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MEXICO CITY — A Mexican of-ficial said Friday that Canadian pop star Justin Bieber and his entourage were asked to leave the Mayan archaeological site of Tulum after he apparently tried to climb onto or among the ruins.

The official of the National Institute of Anthropology and History spoke on con-dition of anonymity because he or she was not authorized to be quoted by name.

Bieber was visiting the seaside ruins on Thursday when the incident occurred.

The official could not specify which of the site’s structures Bieber allegedly had climbed, but said he was “asked to

leave.”Visitors can climb some pre-Hispanic

pyramids in Mexico, but officials rope off or place ‘no entry’ signs on some ruins that are considered vulnerable or unstable.

Bieber has apparently been on vacation in the Tulum area, on Mexico’s Caribbean coast south of Cancun, for several days.

Despite the singer’s reputation for getting out of line, the representative of a native Maya ecotourism camp that Bieber visited near Tulum several days before de-scribed him as “completely respectful.”

Nathalie Leño, the spokeswoman for AllTournative, a cooperative effort with

Maya communities at a camp called the Jungla Maya Park, said Bieber visited Jan. 5 and “expressed a lot of interest in the work we do to preserve the environ-ment.”

“He was completely respectful, and he participated in the welcoming cer-emony performed by a local shaman,” said Leno.

“He even ate some of the traditional food prepared by local communities,” she noted.

Bieber has been involved in several incidents in Latin America in recent years. (ap)

Guzman said he entered the drug trade at age 15 because there was no other way to survive. “The only way to have money to buy food, to survive, is to grow poppy, marijuana, and at that age, I began to grow it, to cultivate it and to sell it. That is what I can tell you.”

Penn had the first-ever interview with Guz-man in October while the world’s most wanted drug lord was on the lam, having escaped in an elaborate tunnel from Mexico’s maximum se-curity prison in July. Guzman was recaptured Friday in the city of Los Mochis in his home

state of Sinaloa in a shootout that killed five of his associates and wounded one marine.

A Mexican law enforcement official said Saturday that the October interview in the remote community of Tamazula in the north-ern state of Durango helped authorities track the whereabouts of the drug lord, who earns millions shipping tons of cocaine and manu-facturing and transporting methamphetamine and heroin to world markets, the largest in the U.S. market.

Three days after the interview, members of the Mexican Navy launched an operation to capture him, but Attorney General Arely Gomez said Friday that it was aborted because he was accompanied by two women and a young girl, whom they did not want to harm.

But he was later tracked to a home in Los Mochis that was under surveillance for a month before marines moved in Friday.

Penn’s meeting with Guzman was arranged through Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, known for her portrayal of a female drug lord. She was first contacted in 2012 by the drug kingpin after tweeting that he should start “trafficking with love.” He contacted her again after his arrest in February 2014, when “gringos were scrambling to tell his story,” Penn wrote.

“He was interested in seeing the story of his life told on film, but would entrust its telling only to Kate,” he wrote. (ap)

PASADENA, California — J.J. Abrams, director of the blockbuster “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” is deflecting Oscars talk for himself but is hoping other people involved in the film will see their work recognized.

Academy Awards nominations will be announced Thursday. Abrams said that the gift of working on the franchise was enough, and that he didn’t need further validation. But there are co-workers he would be disappointed for if they didn’t get nominated. He declined to name any of them.

“If I name eight people, the ninth person will be like, ‘thanks,’” he said at a news conference on Saturday.

He said he’s grateful to anyone who’s seen the movie, which has become the top-grossing American film of all time as it nears $800 mil-lion in earnings. It was released last month.

“I hear anecdotally that some peo-ple have gone to see the movie seven or eight times,” he said. “I just want to apologize to their parents.” (ap)

Actor Sean Penn interviews Chapo Guzman while on the lam

Abrams skirts Oscars talk for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

Justin Bieber asked to leave Mexico’s Tulum ruin site

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MEXICO CITY — Recently captured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was unapologetic for running one of the world’s biggest drug trafficking organizations in a Rolling Stone interview with American actor Sean Penn published late Saturday.

DENPASAR - Tourism sites, which are widely spread across Balinese villages could attract foreign tourists, mainly from France, as long as hygiene and safety are ensured.

“Village tourism could create a special impression for the tourists who spend their holiday here in Bali,” local tourism and cultural observer, Dewa Rai Budiasa said.

Dewa is quite experienced in helping French and American tourists, who visit his lodgings in Banjar Pengaji, Melinggih Kelod, which is located 35 kilometers northeast of Denpasar city.

In that area, tourists visit elementary schools, traditional markets, and observe villagers’ activities.

“One of the sites, which attract a lot of people, is Payangan market in Gianyar district,” Budiasa stated.

He also operates a tourism foundation called “Komunitas Yasa Putra Sedana,” which promotes various cultural programs, such as the “sarana banten” making.

It is an offering for the Yadnya God’s ceremony.Young people from France also learn how to string “janur”

(young coconut leaves) when they gather at Jero Pangaji Payangan before watching the traditional “barong” dance and enjoying their dinner.

There are a lot of French people, including the director of Institut Français d’Indonésie Marc Piton, visiting the “Yasa Putra Sedana” foundation at Payangan village.

According to the Bali Tourism Office, 115,288 tourists from France visited Bali during the January to November period in 2015, which made up 3.43 percent of the 3.6 million foreign tourists, who visited that Land of God. (ant)

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‘dignified’ and ‘cultured’, are essential to the development of Balinese human resources, that needs to happen through awareness and capacity building. The capacities of those working in every profession, need to be based on the concept of manyama braya (mutual respect). Balinese people themselves need

to be responsible for identifying with such development. These were some of the main points that were conveyed by former commander of the IX/Udayana Military Region, Wisnu Bawa Tenaya, during a dis-cussion entitled “The Way Towards Quality and Cultured Balinese Human Resources (HR)” that took place following the conferment of the K. Nadha Press Awards on Tuesday (Jan. 5).

The discussion, moderated by Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Raka Suardana, included several speakers, includ-ing Rector of the PGRI Bali Teach-ers’ Training College, Dr. I Made Suartha, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali, A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra and Rector of Undiknas University, Prof. Gede Sri Darma, DBA

Wisnu said that the younger generation of Bali must be prepared

to move forward and strive for the highest ideals possible. The most important thing, he said, is charac-ter building, which starts with the strengthening of spirituality or our relationship with God, followed by correct, honest and fair behaviour. We must also remember to make sacrifices, he added. In the future Bali must be better than it is today.

“Sustain Bali and make it sturdy and robust with intelligence. It is

important for us to develop Balinese human resources on an ongoing ba-sis. Come on, let’s gather together in the shade of the gazebo, but let us never daydream there. Use the gazebo as a place for sharing. No greatness can come without will-ingness to learn, without diligently practicing,” said Wisnu.

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Tourists visited Ubud, Gianyar Regency during their holiday in Bali. Tourism sites, which are widely spread across Balinese villages could attract foreign tourists, mainly from France, as long as hygiene and safety are ensured.

Village tourism could attract French tourist to Bali

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

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

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

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

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This former military commander went on to say that between kinder-garden and junior high, students should at least be learning about good and bad, in high school they an learn about right and wrong. By the time students enter university they should be learning about the range of good and bad morality and mentality and benefiting from the experience of the best teachers in achieving goals. Wisnu emphasized that: “Nothing is instant, so we need to help students through these stages, and not create confronta-tions that will only damage both sides. Let us be helpful, loving and caring with one and other”.

Prof. Sri Darma spoke of similar problems, saying that there will always be changes as nothing in this world is eternal, so inevita-bly, Balinese people must adjust themselves to changes, and not go up against these changes. He, however stressed that despite cer-tain changes, the basics of Balinese culture can still serve as points of references through such concepts as Tri Hita Karana and the like.

Sri Darma continued by saying that changes which are simply mim-icry of foreign cultures, will mean the end of Bali. It is okay to accept that things change, but we need

to remain aware of the onslaught of foreign cultural practices and concept, he said, pounting out that: “when facing the AEC, we must not forget to be vigilant about the strong influence that foreign cul-tures may have on us and remember that Bali has, after all, quite a good culture.”

Sri Darma pointed out some of the changes that Balinese people need to address together. Noble cultural aspects of Balinese tra-ditions such as mutual assistance (working together for the common good), seems to be increasingly left behind by youngsters today, many of whom have become dependant on their smartphones and other such gadgets for ac-cessing information. “We must be resilient in the face of foreign cultural influences. We can fortify ourselves in a variety of ways, starting with parenting. Many parents ignore what seems like small matters, but what in fact could lead our young men and women to become bad people in the future,” he explained.

Sri Darma added that the qual-ity of our human resources can be maintained and improved upon with a willingness to be open to fresh ideas from Some of out lead-ers simply apply their own way of seeing things instead of trying to see things from a new perspective. There is in fact a 360 degree view,

so the wider the angle that we look at, the better the quality of our hu-man resources will be. “It isn’t nec-essary to master the ability to see the full 360-degree, even just seeing

180 degrees, would be a good start. Unfortunately many people who are in fact only looking stat 10 degree slice of the view, claim that they see the whole 360 degrees a given

issue. It is this attitude that makes us reject new ideas, some of which are very good ideas about how to develop out region and the nation,” explained Sri Darma. (rin)

The Hindi Day Celebration started with Cendrawasih Dance and contemporary dance by the families of Brahma Kumaris followed by Indian Classical Dance {Kathak{ by ICC Dance Teacher Ms. Preeti Sinha and her stu-dents , Ratih Julita Maharani. The welcome address was delivered by Sister janaki, the key person of Brahma Kumaris Denpasar. This programme has Hindi singing and Hindi Quiz for active participation of audience. ICC Hindi Students, Ms. Putu Pramahakarana and Putu Hardey K sung Hindi Song Hum Hain Hindhustani Hindi Bhasa Hamko Pyari Hai and Sare Jaha Se Accha Hindusta Hamara.

All audience also contribute by singing a Hindi Song tittled He Manov Aao together. ICC multitalented Yoga and Hindi teacher Dr Kaptan Singh presented some melodious po-ems from Hindi Literature. This programme has a quiz Hindi Prashnottary based on com-

mon words from both language e.i Hindi and Indonesian Bahasa. The first prize of quiz gone to Sister Darmawati, respectively the second and third prize won by Ms. Yuliani and Brother Ketut Sudiarta.

The programme was initi-ated by The Consul General of India in Bali, Mr A.S Takhi. The programme was chaired by desig-nated Consul General of india in Bali, Mr Sunil Babu accompanied with Vice Consul General, Mr. Virender K Jatav. The designated CG express his gratitude to Ba-linese Community and Brahma Kumaris Families and give a road map to work together for boosting the cultural relation between India

and Indonesia. The key person of Brahma Kumaris Den-

pasar organized this event in a very delightful atmosphere and the Brahma Kumaris Center Denpasar was blessed with spiritual peace and happiness. On the acceptance and ap-

preciation of Sister Janaki the ICC Bali is going to start regular weekly Hindi Class in Brahma Kumaris Denpasar for Hindi Loving people. The programme was smoothly deliv-ered by ICC and Consulate General India staff members and the volunteers.

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Consulate India celebrated World Hindi Day

DENPASAr - The Consulate General of India Bali celebarated World Hindi Day with the collaboration of Brahma Kumaris Denpasar on 10 January 2015. For the promotion of Hindi Language in Balinese Community this programme was organized with a huge audience. More than two hundred participant from Balinese as well as Indian community enjoyed the celebration of World Hindi Day.

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In addition five main qualities were underlined as leading towards quality, culturally rooted human resources, these are: dedication, honesty, innovation, industrious-ness and resilience.

Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali, A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra, stated that the sublime wisdom of Balinese people, is greatly admired by and has become a part of the international community. Bali’s human resources, should therefore seek to explore and discover the gems of local wisdom, be steadfast, honest, loyal and cultured Balinese people.

“Balinese people should always

do things with sincerity and put others before themselves. By sin-cerely trying to help others move forward, we are sure to be rewarded at some point in the future -the same is bound to come back to us many times over,” he said.

Wiraputra also expressed his hope that today’s Balinese youth grow up to be be -not just employ-ees but also employers. Presently there is still a lack of Balinese en-trepreneurs. Of Bali’s population of 4 million people, there are 28,000 registered entrepreneurs whereas, ideally there should be at least 80,000 -representing 2% of the population.

“Balinese people also need

to make themselves eligible for competing on the international job market. We deserve to be able to compete against our friends from abroad. Currently our human resources are still winning. The ASEAN Economic Community is an opportunity for Bali to replace Singapore as the leading import-export country in the region,” he added.

Wiraputra explained that Bali will become a doorway for world import-export. ASEAN countries will trade on the Island of the Gods, he said. From finding products to packaging and then exporting to their country, this is a great oppor-tunity for Bali to cooperate with and sell to this new market with better packaging. “This is an opportunity that we can achieve together,” ex-plained Wiraputra.

He stressed that that the afore-mentioned seven aspects of Bali’s culture based human resources that need to be developed, are important

in dealing with the current global economy.

Rector of the PGRI Bali Teach-ers’ Training College, Dr. I Made Suartha, added the that there five aspects of character building that need to be the focus of education today. We need dedication and loy-alty to our respective professions, as well as a lot of curiosity, said Dr. Suartha. “Secondly, we must be true to ourselves and honest with others. Honesty is very important as is cooperation with all concerned parties involved in our profession. The third aspect is innovation. Qualified human resources should have a lot of creativity and should actively look new ideas and solu-tions and not be satisfied until they reach their goal,” he said.

Suartha continued that human resources who do not preserver will not produce anything. Therefore, diligence and discipline are also important in terms of improving the quality of one’s personality and

when combined with resilience, ex-traordinary things can be produced. With all of these characteristics present, not only will our human resources be great people, but their work will also be of amazingly high quality.

“This will lead to cultured hu-man resources. The basics of cul-ture is reasoning and then a strong tradition that cannot be changed. Bali is strong in this regard. Any-one coming to Bali should know about the rules that govern our traditions. We must work together to preserve our culture,” he said emphatically.

Cultured human resources, ex-plained Suartha, means human resources that are advanced spiritu-ally, academically, emotionally and socially. These four types of intelli-gence will produce high quality and ethical human resources. Quality without ethics leads to people using their academic excellence for bad things. (rin)

Aspects of Balinese HR developmentDUrING the discussion entitled “The Way Towards Qual-

ity and Cultured Balinese Human resources” that took place following the conferment of the K. Nadha Press Awards at the Wantilan Hall of the Ketut Nadha Bali Press Building, in Denpasar on Tuesday (Jan. 5), seven main aspects of human development emerged: spiritual, social, economic, political, scientific, technological and communications.

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A discussion entitled “The Way Towards Quality and Cultured Balinese Human Resources (HR)” took place following the conferment of the K. Nadha Press Awards on Tuesday (Jan. 5).

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Seeing buzzed-about films before the rest of the world isn’t restricted to the Hollywood elite, though. Tickets for many screenings during the festival that starts Jan. 21 are publicly avail-able, and there are ways to get in on the action and still have some cash left over for popcorn.

While tickets to big-name releases sell out fast, fans can now get online to put their names on wait lists and

check out the chances of getting in before heading into the cold. Park City is packed during the festival’s opening days, but the second half of the event is a bit more laid-back, making it easier for movie-lovers to score seats. And for those who stay through to the end, there are additional screenings of award-winning movies after the ceremony on the final day, Jan. 31.

If spotting movie stars during the

hottest days of the festival is your thing, think about grabbing tickets for a lower-profile film in the festival’s vast selection. Then scope out celeb-rity arrivals at the big-name screenings or hit up the lively Main Street scene after the show. Besides, you could end up discovering a cinematic gem.

