“It was ... great,” said Melanie Brown, also known as brassy band member Scary Spice. She inserted an emphatic expletive before “great.” Added band mate Geri “Ginger Spice” Halliwell: “That’s why we’re the Spice Girls.”

For a few hours Tuesday, it was as if the 1990s were back, as the Spice Girls and their fans attended the show, a tale of female friendship and mother-daughter bonds set to songs including “Wannabe,” ‘’Spice Up Your Life” and the title track.

The show, written by comedian Jennifer Saunders, takes the Girl Power theme that made the band a pop sensation and updates it to a modern-day world of Twit-ter and TV talent shows.

It got a standing ovation, but not every-one was impressed. Mark Shenton, a critic for The Stage newspaper, tweeted that it was “a phony, manufactured musical” — and not even funny. The Independent newspaper’s theater critic Paul Taylor gave the show two stars out of five, calling it “lacking in any truly original or challenging spark.”

Some audience members might have reflected that the real-life story of the Spice Girls — their rise to global fame from ob-scurity, subsequent fallout and varied solo careers — is richer and more interesting than the show’s feel-good plot.

Success of the big-budget show will depend partly on how well the Spice Girls are still loved, a decade and a half after their heyday. The five-piece group, known for its brash attitude and “Cool Britannia” branding, shot to fame in 1996 and sold 75 million records around the world. Halliwell left the group acrimoniously in 1998 and the group effectively split a decade ago.

The five members appeared on stage together for the first time in five years at the London Olympics closing ceremony in August and have reunited to promote “Viva Forever.”

Four of the Spice Girls arrived together on the red carpet ahead of the premiere, to cheers and chants of “spice up your life” from scores of die-hard fans. Melanie Chisholm — “Sporty Spice” — said she was not afraid of critics’ verdict on the show. “If people criticize it, we don’t care — because we love it,” she said.

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CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. — Worlds away from the Shire, a stone cottage tucked into the Pennsylvania countryside would make Bilbo Baggins feel like he was back home with his Hobbit friends in Middle-earth.

Nestled in a part of Chester County dotted with picturesque barns and rolling fields surpris-ingly close to Philadelphia, this Hobbit house belongs to a lifelong fan of author J.R.R. Tolkien who wanted a worthy — and private — repository for the rare books and Tolkien-inspired memorabilia he

has collected in 30 years of travel in the U.S. and abroad. The 600-square foot building is a short walk from his main house, on a flat stone path and through an English-style garden.

“We wanted a single structure, a relaxing place that was diminutive in scale, for the owner to come and hang out and just be in solitude with his collection,” said architect Peter Archer, speaking on the owner’s behalf.

Hundreds of houses inspired by Tolkien’s books have been built in the U.S. and abroad. But Archer said, “This isn’t something that you can recreate on a suburban cul-de-sac; it was made for this

specific location and it wouldn’t work anywhere else.”

Archer worked with a team of craftsmen to create the fantastical abode. They used stones taken from a long-collapsed section of an 18th-century low wall running through the center of the 16-acre property. Built up against a stone retaining wall of the same vintage, the Hobbit house looks like an original feature of the property.

“We weren’t going to do a Hol-lywood interpretation. We wanted it to be timeless,” Archer said. “It was built in 2004 but looking at it, you could think it was from 1904, or 1604.”

AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Shown is an exterior view of the “Hobbit House” Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Chester County, near Philadelphia. Architect Peter Archer has designed a “Hobbit House” containing a world-class collection of J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts and memorabilia.

Far from the Shire, a Hobbit house in Pa. country

Spice Girls musical ‘Viva Forever’ opens in LondonAssociated Press Writer

LONDON — “Viva Forever”? Time will tell. Girl Power lit up Lon-don’s West End on Tuesday at the premiere of the new Spice Girls musi-cal — but audiences and critics will decide whether it has the energy to become a hit. The five members of the 1990s girl group, who all attended the show, were confident as they took the stage alongside the cast for a curtain call at London’s Piccadilly Theatre.

Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP

From left, Mel B, Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton arrive for the press showing of Viva Forever!, a musical based on the songs of the Spice Girls, at a theater in central London, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012.

For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test

Jazz shock spurs with Williams’ 3-point buzzer-beater

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NUSA DUA - President Susilo Bambang Yud-hoyono officially opened the Regional Meeting and Stakeholder Consultation on the Post-2015 Develop-ment Agenda here on Thursday.

President Yudhoyono in his speech said: “We are gathered here to contribute to one of the most, if not the most, important global efforts of our time, to help chart a path of progress for humanity in the 21st century.”

“We do not have a fancy title for it yet. For now, we simply call it `Post-2015 Development Agenda’,” he stated.

This process will involve massive efforts worldwide, re-quiring extensive data collection, lengthy consultations with all stakeholders, constructive debates, and myriad analyses and projections, the head of state added.

According to Yudhoyono, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), formulated by the UN in 2000, have benefit-ted the people of Indonesia by reducing the country’s poverty rate and enhancing the healthcare services in Indonesia, said the president.

“MDGs accelerate the development of a country. It is not a treaty. It is non-binding, and it does not need any ratifica-tion. The MDG programmes have been implemented by all the governments in the world, although there is no particular organisation that monitors the programmes,” said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, during the Regional Consulta-tive Meeting, on Thursday.

He said this is the first time that many countries have agreed on a common goal, based on the MDG programmes.

“For example, Indonesia has managed to reduce its poverty rate from 20.6 percent in 1990 to 11.9 percent in 2012. We have also succeeded in achieving the basic education cover-age target by coming up with a compulsory education system (that lasts for nine years),” he stated.

The country’s infant mortality rate has decreased from 68 per 1,000 live births in 1991 to 34 per 1,000 live births in 2007. However, the poverty eradication programme, implemented by the government, is facing huge challenges due to the grow-ing population, economic issues and disasters.

Since the targets are set to expire in 2015, Indonesia’s president hopes that similar projects will be implemented for the development of the country.

He urged the participants of the meeting to have a discus-sion on several programmes that could be implemented after 2015, based on the experiences of every nation.

Among those present at the meeting were the Director of the United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, Ajay Chibber, and the Chairman of the National Committee on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto.

A number of ministers attended the meeting, including the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Djoko Suyanto, the Coordinating Minister for Economic Af-fairs, Hatta Rajasa, the Secretary of State, Sudi Silalahi, the Industry Minister, MS Hidayat, the Agriculture Minister, Sus-wono, the Tourism and Creative Economy Minister, Mari Elka Pangestu, and the State Enterprises Minister, Dahlan Iskan.

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially opened the Regional Meeting and Stakeholder Consul-tation on the Post-2015 Development Agenda here on Thursday.

MDGs have benefitted Indonesia

ThE late Desak Gede Raka Nadha is not only admired by the people in Bali but also from other region. The spirit of Desak Raka received special atten-tion from Keraton Solo, Central Java. In 2006, Desak Raka received Kanjeng Mas Ayu Title given by Pakubuwono XIII, Kanjeng Sinuwun Tedjowulan.

The title is very special and it is not common to be given to a person. The title is also the highest among 12 titles that can be given by Keraton Solo. “The title means that Desak Raka is considered as the member of Keraton Solo. The title is similar to

the one given to the former Indonesian President KH Abdurahman Wahid alias Gus Dur,” said DR. Kanjeng Pangeran Adiproyo Sumadi Kerto-negoro, a family member of Keraton Solo in Pesraman Lumajang on Wednesday, December 12, 2012.

He explained that the title Kanjeng Mas Ayu is the highest title that can be given to the women outside keraton. In 2002 through 2004, others also received the title Kanjeng pangeran Aryo, the highest title for men.

“The title for Desak Raka is very rare and the keraton will not give the

title without any consideration. The one who received the title must have special achievement to the country. Generally, the title given to the people outside the keraton is Kanjeng Mas Tumenggung,” he said.

According to Kanjeng Pangeran Ad-iproyo, the late Desak Raka is worthy of the title because during her life, Desak Raka fought hard for the nation especial-ly in Bali. “Based on that consideration, Keraton Solo gave the highest title for her,” he added. There is great hope that by giving the title, the spirit of Desak Raka will be followed by others. (udi)

In memoriam Desak Gede Raka Nadha

Received Kanjeng Mas Ayu title from Keraton Solo

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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 con-sidered 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.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Calendar Event for December 12 through December 27, 2012

12 Des Buda Keliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Banjar Pulasari Desa Peninjoan Tembuku - BangliPura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba-kaba TabananPura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah - Bule-lengPura Desa Kayangan Tiga Desa Bubu-nan Seririt - BulelengPura Agung Gunung Raung Banjar Taro Kaja Taro - TegalalangMerajan Pasek Dangka Bungbungan

22 Des Hari Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit JembranaOdalan Betara ratu Gede Celuk SukawatiOdalan Betara Ratu Wedyadari Cameng-gaon SukawatiPura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan DenpasarBetara Ratu Alit dan Ratu Lingsir Singak-erta UbudPura Pedarmaan Dalem Sukawati BesakihPura Pedarmaan Mengwi BesakihPura Pedarmaan Kaba-kaba BesakihPura Pedarmaan dalem Bakas BesakihPura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Pegate-pan Gelgel KlungkungPura Pemrajan Agung Sulang Kec Dawan Klungkung

Merajan Pasek Bendesa Kori Agung PengatepanPura Pedarmaan Dinasti dalem sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Pura Besakih (Dalem Klungkung)Pura Penataran Giri Purwa dan Pesra-man Dusun Kuto Rejo Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyuangi

26 Des Buda Wage Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang KarangasemPura Melanting Desa Camenggaon Suka-watiPura Penataran Ped Nusa PenidaPura Pasek Gelgel Pangembungan Bong-kase AbiansemalPura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Br. Jawa Tengah BulelengPura Gaduhan Jagat Desa Singakerta UbudPura Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding TampaksiringPura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan KlungkungPura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Kedonganan KutaPura Goa BesakihPura Basukian Besakih

Penataran Agung BesakihMerajan Pasek Gelgel PejengMerajan Pasek Gelgel SonganMerajan Pasek Prateka Pekandelan SidemenMerajan Pasek Prateka Taman Sari SukasadaPura dadia Pasek Gelgel Sidemen Karan-gasemMerajan Pasek Gelgel Tampuagan, Tem-buku, Bangli

27 Des Purnama Kepitu Pr. Benua Besakih.Pura Dalem Desa Camenggaon - SukawatiPura Suranadhi LombokPura Narmada LombokPura Segara Ampenan LombokMr Agung Dewa Agung Klungkung Ulah SidemenPura Gunungrene Sidemen - Karan-gasem.Merajan Pasek Gelgel AbabiMr. Pasek gelgel TistaPura Gunung Gunung - Tianyar - Kubu - KarangasemPura Pingit Klenting sari Banjar Sum-berkelompok - Gerokgak - SingarajaPura Payogan Agung Kutai Kartanegara

Mr. Jim Boyles spoke warmly to all attendance “Meliá Bali’s many achievements have not come about on their own,” he said. “They require great commitment and team work from our employees. The employees, our most important asset, ensure that our cus-tomers enjoy a great experience while staying at Meliá Bali”.

Everyone was delighted by the entertainment during the evening of celebration. It was an enjoyable day with the wonderful entertainment and door prizes at the Puri Bali.

Jim Boyles expressed his gratitude to the staff. “Thanks to all of you -- You are the Journey”.

Melia Bali celebrated its 27th anniversary IBP

NUSA DUA - December was party month as Meliá Bali cele-brated its 27th Anniversary as the first Meliá Hotels International property and 26th Anniversary of the Melia Bali’s Union. On December 8th, anniversary party was attended by employees and management team.

Amlapura (Bali Post)—Ferrindo VI crossing ship ran aground

on Bias Tugel Beach, Padangbai vil-lage, Karangasem, Wednesday (Dec 12) around 07:00 a.m. No casualties claimed in the incident because the ship was empty or only held crews and shipmaster.

It was revealed by Unit Chief of Karangasem Marine Police doubling as Spokesperson of Karangasem Po-lice, Made Wartama, with permission from Karangasem Police Chief last Wednesday in Karangasem. In that morning, said Wartama, the Ferrindo VI crossing ship just unloaded cargo and passengers at Padangbai Harbor. To give opportunity to other ships for unloading at the narrow harbor, the Ferrindo ship berthed away and out of

the harbor. It was intended to quay so that other ships could anchor.

However, when going out of the harbor, said Chief of Padangbai Marine Police, Dewa Ketut Nila Chandra, the shipmaster felt if the ship was powerless. When being checked, it was known if the propeller was damaged. At that time, the ship was battered by waves repeatedly so that it got slammed and eventually ran aground onto Bias Tugel Beach.

Up to Wednesday, Wartama said the ship had not been evacuated and remained to run aground. The ship crew then tied it on the beach in order it was not persistently oscillated, crashed by waves, and hit stone rock nearby. Meanwhile, last Wednesday the waves were adequately high. (013)

Seriousness of the government’s plan is starting to appear. Tuesday (Dec 11), the Director General of Highways, Djoko Murjanto, came to Bali to organize a meeting with the Bali Public Works, Badung Highways and Irrigation Agency and Tabanan Public Works in order to further discuss about the plan of Kuta-Soka toll road construction.

The Head of Badung Highways and Irrigation Agency, IB Soerya, accompanied by the Division Head of Roads and Bridges, IB Surya Suamba, Wednesday (Dec 12),

admitted if one of the agendas discussed in the meeting was the Kuta – Soka toll road plan. Central government essentially asked for initial input to local government related to the road construction plan connecting the Southern to Western Bali. Some of the impor-tant issues discussed in the meet-ing included the length of road, land acquisition, toll areas to be traversed and the project impact. In preliminary design, the Kuta – Soka road section would spread along 22.6 kilometers.

