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Artist Bruguera tackles global migrant row at Tate Modern LONDON - Cuban artist Tania Bruguera on Monday unveiled an installation on the theme of migration in which viewers use their body heat to make a portrait of a young Syrian refugee appear on the floor.

She is the latest international artist commissioned to exhibit in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in London, a vast space in the former industrial building by the River Thames turned into a home for modern art since 2000.

This year, Bruguera has chosen to leave the hall -- boasting 3,000 square metres and 30-metre-high ceilings -- largely empty, except for a large grey rectangle painted on the ground framing an invisible portrait of a young Syrian refugee.

He left the war-torn country in 2011 and after arriving in Britain received support from local NGOs based in the community surrounding the Tate Modern.

But his image only appears if visitors cooperate by stretching out on the black heat-sensitive floor together to activate the thermochromatic ink that details the portrait.

“It’s a reflection on the times we live on, where it seems it’s necessary that everybody works together even if they don’t believe in the same issues, even if they have different political agendas, even if they are unknown to each other,” Bruguera told AFP ahead of the work’s public opening on Tuesday.

Curator Catherine Wood added: “It’s kind of an antidote to selfies culture and to the way we often consume news stories and tragedies alone.”

The exhibition also features accompanying low-frequency sounds composed by Scottish sound artist Steve Goodman, known as Kode9, adding to the disturbing undercurrent felt within the hall. (afp)

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US rapper Cardi B

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Cardi B charged with assault, endangerment over strip-club brawl

NEW YORK - US rapper Cardi B surrendered to police in New York on Monday, charged with assault and reckless endangerment over an ugly brawl in a strip club that injured a female employee.

Cuban artist Tania Bruguera

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The 25-year-old star was in the Angels Strip Club in Queens on August 29 when someone in her group lobbed furniture inside the night club, causing an employee to suffer “some bruising to her legs,” police said.

The fast-rising rapper turned herself in at a Queens police station and was instructed to appear in criminal court on October 29, charged with one count of assault and two counts of reckless endangerment, police said. Celebrity gossip website TMZ said she allegedly ordered an attack on two bartenders at the club, sisters who accuse her of harboring a grudge because one of them slept with her husband, the rapper Offset.

Cardi, who was at the club because Offset was performing in the

hard-living hip hop trio Migos, allegedly told her group to attack the bartenders with bottles, chairs and a hookah smoking device, TMZ said.

On Monday, she was filmed exiting the police station in Queens, dressed in a beige skirt suit and white blouse, escorted by burly bodyguards into a waiting SUV, making no comment to a bevvy of cameras.

- Hard past The singer, real name Belcalis Almanzar, is one of the most prominent women in hip-hop and shares a child with Offset. Earlier this year, she confirmed reports that the pair had secretly married.

Monday’s police booking comes just weeks after she was involved

in a fracas with fellow rapper Nicki Minaj at New York Fashion Week in which Cardi B accused her rival of throwing a shoe at her.

Cardi B was photographed with a bump on her forehead. Minaj, one of the best-selling musical artists now performing and who was reportedly not hurt, declined to press charges.

The “I Like It” songstress later took to Instagram to imply that the older Minaj had questioned her parenting skills. She gave birth to a daughter, Kulture, in July.

Cardi B has become one of the biggest new stars in US music since the runaway success last year of her song “Bodak Yellow,” which touches on her former life making ends meet as a stripper. (afp)

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Quake survivors scuffle to get live chickens being distributed from a police truck outside a makeshift camp in Palu in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi on October 2, 2018, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on September 28. The Indonesian government on October 2 said the death toll from a devastating quake-tsunami on the island of Sulawesi had risen to 1,234 people, up from the previous count of 844.

Indonesia clamps down on looting as quake-tsunami toll tops 1,200

More than 1,200 people are now known to have died in the quake-tsunami that smashed into Sulawesi, Indonesia said Tuesday, as police pledged to clamp down on looting by survivors taking advantage of the chaos.

There were reports of officers firing warning shots and tear gas to ward off people ransacking shops in Palu, a coastal city ravaged by a 7.5-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned.

Almost 200,000 people are in need of urgent help, the United Nations says, among them thousands of children. Survivors are battling thirst and hunger, with food and clean water in short supply, and local hospitals are overwhelmed by the number of injured.

Police said Tuesday that they had previously tolerated desperate

survivors taking food and water from closed shops, but had now arrested 35 people for stealing computers and cash.

“On the first and second day clearly no shops were open. People were hungry. There were people in dire need. That’s not a problem,” said deputy national police chief Ari Dono Sukmanto.

“But after day two, the food supply started to come in, it only needed to be distributed. We are now re-enforcing the law.” “There are ATMs. They are open,” he added. “If people steal, we catch

and investigate.”

Despite official assurances, desperation was evident on the streets of Palu, where survivors clambered through wreckage hunting for anything salvageable. Others crowded around daisy-chained power strips at the few buildings that still have electricity, or queued for water, cash or petrol being brought in via armed police convoy.

“The government, the president have come here, but what we really need is food and water,” Burhanuddin Aid Masse, 48, told AFP. Rescue efforts have been hampered by a lack of heavy machinery, severed transport links, the scale of the damage, and the Indonesian government’s reluctance to accept foreign help.

As if to remind the world of the tectonic fragility of Indonesia, a series of quakes hit the island of Sumba on Tuesday, albeit hundreds of kilometres from Palu.

The official death toll from the tragedy in central Sulawesi stood at 1,234, according to the government. The Indonesian military is leading the rescue effort, but following a reluctant acceptance of help by President Joko Widodo, international NGOs also have teams on the ground in Palu.

Among the dead are dozens of students whose lifeless bodies were pulled from their landslideswamped church in Sulawesi.

“A total of 34 bodies were found by the team,” Indonesia Red Cross spokeswoman Aulia Arriani told

AFP after the grim discovery, adding that 86 students had initially been reported missing from a Bible camp at the Jonooge Church Training Centre. Arriani said rescuers faced an arduous trek to reach the mudslide and retrieve the victims.

“The most challenging problem is travelling in the mud as much as 1.5 hours by foot while carrying the bodies to an ambulance,” she said.

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Introducing tourism potential of Buleleng through cross country SINGARAJA - The efforts to promote the potential of tourist destinations owned by Buleleng are increasingly massive. Evidently, promotional efforts through various events continue to be organized by local government. Last weekend, it held a cross country to introduced tourism potential in the region. It was attended by more than 300 participants of Buleleng and several regions in Bali and made in a series of the Lovina Festival (Lovfest) 2018.

Entourage of the cross country was released at the Krisna Water Sport’s parking lot at Temukus village, Banjar. From the starting point, participants then followed the route through tourism villages such as Tampekan village, Sidatapa, Cempaga, Kaliasem, and ended in the Dolphin Lovina Statue area.

Head of the Buleleng Tourism Office, I Nyoman Sutrisna, said that other than capturing cycling athletes, this event is suitable for sustainable development to promote tourism in the region. Cross country activity like this is not absolutely

looking for champion, but for personal experience of each participant so they can know the tourism potential available.

After participating in this event, each participant is expected to promote the potential from word to mouth, so that in the long-term it has an impact on the increase in the tourist visits to Buleleng.

“The great mission of the event like cross country is to introduce tourism potential of this area, so the participants can share their experiences through direct promotion or through social media networks,” he said.

Chairperson of the Cycling Sport Association of Indonesia (ISSI) of Buleleng, Ni Kadek Turkini, stated that this year’s event participants are not only from Buleleng, but also from various regions in Bali and even from Java. Meanwhile, the category of cycling athletes exceeded the initial target. Originally, this sport event was estimated to get minimal participants.

From the beginning, many parties hoped it could serve as promotional event of sporting tourism other than getting achievement.

“We have the desire to promote Buleleng in the national and international arena as well as promote tourism of North Bali. Moreover, our region has natural beauty that attracts many tourists,” he explained.

Color Run

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The closing ceremony of Lovina Festival on Monday

The Tourism Office also held a Lovfest Color Run series this year. This sporting event was released by Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, last weekend followed by hundreds of participants from various backgrounds. The activity held in the Spice Beach Club Restaurant area was attractively packaged because it had successfully combined sports with entertainment nuances.

Uniqueness of the event is having fun with color powder made from cornstarch and natural dyes. There are around 3,000 kilograms of color powder prepared to enliven this event. Without winners and time records, the Color Run is specifically created for everyone.

He said the Color Run participants increased compared to the previous year. This indicated the high participation of both participants and community in Buleleng, especially in the Lovina Beach area. “In the future, the implementation of Lovfest is expected to add various types of activities. Most importantly, it can provide entertainment for the people of Buleleng,” he explained. (kmb38)

Gateball athletes of Klungkung arrived safely in Palu

MANGUPURA - The Indonesia Gateball Association (Pergatsi) of Klungkung district sent five athletes namely Putu Ryan Suryawan, Made Krisna Agustara, Gede Mertayasa, Yande Nova Bhayuda and Kadek Agus Satrya Prabawa to the open tournament of the Palu Nomoni Championship III / 2018 at Vatulemo Square, Palu, on September 29-30. Since the earthquake and tsunami hit Palu on Friday (Sep. 28), the championship was canceled.

According to Ngurah Adnyana, Chairperson of Pergatsi Bali, the

five athletes of Klungkung scheduled to go down in the team number survived from disaster. “Thankfully, the five gateball athletes of Klungkung survived,” he said in Dalung, Badung, on Sunday (Sep. 30). His organization provided recommendations to the city management or district management to send the athletes to national events.

He got an explanation from Made Krisna Agustara that gateball team of Klungkung stayed at Pondok Sekar Homestay. When the 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the region at 17:30, the athletes were

still training at Vatulemo Square in preparation for facing the NTT’s team on the following day. The severity of tremors caused the walls of the homestay’s building to crack and the door was difficult to open because of the rubble.

“At night, the residents were encouraged to save themselves to Vatulemo Square, close to headquarters of the 1306/Central Sulawesi Military District. “Coincidentally, the military district commander is a Balinese, including the Intelligence Section Head, Made Sudiana, from Tabanan,” said Krisna.

The five Klungkung athletes were transported by Indonesian Air Force Hercules to Makassar, South Sulawesi, last Sunday. “They spent the night in Makassar and will continue their flight to Surabaya on Monday (Oct. 1) and then return to Bali,” explained the Chairperson of National Sport Committee (KONI) of Klungkung, Wayan Subamia.

Paragliding

On the other hand, Chairperson of KONI Bali, Ketut Suwandi, said that his organization was still tracking the existence of the Bali’s

paragliding athletes whether anyone of the team had participated in the championship in Palu. He has not got certainty because of losing the contact number with the management of the Indonesia Aero Sport Federation (FASI).

Suwandi admitted that he had just got information that three paragliding athletes of East Java had not been found, namely Reza, Ardi and Fahmi. Meanwhile, the injured ones were Sugeng Santoso, Viki and Gigih and the survivors were Rizki and Yustira Ramasdhani. (022)

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BEJANA, Embark on a Culinary Journey through the Indonesian Archipelago

Bejana, the signature restaurant of The Ritz-Carlton, Bali offers an unparalleled dining experience, a culinary journey across the Indonesian archipelago, treating guests to the rich and exotic flavors of authentic island cuisine. Perched high on the limestone cliffs, views are as impressive as the cuisine is tasty with diners enjoying a breathtaking panorama over the sparkling Indian Ocean. Highly acclaimed, Bejana’s most recent accolade was the ‘Luxurious Scenic Setting’ award at the prestigious World Luxury Restaurant Awards in July.