Getting restaurant reservations in Park City is all about planning and flexibility. Call far in advance and be prepared with a backup. Many restau-rants get booked for private parties, says Linda Jager with Visit Park City, the tourism agency. Off-hours are also good times to try in-demand spots like the ski-in High West Distillery and Saloon, or to sample the state’s burgeoning craft beer scene at Wasatch

Brew Pub or Squatters Roadhouse Grill. For cheaper eats, try places like El Chubasco and Good Karma, or ven-ture outside of Park City to Kimball Junction, a 15-minute drive away.

Sundance’s not-so-dirty little se-cret? The area’s epic mountains are relatively empty during the festival as people staying to watch movies all day, says Nathan Rafferty with Ski Utah. And you never know who you might be sharing a chairlift with if you step away from the festival to check out one of the nearby ski areas that now include the new Vail-owned Park City mega-resort, touted as one of the biggest in the country.

For some free entertainment be-tween screenings, hunt street art left

by the mysterious artist Banksy when the documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop” premiered in 2010. One work that’s been framed and cov-ered in Plexiglas is on the Java Cow building at 402 Main St. The other is harder to find, on the side of a park-ing garage between Park Avenue and Main Street.

Lodging in Park City can range into the hundreds of dollars a night and many rooms sell out quickly. Salt Lake City offers a wider hotel selection a 40-minute drive away, and Sundance also holds movie screenings there. The city’s nightlife, including two adjoin-ing bars owned by “Modern Family” actor Ty Burrell, Beer Bar and Bar-X, is also worth checking out. (ap)

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In this Jan. 26, 2015 file photo, actor and producer Adrian Grenier snowboards on uncrowded slopes at Park City Mountain Resort during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

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This Jan. 16, 2014 file photo shows a general view of Main Street during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

How to do Sundance and leave a little cash for popcornSALT LAKE CITY — Every January, the streets of the

mountain town of Park City, Utah, light up as the Robert Redford-founded Sundance Film Festival pulls in big names to introduce future Oscar winners and eye-opening documen-taries. Over the years, movies screened in this one-time mining town have ranged from “The Blair Witch Project” to “Little Miss Sunshine.”

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In this Jan. 22, 2015 file photo, a sign outside of the Main Street area welcomes people to the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The 2016 Sun-dance film festival runs from Jan. 21-31.

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This Jan. 22, 2015 file photo shows the Egyptian Theatre on Main Street during the first day of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

DENPASAR - Business com-munity Tangan di Atas (TDA), held and Entrepreneur Party (PW) in Bali on Sunday (10/1). The event, which is held in collabora-tion with the Business Incubator of Udayana University, served as an opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn from one and other, to network and to promote their products.

According to President of TDA, Mustofa Romdloni, this event serves one of TDA’s main objectives. The three main ob-jectives of TDA are: provide an opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn from other members of the group about good practices, al-low entrepreneurs to take action on what they have learned and to recognize the business accom-plishments of their members. “As members of TDA, entrepreneurs need to grow, both in terms of personality and in terms of their business,” explained Mustofa.

In order to achieve these ob-jectives, TDA, has been holding Entrepreneur Parties in a number of cities since 2013. In their first year, entrepreneur parties were held in 10 cities. In 2015, the TDA held entrepreneur parties in 22 cit-ies, including Denpasar and plan to hold a National Entrepreneur Party in May, 2016 in Jakarta.

For the event in Bali, a number of successful entrepreneurs and experts in the field of property and other businesses lined up to speak. Mustofa Romdloni, President TDA, plastic and property entre-preneur and author of “Simple But

Powerful!, Witjaksono, CEO & Founder Pandawa Group, owner of 24 companies, Rawi Wahyu-diono, CEO Pendekar Digital, Director of National Entrepreneur Party, all participated in the event. Dominic Brian, world record holder and character consultant shared about mapping the future and Chairman of the Business Incubator at Udayana University shared information about how entrepreneurs can access capital. Yayak E. Cahyanto, Chairman of TDA Bali, business owner Sambel Bususan, and property entrepreneur and business coach Agusdin, shared information about how to grow one’s business through financial check ups, and Hendra W Saputro, CEO of BOC Indonesia and internet marketer, shared information about internet marketing trends in 2016.

Sayu Sutrisna Dewi, Founder of the Indonesia Young Entrepre-neurs School, said that Balinese people still tend to be jobseekers rather than seekers of business op-portunities. Chairman of Indone-sia’s Hindu Entrepreneur Network said that because so many people are still more focused on finding jobs than on creating businesses, public response to this kind of event is still minimal. “This is a challenge, that business people and academia need to conquer by finding solutions,” she ex-plained.

Through such events, business people can improve the perfor-mance of their businesses by at-tending workshops, and gaining

knowledge from speakers. There was also a product exhibition that served as a platform for busi-nesses to promote their products, increase sales through direct trans-actions and open up opportunities

for cooperation with new partners. “These events are also beneficial for business people because they get to gather with other business people and widen their network of contacts,” she added.

PW Bali event was also sup-ported by Indonetwork.co.id and also market place Mataharibiz.com, which will soon be enliven-ing the e-commerce industry in Indonesia. (kmb18)

“Almost 37.9 percent of the jewelry made by Balinese artists is destined to fulfill orders from Singapore, while 17.7 percent is exported to Australia, and an-other 13 percent to Hong Kong,” Wayan Widanta, a silver crafts-man from Gianyar, Bali, stated

on Friday.Widanta and his colleagues are

improving their skills to create various unique and artistic products, with designs representing the Bali-nese culture. They believe their new creations could meet the consum-ers’ demand from Singapore.

Foreigners who like to travel but have not got the opportunity to visit Bali could purchase Balinese handicrafts when they transit in Singapore, Hong Kong, or Malay-sia, he stated.

The buyers could also order certain designs with special orna-ments.

Local items such as the figures of dragons, “arwana” fish, and other types of materials such as shells

are carved and made from silver or copper.

“A variety of craft products, made from the dried young flower petals of the coconut tree combined with ornately carved silver, are really unique and antique. Ameri-can consumers are really into it,” Widanta explained.

Balinese craftsmen are known for their creativity to produce artis-tic goods, which are up to date but

still include local cultural content. The specialty of their products has proven to attract foreign custom-ers.

The market of silver jewelry has developed in 61 countries in the world, including Singapore.

Based on data compiled by the Bali Provincial Central Statistics Agency, jewelry exports were val-ued at US$6.2 million in November 2015. (ant)

GIANYAR - Mario Blanco, painter and photographer has succesfully preserved the endan-gered Bali starling (Leucopsar rothschildi) in the Antonia Blan-co museum in Campuhan, Sayan village, Gianyar District, Bali.

“This bird looks very intrigu-

ing and in the early 2000s, Bali starlings are very rare in their habitat, the West Bali National Park. Such condition makes me keen to preserve this kind of bird,” Mario Blanco stated in Ubud.

One time, Blanco said, a Ger-

man managed to breed this bird, then sold the bird to his friend from Japan. Later, the Japanese brought back the bird to Indone-sia and developed it until now.

Eight years ago, according to Blanco, he bought a couple of Bali starling worth Rp45 mil-

lion.Then, Blanco got two pairs of

Bali starling by means of barter with his painting.

Now, the price of Bali starling has dropped to Rp12.5 million per pair following the successful breeding activity which produces

this bird in large numbers.The price reduction is intended

that there will be no more theft of Bali starlings in their habitat.

The breeding has increased the number of Bali starlings cur-rently to 250 birds, he pointed out. (ant)

Singapore is the biggest buyer of jewelry from Bali

DENPASAR - Singaporean importers and resellers are considered to be the biggest buyers of handmade jewelry from Bali, Indonesia.

Mario Blanco preserves Bali starling

Business networking and promotion event held in Bali.

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Community businesses “Tangan di Atas (TDA) held Entrepreneur Party (PW) in Bali on Sunday (10/1). Seen on the photo, Rawi Wahyudiono, CEO Pendekar Digital, Hendra W Saputra, PR of TDA Bali, Yetti Riyadi, Event Division Manager, and representatives of supporter for the event from Indonetwork.co.id, Mataharibiz.com, and Doku.

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North Korea will read the fly-over of a bomber capable of delivering nuclear weapons — seen by an As-sociated Press photographer at Osan Air Base near Seoul — as a threat. Any hint of America’s nuclear power enrages Pyongyang, which links its own pursuit of atomic weapons to what it sees as past nuclear-backed moves by the United States to topple its authoritarian government.

The B-52 was joined by South Korean F-15 and U.S. F-16 fighters and returned to its base in Guam af-ter the flight, the U.S. military said.

“This was a demonstration of the ironclad U.S. commitment to our al-lies in South Korea, in Japan, and to the defense of the American home-land,” said Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander U.S. Pacific Command, in a statement. “North Korea’s nuclear test is a blatant violation of its international obligations.”

The B-52 flight follows a victory tour by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to celebrate the country’s widely disputed claim of a hydrogen bomb test. Kim is seeking to rally pride in an explosion viewed with outrage by much of the world and to boost his domestic political goals.

There was no immediate reaction from North Korea’s state media to the B-52 fly-over, which also hap-pened after North Korea’s third nuclear test in 2013.

Kim’s first public comments

about last week’s test came in a visit to the country’s military headquar-ters, where he called the explosion “a self-defensive step” meant to protect the region “from the dan-ger of nuclear war caused by the U.S.-led imperialists,” according to a dispatch Sunday from state-run Korean Central News Agency.

“It is the legitimate right of a sovereign state and a fair action that nobody can criticize,” Kim was reported as saying during his tour of the People’s Armed Forces Ministry.

The tone of Kim’s comments, which sought to glorify him and justify the test, is typical of state media propaganda.

But they also provide insight into North Korea’s long-running argument that it is the presence of tens of thousands of U.S. troops in South Korea and Japan, and a “hostile” U.S. policy that seeks to topple the government in Pyong-yang, that make North Korea’s pur-suit of nuclear weapons absolutely necessary.

During his tour, Kim posed for photos with leading military of-ficials in front of statues of the two members of his family who led the country previously — Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung. He also sought to link the purported success of the nuclear test to a ruling Workers’ Party convention in May, the party’s

first since 1980. He’s expected to use the congress to announce ma-jor state policies and shake up the country’s political elite to further consolidate his power.

World powers are looking for ways to punish the North over a nuclear test that, even if not of a hydrogen bomb, still likely pushes Pyongyang closer to its goal of a nuclear-armed missile that can reach the U.S. mainland. Many outside governments and experts question whether the blast was in fact a powerful hydrogen test.

In the wake of the test on Wednesday, the two Koreas have settled into the kind of Cold War-

era standoff that has defined their relationship over the past seven decades. Since Friday, South Korea has been blasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda from huge speakers along the border, and the North is reportedly using speakers of its own in an attempt to keep its soldiers from hearing the South Korean messages.

A top North Korean ruling party official’s recent warning that the South’s broadcasts have pushed the Korean Peninsula “toward the brink of war” is typical of Pyong-yang’s over-the-top rhetoric. But it is also indicative of the real fury that the broadcasts, which criticize

the country’s revered dictatorship, cause in the North.

North Korea considers the South Korean broadcasts tantamount to an act of war. When Seoul Korea briefly resumed propaganda broad-casts in August after an 11-year break, Seoul says the two Koreas exchanged artillery fire.

South Korean troops, near about 10 sites where loudspeakers started blaring propaganda Friday, were on the highest alert, but have not detected any unusual movement from North Korea along the border, said an official from Seoul’s Defense Ministry, who refused to be named, citing office rules. (ap)

TEHRAN, Iran — As a brutal winter set in across Iran, anony-mous philanthropists throughout the country painted “Walls of Kind-ness” and installed rows of hooks, inviting passers-by to leave warm clothes if they could spare them or take clothes if they need them.

The unique variation on the take-a-penny, leave-a-penny jar provides winter clothes to the homeless while sparing them the shame that can come from having to beg for help. Pictures of the brightly painted walls have been circulated on social media, helping to spread the initiative.

Dozens of walls have popped

up across Iran, and at least one philanthropist has taken things a step further, setting up a refrigera-tor outdoors and inviting people to leave or take food.

“This signifies compassion to-ward one another,” Mehrangiz Tavassoli said after hanging a wool sweater on a wall in central Tehran. “In the past, I did not know what to do with donations. Now, those who need can take what they want.”

Tehran has a homeless population of around 15,000 people, a third of them women, according to govern-ment figures. Winters can be brutally cold, with snowstorms sweeping in from the surrounding mountains.

This year has been particularly icy, with temperatures frequently drop-ping to below freezing.

“The Wall of Kindness is a beau-tiful gesture,” Saghar Maliani said as she left a long women’s coat. “It keeps those who are in need from begging at the doors of homes. This way, their reputation is not harmed.”

Mohammad Javad Lakzaie, a university student, said many Iranians have suffered from the international sanctions imposed on Tehran over its nuclear program, which are set to be lifted soon under a landmark agreement with world powers reached last year. (ap)

Powerful US bomber flies over S. Korea as standoff deepens

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — A powerful U.S. B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea on Sunday, a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style standoff deepened between its ally Seoul and North Korea following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test.

AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

In this Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016 photo, Iranian men hang clothes on an outdoor charity wall in downtown Tehran, Iran. As a brutal winter set in across Iran, anonymous philanthropists throughout the country painted “Walls of Kindness” and installed rows of hooks, inviting passers-by to leave warm clothes if they could spare them or take clothes if they need them.

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flies over Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016. The powerful U.S. B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea on Sunday, a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style standoff deepened between its ally Seoul and North Korea following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test.

Iran’s needy get winter clothes from ‘Walls of Kindness’

DENPASAR - Any foreign doc-tors who have opened a practice in Bali are doing so illegally, given that according to the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) Bali’s data: “no foreign doctors are regis-tered with IDI Bali,” said Chairman of IDI Bali, Kompyang Gautama, on Friday (Jan. 8).

Foreign doctors practicing in Bali must be accountable to the same standards and laws that af-fect local doctors. According to Law No.29/2004, all doctors are required to have a certificate of registration issued by the Indone-sian Medical Council (KKI), be registered with the local IDI branch and have a practice permit issued by the District/Municipal Health Agency.

Since there are no foreign doc-tors registered with the IDI, this

means that they do not have a permit to practice. “So, if there are any foreign doctors practicing in a clinic or hospital in Bali, they are certainly doing so illegally,” said Gautama.

Head of the Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, stated that there are no foreign doctors practising in Bali. “There are only foreign paramedics and other health per-sonnel,” he said.

Permits for health clinics are issued by the district or municipal health agency, while rules regarding permits for foreign health workers are set forth Ministry of Health Regulation No. 67/2013 and Law No. 36/2014 concerning health personnel. “There are require-ments that must be met and they are not easy to meet,” he affirmed. (kmb42)

According to the chief of Kutampi custom-ary village, I Made Martawan, the Aci Sang Hyang Jaran was held for the second time. It is performed to neutralize the universe and avoid it from epidemic outbreak. The sacred dance become an annual event held every implementing the Ngadegang ritual,” he explained, Friday (Jan. 8).

He added that such sacred dance was performed twice, namely at the beginning and the end of ceremony. The dance that was never performed before successfully drew the attention of local people to witness it. They thronged in order to get a closer look at the two people dancing with the accompaniment of religious songs. After falling into trance, the dancers are twisting their body while stepping on embers. The ngadegan ceremony was held by Sampalan customary village, Dalem Setra Batununggul, taking place from Wednesday (Jan. 6). It was commenced by melasti (purificatory) ceremony to the coastal area of Sampalan traditional harbor.

Chairman of the ritual committee, I Dewa Made Sudiarta, said that melasti ceremony is a procession of ngadegang ceremony. On the melasti procession, the sanctified effigies

representing local deities were carried from Gunung Hyang to be spiritually purified to the sea. By and large, the venue of melasti was in the north of local Dalem temple, but this time it is done at different location. Be-fore having been used as a harbor, Sampalan was originally the venue of melasti. In other words, the venue of melasti is taken back to the previous one, he said.