Soerya explained that one of the reasons for the road construction was to parse the traffic conges-tion on the Denpasar - Tabanan – Gilimanuk national road section. Besides, it was also intended to anticipate the traffic accidents frequently occurred on Den-pasar - Tabanan – Gilimanuk route. However, Soerya said on Tuesday that it was just the preliminary meeting. Further discussion would be held up to finalize the megaproject devel-opment plan. (kmb25)

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Erratic season throughout the year

makes some viruses causing infectious disease mutate. It can be seen from the presence of dengue fever (DBD) in the community that changes with the weather. According to the Head of Infectious Disease Eradication and Environmental Health (P2MPL), Bali Health Agency, Wira Sunetra, said on Wednesday (Dec 12) that dengue fever usually occurred during rainy season. However, due to chaotic and uncertain season as today, the dengue fever even-tually appeared throughout the year regardless of the season.

Hot weather interspersed with rain, according to Wira, was a potential condition for dengue fever virus vec-tor namely Aedes aegypty to prolifer-ate. Due to such weather condition occurred throughout the year, the vector of dengue fever proliferated throughout the year, so the presence of dengue fever certainly existed every month. Nevertheless, based on data over three years, the patients of dengue fever in Bali had decreased notably in 2011 and 2012. In 2010, the dengue patient in Bali was re-corded to reach 12,574 patients, de-creased to 2,996 patients in 2011 and until October 2012, the dengue fever patients in Bali reached 2,368.

According to Wira, the high dengue cases in 2010 happened because people did not understand the importance

of mosquito nest eradication and the movement of draining, burying and closing the water reservoirs. “Formerly, people did fogging more frequently without being accompanied with the eradication of mosquito nest. As conse-quence, it only killed adult mosquitoes while the larvae remain to survive,” said Wira.

Besides, the implementation of fogging was not carried out on time so that the activity was inefficient in killing mosquitoes. “Appropriate fog-ging is carried out early in the day and please pay attention to the wind direc-tion. People usually do fogging before noon,” said Wira.

Bali Health Agency with the munici-pality and counties continued to make health campaign about the importance of eradicating mosquito nest. “Nowa-days, people are getting aware and do mosquito nest eradication in their region regularly. Some hamlets even hold a se-ries of activities to clean up mosquito nest every week,” said Wira.

Wira also admitted that in handling the infectious diseases it was insepa-rable from the behavioral pattern of the community. Both dengue fever and other infectious diseases such as tuberculosis to HIV could be prevented if people applied clean and healthy life-style and kept the environment clean. “To that end, we need cooperation of the government and community,” he said. (kmb24)

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The heavy traffic on Denpasar - Gilimanuk road has caused peolpe difficult to cross the street. for that reason, the Kuta - Soka road must be built

Kuta-Soka toll road discussed intensively Mangupura (Bali Post)—

The Government is intensively discussing about the plan to build toll road connecting Kuta (Badung) and Soka (Tabanan). It is similar to the one designed for the toll road over the waters of Nusa Dua - Benoa now being worked on. The Kuta-Soka toll road is expected to reduce the congestion often occurred on the Denpasar - Tabanan – Gilimanuk road section.

Propeller damaged

Ferrindo VI ship runs aground at Padangbai

Due to season changes, dengue fever virus mutates

3Friday, December 14, 201214 InternationalInternational Bali NewsFashion Friday, December 14, 2012

Melasti procession at sea is frequently resumed with pakelem exorcism ritual. Melasti itself aims at invoking God in His manifestation as Lord Varuna to be blessed with holy water of life (Balinese: tirtha) to be used and found in the sea. Then, the pakelem oblation is sunk into the sea. Pakelem signifies ritual para-phernalia to increase welfare. The other significances of pakelem are exorcism, sin dissolution and apology.

Pakelem ritual is classified into Bhuta Yajna. Pakelem means sinking the yajña or sacrificial of-ferings by means of particular ani-mal. This ritual can be performed in two places, namely in water and in the crater of mountain. Pakelem in water can be carried out in the lake and the sea. This ritual func-tions to instill spiritual values to mankind in order they have a perspective of universality to nature. The perspective is to raise awareness in maintaining the har-mony of nature. Pakelem should be implemented through actual measures in an effort to maintain the harmony in the universe.

The President and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono left Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali for Jakarta at 00.30 p.m. lo-cal time.

Yudhoyono arrived in Bali on Wednesday from a visit to Madiun and Magetan districts, East Java.

While in Bali, the President deliv-ered a keynote address to a forum of the Indonesian Association of Young Businessmen (HIPMI) Economic Outlook 2013 themed “the govern-ment’s policy for beginner entrepre-neurs and local businessmen”.

On Thursday morning, Presi-dent Yudhoyono opened a regional consultation meeting of stakehold-ers related to post-2015 develop-ment agenda.

Earlier, during his one-day visit in

Madiun and Magetan on Tuesday, the President, accompanied by Ani Yud-hoyono, lawmaker Edhie Baskoro and a number of United Indonesia Cabinet members planted and har-vested rice and inspected a cattle fattening farm as part of the govern-ment’s pro-people programs.

The President’s entourage in-cludes Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa, Coordinating Minister for Po-litical, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto, Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi, Industry Minister MS Hidayat, Coop-eratives, Small and Medium Busi-nesses Minister Syarif Hasan and Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Mari Elka Pangestu.

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DENPASAR - The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Econo-my will develop 15 sub-sectors within the creative economy, one of which is the traditional culinary business.

“Traditional culinary business is a potentially populist economy to be developed. Besides, we can introduce Indonesian traditional cuisine to international tourists and communities,” Head of HR Development of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, I Gede Pitana, said.

He further expressed appre-ciation for the Balinese culinary festival during the event, which saw participation by 28 hotels in Bali.

He said the Ministry would develop 15 sub-sectors within the creative economy, especially those related to tourism, in an at-tempt to create more jobs and in-crease local residents’ incomes.

President ends working visit to Bali

By and large, pakelem ritual applies many kinds of sacrificial animal in the meaning of Bhuta Yajña. This ritual has some sig-nificance as follows:

1) Exorcism (pengeruat or penyupatan) meaning.Implementation of Bhuta Yajña ritual in the form of animal sacrifice or

pakelem is arranged in such a way and then combined into a single package in the form of ritual. This matter is often questioned in the community as it has something to do with the slaughter (himsa karma). By all means, it is not like that and we should choose the conducts between himsa karma and subha karma. Implementation of Bhuta Yajña ritual denotes a subha karma (good deed) as the slaughter is in the context of penyupatan (up-grading) and give a quittance of path to the sacrificial animal. Hopefully, soul of the animal in use could take reincarnation into a human birth in accordance with the application of the high priest. (Sang Hyang Tapeni palm-leaf manuscript).

2) Welfare meaning.Since the pakelem ritual belongs to Bhuta Yajña, it is signifying a

means for prospering the universe in relation to the forces tending to be asuri sampad or negative. On that account, it needs to be neutralized to be positive (bhutahita) for the welfare of macrocosm and microcosm.

3) Apologetic meaning (guru piduka) This ritual also contains an apologetic meaning for the actions of human

beings by carrying out purification against the Pancha Mahabhuta existing in macrocosm and microcosm through the implementation of virtues.

4) Meaning of holy sacrifice.It has a meaning of holy sacrifice because its implementation is es-

sentially based on respect to material, moral spiritual and sincerity. At the same manner, the Hindus realize that God has created the universe along with its contents, including humans through His yajña. (BTN)

Ministry to develop 15 creative economy

AntaraNUSA DUA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wound

up his two-day working visit in the resort island of Bali on Thursday afternoon.

Pakelem Ritual A multifunction ritual for welfare of universe

IBP/File Photo

—Angelina Jolie at the Oscars. The leg that peeked out of the high thigh-high slit of her Versace gown was the most exciting appearance on the red carpet. The gown fit perfectly into the sleek, simple, sexy mold that Jolie fa-vors, but it was Jolie’s picture-perfect pose to expose just enough thigh that launched a thousand memes. Her companion Brad Pitt gets an honorable mention for his scruffy appearance in a Chanel fragrance ad that left many scratching their heads.

—Michelle Obama and Ann Rom-ney’s matching hues. The wives of the presidential candidates turned out to the second debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in practically the same shade of hot pink. But they weren’t by the same designer: Rom-ney’s was by Oscar de la Renta, and Obama’s by Michael Kors. A potential matching prom dress-style embarrass-ment was chalked up to timing: Octo-ber’s breast cancer awareness month.

—Marc Jacobs’ Louis Vuit ton show. Many of the designer runways seemed more of the same — stark stages, thumping music and audiences distracted by their electronic gadgets — but the Louis Vuitton fall catwalk in Paris commanded attention. Models dressed in their very best traveling clothes stepped off a reconstructed retro steam train. Valets carried the vintage-inspired hat boxes and vanity cases. The trip seemed refreshingly refined and modern.

—Two-tone Stella McCartney dresses. McCartney, no stranger to the red carpet, has created a style that celebrities can’t get enough of. Her ultra-flattering “silhouette” dress has become almost ubiquitous. It fea-tures one color on the bodice and back, and a graphic opposite on the sides and sleeves. Kate Winslet has worn several versions, and Brooklyn Decker, Kate Moss, Edie Falco and Liv Tyler have, too. The best turn might have been Jane Fonda at the Cannes Film Festival.

—Beyonce’s back-from-baby body. Some new mothers claim they feel sexier than ever. Beyonce was living proof at the Met Gala, the important industry event co-hosted by Vogue’s Anna Wintour. Beyonce’s skin-tight, largely sheer — save the bodice beading and feathered fish-tail train — gown by Givenchy announced that Ivy Blue Carter’s mom wasn’t going

to hold back. An honorable mention goes to Jessica Simpson, who dieted her way to a Weight Watchers ad then wound up pregnant again.

—007’s slim suits. Daniel Craig’s wardrobe in “Skyfall” is impeccably tailored — and quite tight. Unlike the James Bonds that came before him who all liked the traditional looser, longer cut of a Savile Row-style suit, Craig, whose wardrobe is created mostly by Tom Ford, takes his suits Euro style with tapered legs and shorter rises. There’s no question Craig’s super spy Bond will go down in history as one of the best, but it’s fair to ask if he could pull off those impressive chases in clothes that tight.

—Supermodel reunion at the London Olympics. Gold was the new black at the closing ceremony with a parade of supermodels wearing gilded gowns in a tribute to British fashion. Kate Moss and Nao-mi Campbell both had on Al-exander McQueen, Georgia May Jagger’s was by Victo-ria Beckham, Karen Elson was in Burberry, and Stella Tennant donned a Chris-topher Kane Swarovs-ki-crystal catsuit. The soundtrack — of course — was David Bowie’s “Fashion.”

Associated Press Writer

ZURICH, Switzerland — There’s scarcely a ship or a sailor to be seen in the wildly revisionist, weirdly anti-colonialist

new production of Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” at the Zurich Opera. But, fortunately, there is Bryn Terfel.

The Welsh bass-baritone was in splendid voice and commanded the stage with mesmerizing, hulking

presence as the Dutch mariner condemned to sail the seas until he finds a woman faithful unto

death. It may be a slight exaggeration to say Terfel single-handedly redeemed the spec-

tacle that premiered Sunday night — but only slight.

One night earlier the company pre-sented Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” in a musically vibrant but similarly befuddling production, this one a revival

of a staging by David Pountney first seen two seasons ago.But “Dutchman” was the big news, be-

cause it’s the first production directed by Andreas Homoki since he became general manager of the

opera house earlier this year. With the license that comes from the European fashion of radically reinterpreting standard

works, Homoki apparently decided to turn Wagner’s romantic ghost story into a cautionary tale about the evils of bourgeois greed and imperialism.

Daland the sea captain becomes head of a shipping company, and his sailors are desk-bound clerks, keeping in touch by telephone on the progress of a returning ship. A map of Africa on the wall marks its ports of call, and Da-land keeps a fez-wearing African manservant. Daland’s daughter, Senta, and the other women are no longer seamstresses but office workers who sit at typewrit-ers instead of spinning-wheels. And the only time we see a ship among Wolfgang Gussmann’s sets is when a painting of a turbulent ocean churns to life and the Dutchman’s ship with red sails emerges from the waves.

None of this sheds any particular new light on Wagner’s opera, but at least it sticks to the broad outlines of the plot. Things turn really perverse in the final scene, when Daland’s crew tries to rouse the ghostly sailors aboard the Dutchman’s ship. Suddenly, the African servant morphs

into a spear-carrying savage, and the map of Africa goes up in flames. Senta proves her loyalty not by

jumping into the sea to join the Dutchman but by shooting

herself with a hunting rifle.Terfel, wearing a fur

coat with long brown hair hanging over the collar and streaks of dark

makeup that accen-tuate his piercing

eyes, manages to keep his dig-nity amid all this and cre-ates a searing

portrayal of a man possessed.

Reprising a role that sounds almost easy for him after his recent ex-

ertions as Wotan, Terfel musters stentorian power for the

climaxes but sings many passages with a quiet, yearning tenderness.

Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, file

FILE - This Sept. 23, 2012 file photo

shows actress Julianne Moore at

the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre

in Los Angeles. Moore’s neon-

yellow Dior Haute Couture outfit

(really a sweater and ball skirt)

spawned a love-it-or-hate-it de-

bate among armchair style

critics.

2012 styles that made our heads turnAssociated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Every year fashion offers up the good, the bad and the ugly. But what the industry is really built on — and consumers respond to — is buzz. Here are the top moments of 2012 that made our heads turn:

Terfel shines in Zurich’s odd ‘Dutchman’

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For the North and its absolute ruler Kim Jong-un, the costs of the rocket program and its allied nuclear weapons efforts - estimated by South Korea’s government at $2.8-$3.2 bil-lion since 1998 - and the risk of addi-tional U.N. or unilateral sanctions are simply not part of the calculation.

“North Korea will insist any sanctions are unjust, and if sanc-tions get toughened, the likelihood of North Korea carrying out a nuclear test is high,” said Baek

Seung-joo of the Korea Institute of Defense Analyses.

The United Nations Security Council is to discuss how to respond to the launch, which it says is a breach of sanctions imposed in 2006 and 2009 that banned the isolated and impoverished state from missile and nuclear developments in the wake of its two nuclear weapons tests.