Presenting a unique mix of fivestar flair, and relaxed ambience the restaurant was cleverly designed

by Burega Farnell, to integrate seamlessly with the limestone cliffs. A blend of traditional and contemporary Balinese design elements influence the interiors, where three distinct levels include the atmospheric Culinary Cave where guests can join fascinating cooking

classes, and a stylish dining room with a romantic atmosphere created by intimate tables especially designed for couples. The lower level features an expansive openair wooden deck, with cozy lounges and casual outdoor seating.

“Bejana embraces the tastes and the traditions of Indonesia’s rich culinary heritage, using premium ingredients to elevate typical dishes to a fine dining standard, and then enhances the whole dining experience with its magnificent ocean views,” says Karim Tayach, General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Bali.

The menu offers dishes from various regions of Bali and Indonesia, such as Bebek Betutu, a Balinese specialty of roast duck in Banana Leaf, and Ikan Woku, spiced barramundi from Northern Sulawesi. Local inspiration is also reflected in the bar where signature cocktails are composed with exotic island fruits, herbs and spices.

Think Sambal Bongkot Martini or

Sambal Rujak Pelalah, a Bourbon Whiskey, Cranberry Juice, Spicy Syrup, Lemon Juice, Tamarillo, and Horseradish.

Chef Made Karyasa, also offers a unique market-to-table cooking workshop at the Culinary Cave.

Beginning with an inspiring visit to a colorful traditional market guests join Chef Made as he sources the freshest local ingredients. Back at the resort, herbs and spices are picked from the Chef`s garden, and brought to the Culinary Cave for a fun and informative workshop on preparing traditional Indonesian specialties. The morning concludes with a festive lunch with guests sampling the dishes they have just created.

Bejana is open from 6:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. daily and welcomes outside guests. To reserve a table, please contact the restaurant reservation team at +62 361 849 8988 or email at rc.dpssw.restaurant.reservation@ritzcarlton.com.

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Google teams with Ubisoft to test video game streaming Versions of the new “Assassin’s Creed” will be released that same day for play on PlayStation 4 and Xbox Once consoles as well as personal computers on disks or as downloads.

Having a disk in a console or computer, or installing the game software, enables high-resolution, speedy play.

Console quality video game play streamed online as a service, hosted on servers in the internet cloud, faces challenges including moving data quickly enough to avoid lags in action or imagery.

“Google’s goal with Project Stream is to solve some existing challenges with streaming,” Ubisoft said in a blog post.

Improvements in internet bandwidth, computing power and data

storage capabilities are enabling “disruptive technologies” such as streaming which have the potential to change the way games are created as well as played, according to Ubisoft.

Google launched a website were people could apply for invitations to take part in the test, which will feature free streaming play of “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” while Project Stream technology is put through its paces.

“The incredible visual fidelity of its world combined with th e mec h an i ca l d ema n d s o f being a Spartan mercenary in Ancient Greece make ‘Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ the perfect candidate to push Project Stream to its limits,” Ubisoft said. (afp)

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In this file photo taken on September 26, 2018 a man passes a Google sign for the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai. Google on Monday October 1st, 2018, announced that it will test a video game streaming platform with the release of “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” by Ubisoft this week.

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Yowana Masikian, theme of Kerambitan Festival IV Grow togetherness to build Kerambitan

SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Monday announced that it will test a video game streaming platform with the release of “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” by Ubisoft this week.

Google is collaborating with the French video game colossus to use a new instalment in the hit “Assassin’s Creed” franchise to test the ability of Project Stream technology to provide the kind of quick, seamless play powered by in-home consoles as an online service.

“We’re going to push the limits with one of the most demanding applications for streaming - a blockbuster video game,” Google product manager Catherine Hsiao said in a blog post.

The technical test will be limited to the United States, where a select number of people will get to play “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” streamed to Chrome Browsers on desktop or laptop computers starting on October 5.

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A first look at Panasonic’s full-frame mirrorless camera.

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Mirrorless cameras: Photography’s new decisive moment NEARLY 200 years after the birth of photography, the art form is experiencing a technological revolution.

Smartphones are using multiple cameras and software-based smarts to deliver images that seemingly transcend the limits of their small lenses and sensors.

And while handsets have devastated sales of point-and-shoot cameras, the prospects for more advanced models are seemingly bright thanks to an innovation of their own.

In recent weeks, the industry’s biggest two manufacturers - Canon and Nikon - have both unveiled their first full-frame mirrorless cameras, having already seen Sony have great success with the format.

Getting rid of the mirrors traditionally placed inside high-end cameras gets the lens closer to the sensor and paves the way to several innovations.

And on the eve of Photokina - the industry’s giant trade fair in Cologne - Panasonic has just unveiled a body that could prove the most disruptive of all.

Dedicated digital camera sales grew by 5% in 2017 to $9.9bn (£7.5bn), according to market research firm Futuresource, the industry’s first gain since 2010.

It was driven in large part by

demand from enthusiasts and professionals for existing mirrorless models costing upwards of £1,000.

With a rush of new models - and their accompanying native lenses manufacturers have an opportunity to prosper if they can convince consumers that the technology is worth the investment.

TABANAN — Having successfully held festival for three times in a row, this year Kerambitan sub-district will return to hold the fourth festival with a wider focus and segment. The festival to be held on October 18 to 21 in the Kerambitan village square has the theme of ‘Yowana Masikian Harmony in Blessed Land.’

Kerambitan sub-district head, I Gede Sukanada, explained the theme features the values and awareness of togetherness as a unified community. Hopefully, all the elements of society, especially the younger generation (yowana), can go hand in hand to build Kerambitan subdistrict with all its artistic and cultural potential, so that it can grow into a quality tourist destination. “This shared awareness will become the foundation of community interaction in Kerambitan to realize harmony in this blessed land,” he explained on Sunday (Sep. 30).

To Sukanada, the festival is held to encourage the potential of the art and culture and basically to revive tourism in Kerambitan subdistrict having been the icon of Tabanan district for several decades ago with the art of okokan tektekan.

“Mass okokan and tektekan performances are also on the agenda for this year’s festival along with other mass art performances such as the children mass Baris Dance

as well as the mass Rejang Renteng Dance by PKK housewives. Thus, all the elements are involved in the festival,” he said.

Interestingly, other than featuring the potential of the art and culture, the festival is also filled with the inauguration of owl breeding at Timpag village. As is known, Timpag village continues to maintain the Tyto Alba owl population in order to prevent the occurrence of rat pest attacks. “There will also be traditional performances in paddy fields,” he explained.

Sukanada continued that until entering the fourth festival in 2018, Kerambitan sub-district has made various breakthroughs, one of which is public service reform through the program known as the Integrated Public Services (Taman Serasi).

To better interpret the progressive efforts, he returned to launch innovative breakthrough named the “UMaurip, Utamaning Uma lan Urip”—the importance of paddy field and life--with the main focus on the development of owls (Tyto alba) with the tag line Kerambitan, Friendly House for Tyto Alba and the development of Balinese black piglet and cuisines through the concept of empowering poor households through the Kerambitan subdistrict management unit (UPK) with the tag line of “Nguling Celeng Bali, Jhon Son Biyang Sayu!” (kmb28)

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Staged once in two years

Lashes of Ratu Brutuk believed to heal disease

BANGLI — Trunyan village in Kintamani has a unique and attractive tradition that cannot be found in other ancient Balinese villages. This unique tradition is in the form of sacred dance called Ratu Brutuk. The dance sanctified by local community is specially performed every two years during the Ngusaba Lanang ritual at Pancering Jagat Temple, Trunyan.

What does mirrorless and full-frame mean?

Mirrorless refers to the fact that the device does not include the flippable mirror found in digital single-lens reflex cameras (DSLRs) to show what the lens sees through the viewfinder.

Instead, a small digital display is used to preview the image.

In the past, using such a display involved lag - meaning the image was slightly delayed - and appreciably lower resolution than an optical viewfinder.

But modern viewfinder displays have mostly addressed these issues, while also offering the benefits of being able to preview the effects that changes to camera settings make, as well as showing 100% coverage of the scene rather than the partial view shown by many DSLRs. The downside is that using an electronic display eats into battery life - reducing the number of shots possible on a charge. (IBP/net)

This unique tradition is in the form of sacred dance called Ratu Brutuk.

Kerambitan sub-district head, I Gede Sukanada

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In the Ngusaba Lanang ritual at Pancering Jagat Temple of Trunyan this year, the Ratu Brutuk was performed twice namely on September 28 and 29. The performance seemed to be very eagerly awaited by the residents of Trunyan village, including other people from outside. It can be seen from the vivacity of local residents when watching the performance from the morning to evening.

Residents or pilgrims in attendance seemed to approach the Ratu Brutuk by bringing offerings.

Meanwhile, the Ratu Brutuk danced around the temple’s innermost courtyard while bringing a whip along 6-7 meters. If someone breaks and come into the temple wrongly, Ratu Brutuk dancer will release its whip. Conversely, if the pilgrims come politely and ask for permis-

sion, the Ratu Brutuk will bless them by touching the base of the whip carried on the pilgrim’s head.

Some people were also seen trying to approach and asking for permission to take Ratu Brutuk’s hair to tuck in the earlobe. In accordance with the belief of local community, Ratu Brutuk’s hair is believed to be efficacious for treating diseases.

Chairman of the Ritual Committee, Ketut Jaksa, met amid the performance of Ratu Brutuk on Saturday (Sep. 29) stated that in the performance on the day before (Sep. 28) Ratu Brutuk was danced by 19 people while in the second performance was danced by 21 people.

He explained the dancers of Ratu Brutuk are carefully selected from girls and boys. Before dancing, they have to go through a series of purification procession with a

15-day pause at Pancering Jagat Temple. Any violation committed in the process will be subject to psychical punishments.

He added the mask of Ratu Brutuk performed has different shapes.

The whip brought by Ratu Brutuk is made of sea hibiscus bark. According to local belief, anyone who is exposed to whiplash brought by the dancer will recover from illnesses.

“This dance symbolizes the meeting of purusha (male aspect) and pradana (female aspect) or the unification of the akhasa versus prthivi (heaven and earth) believed to have provided fertility and the welfare of the universe along with its contents. Similarly, this sacred dance symbolizes the meeting of Ida Ratu Sakti Pancering Jagat and Ida Ratu Ayu Dalem Dasar,” he explained. (kmb40)

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Global turmoil has bad impact on tourism

MANGUPURA - All this time, the economic and financial situation taking place at the global level is considered beneficial for tourism. People assume that more and more tourists will come to Bali because of cheaper prices for tourists. However, it is different from the economic observer, Faisal Basri. He considered that tourism will be adversely affected by global situation.

This was revealed at the 2019 Economic Outlook for Tourism Business on Saturday (Sep. 29) at the H Sovereign Hotel. The event organized by the Global Hospitality Expert (GHE) invited a number of hotel GMs and tourism players in Bali. It is meant to provide an economic perspective for tourism business planning in 2019.

Faisal Basri in his presentation stated that global economic turmoil certainly affects the Indonesia’s economy. The US Central Bank raising the interest rates by 2 - 2.5 basis points was also accompanied by an increase in Bank Indonesia’s interest rates. With such increase in the interest rates, he stated it will reduce the economic growth targeted to reach 5.1 - 5.2 percent this year. Moreover, he predicted this year’s economic growth only reaches 5.0 percent.

The trade war will also have an impact on tourism sector. Snapping of Donald Trump over the trade war against China will affect China’s economy. As consequence, Chinese tourists will refrain from traveling overseas while they have the highest number of visits to Bali. “But Donald Trump is not necessarily carrying out this. He is just bluff-

ing on China by charging 10-25 percent for the USD 200 billion of Chinese exports to the United States. That will make China’s economic growth fall 0.3 percent,” he explained. In addition, oil price increasing to USD 80 per barrel or nearly USD 100 per barrel, also affected air transportation costs.