Paraphernalia and other preparations of the ceremony were made together through mutual assistance by residents and troupes. Ngadegang ceremony has become one of

the regular ceremonies held each year. It is an expression of gratitude to the Ruler of this universe and maintains balance between macrocosm and microcosm.

According to the chief of Dalem Setra Ba-tununggul customary village, I Dewa Ketut Tayanegara, the ceremony poses an expres-sion of gratitude for the graces bestowed by God. Ngadegang itself comes from Balinese word meaning ngadeg or standing. Represen-tation of local deities in the form of barong bangkal is carried in the melasti procession to the local beach. After that, the deities are

ready to receive worship of devotees for 11 days. “At the beginning of the year and rainy season, this ceremony is held so that the uni-verse is peaceful, cool and gives prosperity to every human being,” said Tayanegara.

Foreign travelers also dissolved into the ceremony. A traveler from Australia, Michael White, said that Nusa Penida is very unique and it is the ancient Bali. Characteristic of local culture is still indicated by friendly society. “I get attracted by the strong cultural and spiritual aura,” explained this foreigner having been living in Bali. (dwa)

In Denpasar, the existence of joged troupe can be counted on fingers. So, when the residents of Denpasar want to organize joged performance, they usually bring in the joged from Tabanan like Keram-bitan, Baturiti, Perean or Bangli and Jembrana district.

Now, the Gunung hamlet of Pena-tih is known to have a quality joged troupe. It is the Giri Swara Joged Troupe established six years ago. Now, it is able to meet the desire of the Denpasar residents longing for the genuine joged dance through the preservation of traditional arts.

Etymologically, the name of Giri Swara is predictable where in Bali-nese language giri means gunung or ‘mountain’ referring to the name of Gunung hamlet, Penatih, while swara means ‘sound’. Remarkably, the leader of this joged troupe, Ketut

Jefry, is able to combine the Badung style gamelan music of his joged with that of other regions such as Jembrana and Sunda. So, the joged is equipped with rindik or bamboo gamelan instrument, jaipongan (Sundanese) drum, and a pair of bass jegog gamelan instrument of typical Jembrana.

Most of the art troupe members are the local young artists. According to Jefry, they are reliable gamelan players of the art troupe so that they can very quickly adjust their gamelan rhythms with the character of pen-gibing or invited dancer. To all the dancers, he commanded to dance in accordance with the character of pen-gibing, but without porn movement.

He still maintained the style of joged and gandrung arts in Bali. Occasionally it is inserted with the pounding of jaipongan movement

and the voice of gamelan players to make the atmosphere more dynamic. “We remain to preserve the original style, because we do not want to be labeled as a joged in the nuddy,” he explained.

Due to his art creativity, the Giri Swara Joged Troupe is now receiving many orders to make per-formance. One of the performances he considered the most memorable is when entertaining the Bali Post dinner function at the K. Nada Bali Press Building or the BaliTV. He considered the task is difficult and must avoid giving an impression that Balinese joged is porn dance. He is consistent to refer to the bebadungan or Badung style featuring the dance and entertainment. As a result, jour-nalists from around world were so absorbing in joining the dance or ngibing. (sue)

Aci Sang Hyang Jaran, neutralize epidemic outbreak

Joged Giri Swara consistently preserves tradition

Foreign doctors practicing in Bali are illegal

SEMARAPURA - Aci Sang Hyang Jaran was carried out by Kutampi cus-tomary village in the seventh month of Balinese calendar coinciding with Nga-degang ritual, Thursday night (Jan. 7). The performance was the second time after having not been staged for 26 years. Sang Hyang Jaran dance in Nusa Penida was first implemented in 2014. Re-presentation of such sacred dance was made after receiving revela-tion to re-perform the ancient dance.

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The Aci Sang Hyang Jaran

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BEIJING — China’s consumer inflation edged up 1.6 percent in December year on year as food prices rose, official data showed Saturday. The inflation rate reported by the National Bureau of Statistics was up from November’s 1.5 percent and was driven by a 1.5 percent increase in food prices. The price of fresh vegetables jumped 13.7 percent and fresh fruits went up 2.3 percent.

Consumer inflation had been drifting down

after hitting 2 percent in August. Relatively low inflation has given Chinese leaders room to cut interest rates six times since November 2014 to stimulate the slowing economy.

Saturday’s data showed that consumer prices were up 1.4 percent in 2015 com-pared with the previous year, also pushed by higher food prices. Pork prices jumped year on year by 9.5 percent and fresh vegetables went up 7.4 percent.

The year’s rise was well below the of-ficial target of 3 percent, and lower than 2 percent growth in 2014.

Producer prices, measured as goods that leave the factory, declined by 5.9 percent in December from a year earlier, extend-ing a long period of declines due to excess production capacity in many industries. Producer prices dropped 5.2 percent in 2015 from the previous year. (ap)

Socialist Emmanuel Macron told The Associated Press in an inter-view on Friday that his top priority in 2016 is to attract private invest-ment to the country’s fledgling yet growing tech industry.

To do so, he’s emphasizing to investors and technology executives in the United States that his country has relaxed some of its famously stringent workplace protections and will do more so that companies can

restructure or lay off workers in order to be more nimble and competitive.

“We have to provide more vis-ibility, more certainty to the inves-tors and reduce the cost of failure,” he said, speaking before a reception at the French Consul General’s home near San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district.

Macron, 38, is an unabashed admirer of tech innovation and competitiveness, making him a

controversial figure within a party where opponents fear he is pushing the country toward an American-style model that doesn’t do enough to protect workers.

In July, for example, the French government approved an economic reform bill championed by Ma-cron. Among other things, the law allows stores to open 12 times a year on Sunday instead of five and lets stores expand evening hours. France’s 35-hour workweek law was unaffected.

But he said Friday that French workers shouldn’t worry that the country will turn into the United States, overnight or ever. France is

not the United States, nor does it want to be, he said.

“At the same time, what we have to do in France is to adapt the coun-try to globalization and we have to accelerate, because everything is about speed,” Macron said.

Macron has spent the past two days at the annual gadget extrava-ganza known as the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He noted there were nearly 200 French startups at the show, the most of any European country, he said.

He said France creates about 1,500 startup companies each year, many in health care, energy and mobility. On his lapel, he wore a

small red rooster pin, the official symbol of “La French Tech.”

He met with entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley and San Francisco on Friday and has sched-uled more meetings for Saturday, before heading home.

Asked if he had a message for people at home, Macron said he was impressed by the relentless drive for innovation and speed seen in inves-tors and executives, even those already considered successful.

“My key message is be innova-tive, be ambitious, think global and big on day one,” Macron said. “Otherwise you have people here thinking global for you.” (ap)

CHICAGO - General Motors will be placing a big bet the American public is willing to drive a car built in China when it unveils the Buick Envision on Sunday night.

The largest US automaker is certainly not try-ing to bring it to market quietly: Buick’s latest sport utility vehicle will be introduced at a lavish party on the eve of the Detroit auto show in the hopes of maximizing media coverage.

“We expect it to be a great success,” Molly Peck, US marketing director for Buick, told AFP.

“It offers all the features and amenities of a luxury UV. It’s high quality, quiet, filled with ad-vance safety technology. The design is gorgeous. The interior execution is outstanding. And it’s all at a price point that offers a great a value.”

GM’s decision to import the Envision from China -- a first for a major automaker -- has sparked outrage and is expected to become an issue in the 2016 presidential campaign.

The United Auto Workers union, which had lobbied to build the Envision in the United States, called the decision to import it from China a “slap in the face” to taxpayers who bailed GM out of bankruptcy in the wake of the financial 2008 crisis.

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has not yet seized on the issue, but given that he regularly rails against China for stealing American jobs analysts say it’s only a matter of time.

“I suspect GM is counting on the product to trump the actual Trump,” said Harley Shaiken, a professor at the University of California who specializes in labor issues and the automotive industry. (ap)

French economic minister’s priority is private investment

SAN FRANCISCO — France’s economy minister wants global investors to know that the country known for hand-crafted cheeses, wine and luxury apparel— all of which take time to make — is ready to speed up in order to embrace tech-nology’s startup culture.

GM bets Americans will buy cars made in China

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In this Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015 photo, cargo trucks drive through a container pool at a seaport in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province. China’s consumer inflation edged up 1.6 percent in December year on year as food prices rose, official data showed Saturday.

Food price rise pushes China’s inflation up 1.6 percent

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has assigned Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi to deliver his letters to the Saudi King and the Iranian President on Indonesia’s intention to mediate the conflict of the two counties.

“President Jokowi assigned the foreign minister to deliver the letters to Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and Ira-nian President Hassan Rouhani. We have communicated with the foreign ministers of the two countries,” Minister Retno said at Taman Ismail Marzuki on Saturday.

Foreign Minister Retno has routinely carried out paral-lel communications with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Iran since President Jokowi initiated the peace process.

“I have communicated with the two foreign ministers in-forming that I have been asked by President Jokowi to deliver his message directly. We are now arranging the right time when the Saudi King and the Iranian President can receive the letters,” she explained.

Previously, President Jokowi said he would send a special en-voy to Saudi Arabia and Iran in an effort to mediate the conflict between the two countries.

“Yes, I will send a special envoy to Iran and Saudi Ara-bia next week. It will be an-nounced before the departure of the envoy (from the ministry of foreign affairs). I hope the departure will take place soon, possibly on Monday,” President Jokowi said at the State Palace on Friday.

The president said it is very important now to send the spe-cial envoy as it would not be possible for direct talks.

One of the aims in send-ing the envoy is to deliver the Indonesian offer to serve as a mediator for the two conflicting countries.

“Sending an envoy would be more effective than having telephone talks. We can show seriousness if we send an en-voy,” the president said.

The diplomatic relations between the two countries wors-ened after Saudi Arabia executed 47 people who were suspected terrorists, including Iranian cleric Nmr al-Nimr. (ant)

Based on information obtained from the Vice Presidential Secretariat, the congress will be opened at Hall D of the Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Thursday said he would attend the PDIP congress which would be held on January 10-12 if he was invited.

He has also visited PDIP leader Megawati Sukarnoputri at her residence on Friday.

“(I) met her at her residence. We have to respect the leader of a political parties. She is the chairperson of the (PDIP) party which sup-ported the government. I had a dinner together with Megawati. It was just something usual,” Kalla said.

The Vice President said there was no special thing they discussed during the meeting with Megawati. He said he only had coordination on the implementation of the government ad-ministration.

He said during his meeting with Megawati, the PDIP leader expressed hope that the govern-ment would proceed well and remain stable in various fields.

Kalla also claimed to have no discussion on issues regarding cabinet reshuffle in the near future.

“No discussion (was held on cabinet re-

shuffle). She asked that the country should remain stable, and how to develop the economy, advance the people business and improve(the social) gap,” the vice President said. (ant)

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Workers of PT Pertamina Geothermal Energi (PT PGE) walk near Karaha geothermal well in Tasikmalaya, Indonesia West Java province, in this April 19, 2014 file photo. Indonesia is considering creating another utility company dedicated to purchasing renewable energy as the state-owned power firm resists buying from renewable sources because of higher costs.

President sends letters to Saudi Arabia, Iran

President, VP attend opening of PDIP Congress

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Jusuf Kalla attended the opening of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDIP’s) First Congress for the 2015-2020 period on Sunday.

ANTARA FOTO/Widodo S. Jusuf

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Jusuf Kalla attended the open-ing of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDIP’s) First Congress for the 2015-2020 period on Sunday.

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The assembly, elected in No-vember and December, is the first elected chamber since el-Sissi, as military chief, led the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013 following massive protests against the Islamist leader and his Muslim Brotherhood. The new parliament replaces one dominated by Islamists that was dissolved by a court ruling in June 2012.

The new chamber’s first task will be to ratify some 300 presidential decrees issued by el-Sissi since tak-ing office in June 2014 and interim president Adly Mansour before him. Under the constitution, these decrees must be ratified within 15 days starting from the date of the inaugural session. Failure to do so will result in the automatic repeal

of these laws.The decrees include a law se-

verely restricting street demonstra-tions and a terror law that curbs press freedoms and gives police vast powers.

Sunday’s session was mostly a procedural one, with lawmakers taking the oath in turn. The chamber is also expected to elect a speaker and two deputies. Some of the lawmakers, in a show of patriotism, held red, black and white Egyptian flags as they took the oath.

After Morsi’s overthrow, El-Sissi announced three steps to take Egypt back to democratic rule: The adoption of a new constitution and presidential and parliamentary elections.

But the process has unfolded

against the backdrop of a harsh crackdown on Islamists and other dissidents that has seen thousands jailed. The Muslim Brotherhood, which swept every election follow-ing the 2011 uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, is offi-cially branded a terrorist group.

Turnout for last year’s parlia-mentary elections was around 30 percent, and most of those elected to the assembly support the president.

Egypt is grappling with an increasingly potent Islamist in-surgency centered in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, which claimed the downing of a Russian passenger plane over Sinai in Oc-tober that killed all 224 people on board and led to widespread flight cancellations, dealing a major blow to the vital tourism industry.

Egypt’s economy is barely stay-ing afloat, with its local currency under pressure, tourism battered from years of turmoil and inflation at nearly 11 percent. (ap)

PARIS — French President Francois Hollande and other dig-nitaries are holding a special cer-emony to honor all those killed in Islamic extremist attacks around Paris in 2015 — a year when the European way of life was targeted time and again with deadly conse-quences.

Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo unveiled a plaque Sunday in memory of victims targeted at newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher

market, a rock concert, cafes, a stadium and elsewhere.

The ceremony took place at Place de la Republique, a plaza that has become a symbol of Parisians’ solidarity since the attacks, which began Jan. 7, 2015.

French rocker and national icon Johnny Hallyday is joining the army choir in a special, somber mu-sical performance. The attacks left some 150 victims dead, and several attackers were also killed. (ap)

BEIJING — Local officials in a central Chinese province violated rules in forcibly demolishing part of a hospital, sending medical staff fleeing and burying under rubble six bodies being processed at a morgue, a state broadcaster said Sunday.

Xiong Zhiliang, a district official overseeing demolition work in the city of Zhengzhou, was fired, while local police were further investigat-ing the incident that took place on Thursday, China Central Television said.

Forced demolitions are com-mon in Chinese cities, where local authorities turn to real estate devel-opment to fuel economic growth. Clashes over land are frequent, and some turn deadly.

The No. 4 Hospital of Zheng-

zhou University has accused the local government of ordering the demolition after failing to get the hospital to agree to a road expan-sion project.

The hospital management also complained to state media that it was extremely disrespectful for the demolition crew to bury the dead in the rubble.

The Huiji district government in Zhengzhou said Thursday that it sent in the bulldozer only after the hospital turned a deaf ear to re-quests that its CT room and morgue must be demolished to make way for the road project.

The district defended itself by saying that the workers checked that no one was inside before they torn down the buildings. (ap)

Chinese official who oversaw hospital demolition fired

AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool

French President Francois Hollande, 2nd right, and mayor of Montrouge Jean-Loup Metton, right, lay a wreath of flowers honoring late policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe who died in last year’s January attacks in Montrouge south of Paris, Saturday Jan. 9, 2016.

French president, rocker honor 2015

attack victims

Egypt’s first parliament in 3 years convenes

AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 file photo, officials are seen in the People’s Assembly as final preparations are made for an opening session of parliament, in Cairo.

CAIRO — Egypt’s first legislature in more than three years, a 596-seat chamber packed with supporters of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, held its inaugural session on Sunday, signal-ing the completion of a political road map first announced in 2013.

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There was a change of leader in the Southeast Division as Atlanta moved to the top with a victory over Chicago, leapfrogging Miami which was well beaten by Utah.