The only surprise is that the Security Council appears to believe it can dissuade Pyongyang, now on

its third hereditary ruler since its foundation in 1948, from further nuclear or rocket tests.

Even China, the North’s only major diplomatic backer, has lim-ited clout on a state whose policy of self reliance is backed up by an ide-ology that states: “No matter how precious peace is, we will never beg for peace. Peace lies at the end of the barrel of our gun.”

As recently as August, North Korea showed it was well aware of how a second rocket launch this year, after a failed attempt in April, would be received in Washington. “It is true that both satellite carrier rocket and (a) missile with warhead use similar technology,” its Foreign Ministry said in an eight-page state-ment carried by state news agency KCNA on August 31.

Reuters

TOKYO - Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered for the first time what Japan consid-ers its airspace over disputed islets in the East China Sea, escalating tension between Asia’s two big-gest economies. Japan protested to China over the incident but China brushed that off saying the flight by the Chinese aircraft was “com-pletely normal”.

Sino-Japanese relations took a tumble in September after Japan bought the tiny islands, called Sen-kaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, from a private Japanese owner. Patrol ships from the two countries have been shadowing each other since then in a standoff that has raised concern that a collision could escalate into a clash. Thursday’s incident was the first time both sides used aircraft in the dispute.

“Despite our repeated warnings, Chinese government ships have en-

tered our territorial waters for three days in an row,” Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Osama Fujimura told reporters. “It is extremely regrettable that, on top of that, an intrusion into our airspace has been committed in this way,” he said, add-ing that Japan had formally protested through diplomatic channels.

Japan’s military scrambled eight F-15 fighter jets, the Defense Min-istry said. Japanese officials later said the Chinese aircraft had left the area. It was the first time a Chinese aircraft had intruded into Japan’s airspace near the disputed islands, Japan Defense Ministry said.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshi-hiko Noda later instructed the government to be “all the more on guard”, the Kyodo news agency reported.

China’s state maritime agency said a marine surveillance plane had joined four Chinese vessels patrol-ling around the islands and the fleet had ordered Japanese boats to leave the area immediately.

Reuters

KIEV - A session of Ukraine’s new parliament collapsed amid chaos on Thursday when brawls erupted among opposition deputies and those of the ruling party over the election of parliamentary officials. Groups of deputies wrestled with each other in a mass of bodies around parliament’s main rostrum after the opposition tried physically to block a vote on the ruling Party of the Regions’ nomina-tion for the position of speaker.

In equally rowdy scenes on Wednes-day, opposition deputies paralyzed the session by encircling the rostrum and

sabotaged plans of the ruling coalition to ease Mykola Azarov into a second term as prime minister.

On Thursday, opposition deputies swarmed around the rostrum when a vote on the appointment of Vladimir Rybak, the Regions’ candidate for speaker, was about to be announced, and clashed with a group of Regions deputies. Azarov, a staid 64-year-old conservative re-nominated by President Viktor Yanukovich for a new term as prime minister, looked on bemused as deputies tussled and wrestled with each other. The session was suspended until later in the day.

The opposition, which includes

deputies loyal to jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, nationalists from the far-right Svo-boda and a liberal party led by boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko, accuse the ruling coalition of trying to ram through voting despite viola-tions of parliamentary rules.

The vote on Azarov’s nomina-tion will be an early test of the support that Yanukovich, who is expected to bid for a second term as president in 2015, commands in the new chamber. The pro-business Party of the Regions and their allies enjoyed a strong majority in the last parliament.

Deputies brawl in Ukraine parliament, session suspended

REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov Parliament members scuffle over regulations in forming factions during the first session of the newly-elected Ukrainian parliament in Kiev December 12, 2012.

For North Korea, next step is a nuclear testReuters

SEOUL - North Korea’s next step after rattling the world by putting a satellite into orbit for the first time will likely be a nuclear test, the third conducted by the reclusive and unpredictable state. A nuclear test would be the logical follow-up to Wednesday’s successful rocket launch, analysts said. The North’s 2009 test came on May 25, a month after a rocket launch.

A screen shows a rocket being launched from a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, at North Ko-rea’s satellite control centre in Cholsan county, North Pyongan province, in this photo released by Kyodo December 12, 2012.

REUTERS/Kyodo

Japan scrambles jets as Chinese plane flies over disputed isles

Mandatory Credit REUTERS/11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters-Japan Coast Guard/HandoutAn airplane belonging to China’s state oceanic administration flies past about 15 km (9 miles) south of one of the disputed islets, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea, in this handout released by 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters-Japan Coast Guard December 13, 2012.

Singaraja (Bali Post)—

Twelve police officers in Bule-leng Police were awarded on the day considered very special, name-ly Wednesday (Dec 12). The awards were given because they were judged to have showed outstanding performance for revealing various cases occurred recently.

The police officers receiving the award comprised I Made Mertha,

Ketut Mestrawan, Made Budiarta, Ketut Pastikayasa, Kadek Mas In-dra, Putu Kembar Budana, I Putu Tata Liodi, Selamet Haripan, I Made Sueca, Dwi Made Wirawan, Nengah Lama and Sudirman. The awards were handed over in per-son by Deputy Chief of Buleleng Police, I Nyoman Suwija, in the courtyard of the Buleleng Police headquarters.

Operations Head of Buleleng

Police, Ida Bagus Wedanajati, said the awards were given on the basis of outstanding performance extended by personnel that had uncovered prominent criminal cases such as theft by weighting and murder.

According to him, the awards were deliberately given on the special day in order to motivate the personnel to further improve their performance. (kmb15)

He revealed that currently the (male) cattle delivery to outside Bali could still be performed be-cause the quota permit was still available until the end of 2012. Selling price of beef cattle for the interisland delivery in Beringkit Market for the weight of 300-350 kg was around IDR 31,000-IDR 32,000/kg. Meanwhile, beef cattle weighing 400 kg was sold for more than IDR 32,000/kg.

He explained the problems faced by the interisland cattle delivery entrepreneurs today was

uncertainty of cattle quota for 2013. If the interisland cattle delivery would be closed in 2013 and the new quota of beef cattle was not issued, the selling price of cattle would drop to the range of IDR 20,000/kg. “By all means, it would be detrimental to breeders in Bali,” he said.

Further, he added if the gov-ernment did not issue the quota of the interisland cattle delivery for 2013, the entrepreneurs would continue to deliver it but through unofficial strip. The interisland

cattle delivery through unofficial strips required substantial costs than through official strip.

Increasing expenses of the cattle delivery through unofficial strip, he said, would be borne to breeders. “It’s the reason why the price of cattle that will be delivered officially to other island in 2013 will potentially be depressed to the range of IDR 20,000 per kg,” he concluded.

Another interisland cattle en-trepreneur, Komang Mahendra, previously said that government

never delayed the announcement of the interisland cattle delivery quota in previous years. At least, in November the relevant agencies such as the Livestock Agency, Regional Investment Board and Licensing Office had calculated and announced the quota of the interisland cattle delivery for the following year.

Mahendra saw that until by the mid of December 2012 there had been no indication if the govern-ment had set forth the quota of the interisland cattle delivery in 2013. If the government really terminated the interisland cattle delivery, it would indirectly teach the beef cattle entrepreneurs to de-liver it through unofficial strip. The interisland cattle entrepreneurs had a network to consumers outside Bali. Consumer demand outside Bali should be fulfilled. Otherwise,

their marketing network would get disconnected.

Mahendra affirmed that govern-ment was wrong if it closed the in-terisland cattle delivery officially. So far, the ratio of the official interisland beef cattle delivery to the unofficial delivery reached 1:3. Cattle delivery through unofficial strip was larger than cattle delivery through official strip.

If the government wanted to increase the population, it should have the courage to discipline the cattle delivery through unof-ficial strip both for the delivery of calves and female cattle, in-cluding beef cattle. This measure would be better in helping im-prove the marketing of Bali cattle rather than the government closed the quota of official delivery with the permit issued by the BPPM. (kmb29)

Negara (Bali Post)—

A truck replete with rice flour crashed six shade trees at the verge of Jalan Sudirman Negara on Wednesday morning (Dec 12). The truck with license plate B 8281 AQ swerved into another lane to ride up onto sidewalk. Despite crashing six trees and a signboard, the driver and conductor survived.

Information at location told if the truck driver, Sumarji, 37, and conductor, Apip, 22, from Lam-ongan were suspected to be sleepy when passing through the straight road. The truck drove from the west swerved to right side until breaking the sidewalk on the southern side of the road. When the incident hap-pened around 05:00 a.m., the road was still deserted.

Allegedly, the truck containing 20 tons of freight moved at high speed to crash six shade trees and a signboard of restaurant. The truck driver, Sumarji, admitted to drive while being sleepy. Even, he was just conscious when the truck had crashed the shade trees and went up onto sidewalk. At that time, Sumarji immediately hit the brake. (kmb26)

Negara (Bali Post)—

The road rehabilitation project, especially on Jalan Raya Denpasar-Gilimanuk at Biluk Poh Bridge, Penyaringan, Mendoyo, Wednes-day afternoon (Dec 12), caused long enough traffic congestion. The congestion reached 4 km from the east and west direction.

Such condition occurred because the officers did not arrange the traf-fic flows properly. Police officers in charge of governing the traffic were only two personnel.

Truck driver did not dare pass the narrow Biluk Poh Bridge be-cause there was also heavy equip-ment and the truck of project on the bridge. Meanwhile, motorcycles coming from the east direction were not regulated by the officers so that they caused long traffic congestion and aggravated by the flows of mo-torcycles, trucks, buses and private cars from both directions.

A number of residents passing through the project last Wednesday afternoon protested. “Sir, please arrange the traffic properly, so it does not kindle total congestion. Use the communication device

well,” shouted one of the riders to project officer.

One of the residents, Ngurah Budi, said the project should be carried out at night so as not to cause long traffic congestion. “If it is forced to be done at noon, it must be well coordinated with po-lice authority to arrange the traffic. Otherwise, it will trigger disarray,” he said.

It was expected the contractor working on the road project and of-ficers in the field could make a good coordination so that the traffic flows could run more smoothly.

Chief of Mendoyo Police, IB Sudarsana, with permission from Jembrana Police Chief, Komang Sandi Arsana, when asked for his confirmation said that his party had deployed the officers to project site for arranging the traffic. “There has been a system to manage the traffic and it should be opened one way, if traffic from the east is opened, the flow from west direction is closed and vice versa. If both directions are opened, it will not work,” he explained. According to him, the coordination had been executed. (120)

Twelve police officers given awards

A truck containing flour crashes six trees

Total congestion, road rehabilitation project protested

Quota of interisland cattle delivery in 2013 unclearIt triggers delivery through unofficial strip Mangupura (Bali Post)—

Uncertain quota of the interisland cattle delivery in 2013 results in question among the interisland cattle traders in Bali. When the quota of the interisland cattle is closed in 2013, it will harm all the parties such as the entrepreneurs and breeders, including those getting involved in the marketing of cattle to outside Bali. “If the interisland cattle delivery is terminated, it will even harm the breeders. Even, it will trigger the cattle delivery through illegal strips. Of course, it will be more detrimental,” said the interisland cattle delivery businessman owning the UD Bintang Terang, Chairul Anwar, Wednesday (Dec 12).

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Associated Press

HONG KONG — Flight attendants at Hong Kong air-line Cathay Pacific Airways are threatening to withhold food, alcohol and even smiles from passengers during the Christmas holidays over a pay dispute, a union official said Thursday.

Cabin staff at the airline, which has a reputation for top-notch service, voted at a union meeting this week in favor of industrial action that could also result in flight delays.

The union is demanding a 5 percent pay increase but the airline, which is struggling to cut costs after posting a first-half loss of 935 million Hong Kong dol-lars ($120.5 million), has offered 2 percent.

The Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants Union will soon announce when the action approved in the vote will be car-ried out, General Secretary Tsang Kwok-fung said.

“We may not provide alco-holic drinks to our passengers, or

we may not even provide meals to passengers,” in which case the union would advise travelers to bring their own food and drinks, said Tsang.

Limited service could also include withholding smiles and greetings from passengers.

“We cannot smile because of the situation, because of how the company treats us,” Tsang said.

The union is also considering working to rule, which involves doing no more than the mini-mum work required in contracts and precisely following safety regulations. Such tactics could include strictly enforcing size limits on hand luggage or wait-ing for all cleaning staff to leave the plane before boarding. The measures could delay flights by 20 to 30 minutes, Tsang said.

Some 1,600 of the union’s nearly 6,000 members voted on Monday for industrial action after negotiations with the airline broke down.

The union is also considering a strike as a last resort, but not until the new year.

The officials will evaluate the effectiveness of a Greek debt buy-back program that is meant to reduce the country’s debt over the long term. In addition, the ministers will discuss the prog-ress made in defining the terms of a bailout program for Cyprus.

Later Thursday, EU heads of state and government will gather

in Brussels for a summit devoted to building a closer financial and political union, meant to avoid future financial crises.

Finance ministers from the 27 EU countries took an important step in that direction early Thurs-day morning when they agreed to create a single supervisor for their banks.

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that none of the actions be-ing taken by the Fed to stimulate the economy could outweigh the eco-nomic pain that would be caused by sharp tax increases and government spending cuts that are set to kick in next month, as a standoff between President Barack Obama and Repub-lican lawmakers continues.

But Bernanke said Wednesday the Fed believes the crisis will be resolved without significant long-term damage.

“Clearly, the fiscal cliff is having effects on the economy,” with the uncertainty leading businesses to cut back on investment, Bernanke said during a news conference after the Fed’s final meeting of the year.

The Fed’s latest forecasts for stron-ger economic growth next year and slightly lower unemployment assume that none of the spending cuts and tax increases involved in the so-called “fiscal cliff,” will come to pass.

But if the issue is not resolved before the Dec. 31 deadline, the Bush-era tax cuts will expire and across-the-board spending cuts take

effect in January, something many economists predict would send the country back into a recession.

Bernanke said the most helpful thing that Congress and the Obama administration can do is resolve the issue quickly.

“I’m hoping that Congress will do the right thing on the fiscal cliff,” Ber-nanke said. “There is a problem with kicking the can down the road.”