According to him, 60 percent of the cost of air transportation is to buy aviation fuel. Thus, it will also affect tourist flights to Bali.

Iran as the world’s leading oil producer from November is prohibited from selling oil by the US. “Who buys will get sanctions from the United States. Thus, the oil supply will decrease, and oil prices will rise,” he concluded. What needs to be done to overcome the turmoil is to anticipate the effects to a minimum level.

An economic observer who is also consultant, I Gde Made Sadguna, said that in the economic field, tourism is the leading sector expected to boost the economic growth. Tourism is also a solution for economic alleviation. Since tourism gives the fastest results, the whole world even makes tourism as an expectation. “However, the problem in Bali is rather unique

Tourism is vulnerable to natural disasters, security and health issues. where the tourism phenomenon is like ‘being hated but longed for’ or between honey and poison. “On on the one hand, tourism is very much expected, but on the other hand there are screams of concern arising as well,” he said.

Bali is an agricultural area.

Meanwhile, the prime source of growth of Bali is tourism. A total of 70 percent of Balinese human resources are working in the tourism sector. Then, this agricultural area cries out when no young people

want to become farmers. As a result, the paddy fields are undermined for villas and hotels.

With the leadership of the new governor, he considered there would be a change in Bali. Thus, Bali’s economic structure will change because all this time the economy is only dependent on tourism. In the meantime, tourism is vulnerable to natural disasters, security and health issues. Therefore, it is necessary to have a more resilient structure, namely three

Services in Nusa Penida disrupted

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On patrol with India’s anti-plastic ‘blue squad’

MUMBAI - Wearing matching blue Nehru jackets, the dozen inspectors fan out across Mumbai’s hectic Crawford Market, each scouring for violators of an ambitious plastic ban.

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sectors consisting of tourism, agriculture and creative economy.

In the future, there will be several regulations affecting tourism and influencing all levels of tourism.

So, it needs to be anticipated. The answers to structural and sociocultural issues are the three sectors, namely tourism, agriculture and creative economy to be integrally designed. “The most visible is at tourism village level. Agribusiness and creative industries will alive,” he said. (kmb42)

Drought triggers decline in water discharge

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SEMARAPURA - Continuity of the water supply for Nusa Penida residents belonging to customers of the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) of Klungkung has been disrupted recently. It happens following the declining water discharge at the source of Guyangan and Penida as a result of the increasingly intense dry season.

Director of the PDAM Klungkung, I Nyoman Renin Suyasa, revealed that to meet the needs of customers scattered at a number of villages, his company only relies on these two water sources. According to his observation in Nusa Penida, the water discharge decreased from 27 liters per second to 23 liters per second. “This source is allocated to serve lower areas of Nusa Penida, like the area in the sub-district center and its surroundings,” he explained.

In response to this matter, he is going to increase electricity to maximize the distribution of untapped water. “We have planned for additional wattage. So, the service to the community can run normally.

Subdistrict head already contacted me to convey this matter. The cause has been conveyed,” he said.

Meanwhile, the water from Guyangan’s source used to serve customers at a number of villages in the upper part of Nusa Penida, such as Klumpu, Batu Kandik, Batu Madeg and Bunga Mekar, experiences a decrease in discharge from 25 to 20 liters per second. It is not only caused by dry season, but also allegedly there are problems with the network. He has discussed this matter with Bali-Penida River Agency (BWS) and relevant agencies from the provincial level. “Tomorrow,

we’ll invite them to discuss about this because they know best technical matters of BWS and technical unit from the Bali province,” he explained.

The decrease in water discharge, continued Renin Suyasa, caused the continuity of services to decrease.

It can no longer for 8 hours as ever before. “Obviously, it has an impact on services,” he said. To anticipate some complaints, it is ready to help the water supply by using a tank truck. Meanwhile, the residents of Tanglad, Sekartaji and Pilasiutan have not been served by the PDAM. “We continue to strive for maximum services. Moreover, in harmony with the development of tourism, we surely attempt to use more water from the existing sources,” he concluded. (kmb45)

It doesn’t take Mahindra Wayangankar long to find one: a dry fruits seller, wrapping his wares in plastic, is hit with a hefty 5,000rupee ($69) fine.

Wayangankar, 50, is one of 311 officials dubbed the “blue squad” and tasked with enforcing a recent ban on single-use plastics in India’s commercial capital.

“The job is very stressful. When we fine traders and shopkeepers there is some form of resistance or violence in 99 percent of cases,” he tells AFP. “It is difficult to work in such situations.

Since the amount is huge, people don’t pay up easily. “(But) we are happy doing this job because it helps society and protects the environment. Our goal is not just to raise revenue but create awareness too,” he adds.

Mumbai, a bustling coastal city of 20 million people, has long been awash with vast mountains of plastic rubbish, like many urban centres in India.

Plastic is regularly blamed for blocking drains and contributing to flooding during the city’s four-month-long summer monsoon.

Earlier this year, authorities decided something had to be done and introduced a ban across Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital.

The rules, which came into force at the end of June, prohibit the use of disposable plastic items such as bags, cutlery, cups and bottles under a certain size.

Businesses and residents face fines of between 5,000 rupees for a first-time offence to 25,000 rupees or even three months in jail for repeat offending.

Officials say citizens are already seeing

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This photograph taken on September 27, 2018 shows a city civic officer (L) inspecting a fruit stall for unauthorised plastic bags at a wholesale market in Mumbai. the benefits of the ban.

Nidhi Choudhari, a deputy municipal commissioner in charge of enforcing it, told AFP that 11.6 million rupees ($159,326) in fines had been collected and over 21 tonnes of plastic seized.

- Secret raids A walk through Crawford Market and visits to grocery stores and food stalls suggest many traders have switched to cloth bags and paper straws.

But others continue to violate the ban and large piles of plastic items can still be seen on the city’s beaches and streets.

Retailers associations complain that confusion over what is and isn’t permitted has

led some shopkeepers to be unfairly fined.

Traders also say that a lack of cheap alternatives has hurt their businesses, threatening livelihoods.

Kombaiyya S., a street vendor, used to package takeaway orders of his Indian rice cakes and stew for office workers in small plastic bags.

“I’ve lost most of my client base,” he told AFP. The United Nations has warned that the world could have 12 billion tonnes of plastic trash by the middle of the century if use is maintained at current levels.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to make India free of single-use plastic by 2022.

But while the majority of India’s 29 states have a full or partial ban on single-use plastics, the law is rarely enforced.

Members of the blue squad say they are too small in number to rid Mumbai of all its plastic, but are determined to do what they can.

A surprise inspection of a popular Hindu temple last week, which resulted in several fines, highlighted that nowhere is off limits.

“We will up the secret raids,” Sangita R. Hasnale, an assistant commissioner at the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, told AFP. “Within one year I think you will be able to give us a 90 percent pass rate.” (afp)

Gaza night protests step up months of anti-Israel unrest

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A Palestinian protester from a group calling themselves the “night confusion units” waves a sparkler near the Gaza-Israel border east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 26, 2018.

RAFAH - It’s nearly 10:00 pm when young Palestinian men begin banging drums and chanting songs, while others attach incendiary devices to balloons -- all closely watched by Israeli snipers on the border.

For six months, Palestinians have gathered regularly along the fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel for often violent daylight demonstrations against Israeli policies.

But in recent weeks they have deployed a new tactic: “night confusion units”.

Protests can go on until the early

hours.

Organisers say they aim to force the Jewish state to ease its crippling decade-long blockade of Gaza, but residents in nearby Israeli communities say their lives are being destroyed.

Israel accuses Gaza’s rulers Hamas of controlling the protests.

Hamas says it backs the demonstrations but is not commanding them and that the idea for nocturnal activity came from protesters themselves.

“Every day the young men on the border invent ways to develop marches and the most

recent was the night confusion unit,” Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said.

An Israeli military official, who did not want to be named, said the night protests do not pose a new challenge.

“Our soldiers, including our snipers, have night vision equipment,” he said.

“There are a few dozen, sometimes a few hundred demonstrators (at night)... they burn tyres, throw incendiary bottles and sometimes grenades and do not represent a more important threat than the daytime demonstrations.” (afp)

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Europe ‘more exposed’ in next downturn, Moody’s warns

LONDON - In a bleak assessment, credit ratings agency Moody’s warned Tuesday that Europe remains highly vulnerable to another economic downturn despite all its fire-fighting efforts over the past few years.

The Moody’s report, published as Italian stocks and bonds were falling over the populist government’s spending plans, said Europe “is not ready to cope with another major slump stressing the financial system.”

It noted five vulnerabilities that could deepen the impact in Europe of the next downturn, including higher debt levels, peaking assets prices and regulatory risks.

“Overall, the amount of wiggle room available to mitigate the impact of another downturn is shrinking,” said Paolo Leschiutta, senior vice president at Moody’s.

The warning follows a relatively calm period for the 19-country eurozone, which has grappled with the global financial crisis and the subsequent debt crisis over the past decade.

The region enjoyed strong economic growth last year and unemployment has fallen to a decade-low rate of 8.1 percent.

Greece, meanwhile, is no longer reliant on bailout loans.

As a result, the European Central Bank has started to rein in its crisis-era economic support measures. It is planning to halt its bond-buying stimulus program at the end of this year before possibly raising interest rates again next year.

However, the sense of calm has been shaken recently, largely due to concern over Italy. The new government there has fleshed out tax and spending plans that will, if enacted, see the country’s budget deficit swell.

Investors have taken fright — on Tuesday, the FTSE MIB stock index was down 1.3 percent, while the interest rate charged on the country’s 10-year bonds rose a further 0.10 percentage point to 3.4 percent.

Without directly mentioning the plans of the Italian government, Moody’s is warning

Kuningan Feast Day, Coming down of God to Give Endowments

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Kuningan is a series of Galungan feast day performed by the Hindus in Bali. It falls on the tenth day after Galungan, right on Saniscara Kliwon Kuningan. However, before Kuningan the Hindus do Penampahan ceremony marked by the slaughter of animals for offerings. This Penampahan day is preparation for carrying out the Kuningan.

Chairman of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali Chapter, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that Kuningan Day is believed to be the coming down of gods and goddesses to this mundane world. Then, there is the term angwehaken jagat ring para manusa kabeh meaning that gods and goddess come down to earth to give endowments to the whole mankind. “Celebration of AP Photo/Michael Probst

The towers of the Deutsche Bank are illuminated by the setting sun in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018. that policies by governments and central banks over the past few years to heal the European economy will limit what they can do during the next economic decline.

It highlighted that high prices for some assets mean that there could be a sudden drop if interest rates rise quickly. And it said low growth and still high unemployment in some

places continue to fuel economic insecurity and could foster further anti-establishment political movements.

Moody’s wasn’t alone in warning about the outlook for Europe. Berenberg Bank also said a “cocktail of risks” are constraining growth.

“After smooth sailing in 2017, the euro-

zone has faced a series of headwinds since February 2018,” said Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg.

“The risks to growth range from trade tensions and a still unresolved Brexit to trouble in vulnerable emerging markets, higher oil prices and dangerous reform reversals in Italy.” (ap)

China’s Haier to aquire Italian home appliance firm

Chinese electronics giant Haier Group has announced it will acquire Italian appliances manufacturer Candy for 475 million euros ($547 million) as it looks to expand its market share in Europe.

The decision comes as Haier seeks to establish itself as a global brand, amid attempts by China to rebalance its economy more towards consumption and away from

the infrastructure and investmentdriven model of the past.

The Chinese company’s board approved the purchase Friday, it said in a disclosure submitted to the Shanghai stock exchange.

“By joining forces with Candy’s management team, Haier aims to expand its leadership in smart home appliances in Europe,” Haier said in a press statement.

