred because a number of embankments at Taman hamlet, Tuwed, Melaya, collapsed so that seawater flooded the farmland at high tides. Even, some roads were also submerged and about 15 families were isolated.

Other than rice field, the seawater also submerged a number of shrimp farm ahead of the harvest time. Consequently, many shrimps died few days before harvested.

The tidal seawater made farmers at Subak Puspasari suffer a loss worth tens of millions of rupiahs whereas they just planted

the rice 3-5 days before the embankment collapsed. According to local resident, the embankment protecting the subak area collapsed on Saturday night (Jan 12).

The Headman of Tuwed, Ketut Suarna, accompanied by the Head of the village consultative assembly (BPD), Ketut Toya,

justified on Thursday (Jan 17) about the collapse of the embankment used to protect the Subak Puspasari. As it collapsed, tidal seawater then inundated dozens of hectares of rice fields. Suarna added that his party with local residents was trying to deal with the problem independently, but his party also highly expected the help of Jembrana County.

According to Suarna, the embankment at Taman hamlet was just repaired at the end of 2012. Even, it had been elevated along 50 meter and cost IDR 18.5 million over but it collapsed due to tidal seawater. (kmb26)

Two months old Bengkala Bridge already damaged Singaraja (Bali Post)-

Just two months old the project of Bengkala Village Bridge, Kubutambahan cause worries as along the bridge a lot of holes existed. A number of locals last Friday (18/1) stated the biggest worry would be that the bridge could collapse moreover it is rainy season. Head of Bengkala, Made Sukrada, when met in location stated that the first problem was a hole on the border wall and later on both bridge ends (the connection between the road and bridge) lowered itself in its construction. Knowing that condition, a report was sent to the administrative head of the village and project owner yet no immediate respond was given.

Dusun Kelodan Head, Ketut Asta, stated that the bridge’s existence is vital as it helps the village’s economy and governmental elements so if it’s not fixed straight away then it would cause difficulties for a lot of people. In other hand, the specific causer to why it is damaged is still unknown yet it seemed to be the heavy rain that keeps on coming.

Government is very demanded to respond to this straighta way. To be known the previous bridge collapsed due to a flash flood on December 2011 and after a long time, rehabilitation just took place with a budget from Buleleng Disaster Management (BPBD). (kmb)

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Merkel risks election-year setback in state vote Associated Press Writer

Tabanan (Bali Post) –

Robbers acted in Tabanan last Friday (18/1) early morning targeting an Indomaret minimarket at Gatut Subroto Street, Banjar Sanggulan, Banjar Anyar Village, Kediri. Robber expected to have broken down the warehouse wall including damaging an iron chain, cut cables of CCTV and telephone so no action was recorded. Around IDR 13 million were taken from a forced open safe, IDR 50,000 from the cashier till and dozens of cigarette packets. One bottled drink was drunk by robber while all equipments such as keys and screws left at the shop. A black t-shirt and a pair of gloves were also seen besides the shop.

The action was known by the minimarket’s supervisor, Risda Nur Puspitasari (19) while opening the shop with other two workers. They were shocked to see that all is a mess while the safe looked like it exploded. Puspitasari closed the shop at 11 pm local itme last Thursday (17/1) and no suspicious movement was seen. The incident was then reported and investigated by police including using sniffer dogs.

“We are still piling the evidences. It is expected more than one robber acted here,” PC Tonny Sugadri, Kediri Police Head, stated.

It is expected as well that the robber knows well of the shop seen from what’s damaged before the robbery took place. Police have also checked the shop workers as witnesses. This action is now also added to the list of similar robberies that have taken place in Tabanan. Before, Indomaret in Kerambitan also got robbed yet luckily nothing was taken from the safe as robber failed yet cigarettes and underwear were taken. (kmb30)

Monday, January 21, 2013

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Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad speaks at the Opera House in Damascus January 6, 2013, in this handout photograph released by Syria’s national news agency SANA.

Syria says talk of Assad’s removal unacceptable Reuters

BEIRUT - Syria’s foreign minister said on Saturday any discussion of President Bashar al-Assad’s future was “unacceptable”, a week after an international envoy said the president should not be part of a transitional government.

Foreign Minister Walid alMoualem’s comments showed the government has dug in against foreign pressure for a deal with the rebels fighting to topple Assad.

“No one should dare discuss the position of the president ... this is unacceptable,” he told Syrian state television in an interview.

World powers have been deadlocked in their efforts to promote a transitional government they hope could prevent more bloodshed in the 22-month-old uprising against Assad, which has turned into a

civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people.

United Nations and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who recently visited Assad and Syrian officials, told Reuters a week ago Assad should not be part of a transitional government.

Syrian officials condemned his comments and said the mediator was biased toward governments supporting the rebels.

Moualem said Assad’s proposal earlier this month for a new parliament and constitution was the only

way forward out of the conflict. He reiterated the embattled leader’s argument that only “nationalistic opposition” could participate.

Their definition excludes the armed opposition or any group that supports intervention in Syria’s conflict, even though they are now the driving force of the rebel movement. The opposition, for its part, has rejected anything but Assad’s removal.

International talks in Geneva last June, led by Brahimi, proposed a transitional government but left open Assad’s future. The proposal foundered after opposition backers like the United States insisted Assad not play a role, while Russia, Assad’s main arms supplier, said foreign powers should not impose restrictions on the transition.

BERLIN — A major state election on Sunday could shake up the campaign for Germany’s national election later this year, with the center-left opposition hoping for a morale-boosting victory over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition. Some 6.1 million people are eligible to vote for a new state legislature in Lower Saxony, which occupies a swathe of northwestern Germany. It’s been run for the past decade by a coalition of Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats and the pro-market Free Democrats, the same parties that form the national government.

The vote is a significant electoral test before national parliamentary elections in September, in which Merkel will seek a third four-year term. She and her party are riding high in polls, but the opposition hopes Lower Saxony will show she is vulnerable.

Pre-election polls in the state showed a neck-and-neck race between her coalition and the opposition Social Democrats and Greens, who have been struggling to gain traction nationally.

Much could depend on the performance of Merkel’s allies, the Free Democrats, whose support has eroded badly since they joined her national government in 2009. They’ve failed to win major tax cuts that they once pledged and have taken much of the blame for frequent public bickering in the chancellor’s coalition.

If the Free Democrats fail to win the 5 percent support needed to gain seats in the state legislature Sunday, that could help hand Lower Saxony to the opposition — and prompt the departure of embattled party leader Philipp Roesler, who is also vice chancellor.

AP Photo/dpa, Michael Kappeler

German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks up after smelling at coffee beans during the opening tour of the ‘International Green Week’ in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013.

India’s old leaders get hip to the young and the restless ahead of elections Reuters

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Rahul Gandhi, a lawmaker, speaks to Sonia Gandhi (R), who is his mother and India’s ruling Congress party chief, during the Indian National Congress meeting in Jaipur, capital of India’s desert state of Rajasthan January 20, 2013.

JAIPUR, India - Scalded by spontaneous anti-rape and corruption protests near the seat of government in New Delhi, India’s ageing leaders are scrambling to win over an angry and influential young urban population ahead of elections due to be held by early next year.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, 80, and Sonia Gandhi, the 66-year-old leader of the ruling Congress party, grappled with terms like “flash mob” and “Twitter” at a brainstorming meeting this weekend that focused on the new generation and growing social media.

About two thirds of India’s 1.2 billion people are under 35 and

the population is shifting to cities, eroding political parties’ traditional dependence on the rural poor.

Looking weary after nine years in coalition government, the Congress leadership is widely seen as aloof and out of touch. The meeting, the first of its kind in a decade, was the party’s attempt to adapt to fast-changing demographics as it prepares to contest for a third consecutive term.

Gandhi’s son, Rahul, 42, was anointed party vice-president at the meeting. As the scion of a dynasty stretching back to India’s independence from Britain in 1947, the party wants him to be prime minister if it wins the elections. His mother, who in the past has promoted welfare programs for the rural poor, gave a speech

that placed uncharacteristic emphasis on urban job creation for the young middle class in one of the world’s fastest growing major economies.

“We have to recognize the new changing India, an India increasingly peopled by a younger, more aspirational, more demanding and better educated generation,” Gandhi told party leaders.

“We cannot allow our growing educated and middle classes to be disillusioned and alienated from the political process.” Singh’s government is already seeking to win over the middle class with reforms aimed at boosting economic growth, such as subsidy cuts that have been backed

by Gandhi, despite initial misgivings they would hurt the poor.

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BUSINESS

Budget woes could hurt outreach to Asia Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants Asia to be a growing focus of his foreign policy, but as his second terms begins, success could hinge on his ability to manage hot spots elsewhere in the world and avert a fiscal crisis at home.

Within two weeks of winning re-election, Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar, signaling his intent to sustain his administration’s “pivot” to the region following the decadelong entanglement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

That’s a reflection of Asia’s growing economic and strategic importance. In the past three years, Washington has embroiled itself in diplomacy over the disputed South China Sea, deployed more military-assets to the Asia-Pacific and pushed forward a regional trade pact. It has also put a lot of effort into managing ties with emerging rival China.

Those moves have been broadly welcomed in Asia, but governments question the U.S. ability to sustain its policy.

While Sen. John Kerry, the nominee to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state, is expected to continue the policy, the Middle East looks destined to demand the lion’s share of his attention. There’s no end in sight to the civil war in Syria and pressure could mount to take military action over Iran’s nuclear program.

And it will be tough to enhance the U.S. profile in Asia in an age of austerity. In contrast to China, the U.S. can little afford more aid for its allies and to expand its military presence.

But perhaps most critical to U.S. stature in the region will be how it manages its deep political divisions at home. Failure to resolve the long-running standoff between Obama and Republicans over how to manage America’s $16.4 trillion national debt weighs on global financial markets. The Republicancontrolled House is set to vote on a temporary measure next week that would permit the government to borrow more money to meet its debt obligations for about three months, although it wouldn’t tackle how to reduce the debt.

Without an extension in the debt ceiling, the world’s largest economy

could default as soon as midFebruary. That would likely prompt a downgrade in the U.S. credit rating, leading to higher borrowing costs in the U.S. and elsewhere. It would alarm creditor governments, such as China and Japan, which both hold more than $1 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities. It could undermine America’s position as a safe haven for investors and trigger economic turmoil.

Australia’s foreign minister, Bob Carr, warned after a last-gasp deal at the new year — staving off an immediate tax hike and budget cuts — that the massive U.S. debt has raised questions about the United States’ ability to provide world leadership. But the trusted ally put a positive spin on things: “America is one budget deal away from resolving the issue of American decline,” he said.

That standoff looms large as Obama takes the oath of office in the White House for his second term Sunday, ahead of a grand swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol on Monday.

Yet for all the divisiveness in Washington, Asia policy remains an area of broad agreement.

Both parties have supported efforts to build stronger ties with Asia to position the U.S. to benefit from the region’s rapid economic growth: cementing alliances in South Korea and Japan, building a strategic partnership with India and expanding ties in Southeast Asia.

Most notably, Republicans and Democrats have shown rare unity in backing the administration’s ambitious outreach to former pariah state Myanmar.

But the Asia policy initiatives of Obama’s first term could bring with them messy responsibilities in the second term.

If confirmed as secretary of state, an immediate concern for Kerry will be the rising tension in Northeast Asia, where China, Japan and South Korea all are ushering in new leaders.

GE earnings rise on emerging market growth

Associated Press

N E W YO R K — G e n e r a l Electric Co. has been re-energized. Performance at all of the conglomerate’s industrial segments is improving thanks to cost cutting, a shift in strategy and growth in emerging markets.

GE, based in Connecticut, reported an operating profit per share of 44 cents, a penny higher than analysts polled by FactSet expected. Perhaps more importantly for shareholders, GE’s revenue rose 4 percent to $39.3 billion and beat Wall Street expectations. Shares rose over 3 percent Friday.

CEO Jeff Immelt said the outlook for developed markets remained uncertain. But China and other emerging markets, along with regions that are exploiting natural resources, are growing.

Immelt has been reshaping GE, focusing on its more traditional operations, such as making complex industrial equipment and providing services to companies. GE also makes refrigerators, CT-scanners, wind turbines, gas turbines and engines for jets and trains. In a new push, it also provides equipment and services to the oil and gas industry.

The company is shrinking its banking division and trimming other non-industrial operations like commercial real estate.

The shift has led to higher profit margins, a trend that continued in the fourth quarter. GE reported increased profits at all seven of its industrial segments, with growth topping 10 percent at four of them — oil and gas, energy management, aviation and transportation.

GE also improved its cash

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Bad weather, grain production drops

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TABANAN - Bad weather engulfing Tabanan is starting to have an impact on food production in this region. Heavy rain and gale had harmed the paddy fields of farmers. As a result, the harvest yields diminished. As predicted, the grain yield dropped around ten percent.

Possibility of the decline in grain production was justified by the Head of Tabanan Food Crops and Horticulture Agency, Nyoman Budana. According to him, the rain kept pouring could damage the quality of rice plant, not to mention the threat of disease due to bad weather.

Thus, the harvest yield was ascertained to decline. “Our prediction, the grain production may decrease about ten percent of normal condition,” he said.

He said the indications of damage to paddy fields were starting to be visible at a number of areas such as Penebel, Marga and Baturiti. In the three subdistricts, the rainfall was very high so that they were the most prone areas to decrease in the harvest yields as well as disease.

According to Budana, his party continued to monitor the development of rice growth. This official hoped the bad weather would not last longer so that the activity of farmers could return to normal. Although predicted to decline, said Budana, it would

not have fatal impact on the high production of grain in Tabanan each year.

Based on the data of the Agriculture Agency, the production of milled rice in Tabanan reached 222,184 tons per year.

This amount was far above the needs of Tabanan. Despite a decrease, it was ascertained to remain surplus. The total grain production was based on the rice planting area reaching 40,914 hectares with harvest area of around 39,017 hectares. “On average, the grain production reaches 5.9 tons per hectare,” affirmed Budana.

Meanwhile, the basic price of grain purchase still reached IDR 3,300 per kg. According to Budana, the price was still above the national government purchase price (HPP). Nevertheless, the official hoped that farmers could harvest their rice when it was not raining. Thus, the water content could be reduced and the price would be better.

High water content had an impact on the decrease in the grain quality and kindled the bad rice quality. (kmb30)

IBP/Budi Wiriyanto

Bad weather engulfing Tabanan is starting to have an impact on food production in this region.

Heavy rain and gale had harmed the paddy fields of farmers. As a result, the harvest yields diminished. As predicted, the grain yield dropped around ten percent.