Golden State broke loose of the Kings with a 36-point third quarter which built a 12-point lead. Curry had 14 points in the fourth to keep the hosts at arm’s length. Draymond Green added 25, hitting five 3s and grab-bing nine rebounds. The Warriors shot 19 of 37 on 3-pointers, hitting 12 in the opening half; the most the Kings have allowed in a half all season.

DeMarcus Cousins had 21 of his 33 points in the first half and added 10 rebounds for Sacramento. Atlanta’s Al Horford scored a season-high 33 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Hawks past Chicago 120-105.

Paul Millsap added 18 points for the Hawks. Jimmy Butler scored 14 of his 27 points in the third quarter for the Bulls, who had won their previous six games.

Los Angeles’ Chris Paul had 25 points and seven assists as the Clippers kept up their form surge with a 97-83 win over Charlotte. DeAndre Jordan, making a push for his first career All-Star selection, had 19 rebounds. It was the 11th straight game in double digits for the franchise’s career rebounding leader.

Jeremy Lin had 26 points for the Hornets, who have lost a season-worst six in a row and seven straight on the road. Utah’s Gordon Hayward scored a season-high 34 points to power the Jazz past Miami 98-83. After a passive first half, Hayward scored 18 points in the third quarter, includ-ing nine in a row to give the Jazz a 68-60 lead.

The Heat got as close as four in the fourth, but a late 6-0 run all but sealed it.

Trey Burke scored 11 points off the bench for the Jazz, who ended a three-game skid. Chris Bosh led the Heat with 24 points. Dwyane Wade was held to eight on 3-for-17 shooting. Washington notched its 12th successive win over Orlando by defeating the Magic 105-99.(ap)

SYDNEY - Champion Petra Kvitova and Agnieszka Radwanska have withdrawn from this week’s Sydney International, dealing a double-blow to organisers of the Australian Open warmup.

Two-time Wimbledon winner Kvitova pulled out of last week’s Shenzhen Open in China with a gastro-intestinal illness and the same complaint had forced her out of Sydney, organisers said.

“I’m really disappointed to have to withdraw ... but unfortunately I am still not feeling well,” the world number six, who has not played a competitive match since the Fed Cup final in November, said in a statement.

“Being defending champion, this tournament obviously means a lot to me and I’ve always had a wonderful time playing this event. “I look forward to coming back in

future years to play.”Radwanska, who won in Shen-

zhen and will be world number four when the WTA rankings are updated on Monday, had withdrawn due to a left leg injury, organisers said.

“Sorry to have to withdraw from @SydneyTennis ... Great tourna-ment and hope you have a good week.” World number two Simona Halep, who enjoys a first round bye, is the top seed at the event. (ap)

Curry too hot for Kings as Warriors continue winning ways

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Golden State’s Stephen Curry made eight 3-pointers and scored 38 points to lead the Warriors to a 128-116 win at Sacramento on Saturday, extending their run of victories against the Kings to an even dozen. The result kept the Warriors 11 games clear in the NBA’s Pacific Division ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers, who made it eight straight wins by defeating Charlotte.

AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry flashes 1 finger after scoring a three point shot against the Sacra-mento Kings late in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. The Warriors won 128-116.

REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon

Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds the trophy after winning his Qatar Open men’s single ten-nis final match against Rafael Nadal of Spain in Doha, Qatar, January 9, 2016.

Champion Kvitova, Radwanska scratched from Sydney

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland returns a shot to Alison Riske

of the U.S. during their women’s singles final tennis match at the

Shenzhen Open in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China,

January 9, 2016.

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Zidane received a warm wel-come at Santiago Bernabeu Sta-dium, with fans loudly cheering the former galactico before and after the game. It was a completely different atmosphere compared to when Rafa Benitez was in charge. Benitez was jeered in nearly every game since a demoralizing 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in Novem-ber, a result that ignited a crisis at the Spanish giant.

“The fans were behind the team from the first minute until the end. It was a great atmosphere,” Zidane said. “But we have to understand that this was only the first game, we have to keep winning. The goal is to keep playing well and keep winning games.”

Real Madrid moved to within two points of Barcelona, which earlier defeated Granada 4-0 with a hat trick by Lionel Messi and a goal by Neymar. Third-place Atletico Madrid was one point behind Barcelona and can regain the lead when it plays at fifth-place Celta Vigo on Sunday.

Barcelona will have a game in hand after the 19th round this weekend. Zidane, who thrived at Madrid until retiring in 2006, stepped up from Madrid’s B team when Benitez was fired this week after seven months on the job.

“It means a lot to me to be here,” Zidane said. “I want to enjoy this win.” Benzema opened the scoring by using his back heel to redirect Sergio Ramos’ shot off a corner, then Bale headed in a cross from Dani Carvajal seven minutes later, and found the net from close range after a cross by Cristiano Ronaldo to open the second half. Bale’s third goal was another header, and Ben-zema’s second came in the game’s last play.

Ronaldo’s best opportunity was when he struck the post with a first-half header. At the Camp Nou, Messi scored twice within the first 15 minutes and added his third in the second half. Neymar closed the scoring late.

Barcelona had drawn four of its last six matches but was coming off a 4-1 win over city rival Espanyol in the Copa del Rey. It had been held by Espanyol to a scoreless draw in the previous league round.

“I’m very satisfied with how the team played today,” Barce-lona coach Luis Enrique said. “Everybody was focused from the beginning. The players knew how important it was to win these three points.”

Barcelona dominated Granada, which was only 17th in the 20-team standings. “We could have

scored more,” Barcelona defender Aleix Vidal said. “But the main thing was to get the three points. We are back in the lead, now we’ll see what happens in the other matches.”

Messi found the net from close range in the eighth minute after a pass from Arda Turan, then bagged his second six minutes later by striking an open net after a pass by Suarez. Messi’s third goal came after Neymar struck the post and the ball rebounded to Messi inside the area for his ninth league goal.

It was Messi’s first hat trick of the season, and 33rd of his career. He is favored to win a record fifth Ballon d’Or on Monday, from a shortlist with Neymar and Ron-aldo.

Neymar sealed Barcelona’s victory from close range, scoring his 15th league goal to tie Suarez as the competition’s leading scorer. Ronaldo has 14.

Dani Alves, who this week called Spanish media “garbage” for the way it covers soccer, came off the bench in the second half and was loudly cheered by the Barcelona fans.

The club initially condemned Alves’ comments, but late Friday said it would give its support to the player in case a local association of sports media went ahead with its threat to sue the Brazilian right back. Also, Sevilla defeated Ath-letic Bilbao 2-0 to win its eighth straight home game and move to sixth in the standings. (ap)

LONDON — Arsenal be-gan its FA Cup defense with a 3-1 comeback victory against Sunderland and was joined in the fourth round by Manchester United and Manchester City on Saturday. United labored past Sheffield United 1-0 at Old Trafford, and Manchester City emphatically defeated Norwich 3-0.

Also, Premier League side Aston Villa was held to 1-1 at fourth-tier Wycombe, while fifth-tier Eastleigh drew 1-1 with second-division side Bolton.

It looked as if there could be a shock at Emirates Stadium, where the Premier League leader fell behind to a Jermaine Lens strike after 17 minutes for Sun-derland, which was second-to-last in the league.

But Joel Campbell equalized, then two goals in three second-half minutes from substitute Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Gi-roud ensured Arsenal moved on to the next round.

“In the second half we took over,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. “We played in

their half, scored great goals, and created many chances.” United overcame Sheffield with a penalty from Wayne Rooney with time virtually up, but its performance against third-tier opposition was another display lacking attacking intent.

When substitute Memphis Depay tried his luck with a low shot which went comfortably wide in the 66th minute, it was United’s first attempt at goal, and was greeted with sarcastic cheers by supporters.

Depay was felled in the box in the third minute of injury time by Dean Hammond, and Rooney scored from the spot. United manager Louis van Gaal regarded the result as more im-portant than the performance.

“You have to play more quick-ly than we did in the first half,” Van Gaal said. “They are defend-ing with 10, 11 players behind the ball. It’s more easy to defend than attack.”

City had no problems at Nor-wich. Sergio Aguero beat four players before converting for the opener, and assisted on the

second scored by Kelechi Ihea-nacho. Kevin De Bruyne added the third, shooting though the legs of goalkeeper John Ruddy.

Eastleigh went 1-0 up over Bolton in the second half of its match at its Silverlake Stadium with an own goal by Bolton defender Dorian Dervite, but Darren Pratley saved humilia-tion by leveling moments from the end.

Villa became the second Pre-mier League side to fail to beat fourth-tier opposition. Villa captain Micah Richards gave his side the lead in the first half but Joe Jacobson leveled for the Chairboys with a penalty.

Villa was also last in the Premier League, and the draw stretched its winless run to 16 matches. After the game, Rich-ards was on the pitch having an animated discussion with unhappy Villa supporters, and manager Remi Garde accepted the criticism.

“I can understand the fans,” Garde said. “They travel a long way ... and this is what we de-serve.” (ap)

PARIS — Lyon celebrated its first match at its new Stade des Lumieres home with its first French League win in two months, 4-1 over last-place Troyes on Saturday.

Continuing its recovery under new coach Bruno Genesio, Lyon earned goals by France striker Alexande Laca-zette, Rachid Ghezzal, Jordan Ferri, and Claudio Beauvue in the 58,500-capacity arena.

“It might be the most emotional day in my life,” longtime Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas said. “Tonight, the stadium was nearly filled out.”

Lacazette, the league top-scorer last season, slotted home the first goal ever in the stadium that will host Euro 2016 matches, with an angled shot. Lyon’s domination was then total, but Genesio’s players lacked a cutting edge until Fabien Camus levelled for Troyes from 25 meters.

Ghezzal — an Algeria international who scored a brace last weekend in the French Cup — gave Lyon a 2-1 lead in mid second half with a superb strike in the top right corner. Ferri and Beauvue gave Lyon more room to breathe with 10 minutes left.

“I was born in Decines and I live nearby,” said Ghezzal, referring to the area where the stadium was built. “It’s a strong emotion, it’s a stunning stadium. We really wanted to open

with a win.”Genesio replaced Hubert Fournier

during the winter break, and secured a second consecutive victory follow-ing the 7-0 thrashing of Limoges in the Cup.

The win ended a six-match winless run in the league, and provisionally lifted Lyon to sixth place, five points behind second-place Angers. Troyes remained at the bottom of the stand-ings, 13 points below safety.

Unbeaten domestically this season, runaway leader Paris Saint-Germain has a 20-point lead over Angers after defeating Bastia 2-0 on Friday. In the match between the league’s two sur-prise outfits, Angers beat fourth-place Caen 2-0.

Monaco dropped to third place after coming back from two goals down to draw with visiting Gazelec Ajaccio 2-2. Ricardo Carvalho scored his first goal in the French league with a header to salvage a point for the hosts.

Former France midfielder Yoann Gourcuff did not score for Rennes but played his first game since March after recovering from a foot injury, going on as a substitute with less than 20 min-utes left of a 2-2 draw with Lorient.

Forward Cheick Diabate scored the winner as Bordeaux beat Montpellier 1-0 away, and Toulouse prevailed at Reims 3-1. (ap)

ROME — A 1-1 draw between AC Milan and Roma in Serie A on Saturday likely did little to allevi-ate the pressure on managers Sinisa Mihajlovic and Rudi Garcia. Antonio Rudiger put Roma in front with a volley four minutes in at the Stadio Olimpico and Juraj Kucka equalized early in the second half.

Roma remained fifth, five points behind Serie A leader Inter Milan, which hosts Sassuolo on Sunday. Mi-lan moved up to provisional sixth, five points behind Roma.

Mihajlovic and Garcia have been criticized for poor results, with local media already speculating over pos-sible replacements. Roma entered the season as a title contender but is facing a battle to get back into the Champions League places after winning only one of its last seven matches.

“I’m giving my all for this job,” Garcia said, lamenting a sharp drop in performance from the first to the second half. “We switched off physi-cally, mentally, and technically, and that can’t happen at this level. ... We need continuity.”

Mihajlovic, in his first season at Milan, has produced little more than previous managers Clarence Seedorf and Filippo Inzaghi did for the seven-time European champion.

“Apart from the opening 10 min-utes, we should be proud of how we played,” Miahjlovic said. “We deserved to win. ... We just haven’t been lucky enough considering all that

we’ve created.”Earlier, developing forward Keita

scored an impressive goal as Lazio won 3-1 at Fiorentina to deny the Tuscan squad a chance at taking the provisional lead. Fiorentina remained one-point behind Inter and level on points with Napoli, which visits pro-moted Frosinone on Sunday.

Lazio, which also beat Inter at the San Siro before the holiday break, moved up to ninth. Also, promoted Carpi beat visiting Udinese 2-1 to move within two points of escaping the relegation zone.

In Rome, Rudiger redirected a free kick from Miralem Pjanic for his first goal in Serie A. Rudiger had a chance for another but 16-year-old Milan goal-keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made a diving save and pushed the German’s shot away off the post. Kucka’s equal-izer came with a header following a lobbed cross from Keisuke Honda.

Kucka then missed a great chance to put Milan ahead after taking a cross from Kevin-Prince Boateng, after which Miahjlovic was expelled for kicking a water bottle in anger at the missed chance.

With Milan taking charge momen-tarily, Carlos Bacca banged a long shot off the crossbar. Roma substitutes Gervinho and Francesco Totti, making his first appearance since injuring his right hip in September, restored equi-librium to the match. “We had a lot of chances,” Kucka said. “We could have left here with three points.” (ap)

ZURICH — Sepp Blatter and Mi-chel Platini can now launch appeals against their eight-year bans from football after FIFA’s ethics committee judges sent them full written reasons for the verdicts.

Lawyers for Blatter and Platini needed the documents received Sat-urday to file formal appeals with FIFA, world soccer’s governing body. FIFA refused Platini’s request last month to bypass its process and appeal directly to the Court of Arbi-tration for Sport.

“The adjudicatory chamber of the independent ethics committee has fulfilled its commitment to provide the grounds for the respective decisions to Mr. Blatter and Mr. Platini within the first half of January 2016 as they had previously been informed,” the judges said in a statement Blatter wants to be

cleared before the Feb. 26 FIFA elec-tion congress.

Platini has given up on being a candidate to succeed his former men-tor Blatter but wants to clear his name and retain his presidency of European soccer body UEFA. Platini’s com-munication team told The Associated Press that they received all the docu-ments needed on Friday night and will likely lodge their appeal with FIFA on Monday.

Blatter and Platini deny wrongdoing but were judged last month to have broken ethics rules on conflicts of interest, breach of loyalty and offering or receiving gifts.

Platini took $2 million of FIFA money in 2011 - a payment approved by Blatter as uncontracted salary for work as a presidential adviser from 1999-2002. (ap)

Real Madrid wins in Zidane’s debut

as head coach

Real Madrid’s new head coach Zinedine Zidane gives instruc-tions from the side

line during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid

and Deportivo Co-runa at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in

Madrid, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016.

MADRID — Zinedine Zidane’s head-coaching career got off to a winning start as Real Madrid defeated Deportivo La Coruna 5-0 in the Spanish league on Saturday. Gareth Bale had a hat trick and Karim Benzema scored twice, including with a back-heel flick.

AP Photo/Francisco Seco

AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

Roma’s Francesco Totti, left, controls the ball past AC Milan’s Andrea Bertolacci during an Italian Serie A soccer match between Roma and AC Milan at Rome’s Olympic stadium, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016.

AC Milan, Roma managers still under

pressure after 1-1 draw

Lyon secures first win in new stadium

in French league

FIFA ethics judges send written

verdict to Blatter

AP Photo/Alastair Grant

Arsenal’s Gabriel, center left, jumps as he attempts to block a header by Sunderland’s Steven Fletcher during the English FA Cup third round soccer match between Arsenal and Sunderland at the Emirates stadium in London, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016 .

