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‘Hidden Figures,’ ‘Fences’ lead politically charged SAG awards

LOS ANGELES - “Hidden Figures” was the surprise best film ensemble winner at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild awards, a show overshadowed by politics as stars slammed U.S. President Donald Trump for restricting entry for travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations.

“Hidden Figures,” the true story of three black female mathematicians during the 1960s space race, ousted awards front-runners “Manchester By the Sea” and “Moonlight” to claim the night’s top prize.

“This story is about what happens when we put our differences aside and we come together,” star Taraji P. Henson said.

“Thank you for appreciating these women, they are hidden figures no more,” she added.

“Fences,” based on August Wilson’s award-winning stage

play about blue-collar AfricanAmericans, claimed two major acting awards.

With awards darling “La La Land” out of the running for the top SAG prize for best ensemble, the win put “Hidden Figures” firmly into the race for the best picture Oscar, the top accolade in the film industry.

Voted for by about 120,000 U.S. actors, the two-hour televised SAG awards show often anoints top Academy Award winners since actors comprise the largest body within Oscar voters.

College students at the University California San Diego demonstrate against President Donald Trump’s current immigration orders in La Jolla, California, U.S., January 30, 2017.

A surprised Denzel Washington won best actor for “Fences,” beating out front-runners Casey Affleck for “Manchester By the Sea” and Ryan Gosling for “La La Land.”

Washington’s co-star Viola Davis, who won best supporting actress, thanked the late playwright Wilson for honoring “the average man, who happened to be a man of color.”

The SAG awards honored many actors of color in a year when diversity in Hollywood has been in the spotlight. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced seven Oscar nominees of color among its acting categories this month after two years when only white actors were nominated, prompting the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. (rtr) Octavia Spencer (L), Janelle Monae (2nd L) and Taraji P. Henson accept their award for Cast in a Motion Picture for “Hidden Figures” during the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 29, 2017.

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From doctor to US military cook, Trump ban upends many lives

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LOS ANGELES — A doctor who saved Syrian lives and a man who cooked thousands of meals for American soldiers in Iraq were among those who saw their lives thrown into limbo when President Donald Trump’s executive order barred travelers from seven Muslim countries from entering the U.S. In some instances the order separated mothers from young children and husbands from wives as people with valid entry visas were stranded in countries around the world.

“I was shocked. She has a visa and they’re telling her she can’t go,” Ahmed Ali said by phone Monday from a hotel in the African country of Djibouti after authorities refused to let his 12-year-old daughter, Eman, board a plane with him to the United States.

Ali, his wife and their two older children are U.S. citizens but Eman was born in Yemen and has been living there with her grandparents.

The 38-year-old grocery store manager from Los Banos, California, said he spent five years trying to get Eman a visa and finally obtained one Thursday. By Saturday, when they tried to leave, it had been invalidated and he said he wasn’t sure what he’d do next.

Meanwhile, he’s worried that if he doesn’t return home soon he could lose his job. “It is racist,” he said of Trump’s order. “We are being

targeted for our nationality and religion.”

Also barred from returning is Khaled Almilaji, a Syrian doctor who has been attending Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on a scholarship while he studies ways to rebuild his country’s health system. He said that his pregnant wife remains in the United States while he is in Turkey.

“It is really sad where the world is going to,” said Almilaji, who risked his life to provide medical care during Syria’s civil war and coordinated a campaign that vaccinated 1.4 million Syrian children. Trump denied the order was to blame for chaos at the nation’s airports where hundreds of legal residents with green cards were stopped and interrogated for hours over the weekend while many with valid entry visas were simply

turned away.

Instead Trump blamed computer glitches and the large airport protests his order prompted as he took to Twitter to argue it was needed because there are “a lot of ‘dudes’ out there.”

The president issued a 90-day ban on travelers from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. He also suspended the admission of all refugees for 120 days and indefinitely barred refugees from Syria.

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Investors have little interest in Badung agriculture

The officers are celaning the wall on Kuta beach.

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Strong wind and sandstorm lunges at Kuta Beach

MANGUPURA - Strong winds accompanied by a sandstorms hit the coastal area of Kuta on Monday (Jan. 30). Visitors, vendors and a number of motorists near the white sandy beach were surprised by such conditions.

According to one food vendor on Kuta Beach, such strong winds are a yearly occurance. “ Stong winds accompanied by sandstorms hot this coast and coause people’S eyes to get soar from the sand and dried leaves are also kicked by the winds”, said the vendor.

Head of the Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK), Putu Eka Merthawan, said that hundreds of personnel had been deployed to deal with the natural disaster. “Today (Monday—Ed) our team has come down to Jalan Pantai Kuta to handle the impact of the sandstorms. We have collected one cubic meter od sand from the road that has been returned to the

beach”, he said.

Such extreme weather, he said, will likely continue until Febuary. Dry blowing winds carrying beach sand also cause hibiscus leaves along Kuta Beach to shrivel up and fly away”, said Merthawan.

“According to the weather forecast, this ‘West monsoon’ will peak in February so we will continue to remain alert and clean sand from the streets and remove organic waste fcaused by the dry heat, from the beach”, he said.

This beach that is a favorite destination for foreigners visiting Bali now looks barren and is covered in dry leaves. “We have mobilized a dedicated team of 200 people to handle the impact of this phenomenon.

Meanwhile 300 people and two loading trucks have been deployed to deal with marine debris on Kedonganan Beach that mostly consists of plastic waste”, he explained. (kmb27)

MANGUPURA - The agricultural sector is increasingly excluded from the list of potential investments. In Badung it would appear that more people are interested in investing in trade, hotels and restaurants. Of the hundreds of investments made in this region, only 20 percent are concerned with this primary sectorr od the economy.

Head of the Badung Investment and Integrated Services (OSS), I Made Sutama, confirmed on Monday (Jan. 30) that investment in Badung is still dominated by the tertiary sector, especially tourism services.

With a total of 409 permits issued very few had anything to do with agriculture.

“Well ... incoming investments are predominated aimed at the tertiary sector, particularly the tourism sector accounting for 80 percent of investments”, he said.

According to Sutama, Bading is not the only area where this is happening. A number of other districts in Bali are seeing similar conditions. Nevertheless, his office is still issuing permits for investment in Badung because there have been no studies or rules that prohibit the development of hotel accommodation in the area.

“Indeed, so far there have been no instructions about limiting investment in this sector

(tourism—Ed). As long as they are qualified and there is no prohibition we will certainly follow up on them (requests for investment permits),” he said.

Sutma explained that the criteira for building tourist accommodations in Badung have been set forth in Regent Regulation No. 36/2014 on the minimum standards of land area and room area as well as supporting facilities of hotels and condotel dated June 3, 2014 and which came into force on August 1, 2014. The regent regulation establishes that each hotel and condotel development in the district of Badung must meet the minimum standards for land area and room area as well as supporting facilities. For the subdistrict of Kuta, the minimal land area is 0.50 hectare, North Kuta (0.75 hectare) and South Kuta (1 hectare).

Meanwhile, the room area for hotels and condotels -including bathrooms, is set for 32 square meters. In addition, the regulation also sets standards for other supporting facilities such as the need for a front office, lobby, kitchen, dining room for hotel / condotel guests, security post, CCTVs and fire extinguishers.

“Indeed we have not implemented a moratorium, but accomodations must built according the reent regulation”, he concluded. (kmb27)

Lunar New Year holiday at the Bali straigths crossing

NEGARA - During the long weekend holiday for the Lunar New Year last week, the ferry crossing in the Bali straights was quiter than usual with far less passengers making the cossing between Bali and Java. The same was true for freight vessels moving between Gilimanuk and Ketapang.

Business Manager of ASDP Gilimanuk, Sugeng Purnomo, conformed on Monday (Jan 30), that there was in fact very little activity at Gilimanuk Harour over the weekend. As seen on Friday (Jan. 27), there were

1,086 foot passengers entering Bali, 1,766 motorcyles and 1,684 four-wheeled vehicles.

On Saturday (Jan. 28) the numbers increased to 1432 foot passnegers, 1, 838 motocycles and 1, 395 four-wheeled vehicles. But this is still less than the average for most days when the figures tend to hover around 2,500 motorcycles and 2,000 four-wheeled vehicles. It is speculated that the decreaase in the amount of traffic at sea happened because the holidays were short and recent bad weather conditions. (kmb26)

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A Perfect Escape for Your Holiday

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Beach Bar at Ayodya Resort Bali

The white crescent sandy beach of Mengiat is arguably one the most laid-back beaches in Bali.

It is home for beachfront Beach Bar at Ayodya Resort Bali, where lapping waves, the trendy seaside strip with colorful bean bags and umbrellas feature countless wellstocked cocktails.

The Beach Bar at Ayodya Resort Bali in Nusa Dua is a new set up.

Mengiat Beach, home to The Beach Bar, is anything but new and we can’t believe we’ve lived in Bali for so long and somehow its existence escaped us all this time. It makes up a small but perfectly formed crescent in the Nusa Dua coastline and boasts crystal clear waters and golden sand. This is picture postcard perfect, but better. It was love at first sight for us.

WEEKLY EVENTS and FARMERS MARKETS EVERY SATURDAY Meditation class by Mangku Budi Dharma 14-16:30 Bona, Blahbatuh meet at Ubud Cocomarket at 13:00 Saturday Market Oldman’s Cafe Canggu, Batu Bolong Beach, pottery fresh produce, clothing Sand Beach Club and Restaurant, Sanur Every second Saturday Biasa Art Space, Jl. Raya Seminyak 24, Seminyak, Fresh produce, potted plants, meat pie, sshie, coffee and more.

Every Saturday 9AM-2PM OrganIc Farmer’s Market Pizza Bagus (Jl. Pengosekan), Ubud EVERY SUNDAY Soul to soul spirituall dialogue Anand Ashram, Ubud Jl Sri Wedari KM 3 Mantra chanting 6-6:30pm Navaraha Arati 6:30-6:45pm Meditation, Satsang and celebration 6:45-8:30pm www.ubudashram.org SUNDAY MARKETS 10AM 1PM Sunday Market at Batu Jimbar Jl. Danau Tablingan , Sanur 10AM-4PM The Sands Beach Club and Restaurant Sunday MArket Jl. Danau Tamblingan, No 27, Sanur 9:30AM-1PM Sunday Market @ Warung Sopa Jl. Sugriwas no36, Padang Tegal, Ubud 9AM-2PM Samadi Sunday Market Jalan. Padang Linjong 39, Canggu, 9AM-2PM Wednesday and Sunday Ubud Organik Market Jl. Raya Pengosekan across from Zens Hotel Tebesaya, Ubud 12PM-10PM Sunday Food Festival & Bazaar Byrdhouse Beach Club, Sanur 10AM-6PM, Mercure,last sunday of every month, jl. ,Mertasari, Sanur, fashion food and and kids activities The Coffee Spot, Jalan Peigenet 888X,Seminyak, last Sunday of every month, garage sale clothing, books, and hand-made jewellery

The Beach Bar itself is a loose arrangement of tables set back from the shore on decking and bean bags on the beach, with big, bright umbrellas providing welcome shade.

There’s a washed up old boat that’s been restored and is now firmly rooted in the sand as a permanent fixture from which never-ending cold drinks and coconut juices flow.

The menu itself offers great variety. There’s a good selection of local dishes and some interesting wok fried options, supported by a range of salads, pastas and burgers and if you’re not sold yet, then they really know how to grill their meats and offer a good choice of steaks.

We’ve been back four times now, tried something different every time and have always left happy.

The Wok Fried Pad Thai Noodles and the Chilli Crab Cakes both stand out.

And then there’s the cocktail menu. We counted 14 different flavours of their signature Mojitos. The Mango Basil Mojito was particularly good and the Dirty Mojito (you’ll have to go and find out why it’s Dirty for yourself) hit the spot too, not to mention the Caipiroska from the Fruity Cocktails list. After that, well, after that counting was beyond us so we went to acquaint ourselves with the gently lapping waves which had been the background music whilst we ate.

Happy Hour starts at 3:00 PM every day and lasts for not one, not two but three hours. Given the refreshing taste of the aforementioned cocktails, the thirst built up by being in the sun and the fact that you simply can, this could spell trouble for those who like to imbibe of fine nectar. Or more specifically, Mojitos. But hey, you’re on holiday and other than the bar staff, who’s counting?

So grab your sun cream, a good book, a friend or three and head down to Nusa Dua. Life could be a lot worse than making a bean bag your home for the day, right?

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New Indonesia tsunami network could add crucial minutes

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s tsunami detection system, made up of seafloor sensors that communicate with transmitting buoys on the surface, has been rendered useless by vandals and lack of funding. Now Indonesian and U.S. scientists say they’ve developed a way to dispense with the expensive buoys and possibly add crucial extra minutes of warning for vulnerable coastal cities.

The prototype, nearly four years in the making, is designed to detect so-called near-field tsunamis and has been tested off Padang on the western coast of Sumatra. It awaits a decision on government funding to connect it to disaster agencies on land.

A tsunami triggered by a Dec. 26, 2004 earthquake in the Indian Ocean that killed or left missing nearly 230,000 people, a large share in Indonesia, raised the urgency of ensuring communities have the fastest possible warnings.

But when a sizeable earthquake struck near the Mentawai islands 170 kilometers (106 miles) from Padang in March last year, none

of the buoys in the area meant to transmit tsunami warnings were working. A disaster official said all of Indonesia’s 22 buoys, which cost several hundred thousand dollars each and are expensive to operate, were inoperable because of vandalism by boat crews or a lack of funds for maintenance.

That quake didn’t cause a tsunami but there was a chaotic evacuation in Padang, population 1 million, and other cities, which have at most 30 minutes before tsunami waves hit. Because of lack of information, officials didn’t cancel the tsunami warning for two hours.

“Now we have no buoys in Indo-

AP Photo/Fadlan Arman Syam, File

In this Nov. 15, 2005 file photo, a buoy which is a part of a tsunami warning system developed by GITEWS (GermanIndonesian Contribution for the Installation of a Tsunami Warning System) floats in on the sea as German R.V. Sonne is seen in the background during an installation simulation on Sunda straits off Java island, Indonesia.

nesia. They are all damaged,” said Iyan Turyana, an ocean engineer at BPPT, Indonesia’s Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology. “Where do you live in Indonesia? Jakarta! It’s ok.

But if you live in Padang, if you live in Bengkulu, your life is very dangerous.”

Germany and the U.S. provided 12 of the buoys, but did not maintain them, he said. For Indonesians, Aceh province in the north of Sumatra where more than 100,000 people died after 2004 earthquake, is synonymous with tsunami risk. Now, however, Padang and nearby cities face the greatest danger of being wiped out by giant waves.

