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Lovato thanks fans for support after tough year

LOS ANGELES - US pop star Demi Lovato has thanked her fans, friends and family following a year in which she spent time in rehab.

The 26-year-old was taken ill at her Los Angeles home in July after a suspected drug overdose.

She said little about her addiction battle in the following months but posted a message to fans on New Year’s Eve using Instagram stories.

She said to her 70 million followers that she was “so grateful for the lessons I’ve learned this year”.

“I will never take another day in life for granted, even the bad ones.

“Thankful for my fans, friends, family and everyone who supported me throughout this year.

“God bless.”

Lovato had posted on Twitter a few weeks earlier warning fans not to believe everything they read.

She had written: “I love my fans, and hate tabloids. Don’t believe what you read. People will literally make up stuff to sell a story. Sickening.”

It was unclear which reports she was referring to. She later added: “If I feel like the world needs to know something, I will tell them MYSELF. “Otherwise people stop writing about my recovery, because it’s no one’s business but mine. I am sober and grateful to be alive and taking care of ME. (net)

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Rescuers search for survivors in deadly Indonesian landslide

Rescuers are searching for survivors after a landslide triggered by heavy rain left at least 15 people dead and dozens missing in western Indonesia, an official said Tuesday.

The landslide occurred shortly before sunset on Monday in West Java province. Search and rescue teams said they have found 15 people dead and are scouring the area for at least 25 missing.

Pouring rain, power cuts and

rough roads are preventing heavy machinery from accessing the area in Sukabumi regency, disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.

“Relief efforts have also been hampered by a lot of people who

want to get to the disaster,” he said.

“The roads are narrow which has caused rescue teams, logistics and ambulances to be stuck in traffic jams.”

The search operation has halted for the day but will resume Wednesday morning.

Four people have been injured in the disaster and 60 others evacuated from the area, Nugroho said.

Landslides are common in Indonesia, a vast tropical archipelago prone to natural disasters and torrential downpours. More than 20 people died in October when flash floods and landslides hit several provinces on Sumatra island, western Indonesia.In June 2016, nearly 50 people died when floods and landslides struck Central Java province. (afp)

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Demi Lovato spent time in rehab recovering from a suspected overdose

Kevin Spacey denied request to skip court hearing over groping claim

CALIFORNIA - Kevin Spacey will be forced to appear in court in a week’s time after a judge denied his request to skip a hearing over allegations he groped a young man.

The 59-year-old US actor has been told to attend court to formally hear charges against him on 7 January. Spacey, an Oscar-winner, denies groping an 18-year-old in a restaurant in Nantucket, Massachusetts in 2016.

He is charged with felony indecent assault and battery, and is pleading not guilty.

Spacey argued he should be excused from appearing next week because his presence would “amplify the negative publicity already generated in connection with this case”.

His lawyer Juliane Balliro claimed in court documents that Spacey’s appearance would only “heighten prejudicial media interest in the case” and increase the risk of contaminating the jury pool.

But Nantucket district court judge Thomas Barrett disagreed on Monday and turned down Spacey’s

request. Spacey was charged earlier this month over claims he stuck his hands into the young man’s trousers and grabbed his genitals.

The complainant’s mother, former TV news anchor Heather Unruh, said in a 2017 news conference that Spacey had bought her son “drink after drink after drink” and had “made his move” when the boy was drunk.

“He did not report the crime at the time, and that was largely because of embarrassment and fear,” she said. (net)

Kevin Spacey denies the allegations

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Penglipuran Festival draws thousands of visitors each day

I Wayan Koster (left) governor of Bali Province.

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Finance Minister gives incentive funds for Bali on plastic limitations

DENPASAR - Bali Governor Wayan Koster said that the Ministry of Finance will provide incentive funds to the local government with the issuance of Governor`s regulation (Pergub) No. 97 of 2018 concerning the Limitation of Disposable Plastic Waste.

“I have received information that the Minister of Finance is preparing a special scheme to provide incentives to Bali for the implementation of the Governor`s Regulation and our concern for environmental issues.

In fact, that is not what we hope for,” Koster stated, when delivering the 2018 Final Speech and Welcoming the New Year 2019, at Ksirarnawa Building, Denpasar Cultural Park, on Monday.

According to him, the main foundation for making governor`s regulation 97/2018 is in accordance with Bali`s vision of development in the next five years, namely “Nangun Sat Kerthi Loka Bali” to maintain the sanctity and harmony of Bali`s nature.

“It has received a very good appreciation,” he noted in company of the Deputy Governor of Bali Tjok Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati.

Regarding the amount of incentives that Bali wants to support the implementation of the regulation, Koster noted that he had not received an offer from the Ministry of Finance because it was still calculating the feasible amount. “What is clear is that Bali must be a `clean and green island` (green and clean island),” he remarked.

The newly appointed governor for three months also expressed his happiness because his policy had also received a positive response from the millennial

generation.

“Astungkara (with God`s grace), in 2019, the governor`s regulation (Pergub) will be carried out as well as possible, involving a number of parties,” Koster explained.

In the Pergub Bali No. 97 of 2018 concerning the Limitation of Disposable Plastic Waste that was published on Dec 21, there are three materials made from or containing prohibited plastic base materials, namely plastic bags, polysterina (styrofoam), and plastic straws.

Although a number of regencies / cities in the country have similar regulations, Koster claims that the Pergub issued is the first and only at the provincial government level.

“In limiting the generation of plastic waste, this regulation requires every producer, distributor, and supplier, as well as business people to produce, distribute, supply, and provide disposable substitutes for plastic. It also prohibits producing, distributing, supplying, and providing PSP, “he added.

As a form of concern for all parties, government agencies, BUMD, private sector, religious institutions, traditional villages / pakraman villages, communities, and individuals are also prohibited from using disposable plastic.

“In order to implement the limitation of disposable plastic waste to run effectively, the Bali Provincial Government will carry out guidance and supervision by forming teams. The team consists of vertical elements, regional officials, academics, NGOs, businessmen, religious leaders, and community leaders,” he pointed out. (ant)

BANGLI - Penglipuran Festival, held by the operator of Penglipuran Tourism Village, was fairly successful in attracting tourists to visit the tourism village. During the festival, the number of tourist visits to the village being famous for its traditional houses reached 1,200 people per day. This was acknowledged by the Chief of Penglipuran Tourism Village, Nengah Moneng, on Sunday (Dec. 30).

Moneng added the level of tourist visits during the festival increased by an average of 1,200 per day. On a particular day, an average tourist visit only reaches 500 people per day. The visits are dominated by domestic tourists.

“On Umanis Galungan, tourists visit reached 4,000 people,” he explained.

According to Moneng, the high interest of tourists to visit Penglipuran because they are interested in the festival activities held on December 17-30. The committee jazzed up the festival with a number of attractions and competitions such as barong ngelawang (street show), past fashion, lawar preparation competition, karaoke, Balinese

storytelling and other Balinese cultural nuances. Besides, another reason for tourists to get interested in visiting Penglipuran because of its success as the cleanest village in the world and success in winning a number of other national awards.

“I attempted to ask some tourists about the reason why they are interested in visiting Penglipuran.

One of them told me that it happens because the village was named the cleanest village in the world,” he explained.

Moneng predicted the number of tourist visits will remain high until the New Year holiday. “We predict that tourist visit on January 1 will reach more than 4,000 tourists,” he said.

He hoped the eruption happening to the Mount Agung in Karangasem will not affect tourist visits to Penglipuran or other tourist attractions in Bangli. He stated that based on the experience of last year, the ash and sand spewed by Mount Agung during the eruption were not exposed to Bangli. “So, it remains relatively safe to visit Penglipuran, including other tourist attractions in Bangli,” he added. (kmb40)

From Nature to Wellness

The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Bali introduces Herbal Healing Poultice

A luxurious sanctuary dedicated to renewal and rejuvenation, The Ritz-Carlton, Spa Bali has introduced an Herbal Healing Poultice to its extensive range of islandinspired therapeutic treatments.

Ingredients for the poultice are gathered in the resort’s own herb garden and carefully combined to create a relaxing and restorative spa experience.

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healing traditions of Bali with the aim of balancing mind, body and spirit. The newly introduced Herbal Healing Poultice provides an ancient cure for modern grievances such as computer-induced tension, tight shoulders and neck pain. The warm healing properties of the poultice combined with expert massage technique provide all the benefits of deep tissue massage, but without the deep pressure, leaving guests feeling thoroughly rejuvenated” says

General Manager Karim Tayach.

Herbs and spices used in the poultice gathered at this best family resort in Bali include pepper, peppermint, ginger, cinnamon, camphor, clove and nutmeg which are steam heated to release their natural essential oils. A therapist then applies the poultice in a gentle rolling motion that melts tension away. Muscle aches and pains are eased, circulation is stimulated and the body is detoxified as stagnant

energy is released.

The Herbal Healing Poultice can be combined with other luxurious spa treatments such as Shimmering Pearl Polish, Seaweed and Mint Aromatic Soaking Ritual and Cold Marine Facial. Any lingering cares can then be floated away in the spa’s Hydrotherapy Pool or secluded Balinese Bathing Pool set amidst lush tropical foliage.

Recently awarded Luxury Beach Resort Spa global winner at the

World Luxury Spa Awards 2018, this best hotel in Bali offers a genuine respite from the world, and includes private spa villas, yoga studio, well-equipped gym and beauty salon.

The Herbal Healing Poultice is a 90 minute treatment priced at IDR 1,800,000 net per person. For more information about this and other treatments at The Ritz-Carlton, Bali Spa please contact rc.dpssw.spa@ ritzcarlton.com.

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NASA rings in New Year with historic flyby of faraway world

TAMPA - NASA rang in the New Year on Tuesday with a historic flyby of the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever explored by humankind -- a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule -- in the hopes of learning more about how planets took shape.

“Go New Horizons!” said lead scientist Alan Stern as a crowd including kids dressed in space costumes blew party horns and cheered at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland to mark the moment at 12:33 am (0533 GMT) when the New Horizons spacecraft aimed its cameras at the space rock four billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away in a dark and frigid region of space known as the Kuiper Belt.

Offering scientists the first up-close look at an ancient building block of planets, the flyby took place about a billion miles beyond Pluto, which was until now the most faraway world ever visited up close by a spacecraft.

Real-time video of the actual flyby was impossible, since it takes more than six hours for a signal sent from Earth to reach the spaceship, and another six hours for the response to arrive.

The first signal back to Earth should come about 10 hours after the flyby, around 9:45 am (1445 GMT), letting NASA know if New Horizons survived the risky, high-speed encounter.

Hurtling through space at a speed of 32,000 miles per hour, the spacecraft aimed to make its closest approach within 2,200 miles of the surface of Ultima Thule.

“This is a night none of us are going to forget,” said Queen guitarist Brian May -- who also holds an advanced degree in astrophysics -- and who recorded a solo track to honor the spacecraft and its spirit of exploration.

Stern said Ultima Thule is unique because it is a relic from the early days of the solar system and could provide answers about the origins of other planets.

“The object is in such a deep freeze that it is perfectly preserved from its original formation,” he said.

“Everything we are going to learn about Ultima -- from its composition to its geology to how it was originally assembled, whether it has satellites and an atmosphere and those kinds of things -- are going to teach us about the original formation conditions of objects in the solar system.”

Scientists decided to study Ultima Thule with New Horizons after the spaceship, which launched in 2006, completed its main mission of flying by Pluto in 2015, returning the most detailed images ever taken of the dwarf planet.

Stern said the goal is to take images of Ultima that are three times the resolution the team had for Pluto.

- Frontier of planetary science Ultima Thule is named for a mythical, far-northern island in medieval literature and cartography, according to NASA. Project scientist Hal Weaver of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory said humans didn’t even know the Kuiper Belt -- a vast ring of relics from the formation days of the solar system -- existed until the 1990s.

“This is the frontier of planetary science,” said Weaver.

“We finally have reached the outskirts of the solar system, these things that have been there since the beginning and have hardly changed -- we think. We will find out.”

Another NASA spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, also set a new record on Monday by entering orbit around the asteroid Bennu, the smallest cosmic object -- about 1,600 feet (500 meters) in diameter -- ever circled by a spacecraft.

NASA said the orbit some 70 million miles (110 million kilometers) away marks “a leap for humankind” because no spacecraft has ever “circled so close to such a small space object -- one with barely enough gravity to keep a vehicle in a stable orbit.”

The twin planetary feats coincided with the 50th anniversary of the first time humans ever explored another world, when US astronauts orbited the Moon aboard Apollo 8 in December, 1968.

“As you celebrate New Year’s Day, cast an eye upward and think for a moment about the amazing things our country and our species can do when we set our minds to it,” Stern wrote in the New York Times on Monday. (afp)

- What does it look like? -

Scientists are not sure what Ultima Thule (pronounced TOO-lee) looks like -- whether it is cratered or smooth, or even if it is a single object or a cluster.

It was discovered in 2014 with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope, and is believed to be 12-20 miles in size.

A blurred and pixelated image released Monday, taken from 1.2 million miles away, has intrigued scientists because it appears to show an elongated blob, not a round space rock.

The spaceship was to collect 900 images over the course of a few seconds as it shaved by. Even clearer images should arrive over the next three days.

“Now it is just a matter of time to see the data coming down,” said deputy project scientist John Spencer of the Southwest Research Institute.

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This artist’s illustration obtained from NASA on December 21, 2018 shows the New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69 – nicknamed “Ultima Thule” – a Kuiper Belt object that orbits one billion miles beyond Pluto.

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Mangsi Grill & Coffee

Beat of innovation in culinary business

THIS brand owned by young Balinese was originally born with the name Mangsi in 2013, coinciding with the emergence of the trend of hanging out and the growing millennial niche in Denpasar. Within two years, Mangsi is able to become the Top of Mind culinary business among millennial generation of Denpasar. Seeing the development of Mangsi at that time, not a few young Balinese were later inspired to take part in the same industry. Windu Segara Senet is the main character behind Mangsi’s development.

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The spacecraft, called OSIRIS-REx, is the first-ever US mission designed to visit an asteroid and return a sample of its dust back to Earth.

In first, NASA spaceship begins orbit of asteroid

TAMPA - A NASA spacecraft set a new milestone Monday in cosmic exploration by entering orbit around an asteroid, Bennu, the smallest object ever to be circled by a human-made spaceship.

The spacecraft, called OSIRISREx, is the first-ever US mission designed to visit an asteroid and return a sample of its dust back to Earth.

The $800 million unmanned spaceship launched two years ago from Cape Canaveral, Florida and arrived December 3 at its destination, some 70 million miles (110 million kilometers) away.

On Monday, after closely studying the asteroid for several weeks, the spaceship fired its thrusters to bring it into orbit around Bennu at 2:43 pm (1943 GMT).

The asteroid measures about 1,600 feet (500 meters) in diameter.

