President Barack Obama delivered a full-throated defense of the nation's safety net programs and vowed to tackle the issues of climate change and gay rights in his second inaugural address Monday afternoon.

"We reject that Americans must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future," Obama told the crowd of hundreds of thousands of spectators who descended on the National Mall Monday morning. "The commitments we make to each other--through Medicare, and Medicaid and Social Security--these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great."

In the 37 years ago, two Concorde supersonic jet to fly for the first time a commercial route. Two planes respectively Concorde takes off from London's Heathrow Airport and Orly Airport, Paris.
Flights from London will take passengers to Bahrain via the Persian Gulf. While the aircraft will fly from Paris to Rio de Janeiro via Senegal.

NOVEMBER 2013, Bali will host the World Culture Forum. Event aims to make Bali as the world for meetings and discussions in the field of culture.
Rector of Udayana University, Prof.. Dr. dr. I Made Bakta, Sp.PD-KHOM, said on Saturday (19/1) yesterday, revealing many things that could be raised in the forums Bali international scale. Including encouraging the establishment of the Institute of Culture to accommodate a variety of research related to cultural. '' A lot of that could be because it is the cultural core of Balinese life,'' he said

Nusa Lembongan has a population of approximately 5,000 people living in two villages, Desa Lembongan (Desa = Village) and Desa Jungut Batu. There is no industry on Lembongan and electricity required for the villages is generated by diesel engines that were contributed by the government. These generators only operate in the evenings. Update!: start from 2004 Nusa Lembongan got electricity even day or evening.
 

Banjar Hot Water is a nature hot wellspring from the ground and it is believed can heal the disease. Its water is accommodated at one small swimming pool encircled by unique rural nature, its situation close to the Wihara (Buda Temple). Banjar Hot Water is located in Banjar Countryside, Banjar sub district and Singaraja Regency. It is about 1,5 Km from Banjar or 24 Km from Singaraja Town. To reach the Hot Water location in Banjar, we can use the motor vehicle through the main road with good condition and passing the Balinese Village with unique culture life. The nearest accommodations like hotels or lodging including restaurants are also available in particular at Lovina Beach area. There are many public transportation also available to connect the travel to Singaraja town.

 

ONE more to boast of Indonesian destinations. Two sights Indonesia, Raja Ampat and Bali have a place as a dream 10 islands that must be visited in 2013 by foreign news sites.

Earlier this year, the world's tourist sites have stepped provide reviews of must-visit destinations which to fill the holiday. One is the HuffingtonPost, news pages from the United States. This site is write 10 Travel Ideas for Dream Island 2013.

Dreamland Beach Bali located in the village of Pecatu, Badung regency, located on the southern island of Bali. You can reach this beach is about 30 minutes from Kuta Beach at Jimbaran. The beach is still beautiful and natural is located at the southern tip of South Badung. You’ll find this beach on the way to the famous temple in Bali, Pura Uluwatu.
You may be puzzled why this beach called Dreamland? Other Beaches in Bali using local names, while the beach this one uses the English language that is meaningful dreamland dream land.
Turns out its origins. Perhaps, this beach called Dreamland because the region had to be built Pecatu one of the regions largest and most unique tourist center in Southeast Asia. In addition, there also will be built superluks resort combined with a tourist area that highlight the beauty and authenticity of nature and environmental conservation. Previously this area was barren and arid regions.
 

Hit the red is the blood of sprinkling sacrificial animal be in conjunction with a religious ceremony (yadnya). The ceremony can be held red drum are also not all ceremonies. Only ceremonies and decent pecaruan coupled with red drum. The ceremony may be accompanied by a red drum is Caru Panca Kelud, Caru Rsi Gana, Caru Behind Oath, Tawur Court, Tawur Labuh Gentuh, Panca Wali Krama Tawur and Tawur Eka Dasa Rudra.Mengenai place where the red drum is at the ceremony.

Jimbaran and The Bukit Peninsula were once very quiet areas with a small population and were considered to be underdeveloped and left out. However, since rumours about their beautiful beaches and nature-carved cliffs spread among surfers and hippies, Jimbaran and The Bukit became very popular among tourists looking for a private break, away from the city rush.

