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LOS ANGELES - Oscar-nominated celebrities were urged on Wednesday to skip a $55,000 trip to Israel offered as part of an awards gift bag.

Two U.S.-based groups campaigning for an end to Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territories made the plea in a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Times that appeared five days before the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday. “#SkipTheTrip. Don’t endorse Israeli apartheid,” said the ad, sponsored by the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and Jewish Voice for Peace.

The ad said the trip, which is partially paid for by the Israeli government, was part of a larger “’Brand Israel’ strategy to distract from almost 50 years of illegal occupation of Palestinian land.”

“As was the case many years ago in South Africa, celebrities are being asked to refrain from whitewashing apartheid policies,” Yousef Munayyer, executive director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, said in a statement on Wednesday.

The trip is one of the most expensive items in a swag bag handed out to the five Oscar-nominated directors and 20 lead and supporting actor and actress nominees, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Sylvester Stallone, Mark Rylance, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Matt Damon and Kate Winslet.

The gift bag is not affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the Oscars.

The Academy last week filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles-based Distinctive Assets accusing the gifting group of promoting the bag as official Oscars swag.

The Israeli government earlier this month confirmed it was funding $15,000 to $18,000 of each 10-day trip as a means of offsetting news coverage of the country’s troubles.

“These are the most senior people in the film industry in Hollywood and leading opinion-formers who we are interested in hosting,” said Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin. “They will experience the country first-hand and not through the media.”

It was not immediately known whether any of the Oscar-nominated directors, actors and actresses will take up the offer, which must be declared to U.S. tax authorities.

“Creed” supporting actor Stallone signed a pro-Israel petition during the 2104 Gaza war, while “Bridge of Spies” nominee Rylance has signed a petition circulated by Artists for Palestine UK which calls for a cultural boycott of Israel. (rtr)

Five-year data not updated

Recipients of rice for the poor potentially not on target DENPASAR - Community Empowerment Board and Village Government (BPMPD) of Bali found a significant discrepancy in the data related to recipients of rice for the poor (raskin) program. As a result, the number of rice for the poor assistance is likely to exceed targeted households (RTS). In other words, the recipient of rice for the poor is potentially not on target.

“There are significant discrepancies in the data between the data of the district and the data of the Social Protection Program (PPLS) of central government,” said the Chief of BPMPD Bali, Ketut Lihadnyana, in Denpasar, Wednesday (Feb. 24).

He found the differences in the data after making dissemination of the rice for the poor program to a number of districts and municipality in Bali.

In Badung, for example, the PPLS recorded 9,883 recipients of targeted household, while the data owned by local government only recorded 9,043 targeted households or there is a discrepancy of 840 targeted households. Likewise, Gianyar district recorded 21,285 targeted households.

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Miniature replica Oscar statuettes are shown for sale in a shop along Hollywood Boulevard as preparations continue for the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 24, 2016. The Oscars will be presented February 28, 2016.

David Bowie wins posthumous BRIT “Icon” award

LONDON - The late visionary British rock star David Bowie was honoured with a posthumous “Icon” award at the BRITs music ceremony in London on Wednesday night, just over a month after

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his death.

Bowie was paid an emotional tribute first by British singer Annie Lennox, then by his friend, British actor Gary Oldman, who picked up the award on Bowie’s

Lorde performs a David Bowie tribute at the BRIT Awards in the O2 arena in London, February 24, 2016.

behalf.

“The world lost an artist of transcendent talent,” Oldman said.

“He was the very definition, the living embodiment of that singular word: icon.”

New Zealand singer Lorde performed Bowie’s hit song “Life on Mars” in tribute to the singer after the award was announced. (rtr)

Tourist are spending their time during their holiday in Bali

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Difficult to Erase Drug Abuse in Tourism Destination Denpasar - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has told the government to act strongly to reduce the spread of illegal drugs. Currently, Indonesia is on the state of emergency on drug abuse cases. IN Bali, l it is very hard to erase it because Bali is the island visited by many people throughout the world.

“In my opinion, to erase drug abuse case in a tourism destination is very difficult. A strict rules and action is needed,” said the member of Bali house A.A. Ngurah Adhi

Ardhana.

He added that Bali still have one thing that cannot be found in other places which is the local culture and religion. Those can be used to erase

drug abuse in Bali. “If in the local law there is a certain regulation about illegal drugs, then it will give great effect,” Adhi said.

Another member of the house, Nyoman Addana stated that to erase the case must be through prevention. It can be done in schools or through the customary villages. “Now, the drug dealer is using a new way to spread the

drug such as food. So the prevention must be done since young age,” he added.

Adnyana also said that the law enforcement must give extra attention on the prison. There are few cases where prison becomes the place for drug dealer to sell their products. The police must raid prisons regularly. “Prison is prone to drug abuse and also illegal firearms

so it must be handled properly,” he concluded. (kmb32) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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From page 1 Data of the PPLS event recorded as many as 21,454 targeted households. While in other districts and municipality, local authorities are still awaiting the results of their respective village meeting.

“It’s a dilemma. On the one hand, as the provision we use the data owned by the PPLS. But on the other hand, in fact they are the data of the PPLS in 2011, and now has been 2016. Is the discrepancy too much?

Certainly, they do not indicate the real condition in the field because in reality the number of targeted household has much reduced,” he explained.

Thus, added Lihadnyana, the rice for the poor assistance from central government exceeded the number of targeted household that should receive. His agency has talked to Logistics Agency (Bulog) in order to distribute rice for the

poor targeted household that really need. However, since Bulog is assigned to distribute, it will refer to the data of central government.

“But in my opinion, we have to refer to the cost-benefit principles.

Well ... this must be appropriate with the targeted households. Hopefully, this rice for the poor will reach those that really deserve to receive. That’s all,” he explained.

He continued that the data discrepancy should be addressed by data synchronization and validation related to the distribution of rice for the poor in appropriate with the actual conditions in the field.

In 2016, the ration of rice for the poor received by Bali reached 27,346,320 kg. It is distributed to 151, 924 targeted households spreading over nine districts and one municipality in Bali. Each targeted household receives as much as 15 kilograms per month for 12 months, with the price of IDR 1,600 per kilogram. (kmb32)

The rice is distributed to those who are in rice for the poor (raskin) program

He explained that the proposal to put a garbage-fed electrical generator in place was sent to the central government’s Ministry of Mineral Resources (ESDM) by the Regency of Bangli last year and that the Ministry has already verified the location for the generator. “Once the site was verified, we got the green

Landih garbage dump in Bali will be used as a source of electricity

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light” he said.

Parwata went on to explain point out how serious they are by saying that the ministry is ready to provide whatever equipment is needed. He also mentioned that that Bangli is ready to provide the space, connect the electrical power to the nearest electrical lines, prepare the Environmental assessment report (AMDAL or UKL/UPL), and the required permits. “The Regency of Bangli has already discussed the things that are needed. The garbagefed electric generator, will be managed by the Local Business Body (Badan Usaha Perusahan Daerah)” said Parwata.

He added that the ministry will soon be coming to survey the preparations that the local government has been undertaking. After adjusting to conditions on the ground, what will surely be required to take stock of how much garbage is required to run the generator. “Garbage- as the fuel for the generator will certainly be given attention”, explained Parwata. This former head of Bangli’s Department of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, added that public support is also required for the success of this project. Therefore ongoing awareness campaigns will

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Government gives the green light to turn garbage into electricity

BANGLI - Bangli’S proposal to use Landih village’s garbage dump as the site for a garbage-fed electric generator (PLTS) got the green light from the central government. Some of the equipment that is required is already in place and ready to go.

Head of Bangli’s Natural Environment Services (BLH), I Made Alit Parwata with permission from the Regent of Bangli I Made Gianyar, made the announcement last Tuesday (Feb.23rd).

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be required.

Bangli aims to generate 500 KW of power form the garbage-fed electrical generator. “If we are successful, this will contribute to Bangli’s need for electricity. This is always a way to express support for renewable energies” he concluded.

This garbage-fed electrical generator will also indirectly increase the efficiency of garbage management and will prevent the garbage dump from becoming full too quickly.

Until now, garbage has only been dealt with using the ‘sanitary landfill’ system that condenses garbage heaps to about 80 cm and then covers them with 30 cm of soil. “Until now we have been using this method, but eventually the landfill would inevitably be filled to capacity and a new site would have to be found. If garbage can be used to generate electricity, garbage management will be greatly improved”, Parwata explained.

The Landih landfill covers some 4,74 hectares that can hold some 550 thousand square meters. The only regency that routinely dumps their garbage here is Bangli. The dumpsite also has a water treatment system located downstream that renders the dirty water clear. (kmb45)

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Pesona Alam Resort & Spa Presents Middle Eastern a la Carte

Pesona Alam Resort & Spa Presents Middle Eastern a la Carte Menu only at the Banyan Cafe Cisarua, 19 February 2016 – Did you know that a lot of Middle Easterns spend their holiday at Puncak area? And did you know that they are very particular about the food they eat? Learning from this insight, Pesona Alam Resort & Spa Puncak – a four-star resort located in the middle of pristine pine forest which offers 138 spacious guestrooms with natural ambiance – now presents a wide selection of Middle Eastern a la carte menu available daily at the Banyan Cafe.

“Only premium quality materials and spices imported directly from the Middle

East are used to create the menu – all aim to deliver unforgettable culinary experience for international travelers,” said Imam, Pesona Alam’s Executive Chef.

Starting from IDR 40,000nett/portion, guests can indulge sumptuous lentil soup and shawarma for appetizers, a choice of the signature chicken mandi or lambcofta for main course and the creamy Arabic bread pudding with almond flakes – or popularly known as Umm Ali for dessert.

Experience the flavorful Arabic cuisine and spend some quality time with your loved one.

Find out more about this exciting offer only at www.pesonaalamresort.com or @ pesonaalam via social media.

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 “umbul-umbul”, 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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Milan fashion week opens with eclectic, embellished looks

MILAN - Six days of catwalk shows began in Milan on Wednesday with Italian luxury brands Gucci, Fay and Roberto Cavalli among the first to show the creations their designers hope will fill women’s wardrobes next winter.

In a first, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi kicked off Milan Fashion Week with an industry lunch as international journalists and buyers descended on the city, home to fashion giants like Giorgio Armani and Prada.

Gucci, which last week reported a forecast-beating sales rebound in the fourth quarter, presented a vibrant and colourful autumn/winter 2016/2017 collection, which designer Alessandro Michele called “Rhizomatic Scores”.

From one-coloured outfits -including a pink furry coat teamed with pink tights, shoes, scarf and bag -- to clashing print combinations and designs emblazoned with snake patterns, Michele showed a selection of eclectic looks.

Models wore sequined skirts, tailored trouser suits, Chinese-style silk dresses, shiny brocade coats, capes, brightly coloured tights and a range of hats. The looks were

accessorised with an array of bags, platform heels and large glasses.

At Fay, which is part of the Tod’s luxury goods group, creative directors Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi looked to the U.S. Western coast for their daywear.

“The inspiration is the new Californian generation ... mixed with the new Italian generation,” Aquilano told Reuters.

He said the line included “beautiful Italian coats but with a more folk take and with embroidery that is reminiscent of the great American plains”.

Fringes and tassels were ubiquitous, decorating denim jackets and dresses, worn with embroidered cowboy boots. With nods to the romantic and folk, models wore floral, frilly dresses, flared skirts and jackets in sand, burgundy, orchid, dark blue and black.

At Roberto Cavalli, creative

director Peter Dundas, who took over from the founding designer last year, showed a richly-embroidered array of outfits. Staying loyal to founder Cavalli’s love of animal print, Dundas used tiger and leopard print patterns on furry coats, suits, skirts and scarves.

Flower embroidery crept up jeans while sequins adorned sheer dresses and dark trouser suits, reminiscent of the 1970s. The show, also featuring menswear, included brocade jackets.

The brand, undergoing a transition since private equity fund Clessidra acquired control in April with founder Cavalli retaining 10 percent, is eyeing expanding daywear and accessories and growing in Asia, Chief Executive Renato Semerari said.

The luxury goods market has seen growth slow, with low oil prices hitting Middle Eastern consumption, demand weaker from China and Russia and the Paris attacks affecting European travel.

“2015 and 2016 are years when we are not expecting brilliant num-

bers ... as we are undergoing a transition phase,” Semerari said, adding 2016 had so far not seen any major market changes.

He said Cavalli will not immediately follow in the footsteps of brands like B u r b e r r y, which plan to sell their items hot off the catwalk instead of traditionally keeping customers waiting months before they hit stores.

“We are looking but we haven’t made a decision,” he said. (rtr)

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Propose to build a dam to preserve Pemuteran coral reef ecosystem

To preserve the coral reef sustainability in the tourism area of Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, it is proposed the construction of water dam.

SINGARAJA — To preserve the coral reef sustainability in the tourism area of Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, it is proposed the construction of water dam. Recent conditions due to the onslaught of floods containing mud will be definitely harmful to the preservation and survival of coral reef. Construction of the dam is expected to keep the environment indirectly.

Subdistrict head of Gerokgak, Putu Ariadi Pribadi, proposed the construction of dam to preserve the survival of coral reef as marine life and underwater wealth

of Pemuteran, Tuesday (Feb. 23).

“We need a dam to make the water flowing into the sea will no longer contain mud or gravel. At least it is able to suppress the occurrence of

material during floods,” he said in the development planning meeting (Musrenbang) at the Sumberkima village hall, Gerokgak.

He explained before the water flows fully into open sea, it ideally needs to be processed thoroughly and carefully. Water dam can be used to manage the distribution of water to the sea. “The water flowing into the sea can be processed first. It is meant to prevent from

damaging coral reefs. Some floods lately damaged few coral reefs, but it still becomes a concern to us,” he explained.

According to Deputy Regent of Buleleng, Nyoman Sutjidra, the development planning meeting is done to increase community participation in the development agenda, without the exception of the attention to the poor. Proposal of the dam has significant value in

maintaining the reef ecosystem at Pemuteran village. “The proposal of Gerokgak subdistrict head is related to dam at Pemuteran. Indeed, when dry season arrives water is always problematic. Of course we will adopt this proposal. It is not different from subdistrict in Eastern Buleleng, they also have issues on the empowerment of water, so that it could be lifted to a higher place,” he said. (kmb34)

Subagan village does ngempet ron-busung

Forbidden to disrupt meditation of Ida Bhatara Dalem

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Models presents a creation from the Roberto Cavalli Autumn/Winter 2016 woman collection during Milan Fashion Week, Italy, February 24, 2016.

