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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Carrie Fisher, ‘Star Wars’ Princess Leia, dies at 60

LOS ANGELES - Carrie Fisher, who rose to fame as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” films and later endured drug addiction before going on to tell her story as a best-selling author, died on Tuesday aged 60, her family said.

Fisher, a mental health advocate who spoke about her own struggles with bipolar disorder and cocaine addiction, had suffered a heart attack on Friday as she flew into Los Angeles. The daughter of actor Debbie Reynolds and the late singer Eddie Fisher had been returning from England where she was shooting the third season of the British sitcom “Catastrophe.”

“Thank you to everyone who

has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter,” Reynolds said on Facebook. “I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop.”

Fisher’s friend and former Star Wars’ co-star Mark Hamill, who played Leia’s brother Luke Skywalker, said in a tweet: “No words. #Devastated” Fisher was met by paramedics

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Actor Carrie Fisher poses for cameras as she arrives at the European Premiere of “Star Wars, The Force Awakens” in Leicester Square, London, Britain December 16, 2015.

and rushed to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after suffering the heart attack during the flight on Friday.

She made headlines last month when she disclosed that she had a three-month love affair with her “Star Wars” co-star Harrison Ford 40 years ago. Fisher revealed the secret to People magazine while promoting her new memoir, “The Princess Diarist,” just before it went on sale. The book is based on Fisher’s diaries from her time working on the first “Star Wars” movie.

Harrison said in a statement Fisher was funny, emotionally fearless and one-of-a-kind. “She lived her life, bravely...We will all miss her.”

Fisher said the affair started and ended in 1976 during production on the blockbuster sci-fi adventure in which she first appeared as the intrepid Princess Leia. Ford played the maverick space pilot Han Solo.

“It was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend,” Fisher told People. She was 19 and Ford was 33 at the time.

“How could you ask such a shining specimen of a man to be satisfied with the likes of me? I was so inexperienced, but I trusted something about him. He was kind,” she wrote of Ford in the memoir, the latest of several books Fisher authored. (rtr)

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Thursday, December 29, 2016 A construction site is seen in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev, in the occupied West Bank December 22, 2016.

Kerry to lay out vision for Israeli-Palestinian peace

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will lay out his vision for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a speech on Wednesday, days after the United States cleared the way for a U.N. resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements.

The speech, less than a month before President Barack Obama leaves office, is expected to be the administration’s last word on a decades-old dispute that Kerry had hoped to resolve during his four years as America’s top diplomat. It could also be seen in Israel as another parting shot at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has had an especially acrimonious relationship with Obama since they both took office in 2009.

The United States on Friday

broke with a longstanding approach of diplomatically shielding Israel and abstained on a United Nations Security Council resolution that passed with 14 countries in favor and none against. Kerry will discuss the abstention when he speaks at the State Department at 11 a.m.

ET (1600 GMT), a senior State Department official told reporters.

“We believe that with the twostate solution in peril, it is important to share the deeper understanding

we have developed of both sides’ bottom lines during intensive consultations in recent years,” the official said. The speech will also address what the official called “misleading” accusations by Israeli officials that the Obama administration drafted and forced the resolution to a vote.

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Crossing traffic in Bali Strait starts to be crowded As observed at Gilimanuk Harbor, the incoming traffic of vehicles started to show an increase. Data of the ASDP Ketapang indicated that on Sunday (Dec. 25) until Monday (Dec. 26) there were 33,209 passengers and 5,069 units of cars coming into Bali. This number increased when compared to previous days during the past week. In addition, there were 2,709 motorcycles crossing to Bali via Gilimanuk Harbor.

“It has started to rise since this week, where the highest increase occurred on Christmas Day,” said Business Manager of Ketapang Harbor, Ardi Ekapaty, when contacted on Monday (Dec. 26). The traffic coming into Bali was dominated by private cars.

Their arrivals almost coincided or clustered in some vehicles, especially at night. The ASDP authority predicted that such number will tend to increase when approaching the

The traffic in Bali Strait is increasing in the year end period.

New Year holiday this weekend.

In the meantime, backflow traffic of vehicles to Java via Gilimanuk Harbor is estimated to occur after the New Year this weekend. Until Tuesday, the traffic coming out of Bali remained smooth and there was no accumulation of vehicles, especially private cars.

Chief of Jembrana Police Traffic Affairs, Nyoman Sukadana, said that the traffic condition at Gilimanuk still runs smoothly.

During the Great Candle operation, district police also established four security posts along the GilimanukDenpasar road section and a service post at Gilimanuk. (kmb26)

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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Where Legend Meets Style

Christmas and New Year holidays

NEGARA - Traffic of vehicles and passengers crossing from Java to Bali since Christmas holidays last weekend has increased. As prediction, the number of tourist visits to Bali will continue to increase until about the turn of the year.

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Alaya Ubud is the perfect place to be if you’re looking for a bit of refreshing and time away from all the hustle and bustle.

In recent months, this beloved establishment unveiled its newest additions, which include the much awaited Manisan Restaurant and a brand new wing.

Manisan sits in the middle of a productive rice field adjacent to the resort with space to comfortably seat up to 128 diners. It is housed within a reclaimed Joglo

(a traditional Javanese wooden home) that was sourced from Central Java and reassembled and expertly refurbished in Ubud by Grounds Kent with interior by Made Wijaya.

Some recommended dishes include the Binte Biluhuta Gorontalo, a North Sulawesi light and spicy clear soup with sweet corn, young coconut, chili and shrimp and Ayam Pongpongan, a Balinese starter of smoked chicken fillet in coconut husks or the Tuna Naniura Batak

WEEKLY EVENTS and FARMERS MARKETS Tourists are enjoying their time in Lovina.

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In 2017, tourist arrival targeted to reach 3.5 million

SINGARAJA - Tourist visit to Buleleng in 2017 is targeted to increase from this year. It is adjusted to the rapidly growing tourist attraction. To support the growth, the district government will be more diligent in the promotion and arrangement.

The Head of the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency, I Nyoman Sutrisna, revealed that the target of tourist arrival in 2017 reaches 3.5 million people. This figure increased from this year of 2.75 million people and in 2015 reached 2.5 million people. “Since 2015, the target of tourist arrival has continued to increase. The achievement is also continuously exceeded. They are dominated by domestic travelers. Foreign travelers are dominated by those from Europe,” he said at his office on Tuesday (Dec. 27).

He added that the increase is inseparable from the rapid tourism development. The objects on offer are no longer confined to natural attractions that have been managed by the community or tourism village as set forth in the Regent Decree No.430/927/HK/2015.

There are also spiritual attractions spreading across in some areas.

“Tourist attraction has increasingly developed, both in mainland and the sea. Besides, there are also Hindu and Islamic spiritual tourism. This is becoming the reason of the increase in the target,” he said.

To achieve the target, the ad-

dition of supporting facilities at a number of tourist attractions will also be carried out in 2017. The budget is obtained from the special allocation fund (DAK) valued at IDR 2.5 billion. “Now, there have been ten tourism villages. Later on, some of them will get arrangement program determined based on the scale of priorities,” he said.

The measures taken do not just stop there. In order to attract more travelers to visit the earth of Panji Sakti (Buleleng), tourism promotion will continue to be rolled out.

Other than by district government, the promotion is also made through promotion of regional agency having been established not long ago.

“Later, this agency will cooperate with travel agencies. The whole objects will be promoted,” said Sutrisna.

Previously, promotional measures have been carried out through the exhibition organized by the government, both regionally, nationally and internationally. At that time, all the potentials are outlined in the brochures and calendar of events.

In 2016, there are 10 events organized. Some of them are the Buleleng Festival, Twin Lakes Festival, Buleleng Bali Lovina Dive Festival and Lovina Festival. “In 2017, there will be three additional events. So, there will be totally 13 events. They are beyond the events organized by the subdistrict and the schedule is fixed,” he affirmed. (kmb45)

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Pregnancy linked to changes in mothers’ brains

PREGNANCY may trigger changes in the structure and size of regions in a woman’s brain that are involved in responding to social and emotional cues, a recent study suggests.

Many of these changes appeared to last at least two years after giving birth, the study found. Mothers who had the most pronounced alterations in their brains also scored higher on tests of emotional attachment to their babies than women whose brains underwent subtler changes.

“This study provides the first insights into the impact of pregnancy on the gray matter architecture of the human brain,” said lead study author Elseline Hoekzema of the University of Leiden in The Netherlands.

While the exact cause of these shifts in the brain isn’t clear, it’s possible the changes may help women prepare for the social demands of motherhood, researchers report in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

For the study, researchers scanned the brains of 25 women who had never had

babies, then did imaging tests again after the women gave birth for the first time.

Researchers also looked at brain scans from 19 first-time fathers, 17 men without children and 20 women who had never given birth.

Compared to the other participants, the first-time mothers had a distinct loss of gray matter in regions of the brain associated with what’s known as “theory of mind,” or the ability to attribute mental states such as thoughts, feelings and intents to themselves and other people.

When researchers showed these first-time mothers pictures of their own babies, they had more activity in some of these pregnancy-altered brain regions than when they looked at images of other babies, the study also found.

Nearly all of the gray matter changes were still present in scans done two

A woman holds her stomach at the last stages of her pregnancy.

years after women delivered their babies. Some of the gray matter volume that was reduced during pregnancy returned in the hippocampus, a region associated with memory.

This pattern of structural changes was so consistent that it could be used to distinguish the brains of women who had given birth from those who had not, as well as to predict the quality of mothers’ attachment to their infants in the postpartum period, the researchers conclude.

Beyond its small size, limitations of the study include the lack of information about when or why changes in the brain might occur for first-time mothers.

It’s unclear if the changes in the mothers’ brains were caused by nine months of pregnancy, many hours of labor and delivery or by the first days and weeks of mother-infant bonding, said Dr. Rebecca Saxe, a neuroscience researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge who wasn’t involved in the study. (rtr)

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Why more heart-related deaths happen around the holidays

DEATHS from heart-related causes tend to spike around the holidays, and the cold weather may not really be to blame, a recent study suggests.

To rule out the potential influence of freezing temperatures, researchers examined data on more than 738,000 deaths from 1988 to 2013 in New Zealand, where Christmas comes during the summer. Overall, about 197,000 of these fatalities were heart-related.

Outside of the hospital, there were 4.2 percent more heart-related deaths during the last week of December and the first week of January – the period encompassing Christmas and New Year’s Eve – than would be expected if the holidays didn’t affect death rates, the study found.

The mortality rate works out to about an extra four deaths per year attributable to the holidays. The average age at the time of death was also slightly younger during the holiday season – 76.2 – compared with 77.1 during other times of year.

“This strongly suggests that the Christmas effect isn’t caused by temperature or anything related to the winter season,” said lead study author Dr. John Knight of the University of Melbourne in Australia.

“When temperature is removed as a likely cause that leaves a reasonably small pool of established social, health and health-system-related risk factors,” Knight added by email.

Previous research has documented a spike in deaths from natural causes during the holiday season in the United States, where Christmas tends to fall during the coldest time of year and death rates are already seasonally high due to influenza, researchers note in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

For the current study, researchers analyzed death trends in New Zealand, where cardiac death rates tend to be lowest during the summertime in general.

The study is observational, and doesn’t prove the holidays or the weather directly cause an uptick in fatalities or heart-related deaths, the authors note.

Researchers also didn’t track daily temperatures in New Zealand, which has an island climate without extreme swings in hot and cold weather that have been associated with heart-related deaths in other studies.

It’s possible, though, that heart-related deaths during the holiday season might spike due to seasonal stress, changes in diet and alcohol consumption or lower staffing at hospitals, the authors speculate. At least some of the increase in cardiac deaths around the holidays might also occur because people put off needed care during this time of year or avoid seeking treatment for acute illness because they’re traveling away from home, the researchers also point out.

Some terminally ill patients also may manage to hold off dying until just after they get through one last Christmas with friends or loved ones, the authors conclude.

In particular, other research has documented a link between excessive drinking and a greater likelihood that people will develop or need treatment for heart problems, said Dr. Tim Stockwell, a researcher at the University of Victoria in British Columbia who wasn’t involved in the study. (rtr)

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In 2017, arrangement of Lake Buyan planned to be massive

SINGARAJA - Lake Buyan bearing the status as one of the national tourism strategic areas (KSPN) cannot be freed from weeds and sedimentation. Likewise, it is not free from plastic waste carried away by water flow when flood occurs. Responding to the issue, central government in cooperation with the government of Buleleng is going to hold a massive cleanup in 2017. This was said by the Head of the Buleleng Environment Agency (BLH), Nyoman Surya Temaja, on Monday (Dec. 26).

The onslaught of weeds on the lake located in the Sukasada subdistrict has becomes a classic spectacle. If seeing the function as the KSPN, the authority of management lies in the central government through the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. However, since the lake is geographically located in the district of Buleleng, the local government has a concern for the rescue of a number of issues, where one of which is the cleanup of the weeds.

“Since the implementation of festival in 2014, the local government in coordination with provincial and central government carries out the cleanup,” said Temaja.