The magnitude 9.1 quake in 2004, centered in the north of a subduction zone where one major section of the earth’s crust is being forced under another, released enough energy to make a similarly powerful quake in that area unlikely in the foreseeable future. In the section of that “megathrust” off Padang, pressure has built relentlessly and an undersea earthquake greater than magnitude 8.5 is possible in the next few decades.

To boost its detection ability, tsunami-prone Japan has linked dozens of seafloor sensors off its eastern coast with thousands of kilometers of fiber-optic cable. That cost several hundred million dollars and a similar endeavor would be impossibly expensive for Indonesia, a vast but poor archipelago in one of most seismically active regions in the world.

But with $3 million of funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, a prototype network of undersea sensors has been deployed between Padang and the Mentawai islands.

Buoys are not needed because the undersea seismometers and pressure sensors send data-laden sound waves to the warm surface waters. From there they refract back into the depths, traveling 2030 kilometers to the next node in the network and so on.

At its final undersea point, the network needs a few kilometers of fiber optic cable to connect it to a shore station in the Mentawai islands where the cascades of data would be transmitted by satellite to the meteorology and geophysics agency, which issues tsunami warnings, and to disaster officials in Padang. (ap)

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Festival effective to boost foreign tourist visit

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Team members from Delft Hyperloop, Delft University of Technology place their pod on the track during the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 29, 2017.

SpaceX’s Hyperloop competition sees three companies run their pods

LOS ANGELES - SpaceX hosted a hyperloop pod design test competition at its Hawthorne headquarters this past weekend, where student teams got the chance to run their pod designs in low-pressure environments in a test track for the first time.

There were a number of teams competing, with 30 in total selected to come down for the trials, but only three were actually able to perform runs this weekend, since each had to pass a number of tests for things like structural integrity and vacuum chamber survivability in order to compete.

The three teams that made it through include a team from MIT, one from Delft University, and one from WARR, a student group from the Technical University of Munich. The teams ran their pods in the test tube, with the fastest (WARR) achieving a max speed of around 90 km/h. The one mile test track obviously can’t achieve the max speeds or nearly 300 km/h that Hyperloop tech eventually will shoot for, and this is also early days for these designs.

Delft, a school in the Netherlands, got the best overall score for its design, while TUM got the fastest time, as mentioned.

MIT came in third, after having landed the award for best overall design in 2016.

A final phase of the competition is set for this summer, and all 30 of the teams selected for this trial will be potentially able to compete there, even if they couldn’t pass the tests to run their pods this time around. That means we could see a much wider field in the final leg, provided the other teams can address the issues that caused them to fail this first group of tests between now and then. (rtr)

MANGUPURA - Festivals can effectively increase tourist arrivals, especially Chinese tourists. The Ministry of Tourism has organized festival for several times that invites Chinese tourists to come to Indonesia. The festival organized previously could promote the growth of foreign tourists coming to Bali. Moreover, the growth of Chinese tourist arrival reached 40 percent in 2016.

“It brought in extraordinary impact where the target of tourist visit in 2016 was 12 million. Now, in 2017 the target is set at 15 million, it’s quite hard,” said the Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha, in the Wonderful Indonesia Lunar Festival 2017 organized by the Ministry of Tourism in cooperation with the central executive of ASITA at Harris Hotel Sunset Road, Kuta.

Chairman of ASITA, Asnawi Bahar, said that inviting 1,000 Chinese tourists to Indonesia is a cheap campaign. “Their presence at this event will become viral for our tourism promotion when they return home to China. We think this event is very cheap because we can promote in a very simple manner,” he said.

According to him, festival plus other program is very effective to increase foreign tourist visit. “This is one of the ways, not the only way. However, it is effective because they will certainly deliver at least to their families and relatives,” he said.

To increase tourist visit, tourism promotion must be increased.

Otherwise, it will not succeed. “On that account, promotion is an important point for tourism in Indonesia because other countries also scramble to draw Chinese travelers and their promotion is very intensive. I think that consistency of promotion should be conducted by local government. We in the ASITA become the spearhead for the target achievement of foreign tourist visit,” he said.

In the meantime, free tourist visa is a facility for foreign tourists to enter Indonesia, not a facility to increase the number of foreign tourist visit. “The factor increasing the number of tourist visit is the superiority of our destinations. Free tourist visa is just a facility to enable them to come. It does not necessarily mean a major point to bring in the number of tourists,” he said.

ASITA expected such festival moment can help achieve the target of 15 million tourist arrivals in 2017. “Since our target this year is 15 million and last year was 12 million, the additional 3 million is not an easy job. We have to do a promotion and a lot of activities effectively like this to help reach the target. Thus, they know about Indonesia,” he explained.

He hoped the people-to-people promotion will become more effective because so far the communication is made from business-tobusiness (B to B) through travel agencies and exhibitions organized by the Ministry of Tourism. “Today we symbolize the RI by our cultures that they immediately attend,” he said. (kmb42)

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Chinese travelers making a visit to Indonesia, especially Bali, are not only interested in the wonderful view of Bali but also the strong cultural customs with a snazzy characteristic.

Cultural similarity

One of the factors driving Chinese travelers to visit Bali

MANGUPURA - Some similarities owned

by China and Bali are predicted to encourage Chinese tourists visiting Bali. Bali and China have a long-standing relationship as evidenced by the history on the marriage of the King Jaya Pangus and Kang Ching Wie denoting a blend of Chinese and Balinese culture.

This proves the close friendly relations having been established since long time ago. Besides, Buddhism in China and Hinduism in Bali have resemblances.

Both cultures also have similarities in terms of motif and carving style.

“Now, the traveler coming here (Bali) is one of the forms of conservation efforts for the friendship,” said Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Denpasar, Hu Yinquan, in the Wonderful Indonesia Lunar Festival 2017 organized by the Ministry of Tourism in cooperation with the central executive of the Association of Indonesia Tour and

Travel Agency (ASITA) at Harris Hotel Sunset Road, Kuta, recently.

According to him, Chinese travelers making a visit to Indonesia, especially Bali, are not only interested in the wonderful view of Bali but also the strong cultural customs with a snazzy characteristic. These aspects draw the Chinese travelers to Indonesia, especially Bali.

Since the target of foreign travelers visiting Indonesia is 15 million in 2019, he is trying hard to help achieve the target. He will cooperate with the Ministry of Tourism in order to make promotions in different cities or provinces in China.

Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha, said there are some cultural similarities owned by China and Indonesia. Moreover, his office desired to make Chinese New Year into an attraction because he thinks it is an appeal. “We want to show that the celebrating Lunar New Year outside their home country is not a problem,” he said. (kmb42)

Produce various kinds of craft

Komang Arta Wiguna becomes his family’s backbone

BANGLI - The curve of the hand of I Komang Arta Wiguna looks so weak when working on a face sketch. Other than being reliable in playing a pencil on a sheet of white paper, this young man from Cepunggung hamlet, Bangbang, Tembuku, is also skillful in making other art crafts such as wood carving, fruit carving and young coconut leaf arrangement.

Not only that, he is also skillful in carving a styrofoam usually used to make wedding decoration and the need of other religious ceremonies.

When visited at his home on Sunday (Jan. 29), he explained

that he originally got involved in a variety of crafts four years ago.

Originally there was no intention to get involved in art crafts.

However, after trying to make a variety of art crafts from the existing materials, until now he gets involved in various art craft making. “Having been pursued, in fact, it can bring in money. Finally, I continuously pursue it,” he said.

Wiguna said that the craft making is taken as a side job because he also still works at one of the LPG distribution company on Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra. He just can work on the art craft orders after coming home from work.

“I just work on my orders after office hours. Since our office hours are divided into several shifts, I sometimes work on our orders early in the afternoon or depends on my working shift,” he said.

Indeed all the crafts he handles have something to do with the arts such as carving on styrofoam, young coconut leaf arrangement, face sketch et cetera. He described that his orders are not only accomplished at home, but sometimes at the home of the order giver because he also receives a call to work the order at customer’s home.

“Sometimes I am requested to work on the order at customer’s

home. Otherwise, I will work on the orders at home,” he said.

He explained that he got uncertain orders. Sometimes, when being lucky he gets dozens of orders.

Results of the craft making are used to support family life. Moreover, since he was left by his father, the late I Ketut Rade, he becomes the backbone of the family.

“My father died in 2016. He had been sick for a long time. Since he was sick, I have been struggling to look for money for treatment of my father. My mother (I Wayan Kudi—Ed) is just a farmer whose income is uncertain. Inevitably I have to struggle to support my fam-

ily. Otherwise, who else is expected to do it?” he said He said that currently most orders are making people’s face sketch. A lot of people want to immortalize their image through sketches. He said that for the art work he charges at IDR 200,000 per sketch.

“It is indeed expensive because the working process is complicated and long. Each sketch can be completed within two days so that it can resemble the face of the order giver. I do not set the price for the other art crafts and it very much depends on how long it takes,” said Arta Wiguna. (kmb41)

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Penglipuran tourism village needs sustainable management

visit Penglipuran continuously multiply,” he said.

In the meantime, Regional Secretary of Bangli, Ida Bagus Gede Putra Giri, stated that the arrangement and coaching of Penglipuran tourism village must continuously be carried out so as the development of Penglipuran tourism village is increasingly advanced. With good arrangement, the tourist attraction will be able to grow rapidly in the future.

“The understanding, coaching, governance of tourist attraction and motivation in the sector of tourism activity are urgently needed. It is carried out for people’s welfare and the advancement of tourism sector in Bangli district,” he said. (kmb41)

YANGON - The office of Myanmar’s civilian president said on Tuesday that the assassination of a lawyer advising the ruling party on amending a military-drafted constitution was likely an effort to destabilise the country.

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It is required a sustainable coaching from the government on the environmental management and governance so that the tourism village can run sustainably.

Land conversion proliferates

Badung protects farmland with technology

MANGUPURA - Conversion of farmland in Badung increasingly worsens. One of them is converted into tourist accommodation. Based on the existing data, the average farmland conversion in Badung

within the past five years reaches 45 hectares per year. This was triggered by the construction of accommodation such as hotels, villas and housing.

In response to these conditions,

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Based on the existing data, the average farmland conversion in Badung within the past five years reaches 45 hectares per year. This was triggered by the construction of accommodation such as hotels, villas and housing.

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Lawyer’s killing meant to ‘destabilise’ Myanmar, says president’s office

BANGLI - Bangli district has plentiful tourism villages made into tourist destination. One of them is Penglipuran village. To continuously develop the tourist attraction is needed an arrangement and coaching on an ongoing basis from the government.

Chief of Penglipuran customary village, I Wayan Supat, said on Sunday (Jan. 29) that so far Penglipuran village has been frequently awarded nationally and internationally related to the arrangement of the village and tourist attraction.

To continuously develop this attraction, in the future it is necessary to manage the neighborhood of tourist attraction so that it can be preserved sustainably considering that it is a clean and fascinating traditional village.

“In the future, it is required a sustainable coaching from the government on the environmental management and governance so that the tourism village can run sustainably. By that way, domestic and foreign tourists that want to

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the Regent of Badung, Nyoman Giri Prasta, said that the agricultural sector will be protected by technology.

The agriculture agency will set up an application system on agricultural commodity prices.

“From this application, consumers will know the basic prices of agricultural products in Badung.

With this system, no more middlemen will tamper with the prices of the commodities,” said Regent Giri Prasta, recently.

According to him, in addition to applying technology, the government will also protect postharvest price. “When farmers face crop failure or the price is not in accordance with the market price, the government will be ready to subsidize,” he said.

Further, he explained that the government will create villageowned enterprises (BUMDes), while Badung will establish BUMDa for the marketing of the agricultural products. The regent will

also get into food industry and do self-sufficiency. The regent also supports the movement of coming back to village because Badung leads to independent village.

“For instance, rural development is done with self-management and the building materials are also taken from the village. Otherwise, make collaboration with other villages.

This back to village movement will be realized so that our societies are proud of their respective village,” he explained.

Regent Giri Prasta explained that in the upstream, Badung protects by strengthening agricultural infrastructure such as dams and irrigation channels. In the meantime, in order to reduce land conversion, the government of Badung has adopted the policy in accordance with the Law No. 28 on property tax, rural and urban areas where the farmland in the Badung district will not be taxable or tax-free. In addition, the government of Badung will

continuously provide assistance of seeds, agricultural tools and capital assistance for farmers.

“We are very committed in the efforts to improve the agricultural sector in Badung. As the dominant sector, we will continuously support the agricultural sector mainly farmers from the upstream to downstream so that farmers in Badung will be proud of their farmer profession,” he said.

As is known, other than land conversion from paddy fields into non-paddy field, there is also the addition of paddy field function followed by the availability of irrigation facilities, so that it shows the development of farmland area.

With the addition, the farmland area in Badung until 2015 reaches 10,006 hectares. In 2011, the farmland area reached 10,243 hectares and then shrank to 10,195 hectares in 2012.

Depreciation also occurred in 2013 with the amount of 51 hectares, so that the remaining farmland area reached 10,144 hectares. (kmb27)

A lone gunman shot Ko Ni, 63, an adviser to the ruling National League for Democracy, in the head in front of onlookers as the widely respected Muslim advocate held his young grandson at Yangon’s international airport on Sunday.

“The initial interrogation indicates the intention to destabilise the state,” the office of President Htin Kyaw said in a statement carried in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper. It did not give details.

“Investigations are being carried out by the government to find out the truth. Security has been heightened in the aftermath of the assassination.”

Authorities have detained Ko Ni’s suspected killer, a 53-year-old man. He also shot and killed a taxi driver who tried to apprehend him.

It remains unclear if Ko Ni was targeted for his religion or for his work toward reducing the political role of Myanmar’s military.

But the killing comes at a time of heightened communal and religious tensions in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where a civilian government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been in power for 10 months after a formal transition from decades of military rule.

A heavy-handed security operation in Rakhine state, a region home to many Rohingya Muslims, has led to an estimated 69,000 from the largely stateless community fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh.

Tens of thousands of people gathered in

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Supporters carry the coffin of Ko Ni, a prominent member of Myanmar’s Muslim minority and legal adviser for Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy, after he was shot dead, in Yangon, Myanmar January 30, 2017.

Yangon on Monday to mourn the death of Ko Ni, who was working on amending the constitution that ruling generals drafted in 2008 and which grants the army a quarter of seats in parliament and control over security ministries.

Suu Kyi did not attend the funeral of her

close adviser, and has not issued any statement.

Separately on Tuesday, a commission investigating attacks on border posts in Rakhine State that killed nine police on Oct. 9 and their aftermath has asked for more time due to unspecified “fresh

claims” of human rights abuses, state media said.