AMLAPURA - Subagan customary village in Karangasem has a number of unique traditions. The local villagers enforce ngempet ron and busung tradition (prohibition of using palm leaves and young coconut leaves) for 14 days from Tuesday (Feb. 23) at 16.00 through Saturday (Mar. 5).

The prohibition, according to the chief of customary village, Putu Toya, is enforced in relation to the ngusaba ritual at the local Dalem Temple whose summit will fall on Sunday (Mar. 6). The tradition starts with village meeting in order to deliver announcement and make a decision and then is followed by

the closing of entrance into the temple. During the enforcement of the prohibition, residents are not allowed to hold pancha yajna or say prayers to the temple in the village area using oblations. In essence, all the residents must accompany Ida Bhatara Dalem to meditate and no one is allowed to bother.

Putu Toya added that during the prayers in order the ritual taking place on Monday (Feb. 22) until March 10 is successful all the residents are prohibited from holding cremation and related rituals. However, if residents have the death of family member they can do makingsan ring pertiwi (bury the corpse) carried out before sunrise

or after sunset.

Previously, in relation to the implementation of ngesanga desa a few weeks ago, residents in the villages within the town of Amlapura have held ngempet-rah (prohibition to shed blood) like butchering animals or cockfight for 14 days in the territory of the village. (013)

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Military troops oversee hill and forest territory in Bali DENPASAR - Various measures are undertaken by security forces, both police and military personnel and others to secure the area of Bali from radical group or terrorist attack.

Other than tightening at the entrances into Bali and other vital objects, the hill and forest areas in Bali also get a serious concern from security forces, especially military troops.

It is conducted to anticipate so that terrorist groups do not use the hills and forests as a training base or their hiding place. “The climate in Bali is very cool. So, we anticipate the matters (so as not to be used as training base or hideout),” said Commander of the 163/Wirasatya Military Resort, I Nyoman Cantiasa, on the sidelines of celebrations of the 55th anniversary of his corps, Wednesday (Feb. 24).

He explained to have seen the ongoing trend where the members of radical organizations and terrorist network make those locations as training base and their hideout. However, so far his institution has not seen any suspicious movements in the hills and forests in Bali because some time ago it had to trail.

“Under the auspices of the IX/Udayana Military Region, we had time to trail. It can be ascertained that the forests and hills in Bali are sterile,” he said.

The trail, he continued, was conducted from Pulaki to Jembrana district. Of course the military personnel passed through the mountains in the forest. During the trail, there were no suspicious things found in the hills and forests. Condition of the forest is still pristine. In other words, there are no human beings, let alone signs of the exercise. “The conditions are still safe. We will continue to conduct surveillance and make cooperation with police and other relevant agencies,” he added. (kmb21)

Celukan Bawang’s marine police poasted five no-swimming and no-fishing signs at Celukan Bawang Beach after 35 year-old Made Suardana from Dinas Tajen Hamlet, Tejen village, Penebel Tabanan drowned there last Wednesday (Feb 2) at 16:30.

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SINGARAJA - Celukan Bawang’s marine police poasted five no-swimming and no-fishing signs at Celukan Bawang Beach after 35 year-old Made Suardana from Dinas Tajen Hamlet, Tejen village, Penebel Tabanan drowned there last Wednesday (Feb 2) at 16:30.

Suardana along with three children had been fishing there when one of the children (who was his nephew) fell into the water.

Suardana immediately jumped into the water to try to rescue the child who he believed could not swim. Unfortunately after an hour and a half of struggle Surdana himself was drowned.

The SAR team and the Marine Police eventually found his body. The police do not want to see such an incident happen again.

After investigating the site, they discovered

that the water basin in the bay, to the south of the dock there, is quite deep.

In order to prevent anyone else from becoming a victim of the deep water, police posted sign prohibiting people from swimming, playing or fishing at this dangerous location.

“We are appealing to the public not to violate this prohibition by playing near Celukan Bawang harbour. The waters south of the cement dock are extremely deep and there has already been one victim”, said head of Celukan Bawang’s marine police, AKP Ketut

Adnyana TJ, on Wednesday (Feb 24).

Adnyana TJ, former head of Buleleng’s criminal investigation unit added that he hopes that people will understand the seriousness of the five signs that have been put up. There are not necessarily officers on duty at the location, so people need to know the danger that they are placing themselves in if they violate the warning on the signs.

People need to understand the dangers of this location and not take part in activities that put themselves at risk.

“These signs were placed here to prevent anyone else from drowning simply because they do not know how dangerous the waters here are. We ask that people pay attention to this prohibition” he emphasised. (kmb34)

Regional landfill proposed to be waste power plant

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Australia warns of possible terror attack in Indonesia

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s government warned on Thursday that terrorists may be in the advanced stages of preparing attacks in Indonesia, and urged travelers to exercise a high level of caution when visiting the southeast Asian nation, including the popular tourist island of Bali.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued the travel advisory, which said only that there were “recent indications” an attack may be in the advanced planning stages, and warned people to be vigilant at places of worship and during holiday periods. The department did not raise its overall warning level for Australians visiting the country.

The advice comes just days after Australia warned that terrorists may be plotting attacks in and around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s largest city.

In its warning for Indonesia, the department cited the Jan. 14 attacks in the capital, Jakarta, that left eight people dead, saying the assaults demonstrated an ongoing threat.

“We continue to receive information that indicates that terrorists may be planning attacks in Indonesia,” the department wrote. “An attack could occur anywhere at any time.”

The agency did not immediately to a request for more details.

In recent years, Indonesian counterterrorism forces successfully eradicated the extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah that was responsible for several attacks, including the 2002 bombings of bars in Bali which killed 202 people, as well as two hotel bombings in Jakarta in 2009 that killed seven people.

Indonesia’s government has outlawed the Islamic State group, but there are fears that militants who travel abroad will return home and carry out attacks in Indonesia. Indonesian authorities estimate that more than 600 Indonesians have joined the extremist group in Syria or Iraq. (ap)

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Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar

is inspection, central government gives green light for the procurement (waste power plant—Ed),” he said.

To show the seriousness, the ministry is ready to provide with grant in the form of some equipments needed. The district government is said to have been ready to prepare the land, to connect to the nearest PLN electricity networks, do interconnection study as well as prepare the EIA documents and permissions required.

“Everything needed to be prepared has been discussed. Operation of the power plant will be managed by the district government-owned enterprise,” said Parwata.

To follow up the readiness of local government, in the near future the ministry will re-do field survey.

Other than adjusting the existing

agreement to the conditions in the field, one aspect needs to give attention is the amount of waste required for the power plant. “Waste as the main material seems to get a concern,” he explained.

He added that to realize the program it must also get the support from the community. To that end, this program needs to be disseminated continuously. This power plant is targeted to be capable of producing 500 KW of electricity. “If this can be realized, the electricity demand in Bangli will be assisted.

This also poses a support for renewable energy program,” he said.

Indirectly this waste power plant will make the waste management at the landfill more optimal and the existing land will not be fully occupied quickly. All this time, the

waste is only managed by the application of sanitary landfill, namely by compaction to a height of 50 to 80 cm and then covered with soil of about 30 cm. “So far, it is still using it and one day the landfill will be definitely full. As solution, it will be looked for a new place. If it can be taken advantage for power generation, the waste management will be getting better,” he said.

Based on information compiled, the landfill area spreads across at 4.75 hectares and has a capacity of about 550,000 cubic meters. So far, it is only the Bangli district routinely disposing of waste here. It has also been equipped with waste water processing equipment located at the downstream. Turbid water can be converted into clear water. (kmb45)

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Soldiers with heavy armed stand guard in front of a major shopping area in downtown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Australia warned Sunday that terrorists may be plotting attacks in and around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s largest city. Australia’s government warned on Thursday that terrorists may be in the advanced stages of preparing attacks in Indonesia.

Moderates test hardliners’ grip on power in Iran vote

Central govt gives green light

BANGLI — Proposal of the government of Bangli to make the regional landfill at Landih village into waste power plant (PLTSa) got green light from central government. A number of equipments required are readily granted. On this condition, the district government immediately follows it up. This was said by the Head of the Bangli Environment Agency (BLH), I Made Alit Parwata, with permission from the Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar, Tuesday (Feb. 23).

He explained the proposal on the procurement of waste power plant has been submitted by local government to central government through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) in 2015. So far, the monitoring of location by the ministry has been done. “After there

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Women walk past electoral posters for the upcoming elections in central Tehran in this February 24, 2016 file photo. Friday’s vote for Iran’s parliament and the Assembly of Experts, the body that will pick the next supreme leader, have assumed an importance well beyond the perennial battles between hardliners entrenched in power and reformists seeking to unseat them.

TEHRAN - Friday’s vote for Iran’s parliament and the Assembly of Experts, the body that will pick the next supreme leader, have assumed an importance well beyond the perennial battles between hardliners entrenched in power and reformists seeking to unseat them.

These are the first elections since Tehran reached an accord with major powers to curb its nuclear programme, leading to the removal of most of the punitive international sanctions that have strangled the economy over the past decade.

The breakthrough took place under pragmatic President Hassan Rouhani, who sees it as a springboard for Iran to reintegrate into the international community and return to world markets. But hardline opponents are determined to prevent it leading to any liberalisa-

tion of the Islamic system through the ballot box.

These electoral contests are seen by some analysts as a makeor-break moment that could shape the future for the next generation, in a country where nearly 60 per cent of the 80 million population is under 30. http://tmsnrt. rs/20VK0vG The outcome could be skewed by the disqualification of many pro-reform candidates by an unelected clerical Guardian Council that reports directly to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The stakes are high for all factions, since the outcome may well determine whether Rouhani has a mandate to push ahead with long-promised political, social and economic reforms, as well as influencing his chances of re-election in 2017.

In the final days of campaign-

ing, the fight turned vicious.

Reflecting an abiding mistrust in Rouhani’s overtures to the West, Khamenei accused the West of plotting to influence the vote and said he was sure Iranians would vote in favour of keeping Iran’s anti-Western stance.

Rouhani, whose allies have come under growing pressure in the election campaign from hardliners who accuse them of links to Western powers, has denied such accusations, calling them an insult to the intelligence of Iranians.

Moderate allies of Rouhani, buoyed by the nuclear deal, are hoping to win back positions they lost over the past decade. But the filtering out of candidates and the slow pace of economic improvement have added to popular disillusion over Rouhani’s stalled reforms, leaving them facing an uphill battle. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Eurozone inflation revised down, bolstering stimulus case

LONDON — Inflation across the 19-country eurozone was lower than previously thought in January, official figures showed Thursday, in a development that’s likely to further strengthen expectations that the European Central Bank will back more stimulus next month.

Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics agency said the annual rate of inflation in January was 0.3 percent, against its previous estimate of 0.4 percent. The revision was not anticipated in the markets and comes ahead of Monday’s first estimate for February. The figure could go a long way to determining what the ECB does at its next policy meeting March 10.

The ECB is in the midst of a massive stimulus program that is designed to get inflation back toward its target of just below 2 percent. By keeping interest rates low and pumping money into the economy via a bond-buying program worth over a trillion euros, the ECB is hoping to generate enough economic activity to get prices rising. ECB President Mario Draghi has repeatedly hinted that the central bank is ready to consider more support for the economy.

Inflation has been below target since February 2013 for a variety of reasons, not least the fall in oil prices. The consensus in markets is that the rate will drop to 0.1 percent in February because of renewed weakness in oil prices, which analysts say will seal the deal on further stimulus. “Caution is very much the watchword for Draghi and co. at present,” said Dennis de Jong, managing director of UFX.com.

Underlying price pressures in the eurozone are very soft. Even after stripping out the volatile items of energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, the eurozone’s core inflation rate remains below target at 1 percent.

On an individual basis, six of the eurozone’s countries — Cyprus, Greece, Latvia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Spain — are currently recording inflation rates below zero.(ap)

Stocks erase an early loss and manage modest gains

NEW YORK — The stock market reversed steep declines and ended slightly higher on Wednesday, thanks in part to a pickup in the price of crude oil.

Indexes continue to be weighed down by bank stocks, which remain under pressure due to economic unease and worries about the amount of loans on their books to struggling oil and gas companies.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 53.21 points, or 0.3 percent, to 16,484.99. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 8.53 points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,929.80 and the Nasdaq composite rose 39.02 points, or 0.9 percent, to 4,542.61.

Stocks had been dramatically lower earlier in the day, with the Dow down as much as 265 points. However as oil prices recovered through the day, so did energy stocks and the broader market. After being down nearly 4 percent earlier, oil closed up 28 cents, or 1 percent, to $32.15 a barrel. The energy component of the S&P 500, which had been down roughly 2 percent, closed up 1 percent.

“As goes oil, so goes everything,” said Ian Winer, co-head of equities trading at Wedbush Securities.

The market’s only place of weakness by the end of trading was the financial sector. Bank stocks had some of the biggest losses, and the financial services component of the S&P 500 lost 0.8 percent.

Despite substantial gains in recent days, many investors remain hesitant to commit more money to the market and don’t need much reason to sell, analysts say. Bank stocks are often a proxy for how well an economy is expected to do, since loans can sour during an economic slowdown. While oil rose on Tuesday, the pressure on the commodity prices seems to be ever downward.(ap)

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The Hindus packed on Tanah Lot temple on Wednesday (Feb 4)

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 file photo, a Chinese woman speaks on her mobile phone near a display highlighting the new Chinese bank note at a bank in Beijing, China.

China facing pressure to reassure on economy at G-20 meeting

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BEIJING — China faces pressure to reassure nervous world markets about its economic and currency management at Friday’s gathering in Shanghai of finance ministers and central bankers from the United States, Europe and other major nations.

Such meetings of the Group of 20 major rich and developing economies tend to yield no major policy changes.

But with anxiety rising over lackluster global growth, investors are looking for reassurance from Beijing.

Chinese leaders want a bigger role in guiding global finance and trade but their reputation for economic competence has been battered by turmoil in their financial markets. Economists and other governments complain Beijing has fueled global market volatility by failing to communicate policy changes clearly.

A collapse in Chinese stock prices last year wiped out some $5 trillion in paper wealth, and the country’s main market index fell by an unusually large daily margin of 6.4 percent on Thursday.

Beijing has allowed its yuan to decline against the dollar since August, sparking concern, despite repeated Chinese denials, that the currency will be weakened further to boost exports.

That has driven an outflow of capital from China that spiked to a record $135 billion in December.