He said that the cleanup is carried out by 20 contract workers who also work as a fisherman.

The weeds collected are directly processed into fertilizer for local farmers. Aside from the weed invasion, the lake is also experiencing sedimentation. In response to this, the local government has

re-coordinated with technical agencies in the district for the handling since early 2015. However, the implementation has not been able to run quickly because the existing equipment in the form of two units of amphibious excavators is not fully supported.

“We have coordinated the handling of sedimentation with relevant technical agencies. Since the equipment is not fully supported, in 2017 the central government will bring in a ranger. This equipment is bigger,” he said.

Next year, the arrangement of the lake area will be carried out on a large scale. It will not only be focused on the handling of weeds and waste only, but also on the other infrastructure such as the embankment and pavement. Draft of the cooperation program between the district and central government had been prepared. The signatories will be facilitated by the Center for Eco-regional Development Control (P3B) for Bali-Nusra. “In 2017, it is going to undertake massive cleanup activity and must be completed,” he said.

When asked about the water quality of the lake, Temaja mentioned that it remains quite good.

In order to minimize pollution, the measure of educating the public has been already conducted for the surrounding communities.

The implementation is also coordinated with other relevant agencies. “Since there are many farms in the area, the agriculture agency also provides an education,” he affirmed. (kmb45)

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The rain flushing at the beginning of the event did not dampen the vivacity of residents to watch the competition aimed to evoke the farming spirit.

Tug-of-war in mud

Awaken spirit of farming for East Duda residents

AMLAPURA - Paddy field area on Jalan Raya Pesangkan, East Duda village, Selat, was thronged by residents on Monday (Dec. 26). They came to watch the tug-of-war in the mud held by the East Duda village. The rain flushing at the beginning of the event did not dampen the vivacity of residents to watch the competition aimed to evoke the farming spirit.

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Since the lake is geographically located in the district of Buleleng, the local government has a concern for the rescue of a number of issues, where one of which is the cleanup of the weeds.

“This has become an annual event usually held every December 25. Other than serving as entertainment in a series of the village anniversary, it is also meant to initiate young people in order they want to be farmers,” said the headman I Gede Pawana.

The competition was held in one of the paddy fields at Subak Pesangkan formerly converted into a snakefruit orchard. Since it was also used to welcome the arrival

of harvest season, all the residents were coming. The nine administrative hamlets at East Duda village sent their respective men’s team and one women’s team. As tug-ofwar in general, each team consists of ten personnel. The first session invited the women’s team of Pesangkan Anyar against the women’s team of Batu Gede hamlet.

Taking place at muddy paddy field, the competition became more exciting than the usual tug-of-war

contest. More interestingly, both teams namely the winners and losers were smeared in mud. “If one team has got pulled, it will be difficult to survive as it is quite slippery and heavy,” said one of the participants.

Creativity of the East Duda village community got appreciation from the Regent of Karangasem, IGA Mas Sumatri. According to her, the tug-of-war in the mud is not only able to increase togetherness, but also proves that village government is able to implement its work program. “It also serves as a medium to build civilizations and indicator if the work program of the village has run,” he said. (kmb)

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After flash flood

Evacuation of materials at Teratai Bang Temple continues

TABANAN - After flash floods and landslides at Teratai Bang Temple, Candikuning village, Baturiti, the effort to evacuate the sludge material continued until Tuesday (Dec. 27). To clean up the remnants of the existing materials, at least it takes four days. Hundreds of civil servants of Tabanan district mingled with the ranks of military personnel, regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) and local community as well as did mutual assistance to move the mud material in the outermost courtyard of the temple. Heavy equipments including two excavators and one bulldozer seemed to have been used since three days after the incident.

A member of the Tabanan House of Representatives from Candikuning village, Nyoman Suta, said that it took ten days for the post-disaster handling. Moreover, the aid of heavy equipment just arrived three days ago. “We continue to clean up the landslide materials like beside the Beji Temple as well as in the middle and outermost temple courtyard,” he said. He added that workmanship of thorough cleansing for the temple area will take approximately four days ahead.

In the meantime, the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti, who came down to see the damage at some points in the Bedugul area, said that local government will back up the disaster management budget while waiting for help from provincial or central government.

She said that if only waiting for the assistance from provincial government, it will require a process. Most importantly, she said, the revetment and water flow above the temple should be able to hold erosion in case

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China’s Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier Liaoning sails the water in East China Sea, in this handout photo taken December 25, 2016

by Japan Self-Defence Force and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan.

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Chinese carrier docks after drill amid new tension over Taiwan

TAIPEI - China’s sole aircraft carrier has arrived at a naval base on the southern Chinese province of Hainan, a senior Taiwanese military officer said on Wednesday, after drills that took it around self-ruled Taiwan, an island China claims as its own.

The civil servants are working hand in hand to clean the Teratai Bang Temple in Baturiti, Tabanan. the same disaster will happen.

“Hence, this measure will try to be conditioned this time, so that we can break up and will no longer directly hit the courtyard of the temple,” she explained.

The fund of this disaster management will be taken from regional budget. By chance, it is currently in the verification process in the province. Probably, if there are budget sweepings or any programs that are not ap-

proved, then the budget will be transferred for the handling of the disaster.

In the meantime, the fund needed for disaster management, said Regent Eka, amounts to IDR 2 billion for Teratai Bang Temple and IDR 1 billion for Toya Mampeh and Sebatu. Then, for the losses suffered by the people will be discussed further.

Regent Eka encouraged people to share

the same care and preserve nature in responding to the recent disaster. Related to the possibility of illegal deforestation, she said that it has not occurred since the past five years because the forest rangers of the forestry agency always conduct surveillance.

“Please bear in mind, let’s preserve our nature and say prayers to God in order that no more disasters will occur in Tabanan,” she said. (kmb28)

BI Bali has interests in seaweed potential

The seaweed farmer.

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DENPASAR - In order to help food the security in Bali Province, Bank Indonesia (BI) develops agricultural clusters such as the cluster of MA-11-based organic rice and onions. Moreover, there are agricultural products with export quality such as coffee involved in the mentoring program of BI Representative Office for Bali Region.

BI also fosters the MSMEs and other businesses in order to build the economy of Bali.

In 2017, BI Bali pays attention to the potential of seaweed farmers in Nusa Lembongan to be fostered and developed. “We’re not able to ascertain because of having to talk to the target first. But in the planning, we will try to develop seaweed,” said Causa Iman Karana, Chief Representative Office of BI for Bali Region, on Tuesday (Dec. 27).

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In addition, BI will also continue to foster and develop creative industries and start-ups. “We will remain to explore how it looks like. Regarding the food security, we’ve discussed with the Head of the Agriculture Agency that the agricultural sector has been stable. Perhaps, we turn to creative industries, business startup and seaweed as the commodity remaining to have the potential to be exported, perhaps this is the goal.

Whether it is positive or not, we have to make a discussion first with all stakeholders from relevant agencies in charge of it and the farmer groups to be fostered,” he said.

His institution also needs to get the commitment of farmers so that later on they will not feel to have been forced. According to him, the potential of seaweed is remarkable enough especially in the east coast

of Bali, Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida. But so far, this potential seems to be ignored and not developed. As estimation, the areas targeted to be fostered are those in the eastern coastal areas. However, it is said to be dependent on the agency and farmer groups.

“If the farmer groups have no readiness, we dare not to force because the program is meant to help them and not to bother them,” he said.

In the meantime, in 2017 Bank Indonesia will select, record and collect the creative industries and which industry among them seems appropriate. However clearly, the creative industries to be targeted are those supporting the tourism industry considering that tourism is one of the economic structures of Bali. (kmb42)

Taiwan warned on Tuesday that “the threat of our enemies is growing day by day”, as Chinese warships led by the carrier sailed towards Hainan through the disputed South China Sea. The Chinese drill comes amid renewed tension over Taiwan, which China says is ineligible for state-to-state relations, following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone call with Tai-

wan President Tsai Ing-wen that upset Beijing.

China is deeply suspicious of Tsai, suspecting she wants to push for the island’s formal independence, a red line for Beijing which has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control. Tsai says she wants to maintain peace with China.

China has given few details of what the Soviet-built Liaoning is

up to, save that it is on a routine exercise and complying with international law.

Taiwan has said the aircraft carrier skirted waters outside its air defence identification zone to the east and south and then headed across the top of the South China Sea to Hainan, home to a large Chinese naval base.

“The Liaoning aircraft carrier has reached the Hainan military base. We will continue to monitor its developments,” a senior Taiwanese military official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

China had been testing the carrier’s systems and coordination

with other military equipment, the officer said, and its arrival in Hainan did not mean its mission was over.

Chinese state media says the carrier’s likely home base was the northeastern port city of Qingdao.

Speaking at a regular news briefing, An Fengshan, spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said China would exert all its efforts to achieve “peaceful reunification”.

“At the same time, our position on maintaining the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity is unswerving, and we will never permit Taiwan independence separatist forces to split Taiwan from China in

any way or in any name,” he said.

China’s air force conducted long-range drills this month above the East and South China Seas that rattled Japan and Taiwan. China said those exercises were also routine.

China claims most of the South China Sea. Neighbours Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims.

The Liaoning has taken part in previous exercises, including in the South China Sea, but China is years away from perfecting carrier operations similar to those the United States has practised for decades. (rtr)

Serial testers and cursory checks: India’s flawed generic drug trials business

HYDERABAD - Vasudeva Prakash left his job as a mechanic in Hyderabad three years ago for what he calls a more lucrative career: taking part in clinical trials on generic drugs.

For two years, Prakash participated in trials of drugs being

tested to treat HIV/AIDS and other diseases for contract research organizations (CROs) hired by global pharmaceutical companies. The drugs tested at Indian CROs have been key in getting several hundred medicines approved for sale around the world.

REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa

A woman talks on a mobile phone as she walks past the closed research facility of Semler Research Centre in Bengaluru, India, October 13, 2016. Picture taken October 13, 2016.

Yet, Prakash did not follow international guidelines for testing - and the CROs that hired him didn’t require him to. He says that to earn more money he would participate in back-to-back trials on different drugs with gaps of only a few weeks or even a few days, instead of waiting the 90 days that the World Health Organization recommends.

Half of more than a dozen volunteers interviewed by Reuters across four cities - Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and New Delhi - also said they waited much less than 90 days between trials. In the past threeto-four years, they said they spent several months at a time in different cities so that they could participate in as many studies as possible.

Prakash provided documentation proving he underwent trials with short gaps at Apotex Research Pvt Ltd, owned by Canadian drugmaker Apotex Inc; Lotus Labs, owned by U.S. generics giant Actavis; Ethics Bio Lab, owned since last year by U.S. drugmaker Par Pharmaceutical Inc; and India’s Semler Research Center Pvt Ltd,

among others. Ethics Bio and Apotex did not respond to requests for comment. Lotus Labs and Semler said they had systems in place to check for cross-participation by trial volunteers.

The guidelines of the WHO, which decides on approvals for drugs sold in several countries dependent on United Nations programs for basic medicines, are not legally-binding for the CROs. While India has guidelines on clinical trials, they don’t specify the length of time participants should take between trials.

Still, the serial testing of some volunteers is raising new questions about the level of oversight of India’s generic drug trials industry, after some CROs came under recent international regulatory scrutiny. Last year, the European Medicines Agency banned about 700 medicines across Europe after an investigation revealed data tampering in some trials of generic drugs in India.

International medical experts said that undergoing back-to-back trials endangers the health of

patients participating. It can also compromise clinical data gathered through these trials, on the basis of which drugmakers seek approval to sell generic medicines around the world.

“The time gap between participation in two different trials should be 90 days minimum,” said Stephanie Croft, a lead inspector at the WHO. “When is incomplete or incorrect it could pose a serious risk to patients.”

Gyanendra Nath Singh, head of India’s national drug watchdog, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), said that it has been trying to inspect more CROs in the past two years. The watchdog is also considering the introduction of a track-and-trace system through which patients can be tracked across CROs, he told Reuters.

“We are emphasizing on good regulatory practices some reports have shown that the CROs have deviated from (the) system,” said Singh. India’s Health Ministry did not respond to requests for comment. (rtr)

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A Unique Pendet Pasepan Dance

This sacred dance is performed after supporting devotees of the temple express their genuine devotion and gratitude for the blessings that have been bestowed, through the melasti or purificatory rite procession for Ida Bhatara (deities).

Dance coordinator I Dewa Gede Rai Sudiarta explained that the form of this pendet is the same as other pendet dances exept that instead of holding flower offerings, the dancers carry the pasepan. “The concept of this sacred dance has to do with GENERATING an aura of spiritual purity.

The means used is called agni hotra”, he said.

The Pendet Pasepan Dance is a calssical Balinese ritual that is particular to Nusa Penida and is filled with spiritual nuances.

The number of dancers involved is not determined, but depends on how many people are able to carry it out. It is categorized as a sacred dance because it is closely related to spiritual arts and ritual traditions . “It is danced with sincerity by young women who want to devote themselves sincerely and flexibly”, said Rai Sudiarta.