“Entering orbit around Bennu is an amazing accomplishment that our team has been planning for years,” said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

NASA said the orbit marks “a leap for humankind” because no spacecraft has ever “circled so close to such a small space object -- one with barely enough gravity to keep a vehicle in a stable orbit.”

The spacecraft is orbiting Bennu about a mile from its center.

The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft orbited a comet in May 2016, but at a further distance of about four miles from the center of the comet 67P/Churyu-

mov-Gerasimenko.

Bennu has a gravity force only five-millionths as strong as Earth’s, NASA said.

Each orbit by OSIRIS-REx will take 62 hours.

The plan is for OSIRIS-REx to orbit Bennu through mid-February, using a suite of five scientific instruments to map the asteroid in high resolution to help scientists decide precisely where to sample from.

Then, in 2020, it will reach out with its robotic arm and touch the asteroid in a maneuver Rich Kuhns, OSIRIS-REx program manager with Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, described as a “gentle high-five.”

Using a circular device much like a car’s air filter, and a reverse vacuum to stir up and collect dust, the device aims to grab about two ounces (60 grams) of material from the asteroid’s surface, and return it to Earth in 2023.

A fragment of the early solar system, Bennu is also considered potentially dangerous. It poses a slight risk -- a one in 2,700 chance -- of colliding with Earth in 2135.

The carbon-rich asteroid was chosen from some 500,000 asteroids in the solar system because it orbits close to Earth’s path around the Sun, is the right size for scientific study, and is one of the oldest asteroids known to NASA. Scientists hope it will reveal more about the early formation of the solar system, as well as how to find precious resources like metals and water in asteroids. (afp)

Proliferation of similar businesses has stimulated him to innovate with carefulness to see the trend shift in the millennial generation in Denpasar as the main capital. The reality at that time delivered Mangsi to present a dish in accordance with its market needs. It is no longer just to hang out, but also equipped with food at affordable prices and comfortable place,” said Windu This graduate of the Udayana School of Medicine added that business acceleration occurred after Mangsi moved to Jalan Merdeka in 2015. Soon after that, Mangsi opened its branches in Kuta, Sanur and Canggu. Not all stories go beautifully. Mangsi Canggu leaves a deep impression that Mangsi is a medium-sized local urban brand, not a brand living in the midst of foreign tourists. Armed with that awareness, Mangsi returned to open a store in the city of Denpasar, precisely on Jalan Raya Puputan Renon under the name of Mangsi Tropical. This outlet seems to refute the myth about the distance between culinary business branches. Mangsi Tropical is not far from Mangsi Merdeka, but the concept carried is slightly different. That’s why the market is not intersecting.

After Mangsi Tropical was opened, Mangsi moved to become a restaurant with a mature concept. This evolution rests on rigid data. A series of market research and product experiments are carried out as a support for decision making. Furthermore, the rebranding from Mangsi to Mangsi Grill & Coffee was made in the second half of 2018. Now, Mangsi is a grill restaurant having a distinctive product without leaving the coffee products that have raised its name.

Mangsi Grill & Coffee is increasingly optimistic in 2019 because it will open outlets in one of the big malls in Denpasar and moves again to several major cities in Indonesia, such as Jabodetabek, Bandung, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya. Mangsi’s entire development uses a partnership system without leaving millennial generation as its business beat, added Windu. (kmb33)

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Within two years, Mangsi is able to become the Top of Mind culinary business among millennial generation of Denpasar.

Involve people with disabilities and PKK

Flower arrangement training jazzes up Denfes 2018

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The event was witnessed directly by the Chief of the Motivator Team of PKK Denpasar, Mrs. Selly Dharmawijaya Mantra.

ENLIVENING the Denpasar Festival 2018, the Denpasar Agriculture Agency held a training on flower arrangement for people with disabilities and Empowerment and Family Welfare (PKK) followed by sub-districts throughout Denpasar in Wantilan Hall of Hotel Inna Bali on Sunday (Dec. 30). The event was witnessed directly by the Chief of the Motivator Team of PKK Denpasar, Mrs. Selly Dharmawijaya Mantra.

On that occasion, Mrs. Selly Dharmawijaya Mantra said the training is conducted so that the PKK housewives in Denpasar and people with disabilities can have flower arrangement skills. From this skill, the PKK housewives and people with disabilities can create their own flower arrangements

when there are activities for village and family groups. In addition, by having flower arrangement skills, they can become entrepreneurs or open a business.

On that occasion, Mrs. Selly also provided motivation for PKK housewives and people with disabilities, and claimed that most of them could already make beautiful and even good results. “Hopefully, after this training the skill obtained can be useful for PKK housewives and people with disabilities,” he hoped, while saying that the results of this training will be contested next year. Thus, it can trigger the creativity of the training participants and the community having creativity in arranging flowers.

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sion Head at the Denpasar Agriculture Agency said that she chose the flower arranging training in the Denfes event with the hope that PKK housewives could add income and insight when they needed a flower arrangement, so they need not to buy it because the material of the flower arrangement training can use flowers around it.

“Therefore, when you want to arrange the room or when there is an event, you don’t need to buy a flower arrangement because you can arrange it from the surrounding flowers,” he said. He further added the training given this time is of elementary level and very easy. The training itself is directly given by the Denpasar Agriculture Agency. (kmb)

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Gubernatorial regulation on plastic waste

Koala drinks from water bottle in Australia heatwave

Community awareness needs to be awaken

SYDNEY - As Australia swelters in an extreme heatwave, a video of a woman in the state of Victoria pouring water into the mouth of a thirsty koala has melted hearts online.

DENPASAR - Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster, previously targeted to reduce plastic waste in a year by 60-70 percent especially after the issuance of the Bali Governor Regulation (Pergub) No.97/2018 concerning the Limitation of Disposable Plastic Waste. The governor’s initiative apparently reaped support from the Bali House of Representatives.

“The governor takes the initiative on how we can at least reduce the presence of plastic,” said Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives, I Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, when confirmed on Friday (Dec. 28).

Wiryatama continued that lately the issue on undersea plastic waste in Bali went viral recorded by foreign tourists. Certainly this becomes a separate blow for Bali as a world tourist destination.

“If we don’t reduce the producers first, the garbage will remain to run. If we reduce the plastic users, we can at least reduce it. We can’t just stop it,” explained this PDI-P politician from Tabanan.

That is why Wiryatama appreciated to the governor’s move to issue the Gubernatorial Regulation as a breakthrough to reduce the production of disposable plastics. Talking about the target of reducing plastic waste by 60-70 percent, according to him, it depends on the awareness of the community itself.

“Come on, let’s be with us from

the Bali House of Representatives, journalists, all the people, reduce the use of disposable plastic. So, someday Bali will be free from plastic waste,” he encouraged.

Member of Commission III at the Bali House of Representatives, Ida Bagus Udiyana, agreed that public awareness must be encouraged to reduce the use of disposable plastic waste. Thus, it is not only given awards and sanctions by the government.

“But how systemically it must also be guarded by all stakeholders.

One of them is the public that must be aware of the danger of plastic waste being so permanent for the environment and has become a world threat,” said this Golkar politician.

Udiyana added the efforts to start changing people’s behavior will certainly require a process.

He also gave notes at the level of gubernatorial regulation implementation, especially regarding the readiness of producers, distributors, suppliers and every business player

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The governor’s initiative apparently reaped support from the Bali House of Representatives. to produce, distribute, supply, and provide disposable plastic substitutes. At the same time, prohibit to produce, distribute, supply and provide disposable plastics. Do

not let it eventually burden the community.

“This is an extraordinary breakthrough. We appreciate it. We, the community and the industry,

should realize together and have the sensitivity to guard the Gubernatorial Regulations so that there is readiness. It needs a revolutionary movement,” he said. (kmb32)

Gianyar Beaches classified to have high vulnerability to tsunami

GIANYAR - The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) released that coastal territories are classified to have a tsunami disaster vulnerability. Ten villages in Gianyar district are listed as tsunami prone lists. Moreover, along the coastal area is declared to have

a high hazard class. Meanwhile, the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) of Gianyar district has been wary of this warning.

Based on the data from the BNPB, the ten villages are located on the beach, namely four villages in Blahbatuh subdistrict such as

Saba, Pering, Keramas and Medahan village, then three villages in Gianyar subdistrict namely Lebih, Tulikup, and Temesi village and three other villages are in Sukawati subdistrict, namely the Ketewel, Batubulan and Sukawati village.

Head of the Gianyar Regional Di-

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The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) released that coastal territories are classified to have a tsunami disaster vulnerability.

saster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Anak Agung Gde Oka Digjaya, when confirmed in connection with the tsunami-prone list, admitted that his agency had long been aware of the vulnerability. “We have provided coastal residents with education,” said Oka Digjaya when contacted on Sunday (Dec. 30).

The education provided is in the form of dissemination about disasters such as disaster simulation and disaster mitigation. Moreover, BPBD Gianyar has held a disaster simulation for several times by involving coastal residents. Through the simulation, the community can understand mitigation or disaster risk reduction efforts. “So, when there is a tsunami hazard, people already understand where to go,” he explained.

Besides, along the coastal areas, including in tsunami-affected villages, have been determined the evacuation routes in the form of evacuation signs.

Oka Digjaya admitted that until now along the Gianyar coast

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there have been no tsunami alarm detectors installed. His agency has repeatedly conveyed this condition, both in the provincial and central government, but there has been no follow-up. “So far, we have not owned any sirens,” he said.

Although it has not yet equipped with tsunami detection equipment, people are asked not to worry.

In addition, the community must know the signs of tsunami, and the evacuation process having been prepared. “There is nothing to fear, just follow the natural law,” he pleaded.

Meanwhile, regarding the eruption of volcanic ashes and the threat of the eruption of Mount Agung, Oka Digjaya said that until Sunday afternoon volcanic dust had not reached the Gianyar region. However, he suggested that community in the coastal territories to be calm.

“The tsunami threat in Gianyar is more inclined to the result of earthquakes and plate shifts. Nevertheless, thankfully everything is fine,” he said. (kmb35)

Water is poured into a Koala’s mouth during the Adelaide heatwave.

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The vast continent has experienced intense heat over the past week, with the mercury up 16 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than usual for this time of year in southern Australia.

Numerous towns set new December records, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, while emergency services have been on high alert for bushfires.

Local Chantelle Lowrie was at a camping ground near the Murray River in the southern state of Victoria on Friday when she saw the koala.

“It was 44 degrees Celsius -- very, very hot day,” Lowrie told AFP on Tuesday.

“I stopped because he looked as though he could use a drink of water.”

Lowrie posted on Facebook footage of herself giving water to the furry marsupial, who drank from the bottle before climbing back up the tree.

The footage is reminiscent of another video of a koala, later nicknamed Sam, who drank from a bottle offered by a firefighter during deadly bushfires in Victoria in 2009.

High temperatures are not unusual in the Australian summer, with bushfires a common occurrence.

But climate change has pushed up land and sea temperatures, leading to more extremely hot days and severe fire seasons. (afp)

9 hurt as car rams into famed Tokyo street on New Year’s Eve

TOKYO - Nine people were hurt, one seriously, when a man deliberately ploughed his car into crowds celebrating New Year’s Eve along a famous Tokyo street, police and media said Tuesday.

With an “intent to murder”, a man identified as 21-year-old Kazuhiro Kusakabe drove a small vehicle into Takeshita Street in Tokyo’s fashion district of Harajuku at 10 minutes past midnight, a police spokesman told AFP. According to national broadcaster NHK, Kusakabe told police he was acting in “retribution for the death penalty” without giving more precise details.

NHK footage showed a small box vehicle with a smashed front and paramedics carrying people on stretchers into ambulances.

Local media said a container with kerosine inside was found in the rental car, where the attack occurred. The attacker reportedly drove the vehicle from the western region of Osaka.

One witness told NHK it was a “ghastly scene.”

“I saw some guys collapsed on the street. As I walked closer to-

ward the scene, many more people had fallen on the ground. By the time I reached the exact place, paramedics were already there helping people,” he said.

Another witness who runs a clothing shop in the area said: “I am shocked that something like this happened on Takeshita Street.”

Police immediately cordoned off the street, which during the day is usually packed with tourists trying to get a taste of Japan’s extravagant youth and food culture.

One college student suffered serious injuries during the attack and was undergoing surgery, the police spokesman told AFP. Local media reports said the student was in a coma.

Kusakabe was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said.

- ‘Fit for trial?’ According to local media, Kusakabe hit a total of eight people and assaulted another on the street, which was closed to car traffic at the time before visitors would pack the area to celebrate New Year.

The vehicle hit its first victim

about 30 metres into the narrow street before knocking down seven more over the next 100 metres, according to the Sankei Shimbun newspaper.

There is no information so far to suggest foreign tourists were among the injured, the police spokesman said.

TV Asahi said officers were investigating whether the suspect is fit for trial.

Takeshita Street is packed with small shops and is considered the centre of youth culture and fashion in Japan, attracting tens of thousands of international tourists every day.

Unlike in other major cities, New Year in Tokyo is a relatively muted affair.

There is no major fireworks display and no central point where drunken revellers gather to see in the New Year.

Instead, Japanese people tend to see in the New Year with families and quietly go to the shrine to pray for good fortune in the year to come.

By midday Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of tourists had returned

to the street filled with bright pink ornaments, although blue tarps

covering the scene of the case remained. (afp)

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Police inspect a car whose driver rammed his vehicle into crowds on Takeshita street in Tokyo early January 1, 2019.

Nine people were hurt, one seriously, when a man deliberately ploughed his car into crowds celebrating New Year’s Eve along a famous Tokyo street, police and media said on January 1.

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BUSINESS Plunge in oil prices threatens Iraq’s postwar recovery

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Tanah Lot Tourist Attraction Returns to Hold Open House

Tanah Lot attraction has a unique event to release 2018 and welcome 2019. The event entitled ‘Open House’ is designed with art and culture aimed at establishing good relations with tourism agents, tour guides and drivers that always invite their guests to Tanah Lot located at Beraban village, Kediri, Tabanan. “The arrival of tourists at Tanah Lot certainly cannot be separated from the role and promotion of tourism agents, guides and drivers,” said Operations Manager of Tanah Lot, I Ketut Toya Adnyana, Monday (Dec. 17).

BAGHDAD - The latest plunge in oil prices has dealt a heavy blow to Iraq’s stagnating economy, threatening the new government’s ability to rebuild after the war with the Islamic State group and provide basic services to areas roiled by recent protests.

Brent crude oil, used to price international purchases, briefly rose above $85 a barrel in October but has since plummeted to less than $55 — a nightmare for a country like Iraq that derives 95 percent of its revenue from oil exports.

A $111.9 billion draft budget sent to parliament in October projects crude exports of 3.8 million barrels per day to be sold at $56 per barrel. The bill, which includes a 23 percent increase in spending, would leave a deficit of $22.8 billion.

But that won’t even begin to address the colossal challenge of reconstruction after years of war.

Some 1.8 million people have yet to return to their homes, according to the United Nations. Mosul, the country’s second largest city, lies partly in ruins, as do many other cities, towns and villages once held

by IS militants.