In 2016, the company purchased the appliances arm of US giant General Electric for $5.4 billion.

Haier Group is one of China’s leading electronics manufacturers, and emerged from the Qingdao Refrigerator Factory, in the eastern port of the same name, which its CEO Zhang Ruimin was appointed to run in the mid-1980s.

It had a global turnover of 241.9 billion yuan ($30.47 billion) and total profit of 30 billion yuan in 2017, according to its website, with customers across 100 countries.

Haier’s methods have been studied in business schools including Harvard, but its exact ownership structure remains opaque. The group, which has close ties to the ruling Communist Party, is of-

ficially divided into several units which are collectively owned.

It has two quoted subsidiaries, Haier Electronics in Hong Kong and Qingdao Haier in Shanghai, which is the vehicle for the Candy acquisition.

The deal also includes the Hoover brand -- purchased by Candy in 1995 -- best known for its vacuum cleaners. (afp)

Kuningan is conducted half a day to dedicate ter (an arrow), endongan and tamiang,” he said.

Endongan signifies supplies containing food offered to the gods and goddesses that will return to nirvana. However, the main human provision in living the life is knowledge and devotion (jnana) along with the most powerful weapon namely the peace of mind.

Meanwhile, the ter is the symbol of arrow (weapon) resembling an arrow used as weapon to stretch the mind. Then, sampian gantung is symbol of shield used to protect and fortify human self from bhuta kala (evil spirits). Tamiang also symbolizes repellent of bad forces.

At the ceremony of Kuningan, Hindu devotees present dominantly yellow offerings like yellow rice and yellow

cone as a symbol of Meru.

Yellow rice as a symbol of prosperity, and presented as an expression of gratitude for having received the endowments of God. Therefore, on Kuningan Day the Hindus should really win and take advantage of the endowments on the previous Galungan celebration. On Kuningan, the Hindus will always try to win and beat out Adharma (bhuta Dungulan, bhuta Galungan and bhuta Amangkurat) in his life.

The worship on Kuningan feast day should be carried out before midday or before 12:00. At that

time, the energy of universe (five great elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether) rises from the morning until reaches its climax at midday.

After which is called the return of the gods and goddesses to their abode (heaven), so that at that time the cosmic energy will decrease.

The next day, Sunday (Apr. 16) is Manis Kuningan, usually filled with the implementation of pilgrimage or tirtayatra for deepening faith and devotion to God Almighty. Besides, devotees also say prayers to temples and visit relatives and family to maintain social relationship. (kmb)

Sacred Wayang Wong Dance of Tejakula Set Four Centuries Ago Wayang Wong sacred dance that only exists at Tejakula village, Tejakula subdistrict, was presented at Maksan Temple of local village on Thursday (Apr. 6).

The location is chosen because the masks of wayang wong characters are kept at local temple. They are even believed to have been four centuries old.

The players performing the Ramayana storyline start staging the first episode of the Bala Kanda in the Ramayana epic. In this staging, the storyline presented by the players is entitled “Sander Sita.” It tells about the duke Marica disguising as a golden deer to attract the attention of Sita. When seeing the deer, Sita then asked Rama to chase it. Rama went away from Sita and tried to shoot the disguising deer. Marica cleverly cried out for help, and his voice was similar to Rama’s. Again, Sita asked Laksmana to look for Rama as being told to be facing difficulties. When Laksmana followed Rama, Sita was abducted by Ravana. By and large, when featuring the storyline of kanda (book—Ed) starting from the first through the seventh, it will take approximately 4.5 years to 5 years.

Chairman of the Tejakukus

Foundation, Gede Komang, amid the staging told that as sacred dance it is mandatory to be performed as devotional services or ngayah at the Maksan Temple of Tejakula.

As usual, the performance is done twice every year precisely on Wraspati Dungulan or the day after Galungan. Since it is sacred, the wayang wong must still perform the episodes of Ramayana epic sequentially. “It has become the tasks of the players of wayang wong to perform devotional services at the temple because the masks are stored at this Maksan temple,” said Komang Gede when met Friday afternoon.

According to him, although it is classified into sacred dance, currently this wayang wong is also staged as entertainment art. For several times, the figures of wayang wong characters are presented in

the art collaborations. However, the masks staged in the entertainment are not the sacred ones as those stored at Maksan Temple, but the imitations that are kept by the foundation.

Based on the existing references, wayang wong is known as sacred art. This art first appeared at Tejakula village about four centuries ago. From the location of its emergence at Tejakula, this art then spread to several regions in Bali.

Although having been widespread, its taksu (divine vibration) never disappears and is kept sacred until now. Wayang wong even becomes one of the nine dances included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Besides, the wayang wong dance is also recognized as one of the intangible cultural heritage objects in 2015. (kmb)

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US warship sails near South China Sea area claimed by Beijing: Pentagon

WASHINGTON - An American warship has sailed through waters off the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, in the latest implicit challenge to Beijing’s sweeping territorial claims in the region, the Pentagon said Sunday.

“Guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur conducted a freedom of navigation operation,” an official told AFP. “Decatur sailed within 12 nautical miles of Gaven and Johnson reefs in the Spratly Islands.”

The official said all US military operations in the area “are designed in accordance with international law and demonstrate that the United States will fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows.”

The 12-mile distance is commonly accepted as constituting the territorial waters of a landmass.

Beijing claims all of the Spratly

chain.

There was no immediate reaction from China, but a similar US operation in July, involving the disputed Paracel islands, prompted a furious Beijing to deploy military vessels and fighter jets.

The Paracels, north of the Spratly Islands, are claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam.

On May 25, the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey sailed less than 12 nautical miles from a reef in the Spratly archipelago.

China claims nearly all of the South China Sea, though Taiwan,

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the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim parts of it.

Further angering those countries, and the US, Beijing has moved aggressively to build reefs into artificial islands capable of hosting military planes.

US-Chinese relations have been strained on multiple levels since Donald Trump became president in 2017. A trade war launched

by Trump has infuriated Beijing, as did his authorization of a $1.3 billion arms sale to Taiwan, which China considers a rebel province. (afp)

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

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Spanish PM raps Catalan leader after unrest in Barcelona MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday rapped Catalonia’s separatist leader Quim Torra for “encouraging radicals” a day after clashes erupted in Barcelona on the anniversary of a banned independence referendum.

Hundreds of pro-independence protesters knocked down barriers at the entrance of the regional parliament late Monday evening, provoking clashes with police and forcing the leader in Catalonia of anti-secession party Ciudadanos to leave the building under escort.

The clashes topped a restive day in the northeastern region, where radical activists, many of them hooded, cut roads and railway lines on the oneyear anniversary of the referendum, encouraged by Torra, who earlier in the day had applauded their form of street pressure.

“President Torra must abide by his responsibilities and not endanger political normalisation by encouraging radicals to lay siege to institutions which represent all Catalans,” Sanchez said in a tweet in his first reaction to the sensitive anniversary.

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Reunited Indonesian couple a rare ray of hope in quake zone

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In this file photo taken on October 21, 2016, the guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) operates in the South China Sea as part of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG).

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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned Monday that there were 191,000 people in urgent need of help after the quake-tsunami, among them 46,000 children and 14,000 elderly -- many in areas that aren’t the focus of government recovery efforts.

“Violence isn’t the way forward.”

Catalonia’s independence referendum on October 1, 2017 was marred by a violent police crackdown on polling stations in footage that went around the world.

A year later, the tables turned with images of radical independence supporters cutting roads and railway lines, muscling their way into a government building and clashing with police, making headlines in Spain.

Even former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who is in selfexile in Belgium after last October’s secession bid, condemned the violence. “If they are hooded they’re not from the 1-0,” he tweeted in reference to the referendum last year, which eventually led to a short-lived unilateral declaration of independence on October 27.

That prompted then prime minister Mariano Rajoy to sack the regional government, dissolve the Catalan parliament and call snap local elections.

“If they use violence they’re not from the 1-0. We did it with our faces uncovered and in a peaceful way.” (afp) The dead -- many yet uncounted, their bodies still trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings -- are also a source of concern for authorities.

In Indonesia’s hot, equatorial climate, bodies quickly begin to rot and provide a breeding ground for deadly diseases.

At Poboya -- in the hills above the devastated seaside city of Palu -- volunteers have begun to fill a vast grave with the dead, with instructions to prepare for 1,300 victims to be laid to rest.

Trucks stacked with corpses wrapped in orange, yellow and black bags are bringing their load to the site, where the bodies are dragged into the grave as excavators pour soil on top. (afp)

It was two agonising days of searches through makeshift morgues and hospitals before Azwan found his wife Dewi alive and well after she was swept away in the tsunami that crashed into the Indonesian city of Palu.

Recounting the story beside her at a small roadside stall in the quake-hit city, the 38-year-old civil servant struggled to keep his emotions in check, tears welling up behind his glasses.

“I was so happy, so emotional -- thank god I could see her again,” Azwan, who like many Indonesians only has one name, told AFP. His is a rare story of hope, in a place where the sense of despair, grief and loss hangs thick.

Dewi was registering guests for a festival at a beachside hotel when the tremor sent a jolt through the ground. Soon a wall of water was rushing at her. “A wave came and hit me hard. When I regained consciousness, suddenly I was on the street in front of the hotel. I

remember hearing people shouting ‘Tsunami! Tsunami!’,” she told AFP. Her clothes ripped and torn, she wandered through the debrislittered streets until she found an evacuation post where she stayed overnight. “No food, no water,” she recalled. “We were told to wait until it was safe, while the aftershocks kept coming.”

On the other side of the city her husband, Azwan, was stricken with worry having survived the quake with their young daughter but without news of his wife.

After night fell, he began the grim task that would consume him for close to 48 hours: Checking patients and body bags at the city’s overrun medical centres. “When I couldn’t find my wife in any of the bags I went back to the hospital, the police hospital, and checked the morgue,” he said.

“There were a massive amount of dead bodies there. It was so

messy -- on the terrace, inside, on top of each other.” On Sunday, just as he was beginning to accept “God’s way”, his wife appeared, injured and limping towards the family home.

“When she got off the motorbike -- it was euphoria,” he said. “Everyone was crying. Our relatives broke into tears, they came to hug her.” Dewi thanked God she was given “another chance” but was still struggling to come to grips with the ordeal.

“Even now I can’t believe I’m here alive,” she said. “I’m still traumatised, especially because my sibling has not yet been found.”

At least 844 people are already known to have died in the twin disaster, but officials say that number is certain to rise.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has warned that 191,000 people are in urgent need of help, among them 46,000 children and 14,000 elderly. (afp)

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This picture taken on October 1, 2018 shows Azwan hugging his wife Dewi Prasasti in front of their house and family members in Palu, Central Sulawesi, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on September 28. It was two agonising days of searches through makeshift morgues and hospitals before Azwan found his wife Dewi alive and well after she was swept away in the tsunami that crashed into the Indonesian city of Palu.

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LONDON - “My wife pushes harder than that you little bitch”. It was not exactly akin to Muhammad Ali proclaiming “float like a butterfly sting like a bee, your hands can’t hit what your eyes can’t see”.

Tirta Empul Temple

TAMPAKSIRING - Tirta Empul is an important temple complex and holy mountain spring, located in the village of Manukaya in central Bali. The site serves as a legendary setting of a traditional tale about good versus evil. It is also a national cultural heritage site. The complex, built circa 960 AD, is also a silent witness to the old Balinese kingdom years, particularly at the time of the Warmadewa Dynasty. Another nearby and prominent site on top of a hill is the presidential palace, Istana Tampaksiring, built during the years of the nation’s first president, Soekarno. Tirta Empul, meaning ‘holy water spring’ is actually the name of a water source located within the temple. The spring feeds various purification baths, pools and fish ponds surrounding the outer perimeter, which all flow to the Tukad Pakerisan River. Various sites

throughout the region and many other archaeological relics relate to local myths and legends.