This pendet dance is accompanied by terompongan gamelan INSTRUMENTS that carry classical spiritual meaning. The Pendet Pasepan Dance was last performed on the piodalan of Dalem Temple of Setra Batununggul customary village, Nusa Penida, on November 14. (kmb)

HAVANA - Cuba’s economy shrank 0.9 percent this year in tandem with the crisis in key trading partner Venezuela, President Raul Castro told the National Assembly on Tuesday in a closeddoor speech, predicting a slightly brighter outlook for 2017.

Venezuela and Brazil, and revenue from the sale of professional services to those countries has dropped.

Key ally Venezuela has slashed its provision of cheap oil and the drop in global commodities prices is punishing Cuban exports of nickel, refined oil products and sugar.

Some experts fear that future growth from thawing relations with the United States may also be at risk since Republican Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election. Trump, who takes office Jan. 20, has vowed to “terminate” President Barack Obama’s engagement with Cuba unless Havana gives the United States what he calls a “better deal.”

According to published excerpts of his speech, Castro did not comment on the future of Cuban-U.S. relations, except to recall the negative impact of the embargo.

The president, who has promised economic reforms, did say foreign investment is one area that could improve. Since approving a law to bolster foreign investment more than two years ago, Cuba has approved just $1.3 billion worth of projects. It aims to take in $2 billion annually, making investment an

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Yazuli Lloret, 15, poses for a photographer at the Cathedral Square in Havana, Cuba, December 27, 2016. important growth driver.

Castro said it was necessary to “overcome the obsolete mentality, full of prejudices towards foreign investment.”

“We are not going towards capitalism, but we cannot be afraid of, or put obstacles in the way of, that which we can do within our laws,”

he said, adding that investment in the energy sector was key.

A fiscal boost to production and investment should help fuel growth next year, according to the assembly’s Economic Commission. The fiscal deficit will rise to 12 percent of GDP. “If the expansive fiscal policy is

well deployed, it could help manage the crisis,” said ex-Cuban central bank official Pavel Vidal, now a professor at Universidad Javeriana Cali in Colombia.

“Otherwise it could have disastrous consequences for the country’s monetary and financial stability,” he said.(rtr)

Dollar hold gains against yen on upbeat U.S. data

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A currency dealer walks in front of electronic boards showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and South Korean won, at a dealing room of a bank in Seoul, South Korea, December 17, 2015.

TOKYO - The dollar edged up against the yen on Wednesday within sight of a 10-1/2 month high in thin holiday trade, after strong U.S. economic data reinforced expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve would be more hawkish in the year ahead.

The dollar was last flat against the yen at 117.45, after gaining nearly 0.5 percent to 117.63 yen on Tuesday in the wake of data showing U.S. consumer confidence hit 15-year peak in December.

The dollar rose as high as 118.66 yen on Dec. 15. The Conference Board said its U.S. Consumer Confidence Index rose to 113.7, the highest since August 2001, as expectations for strength

in job growth, business conditions and the stock market continued to build following Donald Trump’s election to president.

U.S. house prices also continued their steady recovery in October, although a spike in borrowing costs could present a headwind to sustained home value gains, as rates rose after the election.

The upbeat data helped underscore expectations that the U.S. central bank would raise interest rates at a faster pace next year, a view that gained traction after the Fed on Dec. 14 projected three rate hikes next year compared with the two it predicted in September.

“The next data to watch is U.S. payrolls due on Jan. 6,” said

Ayako Sera, market strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank in Tokyo. “Markets are prepared for data showing strong U.S. economy but not for the opposite.”

Sera added that volatility could be high for yen trade as the Japanese market thins ahead of the New Year holiday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major peers, last stood at 103.00, below its 14-year peak of 103.650 touched on Dec. 20.

The dollar index has risen 5.3 percent since the U.S. election as the greenback was propelled higher on expectations that Trump would embark on fiscal stimulus.

The euro was last flat against the greenback at $1.0462.(rtr)

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The pendet dance perfromed for the piodalan of the Dalem Temple of Setra Batununggul customary village in Nusa Penida, is both sacred and unique. Although the form of this pendet dance resembles other pendet dances, here, supporting devotees of the temple perform the pendet while holding small bowls of fire -known as pasepan, in their hands as they dance.

Cuba says economy shrank this year in tandem with Venezuela crisis

The figure suggests sharp economic contraction in the second half after the cash-strapped government slashed imports, investment and fuel in response to lower exports and a drop in cheap oil deliveries from Venezuela. It had reported 1 percent growth for the first half.

“Restrictions in cash and in the provision of fuel worsened in the second half,” Castro said, according to excerpts published by official media outlet Cubadebate.

“Financial tensions and challenges that might intensify again in certain circumstances will persist, but we hope that gross domestic product (GDP) will grow moderately, by around 2 percent (in 2017).”

Cuba’s centrally planned economy has struggled for decades with the U.S. economic embargo and mismanagement at home.

Market-style reforms and, more recently, a detente with the United States that has boosted remittances and the tourism sector, helped the economy grow on average at close to 3 percent each year between 2011 and 2015.

Still, the long slump in global fuel prices is hurting many of Cuba’s top trading partners such as Angola,

Thursday, December 29, 2016

Jaja Serud, a Sweet Balinese Traditional Cake Jaja serud or jaja gadang or green cake is a traditional cake tasting very sweet. It smells fragrant, looks beautiful and has a very distinctive flavor. In this modern time, this kind of traditional cake is still consumed by the Hindu community in Bali. Moreover, it often becomes a primary choice due to its delicious flavor. Some people desire to reminisce by enjoying this cake. In the past, it became a snack for people when holding mutual assistance activities such as having ceremonies and making house, shrines or other types of buildings. It will become nicer when enjoying this cake accompanied with coffee or tea.

This cake is also consumed by farmers when working in their paddy fields involving many people such as when growing rice, plowing fields using cattle and other activities. It is prepared by the wives of farmers through mutual assistance as well. It happens because brother-

hood relationship is still strong, so without being informed they will certainly come to help.

Nowadays, this cake has economic value, so that it is sold in traditional markets. Nevertheless, it is not easy to find a merchant of the jaja serud.

Other than being difficult to make, the preparation to presentation takes long time. Moreover, it may not be served too long because it is quickly perishable. So, it is advisable to enjoy this cake while remaining warm or after being cooked.

Virtually all the ingredients used to make are eco-friendly, without chemicals, preservatives or synthetic dyes.

The main ingredients are rice flour, whiting water, extract of dracaena leaf, salt, brown sugar and grated coconut. Then, the TOOL used to make it is clean banana midrib.

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flour through traditional process by pounding. First of all, select the rice and then soaked for whole night. Then, drain and pound until smooth. Rice flour is then clenchedfist and steamed. Once cooked, take out and douse with the extract of dracaena leaf and betel leaf, salt to taste and knead until smooth.

Shape the batter by means of banana midrib by preparing the batter of a marble size. Place this batter on the banana midrib by doing serud-serud (pulling down gently) with the thumb, so that it will look like a flower. Subsequently, place on banana leaf and then steam.

While waiting this, prepare brown sugar sauce by means of boiling and make grated coconut. Once cooked, take it out and cool down.

Remove the jaja serud from banana leaves and then put on a plate. After that, sprinkle with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. Now, it is ready to serve. (kmb)

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Wing flap fault main theory behind Black Sea Russian jet crash

MOSCOW - Russian investigators looking into the crash of a military plane that crashed, killing all 92 on board, believe a fault with its wing flaps was the reason it plunged into the Black Sea, an investigative source told the Interfax news agency on Tuesday.

The plane, a Tupolev-154 belonging to the Defence Ministry, disappeared from radar screens two minutes after taking off on Sunday from Sochi in southern Russia, killing dozens of Red Army Choir singers and dancers en route to Syria to entertain Russian troops in the run-up to the New Year.

The three black box flight recorders from the aircraft were found on Tuesday, Russian news agencies said, amid unconfirmed reports that authorities had grounded all aircraft of the same type. The Defence Ministry confirmed one box had been found.

The Life.ru news portal, which has close contacts to law enforcement agencies, said it had obtained a readout of one of the pilot’s last words, indicating a problem with

the wing flaps: “Commander, we are going down,” the pilot was reported to have said.

There was no official confirmation of the readout.

The Interfax news agency separately cited an unnamed investigative source as saying preliminary data showed the wing flaps had failed and not worked in tandem.

As a result, the aging Soviet-era plane had not been able to gather enough speed and had dropped into the sea, breaking up on impact.

If confirmed, the technical failure will raise questions about the future of the TU-154, which is still actively used by Russian government ministries but not by major Russian commercial airlines.

Interfax cited an unnamed source as saying Russia had grounded all

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TU-154 planes until the cause of Sunday’s crash became clear.

There was no official confirmation of that.

The Defence Ministry says the jet, a Soviet-era plane built in 1983, had last been serviced in September and underwent more major repairs in December 2014.

Russian pilots say the TU-154 is still flightworthy, though major Russian commercial airlines have long since replaced it with Western-built planes. Experts say only two are registered with Russian passenger airlines with the rest registered to various government ministries.

The last big TU-154 crash was in 2010 when a Polish jet carrying then-president Lech Kaczynski and much of Poland’s political elite went down in western Russia killing everyone on board.

The Defence Ministry said search and rescue teams had so far recovered 12 bodies and 156 body fragments. (rtr)

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People hold portraits and printed names of victims of the Tu-154 plane, which crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, during a memorial event in Rostov-On-Don, Russia December 26, 2016.

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Undeterred by the U.N. resolution, Israel’s Jerusalem municipality is due to consider on Wednesday requests for construction permits for hundreds of new homes for Israelis in areas captured in 1967 and annexed to the city.

‘SHAMEFUL’ DECISION, ISRAEL SAYS

Israeli officials described the abstention as a “shameful” decision.

President-elect Donald Trump, who urged the White House to veto the resolution, chided the world body as “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time.”

State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Tuesday said the United States hoped the U.N. vote would serve as a “wake-up call” that settlements are a detriment to a two-state solution.

Israel for decades has pursued a policy of building Jewish settlements on territory it captured in a 1967 war with its Arab neighbors, including the West Bank and East

Jerusalem.

Most countries view the settlements as an obstacle to peace. Israel disagrees, citing a biblical, historical and political connection to the land, as well as security interests.

Washington considers the settlement activity illegitimate.

Since learning last week of Kerry’s planned speech, Israeli officials have been concerned he might use the address to lay out parameters for a Middle East peace deal. Netanyahu’s aides are confident the Trump administration will likely ignore any Obama principles and pay no heed to the U.N. resolution, but they fear Kerry’s remarks will put Israel on the defensive and prompt other countries to apply pressure.

Kerry previously failed to bring about a diplomatic resolution to the conflict in talks that froze in 2014.

U.S. officials left little doubt they put much of the blame on Netanyahu’s stance on settlements. Some 570,000 Israelis live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem among more than 2.6 million Palestinians. (rtr)

On Pearl Harbor visit, Abe pledges Japan will never wage war again PEARL HARBOR - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a symbolic visit to Pearl Harbor with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, commemorating the victims of Japan’s World War Two attack and promising that his country would never wage war again.

The visit, just weeks before Republican President-elect Donald Trump takes office, was meant to highlight the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance amid concerns that Trump could forge a more complicated relationship with Tokyo.

“I offer my sincere and everlasting condolences to the souls of those who lost their lives here, as well as to the spirits of all the brave men and women whose lives were taken by a war that commenced in this very place,” Abe said.

“We must never repeat the horrors of war again. This is the solemn vow we, the people of Japan, have taken.”

Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor with torpedo planes, bombers and fighter planes on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, pounding the U.S. fleet moored there in the hope of destroying U.S. power in the Pacific.

Abe did not apologize for the attack, a step that would have irked his conservative supporters, many of whom say U.S. economic sanctions forced Japan to open hostilities.

“This visit to Pearl Harbor was to console the souls of the war dead, not to apologize,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference in Tokyo, adding the trip had showed that the allies would contribute to world peace and prosperity.

Obama, who earlier this year became the first incumbent U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, where the United States dropped an atomic bomb in 1945, called Abe’s visit a “historic gesture” that was “a reminder that even the deepest wounds of war can give way to friendship and a lasting peace.”

Abe became the first Japanese prime minister to visit the USS Arizona Memorial, built over the remains of the sunken battleship USS Arizona, although three others including his grandfather had made quiet stops in Pearl Harbor in the 1950s.

The two leaders stood solemnly in front of a wall inscribed with the names of those who died in the 1941 attack and took part in a brief wreath-laying ceremony, followed by a moment of silence.

“In Remembrance, Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan” was written on one wreath and “In Remembrance, Barack Obama, President of the United States” on the other. (rtr)

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Rumors of Chinese workers flooding Indonesia slanderous: President Jokowi

MINAHASA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that rumors of Indonesia being flooded by illegal foreign workers, mainly from China, were slanderous and untrue.