“We cannot offset the full impact of the fiscal cliff. It’s just too big,” Bernanke said.

Bernanke is not alone in showing increasing concern about the result of Washington’s failure to complete a deficit-reduction deal last year. Even if an agreement can be reached, the halting pace of negotiations is jeopardizing chances that it could be written into proper legislative form and passed through both House of Representatives and Senate before the new Congress convenes on Jan. 3.

Republicans aren’t budging on tax rates, and Democrats are resisting steps like raising the eligibility age for Medicare, the federal health care program for the elderly. Negotiations on averting a year-end fiscal train wreck combining big automatic tax hikes and sweeping spending cuts

again appear stalled.There are less than three weeks

before the government could careen off this “fiscal cliff,” but the chief Re-publican negotiator, House Speaker John Boehner, said Wednesday that “serious differences” remain between him and President Barack Obama after an exchange of offers and a pair of conversations this week.

Boehner spoke after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republican lawmakers in which he advised them not to make plans for the week after Christmas.

Neither side has given much ground, and his exchange of propos-als with Obama seemed to generate hard feelings more than progress. The White House has slightly reduced its demands on taxes — from $1.6 trillion over a decade to $1.4 trillion — but isn’t yielding on demands that rates rise for wealthier earners.

Boehner responded with an offer very much like one he gave the White House more than a week ago that offered $800 billion in new revenue, half of Obama’s demand. Boehner is also pressing for an increase in the Medicare eligibility age and a stingier cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security pensioners.

Greece, Cyprus to top agenda at eurozone meetingAssociated Press

BRUSSELS — Finance ministers from the 17 EU countries that use the euro currency are meeting in Brussels to consider whether to release the latest batch of bailout money for Greece.

Cathay crew threaten no smiles, booze on flights

Bernanke says fiscal cliff already hurting economy

AP Photo/Richard DrewFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addresses a luncheon gathering of The Economic Club of New York, in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Bernanke on Tuesday urged Congress and the Obama administration to strike a budget deal to avert tax increases and spending cuts that could trigger a recession next year. Without a deal, the measures known as the “fiscal cliff” will take effect in January.

Antara

JAKARTA - Aisyah Aminy, a senior politician of the United Devel-opment Party (PPP), has urged For-eign Affairs Minister to send a letter of protest to the Malaysian ambas-sador to Indonesia, highlighting the editor who had insulted Indonesia`s former president, BJ Habibie.

“It is important that Indonesia

sends a letter of protest because our former leaders should not be insulted,” said Aisyah Aminy, on Wednesday.

She commented on an editorial column written by Malaysia`s for-mer information minister, Zainudin Maidin, who had called Habibie a traitor to his nation.

He had also compared Habibie to Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia`s op-

position figure and had called them “dogs of imperialism”.

The lady politician said Zainu-din Maidin`s statement is incorrect because during his presidential term, Habibie had implemented 71 policies, which served as a founda-tion for the reform era. She said the negative comments cannot be viewed as personal comments of Maidin because he is Malaysia`s

former information minister.“It`s an opinion of a former infor-

mation minister, not just an ordinary person. So, we should respond by lodging a complaint with the Malay-sian prime minister,” she stated.

TB Hasanuddin, a lawmaker, said the comments are exaggerated, and they are insulting to the people of Indonesia.

“Apart from lodging a complaint,

the Indonesian House of Representa-tives should inform the Malaysian ambassador to Indonesia about this issue,” he said.

Zainudin had written the editorial column in Utusan Malaysia, follow-ing BJ Habibie`s visit to Malaysia on December 6, 2012. Habibie had given a lecture on democracy at the University of Selangor in Penang, Malaysia.

AP Photo/Gembong NusantaraBrides and grooms wait for a mass wedding ceremony organized for the poor in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Twelve lower-income couples participated in the event that was held at exactly at 12 o’clock on 12/12/12, a date seen as auspicious by many astrologers, which will not occur again for almost 100 years.

“He came as a witness for suspect Didik Purnomo, his former deputy,” Djoko`s lawyer Hotma Sitompul said.

He came at KPK at 1pm by car in a KPK detainee costume from the KPK detention cell located in a Jakarta Military Police compound in Guntur, South Jakarta.

The former chief of the National Traf-fic Police Corps immediately entered the KPK building upon arrival and made no statement to newsmen.

“We wish to tell that we follow proce-dures. Those who say our client is guilty please prove it. KPK has also said so,” Hotma said.

KPK named Djoko suspect on July 27 in connection with his alleged involvement in a corruption relating to the procurement of driving simulators.

He was named suspect along with Briga-dier General Didik Purnomo, the deputy chief of the Traffic Police Corps, Budi Santoso,

the president director of PT Citra Mandiri Metalindo Abadi, that won the bid for the procurement of the driving simulators and Sukotjo S Bambang, the director of PT Ino-vasi Teknology Indonesia, the sub-contractor of PT Citra Mandiri Metalindo Abadi.

Sukotjo S Bambang has been sentenced to 2.5 years in jail in a separate case for marking up the value of a project relating to driving simulators.

According to KPK initial calculations the loss suffered by the state in connection with the driving simulator procurement case reached Rp100 billion out of Rp198 billion in total budget for the project. Djoko has been detained since December 3, 2012.

Antara

JAKARTA) - Experts have predicted that in-vestments in Indonesia will reach Rp310 trillion by the end of this year, surpassing the target of Rp283.5 trillion.

“Even though there are uncertainties in the global economy due to a number of crises in several European countries, investments in Indonesia will continue to grow,” said Chatib Basri, head of the National Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), during a seminar on Economic Outlook 2031: Perspective of the Global Economic Uncertainty, on Wednesday.

He said despite these uncertainties, Indonesia can attract more investments compared to other countries such as China, Vietnam and India.

Chatib said Europe’s fiscal cliff will result in a fiscal contraction.

“When fiscal contraction occurs, European countries, through the European Central Bank (ECB), will certainly inject funds into money markets,” he said.

Meanwhile, the US, in order to boost its growth, will carry out quantitative easing (or face economic stagnation), he said.

The ECB and the Fed will inject funds into money markets, but the funds will not be invested in Europe and the US. Instead, the funds will be injected into emerging markets, including Indo-nesia.

“Indonesia is a viable option because India is facing a problem of rising inflation. Vietnam has requested for assistance from the IMF and China is facing an economic slowdown,” he said.

Chatib said Indonesia should take this opportu-nity to increase the country`s investments.

“The investment system in the country should be enhanced. Investors should not face difficulties while accessing information on investment op-portunities,” he said.

He said one of the biggest obstacles with regard to investments in the country is bureau-cracy.

He said BKPM has implemented an online tracking system to monitor the process of an invest-ment application and its realisation.

“We should not be unprepared when there is a possibility that investments in the country can increase,” he said.

Investments in 2012 expected to reach Rp310 trillion

Ex Indonesian President called traitor Politician urges minister to protest Malaysia

Graft case

Inspector General Djoko Susilo questioned as witnessAntara

JAKARTA - Police Inspector General Djoko Susilo, a suspect in a corruption case in the police traffic force, came to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters here on Thursday for questioning as a witness.

BUSINESS

“Messi is extraordinary,” Barce-lona defender Dani Alves said. “In every age there is always a player that stands out, and right now he is the reference point, just like Pele and Maradona were in their time.” Pedro Rodriguez controlled the ball in midfield and delivered a perfectly weighted long pass to the flank for Villa to cross. As goalkeeper Mikel Saizar fell to the ground, Messi tapped the ball in off the underside of the crossbar.

Messi received a cross from Alexis Sanchez to beat Saizar and score his 21st double of 2012 in the 74th. The Argentina forward has now scored two goals in each of the past seven matches he has started. The 20,000 fans who filled Cordoba’s Municipal del Arcangel stadium cheered Messi as he came on the field.

Cordoba began by launching ag-gressive runs deep into Barcelona’s half, and goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto was forced to leap athletically to tip out a powerful shot by Lopez Garai in the fifth minute. Cordoba’s Alberto Aguilar forced a save from Pinto when he jumped high to head the ball toward goal in the 43rd.

Messi found Villa with a well-timed pass in the 53rd minute but, having beaten the offside trap, the Spain striker shot over the bar. A powerfully struck shot by Pedro was saved by Saizar three minutes later. At Balaidos stadium, Celta Vigo’s Cristian Bustos unleashed a

powerful shot from outside the area into the top far corner of the net in the 33rd minute after a sloppy throw-in by Madrid defender Pepe had been intercepted by Roberto Lago.

Celta Vigo’s Mario Bermejo beat the offside trap to hit a low shot past goalkeeper Iker Casillas after receiving a pass in behind Madrid’s back four by Danish midfielder Michael Krohn-Dehli in the 56th. Cristiano Ronaldo latched onto an overhead pass from Xabi Alonso to pull one back in the 86th. “They were the best team on the field,” Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said, “but I still think Madrid is the fa-vorite to win in the second leg at the Bernabeu.”

Madrid forward Karim Ben-zema limped off in the 31st minute with an ankle injury. Celta Vigo goalkeeper Sergio Alvarez made a good save by from a bouncing shot by Luka Modric. Also, Atletico Madrid beat Getafe 3-0 despite resting prolific striker Radamel Fal-cao. Getafe defender Alexis Ruano fouled Diego Costa in the area and the Atletico striker converted the penalty in the 17th minute.

Atletico’s Felipe Luis pounced on a loose ball in the 79th to score and Gabriel Fernandez passed to Diego Costa who scored in the 87th. Also in the last 16, Sevilla trounced Mallorca 5-0 with Alvaro Negredo scoring twice. He rose to head in his first from a corner i n the 13th, and hit his

second beyond goalkeeper Dadu Aouate five minutes later.

“We’ve played at a great level, and have been very effective,” said Sevilla coach Jose “Michel” Gonza-lez. “It might even seem excessive to win 5-0 away from home in the Copa.” Jesus Navas ran up the left flank, crossed a low pass to Gary Medel, who beat defender Pedro Geromel to score Sevillas’ third in

the 26th.Sevilla defender Alberto Botia

connected with a bouncing free kick to score the fourth in the 48th, before Antonio Luna found the net from an assist by Navas in the 85th. “We knew it would be complicated because we faced Sevilla,” said Mallorca coach Joaquin Caparros. “We now have to lift ourselves up because on Saturday we face a very

important match” (against Athletic Bilbao).

In the second leg of the last 32, Eibar advanced on the away goal rule after drawing 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao for the same overall score. After having reached the Europa League and Copa del Rey finals last season, Athletic has had a disap-pointing season so far to be 14th in the league standings.

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Reuters

Mo Williams drained a long-range three-pointer as time expired to give the Utah Jazz a buzzer-beat-ing 99-96 victory over the visiting San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. Williams had missed a three-pointer seconds earlier but the Jazz cor-ralled an offensive rebound and he got another chance.

Williams ran down the clock, pulled up a few feet behind the three-point line and sank the basket to end the game and send the crowd into a frenzy. “We all knew (Wil-liams) was going to take it after he missed that last one,” Jazz reserve Gordon Hayward told reporters after scoring 19 in the win.

“We knew he was going to step up and shoot it with confidence. We had faith in him, and he knocked it down.” It was Utah’s (13-10) fourth straight win and snapped a five-game win streak for the Spurs (18-5). Utah’s Paul Millsap finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds while Al Jefferson chipped in with 21.

The Jazz had trailed by eight with a little more than four min-utes remaining but battled back to tie the game and snatch victory with the final shot. Tony Parker and Tim Duncan had 22 points

apiece for San Antonio with Dun-can also adding a season-high 21 rebounds.

Utah outscored the Spurs 31-16 in the second quarter to grab a nine-point lead at halftime but the visitors tied it by the end of the third.

During the fourth-quarter battle, Hayward made a pair of three-pointers down the stretch to keep the Jazz close before they ended the game with a triumphant 11-2 spurt. San Antonio’s Danny Green was defending the final play and took a costly step back as Williams drained the shot.

“That’s a huge defensive error,” said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. “What do you think a guy is going to do with two seconds left on the clock? You make him drive. You don’t step back on Mo Williams.”

Utah Jazz guard Mo Williams (5) attempts a shot while defended

by San Antonio Spurs guard Danny Green (4) during the sec-ond half of their NBA basketball

game in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 12, 2012.

Jazz shock Spurs with Williams’ 3-point buzzer-beater

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Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure wants to stay at the club for the rest of his career. The Ivory Coast international joined City from Barcelona in 2010 and was a key member of the team that won the Premier League title last season.

“I would love to end my career here,” Toure told the club website (www.mcfc.co.uk) on Thursday.

“Nobody knows what the next step is in football and I believe that if you stop dreaming, you should stop playing football, but this is where I want to be.

“There is no other place I would

rather finish with and I want to continue winning titles and trophies with City. I believe we are just at the beginning of our journey,” added the 29-year-old who also won the FA Cup in 2011.

Toure scored in last weekend’s 3-2 derby defeat by Manchester United before being substituted late in the match with a knee injury but will be in the side to face Newcastle United on Saturday (1245 GMT). City are second in the table with 33 points, six behind United.

Celta Vigo beats Madrid; Messi stars for BarcaAssociated Press Writer

MADRID — Celta Vigo upset Real Madrid with a 2-1 victory in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, and Lionel Messi scored his 21st double to reach 88 goals in 2012, leading Barcelona to a 2-0 win over second-tier club Cordoba. Having broken German great Gerd Mueller’s 40-year-old record for most goals in a year on Sunday, Messi added to his tally in the 11th minute by tapping into an empty net from David Villa’s pass.

Yaya Toure wants to end career with Manchester City

Manchester City’s Yaya Toure, center, attempts to force his way be-tween Everton’s Marouane Fellaini, right, and Darron Gibson during their English Premier League soccer match at The Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Dec. 1, 2012.

AP Photo/Lao R. VillarReal Madrid Luka Modric from Croatia, left, heads on the ball while being tackled by Celta’s Michael Krohn-Dehli from Denmark during the 1st leg of a last-16 Copa del Rey soccer match at the Balaídos stadium in Vigo, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012.