Iraq’s Planning Ministry estimates the country needs approximately $88 billion for reconstruction. In February, donors at a Kuwait summit pledged $30 billion in loans and investments to finance a portion of the bill, but little progress has been made to fulfill the pledges.

In Iraq’s oil-rich south, meanwhile, which was spared from the war’s devastation, protests have erupted in recent months over unemployment and poor public services. Rolling power outages have been a nationwide problem going back to the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, and in the south the tap water is undrinkable.

“We were surprised by the plunging oil prices and we have fallen into a big problem,” said lawmaker Haneen al-Qado, who chairs parliament’s Economy Committee. “The government is not in an enviable position.”

Iraqis elected a new government earlier in 2018, but it is dominated by the same bickering political

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The open house will be held at the Tanah Lot parking area and last for three days, starting on Sunday (Dec. 30, 2018) until Tuesday (Jan. 2019). The agents, guides and drivers that bring their guests to ??Tanah Lot area at the Open House get free drinks and snacks. Such an event is packed like a celebration, where staff to managers will welcome guests.

The agents, guides and drivers who deliver their guests are prepared with tents equipped with a special table, so they can enjoy the dishes casually. They can enjoy food and drinks while chatting.

The guests were also given souvenirs in the form of clothes and table calendars containing pictures of Tanah Lot. For those who can dance, both the guests and tourists can also take advantage of that moment to dance, dance together or ngibing because they are presented with a Joged Bungbung folk dance. “Open house is a routine activity every year,” said Toya Adnyana.

This program with full togetherness, explained Toya Adnyana, aims to establish good relations with travel agencies, tour guides and drivers that usually take tourists to the Tanah Lot attraction.

“This is an expression of gratitude and congratulation for the New Year 2019.

Hopefully, they can have memories here and in the future there will be good cooperation between tourist destination and travel agencies, guides and drivers,” he hoped.

Besides, through this open house, he hoped travel agencies felt as a large family of Tanah Lot attraction. Thus, it will not be awkward and take their guests to make a visit to the Tanah Lot tourist attraction going forward,” concluded Toya Adnyana. (kmb)

Jaja Laklak Also Preferred by Tourists

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In this April 1, 2017 file photo, children play inside a damaged car, amid heavy destruction in a neighborhood recently retaken

by Iraqi security forces from Islamic State group militants on the western side of Mosul, Iraq. The latest plunge in oil prices has dealt a heavy blow to Iraq’s stagnating economy, threatening the new government’s ability to rebuild after the devastating war with IS and provide basic services to areas roiled by recent protests. factions that have governed the country for the last 15 years.

Lawmakers have rejected the draft budget, calling for a new one that would estimate an even lower oil price and allocate even more funds for public investments.

Qado says they may not be able to approve a budget until sometime in the first quarter of next year. Until then, the government can only spend one-twelfth of the previous year’s allocation each month.

While international attention has been focused on the devastation in northern and western Iraq, and the protests in the south, the budget crisis has also taken a heavy toll

on Iraqis living in more stable areas. Construction projects across Baghdad have been stalled for years, with half-finished buildings turned into neighborhood garbage dumps.

Kadhim Nima Khudair’s construction company signed contracts in 2014 to build four schools at a cost of $5 million. By the following year, three of them were 80 percent complete, but then public funds dried up as the government launched the costly war against IS. When oil prices started to recover in 2017, the government began paying installments again, but only for the projects that were mostly

completed. Now the payments have stopped again pending the budget negotiations.

None of the schools have been completed, and Khudair has fallen deeply into debt, forcing him to lay off some 500 workers and sell family homes and cars.

“I don’t want any profit now, I only want my capital back,” Khudair said. “We have been struggling all these years. People are still knocking on my door, asking for their money.”

Sami al-Araji, the head of the National Investment Commission, told an economic conference in December that hundreds of projects

worth an estimated $54 billion are delayed. He called for a major overhaul of the economy that would promote investment and lessen the country’s reliance on oil. “We have to think of all alternatives,” he said. “The country has promising opportunities.”

That’s easier said than done. Efforts to diversify the economy have been stymied by political infighting and corruption going all the way back to 2003, fueling cycles of war and instability.

“Our fate is attached to oil,” Khudair said. “When it’s down, our blood pressure rises.” (ap)

Jaja laklak (cake) is served with grated coconut together with brown sugar topping. When biting carefully, this cake feels soft and delicious. It is made by Balinese people utilizing rice flour. This cake has circular shape with a diameter of 3 cm and is made with clay mold.

It tastes good and is perfect for sitting in the morning, moreover, if coupled with warm Balinese coffee or tea. Laklak is white because it is not using food coloring, there is also a green one coming from the extract water of suji leaves.

Jaja laklak is very easy to carry everywhere, so it’s good for food gift.

This cake is usually sold at food stalls at villages in the morning.

This traditional cake is also sold in traditional markets and cake shops as well as has been taken advantage as appetizer at hotels. At the

same time, it is often adopted as menu of option for citizens at wedding receptions or opening menu for participants of meetings, seminars and other gathering events at hotels or restaurants.

In cake shops, jaja laklak has been packed in plastic boxes with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. But lately, the plastic packaging has begun to be abandoned because it causes a lot of plastic waste which is difficult to decompose. Unlike the cake traders at villagers, they use banana leaves to wrap the cakes.

This jaja laklak is usually sold for IDR 5,000 per wrap containing 5 or 4 pieces. The top appearance of this cake is usually added with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. In addition to local people, this cake is also favored by domestic and foreign tourists.

So naturally, it has become a hotel

cake commonly served as an appetizer or welcome cake.

The ingredients of jaja laklak consist of rice flour, coconut (to be made into coconut milk), suji leaves, salt, brown sugar, granulated sugar and water. Preparation: put rice flour into a container and then pour hot water little by little while stirring until finely blended.

Then, pour the coconut milk little by little as well, while continuing to stir. Then, added suji leaf water to create a distinctive aroma, add salt to taste and then stir until all the ingredients are evenly mixed.

Ultimately, prepare the mold and preheat it first. After that, pour the batter of laklak with a spoon in accordance with the mold hole.

Cover the mold and then wait for it to get cooked. Next, make brown sugar sauce by dissolving brown sugar and granulated sugar in boiled water. Simultaneously,

stir it until boiling and then lifted and filtered. Boil it back until it thickens. Coconut is shredded and mixed with salt according to taste.

How to present? First of all,

put some pieces of jaja laklak on a plate or banana leaf in such away so as to look nice. Then, sprinkle them with grated coconut and pour the brown sugar sauce on top.

Now, it is ready to taste! (kmb)

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Big Apple joins in ringing in New Year after rough 2018

NEW YORK - New York City’s crystal ball dropped as rain-soaked throngs in Times Square cheered and smooched in celebration, joining revelers around the world in welcoming the New Year on Tuesday and saying goodbye to a tumultuous 2018.

For many, the sparkling sphere’s time-honored descent came after hours spent in cold, wet weather -- a wait made easier by performances from entertainers such as Christina Aguilera, Sting and Snoop Dogg.

Just before the ball fell, Bebe Rexha sang John Lennon’s “Imagine,” and in the first moments of 2109 many in the square sang along to Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York,” boomed from loudspeakers.

“It was like a true state of pure bliss and unity and love, and it felt like there was no hate in the world,” Brie Dunn, 22, told ABC News as fireworks exploded overhead.

“That’s what I hope for in 2019 and all the years to come.”

The festivities in New York and elsewhere on the US east coast were the latest stop in a celebratory wave that swept west across the globe from Asia to Europe before reaching America.

In Rio de Janeiro, the Christ the Redeemer statue briefly came to colorful life through light projections while pyrotechnics lit up more than two million whiteclad Brazilians dancing to free concerts on Copacabana Beach below.

The global partying kicked off on Sydney’s waterfront with the Australian city’s biggest-ever fireworks display, thrilling 1.5 million people. Signage beamed onto a bridge pylon got the year wrong -- it said happy 2018 -- but city officials laughed off the gaffe.

The fun then moved on to Hong Kong, where hundreds of thousands packed streets along Victoria Harbour for a spectacular 10-minute show that illuminated the night.

In the Indonesian capital Jakarta, more than 500

couples tied the knot in a free, mass wedding organized by the government to mark the arrival of a new year.

Fireworks shows, however, were cancelled out of respect for victims of a December 22 tsunami that killed more than 400 people.

In Japan, locals flocked to temples to ring in 2019, as US boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather came out of retirement to beat Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in a multi-million-dollar “exhibition” bout outside Tokyo.

But the night was marred by tragedy in the Japanese capital as a man drove into a celebratory crowd on purpose, injuring nine people, one of them seriously, police said.

- Leaders’ addresses -

In Dubai, fireworks lit up the sky over the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, to the delight of onlookers, while nearby Ras al-Khaima sought to enter the Guinness Book of Records with the world’s longest fireworks show.

Almost eight years into Syria’s civil war, people in Damascus celebrated their first New Year’s Eve since regime forces expelled the last rebels and jihadists from the capital’s suburbs earlier this year.

Dozens of families headed to restaurants and bars in the Old City. Among them, Kinda Haddad, a university student, had decided to leave home to celebrate for the first time in years.

“This area was really dangerous in previous years.

A mortar round could have fallen on the area at any moment,” the 24-year-old said, alluding to possible rebel fire on the capital.

Russia saw in the new year over several time zones. Concerts and light shows featured in Moscow city parks, and more than 1,000 ice rinks opened for merrymakers.

But a tower block gas explosion that killed at least four people cast a shadow over festivities. (afp)

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New Year’s Eve revelers are seen during the Times Square New Year’s Eve 2019 Celebration on December 31, 2018 in New York City.

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Indonesia welcomes 2019 with mass wedding in Jakarta

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This picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering an address to mark the New Year at an undisclosed location on January 1, 2019.

Kim warns N. Korea could consider change of tack

SEOUL - Nuclear-armed North Korea wants good relations with the US but could consider a change of approach if Washington maintains its sanctions, leader Kim Jong Un warned in his New Year speech Tuesday after 12 months of diplomatic rapprochement.

At a summit with US President Donald Trump in Singapore in June the two signed a vaguely worded pledge on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

But progress has since stalled with Pyongyang and Washington arguing over what that means.

“If the US fails to carry out its promise to the world... and remains unchanged in its sanctions and pressure upon the DPRK,” Kim said Tuesday, “we might be compelled to explore a new path for defending the sovereignty of our country and supreme interests of our state”.

He was willing to meet Trump again at any time, he added, “to produce results welcomed by the international community”.

The North is demanding sanctions relief -- it is subject to multiple measures over its banned nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes -- and has condemned US insistence on its nuclear disarmament as “gangsterlike”.

Washington is pushing to maintain the measures against the North until its “final, fully verified denuclearisation”.

Kim’s speech “expressed his frustration with the lack of progress in negotiations so far”, said former South Korean vice unification minister Kim Hyung-seok.

The North Korean leader “obviously had certain expectations that the US would take certain steps -- however rudimentary they are -- after the North blew up a nuclear test site and took other steps. But none of them materialised.

“He is faced with this urgent task to improve his ‘socialist economy’ -- which is impossible to achieve without lifting of the sanctions.”

In marked contrast with January 1, 2018, when he ordered mass production of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles, Kim said the North had “declared that we would no longer produce, test, use or spread our nuclear arsenal”, calling for the US to take “corresponding measures”.

The production pledge was a “significant evolution in leadership intent, if true”, Ankit Panda of the Federation of American Scientists said on Twitter, but credibility was an issue.

“All this might offer is a temporary cap on warhead production as long as talks are on with the US -- to be withdrawn when sanctions relief doesn’t arrive,” he added.

The line was not included in the first English-language summary of the speech by the North’s official KCNA news agency. (afp)

More than 500 Indonesian couples tied the knot on New Year’s Eve at a free mass wedding held under tents in pouring rain in the capital Jakarta. The city’s government organised the event for poor families, who often do not have official documents such as birth or marriage certificates.

A legally recognised marriage helps parents and children access public services such as healthcare and education, local governor Anies Baswedan said.

New Year’s Eve was chosen so that “if they celebrate their wedding, everyone will celebrate it. The whole world”, he said.

Rohilah, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, told AFP she was overjoyed that she was now legally married to Dahrun Hakim, with whom she has a four-year-old daughter.

Due to financial constraints, the couple had previously only been married under Islamic law, having been wed by an Imam five years ago -- a union not considered official in Indonesia. “I am happy. I am really happy,” Rohilah told AFP. “Now I can make a birth certificate for my daughter so she will be recognised by the state,” she added.

The oldest groom at the event was a 76-year-old man and the oldest bride was 65, while the youngest pair was 19 years old.

It was the second time the Jakarta government has held a mass wedding on New Year’s Eve but to respect the victims of recent disasters in the archipelago, fireworks shows have been cancelled.

Towns in nearby Banten province, which was hit by a tsunami on December 22, killing more than 400 people, have also cancelled their New Year’s celebrations to honour the victims. (afp)

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A wedding couple poses for photos as they join over 500 other couples in a mass wedding event in Jakarta on December 31, 2018.

Bridge connecting four North Sumatra recorded to villages collapses after have best fish cutivation Cisata river overflows

BANTEN - A bridge connecting four villages in Menes Sub-district of Pandeglang District in Banten collapsed after the Cisata River overflew following incessant rains on late Monday.

An official of the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency of Pandeglang Ade Mulyana noted here on Tuesday that the bridge in Sukamara Village collapsed after being hit by strong water currents.

“The incident has cut off access to the four villages of Kananga, Purwaraja, Sindang Karya, and Cigandeng in Menes Sub-district,” Mulyana remarked.

According to Mulyana, the Cisata River should be immediately cleared of the damaged remains of the bridge to prevent them from

clogging the waters that would ultimately overflow to the nearest housing area.

Meanwhile, in Panimbang Subdistrict of Pandeglang, dozens of fishermen lost their livelihood, as their boats were destroyed by the tsunami on Dec 22.

“Based on our record, some 178 boats in Panimbang were destroyed due to the tsunami,” the sub-district`s head Suaedi Kurdiatna stated.

Kurdiatna admitted to have not yet found a solution to the problem, as the authority is still focusing on restoring houses damaged by the high waves.

“I hope a solution would be found for them (the fishermen) at least to relieve their burden,” he added. (ant)

MEDAN - The North Sumatra Fisheries Association is currently recorded to have the best fish cultivation, such as PT Suri Tani Pemuka (STP) in Simalungun District, which is implementing an Integrated Quality Management program.

“The best fish cultivation of this private company needs to be exemplified by other fish farming businesses in the districts and cities in North Sumatra Province,” Deputy Chairperson of the North Sumatra Fisheries Association Nazli noted here on Monday.

He revealed that PT STP had also been bestowed the award of the best Fish Processing Unit (UPI) in implementing the Integrated Quality Management (MMT) program.