As is common with Balinese temples, the Tirta Empul Temple complex has three key divisions, namely a front, secondary and inner courtyard. Visitors to Tirta Empul first come upon the lush gardens and pathways adorned with statues and tropical plants that lead to its entrance. After stepping through this typical ‘candi bentar’ (temple gate), a vast walled courtyard welcomes visitors to the bathing pools where a large ‘wantilan’ meeting hall stands at the right. Inside the central courtyard, referred to as ‘madya mandala’ or ‘jaba tengah’, pilgrims first approach a rectangular purification bath where a total of 13 elaborately sculpted spouts that line the edge from west to east. After solemn prayers at an altar-like shrine, they proceed to

enter the crystal-clear, cold mountain water. With hands pressed together, they bow under the gushing water of the first spout, carrying on to the eleventh. The water from the last two of the 13 spouts is meant for purification purposes in funerary rites. The myth behind the curative and purifying spring tells of a Balinese ruler, known by the title Mayadenawa, who is depicted to have defied the influence of Hinduism and denied his subjects religious prayers and practices. The legend goes that this eventually angered the gods, and in a campaign, god Indra sought Mayadenawa’s subdual.

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Highlights The hide-and-seek tactics of Mayadenawa fleeing Indra’s troops took place at various places all over the region, from the rivers Petanu to Pakerisan, and up to the north of

Tampaksiring. Hence, the names of the sites and natural features all reflect an episode from the tale, such as Tampaksiring - tampak meaning ‘feet’, and siring meaning ‘sideways’, depicting an episode when the fleeing king left his footprints up the hill. It was here that through his magical powers Mayadenawa created a poisoned spring from which Indra’s exhausted troops drank and succumbed. Indra noticed the fall of his men, and soon thrust his staff into the ground where a holy purifying spring spurted out, to cure the troops and to even bring some of them back to life. This escapade became the legendary background to the holy spring of Tirta Empul, as well as the holy days of Galungan and Kuningan celebrated by the Balinese Hindus.

Good to Know As with any Bali temple tour or

a visit to a holy place, it is always important to dress respectfully. The simple Balinese temple visitor dress code is a traditional ‘kamen’ wrap around the lower body plus a sash around the waist. Women during their periods are prohibited entry to any temple or sacred site, and may enjoy the sights and attractions in the outer perimeters only. It is tempting to try out the purification bathing ritual yourself; however the formal routine is strictly meant for pilgrims and devotees. You might want to consult your guide who may ask a temple authority for further details. Far at the front of the temple complex is a large parking area with its eastern side lined with art markets and rows of shops selling various curios and souvenirs. There are also several warungs or food stalls selling local food, snacks and refreshments. (IBP/net)

But the way British heavyweight Tyson Fury responded to being shoved by Deontay Wilder after goading the World Boxing Council champion during a pre-fight news conference in London on Monday, was familiar enough.

So too the sight of both boxers squaring up, while a much shorter man -- in this case veteran promoter Frank Warren -- tried to keep them apart while muttering “save it for December 1”, the date of Wilder and Fury’s fight at Los Angeles’ Staples Center.

Almost on cue, two security men made a token intervention as Fury and Wilder avoided coming to blows.

If it was good ‘theatre’ for the watching television audience, there was certainly nothing new about the script.

And yet seeing the 6ft 9in Fury confront the 6ft 7in Wilder was to be reminded of the raw appeal of many a heavyweight contest -- two colossal men each with the ability to inflict huge damage upon one another.

It was in sharp contrast to the

mutual respect shown by Britain’s reigning world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and Alexander Povetkin ahead of their recent bout at Wembley which ended with the Russian suffering a brutal seventh-round stoppage defeat.

The game Povetkin was outmatched physically, giving away more than two stone in weight and several inches in height.

Fury is the former International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organisation champion -- belts now held by Joshua.

The 30-year-old Fury remains undefeated in 27 fights and still regards himself as the “lineal champion” because he never lost his titles in the ring but rather, for a variety of reasons, during a two-and-a-halfyear absence following his shock win over former champion Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015.

Fury, who struggled with mental health issues, returned with a farcical stoppage of Sefer Seferi in Manchester in June before beating Francesco Pianeta in August. (afp)

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WBC world heavyweight champion, US boxer Deontay Wilder (L), and former world heavyweight champion, British boxer Tyson Fury (R) are seperated by boxing promoter and manager Frank Warren (C) during a press conference in London on October 1, 2018 ahead of their scheduled title fight on December 1.

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Brazilian surfer Gil Ferreira rides a wave, on September 27, 2018 in Unstad, northern Norway, on the first day of the Lofoten Masters 2018. Lofoten Masters 2018 is the most northern Surf contest, held from September 27 to 30, in Unstad, within Arctic circle.

UNSTAD - Far from the sun-kissed beaches of Rio de Janeiro and Ipanema, Brazilian surfer Gil Ferreira plunges into Norway’s icy waters to ride over the dark swells of the Arctic.

Swapping shorts for a thick-skinned wetsuit and gloves, Ferreira braved freezing weather, rain and seals in the Lofoten Masters, the only surf competition held in the extremes of the Northern Hemisphere.

Ferreira was one of 32 participants in this year’s Lofoten tournament, which increasingly draws competitors from better-known surfing nations such as Brazil and the United States.

“In Brazil, it’s shorts and straight to the beach. Here you have to get changed and it’s minus 5,” said Ferreira, 32, a native of the Atlantic Ocean city of Natal.

“In winter, if you surf for two hours, you can’t feel your fingers.”

The Lofoten Masters tournament is hidden away among green hills and dark waters of Unstad bay, an imposing landscape better known for inspiring Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe. Over several days in September, Lofoten surfers gathered at the local Arctic Surf club, run by Marion and

her husband Tommy Olsen. Her father, stunned by the quality of surfing during a visit in 1963 with his friends, set up the Masters in 2007.

As 24 male and eight women surfers rode the waters, spectators in woollen hats watched from the grassy hills and the small grey sand beach of the bay, some grilling food with their families.

“It still has the vibe that maybe Hawaii had in the 1960s or 1970s when not many people surfed and everyone was happy,” said Maria Petersson, a Swedish competitor.

“It’s beautiful nature here, there are whales, killer whales, seals and eagles... There are not a lot of places you have that.”

Despite Unstad’s long, dark winter, the surfers dismiss friends who call them crazy and describe the spell the waters and landscape cast over them with the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights phenomenon part of the draw.

“When I saw it the first time I was afraid, I didn’t understand what happened to the sky,” Brazilian Ferreira said of the Northern Lights.

“It was like there were waves even in the sky.” (afp)

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Messi back at Wembley looking to make up for lost time in Europe

With shades of Neymar, English teen Sancho becomes ‘weapon’ for Dortmund

As Lionel Messi lay on the Wembley grass, his left hand grasping the Champions League trophy and his right pumping the air, he must have thought there would be many more European glory nights to come.

It was 2011 and Barca had beaten Manchester United 3-1. “No one has given us a hiding like that,” Alex Ferguson said.

They were so much better than the rest that many predicted a decade of European dominance after that mesmerising display. “We have a challenge with Barcelona, we all do,” Ferguson said.

Messi had scored his side’s second.

Barcelona bounced in front of the photographers, the club’s name carved into the trophy for a fourth time. For the 23-year-old Messi at the front, it was a third Champions League triumph in six years.

But there has been only one in the seven seasons since, when Luis Enrique led his 2015 Barca to a brilliant treble. To make matters worse, arch-rivals Real Madrid have been

crowned European champions four times and three times in a row since 2016.

“They have made history and it’s a thorn in our side,” Luis Suarez said.

Messi returns to Wembley to face Tottenham on Wednesday with happy memories but all of this weighing on his shoulders.

- ‘It’s time we won’ -

For most players, four Champions League titles is unthinkable but for Messi, playing through this era of Barcelona, it feels light. “It’s time we won the Champions League,” Messi told Catalunya Radio last month.

The club feel it too. Winning La Liga has become more routine than remarkable. Even last season’s double barely laid a finger on the disappointment of a third straight quarter-final

Pau Barrena / AFP

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (L) vies with Girona’s Spanish midfielder Borja Garcia during the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Girona FC at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on September 23, 2018.

exit, following a collapse at Roma when the Italian side overturned Barca’s 4-1 first leg lead.

Ernesto Valverde bore the brunt of the criticism, the most popular slight being that he exhausted the players in a league that had long been won. The other, always lurking, was that he had relied too much on Messi.

Both have bubbled ever since and then burst to the surface last week when Barca, with key players rested, failed to record a win in three consecutive league games.

They drew at home to Girona and lost to bottom club Leganes. Valverde persisted, and it was Messi’s turn on the bench against Athletic Bilbao.

He came on, and set up the equaliser, but that only gave greater weight to the argument Barcelona cannot do without him.

“LaMessidependencia,” (“the Messi dependence”) Madrid daily AS termed it on Monday, before listing all the relevant statistics.

But the problem is perhaps less how to cope without Messi than how to overcome deficiencies elsewhere in the team.

Barca’s defence, the platform of their domestic success last season, is shaking, with fingers pointing at Gerard Pique whose mistakes have become too frequent to be ignored.

The midfield, without Andres Iniesta, lacks thrust while new signings Arturo Vidal, Clement Lenglet and Malcom are still bedding in. As for Messi, pressure is nothing new.

Argentina proved at the World Cup that he cannot carry a poor team, but he can certainly inspire a good one. In 2011, they relied on him too.

“We have great players but without him we would not be able to play the way we do,” Pep Guardiola said, as his team celebrated on the Wembley turf.

“We have hard work, talent and tactics that help, but Messi is unique, irreplaceable. He gives us that something extra.” (afp)

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IBP/net

Australia football body adopts reforms after FIFA threat

Australia’s football governing body voted for wide-ranging reforms Tuesday against the wishes of its outgoing chairman, ending a long-running battle that saw FIFA threaten to take over the federation.

Football Federation Australia’s 10-member Congress -- nine state and territory associations, and one A-League representative -- voted 8-2 in favour of constitutional changes, narrowly securing the required 75 percent.

An expanded new congress, which is expected to include the A-League clubs, the footballers’ association and a women’s council, will convene at a later date to elect fresh directors for the board.

World body FIFA has been pushing the FFA to adopt a more democratic governance model, with the expansion backed by the domestic A-League clubs and the players’ federation.

The reforms mean that Australia can defend their men’s Asian Cup title in January, and the Matildas can play next year’s Women’s World Cup, without any concerns over the FFA’s status under FIFA. But FFA chairman Steven Lowy, the son of Westfield shopping-mall tycoon and former long-time FFA boss Frank Lowy, said the move could compromise the body’s independence, warning that a “red line” had been crossed. “Clearly the FFA board is extremely disappointed with the outcome of today’s meeting,”

said Lowy, who confirmed he will not seek re-election when his term ends in November.

“We believe the loser today is the principle of independent governance.” Lowy argued that giving clubs more power would hand their foreign owners too much control of the game in Australia, at the expense of grassroots football.

“Suffice to say, the game today has crossed a red line. From a corporate governance model for football, to one with stakeholders with vested interests (which) will compete for power and resources,” he added.

A working group is expected to discuss a new model for the ALeague, whose teams -- which generate much of the sport’s revenue in Australia -- as well as the body representing players, had wanted more say in the running of the FFA. If the recommendations had not been adopted at Tuesday’s special general meeting in Sydney, FIFA could have established a normalisation committee to take over the FFA. More than half of the A-League’s 10 clubs have foreign ownership including Melbourne City, who are owned by Abu Dhabi’s Chineseinvested City Football Group.