Government allocates Rp4 billion in subsidies for organic fertilizers Antara

AP Photo/Steven Senne, File

In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 file photo, a General Electric logo is seen on a kitchen stove at a Lowe’s store in Framingham, Mass. General Electric Co. is reporting, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, that net income rose 8 percent in the fourth quarter as earnings at all of the conglomerate’s industrial segments improved due to growth in developing economies.

flow and in turn gave some cash back to shareholders. It repurchased $2.1 billion in stock in the quarter and $5.2 billion for the year, while boosting the quarterly dividend 12 percent to 19 cents per share.

In a conference call following the earnings released, Immelt called 2012 “a year we hit all of our financial commitments to investors.” GE shares rose 17 percent last year.

Daniel Holland, an analyst at Morningstar, said he was encouraged to see the cost-cutting measures show up in improved profitability, and that the financial performance improved in nearly every division.

“A lot of what they’ve been talking about is coming to fruition,” he said. “And it’s pretty broad-based

across the portfolio.”

For all of 2012, GE posted net income of $13.6 billion, or $1.39 per share, on revenue of $147.4 billion. That’s up from net income of $13.1 billion, or $1.24 per share, on revenue of $147.3 billion in 2011.

GE expects revenue and profit growth to continue this year. GE said its backlog of new business reached $210 billion, its highest ever. During the fourth quarter the company announced new contracts with Petrobras in Brazil and with Chevron in Angola to help those oil companies extract oil from deep waters off shore. It also announced orders for jet engines to power 50 airplanes for Alaska Airlines.

DENPASAR - The Bali provincial government has allocated Rp4 billion in subsidies for organic fertilizers in an effort to increase their use in the 10,000 hectares of farmland under rice cultivation in the province.

“The amount of funds allocated from the regional budget this year is the same as last year’s,” said the head of Food Crops of Bali, Ida Bagus Wisnuwardana.

He stated that the subsidy would be given to farmers groups, among others, who had been producing organic fertilizers.

“Farmers groups and other producers of organic fertilizer have been selling their product at Rp 1,000 per kg,” Wisnuardana noted.

“Therefore, the local government will provide a subsidy of Rp700 per kg, after which the selling price would come down to Rp300 per kg,” he continued.

“That way, the price of the subsidized fertilizer would be lower than a similar fertilizer produced in another plant that sells it for Rp500 per kg,” Wisnuardana said.

He stated, besides farmer groups, Bali has 22 other groups that have the permission to produce organic fertilizers.

Over the past three years, local farmers groups have benefitted from the fertilizer subsidies provided by the Bali government.

In previous years, subsidies worth billions of rupiah were given to develop organic fertilizer plants.

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The Bali provincial government has allocated Rp4 billion in subsidies for organic fertilizers in an effort to increase their use in the 10,000 hectares of farmland under rice cultivation in the province.

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US Navy: Ship stuck in Philippines used faulty map

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Monday, January 21, 2013

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Associated Press Writer

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Image grab from video shows a man identified as Oktai Enimehmedov, 25, as he points a weapon at Ahmed Dogan, left, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, during his speech at his party’s congress in Sofia, on Saturday Jan. 19, 2013.

Gas pistol pointed at Bulgaria party leader Associated Press Writer

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian police detained a man after he pointed a gas pistol at an ethnic Turkish party leader as he was delivering a speech at a party caucus in the capital Saturday.

No shots were fired.

The video from the Saturday event in Sofia shows the man climbing the podium where Ahmed Dogan, the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, was speaking, and pointing the gun to his face.

Dogan struck the man before he could pull the trigger, while other delegates wrestled the assailant to the ground. TV footage showed several people punching, kicking and stomping on the man when he was on the ground.

Police arrested him and took him to a hospital. It wasn’t immediately clear if he sustained serious injuries, or how he got past security to enter the hall with nearly 3,000 people attending.

Eventually, the attacker was identified by police as 25-year-old Oktai Enimehmedov, a Bulgarian national

and ethnic Turk, from the coastal city of Burgas. He was carrying the gas pistol and two knives. A gas pistol is a non-lethal weapon used for selfdefense, but experts say when fired from close range it can cause lifethreatening injuries.

Interior Minister Tsvevtan Tsvetanov told journalists that the assailant had a criminal record for drugs possession, robberies and hooliganism.

The liberal MRF party mainly represents ethnic Turks and other Muslims in Bulgaria, who make up 12 percent of its 7.3-million population.

The conference had to elect a new leader to succeed Dogan, who is one of the Balkan country’s most influential political figures. The 58-year-old has been at the helm of the party since

founding it in 1990.

Lyutvi Mestan, who was expected to become the new party leader, said “the true reason for the assault was the language of hatred and confrontation.”

Saturday’s assault was the gravest attack on a politician in postcommunist Bulgaria after the 1996 killing of ex-Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov.

The German government’s human rights commissioner, Markus Loening, was at the party caucus in Sofia on Saturday, and witnessed the incident, the German Foreign Ministry said. “I am very happy that Ahmed Dogan was not injured,” Loening said in a statement. “Political violence must never again gain a foothold in Europe.”

Pickup truck used by George W. Bush auctioned for $300,000 Reuters

DALLAS - A pickup truck used by former President George W. Bush at his Texas ranch was sold for $300,000 at an auction on Saturday after he donated it to benefit a charity that serves U.S. military families.

The 2009 Ford F-150 King Ranch 4x4 SuperCrew was sold as part of the Barrett-Jackson auction house’s sale of collectible cars in

Scottsdale, Arizona. The auction house did not disclose the identity of the buyer.

Bush and former first lady Laura Bush used the pickup at their ranch in Crawford, Texas, where they frequently entertain friends, family and visiting dignitaries.

“I haven’t driven on a street in many, many years, but I have been able to drive this truck on my ranch,” Bush said in a statement.

The right airbag panel on the truck was signed by the former president. The buyer also received a video showing Bush autographing the airbag panel and driving around the ranch, which is about 120 miles from his Dallas home.

Proceeds from the sale benefit the Fisher House Foundation, a charity that provides free housing for families of military service members who are receiving medical treatment.

MANILA, Philippines — An inaccurate map that mislocated a marine sanctuary may have caused a U.S. Navy minesweeper to run aground on a coral reef in the Philippines this week, the Navy said Saturday All 79 officers and crew of the USS Guardian were taken off the ship for safety reasons after it struck the reef with its bow at 2 a.m. Thursday.

The Navy’s Pacific Fleet, based in Hawaii, said Saturday that its ships along with several support vessels continued to conduct salvage operations that minimize environmental effects to the reef.

The Navy said in a statement that a review of Digital Nautical Charts, which are used for safe navigation by all U.S. Navy ships, found they contained inaccurate data and may have been a factor in the Guardian’s grounding. As a result, Navigator of the Navy Rear Adm. Jonathan White released precautionary guidance to all Pacific Fleet ships, saying that “initial review of navigation data indicates an error in the location of Tubbataha Reef” in the Philippines.

“While the erroneous navigation chart data is important information, no one should jump to conclusions,” said Pacific Fleet spokesman Capt. Darryn James. “It is critical that the U.S. Navy conduct a comprehensive investigation that assesses all the facts surrounding the Guardian grounding.”

The Avenger-class ship had just completed a port call in Subic Bay, a former American naval base west of the capital, Manila, and was en route to Indonesia and then on to East Timor to participate in a training exercise when it hit the reef, about 128 kilometers (80 miles) southeast of Palawan Island.

The World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines said that according to an initial visual inspection, the 68-meter- (74-yard-) long, 1,300-ton Guardian damaged at least 10 meters (yards) of the reef, which UNESCO designated as a World Heritage Site. It is part of Southeast Asia’s Coral Triangle, a huge stretch of ocean that contains most of the world’s coral species, reefs, and more than 3,000 species of fish.

Angelique Songco, head of the government’s Protected Area Management Board, said the government imposes a fine of about $300 per square meter (yard) of damaged coral, plus other fees.

In 2005, the environmental group Greenpeace was fined almost $7,000 after its flagship struck a reef in the same area.

Hostage toll to rise after Algeria ends desert siege Reuters

ALGIERS/IN AMENAS, Algeria - Algeria warned on Sunday that the hostage death toll from a siege at a desert gas plant would rise, after its troops staged a final assault which killed all the remaining Islamist gunmen.

Britain said at least three of its citizens had been killed in the crisis, ended when Algerian special forces stormed the In Amenas plant on Saturday. France acknowledged the death toll would be high but cautioned against criticizing Algeria’s military response, saying it had faced an intolerable situation.

Algeria’s Interior Ministry had reported on Saturday that 23 hostages and 32 militants were killed during assaults launched by Algerian special forces to end the crisis, with 107 foreign hostages and 685 Algerian hostages freed.

However, Minister of Communication Mohamed Said said this would rise when final numbers were issued in the next few hours. “I am afraid unfortunately to say that the death toll will go up,” Said was quoted as saying by the official APS news agency.

Details are only slowly emerging on what happened during the siege, which marked a serious escalation of unrest in northwestern Africa, where French forces are battling Islamist militants across the Sahara desert in Mali.

In London, Prime Minister David Cameron said that British citizens were among the dead. “Tragically we now know that three British nationals have been killed and a further three are believed to be dead and also a further British resident is also believed to be dead,” Cameron said in a televised statement.

One Briton had already was confirmed killed when the gunmen seized the hostages before dawn on Wednesday at the plant, run by Norway’s Statoil along with Britain’s BP and Algeria’s state oil company.

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Victims who died in this week`s floods 1. Untung Kusnadi (82) 2. Lusiana (72) 3. Sugito (80) 4. Angga (13) 5. Mak Inah (82) 6. Mujiyo (46) 7. Muhamad Haikal (2) 8. Solahuddin (35)

9. Wahyudi (26) 10. Raif Anjar Agasi (13) 11. Udin Wahyudin (34) 12. Karno (35) 13. Masuriyah (50) 14. Eko Herdian (27) 15. Another one still under identification

Number of dead victims of Jakarta flooding rises to 15 Antara AP Photo/Irwin Ferdiansyah

Indonesian soldiers help evacuate people in a rubber boat in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan 19, 2013. The death toll from floods in Indonesia’s capital has climbed to 14 after searchers pulled three more bodies from the waters.

JAKARTA - The death toll from floods that swept through several parts of Jakarta since Tuesday reached 15 on Saturday evening, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB).

The last dead victim was identified as Eko Herdian who worked as a cleaning service officer at the UOB Building at MH Thamrin Street, Central Jakarta, Head of the BNPB Data and Information Center Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.

The 27-year old man was found dead by an evacuating team at 03.05 p.m. on Saturday.

He said floods were still inundating several parts of the capital by Saturday evening. In Pluit, North Jakarta, the flood water reached up to 2 meters deep.

A team of BNPB officers led by the agency`s chief inspected floodhit Pluit area on Saturday as part of efforts to find a solution to the flood caused by the overflowing of Pluit dam.

Jakarta still languishing post big flooding Floods paralyze 300 Antara

JAKARTA - The big floods on Thursday and Friday still left big pools of water in several areas of Jakarta causing transport problem.

In some parts of the city especially in West Jakarta, the water levels remained high from 30 centimeters to 1 meter until Sunday morning, police said.

The street in front of the Region Income Office at Jalan Daan Mogot, West Jakarta the water level is as high as 1 meter, police said in a statement.

A number of areas in West Ja-

karta such as the campuses of the Universities of Trisakti and Tarumanegara in Grogol are still isolated with deep water pools blocking transport to that places.

The road leading to Citraland Mall was full of water as deep as 30 centimeters forcing cars to move slowly causing heavy traffic jams.

Worst still is that the entire area of Pluit, a residential area of rich

Jakartan families is also still submerged 2 meters below the water level.

Few people had time to save their valuable including luxurious cars with the floods hit the area before many people were aware of it.

There are no estimate yet of losses in materials but more than ten people had been reported dead in the past four days in the city.

Antara

through the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh has successfully handled 4,360 serious and light cases of Indonesian citizens. Of the total, 4,195 cases, except death penalty cases, have successfully been resolved and the Indonesian citizens involved in the cases have been repatriated to Indonesia,” he said.

Overall, 99 percent of the cases could be resolved, while the remaining 1 per cent or 165 cases will be settled in 2013, he said.

Priatna said to handle special cases related to legal violation and criminal offenses, the embassy provided interpreters and lawyers for

the problematic migrant workers in court sessions.

“The embassy has signed cooperation contracts with five local lawyers in order to give protection to problematic Indonesian citizens under the command of Indonesian Citizens Protection and Services Task Force of the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh,” he said.

In addition, the embassy also has a transit house with a capacity of accommodating approximately 200 people. Under normal conditions, the transit house can give shelter to an average of 150 problematic migrant workers.

Thousands cases of migrant workers` solves in Saudi Arabia

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has solved thousands of legal cases of Indonesian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia as part of its commitments to protect Indonesian citizens abroad.

Through mediation efforts made by the Indonesian embassy in Saudi Arabia, the government managed to recover the wages of migrant workers amounting to up to US$2.6 million, the ministry`s director of information and media PLE Priatna said in a written statement made available early Sunday.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

factories in Jakarta Antara

JAKARTA - The Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) said that the Jakarta floods had paralyzed at least 300 factories.

“About 300 factories totally stopped production but we have not yet received confirmation on a plan to relocate them because floods also cut off our communications and electricity supplies,” Deputy Chairman of Kadin Jakarta, Sarman Simanjorang said.

Thursday`s floods inundated industrial areas in East Jakarta with flood waters reaching a level between 20 cm and 100 cm. As a result, at least 300 factories stopped operations.

He said that the losses incurred as a result of the stoppage of the factories` operations were estimated at Rp1.5 billion per day.

The Kadin official expressed hope that government would help overcome the problem soon, even if businesses had not yet decide to relocate their factories.

He said that businesses were concerned as floods disturbed production activities and the distribution of goods produced by their factories.

“Many employers complained of the floods which caused their employees and workers to stay off the offices and factories so that production activities are disturbed,” Sarman said.

In addition, floods also delayed financial and business transactions to serve business world. Businesses therefore, hoped the central and regional governments to coordinate in coping with the flood problems in the capital city, he said.

Earlier, Minister of Industry Ms Hidayat expressed hope the floods would not affect industrial areas. He recommended that, if possible, industrial activities should be done in one industrial area.

“I recommended that all industrial activities should be done in one industrial area,” he said.

Major floods hit Jakarta on Thursday. About 15,447 people in were forced to evacuate following the floods that have hit the capital since Tuesday (Jan 15).

“Up till now floods have caused five casualties,” spokesman to National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.

Office and daily activities in Jakarta were almost completely paralyzed as floodwaters hit the capital city and inundated its roads.