“The award was presented by North Sumatra Governor Edy Rahmayadi on the commemoration of the 19th Nusantara Day at the provincial level in Pangkalan Brandan, Langkat District, on December 28, 2018,” Nazli noted.

Furthermore, he added that the government,

through the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, is currently actively engaged in fish farming in the ponds and rivers.

The activity is a government program to increase the fish cultivation business and at the same time promote the economy of North Sumatra fishermen.

“Hence, fishermen looking for fish at sea not only use fishing gear but can also carry out fish cultivation,” he noted.

Nazli urged fishermen to not solely rely on their fate to find fish at sea but to be able to cultivate fish in ponds, rivers, and other places that are quite strategic.

Fishermen, looking for fish to provide for their children and families, should not only depend on finding fish at sea but also conduct fish cultivation.

“Fish farming activities conducted by several fishermen have succeeded in improving their economies,” he pointed out.

The North Sumatra provincial government had earlier established STP in Simalungun District as the best UPI in implementing the MMT program. (ant)

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Body first, ranking later says Nadal after ankle surgery

Putung Village

BRISBANE - Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal insisted Tuesday he is not chasing the world’s top ranking as he prepares to make a comeback from ankle surgery, with taking care of his body a key priority.

AMLAPURA - Putung is located at Duda Timur Village, Selat Subdistrict. It is about 64 kilometers from Denpasar or 19 km from Amlapura, capital of Karangasem. This destination is acces­s ible by public transportation. As perched on ver­d ant mountainous area and surrounded by snake­fruit plantation. Putung is then potentially developed into an ecotourism destination. Main attraction offered by Putung is the beauty of nature denoting a perfect combination of allur­ing panorama of hills, valley, sea, forest and lush

snakefruit plantation with refreshing cool air.

From the heights, visitors can see the belts of rice field owned by local residents in the village of Buitan, Manggis Subdistrict and Labuhan Amuk with vast stretching cobalt blue ocean where many tradi­tional boats sail for fishing or cruises happening to anchor. From a distance, visitors will be able to clearly observe the Nusa Penida Island belonging to Klungkung Regency.

Putung tourist object is adjacent to the Sibetan Snakefruit Agro­

tourism, Bebandem Subdistrict.

Putung turns so famous for its natural beauty due to the panoramic painting of Mr. Christiano, an Italian painter who lived for long time at Putung and married a woman from the village of Manggis. Putung is situated on 800 meter above sea-level right in the mountainous areas surrounded by dense trees, cool atmosphere and suitable for refresh your mind. It is a another interesting point that this place ideally for relaxation and stay for those of you who love to stay far away from bustle city surrounded by the pure natures and breathtaking view.

Putung Village is a beautiful place with natural scenery with magnificent view of Indian Ocean.

Because, the green hill surround it to add more values of scenery that captivate the tourist to come. You can also find the beautiful valley and the Labuhan Buitan Amuk in long distance. Meanwhile, Nusa Penida Island is just apposite to

Bali Island and also viewed from this village.

The name of Putung is taken from the word of Putung mean disconnect. Furthermore, the story is begun from a powerful priest who live with abundant wealth that made the local society jealous and anted to seize all the wealth even want to kill him. Hence, the priest strongly react and he very angry and curse to

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the local society. Before the priest die, he has cursed the local society especially for all mans to die without having new children. So, this circumstance makes the villagers loss of new generations. Therefore, the name of this village slow down called by Putung (lost generation).

Meanwhile, his paintings has taken much inspiration from the beautiful Putung landscape. (IBP/net)

The current world number two has not played a main tour event since a knee problem forced him to retire during his US Open semi-final against Juan Martin del Potro in September.

The 32-year-old had surgery on his ankle in November to remove a loose intra-articular body and only resumed training three weeks ago.

He played the opening round at an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi last week, where he lost to South African Kevin Anderson, and gets his season proper under way in the second round of the Brisbane International on Thursday. The 17-time Grand Slam winner said he hadn’t been worried about the world rankings for the past two years.

“My goal is just to be happy doing what I am doing and be competitive all the weeks that I am playing,” he said.

“I want to feel myself competitive every week that I am on court and I want to keep fighting for the things that really make me feel alive, you know, for the things that motivate me.

“So I will not (chase) the number one because it’s not my main goal.

“Of course, I prefer to be number

one than number two, and I prefer to be number two than number five, that’s obvious,” he added.

Nadal was forced to retire during matches at two of the four Grand Slams in 2018, but still added a record-extending 11th French Open crown to his collection.

He said he wanted to ensure he could take care of his body to allow him to keep playing as long as possible because of his love for the game.

“The thing that I don’t want to do is suffer more than what I did last year, because if you do (suffer injuries two) years in a row, that mentally kills you,” he said.

“I really believe that I have to keep having tennis to play in my career, and I really feel that my body is not going to get worse every year.

“Really my only goal is to keep doing the things that makes me happy, and today playing tennis makes me happy, and I want to do it the best way possible and as long as possible.”

In the second round Nadal will play either Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France or local hope Thanasi Kokkinakis, two players who have also been troubled recently by injuries. (afp)

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Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return during a training session at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane on December 31, 2018.

Red-hot Harden lifts Rockets, Westbrook bounces back

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James Harden #13 of the Houston Rockets drives to the basket during the game against the Memphis Grizzlies on December 31, 2018 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

LOS ANGELES - James Harden posted a 43-point triple-double on another record-setting night Monday to lead the Houston Rockets to a 113-101 NBA victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. Harden, the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player, added 13 assists and 10 rebounds for his fourth triple-double of the season and 39th of his career. And with his eighth straight game with at least 35 points and five assists he set an NBA record -- bettering Oscar Robertson’s two such seven-game streaks.

More important for Harden, the Rockets -- who made a sputtering start to the season -- won for the 10th time in their last 11 games to improve to 21-15.

That’s a better measure, he said, than individual accomplishments, as “bringing a championship to the city is the important thing.”

Harden drained six three-pointers and made 21 of his 27 free throws and the Rockets led by as many as 24 before Memphis sliced the deficit to nine points with 1:26 to play.

A free throw from P.J. Tucker and a layup

by Austin Rivers helped rebuild the lead as the Rockets continued to win despite the injury absence of point guard Chris Paul.

“Offensively and defensively guys are stepping up,” Harden said. “We’ve got a long way to go, but we’re heading in the right direction.”

The Oklahoma City Thunder rode point

guard Russell Westbrook’s triple-double to a 122-102 home victory over the Dallas Mavericks, a day after falling to the Mavs in Dallas.

Westbrook, who said after his disappointing nine-point performance in Dallas that he was letting his teammates down, bounced back in a big way with 32 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds. Paul George added 22 points and Jerami Grant chipped in 16 for the Thunder, who never trailed.

- Warriors eclipse Suns The two-time defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors closed out 2018 with a 132-109 victory over the Suns in Phoenix.

Stephen Curry scored 34 points and pulled down nine rebounds. Kevin Durant added 25 points and Klay Thompson chipped in 15 for the Warriors, who led by as many as 30.

Curry made five of his nine three-point attempts as the Warriors connected on 14-of-28 from beyond the arc in their 17th straight victory over the Suns.

In San Antonio, the Spurs connected on 76 percent of their shots in a 46-point third quarter to put away the Boston Celtics 120-111.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 12 of his 32 points in the third and San Antonio won for the 11th time in 13 games to continue their rise in the Western Conference.

Derrick White contributed a career-high 22

points for San Antonio, one of six Spurs players to score in double figures. Jaylen Brown scored a season-high 30 points for the Celtics, who were unable to maintain a first-half lead.

San Antonio got off to a slow start, making just one of their first six shots from the field.

Aldridge scored just one point in the first period, when the Spurs posted just 17 points total.

Boston star Kyrie Irving finished with 16 points. He departed briefly in the second half with an apparent eye injury after colliding with the Spurs’ Marco Belinelli. Although Irving returned to the game, he said after the game that both of his eyes had been scratched.

The Charlotte Hornets lost two starters to injury but still defeated the Orlando Magic 125100. Kemba Walker scored 24 points to lead six Hornets players in double figures. Cody Zeller scored 14 points before departing with a broken bone in his right hand in the third quarter.

Jeremy Lamb departed in the first quarter with a right hamstring strain.

The New Orleans Pelicans overcame the absence of ailing Anthony Davis to post a 123-114 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Julius Randle scored 33 points and pulled down 11 rebounds and Darius Miller scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter for New Orleans. Elfrid Payton, who missed 22 games with a broken finger, chipped in nine points on his return. (afp)

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Kante growing into new role with Chelsea

Maradona shows support for racism victim Koulibaly

Diego Maradona has given his backing to Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly after the Senegalese international was subjected to racist abuse by Inter Milan supporters last week.

Argentina great Maradona, who won the Serie A title with Napoli in 1987 and 1990, posted a picture of himself on social media holding up Koulibaly’s No.26 shirt with a message of support for the player, who was targeted with monkey chants by Inter fans during Napoli’s 1-0 defeat at the San Siro on Wednesday.

“I played for Napoli for seven years and I also suffered from rac-

N’Golo Kante insists he is finally growing into his new role in Chelsea’s midfield as the France star prepares for Wednesday’s clash with Southampton.

Kante earned a reputation as the world’s best defensive midfielder after playing a key role in Chelsea and Leicester’s Premier League title triumphs, as well as France’s World Cup victory.

But the 27-year-old has had to adapt to a change of position this season under new Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri.

Sarri, who replaced Antonio Conte in the close-season, brought Jorginho with him from Napoli to play the pivotal midfield role in front of the defence that used to be Kante’s domain.

Sarri believes Jorginho’s superior passing makes him more suited to launching Chelsea’s attacks than Kante, who is now operating in a slightly more advanced role on the right of midfield.

Kante has sometimes looked out of sorts in his different position this season, but he showed signs of getting to grips with it on Sunday, scoring the winner at Crystal Palace with a well-timed run and cool finish.

“This role is something I am enjoying and in a game I try to make that run sometimes,” Kante said. “David (Luiz) gave me a good ball and I am happy to score with my left foot and give something to the team.”

Away wins at Watford and Palace made it a happy Christmas for Chelsea. But with the Blues still trailing 11 points behind leaders Liverpool, their title ambitions have been put on the back burner as they focus on securing a place in next season’s Champions League via a top four finish.

Currently in fourth place -- five points ahead of fifth placed Arsenal -- Sarri’s side will be expected to consolidate that position against a Southampton team struggling to avoid relegation.

Yet Chelsea shouldn’t be complacent after some inconsistent displays of late, including a surprise 1-0 defeat in their last home match against Leicester.

- Work in progress -

They could be hampered by fitness problems, with Olivier Giroud, Cesc Fabregas, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Pedro and Callum Hudson-Odoi all suffering injuries over Christmas.

Sarri has questioned Chelsea’s mental strength and cutting edge at various times this season and it would be no surprise to see new faces arrive in the January transfer window.

Blues defender David Luiz admits Chelsea are still a work in progress, but he believes Sarri’s philosophy is starting to take hold.

“It’s the connection, training together every day, understanding the philosophy and trying to improve,” Luiz said.

In their first match of 2019, Chelsea are keen to banish the spectre of anti-semitic chants from a section of their support after they were criticised for an offensive song about Tottenham fans during recent matches.

Sarri slammed the “stupid” people involved and the club have vowed to take action against the offenders.

The chant has a long history with Chelsea supporters and the issue is complicated by Tottenham fans also singing the offensive word themselves.

Southampton are outside the bottom three only on goal difference after losing successive home matches last week. They will be without suspended captain Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg at Stamford Bridge after his red card against Manchester City.

“We will miss him, he’s our best midfielder at the club,” Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl said. (afp) Chelsea’s French midfielder N’Golo Kante (L) and Chelsea’s Brazilian defender David Luiz (2nd R) celebrate on the pitch after the English Premier League football match between Crystal Palace and Chelsea at Selhurst Park in south London on December 30, 2018.

Chelsea won the game 1-0.

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ist chants from some fans,” said Maradona, who is coach of Mexican second division outfit Dorados and adored by Napoli fans.

The 58-year-old, currently on holiday in Buenos Aires as the Mexican league is on a break, said he feels “even more Neapolitan today and that he wants “to be close to” Koulibaly.

“I hope this incident signals a turning point to eliminate, once and for all, racism from football.”

Maradona’s gesture of solidarity comes after thousands of Napoli fans wore Koulibaly masks in support of the 27-year-old during their side’s 3-2 win over Bologna on

Saturday.

On Friday, European football governing body UEFA said its anti-racism protocol had not been followed during the match in which Koulibaly, who was also sent off, was abused.

Fans were asked three times over the loudspeaker to stop the abuse, but they ignored the pleas.

According to UEFA’s protocol, the match should have been suspended then but instead the game was allowed to continue.

The Italian league subsequently ordered Inter to play two home matches behind closed doors as punishment. (afp)

Sanchez eager for return to free-scoring United - Solskjaer

After scoring 12 goals in three games under caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manchester United could add another weapon to their attacking arsenal at Newcastle on Wednesday, with Alexis Sanchez set to return from injury.

The Chilean has been sidelined by a hamstring injury for the past month, meaning he missed the final days of Jose Mourinho’s reign in charge at Old Trafford.

Sanchez was signed to much fanfare last January from Arsenal on reportedly the most lucrative contract in Premier League history, but has so far failed to deliver on expectations, scoring just four goals in 30 appearances.

However, Solskjaer believes the more positive approach he has adopted in wins over Cardiff, Huddersfield and Bournemouth to begin his temporary spell in charge until the end of the season will suit Sanchez’s game.

“He’s a player that would benefit from the rotation (of positions) and movements, and the more chances you create, the more times you get the ball into the final third, he’ll be an asset for us,” said Solskjaer.

“I think he’s looking forward to it. It certainly looked like it yesterday (Saturday) in the (training) session because he scored quite a few nice goals, so that’s encouraging.”

Solskjaer has been credited for restoring United’s principles of attacking football after two-and-ahalf seasons with Mourinho’s more cautious approach.

Shunned by Mourinho for his final three league games in charge, Paul Pogba has roared back into form by scoring four goals in his last two games, while Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial also appear to be flourishing with more freedom to attack.

However, Solskjaer insisted he is only implementing what he learned for 11 seasons as a player under Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford.

United’s decline in the past five years has coincided with Ferguson’s retirement and Solskjaer said he invited the club’s most successful manager to visit his players and coaching staff, which includes one of Ferguson’s former assistants Mike Phelan, at United’s Carrington training ground.

“I do keep him informed. He visited us yesterday (Saturday) and I think he enjoyed his time at the training ground,” said Solskjaer.

“We had a nice few chats and he encouraged us. He knows we are Man Utd through and through and we want to do whatever we can up to the last second we are here.” (afp)

OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP

In this file photo taken on June 26, 2018 retired Argentina player Diego Maradona (C) gestures during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group D football match between Nigeria and Argentina at the Saint Petersburg Stadium in Saint Petersburg.