In a report ahead of the Shanghai meeting, the IMF urged G-20 leaders

to support China’s economic reforms but also called on Beijing to “ensure clear communication of their exchange rate policies.”

Companies and investors want at least a statement that “makes it possible to reduce uncertainty” about Chinese industrial and currency policy, said Tim Condon, head of Asian research for investment bank ING. “The global economic issue of the day is China’s industrial restructuring and the consequences of the slow pace at which it is proceeding,” Condon said.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said in an interview broadcast Wednesday by Bloomberg Television that the meeting would likely produce “a more stable understanding of what the future may look like,” including greater clarity from Beijing about its plans.

However, Lew said he did not expect the discussions to produce specific plans of “what each country is going to do and how.”

Other officials due to attend include U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen; China’s finance minister, Lou Jiwei, and its central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, and their coun-

terparts from Europe, Japan, South Korea, India and South Africa.

The global economy is growing at its slowest rate in two years and private sector forecasters say the danger of a worldwide recession is rising.

“Global growth is at a highly precarious point,” Citigroup economists Ebrahim Rahbari, Willem Buiter and Cesar Rojas said in a report Thursday.

“The longstanding fragilities in the world economy relate to the structural and cyclical slowdowns in China and its unsustainable exchange rate regime, the excessive level of debt across many countries and sectors and ongoing regional and geopolitical uncertainty.”

At the Shanghai meeting, U.S. officials will urge G-20 countries to avoid altering “exchange rates for competitive purposes,” a senior U.S. Treasury official told reporters in Washington.

Chinese officials meanwhile are trying to downplay attention on the yuan and their economic policies.

“The G-20 should not discuss a specific country’s currency policy at its gathering,” said a Finance Ministry official quoted in the state-run China Daily newspaper on Thursday. The meeting should “only touch on principles, not specific national policies.”(ap)

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Rain does not dampen spirits of worshippers at Tanah Lot Temple

TABANAN - Despite the torrential downpour, worship at Tanah Lot Temple was still well attended on Wednesday (Feb 4).

In fact thousands of people from all over Bali took turns praying, and many lined up from morning until night for a chance to say their prayers of devotion in this temple that also serves as one of Tabanan’s most popular tourist attractions.

Tanah Lots temple anniversary (piodalan) lands on the same day as the anniversary of Batu Bolong Temple and Penataran Temple in the area of Tanah Lot. The dances performed by the worshippers, added to the attraction of Tanah Lot. Many tourists ‘hunted’ for photo

opportunities during the celebrations, especially around nightfall when worhippers and tourists alike crowded the shore.

Operations manager of Tanah Lot Tourist Attraction, Toya Adnyana said that the temple anniversary does in fact make the site more at-

tractive for tourists, many of whom wait for this auspicious time to visit Tamah Lot. Many foreign tourists are prepared to wait for a whole day just for a chance to capture a picture of this popular moment. Tourists are extremely enthusiastic about being able to witness first hand this religious procession at Tanah Lot” he said.

He went on to say that local worshippers tend to arrive between 0:400 and 08:00” because the sea is at low tide” he added.

Tanah Lot’s temple anniversary celebrations take place between

01:00 and 23:00 and are led by a priest from Beraban Traditional Village. The event reaches its peak between 16:00 and 23:00. Youth leaders from Beraban village have also been helping out by taking turns volunteering since Sunday (Feb 21).

Each hamlet in Beraban Traditioanl Village, takes turns sending their youth leaders to help out all day at Tanah Lot. Also, at high tide, a rope is set up to help worshipers get to and from the temple.

Tanah Lot Tourist Attractions works with Beraban Traditional

village, who provide 9 traditional security guards (pecalang), to help direct parking for worhippers and tourists and see to the general security of the worshippers.

One day before the temple anniversary (Feb,23), the Ngebejian Ida Bethara ceremony took place at the sacred water source in the northern part of Tanah Lot Temple.

This ceremony, that takes place at 15:00 is performed to clean all of the sacred objects that will be used in the temple anniversary celebrations. (kmb28)

Popular Bangau Bird Craft Business SINGARAJA - People speak of many business opportunities in Buleleng, one of which is the Bangau bird craft business that uses the simplest of tools. These crafted birds are most often used to decorate fish ponds and have become extremely popular in Denpaasar and Badung. “These crafted birds are made of small pieces od steel and concrete and the business has been

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Putu Sudarsana, one of the craftsmen in Buleleng who make bangau bird

running for one year with collectors coming from around Bueleng, Denpasar and Badung” said 27 year old crafter Putu Suardana from Batu Candi Hamlet, Tegallingah Village, Sukasada, Buleleng, on Wednesday (Feb 24).

Sudarsana does not have a lot of capital to develop his business, so he makes his crafted bangau birds with the materials that he can afford and the space that he has.

“These crafted bangau birds are made as decorations for fish ponds” he said.

On average Suardasana spends

IDR 1 million every month making 200 birds that he sells for IDR 25,000 a piece. He works on these bords alone in his home that is located 5 kilometers from the City of Singaraja. The rainy season therefore presents a challenge in terms of lack of sunlight.

“Once I have created the shape of the birds, I paint them white and even during the rainy season I get a lot of orders, so the number of birds that I make depends on how much money I have to buy the raw materials” he explained. (kmb34)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides Korean People’s Army (KPA) military drills, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on February 21, 2016.

U.S. to present draft UN sanctions resolution on North Korea

UNITED NATIONS - The United States will submit to the U.N. Security Council on Thursday a draft resolution that would expand sanctions against North Korea over its latest nuclear test, a spokesman for the U.S. mission to the United Nation said.

“Ambassador (Samantha) Power intends to submit for consideration by the Security Council a draft sanctions resolution in response to (North Korea’s) recent nuclear test and subsequent proscribed ballistic missile launch,” spokesman Kurtis Cooper said in a statement.

“We look forward to working with the council on a strong and comprehensive response to the DPRK’s (North Korea’s) latest series of tests aimed at advancing their nuclear weapons program,” he said.

On Wednesday council diplomats said the United States and China had agreed on a draft resolution and hoped to put it to a vote in the 15-nation council in the coming days.

The two veto powers had been negotiating on the text for the past seven weeks following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6.

“It’s a substantive, long, full draft,” a senior council diplomat said.

In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said “important progress” had been made on the resolution and that “hopefully consensus can be reached soon”.

“We hope and believe this new resolution can help effectively constrain North Korea from further developing its nuclear missile program,” Hua told a regular press briefing on Thursday.

The draft resolution is expected to call for the blacklisting of a number of individuals and entities, diplomats said. They were reluctant to provide further details.

North Korea’s Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry and its National Aerospace Development Agency or ‘NADA’, the body responsible for February’s rocket launch, will be amongst the

sanctioned entities, South Korea’s Yonhap news reported.

The secretive General Reconnaissance Bureau, already sanctioned by the United States for its suspected role in the 2014 cyber attack on Sony Pictures, was also included in the blacklist, Yonhap said.

The council is scheduled to discuss the U.N. North Korea sanctions regime on Thursday at 3 p.m. (2000 GMT), the U.N. press office said.

China and the United States have had different views on how strong the response should be to North Korea since Pyongyang’s nuclear test last month, with Washington urging harsh punitive measures and Beijing emphasizing dialogue and milder U.N. steps confined to non-proliferation.

Western diplomats told Reuters that limiting North Korean access to international ports was among the measures Washington was pushing Beijing to accept.

Washington also wanted to tighten restrictions on North Korean banks’ access to the international financial system, the diplomats said. (rtr)

International

With eye on China’s rise, Australia to boost defence spending by $21 bln

SYDNEY - Australia will increase defence spending by nearly A$30 billion ($21.6 billion) over the next 10 years, seeking to protect its strategic and trade interests in the Asia-Pacific as the United States and its allies grapple with China’s rising power.

Defence spending will rise to A$195 billion, or 2 percent of GDP, by 2021-2022, as Australia buys new equipment including frigates, armoured personnel carriers, strike fighter jets, drones and submarines, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told an armed forces audience in Canberra on Thursday.

The defence strategic plan was designed in mind of the changing nature of regional security, particularly China’s economic and military rise and an increased U.S. focus on the Asia-Pacific, Turnbull said.

“The United States will remain the pre-eminent global military power over the next two decades,” Turnbull said. “It will continue to be Australia’s most important strategic partner through our longstanding alliance, and the active presence of the United States will continue to underpin the stability of our region.”

The announcement riled Beijing, where the Foreign Ministry expressed “dissatisfaction” with Australia’s “negative” remarks on the South China Sea and its military development.

Tensions between China and its neighbours Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Tai-

wan over sovereignty in the South China Sea have risen after China embarked on significant reclamations on disputed islands and reefs in the area.

China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion in global trade passes every year.

Defence Minister Marise Payne said Australia welcomed China’s economic rise and noted it would seek greater influence in the region.

“As a major power, it will be important for regional stability that China provides reassurance to its neighbours by being more transparent about its defence policies,” Payne said.

“The Government will seek to deepen and broaden our important defence relationship with China while recognising that our strategic interests may differ in relation to some regional and global security issues.”

Australia has urged China and other claimants to refrain from island-building and militarization in the South China Sea in an effort to lower tensions.

“We hope the Australian side can correctly and positively view China’s development and strategic intent,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press briefing later on Thursday.

Asked if China wanted to see an arms race in the region, Hua said: “The answer to that is definitely no”. (rtr)

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Australia’s Amphibious Assault Ships, HMAS Canberra (L) and HMAS Adelaide are seen moored at Garden Island Naval base in Sydney, in this November 3, 2015 file photo. Australia said it will increase defence spending by nearly A$30 billion ($21.57 billion) over the next 10 years, seeking to protect the country’s interests as the United States and its allies grapple with China’s rise in the Asia-Pacific region. Picture taken November 3, 2015.

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Amnesty call for moratorium in death penalty in Indonesia JAKARTA - The international human rights organization Amnesty International calls for death penalty moratorium in Indonesia with long term goal of abolishing death penalty.

“Amnesty International asks the Indonesian Government for moratorium in death penalty and to review the court verdicts of death penalty,” Deputy Director for Southeast Asian Campaign of Amnesty International Josef Benedict said when launching global human rights annual report here on Wednesday.

Benedict quoted the Amnesty International report as saying that in 2015, the Indonesian government executed 14 death prisoners on death row and more is to follow this year.

He said death penalty places the life of prisoners on death row in risk and put their families in distress, fear and heavy pressure. Benedict also called for an end to whipping punishment,

which he described as inhumane, cruel, insulting to human dignity, adopted in Aceh.

He said in 2015, around 108 people, who were found guilty of gambling, alcohol drinking and adultery, were punished with whipping under sharia law in Aceh. In October 2015, Qanun Jinayat, was enacted in Aceh a punishment for committing homosexuality and adultery respectively with whipping 100 times and 30 times.

“Qanun Jinayat in Aceh is against human rights and we call on the central government to annul the law,” Benedict said.

Earlier Pope Fransiskus called for death penalty moratorium ahead of an international conference of “A World Without the Death Penalty” began in Rome last Monday.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon also denounced death penalty saying “death penalty has no place in this 21st century.” (ant)

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550 corruption cases reported in 2015: ICW

JAKARTA - Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has reported that of the 550 cases of graft that entered the investigation phase in 2015, 308 cases are now in the first semester and 242 cases are in the second half of the year.

While presenting data about corruption cases being handled here on Wednesday, ICW Investigation Division Staff Wana Alamsyah said in 2015, the losses accrued to the state as a result of graft amounted to Rp31.077 trillion, largely attributed to misuse of funds.

“In 134 cases, that formed 24 percent of the total cases, the modus operandi used was misuse of official funds, causing a total loss of Rp803.3 billion to the state,” he said.

Second method that was widely used was embezzlement. That happened in 107 cases, causing total losses of Rp412.4 billion, followed by 104 cases in which cost was marked up, causing losses of

Rp455 billion.

Abuse of authority was the fourth main method used in 102 cases, in which the state suffered losses of Rp991.8 billion.

According to Wana, corruption practices were more prevalent in the provincial financial sectors with 105 cases and Rp385.5 billion worth of losses.

Most of the corruption suspects were ministerial and local government officials, directors and commissioners of private companies, heads of agencies, members of the House of Representatives (DPR) and Regional Representatives Assembly (DPRD), as well as the village heads or chiefs.

Referring to the handling of cor-

ruption cases by law enforcement officials, ICW mentioned that the attorney was handling as many as 369 cases or 67.4 percent of the cases with total losses of Rp1.2 trillion, the police were handling 151 cases or 27 percent with Rp1.1 trillion losses, and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was managing 30 cases or 5 percent with a total of Rp722.6 billion as losses incurred by the state.

Meanwhile, Deputy Director of the Corruption Division at the National Police detective corps, Sr. Comr. Erwanto Kurniadi, refuted the data compiled by ICW, saying the number of cases handled by the police was more than what had been reported.

“In 2015, we handled as many as 972 graft cases which had completed the P21 stage, involving total losses to the state worth Rp437 billion,” he stated. (ant)

Pindad, British company collaborate to anticipate IT crimes

JAKARTA - Indonesias stateowned enterprise specializing in military and commercial products PT Pindad is collaborating with British global defense company BAE Systems to anticipate information technology (IT) crimes and to strengthen national security in the cyber sector.

“Pindad, in collaboration with BAE Systems, has started defense and cybersecurity programs,” President Director of Pindad Silmy Karim stated here on Wednesday. According to Karim, awareness in cyber governance and security is still low in Indonesia due to which the number of crimes, such as hacking is quite high.

He noted that the high number of cybercrimes is influenced by the massive growth in the number of internet users in Indonesia.

Silmy remarked that IT-based crimes could be identified as a non-conventional threat that could affect the sovereignty of a

country even if there is no territorial violation as the attack comes from outside the area.

Silmy noted that Pindad had prepared several human resources, some 20-100 people, to strengthen defense and cyber security. Pindad would embrace hackers to defend the nations interests, including safeguarding economic and state sovereignty.

According to data obtained from the Indonesia Security Incident Response Team on Internet Infrastructure, there were 48.8 million cyberattacks in 2014.

Silmy affirmed that it was an opportunity for Pindad to work with BAE Systems to maximize the application of dual-use technology to provide IT-based defense.

“We believe cybersecurity has the potential to provide protection and defense to strategic assets and the national economy,” he added.(ant)

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 file photo, Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman, right, walks with Indonesian teaching assistant, Ferdinant Tjiong prior to the start of their trial hearing at South Jakarta District Court in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia top court has overruled the acquittal of Bantleman and Tjiong and heightened their sentence to 11 years in jail for sexually abusing three young children at a prestigious international school in Jakarta.