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Marine Adventures IBP

Diving is an exciting experience to explore the beautiful underwater life where we can see a real fantastic panorama of coral and colorful fishes. Bali has many choices of the dive venue which are very famous

in all over the world like: Tulamben, Amed, Padang Bay, Menjangan Island, Nusa Penida, Lembongan Island and Nusa Dua. All of them have been supported by complete diving facilities. Diving in Bali will get unforgettable experience and this under water

adventure is the most attractive and always looked for by the people.

Enjoy the experience under the blue sea water with a minimum of wave, colorful coral and fishes and see the real of under water life in Bali. It’s very fantastic and don’t miss it.

Tulamben Diving – Ship Wreck

Tulamben is one of popular dive site in Bali and located in East Bali. its about 2 and half hours driver from Nusa Dua and Kuta area. Tulamben is beach entry dive and the ship as the dive site is about 40 meters from the beach. The American ship USAT Liberty built in 1915 and was destroyed by Japanese submarine on Jan 11, 1942 (World War II). It sank on sand floor at depth of 5 meters and slope down to max depth of 35 meters. Night diving on this ship wreck is very popular. Bali’s best wreck dive with bump-head parrot fish, napoleon wrasse and barracuda are regularly spotted around the wreck. Beside Ship Wreck, Tulamben also have many good sites for dive like: Tulamben Drop Off, Coral Garden, etc.

Amed Diving

Amed is located in East Bali, Karangasem Regency and it’s about 2 hours and 45 minutes from Denpasar or Kuta Area and then need more about 5 minutes to Amed dive site. Coral grow 2 meters and slope down to 30 meters. Napoleon wrasses and Reef Sharks often seen in Amed water. Along the wall you will find beautiful and colorful corals (hard and soft) and a breeding area with thousands of small fish. The maximum depth is +/- 26 m. Sometimes there can be a current. Amed is also good site for night dive. Dive Amed area: Jemeluk, Bunutan, Japanese shipwreck and Gili Selang.

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Menjangan Island is a small island which is located in North West Bali Island; this island is reached by a 30 minutes boat ride from Labuan Lalang. Menjangan Island is well known for its magnificent underwater world, have a beautiful corals and fishes. Menjangan Island has many good dive sites.

If you want to explore all of that is need about 2 until 3 day. Even large pelagics are sometimes seen at Menjangan. Occasionally sightings of Whales, Whale sharks and Manta rays have been reported. Drift diving is usual, but currents are quite mild and all levels of divers can enjoy this area.

Nusa Penida Island is a part of Klungkung Regency. Located in south east Bali Island, it’s about 1 hours by bout from Tanjung Benoa harbour. Nusa Penida has 2 meters coral grow and slope down to max depth 50 meters, Wonderful barrel sponges and gorgonians can be seen in the deeper waters, and sea snakes can be seen on almost every dive.

Occasional manta rays and schools of chevron barracuda add to the rich variety of smaller fish which seem to prefer the calmer waters. the big attraction here is that this area is a favourite spot for mola mola, Manta and Sharks. Nusa Penida Dive site: Crystal Bay, Blue Point, Manta Point and Ped.

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Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska stretches for a forehand during her fourth round match against Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.

Radwanska storms past Ivanovic to extend streak Reuters

MELBOURNE - Agnieszka Radwanska continued her perfect start to the year, defeating former world number one Ana Ivanovic 6-2 6-4 to march into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday.

The 23-year-old made just four unforced errors to 34 for her Serbian opponent and saved five break points in the second set before sealing victory with her seventh ace after 70 minutes.

Radwanska won the titles at both her warm-up tournaments in Auckland and Sydney and has not dropped a set in 13 straight victories this year.

The Pole will next face China’s sixth seed Li Na, who she beat in the semi-finals at the Sydney International 10 days ago.

While David Ferrer thought his fourth round victory over Japan’s Kei Nishikori was one of the best matches of his Australian Open career, yet the Spaniard was still

racked with doubt that he could go on to win the title next week.

Baseline hustler Ferrer took full advantage of Nishikori’s lingering knee injury on Sunday, working him around the court and waiting for the 23-year-old to make one of his 65 errors. Although the Japanese number one made it difficult, the fourth seed closed out a 6-2 6-1 6-4 victory.

“I played very good, one of the best matches on my career in Australian Open,” the fourth seed told reporters. “Nishikori is a very great player. I think he’s going to be top10. “He has everything ... (and) the result, it was in three sets, but the game, it was very, very difficult.”

Ferrer entered the season’s open-

ing grand slam having won a record-equalling fourth Auckland title, and will officially supplant injured compatriot Rafa Nadal as the world number four by the conclusion of the Australian Open.

The 30-year-old, however, did not consider himself in the same league as the ‘Big Four’ of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Nadal.

“No, no, I think the top four, they are better,” Ferrer said when asked if he felt he belonged in the echelon of players at the top of the men’s game.

“It is very difficult to win a grand slam because there are the top four.

In this moment, the last three or four years, they are better than the other players. “I am top four because Rafael is injured a long time.”

Ferrer’s self doubt is based on a sound reasoning, which he also acknowledged after his victory on Sunday.

for an easy basket by Splitter.

In New Orleans, Klay ThompATLANTA — Tony Parker son had a season-high 29 points, had 23 points and 12 assists, and Jarrett Jack scored seven of his 25 the San Antonio Spurs held off the in the final minute and the Golden short-handed Atlanta Hawks 98-93 State Warriors beat the New Orleans on Saturday night for their fourth Hornets 116-112. The Warriors straight victory. Matt Bonner add- trailed 110-108 in a topsy-turvy ed 17 points, and Kawhi Leonard game when Jack hit two free throws and Tiago Splitter each had 14 for with 52 seconds left to tie the score. the Spurs, who gave forward Tim He converted a tough floater to give Duncan the night off.

Golden State a 112-110 lead, and he The Hawks announced about 90 finished off the Hornets with three minutes before the game that guard free throws.

Lou Williams faces season-ending In Chicago, Marc Gasol scored surgery for a torn ACL in his right 19 points, Zach Randolph had knee. Williams was hurt Friday at 13 points and 19 rebounds, and Brooklyn and the tear was found the Memphis Grizzlies beat the when Williams was examined on Chicago Bulls 85-82 in overtime.

Saturday. Then the Hawks lost Memphis scored the first six points guard Devin Harris to a sprained of the extra period, Gasol’s putback left ankle in the third quarter. making it 82-76. The Bulls cut it Josh Smith led the Hawks with to 83-80 on Jimmy Butler’s layup 21 points. Kyle Korand had a chance to tie, but Nate ver, who started at Robinson missed a 3-pointer with shooting guard, had 25 seconds left. At Salt Lake City, 19 points. The Randy Foye scored 20 points, Spurs led by 12 Derrick Favors had a season-high in the first half 19 and the Utah Jazz beat the but Atlanta kept Cleveland Cavaliers 109-98. the game close Utah used a 31-point third in the final quarter to take a 16-point two periods. lead into the fourth which A basket by they never relinquished Hawks rookie as they scored their fifth Forward John Jenkins win in six games.

Josh Smith tied the game Also Saturday, (5) shoots at 72-all early Marcus Thornton against San in the final scored 18 points off Antonio period, but the bench as the SacSpurs small Bonner’s ramento Kings held forward Kawhi basket on to beat the CharLeonard (2) gave lotte Bobcats 97S a n 93 for their third Antonio win in four the lead games for good. and the Jenkins L . A . made two Clipfree throws p e r s with 22 secedged out onds remainthe Washing to cut the ington WizSpurs’ lead to ards 94-87 94-91, but San to maintain Antonio beat its lead in the t h e H aw k s ’ Pacific Divifull-court press sion.

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Sebastien Loeb wins as final stages cancelled

Sebastien Loeb clinched his seventh Monte Carlo Rally victory early as the final two stages of the 2013 event were cancelled on safety grounds. Heavy rain had moved into the previously icy and snowy region as the cars were in the mid-evening service, and as the worsening conditions prompted hordes of spectators to leave the stages, local roads became badly congested.

The situation ultimately reached

the point where the organisers felt compelled to cancel stages 17 and 18 as the level of traffic would have made it impossible to put their action plan into place in the event of an incident.

Results will therefore be taken from the end of SS16, with Loeb winning for Citroen ahead of Volkswagen’s Sebastien Ogier. The other two works Citroens of Dani Sordo and Mikko Hirvonen finished third and fourth.

Loeb controlled the event for

most of the week, although Ogier had initially sprung a surprise by setting the stage one pace.

Sebastien Ogier, VW, Monte Carlo 2013There was generally little to choose between Ogier and Loeb, but the champion made a crucial break when he pulled a minute clear on Wednesday afternoon.

Not that anyone knew how far ahead Loeb was for a while, as that loop saw major problems with the

new SIT timing system and several hours of confusion before correct results could be obtained.

Once Loeb had escaped, Ogier was content to settle for second, insisting there was no need to try and beat his former team-mate as he would not be a title threat. Ogier was the only VW at the finish, with team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala crashing from sixth on the final day.

Citroen had plenty to celebrate

with Sordo third, albeit nearly four minutes behind Loeb, and Hirvonen fourth despite some confidence dips. Bryan Bouffier took his PH Citroen to fifth on his World Rally Car debut, despite several minutes off the road on Friday.

It was a week of promise and disappointment for Qatar M-Sport.

All their Fords flew at times, and Evgeny Novikov was battling Sordo for a podium.

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Juventus beats Udinese 4-0, with 2 Pogba goals Associated Press Writer

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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi from Argentina, right, is tackled by Real Sociedad’s goalkeeper Claudio Bravo of Chile, bottom, during their Spanish League soccer match at Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013.

MILAN — Juventus got back to winning ways with a 4-0 win over Udinese in the Serie A on Saturday, with two stunning goals from Paul Pogba. Pogba lashed a 30-meter strike into the top left corner to give Juventus the lead four minutes from halftime.

The 19-year-old, who was signed on a free transfer from Manchester United, scored another brilliant, long-range goal midway through the second half.

“It’s been a good night for me,” Pogba said. “I scored my first two goals in one game, so I’m very happy. But you always have to think it’s not finished, it’s just two goals. I have to continue to play well and continue improving.

“It was important to win today to be confident, to keep in front, to feel more comfortable. You have to ask (United coach Alex Ferguson) why he let me go.

But I’m really happy where I am. I want to be here, I want to progress here.”

Mirko Vucinic sealed the match when he fired in from close range before Alessandro Matri beat the offside trap to score Juve’s fourth, 10 minutes from time.

Juventus dominated despite being without key playmaker Andrea Pirlo as well as Claudio Marchisio, Simone Pepe, Kwadwo Asamoah, Giorgio Chiellini and Nicklas Bendtner. Udinese’s second-choice goalkeeper Daniele Padelli, between the posts in place of the injured Zeljko Brkic, kept his side in the game, pulling off good saves to deny Arturo Vidal and Emanuele Giaccherini, although he was at fault for Juve’s third.

“We had an awful game and an awful performance,” Udinese coach Francesco Guidolin said. “We wasted out chance seeing as we were coming off a good run and they could have been a bit worried.

“We were really awful at the beginning of the game, giving ball after ball away to our opponents. Then when we tried to change, Pogba punished us twice and the game was over. Today, really nothing worked, it’s a pity because it really wasn’t this that we were expecting.”

Juventus was five points ahead of second-placed Lazio, which was held to 2-2 at struggling Palermo. Napoli, which plays Fiorentina on Sunday, was a point further back.

10-man Barcelona loses 3-2 at Real Sociedad Associated Press Writer

BARCELONA, Spain — Ten-man Barcelona lost its first match in the Spanish league on Saturday, squandering a two-goal lead in a 3-2 defeat at Real Sociedad and conceding an injury-time winner. Lionel Messi scored for a 14th straight start to open for Barcelona in the seventh minute, and Pedro Rodriguez appeared to give the visitors full control with a goal in the 25th.

But Gonzalo “Chori” Castro pulled one back in the 41st and equalized in the 63rd after Barcelona’s Gerard Pique was dismissed for a second yellow card. Imanol Agirretxe went on in the 84th as Sociedad looked to press home its numerical advantage, and the striker charged forward to tap in Carlos Martinez’s last-gasp cross for the winning goal a minute into stoppage time.

Barcelona had set a league record by winning 18 games and drawing only once by the competition’s midway point. “One day we were going to lose,” Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova said. “Since it happened in the last minute I’m not worried.

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players. We hit the post twice and had several other chances in the first half. But not even with the 2-0 lead did I think it would be easy.”

The Catalan club is still in command of the title race, 11 points ahead of Atletico Madrid before its game against Levante on Sunday.

Defending champion Real Madrid is 18 points behind before Sunday’s visit to Valencia.

Elsewhere, fifth-place Malaga was held to a 1-1 home draw by Celta Vigo. Sevilla drew 1-1 at Getafe in the league debut of coach Unai Emery, and Granada beat visiting Rayo Vallecano 2-0 to end its four-game winning streak. For the second time in four days, Barcelona’s defense failed to protect a

lead. On Wednesday, it let 10-man Malaga rally to score with the 90 minutes complete and snatch a 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarterfinal.

Saturday’s game was similar to last season’s meeting in San Sebastian. In both games Barcelona scored twice to apparently have the game in hand before Sociedad roared back.

Last year the same fixture ended 2-2. “We could have finished off the game, but it is always tough to win here,” Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez said.

Sociedad, which has lost only one of its last 10 games - a 4-3 shootout at Madrid this month - pressed up the pitch from the start.

But Barcelona looked set to

extend its 12-game league winning run with Messi and Pedro each scoring and hitting the goal frame. Messi struck with his first career goal at Anoeta Stadium and his league-leading 29th goal of the season through 20 matches. Moments after a rare miss by Messi one-on-one with the goalkeeper, Andres Iniesta poached Claudio Bravo’s short goal kick, crossed the ball for Cesc Fabregas, who deftly let it roll through to Messi, and he quickly put the ball on his left foot before unleashing a precise strike just inside the upright.

It was then Pedro’s turn to get it right the second time. The forward was denied by the post in the 14th, but he made it 2-0 minutes later when he volleyed home Dani Alves’ cross. Sociedad came to life in the 41st when Castro was left unmarked on the left side to receive Carlos Vela’s pass and rifle the ball past goalkeeper Victor Valdes.

Sociedad continued to apply pressure after halftime and soon

found itself playing with an extra man when Pique was shown his second yellow card for cutting down Vela in the 56th. “Going down to 10 men changed the game,” Vilanova said. “I told Gerard that he would be sent off with the next foul.”

The Basque side pushed shorthanded Barcelona into its area and the effort paid off when Castro’s strike took a deflection off substitute Javier Mascherano to catch Valdes out of position. Barcelona didn’t seriously threaten again, and the slow-footed Mascherano let Agirretxe slip behind him to reach Martinez’s cross and end Barcelona’s 15-game unbeaten streak in all competitions.