The president made the remarks when inaugurating the Lahendong Geothermal Power Plant (PLTP), Unit 5 and 6, as well as Ulubelu PLTP, Unit 3, Lampung, in Tampaso, Minahasa, North Sulawesi on Tuesday.

“I want to remind you once again, one should not believe in spreading slanderous rumors, which project labor and investment issues as a threat, a threat of being flooded by foreign workforce. I need to say no,” said the President.

He added that, according to the rumors, nearly 10-20 million work-

ers from China had illegally entered Indonesia.

“The information that I received is that there are, indeed, Chinese workers but their number is only 21,000. They come in and go back because there are a lot of things that we are not yet ready to do. When we are ready we will use our own labor force,” he said.

The President pointed out the case of the Lahendong Geothermal Power Plant Unit 5 and 6 as well as in Lampung Ulubelu PLTP Unit 3, where foreign workers came into the country briefly, at the beginning of the project.

Furthermore, he said, foreign workers help prepare and initially set up the project, and also transfer knowledge and technology to the

domestic workforce.

“After that they go home, because they prefer to work in their own country. Do you think that they are happy to work here? They are happy in their own country where they are closer to their families and receive higher salaries there,” he said.

The president believes that the issue of foreign workers in Indonesia is not logical because wages in Indonesia are only about Rp1.5 million to Rp3 million compared with over Rp5 million in China.

“They were here but in the early days of a project because we do not know the technology, we have no experience about it. Eventually, it will benefit, for example in PLTP Lahendong and Ulubelu, us, the people,” he said. (ant)

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President Joko Widodo (l) reviewing geothermal electricity Units 5 & 6 PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy Lahendong after the inauguration in Tompaso, Minahasa, North Sulawesi, on Tuesday (Dec. 27, 2016).

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Durant slams NBA for ‘throwing refs under the bus’

CLEVELAND - Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant wants the National Basketball Association to become less transparent, at least when it comes to its review of referee decisions.

Durant made his comments after the league concluded he was on the wrong end of a non-call during the Warriors’ blockbuster Christmas Day showdown with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

On the game’s final play, with the Warriors down by one point, Durant stumbled when Cleveland’s Richard Jefferson trod on his foot.

The referees did not call a foul, and a stumbling Durant was unable to get a decent shot away before the buzzer, allowing the Cavs to escape with the win.

The NBA policy, known as the “Last Two Minute Report”, is to publicly review every play in the final two minutes of close games.

That is of scant consolation to the losing team, but it at least makes for transparency in an era where there are concerns over corruption.

“The refs didn’t lose us that game,” Durant said in an interview on Tuesday after the NBA said he was fouled.

“We lost that game. I think it’s (bull) the NBA threw the refs under the bus like that.

“To say I got fouled, just move on. Refs don’t deserve that. They’re trying their hardest to get the plays right.

“After the game, like it matters. The game’s over. We’re moving on.”

Durant added that the next time the Warriors play the Cavaliers he does not want referees tensing up over concerns they will be exposed for their mistakes.

He said the job was difficult enough at the best of times for referees, who do not have the luxury of slow-motion replays.

The NBA report on Sunday’s game also said that Cleveland’s LeBron James should have been received a technical foul for hanging on the rim of the basket after a dunk.

In 2008, referee Tim Donaghy was sentenced to 15 months in prison after admitting to betting on games he officiated and passing on inside information to bookies. (rtr)

Keramas Beach GIANYAR - Keramas Beach is a beautiful black sandy beach situated in the east of Denpasar City which is dealing to the Indian Ocean. This beach is favored by the big and fast wave that offers more challenges for every surfer to conquer it and enjoy the surf adventures. Keramas Beach is one of the famous surf points in Bali Island that many visited by surfers from both foreign countries and local. The black sand stretch 10 miles from Klungkung Regency to the west until Padang Galak Beach is a value edit own by this beach and it is blessed by the beautiful

and romantic view of sunset at the late afternoon. The waves are big, fast and roll are one of the fascination for surfers to enjoy the surf adventures and the surfers must take the surf direction from right to the left which is well known as right-hander.

Keramas Beach is located in Keramas Village, Sukawati District, Gianyar Kabupaten and Bali Province – Indonesia. The name of beach is inspirited from the name of the beach location where the beach is situated that is in Keramas Village.

This beach is situated close to other surf points such as Biaung/Lembeng

Beach, Padang Galak Beach, Matahari Terbit Beach, Sanur Beach, Segara Beach, Sindhu Beach and Merta Sari Beach. This beach is close to Denpasar City which is only 10 minutes from the Bali’s Province or 30 minutes from Denpasar Airport.

The best time for surfing at Keramas Beach is during raining season because the wind flows from the west to the east and create the big wave that is suitable for surfing activities. Keramas Beach is geographically located in lest side of Bali’s Peninsula where the wave become big when the wind flows from the southwest. (IBP/net)

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The crew aboard the yacht Perpetual Loyal react as they hit a wave sailing out of Sydney Harbour during the start of the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht race, Australia’s premiere bluewater classic, in Australia, December 26, 2016.

HOBART — Supermaxi Perpetual Loyal has taken line honors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race with its winning time nearly five hours faster than the previous record.

Skippered by Anthony Bell, Perpetual Loyal crossed the finish line at Constitution Dock in Hobart around 2:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday to complete the 630-nautical-mile race in 1 day, 13 hours, 31 minutes, 20 seconds. That shattered the race record, set in 2012 by rival supermaxi Wild Oats XI, by 4 hours, 51 minutes, 52 seconds.

Wild Oats XI had been leading the race and was on target to take line honors for the ninth time when it suffered a hydraulic failure on Tuesday and was forced to withdraw.

Perpetual Loyal inherited a comfortable lead, making up for its misfortunes of the last two years when it had to quit the race. In 2015 it was forced out with rudder damage and, in 2014, it withdrew after striking a submerged object.

This year it was able to take full advantage of favorable wind condi-

tions which propelled the 88-boat fleet at a record pace.

“We got a good set of weather conditions,” Bell said. “Sometimes you just need a little bit of luck and we’ve certainly had our fair share of bad luck, so I was entitled to ask the forecasters for that.”

Bell said he was immediately aware of the misfortune that struck Wild Oats XI and handed Perpetual Loyal the race lead. The failure of a hydraulic ram affected the movement of the yacht’s keel and forced it to pull out of the race and head for the port of Eden.

“We saw the boat tilt right over, we saw them come to a sudden stop,” Bell said. “Our first worry was that it might have lost a crew member overboard.

“We radioed them and said, ‘Hey if you’re in trouble we’re prepared to stop the race and go over and help the guys’ but the fortunate thing is no one got hurt.”

Wild Oats arrived safely in Eden late Tuesday night.

Owner Sandy Oatley, who was not aboard, was shocked the yacht was

forced out of the race for the second straight year.

“Last year we tore the mainsail and we’ve done a lot of preparation and training in that regard and the boys were very happy with that,” Oatley said. “This hydraulic failure has come out of left field.”

The 70-foot New Zealand yacht Giacomo, skippered by Jim Delegat and whose teenage sons Nikolas and James were among the 14-man crew, crossed the line two hours after Perpetual Loyal to take second place.

Giacomo completed the race in 1 day, 15 hours, 27 minutes, 5 seconds, just a few minutes ahead of the Hong Kong-based supermaxi Scallywag.

All three top finishers were under the 2012 record.

“This type of yachting is a boyhood dream come true,” Delegat said.

“The key really is we picked a good plan, a good strategy.”

Bell said following the race that he wouldn’t defend his title next year, preferring to sell Perpetual Loyal and move on to other sailing challenges. (ap)

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Sp rt Liverpool thrash Stoke to delight manager Klopp

Liverpool chalked up an emphatic 4-1 win over Stoke City on Tuesday that left manager Juergen Klopp purring with delight after they fought back from an early deficit to keep their Premier League title challenge on track. Goals from Adam Lallana and Roberto Firmino put the home side ahead by halftime and they romped to victory with a Giannelli Imbula own goal and Daniel Sturridge strike after Stoke threatened an upset with a Jonathan Walters header.

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Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino celebrates scoring their second goal

The victory took Liverpool to 40 points from 18 games and back into second place, six points behind league leaders Chelsea, a point above Manchester City, who are in third spot, and three in front of fourth-placed Arsenal.

“It was a very difficult game,” Klopp said. “The result doesn’t show it but it was difficult because it was the third or fourth time we’ve played Stoke with (ex-Liverpool striker Peter) Crouch on the pitch and that is a sign of how they want to play.

“We scored a wonderful goal and then the second one. We regrouped again and told the players that the movement was not as good as it could be and we (then) controlled the game.

“It was pretty clear Stoke could not play the same (sort of) half again. It was intense for them, they pressed high and were aggressive. We did better with the ball and deserved this result.”

Asked about Liverpool’s chances of a first league title since 1990, Klopp added: “We watch football and know the results but this is not when the season will be decided.

If Chelsea win all the games they will be champions and they will deserve it.”

The hosts cancelled out Walters’ 12th minute opener when Lallana equalised in the 34th with a neat finish after an error by ex-Liverpool defender Glen Johnson before Firmino fired them ahead with a crisp shot that went in after hitting both posts. Having dominated possession throughout, Liverpool sealed the points after the break following more sloppy Stoke defending.

Imbula gave the ball away and then compounded his error for the third goal when he turned a sharp low cross by Divock Origi into his own net before Sturridge put the icing on the cake.

Having come on as a substitute, the England striker pounced on a dreadful back pass by Ryan Shawcross and coolly slotted the ball home after rounding goalkeeper Lee Grant. (rtr)

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FIFA boss says football federations back expanded World Cup DUBAI - Football federations are backing plans to expand the World Cup beyond 32 teams, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in Dubai on Wednesday.

The global football federation

boss wants to increase the number of teams playing in the World Cup final tournament to 48, arguing that it can be done in the same time frame as the current tournament.

Global football federations are

“overwhelmingly in favour” of expanding the tournament, said Infantino, who has also suggested a 40-team World Cup. Infantino, speaking at a sports conference, said a 48-team tour-

Bradley out as Swansea manager after less than 3 months

AP Photo/Paulo Duarte, File

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 file photo, Juande Ramos, Dnipro’s coach at that time, watches from the bench during their Europa League Group E soccer match against Pacos Ferreira at the D. Afonso Henriques Stadium, in Guimaraes, Portugal.

‘Uncomfortable’ Ramos leaving Malaga after fan tension

BARCELONA — Malaga coach Juande Ramos is leaving the Spanish club after only half a season in charge.

In a statement released late on Tuesday, the Qatari-owned club said that the 62-year-old Spaniard had agreed to cut short his contract by 2 ½ years.

The departure of Ramos comes after the team’s strong run in the Spanish league was halted by a 4-1 loss at Sevilla and its disappointing elimination by a second division team in the Copa del Rey. Some fans at La Rosaleda stadium called for Ramos’ firing after the cup exit to Cordoba following a 4-3 defeat on Dec. 21.

In a statement published on the club’s website, Ramos mentioned “the tension during recent matches that didn’t help the team” as his motive for leaving.

“Football is susceptible to change and in adverse situations we managers are often the ones who are wronged,” Ramos said. “In this specific case, I have decided to remove myself from a situation that was uncomfortable and unsat-

isfying.”

The team had been playing well, given its lack of TOP talent, until those losses to regional rivals SEVILLA and Cordoba just before the Spanish winter break.

Prior to that, Malaga equaled a club record of five straight home wins and an impressive 0-0 draw at Barcelona’s Camp Nou. Under Ramos, Malaga had developed a useful habit of late goals. It scored three 90th-minute goals, and another five in the final 20 minutes, all of which earned the team points.

Ramos agreed to take over Malaga this summer, ending a two-year hiatus from coaching for the former Real Madrid, Tottenham and Sevilla boss. Ramos had also managed Malaga near the beginning of his coaching career in 2003-04.

“Malaga Football Club wants to thank Juande Ramos for his work and honesty and wishes him good luck in the future,” the Andalusian club said. The club has not announced a replacement. Its next game is at Celta Vigo on January 8. (ap)

SWANSEA — American coach Bob Bradley was fired as Swansea manager on Tuesday, less than three months after taking charge at the English PREMIER LEAGUE club. Swansea announced Bradley’s departure a day after the team’s 4-1 home loss to West Ham. Bradley won two of his 11 games in charge after replacing Francesco Guidolin to become the first coach from the United States in England’s TOP division.

Swansea is next to last in the standings, only above Hull on goal difference with nearly half the season gone.

“We are sorry to lose Bob after such a short period of time,” Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins said in a statement. “Unfortunately things haven’t worked out as planned and we felt we had to make the change with half the Premier League season

remaining.

“With the club going through such a tough time, we have to try and find the answers to get ourselves out of trouble.”

Bradley arrived at Liberty Stadium with a strong reputation after spells at clubs in Norway and France, as well as stints as coach of the U.S. and Egypt national teams. But he couldn’t halt Swansea’s slide, with the team conceding 29 goals during his time in charge.