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Kante growing into new role with Chelsea

Maradona shows support for racism victim Koulibaly

Diego Maradona has given his backing to Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly after the Senegalese international was subjected to racist abuse by Inter Milan supporters last week.

Argentina great Maradona, who won the Serie A title with Napoli in 1987 and 1990, posted a picture of himself on social media holding up Koulibaly’s No.26 shirt with a message of support for the player, who was targeted with monkey chants by Inter fans during Napoli’s 1-0 defeat at the San Siro on Wednesday.

“I played for Napoli for seven years and I also suffered from rac-

N’Golo Kante insists he is finally growing into his new role in Chelsea’s midfield as the France star prepares for Wednesday’s clash with Southampton.

Kante earned a reputation as the world’s best defensive midfielder after playing a key role in Chelsea and Leicester’s Premier League title triumphs, as well as France’s World Cup victory.

But the 27-year-old has had to adapt to a change of position this season under new Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri.

Sarri, who replaced Antonio Conte in the close-season, brought Jorginho with him from Napoli to play the pivotal midfield role in front of the defence that used to be Kante’s domain.

Sarri believes Jorginho’s superior passing makes him more suited to launching Chelsea’s attacks than Kante, who is now operating in a slightly more advanced role on the right of midfield.

Kante has sometimes looked out of sorts in his different position this season, but he showed signs of getting to grips with it on Sunday, scoring the winner at Crystal Palace with a well-timed run and cool finish.

“This role is something I am enjoying and in a game I try to make that run sometimes,” Kante said. “David (Luiz) gave me a good ball and I am happy to score with my left foot and give something to the team.”

Away wins at Watford and Palace made it a happy Christmas for Chelsea. But with the Blues still trailing 11 points behind leaders Liverpool, their title ambitions have been put on the back burner as they focus on securing a place in next season’s Champions League via a top four finish.

Currently in fourth place -- five points ahead of fifth placed Arsenal -- Sarri’s side will be expected to consolidate that position against a Southampton team struggling to avoid relegation.

Yet Chelsea shouldn’t be complacent after some inconsistent displays of late, including a surprise 1-0 defeat in their last home match against Leicester.

- Work in progress -

They could be hampered by fitness problems, with Olivier Giroud, Cesc Fabregas, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Pedro and Callum Hudson-Odoi all suffering injuries over Christmas.

Sarri has questioned Chelsea’s mental strength and cutting edge at various times this season and it would be no surprise to see new faces arrive in the January transfer window.

Blues defender David Luiz admits Chelsea are still a work in progress, but he believes Sarri’s philosophy is starting to take hold.

“It’s the connection, training together every day, understanding the philosophy and trying to improve,” Luiz said.

In their first match of 2019, Chelsea are keen to banish the spectre of anti-semitic chants from a section of their support after they were criticised for an offensive song about Tottenham fans during recent matches.

Sarri slammed the “stupid” people involved and the club have vowed to take action against the offenders.

The chant has a long history with Chelsea supporters and the issue is complicated by Tottenham fans also singing the offensive word themselves.

Southampton are outside the bottom three only on goal difference after losing successive home matches last week. They will be without suspended captain Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg at Stamford Bridge after his red card against Manchester City.

“We will miss him, he’s our best midfielder at the club,” Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl said. (afp) Chelsea’s French midfielder N’Golo Kante (L) and Chelsea’s Brazilian defender David Luiz (2nd R) celebrate on the pitch after the English Premier League football match between Crystal Palace and Chelsea at Selhurst Park in south London on December 30, 2018.

Chelsea won the game 1-0.

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ist chants from some fans,” said Maradona, who is coach of Mexican second division outfit Dorados and adored by Napoli fans.

The 58-year-old, currently on holiday in Buenos Aires as the Mexican league is on a break, said he feels “even more Neapolitan today and that he wants “to be close to” Koulibaly.

“I hope this incident signals a turning point to eliminate, once and for all, racism from football.”

Maradona’s gesture of solidarity comes after thousands of Napoli fans wore Koulibaly masks in support of the 27-year-old during their side’s 3-2 win over Bologna on

Saturday.

On Friday, European football governing body UEFA said its anti-racism protocol had not been followed during the match in which Koulibaly, who was also sent off, was abused.

Fans were asked three times over the loudspeaker to stop the abuse, but they ignored the pleas.

According to UEFA’s protocol, the match should have been suspended then but instead the game was allowed to continue.

The Italian league subsequently ordered Inter to play two home matches behind closed doors as punishment. (afp)

Sanchez eager for return to free-scoring United - Solskjaer

After scoring 12 goals in three games under caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manchester United could add another weapon to their attacking arsenal at Newcastle on Wednesday, with Alexis Sanchez set to return from injury.

The Chilean has been sidelined by a hamstring injury for the past month, meaning he missed the final days of Jose Mourinho’s reign in charge at Old Trafford.

Sanchez was signed to much fanfare last January from Arsenal on reportedly the most lucrative contract in Premier League history, but has so far failed to deliver on expectations, scoring just four goals in 30 appearances.

However, Solskjaer believes the more positive approach he has adopted in wins over Cardiff, Huddersfield and Bournemouth to begin his temporary spell in charge until the end of the season will suit Sanchez’s game.

“He’s a player that would benefit from the rotation (of positions) and movements, and the more chances you create, the more times you get the ball into the final third, he’ll be an asset for us,” said Solskjaer.

“I think he’s looking forward to it. It certainly looked like it yesterday (Saturday) in the (training) session because he scored quite a few nice goals, so that’s encouraging.”

Solskjaer has been credited for restoring United’s principles of attacking football after two-and-ahalf seasons with Mourinho’s more cautious approach.

Shunned by Mourinho for his final three league games in charge, Paul Pogba has roared back into form by scoring four goals in his last two games, while Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial also appear to be flourishing with more freedom to attack.

However, Solskjaer insisted he is only implementing what he learned for 11 seasons as a player under Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford.

United’s decline in the past five years has coincided with Ferguson’s retirement and Solskjaer said he invited the club’s most successful manager to visit his players and coaching staff, which includes one of Ferguson’s former assistants Mike Phelan, at United’s Carrington training ground.

“I do keep him informed. He visited us yesterday (Saturday) and I think he enjoyed his time at the training ground,” said Solskjaer.

“We had a nice few chats and he encouraged us. He knows we are Man Utd through and through and we want to do whatever we can up to the last second we are here.” (afp)

OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP

In this file photo taken on June 26, 2018 retired Argentina player Diego Maradona (C) gestures during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group D football match between Nigeria and Argentina at the Saint Petersburg Stadium in Saint Petersburg.

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Body first, ranking later says Nadal after ankle surgery

Putung Village

BRISBANE - Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal insisted Tuesday he is not chasing the world’s top ranking as he prepares to make a comeback from ankle surgery, with taking care of his body a key priority.

AMLAPURA - Putung is located at Duda Timur Village, Selat Subdistrict. It is about 64 kilometers from Denpasar or 19 km from Amlapura, capital of Karangasem. This destination is acces­s ible by public transportation. As perched on ver­d ant mountainous area and surrounded by snake­fruit plantation. Putung is then potentially developed into an ecotourism destination. Main attraction offered by Putung is the beauty of nature denoting a perfect combination of allur­ing panorama of hills, valley, sea, forest and lush

snakefruit plantation with refreshing cool air.

From the heights, visitors can see the belts of rice field owned by local residents in the village of Buitan, Manggis Subdistrict and Labuhan Amuk with vast stretching cobalt blue ocean where many tradi­tional boats sail for fishing or cruises happening to anchor. From a distance, visitors will be able to clearly observe the Nusa Penida Island belonging to Klungkung Regency.

Putung tourist object is adjacent to the Sibetan Snakefruit Agro­

tourism, Bebandem Subdistrict.

Putung turns so famous for its natural beauty due to the panoramic painting of Mr. Christiano, an Italian painter who lived for long time at Putung and married a woman from the village of Manggis. Putung is situated on 800 meter above sea-level right in the mountainous areas surrounded by dense trees, cool atmosphere and suitable for refresh your mind. It is a another interesting point that this place ideally for relaxation and stay for those of you who love to stay far away from bustle city surrounded by the pure natures and breathtaking view.

Putung Village is a beautiful place with natural scenery with magnificent view of Indian Ocean.

Because, the green hill surround it to add more values of scenery that captivate the tourist to come. You can also find the beautiful valley and the Labuhan Buitan Amuk in long distance. Meanwhile, Nusa Penida Island is just apposite to

Bali Island and also viewed from this village.

The name of Putung is taken from the word of Putung mean disconnect. Furthermore, the story is begun from a powerful priest who live with abundant wealth that made the local society jealous and anted to seize all the wealth even want to kill him. Hence, the priest strongly react and he very angry and curse to

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the local society. Before the priest die, he has cursed the local society especially for all mans to die without having new children. So, this circumstance makes the villagers loss of new generations. Therefore, the name of this village slow down called by Putung (lost generation).

Meanwhile, his paintings has taken much inspiration from the beautiful Putung landscape. (IBP/net)

The current world number two has not played a main tour event since a knee problem forced him to retire during his US Open semi-final against Juan Martin del Potro in September.

The 32-year-old had surgery on his ankle in November to remove a loose intra-articular body and only resumed training three weeks ago.

He played the opening round at an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi last week, where he lost to South African Kevin Anderson, and gets his season proper under way in the second round of the Brisbane International on Thursday. The 17-time Grand Slam winner said he hadn’t been worried about the world rankings for the past two years.

“My goal is just to be happy doing what I am doing and be competitive all the weeks that I am playing,” he said.

“I want to feel myself competitive every week that I am on court and I want to keep fighting for the things that really make me feel alive, you know, for the things that motivate me.

“So I will not (chase) the number one because it’s not my main goal.

“Of course, I prefer to be number

one than number two, and I prefer to be number two than number five, that’s obvious,” he added.

Nadal was forced to retire during matches at two of the four Grand Slams in 2018, but still added a record-extending 11th French Open crown to his collection.

He said he wanted to ensure he could take care of his body to allow him to keep playing as long as possible because of his love for the game.

“The thing that I don’t want to do is suffer more than what I did last year, because if you do (suffer injuries two) years in a row, that mentally kills you,” he said.

“I really believe that I have to keep having tennis to play in my career, and I really feel that my body is not going to get worse every year.

“Really my only goal is to keep doing the things that makes me happy, and today playing tennis makes me happy, and I want to do it the best way possible and as long as possible.”

In the second round Nadal will play either Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France or local hope Thanasi Kokkinakis, two players who have also been troubled recently by injuries. (afp)

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Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return during a training session at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane on December 31, 2018.

Red-hot Harden lifts Rockets, Westbrook bounces back

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James Harden #13 of the Houston Rockets drives to the basket during the game against the Memphis Grizzlies on December 31, 2018 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

LOS ANGELES - James Harden posted a 43-point triple-double on another record-setting night Monday to lead the Houston Rockets to a 113-101 NBA victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. Harden, the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player, added 13 assists and 10 rebounds for his fourth triple-double of the season and 39th of his career. And with his eighth straight game with at least 35 points and five assists he set an NBA record -- bettering Oscar Robertson’s two such seven-game streaks.

More important for Harden, the Rockets -- who made a sputtering start to the season -- won for the 10th time in their last 11 games to improve to 21-15.

That’s a better measure, he said, than individual accomplishments, as “bringing a championship to the city is the important thing.”

Harden drained six three-pointers and made 21 of his 27 free throws and the Rockets led by as many as 24 before Memphis sliced the deficit to nine points with 1:26 to play.

A free throw from P.J. Tucker and a layup

by Austin Rivers helped rebuild the lead as the Rockets continued to win despite the injury absence of point guard Chris Paul.

“Offensively and defensively guys are stepping up,” Harden said. “We’ve got a long way to go, but we’re heading in the right direction.”

The Oklahoma City Thunder rode point

guard Russell Westbrook’s triple-double to a 122-102 home victory over the Dallas Mavericks, a day after falling to the Mavs in Dallas.

Westbrook, who said after his disappointing nine-point performance in Dallas that he was letting his teammates down, bounced back in a big way with 32 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds. Paul George added 22 points and Jerami Grant chipped in 16 for the Thunder, who never trailed.

- Warriors eclipse Suns The two-time defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors closed out 2018 with a 132-109 victory over the Suns in Phoenix.

Stephen Curry scored 34 points and pulled down nine rebounds. Kevin Durant added 25 points and Klay Thompson chipped in 15 for the Warriors, who led by as many as 30.

Curry made five of his nine three-point attempts as the Warriors connected on 14-of-28 from beyond the arc in their 17th straight victory over the Suns.

In San Antonio, the Spurs connected on 76 percent of their shots in a 46-point third quarter to put away the Boston Celtics 120-111.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 12 of his 32 points in the third and San Antonio won for the 11th time in 13 games to continue their rise in the Western Conference.

Derrick White contributed a career-high 22

points for San Antonio, one of six Spurs players to score in double figures. Jaylen Brown scored a season-high 30 points for the Celtics, who were unable to maintain a first-half lead.

San Antonio got off to a slow start, making just one of their first six shots from the field.

Aldridge scored just one point in the first period, when the Spurs posted just 17 points total.

Boston star Kyrie Irving finished with 16 points. He departed briefly in the second half with an apparent eye injury after colliding with the Spurs’ Marco Belinelli. Although Irving returned to the game, he said after the game that both of his eyes had been scratched.

The Charlotte Hornets lost two starters to injury but still defeated the Orlando Magic 125100. Kemba Walker scored 24 points to lead six Hornets players in double figures. Cody Zeller scored 14 points before departing with a broken bone in his right hand in the third quarter.

Jeremy Lamb departed in the first quarter with a right hamstring strain.

The New Orleans Pelicans overcame the absence of ailing Anthony Davis to post a 123-114 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Julius Randle scored 33 points and pulled down 11 rebounds and Darius Miller scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter for New Orleans. Elfrid Payton, who missed 22 games with a broken finger, chipped in nine points on his return. (afp)

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Big Apple joins in ringing in New Year after rough 2018

NEW YORK - New York City’s crystal ball dropped as rain-soaked throngs in Times Square cheered and smooched in celebration, joining revelers around the world in welcoming the New Year on Tuesday and saying goodbye to a tumultuous 2018.

For many, the sparkling sphere’s time-honored descent came after hours spent in cold, wet weather -- a wait made easier by performances from entertainers such as Christina Aguilera, Sting and Snoop Dogg.

Just before the ball fell, Bebe Rexha sang John Lennon’s “Imagine,” and in the first moments of 2109 many in the square sang along to Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York,” boomed from loudspeakers.

“It was like a true state of pure bliss and unity and love, and it felt like there was no hate in the world,” Brie Dunn, 22, told ABC News as fireworks exploded overhead.

“That’s what I hope for in 2019 and all the years to come.”