Other foreign-owned clubs include the Newcastle Jets, who were bought by a Chinese businessman in 2016, and Adelaide United, who were sold to a Dutch and Chinese consortium this year. (afp)

Jadon Sancho hopes his reputation for being a “weapon” off the bench for Borussia Dortmund will win the England Under-19 international a starting berth against Monaco in the Champions League on Wednesday.

The 18-year-old wants a place in Lucien Favre’s line-up after once more proving his worth on Saturday, when he helped seal a 4-2 comeback Bundesliga win at Bayer Leverkusen with two devastating assists.

He set up Marco Reus for the equaliser at the BayArena a minute after coming on, and he then sent Paco Alcacer away on a counterattack for the second of the Spaniard’s two late goals as Dortmund went top of the table.

He has appeared as a substitute

in each of Dortmund’s six Bundesliga outings this season, but he did start in their opening Champions League game, when they won 1-0 at Club Brugge to get off to the perfect start in Group A. Sancho now craves a regular starting berth after providing six assists as well as one goal in the Bundesliga, although he admits he is at his best running at tiring defences as a substitute.

“I just had a bit more energy,” the junior England international, who joined last year from Manchester City, told Bundesliga.com of his stunning display at Leverkusen.

“The rest were a bit tired and I came on to help the team. The coach keeps rotating so that’s how strong this team is.

“Obviously, I don’t want to be a sub, but if I keep on working hard, hopefully I can get in the starting team.” The English teenager’s tally of six Bundesliga assists makes him the top goal provider in all of Europe’s top five leagues so far this season.

Sancho was still just 17 when he opted to try his luck in the Bundesliga after being omitted from City’s pre-season tour in July 2017, and Pep Guardiola’s loss has been Dortmund’s gain.

Dan Micciche, who coached Sancho at England Under-16 level, has even compared the left winger to a young version of Brazil superstar Neymar.

“Provided he doesn’t become restricted, he could be our Neymartype player –- in terms of being

unpredictable,” Micciche told The Guardian last month. “He’s flamboyant, entertaining to watch, but like Neymar he’s effective with it.”

Sancho is getting game time in a bumper Dortmund squad where even Mario Goetze, whose goal won the 2014 World Cup final for Germany, is struggling to be picked.

Favre is carefully easing the slightly-built Sancho into the physically demanding Bundesliga, where he has yet to play more than 32 minutes of any one league game this season. Likewise, Dortmund are shielding him off the pitch and rarely grant reporters interviews with the English teenager. Nevertheless, Sancho is certainly making his chances count.

- Rolling with Reus -

He created a goal for Germany midfielder Julian Weigl and scored one himself in just 16 minutes off

IBP/net

the bench in the 7-0 thumping of Nuremberg last Wednesday.

Sancho also set captain Marco Reus up for his late goal in the 4-1 win over RB Leipzig in Dortmund’s opening game of the season, and the young winger said he is learning plenty from the Germany star.

“We just have that special connection,” said Sancho. “He reads me, I read him, and he teaches me a lot of things, like to be mature on the ball. “At first I wasn’t mature but he told me to be calm and just play my game, and that helped me a lot.

“Obviously, he’s a great player and I’m so happy I’m playing with him.” The feeling is mutual. “When our opponents ease off a little and Jadon comes into the game, he’s a weapon for us every single time,” Reus said after the thrashing of Nuremberg. “We’re happy to have him up our sleeve and he always gives us a boost.” (afp)

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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Messi back at Wembley looking to make up for lost time in Europe

With shades of Neymar, English teen Sancho becomes ‘weapon’ for Dortmund

As Lionel Messi lay on the Wembley grass, his left hand grasping the Champions League trophy and his right pumping the air, he must have thought there would be many more European glory nights to come.

It was 2011 and Barca had beaten Manchester United 3-1. “No one has given us a hiding like that,” Alex Ferguson said.

They were so much better than the rest that many predicted a decade of European dominance after that mesmerising display. “We have a challenge with Barcelona, we all do,” Ferguson said.

Messi had scored his side’s second.

Barcelona bounced in front of the photographers, the club’s name carved into the trophy for a fourth time. For the 23-year-old Messi at the front, it was a third Champions League triumph in six years.

But there has been only one in the seven seasons since, when Luis Enrique led his 2015 Barca to a brilliant treble. To make matters worse, arch-rivals Real Madrid have been

crowned European champions four times and three times in a row since 2016.

“They have made history and it’s a thorn in our side,” Luis Suarez said.

Messi returns to Wembley to face Tottenham on Wednesday with happy memories but all of this weighing on his shoulders.

- ‘It’s time we won’ -

For most players, four Champions League titles is unthinkable but for Messi, playing through this era of Barcelona, it feels light. “It’s time we won the Champions League,” Messi told Catalunya Radio last month.

The club feel it too. Winning La Liga has become more routine than remarkable. Even last season’s double barely laid a finger on the disappointment of a third straight quarter-final

Pau Barrena / AFP

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (L) vies with Girona’s Spanish midfielder Borja Garcia during the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Girona FC at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on September 23, 2018.

exit, following a collapse at Roma when the Italian side overturned Barca’s 4-1 first leg lead.

Ernesto Valverde bore the brunt of the criticism, the most popular slight being that he exhausted the players in a league that had long been won. The other, always lurking, was that he had relied too much on Messi.

Both have bubbled ever since and then burst to the surface last week when Barca, with key players rested, failed to record a win in three consecutive league games.

They drew at home to Girona and lost to bottom club Leganes. Valverde persisted, and it was Messi’s turn on the bench against Athletic Bilbao.

He came on, and set up the equaliser, but that only gave greater weight to the argument Barcelona cannot do without him.

“LaMessidependencia,” (“the Messi dependence”) Madrid daily AS termed it on Monday, before listing all the relevant statistics.

But the problem is perhaps less how to cope without Messi than how to overcome deficiencies elsewhere in the team.

Barca’s defence, the platform of their domestic success last season, is shaking, with fingers pointing at Gerard Pique whose mistakes have become too frequent to be ignored.

The midfield, without Andres Iniesta, lacks thrust while new signings Arturo Vidal, Clement Lenglet and Malcom are still bedding in. As for Messi, pressure is nothing new.

Argentina proved at the World Cup that he cannot carry a poor team, but he can certainly inspire a good one. In 2011, they relied on him too.

“We have great players but without him we would not be able to play the way we do,” Pep Guardiola said, as his team celebrated on the Wembley turf.

“We have hard work, talent and tactics that help, but Messi is unique, irreplaceable. He gives us that something extra.” (afp)

9

IBP/net

Australia football body adopts reforms after FIFA threat

Australia’s football governing body voted for wide-ranging reforms Tuesday against the wishes of its outgoing chairman, ending a long-running battle that saw FIFA threaten to take over the federation.

Football Federation Australia’s 10-member Congress -- nine state and territory associations, and one A-League representative -- voted 8-2 in favour of constitutional changes, narrowly securing the required 75 percent.

An expanded new congress, which is expected to include the A-League clubs, the footballers’ association and a women’s council, will convene at a later date to elect fresh directors for the board.

World body FIFA has been pushing the FFA to adopt a more democratic governance model, with the expansion backed by the domestic A-League clubs and the players’ federation.

The reforms mean that Australia can defend their men’s Asian Cup title in January, and the Matildas can play next year’s Women’s World Cup, without any concerns over the FFA’s status under FIFA. But FFA chairman Steven Lowy, the son of Westfield shopping-mall tycoon and former long-time FFA boss Frank Lowy, said the move could compromise the body’s independence, warning that a “red line” had been crossed. “Clearly the FFA board is extremely disappointed with the outcome of today’s meeting,”

said Lowy, who confirmed he will not seek re-election when his term ends in November.

“We believe the loser today is the principle of independent governance.” Lowy argued that giving clubs more power would hand their foreign owners too much control of the game in Australia, at the expense of grassroots football.

“Suffice to say, the game today has crossed a red line. From a corporate governance model for football, to one with stakeholders with vested interests (which) will compete for power and resources,” he added.

A working group is expected to discuss a new model for the ALeague, whose teams -- which generate much of the sport’s revenue in Australia -- as well as the body representing players, had wanted more say in the running of the FFA. If the recommendations had not been adopted at Tuesday’s special general meeting in Sydney, FIFA could have established a normalisation committee to take over the FFA. More than half of the A-League’s 10 clubs have foreign ownership including Melbourne City, who are owned by Abu Dhabi’s Chineseinvested City Football Group.

Other foreign-owned clubs include the Newcastle Jets, who were bought by a Chinese businessman in 2016, and Adelaide United, who were sold to a Dutch and Chinese consortium this year. (afp)

Jadon Sancho hopes his reputation for being a “weapon” off the bench for Borussia Dortmund will win the England Under-19 international a starting berth against Monaco in the Champions League on Wednesday.

The 18-year-old wants a place in Lucien Favre’s line-up after once more proving his worth on Saturday, when he helped seal a 4-2 comeback Bundesliga win at Bayer Leverkusen with two devastating assists.

He set up Marco Reus for the equaliser at the BayArena a minute after coming on, and he then sent Paco Alcacer away on a counterattack for the second of the Spaniard’s two late goals as Dortmund went top of the table.

He has appeared as a substitute

in each of Dortmund’s six Bundesliga outings this season, but he did start in their opening Champions League game, when they won 1-0 at Club Brugge to get off to the perfect start in Group A. Sancho now craves a regular starting berth after providing six assists as well as one goal in the Bundesliga, although he admits he is at his best running at tiring defences as a substitute.

“I just had a bit more energy,” the junior England international, who joined last year from Manchester City, told Bundesliga.com of his stunning display at Leverkusen.

“The rest were a bit tired and I came on to help the team. The coach keeps rotating so that’s how strong this team is.

“Obviously, I don’t want to be a sub, but if I keep on working hard, hopefully I can get in the starting team.” The English teenager’s tally of six Bundesliga assists makes him the top goal provider in all of Europe’s top five leagues so far this season.

Sancho was still just 17 when he opted to try his luck in the Bundesliga after being omitted from City’s pre-season tour in July 2017, and Pep Guardiola’s loss has been Dortmund’s gain.

Dan Micciche, who coached Sancho at England Under-16 level, has even compared the left winger to a young version of Brazil superstar Neymar.

“Provided he doesn’t become restricted, he could be our Neymartype player –- in terms of being

unpredictable,” Micciche told The Guardian last month. “He’s flamboyant, entertaining to watch, but like Neymar he’s effective with it.”

Sancho is getting game time in a bumper Dortmund squad where even Mario Goetze, whose goal won the 2014 World Cup final for Germany, is struggling to be picked.

Favre is carefully easing the slightly-built Sancho into the physically demanding Bundesliga, where he has yet to play more than 32 minutes of any one league game this season. Likewise, Dortmund are shielding him off the pitch and rarely grant reporters interviews with the English teenager. Nevertheless, Sancho is certainly making his chances count.

- Rolling with Reus -

He created a goal for Germany midfielder Julian Weigl and scored one himself in just 16 minutes off

IBP/net

the bench in the 7-0 thumping of Nuremberg last Wednesday.

Sancho also set captain Marco Reus up for his late goal in the 4-1 win over RB Leipzig in Dortmund’s opening game of the season, and the young winger said he is learning plenty from the Germany star.

“We just have that special connection,” said Sancho. “He reads me, I read him, and he teaches me a lot of things, like to be mature on the ball. “At first I wasn’t mature but he told me to be calm and just play my game, and that helped me a lot.