“Personally, I have nothing but praise for Bob,” Jenkins said. “He is a good man, a good person who gave everything to the job.”

Assistant coaches Paul Williams and Alan Curtis will take charge of the team while Swansea, which is owned by American businessmen Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan, begins the search for its fifth full-time manager in less than three years. (ap)

Nick Potts/PA via AP

Swansea City’s Fernando Llorente, left, with Swansea City manager Bob Bradley as he is substituted off during the English Premier League soccer match between Swansea City and Sunderland at the Liberty stadium in Swansea Wales. Saturday, Dec, 10, 2016.

nament was the most financially appealing structure.

The FIFA boss has previously suggested a 48-team tournament but with a one-off preliminary round involving 32 teams, with the 16 winners going into a 32-team group stage and joining 16 teams who would receive a bye.

When he was elected in February, Infantino had promised to expand the tournament from the current 32 teams to 40.

Infantino later told reporters it would be up to the FIFA council members to decide in a “democratic process” on the expansion. (rtr)

REUTERS/Stringer

Paris St Germain coach Unai Emery speaks after receiving the Special Award trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino stands next to him during the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards Ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 27, 2016.

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Sp rt Liverpool thrash Stoke to delight manager Klopp

Liverpool chalked up an emphatic 4-1 win over Stoke City on Tuesday that left manager Juergen Klopp purring with delight after they fought back from an early deficit to keep their Premier League title challenge on track. Goals from Adam Lallana and Roberto Firmino put the home side ahead by halftime and they romped to victory with a Giannelli Imbula own goal and Daniel Sturridge strike after Stoke threatened an upset with a Jonathan Walters header.

Reuters / Darren Staples

Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino celebrates scoring their second goal

The victory took Liverpool to 40 points from 18 games and back into second place, six points behind league leaders Chelsea, a point above Manchester City, who are in third spot, and three in front of fourth-placed Arsenal.

“It was a very difficult game,” Klopp said. “The result doesn’t show it but it was difficult because it was the third or fourth time we’ve played Stoke with (ex-Liverpool striker Peter) Crouch on the pitch and that is a sign of how they want to play.

“We scored a wonderful goal and then the second one. We regrouped again and told the players that the movement was not as good as it could be and we (then) controlled the game.

“It was pretty clear Stoke could not play the same (sort of) half again. It was intense for them, they pressed high and were aggressive. We did better with the ball and deserved this result.”

Asked about Liverpool’s chances of a first league title since 1990, Klopp added: “We watch football and know the results but this is not when the season will be decided.

If Chelsea win all the games they will be champions and they will deserve it.”

The hosts cancelled out Walters’ 12th minute opener when Lallana equalised in the 34th with a neat finish after an error by ex-Liverpool defender Glen Johnson before Firmino fired them ahead with a crisp shot that went in after hitting both posts. Having dominated possession throughout, Liverpool sealed the points after the break following more sloppy Stoke defending.

Imbula gave the ball away and then compounded his error for the third goal when he turned a sharp low cross by Divock Origi into his own net before Sturridge put the icing on the cake.

Having come on as a substitute, the England striker pounced on a dreadful back pass by Ryan Shawcross and coolly slotted the ball home after rounding goalkeeper Lee Grant. (rtr)

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FIFA boss says football federations back expanded World Cup DUBAI - Football federations are backing plans to expand the World Cup beyond 32 teams, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in Dubai on Wednesday.

The global football federation

boss wants to increase the number of teams playing in the World Cup final tournament to 48, arguing that it can be done in the same time frame as the current tournament.

Global football federations are

“overwhelmingly in favour” of expanding the tournament, said Infantino, who has also suggested a 40-team World Cup. Infantino, speaking at a sports conference, said a 48-team tour-

Bradley out as Swansea manager after less than 3 months

AP Photo/Paulo Duarte, File

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 file photo, Juande Ramos, Dnipro’s coach at that time, watches from the bench during their Europa League Group E soccer match against Pacos Ferreira at the D. Afonso Henriques Stadium, in Guimaraes, Portugal.

‘Uncomfortable’ Ramos leaving Malaga after fan tension

BARCELONA — Malaga coach Juande Ramos is leaving the Spanish club after only half a season in charge.

In a statement released late on Tuesday, the Qatari-owned club said that the 62-year-old Spaniard had agreed to cut short his contract by 2 ½ years.

The departure of Ramos comes after the team’s strong run in the Spanish league was halted by a 4-1 loss at Sevilla and its disappointing elimination by a second division team in the Copa del Rey. Some fans at La Rosaleda stadium called for Ramos’ firing after the cup exit to Cordoba following a 4-3 defeat on Dec. 21.

In a statement published on the club’s website, Ramos mentioned “the tension during recent matches that didn’t help the team” as his motive for leaving.

“Football is susceptible to change and in adverse situations we managers are often the ones who are wronged,” Ramos said. “In this specific case, I have decided to remove myself from a situation that was uncomfortable and unsat-

isfying.”

The team had been playing well, given its lack of TOP talent, until those losses to regional rivals SEVILLA and Cordoba just before the Spanish winter break.

Prior to that, Malaga equaled a club record of five straight home wins and an impressive 0-0 draw at Barcelona’s Camp Nou. Under Ramos, Malaga had developed a useful habit of late goals. It scored three 90th-minute goals, and another five in the final 20 minutes, all of which earned the team points.

Ramos agreed to take over Malaga this summer, ending a two-year hiatus from coaching for the former Real Madrid, Tottenham and Sevilla boss. Ramos had also managed Malaga near the beginning of his coaching career in 2003-04.

“Malaga Football Club wants to thank Juande Ramos for his work and honesty and wishes him good luck in the future,” the Andalusian club said. The club has not announced a replacement. Its next game is at Celta Vigo on January 8. (ap)

SWANSEA — American coach Bob Bradley was fired as Swansea manager on Tuesday, less than three months after taking charge at the English PREMIER LEAGUE club. Swansea announced Bradley’s departure a day after the team’s 4-1 home loss to West Ham. Bradley won two of his 11 games in charge after replacing Francesco Guidolin to become the first coach from the United States in England’s TOP division.

Swansea is next to last in the standings, only above Hull on goal difference with nearly half the season gone.

“We are sorry to lose Bob after such a short period of time,” Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins said in a statement. “Unfortunately things haven’t worked out as planned and we felt we had to make the change with half the Premier League season

remaining.

“With the club going through such a tough time, we have to try and find the answers to get ourselves out of trouble.”

Bradley arrived at Liberty Stadium with a strong reputation after spells at clubs in Norway and France, as well as stints as coach of the U.S. and Egypt national teams. But he couldn’t halt Swansea’s slide, with the team conceding 29 goals during his time in charge.

“Personally, I have nothing but praise for Bob,” Jenkins said. “He is a good man, a good person who gave everything to the job.”

Assistant coaches Paul Williams and Alan Curtis will take charge of the team while Swansea, which is owned by American businessmen Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan, begins the search for its fifth full-time manager in less than three years. (ap)

Nick Potts/PA via AP

Swansea City’s Fernando Llorente, left, with Swansea City manager Bob Bradley as he is substituted off during the English Premier League soccer match between Swansea City and Sunderland at the Liberty stadium in Swansea Wales. Saturday, Dec, 10, 2016.

nament was the most financially appealing structure.

The FIFA boss has previously suggested a 48-team tournament but with a one-off preliminary round involving 32 teams, with the 16 winners going into a 32-team group stage and joining 16 teams who would receive a bye.

When he was elected in February, Infantino had promised to expand the tournament from the current 32 teams to 40.

Infantino later told reporters it would be up to the FIFA council members to decide in a “democratic process” on the expansion. (rtr)

REUTERS/Stringer

Paris St Germain coach Unai Emery speaks after receiving the Special Award trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino stands next to him during the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards Ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 27, 2016.

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Durant slams NBA for ‘throwing refs under the bus’

CLEVELAND - Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant wants the National Basketball Association to become less transparent, at least when it comes to its review of referee decisions.

Durant made his comments after the league concluded he was on the wrong end of a non-call during the Warriors’ blockbuster Christmas Day showdown with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

On the game’s final play, with the Warriors down by one point, Durant stumbled when Cleveland’s Richard Jefferson trod on his foot.

The referees did not call a foul, and a stumbling Durant was unable to get a decent shot away before the buzzer, allowing the Cavs to escape with the win.

The NBA policy, known as the “Last Two Minute Report”, is to publicly review every play in the final two minutes of close games.

That is of scant consolation to the losing team, but it at least makes for transparency in an era where there are concerns over corruption.

“The refs didn’t lose us that game,” Durant said in an interview on Tuesday after the NBA said he was fouled.

“We lost that game. I think it’s (bull) the NBA threw the refs under the bus like that.

“To say I got fouled, just move on. Refs don’t deserve that. They’re trying their hardest to get the plays right.

“After the game, like it matters. The game’s over. We’re moving on.”

Durant added that the next time the Warriors play the Cavaliers he does not want referees tensing up over concerns they will be exposed for their mistakes.

He said the job was difficult enough at the best of times for referees, who do not have the luxury of slow-motion replays.

The NBA report on Sunday’s game also said that Cleveland’s LeBron James should have been received a technical foul for hanging on the rim of the basket after a dunk.

In 2008, referee Tim Donaghy was sentenced to 15 months in prison after admitting to betting on games he officiated and passing on inside information to bookies. (rtr)

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Keramas Beach is located in Keramas Village, Sukawati District, Gianyar Kabupaten and Bali Province – Indonesia. The name of beach is inspirited from the name of the beach location where the beach is situated that is in Keramas Village.

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The crew aboard the yacht Perpetual Loyal react as they hit a wave sailing out of Sydney Harbour during the start of the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht race, Australia’s premiere bluewater classic, in Australia, December 26, 2016.

HOBART — Supermaxi Perpetual Loyal has taken line honors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race with its winning time nearly five hours faster than the previous record.

Skippered by Anthony Bell, Perpetual Loyal crossed the finish line at Constitution Dock in Hobart around 2:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday to complete the 630-nautical-mile race in 1 day, 13 hours, 31 minutes, 20 seconds. That shattered the race record, set in 2012 by rival supermaxi Wild Oats XI, by 4 hours, 51 minutes, 52 seconds.

Wild Oats XI had been leading the race and was on target to take line honors for the ninth time when it suffered a hydraulic failure on Tuesday and was forced to withdraw.

Perpetual Loyal inherited a comfortable lead, making up for its misfortunes of the last two years when it had to quit the race. In 2015 it was forced out with rudder damage and, in 2014, it withdrew after striking a submerged object.

This year it was able to take full advantage of favorable wind condi-

tions which propelled the 88-boat fleet at a record pace.

“We got a good set of weather conditions,” Bell said. “Sometimes you just need a little bit of luck and we’ve certainly had our fair share of bad luck, so I was entitled to ask the forecasters for that.”

Bell said he was immediately aware of the misfortune that struck Wild Oats XI and handed Perpetual Loyal the race lead. The failure of a hydraulic ram affected the movement of the yacht’s keel and forced it to pull out of the race and head for the port of Eden.

“We saw the boat tilt right over, we saw them come to a sudden stop,” Bell said. “Our first worry was that it might have lost a crew member overboard.

“We radioed them and said, ‘Hey if you’re in trouble we’re prepared to stop the race and go over and help the guys’ but the fortunate thing is no one got hurt.”

Wild Oats arrived safely in Eden late Tuesday night.

Owner Sandy Oatley, who was not aboard, was shocked the yacht was

forced out of the race for the second straight year.

“Last year we tore the mainsail and we’ve done a lot of preparation and training in that regard and the boys were very happy with that,” Oatley said. “This hydraulic failure has come out of left field.”

The 70-foot New Zealand yacht Giacomo, skippered by Jim Delegat and whose teenage sons Nikolas and James were among the 14-man crew, crossed the line two hours after Perpetual Loyal to take second place.

Giacomo completed the race in 1 day, 15 hours, 27 minutes, 5 seconds, just a few minutes ahead of the Hong Kong-based supermaxi Scallywag.

All three top finishers were under the 2012 record.

“This type of yachting is a boyhood dream come true,” Delegat said.

“The key really is we picked a good plan, a good strategy.”

Bell said following the race that he wouldn’t defend his title next year, preferring to sell Perpetual Loyal and move on to other sailing challenges. (ap)

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Wing flap fault main theory behind Black Sea Russian jet crash

MOSCOW - Russian investigators looking into the crash of a military plane that crashed, killing all 92 on board, believe a fault with its wing flaps was the reason it plunged into the Black Sea, an investigative source told the Interfax news agency on Tuesday.

The plane, a Tupolev-154 belonging to the Defence Ministry, disappeared from radar screens two minutes after taking off on Sunday from Sochi in southern Russia, killing dozens of Red Army Choir singers and dancers en route to Syria to entertain Russian troops in the run-up to the New Year.

The three black box flight recorders from the aircraft were found on Tuesday, Russian news agencies said, amid unconfirmed reports that authorities had grounded all aircraft of the same type. The Defence Ministry confirmed one box had been found.