The commission was to have reported on its findings on Tuesday, including looking into allegations that soldiers committed extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and rape of Rohingya civilians. (rtr)

Visa row overshadows Iranian investment drive and plane deals

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A IranAir Boeing 747SP aircraft is pictured before leaving Tehran’s Mehrabad airport, Iran, September 19, 2011.

ANKARA - A row over U.S. visa bans may further weaken Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s efforts to attract foreign investors to Iran, particularly if it slows the implementation of deals for Western aircraft, officials and analysts said.

The deals for 80 Boeing jets and 100 from Europe’s Airbus struck last year are seen by Western investors as a crucial test as they seek business in Iran in the wake of the nuclear deal that led to the lifting of most sanctions.

People involved in the airline deals say it is too early to assess the impact of the U.S. visa ban but worry that hardening rhetoric in Tehran and

Washington can only add to a list of complications that could slow, if not endanger, the jet sales.

While Airbus planes come from Europe, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump can veto the sale of all the planes to Iran because of the widespread use of U.S. parts in the aircraft which need U.S. export licences.

The visa ban could also prolong a hiatus in talks about financing deliveries of jets, with European and Chinese banks reluctant to put up money to back Iranian jet purchases for fear of a backlash against their U.S. operations.

“It will make people more ner-

vous, more risk-averse, more inclined to wait and see,” said a senior Western financier, who asked not to be named.

Iranian officials say that even before Trump imposed restrictions on travel to the United States from seven mainly Muslim countries, concerns about what the new U.S. president might do had already put the brakes on post-sanctions business.

During his election campaign, Trump criticised the nuclear accord six major powers struck with Iran and his victory in November increased uncertainty around Iran’s investment drive. (rtr)

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A labourer loads a sack of red chilies into a supply truck at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India January 16, 2017.

India plays down hit to growth from PM Modi’s cash crunch

NEW DELHI - India’s growth rate will slow by up to half a percentage point due to the government’s decision to scrap high-value banknotes, the top finance ministry economist said on Tuesday, challenging independent estimates of a far bigger impact.

Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian rejected the view of the International Monetary Fund, where he used to work, that growth would be knocked a full percentage point lower

by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shock decision in November to scrap 86 percent of the cash in circulation.

Modi launched the “demonetisation” drive to expose untaxed wealth and the proceeds of crime and corruption. Yet the measure - unprecedented in a stable, modern, peacetime democracy - has caused huge disruption to daily and business life in Asia’s third-largest economy.

It will also complicate the fiscal arithmetic in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s fourth annual budget, which he will present to parliament

on Wednesday.

Presenting India’s pre-budget Economic Survey, which combines analysis and forecasts with a broader look at policy issues, Subramanian called demonetisation a “radical currency-cum-governance-cum social-engineering measure”. He also maintained the currency squeeze was “less severe than is commonly perceived”.

‘SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIPS’ Still, Subramanian acknowledged that official GDP figures may not fully reflect the “real and significant hardships” experienced by the informal sector, in which an estimated nine out of 10 Indian workers are employed. Without

giving a figure for growth in the fiscal year that ends in March, Subramanian said it was likely to be between one- quarter and onehalf percentage point below an earlier official forecast of around 7 percent.

Growth is expected to “return to normal” in 2017/18, when it is forecast in a 6.75-7.5 percent range, as cash liquidity is restored to the economy, according to the 335-page report.

By contrast, the IMF slashed its India growth forecast for the current fiscal year by a full point to 6.6 percent, handing the title of the world’s fastest-growing economy back to China, which reported 6.7 percent growth for 2016.

Subramanian pointedly declined to comment on whether there had been failings in the planning and implementation of the banknote ban. He expected that a shortage of new 500

rupee ($7.40) and 2,000 rupee notes to end by April. The new notes are being issued to replace high-value ones scrapped overnight on Nov. 8.

NO LONGER IN DENIAL Despite Subramanian’s cautious assessment, private sector economists said it was important he at least recognised that demonetisation had taken a toll on the Indian economy. “This is perhaps the first acknowledgement coming from the government.

Otherwise so far there has been a denial,” said Aneesh Srivastava, chief investment office at IDBI Federal Life Insurance Co in Mumbai.

Jaitley is expected in Wednesday’s budget to offer some tax “sops” to individuals to ease the pain of demonetisation, and ramp up public sector investment to offset weak consumption and private capital investment.

Such steps would seek to boost the electoral prospects of Modi’s

Bharatiya Janata Party in a round of five regional elections that kick off this weekend, the most important in the battleground state of Uttar Pradesh.

The survey said government pay rises and muted tax receipts could put pressure on the fiscal deficit in the coming fiscal year. A sharp rise in prices could also cap the headroom to ease monetary policy, it added.

Senior officials say Jaitley may allow the federal deficit to overshoot an earlier target of 3 percent of GDP to create room for more public investment - a move against that ratings agencies such as Standard & Poor’s have warned against because of India’s high national debt.

Subramanian took a poke at the “poor standards” of the ratings agencies and included a factbox in his report that chided S&P for upgrading China despite its slowing growth and deteriorating debt metrics, while overlooking India.(rtr)

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Sawangan Beach, Spot of Seaweed and Pre-Wedding Photos

Do you want to enjoy the beauty of tranquil white sandy beach that is really far away from hustles and bustles? This atmosphere can be found on Sawangan Beach. This beach is located at Sawangan village. Some people also call it Geger Beach because it is very close to Geger Temple often linked to the pilgrimage of Nirartha, a sage from East Java who migrated to Bali.

Geger Temple perching above the piles of rigid rocks offers lush beauty and serenity that looks so perfect under lullabies of full moonlight. From the point of this height, the boisterous and splendor of night

lamps of Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, Kuta and Denpasar seem close. In the meantime, this beach offers beautiful scenery with charming white sandy beach. Moreover, this beach is one of the hidden beaches in Bali

because only a few travelers know about the existence of this beach.

Though the beach is claimed to be hidden but the access is quite easy.

Sawangan Beach is also used by local community to cultivate seaweed because the beach is fairly quiet. When visiting this beach, travelers will see seaweed farmers drying out their crops. For fishing hobbyists, there are also many spots of fishing here. Due to the beauty owned, this beach is often used by wedding couples as the location of

their pre-wedding photo session.

What is interesting here? At low tide, visitors can explore the verges along the beach to see the beauty of the rocks and crystal-clear seawater. Thus, visitors will be made comfortable to linger on this beach.

An important thing to note here is that when visiting this beach traveler must prepare supplies because there are no stalls selling food and drinks here.

A unique attraction offered on this beach is camel ride. It can be

tried while enjoying the beauty of this beach. This camel attraction is managed by the Bali Camel Safari.

So, you should make a reservation first if you want to enjoy the experience of this camel ride. The rate of camel ride for adults and children is charged per person with duration of one hour. Camel ride attraction can be carried out either in the morning or late afternoon. Thus, you do not have to come to the Middle East just to enjoy the experience of camel ride.(kmb)

Come on .., Let’s Sip Balinese Meatball Gravy

When talking about foods, Bali is rich in a variety of tasty and delicious menus. One of them is be pulung-pulung kuah (meatball gravy)

which has been inherited from the ancestors of Balinese. This serving is similar with meatball in general because the round shape of it looks

like a meatball. However, it is not as smooth and soft as meatballs, but slightly rough because flesh and bones are mixed together.

The main ingredient can be beef, pork, chicken, Muscovy duck, duck, eel, fish and other types of meat. However, the most common and easily obtained is meatball gravy made from chicken. No matter what ingredient used to prepare, this Balinese menu is always tasty.

Its delicious aroma will always tempt people to taste it.

This menu is always available in a party related to the ceremony of Hindu community in Bali. It can be served with rice, but will taste better when consumed with tipat or rice bag. Consuming this delicacy will taste better when enjoying the gravy by sipping. Rice is served in

a different container or bowl, so that the gravy sipped will generate distinctive sound ‘gerosssss.’

The way to prepare it is quite unique. To crush meat, Balinese people do not grind or uses other modern tools, but uses knife to chop.

If this activity is carried out together in a series of religious ceremonies, the process of chopping meat will generate sound like the unique strains of music without a composer.

Meat is the main ingredient, while the spice in use belongs to base genep (Balinese complete spice) consisting of shallot, garlic, ginger, turmeric, ginger, aromatic ginger, pepper, coriander, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, red pepper and salt. Then, the seasoning of gravy includes fried onions, bay leaves and kaffir lime. All the ingredients

are then finely pulverized, except the seasoning for the gravy.

Preparation is started by mixing the meat with grounded spice.

When using a little meat, it is usually added with grated coconut, so that it gets larger number of meatballs. Afterwards, they are mixed together and added with coconut oil. Then, it is resumed with the making of batter of meatballs.

At the same time, it is followed with the making of gravy by boiling water of about 700 cc. Then, add some spices, bay leaves and fried shallot. After the water with spices is boiling, put the meatballs into the gravy until they are floating. It means that it has cooked, and then add some salt to taste. When the flavor is okay, the meatball gravy is ready to be served. (kmb)

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Fired: Trump dumps top lawyer who defied immigration order

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump fired top federal government lawyer Sally Yates on Monday after she took the extraordinarily rare step of defying the White House and refused to defend new travel restrictions targeting seven Muslim-majority nations.

It was another dramatic twist in the unusually raucous roll-out of Trump’s directive that put a 120-day hold on allowing refugees into the country, an indefinite ban on refugees from Syria and a 90-day bar on citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

The Friday night ban prompted protests and chaos at airports on the weekend as customs officials struggled to put the order into practise, and the fallout spread to U.S. markets on Monday, where stocks suffered their biggest drop of 2017 and companies affected by the change spoke out against it.

Yates said late on Monday that the Justice Department would not defend the order against court challenges, saying that she did not believe it would be “consistent with this institution’s solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right.”

Hours later, she was fired. The White House said Yates “has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States” and portrayed her actions as political.

Trump has argued tougher vetting of immigrants is needed to protect America from terror attacks but critics complain that his order unfairly singles out Muslims and defiles America’s historic reputation as a welcoming place for immigrants.

Yates, an appointee of former Democratic President Barack Obama, was days away from being replaced by Trump’s pick for the top spot at the Justice Department, Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, who is awaiting Senate confirmation.

“Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration,” the White House said in a statement.

The White House said that Dana Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was sworn in at 9 p.m.

ET and would be acting U.S. attorney general until Sessions is approved.

Boente said in an interview with the Washington Post that he would enforce the immigration order. (rtr)

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Although thousands protested the order at airports around the country and civil rights groups and some members of Congress denounced it, Trump supporters say it is a needed safeguard.

“We need to know who these people are,” said retired firefighter Charles Lewis of Topeka, Kansas.

“I just don’t think this nation is secure. We’re a day late and a dollar short on everything.”

One of the many the order barred is Luey Rabban, who works 16-hour days as cook in a Baghdad restaurant and who received refugee status in the United States about eight months ago. He was waiting for his turn to emigrate but said Monday he is unsure now if that day will ever come.

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“I just want to come and see my family,” Rabban, 47, said by phone from Baghdad through an Arabic translator at his brother’s home in El Cajon, California, a suburb east of San Diego that has been a magnet for Iraqi Christians fleeing violence and, more recently, for Syrian refugees.

Rabban, who served meals to the U.S. military at the Baghdad airport from 2003 to 2011, said a U.S.

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A woman places a candle at a memorial site near a sign saying “no violence” and “terrorism has no religion or identity” following a vigil held in honour of the victims of a shooting in a Quebec mosque in Quebec City, Quebec January 30, 2017.

Quebec suspect seen as nerdy outcast,’ fan of France’s right-wing Le Pen

QUEBEC CITY - The FrenchCanadian student charged in a shooting spree that killed six people at a Quebec City mosque was known in online circles as a supporter of far-right French politician Marine Le Pen and described by a former classmate as a “nerdy outcast.”

Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, the sole suspect in Sunday night’s shooting, was charged on Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder with a restricted weapon.

Police said he acted alone.

He was not previously known to police, but a Facebook post by the group “Welcome to Refugees Quebec City” said Bissonnette was “unfortunately known to several activists in Quebec City for his proLe Pen and anti-feminist identity positions at Université Laval and on social networks.”

The online profile for Bissonnette, who made a brief court appearance on Monday, showed a wide variety of interests.

On his Facebook page, he indicated he liked Le Pen, U.S. President Donald Trump, the separatist Parti Quebecois as well as Canada’s left-wing New Democratic Party, the Israeli Defense Forces, heavy metal band Megadeth and pop star

Katy Perry.

“I wrote him off as a xenophobe.

I didn’t even think of him as totally racist, but he was enthralled by a borderline racist nationalist movement,” Vincent Boissoneault, a fellow Laval University student, told the Globe and Mail newspaper.

He said they frequently clashed over Bissonnette’s opinions about refugees and support for Le Pen and Trump.

Bissonnette’s lawyer, Jean Petit, declined to comment at the courthouse on Monday. Université Laval confirmed on Monday that Bissonnette was a social science student there.

Bissonnette was a cerebral “nerdy outcast,” said former high school classmate Simon de Billy, adding the suspect and his twin brother were inseparable.

“He was an avid reader, knew a lot about history and about current issues, current politics, those kinds of topics,” de Billy said. “He was just a bit of a loner, always with his twin brother, didn’t have any friends.

“He wasn’t physically strong or imposing, and probably got a bit of a hard time, was probably not taken seriously. ... He would be kind of made fun of, the butt of the jokes.” (rtr)

Army officer helped him start on his refugee application six years ago.

Syrian brothers Bassam and Hassan Abouasali waited for 13 years to have their visas approved so they could join their brother, a U.S citizen, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he has a house waiting for them. They finally got the visas last year but decided to spend one last Christmas in Damascus before leaving.

When they arrived at Philadel-

phia International Airport with their wives and children on Saturday they learned their visas had been canceled and they were sent back.

“They’re exhausted. They’re angry.

They’re frustrated. They’re afraid,” said their sister-in-law Sarmad Assali, a naturalized citizen who came to the United States when she was 13. “They don’t know what they have done wrong to be treated that way.” (ap)

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Indonesia not be affected

by Trump`s immigrant policy: President Jokowi BOYOLALI - Indonesia will not be affected by United States President Donald Trumps decision to ban immigrants from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries. “We will not be affected by Trumps decision to ban refugees from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries,” President Joko Widodo said here on Monday.

The president affirmed that the Indonesian constitutional principle supported equality and justice clearly. With regard to the issue, he emphasized that Indonesia was not affected by Trumps policy. “Equality and justice should be pursued,” the head of state added.

Therefore, Widodo urged Indonesians not to worry after Trump halted the entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries.

“There is no direct impact on Indonesia,” he affirmed.

Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi earlier advised Indonesian nationals living in the United States to stay calm after Trump signed on Friday an executive order that severely restricts immigration and suspends all refugee admission.

The foreign ministry called on Indonesian citizens in the US to respect the US laws and maintain public orders in their respective environment, the foreign ministrys statement said here on Sunday.

Retno had instructed Indonesian representatives in Washington DC, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco to open 24-hour hotline services to anticipate any possible impact that might happen.

“The Indonesian Government, through Indonesias representatives across the United States, will keep on monitoring the ongoing developments and will anticipate any impacts on Indonesian citizens,” Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, director of protection of Indonesian citizens and legal entities, said in a statement.

Iqbal has also advised Indonesians to understand their rights in any situation, which could be found on the US Civil Liberties Union website (www.aclu.org).

“This is needed because one of the important components in the executive order signed by Trump is policies on arrest and deportation of illegal immigrants who were protected during the previous administration with the presence of sanctuary policies in several cities and counties,” he stated.

Reuters reported that Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries, saying the moves would help protect Americans from terrorist attacks.

He noted that the most sweeping

use of his presidential powers since taking office a week ago, barring travelers from the seven nations for at least 90 days, would give his administration time to develop more stringent screening procedures for refugees, immigrants and visitors.

“Im establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America. Dont want them here,” Trump said earlier on Friday at the Pentagon.

“We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love our people deeply,” he added.

The bans, though temporary, took effect immediately, causing havoc and confusion for would-be travelers with passports from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.(ant)

Rail services disrupted as floods hits Pasuruan

JEMBER - Floods hit Pasuruan District, East Java, on Tuesday, disrupting the Mutiara Timur train connecting the Banyuwangi-Surabaya route and the Probowangi train serving the Surabaya-Banyuwangi route.

The Mutiara Timur train was halted at the Pasuruan station, while

the Probowangi train at Bangil station, according to Luqman Arif, spokesman of the state-owned railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia.

Floodwaters, reaching a height of around 20 centimeters, inundated areas between Pasuruan and Bangil.

The arrival of the Mutiara Timur train was delayed by some three hours, and Probowangi, by 77 minutes, due to the flooding.

The railway tracks, which were submerged, at the Bangil and Pasuruan stations are now passable, but the speed was restricted to five kilometers per hour. (ant)

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Kyrgios hopes team spirit can help overcome Seppi loss

Tegal Wangi Beach BADUNG - Tegal Wangi Beach is one of the most unique ‘hidden’ beaches to grace the western rim of the southern Bukit Peninsula, and despite the fact it’s not very well-known amongst locals, it is ‘in plain sight’, and publicly accessible. Tegal Wangi Beach is named after the temple perched on top of the limestone cliff that overlooks the coast, reachable via a paved road just to the right of the entrance of the glitzy Ayana Resort and Spa in Jimbaran.

Tegal Wangi Beach offers breathtaking seascapes with cool natural features – low tides and crimson sunsets reveal seaweed-covered stony barriers that add an abstract border and foreground to its wider ocean views. This beach was, quite casually, kept a secret among wedding photographers over time, admired for its simple and barren beauty making particularly exotic backdrops. The best time to visit is before sunset and around the ‘blue hour’ (18:00 – 19:00).

A hundred meters or so down the winding road from the Ayana, a car park adjacent to the Pura Tegal Wangi temple is obstructed by a high wall, which adds more mystery to firsttime visitors – or instead deter them altogether.

But once you find your way in, small glimpses of the ocean panorama are visible behind the hill’s shrubbery. It’s these views of the Indian Ocean from a hundred meters up from Tegal Wangi Beach that draws young local couples

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Detroit Pistons guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (5) defends against Boston Celtics center Al Horford (42) and guard Isaiah Thomas (4) during the first half at TD Garden.

Thomas pens strong finish as Celtics jolt Pistons

BOSTON - Isaiah Thomas performed more of his fourthquarter magic and the Boston Celtics blew an 11-point lead but held off the Detroit Pistons 113-109 for the their fourth straight victory on Wednesday night.

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Thomas, who entered the game averaging a league-best and record-pace 10.0 points per game in the fourth quarter, scored 24 of his 41 points in the final 12 minutes.

He scored on a three-point play to put the Celtics (30-18) ahead to stay with 4:13 left in the game.

Earlier in the quarter, Boston’s little big man scored 11 straight Celtics points.

It was his 32nd straight game with at least 20 points as he closes in on John Havlicek’s club record of 40. He has scored under 20 just once this season and had 18 in that game.

He has scored at least 20 points in the fourth quarter four times this season; while no one else in the league has done it more than once. He has also had nine 15-point

fourth quarters.

After Reggie Jackson missed on his second straight late drive attempt, Thomas put the game on ice with four free throws in the closing seconds.

The win moved the Celtics a game ahead of the idle Toronto Raptors for the Atlantic lead, keeping Brad Stevens’ chance of coaching the East All-Stars very much alive.

Boston has three more home games this week, starting with the Raptors on Wednesday night.

Thomas’ latest heroics overcame an outstanding effort by Detroit big man Andre Drummond, who had a season high-tying 28 points and 22 rebounds. He has 45 points and 42 rebounds in the last two games, both losses.

Jae Crowder had 21 points and

eight rebounds for the Celtics.

Al Horford, back after missing two games with a groin pull, scored 13 points and added six rebounds and six assists and Marcus Smart had 13 points, eight assists and five rebounds off the bench.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 18 points, Tobias Harris 15, Marcus Morris 13 and Jackson 12 for the Pistons (21-26).

Detroit, which lost its third straight, hit two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter but was just 3-for27 for the game from behind the arc.

The Pistons grabbed a six-point lead with 2:38 left in the first quarter but a 9-2 run put the Celtics ahead by one at the end of 12 minutes. The game was tied at 32 when the Celtics ran off eight straight points and a Horford 3-pointer with 3.8 seconds left in the restored their eight-point lead.

The lead grew to 11 3:49 into the third quarter and was at nine entering the fourth. (rtr)

MELBOURNE - Nick Kyrgios struggled to deal with the furore over his shock second round meltdown at the Australian Open but said the return to a team environment with Davis Cup had helped him through it.

The local hope was jeered off the court by sections of the crowd after squandering a two-set lead and throwing a tantrum in the 1-6 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2 10-8 loss to Italian Andreas Seppi on Jan. 18.

Former world number one John McEnroe then questioned his commitment to the sport, while local media pilloried him the following day with one headline telling him to “Nick Off” -- an Australian slang term meaning to leave.

“I was obviously struggling, mentally it was tough,” the world number 15 said on Tuesday, ahead of Australia’s Davis Cup tie with the Czech Republic at Kooyong this weekend.

“But I’ve had a lot of support and obviously Rusty (Australia captain Lleyton Hewitt) has been helping me though it.

“I think this week is crucial for me to bounce back and go out to try to enjoy it again and I feel good.”

Several former players have suggested that Kyrgios needed to employ a coach fulltime to help him mentally, something the 21year-old said he was considering after the Seppi defeat.

He now had some potential candidates in mind but they needed to be the “right person”.

“It’s finding someone who has my best interest at heart and it’s tough to find someone on the team who’s willing to care about me as a person first,” Kyrgios said.

While Kyrgios added that Hewitt had helped him “100 percent” with the fallout from the Seppi loss, the former world number one was not ready to become his coach.

Kyrgios, who carried a knee injury into the Australian Open, said it had been caused by playing too much basketball, a sport that he has said in the past was something he preferred.

He had been training in Miami since his exit at the season-opening grand slam and felt pleased to return home to fit back into the team environment.

“I think playing Davis Cup is going to improve my general wellbeing,” Kyrgios said.

“It’s a good environment and makes me happy being with these guys and getting out on the practice court and training because usually when I’m by myself I struggle to find the motivation.

“These weeks are pretty crucial for someone around my time of my career.” (rtr)

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Australia’s Nick Kyrgios arrives on the court before his Men’s singles second round match against Italy’s Andreas Seppi.

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Sp rt Palace, Sunderland managers turn to old clubs for signings

LONDON — A day before the transfer window closes, the managers of Crystal Palace and Sunderland turned to former clubs to refresh their relegation-threatened squads on Monday.

And Leonardo Ulloa got tough in his fight to leave Leicester, accusing the English Premier League champion of reneging on a pledge to allow him to leave.

Premier League clubs have until 2300 GMT on Tuesday to sign players for the final time this season.

CRYSTAL PALACE

Palace signed defender Patrick van Aanholt, a 26year-old Netherlands international, from Sunderland on a deal through June 2021. “He will add pace and energy to our team, has strong defensive qualities and has the added ability to score and create goals,” Palace manager Sam Allardyce said.

Palace is two points from safety and a point above lastplace Sunderland, which Allardyce managed last season.

SUNDERLAND

Sunderland sold Van Aanholt in a deal that could be worth 14 million pounds ($17 million) to fund manager

David Moyes’ recruitment drive.

“It was my decision to sell Patrick, so if anybody thinks it was because (owner) Ellis (Short) was wanting money, it was far from that,” Moyes said. “Because of the level of the wages, the sale meant that I had opened up the ceiling, which allowed me to maybe get some players in.”

Like Allardyce, Moyes has turned to an old club — Everton — to bolster the squad. Defender Bryan Oviedo and midfielder Darron Gibson signed up on Monday to join former Everton teammates Joleon Lescott, Victor Anichebe and Steven Pienaar at Sunderland.

The 26-year-old Oviedo made just 68 senior appearances during almost five years at Goodison Park, while the injured-dogged 29-year-old Gibson managed one more in his five years.

“Every player who is coming into Sunderland is a bit of a gamble,” Moyes said. “I don’t think we could get an absolute nailed-on player.”

LEICESTER

Ulloa, who has handed in a transfer request, went public on Monday with his demand to be released by Leicester. The striker has been targeted by Sunderland, Turkish club Galatasaray, and Spanish side Alaves.

“I am a bit sad about the current situation because it’s been two wonderful years at the club but now not playing and not being part of the team’s plans I feel the best way forward is that I leave and I can be happy somewhere else,” Ulloa told Sky Sports television through a translator. “The manager has been telling me for the last three months and for the last two weeks that if an offer of four or five million (pounds; $5 or 6 million) was coming to the club he will help me to leave.

“My understanding is at this moment there are offers around those figures or even bigger that are not being considered.”

Manager Claudio Ranieri wants to keep the 30-yearold Argentine, with Leicester only five points above the relegation zone.

“I know he is very, very anxious but we don’t change our mind,” Ranieri said. “For us it’s important.

We don’t want to sell him. Also I don’t want to because I have just (Islam) Slimani as a target man and I need another target man. I want Leo here and I hope he can be calm and understand my position. Of course he’s not happy and I understand him.

“The club know my idea very well and also Leo knows very well my idea. He is a fantastic player, a fantastic man, and I believe in him.”

HULL

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Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce shouts during the English Premier League soccer match between Crystal Palace and West Ham United at the London Stadium, London, Saturday Jan. 14, 2017.

Hull, which is in the relegation zone with Sunderland and Palace, is looking to sign three or four players.

“We need to put more players in our squad to change this situation because it is not easy to play all the games and keep players fresh,” Hull manager Marco Silva said. “We need to put quality players in our squad.” (ap)

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Lille signs Ajax striker El Ghazi

LILLE — French league club Lille has made its first signing of the January transfer window by bringing Dutch striker Anwar El Ghazi on a 4 1/2-year deal on deadline day.

The powerful El Ghazi, who can either play in a lone striker’s role or

wide, joined from Ajax.

Financial details of the deal were not disclosed but sports daily L’Equipe said El Ghazi was bought for a fee of 7 million euros ($7.4 million).

Lille has been struggling on at-

tack, scoring only 21 goals in 22 league games, and made a priority of El Ghazi. The club sits 11th in the league standings, 23 points behind leader Monaco. El Ghazi says, “My goal is to fight for the club, goals will come later.” (ap)

Still in exile, Shakhtar Donetsk picks new home

AP Photo/Andre Penner, File

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, file photo, Brazil’s Corinthians’ Alexandre Pato celebrates after scoring against Colombia’s Millonarios during a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

MOSCOW — Shakhtar Donetsk is on the move again. After nearly three years in exile because of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Shakhtar said on Monday it completed a deal to move into the 40,000-capacity Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv.

The stadium was a venue for the 2012 European Championship and was formerly home to club side Metalist Kharkiv, which collapsed financially last year.

Shakhtar has played on occasion since then in Kharkiv, which is 150 miles (240 kilometers) from Donetsk. The team said the response from fans persuaded it to sign a longer deal.

“The matches we held in Kharkiv have proved that there are many Shakhtar fans in this region,” Shakhtar general director Sergei Palkin said in a statement.

“This will enable us to be closer to our fans, and I am convinced that we can make them happy with our

spectacular performance and good results.”

Spanish club Celta Vigo will be Shakhtar’s opposition for its first home game under the new agreement in the Europa League on Feb. 23. The Ukrainian league resumes following its winter break later that month.

Shakhtar has not been able to play in its home city of Donetsk since 2014 because the city is under the control of Russian-backed separatists. The club’s Donbass Arena has sustained light damage from shelling and has been used as a distribution point for humanitarian aid.

Over the last three years, the former UEFA Cup and nine-time Ukrainian champions have played in various grounds around other cities in Ukraine, using a stadium in the western city of Lviv for European matches.

The players will continue to live in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, despite the new deal to use the stadium in Kharkiv. (ap)

Brazil’s Pato latest to head to Chinese Super League

BEIJING — Brazilian forward Alexandre Pato has signed with Tianjin Quanjian, the latest major acquisition by the Chinese Super League.

Pato posted on Twitter Monday that he was “very happy” to join Quanjian from Spanish club Villarreal. Tianjin did not immediately confirm a report in Chinese state media that his transfer fee was 18 million euros ($19.3 million).

The 27-year-old Pato scored six goals in 24 appearances for Villarreal after playing just twice during a disappointing loan spell at English giants Chelsea. He has been in and out of Villarreal’s starting lineup amid rumors of a transfer to China.

Quanjian, promoted to China’s Super League after winning the second tier last year, also acquired Belgium’s Axel Witsel this month and is coached by former Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro.

Other prominent players lured to China include Brazilians Hulk, Oscar, Ramires and Paulinho, Colombian striker Jackson Martinez and Argentines Ezequiel Lavezzi and Carlos Tevez.

China has spent heavily to bring in international stars and build up its football infrastructure at all age levels, with the stated goal of producing a national team capable of winning the World Cup by 2050. The big contracts handed out by its clubs have raised some alarm among major European clubs that previously had no rival in signing the world’s top talent.