The festivities in New York and elsewhere on the US east coast were the latest stop in a celebratory wave that swept west across the globe from Asia to Europe before reaching America.

In Rio de Janeiro, the Christ the Redeemer statue briefly came to colorful life through light projections while pyrotechnics lit up more than two million whiteclad Brazilians dancing to free concerts on Copacabana Beach below.

The global partying kicked off on Sydney’s waterfront with the Australian city’s biggest-ever fireworks display, thrilling 1.5 million people. Signage beamed onto a bridge pylon got the year wrong -- it said happy 2018 -- but city officials laughed off the gaffe.

The fun then moved on to Hong Kong, where hundreds of thousands packed streets along Victoria Harbour for a spectacular 10-minute show that illuminated the night.

In the Indonesian capital Jakarta, more than 500

couples tied the knot in a free, mass wedding organized by the government to mark the arrival of a new year.

Fireworks shows, however, were cancelled out of respect for victims of a December 22 tsunami that killed more than 400 people.

In Japan, locals flocked to temples to ring in 2019, as US boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather came out of retirement to beat Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in a multi-million-dollar “exhibition” bout outside Tokyo.

But the night was marred by tragedy in the Japanese capital as a man drove into a celebratory crowd on purpose, injuring nine people, one of them seriously, police said.

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In Dubai, fireworks lit up the sky over the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, to the delight of onlookers, while nearby Ras al-Khaima sought to enter the Guinness Book of Records with the world’s longest fireworks show.

Almost eight years into Syria’s civil war, people in Damascus celebrated their first New Year’s Eve since regime forces expelled the last rebels and jihadists from the capital’s suburbs earlier this year.

Dozens of families headed to restaurants and bars in the Old City. Among them, Kinda Haddad, a university student, had decided to leave home to celebrate for the first time in years.

“This area was really dangerous in previous years.

A mortar round could have fallen on the area at any moment,” the 24-year-old said, alluding to possible rebel fire on the capital.

Russia saw in the new year over several time zones. Concerts and light shows featured in Moscow city parks, and more than 1,000 ice rinks opened for merrymakers.

But a tower block gas explosion that killed at least four people cast a shadow over festivities. (afp)

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New Year’s Eve revelers are seen during the Times Square New Year’s Eve 2019 Celebration on December 31, 2018 in New York City.

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Indonesia welcomes 2019 with mass wedding in Jakarta

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This picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering an address to mark the New Year at an undisclosed location on January 1, 2019.

Kim warns N. Korea could consider change of tack

SEOUL - Nuclear-armed North Korea wants good relations with the US but could consider a change of approach if Washington maintains its sanctions, leader Kim Jong Un warned in his New Year speech Tuesday after 12 months of diplomatic rapprochement.

At a summit with US President Donald Trump in Singapore in June the two signed a vaguely worded pledge on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

But progress has since stalled with Pyongyang and Washington arguing over what that means.

“If the US fails to carry out its promise to the world... and remains unchanged in its sanctions and pressure upon the DPRK,” Kim said Tuesday, “we might be compelled to explore a new path for defending the sovereignty of our country and supreme interests of our state”.

He was willing to meet Trump again at any time, he added, “to produce results welcomed by the international community”.

The North is demanding sanctions relief -- it is subject to multiple measures over its banned nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes -- and has condemned US insistence on its nuclear disarmament as “gangsterlike”.

Washington is pushing to maintain the measures against the North until its “final, fully verified denuclearisation”.

Kim’s speech “expressed his frustration with the lack of progress in negotiations so far”, said former South Korean vice unification minister Kim Hyung-seok.

The North Korean leader “obviously had certain expectations that the US would take certain steps -- however rudimentary they are -- after the North blew up a nuclear test site and took other steps. But none of them materialised.

“He is faced with this urgent task to improve his ‘socialist economy’ -- which is impossible to achieve without lifting of the sanctions.”

In marked contrast with January 1, 2018, when he ordered mass production of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles, Kim said the North had “declared that we would no longer produce, test, use or spread our nuclear arsenal”, calling for the US to take “corresponding measures”.

The production pledge was a “significant evolution in leadership intent, if true”, Ankit Panda of the Federation of American Scientists said on Twitter, but credibility was an issue.

“All this might offer is a temporary cap on warhead production as long as talks are on with the US -- to be withdrawn when sanctions relief doesn’t arrive,” he added.

The line was not included in the first English-language summary of the speech by the North’s official KCNA news agency. (afp)

More than 500 Indonesian couples tied the knot on New Year’s Eve at a free mass wedding held under tents in pouring rain in the capital Jakarta. The city’s government organised the event for poor families, who often do not have official documents such as birth or marriage certificates.

A legally recognised marriage helps parents and children access public services such as healthcare and education, local governor Anies Baswedan said.

New Year’s Eve was chosen so that “if they celebrate their wedding, everyone will celebrate it. The whole world”, he said.

Rohilah, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, told AFP she was overjoyed that she was now legally married to Dahrun Hakim, with whom she has a four-year-old daughter.

Due to financial constraints, the couple had previously only been married under Islamic law, having been wed by an Imam five years ago -- a union not considered official in Indonesia. “I am happy. I am really happy,” Rohilah told AFP. “Now I can make a birth certificate for my daughter so she will be recognised by the state,” she added.

The oldest groom at the event was a 76-year-old man and the oldest bride was 65, while the youngest pair was 19 years old.

It was the second time the Jakarta government has held a mass wedding on New Year’s Eve but to respect the victims of recent disasters in the archipelago, fireworks shows have been cancelled.

Towns in nearby Banten province, which was hit by a tsunami on December 22, killing more than 400 people, have also cancelled their New Year’s celebrations to honour the victims. (afp)

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A wedding couple poses for photos as they join over 500 other couples in a mass wedding event in Jakarta on December 31, 2018.

Bridge connecting four North Sumatra recorded to villages collapses after have best fish cutivation Cisata river overflows

BANTEN - A bridge connecting four villages in Menes Sub-district of Pandeglang District in Banten collapsed after the Cisata River overflew following incessant rains on late Monday.

An official of the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency of Pandeglang Ade Mulyana noted here on Tuesday that the bridge in Sukamara Village collapsed after being hit by strong water currents.

“The incident has cut off access to the four villages of Kananga, Purwaraja, Sindang Karya, and Cigandeng in Menes Sub-district,” Mulyana remarked.

According to Mulyana, the Cisata River should be immediately cleared of the damaged remains of the bridge to prevent them from

clogging the waters that would ultimately overflow to the nearest housing area.

Meanwhile, in Panimbang Subdistrict of Pandeglang, dozens of fishermen lost their livelihood, as their boats were destroyed by the tsunami on Dec 22.

“Based on our record, some 178 boats in Panimbang were destroyed due to the tsunami,” the sub-district`s head Suaedi Kurdiatna stated.

Kurdiatna admitted to have not yet found a solution to the problem, as the authority is still focusing on restoring houses damaged by the high waves.

“I hope a solution would be found for them (the fishermen) at least to relieve their burden,” he added. (ant)

MEDAN - The North Sumatra Fisheries Association is currently recorded to have the best fish cultivation, such as PT Suri Tani Pemuka (STP) in Simalungun District, which is implementing an Integrated Quality Management program.

“The best fish cultivation of this private company needs to be exemplified by other fish farming businesses in the districts and cities in North Sumatra Province,” Deputy Chairperson of the North Sumatra Fisheries Association Nazli noted here on Monday.

He revealed that PT STP had also been bestowed the award of the best Fish Processing Unit (UPI) in implementing the Integrated Quality Management (MMT) program.

“The award was presented by North Sumatra Governor Edy Rahmayadi on the commemoration of the 19th Nusantara Day at the provincial level in Pangkalan Brandan, Langkat District, on December 28, 2018,” Nazli noted.

Furthermore, he added that the government,

through the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, is currently actively engaged in fish farming in the ponds and rivers.

The activity is a government program to increase the fish cultivation business and at the same time promote the economy of North Sumatra fishermen.

“Hence, fishermen looking for fish at sea not only use fishing gear but can also carry out fish cultivation,” he noted.

Nazli urged fishermen to not solely rely on their fate to find fish at sea but to be able to cultivate fish in ponds, rivers, and other places that are quite strategic.

Fishermen, looking for fish to provide for their children and families, should not only depend on finding fish at sea but also conduct fish cultivation.

“Fish farming activities conducted by several fishermen have succeeded in improving their economies,” he pointed out.

The North Sumatra provincial government had earlier established STP in Simalungun District as the best UPI in implementing the MMT program. (ant)

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BUSINESS Plunge in oil prices threatens Iraq’s postwar recovery

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Tanah Lot Tourist Attraction Returns to Hold Open House

Tanah Lot attraction has a unique event to release 2018 and welcome 2019. The event entitled ‘Open House’ is designed with art and culture aimed at establishing good relations with tourism agents, tour guides and drivers that always invite their guests to Tanah Lot located at Beraban village, Kediri, Tabanan. “The arrival of tourists at Tanah Lot certainly cannot be separated from the role and promotion of tourism agents, guides and drivers,” said Operations Manager of Tanah Lot, I Ketut Toya Adnyana, Monday (Dec. 17).

BAGHDAD - The latest plunge in oil prices has dealt a heavy blow to Iraq’s stagnating economy, threatening the new government’s ability to rebuild after the war with the Islamic State group and provide basic services to areas roiled by recent protests.

Brent crude oil, used to price international purchases, briefly rose above $85 a barrel in October but has since plummeted to less than $55 — a nightmare for a country like Iraq that derives 95 percent of its revenue from oil exports.

A $111.9 billion draft budget sent to parliament in October projects crude exports of 3.8 million barrels per day to be sold at $56 per barrel. The bill, which includes a 23 percent increase in spending, would leave a deficit of $22.8 billion.

But that won’t even begin to address the colossal challenge of reconstruction after years of war.

Some 1.8 million people have yet to return to their homes, according to the United Nations. Mosul, the country’s second largest city, lies partly in ruins, as do many other cities, towns and villages once held

by IS militants.

Iraq’s Planning Ministry estimates the country needs approximately $88 billion for reconstruction. In February, donors at a Kuwait summit pledged $30 billion in loans and investments to finance a portion of the bill, but little progress has been made to fulfill the pledges.

In Iraq’s oil-rich south, meanwhile, which was spared from the war’s devastation, protests have erupted in recent months over unemployment and poor public services. Rolling power outages have been a nationwide problem going back to the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, and in the south the tap water is undrinkable.

“We were surprised by the plunging oil prices and we have fallen into a big problem,” said lawmaker Haneen al-Qado, who chairs parliament’s Economy Committee. “The government is not in an enviable position.”

Iraqis elected a new government earlier in 2018, but it is dominated by the same bickering political

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The open house will be held at the Tanah Lot parking area and last for three days, starting on Sunday (Dec. 30, 2018) until Tuesday (Jan. 2019). The agents, guides and drivers that bring their guests to ??Tanah Lot area at the Open House get free drinks and snacks. Such an event is packed like a celebration, where staff to managers will welcome guests.

The agents, guides and drivers who deliver their guests are prepared with tents equipped with a special table, so they can enjoy the dishes casually. They can enjoy food and drinks while chatting.

The guests were also given souvenirs in the form of clothes and table calendars containing pictures of Tanah Lot. For those who can dance, both the guests and tourists can also take advantage of that moment to dance, dance together or ngibing because they are presented with a Joged Bungbung folk dance. “Open house is a routine activity every year,” said Toya Adnyana.

This program with full togetherness, explained Toya Adnyana, aims to establish good relations with travel agencies, tour guides and drivers that usually take tourists to the Tanah Lot attraction.

“This is an expression of gratitude and congratulation for the New Year 2019.

Hopefully, they can have memories here and in the future there will be good cooperation between tourist destination and travel agencies, guides and drivers,” he hoped.

Besides, through this open house, he hoped travel agencies felt as a large family of Tanah Lot attraction. Thus, it will not be awkward and take their guests to make a visit to the Tanah Lot tourist attraction going forward,” concluded Toya Adnyana. (kmb)

Jaja Laklak Also Preferred by Tourists

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In this April 1, 2017 file photo, children play inside a damaged car, amid heavy destruction in a neighborhood recently retaken

by Iraqi security forces from Islamic State group militants on the western side of Mosul, Iraq. The latest plunge in oil prices has dealt a heavy blow to Iraq’s stagnating economy, threatening the new government’s ability to rebuild after the devastating war with IS and provide basic services to areas roiled by recent protests. factions that have governed the country for the last 15 years.

Lawmakers have rejected the draft budget, calling for a new one that would estimate an even lower oil price and allocate even more funds for public investments.

Qado says they may not be able to approve a budget until sometime in the first quarter of next year. Until then, the government can only spend one-twelfth of the previous year’s allocation each month.

While international attention has been focused on the devastation in northern and western Iraq, and the protests in the south, the budget crisis has also taken a heavy toll

on Iraqis living in more stable areas. Construction projects across Baghdad have been stalled for years, with half-finished buildings turned into neighborhood garbage dumps.

Kadhim Nima Khudair’s construction company signed contracts in 2014 to build four schools at a cost of $5 million. By the following year, three of them were 80 percent complete, but then public funds dried up as the government launched the costly war against IS. When oil prices started to recover in 2017, the government began paying installments again, but only for the projects that were mostly

completed. Now the payments have stopped again pending the budget negotiations.

None of the schools have been completed, and Khudair has fallen deeply into debt, forcing him to lay off some 500 workers and sell family homes and cars.

“I don’t want any profit now, I only want my capital back,” Khudair said. “We have been struggling all these years. People are still knocking on my door, asking for their money.”

Sami al-Araji, the head of the National Investment Commission, told an economic conference in December that hundreds of projects

worth an estimated $54 billion are delayed. He called for a major overhaul of the economy that would promote investment and lessen the country’s reliance on oil. “We have to think of all alternatives,” he said. “The country has promising opportunities.”

That’s easier said than done. Efforts to diversify the economy have been stymied by political infighting and corruption going all the way back to 2003, fueling cycles of war and instability.

“Our fate is attached to oil,” Khudair said. “When it’s down, our blood pressure rises.” (ap)

Jaja laklak (cake) is served with grated coconut together with brown sugar topping. When biting carefully, this cake feels soft and delicious. It is made by Balinese people utilizing rice flour. This cake has circular shape with a diameter of 3 cm and is made with clay mold.

It tastes good and is perfect for sitting in the morning, moreover, if coupled with warm Balinese coffee or tea. Laklak is white because it is not using food coloring, there is also a green one coming from the extract water of suji leaves.

Jaja laklak is very easy to carry everywhere, so it’s good for food gift.

This cake is usually sold at food stalls at villages in the morning.

This traditional cake is also sold in traditional markets and cake shops as well as has been taken advantage as appetizer at hotels. At the

same time, it is often adopted as menu of option for citizens at wedding receptions or opening menu for participants of meetings, seminars and other gathering events at hotels or restaurants.