The Life.ru news portal, which has close contacts to law enforcement agencies, said it had obtained a readout of one of the pilot’s last words, indicating a problem with

the wing flaps: “Commander, we are going down,” the pilot was reported to have said.

There was no official confirmation of the readout.

The Interfax news agency separately cited an unnamed investigative source as saying preliminary data showed the wing flaps had failed and not worked in tandem.

As a result, the aging Soviet-era plane had not been able to gather enough speed and had dropped into the sea, breaking up on impact.

If confirmed, the technical failure will raise questions about the future of the TU-154, which is still actively used by Russian government ministries but not by major Russian commercial airlines.

Interfax cited an unnamed source as saying Russia had grounded all

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TU-154 planes until the cause of Sunday’s crash became clear.

There was no official confirmation of that.

The Defence Ministry says the jet, a Soviet-era plane built in 1983, had last been serviced in September and underwent more major repairs in December 2014.

Russian pilots say the TU-154 is still flightworthy, though major Russian commercial airlines have long since replaced it with Western-built planes. Experts say only two are registered with Russian passenger airlines with the rest registered to various government ministries.

The last big TU-154 crash was in 2010 when a Polish jet carrying then-president Lech Kaczynski and much of Poland’s political elite went down in western Russia killing everyone on board.

The Defence Ministry said search and rescue teams had so far recovered 12 bodies and 156 body fragments. (rtr)

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People hold portraits and printed names of victims of the Tu-154 plane, which crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, during a memorial event in Rostov-On-Don, Russia December 26, 2016.

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Undeterred by the U.N. resolution, Israel’s Jerusalem municipality is due to consider on Wednesday requests for construction permits for hundreds of new homes for Israelis in areas captured in 1967 and annexed to the city.

‘SHAMEFUL’ DECISION, ISRAEL SAYS

Israeli officials described the abstention as a “shameful” decision.

President-elect Donald Trump, who urged the White House to veto the resolution, chided the world body as “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time.”

State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Tuesday said the United States hoped the U.N. vote would serve as a “wake-up call” that settlements are a detriment to a two-state solution.

Israel for decades has pursued a policy of building Jewish settlements on territory it captured in a 1967 war with its Arab neighbors, including the West Bank and East

Jerusalem.

Most countries view the settlements as an obstacle to peace. Israel disagrees, citing a biblical, historical and political connection to the land, as well as security interests.

Washington considers the settlement activity illegitimate.

Since learning last week of Kerry’s planned speech, Israeli officials have been concerned he might use the address to lay out parameters for a Middle East peace deal. Netanyahu’s aides are confident the Trump administration will likely ignore any Obama principles and pay no heed to the U.N. resolution, but they fear Kerry’s remarks will put Israel on the defensive and prompt other countries to apply pressure.

Kerry previously failed to bring about a diplomatic resolution to the conflict in talks that froze in 2014.

U.S. officials left little doubt they put much of the blame on Netanyahu’s stance on settlements. Some 570,000 Israelis live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem among more than 2.6 million Palestinians. (rtr)

On Pearl Harbor visit, Abe pledges Japan will never wage war again PEARL HARBOR - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a symbolic visit to Pearl Harbor with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, commemorating the victims of Japan’s World War Two attack and promising that his country would never wage war again.

The visit, just weeks before Republican President-elect Donald Trump takes office, was meant to highlight the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance amid concerns that Trump could forge a more complicated relationship with Tokyo.

“I offer my sincere and everlasting condolences to the souls of those who lost their lives here, as well as to the spirits of all the brave men and women whose lives were taken by a war that commenced in this very place,” Abe said.

“We must never repeat the horrors of war again. This is the solemn vow we, the people of Japan, have taken.”

Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor with torpedo planes, bombers and fighter planes on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, pounding the U.S. fleet moored there in the hope of destroying U.S. power in the Pacific.

Abe did not apologize for the attack, a step that would have irked his conservative supporters, many of whom say U.S. economic sanctions forced Japan to open hostilities.

“This visit to Pearl Harbor was to console the souls of the war dead, not to apologize,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference in Tokyo, adding the trip had showed that the allies would contribute to world peace and prosperity.

Obama, who earlier this year became the first incumbent U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, where the United States dropped an atomic bomb in 1945, called Abe’s visit a “historic gesture” that was “a reminder that even the deepest wounds of war can give way to friendship and a lasting peace.”

Abe became the first Japanese prime minister to visit the USS Arizona Memorial, built over the remains of the sunken battleship USS Arizona, although three others including his grandfather had made quiet stops in Pearl Harbor in the 1950s.

The two leaders stood solemnly in front of a wall inscribed with the names of those who died in the 1941 attack and took part in a brief wreath-laying ceremony, followed by a moment of silence.

“In Remembrance, Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan” was written on one wreath and “In Remembrance, Barack Obama, President of the United States” on the other. (rtr)

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Rumors of Chinese workers flooding Indonesia slanderous: President Jokowi

MINAHASA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that rumors of Indonesia being flooded by illegal foreign workers, mainly from China, were slanderous and untrue.

The president made the remarks when inaugurating the Lahendong Geothermal Power Plant (PLTP), Unit 5 and 6, as well as Ulubelu PLTP, Unit 3, Lampung, in Tampaso, Minahasa, North Sulawesi on Tuesday.

“I want to remind you once again, one should not believe in spreading slanderous rumors, which project labor and investment issues as a threat, a threat of being flooded by foreign workforce. I need to say no,” said the President.

He added that, according to the rumors, nearly 10-20 million work-

ers from China had illegally entered Indonesia.

“The information that I received is that there are, indeed, Chinese workers but their number is only 21,000. They come in and go back because there are a lot of things that we are not yet ready to do. When we are ready we will use our own labor force,” he said.

The President pointed out the case of the Lahendong Geothermal Power Plant Unit 5 and 6 as well as in Lampung Ulubelu PLTP Unit 3, where foreign workers came into the country briefly, at the beginning of the project.

Furthermore, he said, foreign workers help prepare and initially set up the project, and also transfer knowledge and technology to the

domestic workforce.

“After that they go home, because they prefer to work in their own country. Do you think that they are happy to work here? They are happy in their own country where they are closer to their families and receive higher salaries there,” he said.

The president believes that the issue of foreign workers in Indonesia is not logical because wages in Indonesia are only about Rp1.5 million to Rp3 million compared with over Rp5 million in China.

“They were here but in the early days of a project because we do not know the technology, we have no experience about it. Eventually, it will benefit, for example in PLTP Lahendong and Ulubelu, us, the people,” he said. (ant)

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President Joko Widodo (l) reviewing geothermal electricity Units 5 & 6 PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy Lahendong after the inauguration in Tompaso, Minahasa, North Sulawesi, on Tuesday (Dec. 27, 2016).

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A Unique Pendet Pasepan Dance

This sacred dance is performed after supporting devotees of the temple express their genuine devotion and gratitude for the blessings that have been bestowed, through the melasti or purificatory rite procession for Ida Bhatara (deities).

Dance coordinator I Dewa Gede Rai Sudiarta explained that the form of this pendet is the same as other pendet dances exept that instead of holding flower offerings, the dancers carry the pasepan. “The concept of this sacred dance has to do with GENERATING an aura of spiritual purity.

The means used is called agni hotra”, he said.

The Pendet Pasepan Dance is a calssical Balinese ritual that is particular to Nusa Penida and is filled with spiritual nuances.

The number of dancers involved is not determined, but depends on how many people are able to carry it out. It is categorized as a sacred dance because it is closely related to spiritual arts and ritual traditions . “It is danced with sincerity by young women who want to devote themselves sincerely and flexibly”, said Rai Sudiarta.

This pendet dance is accompanied by terompongan gamelan INSTRUMENTS that carry classical spiritual meaning. The Pendet Pasepan Dance was last performed on the piodalan of Dalem Temple of Setra Batununggul customary village, Nusa Penida, on November 14. (kmb)

HAVANA - Cuba’s economy shrank 0.9 percent this year in tandem with the crisis in key trading partner Venezuela, President Raul Castro told the National Assembly on Tuesday in a closeddoor speech, predicting a slightly brighter outlook for 2017.

Venezuela and Brazil, and revenue from the sale of professional services to those countries has dropped.

Key ally Venezuela has slashed its provision of cheap oil and the drop in global commodities prices is punishing Cuban exports of nickel, refined oil products and sugar.

Some experts fear that future growth from thawing relations with the United States may also be at risk since Republican Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election. Trump, who takes office Jan. 20, has vowed to “terminate” President Barack Obama’s engagement with Cuba unless Havana gives the United States what he calls a “better deal.”

According to published excerpts of his speech, Castro did not comment on the future of Cuban-U.S. relations, except to recall the negative impact of the embargo.

The president, who has promised economic reforms, did say foreign investment is one area that could improve. Since approving a law to bolster foreign investment more than two years ago, Cuba has approved just $1.3 billion worth of projects. It aims to take in $2 billion annually, making investment an

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Yazuli Lloret, 15, poses for a photographer at the Cathedral Square in Havana, Cuba, December 27, 2016. important growth driver.

Castro said it was necessary to “overcome the obsolete mentality, full of prejudices towards foreign investment.”

“We are not going towards capitalism, but we cannot be afraid of, or put obstacles in the way of, that which we can do within our laws,”

he said, adding that investment in the energy sector was key.

A fiscal boost to production and investment should help fuel growth next year, according to the assembly’s Economic Commission. The fiscal deficit will rise to 12 percent of GDP. “If the expansive fiscal policy is

well deployed, it could help manage the crisis,” said ex-Cuban central bank official Pavel Vidal, now a professor at Universidad Javeriana Cali in Colombia.

“Otherwise it could have disastrous consequences for the country’s monetary and financial stability,” he said.(rtr)

Dollar hold gains against yen on upbeat U.S. data

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A currency dealer walks in front of electronic boards showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and South Korean won, at a dealing room of a bank in Seoul, South Korea, December 17, 2015.

TOKYO - The dollar edged up against the yen on Wednesday within sight of a 10-1/2 month high in thin holiday trade, after strong U.S. economic data reinforced expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve would be more hawkish in the year ahead.

The dollar was last flat against the yen at 117.45, after gaining nearly 0.5 percent to 117.63 yen on Tuesday in the wake of data showing U.S. consumer confidence hit 15-year peak in December.

The dollar rose as high as 118.66 yen on Dec. 15. The Conference Board said its U.S. Consumer Confidence Index rose to 113.7, the highest since August 2001, as expectations for strength

in job growth, business conditions and the stock market continued to build following Donald Trump’s election to president.

U.S. house prices also continued their steady recovery in October, although a spike in borrowing costs could present a headwind to sustained home value gains, as rates rose after the election.

The upbeat data helped underscore expectations that the U.S. central bank would raise interest rates at a faster pace next year, a view that gained traction after the Fed on Dec. 14 projected three rate hikes next year compared with the two it predicted in September.

“The next data to watch is U.S. payrolls due on Jan. 6,” said

Ayako Sera, market strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank in Tokyo. “Markets are prepared for data showing strong U.S. economy but not for the opposite.”

Sera added that volatility could be high for yen trade as the Japanese market thins ahead of the New Year holiday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major peers, last stood at 103.00, below its 14-year peak of 103.650 touched on Dec. 20.

The dollar index has risen 5.3 percent since the U.S. election as the greenback was propelled higher on expectations that Trump would embark on fiscal stimulus.

The euro was last flat against the greenback at $1.0462.(rtr)

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The pendet dance perfromed for the piodalan of the Dalem Temple of Setra Batununggul customary village in Nusa Penida, is both sacred and unique. Although the form of this pendet dance resembles other pendet dances, here, supporting devotees of the temple perform the pendet while holding small bowls of fire -known as pasepan, in their hands as they dance.

Cuba says economy shrank this year in tandem with Venezuela crisis

The figure suggests sharp economic contraction in the second half after the cash-strapped government slashed imports, investment and fuel in response to lower exports and a drop in cheap oil deliveries from Venezuela. It had reported 1 percent growth for the first half.

“Restrictions in cash and in the provision of fuel worsened in the second half,” Castro said, according to excerpts published by official media outlet Cubadebate.

“Financial tensions and challenges that might intensify again in certain circumstances will persist, but we hope that gross domestic product (GDP) will grow moderately, by around 2 percent (in 2017).”

Cuba’s centrally planned economy has struggled for decades with the U.S. economic embargo and mismanagement at home.

Market-style reforms and, more recently, a detente with the United States that has boosted remittances and the tourism sector, helped the economy grow on average at close to 3 percent each year between 2011 and 2015.

Still, the long slump in global fuel prices is hurting many of Cuba’s top trading partners such as Angola,

Thursday, December 29, 2016

Jaja Serud, a Sweet Balinese Traditional Cake Jaja serud or jaja gadang or green cake is a traditional cake tasting very sweet. It smells fragrant, looks beautiful and has a very distinctive flavor. In this modern time, this kind of traditional cake is still consumed by the Hindu community in Bali. Moreover, it often becomes a primary choice due to its delicious flavor. Some people desire to reminisce by enjoying this cake. In the past, it became a snack for people when holding mutual assistance activities such as having ceremonies and making house, shrines or other types of buildings. It will become nicer when enjoying this cake accompanied with coffee or tea.