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win vs Sunderland

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Zidane received a warm wel-come at Santiago Bernabeu Sta-dium, with fans loudly cheering the former galactico before and after the game. It was a completely different atmosphere compared to when Rafa Benitez was in charge. Benitez was jeered in nearly every game since a demoralizing 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in Novem-ber, a result that ignited a crisis at the Spanish giant.

“The fans were behind the team from the first minute until the end. It was a great atmosphere,” Zidane said. “But we have to understand that this was only the first game, we have to keep winning. The goal is to keep playing well and keep winning games.”

Real Madrid moved to within two points of Barcelona, which earlier defeated Granada 4-0 with a hat trick by Lionel Messi and a goal by Neymar. Third-place Atletico Madrid was one point behind Barcelona and can regain the lead when it plays at fifth-place Celta Vigo on Sunday.

Barcelona will have a game in hand after the 19th round this weekend. Zidane, who thrived at Madrid until retiring in 2006, stepped up from Madrid’s B team when Benitez was fired this week after seven months on the job.

“It means a lot to me to be here,” Zidane said. “I want to enjoy this win.” Benzema opened the scoring by using his back heel to redirect Sergio Ramos’ shot off a corner, then Bale headed in a cross from Dani Carvajal seven minutes later, and found the net from close range after a cross by Cristiano Ronaldo to open the second half. Bale’s third goal was another header, and Ben-zema’s second came in the game’s last play.

Ronaldo’s best opportunity was when he struck the post with a first-half header. At the Camp Nou, Messi scored twice within the first 15 minutes and added his third in the second half. Neymar closed the scoring late.

Barcelona had drawn four of its last six matches but was coming off a 4-1 win over city rival Espanyol in the Copa del Rey. It had been held by Espanyol to a scoreless draw in the previous league round.

“I’m very satisfied with how the team played today,” Barce-lona coach Luis Enrique said. “Everybody was focused from the beginning. The players knew how important it was to win these three points.”

Barcelona dominated Granada, which was only 17th in the 20-team standings. “We could have

scored more,” Barcelona defender Aleix Vidal said. “But the main thing was to get the three points. We are back in the lead, now we’ll see what happens in the other matches.”

Messi found the net from close range in the eighth minute after a pass from Arda Turan, then bagged his second six minutes later by striking an open net after a pass by Suarez. Messi’s third goal came after Neymar struck the post and the ball rebounded to Messi inside the area for his ninth league goal.

It was Messi’s first hat trick of the season, and 33rd of his career. He is favored to win a record fifth Ballon d’Or on Monday, from a shortlist with Neymar and Ron-aldo.

Neymar sealed Barcelona’s victory from close range, scoring his 15th league goal to tie Suarez as the competition’s leading scorer. Ronaldo has 14.

Dani Alves, who this week called Spanish media “garbage” for the way it covers soccer, came off the bench in the second half and was loudly cheered by the Barcelona fans.

The club initially condemned Alves’ comments, but late Friday said it would give its support to the player in case a local association of sports media went ahead with its threat to sue the Brazilian right back. Also, Sevilla defeated Ath-letic Bilbao 2-0 to win its eighth straight home game and move to sixth in the standings. (ap)

LONDON — Arsenal be-gan its FA Cup defense with a 3-1 comeback victory against Sunderland and was joined in the fourth round by Manchester United and Manchester City on Saturday. United labored past Sheffield United 1-0 at Old Trafford, and Manchester City emphatically defeated Norwich 3-0.

Also, Premier League side Aston Villa was held to 1-1 at fourth-tier Wycombe, while fifth-tier Eastleigh drew 1-1 with second-division side Bolton.

It looked as if there could be a shock at Emirates Stadium, where the Premier League leader fell behind to a Jermaine Lens strike after 17 minutes for Sun-derland, which was second-to-last in the league.

But Joel Campbell equalized, then two goals in three second-half minutes from substitute Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Gi-roud ensured Arsenal moved on to the next round.

“In the second half we took over,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. “We played in

their half, scored great goals, and created many chances.” United overcame Sheffield with a penalty from Wayne Rooney with time virtually up, but its performance against third-tier opposition was another display lacking attacking intent.

When substitute Memphis Depay tried his luck with a low shot which went comfortably wide in the 66th minute, it was United’s first attempt at goal, and was greeted with sarcastic cheers by supporters.

Depay was felled in the box in the third minute of injury time by Dean Hammond, and Rooney scored from the spot. United manager Louis van Gaal regarded the result as more im-portant than the performance.

“You have to play more quick-ly than we did in the first half,” Van Gaal said. “They are defend-ing with 10, 11 players behind the ball. It’s more easy to defend than attack.”

City had no problems at Nor-wich. Sergio Aguero beat four players before converting for the opener, and assisted on the

second scored by Kelechi Ihea-nacho. Kevin De Bruyne added the third, shooting though the legs of goalkeeper John Ruddy.

Eastleigh went 1-0 up over Bolton in the second half of its match at its Silverlake Stadium with an own goal by Bolton defender Dorian Dervite, but Darren Pratley saved humilia-tion by leveling moments from the end.

Villa became the second Pre-mier League side to fail to beat fourth-tier opposition. Villa captain Micah Richards gave his side the lead in the first half but Joe Jacobson leveled for the Chairboys with a penalty.

Villa was also last in the Premier League, and the draw stretched its winless run to 16 matches. After the game, Rich-ards was on the pitch having an animated discussion with unhappy Villa supporters, and manager Remi Garde accepted the criticism.

“I can understand the fans,” Garde said. “They travel a long way ... and this is what we de-serve.” (ap)

PARIS — Lyon celebrated its first match at its new Stade des Lumieres home with its first French League win in two months, 4-1 over last-place Troyes on Saturday.

Continuing its recovery under new coach Bruno Genesio, Lyon earned goals by France striker Alexande Laca-zette, Rachid Ghezzal, Jordan Ferri, and Claudio Beauvue in the 58,500-capacity arena.

“It might be the most emotional day in my life,” longtime Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas said. “Tonight, the stadium was nearly filled out.”

Lacazette, the league top-scorer last season, slotted home the first goal ever in the stadium that will host Euro 2016 matches, with an angled shot. Lyon’s domination was then total, but Genesio’s players lacked a cutting edge until Fabien Camus levelled for Troyes from 25 meters.

Ghezzal — an Algeria international who scored a brace last weekend in the French Cup — gave Lyon a 2-1 lead in mid second half with a superb strike in the top right corner. Ferri and Beauvue gave Lyon more room to breathe with 10 minutes left.

“I was born in Decines and I live nearby,” said Ghezzal, referring to the area where the stadium was built. “It’s a strong emotion, it’s a stunning stadium. We really wanted to open

with a win.”Genesio replaced Hubert Fournier

during the winter break, and secured a second consecutive victory follow-ing the 7-0 thrashing of Limoges in the Cup.

The win ended a six-match winless run in the league, and provisionally lifted Lyon to sixth place, five points behind second-place Angers. Troyes remained at the bottom of the stand-ings, 13 points below safety.

Unbeaten domestically this season, runaway leader Paris Saint-Germain has a 20-point lead over Angers after defeating Bastia 2-0 on Friday. In the match between the league’s two sur-prise outfits, Angers beat fourth-place Caen 2-0.

Monaco dropped to third place after coming back from two goals down to draw with visiting Gazelec Ajaccio 2-2. Ricardo Carvalho scored his first goal in the French league with a header to salvage a point for the hosts.

Former France midfielder Yoann Gourcuff did not score for Rennes but played his first game since March after recovering from a foot injury, going on as a substitute with less than 20 min-utes left of a 2-2 draw with Lorient.

Forward Cheick Diabate scored the winner as Bordeaux beat Montpellier 1-0 away, and Toulouse prevailed at Reims 3-1. (ap)

ROME — A 1-1 draw between AC Milan and Roma in Serie A on Saturday likely did little to allevi-ate the pressure on managers Sinisa Mihajlovic and Rudi Garcia. Antonio Rudiger put Roma in front with a volley four minutes in at the Stadio Olimpico and Juraj Kucka equalized early in the second half.

Roma remained fifth, five points behind Serie A leader Inter Milan, which hosts Sassuolo on Sunday. Mi-lan moved up to provisional sixth, five points behind Roma.

Mihajlovic and Garcia have been criticized for poor results, with local media already speculating over pos-sible replacements. Roma entered the season as a title contender but is facing a battle to get back into the Champions League places after winning only one of its last seven matches.

“I’m giving my all for this job,” Garcia said, lamenting a sharp drop in performance from the first to the second half. “We switched off physi-cally, mentally, and technically, and that can’t happen at this level. ... We need continuity.”

Mihajlovic, in his first season at Milan, has produced little more than previous managers Clarence Seedorf and Filippo Inzaghi did for the seven-time European champion.

“Apart from the opening 10 min-utes, we should be proud of how we played,” Miahjlovic said. “We deserved to win. ... We just haven’t been lucky enough considering all that

we’ve created.”Earlier, developing forward Keita

scored an impressive goal as Lazio won 3-1 at Fiorentina to deny the Tuscan squad a chance at taking the provisional lead. Fiorentina remained one-point behind Inter and level on points with Napoli, which visits pro-moted Frosinone on Sunday.

Lazio, which also beat Inter at the San Siro before the holiday break, moved up to ninth. Also, promoted Carpi beat visiting Udinese 2-1 to move within two points of escaping the relegation zone.

In Rome, Rudiger redirected a free kick from Miralem Pjanic for his first goal in Serie A. Rudiger had a chance for another but 16-year-old Milan goal-keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made a diving save and pushed the German’s shot away off the post. Kucka’s equal-izer came with a header following a lobbed cross from Keisuke Honda.

Kucka then missed a great chance to put Milan ahead after taking a cross from Kevin-Prince Boateng, after which Miahjlovic was expelled for kicking a water bottle in anger at the missed chance.

With Milan taking charge momen-tarily, Carlos Bacca banged a long shot off the crossbar. Roma substitutes Gervinho and Francesco Totti, making his first appearance since injuring his right hip in September, restored equi-librium to the match. “We had a lot of chances,” Kucka said. “We could have left here with three points.” (ap)

ZURICH — Sepp Blatter and Mi-chel Platini can now launch appeals against their eight-year bans from football after FIFA’s ethics committee judges sent them full written reasons for the verdicts.

Lawyers for Blatter and Platini needed the documents received Sat-urday to file formal appeals with FIFA, world soccer’s governing body. FIFA refused Platini’s request last month to bypass its process and appeal directly to the Court of Arbi-tration for Sport.

“The adjudicatory chamber of the independent ethics committee has fulfilled its commitment to provide the grounds for the respective decisions to Mr. Blatter and Mr. Platini within the first half of January 2016 as they had previously been informed,” the judges said in a statement Blatter wants to be

cleared before the Feb. 26 FIFA elec-tion congress.

Platini has given up on being a candidate to succeed his former men-tor Blatter but wants to clear his name and retain his presidency of European soccer body UEFA. Platini’s com-munication team told The Associated Press that they received all the docu-ments needed on Friday night and will likely lodge their appeal with FIFA on Monday.

Blatter and Platini deny wrongdoing but were judged last month to have broken ethics rules on conflicts of interest, breach of loyalty and offering or receiving gifts.

Platini took $2 million of FIFA money in 2011 - a payment approved by Blatter as uncontracted salary for work as a presidential adviser from 1999-2002. (ap)

Real Madrid wins in Zidane’s debut

as head coach

Real Madrid’s new head coach Zinedine Zidane gives instruc-tions from the side

line during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid

and Deportivo Co-runa at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in

Madrid, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016.

MADRID — Zinedine Zidane’s head-coaching career got off to a winning start as Real Madrid defeated Deportivo La Coruna 5-0 in the Spanish league on Saturday. Gareth Bale had a hat trick and Karim Benzema scored twice, including with a back-heel flick.

AP Photo/Francisco Seco

AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

Roma’s Francesco Totti, left, controls the ball past AC Milan’s Andrea Bertolacci during an Italian Serie A soccer match between Roma and AC Milan at Rome’s Olympic stadium, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016.

AC Milan, Roma managers still under

pressure after 1-1 draw

Lyon secures first win in new stadium

in French league

FIFA ethics judges send written

verdict to Blatter

AP Photo/Alastair Grant

Arsenal’s Gabriel, center left, jumps as he attempts to block a header by Sunderland’s Steven Fletcher during the English FA Cup third round soccer match between Arsenal and Sunderland at the Emirates stadium in London, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016 .

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it perches at the verge of the Singaraja–Denpasar road section via Pupuan. This overlay of paddy fields look very stunning with the background of green hills. Amidst

of the paddy fields lies a strand of river whose glittering water runs throughout the year. Farmer activities around the paddy fields take visitors to a natural rustic atmo-

sphere. Near the parking area located at road side, a wooden stage is provided for visitors to enjoy a stretch of paddy fields while unwinding.

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Rice Terrace of Busungbiu

There was a change of leader in the Southeast Division as Atlanta moved to the top with a victory over Chicago, leapfrogging Miami which was well beaten by Utah.

Golden State broke loose of the Kings with a 36-point third quarter which built a 12-point lead. Curry had 14 points in the fourth to keep the hosts at arm’s length. Draymond Green added 25, hitting five 3s and grab-bing nine rebounds. The Warriors shot 19 of 37 on 3-pointers, hitting 12 in the opening half; the most the Kings have allowed in a half all season.

DeMarcus Cousins had 21 of his 33 points in the first half and added 10 rebounds for Sacramento. Atlanta’s Al Horford scored a season-high 33 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Hawks past Chicago 120-105.

Paul Millsap added 18 points for the Hawks. Jimmy Butler scored 14 of his 27 points in the third quarter for the Bulls, who had won their previous six games.

Los Angeles’ Chris Paul had 25 points and seven assists as the Clippers kept up their form surge with a 97-83 win over Charlotte. DeAndre Jordan, making a push for his first career All-Star selection, had 19 rebounds. It was the 11th straight game in double digits for the franchise’s career rebounding leader.

Jeremy Lin had 26 points for the Hornets, who have lost a season-worst six in a row and seven straight on the road. Utah’s Gordon Hayward scored a season-high 34 points to power the Jazz past Miami 98-83. After a passive first half, Hayward scored 18 points in the third quarter, includ-ing nine in a row to give the Jazz a 68-60 lead.

The Heat got as close as four in the fourth, but a late 6-0 run all but sealed it.

Trey Burke scored 11 points off the bench for the Jazz, who ended a three-game skid. Chris Bosh led the Heat with 24 points. Dwyane Wade was held to eight on 3-for-17 shooting. Washington notched its 12th successive win over Orlando by defeating the Magic 105-99.(ap)

SYDNEY - Champion Petra Kvitova and Agnieszka Radwanska have withdrawn from this week’s Sydney International, dealing a double-blow to organisers of the Australian Open warmup.

Two-time Wimbledon winner Kvitova pulled out of last week’s Shenzhen Open in China with a gastro-intestinal illness and the same complaint had forced her out of Sydney, organisers said.

“I’m really disappointed to have to withdraw ... but unfortunately I am still not feeling well,” the world number six, who has not played a competitive match since the Fed Cup final in November, said in a statement.

“Being defending champion, this tournament obviously means a lot to me and I’ve always had a wonderful time playing this event. “I look forward to coming back in

future years to play.”Radwanska, who won in Shen-

zhen and will be world number four when the WTA rankings are updated on Monday, had withdrawn due to a left leg injury, organisers said.

“Sorry to have to withdraw from @SydneyTennis ... Great tourna-ment and hope you have a good week.” World number two Simona Halep, who enjoys a first round bye, is the top seed at the event. (ap)

Curry too hot for Kings as Warriors continue winning ways

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Golden State’s Stephen Curry made eight 3-pointers and scored 38 points to lead the Warriors to a 128-116 win at Sacramento on Saturday, extending their run of victories against the Kings to an even dozen. The result kept the Warriors 11 games clear in the NBA’s Pacific Division ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers, who made it eight straight wins by defeating Charlotte.