And skepticism is starting to grow in China. The governing body of Chinese soccer announced Jan. 16 that it would reduce the number of foreigners allowed to appear at any given time for a club from four to three, along with other steps targeting “recent irrational investments by clubs, high-figure transfer fees and salaries paid to domestic and international athletes and other issues.” (ap)

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Sp rt Palace, Sunderland managers turn to old clubs for signings

LONDON — A day before the transfer window closes, the managers of Crystal Palace and Sunderland turned to former clubs to refresh their relegation-threatened squads on Monday.

And Leonardo Ulloa got tough in his fight to leave Leicester, accusing the English Premier League champion of reneging on a pledge to allow him to leave.

Premier League clubs have until 2300 GMT on Tuesday to sign players for the final time this season.

CRYSTAL PALACE

Palace signed defender Patrick van Aanholt, a 26year-old Netherlands international, from Sunderland on a deal through June 2021. “He will add pace and energy to our team, has strong defensive qualities and has the added ability to score and create goals,” Palace manager Sam Allardyce said.

Palace is two points from safety and a point above lastplace Sunderland, which Allardyce managed last season.

SUNDERLAND

Sunderland sold Van Aanholt in a deal that could be worth 14 million pounds ($17 million) to fund manager

David Moyes’ recruitment drive.

“It was my decision to sell Patrick, so if anybody thinks it was because (owner) Ellis (Short) was wanting money, it was far from that,” Moyes said. “Because of the level of the wages, the sale meant that I had opened up the ceiling, which allowed me to maybe get some players in.”

Like Allardyce, Moyes has turned to an old club — Everton — to bolster the squad. Defender Bryan Oviedo and midfielder Darron Gibson signed up on Monday to join former Everton teammates Joleon Lescott, Victor Anichebe and Steven Pienaar at Sunderland.

The 26-year-old Oviedo made just 68 senior appearances during almost five years at Goodison Park, while the injured-dogged 29-year-old Gibson managed one more in his five years.

“Every player who is coming into Sunderland is a bit of a gamble,” Moyes said. “I don’t think we could get an absolute nailed-on player.”

LEICESTER

Ulloa, who has handed in a transfer request, went public on Monday with his demand to be released by Leicester. The striker has been targeted by Sunderland, Turkish club Galatasaray, and Spanish side Alaves.

“I am a bit sad about the current situation because it’s been two wonderful years at the club but now not playing and not being part of the team’s plans I feel the best way forward is that I leave and I can be happy somewhere else,” Ulloa told Sky Sports television through a translator. “The manager has been telling me for the last three months and for the last two weeks that if an offer of four or five million (pounds; $5 or 6 million) was coming to the club he will help me to leave.

“My understanding is at this moment there are offers around those figures or even bigger that are not being considered.”

Manager Claudio Ranieri wants to keep the 30-yearold Argentine, with Leicester only five points above the relegation zone.

“I know he is very, very anxious but we don’t change our mind,” Ranieri said. “For us it’s important.

We don’t want to sell him. Also I don’t want to because I have just (Islam) Slimani as a target man and I need another target man. I want Leo here and I hope he can be calm and understand my position. Of course he’s not happy and I understand him.

“The club know my idea very well and also Leo knows very well my idea. He is a fantastic player, a fantastic man, and I believe in him.”

HULL

Steven Paston/PA via AP

Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce shouts during the English Premier League soccer match between Crystal Palace and West Ham United at the London Stadium, London, Saturday Jan. 14, 2017.

Hull, which is in the relegation zone with Sunderland and Palace, is looking to sign three or four players.

“We need to put more players in our squad to change this situation because it is not easy to play all the games and keep players fresh,” Hull manager Marco Silva said. “We need to put quality players in our squad.” (ap)

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Lille signs Ajax striker El Ghazi

LILLE — French league club Lille has made its first signing of the January transfer window by bringing Dutch striker Anwar El Ghazi on a 4 1/2-year deal on deadline day.

The powerful El Ghazi, who can either play in a lone striker’s role or

wide, joined from Ajax.

Financial details of the deal were not disclosed but sports daily L’Equipe said El Ghazi was bought for a fee of 7 million euros ($7.4 million).

Lille has been struggling on at-

tack, scoring only 21 goals in 22 league games, and made a priority of El Ghazi. The club sits 11th in the league standings, 23 points behind leader Monaco. El Ghazi says, “My goal is to fight for the club, goals will come later.” (ap)

Still in exile, Shakhtar Donetsk picks new home

AP Photo/Andre Penner, File

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, file photo, Brazil’s Corinthians’ Alexandre Pato celebrates after scoring against Colombia’s Millonarios during a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

MOSCOW — Shakhtar Donetsk is on the move again. After nearly three years in exile because of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Shakhtar said on Monday it completed a deal to move into the 40,000-capacity Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv.

The stadium was a venue for the 2012 European Championship and was formerly home to club side Metalist Kharkiv, which collapsed financially last year.

Shakhtar has played on occasion since then in Kharkiv, which is 150 miles (240 kilometers) from Donetsk. The team said the response from fans persuaded it to sign a longer deal.

“The matches we held in Kharkiv have proved that there are many Shakhtar fans in this region,” Shakhtar general director Sergei Palkin said in a statement.

“This will enable us to be closer to our fans, and I am convinced that we can make them happy with our

spectacular performance and good results.”

Spanish club Celta Vigo will be Shakhtar’s opposition for its first home game under the new agreement in the Europa League on Feb. 23. The Ukrainian league resumes following its winter break later that month.

Shakhtar has not been able to play in its home city of Donetsk since 2014 because the city is under the control of Russian-backed separatists. The club’s Donbass Arena has sustained light damage from shelling and has been used as a distribution point for humanitarian aid.

Over the last three years, the former UEFA Cup and nine-time Ukrainian champions have played in various grounds around other cities in Ukraine, using a stadium in the western city of Lviv for European matches.

The players will continue to live in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, despite the new deal to use the stadium in Kharkiv. (ap)

Brazil’s Pato latest to head to Chinese Super League

BEIJING — Brazilian forward Alexandre Pato has signed with Tianjin Quanjian, the latest major acquisition by the Chinese Super League.

Pato posted on Twitter Monday that he was “very happy” to join Quanjian from Spanish club Villarreal. Tianjin did not immediately confirm a report in Chinese state media that his transfer fee was 18 million euros ($19.3 million).

The 27-year-old Pato scored six goals in 24 appearances for Villarreal after playing just twice during a disappointing loan spell at English giants Chelsea. He has been in and out of Villarreal’s starting lineup amid rumors of a transfer to China.

Quanjian, promoted to China’s Super League after winning the second tier last year, also acquired Belgium’s Axel Witsel this month and is coached by former Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro.

Other prominent players lured to China include Brazilians Hulk, Oscar, Ramires and Paulinho, Colombian striker Jackson Martinez and Argentines Ezequiel Lavezzi and Carlos Tevez.

China has spent heavily to bring in international stars and build up its football infrastructure at all age levels, with the stated goal of producing a national team capable of winning the World Cup by 2050. The big contracts handed out by its clubs have raised some alarm among major European clubs that previously had no rival in signing the world’s top talent.

And skepticism is starting to grow in China. The governing body of Chinese soccer announced Jan. 16 that it would reduce the number of foreigners allowed to appear at any given time for a club from four to three, along with other steps targeting “recent irrational investments by clubs, high-figure transfer fees and salaries paid to domestic and international athletes and other issues.” (ap)

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Kyrgios hopes team spirit can help overcome Seppi loss

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Tegal Wangi Beach offers breathtaking seascapes with cool natural features – low tides and crimson sunsets reveal seaweed-covered stony barriers that add an abstract border and foreground to its wider ocean views. This beach was, quite casually, kept a secret among wedding photographers over time, admired for its simple and barren beauty making particularly exotic backdrops. The best time to visit is before sunset and around the ‘blue hour’ (18:00 – 19:00).

A hundred meters or so down the winding road from the Ayana, a car park adjacent to the Pura Tegal Wangi temple is obstructed by a high wall, which adds more mystery to firsttime visitors – or instead deter them altogether.

But once you find your way in, small glimpses of the ocean panorama are visible behind the hill’s shrubbery. It’s these views of the Indian Ocean from a hundred meters up from Tegal Wangi Beach that draws young local couples

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Thomas pens strong finish as Celtics jolt Pistons

BOSTON - Isaiah Thomas performed more of his fourthquarter magic and the Boston Celtics blew an 11-point lead but held off the Detroit Pistons 113-109 for the their fourth straight victory on Wednesday night.

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Thomas, who entered the game averaging a league-best and record-pace 10.0 points per game in the fourth quarter, scored 24 of his 41 points in the final 12 minutes.

He scored on a three-point play to put the Celtics (30-18) ahead to stay with 4:13 left in the game.

Earlier in the quarter, Boston’s little big man scored 11 straight Celtics points.

It was his 32nd straight game with at least 20 points as he closes in on John Havlicek’s club record of 40. He has scored under 20 just once this season and had 18 in that game.

He has scored at least 20 points in the fourth quarter four times this season; while no one else in the league has done it more than once. He has also had nine 15-point

fourth quarters.

After Reggie Jackson missed on his second straight late drive attempt, Thomas put the game on ice with four free throws in the closing seconds.

The win moved the Celtics a game ahead of the idle Toronto Raptors for the Atlantic lead, keeping Brad Stevens’ chance of coaching the East All-Stars very much alive.

Boston has three more home games this week, starting with the Raptors on Wednesday night.

Thomas’ latest heroics overcame an outstanding effort by Detroit big man Andre Drummond, who had a season high-tying 28 points and 22 rebounds. He has 45 points and 42 rebounds in the last two games, both losses.

Jae Crowder had 21 points and

eight rebounds for the Celtics.

Al Horford, back after missing two games with a groin pull, scored 13 points and added six rebounds and six assists and Marcus Smart had 13 points, eight assists and five rebounds off the bench.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 18 points, Tobias Harris 15, Marcus Morris 13 and Jackson 12 for the Pistons (21-26).

Detroit, which lost its third straight, hit two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter but was just 3-for27 for the game from behind the arc.

The Pistons grabbed a six-point lead with 2:38 left in the first quarter but a 9-2 run put the Celtics ahead by one at the end of 12 minutes. The game was tied at 32 when the Celtics ran off eight straight points and a Horford 3-pointer with 3.8 seconds left in the restored their eight-point lead.

The lead grew to 11 3:49 into the third quarter and was at nine entering the fourth. (rtr)

MELBOURNE - Nick Kyrgios struggled to deal with the furore over his shock second round meltdown at the Australian Open but said the return to a team environment with Davis Cup had helped him through it.

The local hope was jeered off the court by sections of the crowd after squandering a two-set lead and throwing a tantrum in the 1-6 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2 10-8 loss to Italian Andreas Seppi on Jan. 18.

Former world number one John McEnroe then questioned his commitment to the sport, while local media pilloried him the following day with one headline telling him to “Nick Off” -- an Australian slang term meaning to leave.

“I was obviously struggling, mentally it was tough,” the world number 15 said on Tuesday, ahead of Australia’s Davis Cup tie with the Czech Republic at Kooyong this weekend.

“But I’ve had a lot of support and obviously Rusty (Australia captain Lleyton Hewitt) has been helping me though it.

“I think this week is crucial for me to bounce back and go out to try to enjoy it again and I feel good.”

Several former players have suggested that Kyrgios needed to employ a coach fulltime to help him mentally, something the 21year-old said he was considering after the Seppi defeat.

He now had some potential candidates in mind but they needed to be the “right person”.

“It’s finding someone who has my best interest at heart and it’s tough to find someone on the team who’s willing to care about me as a person first,” Kyrgios said.

While Kyrgios added that Hewitt had helped him “100 percent” with the fallout from the Seppi loss, the former world number one was not ready to become his coach.

Kyrgios, who carried a knee injury into the Australian Open, said it had been caused by playing too much basketball, a sport that he has said in the past was something he preferred.

He had been training in Miami since his exit at the season-opening grand slam and felt pleased to return home to fit back into the team environment.

“I think playing Davis Cup is going to improve my general wellbeing,” Kyrgios said.

“It’s a good environment and makes me happy being with these guys and getting out on the practice court and training because usually when I’m by myself I struggle to find the motivation.

“These weeks are pretty crucial for someone around my time of my career.” (rtr)

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Australia’s Nick Kyrgios arrives on the court before his Men’s singles second round match against Italy’s Andreas Seppi.

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Fired: Trump dumps top lawyer who defied immigration order

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump fired top federal government lawyer Sally Yates on Monday after she took the extraordinarily rare step of defying the White House and refused to defend new travel restrictions targeting seven Muslim-majority nations.

It was another dramatic twist in the unusually raucous roll-out of Trump’s directive that put a 120-day hold on allowing refugees into the country, an indefinite ban on refugees from Syria and a 90-day bar on citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

The Friday night ban prompted protests and chaos at airports on the weekend as customs officials struggled to put the order into practise, and the fallout spread to U.S. markets on Monday, where stocks suffered their biggest drop of 2017 and companies affected by the change spoke out against it.

Yates said late on Monday that the Justice Department would not defend the order against court challenges, saying that she did not believe it would be “consistent with this institution’s solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right.”

Hours later, she was fired. The White House said Yates “has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States” and portrayed her actions as political.

Trump has argued tougher vetting of immigrants is needed to protect America from terror attacks but critics complain that his order unfairly singles out Muslims and defiles America’s historic reputation as a welcoming place for immigrants.

Yates, an appointee of former Democratic President Barack Obama, was days away from being replaced by Trump’s pick for the top spot at the Justice Department, Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, who is awaiting Senate confirmation.

“Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration,” the White House said in a statement.

The White House said that Dana Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was sworn in at 9 p.m.

ET and would be acting U.S. attorney general until Sessions is approved.

Boente said in an interview with the Washington Post that he would enforce the immigration order. (rtr)

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U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Going Dark: Encryption, Technology, and the Balance Between Public Safety and Privacy” in Washington July 8, 2015.

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Although thousands protested the order at airports around the country and civil rights groups and some members of Congress denounced it, Trump supporters say it is a needed safeguard.

“We need to know who these people are,” said retired firefighter Charles Lewis of Topeka, Kansas.

“I just don’t think this nation is secure. We’re a day late and a dollar short on everything.”

One of the many the order barred is Luey Rabban, who works 16-hour days as cook in a Baghdad restaurant and who received refugee status in the United States about eight months ago. He was waiting for his turn to emigrate but said Monday he is unsure now if that day will ever come.

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“I just want to come and see my family,” Rabban, 47, said by phone from Baghdad through an Arabic translator at his brother’s home in El Cajon, California, a suburb east of San Diego that has been a magnet for Iraqi Christians fleeing violence and, more recently, for Syrian refugees.