This cake is also consumed by farmers when working in their paddy fields involving many people such as when growing rice, plowing fields using cattle and other activities. It is prepared by the wives of farmers through mutual assistance as well. It happens because brother-

hood relationship is still strong, so without being informed they will certainly come to help.

Nowadays, this cake has economic value, so that it is sold in traditional markets. Nevertheless, it is not easy to find a merchant of the jaja serud.

Other than being difficult to make, the preparation to presentation takes long time. Moreover, it may not be served too long because it is quickly perishable. So, it is advisable to enjoy this cake while remaining warm or after being cooked.

Virtually all the ingredients used to make are eco-friendly, without chemicals, preservatives or synthetic dyes.

The main ingredients are rice flour, whiting water, extract of dracaena leaf, salt, brown sugar and grated coconut. Then, the TOOL used to make it is clean banana midrib.

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flour through traditional process by pounding. First of all, select the rice and then soaked for whole night. Then, drain and pound until smooth. Rice flour is then clenchedfist and steamed. Once cooked, take out and douse with the extract of dracaena leaf and betel leaf, salt to taste and knead until smooth.

Shape the batter by means of banana midrib by preparing the batter of a marble size. Place this batter on the banana midrib by doing serud-serud (pulling down gently) with the thumb, so that it will look like a flower. Subsequently, place on banana leaf and then steam.

While waiting this, prepare brown sugar sauce by means of boiling and make grated coconut. Once cooked, take it out and cool down.

Remove the jaja serud from banana leaves and then put on a plate. After that, sprinkle with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. Now, it is ready to serve. (kmb)

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After flash flood

Evacuation of materials at Teratai Bang Temple continues

TABANAN - After flash floods and landslides at Teratai Bang Temple, Candikuning village, Baturiti, the effort to evacuate the sludge material continued until Tuesday (Dec. 27). To clean up the remnants of the existing materials, at least it takes four days. Hundreds of civil servants of Tabanan district mingled with the ranks of military personnel, regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) and local community as well as did mutual assistance to move the mud material in the outermost courtyard of the temple. Heavy equipments including two excavators and one bulldozer seemed to have been used since three days after the incident.

A member of the Tabanan House of Representatives from Candikuning village, Nyoman Suta, said that it took ten days for the post-disaster handling. Moreover, the aid of heavy equipment just arrived three days ago. “We continue to clean up the landslide materials like beside the Beji Temple as well as in the middle and outermost temple courtyard,” he said. He added that workmanship of thorough cleansing for the temple area will take approximately four days ahead.

In the meantime, the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti, who came down to see the damage at some points in the Bedugul area, said that local government will back up the disaster management budget while waiting for help from provincial or central government.

She said that if only waiting for the assistance from provincial government, it will require a process. Most importantly, she said, the revetment and water flow above the temple should be able to hold erosion in case

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China’s Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier Liaoning sails the water in East China Sea, in this handout photo taken December 25, 2016

by Japan Self-Defence Force and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan.

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Chinese carrier docks after drill amid new tension over Taiwan

TAIPEI - China’s sole aircraft carrier has arrived at a naval base on the southern Chinese province of Hainan, a senior Taiwanese military officer said on Wednesday, after drills that took it around self-ruled Taiwan, an island China claims as its own.

The civil servants are working hand in hand to clean the Teratai Bang Temple in Baturiti, Tabanan. the same disaster will happen.

“Hence, this measure will try to be conditioned this time, so that we can break up and will no longer directly hit the courtyard of the temple,” she explained.

The fund of this disaster management will be taken from regional budget. By chance, it is currently in the verification process in the province. Probably, if there are budget sweepings or any programs that are not ap-

proved, then the budget will be transferred for the handling of the disaster.

In the meantime, the fund needed for disaster management, said Regent Eka, amounts to IDR 2 billion for Teratai Bang Temple and IDR 1 billion for Toya Mampeh and Sebatu. Then, for the losses suffered by the people will be discussed further.

Regent Eka encouraged people to share

the same care and preserve nature in responding to the recent disaster. Related to the possibility of illegal deforestation, she said that it has not occurred since the past five years because the forest rangers of the forestry agency always conduct surveillance.

“Please bear in mind, let’s preserve our nature and say prayers to God in order that no more disasters will occur in Tabanan,” she said. (kmb28)

BI Bali has interests in seaweed potential

The seaweed farmer.

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DENPASAR - In order to help food the security in Bali Province, Bank Indonesia (BI) develops agricultural clusters such as the cluster of MA-11-based organic rice and onions. Moreover, there are agricultural products with export quality such as coffee involved in the mentoring program of BI Representative Office for Bali Region.

BI also fosters the MSMEs and other businesses in order to build the economy of Bali.

In 2017, BI Bali pays attention to the potential of seaweed farmers in Nusa Lembongan to be fostered and developed. “We’re not able to ascertain because of having to talk to the target first. But in the planning, we will try to develop seaweed,” said Causa Iman Karana, Chief Representative Office of BI for Bali Region, on Tuesday (Dec. 27).

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In addition, BI will also continue to foster and develop creative industries and start-ups. “We will remain to explore how it looks like. Regarding the food security, we’ve discussed with the Head of the Agriculture Agency that the agricultural sector has been stable. Perhaps, we turn to creative industries, business startup and seaweed as the commodity remaining to have the potential to be exported, perhaps this is the goal.

Whether it is positive or not, we have to make a discussion first with all stakeholders from relevant agencies in charge of it and the farmer groups to be fostered,” he said.

His institution also needs to get the commitment of farmers so that later on they will not feel to have been forced. According to him, the potential of seaweed is remarkable enough especially in the east coast

of Bali, Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida. But so far, this potential seems to be ignored and not developed. As estimation, the areas targeted to be fostered are those in the eastern coastal areas. However, it is said to be dependent on the agency and farmer groups.

“If the farmer groups have no readiness, we dare not to force because the program is meant to help them and not to bother them,” he said.

In the meantime, in 2017 Bank Indonesia will select, record and collect the creative industries and which industry among them seems appropriate. However clearly, the creative industries to be targeted are those supporting the tourism industry considering that tourism is one of the economic structures of Bali. (kmb42)

Taiwan warned on Tuesday that “the threat of our enemies is growing day by day”, as Chinese warships led by the carrier sailed towards Hainan through the disputed South China Sea. The Chinese drill comes amid renewed tension over Taiwan, which China says is ineligible for state-to-state relations, following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone call with Tai-

wan President Tsai Ing-wen that upset Beijing.

China is deeply suspicious of Tsai, suspecting she wants to push for the island’s formal independence, a red line for Beijing which has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control. Tsai says she wants to maintain peace with China.

China has given few details of what the Soviet-built Liaoning is

up to, save that it is on a routine exercise and complying with international law.

Taiwan has said the aircraft carrier skirted waters outside its air defence identification zone to the east and south and then headed across the top of the South China Sea to Hainan, home to a large Chinese naval base.

“The Liaoning aircraft carrier has reached the Hainan military base. We will continue to monitor its developments,” a senior Taiwanese military official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

China had been testing the carrier’s systems and coordination

with other military equipment, the officer said, and its arrival in Hainan did not mean its mission was over.

Chinese state media says the carrier’s likely home base was the northeastern port city of Qingdao.

Speaking at a regular news briefing, An Fengshan, spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said China would exert all its efforts to achieve “peaceful reunification”.

“At the same time, our position on maintaining the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity is unswerving, and we will never permit Taiwan independence separatist forces to split Taiwan from China in

any way or in any name,” he said.

China’s air force conducted long-range drills this month above the East and South China Seas that rattled Japan and Taiwan. China said those exercises were also routine.

China claims most of the South China Sea. Neighbours Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims.

The Liaoning has taken part in previous exercises, including in the South China Sea, but China is years away from perfecting carrier operations similar to those the United States has practised for decades. (rtr)

Serial testers and cursory checks: India’s flawed generic drug trials business

HYDERABAD - Vasudeva Prakash left his job as a mechanic in Hyderabad three years ago for what he calls a more lucrative career: taking part in clinical trials on generic drugs.

For two years, Prakash participated in trials of drugs being

tested to treat HIV/AIDS and other diseases for contract research organizations (CROs) hired by global pharmaceutical companies. The drugs tested at Indian CROs have been key in getting several hundred medicines approved for sale around the world.

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A woman talks on a mobile phone as she walks past the closed research facility of Semler Research Centre in Bengaluru, India, October 13, 2016. Picture taken October 13, 2016.

Yet, Prakash did not follow international guidelines for testing - and the CROs that hired him didn’t require him to. He says that to earn more money he would participate in back-to-back trials on different drugs with gaps of only a few weeks or even a few days, instead of waiting the 90 days that the World Health Organization recommends.

Half of more than a dozen volunteers interviewed by Reuters across four cities - Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and New Delhi - also said they waited much less than 90 days between trials. In the past threeto-four years, they said they spent several months at a time in different cities so that they could participate in as many studies as possible.

Prakash provided documentation proving he underwent trials with short gaps at Apotex Research Pvt Ltd, owned by Canadian drugmaker Apotex Inc; Lotus Labs, owned by U.S. generics giant Actavis; Ethics Bio Lab, owned since last year by U.S. drugmaker Par Pharmaceutical Inc; and India’s Semler Research Center Pvt Ltd,

among others. Ethics Bio and Apotex did not respond to requests for comment. Lotus Labs and Semler said they had systems in place to check for cross-participation by trial volunteers.

The guidelines of the WHO, which decides on approvals for drugs sold in several countries dependent on United Nations programs for basic medicines, are not legally-binding for the CROs. While India has guidelines on clinical trials, they don’t specify the length of time participants should take between trials.

Still, the serial testing of some volunteers is raising new questions about the level of oversight of India’s generic drug trials industry, after some CROs came under recent international regulatory scrutiny. Last year, the European Medicines Agency banned about 700 medicines across Europe after an investigation revealed data tampering in some trials of generic drugs in India.

International medical experts said that undergoing back-to-back trials endangers the health of

patients participating. It can also compromise clinical data gathered through these trials, on the basis of which drugmakers seek approval to sell generic medicines around the world.

“The time gap between participation in two different trials should be 90 days minimum,” said Stephanie Croft, a lead inspector at the WHO. “When is incomplete or incorrect it could pose a serious risk to patients.”

Gyanendra Nath Singh, head of India’s national drug watchdog, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), said that it has been trying to inspect more CROs in the past two years. The watchdog is also considering the introduction of a track-and-trace system through which patients can be tracked across CROs, he told Reuters.

“We are emphasizing on good regulatory practices some reports have shown that the CROs have deviated from (the) system,” said Singh. India’s Health Ministry did not respond to requests for comment. (rtr)

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Pregnancy linked to changes in mothers’ brains

PREGNANCY may trigger changes in the structure and size of regions in a woman’s brain that are involved in responding to social and emotional cues, a recent study suggests.

Many of these changes appeared to last at least two years after giving birth, the study found. Mothers who had the most pronounced alterations in their brains also scored higher on tests of emotional attachment to their babies than women whose brains underwent subtler changes.

“This study provides the first insights into the impact of pregnancy on the gray matter architecture of the human brain,” said lead study author Elseline Hoekzema of the University of Leiden in The Netherlands.

While the exact cause of these shifts in the brain isn’t clear, it’s possible the changes may help women prepare for the social demands of motherhood, researchers report in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

For the study, researchers scanned the brains of 25 women who had never had

babies, then did imaging tests again after the women gave birth for the first time.

Researchers also looked at brain scans from 19 first-time fathers, 17 men without children and 20 women who had never given birth.

Compared to the other participants, the first-time mothers had a distinct loss of gray matter in regions of the brain associated with what’s known as “theory of mind,” or the ability to attribute mental states such as thoughts, feelings and intents to themselves and other people.

When researchers showed these first-time mothers pictures of their own babies, they had more activity in some of these pregnancy-altered brain regions than when they looked at images of other babies, the study also found.

Nearly all of the gray matter changes were still present in scans done two

A woman holds her stomach at the last stages of her pregnancy.

years after women delivered their babies. Some of the gray matter volume that was reduced during pregnancy returned in the hippocampus, a region associated with memory.

This pattern of structural changes was so consistent that it could be used to distinguish the brains of women who had given birth from those who had not, as well as to predict the quality of mothers’ attachment to their infants in the postpartum period, the researchers conclude.

Beyond its small size, limitations of the study include the lack of information about when or why changes in the brain might occur for first-time mothers.

It’s unclear if the changes in the mothers’ brains were caused by nine months of pregnancy, many hours of labor and delivery or by the first days and weeks of mother-infant bonding, said Dr. Rebecca Saxe, a neuroscience researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge who wasn’t involved in the study. (rtr)

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Why more heart-related deaths happen around the holidays

DEATHS from heart-related causes tend to spike around the holidays, and the cold weather may not really be to blame, a recent study suggests.