Ninth-place Sociedad stayed undefeated in six consecutive home games. “There is no recipe for beating Barcelona,” Sociedad coach Philippe Montanier said. “We won because we have a compact team that works hard, and we had a little bit of luck.” The defeat was Barcelona’s first in league play since it lost to Madrid on April 21 of last season.

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Juventus’ Paul Pogba, of France, foreground, celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Udinese, at the Turin Juventus stadium, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013.

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Morocco’s Nordin Amrabat, top left, is challenged by Angola’s Massunguna Afonso, bottom, and teammate Pirolito Panzo, top right, during their African Cup of Nations group A soccer match at Soccer City stadium in Soweto, South Africa, Saturday Jan. 19, 2013.

Morocco and Angola draw 0-0 in African Cup

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JOHANNESBURG — Morocco and Angola drew 0-0 in the African Cup of Nations on Saturday, leaving the continent’s top tournament without a goal after an unimpressive opening two games in South Africa.

The Moroccans and Angolans created chances at Soccer City, including two in the first five minutes, but failed to convert to leave Group A goalless after 180 minutes and fans with little to cheer in the rain in Soweto.

Host South Africa was held to 0-0 by tournament debutant Cape Verde in the same stadium earlier on Saturday.

“We monopolized the first half, but we wasted our chances,” Morocco coach Rachid Taoussi said.

Mingo Bile hit a low skidding

shot for Angola in the second minute, forcing goalkeeper Nadir Lamyaghri to parry. Morocco replied with a rasping drive by Karim El Hamdaoui in the fifth that Lama saved.

In the second half, Angola’s Alfonso Guilherme missed an open goal after a bad mistake by Lamyaghri, when he dropped a slippery ball behind him and at the feet of the substitute.

Striker and captain Manucho sent a diving header flashing just wide right at the end which would have stolen victory for the strongfinishing Angolans after Morocco had the better of the first half. The Moroccans started briskly after Bile’s early warning.

Impressive left winger Ossama Assaidi weaved in and out and past two defenders on the left flank in the 14th, then unleashed a shot over

the crossbar from a tight angle.

Karim El Ahmadi lined up a drive from outside the penalty area a couple of minutes later but flashed his powerful effort across goal and past the left post as the Moroccans pressed.

Lamyaghri struggled with the slippery conditions two minutes into the second half when he presented a clear opportunity for Guilherme. The substitute forward sent his looping shot past the far post and just out of reach of the lunging Manucho.

Assaidi again troubled Angola’s defense in the 67th, leaving two defenders on the floor after they collided with each other after trying to stop the tricky winger. After creating the space, Assaidi pulled his shot past the left post. Angola found late energy and surged forward in the final 10 minutes.

Del Piero scores 4 goals in Sydney FC’s 7-1 win

Associated Press Writer

SYDNEY — Former Italy and Juventus star Alessandro Del Piero scored four goals as Sydney FC routed last-place Wellington 7-1 in the A-League on Saturday.

Del Piero finally found form after an injury-plagued season to score in the 20th, 23rd, 39th and 70th minutes, giving Sydney an emphatic win which thrust it away from the foot of the A-League table.

Sydney is paying Del Piero a

reported $4 million on a two-year contract to be its marquee player in the 10-team Australian league.

The investment seemed unwise as Sydney slumped to the bottom of the league and as Del Piero battled hamstring and other injuries.

But his form on Saturday echoed his glory days at Juventus, for whom he scored a record 513 goals in 208 premier matches. “I felt free in my mind today for sure,” said Del Piero who lifted his tally of goals for the season to nine. “It’s a day from the

heavens because when you score four, for sure it’s a great day.”

The win was Sydney’s largest ever in the A-League and, in part, counterbalanced its 7-2 loss to league-leading Central Coast in round five.

Del Piero’s performance in front of 12,691 fans was described as one of the best individual efforts ever seen in the A-League.

The 38-year-old striker led a much-improved team performance, providing the finishing touches in a win that lifted Sydney as high as

sixth place, pending the outcome of other matches in the 17th round.

For Wellington, the loss ensured it equaled its worst-ever losing streak of four matches and left it resolutely anchored at the bottom of the table.

Sydney overwhelmed Wellington, racing to 5-0 after only 39 minutes. Joel Griffiths, playing his first A-League match in four years after joining Sydney from China, seemed to provide the spark that ignited his team.

He opened the scoring in the 11th, with a goal that came from slick combination with Del Piero. The Italy star delivered a superb, lofted through-ball from halfway and Griffith delivered the final touch.

Del Piero was then the star attraction, providing the flood of goals on which Sydney’s win was based.

Ben Sigmund pegged one goal back for Wellington late in the match, before former Panama international Yairo Yao added to Sydney’s tally.

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Juventus beats Udinese 4-0, with 2 Pogba goals Associated Press Writer

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Barcelona’s Lionel Messi from Argentina, right, is tackled by Real Sociedad’s goalkeeper Claudio Bravo of Chile, bottom, during their Spanish League soccer match at Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013.

MILAN — Juventus got back to winning ways with a 4-0 win over Udinese in the Serie A on Saturday, with two stunning goals from Paul Pogba. Pogba lashed a 30-meter strike into the top left corner to give Juventus the lead four minutes from halftime.

The 19-year-old, who was signed on a free transfer from Manchester United, scored another brilliant, long-range goal midway through the second half.

“It’s been a good night for me,” Pogba said. “I scored my first two goals in one game, so I’m very happy. But you always have to think it’s not finished, it’s just two goals. I have to continue to play well and continue improving.

“It was important to win today to be confident, to keep in front, to feel more comfortable. You have to ask (United coach Alex Ferguson) why he let me go.

But I’m really happy where I am. I want to be here, I want to progress here.”

Mirko Vucinic sealed the match when he fired in from close range before Alessandro Matri beat the offside trap to score Juve’s fourth, 10 minutes from time.

Juventus dominated despite being without key playmaker Andrea Pirlo as well as Claudio Marchisio, Simone Pepe, Kwadwo Asamoah, Giorgio Chiellini and Nicklas Bendtner. Udinese’s second-choice goalkeeper Daniele Padelli, between the posts in place of the injured Zeljko Brkic, kept his side in the game, pulling off good saves to deny Arturo Vidal and Emanuele Giaccherini, although he was at fault for Juve’s third.

“We had an awful game and an awful performance,” Udinese coach Francesco Guidolin said. “We wasted out chance seeing as we were coming off a good run and they could have been a bit worried.

“We were really awful at the beginning of the game, giving ball after ball away to our opponents. Then when we tried to change, Pogba punished us twice and the game was over. Today, really nothing worked, it’s a pity because it really wasn’t this that we were expecting.”

Juventus was five points ahead of second-placed Lazio, which was held to 2-2 at struggling Palermo. Napoli, which plays Fiorentina on Sunday, was a point further back.

10-man Barcelona loses 3-2 at Real Sociedad Associated Press Writer

BARCELONA, Spain — Ten-man Barcelona lost its first match in the Spanish league on Saturday, squandering a two-goal lead in a 3-2 defeat at Real Sociedad and conceding an injury-time winner. Lionel Messi scored for a 14th straight start to open for Barcelona in the seventh minute, and Pedro Rodriguez appeared to give the visitors full control with a goal in the 25th.

But Gonzalo “Chori” Castro pulled one back in the 41st and equalized in the 63rd after Barcelona’s Gerard Pique was dismissed for a second yellow card. Imanol Agirretxe went on in the 84th as Sociedad looked to press home its numerical advantage, and the striker charged forward to tap in Carlos Martinez’s last-gasp cross for the winning goal a minute into stoppage time.

Barcelona had set a league record by winning 18 games and drawing only once by the competition’s midway point. “One day we were going to lose,” Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova said. “Since it happened in the last minute I’m not worried.

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players. We hit the post twice and had several other chances in the first half. But not even with the 2-0 lead did I think it would be easy.”

The Catalan club is still in command of the title race, 11 points ahead of Atletico Madrid before its game against Levante on Sunday.

Defending champion Real Madrid is 18 points behind before Sunday’s visit to Valencia.

Elsewhere, fifth-place Malaga was held to a 1-1 home draw by Celta Vigo. Sevilla drew 1-1 at Getafe in the league debut of coach Unai Emery, and Granada beat visiting Rayo Vallecano 2-0 to end its four-game winning streak. For the second time in four days, Barcelona’s defense failed to protect a

lead. On Wednesday, it let 10-man Malaga rally to score with the 90 minutes complete and snatch a 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarterfinal.

Saturday’s game was similar to last season’s meeting in San Sebastian. In both games Barcelona scored twice to apparently have the game in hand before Sociedad roared back.

Last year the same fixture ended 2-2. “We could have finished off the game, but it is always tough to win here,” Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez said.

Sociedad, which has lost only one of its last 10 games - a 4-3 shootout at Madrid this month - pressed up the pitch from the start.

But Barcelona looked set to

extend its 12-game league winning run with Messi and Pedro each scoring and hitting the goal frame. Messi struck with his first career goal at Anoeta Stadium and his league-leading 29th goal of the season through 20 matches. Moments after a rare miss by Messi one-on-one with the goalkeeper, Andres Iniesta poached Claudio Bravo’s short goal kick, crossed the ball for Cesc Fabregas, who deftly let it roll through to Messi, and he quickly put the ball on his left foot before unleashing a precise strike just inside the upright.

It was then Pedro’s turn to get it right the second time. The forward was denied by the post in the 14th, but he made it 2-0 minutes later when he volleyed home Dani Alves’ cross. Sociedad came to life in the 41st when Castro was left unmarked on the left side to receive Carlos Vela’s pass and rifle the ball past goalkeeper Victor Valdes.

Sociedad continued to apply pressure after halftime and soon

found itself playing with an extra man when Pique was shown his second yellow card for cutting down Vela in the 56th. “Going down to 10 men changed the game,” Vilanova said. “I told Gerard that he would be sent off with the next foul.”

The Basque side pushed shorthanded Barcelona into its area and the effort paid off when Castro’s strike took a deflection off substitute Javier Mascherano to catch Valdes out of position. Barcelona didn’t seriously threaten again, and the slow-footed Mascherano let Agirretxe slip behind him to reach Martinez’s cross and end Barcelona’s 15-game unbeaten streak in all competitions.

Ninth-place Sociedad stayed undefeated in six consecutive home games. “There is no recipe for beating Barcelona,” Sociedad coach Philippe Montanier said. “We won because we have a compact team that works hard, and we had a little bit of luck.” The defeat was Barcelona’s first in league play since it lost to Madrid on April 21 of last season.

AP Photo/Daniele Badolato, Lapresse

Juventus’ Paul Pogba, of France, foreground, celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Udinese, at the Turin Juventus stadium, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013.

AP Photo/Themba Hadebe

Morocco’s Nordin Amrabat, top left, is challenged by Angola’s Massunguna Afonso, bottom, and teammate Pirolito Panzo, top right, during their African Cup of Nations group A soccer match at Soccer City stadium in Soweto, South Africa, Saturday Jan. 19, 2013.

Morocco and Angola draw 0-0 in African Cup

Associated Press Writer

JOHANNESBURG — Morocco and Angola drew 0-0 in the African Cup of Nations on Saturday, leaving the continent’s top tournament without a goal after an unimpressive opening two games in South Africa.

The Moroccans and Angolans created chances at Soccer City, including two in the first five minutes, but failed to convert to leave Group A goalless after 180 minutes and fans with little to cheer in the rain in Soweto.

Host South Africa was held to 0-0 by tournament debutant Cape Verde in the same stadium earlier on Saturday.

“We monopolized the first half, but we wasted our chances,” Morocco coach Rachid Taoussi said.

Mingo Bile hit a low skidding

shot for Angola in the second minute, forcing goalkeeper Nadir Lamyaghri to parry. Morocco replied with a rasping drive by Karim El Hamdaoui in the fifth that Lama saved.

In the second half, Angola’s Alfonso Guilherme missed an open goal after a bad mistake by Lamyaghri, when he dropped a slippery ball behind him and at the feet of the substitute.

Striker and captain Manucho sent a diving header flashing just wide right at the end which would have stolen victory for the strongfinishing Angolans after Morocco had the better of the first half. The Moroccans started briskly after Bile’s early warning.

Impressive left winger Ossama Assaidi weaved in and out and past two defenders on the left flank in the 14th, then unleashed a shot over

the crossbar from a tight angle.

Karim El Ahmadi lined up a drive from outside the penalty area a couple of minutes later but flashed his powerful effort across goal and past the left post as the Moroccans pressed.

Lamyaghri struggled with the slippery conditions two minutes into the second half when he presented a clear opportunity for Guilherme. The substitute forward sent his looping shot past the far post and just out of reach of the lunging Manucho.

Assaidi again troubled Angola’s defense in the 67th, leaving two defenders on the floor after they collided with each other after trying to stop the tricky winger. After creating the space, Assaidi pulled his shot past the left post. Angola found late energy and surged forward in the final 10 minutes.

Del Piero scores 4 goals in Sydney FC’s 7-1 win

Associated Press Writer

SYDNEY — Former Italy and Juventus star Alessandro Del Piero scored four goals as Sydney FC routed last-place Wellington 7-1 in the A-League on Saturday.

Del Piero finally found form after an injury-plagued season to score in the 20th, 23rd, 39th and 70th minutes, giving Sydney an emphatic win which thrust it away from the foot of the A-League table.

Sydney is paying Del Piero a

reported $4 million on a two-year contract to be its marquee player in the 10-team Australian league.

The investment seemed unwise as Sydney slumped to the bottom of the league and as Del Piero battled hamstring and other injuries.

But his form on Saturday echoed his glory days at Juventus, for whom he scored a record 513 goals in 208 premier matches. “I felt free in my mind today for sure,” said Del Piero who lifted his tally of goals for the season to nine. “It’s a day from the

heavens because when you score four, for sure it’s a great day.”

The win was Sydney’s largest ever in the A-League and, in part, counterbalanced its 7-2 loss to league-leading Central Coast in round five.

Del Piero’s performance in front of 12,691 fans was described as one of the best individual efforts ever seen in the A-League.

The 38-year-old striker led a much-improved team performance, providing the finishing touches in a win that lifted Sydney as high as

sixth place, pending the outcome of other matches in the 17th round.

For Wellington, the loss ensured it equaled its worst-ever losing streak of four matches and left it resolutely anchored at the bottom of the table.

Sydney overwhelmed Wellington, racing to 5-0 after only 39 minutes. Joel Griffiths, playing his first A-League match in four years after joining Sydney from China, seemed to provide the spark that ignited his team.

He opened the scoring in the 11th, with a goal that came from slick combination with Del Piero. The Italy star delivered a superb, lofted through-ball from halfway and Griffith delivered the final touch.