“Obviously, he’s a great player and I’m so happy I’m playing with him.” The feeling is mutual. “When our opponents ease off a little and Jadon comes into the game, he’s a weapon for us every single time,” Reus said after the thrashing of Nuremberg. “We’re happy to have him up our sleeve and he always gives us a boost.” (afp)

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International

Fury and Wilder crank up the hype as Joshua bides his time

LONDON - “My wife pushes harder than that you little bitch”. It was not exactly akin to Muhammad Ali proclaiming “float like a butterfly sting like a bee, your hands can’t hit what your eyes can’t see”.

Tirta Empul Temple

TAMPAKSIRING - Tirta Empul is an important temple complex and holy mountain spring, located in the village of Manukaya in central Bali. The site serves as a legendary setting of a traditional tale about good versus evil. It is also a national cultural heritage site. The complex, built circa 960 AD, is also a silent witness to the old Balinese kingdom years, particularly at the time of the Warmadewa Dynasty. Another nearby and prominent site on top of a hill is the presidential palace, Istana Tampaksiring, built during the years of the nation’s first president, Soekarno. Tirta Empul, meaning ‘holy water spring’ is actually the name of a water source located within the temple. The spring feeds various purification baths, pools and fish ponds surrounding the outer perimeter, which all flow to the Tukad Pakerisan River. Various sites

throughout the region and many other archaeological relics relate to local myths and legends.

As is common with Balinese temples, the Tirta Empul Temple complex has three key divisions, namely a front, secondary and inner courtyard. Visitors to Tirta Empul first come upon the lush gardens and pathways adorned with statues and tropical plants that lead to its entrance. After stepping through this typical ‘candi bentar’ (temple gate), a vast walled courtyard welcomes visitors to the bathing pools where a large ‘wantilan’ meeting hall stands at the right. Inside the central courtyard, referred to as ‘madya mandala’ or ‘jaba tengah’, pilgrims first approach a rectangular purification bath where a total of 13 elaborately sculpted spouts that line the edge from west to east. After solemn prayers at an altar-like shrine, they proceed to

enter the crystal-clear, cold mountain water. With hands pressed together, they bow under the gushing water of the first spout, carrying on to the eleventh. The water from the last two of the 13 spouts is meant for purification purposes in funerary rites. The myth behind the curative and purifying spring tells of a Balinese ruler, known by the title Mayadenawa, who is depicted to have defied the influence of Hinduism and denied his subjects religious prayers and practices. The legend goes that this eventually angered the gods, and in a campaign, god Indra sought Mayadenawa’s subdual.

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Highlights The hide-and-seek tactics of Mayadenawa fleeing Indra’s troops took place at various places all over the region, from the rivers Petanu to Pakerisan, and up to the north of

Tampaksiring. Hence, the names of the sites and natural features all reflect an episode from the tale, such as Tampaksiring - tampak meaning ‘feet’, and siring meaning ‘sideways’, depicting an episode when the fleeing king left his footprints up the hill. It was here that through his magical powers Mayadenawa created a poisoned spring from which Indra’s exhausted troops drank and succumbed. Indra noticed the fall of his men, and soon thrust his staff into the ground where a holy purifying spring spurted out, to cure the troops and to even bring some of them back to life. This escapade became the legendary background to the holy spring of Tirta Empul, as well as the holy days of Galungan and Kuningan celebrated by the Balinese Hindus.

Good to Know As with any Bali temple tour or

a visit to a holy place, it is always important to dress respectfully. The simple Balinese temple visitor dress code is a traditional ‘kamen’ wrap around the lower body plus a sash around the waist. Women during their periods are prohibited entry to any temple or sacred site, and may enjoy the sights and attractions in the outer perimeters only. It is tempting to try out the purification bathing ritual yourself; however the formal routine is strictly meant for pilgrims and devotees. You might want to consult your guide who may ask a temple authority for further details. Far at the front of the temple complex is a large parking area with its eastern side lined with art markets and rows of shops selling various curios and souvenirs. There are also several warungs or food stalls selling local food, snacks and refreshments. (IBP/net)

But the way British heavyweight Tyson Fury responded to being shoved by Deontay Wilder after goading the World Boxing Council champion during a pre-fight news conference in London on Monday, was familiar enough.

So too the sight of both boxers squaring up, while a much shorter man -- in this case veteran promoter Frank Warren -- tried to keep them apart while muttering “save it for December 1”, the date of Wilder and Fury’s fight at Los Angeles’ Staples Center.

Almost on cue, two security men made a token intervention as Fury and Wilder avoided coming to blows.

If it was good ‘theatre’ for the watching television audience, there was certainly nothing new about the script.

And yet seeing the 6ft 9in Fury confront the 6ft 7in Wilder was to be reminded of the raw appeal of many a heavyweight contest -- two colossal men each with the ability to inflict huge damage upon one another.

It was in sharp contrast to the

mutual respect shown by Britain’s reigning world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and Alexander Povetkin ahead of their recent bout at Wembley which ended with the Russian suffering a brutal seventh-round stoppage defeat.

The game Povetkin was outmatched physically, giving away more than two stone in weight and several inches in height.

Fury is the former International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organisation champion -- belts now held by Joshua.

The 30-year-old Fury remains undefeated in 27 fights and still regards himself as the “lineal champion” because he never lost his titles in the ring but rather, for a variety of reasons, during a two-and-a-halfyear absence following his shock win over former champion Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015.

Fury, who struggled with mental health issues, returned with a farcical stoppage of Sefer Seferi in Manchester in June before beating Francesco Pianeta in August. (afp)

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WBC world heavyweight champion, US boxer Deontay Wilder (L), and former world heavyweight champion, British boxer Tyson Fury (R) are seperated by boxing promoter and manager Frank Warren (C) during a press conference in London on October 1, 2018 ahead of their scheduled title fight on December 1.

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Brazilian surfer Gil Ferreira rides a wave, on September 27, 2018 in Unstad, northern Norway, on the first day of the Lofoten Masters 2018. Lofoten Masters 2018 is the most northern Surf contest, held from September 27 to 30, in Unstad, within Arctic circle.

UNSTAD - Far from the sun-kissed beaches of Rio de Janeiro and Ipanema, Brazilian surfer Gil Ferreira plunges into Norway’s icy waters to ride over the dark swells of the Arctic.

Swapping shorts for a thick-skinned wetsuit and gloves, Ferreira braved freezing weather, rain and seals in the Lofoten Masters, the only surf competition held in the extremes of the Northern Hemisphere.

Ferreira was one of 32 participants in this year’s Lofoten tournament, which increasingly draws competitors from better-known surfing nations such as Brazil and the United States.

“In Brazil, it’s shorts and straight to the beach. Here you have to get changed and it’s minus 5,” said Ferreira, 32, a native of the Atlantic Ocean city of Natal.

“In winter, if you surf for two hours, you can’t feel your fingers.”

The Lofoten Masters tournament is hidden away among green hills and dark waters of Unstad bay, an imposing landscape better known for inspiring Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe. Over several days in September, Lofoten surfers gathered at the local Arctic Surf club, run by Marion and

her husband Tommy Olsen. Her father, stunned by the quality of surfing during a visit in 1963 with his friends, set up the Masters in 2007.

As 24 male and eight women surfers rode the waters, spectators in woollen hats watched from the grassy hills and the small grey sand beach of the bay, some grilling food with their families.

“It still has the vibe that maybe Hawaii had in the 1960s or 1970s when not many people surfed and everyone was happy,” said Maria Petersson, a Swedish competitor.

“It’s beautiful nature here, there are whales, killer whales, seals and eagles... There are not a lot of places you have that.”

Despite Unstad’s long, dark winter, the surfers dismiss friends who call them crazy and describe the spell the waters and landscape cast over them with the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights phenomenon part of the draw.

“When I saw it the first time I was afraid, I didn’t understand what happened to the sky,” Brazilian Ferreira said of the Northern Lights.

“It was like there were waves even in the sky.” (afp)

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US warship sails near South China Sea area claimed by Beijing: Pentagon

WASHINGTON - An American warship has sailed through waters off the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, in the latest implicit challenge to Beijing’s sweeping territorial claims in the region, the Pentagon said Sunday.

“Guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur conducted a freedom of navigation operation,” an official told AFP. “Decatur sailed within 12 nautical miles of Gaven and Johnson reefs in the Spratly Islands.”

The official said all US military operations in the area “are designed in accordance with international law and demonstrate that the United States will fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows.”

The 12-mile distance is commonly accepted as constituting the territorial waters of a landmass.

Beijing claims all of the Spratly

chain.

There was no immediate reaction from China, but a similar US operation in July, involving the disputed Paracel islands, prompted a furious Beijing to deploy military vessels and fighter jets.

The Paracels, north of the Spratly Islands, are claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam.

On May 25, the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey sailed less than 12 nautical miles from a reef in the Spratly archipelago.

China claims nearly all of the South China Sea, though Taiwan,

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the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim parts of it.

Further angering those countries, and the US, Beijing has moved aggressively to build reefs into artificial islands capable of hosting military planes.

US-Chinese relations have been strained on multiple levels since Donald Trump became president in 2017. A trade war launched

by Trump has infuriated Beijing, as did his authorization of a $1.3 billion arms sale to Taiwan, which China considers a rebel province. (afp)

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

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Spanish PM raps Catalan leader after unrest in Barcelona MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday rapped Catalonia’s separatist leader Quim Torra for “encouraging radicals” a day after clashes erupted in Barcelona on the anniversary of a banned independence referendum.

Hundreds of pro-independence protesters knocked down barriers at the entrance of the regional parliament late Monday evening, provoking clashes with police and forcing the leader in Catalonia of anti-secession party Ciudadanos to leave the building under escort.

The clashes topped a restive day in the northeastern region, where radical activists, many of them hooded, cut roads and railway lines on the oneyear anniversary of the referendum, encouraged by Torra, who earlier in the day had applauded their form of street pressure.

“President Torra must abide by his responsibilities and not endanger political normalisation by encouraging radicals to lay siege to institutions which represent all Catalans,” Sanchez said in a tweet in his first reaction to the sensitive anniversary.

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Reunited Indonesian couple a rare ray of hope in quake zone

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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned Monday that there were 191,000 people in urgent need of help after the quake-tsunami, among them 46,000 children and 14,000 elderly -- many in areas that aren’t the focus of government recovery efforts.

“Violence isn’t the way forward.”

Catalonia’s independence referendum on October 1, 2017 was marred by a violent police crackdown on polling stations in footage that went around the world.

A year later, the tables turned with images of radical independence supporters cutting roads and railway lines, muscling their way into a government building and clashing with police, making headlines in Spain.

Even former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who is in selfexile in Belgium after last October’s secession bid, condemned the violence. “If they are hooded they’re not from the 1-0,” he tweeted in reference to the referendum last year, which eventually led to a short-lived unilateral declaration of independence on October 27.

That prompted then prime minister Mariano Rajoy to sack the regional government, dissolve the Catalan parliament and call snap local elections.

“If they use violence they’re not from the 1-0. We did it with our faces uncovered and in a peaceful way.” (afp) The dead -- many yet uncounted, their bodies still trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings -- are also a source of concern for authorities.

In Indonesia’s hot, equatorial climate, bodies quickly begin to rot and provide a breeding ground for deadly diseases.

At Poboya -- in the hills above the devastated seaside city of Palu -- volunteers have begun to fill a vast grave with the dead, with instructions to prepare for 1,300 victims to be laid to rest.

Trucks stacked with corpses wrapped in orange, yellow and black bags are bringing their load to the site, where the bodies are dragged into the grave as excavators pour soil on top. (afp)

It was two agonising days of searches through makeshift morgues and hospitals before Azwan found his wife Dewi alive and well after she was swept away in the tsunami that crashed into the Indonesian city of Palu.