AP Photo/Jon Super

REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

“Messi is extraordinary,” Barce-lona defender Dani Alves said. “In every age there is always a player that stands out, and right now he is the reference point, just like Pele and Maradona were in their time.” Pedro Rodriguez controlled the ball in midfield and delivered a perfectly weighted long pass to the flank for Villa to cross. As goalkeeper Mikel Saizar fell to the ground, Messi tapped the ball in off the underside of the crossbar.

Messi received a cross from Alexis Sanchez to beat Saizar and score his 21st double of 2012 in the 74th. The Argentina forward has now scored two goals in each of the past seven matches he has started. The 20,000 fans who filled Cordoba’s Municipal del Arcangel stadium cheered Messi as he came on the field.

Cordoba began by launching ag-gressive runs deep into Barcelona’s half, and goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto was forced to leap athletically to tip out a powerful shot by Lopez Garai in the fifth minute. Cordoba’s Alberto Aguilar forced a save from Pinto when he jumped high to head the ball toward goal in the 43rd.

Messi found Villa with a well-timed pass in the 53rd minute but, having beaten the offside trap, the Spain striker shot over the bar. A powerfully struck shot by Pedro was saved by Saizar three minutes later. At Balaidos stadium, Celta Vigo’s Cristian Bustos unleashed a

powerful shot from outside the area into the top far corner of the net in the 33rd minute after a sloppy throw-in by Madrid defender Pepe had been intercepted by Roberto Lago.

Celta Vigo’s Mario Bermejo beat the offside trap to hit a low shot past goalkeeper Iker Casillas after receiving a pass in behind Madrid’s back four by Danish midfielder Michael Krohn-Dehli in the 56th. Cristiano Ronaldo latched onto an overhead pass from Xabi Alonso to pull one back in the 86th. “They were the best team on the field,” Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said, “but I still think Madrid is the fa-vorite to win in the second leg at the Bernabeu.”

Madrid forward Karim Ben-zema limped off in the 31st minute with an ankle injury. Celta Vigo goalkeeper Sergio Alvarez made a good save by from a bouncing shot by Luka Modric. Also, Atletico Madrid beat Getafe 3-0 despite resting prolific striker Radamel Fal-cao. Getafe defender Alexis Ruano fouled Diego Costa in the area and the Atletico striker converted the penalty in the 17th minute.

Atletico’s Felipe Luis pounced on a loose ball in the 79th to score and Gabriel Fernandez passed to Diego Costa who scored in the 87th. Also in the last 16, Sevilla trounced Mallorca 5-0 with Alvaro Negredo scoring twice. He rose to head in his first from a corner i n the 13th, and hit his

second beyond goalkeeper Dadu Aouate five minutes later.

“We’ve played at a great level, and have been very effective,” said Sevilla coach Jose “Michel” Gonza-lez. “It might even seem excessive to win 5-0 away from home in the Copa.” Jesus Navas ran up the left flank, crossed a low pass to Gary Medel, who beat defender Pedro Geromel to score Sevillas’ third in

the 26th.Sevilla defender Alberto Botia

connected with a bouncing free kick to score the fourth in the 48th, before Antonio Luna found the net from an assist by Navas in the 85th. “We knew it would be complicated because we faced Sevilla,” said Mallorca coach Joaquin Caparros. “We now have to lift ourselves up because on Saturday we face a very

important match” (against Athletic Bilbao).

In the second leg of the last 32, Eibar advanced on the away goal rule after drawing 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao for the same overall score. After having reached the Europa League and Copa del Rey finals last season, Athletic has had a disap-pointing season so far to be 14th in the league standings.

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Mo Williams drained a long-range three-pointer as time expired to give the Utah Jazz a buzzer-beat-ing 99-96 victory over the visiting San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. Williams had missed a three-pointer seconds earlier but the Jazz cor-ralled an offensive rebound and he got another chance.

Williams ran down the clock, pulled up a few feet behind the three-point line and sank the basket to end the game and send the crowd into a frenzy. “We all knew (Wil-liams) was going to take it after he missed that last one,” Jazz reserve Gordon Hayward told reporters after scoring 19 in the win.

“We knew he was going to step up and shoot it with confidence. We had faith in him, and he knocked it down.” It was Utah’s (13-10) fourth straight win and snapped a five-game win streak for the Spurs (18-5). Utah’s Paul Millsap finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds while Al Jefferson chipped in with 21.

The Jazz had trailed by eight with a little more than four min-utes remaining but battled back to tie the game and snatch victory with the final shot. Tony Parker and Tim Duncan had 22 points

apiece for San Antonio with Dun-can also adding a season-high 21 rebounds.

Utah outscored the Spurs 31-16 in the second quarter to grab a nine-point lead at halftime but the visitors tied it by the end of the third.

During the fourth-quarter battle, Hayward made a pair of three-pointers down the stretch to keep the Jazz close before they ended the game with a triumphant 11-2 spurt. San Antonio’s Danny Green was defending the final play and took a costly step back as Williams drained the shot.

“That’s a huge defensive error,” said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. “What do you think a guy is going to do with two seconds left on the clock? You make him drive. You don’t step back on Mo Williams.”

Utah Jazz guard Mo Williams (5) attempts a shot while defended

by San Antonio Spurs guard Danny Green (4) during the sec-ond half of their NBA basketball

game in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 12, 2012.

Jazz shock Spurs with Williams’ 3-point buzzer-beater

Reuters

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure wants to stay at the club for the rest of his career. The Ivory Coast international joined City from Barcelona in 2010 and was a key member of the team that won the Premier League title last season.

“I would love to end my career here,” Toure told the club website (www.mcfc.co.uk) on Thursday.

“Nobody knows what the next step is in football and I believe that if you stop dreaming, you should stop playing football, but this is where I want to be.

“There is no other place I would

rather finish with and I want to continue winning titles and trophies with City. I believe we are just at the beginning of our journey,” added the 29-year-old who also won the FA Cup in 2011.

Toure scored in last weekend’s 3-2 derby defeat by Manchester United before being substituted late in the match with a knee injury but will be in the side to face Newcastle United on Saturday (1245 GMT). City are second in the table with 33 points, six behind United.

Celta Vigo beats Madrid; Messi stars for BarcaAssociated Press Writer

MADRID — Celta Vigo upset Real Madrid with a 2-1 victory in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, and Lionel Messi scored his 21st double to reach 88 goals in 2012, leading Barcelona to a 2-0 win over second-tier club Cordoba. Having broken German great Gerd Mueller’s 40-year-old record for most goals in a year on Sunday, Messi added to his tally in the 11th minute by tapping into an empty net from David Villa’s pass.

Yaya Toure wants to end career with Manchester City

Manchester City’s Yaya Toure, center, attempts to force his way be-tween Everton’s Marouane Fellaini, right, and Darron Gibson during their English Premier League soccer match at The Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Dec. 1, 2012.

AP Photo/Lao R. VillarReal Madrid Luka Modric from Croatia, left, heads on the ball while being tackled by Celta’s Michael Krohn-Dehli from Denmark during the 1st leg of a last-16 Copa del Rey soccer match at the Balaídos stadium in Vigo, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012.

AP Photo/Jon Super

REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

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HONG KONG — Flight attendants at Hong Kong air-line Cathay Pacific Airways are threatening to withhold food, alcohol and even smiles from passengers during the Christmas holidays over a pay dispute, a union official said Thursday.

Cabin staff at the airline, which has a reputation for top-notch service, voted at a union meeting this week in favor of industrial action that could also result in flight delays.

The union is demanding a 5 percent pay increase but the airline, which is struggling to cut costs after posting a first-half loss of 935 million Hong Kong dol-lars ($120.5 million), has offered 2 percent.

The Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants Union will soon announce when the action approved in the vote will be car-ried out, General Secretary Tsang Kwok-fung said.

“We may not provide alco-holic drinks to our passengers, or

we may not even provide meals to passengers,” in which case the union would advise travelers to bring their own food and drinks, said Tsang.

Limited service could also include withholding smiles and greetings from passengers.

“We cannot smile because of the situation, because of how the company treats us,” Tsang said.

The union is also considering working to rule, which involves doing no more than the mini-mum work required in contracts and precisely following safety regulations. Such tactics could include strictly enforcing size limits on hand luggage or wait-ing for all cleaning staff to leave the plane before boarding. The measures could delay flights by 20 to 30 minutes, Tsang said.

Some 1,600 of the union’s nearly 6,000 members voted on Monday for industrial action after negotiations with the airline broke down.

The union is also considering a strike as a last resort, but not until the new year.

The officials will evaluate the effectiveness of a Greek debt buy-back program that is meant to reduce the country’s debt over the long term. In addition, the ministers will discuss the prog-ress made in defining the terms of a bailout program for Cyprus.

Later Thursday, EU heads of state and government will gather

in Brussels for a summit devoted to building a closer financial and political union, meant to avoid future financial crises.

Finance ministers from the 27 EU countries took an important step in that direction early Thurs-day morning when they agreed to create a single supervisor for their banks.

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that none of the actions be-ing taken by the Fed to stimulate the economy could outweigh the eco-nomic pain that would be caused by sharp tax increases and government spending cuts that are set to kick in next month, as a standoff between President Barack Obama and Repub-lican lawmakers continues.

But Bernanke said Wednesday the Fed believes the crisis will be resolved without significant long-term damage.

“Clearly, the fiscal cliff is having effects on the economy,” with the uncertainty leading businesses to cut back on investment, Bernanke said during a news conference after the Fed’s final meeting of the year.

The Fed’s latest forecasts for stron-ger economic growth next year and slightly lower unemployment assume that none of the spending cuts and tax increases involved in the so-called “fiscal cliff,” will come to pass.

But if the issue is not resolved before the Dec. 31 deadline, the Bush-era tax cuts will expire and across-the-board spending cuts take

effect in January, something many economists predict would send the country back into a recession.

Bernanke said the most helpful thing that Congress and the Obama administration can do is resolve the issue quickly.

“I’m hoping that Congress will do the right thing on the fiscal cliff,” Ber-nanke said. “There is a problem with kicking the can down the road.”

“We cannot offset the full impact of the fiscal cliff. It’s just too big,” Bernanke said.

Bernanke is not alone in showing increasing concern about the result of Washington’s failure to complete a deficit-reduction deal last year. Even if an agreement can be reached, the halting pace of negotiations is jeopardizing chances that it could be written into proper legislative form and passed through both House of Representatives and Senate before the new Congress convenes on Jan. 3.

Republicans aren’t budging on tax rates, and Democrats are resisting steps like raising the eligibility age for Medicare, the federal health care program for the elderly. Negotiations on averting a year-end fiscal train wreck combining big automatic tax hikes and sweeping spending cuts

again appear stalled.There are less than three weeks

before the government could careen off this “fiscal cliff,” but the chief Re-publican negotiator, House Speaker John Boehner, said Wednesday that “serious differences” remain between him and President Barack Obama after an exchange of offers and a pair of conversations this week.

Boehner spoke after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republican lawmakers in which he advised them not to make plans for the week after Christmas.

Neither side has given much ground, and his exchange of propos-als with Obama seemed to generate hard feelings more than progress. The White House has slightly reduced its demands on taxes — from $1.6 trillion over a decade to $1.4 trillion — but isn’t yielding on demands that rates rise for wealthier earners.

Boehner responded with an offer very much like one he gave the White House more than a week ago that offered $800 billion in new revenue, half of Obama’s demand. Boehner is also pressing for an increase in the Medicare eligibility age and a stingier cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security pensioners.

Greece, Cyprus to top agenda at eurozone meetingAssociated Press

BRUSSELS — Finance ministers from the 17 EU countries that use the euro currency are meeting in Brussels to consider whether to release the latest batch of bailout money for Greece.

Cathay crew threaten no smiles, booze on flights

Bernanke says fiscal cliff already hurting economy

AP Photo/Richard DrewFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addresses a luncheon gathering of The Economic Club of New York, in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Bernanke on Tuesday urged Congress and the Obama administration to strike a budget deal to avert tax increases and spending cuts that could trigger a recession next year. Without a deal, the measures known as the “fiscal cliff” will take effect in January.

Antara

JAKARTA - Aisyah Aminy, a senior politician of the United Devel-opment Party (PPP), has urged For-eign Affairs Minister to send a letter of protest to the Malaysian ambas-sador to Indonesia, highlighting the editor who had insulted Indonesia`s former president, BJ Habibie.

“It is important that Indonesia

sends a letter of protest because our former leaders should not be insulted,” said Aisyah Aminy, on Wednesday.

She commented on an editorial column written by Malaysia`s for-mer information minister, Zainudin Maidin, who had called Habibie a traitor to his nation.

He had also compared Habibie to Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia`s op-

position figure and had called them “dogs of imperialism”.

The lady politician said Zainu-din Maidin`s statement is incorrect because during his presidential term, Habibie had implemented 71 policies, which served as a founda-tion for the reform era. She said the negative comments cannot be viewed as personal comments of Maidin because he is Malaysia`s

former information minister.“It`s an opinion of a former infor-

mation minister, not just an ordinary person. So, we should respond by lodging a complaint with the Malay-sian prime minister,” she stated.

TB Hasanuddin, a lawmaker, said the comments are exaggerated, and they are insulting to the people of Indonesia.

“Apart from lodging a complaint,

the Indonesian House of Representa-tives should inform the Malaysian ambassador to Indonesia about this issue,” he said.

Zainudin had written the editorial column in Utusan Malaysia, follow-ing BJ Habibie`s visit to Malaysia on December 6, 2012. Habibie had given a lecture on democracy at the University of Selangor in Penang, Malaysia.

AP Photo/Gembong NusantaraBrides and grooms wait for a mass wedding ceremony organized for the poor in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Twelve lower-income couples participated in the event that was held at exactly at 12 o’clock on 12/12/12, a date seen as auspicious by many astrologers, which will not occur again for almost 100 years.

“He came as a witness for suspect Didik Purnomo, his former deputy,” Djoko`s lawyer Hotma Sitompul said.