Del Piero was then the star attraction, providing the flood of goals on which Sydney’s win was based.

Ben Sigmund pegged one goal back for Wellington late in the match, before former Panama international Yairo Yao added to Sydney’s tally.

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Diving is an exciting experience to explore the beautiful underwater life where we can see a real fantastic panorama of coral and colorful fishes. Bali has many choices of the dive venue which are very famous

in all over the world like: Tulamben, Amed, Padang Bay, Menjangan Island, Nusa Penida, Lembongan Island and Nusa Dua. All of them have been supported by complete diving facilities. Diving in Bali will get unforgettable experience and this under water

adventure is the most attractive and always looked for by the people.

Enjoy the experience under the blue sea water with a minimum of wave, colorful coral and fishes and see the real of under water life in Bali. It’s very fantastic and don’t miss it.

Tulamben Diving – Ship Wreck

Tulamben is one of popular dive site in Bali and located in East Bali. its about 2 and half hours driver from Nusa Dua and Kuta area. Tulamben is beach entry dive and the ship as the dive site is about 40 meters from the beach. The American ship USAT Liberty built in 1915 and was destroyed by Japanese submarine on Jan 11, 1942 (World War II). It sank on sand floor at depth of 5 meters and slope down to max depth of 35 meters. Night diving on this ship wreck is very popular. Bali’s best wreck dive with bump-head parrot fish, napoleon wrasse and barracuda are regularly spotted around the wreck. Beside Ship Wreck, Tulamben also have many good sites for dive like: Tulamben Drop Off, Coral Garden, etc.

Amed Diving

Amed is located in East Bali, Karangasem Regency and it’s about 2 hours and 45 minutes from Denpasar or Kuta Area and then need more about 5 minutes to Amed dive site. Coral grow 2 meters and slope down to 30 meters. Napoleon wrasses and Reef Sharks often seen in Amed water. Along the wall you will find beautiful and colorful corals (hard and soft) and a breeding area with thousands of small fish. The maximum depth is +/- 26 m. Sometimes there can be a current. Amed is also good site for night dive. Dive Amed area: Jemeluk, Bunutan, Japanese shipwreck and Gili Selang.

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Menjangan Island is a small island which is located in North West Bali Island; this island is reached by a 30 minutes boat ride from Labuan Lalang. Menjangan Island is well known for its magnificent underwater world, have a beautiful corals and fishes. Menjangan Island has many good dive sites.

If you want to explore all of that is need about 2 until 3 day. Even large pelagics are sometimes seen at Menjangan. Occasionally sightings of Whales, Whale sharks and Manta rays have been reported. Drift diving is usual, but currents are quite mild and all levels of divers can enjoy this area.

Nusa Penida Island is a part of Klungkung Regency. Located in south east Bali Island, it’s about 1 hours by bout from Tanjung Benoa harbour. Nusa Penida has 2 meters coral grow and slope down to max depth 50 meters, Wonderful barrel sponges and gorgonians can be seen in the deeper waters, and sea snakes can be seen on almost every dive.

Occasional manta rays and schools of chevron barracuda add to the rich variety of smaller fish which seem to prefer the calmer waters. the big attraction here is that this area is a favourite spot for mola mola, Manta and Sharks. Nusa Penida Dive site: Crystal Bay, Blue Point, Manta Point and Ped.

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Tony Parker, Spurs hold off Hawks, 98-93

Menjangan Island Diving

Nusa Penida Diving – Drift Dive

Monday, January 21, 2013

Associated Press Writer

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Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska stretches for a forehand during her fourth round match against Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.

Radwanska storms past Ivanovic to extend streak Reuters

MELBOURNE - Agnieszka Radwanska continued her perfect start to the year, defeating former world number one Ana Ivanovic 6-2 6-4 to march into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday.

The 23-year-old made just four unforced errors to 34 for her Serbian opponent and saved five break points in the second set before sealing victory with her seventh ace after 70 minutes.

Radwanska won the titles at both her warm-up tournaments in Auckland and Sydney and has not dropped a set in 13 straight victories this year.

The Pole will next face China’s sixth seed Li Na, who she beat in the semi-finals at the Sydney International 10 days ago.

While David Ferrer thought his fourth round victory over Japan’s Kei Nishikori was one of the best matches of his Australian Open career, yet the Spaniard was still

racked with doubt that he could go on to win the title next week.

Baseline hustler Ferrer took full advantage of Nishikori’s lingering knee injury on Sunday, working him around the court and waiting for the 23-year-old to make one of his 65 errors. Although the Japanese number one made it difficult, the fourth seed closed out a 6-2 6-1 6-4 victory.

“I played very good, one of the best matches on my career in Australian Open,” the fourth seed told reporters. “Nishikori is a very great player. I think he’s going to be top10. “He has everything ... (and) the result, it was in three sets, but the game, it was very, very difficult.”

Ferrer entered the season’s open-

ing grand slam having won a record-equalling fourth Auckland title, and will officially supplant injured compatriot Rafa Nadal as the world number four by the conclusion of the Australian Open.

The 30-year-old, however, did not consider himself in the same league as the ‘Big Four’ of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Nadal.

“No, no, I think the top four, they are better,” Ferrer said when asked if he felt he belonged in the echelon of players at the top of the men’s game.

“It is very difficult to win a grand slam because there are the top four.

In this moment, the last three or four years, they are better than the other players. “I am top four because Rafael is injured a long time.”

Ferrer’s self doubt is based on a sound reasoning, which he also acknowledged after his victory on Sunday.

for an easy basket by Splitter.

In New Orleans, Klay ThompATLANTA — Tony Parker son had a season-high 29 points, had 23 points and 12 assists, and Jarrett Jack scored seven of his 25 the San Antonio Spurs held off the in the final minute and the Golden short-handed Atlanta Hawks 98-93 State Warriors beat the New Orleans on Saturday night for their fourth Hornets 116-112. The Warriors straight victory. Matt Bonner add- trailed 110-108 in a topsy-turvy ed 17 points, and Kawhi Leonard game when Jack hit two free throws and Tiago Splitter each had 14 for with 52 seconds left to tie the score. the Spurs, who gave forward Tim He converted a tough floater to give Duncan the night off.

Golden State a 112-110 lead, and he The Hawks announced about 90 finished off the Hornets with three minutes before the game that guard free throws.

Lou Williams faces season-ending In Chicago, Marc Gasol scored surgery for a torn ACL in his right 19 points, Zach Randolph had knee. Williams was hurt Friday at 13 points and 19 rebounds, and Brooklyn and the tear was found the Memphis Grizzlies beat the when Williams was examined on Chicago Bulls 85-82 in overtime.

Saturday. Then the Hawks lost Memphis scored the first six points guard Devin Harris to a sprained of the extra period, Gasol’s putback left ankle in the third quarter. making it 82-76. The Bulls cut it Josh Smith led the Hawks with to 83-80 on Jimmy Butler’s layup 21 points. Kyle Korand had a chance to tie, but Nate ver, who started at Robinson missed a 3-pointer with shooting guard, had 25 seconds left. At Salt Lake City, 19 points. The Randy Foye scored 20 points, Spurs led by 12 Derrick Favors had a season-high in the first half 19 and the Utah Jazz beat the but Atlanta kept Cleveland Cavaliers 109-98. the game close Utah used a 31-point third in the final quarter to take a 16-point two periods. lead into the fourth which A basket by they never relinquished Hawks rookie as they scored their fifth Forward John Jenkins win in six games.

Josh Smith tied the game Also Saturday, (5) shoots at 72-all early Marcus Thornton against San in the final scored 18 points off Antonio period, but the bench as the SacSpurs small Bonner’s ramento Kings held forward Kawhi basket on to beat the CharLeonard (2) gave lotte Bobcats 97S a n 93 for their third Antonio win in four the lead games for good. and the Jenkins L . A . made two Clipfree throws p e r s with 22 secedged out onds remainthe Washing to cut the ington WizSpurs’ lead to ards 94-87 94-91, but San to maintain Antonio beat its lead in the t h e H aw k s ’ Pacific Divifull-court press sion.

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Sebastien Loeb wins as final stages cancelled

Sebastien Loeb clinched his seventh Monte Carlo Rally victory early as the final two stages of the 2013 event were cancelled on safety grounds. Heavy rain had moved into the previously icy and snowy region as the cars were in the mid-evening service, and as the worsening conditions prompted hordes of spectators to leave the stages, local roads became badly congested.

The situation ultimately reached

the point where the organisers felt compelled to cancel stages 17 and 18 as the level of traffic would have made it impossible to put their action plan into place in the event of an incident.

Results will therefore be taken from the end of SS16, with Loeb winning for Citroen ahead of Volkswagen’s Sebastien Ogier. The other two works Citroens of Dani Sordo and Mikko Hirvonen finished third and fourth.

Loeb controlled the event for

most of the week, although Ogier had initially sprung a surprise by setting the stage one pace.

Sebastien Ogier, VW, Monte Carlo 2013There was generally little to choose between Ogier and Loeb, but the champion made a crucial break when he pulled a minute clear on Wednesday afternoon.

Not that anyone knew how far ahead Loeb was for a while, as that loop saw major problems with the

new SIT timing system and several hours of confusion before correct results could be obtained.

Once Loeb had escaped, Ogier was content to settle for second, insisting there was no need to try and beat his former team-mate as he would not be a title threat. Ogier was the only VW at the finish, with team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala crashing from sixth on the final day.

Citroen had plenty to celebrate

with Sordo third, albeit nearly four minutes behind Loeb, and Hirvonen fourth despite some confidence dips. Bryan Bouffier took his PH Citroen to fifth on his World Rally Car debut, despite several minutes off the road on Friday.

It was a week of promise and disappointment for Qatar M-Sport.

All their Fords flew at times, and Evgeny Novikov was battling Sordo for a podium.

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US Navy: Ship stuck in Philippines used faulty map

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Monday, January 21, 2013

INDONESIA

Associated Press Writer

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Image grab from video shows a man identified as Oktai Enimehmedov, 25, as he points a weapon at Ahmed Dogan, left, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, during his speech at his party’s congress in Sofia, on Saturday Jan. 19, 2013.

Gas pistol pointed at Bulgaria party leader Associated Press Writer

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian police detained a man after he pointed a gas pistol at an ethnic Turkish party leader as he was delivering a speech at a party caucus in the capital Saturday.

No shots were fired.

The video from the Saturday event in Sofia shows the man climbing the podium where Ahmed Dogan, the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, was speaking, and pointing the gun to his face.

Dogan struck the man before he could pull the trigger, while other delegates wrestled the assailant to the ground. TV footage showed several people punching, kicking and stomping on the man when he was on the ground.

Police arrested him and took him to a hospital. It wasn’t immediately clear if he sustained serious injuries, or how he got past security to enter the hall with nearly 3,000 people attending.

Eventually, the attacker was identified by police as 25-year-old Oktai Enimehmedov, a Bulgarian national

and ethnic Turk, from the coastal city of Burgas. He was carrying the gas pistol and two knives. A gas pistol is a non-lethal weapon used for selfdefense, but experts say when fired from close range it can cause lifethreatening injuries.

Interior Minister Tsvevtan Tsvetanov told journalists that the assailant had a criminal record for drugs possession, robberies and hooliganism.

The liberal MRF party mainly represents ethnic Turks and other Muslims in Bulgaria, who make up 12 percent of its 7.3-million population.

The conference had to elect a new leader to succeed Dogan, who is one of the Balkan country’s most influential political figures. The 58-year-old has been at the helm of the party since

founding it in 1990.

Lyutvi Mestan, who was expected to become the new party leader, said “the true reason for the assault was the language of hatred and confrontation.”

Saturday’s assault was the gravest attack on a politician in postcommunist Bulgaria after the 1996 killing of ex-Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov.

The German government’s human rights commissioner, Markus Loening, was at the party caucus in Sofia on Saturday, and witnessed the incident, the German Foreign Ministry said. “I am very happy that Ahmed Dogan was not injured,” Loening said in a statement. “Political violence must never again gain a foothold in Europe.”

Pickup truck used by George W. Bush auctioned for $300,000 Reuters

DALLAS - A pickup truck used by former President George W. Bush at his Texas ranch was sold for $300,000 at an auction on Saturday after he donated it to benefit a charity that serves U.S. military families.

The 2009 Ford F-150 King Ranch 4x4 SuperCrew was sold as part of the Barrett-Jackson auction house’s sale of collectible cars in

Scottsdale, Arizona. The auction house did not disclose the identity of the buyer.

Bush and former first lady Laura Bush used the pickup at their ranch in Crawford, Texas, where they frequently entertain friends, family and visiting dignitaries.

“I haven’t driven on a street in many, many years, but I have been able to drive this truck on my ranch,” Bush said in a statement.

The right airbag panel on the truck was signed by the former president. The buyer also received a video showing Bush autographing the airbag panel and driving around the ranch, which is about 120 miles from his Dallas home.

Proceeds from the sale benefit the Fisher House Foundation, a charity that provides free housing for families of military service members who are receiving medical treatment.

MANILA, Philippines — An inaccurate map that mislocated a marine sanctuary may have caused a U.S. Navy minesweeper to run aground on a coral reef in the Philippines this week, the Navy said Saturday All 79 officers and crew of the USS Guardian were taken off the ship for safety reasons after it struck the reef with its bow at 2 a.m. Thursday.

The Navy’s Pacific Fleet, based in Hawaii, said Saturday that its ships along with several support vessels continued to conduct salvage operations that minimize environmental effects to the reef.

The Navy said in a statement that a review of Digital Nautical Charts, which are used for safe navigation by all U.S. Navy ships, found they contained inaccurate data and may have been a factor in the Guardian’s grounding. As a result, Navigator of the Navy Rear Adm. Jonathan White released precautionary guidance to all Pacific Fleet ships, saying that “initial review of navigation data indicates an error in the location of Tubbataha Reef” in the Philippines.

“While the erroneous navigation chart data is important information, no one should jump to conclusions,” said Pacific Fleet spokesman Capt. Darryn James. “It is critical that the U.S. Navy conduct a comprehensive investigation that assesses all the facts surrounding the Guardian grounding.”

The Avenger-class ship had just completed a port call in Subic Bay, a former American naval base west of the capital, Manila, and was en route to Indonesia and then on to East Timor to participate in a training exercise when it hit the reef, about 128 kilometers (80 miles) southeast of Palawan Island.

The World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines said that according to an initial visual inspection, the 68-meter- (74-yard-) long, 1,300-ton Guardian damaged at least 10 meters (yards) of the reef, which UNESCO designated as a World Heritage Site. It is part of Southeast Asia’s Coral Triangle, a huge stretch of ocean that contains most of the world’s coral species, reefs, and more than 3,000 species of fish.