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International

Guyangan Spring

NUSA PENIDA - Many people doubt that the dry island of Nusa Penida has many springs since there is no great forest on it. If you are one of them, it’s better to prove by yourself. Small island around 202 kilometers square size and dominated with barren hills, seem hard to find water resources.

Surprisingly, there are more than water natural springs to whole island but most of them appear at the edge of cliff, close to beach. The way to reach the spring so challenging and spur your adrenalin. If you are climber, it is waiting for you to conquer. It is not higly recommended for those with phobia syndrome, just enjoy the view on the top of hill.

Guyangan water spring is the most impressive one but serve exotic view of high steep cliff, little isles and blue Indian Ocean. This spring positioned at Banjar Guyangan, Batukandik Village approximately 25 kilometers southern part of distric center. The visitors can visit this site by bicycle, motorcycle or car and stop at top cliff. Guyangan spring is precisely in front of Manta Point, one of best diving site to see giant ray.

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International

Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain poses for a selfie with a fan after the third testing session ahead the upcoming season at the Circuit Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmelo, Spain, February 24, 2016.

Hamilton against move towards heavier cars

BARCELONA - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has condemned plans to introduce heavier cars in 2017 and criticised rulemakers for failing to consult drivers.

A list of proposed bodywork changes for 2017 published by the governing FIA on Wednesday envisaged car weights increasing from 702kg to 722kg including bigger tyres which accounted for an estimated five kg.

The measures are part of a package of sweeping changes aimed at livening up the sport with faster, louder and more challenging cars, which will also be wider.

“I don’t agree with the changes that have been made over many

years,” Mercedes driver Hamilton told reporters after the third day of pre-season testing on Wednesday.

“I think the drivers should be consulted more. We have a feeling in the car and what could be made better. We do know what does not feel good and what to improve,” added the 31-year-old Briton.

Hamilton said cars were already too heavy and should be made

substantially lighter as a means of making them go faster.

He pointed out that when he entered the sport with McLaren in 2007, before the current V6 turbo hybrid era, the cars had weighed around 600 kg.

“I know (race director) Charlie (Whiting) is keen to hear from us drivers on what can be better, but those that have been implemented

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just now are nothing to do with us,” said the triple champion.

“We need some more battles. I don’t know what the answer is but whatever the decisions they have been making, they have not been working for some time.”

The season starts in Australia on March 20 with Hamilton hoping to become the first British driver to win four championships. (rtr)

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TIGER Woods posted a video of himself swinging a golf club on Wednesday in an effort to shoot down recent reports that suggested he had endured setbacks in his recovery from back surgeries.

In a 13-second video posted on his Twitter account, Woods is seen hitting a nine-iron to the green on a 153-yard par-three hole on an

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“Progressing nicely,” the 14times major champion, who has not competed since last August, wrote in the tweet.

Some social-media reports over the weekend suggested the former world number one suffered a setback in his recovery from a third back operation and that he was

In this Aug. 23, 2015, file photo, Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. Tiger Woods has posted a video of him swinging a 9-iron in a golf simulator. His agent says the video was posted to rebut rumors on social media that he had taken a turn for the worse following two back surgeries last fall. Mark Steinberg of Excel Sports Management said Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, that the rumors were ridiculous.

unable to sit without pain and was having difficulty walking.

But Woods’ agent said earlier this week that reports of the golfer being incapacitated were false and that an update on his client’s health would be made at the appropriate time.

Woods, who made 11 starts on the PGA Tour last season and just seven the season before, had his first back surgery in early 2014. A second microdisectomy was performed last September with a follow-up procedure six weeks later.

The greatest player of his generation and arguably of all time, the 40-year-old Woods has not won a tournament since 2013 and last won a major in 2008. He has not set a timetable for his return to the PGA Tour. (rtr)

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FIFA candidate Salman denies British MP’s allegations

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Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero controls the ball during the Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match between Dynamo Kiev and Manchester City at the Olympiyskiy stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016.

ZURICH - British Member of Parliament Damian Collins used parliamentary privilege on Tuesday to accuse FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of taking development project funds to finance an election bid.

The claims, made in a speech in the U.K. House of Commons, were swiftly rejected by Salman who is battling Gianni Infantino, the Swiss general secretary of European soccer body UEFA, and three other candidates for the top job in world football.

Conservative MP Collins, a supporter of the campaign group ‘New FIFA Now’, made the allegations relating to Salman’s attempt in 2009 to be elected to the FIFA executive committee and his 2013 successful election to the presidency of the Asian Football Confederation.

FIFA will vote on Friday for a new president to replace Sepp Blatter, who has been banned from the game for eight years. Collins, who made his allegations in the form of a petition in the House Of Commons, alleged Salman had misused FIFA funds meant for developing football.

“In August 2009 Sheikh Salman, then Bahrain FA president, was accused of using FIFA financed sports development budgets to fund his unsuccessful

campaign for FIFA executive committee election,” Collins told parliament.

“In a leaked letter received by the Al Bilad newspaper it was claimed that Sheikh Salman had spent upwards of 850,000 dinars (1.6 million GBP) on his campaign and that some of his money had come from FIFA financed football development projects,” said Collins, citing two FIFA ‘GOAL programmes’.

Reuters was not immediately able to verify Collins’s claim regarding the newspaper report and the leaked letter. It was not clear who was the author of the letter. FIFA GOAL programmes contain financing for specific projects and are not intended for general use by a federation or an official.

FIFA declined to comment and FIFA’s Ethics Committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“Sheikh Salman has and had no knowledge whatsoever of any inducements offered, or of any payments made by the OCA to any football associations and absolutely no evidence has been forthcoming to show this to have been the case,” the statement said, noting that Salman had won the AFC presidential election convincingly with 33 of the 46 votes. The OCA also rejected Collins’ claim. (rtr)

Manchester United winger Memphis Depay has said he has not lived up to expectations since his big-money transfer from Dutch side PSV Eindhoven, but is working hard to improve.

Memphis joined United in June for a reported 25 million pounds ($35 million) after finishing the previous campaign as the Dutch league’s top scorer with 22 goals, but has struggled to settle in England.

The 22-year-old, described by manager Louis van Gaal as having the “potential to become a great footballer”, has scored six goals in all competitions for United and two in the Premier League all season. “I haven’t yet lived up to everything people expected of me,” Memphis told British media.

“I have a lot of expectations of myself, and it will come -- confidence and experience will help. You have to learn from your mistakes and keep working hard to improve.”

The winger said he was working closely with former midfielder and United assistant manager Ryan Giggs in a bid to find consistency and eliminate the mistakes that have dogged his campaign.

“Ryan Giggs is a legend, he talks

a lot with me, he gives me advice, he has experienced everything already so he can help me with lots of things,” Memphis added.

“He works a lot with me and he and Wayne Rooney give me lots to think about. That really inspires me because they are legends, I feel that I am doing something well with them.” (ap)

Liverpool, Man City Memphis says he meet for 1st trophy United’s has not justified price tag in English season

MANCHESTER — Barely four months after arriving at Liverpool, Juergen Klopp could turn a season of transition into one of silverware and keep up the club’s strong tradition in the English League Cup. The first trophy of the English season is on offer when Liverpool faces Manchester City in the League Cup final on Sunday. Fueled by cash from Abu Dhabi since 2008, City is starting to make a habit of reaching title matches at Wembley Stadium. That was once the case for Liverpool, too.

But the Reds — England’s dominant force in the 1970s and ‘80s — have fallen on hard times over the past decade, during which time they have collected only one trophy: A record-extending eighth League Cup in 2012.

Four years without a title is too long for a team of Liverpool’s heritage but a successful era might just be around the corner under the popular Klopp, who has made a big impression since

replacing Brendan Rodgers in October.

Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has compared the club’s situation to that of Chelsea, which won the League Cup in 2005 — its first season under Jose Mourinho — to spark a decade of success domestically and in Europe.

“I remember for Chelsea a few years back, it was the League Cup they won and after that they managed to win a lot of trophies,” Mignolet said. “It gives everybody a confidence boost when you win your first trophy for a long time.

“For this young group of lads, I think it could be something that pushes us on to be even hungrier for trophies.”

City is bidding for its fifth

trophy since 2011, and first of a possible three this season in manager Manuel Pellegrini’s last year before being replaced by Pep Guardiola. City is six points off the lead in the Premier League and took a big step toward the Champions League quarterfinals by beating Dynamo Kiev 3-1 on Wednesday.

The teams last met in November, when Liverpool beat City 4-1 away. Klopp’s tactics of pressing from the front, giving City’s defense and deep-lying midfielders no time on the ball, worked perfectly and the margin of victory could have been bigger.

That was one of a number of heavy defeats sustained by City this season, but captain Vincent Kompany’s recent return from injury has boosted the team ahead of a busy end to the season.

There are also eight games in the Premier League this weekend, headlined by Manchester United playing Arsenal. (ap)

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Manchester United’s Memphis Depay

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FILE - In this Friday, May 29, 2015 file photo, FIFA president Sepp Blatter is greeted by UEFA President Michel Platini, right, after Blatters re-election as president at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland.

FIFA reduces bans for Blatter, Platini from 8 to 6 years

ZURICH — Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini had their bans from soccer reduced from eight years to six by FIFA’s appeal body on Wednesday, two days before the sport’s ruling body tries to turn the page on years of scandals by electing a new president.

Blatter and Platini were initially found guilty of wrongdoing by FIFA’s independent ethics committee, which is led by a German judge, over a previously-secret 2011 financial transaction.

Platini, the UEFA president, said not being cleared was an “insulting decision, shameful and a denial of rights” - and announced he will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Blatter, as FIFA president, authorized a payment of 2 million Swiss francs ($2 million) to Platini which was found to be unethical and a conflict of interest.

But following hearings last week, an in-house appeal committee comprising members of federations voting in Friday’s presidential election decided to relax the suspensions. The committee is headed by Larry Mussenden of Bermuda, who is currently campaigning to win a May vote to become president of CONCACAF and a FIFA vice president.

“The appeal committee considered that Mr. Platini’s and Mr. Blatter’s activities and the services they had rendered to FIFA, UEFA and football in general over the years should deserve appropriate recognition as a mitigating factor,” FIFA said in a statement.

Blatter said in a statement that he was “deeply disappointed” with the verdict. Having hoped to be cleared

in time to preside over the electoral congress on Friday, Blatter might have run out of time for an urgent CAS hearing.

Both Blatter and Platini have constantly denied wrongdoing and claimed they had a verbal deal for additional salary that former France great Platini would receive for working as Blatter’s presidential adviser from 1999-2002.

Platini had been the leading candidate to succeed Blatter in FIFA’s emergency election before the payment was revealed in September.

“The reasons given against me are baseless, trumped up and surreal, given the facts and explanations that I gave during the hearing of the appeals board,” Platini said in a statement released through his legal team. “This decision is in reality a political decision taken by the FIFA administration.”

He added: “I am the victim of a system that had only one goal: To prevent me from becoming FIFA president in order to protect certain interests that I was about to bring into question.”

Platini said he would pursue all possible means to appeal, starting with CAS, and that he had asked his legal team to launch an appeal to the Lausanne-based court “without waiting.”

Platini has previously said he asked for a salary of 1 million Swiss francs when approached in 1998 to work for the newly-elected Blatter.

Blatter said there was a contract for 300,000 Swiss francs, the same as FIFA’s then secretary general in line with its salary structure, plus a “gentleman’s agreement” to get the rest later. (ap)

EINDHOVEN — Ten-man PSV Eindhoven battled to a 0-0 draw with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday, comfortably surviving more than 20 minutes after a red card for striker Gaston Pereiro.

PSV coach Phillip Cocu said before the match that both sides would likely settle for 0-0, but he was far happier than Diego Simeone with the goalless stalemate after PSV held on following Pereiro’s dismissal for two senseless fouls.

“I am very satisfied with this result,” Cocu said. “I said beforehand that if we could keep a clean sheet at home it would put us in a good position for the second leg.” With its numerical advantage from the 68th minute, Atletico pressed forward relentlessly but could not find a way through PSV’s defense. “The only thing we missed was scoring a goal,” Simeone said.

In the night’s other match, Manchester City beat Dynamo Kiev 3-1 in Ukraine to take a massive step toward the quarterfinals.

In Eindhoven, the home team was missing captain and striker Luuk de Jong, who was suspended after picking up a yellow card in the group stage victory over CSKA Moscow. Cocu instead started Pereiro up front, but the Uruguayan made a name for himself for all the wrong reasons.

In a major boost for PSV, veteran Mexico midfielder Andres Guardado was fit to play his first match since injuring a hamstring on Jan. 30 and he made his presence felt.

Guardado repeatedly pounced on loose balls in front of his defense and spread them wide to clear danger, while also setting up attacks. He also intercepted a dangerous 52nd-minute cross just in front of Atletico’s Luciano Vietto.

The home fans gave him a standing ovation when he was substituted in the 75th minute.

The Mexican’s performance, “shows how important he is for this team,” Cocu said.

PSV, the 1988 European champion that was back in the Champions League knock-out stage for the first time since 2007, won all three of its group stage matches, while 2014 runner-up Atletico was unbeaten on the road as it topped Group C. Atletico had the best chances

of a tight first half, with defender Jeffrey Bruma and goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet ensuring the home team went into halftime on level terms at a sold-out PSV Stadium.

Bruma came to Zoet’s rescue with a goal-line clearance in only the fourth minute after Vietto had run onto a perfectly weighted long pass from Gabi and chipped the ball over the advancing keeper.

On the half hour, it was Zoet who saved PSV by sprinting off his line to block a shot by striker Antoine Griezmann. Just a minute later, Davy Proepper had PSV’s best chance of the match, but poked the ball straight at Jan Oblak in Atletico’s goal after a quick exchange of passes with

Pereiro.

Atletico moved up a gear after the break, though it was PSV that came closest to scoring early in the second half when Atletico midfielder Jorge “Koke” Resurreccion slid in to intercept a cross from the left and almost deflected the ball into his own net.

The match was transformed

by Pereiro’s sending off, with PSV largely forced to defend and Atletico pouring forward in numbers, searching in vain for an away goal to take to the second leg in Madrid next month.

“PSV is a good team and they now have the advantage that an away goal counts double, but we will have the Vicente Calderon stadium crowd behind us,” Simeone said. (ap)

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PSV’s Gaston Pereiro, right, gets shown the red card by referee Daniele Orsato during the Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match between PSV Eindhoven and Atletico Madrid at the Philips stadium in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016.