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry flashes 1 finger after scoring a three point shot against the Sacra-mento Kings late in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. The Warriors won 128-116.

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds the trophy after winning his Qatar Open men’s single ten-nis final match against Rafael Nadal of Spain in Doha, Qatar, January 9, 2016.

Champion Kvitova, Radwanska scratched from Sydney

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland returns a shot to Alison Riske

of the U.S. during their women’s singles final tennis match at the

Shenzhen Open in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China,

January 9, 2016.

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The assembly, elected in No-vember and December, is the first elected chamber since el-Sissi, as military chief, led the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013 following massive protests against the Islamist leader and his Muslim Brotherhood. The new parliament replaces one dominated by Islamists that was dissolved by a court ruling in June 2012.

The new chamber’s first task will be to ratify some 300 presidential decrees issued by el-Sissi since tak-ing office in June 2014 and interim president Adly Mansour before him. Under the constitution, these decrees must be ratified within 15 days starting from the date of the inaugural session. Failure to do so will result in the automatic repeal

of these laws.The decrees include a law se-

verely restricting street demonstra-tions and a terror law that curbs press freedoms and gives police vast powers.

Sunday’s session was mostly a procedural one, with lawmakers taking the oath in turn. The chamber is also expected to elect a speaker and two deputies. Some of the lawmakers, in a show of patriotism, held red, black and white Egyptian flags as they took the oath.

After Morsi’s overthrow, El-Sissi announced three steps to take Egypt back to democratic rule: The adoption of a new constitution and presidential and parliamentary elections.

But the process has unfolded

against the backdrop of a harsh crackdown on Islamists and other dissidents that has seen thousands jailed. The Muslim Brotherhood, which swept every election follow-ing the 2011 uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, is offi-cially branded a terrorist group.

Turnout for last year’s parlia-mentary elections was around 30 percent, and most of those elected to the assembly support the president.

Egypt is grappling with an increasingly potent Islamist in-surgency centered in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, which claimed the downing of a Russian passenger plane over Sinai in Oc-tober that killed all 224 people on board and led to widespread flight cancellations, dealing a major blow to the vital tourism industry.

Egypt’s economy is barely stay-ing afloat, with its local currency under pressure, tourism battered from years of turmoil and inflation at nearly 11 percent. (ap)

PARIS — French President Francois Hollande and other dig-nitaries are holding a special cer-emony to honor all those killed in Islamic extremist attacks around Paris in 2015 — a year when the European way of life was targeted time and again with deadly conse-quences.

Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo unveiled a plaque Sunday in memory of victims targeted at newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher

market, a rock concert, cafes, a stadium and elsewhere.

The ceremony took place at Place de la Republique, a plaza that has become a symbol of Parisians’ solidarity since the attacks, which began Jan. 7, 2015.

French rocker and national icon Johnny Hallyday is joining the army choir in a special, somber mu-sical performance. The attacks left some 150 victims dead, and several attackers were also killed. (ap)

BEIJING — Local officials in a central Chinese province violated rules in forcibly demolishing part of a hospital, sending medical staff fleeing and burying under rubble six bodies being processed at a morgue, a state broadcaster said Sunday.

Xiong Zhiliang, a district official overseeing demolition work in the city of Zhengzhou, was fired, while local police were further investigat-ing the incident that took place on Thursday, China Central Television said.

Forced demolitions are com-mon in Chinese cities, where local authorities turn to real estate devel-opment to fuel economic growth. Clashes over land are frequent, and some turn deadly.

The No. 4 Hospital of Zheng-

zhou University has accused the local government of ordering the demolition after failing to get the hospital to agree to a road expan-sion project.

The hospital management also complained to state media that it was extremely disrespectful for the demolition crew to bury the dead in the rubble.

The Huiji district government in Zhengzhou said Thursday that it sent in the bulldozer only after the hospital turned a deaf ear to re-quests that its CT room and morgue must be demolished to make way for the road project.

The district defended itself by saying that the workers checked that no one was inside before they torn down the buildings. (ap)

Chinese official who oversaw hospital demolition fired

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French President Francois Hollande, 2nd right, and mayor of Montrouge Jean-Loup Metton, right, lay a wreath of flowers honoring late policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe who died in last year’s January attacks in Montrouge south of Paris, Saturday Jan. 9, 2016.

French president, rocker honor 2015

attack victims

Egypt’s first parliament in 3 years convenes

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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 file photo, officials are seen in the People’s Assembly as final preparations are made for an opening session of parliament, in Cairo.

CAIRO — Egypt’s first legislature in more than three years, a 596-seat chamber packed with supporters of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, held its inaugural session on Sunday, signal-ing the completion of a political road map first announced in 2013.

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BEIJING — China’s consumer inflation edged up 1.6 percent in December year on year as food prices rose, official data showed Saturday. The inflation rate reported by the National Bureau of Statistics was up from November’s 1.5 percent and was driven by a 1.5 percent increase in food prices. The price of fresh vegetables jumped 13.7 percent and fresh fruits went up 2.3 percent.

Consumer inflation had been drifting down

after hitting 2 percent in August. Relatively low inflation has given Chinese leaders room to cut interest rates six times since November 2014 to stimulate the slowing economy.

Saturday’s data showed that consumer prices were up 1.4 percent in 2015 com-pared with the previous year, also pushed by higher food prices. Pork prices jumped year on year by 9.5 percent and fresh vegetables went up 7.4 percent.

The year’s rise was well below the of-ficial target of 3 percent, and lower than 2 percent growth in 2014.

Producer prices, measured as goods that leave the factory, declined by 5.9 percent in December from a year earlier, extend-ing a long period of declines due to excess production capacity in many industries. Producer prices dropped 5.2 percent in 2015 from the previous year. (ap)

Socialist Emmanuel Macron told The Associated Press in an inter-view on Friday that his top priority in 2016 is to attract private invest-ment to the country’s fledgling yet growing tech industry.

To do so, he’s emphasizing to investors and technology executives in the United States that his country has relaxed some of its famously stringent workplace protections and will do more so that companies can

restructure or lay off workers in order to be more nimble and competitive.

“We have to provide more vis-ibility, more certainty to the inves-tors and reduce the cost of failure,” he said, speaking before a reception at the French Consul General’s home near San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district.

Macron, 38, is an unabashed admirer of tech innovation and competitiveness, making him a

controversial figure within a party where opponents fear he is pushing the country toward an American-style model that doesn’t do enough to protect workers.

In July, for example, the French government approved an economic reform bill championed by Ma-cron. Among other things, the law allows stores to open 12 times a year on Sunday instead of five and lets stores expand evening hours. France’s 35-hour workweek law was unaffected.

But he said Friday that French workers shouldn’t worry that the country will turn into the United States, overnight or ever. France is

not the United States, nor does it want to be, he said.

“At the same time, what we have to do in France is to adapt the coun-try to globalization and we have to accelerate, because everything is about speed,” Macron said.

Macron has spent the past two days at the annual gadget extrava-ganza known as the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He noted there were nearly 200 French startups at the show, the most of any European country, he said.

He said France creates about 1,500 startup companies each year, many in health care, energy and mobility. On his lapel, he wore a

small red rooster pin, the official symbol of “La French Tech.”

He met with entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley and San Francisco on Friday and has sched-uled more meetings for Saturday, before heading home.

Asked if he had a message for people at home, Macron said he was impressed by the relentless drive for innovation and speed seen in inves-tors and executives, even those already considered successful.

“My key message is be innova-tive, be ambitious, think global and big on day one,” Macron said. “Otherwise you have people here thinking global for you.” (ap)

CHICAGO - General Motors will be placing a big bet the American public is willing to drive a car built in China when it unveils the Buick Envision on Sunday night.

The largest US automaker is certainly not try-ing to bring it to market quietly: Buick’s latest sport utility vehicle will be introduced at a lavish party on the eve of the Detroit auto show in the hopes of maximizing media coverage.

“We expect it to be a great success,” Molly Peck, US marketing director for Buick, told AFP.

“It offers all the features and amenities of a luxury UV. It’s high quality, quiet, filled with ad-vance safety technology. The design is gorgeous. The interior execution is outstanding. And it’s all at a price point that offers a great a value.”

GM’s decision to import the Envision from China -- a first for a major automaker -- has sparked outrage and is expected to become an issue in the 2016 presidential campaign.

The United Auto Workers union, which had lobbied to build the Envision in the United States, called the decision to import it from China a “slap in the face” to taxpayers who bailed GM out of bankruptcy in the wake of the financial 2008 crisis.

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has not yet seized on the issue, but given that he regularly rails against China for stealing American jobs analysts say it’s only a matter of time.

“I suspect GM is counting on the product to trump the actual Trump,” said Harley Shaiken, a professor at the University of California who specializes in labor issues and the automotive industry. (ap)

French economic minister’s priority is private investment

SAN FRANCISCO — France’s economy minister wants global investors to know that the country known for hand-crafted cheeses, wine and luxury apparel— all of which take time to make — is ready to speed up in order to embrace tech-nology’s startup culture.

GM bets Americans will buy cars made in China

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In this Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015 photo, cargo trucks drive through a container pool at a seaport in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province. China’s consumer inflation edged up 1.6 percent in December year on year as food prices rose, official data showed Saturday.

Food price rise pushes China’s inflation up 1.6 percent

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has assigned Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi to deliver his letters to the Saudi King and the Iranian President on Indonesia’s intention to mediate the conflict of the two counties.

“President Jokowi assigned the foreign minister to deliver the letters to Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and Ira-nian President Hassan Rouhani. We have communicated with the foreign ministers of the two countries,” Minister Retno said at Taman Ismail Marzuki on Saturday.

Foreign Minister Retno has routinely carried out paral-lel communications with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Iran since President Jokowi initiated the peace process.

“I have communicated with the two foreign ministers in-forming that I have been asked by President Jokowi to deliver his message directly. We are now arranging the right time when the Saudi King and the Iranian President can receive the letters,” she explained.

Previously, President Jokowi said he would send a special en-voy to Saudi Arabia and Iran in an effort to mediate the conflict between the two countries.

“Yes, I will send a special envoy to Iran and Saudi Ara-bia next week. It will be an-nounced before the departure of the envoy (from the ministry of foreign affairs). I hope the departure will take place soon, possibly on Monday,” President Jokowi said at the State Palace on Friday.

The president said it is very important now to send the spe-cial envoy as it would not be possible for direct talks.

One of the aims in send-ing the envoy is to deliver the Indonesian offer to serve as a mediator for the two conflicting countries.

“Sending an envoy would be more effective than having telephone talks. We can show seriousness if we send an en-voy,” the president said.

The diplomatic relations between the two countries wors-ened after Saudi Arabia executed 47 people who were suspected terrorists, including Iranian cleric Nmr al-Nimr. (ant)

Based on information obtained from the Vice Presidential Secretariat, the congress will be opened at Hall D of the Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Thursday said he would attend the PDIP congress which would be held on January 10-12 if he was invited.

He has also visited PDIP leader Megawati Sukarnoputri at her residence on Friday.

“(I) met her at her residence. We have to respect the leader of a political parties. She is the chairperson of the (PDIP) party which sup-ported the government. I had a dinner together with Megawati. It was just something usual,” Kalla said.

The Vice President said there was no special thing they discussed during the meeting with Megawati. He said he only had coordination on the implementation of the government ad-ministration.

He said during his meeting with Megawati, the PDIP leader expressed hope that the govern-ment would proceed well and remain stable in various fields.

Kalla also claimed to have no discussion on issues regarding cabinet reshuffle in the near future.

“No discussion (was held on cabinet re-

shuffle). She asked that the country should remain stable, and how to develop the economy, advance the people business and improve(the social) gap,” the vice President said. (ant)

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Workers of PT Pertamina Geothermal Energi (PT PGE) walk near Karaha geothermal well in Tasikmalaya, Indonesia West Java province, in this April 19, 2014 file photo. Indonesia is considering creating another utility company dedicated to purchasing renewable energy as the state-owned power firm resists buying from renewable sources because of higher costs.

President sends letters to Saudi Arabia, Iran

President, VP attend opening of PDIP Congress

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Jusuf Kalla attended the opening of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDIP’s) First Congress for the 2015-2020 period on Sunday.

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President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Jusuf Kalla attended the open-ing of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDIP’s) First Congress for the 2015-2020 period on Sunday.

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North Korea will read the fly-over of a bomber capable of delivering nuclear weapons — seen by an As-sociated Press photographer at Osan Air Base near Seoul — as a threat. Any hint of America’s nuclear power enrages Pyongyang, which links its own pursuit of atomic weapons to what it sees as past nuclear-backed moves by the United States to topple its authoritarian government.

The B-52 was joined by South Korean F-15 and U.S. F-16 fighters and returned to its base in Guam af-ter the flight, the U.S. military said.

“This was a demonstration of the ironclad U.S. commitment to our al-lies in South Korea, in Japan, and to the defense of the American home-land,” said Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander U.S. Pacific Command, in a statement. “North Korea’s nuclear test is a blatant violation of its international obligations.”

The B-52 flight follows a victory tour by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to celebrate the country’s widely disputed claim of a hydrogen bomb test. Kim is seeking to rally pride in an explosion viewed with outrage by much of the world and to boost his domestic political goals.

There was no immediate reaction from North Korea’s state media to the B-52 fly-over, which also hap-pened after North Korea’s third nuclear test in 2013.

Kim’s first public comments

about last week’s test came in a visit to the country’s military headquar-ters, where he called the explosion “a self-defensive step” meant to protect the region “from the dan-ger of nuclear war caused by the U.S.-led imperialists,” according to a dispatch Sunday from state-run Korean Central News Agency.

“It is the legitimate right of a sovereign state and a fair action that nobody can criticize,” Kim was reported as saying during his tour of the People’s Armed Forces Ministry.

The tone of Kim’s comments, which sought to glorify him and justify the test, is typical of state media propaganda.

But they also provide insight into North Korea’s long-running argument that it is the presence of tens of thousands of U.S. troops in South Korea and Japan, and a “hostile” U.S. policy that seeks to topple the government in Pyong-yang, that make North Korea’s pur-suit of nuclear weapons absolutely necessary.

During his tour, Kim posed for photos with leading military of-ficials in front of statues of the two members of his family who led the country previously — Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung. He also sought to link the purported success of the nuclear test to a ruling Workers’ Party convention in May, the party’s

first since 1980. He’s expected to use the congress to announce ma-jor state policies and shake up the country’s political elite to further consolidate his power.

World powers are looking for ways to punish the North over a nuclear test that, even if not of a hydrogen bomb, still likely pushes Pyongyang closer to its goal of a nuclear-armed missile that can reach the U.S. mainland. Many outside governments and experts question whether the blast was in fact a powerful hydrogen test.

In the wake of the test on Wednesday, the two Koreas have settled into the kind of Cold War-

era standoff that has defined their relationship over the past seven decades. Since Friday, South Korea has been blasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda from huge speakers along the border, and the North is reportedly using speakers of its own in an attempt to keep its soldiers from hearing the South Korean messages.

A top North Korean ruling party official’s recent warning that the South’s broadcasts have pushed the Korean Peninsula “toward the brink of war” is typical of Pyong-yang’s over-the-top rhetoric. But it is also indicative of the real fury that the broadcasts, which criticize

the country’s revered dictatorship, cause in the North.

North Korea considers the South Korean broadcasts tantamount to an act of war. When Seoul Korea briefly resumed propaganda broad-casts in August after an 11-year break, Seoul says the two Koreas exchanged artillery fire.