Angelique Songco, head of the government’s Protected Area Management Board, said the government imposes a fine of about $300 per square meter (yard) of damaged coral, plus other fees.

In 2005, the environmental group Greenpeace was fined almost $7,000 after its flagship struck a reef in the same area.

Hostage toll to rise after Algeria ends desert siege Reuters

ALGIERS/IN AMENAS, Algeria - Algeria warned on Sunday that the hostage death toll from a siege at a desert gas plant would rise, after its troops staged a final assault which killed all the remaining Islamist gunmen.

Britain said at least three of its citizens had been killed in the crisis, ended when Algerian special forces stormed the In Amenas plant on Saturday. France acknowledged the death toll would be high but cautioned against criticizing Algeria’s military response, saying it had faced an intolerable situation.

Algeria’s Interior Ministry had reported on Saturday that 23 hostages and 32 militants were killed during assaults launched by Algerian special forces to end the crisis, with 107 foreign hostages and 685 Algerian hostages freed.

However, Minister of Communication Mohamed Said said this would rise when final numbers were issued in the next few hours. “I am afraid unfortunately to say that the death toll will go up,” Said was quoted as saying by the official APS news agency.

Details are only slowly emerging on what happened during the siege, which marked a serious escalation of unrest in northwestern Africa, where French forces are battling Islamist militants across the Sahara desert in Mali.

In London, Prime Minister David Cameron said that British citizens were among the dead. “Tragically we now know that three British nationals have been killed and a further three are believed to be dead and also a further British resident is also believed to be dead,” Cameron said in a televised statement.

One Briton had already was confirmed killed when the gunmen seized the hostages before dawn on Wednesday at the plant, run by Norway’s Statoil along with Britain’s BP and Algeria’s state oil company.

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Victims who died in this week`s floods 1. Untung Kusnadi (82) 2. Lusiana (72) 3. Sugito (80) 4. Angga (13) 5. Mak Inah (82) 6. Mujiyo (46) 7. Muhamad Haikal (2) 8. Solahuddin (35)

9. Wahyudi (26) 10. Raif Anjar Agasi (13) 11. Udin Wahyudin (34) 12. Karno (35) 13. Masuriyah (50) 14. Eko Herdian (27) 15. Another one still under identification

Number of dead victims of Jakarta flooding rises to 15 Antara AP Photo/Irwin Ferdiansyah

Indonesian soldiers help evacuate people in a rubber boat in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan 19, 2013. The death toll from floods in Indonesia’s capital has climbed to 14 after searchers pulled three more bodies from the waters.

JAKARTA - The death toll from floods that swept through several parts of Jakarta since Tuesday reached 15 on Saturday evening, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB).

The last dead victim was identified as Eko Herdian who worked as a cleaning service officer at the UOB Building at MH Thamrin Street, Central Jakarta, Head of the BNPB Data and Information Center Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.

The 27-year old man was found dead by an evacuating team at 03.05 p.m. on Saturday.

He said floods were still inundating several parts of the capital by Saturday evening. In Pluit, North Jakarta, the flood water reached up to 2 meters deep.

A team of BNPB officers led by the agency`s chief inspected floodhit Pluit area on Saturday as part of efforts to find a solution to the flood caused by the overflowing of Pluit dam.

Jakarta still languishing post big flooding Floods paralyze 300 Antara

JAKARTA - The big floods on Thursday and Friday still left big pools of water in several areas of Jakarta causing transport problem.

In some parts of the city especially in West Jakarta, the water levels remained high from 30 centimeters to 1 meter until Sunday morning, police said.

The street in front of the Region Income Office at Jalan Daan Mogot, West Jakarta the water level is as high as 1 meter, police said in a statement.

A number of areas in West Ja-

karta such as the campuses of the Universities of Trisakti and Tarumanegara in Grogol are still isolated with deep water pools blocking transport to that places.

The road leading to Citraland Mall was full of water as deep as 30 centimeters forcing cars to move slowly causing heavy traffic jams.

Worst still is that the entire area of Pluit, a residential area of rich

Jakartan families is also still submerged 2 meters below the water level.

Few people had time to save their valuable including luxurious cars with the floods hit the area before many people were aware of it.

There are no estimate yet of losses in materials but more than ten people had been reported dead in the past four days in the city.

Antara

through the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh has successfully handled 4,360 serious and light cases of Indonesian citizens. Of the total, 4,195 cases, except death penalty cases, have successfully been resolved and the Indonesian citizens involved in the cases have been repatriated to Indonesia,” he said.

Overall, 99 percent of the cases could be resolved, while the remaining 1 per cent or 165 cases will be settled in 2013, he said.

Priatna said to handle special cases related to legal violation and criminal offenses, the embassy provided interpreters and lawyers for

the problematic migrant workers in court sessions.

“The embassy has signed cooperation contracts with five local lawyers in order to give protection to problematic Indonesian citizens under the command of Indonesian Citizens Protection and Services Task Force of the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh,” he said.

In addition, the embassy also has a transit house with a capacity of accommodating approximately 200 people. Under normal conditions, the transit house can give shelter to an average of 150 problematic migrant workers.

Thousands cases of migrant workers` solves in Saudi Arabia

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has solved thousands of legal cases of Indonesian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia as part of its commitments to protect Indonesian citizens abroad.

Through mediation efforts made by the Indonesian embassy in Saudi Arabia, the government managed to recover the wages of migrant workers amounting to up to US$2.6 million, the ministry`s director of information and media PLE Priatna said in a written statement made available early Sunday.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

factories in Jakarta Antara

JAKARTA - The Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) said that the Jakarta floods had paralyzed at least 300 factories.

“About 300 factories totally stopped production but we have not yet received confirmation on a plan to relocate them because floods also cut off our communications and electricity supplies,” Deputy Chairman of Kadin Jakarta, Sarman Simanjorang said.

Thursday`s floods inundated industrial areas in East Jakarta with flood waters reaching a level between 20 cm and 100 cm. As a result, at least 300 factories stopped operations.

He said that the losses incurred as a result of the stoppage of the factories` operations were estimated at Rp1.5 billion per day.

The Kadin official expressed hope that government would help overcome the problem soon, even if businesses had not yet decide to relocate their factories.

He said that businesses were concerned as floods disturbed production activities and the distribution of goods produced by their factories.

“Many employers complained of the floods which caused their employees and workers to stay off the offices and factories so that production activities are disturbed,” Sarman said.

In addition, floods also delayed financial and business transactions to serve business world. Businesses therefore, hoped the central and regional governments to coordinate in coping with the flood problems in the capital city, he said.

Earlier, Minister of Industry Ms Hidayat expressed hope the floods would not affect industrial areas. He recommended that, if possible, industrial activities should be done in one industrial area.

“I recommended that all industrial activities should be done in one industrial area,” he said.

Major floods hit Jakarta on Thursday. About 15,447 people in were forced to evacuate following the floods that have hit the capital since Tuesday (Jan 15).

“Up till now floods have caused five casualties,” spokesman to National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.

Office and daily activities in Jakarta were almost completely paralyzed as floodwaters hit the capital city and inundated its roads.

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Budget woes could hurt outreach to Asia Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants Asia to be a growing focus of his foreign policy, but as his second terms begins, success could hinge on his ability to manage hot spots elsewhere in the world and avert a fiscal crisis at home.

Within two weeks of winning re-election, Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar, signaling his intent to sustain his administration’s “pivot” to the region following the decadelong entanglement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

That’s a reflection of Asia’s growing economic and strategic importance. In the past three years, Washington has embroiled itself in diplomacy over the disputed South China Sea, deployed more military-assets to the Asia-Pacific and pushed forward a regional trade pact. It has also put a lot of effort into managing ties with emerging rival China.

Those moves have been broadly welcomed in Asia, but governments question the U.S. ability to sustain its policy.

While Sen. John Kerry, the nominee to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state, is expected to continue the policy, the Middle East looks destined to demand the lion’s share of his attention. There’s no end in sight to the civil war in Syria and pressure could mount to take military action over Iran’s nuclear program.

And it will be tough to enhance the U.S. profile in Asia in an age of austerity. In contrast to China, the U.S. can little afford more aid for its allies and to expand its military presence.

But perhaps most critical to U.S. stature in the region will be how it manages its deep political divisions at home. Failure to resolve the long-running standoff between Obama and Republicans over how to manage America’s $16.4 trillion national debt weighs on global financial markets. The Republicancontrolled House is set to vote on a temporary measure next week that would permit the government to borrow more money to meet its debt obligations for about three months, although it wouldn’t tackle how to reduce the debt.

Without an extension in the debt ceiling, the world’s largest economy

could default as soon as midFebruary. That would likely prompt a downgrade in the U.S. credit rating, leading to higher borrowing costs in the U.S. and elsewhere. It would alarm creditor governments, such as China and Japan, which both hold more than $1 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities. It could undermine America’s position as a safe haven for investors and trigger economic turmoil.

Australia’s foreign minister, Bob Carr, warned after a last-gasp deal at the new year — staving off an immediate tax hike and budget cuts — that the massive U.S. debt has raised questions about the United States’ ability to provide world leadership. But the trusted ally put a positive spin on things: “America is one budget deal away from resolving the issue of American decline,” he said.

That standoff looms large as Obama takes the oath of office in the White House for his second term Sunday, ahead of a grand swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol on Monday.

Yet for all the divisiveness in Washington, Asia policy remains an area of broad agreement.

Both parties have supported efforts to build stronger ties with Asia to position the U.S. to benefit from the region’s rapid economic growth: cementing alliances in South Korea and Japan, building a strategic partnership with India and expanding ties in Southeast Asia.

Most notably, Republicans and Democrats have shown rare unity in backing the administration’s ambitious outreach to former pariah state Myanmar.

But the Asia policy initiatives of Obama’s first term could bring with them messy responsibilities in the second term.

If confirmed as secretary of state, an immediate concern for Kerry will be the rising tension in Northeast Asia, where China, Japan and South Korea all are ushering in new leaders.

GE earnings rise on emerging market growth

Associated Press

N E W YO R K — G e n e r a l Electric Co. has been re-energized. Performance at all of the conglomerate’s industrial segments is improving thanks to cost cutting, a shift in strategy and growth in emerging markets.

GE, based in Connecticut, reported an operating profit per share of 44 cents, a penny higher than analysts polled by FactSet expected. Perhaps more importantly for shareholders, GE’s revenue rose 4 percent to $39.3 billion and beat Wall Street expectations. Shares rose over 3 percent Friday.

CEO Jeff Immelt said the outlook for developed markets remained uncertain. But China and other emerging markets, along with regions that are exploiting natural resources, are growing.

Immelt has been reshaping GE, focusing on its more traditional operations, such as making complex industrial equipment and providing services to companies. GE also makes refrigerators, CT-scanners, wind turbines, gas turbines and engines for jets and trains. In a new push, it also provides equipment and services to the oil and gas industry.

The company is shrinking its banking division and trimming other non-industrial operations like commercial real estate.

The shift has led to higher profit margins, a trend that continued in the fourth quarter. GE reported increased profits at all seven of its industrial segments, with growth topping 10 percent at four of them — oil and gas, energy management, aviation and transportation.

GE also improved its cash

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Bali News

Monday, January 21, 2013

Bad weather, grain production drops

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Bali Post

TABANAN - Bad weather engulfing Tabanan is starting to have an impact on food production in this region. Heavy rain and gale had harmed the paddy fields of farmers. As a result, the harvest yields diminished. As predicted, the grain yield dropped around ten percent.

Possibility of the decline in grain production was justified by the Head of Tabanan Food Crops and Horticulture Agency, Nyoman Budana. According to him, the rain kept pouring could damage the quality of rice plant, not to mention the threat of disease due to bad weather.

Thus, the harvest yield was ascertained to decline. “Our prediction, the grain production may decrease about ten percent of normal condition,” he said.

He said the indications of damage to paddy fields were starting to be visible at a number of areas such as Penebel, Marga and Baturiti. In the three subdistricts, the rainfall was very high so that they were the most prone areas to decrease in the harvest yields as well as disease.

According to Budana, his party continued to monitor the development of rice growth. This official hoped the bad weather would not last longer so that the activity of farmers could return to normal. Although predicted to decline, said Budana, it would

not have fatal impact on the high production of grain in Tabanan each year.

Based on the data of the Agriculture Agency, the production of milled rice in Tabanan reached 222,184 tons per year.

This amount was far above the needs of Tabanan. Despite a decrease, it was ascertained to remain surplus. The total grain production was based on the rice planting area reaching 40,914 hectares with harvest area of around 39,017 hectares. “On average, the grain production reaches 5.9 tons per hectare,” affirmed Budana.

Meanwhile, the basic price of grain purchase still reached IDR 3,300 per kg. According to Budana, the price was still above the national government purchase price (HPP). Nevertheless, the official hoped that farmers could harvest their rice when it was not raining. Thus, the water content could be reduced and the price would be better.

High water content had an impact on the decrease in the grain quality and kindled the bad rice quality. (kmb30)

IBP/Budi Wiriyanto

Bad weather engulfing Tabanan is starting to have an impact on food production in this region.

Heavy rain and gale had harmed the paddy fields of farmers. As a result, the harvest yields diminished. As predicted, the grain yield dropped around ten percent.

Government allocates Rp4 billion in subsidies for organic fertilizers Antara

AP Photo/Steven Senne, File

In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 file photo, a General Electric logo is seen on a kitchen stove at a Lowe’s store in Framingham, Mass. General Electric Co. is reporting, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, that net income rose 8 percent in the fourth quarter as earnings at all of the conglomerate’s industrial segments improved due to growth in developing economies.

flow and in turn gave some cash back to shareholders. It repurchased $2.1 billion in stock in the quarter and $5.2 billion for the year, while boosting the quarterly dividend 12 percent to 19 cents per share.

In a conference call following the earnings released, Immelt called 2012 “a year we hit all of our financial commitments to investors.” GE shares rose 17 percent last year.

Daniel Holland, an analyst at Morningstar, said he was encouraged to see the cost-cutting measures show up in improved profitability, and that the financial performance improved in nearly every division.

“A lot of what they’ve been talking about is coming to fruition,” he said. “And it’s pretty broad-based

across the portfolio.”

For all of 2012, GE posted net income of $13.6 billion, or $1.39 per share, on revenue of $147.4 billion. That’s up from net income of $13.1 billion, or $1.24 per share, on revenue of $147.3 billion in 2011.

GE expects revenue and profit growth to continue this year. GE said its backlog of new business reached $210 billion, its highest ever. During the fourth quarter the company announced new contracts with Petrobras in Brazil and with Chevron in Angola to help those oil companies extract oil from deep waters off shore. It also announced orders for jet engines to power 50 airplanes for Alaska Airlines.