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FIFA candidate Salman denies British MP’s allegations

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Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero controls the ball during the Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match between Dynamo Kiev and Manchester City at the Olympiyskiy stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016.

ZURICH - British Member of Parliament Damian Collins used parliamentary privilege on Tuesday to accuse FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of taking development project funds to finance an election bid.

The claims, made in a speech in the U.K. House of Commons, were swiftly rejected by Salman who is battling Gianni Infantino, the Swiss general secretary of European soccer body UEFA, and three other candidates for the top job in world football.

Conservative MP Collins, a supporter of the campaign group ‘New FIFA Now’, made the allegations relating to Salman’s attempt in 2009 to be elected to the FIFA executive committee and his 2013 successful election to the presidency of the Asian Football Confederation.

FIFA will vote on Friday for a new president to replace Sepp Blatter, who has been banned from the game for eight years. Collins, who made his allegations in the form of a petition in the House Of Commons, alleged Salman had misused FIFA funds meant for developing football.

“In August 2009 Sheikh Salman, then Bahrain FA president, was accused of using FIFA financed sports development budgets to fund his unsuccessful

campaign for FIFA executive committee election,” Collins told parliament.

“In a leaked letter received by the Al Bilad newspaper it was claimed that Sheikh Salman had spent upwards of 850,000 dinars (1.6 million GBP) on his campaign and that some of his money had come from FIFA financed football development projects,” said Collins, citing two FIFA ‘GOAL programmes’.

Reuters was not immediately able to verify Collins’s claim regarding the newspaper report and the leaked letter. It was not clear who was the author of the letter. FIFA GOAL programmes contain financing for specific projects and are not intended for general use by a federation or an official.

FIFA declined to comment and FIFA’s Ethics Committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“Sheikh Salman has and had no knowledge whatsoever of any inducements offered, or of any payments made by the OCA to any football associations and absolutely no evidence has been forthcoming to show this to have been the case,” the statement said, noting that Salman had won the AFC presidential election convincingly with 33 of the 46 votes. The OCA also rejected Collins’ claim. (rtr)

Manchester United winger Memphis Depay has said he has not lived up to expectations since his big-money transfer from Dutch side PSV Eindhoven, but is working hard to improve.

Memphis joined United in June for a reported 25 million pounds ($35 million) after finishing the previous campaign as the Dutch league’s top scorer with 22 goals, but has struggled to settle in England.

The 22-year-old, described by manager Louis van Gaal as having the “potential to become a great footballer”, has scored six goals in all competitions for United and two in the Premier League all season. “I haven’t yet lived up to everything people expected of me,” Memphis told British media.

“I have a lot of expectations of myself, and it will come -- confidence and experience will help. You have to learn from your mistakes and keep working hard to improve.”

The winger said he was working closely with former midfielder and United assistant manager Ryan Giggs in a bid to find consistency and eliminate the mistakes that have dogged his campaign.

“Ryan Giggs is a legend, he talks

a lot with me, he gives me advice, he has experienced everything already so he can help me with lots of things,” Memphis added.

“He works a lot with me and he and Wayne Rooney give me lots to think about. That really inspires me because they are legends, I feel that I am doing something well with them.” (ap)

Liverpool, Man City Memphis says he meet for 1st trophy United’s has not justified price tag in English season

MANCHESTER — Barely four months after arriving at Liverpool, Juergen Klopp could turn a season of transition into one of silverware and keep up the club’s strong tradition in the English League Cup. The first trophy of the English season is on offer when Liverpool faces Manchester City in the League Cup final on Sunday. Fueled by cash from Abu Dhabi since 2008, City is starting to make a habit of reaching title matches at Wembley Stadium. That was once the case for Liverpool, too.

But the Reds — England’s dominant force in the 1970s and ‘80s — have fallen on hard times over the past decade, during which time they have collected only one trophy: A record-extending eighth League Cup in 2012.

Four years without a title is too long for a team of Liverpool’s heritage but a successful era might just be around the corner under the popular Klopp, who has made a big impression since

replacing Brendan Rodgers in October.

Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has compared the club’s situation to that of Chelsea, which won the League Cup in 2005 — its first season under Jose Mourinho — to spark a decade of success domestically and in Europe.

“I remember for Chelsea a few years back, it was the League Cup they won and after that they managed to win a lot of trophies,” Mignolet said. “It gives everybody a confidence boost when you win your first trophy for a long time.

“For this young group of lads, I think it could be something that pushes us on to be even hungrier for trophies.”

City is bidding for its fifth

trophy since 2011, and first of a possible three this season in manager Manuel Pellegrini’s last year before being replaced by Pep Guardiola. City is six points off the lead in the Premier League and took a big step toward the Champions League quarterfinals by beating Dynamo Kiev 3-1 on Wednesday.

The teams last met in November, when Liverpool beat City 4-1 away. Klopp’s tactics of pressing from the front, giving City’s defense and deep-lying midfielders no time on the ball, worked perfectly and the margin of victory could have been bigger.

That was one of a number of heavy defeats sustained by City this season, but captain Vincent Kompany’s recent return from injury has boosted the team ahead of a busy end to the season.

There are also eight games in the Premier League this weekend, headlined by Manchester United playing Arsenal. (ap)

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Manchester United’s Memphis Depay

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FILE - In this Friday, May 29, 2015 file photo, FIFA president Sepp Blatter is greeted by UEFA President Michel Platini, right, after Blatters re-election as president at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland.

FIFA reduces bans for Blatter, Platini from 8 to 6 years

ZURICH — Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini had their bans from soccer reduced from eight years to six by FIFA’s appeal body on Wednesday, two days before the sport’s ruling body tries to turn the page on years of scandals by electing a new president.

Blatter and Platini were initially found guilty of wrongdoing by FIFA’s independent ethics committee, which is led by a German judge, over a previously-secret 2011 financial transaction.

Platini, the UEFA president, said not being cleared was an “insulting decision, shameful and a denial of rights” - and announced he will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Blatter, as FIFA president, authorized a payment of 2 million Swiss francs ($2 million) to Platini which was found to be unethical and a conflict of interest.

But following hearings last week, an in-house appeal committee comprising members of federations voting in Friday’s presidential election decided to relax the suspensions. The committee is headed by Larry Mussenden of Bermuda, who is currently campaigning to win a May vote to become president of CONCACAF and a FIFA vice president.

“The appeal committee considered that Mr. Platini’s and Mr. Blatter’s activities and the services they had rendered to FIFA, UEFA and football in general over the years should deserve appropriate recognition as a mitigating factor,” FIFA said in a statement.

Blatter said in a statement that he was “deeply disappointed” with the verdict. Having hoped to be cleared

in time to preside over the electoral congress on Friday, Blatter might have run out of time for an urgent CAS hearing.

Both Blatter and Platini have constantly denied wrongdoing and claimed they had a verbal deal for additional salary that former France great Platini would receive for working as Blatter’s presidential adviser from 1999-2002.

Platini had been the leading candidate to succeed Blatter in FIFA’s emergency election before the payment was revealed in September.

“The reasons given against me are baseless, trumped up and surreal, given the facts and explanations that I gave during the hearing of the appeals board,” Platini said in a statement released through his legal team. “This decision is in reality a political decision taken by the FIFA administration.”

He added: “I am the victim of a system that had only one goal: To prevent me from becoming FIFA president in order to protect certain interests that I was about to bring into question.”

Platini said he would pursue all possible means to appeal, starting with CAS, and that he had asked his legal team to launch an appeal to the Lausanne-based court “without waiting.”

Platini has previously said he asked for a salary of 1 million Swiss francs when approached in 1998 to work for the newly-elected Blatter.

Blatter said there was a contract for 300,000 Swiss francs, the same as FIFA’s then secretary general in line with its salary structure, plus a “gentleman’s agreement” to get the rest later. (ap)

EINDHOVEN — Ten-man PSV Eindhoven battled to a 0-0 draw with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday, comfortably surviving more than 20 minutes after a red card for striker Gaston Pereiro.

PSV coach Phillip Cocu said before the match that both sides would likely settle for 0-0, but he was far happier than Diego Simeone with the goalless stalemate after PSV held on following Pereiro’s dismissal for two senseless fouls.

“I am very satisfied with this result,” Cocu said. “I said beforehand that if we could keep a clean sheet at home it would put us in a good position for the second leg.” With its numerical advantage from the 68th minute, Atletico pressed forward relentlessly but could not find a way through PSV’s defense. “The only thing we missed was scoring a goal,” Simeone said.

In the night’s other match, Manchester City beat Dynamo Kiev 3-1 in Ukraine to take a massive step toward the quarterfinals.

In Eindhoven, the home team was missing captain and striker Luuk de Jong, who was suspended after picking up a yellow card in the group stage victory over CSKA Moscow. Cocu instead started Pereiro up front, but the Uruguayan made a name for himself for all the wrong reasons.

In a major boost for PSV, veteran Mexico midfielder Andres Guardado was fit to play his first match since injuring a hamstring on Jan. 30 and he made his presence felt.

Guardado repeatedly pounced on loose balls in front of his defense and spread them wide to clear danger, while also setting up attacks. He also intercepted a dangerous 52nd-minute cross just in front of Atletico’s Luciano Vietto.

The home fans gave him a standing ovation when he was substituted in the 75th minute.

The Mexican’s performance, “shows how important he is for this team,” Cocu said.

PSV, the 1988 European champion that was back in the Champions League knock-out stage for the first time since 2007, won all three of its group stage matches, while 2014 runner-up Atletico was unbeaten on the road as it topped Group C. Atletico had the best chances

of a tight first half, with defender Jeffrey Bruma and goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet ensuring the home team went into halftime on level terms at a sold-out PSV Stadium.

Bruma came to Zoet’s rescue with a goal-line clearance in only the fourth minute after Vietto had run onto a perfectly weighted long pass from Gabi and chipped the ball over the advancing keeper.

On the half hour, it was Zoet who saved PSV by sprinting off his line to block a shot by striker Antoine Griezmann. Just a minute later, Davy Proepper had PSV’s best chance of the match, but poked the ball straight at Jan Oblak in Atletico’s goal after a quick exchange of passes with

Pereiro.

Atletico moved up a gear after the break, though it was PSV that came closest to scoring early in the second half when Atletico midfielder Jorge “Koke” Resurreccion slid in to intercept a cross from the left and almost deflected the ball into his own net.

The match was transformed

by Pereiro’s sending off, with PSV largely forced to defend and Atletico pouring forward in numbers, searching in vain for an away goal to take to the second leg in Madrid next month.

“PSV is a good team and they now have the advantage that an away goal counts double, but we will have the Vicente Calderon stadium crowd behind us,” Simeone said. (ap)

AP Photo/Peter Dejong

PSV’s Gaston Pereiro, right, gets shown the red card by referee Daniele Orsato during the Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match between PSV Eindhoven and Atletico Madrid at the Philips stadium in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016.

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Guyangan Spring

NUSA PENIDA - Many people doubt that the dry island of Nusa Penida has many springs since there is no great forest on it. If you are one of them, it’s better to prove by yourself. Small island around 202 kilometers square size and dominated with barren hills, seem hard to find water resources.

Surprisingly, there are more than water natural springs to whole island but most of them appear at the edge of cliff, close to beach. The way to reach the spring so challenging and spur your adrenalin. If you are climber, it is waiting for you to conquer. It is not higly recommended for those with phobia syndrome, just enjoy the view on the top of hill.

Guyangan water spring is the most impressive one but serve exotic view of high steep cliff, little isles and blue Indian Ocean. This spring positioned at Banjar Guyangan, Batukandik Village approximately 25 kilometers southern part of distric center. The visitors can visit this site by bicycle, motorcycle or car and stop at top cliff. Guyangan spring is precisely in front of Manta Point, one of best diving site to see giant ray.

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Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain poses for a selfie with a fan after the third testing session ahead the upcoming season at the Circuit Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmelo, Spain, February 24, 2016.

Hamilton against move towards heavier cars

BARCELONA - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has condemned plans to introduce heavier cars in 2017 and criticised rulemakers for failing to consult drivers.

A list of proposed bodywork changes for 2017 published by the governing FIA on Wednesday envisaged car weights increasing from 702kg to 722kg including bigger tyres which accounted for an estimated five kg.

The measures are part of a package of sweeping changes aimed at livening up the sport with faster, louder and more challenging cars, which will also be wider.

“I don’t agree with the changes that have been made over many

years,” Mercedes driver Hamilton told reporters after the third day of pre-season testing on Wednesday.

“I think the drivers should be consulted more. We have a feeling in the car and what could be made better. We do know what does not feel good and what to improve,” added the 31-year-old Briton.

Hamilton said cars were already too heavy and should be made

substantially lighter as a means of making them go faster.

He pointed out that when he entered the sport with McLaren in 2007, before the current V6 turbo hybrid era, the cars had weighed around 600 kg.

“I know (race director) Charlie (Whiting) is keen to hear from us drivers on what can be better, but those that have been implemented

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just now are nothing to do with us,” said the triple champion.

“We need some more battles. I don’t know what the answer is but whatever the decisions they have been making, they have not been working for some time.”

The season starts in Australia on March 20 with Hamilton hoping to become the first British driver to win four championships. (rtr)

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TIGER Woods posted a video of himself swinging a golf club on Wednesday in an effort to shoot down recent reports that suggested he had endured setbacks in his recovery from back surgeries.

In a 13-second video posted on his Twitter account, Woods is seen hitting a nine-iron to the green on a 153-yard par-three hole on an

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“Progressing nicely,” the 14times major champion, who has not competed since last August, wrote in the tweet.

Some social-media reports over the weekend suggested the former world number one suffered a setback in his recovery from a third back operation and that he was

In this Aug. 23, 2015, file photo, Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. Tiger Woods has posted a video of him swinging a 9-iron in a golf simulator. His agent says the video was posted to rebut rumors on social media that he had taken a turn for the worse following two back surgeries last fall. Mark Steinberg of Excel Sports Management said Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, that the rumors were ridiculous.

unable to sit without pain and was having difficulty walking.

But Woods’ agent said earlier this week that reports of the golfer being incapacitated were false and that an update on his client’s health would be made at the appropriate time.

Woods, who made 11 starts on the PGA Tour last season and just seven the season before, had his first back surgery in early 2014. A second microdisectomy was performed last September with a follow-up procedure six weeks later.

The greatest player of his generation and arguably of all time, the 40-year-old Woods has not won a tournament since 2013 and last won a major in 2008. He has not set a timetable for his return to the PGA Tour. (rtr)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides Korean People’s Army (KPA) military drills, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on February 21, 2016.