When traveling by plane, the first thing is for sure consider passenger safety factor. Airlines are known to be safe would be an option. Here's 10 safest airlines worldwide.

Recently, Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre Europe (JACDEC) recently issued a list of 10 safest airlines in the world. This site monitor any aircraft thought to have good security and bad in the world.

Based on data released, a Finnish airline Finnair safest in the world. The airline Air New Zealand beat sitting in second place.

Furthermore, there are third Cathay Pacific Emirates followed in fourth position.

Enjoy these Horseback Riding Tips based in a natural approach to keep you safe and having fun in the saddle.

Horseback Riding Tips #1

Don’t ever be too proud to get off.

Some accidents are unavoidable. The horse trips and you are thrown off balance enough to come off, or he departs a bit quicker into the canter than you were expecting him to. No one can predict when something like that is going to happen.

DENPASAR, mbabalitours.com - Trash items that meet the Kuta beach, disturbing the comfort of tourists who will be celebrating New Year's Eve, Monday (01/08/2013). Entering the rainy season, waste shipment from different river every day adorn the coast of Kuta. Trash-dominated branches and twigs of this tree apart disturb too dangerous for tourists who are active on the beach. "Feeling less comfortable, it's supposed to be the officer responsible for cleaning. Dangers for visitors as well," complained Sunarso, a tourist from Jember.

Tabanan. The first day of year of the snake 2013, Tanah Lot Travel Attractions visited by tens of thousands of visitors. To 13.00 pm, Wednesday (01/01/2013) that the number of tourists visiting the attraction with panoramic Divine Temple Tanah Lot reached 11,506 people. The number is predicted to continue to grow until at 18.00 pm to 5 thousand more.

A new adventure that worth you to try for a trip to Bali Lovina is an object of tourism in the northern part of the island is located in the village bali.Lokasinya Kalibukbuk, county Buleleng.Untuk achieve, it takes about less than 2 hours drive from the famous denpasar.Hal This place is dolphin.Yang dolphins or interesting here live dolphins in the wild, dolphins appear lovina.lumba waters in the morning at around 5-8 pagi.jadi, If you want to watch, you should arrive at least half 6 (5.30), to get to the sea.
 

Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument consists of six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside a perforated stupa.

The management of Kuta beach has stated that visitors will be allowed to celebrate New Year’s Eve with fireworks and firecrackers. Several regions and customary villages in Bali had prohibited firecrackers following a series of accidents last year.

“We have coordinated with the police [on the policy], visitors and tourists will be allowed to set off firecrackers and fireworks on the beach during the end-of-year celebrations,"

The annual Denpasar Festival was officially opened on Friday evening with a street parade showcasing the city abundant traditional heritage as well as its modern creativity.

A fabulous street fashion show underlined the city administration commitment to take endek, proclaimed as Denpasar signature fabric, onto the national and global stages.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson called his team have demonstrated a winning mentality appearance as a dramatic 4-3 win over Newcastle United in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Wednesday (26/12) evening hrs.

The Magpies were able three times ahead of the host, but scored the winning goal Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez at the end of the game make the Red Devils earned three points.

Do you know if Bali has one of the highest bridge in Asia? Tukad Bangkung Bridge in Plaga Village, Petang Sub District, Badung Regency, Bali that inaugurated on December 19, 2006 is the bridge that connecting three districts each of Badung, Bangli, and Buleleng. This bridge has a height of 71.14 meters and a construction resistant to earthquakes up to 7 Richter Scale with up to 360 meters long and 9.6 meters wide. It is the sixth longest in Indonesia, the longest in Bali, and is one of the highest in Asia.

 

Towards the end of 2012, we have witnessed many changes in the world of mobile technology. This year was a period of revival smartphone with quad-core processors like the laptop that begins with the birth of HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S3
The ability of the camera in the phone is also experiencing a tremendous increase in the presence of PureView from Nokia that can embed a size 41 MP sensor in the camera phone.