To rule out the potential influence of freezing temperatures, researchers examined data on more than 738,000 deaths from 1988 to 2013 in New Zealand, where Christmas comes during the summer. Overall, about 197,000 of these fatalities were heart-related.

Outside of the hospital, there were 4.2 percent more heart-related deaths during the last week of December and the first week of January – the period encompassing Christmas and New Year’s Eve – than would be expected if the holidays didn’t affect death rates, the study found.

The mortality rate works out to about an extra four deaths per year attributable to the holidays. The average age at the time of death was also slightly younger during the holiday season – 76.2 – compared with 77.1 during other times of year.

“This strongly suggests that the Christmas effect isn’t caused by temperature or anything related to the winter season,” said lead study author Dr. John Knight of the University of Melbourne in Australia.

“When temperature is removed as a likely cause that leaves a reasonably small pool of established social, health and health-system-related risk factors,” Knight added by email.

Previous research has documented a spike in deaths from natural causes during the holiday season in the United States, where Christmas tends to fall during the coldest time of year and death rates are already seasonally high due to influenza, researchers note in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

For the current study, researchers analyzed death trends in New Zealand, where cardiac death rates tend to be lowest during the summertime in general.

The study is observational, and doesn’t prove the holidays or the weather directly cause an uptick in fatalities or heart-related deaths, the authors note.

Researchers also didn’t track daily temperatures in New Zealand, which has an island climate without extreme swings in hot and cold weather that have been associated with heart-related deaths in other studies.

It’s possible, though, that heart-related deaths during the holiday season might spike due to seasonal stress, changes in diet and alcohol consumption or lower staffing at hospitals, the authors speculate. At least some of the increase in cardiac deaths around the holidays might also occur because people put off needed care during this time of year or avoid seeking treatment for acute illness because they’re traveling away from home, the researchers also point out.

Some terminally ill patients also may manage to hold off dying until just after they get through one last Christmas with friends or loved ones, the authors conclude.

In particular, other research has documented a link between excessive drinking and a greater likelihood that people will develop or need treatment for heart problems, said Dr. Tim Stockwell, a researcher at the University of Victoria in British Columbia who wasn’t involved in the study. (rtr)

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In 2017, arrangement of Lake Buyan planned to be massive

SINGARAJA - Lake Buyan bearing the status as one of the national tourism strategic areas (KSPN) cannot be freed from weeds and sedimentation. Likewise, it is not free from plastic waste carried away by water flow when flood occurs. Responding to the issue, central government in cooperation with the government of Buleleng is going to hold a massive cleanup in 2017. This was said by the Head of the Buleleng Environment Agency (BLH), Nyoman Surya Temaja, on Monday (Dec. 26).

The onslaught of weeds on the lake located in the Sukasada subdistrict has becomes a classic spectacle. If seeing the function as the KSPN, the authority of management lies in the central government through the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. However, since the lake is geographically located in the district of Buleleng, the local government has a concern for the rescue of a number of issues, where one of which is the cleanup of the weeds.

“Since the implementation of festival in 2014, the local government in coordination with provincial and central government carries out the cleanup,” said Temaja.

He said that the cleanup is carried out by 20 contract workers who also work as a fisherman.

The weeds collected are directly processed into fertilizer for local farmers. Aside from the weed invasion, the lake is also experiencing sedimentation. In response to this, the local government has

re-coordinated with technical agencies in the district for the handling since early 2015. However, the implementation has not been able to run quickly because the existing equipment in the form of two units of amphibious excavators is not fully supported.

“We have coordinated the handling of sedimentation with relevant technical agencies. Since the equipment is not fully supported, in 2017 the central government will bring in a ranger. This equipment is bigger,” he said.

Next year, the arrangement of the lake area will be carried out on a large scale. It will not only be focused on the handling of weeds and waste only, but also on the other infrastructure such as the embankment and pavement. Draft of the cooperation program between the district and central government had been prepared. The signatories will be facilitated by the Center for Eco-regional Development Control (P3B) for Bali-Nusra. “In 2017, it is going to undertake massive cleanup activity and must be completed,” he said.

When asked about the water quality of the lake, Temaja mentioned that it remains quite good.

In order to minimize pollution, the measure of educating the public has been already conducted for the surrounding communities.

The implementation is also coordinated with other relevant agencies. “Since there are many farms in the area, the agriculture agency also provides an education,” he affirmed. (kmb45)

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The rain flushing at the beginning of the event did not dampen the vivacity of residents to watch the competition aimed to evoke the farming spirit.

Tug-of-war in mud

Awaken spirit of farming for East Duda residents

AMLAPURA - Paddy field area on Jalan Raya Pesangkan, East Duda village, Selat, was thronged by residents on Monday (Dec. 26). They came to watch the tug-of-war in the mud held by the East Duda village. The rain flushing at the beginning of the event did not dampen the vivacity of residents to watch the competition aimed to evoke the farming spirit.

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Since the lake is geographically located in the district of Buleleng, the local government has a concern for the rescue of a number of issues, where one of which is the cleanup of the weeds.

“This has become an annual event usually held every December 25. Other than serving as entertainment in a series of the village anniversary, it is also meant to initiate young people in order they want to be farmers,” said the headman I Gede Pawana.

The competition was held in one of the paddy fields at Subak Pesangkan formerly converted into a snakefruit orchard. Since it was also used to welcome the arrival

of harvest season, all the residents were coming. The nine administrative hamlets at East Duda village sent their respective men’s team and one women’s team. As tug-ofwar in general, each team consists of ten personnel. The first session invited the women’s team of Pesangkan Anyar against the women’s team of Batu Gede hamlet.

Taking place at muddy paddy field, the competition became more exciting than the usual tug-of-war

contest. More interestingly, both teams namely the winners and losers were smeared in mud. “If one team has got pulled, it will be difficult to survive as it is quite slippery and heavy,” said one of the participants.

Creativity of the East Duda village community got appreciation from the Regent of Karangasem, IGA Mas Sumatri. According to her, the tug-of-war in the mud is not only able to increase togetherness, but also proves that village government is able to implement its work program. “It also serves as a medium to build civilizations and indicator if the work program of the village has run,” he said. (kmb)

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Crossing traffic in Bali Strait starts to be crowded As observed at Gilimanuk Harbor, the incoming traffic of vehicles started to show an increase. Data of the ASDP Ketapang indicated that on Sunday (Dec. 25) until Monday (Dec. 26) there were 33,209 passengers and 5,069 units of cars coming into Bali. This number increased when compared to previous days during the past week. In addition, there were 2,709 motorcycles crossing to Bali via Gilimanuk Harbor.

“It has started to rise since this week, where the highest increase occurred on Christmas Day,” said Business Manager of Ketapang Harbor, Ardi Ekapaty, when contacted on Monday (Dec. 26). The traffic coming into Bali was dominated by private cars.

Their arrivals almost coincided or clustered in some vehicles, especially at night. The ASDP authority predicted that such number will tend to increase when approaching the

The traffic in Bali Strait is increasing in the year end period.

New Year holiday this weekend.

In the meantime, backflow traffic of vehicles to Java via Gilimanuk Harbor is estimated to occur after the New Year this weekend. Until Tuesday, the traffic coming out of Bali remained smooth and there was no accumulation of vehicles, especially private cars.

Chief of Jembrana Police Traffic Affairs, Nyoman Sukadana, said that the traffic condition at Gilimanuk still runs smoothly.

During the Great Candle operation, district police also established four security posts along the GilimanukDenpasar road section and a service post at Gilimanuk. (kmb26)

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Where Legend Meets Style

Christmas and New Year holidays

NEGARA - Traffic of vehicles and passengers crossing from Java to Bali since Christmas holidays last weekend has increased. As prediction, the number of tourist visits to Bali will continue to increase until about the turn of the year.

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Alaya Ubud is the perfect place to be if you’re looking for a bit of refreshing and time away from all the hustle and bustle.

In recent months, this beloved establishment unveiled its newest additions, which include the much awaited Manisan Restaurant and a brand new wing.

Manisan sits in the middle of a productive rice field adjacent to the resort with space to comfortably seat up to 128 diners. It is housed within a reclaimed Joglo

(a traditional Javanese wooden home) that was sourced from Central Java and reassembled and expertly refurbished in Ubud by Grounds Kent with interior by Made Wijaya.

Some recommended dishes include the Binte Biluhuta Gorontalo, a North Sulawesi light and spicy clear soup with sweet corn, young coconut, chili and shrimp and Ayam Pongpongan, a Balinese starter of smoked chicken fillet in coconut husks or the Tuna Naniura Batak

WEEKLY EVENTS and FARMERS MARKETS Tourists are enjoying their time in Lovina.

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In 2017, tourist arrival targeted to reach 3.5 million

SINGARAJA - Tourist visit to Buleleng in 2017 is targeted to increase from this year. It is adjusted to the rapidly growing tourist attraction. To support the growth, the district government will be more diligent in the promotion and arrangement.

The Head of the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency, I Nyoman Sutrisna, revealed that the target of tourist arrival in 2017 reaches 3.5 million people. This figure increased from this year of 2.75 million people and in 2015 reached 2.5 million people. “Since 2015, the target of tourist arrival has continued to increase. The achievement is also continuously exceeded. They are dominated by domestic travelers. Foreign travelers are dominated by those from Europe,” he said at his office on Tuesday (Dec. 27).

He added that the increase is inseparable from the rapid tourism development. The objects on offer are no longer confined to natural attractions that have been managed by the community or tourism village as set forth in the Regent Decree No.430/927/HK/2015.

There are also spiritual attractions spreading across in some areas.

“Tourist attraction has increasingly developed, both in mainland and the sea. Besides, there are also Hindu and Islamic spiritual tourism. This is becoming the reason of the increase in the target,” he said.

To achieve the target, the ad-

dition of supporting facilities at a number of tourist attractions will also be carried out in 2017. The budget is obtained from the special allocation fund (DAK) valued at IDR 2.5 billion. “Now, there have been ten tourism villages. Later on, some of them will get arrangement program determined based on the scale of priorities,” he said.

The measures taken do not just stop there. In order to attract more travelers to visit the earth of Panji Sakti (Buleleng), tourism promotion will continue to be rolled out.

Other than by district government, the promotion is also made through promotion of regional agency having been established not long ago.

“Later, this agency will cooperate with travel agencies. The whole objects will be promoted,” said Sutrisna.

Previously, promotional measures have been carried out through the exhibition organized by the government, both regionally, nationally and internationally. At that time, all the potentials are outlined in the brochures and calendar of events.

In 2016, there are 10 events organized. Some of them are the Buleleng Festival, Twin Lakes Festival, Buleleng Bali Lovina Dive Festival and Lovina Festival. “In 2017, there will be three additional events. So, there will be totally 13 events. They are beyond the events organized by the subdistrict and the schedule is fixed,” he affirmed. (kmb45)

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Carrie Fisher, ‘Star Wars’ Princess Leia, dies at 60

LOS ANGELES - Carrie Fisher, who rose to fame as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” films and later endured drug addiction before going on to tell her story as a best-selling author, died on Tuesday aged 60, her family said.

Fisher, a mental health advocate who spoke about her own struggles with bipolar disorder and cocaine addiction, had suffered a heart attack on Friday as she flew into Los Angeles. The daughter of actor Debbie Reynolds and the late singer Eddie Fisher had been returning from England where she was shooting the third season of the British sitcom “Catastrophe.”

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has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter,” Reynolds said on Facebook. “I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop.”

Fisher’s friend and former Star Wars’ co-star Mark Hamill, who played Leia’s brother Luke Skywalker, said in a tweet: “No words. #Devastated” Fisher was met by paramedics

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Actor Carrie Fisher poses for cameras as she arrives at the European Premiere of “Star Wars, The Force Awakens” in Leicester Square, London, Britain December 16, 2015.

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She made headlines last month when she disclosed that she had a three-month love affair with her “Star Wars” co-star Harrison Ford 40 years ago. Fisher revealed the secret to People magazine while promoting her new memoir, “The Princess Diarist,” just before it went on sale. The book is based on Fisher’s diaries from her time working on the first “Star Wars” movie.

Harrison said in a statement Fisher was funny, emotionally fearless and one-of-a-kind. “She lived her life, bravely...We will all miss her.”

Fisher said the affair started and ended in 1976 during production on the blockbuster sci-fi adventure in which she first appeared as the intrepid Princess Leia. Ford played the maverick space pilot Han Solo.

“It was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend,” Fisher told People. She was 19 and Ford was 33 at the time.

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Kerry to lay out vision for Israeli-Palestinian peace

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will lay out his vision for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a speech on Wednesday, days after the United States cleared the way for a U.N. resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements.

The speech, less than a month before President Barack Obama leaves office, is expected to be the administration’s last word on a decades-old dispute that Kerry had hoped to resolve during his four years as America’s top diplomat. It could also be seen in Israel as another parting shot at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has had an especially acrimonious relationship with Obama since they both took office in 2009.

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