In cake shops, jaja laklak has been packed in plastic boxes with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. But lately, the plastic packaging has begun to be abandoned because it causes a lot of plastic waste which is difficult to decompose. Unlike the cake traders at villagers, they use banana leaves to wrap the cakes.

This jaja laklak is usually sold for IDR 5,000 per wrap containing 5 or 4 pieces. The top appearance of this cake is usually added with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. In addition to local people, this cake is also favored by domestic and foreign tourists.

So naturally, it has become a hotel

cake commonly served as an appetizer or welcome cake.

The ingredients of jaja laklak consist of rice flour, coconut (to be made into coconut milk), suji leaves, salt, brown sugar, granulated sugar and water. Preparation: put rice flour into a container and then pour hot water little by little while stirring until finely blended.

Then, pour the coconut milk little by little as well, while continuing to stir. Then, added suji leaf water to create a distinctive aroma, add salt to taste and then stir until all the ingredients are evenly mixed.

Ultimately, prepare the mold and preheat it first. After that, pour the batter of laklak with a spoon in accordance with the mold hole.

Cover the mold and then wait for it to get cooked. Next, make brown sugar sauce by dissolving brown sugar and granulated sugar in boiled water. Simultaneously,

stir it until boiling and then lifted and filtered. Boil it back until it thickens. Coconut is shredded and mixed with salt according to taste.

How to present? First of all,

put some pieces of jaja laklak on a plate or banana leaf in such away so as to look nice. Then, sprinkle them with grated coconut and pour the brown sugar sauce on top.

Now, it is ready to taste! (kmb)

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Gubernatorial regulation on plastic waste

Koala drinks from water bottle in Australia heatwave

Community awareness needs to be awaken

SYDNEY - As Australia swelters in an extreme heatwave, a video of a woman in the state of Victoria pouring water into the mouth of a thirsty koala has melted hearts online.

DENPASAR - Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster, previously targeted to reduce plastic waste in a year by 60-70 percent especially after the issuance of the Bali Governor Regulation (Pergub) No.97/2018 concerning the Limitation of Disposable Plastic Waste. The governor’s initiative apparently reaped support from the Bali House of Representatives.

“The governor takes the initiative on how we can at least reduce the presence of plastic,” said Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives, I Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, when confirmed on Friday (Dec. 28).

Wiryatama continued that lately the issue on undersea plastic waste in Bali went viral recorded by foreign tourists. Certainly this becomes a separate blow for Bali as a world tourist destination.

“If we don’t reduce the producers first, the garbage will remain to run. If we reduce the plastic users, we can at least reduce it. We can’t just stop it,” explained this PDI-P politician from Tabanan.

That is why Wiryatama appreciated to the governor’s move to issue the Gubernatorial Regulation as a breakthrough to reduce the production of disposable plastics. Talking about the target of reducing plastic waste by 60-70 percent, according to him, it depends on the awareness of the community itself.

“Come on, let’s be with us from

the Bali House of Representatives, journalists, all the people, reduce the use of disposable plastic. So, someday Bali will be free from plastic waste,” he encouraged.

Member of Commission III at the Bali House of Representatives, Ida Bagus Udiyana, agreed that public awareness must be encouraged to reduce the use of disposable plastic waste. Thus, it is not only given awards and sanctions by the government.

“But how systemically it must also be guarded by all stakeholders.

One of them is the public that must be aware of the danger of plastic waste being so permanent for the environment and has become a world threat,” said this Golkar politician.

Udiyana added the efforts to start changing people’s behavior will certainly require a process.

He also gave notes at the level of gubernatorial regulation implementation, especially regarding the readiness of producers, distributors, suppliers and every business player

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The governor’s initiative apparently reaped support from the Bali House of Representatives. to produce, distribute, supply, and provide disposable plastic substitutes. At the same time, prohibit to produce, distribute, supply and provide disposable plastics. Do

not let it eventually burden the community.

“This is an extraordinary breakthrough. We appreciate it. We, the community and the industry,

should realize together and have the sensitivity to guard the Gubernatorial Regulations so that there is readiness. It needs a revolutionary movement,” he said. (kmb32)

Gianyar Beaches classified to have high vulnerability to tsunami

GIANYAR - The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) released that coastal territories are classified to have a tsunami disaster vulnerability. Ten villages in Gianyar district are listed as tsunami prone lists. Moreover, along the coastal area is declared to have

a high hazard class. Meanwhile, the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) of Gianyar district has been wary of this warning.

Based on the data from the BNPB, the ten villages are located on the beach, namely four villages in Blahbatuh subdistrict such as

Saba, Pering, Keramas and Medahan village, then three villages in Gianyar subdistrict namely Lebih, Tulikup, and Temesi village and three other villages are in Sukawati subdistrict, namely the Ketewel, Batubulan and Sukawati village.

Head of the Gianyar Regional Di-

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The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) released that coastal territories are classified to have a tsunami disaster vulnerability.

saster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Anak Agung Gde Oka Digjaya, when confirmed in connection with the tsunami-prone list, admitted that his agency had long been aware of the vulnerability. “We have provided coastal residents with education,” said Oka Digjaya when contacted on Sunday (Dec. 30).

The education provided is in the form of dissemination about disasters such as disaster simulation and disaster mitigation. Moreover, BPBD Gianyar has held a disaster simulation for several times by involving coastal residents. Through the simulation, the community can understand mitigation or disaster risk reduction efforts. “So, when there is a tsunami hazard, people already understand where to go,” he explained.

Besides, along the coastal areas, including in tsunami-affected villages, have been determined the evacuation routes in the form of evacuation signs.

Oka Digjaya admitted that until now along the Gianyar coast

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there have been no tsunami alarm detectors installed. His agency has repeatedly conveyed this condition, both in the provincial and central government, but there has been no follow-up. “So far, we have not owned any sirens,” he said.

Although it has not yet equipped with tsunami detection equipment, people are asked not to worry.

In addition, the community must know the signs of tsunami, and the evacuation process having been prepared. “There is nothing to fear, just follow the natural law,” he pleaded.

Meanwhile, regarding the eruption of volcanic ashes and the threat of the eruption of Mount Agung, Oka Digjaya said that until Sunday afternoon volcanic dust had not reached the Gianyar region. However, he suggested that community in the coastal territories to be calm.

“The tsunami threat in Gianyar is more inclined to the result of earthquakes and plate shifts. Nevertheless, thankfully everything is fine,” he said. (kmb35)

Water is poured into a Koala’s mouth during the Adelaide heatwave.

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The vast continent has experienced intense heat over the past week, with the mercury up 16 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than usual for this time of year in southern Australia.

Numerous towns set new December records, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, while emergency services have been on high alert for bushfires.

Local Chantelle Lowrie was at a camping ground near the Murray River in the southern state of Victoria on Friday when she saw the koala.

“It was 44 degrees Celsius -- very, very hot day,” Lowrie told AFP on Tuesday.

“I stopped because he looked as though he could use a drink of water.”

Lowrie posted on Facebook footage of herself giving water to the furry marsupial, who drank from the bottle before climbing back up the tree.

The footage is reminiscent of another video of a koala, later nicknamed Sam, who drank from a bottle offered by a firefighter during deadly bushfires in Victoria in 2009.

High temperatures are not unusual in the Australian summer, with bushfires a common occurrence.

But climate change has pushed up land and sea temperatures, leading to more extremely hot days and severe fire seasons. (afp)

9 hurt as car rams into famed Tokyo street on New Year’s Eve

TOKYO - Nine people were hurt, one seriously, when a man deliberately ploughed his car into crowds celebrating New Year’s Eve along a famous Tokyo street, police and media said Tuesday.

With an “intent to murder”, a man identified as 21-year-old Kazuhiro Kusakabe drove a small vehicle into Takeshita Street in Tokyo’s fashion district of Harajuku at 10 minutes past midnight, a police spokesman told AFP. According to national broadcaster NHK, Kusakabe told police he was acting in “retribution for the death penalty” without giving more precise details.

NHK footage showed a small box vehicle with a smashed front and paramedics carrying people on stretchers into ambulances.

Local media said a container with kerosine inside was found in the rental car, where the attack occurred. The attacker reportedly drove the vehicle from the western region of Osaka.

One witness told NHK it was a “ghastly scene.”

“I saw some guys collapsed on the street. As I walked closer to-

ward the scene, many more people had fallen on the ground. By the time I reached the exact place, paramedics were already there helping people,” he said.

Another witness who runs a clothing shop in the area said: “I am shocked that something like this happened on Takeshita Street.”

Police immediately cordoned off the street, which during the day is usually packed with tourists trying to get a taste of Japan’s extravagant youth and food culture.

One college student suffered serious injuries during the attack and was undergoing surgery, the police spokesman told AFP. Local media reports said the student was in a coma.

Kusakabe was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said.

- ‘Fit for trial?’ According to local media, Kusakabe hit a total of eight people and assaulted another on the street, which was closed to car traffic at the time before visitors would pack the area to celebrate New Year.

The vehicle hit its first victim

about 30 metres into the narrow street before knocking down seven more over the next 100 metres, according to the Sankei Shimbun newspaper.

There is no information so far to suggest foreign tourists were among the injured, the police spokesman said.

TV Asahi said officers were investigating whether the suspect is fit for trial.

Takeshita Street is packed with small shops and is considered the centre of youth culture and fashion in Japan, attracting tens of thousands of international tourists every day.

Unlike in other major cities, New Year in Tokyo is a relatively muted affair.

There is no major fireworks display and no central point where drunken revellers gather to see in the New Year.

Instead, Japanese people tend to see in the New Year with families and quietly go to the shrine to pray for good fortune in the year to come.

By midday Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of tourists had returned

to the street filled with bright pink ornaments, although blue tarps

covering the scene of the case remained. (afp)

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Police inspect a car whose driver rammed his vehicle into crowds on Takeshita street in Tokyo early January 1, 2019.

Nine people were hurt, one seriously, when a man deliberately ploughed his car into crowds celebrating New Year’s Eve along a famous Tokyo street, police and media said on January 1.

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NASA rings in New Year with historic flyby of faraway world

TAMPA - NASA rang in the New Year on Tuesday with a historic flyby of the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever explored by humankind -- a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule -- in the hopes of learning more about how planets took shape.

“Go New Horizons!” said lead scientist Alan Stern as a crowd including kids dressed in space costumes blew party horns and cheered at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland to mark the moment at 12:33 am (0533 GMT) when the New Horizons spacecraft aimed its cameras at the space rock four billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away in a dark and frigid region of space known as the Kuiper Belt.

Offering scientists the first up-close look at an ancient building block of planets, the flyby took place about a billion miles beyond Pluto, which was until now the most faraway world ever visited up close by a spacecraft.

Real-time video of the actual flyby was impossible, since it takes more than six hours for a signal sent from Earth to reach the spaceship, and another six hours for the response to arrive.

The first signal back to Earth should come about 10 hours after the flyby, around 9:45 am (1445 GMT), letting NASA know if New Horizons survived the risky, high-speed encounter.

Hurtling through space at a speed of 32,000 miles per hour, the spacecraft aimed to make its closest approach within 2,200 miles of the surface of Ultima Thule.

“This is a night none of us are going to forget,” said Queen guitarist Brian May -- who also holds an advanced degree in astrophysics -- and who recorded a solo track to honor the spacecraft and its spirit of exploration.

Stern said Ultima Thule is unique because it is a relic from the early days of the solar system and could provide answers about the origins of other planets.

“The object is in such a deep freeze that it is perfectly preserved from its original formation,” he said.

“Everything we are going to learn about Ultima -- from its composition to its geology to how it was originally assembled, whether it has satellites and an atmosphere and those kinds of things -- are going to teach us about the original formation conditions of objects in the solar system.”

Scientists decided to study Ultima Thule with New Horizons after the spaceship, which launched in 2006, completed its main mission of flying by Pluto in 2015, returning the most detailed images ever taken of the dwarf planet.

Stern said the goal is to take images of Ultima that are three times the resolution the team had for Pluto.

- Frontier of planetary science Ultima Thule is named for a mythical, far-northern island in medieval literature and cartography, according to NASA. Project scientist Hal Weaver of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory said humans didn’t even know the Kuiper Belt -- a vast ring of relics from the formation days of the solar system -- existed until the 1990s.

“This is the frontier of planetary science,” said Weaver.

“We finally have reached the outskirts of the solar system, these things that have been there since the beginning and have hardly changed -- we think. We will find out.”

Another NASA spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, also set a new record on Monday by entering orbit around the asteroid Bennu, the smallest cosmic object -- about 1,600 feet (500 meters) in diameter -- ever circled by a spacecraft.

NASA said the orbit some 70 million miles (110 million kilometers) away marks “a leap for humankind” because no spacecraft has ever “circled so close to such a small space object -- one with barely enough gravity to keep a vehicle in a stable orbit.”

The twin planetary feats coincided with the 50th anniversary of the first time humans ever explored another world, when US astronauts orbited the Moon aboard Apollo 8 in December, 1968.

“As you celebrate New Year’s Day, cast an eye upward and think for a moment about the amazing things our country and our species can do when we set our minds to it,” Stern wrote in the New York Times on Monday. (afp)

- What does it look like? -

Scientists are not sure what Ultima Thule (pronounced TOO-lee) looks like -- whether it is cratered or smooth, or even if it is a single object or a cluster.

It was discovered in 2014 with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope, and is believed to be 12-20 miles in size.

A blurred and pixelated image released Monday, taken from 1.2 million miles away, has intrigued scientists because it appears to show an elongated blob, not a round space rock.

The spaceship was to collect 900 images over the course of a few seconds as it shaved by. Even clearer images should arrive over the next three days.

“Now it is just a matter of time to see the data coming down,” said deputy project scientist John Spencer of the Southwest Research Institute.

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This artist’s illustration obtained from NASA on December 21, 2018 shows the New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69 – nicknamed “Ultima Thule” – a Kuiper Belt object that orbits one billion miles beyond Pluto.

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Mangsi Grill & Coffee

Beat of innovation in culinary business

THIS brand owned by young Balinese was originally born with the name Mangsi in 2013, coinciding with the emergence of the trend of hanging out and the growing millennial niche in Denpasar. Within two years, Mangsi is able to become the Top of Mind culinary business among millennial generation of Denpasar. Seeing the development of Mangsi at that time, not a few young Balinese were later inspired to take part in the same industry. Windu Segara Senet is the main character behind Mangsi’s development.

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The spacecraft, called OSIRIS-REx, is the first-ever US mission designed to visit an asteroid and return a sample of its dust back to Earth.

In first, NASA spaceship begins orbit of asteroid

TAMPA - A NASA spacecraft set a new milestone Monday in cosmic exploration by entering orbit around an asteroid, Bennu, the smallest object ever to be circled by a human-made spaceship.

The spacecraft, called OSIRISREx, is the first-ever US mission designed to visit an asteroid and return a sample of its dust back to Earth.

The $800 million unmanned spaceship launched two years ago from Cape Canaveral, Florida and arrived December 3 at its destination, some 70 million miles (110 million kilometers) away.