South Korean troops, near about 10 sites where loudspeakers started blaring propaganda Friday, were on the highest alert, but have not detected any unusual movement from North Korea along the border, said an official from Seoul’s Defense Ministry, who refused to be named, citing office rules. (ap)

TEHRAN, Iran — As a brutal winter set in across Iran, anony-mous philanthropists throughout the country painted “Walls of Kind-ness” and installed rows of hooks, inviting passers-by to leave warm clothes if they could spare them or take clothes if they need them.

The unique variation on the take-a-penny, leave-a-penny jar provides winter clothes to the homeless while sparing them the shame that can come from having to beg for help. Pictures of the brightly painted walls have been circulated on social media, helping to spread the initiative.

Dozens of walls have popped

up across Iran, and at least one philanthropist has taken things a step further, setting up a refrigera-tor outdoors and inviting people to leave or take food.

“This signifies compassion to-ward one another,” Mehrangiz Tavassoli said after hanging a wool sweater on a wall in central Tehran. “In the past, I did not know what to do with donations. Now, those who need can take what they want.”

Tehran has a homeless population of around 15,000 people, a third of them women, according to govern-ment figures. Winters can be brutally cold, with snowstorms sweeping in from the surrounding mountains.

This year has been particularly icy, with temperatures frequently drop-ping to below freezing.

“The Wall of Kindness is a beau-tiful gesture,” Saghar Maliani said as she left a long women’s coat. “It keeps those who are in need from begging at the doors of homes. This way, their reputation is not harmed.”

Mohammad Javad Lakzaie, a university student, said many Iranians have suffered from the international sanctions imposed on Tehran over its nuclear program, which are set to be lifted soon under a landmark agreement with world powers reached last year. (ap)

Powerful US bomber flies over S. Korea as standoff deepens

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — A powerful U.S. B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea on Sunday, a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style standoff deepened between its ally Seoul and North Korea following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test.

AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

In this Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016 photo, Iranian men hang clothes on an outdoor charity wall in downtown Tehran, Iran. As a brutal winter set in across Iran, anonymous philanthropists throughout the country painted “Walls of Kindness” and installed rows of hooks, inviting passers-by to leave warm clothes if they could spare them or take clothes if they need them.

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flies over Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016. The powerful U.S. B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea on Sunday, a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style standoff deepened between its ally Seoul and North Korea following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test.

Iran’s needy get winter clothes from ‘Walls of Kindness’

DENPASAR - Any foreign doc-tors who have opened a practice in Bali are doing so illegally, given that according to the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) Bali’s data: “no foreign doctors are regis-tered with IDI Bali,” said Chairman of IDI Bali, Kompyang Gautama, on Friday (Jan. 8).

Foreign doctors practicing in Bali must be accountable to the same standards and laws that af-fect local doctors. According to Law No.29/2004, all doctors are required to have a certificate of registration issued by the Indone-sian Medical Council (KKI), be registered with the local IDI branch and have a practice permit issued by the District/Municipal Health Agency.

Since there are no foreign doc-tors registered with the IDI, this

means that they do not have a permit to practice. “So, if there are any foreign doctors practicing in a clinic or hospital in Bali, they are certainly doing so illegally,” said Gautama.

Head of the Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, stated that there are no foreign doctors practising in Bali. “There are only foreign paramedics and other health per-sonnel,” he said.

Permits for health clinics are issued by the district or municipal health agency, while rules regarding permits for foreign health workers are set forth Ministry of Health Regulation No. 67/2013 and Law No. 36/2014 concerning health personnel. “There are require-ments that must be met and they are not easy to meet,” he affirmed. (kmb42)

According to the chief of Kutampi custom-ary village, I Made Martawan, the Aci Sang Hyang Jaran was held for the second time. It is performed to neutralize the universe and avoid it from epidemic outbreak. The sacred dance become an annual event held every implementing the Ngadegang ritual,” he explained, Friday (Jan. 8).

He added that such sacred dance was performed twice, namely at the beginning and the end of ceremony. The dance that was never performed before successfully drew the attention of local people to witness it. They thronged in order to get a closer look at the two people dancing with the accompaniment of religious songs. After falling into trance, the dancers are twisting their body while stepping on embers. The ngadegan ceremony was held by Sampalan customary village, Dalem Setra Batununggul, taking place from Wednesday (Jan. 6). It was commenced by melasti (purificatory) ceremony to the coastal area of Sampalan traditional harbor.

Chairman of the ritual committee, I Dewa Made Sudiarta, said that melasti ceremony is a procession of ngadegang ceremony. On the melasti procession, the sanctified effigies

representing local deities were carried from Gunung Hyang to be spiritually purified to the sea. By and large, the venue of melasti was in the north of local Dalem temple, but this time it is done at different location. Be-fore having been used as a harbor, Sampalan was originally the venue of melasti. In other words, the venue of melasti is taken back to the previous one, he said.

Paraphernalia and other preparations of the ceremony were made together through mutual assistance by residents and troupes. Ngadegang ceremony has become one of

the regular ceremonies held each year. It is an expression of gratitude to the Ruler of this universe and maintains balance between macrocosm and microcosm.

According to the chief of Dalem Setra Ba-tununggul customary village, I Dewa Ketut Tayanegara, the ceremony poses an expres-sion of gratitude for the graces bestowed by God. Ngadegang itself comes from Balinese word meaning ngadeg or standing. Represen-tation of local deities in the form of barong bangkal is carried in the melasti procession to the local beach. After that, the deities are

ready to receive worship of devotees for 11 days. “At the beginning of the year and rainy season, this ceremony is held so that the uni-verse is peaceful, cool and gives prosperity to every human being,” said Tayanegara.

Foreign travelers also dissolved into the ceremony. A traveler from Australia, Michael White, said that Nusa Penida is very unique and it is the ancient Bali. Characteristic of local culture is still indicated by friendly society. “I get attracted by the strong cultural and spiritual aura,” explained this foreigner having been living in Bali. (dwa)

In Denpasar, the existence of joged troupe can be counted on fingers. So, when the residents of Denpasar want to organize joged performance, they usually bring in the joged from Tabanan like Keram-bitan, Baturiti, Perean or Bangli and Jembrana district.

Now, the Gunung hamlet of Pena-tih is known to have a quality joged troupe. It is the Giri Swara Joged Troupe established six years ago. Now, it is able to meet the desire of the Denpasar residents longing for the genuine joged dance through the preservation of traditional arts.

Etymologically, the name of Giri Swara is predictable where in Bali-nese language giri means gunung or ‘mountain’ referring to the name of Gunung hamlet, Penatih, while swara means ‘sound’. Remarkably, the leader of this joged troupe, Ketut

Jefry, is able to combine the Badung style gamelan music of his joged with that of other regions such as Jembrana and Sunda. So, the joged is equipped with rindik or bamboo gamelan instrument, jaipongan (Sundanese) drum, and a pair of bass jegog gamelan instrument of typical Jembrana.

Most of the art troupe members are the local young artists. According to Jefry, they are reliable gamelan players of the art troupe so that they can very quickly adjust their gamelan rhythms with the character of pen-gibing or invited dancer. To all the dancers, he commanded to dance in accordance with the character of pen-gibing, but without porn movement.

He still maintained the style of joged and gandrung arts in Bali. Occasionally it is inserted with the pounding of jaipongan movement

and the voice of gamelan players to make the atmosphere more dynamic. “We remain to preserve the original style, because we do not want to be labeled as a joged in the nuddy,” he explained.

Due to his art creativity, the Giri Swara Joged Troupe is now receiving many orders to make per-formance. One of the performances he considered the most memorable is when entertaining the Bali Post dinner function at the K. Nada Bali Press Building or the BaliTV. He considered the task is difficult and must avoid giving an impression that Balinese joged is porn dance. He is consistent to refer to the bebadungan or Badung style featuring the dance and entertainment. As a result, jour-nalists from around world were so absorbing in joining the dance or ngibing. (sue)

Aci Sang Hyang Jaran, neutralize epidemic outbreak

Joged Giri Swara consistently preserves tradition

Foreign doctors practicing in Bali are illegal

SEMARAPURA - Aci Sang Hyang Jaran was carried out by Kutampi cus-tomary village in the seventh month of Balinese calendar coinciding with Nga-degang ritual, Thursday night (Jan. 7). The performance was the second time after having not been staged for 26 years. Sang Hyang Jaran dance in Nusa Penida was first implemented in 2014. Re-presentation of such sacred dance was made after receiving revela-tion to re-perform the ancient dance.

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Seeing buzzed-about films before the rest of the world isn’t restricted to the Hollywood elite, though. Tickets for many screenings during the festival that starts Jan. 21 are publicly avail-able, and there are ways to get in on the action and still have some cash left over for popcorn.

While tickets to big-name releases sell out fast, fans can now get online to put their names on wait lists and

check out the chances of getting in before heading into the cold. Park City is packed during the festival’s opening days, but the second half of the event is a bit more laid-back, making it easier for movie-lovers to score seats. And for those who stay through to the end, there are additional screenings of award-winning movies after the ceremony on the final day, Jan. 31.

If spotting movie stars during the

hottest days of the festival is your thing, think about grabbing tickets for a lower-profile film in the festival’s vast selection. Then scope out celeb-rity arrivals at the big-name screenings or hit up the lively Main Street scene after the show. Besides, you could end up discovering a cinematic gem.

Getting restaurant reservations in Park City is all about planning and flexibility. Call far in advance and be prepared with a backup. Many restau-rants get booked for private parties, says Linda Jager with Visit Park City, the tourism agency. Off-hours are also good times to try in-demand spots like the ski-in High West Distillery and Saloon, or to sample the state’s burgeoning craft beer scene at Wasatch

Brew Pub or Squatters Roadhouse Grill. For cheaper eats, try places like El Chubasco and Good Karma, or ven-ture outside of Park City to Kimball Junction, a 15-minute drive away.

Sundance’s not-so-dirty little se-cret? The area’s epic mountains are relatively empty during the festival as people staying to watch movies all day, says Nathan Rafferty with Ski Utah. And you never know who you might be sharing a chairlift with if you step away from the festival to check out one of the nearby ski areas that now include the new Vail-owned Park City mega-resort, touted as one of the biggest in the country.

For some free entertainment be-tween screenings, hunt street art left

by the mysterious artist Banksy when the documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop” premiered in 2010. One work that’s been framed and cov-ered in Plexiglas is on the Java Cow building at 402 Main St. The other is harder to find, on the side of a park-ing garage between Park Avenue and Main Street.

Lodging in Park City can range into the hundreds of dollars a night and many rooms sell out quickly. Salt Lake City offers a wider hotel selection a 40-minute drive away, and Sundance also holds movie screenings there. The city’s nightlife, including two adjoin-ing bars owned by “Modern Family” actor Ty Burrell, Beer Bar and Bar-X, is also worth checking out. (ap)

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In this Jan. 26, 2015 file photo, actor and producer Adrian Grenier snowboards on uncrowded slopes at Park City Mountain Resort during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

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This Jan. 16, 2014 file photo shows a general view of Main Street during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

How to do Sundance and leave a little cash for popcornSALT LAKE CITY — Every January, the streets of the

mountain town of Park City, Utah, light up as the Robert Redford-founded Sundance Film Festival pulls in big names to introduce future Oscar winners and eye-opening documen-taries. Over the years, movies screened in this one-time mining town have ranged from “The Blair Witch Project” to “Little Miss Sunshine.”

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In this Jan. 22, 2015 file photo, a sign outside of the Main Street area welcomes people to the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The 2016 Sun-dance film festival runs from Jan. 21-31.

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This Jan. 22, 2015 file photo shows the Egyptian Theatre on Main Street during the first day of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

DENPASAR - Business com-munity Tangan di Atas (TDA), held and Entrepreneur Party (PW) in Bali on Sunday (10/1). The event, which is held in collabora-tion with the Business Incubator of Udayana University, served as an opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn from one and other, to network and to promote their products.

According to President of TDA, Mustofa Romdloni, this event serves one of TDA’s main objectives. The three main ob-jectives of TDA are: provide an opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn from other members of the group about good practices, al-low entrepreneurs to take action on what they have learned and to recognize the business accom-plishments of their members. “As members of TDA, entrepreneurs need to grow, both in terms of personality and in terms of their business,” explained Mustofa.

In order to achieve these ob-jectives, TDA, has been holding Entrepreneur Parties in a number of cities since 2013. In their first year, entrepreneur parties were held in 10 cities. In 2015, the TDA held entrepreneur parties in 22 cit-ies, including Denpasar and plan to hold a National Entrepreneur Party in May, 2016 in Jakarta.

For the event in Bali, a number of successful entrepreneurs and experts in the field of property and other businesses lined up to speak. Mustofa Romdloni, President TDA, plastic and property entre-preneur and author of “Simple But

Powerful!, Witjaksono, CEO & Founder Pandawa Group, owner of 24 companies, Rawi Wahyu-diono, CEO Pendekar Digital, Director of National Entrepreneur Party, all participated in the event. Dominic Brian, world record holder and character consultant shared about mapping the future and Chairman of the Business Incubator at Udayana University shared information about how entrepreneurs can access capital. Yayak E. Cahyanto, Chairman of TDA Bali, business owner Sambel Bususan, and property entrepreneur and business coach Agusdin, shared information about how to grow one’s business through financial check ups, and Hendra W Saputro, CEO of BOC Indonesia and internet marketer, shared information about internet marketing trends in 2016.

Sayu Sutrisna Dewi, Founder of the Indonesia Young Entrepre-neurs School, said that Balinese people still tend to be jobseekers rather than seekers of business op-portunities. Chairman of Indone-sia’s Hindu Entrepreneur Network said that because so many people are still more focused on finding jobs than on creating businesses, public response to this kind of event is still minimal. “This is a challenge, that business people and academia need to conquer by finding solutions,” she ex-plained.

Through such events, business people can improve the perfor-mance of their businesses by at-tending workshops, and gaining

knowledge from speakers. There was also a product exhibition that served as a platform for busi-nesses to promote their products, increase sales through direct trans-actions and open up opportunities

for cooperation with new partners. “These events are also beneficial for business people because they get to gather with other business people and widen their network of contacts,” she added.

PW Bali event was also sup-ported by Indonetwork.co.id and also market place Mataharibiz.com, which will soon be enliven-ing the e-commerce industry in Indonesia. (kmb18)

“Almost 37.9 percent of the jewelry made by Balinese artists is destined to fulfill orders from Singapore, while 17.7 percent is exported to Australia, and an-other 13 percent to Hong Kong,” Wayan Widanta, a silver crafts-man from Gianyar, Bali, stated

on Friday.Widanta and his colleagues are

improving their skills to create various unique and artistic products, with designs representing the Bali-nese culture. They believe their new creations could meet the consum-ers’ demand from Singapore.

Foreigners who like to travel but have not got the opportunity to visit Bali could purchase Balinese handicrafts when they transit in Singapore, Hong Kong, or Malay-sia, he stated.

The buyers could also order certain designs with special orna-ments.

Local items such as the figures of dragons, “arwana” fish, and other types of materials such as shells

are carved and made from silver or copper.

“A variety of craft products, made from the dried young flower petals of the coconut tree combined with ornately carved silver, are really unique and antique. Ameri-can consumers are really into it,” Widanta explained.

Balinese craftsmen are known for their creativity to produce artis-tic goods, which are up to date but

still include local cultural content. The specialty of their products has proven to attract foreign custom-ers.

The market of silver jewelry has developed in 61 countries in the world, including Singapore.

Based on data compiled by the Bali Provincial Central Statistics Agency, jewelry exports were val-ued at US$6.2 million in November 2015. (ant)

GIANYAR - Mario Blanco, painter and photographer has succesfully preserved the endan-gered Bali starling (Leucopsar rothschildi) in the Antonia Blan-co museum in Campuhan, Sayan village, Gianyar District, Bali.