Rabban, who served meals to the U.S. military at the Baghdad airport from 2003 to 2011, said a U.S.

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A woman places a candle at a memorial site near a sign saying “no violence” and “terrorism has no religion or identity” following a vigil held in honour of the victims of a shooting in a Quebec mosque in Quebec City, Quebec January 30, 2017.

Quebec suspect seen as nerdy outcast,’ fan of France’s right-wing Le Pen

QUEBEC CITY - The FrenchCanadian student charged in a shooting spree that killed six people at a Quebec City mosque was known in online circles as a supporter of far-right French politician Marine Le Pen and described by a former classmate as a “nerdy outcast.”

Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, the sole suspect in Sunday night’s shooting, was charged on Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder with a restricted weapon.

Police said he acted alone.

He was not previously known to police, but a Facebook post by the group “Welcome to Refugees Quebec City” said Bissonnette was “unfortunately known to several activists in Quebec City for his proLe Pen and anti-feminist identity positions at Université Laval and on social networks.”

The online profile for Bissonnette, who made a brief court appearance on Monday, showed a wide variety of interests.

On his Facebook page, he indicated he liked Le Pen, U.S. President Donald Trump, the separatist Parti Quebecois as well as Canada’s left-wing New Democratic Party, the Israeli Defense Forces, heavy metal band Megadeth and pop star

Katy Perry.

“I wrote him off as a xenophobe.

I didn’t even think of him as totally racist, but he was enthralled by a borderline racist nationalist movement,” Vincent Boissoneault, a fellow Laval University student, told the Globe and Mail newspaper.

He said they frequently clashed over Bissonnette’s opinions about refugees and support for Le Pen and Trump.

Bissonnette’s lawyer, Jean Petit, declined to comment at the courthouse on Monday. Université Laval confirmed on Monday that Bissonnette was a social science student there.

Bissonnette was a cerebral “nerdy outcast,” said former high school classmate Simon de Billy, adding the suspect and his twin brother were inseparable.

“He was an avid reader, knew a lot about history and about current issues, current politics, those kinds of topics,” de Billy said. “He was just a bit of a loner, always with his twin brother, didn’t have any friends.

“He wasn’t physically strong or imposing, and probably got a bit of a hard time, was probably not taken seriously. ... He would be kind of made fun of, the butt of the jokes.” (rtr)

Army officer helped him start on his refugee application six years ago.

Syrian brothers Bassam and Hassan Abouasali waited for 13 years to have their visas approved so they could join their brother, a U.S citizen, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he has a house waiting for them. They finally got the visas last year but decided to spend one last Christmas in Damascus before leaving.

When they arrived at Philadel-

phia International Airport with their wives and children on Saturday they learned their visas had been canceled and they were sent back.

“They’re exhausted. They’re angry.

They’re frustrated. They’re afraid,” said their sister-in-law Sarmad Assali, a naturalized citizen who came to the United States when she was 13. “They don’t know what they have done wrong to be treated that way.” (ap)

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Indonesia not be affected

by Trump`s immigrant policy: President Jokowi BOYOLALI - Indonesia will not be affected by United States President Donald Trumps decision to ban immigrants from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries. “We will not be affected by Trumps decision to ban refugees from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries,” President Joko Widodo said here on Monday.

The president affirmed that the Indonesian constitutional principle supported equality and justice clearly. With regard to the issue, he emphasized that Indonesia was not affected by Trumps policy. “Equality and justice should be pursued,” the head of state added.

Therefore, Widodo urged Indonesians not to worry after Trump halted the entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries.

“There is no direct impact on Indonesia,” he affirmed.

Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi earlier advised Indonesian nationals living in the United States to stay calm after Trump signed on Friday an executive order that severely restricts immigration and suspends all refugee admission.

The foreign ministry called on Indonesian citizens in the US to respect the US laws and maintain public orders in their respective environment, the foreign ministrys statement said here on Sunday.

Retno had instructed Indonesian representatives in Washington DC, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco to open 24-hour hotline services to anticipate any possible impact that might happen.

“The Indonesian Government, through Indonesias representatives across the United States, will keep on monitoring the ongoing developments and will anticipate any impacts on Indonesian citizens,” Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, director of protection of Indonesian citizens and legal entities, said in a statement.

Iqbal has also advised Indonesians to understand their rights in any situation, which could be found on the US Civil Liberties Union website (www.aclu.org).

“This is needed because one of the important components in the executive order signed by Trump is policies on arrest and deportation of illegal immigrants who were protected during the previous administration with the presence of sanctuary policies in several cities and counties,” he stated.

Reuters reported that Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries, saying the moves would help protect Americans from terrorist attacks.

He noted that the most sweeping

use of his presidential powers since taking office a week ago, barring travelers from the seven nations for at least 90 days, would give his administration time to develop more stringent screening procedures for refugees, immigrants and visitors.

“Im establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America. Dont want them here,” Trump said earlier on Friday at the Pentagon.

“We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love our people deeply,” he added.

The bans, though temporary, took effect immediately, causing havoc and confusion for would-be travelers with passports from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.(ant)

Rail services disrupted as floods hits Pasuruan

JEMBER - Floods hit Pasuruan District, East Java, on Tuesday, disrupting the Mutiara Timur train connecting the Banyuwangi-Surabaya route and the Probowangi train serving the Surabaya-Banyuwangi route.

The Mutiara Timur train was halted at the Pasuruan station, while

the Probowangi train at Bangil station, according to Luqman Arif, spokesman of the state-owned railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia.

Floodwaters, reaching a height of around 20 centimeters, inundated areas between Pasuruan and Bangil.

The arrival of the Mutiara Timur train was delayed by some three hours, and Probowangi, by 77 minutes, due to the flooding.

The railway tracks, which were submerged, at the Bangil and Pasuruan stations are now passable, but the speed was restricted to five kilometers per hour. (ant)

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A labourer loads a sack of red chilies into a supply truck at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India January 16, 2017.

India plays down hit to growth from PM Modi’s cash crunch

NEW DELHI - India’s growth rate will slow by up to half a percentage point due to the government’s decision to scrap high-value banknotes, the top finance ministry economist said on Tuesday, challenging independent estimates of a far bigger impact.

Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian rejected the view of the International Monetary Fund, where he used to work, that growth would be knocked a full percentage point lower

by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shock decision in November to scrap 86 percent of the cash in circulation.

Modi launched the “demonetisation” drive to expose untaxed wealth and the proceeds of crime and corruption. Yet the measure - unprecedented in a stable, modern, peacetime democracy - has caused huge disruption to daily and business life in Asia’s third-largest economy.

It will also complicate the fiscal arithmetic in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s fourth annual budget, which he will present to parliament

on Wednesday.

Presenting India’s pre-budget Economic Survey, which combines analysis and forecasts with a broader look at policy issues, Subramanian called demonetisation a “radical currency-cum-governance-cum social-engineering measure”. He also maintained the currency squeeze was “less severe than is commonly perceived”.

‘SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIPS’ Still, Subramanian acknowledged that official GDP figures may not fully reflect the “real and significant hardships” experienced by the informal sector, in which an estimated nine out of 10 Indian workers are employed. Without

giving a figure for growth in the fiscal year that ends in March, Subramanian said it was likely to be between one- quarter and onehalf percentage point below an earlier official forecast of around 7 percent.

Growth is expected to “return to normal” in 2017/18, when it is forecast in a 6.75-7.5 percent range, as cash liquidity is restored to the economy, according to the 335-page report.

By contrast, the IMF slashed its India growth forecast for the current fiscal year by a full point to 6.6 percent, handing the title of the world’s fastest-growing economy back to China, which reported 6.7 percent growth for 2016.

Subramanian pointedly declined to comment on whether there had been failings in the planning and implementation of the banknote ban. He expected that a shortage of new 500

rupee ($7.40) and 2,000 rupee notes to end by April. The new notes are being issued to replace high-value ones scrapped overnight on Nov. 8.

NO LONGER IN DENIAL Despite Subramanian’s cautious assessment, private sector economists said it was important he at least recognised that demonetisation had taken a toll on the Indian economy. “This is perhaps the first acknowledgement coming from the government.

Otherwise so far there has been a denial,” said Aneesh Srivastava, chief investment office at IDBI Federal Life Insurance Co in Mumbai.

Jaitley is expected in Wednesday’s budget to offer some tax “sops” to individuals to ease the pain of demonetisation, and ramp up public sector investment to offset weak consumption and private capital investment.

Such steps would seek to boost the electoral prospects of Modi’s

Bharatiya Janata Party in a round of five regional elections that kick off this weekend, the most important in the battleground state of Uttar Pradesh.

The survey said government pay rises and muted tax receipts could put pressure on the fiscal deficit in the coming fiscal year. A sharp rise in prices could also cap the headroom to ease monetary policy, it added.

Senior officials say Jaitley may allow the federal deficit to overshoot an earlier target of 3 percent of GDP to create room for more public investment - a move against that ratings agencies such as Standard & Poor’s have warned against because of India’s high national debt.

Subramanian took a poke at the “poor standards” of the ratings agencies and included a factbox in his report that chided S&P for upgrading China despite its slowing growth and deteriorating debt metrics, while overlooking India.(rtr)

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Sawangan Beach, Spot of Seaweed and Pre-Wedding Photos

Do you want to enjoy the beauty of tranquil white sandy beach that is really far away from hustles and bustles? This atmosphere can be found on Sawangan Beach. This beach is located at Sawangan village. Some people also call it Geger Beach because it is very close to Geger Temple often linked to the pilgrimage of Nirartha, a sage from East Java who migrated to Bali.

Geger Temple perching above the piles of rigid rocks offers lush beauty and serenity that looks so perfect under lullabies of full moonlight. From the point of this height, the boisterous and splendor of night

lamps of Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, Kuta and Denpasar seem close. In the meantime, this beach offers beautiful scenery with charming white sandy beach. Moreover, this beach is one of the hidden beaches in Bali

because only a few travelers know about the existence of this beach.

Though the beach is claimed to be hidden but the access is quite easy.

Sawangan Beach is also used by local community to cultivate seaweed because the beach is fairly quiet. When visiting this beach, travelers will see seaweed farmers drying out their crops. For fishing hobbyists, there are also many spots of fishing here. Due to the beauty owned, this beach is often used by wedding couples as the location of

their pre-wedding photo session.

What is interesting here? At low tide, visitors can explore the verges along the beach to see the beauty of the rocks and crystal-clear seawater. Thus, visitors will be made comfortable to linger on this beach.

An important thing to note here is that when visiting this beach traveler must prepare supplies because there are no stalls selling food and drinks here.

A unique attraction offered on this beach is camel ride. It can be

tried while enjoying the beauty of this beach. This camel attraction is managed by the Bali Camel Safari.

So, you should make a reservation first if you want to enjoy the experience of this camel ride. The rate of camel ride for adults and children is charged per person with duration of one hour. Camel ride attraction can be carried out either in the morning or late afternoon. Thus, you do not have to come to the Middle East just to enjoy the experience of camel ride.(kmb)

Come on .., Let’s Sip Balinese Meatball Gravy

When talking about foods, Bali is rich in a variety of tasty and delicious menus. One of them is be pulung-pulung kuah (meatball gravy)

which has been inherited from the ancestors of Balinese. This serving is similar with meatball in general because the round shape of it looks

like a meatball. However, it is not as smooth and soft as meatballs, but slightly rough because flesh and bones are mixed together.

The main ingredient can be beef, pork, chicken, Muscovy duck, duck, eel, fish and other types of meat. However, the most common and easily obtained is meatball gravy made from chicken. No matter what ingredient used to prepare, this Balinese menu is always tasty.

Its delicious aroma will always tempt people to taste it.

This menu is always available in a party related to the ceremony of Hindu community in Bali. It can be served with rice, but will taste better when consumed with tipat or rice bag. Consuming this delicacy will taste better when enjoying the gravy by sipping. Rice is served in

a different container or bowl, so that the gravy sipped will generate distinctive sound ‘gerosssss.’

The way to prepare it is quite unique. To crush meat, Balinese people do not grind or uses other modern tools, but uses knife to chop.

If this activity is carried out together in a series of religious ceremonies, the process of chopping meat will generate sound like the unique strains of music without a composer.

Meat is the main ingredient, while the spice in use belongs to base genep (Balinese complete spice) consisting of shallot, garlic, ginger, turmeric, ginger, aromatic ginger, pepper, coriander, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, red pepper and salt. Then, the seasoning of gravy includes fried onions, bay leaves and kaffir lime. All the ingredients

are then finely pulverized, except the seasoning for the gravy.

Preparation is started by mixing the meat with grounded spice.

When using a little meat, it is usually added with grated coconut, so that it gets larger number of meatballs. Afterwards, they are mixed together and added with coconut oil. Then, it is resumed with the making of batter of meatballs.

At the same time, it is followed with the making of gravy by boiling water of about 700 cc. Then, add some spices, bay leaves and fried shallot. After the water with spices is boiling, put the meatballs into the gravy until they are floating. It means that it has cooked, and then add some salt to taste. When the flavor is okay, the meatball gravy is ready to be served. (kmb)

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Penglipuran tourism village needs sustainable management

visit Penglipuran continuously multiply,” he said.

In the meantime, Regional Secretary of Bangli, Ida Bagus Gede Putra Giri, stated that the arrangement and coaching of Penglipuran tourism village must continuously be carried out so as the development of Penglipuran tourism village is increasingly advanced. With good arrangement, the tourist attraction will be able to grow rapidly in the future.

“The understanding, coaching, governance of tourist attraction and motivation in the sector of tourism activity are urgently needed. It is carried out for people’s welfare and the advancement of tourism sector in Bangli district,” he said. (kmb41)

YANGON - The office of Myanmar’s civilian president said on Tuesday that the assassination of a lawyer advising the ruling party on amending a military-drafted constitution was likely an effort to destabilise the country.

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It is required a sustainable coaching from the government on the environmental management and governance so that the tourism village can run sustainably.

Land conversion proliferates

Badung protects farmland with technology

MANGUPURA - Conversion of farmland in Badung increasingly worsens. One of them is converted into tourist accommodation. Based on the existing data, the average farmland conversion in Badung

within the past five years reaches 45 hectares per year. This was triggered by the construction of accommodation such as hotels, villas and housing.

In response to these conditions,

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Based on the existing data, the average farmland conversion in Badung within the past five years reaches 45 hectares per year. This was triggered by the construction of accommodation such as hotels, villas and housing.

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Lawyer’s killing meant to ‘destabilise’ Myanmar, says president’s office

BANGLI - Bangli district has plentiful tourism villages made into tourist destination. One of them is Penglipuran village. To continuously develop the tourist attraction is needed an arrangement and coaching on an ongoing basis from the government.