DENPASAR - The Bali provincial government has allocated Rp4 billion in subsidies for organic fertilizers in an effort to increase their use in the 10,000 hectares of farmland under rice cultivation in the province.

“The amount of funds allocated from the regional budget this year is the same as last year’s,” said the head of Food Crops of Bali, Ida Bagus Wisnuwardana.

He stated that the subsidy would be given to farmers groups, among others, who had been producing organic fertilizers.

“Farmers groups and other producers of organic fertilizer have been selling their product at Rp 1,000 per kg,” Wisnuardana noted.

“Therefore, the local government will provide a subsidy of Rp700 per kg, after which the selling price would come down to Rp300 per kg,” he continued.

“That way, the price of the subsidized fertilizer would be lower than a similar fertilizer produced in another plant that sells it for Rp500 per kg,” Wisnuardana said.

He stated, besides farmer groups, Bali has 22 other groups that have the permission to produce organic fertilizers.

Over the past three years, local farmers groups have benefitted from the fertilizer subsidies provided by the Bali government.

In previous years, subsidies worth billions of rupiah were given to develop organic fertilizer plants.

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The Bali provincial government has allocated Rp4 billion in subsidies for organic fertilizers in an effort to increase their use in the 10,000 hectares of farmland under rice cultivation in the province.

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The flood which happen at Subak Puspasari, Tuwed village, Melaya subdistrict caused hundreds of ricefield damaged

Embankment collapse

Dozens of hectares of rice fields at Tuwed flooded Negara (Bali Post)—

Dozens of hectares of rice fields at Subak Puspasari, Tuwed village, Melaya subdistrict, were submerged in seawater since the past week. It occurred because a number of embankments at Taman hamlet, Tuwed, Melaya, collapsed so that seawater flooded the farmland at high tides. Even, some roads were also submerged and about 15 families were isolated.

Other than rice field, the seawater also submerged a number of shrimp farm ahead of the harvest time. Consequently, many shrimps died few days before harvested.

The tidal seawater made farmers at Subak Puspasari suffer a loss worth tens of millions of rupiahs whereas they just planted

the rice 3-5 days before the embankment collapsed. According to local resident, the embankment protecting the subak area collapsed on Saturday night (Jan 12).

The Headman of Tuwed, Ketut Suarna, accompanied by the Head of the village consultative assembly (BPD), Ketut Toya,

justified on Thursday (Jan 17) about the collapse of the embankment used to protect the Subak Puspasari. As it collapsed, tidal seawater then inundated dozens of hectares of rice fields. Suarna added that his party with local residents was trying to deal with the problem independently, but his party also highly expected the help of Jembrana County.

According to Suarna, the embankment at Taman hamlet was just repaired at the end of 2012. Even, it had been elevated along 50 meter and cost IDR 18.5 million over but it collapsed due to tidal seawater. (kmb26)

Two months old Bengkala Bridge already damaged Singaraja (Bali Post)-

Just two months old the project of Bengkala Village Bridge, Kubutambahan cause worries as along the bridge a lot of holes existed. A number of locals last Friday (18/1) stated the biggest worry would be that the bridge could collapse moreover it is rainy season. Head of Bengkala, Made Sukrada, when met in location stated that the first problem was a hole on the border wall and later on both bridge ends (the connection between the road and bridge) lowered itself in its construction. Knowing that condition, a report was sent to the administrative head of the village and project owner yet no immediate respond was given.

Dusun Kelodan Head, Ketut Asta, stated that the bridge’s existence is vital as it helps the village’s economy and governmental elements so if it’s not fixed straight away then it would cause difficulties for a lot of people. In other hand, the specific causer to why it is damaged is still unknown yet it seemed to be the heavy rain that keeps on coming.

Government is very demanded to respond to this straighta way. To be known the previous bridge collapsed due to a flash flood on December 2011 and after a long time, rehabilitation just took place with a budget from Buleleng Disaster Management (BPBD). (kmb)

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Tabanan (Bali Post) –

Robbers acted in Tabanan last Friday (18/1) early morning targeting an Indomaret minimarket at Gatut Subroto Street, Banjar Sanggulan, Banjar Anyar Village, Kediri. Robber expected to have broken down the warehouse wall including damaging an iron chain, cut cables of CCTV and telephone so no action was recorded. Around IDR 13 million were taken from a forced open safe, IDR 50,000 from the cashier till and dozens of cigarette packets. One bottled drink was drunk by robber while all equipments such as keys and screws left at the shop. A black t-shirt and a pair of gloves were also seen besides the shop.

The action was known by the minimarket’s supervisor, Risda Nur Puspitasari (19) while opening the shop with other two workers. They were shocked to see that all is a mess while the safe looked like it exploded. Puspitasari closed the shop at 11 pm local itme last Thursday (17/1) and no suspicious movement was seen. The incident was then reported and investigated by police including using sniffer dogs.

“We are still piling the evidences. It is expected more than one robber acted here,” PC Tonny Sugadri, Kediri Police Head, stated.

It is expected as well that the robber knows well of the shop seen from what’s damaged before the robbery took place. Police have also checked the shop workers as witnesses. This action is now also added to the list of similar robberies that have taken place in Tabanan. Before, Indomaret in Kerambitan also got robbed yet luckily nothing was taken from the safe as robber failed yet cigarettes and underwear were taken. (kmb30)

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Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad speaks at the Opera House in Damascus January 6, 2013, in this handout photograph released by Syria’s national news agency SANA.

Syria says talk of Assad’s removal unacceptable Reuters

BEIRUT - Syria’s foreign minister said on Saturday any discussion of President Bashar al-Assad’s future was “unacceptable”, a week after an international envoy said the president should not be part of a transitional government.

Foreign Minister Walid alMoualem’s comments showed the government has dug in against foreign pressure for a deal with the rebels fighting to topple Assad.

“No one should dare discuss the position of the president ... this is unacceptable,” he told Syrian state television in an interview.

World powers have been deadlocked in their efforts to promote a transitional government they hope could prevent more bloodshed in the 22-month-old uprising against Assad, which has turned into a

civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people.

United Nations and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who recently visited Assad and Syrian officials, told Reuters a week ago Assad should not be part of a transitional government.

Syrian officials condemned his comments and said the mediator was biased toward governments supporting the rebels.

Moualem said Assad’s proposal earlier this month for a new parliament and constitution was the only

way forward out of the conflict. He reiterated the embattled leader’s argument that only “nationalistic opposition” could participate.

Their definition excludes the armed opposition or any group that supports intervention in Syria’s conflict, even though they are now the driving force of the rebel movement. The opposition, for its part, has rejected anything but Assad’s removal.

International talks in Geneva last June, led by Brahimi, proposed a transitional government but left open Assad’s future. The proposal foundered after opposition backers like the United States insisted Assad not play a role, while Russia, Assad’s main arms supplier, said foreign powers should not impose restrictions on the transition.

BERLIN — A major state election on Sunday could shake up the campaign for Germany’s national election later this year, with the center-left opposition hoping for a morale-boosting victory over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition. Some 6.1 million people are eligible to vote for a new state legislature in Lower Saxony, which occupies a swathe of northwestern Germany. It’s been run for the past decade by a coalition of Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats and the pro-market Free Democrats, the same parties that form the national government.

The vote is a significant electoral test before national parliamentary elections in September, in which Merkel will seek a third four-year term. She and her party are riding high in polls, but the opposition hopes Lower Saxony will show she is vulnerable.

Pre-election polls in the state showed a neck-and-neck race between her coalition and the opposition Social Democrats and Greens, who have been struggling to gain traction nationally.

Much could depend on the performance of Merkel’s allies, the Free Democrats, whose support has eroded badly since they joined her national government in 2009. They’ve failed to win major tax cuts that they once pledged and have taken much of the blame for frequent public bickering in the chancellor’s coalition.

If the Free Democrats fail to win the 5 percent support needed to gain seats in the state legislature Sunday, that could help hand Lower Saxony to the opposition — and prompt the departure of embattled party leader Philipp Roesler, who is also vice chancellor.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks up after smelling at coffee beans during the opening tour of the ‘International Green Week’ in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013.

India’s old leaders get hip to the young and the restless ahead of elections Reuters

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Rahul Gandhi, a lawmaker, speaks to Sonia Gandhi (R), who is his mother and India’s ruling Congress party chief, during the Indian National Congress meeting in Jaipur, capital of India’s desert state of Rajasthan January 20, 2013.

JAIPUR, India - Scalded by spontaneous anti-rape and corruption protests near the seat of government in New Delhi, India’s ageing leaders are scrambling to win over an angry and influential young urban population ahead of elections due to be held by early next year.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, 80, and Sonia Gandhi, the 66-year-old leader of the ruling Congress party, grappled with terms like “flash mob” and “Twitter” at a brainstorming meeting this weekend that focused on the new generation and growing social media.

About two thirds of India’s 1.2 billion people are under 35 and

the population is shifting to cities, eroding political parties’ traditional dependence on the rural poor.

Looking weary after nine years in coalition government, the Congress leadership is widely seen as aloof and out of touch. The meeting, the first of its kind in a decade, was the party’s attempt to adapt to fast-changing demographics as it prepares to contest for a third consecutive term.

Gandhi’s son, Rahul, 42, was anointed party vice-president at the meeting. As the scion of a dynasty stretching back to India’s independence from Britain in 1947, the party wants him to be prime minister if it wins the elections. His mother, who in the past has promoted welfare programs for the rural poor, gave a speech

that placed uncharacteristic emphasis on urban job creation for the young middle class in one of the world’s fastest growing major economies.

“We have to recognize the new changing India, an India increasingly peopled by a younger, more aspirational, more demanding and better educated generation,” Gandhi told party leaders.

“We cannot allow our growing educated and middle classes to be disillusioned and alienated from the political process.” Singh’s government is already seeking to win over the middle class with reforms aimed at boosting economic growth, such as subsidy cuts that have been backed

by Gandhi, despite initial misgivings they would hurt the poor.

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US Marines studying mindfulness-based training Associated Press Writer

CAMP PENDLETON, California — The U.S. Marine Corps, known for turning out some of the military’s toughest warriors, is studying how to make its troops even tougher through meditative practices, yoga-type stretching and exercises based on mindfulness.

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U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Carlos Lazano talks about a special training he underwent in which Marines were taught methods to “quiet the mind” and to reach an inner calm as a means to battle stress Tuesday Jan. 15, 2013 at Camp Pendlton, Calif.

Marine Corps officials say they will build a curriculum that would integrate mindfulnessbased techniques into their training if they see positive results from a pilot project. Mindfulness is a Buddhist-inspired concept that emphasizes active attention on the moment to keep the mind in the present.

Facing a record suicide rate and thousands of veterans seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress, the military has been searching for ways to reduce strains on service members burdened with more than a decade of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Marine Corps officials are testing a series of brain calming exercises called “MindfulnessBased Mind Fitness Training” that they believe could enhance the performance of troops, who are under mounting pressures from long deployments and looming budget cuts expected to

slim down forces.

“Some people might say these are Eastern-based religious practices but this goes way beyond that,” said Jeffery Bearor, the executive deputy of the Marine Corps training and education command at its headquarters in Quantico, Virginia. “This is not tied to any religious practice. This is about mental preparation to better handle stress.”

The School Infantry-West at Camp Pendleton will offer the eight-week course starting Tuesday to about 80 Marines.

The experiment builds on a 2011 study involving 160 Marines who were taught to focus their attention by concentrating on their body’s sensations, including breathing, in a period of silence.

The Marines practiced the calming methods after being immersed in a mock Afghan village with screaming actors and controlled blasts to expose them to combat stress.

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VEVCANI, Macedonia — The tiny Macedonian town of Vevcani boasts its own constitution, its own currency and a passport emblazoned with a golden coat of arms.

They are a tongue-in-cheek expression of the village’s historical defiance of authority -- and were born of a symbolic declaration of independence. But beneath the mockery lies a real rebellious streak that has coursed through Vevcani for decades and spawned violent protests, diplomatic incidents and run-ins with the law.

That spirit of rebellion reaches a climax every year during the village’s annual carnival in January, where villagers don costumes that poke fun at the world around them.

The sharp satire leaves nothing untouched, targeting the national leadership, politics, religion and social issues. Most recently it has taken aim at Macedonia’s crisis-stricken southern neighbor, Greece.

With its colorful floats and masked revelers, the festival -- said to be 14 centuries old and date from pagan times -- has grown in popularity over the last decade. It attracts thousands of visitors to St. Vasilij Day celebrations on Jan. 13, welcoming in the New Year ac-

cording to the Julian calendar.

“We have had (masks of) Muslims, priests, world leaders, terrorists,” said Mayor Pero Ilieski, adding that people shouldn’t be offended by the outré themes: “It is only a carnival, so it is something that is not real.”

Vevcani, nestled on the forested slopes of the Jablanica mountain about 190 kilometers (120 miles)

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Naval Health Research Center scientist Douglas C. Johnson, who is leading the research, monitored their reactions by looking at blood and saliva samples, images of their brains and problem-solving tests they took.

Another 160 other Marines went through the mock village with no mindfulness-based training, acting as the control group.

Results from the 2011 study are expected to be published this spring.

The latest study by Johnson will compare three groups of Marines, whose biological reactions will be also monitored. One group of about 80 will receive mindfulness-based training. Another of equal size will be given mental resilience training based on sports psychology techniques.

The third one will act as a control group. Results from that study are expected in the fall, Marine Corps officials said.

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DENPASAR - Tight competition and declined purchasing interest of foreign tourists to visit the centers of silver industry make a lot of entrepreneurs and silversmiths switch professions.

Not only that, some silversmiths have transformed their art shop into shop of Balinese typical souvenirs.

A number of silversmiths from Celuk, Sukawati, previously said the sluggish sales of silverworks were caused by the decreased purchasing power and the increasing number of foreign tourists that also sold silverworks.

“They order silverworks in Bali in large quantities, and then sold them in their home country,” said one of them. As a result, many silverworks were then shifting their profession. Even, the entrepreneurs had established a special silverworks art market at Celuk area to help the sector survive.

Sluggish sales of silverworks were also admitted by Chairman of the Bali Silver Association, Nyoman Mudita, as serious problem faced by silversmiths of Bali.

Other than being marginalized by silver entrepreneurs from other countries, he said, high prices

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southwest of the capital Skopje, held its own referendum on independence in 1993, in a move tinged with nationalism after members of the country’s ethnic Albanian minority living nearby did the same.

Ninety-six percent voted in favor of independence, and the ‘Republic of Vevcani’ was born, according to Mirte Aluloski, who drafted the new republic’s constitution.

of raw materials and production costs also became a dilemma for the active employers or silversmiths. “Not only that, the difficulty to eliminate the practice of commission for tour guides so far is still a challenge,” he said.