U.S. to present draft UN sanctions resolution on North Korea

UNITED NATIONS - The United States will submit to the U.N. Security Council on Thursday a draft resolution that would expand sanctions against North Korea over its latest nuclear test, a spokesman for the U.S. mission to the United Nation said.

“Ambassador (Samantha) Power intends to submit for consideration by the Security Council a draft sanctions resolution in response to (North Korea’s) recent nuclear test and subsequent proscribed ballistic missile launch,” spokesman Kurtis Cooper said in a statement.

“We look forward to working with the council on a strong and comprehensive response to the DPRK’s (North Korea’s) latest series of tests aimed at advancing their nuclear weapons program,” he said.

On Wednesday council diplomats said the United States and China had agreed on a draft resolution and hoped to put it to a vote in the 15-nation council in the coming days.

The two veto powers had been negotiating on the text for the past seven weeks following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6.

“It’s a substantive, long, full draft,” a senior council diplomat said.

In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said “important progress” had been made on the resolution and that “hopefully consensus can be reached soon”.

“We hope and believe this new resolution can help effectively constrain North Korea from further developing its nuclear missile program,” Hua told a regular press briefing on Thursday.

The draft resolution is expected to call for the blacklisting of a number of individuals and entities, diplomats said. They were reluctant to provide further details.

North Korea’s Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry and its National Aerospace Development Agency or ‘NADA’, the body responsible for February’s rocket launch, will be amongst the

sanctioned entities, South Korea’s Yonhap news reported.

The secretive General Reconnaissance Bureau, already sanctioned by the United States for its suspected role in the 2014 cyber attack on Sony Pictures, was also included in the blacklist, Yonhap said.

The council is scheduled to discuss the U.N. North Korea sanctions regime on Thursday at 3 p.m. (2000 GMT), the U.N. press office said.

China and the United States have had different views on how strong the response should be to North Korea since Pyongyang’s nuclear test last month, with Washington urging harsh punitive measures and Beijing emphasizing dialogue and milder U.N. steps confined to non-proliferation.

Western diplomats told Reuters that limiting North Korean access to international ports was among the measures Washington was pushing Beijing to accept.

Washington also wanted to tighten restrictions on North Korean banks’ access to the international financial system, the diplomats said. (rtr)

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With eye on China’s rise, Australia to boost defence spending by $21 bln

SYDNEY - Australia will increase defence spending by nearly A$30 billion ($21.6 billion) over the next 10 years, seeking to protect its strategic and trade interests in the Asia-Pacific as the United States and its allies grapple with China’s rising power.

Defence spending will rise to A$195 billion, or 2 percent of GDP, by 2021-2022, as Australia buys new equipment including frigates, armoured personnel carriers, strike fighter jets, drones and submarines, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told an armed forces audience in Canberra on Thursday.

The defence strategic plan was designed in mind of the changing nature of regional security, particularly China’s economic and military rise and an increased U.S. focus on the Asia-Pacific, Turnbull said.

“The United States will remain the pre-eminent global military power over the next two decades,” Turnbull said. “It will continue to be Australia’s most important strategic partner through our longstanding alliance, and the active presence of the United States will continue to underpin the stability of our region.”

The announcement riled Beijing, where the Foreign Ministry expressed “dissatisfaction” with Australia’s “negative” remarks on the South China Sea and its military development.

Tensions between China and its neighbours Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Tai-

wan over sovereignty in the South China Sea have risen after China embarked on significant reclamations on disputed islands and reefs in the area.

China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion in global trade passes every year.

Defence Minister Marise Payne said Australia welcomed China’s economic rise and noted it would seek greater influence in the region.

“As a major power, it will be important for regional stability that China provides reassurance to its neighbours by being more transparent about its defence policies,” Payne said.

“The Government will seek to deepen and broaden our important defence relationship with China while recognising that our strategic interests may differ in relation to some regional and global security issues.”

Australia has urged China and other claimants to refrain from island-building and militarization in the South China Sea in an effort to lower tensions.

“We hope the Australian side can correctly and positively view China’s development and strategic intent,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press briefing later on Thursday.

Asked if China wanted to see an arms race in the region, Hua said: “The answer to that is definitely no”. (rtr)

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Australia’s Amphibious Assault Ships, HMAS Canberra (L) and HMAS Adelaide are seen moored at Garden Island Naval base in Sydney, in this November 3, 2015 file photo. Australia said it will increase defence spending by nearly A$30 billion ($21.57 billion) over the next 10 years, seeking to protect the country’s interests as the United States and its allies grapple with China’s rise in the Asia-Pacific region. Picture taken November 3, 2015.

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Amnesty call for moratorium in death penalty in Indonesia JAKARTA - The international human rights organization Amnesty International calls for death penalty moratorium in Indonesia with long term goal of abolishing death penalty.

“Amnesty International asks the Indonesian Government for moratorium in death penalty and to review the court verdicts of death penalty,” Deputy Director for Southeast Asian Campaign of Amnesty International Josef Benedict said when launching global human rights annual report here on Wednesday.

Benedict quoted the Amnesty International report as saying that in 2015, the Indonesian government executed 14 death prisoners on death row and more is to follow this year.

He said death penalty places the life of prisoners on death row in risk and put their families in distress, fear and heavy pressure. Benedict also called for an end to whipping punishment,

which he described as inhumane, cruel, insulting to human dignity, adopted in Aceh.

He said in 2015, around 108 people, who were found guilty of gambling, alcohol drinking and adultery, were punished with whipping under sharia law in Aceh. In October 2015, Qanun Jinayat, was enacted in Aceh a punishment for committing homosexuality and adultery respectively with whipping 100 times and 30 times.

“Qanun Jinayat in Aceh is against human rights and we call on the central government to annul the law,” Benedict said.

Earlier Pope Fransiskus called for death penalty moratorium ahead of an international conference of “A World Without the Death Penalty” began in Rome last Monday.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon also denounced death penalty saying “death penalty has no place in this 21st century.” (ant)

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550 corruption cases reported in 2015: ICW

JAKARTA - Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has reported that of the 550 cases of graft that entered the investigation phase in 2015, 308 cases are now in the first semester and 242 cases are in the second half of the year.

While presenting data about corruption cases being handled here on Wednesday, ICW Investigation Division Staff Wana Alamsyah said in 2015, the losses accrued to the state as a result of graft amounted to Rp31.077 trillion, largely attributed to misuse of funds.

“In 134 cases, that formed 24 percent of the total cases, the modus operandi used was misuse of official funds, causing a total loss of Rp803.3 billion to the state,” he said.

Second method that was widely used was embezzlement. That happened in 107 cases, causing total losses of Rp412.4 billion, followed by 104 cases in which cost was marked up, causing losses of

Rp455 billion.

Abuse of authority was the fourth main method used in 102 cases, in which the state suffered losses of Rp991.8 billion.

According to Wana, corruption practices were more prevalent in the provincial financial sectors with 105 cases and Rp385.5 billion worth of losses.

Most of the corruption suspects were ministerial and local government officials, directors and commissioners of private companies, heads of agencies, members of the House of Representatives (DPR) and Regional Representatives Assembly (DPRD), as well as the village heads or chiefs.

Referring to the handling of cor-

ruption cases by law enforcement officials, ICW mentioned that the attorney was handling as many as 369 cases or 67.4 percent of the cases with total losses of Rp1.2 trillion, the police were handling 151 cases or 27 percent with Rp1.1 trillion losses, and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was managing 30 cases or 5 percent with a total of Rp722.6 billion as losses incurred by the state.

Meanwhile, Deputy Director of the Corruption Division at the National Police detective corps, Sr. Comr. Erwanto Kurniadi, refuted the data compiled by ICW, saying the number of cases handled by the police was more than what had been reported.

“In 2015, we handled as many as 972 graft cases which had completed the P21 stage, involving total losses to the state worth Rp437 billion,” he stated. (ant)

Pindad, British company collaborate to anticipate IT crimes

JAKARTA - Indonesias stateowned enterprise specializing in military and commercial products PT Pindad is collaborating with British global defense company BAE Systems to anticipate information technology (IT) crimes and to strengthen national security in the cyber sector.

“Pindad, in collaboration with BAE Systems, has started defense and cybersecurity programs,” President Director of Pindad Silmy Karim stated here on Wednesday. According to Karim, awareness in cyber governance and security is still low in Indonesia due to which the number of crimes, such as hacking is quite high.

He noted that the high number of cybercrimes is influenced by the massive growth in the number of internet users in Indonesia.

Silmy remarked that IT-based crimes could be identified as a non-conventional threat that could affect the sovereignty of a

country even if there is no territorial violation as the attack comes from outside the area.

Silmy noted that Pindad had prepared several human resources, some 20-100 people, to strengthen defense and cyber security. Pindad would embrace hackers to defend the nations interests, including safeguarding economic and state sovereignty.

According to data obtained from the Indonesia Security Incident Response Team on Internet Infrastructure, there were 48.8 million cyberattacks in 2014.

Silmy affirmed that it was an opportunity for Pindad to work with BAE Systems to maximize the application of dual-use technology to provide IT-based defense.

“We believe cybersecurity has the potential to provide protection and defense to strategic assets and the national economy,” he added.(ant)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 file photo, Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman, right, walks with Indonesian teaching assistant, Ferdinant Tjiong prior to the start of their trial hearing at South Jakarta District Court in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia top court has overruled the acquittal of Bantleman and Tjiong and heightened their sentence to 11 years in jail for sexually abusing three young children at a prestigious international school in Jakarta.

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BUSINESS Eurozone inflation revised down, bolstering stimulus case

LONDON — Inflation across the 19-country eurozone was lower than previously thought in January, official figures showed Thursday, in a development that’s likely to further strengthen expectations that the European Central Bank will back more stimulus next month.

Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics agency said the annual rate of inflation in January was 0.3 percent, against its previous estimate of 0.4 percent. The revision was not anticipated in the markets and comes ahead of Monday’s first estimate for February. The figure could go a long way to determining what the ECB does at its next policy meeting March 10.

The ECB is in the midst of a massive stimulus program that is designed to get inflation back toward its target of just below 2 percent. By keeping interest rates low and pumping money into the economy via a bond-buying program worth over a trillion euros, the ECB is hoping to generate enough economic activity to get prices rising. ECB President Mario Draghi has repeatedly hinted that the central bank is ready to consider more support for the economy.

Inflation has been below target since February 2013 for a variety of reasons, not least the fall in oil prices. The consensus in markets is that the rate will drop to 0.1 percent in February because of renewed weakness in oil prices, which analysts say will seal the deal on further stimulus. “Caution is very much the watchword for Draghi and co. at present,” said Dennis de Jong, managing director of UFX.com.

Underlying price pressures in the eurozone are very soft. Even after stripping out the volatile items of energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, the eurozone’s core inflation rate remains below target at 1 percent.

On an individual basis, six of the eurozone’s countries — Cyprus, Greece, Latvia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Spain — are currently recording inflation rates below zero.(ap)

Stocks erase an early loss and manage modest gains

NEW YORK — The stock market reversed steep declines and ended slightly higher on Wednesday, thanks in part to a pickup in the price of crude oil.

Indexes continue to be weighed down by bank stocks, which remain under pressure due to economic unease and worries about the amount of loans on their books to struggling oil and gas companies.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 53.21 points, or 0.3 percent, to 16,484.99. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 8.53 points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,929.80 and the Nasdaq composite rose 39.02 points, or 0.9 percent, to 4,542.61.

Stocks had been dramatically lower earlier in the day, with the Dow down as much as 265 points. However as oil prices recovered through the day, so did energy stocks and the broader market. After being down nearly 4 percent earlier, oil closed up 28 cents, or 1 percent, to $32.15 a barrel. The energy component of the S&P 500, which had been down roughly 2 percent, closed up 1 percent.

“As goes oil, so goes everything,” said Ian Winer, co-head of equities trading at Wedbush Securities.

The market’s only place of weakness by the end of trading was the financial sector. Bank stocks had some of the biggest losses, and the financial services component of the S&P 500 lost 0.8 percent.

Despite substantial gains in recent days, many investors remain hesitant to commit more money to the market and don’t need much reason to sell, analysts say. Bank stocks are often a proxy for how well an economy is expected to do, since loans can sour during an economic slowdown. While oil rose on Tuesday, the pressure on the commodity prices seems to be ever downward.(ap)

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The Hindus packed on Tanah Lot temple on Wednesday (Feb 4)

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 file photo, a Chinese woman speaks on her mobile phone near a display highlighting the new Chinese bank note at a bank in Beijing, China.

China facing pressure to reassure on economy at G-20 meeting

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BEIJING — China faces pressure to reassure nervous world markets about its economic and currency management at Friday’s gathering in Shanghai of finance ministers and central bankers from the United States, Europe and other major nations.

Such meetings of the Group of 20 major rich and developing economies tend to yield no major policy changes.

But with anxiety rising over lackluster global growth, investors are looking for reassurance from Beijing.

Chinese leaders want a bigger role in guiding global finance and trade but their reputation for economic competence has been battered by turmoil in their financial markets. Economists and other governments complain Beijing has fueled global market volatility by failing to communicate policy changes clearly.

A collapse in Chinese stock prices last year wiped out some $5 trillion in paper wealth, and the country’s main market index fell by an unusually large daily margin of 6.4 percent on Thursday.

Beijing has allowed its yuan to decline against the dollar since August, sparking concern, despite repeated Chinese denials, that the currency will be weakened further to boost exports.

That has driven an outflow of capital from China that spiked to a record $135 billion in December.

In a report ahead of the Shanghai meeting, the IMF urged G-20 leaders

to support China’s economic reforms but also called on Beijing to “ensure clear communication of their exchange rate policies.”

Companies and investors want at least a statement that “makes it possible to reduce uncertainty” about Chinese industrial and currency policy, said Tim Condon, head of Asian research for investment bank ING. “The global economic issue of the day is China’s industrial restructuring and the consequences of the slow pace at which it is proceeding,” Condon said.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said in an interview broadcast Wednesday by Bloomberg Television that the meeting would likely produce “a more stable understanding of what the future may look like,” including greater clarity from Beijing about its plans.

However, Lew said he did not expect the discussions to produce specific plans of “what each country is going to do and how.”

Other officials due to attend include U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen; China’s finance minister, Lou Jiwei, and its central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, and their coun-

terparts from Europe, Japan, South Korea, India and South Africa.

The global economy is growing at its slowest rate in two years and private sector forecasters say the danger of a worldwide recession is rising.