“This bird looks very intrigu-

ing and in the early 2000s, Bali starlings are very rare in their habitat, the West Bali National Park. Such condition makes me keen to preserve this kind of bird,” Mario Blanco stated in Ubud.

One time, Blanco said, a Ger-

man managed to breed this bird, then sold the bird to his friend from Japan. Later, the Japanese brought back the bird to Indone-sia and developed it until now.

Eight years ago, according to Blanco, he bought a couple of Bali starling worth Rp45 mil-

lion.Then, Blanco got two pairs of

Bali starling by means of barter with his painting.

Now, the price of Bali starling has dropped to Rp12.5 million per pair following the successful breeding activity which produces

this bird in large numbers.The price reduction is intended

that there will be no more theft of Bali starlings in their habitat.

The breeding has increased the number of Bali starlings cur-rently to 250 birds, he pointed out. (ant)

Singapore is the biggest buyer of jewelry from Bali

DENPASAR - Singaporean importers and resellers are considered to be the biggest buyers of handmade jewelry from Bali, Indonesia.

Mario Blanco preserves Bali starling

Business networking and promotion event held in Bali.

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Community businesses “Tangan di Atas (TDA) held Entrepreneur Party (PW) in Bali on Sunday (10/1). Seen on the photo, Rawi Wahyudiono, CEO Pendekar Digital, Hendra W Saputra, PR of TDA Bali, Yetti Riyadi, Event Division Manager, and representatives of supporter for the event from Indonetwork.co.id, Mataharibiz.com, and Doku.

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

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

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

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

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This former military commander went on to say that between kinder-garden and junior high, students should at least be learning about good and bad, in high school they an learn about right and wrong. By the time students enter university they should be learning about the range of good and bad morality and mentality and benefiting from the experience of the best teachers in achieving goals. Wisnu emphasized that: “Nothing is instant, so we need to help students through these stages, and not create confronta-tions that will only damage both sides. Let us be helpful, loving and caring with one and other”.

Prof. Sri Darma spoke of similar problems, saying that there will always be changes as nothing in this world is eternal, so inevita-bly, Balinese people must adjust themselves to changes, and not go up against these changes. He, however stressed that despite cer-tain changes, the basics of Balinese culture can still serve as points of references through such concepts as Tri Hita Karana and the like.

Sri Darma continued by saying that changes which are simply mim-icry of foreign cultures, will mean the end of Bali. It is okay to accept that things change, but we need

to remain aware of the onslaught of foreign cultural practices and concept, he said, pounting out that: “when facing the AEC, we must not forget to be vigilant about the strong influence that foreign cul-tures may have on us and remember that Bali has, after all, quite a good culture.”

Sri Darma pointed out some of the changes that Balinese people need to address together. Noble cultural aspects of Balinese tra-ditions such as mutual assistance (working together for the common good), seems to be increasingly left behind by youngsters today, many of whom have become dependant on their smartphones and other such gadgets for ac-cessing information. “We must be resilient in the face of foreign cultural influences. We can fortify ourselves in a variety of ways, starting with parenting. Many parents ignore what seems like small matters, but what in fact could lead our young men and women to become bad people in the future,” he explained.

Sri Darma added that the qual-ity of our human resources can be maintained and improved upon with a willingness to be open to fresh ideas from Some of out lead-ers simply apply their own way of seeing things instead of trying to see things from a new perspective. There is in fact a 360 degree view,

so the wider the angle that we look at, the better the quality of our hu-man resources will be. “It isn’t nec-essary to master the ability to see the full 360-degree, even just seeing

180 degrees, would be a good start. Unfortunately many people who are in fact only looking stat 10 degree slice of the view, claim that they see the whole 360 degrees a given

issue. It is this attitude that makes us reject new ideas, some of which are very good ideas about how to develop out region and the nation,” explained Sri Darma. (rin)

The Hindi Day Celebration started with Cendrawasih Dance and contemporary dance by the families of Brahma Kumaris followed by Indian Classical Dance {Kathak{ by ICC Dance Teacher Ms. Preeti Sinha and her stu-dents , Ratih Julita Maharani. The welcome address was delivered by Sister janaki, the key person of Brahma Kumaris Denpasar. This programme has Hindi singing and Hindi Quiz for active participation of audience. ICC Hindi Students, Ms. Putu Pramahakarana and Putu Hardey K sung Hindi Song Hum Hain Hindhustani Hindi Bhasa Hamko Pyari Hai and Sare Jaha Se Accha Hindusta Hamara.

All audience also contribute by singing a Hindi Song tittled He Manov Aao together. ICC multitalented Yoga and Hindi teacher Dr Kaptan Singh presented some melodious po-ems from Hindi Literature. This programme has a quiz Hindi Prashnottary based on com-

mon words from both language e.i Hindi and Indonesian Bahasa. The first prize of quiz gone to Sister Darmawati, respectively the second and third prize won by Ms. Yuliani and Brother Ketut Sudiarta.

The programme was initi-ated by The Consul General of India in Bali, Mr A.S Takhi. The programme was chaired by desig-nated Consul General of india in Bali, Mr Sunil Babu accompanied with Vice Consul General, Mr. Virender K Jatav. The designated CG express his gratitude to Ba-linese Community and Brahma Kumaris Families and give a road map to work together for boosting the cultural relation between India

and Indonesia. The key person of Brahma Kumaris Den-

pasar organized this event in a very delightful atmosphere and the Brahma Kumaris Center Denpasar was blessed with spiritual peace and happiness. On the acceptance and ap-

preciation of Sister Janaki the ICC Bali is going to start regular weekly Hindi Class in Brahma Kumaris Denpasar for Hindi Loving people. The programme was smoothly deliv-ered by ICC and Consulate General India staff members and the volunteers.

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Consulate India celebrated World Hindi Day

DENPASAr - The Consulate General of India Bali celebarated World Hindi Day with the collaboration of Brahma Kumaris Denpasar on 10 January 2015. For the promotion of Hindi Language in Balinese Community this programme was organized with a huge audience. More than two hundred participant from Balinese as well as Indian community enjoyed the celebration of World Hindi Day.

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In addition five main qualities were underlined as leading towards quality, culturally rooted human resources, these are: dedication, honesty, innovation, industrious-ness and resilience.

Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali, A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra, stated that the sublime wisdom of Balinese people, is greatly admired by and has become a part of the international community. Bali’s human resources, should therefore seek to explore and discover the gems of local wisdom, be steadfast, honest, loyal and cultured Balinese people.

“Balinese people should always

do things with sincerity and put others before themselves. By sin-cerely trying to help others move forward, we are sure to be rewarded at some point in the future -the same is bound to come back to us many times over,” he said.

Wiraputra also expressed his hope that today’s Balinese youth grow up to be be -not just employ-ees but also employers. Presently there is still a lack of Balinese en-trepreneurs. Of Bali’s population of 4 million people, there are 28,000 registered entrepreneurs whereas, ideally there should be at least 80,000 -representing 2% of the population.

“Balinese people also need

to make themselves eligible for competing on the international job market. We deserve to be able to compete against our friends from abroad. Currently our human resources are still winning. The ASEAN Economic Community is an opportunity for Bali to replace Singapore as the leading import-export country in the region,” he added.

Wiraputra explained that Bali will become a doorway for world import-export. ASEAN countries will trade on the Island of the Gods, he said. From finding products to packaging and then exporting to their country, this is a great oppor-tunity for Bali to cooperate with and sell to this new market with better packaging. “This is an opportunity that we can achieve together,” ex-plained Wiraputra.

He stressed that that the afore-mentioned seven aspects of Bali’s culture based human resources that need to be developed, are important

in dealing with the current global economy.

Rector of the PGRI Bali Teach-ers’ Training College, Dr. I Made Suartha, added the that there five aspects of character building that need to be the focus of education today. We need dedication and loy-alty to our respective professions, as well as a lot of curiosity, said Dr. Suartha. “Secondly, we must be true to ourselves and honest with others. Honesty is very important as is cooperation with all concerned parties involved in our profession. The third aspect is innovation. Qualified human resources should have a lot of creativity and should actively look new ideas and solu-tions and not be satisfied until they reach their goal,” he said.

Suartha continued that human resources who do not preserver will not produce anything. Therefore, diligence and discipline are also important in terms of improving the quality of one’s personality and

when combined with resilience, ex-traordinary things can be produced. With all of these characteristics present, not only will our human resources be great people, but their work will also be of amazingly high quality.

“This will lead to cultured hu-man resources. The basics of cul-ture is reasoning and then a strong tradition that cannot be changed. Bali is strong in this regard. Any-one coming to Bali should know about the rules that govern our traditions. We must work together to preserve our culture,” he said emphatically.

Cultured human resources, ex-plained Suartha, means human resources that are advanced spiritu-ally, academically, emotionally and socially. These four types of intelli-gence will produce high quality and ethical human resources. Quality without ethics leads to people using their academic excellence for bad things. (rin)

Aspects of Balinese HR developmentDUrING the discussion entitled “The Way Towards Qual-

ity and Cultured Balinese Human resources” that took place following the conferment of the K. Nadha Press Awards at the Wantilan Hall of the Ketut Nadha Bali Press Building, in Denpasar on Tuesday (Jan. 5), seven main aspects of human development emerged: spiritual, social, economic, political, scientific, technological and communications.

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MEXICO CITY — A Mexican of-ficial said Friday that Canadian pop star Justin Bieber and his entourage were asked to leave the Mayan archaeological site of Tulum after he apparently tried to climb onto or among the ruins.

The official of the National Institute of Anthropology and History spoke on con-dition of anonymity because he or she was not authorized to be quoted by name.

Bieber was visiting the seaside ruins on Thursday when the incident occurred.

The official could not specify which of the site’s structures Bieber allegedly had climbed, but said he was “asked to

leave.”Visitors can climb some pre-Hispanic

pyramids in Mexico, but officials rope off or place ‘no entry’ signs on some ruins that are considered vulnerable or unstable.

Bieber has apparently been on vacation in the Tulum area, on Mexico’s Caribbean coast south of Cancun, for several days.

Despite the singer’s reputation for getting out of line, the representative of a native Maya ecotourism camp that Bieber visited near Tulum several days before de-scribed him as “completely respectful.”

Nathalie Leño, the spokeswoman for AllTournative, a cooperative effort with

Maya communities at a camp called the Jungla Maya Park, said Bieber visited Jan. 5 and “expressed a lot of interest in the work we do to preserve the environ-ment.”

“He was completely respectful, and he participated in the welcoming cer-emony performed by a local shaman,” said Leno.

“He even ate some of the traditional food prepared by local communities,” she noted.

Bieber has been involved in several incidents in Latin America in recent years. (ap)

Guzman said he entered the drug trade at age 15 because there was no other way to survive. “The only way to have money to buy food, to survive, is to grow poppy, marijuana, and at that age, I began to grow it, to cultivate it and to sell it. That is what I can tell you.”

Penn had the first-ever interview with Guz-man in October while the world’s most wanted drug lord was on the lam, having escaped in an elaborate tunnel from Mexico’s maximum se-curity prison in July. Guzman was recaptured Friday in the city of Los Mochis in his home

state of Sinaloa in a shootout that killed five of his associates and wounded one marine.

A Mexican law enforcement official said Saturday that the October interview in the remote community of Tamazula in the north-ern state of Durango helped authorities track the whereabouts of the drug lord, who earns millions shipping tons of cocaine and manu-facturing and transporting methamphetamine and heroin to world markets, the largest in the U.S. market.

Three days after the interview, members of the Mexican Navy launched an operation to capture him, but Attorney General Arely Gomez said Friday that it was aborted because he was accompanied by two women and a young girl, whom they did not want to harm.

But he was later tracked to a home in Los Mochis that was under surveillance for a month before marines moved in Friday.

Penn’s meeting with Guzman was arranged through Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, known for her portrayal of a female drug lord. She was first contacted in 2012 by the drug kingpin after tweeting that he should start “trafficking with love.” He contacted her again after his arrest in February 2014, when “gringos were scrambling to tell his story,” Penn wrote.

“He was interested in seeing the story of his life told on film, but would entrust its telling only to Kate,” he wrote. (ap)

PASADENA, California — J.J. Abrams, director of the blockbuster “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” is deflecting Oscars talk for himself but is hoping other people involved in the film will see their work recognized.

Academy Awards nominations will be announced Thursday. Abrams said that the gift of working on the franchise was enough, and that he didn’t need further validation. But there are co-workers he would be disappointed for if they didn’t get nominated. He declined to name any of them.

“If I name eight people, the ninth person will be like, ‘thanks,’” he said at a news conference on Saturday.

He said he’s grateful to anyone who’s seen the movie, which has become the top-grossing American film of all time as it nears $800 mil-lion in earnings. It was released last month.

“I hear anecdotally that some peo-ple have gone to see the movie seven or eight times,” he said. “I just want to apologize to their parents.” (ap)

Actor Sean Penn interviews Chapo Guzman while on the lam

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DENPASAR - Tourism sites, which are widely spread across Balinese villages could attract foreign tourists, mainly from France, as long as hygiene and safety are ensured.

“Village tourism could create a special impression for the tourists who spend their holiday here in Bali,” local tourism and cultural observer, Dewa Rai Budiasa said.

Dewa is quite experienced in helping French and American tourists, who visit his lodgings in Banjar Pengaji, Melinggih Kelod, which is located 35 kilometers northeast of Denpasar city.

In that area, tourists visit elementary schools, traditional markets, and observe villagers’ activities.

“One of the sites, which attract a lot of people, is Payangan market in Gianyar district,” Budiasa stated.

He also operates a tourism foundation called “Komunitas Yasa Putra Sedana,” which promotes various cultural programs, such as the “sarana banten” making.

It is an offering for the Yadnya God’s ceremony.Young people from France also learn how to string “janur”

(young coconut leaves) when they gather at Jero Pangaji Payangan before watching the traditional “barong” dance and enjoying their dinner.

There are a lot of French people, including the director of Institut Français d’Indonésie Marc Piton, visiting the “Yasa Putra Sedana” foundation at Payangan village.

According to the Bali Tourism Office, 115,288 tourists from France visited Bali during the January to November period in 2015, which made up 3.43 percent of the 3.6 million foreign tourists, who visited that Land of God. (ant)

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‘dignified’ and ‘cultured’, are essential to the development of Balinese human resources, that needs to happen through awareness and capacity building. The capacities of those working in every profession, need to be based on the concept of manyama braya (mutual respect). Balinese people themselves need

to be responsible for identifying with such development. These were some of the main points that were conveyed by former commander of the IX/Udayana Military Region, Wisnu Bawa Tenaya, during a dis-cussion entitled “The Way Towards Quality and Cultured Balinese Human Resources (HR)” that took place following the conferment of the K. Nadha Press Awards on Tuesday (Jan. 5).

The discussion, moderated by Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Raka Suardana, included several speakers, includ-ing Rector of the PGRI Bali Teach-ers’ Training College, Dr. I Made Suartha, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali, A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra and Rector of Undiknas University, Prof. Gede Sri Darma, DBA

Wisnu said that the younger generation of Bali must be prepared

to move forward and strive for the highest ideals possible. The most important thing, he said, is charac-ter building, which starts with the strengthening of spirituality or our relationship with God, followed by correct, honest and fair behaviour. We must also remember to make sacrifices, he added. In the future Bali must be better than it is today.

“Sustain Bali and make it sturdy and robust with intelligence. It is

important for us to develop Balinese human resources on an ongoing ba-sis. Come on, let’s gather together in the shade of the gazebo, but let us never daydream there. Use the gazebo as a place for sharing. No greatness can come without will-ingness to learn, without diligently practicing,” said Wisnu.

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Tourists visited Ubud, Gianyar Regency during their holiday in Bali. Tourism sites, which are widely spread across Balinese villages could attract foreign tourists, mainly from France, as long as hygiene and safety are ensured.

Village tourism could attract French tourist to Bali