On Monday, after closely studying the asteroid for several weeks, the spaceship fired its thrusters to bring it into orbit around Bennu at 2:43 pm (1943 GMT).

The asteroid measures about 1,600 feet (500 meters) in diameter.

“Entering orbit around Bennu is an amazing accomplishment that our team has been planning for years,” said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

NASA said the orbit marks “a leap for humankind” because no spacecraft has ever “circled so close to such a small space object -- one with barely enough gravity to keep a vehicle in a stable orbit.”

The spacecraft is orbiting Bennu about a mile from its center.

The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft orbited a comet in May 2016, but at a further distance of about four miles from the center of the comet 67P/Churyu-

mov-Gerasimenko.

Bennu has a gravity force only five-millionths as strong as Earth’s, NASA said.

Each orbit by OSIRIS-REx will take 62 hours.

The plan is for OSIRIS-REx to orbit Bennu through mid-February, using a suite of five scientific instruments to map the asteroid in high resolution to help scientists decide precisely where to sample from.

Then, in 2020, it will reach out with its robotic arm and touch the asteroid in a maneuver Rich Kuhns, OSIRIS-REx program manager with Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, described as a “gentle high-five.”

Using a circular device much like a car’s air filter, and a reverse vacuum to stir up and collect dust, the device aims to grab about two ounces (60 grams) of material from the asteroid’s surface, and return it to Earth in 2023.

A fragment of the early solar system, Bennu is also considered potentially dangerous. It poses a slight risk -- a one in 2,700 chance -- of colliding with Earth in 2135.

The carbon-rich asteroid was chosen from some 500,000 asteroids in the solar system because it orbits close to Earth’s path around the Sun, is the right size for scientific study, and is one of the oldest asteroids known to NASA. Scientists hope it will reveal more about the early formation of the solar system, as well as how to find precious resources like metals and water in asteroids. (afp)

Proliferation of similar businesses has stimulated him to innovate with carefulness to see the trend shift in the millennial generation in Denpasar as the main capital. The reality at that time delivered Mangsi to present a dish in accordance with its market needs. It is no longer just to hang out, but also equipped with food at affordable prices and comfortable place,” said Windu This graduate of the Udayana School of Medicine added that business acceleration occurred after Mangsi moved to Jalan Merdeka in 2015. Soon after that, Mangsi opened its branches in Kuta, Sanur and Canggu. Not all stories go beautifully. Mangsi Canggu leaves a deep impression that Mangsi is a medium-sized local urban brand, not a brand living in the midst of foreign tourists. Armed with that awareness, Mangsi returned to open a store in the city of Denpasar, precisely on Jalan Raya Puputan Renon under the name of Mangsi Tropical. This outlet seems to refute the myth about the distance between culinary business branches. Mangsi Tropical is not far from Mangsi Merdeka, but the concept carried is slightly different. That’s why the market is not intersecting.

After Mangsi Tropical was opened, Mangsi moved to become a restaurant with a mature concept. This evolution rests on rigid data. A series of market research and product experiments are carried out as a support for decision making. Furthermore, the rebranding from Mangsi to Mangsi Grill & Coffee was made in the second half of 2018. Now, Mangsi is a grill restaurant having a distinctive product without leaving the coffee products that have raised its name.

Mangsi Grill & Coffee is increasingly optimistic in 2019 because it will open outlets in one of the big malls in Denpasar and moves again to several major cities in Indonesia, such as Jabodetabek, Bandung, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya. Mangsi’s entire development uses a partnership system without leaving millennial generation as its business beat, added Windu. (kmb33)

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Within two years, Mangsi is able to become the Top of Mind culinary business among millennial generation of Denpasar.

Involve people with disabilities and PKK

Flower arrangement training jazzes up Denfes 2018

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The event was witnessed directly by the Chief of the Motivator Team of PKK Denpasar, Mrs. Selly Dharmawijaya Mantra.

ENLIVENING the Denpasar Festival 2018, the Denpasar Agriculture Agency held a training on flower arrangement for people with disabilities and Empowerment and Family Welfare (PKK) followed by sub-districts throughout Denpasar in Wantilan Hall of Hotel Inna Bali on Sunday (Dec. 30). The event was witnessed directly by the Chief of the Motivator Team of PKK Denpasar, Mrs. Selly Dharmawijaya Mantra.

On that occasion, Mrs. Selly Dharmawijaya Mantra said the training is conducted so that the PKK housewives in Denpasar and people with disabilities can have flower arrangement skills. From this skill, the PKK housewives and people with disabilities can create their own flower arrangements

when there are activities for village and family groups. In addition, by having flower arrangement skills, they can become entrepreneurs or open a business.

On that occasion, Mrs. Selly also provided motivation for PKK housewives and people with disabilities, and claimed that most of them could already make beautiful and even good results. “Hopefully, after this training the skill obtained can be useful for PKK housewives and people with disabilities,” he hoped, while saying that the results of this training will be contested next year. Thus, it can trigger the creativity of the training participants and the community having creativity in arranging flowers.

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sion Head at the Denpasar Agriculture Agency said that she chose the flower arranging training in the Denfes event with the hope that PKK housewives could add income and insight when they needed a flower arrangement, so they need not to buy it because the material of the flower arrangement training can use flowers around it.

“Therefore, when you want to arrange the room or when there is an event, you don’t need to buy a flower arrangement because you can arrange it from the surrounding flowers,” he said. He further added the training given this time is of elementary level and very easy. The training itself is directly given by the Denpasar Agriculture Agency. (kmb)

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Penglipuran Festival draws thousands of visitors each day

I Wayan Koster (left) governor of Bali Province.

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Finance Minister gives incentive funds for Bali on plastic limitations

DENPASAR - Bali Governor Wayan Koster said that the Ministry of Finance will provide incentive funds to the local government with the issuance of Governor`s regulation (Pergub) No. 97 of 2018 concerning the Limitation of Disposable Plastic Waste.

“I have received information that the Minister of Finance is preparing a special scheme to provide incentives to Bali for the implementation of the Governor`s Regulation and our concern for environmental issues.

In fact, that is not what we hope for,” Koster stated, when delivering the 2018 Final Speech and Welcoming the New Year 2019, at Ksirarnawa Building, Denpasar Cultural Park, on Monday.

According to him, the main foundation for making governor`s regulation 97/2018 is in accordance with Bali`s vision of development in the next five years, namely “Nangun Sat Kerthi Loka Bali” to maintain the sanctity and harmony of Bali`s nature.

“It has received a very good appreciation,” he noted in company of the Deputy Governor of Bali Tjok Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati.

Regarding the amount of incentives that Bali wants to support the implementation of the regulation, Koster noted that he had not received an offer from the Ministry of Finance because it was still calculating the feasible amount. “What is clear is that Bali must be a `clean and green island` (green and clean island),” he remarked.

The newly appointed governor for three months also expressed his happiness because his policy had also received a positive response from the millennial

generation.

“Astungkara (with God`s grace), in 2019, the governor`s regulation (Pergub) will be carried out as well as possible, involving a number of parties,” Koster explained.

In the Pergub Bali No. 97 of 2018 concerning the Limitation of Disposable Plastic Waste that was published on Dec 21, there are three materials made from or containing prohibited plastic base materials, namely plastic bags, polysterina (styrofoam), and plastic straws.

Although a number of regencies / cities in the country have similar regulations, Koster claims that the Pergub issued is the first and only at the provincial government level.

“In limiting the generation of plastic waste, this regulation requires every producer, distributor, and supplier, as well as business people to produce, distribute, supply, and provide disposable substitutes for plastic. It also prohibits producing, distributing, supplying, and providing PSP, “he added.

As a form of concern for all parties, government agencies, BUMD, private sector, religious institutions, traditional villages / pakraman villages, communities, and individuals are also prohibited from using disposable plastic.

“In order to implement the limitation of disposable plastic waste to run effectively, the Bali Provincial Government will carry out guidance and supervision by forming teams. The team consists of vertical elements, regional officials, academics, NGOs, businessmen, religious leaders, and community leaders,” he pointed out. (ant)

BANGLI - Penglipuran Festival, held by the operator of Penglipuran Tourism Village, was fairly successful in attracting tourists to visit the tourism village. During the festival, the number of tourist visits to the village being famous for its traditional houses reached 1,200 people per day. This was acknowledged by the Chief of Penglipuran Tourism Village, Nengah Moneng, on Sunday (Dec. 30).

Moneng added the level of tourist visits during the festival increased by an average of 1,200 per day. On a particular day, an average tourist visit only reaches 500 people per day. The visits are dominated by domestic tourists.

“On Umanis Galungan, tourists visit reached 4,000 people,” he explained.

According to Moneng, the high interest of tourists to visit Penglipuran because they are interested in the festival activities held on December 17-30. The committee jazzed up the festival with a number of attractions and competitions such as barong ngelawang (street show), past fashion, lawar preparation competition, karaoke, Balinese

storytelling and other Balinese cultural nuances. Besides, another reason for tourists to get interested in visiting Penglipuran because of its success as the cleanest village in the world and success in winning a number of other national awards.

“I attempted to ask some tourists about the reason why they are interested in visiting Penglipuran.

One of them told me that it happens because the village was named the cleanest village in the world,” he explained.

Moneng predicted the number of tourist visits will remain high until the New Year holiday. “We predict that tourist visit on January 1 will reach more than 4,000 tourists,” he said.

He hoped the eruption happening to the Mount Agung in Karangasem will not affect tourist visits to Penglipuran or other tourist attractions in Bangli. He stated that based on the experience of last year, the ash and sand spewed by Mount Agung during the eruption were not exposed to Bangli. “So, it remains relatively safe to visit Penglipuran, including other tourist attractions in Bangli,” he added. (kmb40)

From Nature to Wellness

The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Bali introduces Herbal Healing Poultice

A luxurious sanctuary dedicated to renewal and rejuvenation, The Ritz-Carlton, Spa Bali has introduced an Herbal Healing Poultice to its extensive range of islandinspired therapeutic treatments.

Ingredients for the poultice are gathered in the resort’s own herb garden and carefully combined to create a relaxing and restorative spa experience.

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healing traditions of Bali with the aim of balancing mind, body and spirit. The newly introduced Herbal Healing Poultice provides an ancient cure for modern grievances such as computer-induced tension, tight shoulders and neck pain. The warm healing properties of the poultice combined with expert massage technique provide all the benefits of deep tissue massage, but without the deep pressure, leaving guests feeling thoroughly rejuvenated” says

General Manager Karim Tayach.

Herbs and spices used in the poultice gathered at this best family resort in Bali include pepper, peppermint, ginger, cinnamon, camphor, clove and nutmeg which are steam heated to release their natural essential oils. A therapist then applies the poultice in a gentle rolling motion that melts tension away. Muscle aches and pains are eased, circulation is stimulated and the body is detoxified as stagnant

energy is released.

The Herbal Healing Poultice can be combined with other luxurious spa treatments such as Shimmering Pearl Polish, Seaweed and Mint Aromatic Soaking Ritual and Cold Marine Facial. Any lingering cares can then be floated away in the spa’s Hydrotherapy Pool or secluded Balinese Bathing Pool set amidst lush tropical foliage.

Recently awarded Luxury Beach Resort Spa global winner at the

World Luxury Spa Awards 2018, this best hotel in Bali offers a genuine respite from the world, and includes private spa villas, yoga studio, well-equipped gym and beauty salon.

The Herbal Healing Poultice is a 90 minute treatment priced at IDR 1,800,000 net per person. For more information about this and other treatments at The Ritz-Carlton, Bali Spa please contact rc.dpssw.spa@ ritzcarlton.com.

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Lovato thanks fans for support after tough year

LOS ANGELES - US pop star Demi Lovato has thanked her fans, friends and family following a year in which she spent time in rehab.

The 26-year-old was taken ill at her Los Angeles home in July after a suspected drug overdose.

She said little about her addiction battle in the following months but posted a message to fans on New Year’s Eve using Instagram stories.

She said to her 70 million followers that she was “so grateful for the lessons I’ve learned this year”.

“I will never take another day in life for granted, even the bad ones.

“Thankful for my fans, friends, family and everyone who supported me throughout this year.

“God bless.”

Lovato had posted on Twitter a few weeks earlier warning fans not to believe everything they read.

She had written: “I love my fans, and hate tabloids. Don’t believe what you read. People will literally make up stuff to sell a story. Sickening.”

It was unclear which reports she was referring to. She later added: “If I feel like the world needs to know something, I will tell them MYSELF. “Otherwise people stop writing about my recovery, because it’s no one’s business but mine. I am sober and grateful to be alive and taking care of ME. (net)

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Rescuers search for survivors in deadly Indonesian landslide

Rescuers are searching for survivors after a landslide triggered by heavy rain left at least 15 people dead and dozens missing in western Indonesia, an official said Tuesday.

The landslide occurred shortly before sunset on Monday in West Java province. Search and rescue teams said they have found 15 people dead and are scouring the area for at least 25 missing.

Pouring rain, power cuts and

rough roads are preventing heavy machinery from accessing the area in Sukabumi regency, disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.

“Relief efforts have also been hampered by a lot of people who

want to get to the disaster,” he said.

“The roads are narrow which has caused rescue teams, logistics and ambulances to be stuck in traffic jams.”

The search operation has halted for the day but will resume Wednesday morning.

Four people have been injured in the disaster and 60 others evacuated from the area, Nugroho said.

Landslides are common in Indonesia, a vast tropical archipelago prone to natural disasters and torrential downpours. More than 20 people died in October when flash floods and landslides hit several provinces on Sumatra island, western Indonesia.In June 2016, nearly 50 people died when floods and landslides struck Central Java province. (afp)

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Kevin Spacey denied request to skip court hearing over groping claim

CALIFORNIA - Kevin Spacey will be forced to appear in court in a week’s time after a judge denied his request to skip a hearing over allegations he groped a young man.

The 59-year-old US actor has been told to attend court to formally hear charges against him on 7 January. Spacey, an Oscar-winner, denies groping an 18-year-old in a restaurant in Nantucket, Massachusetts in 2016.

He is charged with felony indecent assault and battery, and is pleading not guilty.

Spacey argued he should be excused from appearing next week because his presence would “amplify the negative publicity already generated in connection with this case”.

His lawyer Juliane Balliro claimed in court documents that Spacey’s appearance would only “heighten prejudicial media interest in the case” and increase the risk of contaminating the jury pool.

But Nantucket district court judge Thomas Barrett disagreed on Monday and turned down Spacey’s

request. Spacey was charged earlier this month over claims he stuck his hands into the young man’s trousers and grabbed his genitals.

The complainant’s mother, former TV news anchor Heather Unruh, said in a 2017 news conference that Spacey had bought her son “drink after drink after drink” and had “made his move” when the boy was drunk.

“He did not report the crime at the time, and that was largely because of embarrassment and fear,” she said. (net)

Kevin Spacey denies the allegations

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