“Global growth is at a highly precarious point,” Citigroup economists Ebrahim Rahbari, Willem Buiter and Cesar Rojas said in a report Thursday.

“The longstanding fragilities in the world economy relate to the structural and cyclical slowdowns in China and its unsustainable exchange rate regime, the excessive level of debt across many countries and sectors and ongoing regional and geopolitical uncertainty.”

At the Shanghai meeting, U.S. officials will urge G-20 countries to avoid altering “exchange rates for competitive purposes,” a senior U.S. Treasury official told reporters in Washington.

Chinese officials meanwhile are trying to downplay attention on the yuan and their economic policies.

“The G-20 should not discuss a specific country’s currency policy at its gathering,” said a Finance Ministry official quoted in the state-run China Daily newspaper on Thursday. The meeting should “only touch on principles, not specific national policies.”(ap)

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Rain does not dampen spirits of worshippers at Tanah Lot Temple

TABANAN - Despite the torrential downpour, worship at Tanah Lot Temple was still well attended on Wednesday (Feb 4).

In fact thousands of people from all over Bali took turns praying, and many lined up from morning until night for a chance to say their prayers of devotion in this temple that also serves as one of Tabanan’s most popular tourist attractions.

Tanah Lots temple anniversary (piodalan) lands on the same day as the anniversary of Batu Bolong Temple and Penataran Temple in the area of Tanah Lot. The dances performed by the worshippers, added to the attraction of Tanah Lot. Many tourists ‘hunted’ for photo

opportunities during the celebrations, especially around nightfall when worhippers and tourists alike crowded the shore.

Operations manager of Tanah Lot Tourist Attraction, Toya Adnyana said that the temple anniversary does in fact make the site more at-

tractive for tourists, many of whom wait for this auspicious time to visit Tamah Lot. Many foreign tourists are prepared to wait for a whole day just for a chance to capture a picture of this popular moment. Tourists are extremely enthusiastic about being able to witness first hand this religious procession at Tanah Lot” he said.

He went on to say that local worshippers tend to arrive between 0:400 and 08:00” because the sea is at low tide” he added.

Tanah Lot’s temple anniversary celebrations take place between

01:00 and 23:00 and are led by a priest from Beraban Traditional Village. The event reaches its peak between 16:00 and 23:00. Youth leaders from Beraban village have also been helping out by taking turns volunteering since Sunday (Feb 21).

Each hamlet in Beraban Traditioanl Village, takes turns sending their youth leaders to help out all day at Tanah Lot. Also, at high tide, a rope is set up to help worshipers get to and from the temple.

Tanah Lot Tourist Attractions works with Beraban Traditional

village, who provide 9 traditional security guards (pecalang), to help direct parking for worhippers and tourists and see to the general security of the worshippers.

One day before the temple anniversary (Feb,23), the Ngebejian Ida Bethara ceremony took place at the sacred water source in the northern part of Tanah Lot Temple.

This ceremony, that takes place at 15:00 is performed to clean all of the sacred objects that will be used in the temple anniversary celebrations. (kmb28)

Popular Bangau Bird Craft Business SINGARAJA - People speak of many business opportunities in Buleleng, one of which is the Bangau bird craft business that uses the simplest of tools. These crafted birds are most often used to decorate fish ponds and have become extremely popular in Denpaasar and Badung. “These crafted birds are made of small pieces od steel and concrete and the business has been

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Putu Sudarsana, one of the craftsmen in Buleleng who make bangau bird

running for one year with collectors coming from around Bueleng, Denpasar and Badung” said 27 year old crafter Putu Suardana from Batu Candi Hamlet, Tegallingah Village, Sukasada, Buleleng, on Wednesday (Feb 24).

Sudarsana does not have a lot of capital to develop his business, so he makes his crafted bangau birds with the materials that he can afford and the space that he has.

“These crafted bangau birds are made as decorations for fish ponds” he said.

On average Suardasana spends

IDR 1 million every month making 200 birds that he sells for IDR 25,000 a piece. He works on these bords alone in his home that is located 5 kilometers from the City of Singaraja. The rainy season therefore presents a challenge in terms of lack of sunlight.

“Once I have created the shape of the birds, I paint them white and even during the rainy season I get a lot of orders, so the number of birds that I make depends on how much money I have to buy the raw materials” he explained. (kmb34)

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International

Military troops oversee hill and forest territory in Bali DENPASAR - Various measures are undertaken by security forces, both police and military personnel and others to secure the area of Bali from radical group or terrorist attack.

Other than tightening at the entrances into Bali and other vital objects, the hill and forest areas in Bali also get a serious concern from security forces, especially military troops.

It is conducted to anticipate so that terrorist groups do not use the hills and forests as a training base or their hiding place. “The climate in Bali is very cool. So, we anticipate the matters (so as not to be used as training base or hideout),” said Commander of the 163/Wirasatya Military Resort, I Nyoman Cantiasa, on the sidelines of celebrations of the 55th anniversary of his corps, Wednesday (Feb. 24).

He explained to have seen the ongoing trend where the members of radical organizations and terrorist network make those locations as training base and their hideout. However, so far his institution has not seen any suspicious movements in the hills and forests in Bali because some time ago it had to trail.

“Under the auspices of the IX/Udayana Military Region, we had time to trail. It can be ascertained that the forests and hills in Bali are sterile,” he said.

The trail, he continued, was conducted from Pulaki to Jembrana district. Of course the military personnel passed through the mountains in the forest. During the trail, there were no suspicious things found in the hills and forests. Condition of the forest is still pristine. In other words, there are no human beings, let alone signs of the exercise. “The conditions are still safe. We will continue to conduct surveillance and make cooperation with police and other relevant agencies,” he added. (kmb21)

Celukan Bawang’s marine police poasted five no-swimming and no-fishing signs at Celukan Bawang Beach after 35 year-old Made Suardana from Dinas Tajen Hamlet, Tejen village, Penebel Tabanan drowned there last Wednesday (Feb 2) at 16:30.

No-swimming sign at Perairan Celukan Bawang IBP/kmb34

SINGARAJA - Celukan Bawang’s marine police poasted five no-swimming and no-fishing signs at Celukan Bawang Beach after 35 year-old Made Suardana from Dinas Tajen Hamlet, Tejen village, Penebel Tabanan drowned there last Wednesday (Feb 2) at 16:30.

Suardana along with three children had been fishing there when one of the children (who was his nephew) fell into the water.

Suardana immediately jumped into the water to try to rescue the child who he believed could not swim. Unfortunately after an hour and a half of struggle Surdana himself was drowned.

The SAR team and the Marine Police eventually found his body. The police do not want to see such an incident happen again.

After investigating the site, they discovered

that the water basin in the bay, to the south of the dock there, is quite deep.

In order to prevent anyone else from becoming a victim of the deep water, police posted sign prohibiting people from swimming, playing or fishing at this dangerous location.

“We are appealing to the public not to violate this prohibition by playing near Celukan Bawang harbour. The waters south of the cement dock are extremely deep and there has already been one victim”, said head of Celukan Bawang’s marine police, AKP Ketut

Adnyana TJ, on Wednesday (Feb 24).

Adnyana TJ, former head of Buleleng’s criminal investigation unit added that he hopes that people will understand the seriousness of the five signs that have been put up. There are not necessarily officers on duty at the location, so people need to know the danger that they are placing themselves in if they violate the warning on the signs.

People need to understand the dangers of this location and not take part in activities that put themselves at risk.

“These signs were placed here to prevent anyone else from drowning simply because they do not know how dangerous the waters here are. We ask that people pay attention to this prohibition” he emphasised. (kmb34)

Regional landfill proposed to be waste power plant

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International

Australia warns of possible terror attack in Indonesia

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s government warned on Thursday that terrorists may be in the advanced stages of preparing attacks in Indonesia, and urged travelers to exercise a high level of caution when visiting the southeast Asian nation, including the popular tourist island of Bali.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued the travel advisory, which said only that there were “recent indications” an attack may be in the advanced planning stages, and warned people to be vigilant at places of worship and during holiday periods. The department did not raise its overall warning level for Australians visiting the country.

The advice comes just days after Australia warned that terrorists may be plotting attacks in and around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s largest city.

In its warning for Indonesia, the department cited the Jan. 14 attacks in the capital, Jakarta, that left eight people dead, saying the assaults demonstrated an ongoing threat.

“We continue to receive information that indicates that terrorists may be planning attacks in Indonesia,” the department wrote. “An attack could occur anywhere at any time.”

The agency did not immediately to a request for more details.

In recent years, Indonesian counterterrorism forces successfully eradicated the extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah that was responsible for several attacks, including the 2002 bombings of bars in Bali which killed 202 people, as well as two hotel bombings in Jakarta in 2009 that killed seven people.

Indonesia’s government has outlawed the Islamic State group, but there are fears that militants who travel abroad will return home and carry out attacks in Indonesia. Indonesian authorities estimate that more than 600 Indonesians have joined the extremist group in Syria or Iraq. (ap)

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Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar

is inspection, central government gives green light for the procurement (waste power plant—Ed),” he said.

To show the seriousness, the ministry is ready to provide with grant in the form of some equipments needed. The district government is said to have been ready to prepare the land, to connect to the nearest PLN electricity networks, do interconnection study as well as prepare the EIA documents and permissions required.

“Everything needed to be prepared has been discussed. Operation of the power plant will be managed by the district government-owned enterprise,” said Parwata.

To follow up the readiness of local government, in the near future the ministry will re-do field survey.

Other than adjusting the existing

agreement to the conditions in the field, one aspect needs to give attention is the amount of waste required for the power plant. “Waste as the main material seems to get a concern,” he explained.

He added that to realize the program it must also get the support from the community. To that end, this program needs to be disseminated continuously. This power plant is targeted to be capable of producing 500 KW of electricity. “If this can be realized, the electricity demand in Bangli will be assisted.

This also poses a support for renewable energy program,” he said.

Indirectly this waste power plant will make the waste management at the landfill more optimal and the existing land will not be fully occupied quickly. All this time, the

waste is only managed by the application of sanitary landfill, namely by compaction to a height of 50 to 80 cm and then covered with soil of about 30 cm. “So far, it is still using it and one day the landfill will be definitely full. As solution, it will be looked for a new place. If it can be taken advantage for power generation, the waste management will be getting better,” he said.

Based on information compiled, the landfill area spreads across at 4.75 hectares and has a capacity of about 550,000 cubic meters. So far, it is only the Bangli district routinely disposing of waste here. It has also been equipped with waste water processing equipment located at the downstream. Turbid water can be converted into clear water. (kmb45)

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Soldiers with heavy armed stand guard in front of a major shopping area in downtown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Australia warned Sunday that terrorists may be plotting attacks in and around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s largest city. Australia’s government warned on Thursday that terrorists may be in the advanced stages of preparing attacks in Indonesia.

Moderates test hardliners’ grip on power in Iran vote

Central govt gives green light

BANGLI — Proposal of the government of Bangli to make the regional landfill at Landih village into waste power plant (PLTSa) got green light from central government. A number of equipments required are readily granted. On this condition, the district government immediately follows it up. This was said by the Head of the Bangli Environment Agency (BLH), I Made Alit Parwata, with permission from the Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar, Tuesday (Feb. 23).

He explained the proposal on the procurement of waste power plant has been submitted by local government to central government through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) in 2015. So far, the monitoring of location by the ministry has been done. “After there

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REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

Women walk past electoral posters for the upcoming elections in central Tehran in this February 24, 2016 file photo. Friday’s vote for Iran’s parliament and the Assembly of Experts, the body that will pick the next supreme leader, have assumed an importance well beyond the perennial battles between hardliners entrenched in power and reformists seeking to unseat them.

TEHRAN - Friday’s vote for Iran’s parliament and the Assembly of Experts, the body that will pick the next supreme leader, have assumed an importance well beyond the perennial battles between hardliners entrenched in power and reformists seeking to unseat them.

These are the first elections since Tehran reached an accord with major powers to curb its nuclear programme, leading to the removal of most of the punitive international sanctions that have strangled the economy over the past decade.

The breakthrough took place under pragmatic President Hassan Rouhani, who sees it as a springboard for Iran to reintegrate into the international community and return to world markets. But hardline opponents are determined to prevent it leading to any liberalisa-

tion of the Islamic system through the ballot box.

These electoral contests are seen by some analysts as a makeor-break moment that could shape the future for the next generation, in a country where nearly 60 per cent of the 80 million population is under 30. http://tmsnrt. rs/20VK0vG The outcome could be skewed by the disqualification of many pro-reform candidates by an unelected clerical Guardian Council that reports directly to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The stakes are high for all factions, since the outcome may well determine whether Rouhani has a mandate to push ahead with long-promised political, social and economic reforms, as well as influencing his chances of re-election in 2017.

In the final days of campaign-

ing, the fight turned vicious.

Reflecting an abiding mistrust in Rouhani’s overtures to the West, Khamenei accused the West of plotting to influence the vote and said he was sure Iranians would vote in favour of keeping Iran’s anti-Western stance.

Rouhani, whose allies have come under growing pressure in the election campaign from hardliners who accuse them of links to Western powers, has denied such accusations, calling them an insult to the intelligence of Iranians.

Moderate allies of Rouhani, buoyed by the nuclear deal, are hoping to win back positions they lost over the past decade. But the filtering out of candidates and the slow pace of economic improvement have added to popular disillusion over Rouhani’s stalled reforms, leaving them facing an uphill battle. (rtr)

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Milan fashion week opens with eclectic, embellished looks

MILAN - Six days of catwalk shows began in Milan on Wednesday with Italian luxury brands Gucci, Fay and Roberto Cavalli among the first to show the creations their designers hope will fill women’s wardrobes next winter.

In a first, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi kicked off Milan Fashion Week with an industry lunch as international journalists and buyers descended on the city, home to fashion giants like Giorgio Armani and Prada.

Gucci, which last week reported a forecast-beating sales rebound in the fourth quarter, presented a vibrant and colourful autumn/winter 2016/2017 collection, which designer Alessandro Michele called “Rhizomatic Scores”.

From one-coloured outfits -including a pink furry coat teamed with pink tights, shoes, scarf and bag -- to clashing print combinations and designs emblazoned with snake patterns, Michele showed a selection of eclectic looks.

Models wore sequined skirts, tailored trouser suits, Chinese-style silk dresses, shiny brocade coats, capes, brightly coloured tights and a range of hats. The looks were

accessorised with an array of bags, platform heels and large glasses.