He came at KPK at 1pm by car in a KPK detainee costume from the KPK detention cell located in a Jakarta Military Police compound in Guntur, South Jakarta.

The former chief of the National Traf-fic Police Corps immediately entered the KPK building upon arrival and made no statement to newsmen.

“We wish to tell that we follow proce-dures. Those who say our client is guilty please prove it. KPK has also said so,” Hotma said.

KPK named Djoko suspect on July 27 in connection with his alleged involvement in a corruption relating to the procurement of driving simulators.

He was named suspect along with Briga-dier General Didik Purnomo, the deputy chief of the Traffic Police Corps, Budi Santoso,

the president director of PT Citra Mandiri Metalindo Abadi, that won the bid for the procurement of the driving simulators and Sukotjo S Bambang, the director of PT Ino-vasi Teknology Indonesia, the sub-contractor of PT Citra Mandiri Metalindo Abadi.

Sukotjo S Bambang has been sentenced to 2.5 years in jail in a separate case for marking up the value of a project relating to driving simulators.

According to KPK initial calculations the loss suffered by the state in connection with the driving simulator procurement case reached Rp100 billion out of Rp198 billion in total budget for the project. Djoko has been detained since December 3, 2012.

Antara

JAKARTA) - Experts have predicted that in-vestments in Indonesia will reach Rp310 trillion by the end of this year, surpassing the target of Rp283.5 trillion.

“Even though there are uncertainties in the global economy due to a number of crises in several European countries, investments in Indonesia will continue to grow,” said Chatib Basri, head of the National Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), during a seminar on Economic Outlook 2031: Perspective of the Global Economic Uncertainty, on Wednesday.

He said despite these uncertainties, Indonesia can attract more investments compared to other countries such as China, Vietnam and India.

Chatib said Europe’s fiscal cliff will result in a fiscal contraction.

“When fiscal contraction occurs, European countries, through the European Central Bank (ECB), will certainly inject funds into money markets,” he said.

Meanwhile, the US, in order to boost its growth, will carry out quantitative easing (or face economic stagnation), he said.

The ECB and the Fed will inject funds into money markets, but the funds will not be invested in Europe and the US. Instead, the funds will be injected into emerging markets, including Indo-nesia.

“Indonesia is a viable option because India is facing a problem of rising inflation. Vietnam has requested for assistance from the IMF and China is facing an economic slowdown,” he said.

Chatib said Indonesia should take this opportu-nity to increase the country`s investments.

“The investment system in the country should be enhanced. Investors should not face difficulties while accessing information on investment op-portunities,” he said.

He said one of the biggest obstacles with regard to investments in the country is bureau-cracy.

He said BKPM has implemented an online tracking system to monitor the process of an invest-ment application and its realisation.

“We should not be unprepared when there is a possibility that investments in the country can increase,” he said.

Investments in 2012 expected to reach Rp310 trillion

Ex Indonesian President called traitor Politician urges minister to protest Malaysia

Graft case

Inspector General Djoko Susilo questioned as witnessAntara

JAKARTA - Police Inspector General Djoko Susilo, a suspect in a corruption case in the police traffic force, came to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters here on Thursday for questioning as a witness.

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For the North and its absolute ruler Kim Jong-un, the costs of the rocket program and its allied nuclear weapons efforts - estimated by South Korea’s government at $2.8-$3.2 bil-lion since 1998 - and the risk of addi-tional U.N. or unilateral sanctions are simply not part of the calculation.

“North Korea will insist any sanctions are unjust, and if sanc-tions get toughened, the likelihood of North Korea carrying out a nuclear test is high,” said Baek

Seung-joo of the Korea Institute of Defense Analyses.

The United Nations Security Council is to discuss how to respond to the launch, which it says is a breach of sanctions imposed in 2006 and 2009 that banned the isolated and impoverished state from missile and nuclear developments in the wake of its two nuclear weapons tests.

The only surprise is that the Security Council appears to believe it can dissuade Pyongyang, now on

its third hereditary ruler since its foundation in 1948, from further nuclear or rocket tests.

Even China, the North’s only major diplomatic backer, has lim-ited clout on a state whose policy of self reliance is backed up by an ide-ology that states: “No matter how precious peace is, we will never beg for peace. Peace lies at the end of the barrel of our gun.”

As recently as August, North Korea showed it was well aware of how a second rocket launch this year, after a failed attempt in April, would be received in Washington. “It is true that both satellite carrier rocket and (a) missile with warhead use similar technology,” its Foreign Ministry said in an eight-page state-ment carried by state news agency KCNA on August 31.

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TOKYO - Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered for the first time what Japan consid-ers its airspace over disputed islets in the East China Sea, escalating tension between Asia’s two big-gest economies. Japan protested to China over the incident but China brushed that off saying the flight by the Chinese aircraft was “com-pletely normal”.

Sino-Japanese relations took a tumble in September after Japan bought the tiny islands, called Sen-kaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, from a private Japanese owner. Patrol ships from the two countries have been shadowing each other since then in a standoff that has raised concern that a collision could escalate into a clash. Thursday’s incident was the first time both sides used aircraft in the dispute.

“Despite our repeated warnings, Chinese government ships have en-

tered our territorial waters for three days in an row,” Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Osama Fujimura told reporters. “It is extremely regrettable that, on top of that, an intrusion into our airspace has been committed in this way,” he said, add-ing that Japan had formally protested through diplomatic channels.

Japan’s military scrambled eight F-15 fighter jets, the Defense Min-istry said. Japanese officials later said the Chinese aircraft had left the area. It was the first time a Chinese aircraft had intruded into Japan’s airspace near the disputed islands, Japan Defense Ministry said.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshi-hiko Noda later instructed the government to be “all the more on guard”, the Kyodo news agency reported.

China’s state maritime agency said a marine surveillance plane had joined four Chinese vessels patrol-ling around the islands and the fleet had ordered Japanese boats to leave the area immediately.

Reuters

KIEV - A session of Ukraine’s new parliament collapsed amid chaos on Thursday when brawls erupted among opposition deputies and those of the ruling party over the election of parliamentary officials. Groups of deputies wrestled with each other in a mass of bodies around parliament’s main rostrum after the opposition tried physically to block a vote on the ruling Party of the Regions’ nomina-tion for the position of speaker.

In equally rowdy scenes on Wednes-day, opposition deputies paralyzed the session by encircling the rostrum and

sabotaged plans of the ruling coalition to ease Mykola Azarov into a second term as prime minister.

On Thursday, opposition deputies swarmed around the rostrum when a vote on the appointment of Vladimir Rybak, the Regions’ candidate for speaker, was about to be announced, and clashed with a group of Regions deputies. Azarov, a staid 64-year-old conservative re-nominated by President Viktor Yanukovich for a new term as prime minister, looked on bemused as deputies tussled and wrestled with each other. The session was suspended until later in the day.

The opposition, which includes

deputies loyal to jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, nationalists from the far-right Svo-boda and a liberal party led by boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko, accuse the ruling coalition of trying to ram through voting despite viola-tions of parliamentary rules.

The vote on Azarov’s nomina-tion will be an early test of the support that Yanukovich, who is expected to bid for a second term as president in 2015, commands in the new chamber. The pro-business Party of the Regions and their allies enjoyed a strong majority in the last parliament.

Deputies brawl in Ukraine parliament, session suspended

REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov Parliament members scuffle over regulations in forming factions during the first session of the newly-elected Ukrainian parliament in Kiev December 12, 2012.

For North Korea, next step is a nuclear testReuters

SEOUL - North Korea’s next step after rattling the world by putting a satellite into orbit for the first time will likely be a nuclear test, the third conducted by the reclusive and unpredictable state. A nuclear test would be the logical follow-up to Wednesday’s successful rocket launch, analysts said. The North’s 2009 test came on May 25, a month after a rocket launch.

A screen shows a rocket being launched from a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, at North Ko-rea’s satellite control centre in Cholsan county, North Pyongan province, in this photo released by Kyodo December 12, 2012.

REUTERS/Kyodo

Japan scrambles jets as Chinese plane flies over disputed isles

Mandatory Credit REUTERS/11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters-Japan Coast Guard/HandoutAn airplane belonging to China’s state oceanic administration flies past about 15 km (9 miles) south of one of the disputed islets, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea, in this handout released by 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters-Japan Coast Guard December 13, 2012.

Singaraja (Bali Post)—

Twelve police officers in Bule-leng Police were awarded on the day considered very special, name-ly Wednesday (Dec 12). The awards were given because they were judged to have showed outstanding performance for revealing various cases occurred recently.

The police officers receiving the award comprised I Made Mertha,

Ketut Mestrawan, Made Budiarta, Ketut Pastikayasa, Kadek Mas In-dra, Putu Kembar Budana, I Putu Tata Liodi, Selamet Haripan, I Made Sueca, Dwi Made Wirawan, Nengah Lama and Sudirman. The awards were handed over in per-son by Deputy Chief of Buleleng Police, I Nyoman Suwija, in the courtyard of the Buleleng Police headquarters.

Operations Head of Buleleng

Police, Ida Bagus Wedanajati, said the awards were given on the basis of outstanding performance extended by personnel that had uncovered prominent criminal cases such as theft by weighting and murder.

According to him, the awards were deliberately given on the special day in order to motivate the personnel to further improve their performance. (kmb15)

He revealed that currently the (male) cattle delivery to outside Bali could still be performed be-cause the quota permit was still available until the end of 2012. Selling price of beef cattle for the interisland delivery in Beringkit Market for the weight of 300-350 kg was around IDR 31,000-IDR 32,000/kg. Meanwhile, beef cattle weighing 400 kg was sold for more than IDR 32,000/kg.

He explained the problems faced by the interisland cattle delivery entrepreneurs today was

uncertainty of cattle quota for 2013. If the interisland cattle delivery would be closed in 2013 and the new quota of beef cattle was not issued, the selling price of cattle would drop to the range of IDR 20,000/kg. “By all means, it would be detrimental to breeders in Bali,” he said.

Further, he added if the gov-ernment did not issue the quota of the interisland cattle delivery for 2013, the entrepreneurs would continue to deliver it but through unofficial strip. The interisland

cattle delivery through unofficial strips required substantial costs than through official strip.

Increasing expenses of the cattle delivery through unofficial strip, he said, would be borne to breeders. “It’s the reason why the price of cattle that will be delivered officially to other island in 2013 will potentially be depressed to the range of IDR 20,000 per kg,” he concluded.

Another interisland cattle en-trepreneur, Komang Mahendra, previously said that government

never delayed the announcement of the interisland cattle delivery quota in previous years. At least, in November the relevant agencies such as the Livestock Agency, Regional Investment Board and Licensing Office had calculated and announced the quota of the interisland cattle delivery for the following year.

Mahendra saw that until by the mid of December 2012 there had been no indication if the govern-ment had set forth the quota of the interisland cattle delivery in 2013. If the government really terminated the interisland cattle delivery, it would indirectly teach the beef cattle entrepreneurs to de-liver it through unofficial strip. The interisland cattle entrepreneurs had a network to consumers outside Bali. Consumer demand outside Bali should be fulfilled. Otherwise,

their marketing network would get disconnected.

Mahendra affirmed that govern-ment was wrong if it closed the in-terisland cattle delivery officially. So far, the ratio of the official interisland beef cattle delivery to the unofficial delivery reached 1:3. Cattle delivery through unofficial strip was larger than cattle delivery through official strip.

If the government wanted to increase the population, it should have the courage to discipline the cattle delivery through unof-ficial strip both for the delivery of calves and female cattle, in-cluding beef cattle. This measure would be better in helping im-prove the marketing of Bali cattle rather than the government closed the quota of official delivery with the permit issued by the BPPM. (kmb29)

Negara (Bali Post)—

A truck replete with rice flour crashed six shade trees at the verge of Jalan Sudirman Negara on Wednesday morning (Dec 12). The truck with license plate B 8281 AQ swerved into another lane to ride up onto sidewalk. Despite crashing six trees and a signboard, the driver and conductor survived.

Information at location told if the truck driver, Sumarji, 37, and conductor, Apip, 22, from Lam-ongan were suspected to be sleepy when passing through the straight road. The truck drove from the west swerved to right side until breaking the sidewalk on the southern side of the road. When the incident hap-pened around 05:00 a.m., the road was still deserted.

Allegedly, the truck containing 20 tons of freight moved at high speed to crash six shade trees and a signboard of restaurant. The truck driver, Sumarji, admitted to drive while being sleepy. Even, he was just conscious when the truck had crashed the shade trees and went up onto sidewalk. At that time, Sumarji immediately hit the brake. (kmb26)

Negara (Bali Post)—

The road rehabilitation project, especially on Jalan Raya Denpasar-Gilimanuk at Biluk Poh Bridge, Penyaringan, Mendoyo, Wednes-day afternoon (Dec 12), caused long enough traffic congestion. The congestion reached 4 km from the east and west direction.

Such condition occurred because the officers did not arrange the traf-fic flows properly. Police officers in charge of governing the traffic were only two personnel.

Truck driver did not dare pass the narrow Biluk Poh Bridge be-cause there was also heavy equip-ment and the truck of project on the bridge. Meanwhile, motorcycles coming from the east direction were not regulated by the officers so that they caused long traffic congestion and aggravated by the flows of mo-torcycles, trucks, buses and private cars from both directions.

A number of residents passing through the project last Wednesday afternoon protested. “Sir, please arrange the traffic properly, so it does not kindle total congestion. Use the communication device

well,” shouted one of the riders to project officer.

One of the residents, Ngurah Budi, said the project should be carried out at night so as not to cause long traffic congestion. “If it is forced to be done at noon, it must be well coordinated with po-lice authority to arrange the traffic. Otherwise, it will trigger disarray,” he said.

It was expected the contractor working on the road project and of-ficers in the field could make a good coordination so that the traffic flows could run more smoothly.