Chief of Penglipuran customary village, I Wayan Supat, said on Sunday (Jan. 29) that so far Penglipuran village has been frequently awarded nationally and internationally related to the arrangement of the village and tourist attraction.

To continuously develop this attraction, in the future it is necessary to manage the neighborhood of tourist attraction so that it can be preserved sustainably considering that it is a clean and fascinating traditional village.

“In the future, it is required a sustainable coaching from the government on the environmental management and governance so that the tourism village can run sustainably. By that way, domestic and foreign tourists that want to

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the Regent of Badung, Nyoman Giri Prasta, said that the agricultural sector will be protected by technology.

The agriculture agency will set up an application system on agricultural commodity prices.

“From this application, consumers will know the basic prices of agricultural products in Badung.

With this system, no more middlemen will tamper with the prices of the commodities,” said Regent Giri Prasta, recently.

According to him, in addition to applying technology, the government will also protect postharvest price. “When farmers face crop failure or the price is not in accordance with the market price, the government will be ready to subsidize,” he said.

Further, he explained that the government will create villageowned enterprises (BUMDes), while Badung will establish BUMDa for the marketing of the agricultural products. The regent will

also get into food industry and do self-sufficiency. The regent also supports the movement of coming back to village because Badung leads to independent village.

“For instance, rural development is done with self-management and the building materials are also taken from the village. Otherwise, make collaboration with other villages.

This back to village movement will be realized so that our societies are proud of their respective village,” he explained.

Regent Giri Prasta explained that in the upstream, Badung protects by strengthening agricultural infrastructure such as dams and irrigation channels. In the meantime, in order to reduce land conversion, the government of Badung has adopted the policy in accordance with the Law No. 28 on property tax, rural and urban areas where the farmland in the Badung district will not be taxable or tax-free. In addition, the government of Badung will

continuously provide assistance of seeds, agricultural tools and capital assistance for farmers.

“We are very committed in the efforts to improve the agricultural sector in Badung. As the dominant sector, we will continuously support the agricultural sector mainly farmers from the upstream to downstream so that farmers in Badung will be proud of their farmer profession,” he said.

As is known, other than land conversion from paddy fields into non-paddy field, there is also the addition of paddy field function followed by the availability of irrigation facilities, so that it shows the development of farmland area.

With the addition, the farmland area in Badung until 2015 reaches 10,006 hectares. In 2011, the farmland area reached 10,243 hectares and then shrank to 10,195 hectares in 2012.

Depreciation also occurred in 2013 with the amount of 51 hectares, so that the remaining farmland area reached 10,144 hectares. (kmb27)

A lone gunman shot Ko Ni, 63, an adviser to the ruling National League for Democracy, in the head in front of onlookers as the widely respected Muslim advocate held his young grandson at Yangon’s international airport on Sunday.

“The initial interrogation indicates the intention to destabilise the state,” the office of President Htin Kyaw said in a statement carried in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper. It did not give details.

“Investigations are being carried out by the government to find out the truth. Security has been heightened in the aftermath of the assassination.”

Authorities have detained Ko Ni’s suspected killer, a 53-year-old man. He also shot and killed a taxi driver who tried to apprehend him.

It remains unclear if Ko Ni was targeted for his religion or for his work toward reducing the political role of Myanmar’s military.

But the killing comes at a time of heightened communal and religious tensions in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where a civilian government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been in power for 10 months after a formal transition from decades of military rule.

A heavy-handed security operation in Rakhine state, a region home to many Rohingya Muslims, has led to an estimated 69,000 from the largely stateless community fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh.

Tens of thousands of people gathered in

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Supporters carry the coffin of Ko Ni, a prominent member of Myanmar’s Muslim minority and legal adviser for Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy, after he was shot dead, in Yangon, Myanmar January 30, 2017.

Yangon on Monday to mourn the death of Ko Ni, who was working on amending the constitution that ruling generals drafted in 2008 and which grants the army a quarter of seats in parliament and control over security ministries.

Suu Kyi did not attend the funeral of her

close adviser, and has not issued any statement.

Separately on Tuesday, a commission investigating attacks on border posts in Rakhine State that killed nine police on Oct. 9 and their aftermath has asked for more time due to unspecified “fresh

claims” of human rights abuses, state media said.

The commission was to have reported on its findings on Tuesday, including looking into allegations that soldiers committed extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and rape of Rohingya civilians. (rtr)

Visa row overshadows Iranian investment drive and plane deals

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A IranAir Boeing 747SP aircraft is pictured before leaving Tehran’s Mehrabad airport, Iran, September 19, 2011.

ANKARA - A row over U.S. visa bans may further weaken Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s efforts to attract foreign investors to Iran, particularly if it slows the implementation of deals for Western aircraft, officials and analysts said.

The deals for 80 Boeing jets and 100 from Europe’s Airbus struck last year are seen by Western investors as a crucial test as they seek business in Iran in the wake of the nuclear deal that led to the lifting of most sanctions.

People involved in the airline deals say it is too early to assess the impact of the U.S. visa ban but worry that hardening rhetoric in Tehran and

Washington can only add to a list of complications that could slow, if not endanger, the jet sales.

While Airbus planes come from Europe, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump can veto the sale of all the planes to Iran because of the widespread use of U.S. parts in the aircraft which need U.S. export licences.

The visa ban could also prolong a hiatus in talks about financing deliveries of jets, with European and Chinese banks reluctant to put up money to back Iranian jet purchases for fear of a backlash against their U.S. operations.

“It will make people more ner-

vous, more risk-averse, more inclined to wait and see,” said a senior Western financier, who asked not to be named.

Iranian officials say that even before Trump imposed restrictions on travel to the United States from seven mainly Muslim countries, concerns about what the new U.S. president might do had already put the brakes on post-sanctions business.

During his election campaign, Trump criticised the nuclear accord six major powers struck with Iran and his victory in November increased uncertainty around Iran’s investment drive. (rtr)

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New Indonesia tsunami network could add crucial minutes

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s tsunami detection system, made up of seafloor sensors that communicate with transmitting buoys on the surface, has been rendered useless by vandals and lack of funding. Now Indonesian and U.S. scientists say they’ve developed a way to dispense with the expensive buoys and possibly add crucial extra minutes of warning for vulnerable coastal cities.

The prototype, nearly four years in the making, is designed to detect so-called near-field tsunamis and has been tested off Padang on the western coast of Sumatra. It awaits a decision on government funding to connect it to disaster agencies on land.

A tsunami triggered by a Dec. 26, 2004 earthquake in the Indian Ocean that killed or left missing nearly 230,000 people, a large share in Indonesia, raised the urgency of ensuring communities have the fastest possible warnings.

But when a sizeable earthquake struck near the Mentawai islands 170 kilometers (106 miles) from Padang in March last year, none

of the buoys in the area meant to transmit tsunami warnings were working. A disaster official said all of Indonesia’s 22 buoys, which cost several hundred thousand dollars each and are expensive to operate, were inoperable because of vandalism by boat crews or a lack of funds for maintenance.

That quake didn’t cause a tsunami but there was a chaotic evacuation in Padang, population 1 million, and other cities, which have at most 30 minutes before tsunami waves hit. Because of lack of information, officials didn’t cancel the tsunami warning for two hours.

“Now we have no buoys in Indo-

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In this Nov. 15, 2005 file photo, a buoy which is a part of a tsunami warning system developed by GITEWS (GermanIndonesian Contribution for the Installation of a Tsunami Warning System) floats in on the sea as German R.V. Sonne is seen in the background during an installation simulation on Sunda straits off Java island, Indonesia.

nesia. They are all damaged,” said Iyan Turyana, an ocean engineer at BPPT, Indonesia’s Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology. “Where do you live in Indonesia? Jakarta! It’s ok.

But if you live in Padang, if you live in Bengkulu, your life is very dangerous.”

Germany and the U.S. provided 12 of the buoys, but did not maintain them, he said. For Indonesians, Aceh province in the north of Sumatra where more than 100,000 people died after 2004 earthquake, is synonymous with tsunami risk. Now, however, Padang and nearby cities face the greatest danger of being wiped out by giant waves.

The magnitude 9.1 quake in 2004, centered in the north of a subduction zone where one major section of the earth’s crust is being forced under another, released enough energy to make a similarly powerful quake in that area unlikely in the foreseeable future. In the section of that “megathrust” off Padang, pressure has built relentlessly and an undersea earthquake greater than magnitude 8.5 is possible in the next few decades.

To boost its detection ability, tsunami-prone Japan has linked dozens of seafloor sensors off its eastern coast with thousands of kilometers of fiber-optic cable. That cost several hundred million dollars and a similar endeavor would be impossibly expensive for Indonesia, a vast but poor archipelago in one of most seismically active regions in the world.

But with $3 million of funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, a prototype network of undersea sensors has been deployed between Padang and the Mentawai islands.

Buoys are not needed because the undersea seismometers and pressure sensors send data-laden sound waves to the warm surface waters. From there they refract back into the depths, traveling 2030 kilometers to the next node in the network and so on.

At its final undersea point, the network needs a few kilometers of fiber optic cable to connect it to a shore station in the Mentawai islands where the cascades of data would be transmitted by satellite to the meteorology and geophysics agency, which issues tsunami warnings, and to disaster officials in Padang. (ap)

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Festival effective to boost foreign tourist visit

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Team members from Delft Hyperloop, Delft University of Technology place their pod on the track during the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 29, 2017.

SpaceX’s Hyperloop competition sees three companies run their pods

LOS ANGELES - SpaceX hosted a hyperloop pod design test competition at its Hawthorne headquarters this past weekend, where student teams got the chance to run their pod designs in low-pressure environments in a test track for the first time.

There were a number of teams competing, with 30 in total selected to come down for the trials, but only three were actually able to perform runs this weekend, since each had to pass a number of tests for things like structural integrity and vacuum chamber survivability in order to compete.

The three teams that made it through include a team from MIT, one from Delft University, and one from WARR, a student group from the Technical University of Munich. The teams ran their pods in the test tube, with the fastest (WARR) achieving a max speed of around 90 km/h. The one mile test track obviously can’t achieve the max speeds or nearly 300 km/h that Hyperloop tech eventually will shoot for, and this is also early days for these designs.

Delft, a school in the Netherlands, got the best overall score for its design, while TUM got the fastest time, as mentioned.

MIT came in third, after having landed the award for best overall design in 2016.

A final phase of the competition is set for this summer, and all 30 of the teams selected for this trial will be potentially able to compete there, even if they couldn’t pass the tests to run their pods this time around. That means we could see a much wider field in the final leg, provided the other teams can address the issues that caused them to fail this first group of tests between now and then. (rtr)

MANGUPURA - Festivals can effectively increase tourist arrivals, especially Chinese tourists. The Ministry of Tourism has organized festival for several times that invites Chinese tourists to come to Indonesia. The festival organized previously could promote the growth of foreign tourists coming to Bali. Moreover, the growth of Chinese tourist arrival reached 40 percent in 2016.

“It brought in extraordinary impact where the target of tourist visit in 2016 was 12 million. Now, in 2017 the target is set at 15 million, it’s quite hard,” said the Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha, in the Wonderful Indonesia Lunar Festival 2017 organized by the Ministry of Tourism in cooperation with the central executive of ASITA at Harris Hotel Sunset Road, Kuta.

Chairman of ASITA, Asnawi Bahar, said that inviting 1,000 Chinese tourists to Indonesia is a cheap campaign. “Their presence at this event will become viral for our tourism promotion when they return home to China. We think this event is very cheap because we can promote in a very simple manner,” he said.

According to him, festival plus other program is very effective to increase foreign tourist visit. “This is one of the ways, not the only way. However, it is effective because they will certainly deliver at least to their families and relatives,” he said.

To increase tourist visit, tourism promotion must be increased.

Otherwise, it will not succeed. “On that account, promotion is an important point for tourism in Indonesia because other countries also scramble to draw Chinese travelers and their promotion is very intensive. I think that consistency of promotion should be conducted by local government. We in the ASITA become the spearhead for the target achievement of foreign tourist visit,” he said.

In the meantime, free tourist visa is a facility for foreign tourists to enter Indonesia, not a facility to increase the number of foreign tourist visit. “The factor increasing the number of tourist visit is the superiority of our destinations. Free tourist visa is just a facility to enable them to come. It does not necessarily mean a major point to bring in the number of tourists,” he said.

ASITA expected such festival moment can help achieve the target of 15 million tourist arrivals in 2017. “Since our target this year is 15 million and last year was 12 million, the additional 3 million is not an easy job. We have to do a promotion and a lot of activities effectively like this to help reach the target. Thus, they know about Indonesia,” he explained.

He hoped the people-to-people promotion will become more effective because so far the communication is made from business-tobusiness (B to B) through travel agencies and exhibitions organized by the Ministry of Tourism. “Today we symbolize the RI by our cultures that they immediately attend,” he said. (kmb42)

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Chinese travelers making a visit to Indonesia, especially Bali, are not only interested in the wonderful view of Bali but also the strong cultural customs with a snazzy characteristic.

Cultural similarity

One of the factors driving Chinese travelers to visit Bali

MANGUPURA - Some similarities owned

by China and Bali are predicted to encourage Chinese tourists visiting Bali. Bali and China have a long-standing relationship as evidenced by the history on the marriage of the King Jaya Pangus and Kang Ching Wie denoting a blend of Chinese and Balinese culture.

This proves the close friendly relations having been established since long time ago. Besides, Buddhism in China and Hinduism in Bali have resemblances.

Both cultures also have similarities in terms of motif and carving style.

“Now, the traveler coming here (Bali) is one of the forms of conservation efforts for the friendship,” said Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Denpasar, Hu Yinquan, in the Wonderful Indonesia Lunar Festival 2017 organized by the Ministry of Tourism in cooperation with the central executive of the Association of Indonesia Tour and

Travel Agency (ASITA) at Harris Hotel Sunset Road, Kuta, recently.

According to him, Chinese travelers making a visit to Indonesia, especially Bali, are not only interested in the wonderful view of Bali but also the strong cultural customs with a snazzy characteristic. These aspects draw the Chinese travelers to Indonesia, especially Bali.

Since the target of foreign travelers visiting Indonesia is 15 million in 2019, he is trying hard to help achieve the target. He will cooperate with the Ministry of Tourism in order to make promotions in different cities or provinces in China.

Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha, said there are some cultural similarities owned by China and Indonesia. Moreover, his office desired to make Chinese New Year into an attraction because he thinks it is an appeal. “We want to show that the celebrating Lunar New Year outside their home country is not a problem,” he said. (kmb42)

Produce various kinds of craft

Komang Arta Wiguna becomes his family’s backbone

BANGLI - The curve of the hand of I Komang Arta Wiguna looks so weak when working on a face sketch. Other than being reliable in playing a pencil on a sheet of white paper, this young man from Cepunggung hamlet, Bangbang, Tembuku, is also skillful in making other art crafts such as wood carving, fruit carving and young coconut leaf arrangement.

Not only that, he is also skillful in carving a styrofoam usually used to make wedding decoration and the need of other religious ceremonies.

When visited at his home on Sunday (Jan. 29), he explained

that he originally got involved in a variety of crafts four years ago.

Originally there was no intention to get involved in art crafts.

However, after trying to make a variety of art crafts from the existing materials, until now he gets involved in various art craft making. “Having been pursued, in fact, it can bring in money. Finally, I continuously pursue it,” he said.

Wiguna said that the craft making is taken as a side job because he also still works at one of the LPG distribution company on Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra. He just can work on the art craft orders after coming home from work.

“I just work on my orders after office hours. Since our office hours are divided into several shifts, I sometimes work on our orders early in the afternoon or depends on my working shift,” he said.

Indeed all the crafts he handles have something to do with the arts such as carving on styrofoam, young coconut leaf arrangement, face sketch et cetera. He described that his orders are not only accomplished at home, but sometimes at the home of the order giver because he also receives a call to work the order at customer’s home.

“Sometimes I am requested to work on the order at customer’s

home. Otherwise, I will work on the orders at home,” he said.

He explained that he got uncertain orders. Sometimes, when being lucky he gets dozens of orders.

Results of the craft making are used to support family life. Moreover, since he was left by his father, the late I Ketut Rade, he becomes the backbone of the family.

“My father died in 2016. He had been sick for a long time. Since he was sick, I have been struggling to look for money for treatment of my father. My mother (I Wayan Kudi—Ed) is just a farmer whose income is uncertain. Inevitably I have to struggle to support my fam-

ily. Otherwise, who else is expected to do it?” he said He said that currently most orders are making people’s face sketch. A lot of people want to immortalize their image through sketches. He said that for the art work he charges at IDR 200,000 per sketch.

“It is indeed expensive because the working process is complicated and long. Each sketch can be completed within two days so that it can resemble the face of the order giver. I do not set the price for the other art crafts and it very much depends on how long it takes,” said Arta Wiguna. (kmb41)

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Investors have little interest in Badung agriculture

The officers are celaning the wall on Kuta beach.

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Strong wind and sandstorm lunges at Kuta Beach

MANGUPURA - Strong winds accompanied by a sandstorms hit the coastal area of Kuta on Monday (Jan. 30). Visitors, vendors and a number of motorists near the white sandy beach were surprised by such conditions.

According to one food vendor on Kuta Beach, such strong winds are a yearly occurance. “ Stong winds accompanied by sandstorms hot this coast and coause people’S eyes to get soar from the sand and dried leaves are also kicked by the winds”, said the vendor.

Head of the Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK), Putu Eka Merthawan, said that hundreds of personnel had been deployed to deal with the natural disaster. “Today (Monday—Ed) our team has come down to Jalan Pantai Kuta to handle the impact of the sandstorms. We have collected one cubic meter od sand from the road that has been returned to the

beach”, he said.

Such extreme weather, he said, will likely continue until Febuary. Dry blowing winds carrying beach sand also cause hibiscus leaves along Kuta Beach to shrivel up and fly away”, said Merthawan.

“According to the weather forecast, this ‘West monsoon’ will peak in February so we will continue to remain alert and clean sand from the streets and remove organic waste fcaused by the dry heat, from the beach”, he said.

This beach that is a favorite destination for foreigners visiting Bali now looks barren and is covered in dry leaves. “We have mobilized a dedicated team of 200 people to handle the impact of this phenomenon.

Meanwhile 300 people and two loading trucks have been deployed to deal with marine debris on Kedonganan Beach that mostly consists of plastic waste”, he explained. (kmb27)

MANGUPURA - The agricultural sector is increasingly excluded from the list of potential investments. In Badung it would appear that more people are interested in investing in trade, hotels and restaurants. Of the hundreds of investments made in this region, only 20 percent are concerned with this primary sectorr od the economy.

Head of the Badung Investment and Integrated Services (OSS), I Made Sutama, confirmed on Monday (Jan. 30) that investment in Badung is still dominated by the tertiary sector, especially tourism services.

With a total of 409 permits issued very few had anything to do with agriculture.

“Well ... incoming investments are predominated aimed at the tertiary sector, particularly the tourism sector accounting for 80 percent of investments”, he said.

According to Sutama, Bading is not the only area where this is happening. A number of other districts in Bali are seeing similar conditions. Nevertheless, his office is still issuing permits for investment in Badung because there have been no studies or rules that prohibit the development of hotel accommodation in the area.

“Indeed, so far there have been no instructions about limiting investment in this sector

(tourism—Ed). As long as they are qualified and there is no prohibition we will certainly follow up on them (requests for investment permits),” he said.

Sutma explained that the criteira for building tourist accommodations in Badung have been set forth in Regent Regulation No. 36/2014 on the minimum standards of land area and room area as well as supporting facilities of hotels and condotel dated June 3, 2014 and which came into force on August 1, 2014. The regent regulation establishes that each hotel and condotel development in the district of Badung must meet the minimum standards for land area and room area as well as supporting facilities. For the subdistrict of Kuta, the minimal land area is 0.50 hectare, North Kuta (0.75 hectare) and South Kuta (1 hectare).

Meanwhile, the room area for hotels and condotels -including bathrooms, is set for 32 square meters. In addition, the regulation also sets standards for other supporting facilities such as the need for a front office, lobby, kitchen, dining room for hotel / condotel guests, security post, CCTVs and fire extinguishers.

“Indeed we have not implemented a moratorium, but accomodations must built according the reent regulation”, he concluded. (kmb27)

Lunar New Year holiday at the Bali straigths crossing

NEGARA - During the long weekend holiday for the Lunar New Year last week, the ferry crossing in the Bali straights was quiter than usual with far less passengers making the cossing between Bali and Java. The same was true for freight vessels moving between Gilimanuk and Ketapang.

Business Manager of ASDP Gilimanuk, Sugeng Purnomo, conformed on Monday (Jan 30), that there was in fact very little activity at Gilimanuk Harour over the weekend. As seen on Friday (Jan. 27), there were

1,086 foot passengers entering Bali, 1,766 motorcyles and 1,684 four-wheeled vehicles.

On Saturday (Jan. 28) the numbers increased to 1432 foot passnegers, 1, 838 motocycles and 1, 395 four-wheeled vehicles. But this is still less than the average for most days when the figures tend to hover around 2,500 motorcycles and 2,000 four-wheeled vehicles. It is speculated that the decreaase in the amount of traffic at sea happened because the holidays were short and recent bad weather conditions. (kmb26)

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Beach Bar at Ayodya Resort Bali

The white crescent sandy beach of Mengiat is arguably one the most laid-back beaches in Bali.

It is home for beachfront Beach Bar at Ayodya Resort Bali, where lapping waves, the trendy seaside strip with colorful bean bags and umbrellas feature countless wellstocked cocktails.

The Beach Bar at Ayodya Resort Bali in Nusa Dua is a new set up.

Mengiat Beach, home to The Beach Bar, is anything but new and we can’t believe we’ve lived in Bali for so long and somehow its existence escaped us all this time. It makes up a small but perfectly formed crescent in the Nusa Dua coastline and boasts crystal clear waters and golden sand. This is picture postcard perfect, but better. It was love at first sight for us.

WEEKLY EVENTS and FARMERS MARKETS EVERY SATURDAY Meditation class by Mangku Budi Dharma 14-16:30 Bona, Blahbatuh meet at Ubud Cocomarket at 13:00 Saturday Market Oldman’s Cafe Canggu, Batu Bolong Beach, pottery fresh produce, clothing Sand Beach Club and Restaurant, Sanur Every second Saturday Biasa Art Space, Jl. Raya Seminyak 24, Seminyak, Fresh produce, potted plants, meat pie, sshie, coffee and more.

Every Saturday 9AM-2PM OrganIc Farmer’s Market Pizza Bagus (Jl. Pengosekan), Ubud EVERY SUNDAY Soul to soul spirituall dialogue Anand Ashram, Ubud Jl Sri Wedari KM 3 Mantra chanting 6-6:30pm Navaraha Arati 6:30-6:45pm Meditation, Satsang and celebration 6:45-8:30pm www.ubudashram.org SUNDAY MARKETS 10AM 1PM Sunday Market at Batu Jimbar Jl. Danau Tablingan , Sanur 10AM-4PM The Sands Beach Club and Restaurant Sunday MArket Jl. Danau Tamblingan, No 27, Sanur 9:30AM-1PM Sunday Market @ Warung Sopa Jl. Sugriwas no36, Padang Tegal, Ubud 9AM-2PM Samadi Sunday Market Jalan. Padang Linjong 39, Canggu, 9AM-2PM Wednesday and Sunday Ubud Organik Market Jl. Raya Pengosekan across from Zens Hotel Tebesaya, Ubud 12PM-10PM Sunday Food Festival & Bazaar Byrdhouse Beach Club, Sanur 10AM-6PM, Mercure,last sunday of every month, jl. ,Mertasari, Sanur, fashion food and and kids activities The Coffee Spot, Jalan Peigenet 888X,Seminyak, last Sunday of every month, garage sale clothing, books, and hand-made jewellery

The Beach Bar itself is a loose arrangement of tables set back from the shore on decking and bean bags on the beach, with big, bright umbrellas providing welcome shade.

There’s a washed up old boat that’s been restored and is now firmly rooted in the sand as a permanent fixture from which never-ending cold drinks and coconut juices flow.

The menu itself offers great variety. There’s a good selection of local dishes and some interesting wok fried options, supported by a range of salads, pastas and burgers and if you’re not sold yet, then they really know how to grill their meats and offer a good choice of steaks.

We’ve been back four times now, tried something different every time and have always left happy.

The Wok Fried Pad Thai Noodles and the Chilli Crab Cakes both stand out.

And then there’s the cocktail menu. We counted 14 different flavours of their signature Mojitos. The Mango Basil Mojito was particularly good and the Dirty Mojito (you’ll have to go and find out why it’s Dirty for yourself) hit the spot too, not to mention the Caipiroska from the Fruity Cocktails list. After that, well, after that counting was beyond us so we went to acquaint ourselves with the gently lapping waves which had been the background music whilst we ate.

Happy Hour starts at 3:00 PM every day and lasts for not one, not two but three hours. Given the refreshing taste of the aforementioned cocktails, the thirst built up by being in the sun and the fact that you simply can, this could spell trouble for those who like to imbibe of fine nectar. Or more specifically, Mojitos. But hey, you’re on holiday and other than the bar staff, who’s counting?

So grab your sun cream, a good book, a friend or three and head down to Nusa Dua. Life could be a lot worse than making a bean bag your home for the day, right?

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‘Hidden Figures,’ ‘Fences’ lead politically charged SAG awards

LOS ANGELES - “Hidden Figures” was the surprise best film ensemble winner at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild awards, a show overshadowed by politics as stars slammed U.S. President Donald Trump for restricting entry for travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations.

“Hidden Figures,” the true story of three black female mathematicians during the 1960s space race, ousted awards front-runners “Manchester By the Sea” and “Moonlight” to claim the night’s top prize.

“This story is about what happens when we put our differences aside and we come together,” star Taraji P. Henson said.

“Thank you for appreciating these women, they are hidden figures no more,” she added.

“Fences,” based on August Wilson’s award-winning stage

play about blue-collar AfricanAmericans, claimed two major acting awards.

With awards darling “La La Land” out of the running for the top SAG prize for best ensemble, the win put “Hidden Figures” firmly into the race for the best picture Oscar, the top accolade in the film industry.

Voted for by about 120,000 U.S. actors, the two-hour televised SAG awards show often anoints top Academy Award winners since actors comprise the largest body within Oscar voters.

College students at the University California San Diego demonstrate against President Donald Trump’s current immigration orders in La Jolla, California, U.S., January 30, 2017.

A surprised Denzel Washington won best actor for “Fences,” beating out front-runners Casey Affleck for “Manchester By the Sea” and Ryan Gosling for “La La Land.”

Washington’s co-star Viola Davis, who won best supporting actress, thanked the late playwright Wilson for honoring “the average man, who happened to be a man of color.”

The SAG awards honored many actors of color in a year when diversity in Hollywood has been in the spotlight. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced seven Oscar nominees of color among its acting categories this month after two years when only white actors were nominated, prompting the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. (rtr) Octavia Spencer (L), Janelle Monae (2nd L) and Taraji P. Henson accept their award for Cast in a Motion Picture for “Hidden Figures” during the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 29, 2017.

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From doctor to US military cook, Trump ban upends many lives

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LOS ANGELES — A doctor who saved Syrian lives and a man who cooked thousands of meals for American soldiers in Iraq were among those who saw their lives thrown into limbo when President Donald Trump’s executive order barred travelers from seven Muslim countries from entering the U.S. In some instances the order separated mothers from young children and husbands from wives as people with valid entry visas were stranded in countries around the world.

“I was shocked. She has a visa and they’re telling her she can’t go,” Ahmed Ali said by phone Monday from a hotel in the African country of Djibouti after authorities refused to let his 12-year-old daughter, Eman, board a plane with him to the United States.

Ali, his wife and their two older children are U.S. citizens but Eman was born in Yemen and has been living there with her grandparents.

The 38-year-old grocery store manager from Los Banos, California, said he spent five years trying to get Eman a visa and finally obtained one Thursday. By Saturday, when they tried to leave, it had been invalidated and he said he wasn’t sure what he’d do next.

Meanwhile, he’s worried that if he doesn’t return home soon he could lose his job. “It is racist,” he said of Trump’s order. “We are being

targeted for our nationality and religion.”

Also barred from returning is Khaled Almilaji, a Syrian doctor who has been attending Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on a scholarship while he studies ways to rebuild his country’s health system. He said that his pregnant wife remains in the United States while he is in Turkey.

“It is really sad where the world is going to,” said Almilaji, who risked his life to provide medical care during Syria’s civil war and coordinated a campaign that vaccinated 1.4 million Syrian children. Trump denied the order was to blame for chaos at the nation’s airports where hundreds of legal residents with green cards were stopped and interrogated for hours over the weekend while many with valid entry visas were simply

turned away.

Instead Trump blamed computer glitches and the large airport protests his order prompted as he took to Twitter to argue it was needed because there are “a lot of ‘dudes’ out there.”

The president issued a 90-day ban on travelers from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. He also suspended the admission of all refugees for 120 days and indefinitely barred refugees from Syria.

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