At Fay, which is part of the Tod’s luxury goods group, creative directors Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi looked to the U.S. Western coast for their daywear.

“The inspiration is the new Californian generation ... mixed with the new Italian generation,” Aquilano told Reuters.

He said the line included “beautiful Italian coats but with a more folk take and with embroidery that is reminiscent of the great American plains”.

Fringes and tassels were ubiquitous, decorating denim jackets and dresses, worn with embroidered cowboy boots. With nods to the romantic and folk, models wore floral, frilly dresses, flared skirts and jackets in sand, burgundy, orchid, dark blue and black.

At Roberto Cavalli, creative

director Peter Dundas, who took over from the founding designer last year, showed a richly-embroidered array of outfits. Staying loyal to founder Cavalli’s love of animal print, Dundas used tiger and leopard print patterns on furry coats, suits, skirts and scarves.

Flower embroidery crept up jeans while sequins adorned sheer dresses and dark trouser suits, reminiscent of the 1970s. The show, also featuring menswear, included brocade jackets.

The brand, undergoing a transition since private equity fund Clessidra acquired control in April with founder Cavalli retaining 10 percent, is eyeing expanding daywear and accessories and growing in Asia, Chief Executive Renato Semerari said.

The luxury goods market has seen growth slow, with low oil prices hitting Middle Eastern consumption, demand weaker from China and Russia and the Paris attacks affecting European travel.

“2015 and 2016 are years when we are not expecting brilliant num-

bers ... as we are undergoing a transition phase,” Semerari said, adding 2016 had so far not seen any major market changes.

He said Cavalli will not immediately follow in the footsteps of brands like B u r b e r r y, which plan to sell their items hot off the catwalk instead of traditionally keeping customers waiting months before they hit stores.

“We are looking but we haven’t made a decision,” he said. (rtr)

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Propose to build a dam to preserve Pemuteran coral reef ecosystem

To preserve the coral reef sustainability in the tourism area of Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, it is proposed the construction of water dam.

SINGARAJA — To preserve the coral reef sustainability in the tourism area of Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, it is proposed the construction of water dam. Recent conditions due to the onslaught of floods containing mud will be definitely harmful to the preservation and survival of coral reef. Construction of the dam is expected to keep the environment indirectly.

Subdistrict head of Gerokgak, Putu Ariadi Pribadi, proposed the construction of dam to preserve the survival of coral reef as marine life and underwater wealth

of Pemuteran, Tuesday (Feb. 23).

“We need a dam to make the water flowing into the sea will no longer contain mud or gravel. At least it is able to suppress the occurrence of

material during floods,” he said in the development planning meeting (Musrenbang) at the Sumberkima village hall, Gerokgak.

He explained before the water flows fully into open sea, it ideally needs to be processed thoroughly and carefully. Water dam can be used to manage the distribution of water to the sea. “The water flowing into the sea can be processed first. It is meant to prevent from

damaging coral reefs. Some floods lately damaged few coral reefs, but it still becomes a concern to us,” he explained.

According to Deputy Regent of Buleleng, Nyoman Sutjidra, the development planning meeting is done to increase community participation in the development agenda, without the exception of the attention to the poor. Proposal of the dam has significant value in

maintaining the reef ecosystem at Pemuteran village. “The proposal of Gerokgak subdistrict head is related to dam at Pemuteran. Indeed, when dry season arrives water is always problematic. Of course we will adopt this proposal. It is not different from subdistrict in Eastern Buleleng, they also have issues on the empowerment of water, so that it could be lifted to a higher place,” he said. (kmb34)

Subagan village does ngempet ron-busung

Forbidden to disrupt meditation of Ida Bhatara Dalem

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AMLAPURA - Subagan customary village in Karangasem has a number of unique traditions. The local villagers enforce ngempet ron and busung tradition (prohibition of using palm leaves and young coconut leaves) for 14 days from Tuesday (Feb. 23) at 16.00 through Saturday (Mar. 5).

The prohibition, according to the chief of customary village, Putu Toya, is enforced in relation to the ngusaba ritual at the local Dalem Temple whose summit will fall on Sunday (Mar. 6). The tradition starts with village meeting in order to deliver announcement and make a decision and then is followed by

the closing of entrance into the temple. During the enforcement of the prohibition, residents are not allowed to hold pancha yajna or say prayers to the temple in the village area using oblations. In essence, all the residents must accompany Ida Bhatara Dalem to meditate and no one is allowed to bother.

Putu Toya added that during the prayers in order the ritual taking place on Monday (Feb. 22) until March 10 is successful all the residents are prohibited from holding cremation and related rituals. However, if residents have the death of family member they can do makingsan ring pertiwi (bury the corpse) carried out before sunrise

or after sunset.

Previously, in relation to the implementation of ngesanga desa a few weeks ago, residents in the villages within the town of Amlapura have held ngempet-rah (prohibition to shed blood) like butchering animals or cockfight for 14 days in the territory of the village. (013)

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From page 1 Data of the PPLS event recorded as many as 21,454 targeted households. While in other districts and municipality, local authorities are still awaiting the results of their respective village meeting.

“It’s a dilemma. On the one hand, as the provision we use the data owned by the PPLS. But on the other hand, in fact they are the data of the PPLS in 2011, and now has been 2016. Is the discrepancy too much?

Certainly, they do not indicate the real condition in the field because in reality the number of targeted household has much reduced,” he explained.

Thus, added Lihadnyana, the rice for the poor assistance from central government exceeded the number of targeted household that should receive. His agency has talked to Logistics Agency (Bulog) in order to distribute rice for the

poor targeted household that really need. However, since Bulog is assigned to distribute, it will refer to the data of central government.

“But in my opinion, we have to refer to the cost-benefit principles.

Well ... this must be appropriate with the targeted households. Hopefully, this rice for the poor will reach those that really deserve to receive. That’s all,” he explained.

He continued that the data discrepancy should be addressed by data synchronization and validation related to the distribution of rice for the poor in appropriate with the actual conditions in the field.

In 2016, the ration of rice for the poor received by Bali reached 27,346,320 kg. It is distributed to 151, 924 targeted households spreading over nine districts and one municipality in Bali. Each targeted household receives as much as 15 kilograms per month for 12 months, with the price of IDR 1,600 per kilogram. (kmb32)

The rice is distributed to those who are in rice for the poor (raskin) program

He explained that the proposal to put a garbage-fed electrical generator in place was sent to the central government’s Ministry of Mineral Resources (ESDM) by the Regency of Bangli last year and that the Ministry has already verified the location for the generator. “Once the site was verified, we got the green

Landih garbage dump in Bali will be used as a source of electricity

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light” he said.

Parwata went on to explain point out how serious they are by saying that the ministry is ready to provide whatever equipment is needed. He also mentioned that that Bangli is ready to provide the space, connect the electrical power to the nearest electrical lines, prepare the Environmental assessment report (AMDAL or UKL/UPL), and the required permits. “The Regency of Bangli has already discussed the things that are needed. The garbagefed electric generator, will be managed by the Local Business Body (Badan Usaha Perusahan Daerah)” said Parwata.

He added that the ministry will soon be coming to survey the preparations that the local government has been undertaking. After adjusting to conditions on the ground, what will surely be required to take stock of how much garbage is required to run the generator. “Garbage- as the fuel for the generator will certainly be given attention”, explained Parwata. This former head of Bangli’s Department of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, added that public support is also required for the success of this project. Therefore ongoing awareness campaigns will

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Government gives the green light to turn garbage into electricity

BANGLI - Bangli’S proposal to use Landih village’s garbage dump as the site for a garbage-fed electric generator (PLTS) got the green light from the central government. Some of the equipment that is required is already in place and ready to go.

Head of Bangli’s Natural Environment Services (BLH), I Made Alit Parwata with permission from the Regent of Bangli I Made Gianyar, made the announcement last Tuesday (Feb.23rd).

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be required.

Bangli aims to generate 500 KW of power form the garbage-fed electrical generator. “If we are successful, this will contribute to Bangli’s need for electricity. This is always a way to express support for renewable energies” he concluded.

This garbage-fed electrical generator will also indirectly increase the efficiency of garbage management and will prevent the garbage dump from becoming full too quickly.

Until now, garbage has only been dealt with using the ‘sanitary landfill’ system that condenses garbage heaps to about 80 cm and then covers them with 30 cm of soil. “Until now we have been using this method, but eventually the landfill would inevitably be filled to capacity and a new site would have to be found. If garbage can be used to generate electricity, garbage management will be greatly improved”, Parwata explained.

The Landih landfill covers some 4,74 hectares that can hold some 550 thousand square meters. The only regency that routinely dumps their garbage here is Bangli. The dumpsite also has a water treatment system located downstream that renders the dirty water clear. (kmb45)

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Pesona Alam Resort & Spa Presents Middle Eastern a la Carte

Pesona Alam Resort & Spa Presents Middle Eastern a la Carte Menu only at the Banyan Cafe Cisarua, 19 February 2016 – Did you know that a lot of Middle Easterns spend their holiday at Puncak area? And did you know that they are very particular about the food they eat? Learning from this insight, Pesona Alam Resort & Spa Puncak – a four-star resort located in the middle of pristine pine forest which offers 138 spacious guestrooms with natural ambiance – now presents a wide selection of Middle Eastern a la carte menu available daily at the Banyan Cafe.

“Only premium quality materials and spices imported directly from the Middle

East are used to create the menu – all aim to deliver unforgettable culinary experience for international travelers,” said Imam, Pesona Alam’s Executive Chef.

Starting from IDR 40,000nett/portion, guests can indulge sumptuous lentil soup and shawarma for appetizers, a choice of the signature chicken mandi or lambcofta for main course and the creamy Arabic bread pudding with almond flakes – or popularly known as Umm Ali for dessert.

Experience the flavorful Arabic cuisine and spend some quality time with your loved one.

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

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

the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful.

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars,

tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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LOS ANGELES - Oscar-nominated celebrities were urged on Wednesday to skip a $55,000 trip to Israel offered as part of an awards gift bag.

Two U.S.-based groups campaigning for an end to Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territories made the plea in a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Times that appeared five days before the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday. “#SkipTheTrip. Don’t endorse Israeli apartheid,” said the ad, sponsored by the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and Jewish Voice for Peace.

The ad said the trip, which is partially paid for by the Israeli government, was part of a larger “’Brand Israel’ strategy to distract from almost 50 years of illegal occupation of Palestinian land.”

“As was the case many years ago in South Africa, celebrities are being asked to refrain from whitewashing apartheid policies,” Yousef Munayyer, executive director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, said in a statement on Wednesday.

The trip is one of the most expensive items in a swag bag handed out to the five Oscar-nominated directors and 20 lead and supporting actor and actress nominees, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Sylvester Stallone, Mark Rylance, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Matt Damon and Kate Winslet.

The gift bag is not affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the Oscars.

The Academy last week filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles-based Distinctive Assets accusing the gifting group of promoting the bag as official Oscars swag.

The Israeli government earlier this month confirmed it was funding $15,000 to $18,000 of each 10-day trip as a means of offsetting news coverage of the country’s troubles.

“These are the most senior people in the film industry in Hollywood and leading opinion-formers who we are interested in hosting,” said Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin. “They will experience the country first-hand and not through the media.”

It was not immediately known whether any of the Oscar-nominated directors, actors and actresses will take up the offer, which must be declared to U.S. tax authorities.

“Creed” supporting actor Stallone signed a pro-Israel petition during the 2104 Gaza war, while “Bridge of Spies” nominee Rylance has signed a petition circulated by Artists for Palestine UK which calls for a cultural boycott of Israel. (rtr)

Five-year data not updated

Recipients of rice for the poor potentially not on target DENPASAR - Community Empowerment Board and Village Government (BPMPD) of Bali found a significant discrepancy in the data related to recipients of rice for the poor (raskin) program. As a result, the number of rice for the poor assistance is likely to exceed targeted households (RTS). In other words, the recipient of rice for the poor is potentially not on target.

“There are significant discrepancies in the data between the data of the district and the data of the Social Protection Program (PPLS) of central government,” said the Chief of BPMPD Bali, Ketut Lihadnyana, in Denpasar, Wednesday (Feb. 24).

He found the differences in the data after making dissemination of the rice for the poor program to a number of districts and municipality in Bali.

In Badung, for example, the PPLS recorded 9,883 recipients of targeted household, while the data owned by local government only recorded 9,043 targeted households or there is a discrepancy of 840 targeted households. Likewise, Gianyar district recorded 21,285 targeted households.

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Miniature replica Oscar statuettes are shown for sale in a shop along Hollywood Boulevard as preparations continue for the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 24, 2016. The Oscars will be presented February 28, 2016.

David Bowie wins posthumous BRIT “Icon” award

LONDON - The late visionary British rock star David Bowie was honoured with a posthumous “Icon” award at the BRITs music ceremony in London on Wednesday night, just over a month after

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his death.

Bowie was paid an emotional tribute first by British singer Annie Lennox, then by his friend, British actor Gary Oldman, who picked up the award on Bowie’s

Lorde performs a David Bowie tribute at the BRIT Awards in the O2 arena in London, February 24, 2016.

behalf.

“The world lost an artist of transcendent talent,” Oldman said.

“He was the very definition, the living embodiment of that singular word: icon.”

New Zealand singer Lorde performed Bowie’s hit song “Life on Mars” in tribute to the singer after the award was announced. (rtr)

Tourist are spending their time during their holiday in Bali

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Difficult to Erase Drug Abuse in Tourism Destination Denpasar - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has told the government to act strongly to reduce the spread of illegal drugs. Currently, Indonesia is on the state of emergency on drug abuse cases. IN Bali, l it is very hard to erase it because Bali is the island visited by many people throughout the world.

“In my opinion, to erase drug abuse case in a tourism destination is very difficult. A strict rules and action is needed,” said the member of Bali house A.A. Ngurah Adhi

Ardhana.

He added that Bali still have one thing that cannot be found in other places which is the local culture and religion. Those can be used to erase

drug abuse in Bali. “If in the local law there is a certain regulation about illegal drugs, then it will give great effect,” Adhi said.

Another member of the house, Nyoman Addana stated that to erase the case must be through prevention. It can be done in schools or through the customary villages. “Now, the drug dealer is using a new way to spread the

drug such as food. So the prevention must be done since young age,” he added.

Adnyana also said that the law enforcement must give extra attention on the prison. There are few cases where prison becomes the place for drug dealer to sell their products. The police must raid prisons regularly. “Prison is prone to drug abuse and also illegal firearms

so it must be handled properly,” he concluded. (kmb32) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.