Chief of Mendoyo Police, IB Sudarsana, with permission from Jembrana Police Chief, Komang Sandi Arsana, when asked for his confirmation said that his party had deployed the officers to project site for arranging the traffic. “There has been a system to manage the traffic and it should be opened one way, if traffic from the east is opened, the flow from west direction is closed and vice versa. If both directions are opened, it will not work,” he explained. According to him, the coordination had been executed. (120)

Twelve police officers given awards

A truck containing flour crashes six trees

Total congestion, road rehabilitation project protested

Quota of interisland cattle delivery in 2013 unclearIt triggers delivery through unofficial strip Mangupura (Bali Post)—

Uncertain quota of the interisland cattle delivery in 2013 results in question among the interisland cattle traders in Bali. When the quota of the interisland cattle is closed in 2013, it will harm all the parties such as the entrepreneurs and breeders, including those getting involved in the marketing of cattle to outside Bali. “If the interisland cattle delivery is terminated, it will even harm the breeders. Even, it will trigger the cattle delivery through illegal strips. Of course, it will be more detrimental,” said the interisland cattle delivery businessman owning the UD Bintang Terang, Chairul Anwar, Wednesday (Dec 12).

3Friday, December 14, 201214 InternationalInternational Bali NewsFashion Friday, December 14, 2012

Melasti procession at sea is frequently resumed with pakelem exorcism ritual. Melasti itself aims at invoking God in His manifestation as Lord Varuna to be blessed with holy water of life (Balinese: tirtha) to be used and found in the sea. Then, the pakelem oblation is sunk into the sea. Pakelem signifies ritual para-phernalia to increase welfare. The other significances of pakelem are exorcism, sin dissolution and apology.

Pakelem ritual is classified into Bhuta Yajna. Pakelem means sinking the yajña or sacrificial of-ferings by means of particular ani-mal. This ritual can be performed in two places, namely in water and in the crater of mountain. Pakelem in water can be carried out in the lake and the sea. This ritual func-tions to instill spiritual values to mankind in order they have a perspective of universality to nature. The perspective is to raise awareness in maintaining the har-mony of nature. Pakelem should be implemented through actual measures in an effort to maintain the harmony in the universe.

The President and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono left Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali for Jakarta at 00.30 p.m. lo-cal time.

Yudhoyono arrived in Bali on Wednesday from a visit to Madiun and Magetan districts, East Java.

While in Bali, the President deliv-ered a keynote address to a forum of the Indonesian Association of Young Businessmen (HIPMI) Economic Outlook 2013 themed “the govern-ment’s policy for beginner entrepre-neurs and local businessmen”.

On Thursday morning, Presi-dent Yudhoyono opened a regional consultation meeting of stakehold-ers related to post-2015 develop-ment agenda.

Earlier, during his one-day visit in

Madiun and Magetan on Tuesday, the President, accompanied by Ani Yud-hoyono, lawmaker Edhie Baskoro and a number of United Indonesia Cabinet members planted and har-vested rice and inspected a cattle fattening farm as part of the govern-ment’s pro-people programs.

The President’s entourage in-cludes Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa, Coordinating Minister for Po-litical, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto, Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi, Industry Minister MS Hidayat, Coop-eratives, Small and Medium Busi-nesses Minister Syarif Hasan and Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Mari Elka Pangestu.

Antara

DENPASAR - The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Econo-my will develop 15 sub-sectors within the creative economy, one of which is the traditional culinary business.

“Traditional culinary business is a potentially populist economy to be developed. Besides, we can introduce Indonesian traditional cuisine to international tourists and communities,” Head of HR Development of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, I Gede Pitana, said.

He further expressed appre-ciation for the Balinese culinary festival during the event, which saw participation by 28 hotels in Bali.

He said the Ministry would develop 15 sub-sectors within the creative economy, especially those related to tourism, in an at-tempt to create more jobs and in-crease local residents’ incomes.

President ends working visit to Bali

By and large, pakelem ritual applies many kinds of sacrificial animal in the meaning of Bhuta Yajña. This ritual has some sig-nificance as follows:

1) Exorcism (pengeruat or penyupatan) meaning.Implementation of Bhuta Yajña ritual in the form of animal sacrifice or

pakelem is arranged in such a way and then combined into a single package in the form of ritual. This matter is often questioned in the community as it has something to do with the slaughter (himsa karma). By all means, it is not like that and we should choose the conducts between himsa karma and subha karma. Implementation of Bhuta Yajña ritual denotes a subha karma (good deed) as the slaughter is in the context of penyupatan (up-grading) and give a quittance of path to the sacrificial animal. Hopefully, soul of the animal in use could take reincarnation into a human birth in accordance with the application of the high priest. (Sang Hyang Tapeni palm-leaf manuscript).

2) Welfare meaning.Since the pakelem ritual belongs to Bhuta Yajña, it is signifying a

means for prospering the universe in relation to the forces tending to be asuri sampad or negative. On that account, it needs to be neutralized to be positive (bhutahita) for the welfare of macrocosm and microcosm.

3) Apologetic meaning (guru piduka) This ritual also contains an apologetic meaning for the actions of human

beings by carrying out purification against the Pancha Mahabhuta existing in macrocosm and microcosm through the implementation of virtues.

4) Meaning of holy sacrifice.It has a meaning of holy sacrifice because its implementation is es-

sentially based on respect to material, moral spiritual and sincerity. At the same manner, the Hindus realize that God has created the universe along with its contents, including humans through His yajña. (BTN)

Ministry to develop 15 creative economy

AntaraNUSA DUA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wound

up his two-day working visit in the resort island of Bali on Thursday afternoon.

Pakelem Ritual A multifunction ritual for welfare of universe

IBP/File Photo

—Angelina Jolie at the Oscars. The leg that peeked out of the high thigh-high slit of her Versace gown was the most exciting appearance on the red carpet. The gown fit perfectly into the sleek, simple, sexy mold that Jolie fa-vors, but it was Jolie’s picture-perfect pose to expose just enough thigh that launched a thousand memes. Her companion Brad Pitt gets an honorable mention for his scruffy appearance in a Chanel fragrance ad that left many scratching their heads.

—Michelle Obama and Ann Rom-ney’s matching hues. The wives of the presidential candidates turned out to the second debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in practically the same shade of hot pink. But they weren’t by the same designer: Rom-ney’s was by Oscar de la Renta, and Obama’s by Michael Kors. A potential matching prom dress-style embarrass-ment was chalked up to timing: Octo-ber’s breast cancer awareness month.

—Marc Jacobs’ Louis Vuit ton show. Many of the designer runways seemed more of the same — stark stages, thumping music and audiences distracted by their electronic gadgets — but the Louis Vuitton fall catwalk in Paris commanded attention. Models dressed in their very best traveling clothes stepped off a reconstructed retro steam train. Valets carried the vintage-inspired hat boxes and vanity cases. The trip seemed refreshingly refined and modern.

—Two-tone Stella McCartney dresses. McCartney, no stranger to the red carpet, has created a style that celebrities can’t get enough of. Her ultra-flattering “silhouette” dress has become almost ubiquitous. It fea-tures one color on the bodice and back, and a graphic opposite on the sides and sleeves. Kate Winslet has worn several versions, and Brooklyn Decker, Kate Moss, Edie Falco and Liv Tyler have, too. The best turn might have been Jane Fonda at the Cannes Film Festival.

—Beyonce’s back-from-baby body. Some new mothers claim they feel sexier than ever. Beyonce was living proof at the Met Gala, the important industry event co-hosted by Vogue’s Anna Wintour. Beyonce’s skin-tight, largely sheer — save the bodice beading and feathered fish-tail train — gown by Givenchy announced that Ivy Blue Carter’s mom wasn’t going

to hold back. An honorable mention goes to Jessica Simpson, who dieted her way to a Weight Watchers ad then wound up pregnant again.

—007’s slim suits. Daniel Craig’s wardrobe in “Skyfall” is impeccably tailored — and quite tight. Unlike the James Bonds that came before him who all liked the traditional looser, longer cut of a Savile Row-style suit, Craig, whose wardrobe is created mostly by Tom Ford, takes his suits Euro style with tapered legs and shorter rises. There’s no question Craig’s super spy Bond will go down in history as one of the best, but it’s fair to ask if he could pull off those impressive chases in clothes that tight.

—Supermodel reunion at the London Olympics. Gold was the new black at the closing ceremony with a parade of supermodels wearing gilded gowns in a tribute to British fashion. Kate Moss and Nao-mi Campbell both had on Al-exander McQueen, Georgia May Jagger’s was by Victo-ria Beckham, Karen Elson was in Burberry, and Stella Tennant donned a Chris-topher Kane Swarovs-ki-crystal catsuit. The soundtrack — of course — was David Bowie’s “Fashion.”

Associated Press Writer

ZURICH, Switzerland — There’s scarcely a ship or a sailor to be seen in the wildly revisionist, weirdly anti-colonialist

new production of Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” at the Zurich Opera. But, fortunately, there is Bryn Terfel.

The Welsh bass-baritone was in splendid voice and commanded the stage with mesmerizing, hulking

presence as the Dutch mariner condemned to sail the seas until he finds a woman faithful unto

death. It may be a slight exaggeration to say Terfel single-handedly redeemed the spec-

tacle that premiered Sunday night — but only slight.

One night earlier the company pre-sented Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” in a musically vibrant but similarly befuddling production, this one a revival

of a staging by David Pountney first seen two seasons ago.But “Dutchman” was the big news, be-

cause it’s the first production directed by Andreas Homoki since he became general manager of the

opera house earlier this year. With the license that comes from the European fashion of radically reinterpreting standard

works, Homoki apparently decided to turn Wagner’s romantic ghost story into a cautionary tale about the evils of bourgeois greed and imperialism.

Daland the sea captain becomes head of a shipping company, and his sailors are desk-bound clerks, keeping in touch by telephone on the progress of a returning ship. A map of Africa on the wall marks its ports of call, and Da-land keeps a fez-wearing African manservant. Daland’s daughter, Senta, and the other women are no longer seamstresses but office workers who sit at typewrit-ers instead of spinning-wheels. And the only time we see a ship among Wolfgang Gussmann’s sets is when a painting of a turbulent ocean churns to life and the Dutchman’s ship with red sails emerges from the waves.

None of this sheds any particular new light on Wagner’s opera, but at least it sticks to the broad outlines of the plot. Things turn really perverse in the final scene, when Daland’s crew tries to rouse the ghostly sailors aboard the Dutchman’s ship. Suddenly, the African servant morphs

into a spear-carrying savage, and the map of Africa goes up in flames. Senta proves her loyalty not by

jumping into the sea to join the Dutchman but by shooting

herself with a hunting rifle.Terfel, wearing a fur

coat with long brown hair hanging over the collar and streaks of dark

makeup that accen-tuate his piercing

eyes, manages to keep his dig-nity amid all this and cre-ates a searing

portrayal of a man possessed.

Reprising a role that sounds almost easy for him after his recent ex-

ertions as Wotan, Terfel musters stentorian power for the

climaxes but sings many passages with a quiet, yearning tenderness.

Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, file

FILE - This Sept. 23, 2012 file photo

shows actress Julianne Moore at

the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre

in Los Angeles. Moore’s neon-

yellow Dior Haute Couture outfit

(really a sweater and ball skirt)

spawned a love-it-or-hate-it de-

bate among armchair style

critics.

2012 styles that made our heads turnAssociated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Every year fashion offers up the good, the bad and the ugly. But what the industry is really built on — and consumers respond to — is buzz. Here are the top moments of 2012 that made our heads turn:

Terfel shines in Zurich’s odd ‘Dutchman’

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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 con-sidered 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.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Calendar Event for December 12 through December 27, 2012

12 Des Buda Keliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Banjar Pulasari Desa Peninjoan Tembuku - BangliPura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba-kaba TabananPura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah - Bule-lengPura Desa Kayangan Tiga Desa Bubu-nan Seririt - BulelengPura Agung Gunung Raung Banjar Taro Kaja Taro - TegalalangMerajan Pasek Dangka Bungbungan

22 Des Hari Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit JembranaOdalan Betara ratu Gede Celuk SukawatiOdalan Betara Ratu Wedyadari Cameng-gaon SukawatiPura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan DenpasarBetara Ratu Alit dan Ratu Lingsir Singak-erta UbudPura Pedarmaan Dalem Sukawati BesakihPura Pedarmaan Mengwi BesakihPura Pedarmaan Kaba-kaba BesakihPura Pedarmaan dalem Bakas BesakihPura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Pegate-pan Gelgel KlungkungPura Pemrajan Agung Sulang Kec Dawan Klungkung

Merajan Pasek Bendesa Kori Agung PengatepanPura Pedarmaan Dinasti dalem sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Pura Besakih (Dalem Klungkung)Pura Penataran Giri Purwa dan Pesra-man Dusun Kuto Rejo Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyuangi

26 Des Buda Wage Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang KarangasemPura Melanting Desa Camenggaon Suka-watiPura Penataran Ped Nusa PenidaPura Pasek Gelgel Pangembungan Bong-kase AbiansemalPura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Br. Jawa Tengah BulelengPura Gaduhan Jagat Desa Singakerta UbudPura Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding TampaksiringPura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan KlungkungPura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Kedonganan KutaPura Goa BesakihPura Basukian Besakih

Penataran Agung BesakihMerajan Pasek Gelgel PejengMerajan Pasek Gelgel SonganMerajan Pasek Prateka Pekandelan SidemenMerajan Pasek Prateka Taman Sari SukasadaPura dadia Pasek Gelgel Sidemen Karan-gasemMerajan Pasek Gelgel Tampuagan, Tem-buku, Bangli

27 Des Purnama Kepitu Pr. Benua Besakih.Pura Dalem Desa Camenggaon - SukawatiPura Suranadhi LombokPura Narmada LombokPura Segara Ampenan LombokMr Agung Dewa Agung Klungkung Ulah SidemenPura Gunungrene Sidemen - Karan-gasem.Merajan Pasek Gelgel AbabiMr. Pasek gelgel TistaPura Gunung Gunung - Tianyar - Kubu - KarangasemPura Pingit Klenting sari Banjar Sum-berkelompok - Gerokgak - SingarajaPura Payogan Agung Kutai Kartanegara

Mr. Jim Boyles spoke warmly to all attendance “Meliá Bali’s many achievements have not come about on their own,” he said. “They require great commitment and team work from our employees. The employees, our most important asset, ensure that our cus-tomers enjoy a great experience while staying at Meliá Bali”.