However, he hoped despite the various problems faced by crafters, they should still strengthen their determination to compete by featuring quality. If crafters only pursued temporary profits by ignoring quality of Balinese silver they would be excluded. “Design and motif of Bali silverworks had already owned a positive image in the eyes of international community,” he said.

Further, he said when talking about Bali silverworks it would be inseparable from the artistic elements in it. It was the artistic elements featured by craftsmen making the product itself costly. When crafters were able to change their mindset to increase the market reach with strong financial support, they would surely never lose competitiveness. If the mindset ignored the quality in order to sell the products faster regardless of subsequent and broader impacts they would be getting more sluggish. (kmb28)

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Performers performed during Jazz Festival. To improve attractiveness to domestic and foreign tourists, the components of community from jazz musician plans to bring in dozens of national and international jazz musicians to participate in the event of Ubud Village Festival.

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GIANYAR - To improve attractiveness to domestic and foreign tourists, the components of community from jazz musician plans to bring in dozens of national and international jazz musicians to participate in the event of Ubud Village Festival. The jazz festival is planned to be held next August, right in holiday season.

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This picture taken Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 shows a villager dressed up as a beggar with a baby, mocking Greece’s crippled economy, during the carnival in Macedonia’s southwestern village of Vevcani.

It was stated in a meeting of the Advisor to the Ubud Village Jazz Festival, Amir Rabik, with Gianyar Regent Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, Friday (Jan 18). Ubud was selected as the venue because it had been an international tourist destination and considered to have the potential to be featured in jazz festival, explained Amir.

As planned, the jazz festival would feature international musicians. Among them, there would

be Uwee Plath Combo featuring Dian Pratiwi (Germany), Yokohama Association of Artist (Japan), Peter Beets (the Netherlands) and David Ades (Australia). Meanwhile, the national performer would consist of Indra Lesmana, Dwiki Darmawan, The Jonges, Tomorrow People Ensemble, Yuri Mahatma, Balawan and Batuan Ethnic Fusion, Rio Sidik, Dira Sugandi, Koko Harsoe, Simak Dialog, Under Ground Jazz Movement as well as local

musicians of Bali.

Gianyar Regent appreciated the selection of Ubud as the venue to hold the jazz festival. Although it had international flavor, Cok Ace had confidence it would be able to present jazz music in collaboration with Balinese traditional arts.

As an event with the capability of exploring the local potential, Gianyar County government would fully support the implementation of the Ubud Village Jazz Festival 2013. (kmb16)

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Silversmith making a bracelet in one of workshops in Celuk, Gianyar. Tight competition and declined purchasing interest of foreign tourists to visit the centers of silver industry make a lot of entrepreneurs and silversmiths switch professions. Not only that, some silversmiths have transformed their art shop into shop of Balinese typical souvenirs.

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After about 2.5 years old, the tabah bamboo (Gigantochloa nigrociliata (Buse Kurz)) planting program undertaken by Kerta villagers in Ubud subdistrict was harvested on Saturday (Jan 19). The bamboo planted on 500 hectares of land is expected to boost the economy of local communities other than maintaining the environment.

However, the harvest of bamboo shoots needed marketing. To that end, the support of the entrepreneurs in relation to the existence of the bamboo was needed. It was revealed in the prime harvest of the bamboo shoots at Kerta village. Chairman of the Biodiversity Foundation (Kehati), Sembiring, said the environmental sustainability was the responsibility of all the parties.

Raising the bamboo was very appropriate because aside from preserving the environment it could also benefit economically through the support of the entrepreneurs.

In addition to marketing support of the entrepreneurs to the bamboo products, it was also required a synergy between the government and community. It happened because the agricultural sector had an important role in balancing the Bali’s economy dominated by tourism sector, added the Regent of Gianyar, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Bamboo Farmers Group of Kerta village, Made Kerta Witarjana, said the bamboo cultivation was chosen by villagers of Kerta,

Payangan, because it had the ability to grow in the geographical condition with slightly rocky soil as at Kerta.

People expected the bamboo planting could improve the soil structure so that other commodity crops could be developed, too. Economically, the bamboo shoot could be used as vegetable and its stalk could be used as raw material for handicraft or building a house. Until now, the land area prepared for the bamboo planting at Kerta village reached 500 hectares, he explained.

Chairperson of the Bali Bamboo Association, Dr. Pande Ketut Diah Kencana, said the production was estimated to reach 750 tons of bamboo shoot. If processed into raw materials such as bamboo shoot vegetable, it could be sold at least for IDR 20,000 per piece to consumers. Thus, the total yield in each harvest would give revenue worth IDR15 million. Cooperation of the employers with farmers would be implemented through a cluster system and followed with an evaluation for the sustainability of the bamboo cultivation. (kmb16)

JAKARTA - Aston International announced that the company has renamed itself to Archipelago International. This new corporate legal entity will serve as the group’s umbrella organization and be the name of the hotel management company behind all of its existing and upcoming hotels and resorts.

A half Ketapang Kembar temple vanishes After swept away by waves since Shivaratri, a half Ketapang Kembar temple standing at beachfront of Batu Tumpeng, Gelgel, Klungkung, vanished on Friday (Jan 18). Such ferocious waves collapsed the temple entrance, shrine and some beach almond trees. Now, the temple area of approximately 50 x 50 meters leaves a half while the remaining another shrine is at risk of being eroded.

From observation at location on Friday (Jan 18) the waves were back to normal. Debris of the buildings looked to be buried in the sand. Compound wall of the temple in the east and west side also collapsed, while a

pavilion in temple area almost eroded. The only one remaining shrine was just one meter from the eroded shrine. The shrine was worried to get eroded because the foundation was only made of sand. The loss of a half the Ketapang Kembar temple became a spectacle to dozens of foreign tourists passing in front of it. They looked surprised and apprehensive why the damaged temple had not been repaired.

Related to damage of the temple, the chief of temple pilgrim, Wayan Suka, organized a meeting a day after the collapse of the temple. The meeting proposed to move the temple to a safer location towards the north so that if tidal waves came they would not

hit the entrance gates. Meanwhile, the Beji or spring area in the north would be placed at one location with the temple area. However, the plan required a lot of money.

Therefore, the plan could not be undertaken to restore the temple.

“We’ll wait first because we have no sufficient funds to restore the temple,” he said.

The Ketapang Kembar temple is supported by 60 families of devotees from Kamasan village.

Apart from pilgrims from Kamasan village, this temple is visited by tens of pilgrims from Ubud and Sukawati on full moon and dark moon. They generally do purificatory rite or melukat on the beach and invoke holy water at the Beji or local spring. (kmb31)

Parking in forbidden area, seven cars sealed Denpasar (Bali Post)-

Denpasar Transportation Agency in action again, this time: punishing those parking in forbidden areas. After sealing five trucks at Mahendradatta Street, this Friday (18/1) they moved to West Gatut Subroto Street. Here, a number of vehicles parking in the wrong area have got its owners called.

Yet none of them responded so seven vehicles were sealed by the agency workers. Head of Control and Operational Section of the

Agency, Ketut Sriawan, confirmed that the biggest challenge faced was the people’s realization of how dangerous it can be to park in these areas. All this time the agency and Indonesian police have held some disciplinary and gave sanctions to violators yet after that they kept repeating it again. “If it’s only us who takes care of it, it’s nothing.

All sides of students, public and government has to realize how important it is road safety,” Sriawan explained. (kmb12)

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Harvest yield of bamboo shoots needs marketing Gianyar (Bali Post)—

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The surfers pass on the Ketapang Kembar Temple which is damaged by the waves

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Archipelago International explained that the name “Aston” is in reality the name of the group’s hero brand and as such is no longer suitable as a name for a management company with 9 booming hotel brands. While the Aston label continues to grow other brands such as the select service favehotels and the new 4 star lifestyle Alana Hotels, which is due to open its first Indonesian Hotel in Seminyak, Bali in February this year, are now representing more than 50 % of the Archipelago groups future hotel portfolio.

Archipelago International is In-

donesia’s largest hotel management company with a presence in Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia and an underlying portfolio of more than 140 hotels, resorts and residences out of which 60 are operational and more than 80 are in various stages of development due to open within the coming two years.

Archipelago International managed hotels range from select service to five star hotels and luxury villas and operates under the hotel brands: Grand Aston, Aston, Aston City, Crimson, Quest, favehotels, NEO, Alana and Kamuela.

“With Archipelago, we have the inten-

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tion of creating a platform that allows each brand to showcase and highlight its individual hotels and enables different personalities to shine. From our select service

favehotels to the 5 star Grand Astons and luxurious Kamuela Villas our aim is for each hotel brand to be recognized as best in class and to exceed guest’s

Calendar Event for December 12 through December 27, 2012 12 Des B uda Keliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Banjar Pulasari Desa Peninjoan Tembuku - Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kabakaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning T e n gah - Buleleng Pura Desa Kayangan Tiga Desa Bubunan Seririt - Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Banjar Taro Kaja Taro - Tegalalang Merajan Pasek Dangka Bungbungan 22 Des H ari Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit Jembrana Odalan Betara ratu Gede Celuk Sukawati Odalan Betara Ratu Wedyadari Camenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Denpasar Betara Ratu Alit dan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarmaan Dalem Sukawati B esakih Pura Pedarmaan Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarmaan Kaba-kaba Besakih Pura Pedarmaan dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel

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Pura Goa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Pejeng Merajan Pasek Gelgel Songan Merajan Pasek Prateka Pekandelan Sidemen Merajan Pasek Prateka Taman Sari Sukasada Pura dadia Pasek Gelgel Sidemen Karangasem Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tampuagan, Tembuku, Bangli 27 Des Purnama Kepitu Pr. Benua Besakih.

Pura Dalem Desa Camenggaon - Sukawati Pura Suranadhi Lombok Pura Narmada Lombok Pura Segara Ampenan Lombok Mr Agung Dewa Agung Klungkung Ulah Sidemen Pura Gunungrene S i d e m e n Karangasem.

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expectations in accommodation, amenities and personal attention” said Norbert Vas, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Archipelago International.

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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Original Batmobile from TV series sells for $4.2M Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — The original Batmobile from the 1960s television series ‘Batman’ has sold at auction for $4.2 million. A spokeswoman for Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. says the winning bidder has not been disclosed following Saturday’s auction.

The 19-foot (5.79-meter) -long black, bubbletopped car was used in the “Batman” TV show that starred Adam West as the Caped Crusader.

The car’s owner — famed auto customizer George Barris, of Los Angeles — transformed a

one-of-a-kind 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car into the sleek crime-fighting machine. On the show, it boasted lasers and a “Batphone” and could lay down smoke screens and oil slicks. Barris’ publicist says his client is pleased with the auction result.

This October 2012 file photo provided by Barrett-Jackson/George Barris shows the original Batmobile in Los Angeles.

Batman’s original ride, from the 1960s TV series, has sold at auction for $4.2 million on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013.

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PARK CITY, Utah — The Eagles picked the producer of their new Showtime documentary “The History of the Eagles” — but they insist that’s about all the control they had in the making of it. that was in the band’s archives, as well as recent interviews with the band.

Henley said he was interested in someone making a documentary about the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers but was unimpressed with recent music documentaries. So, he asked to see the work of Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers and was led to Gibney.

From there, he worked to convince Gibney that he should tell the band’s story, and they had “zero” influence on its outcome.

“We have a good story to tell and I

think he’s a great storyteller,” Frey said, adding that Gibney told him, “We’re going to make a movie, and we’re going to tell the truth.” Don Henley said the band hasn’t even seen the final cut yet. “I hope we like it,” he joked.

Frey said what surprised him most about the film, and seeing the old footage, was “how much fun we had.”

That may surprise people who are familiar with the band’s well-documented discord, including their acrimonious breakup in 1982 (they got back together in 1994).

“Most of the things that have been written about this band have focused on conflict — the journalism of conflict,” Henley said. “It sells papers and magazines, but one thing that Glen said that people will see in this documentary is that we had a lot of fun. Some of it’s not on film, and that’s good.”

“The bitter fighting that the media loved to talk about really didn’t take place. We argued a lot, we discussed stuff a lot, and that tension had a lot of to do with the creative process,” Walsh said.

“We didn’t hate each other; we didn’t have fist fights, none of that.” Walsh, Henley, Frey and Timothy Schmit were expected to attend the premiere later Saturday.

Frey said the band might eventually make new music together. Their last album together was 2007’s “Long Road Out of Eden.”

Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Timothy B. Schmit, left, and Don Henley of The Eagles take part in a Q&A session with reporters at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in Park City, Utah.

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Eagles talk about new Showtime documentary “It’s really not a film that represents our point of view so much,” Glen Frey said Saturday as the quartet spoke at the Sundance Film Festival hours before the film’s premiere.

The film was directed by Alison Ellwood and produced by Alex Gibney, whose other documentaries include the Academy Award-winning “Taxi to the Dark Side” and “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.”

“The History of the Eagles” will be shown in two parts on Showtime Feb. 15-16. It includes 40-year-old footage

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Uncertain weather condition these days is a challenge for the operator of travel agencies. A number of travel agencies in Bali even admitted to change their destination visit with a special dinner package to deal with adverse weather condition. Similarly, the tourist arrival is normal as scheduled.

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DENPASAR - Uncertain weather condition these days is a challenge for the operator of travel agencies. A number of travel agencies in Bali even admitted to change their destination visit with a special dinner package to deal with adverse weather condition. Similarly, the tourist arrival is normal as scheduled. No group has canceled their visit to Bali although the weather is bad.

“Aside from dinner package, we have replaced their destination by visiting the closer ones,” said Chairman of the Association of the

Indonesia Tours and Travel Agency (ASITA) of Bali, I Ketut Ardana, to reporters recently.

According to him, despite the

bad weather tourist arrivals were still on schedule. “The tourist arrivals remain on schedule. No guests have cancelled the visit,” he said.

He explained that for scheduled trip guests kept on coming. However, upon arrival in tourist destination their tour was then adjusted. “Some guests also prefer to stay at hotel,” he said. Ardana argued that so far there were no tourists complaining about bad weather conditions because they generally knew about the weather in Indonesia. He added that guests were

getting ready as well. In essence, the weather did not have significant impact. Related to special dinner package, he added, it was quite popular so that tourists did not get to ask for refund because they failed to visit the scheduled tourist attractions.

Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Bali, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati, said that foreign tourist visit in January had indeed decreased. “Even though December is the peak season, it is very short

and not until January. They came in the third week and returned at the end of December,” he said.

In response to the decrease in tourist arrivals, hotel management could change their room rate in a matter of hours. “Now, the room rates are the same as ticket changing rapidly. As soon as there is an opportunity to take advantage, yes ... take it,” he said. He added that high season of tourist arrivals to Bali in 2013 was expected to occur from July to August. (kmb)