Everyone was delighted by the entertainment during the evening of celebration. It was an enjoyable day with the wonderful entertainment and door prizes at the Puri Bali.

Jim Boyles expressed his gratitude to the staff. “Thanks to all of you -- You are the Journey”.

Melia Bali celebrated its 27th anniversary IBP

NUSA DUA - December was party month as Meliá Bali cele-brated its 27th Anniversary as the first Meliá Hotels International property and 26th Anniversary of the Melia Bali’s Union. On December 8th, anniversary party was attended by employees and management team.

Amlapura (Bali Post)—Ferrindo VI crossing ship ran aground

on Bias Tugel Beach, Padangbai vil-lage, Karangasem, Wednesday (Dec 12) around 07:00 a.m. No casualties claimed in the incident because the ship was empty or only held crews and shipmaster.

It was revealed by Unit Chief of Karangasem Marine Police doubling as Spokesperson of Karangasem Po-lice, Made Wartama, with permission from Karangasem Police Chief last Wednesday in Karangasem. In that morning, said Wartama, the Ferrindo VI crossing ship just unloaded cargo and passengers at Padangbai Harbor. To give opportunity to other ships for unloading at the narrow harbor, the Ferrindo ship berthed away and out of

the harbor. It was intended to quay so that other ships could anchor.

However, when going out of the harbor, said Chief of Padangbai Marine Police, Dewa Ketut Nila Chandra, the shipmaster felt if the ship was powerless. When being checked, it was known if the propeller was damaged. At that time, the ship was battered by waves repeatedly so that it got slammed and eventually ran aground onto Bias Tugel Beach.

Up to Wednesday, Wartama said the ship had not been evacuated and remained to run aground. The ship crew then tied it on the beach in order it was not persistently oscillated, crashed by waves, and hit stone rock nearby. Meanwhile, last Wednesday the waves were adequately high. (013)

Seriousness of the government’s plan is starting to appear. Tuesday (Dec 11), the Director General of Highways, Djoko Murjanto, came to Bali to organize a meeting with the Bali Public Works, Badung Highways and Irrigation Agency and Tabanan Public Works in order to further discuss about the plan of Kuta-Soka toll road construction.

The Head of Badung Highways and Irrigation Agency, IB Soerya, accompanied by the Division Head of Roads and Bridges, IB Surya Suamba, Wednesday (Dec 12),

admitted if one of the agendas discussed in the meeting was the Kuta – Soka toll road plan. Central government essentially asked for initial input to local government related to the road construction plan connecting the Southern to Western Bali. Some of the impor-tant issues discussed in the meet-ing included the length of road, land acquisition, toll areas to be traversed and the project impact. In preliminary design, the Kuta – Soka road section would spread along 22.6 kilometers.

Soerya explained that one of the reasons for the road construction was to parse the traffic conges-tion on the Denpasar - Tabanan – Gilimanuk national road section. Besides, it was also intended to anticipate the traffic accidents frequently occurred on Den-pasar - Tabanan – Gilimanuk route. However, Soerya said on Tuesday that it was just the preliminary meeting. Further discussion would be held up to finalize the megaproject devel-opment plan. (kmb25)

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Erratic season throughout the year

makes some viruses causing infectious disease mutate. It can be seen from the presence of dengue fever (DBD) in the community that changes with the weather. According to the Head of Infectious Disease Eradication and Environmental Health (P2MPL), Bali Health Agency, Wira Sunetra, said on Wednesday (Dec 12) that dengue fever usually occurred during rainy season. However, due to chaotic and uncertain season as today, the dengue fever even-tually appeared throughout the year regardless of the season.

Hot weather interspersed with rain, according to Wira, was a potential condition for dengue fever virus vec-tor namely Aedes aegypty to prolifer-ate. Due to such weather condition occurred throughout the year, the vector of dengue fever proliferated throughout the year, so the presence of dengue fever certainly existed every month. Nevertheless, based on data over three years, the patients of dengue fever in Bali had decreased notably in 2011 and 2012. In 2010, the dengue patient in Bali was re-corded to reach 12,574 patients, de-creased to 2,996 patients in 2011 and until October 2012, the dengue fever patients in Bali reached 2,368.

According to Wira, the high dengue cases in 2010 happened because people did not understand the importance

of mosquito nest eradication and the movement of draining, burying and closing the water reservoirs. “Formerly, people did fogging more frequently without being accompanied with the eradication of mosquito nest. As conse-quence, it only killed adult mosquitoes while the larvae remain to survive,” said Wira.

Besides, the implementation of fogging was not carried out on time so that the activity was inefficient in killing mosquitoes. “Appropriate fog-ging is carried out early in the day and please pay attention to the wind direc-tion. People usually do fogging before noon,” said Wira.

Bali Health Agency with the munici-pality and counties continued to make health campaign about the importance of eradicating mosquito nest. “Nowa-days, people are getting aware and do mosquito nest eradication in their region regularly. Some hamlets even hold a se-ries of activities to clean up mosquito nest every week,” said Wira.

Wira also admitted that in handling the infectious diseases it was insepa-rable from the behavioral pattern of the community. Both dengue fever and other infectious diseases such as tuberculosis to HIV could be prevented if people applied clean and healthy life-style and kept the environment clean. “To that end, we need cooperation of the government and community,” he said. (kmb24)

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The heavy traffic on Denpasar - Gilimanuk road has caused peolpe difficult to cross the street. for that reason, the Kuta - Soka road must be built

Kuta-Soka toll road discussed intensively Mangupura (Bali Post)—

The Government is intensively discussing about the plan to build toll road connecting Kuta (Badung) and Soka (Tabanan). It is similar to the one designed for the toll road over the waters of Nusa Dua - Benoa now being worked on. The Kuta-Soka toll road is expected to reduce the congestion often occurred on the Denpasar - Tabanan – Gilimanuk road section.

Propeller damaged

Ferrindo VI ship runs aground at Padangbai

Due to season changes, dengue fever virus mutates

“It was ... great,” said Melanie Brown, also known as brassy band member Scary Spice. She inserted an emphatic expletive before “great.” Added band mate Geri “Ginger Spice” Halliwell: “That’s why we’re the Spice Girls.”

For a few hours Tuesday, it was as if the 1990s were back, as the Spice Girls and their fans attended the show, a tale of female friendship and mother-daughter bonds set to songs including “Wannabe,” ‘’Spice Up Your Life” and the title track.

The show, written by comedian Jennifer Saunders, takes the Girl Power theme that made the band a pop sensation and updates it to a modern-day world of Twit-ter and TV talent shows.

It got a standing ovation, but not every-one was impressed. Mark Shenton, a critic for The Stage newspaper, tweeted that it was “a phony, manufactured musical” — and not even funny. The Independent newspaper’s theater critic Paul Taylor gave the show two stars out of five, calling it “lacking in any truly original or challenging spark.”

Some audience members might have reflected that the real-life story of the Spice Girls — their rise to global fame from ob-scurity, subsequent fallout and varied solo careers — is richer and more interesting than the show’s feel-good plot.

Success of the big-budget show will depend partly on how well the Spice Girls are still loved, a decade and a half after their heyday. The five-piece group, known for its brash attitude and “Cool Britannia” branding, shot to fame in 1996 and sold 75 million records around the world. Halliwell left the group acrimoniously in 1998 and the group effectively split a decade ago.

The five members appeared on stage together for the first time in five years at the London Olympics closing ceremony in August and have reunited to promote “Viva Forever.”

Four of the Spice Girls arrived together on the red carpet ahead of the premiere, to cheers and chants of “spice up your life” from scores of die-hard fans. Melanie Chisholm — “Sporty Spice” — said she was not afraid of critics’ verdict on the show. “If people criticize it, we don’t care — because we love it,” she said.

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CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. — Worlds away from the Shire, a stone cottage tucked into the Pennsylvania countryside would make Bilbo Baggins feel like he was back home with his Hobbit friends in Middle-earth.

Nestled in a part of Chester County dotted with picturesque barns and rolling fields surpris-ingly close to Philadelphia, this Hobbit house belongs to a lifelong fan of author J.R.R. Tolkien who wanted a worthy — and private — repository for the rare books and Tolkien-inspired memorabilia he

has collected in 30 years of travel in the U.S. and abroad. The 600-square foot building is a short walk from his main house, on a flat stone path and through an English-style garden.

“We wanted a single structure, a relaxing place that was diminutive in scale, for the owner to come and hang out and just be in solitude with his collection,” said architect Peter Archer, speaking on the owner’s behalf.

Hundreds of houses inspired by Tolkien’s books have been built in the U.S. and abroad. But Archer said, “This isn’t something that you can recreate on a suburban cul-de-sac; it was made for this

specific location and it wouldn’t work anywhere else.”

Archer worked with a team of craftsmen to create the fantastical abode. They used stones taken from a long-collapsed section of an 18th-century low wall running through the center of the 16-acre property. Built up against a stone retaining wall of the same vintage, the Hobbit house looks like an original feature of the property.

“We weren’t going to do a Hol-lywood interpretation. We wanted it to be timeless,” Archer said. “It was built in 2004 but looking at it, you could think it was from 1904, or 1604.”

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Shown is an exterior view of the “Hobbit House” Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Chester County, near Philadelphia. Architect Peter Archer has designed a “Hobbit House” containing a world-class collection of J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts and memorabilia.

Far from the Shire, a Hobbit house in Pa. country

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LONDON — “Viva Forever”? Time will tell. Girl Power lit up Lon-don’s West End on Tuesday at the premiere of the new Spice Girls musi-cal — but audiences and critics will decide whether it has the energy to become a hit. The five members of the 1990s girl group, who all attended the show, were confident as they took the stage alongside the cast for a curtain call at London’s Piccadilly Theatre.

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From left, Mel B, Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton arrive for the press showing of Viva Forever!, a musical based on the songs of the Spice Girls, at a theater in central London, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012.

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NUSA DUA - President Susilo Bambang Yud-hoyono officially opened the Regional Meeting and Stakeholder Consultation on the Post-2015 Develop-ment Agenda here on Thursday.

President Yudhoyono in his speech said: “We are gathered here to contribute to one of the most, if not the most, important global efforts of our time, to help chart a path of progress for humanity in the 21st century.”

“We do not have a fancy title for it yet. For now, we simply call it `Post-2015 Development Agenda’,” he stated.

This process will involve massive efforts worldwide, re-quiring extensive data collection, lengthy consultations with all stakeholders, constructive debates, and myriad analyses and projections, the head of state added.

According to Yudhoyono, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), formulated by the UN in 2000, have benefit-ted the people of Indonesia by reducing the country’s poverty rate and enhancing the healthcare services in Indonesia, said the president.

“MDGs accelerate the development of a country. It is not a treaty. It is non-binding, and it does not need any ratifica-tion. The MDG programmes have been implemented by all the governments in the world, although there is no particular organisation that monitors the programmes,” said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, during the Regional Consulta-tive Meeting, on Thursday.

He said this is the first time that many countries have agreed on a common goal, based on the MDG programmes.

“For example, Indonesia has managed to reduce its poverty rate from 20.6 percent in 1990 to 11.9 percent in 2012. We have also succeeded in achieving the basic education cover-age target by coming up with a compulsory education system (that lasts for nine years),” he stated.

The country’s infant mortality rate has decreased from 68 per 1,000 live births in 1991 to 34 per 1,000 live births in 2007. However, the poverty eradication programme, implemented by the government, is facing huge challenges due to the grow-ing population, economic issues and disasters.

Since the targets are set to expire in 2015, Indonesia’s president hopes that similar projects will be implemented for the development of the country.

He urged the participants of the meeting to have a discus-sion on several programmes that could be implemented after 2015, based on the experiences of every nation.

Among those present at the meeting were the Director of the United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, Ajay Chibber, and the Chairman of the National Committee on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto.

A number of ministers attended the meeting, including the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Djoko Suyanto, the Coordinating Minister for Economic Af-fairs, Hatta Rajasa, the Secretary of State, Sudi Silalahi, the Industry Minister, MS Hidayat, the Agriculture Minister, Sus-wono, the Tourism and Creative Economy Minister, Mari Elka Pangestu, and the State Enterprises Minister, Dahlan Iskan.

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially opened the Regional Meeting and Stakeholder Consul-tation on the Post-2015 Development Agenda here on Thursday.

MDGs have benefitted Indonesia

ThE late Desak Gede Raka Nadha is not only admired by the people in Bali but also from other region. The spirit of Desak Raka received special atten-tion from Keraton Solo, Central Java. In 2006, Desak Raka received Kanjeng Mas Ayu Title given by Pakubuwono XIII, Kanjeng Sinuwun Tedjowulan.

The title is very special and it is not common to be given to a person. The title is also the highest among 12 titles that can be given by Keraton Solo. “The title means that Desak Raka is considered as the member of Keraton Solo. The title is similar to

the one given to the former Indonesian President KH Abdurahman Wahid alias Gus Dur,” said DR. Kanjeng Pangeran Adiproyo Sumadi Kerto-negoro, a family member of Keraton Solo in Pesraman Lumajang on Wednesday, December 12, 2012.

He explained that the title Kanjeng Mas Ayu is the highest title that can be given to the women outside keraton. In 2002 through 2004, others also received the title Kanjeng pangeran Aryo, the highest title for men.

“The title for Desak Raka is very rare and the keraton will not give the

title without any consideration. The one who received the title must have special achievement to the country. Generally, the title given to the people outside the keraton is Kanjeng Mas Tumenggung,” he said.

According to Kanjeng Pangeran Ad-iproyo, the late Desak Raka is worthy of the title because during her life, Desak Raka fought hard for the nation especial-ly in Bali. “Based on that consideration, Keraton Solo gave the highest title for her,” he added. There is great hope that by giving the title, the spirit of Desak Raka will be followed by others. (udi)

In memoriam Desak Gede Raka Nadha

Received Kanjeng Mas Ayu title from Keraton Solo