Recounting the story beside her at a small roadside stall in the quake-hit city, the 38-year-old civil servant struggled to keep his emotions in check, tears welling up behind his glasses.

“I was so happy, so emotional -- thank god I could see her again,” Azwan, who like many Indonesians only has one name, told AFP. His is a rare story of hope, in a place where the sense of despair, grief and loss hangs thick.

Dewi was registering guests for a festival at a beachside hotel when the tremor sent a jolt through the ground. Soon a wall of water was rushing at her. “A wave came and hit me hard. When I regained consciousness, suddenly I was on the street in front of the hotel. I

remember hearing people shouting ‘Tsunami! Tsunami!’,” she told AFP. Her clothes ripped and torn, she wandered through the debrislittered streets until she found an evacuation post where she stayed overnight. “No food, no water,” she recalled. “We were told to wait until it was safe, while the aftershocks kept coming.”

On the other side of the city her husband, Azwan, was stricken with worry having survived the quake with their young daughter but without news of his wife.

After night fell, he began the grim task that would consume him for close to 48 hours: Checking patients and body bags at the city’s overrun medical centres. “When I couldn’t find my wife in any of the bags I went back to the hospital, the police hospital, and checked the morgue,” he said.

“There were a massive amount of dead bodies there. It was so

messy -- on the terrace, inside, on top of each other.” On Sunday, just as he was beginning to accept “God’s way”, his wife appeared, injured and limping towards the family home.

“When she got off the motorbike -- it was euphoria,” he said. “Everyone was crying. Our relatives broke into tears, they came to hug her.” Dewi thanked God she was given “another chance” but was still struggling to come to grips with the ordeal.

“Even now I can’t believe I’m here alive,” she said. “I’m still traumatised, especially because my sibling has not yet been found.”

At least 844 people are already known to have died in the twin disaster, but officials say that number is certain to rise.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has warned that 191,000 people are in urgent need of help, among them 46,000 children and 14,000 elderly. (afp)

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This picture taken on October 1, 2018 shows Azwan hugging his wife Dewi Prasasti in front of their house and family members in Palu, Central Sulawesi, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on September 28. It was two agonising days of searches through makeshift morgues and hospitals before Azwan found his wife Dewi alive and well after she was swept away in the tsunami that crashed into the Indonesian city of Palu.

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Europe ‘more exposed’ in next downturn, Moody’s warns

LONDON - In a bleak assessment, credit ratings agency Moody’s warned Tuesday that Europe remains highly vulnerable to another economic downturn despite all its fire-fighting efforts over the past few years.

The Moody’s report, published as Italian stocks and bonds were falling over the populist government’s spending plans, said Europe “is not ready to cope with another major slump stressing the financial system.”

It noted five vulnerabilities that could deepen the impact in Europe of the next downturn, including higher debt levels, peaking assets prices and regulatory risks.

“Overall, the amount of wiggle room available to mitigate the impact of another downturn is shrinking,” said Paolo Leschiutta, senior vice president at Moody’s.

The warning follows a relatively calm period for the 19-country eurozone, which has grappled with the global financial crisis and the subsequent debt crisis over the past decade.

The region enjoyed strong economic growth last year and unemployment has fallen to a decade-low rate of 8.1 percent.

Greece, meanwhile, is no longer reliant on bailout loans.

As a result, the European Central Bank has started to rein in its crisis-era economic support measures. It is planning to halt its bond-buying stimulus program at the end of this year before possibly raising interest rates again next year.

However, the sense of calm has been shaken recently, largely due to concern over Italy. The new government there has fleshed out tax and spending plans that will, if enacted, see the country’s budget deficit swell.

Investors have taken fright — on Tuesday, the FTSE MIB stock index was down 1.3 percent, while the interest rate charged on the country’s 10-year bonds rose a further 0.10 percentage point to 3.4 percent.

Without directly mentioning the plans of the Italian government, Moody’s is warning

Kuningan Feast Day, Coming down of God to Give Endowments

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Kuningan is a series of Galungan feast day performed by the Hindus in Bali. It falls on the tenth day after Galungan, right on Saniscara Kliwon Kuningan. However, before Kuningan the Hindus do Penampahan ceremony marked by the slaughter of animals for offerings. This Penampahan day is preparation for carrying out the Kuningan.

Chairman of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali Chapter, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that Kuningan Day is believed to be the coming down of gods and goddesses to this mundane world. Then, there is the term angwehaken jagat ring para manusa kabeh meaning that gods and goddess come down to earth to give endowments to the whole mankind. “Celebration of AP Photo/Michael Probst

The towers of the Deutsche Bank are illuminated by the setting sun in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018. that policies by governments and central banks over the past few years to heal the European economy will limit what they can do during the next economic decline.

It highlighted that high prices for some assets mean that there could be a sudden drop if interest rates rise quickly. And it said low growth and still high unemployment in some

places continue to fuel economic insecurity and could foster further anti-establishment political movements.

Moody’s wasn’t alone in warning about the outlook for Europe. Berenberg Bank also said a “cocktail of risks” are constraining growth.

“After smooth sailing in 2017, the euro-

zone has faced a series of headwinds since February 2018,” said Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg.

“The risks to growth range from trade tensions and a still unresolved Brexit to trouble in vulnerable emerging markets, higher oil prices and dangerous reform reversals in Italy.” (ap)

China’s Haier to aquire Italian home appliance firm

Chinese electronics giant Haier Group has announced it will acquire Italian appliances manufacturer Candy for 475 million euros ($547 million) as it looks to expand its market share in Europe.

The decision comes as Haier seeks to establish itself as a global brand, amid attempts by China to rebalance its economy more towards consumption and away from

the infrastructure and investmentdriven model of the past.

The Chinese company’s board approved the purchase Friday, it said in a disclosure submitted to the Shanghai stock exchange.

“By joining forces with Candy’s management team, Haier aims to expand its leadership in smart home appliances in Europe,” Haier said in a press statement.

In 2016, the company purchased the appliances arm of US giant General Electric for $5.4 billion.

Haier Group is one of China’s leading electronics manufacturers, and emerged from the Qingdao Refrigerator Factory, in the eastern port of the same name, which its CEO Zhang Ruimin was appointed to run in the mid-1980s.

It had a global turnover of 241.9 billion yuan ($30.47 billion) and total profit of 30 billion yuan in 2017, according to its website, with customers across 100 countries.

Haier’s methods have been studied in business schools including Harvard, but its exact ownership structure remains opaque. The group, which has close ties to the ruling Communist Party, is of-

ficially divided into several units which are collectively owned.

It has two quoted subsidiaries, Haier Electronics in Hong Kong and Qingdao Haier in Shanghai, which is the vehicle for the Candy acquisition.

The deal also includes the Hoover brand -- purchased by Candy in 1995 -- best known for its vacuum cleaners. (afp)

Kuningan is conducted half a day to dedicate ter (an arrow), endongan and tamiang,” he said.

Endongan signifies supplies containing food offered to the gods and goddesses that will return to nirvana. However, the main human provision in living the life is knowledge and devotion (jnana) along with the most powerful weapon namely the peace of mind.

Meanwhile, the ter is the symbol of arrow (weapon) resembling an arrow used as weapon to stretch the mind. Then, sampian gantung is symbol of shield used to protect and fortify human self from bhuta kala (evil spirits). Tamiang also symbolizes repellent of bad forces.

At the ceremony of Kuningan, Hindu devotees present dominantly yellow offerings like yellow rice and yellow

cone as a symbol of Meru.

Yellow rice as a symbol of prosperity, and presented as an expression of gratitude for having received the endowments of God. Therefore, on Kuningan Day the Hindus should really win and take advantage of the endowments on the previous Galungan celebration. On Kuningan, the Hindus will always try to win and beat out Adharma (bhuta Dungulan, bhuta Galungan and bhuta Amangkurat) in his life.

The worship on Kuningan feast day should be carried out before midday or before 12:00. At that

time, the energy of universe (five great elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether) rises from the morning until reaches its climax at midday.

After which is called the return of the gods and goddesses to their abode (heaven), so that at that time the cosmic energy will decrease.

The next day, Sunday (Apr. 16) is Manis Kuningan, usually filled with the implementation of pilgrimage or tirtayatra for deepening faith and devotion to God Almighty. Besides, devotees also say prayers to temples and visit relatives and family to maintain social relationship. (kmb)

Sacred Wayang Wong Dance of Tejakula Set Four Centuries Ago Wayang Wong sacred dance that only exists at Tejakula village, Tejakula subdistrict, was presented at Maksan Temple of local village on Thursday (Apr. 6).

The location is chosen because the masks of wayang wong characters are kept at local temple. They are even believed to have been four centuries old.

The players performing the Ramayana storyline start staging the first episode of the Bala Kanda in the Ramayana epic. In this staging, the storyline presented by the players is entitled “Sander Sita.” It tells about the duke Marica disguising as a golden deer to attract the attention of Sita. When seeing the deer, Sita then asked Rama to chase it. Rama went away from Sita and tried to shoot the disguising deer. Marica cleverly cried out for help, and his voice was similar to Rama’s. Again, Sita asked Laksmana to look for Rama as being told to be facing difficulties. When Laksmana followed Rama, Sita was abducted by Ravana. By and large, when featuring the storyline of kanda (book—Ed) starting from the first through the seventh, it will take approximately 4.5 years to 5 years.

Chairman of the Tejakukus

Foundation, Gede Komang, amid the staging told that as sacred dance it is mandatory to be performed as devotional services or ngayah at the Maksan Temple of Tejakula.

As usual, the performance is done twice every year precisely on Wraspati Dungulan or the day after Galungan. Since it is sacred, the wayang wong must still perform the episodes of Ramayana epic sequentially. “It has become the tasks of the players of wayang wong to perform devotional services at the temple because the masks are stored at this Maksan temple,” said Komang Gede when met Friday afternoon.

According to him, although it is classified into sacred dance, currently this wayang wong is also staged as entertainment art. For several times, the figures of wayang wong characters are presented in

the art collaborations. However, the masks staged in the entertainment are not the sacred ones as those stored at Maksan Temple, but the imitations that are kept by the foundation.

Based on the existing references, wayang wong is known as sacred art. This art first appeared at Tejakula village about four centuries ago. From the location of its emergence at Tejakula, this art then spread to several regions in Bali.

Although having been widespread, its taksu (divine vibration) never disappears and is kept sacred until now. Wayang wong even becomes one of the nine dances included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Besides, the wayang wong dance is also recognized as one of the intangible cultural heritage objects in 2015. (kmb)

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Global turmoil has bad impact on tourism

MANGUPURA - All this time, the economic and financial situation taking place at the global level is considered beneficial for tourism. People assume that more and more tourists will come to Bali because of cheaper prices for tourists. However, it is different from the economic observer, Faisal Basri. He considered that tourism will be adversely affected by global situation.

This was revealed at the 2019 Economic Outlook for Tourism Business on Saturday (Sep. 29) at the H Sovereign Hotel. The event organized by the Global Hospitality Expert (GHE) invited a number of hotel GMs and tourism players in Bali. It is meant to provide an economic perspective for tourism business planning in 2019.

Faisal Basri in his presentation stated that global economic turmoil certainly affects the Indonesia’s economy. The US Central Bank raising the interest rates by 2 - 2.5 basis points was also accompanied by an increase in Bank Indonesia’s interest rates. With such increase in the interest rates, he stated it will reduce the economic growth targeted to reach 5.1 - 5.2 percent this year. Moreover, he predicted this year’s economic growth only reaches 5.0 percent.

The trade war will also have an impact on tourism sector. Snapping of Donald Trump over the trade war against China will affect China’s economy. As consequence, Chinese tourists will refrain from traveling overseas while they have the highest number of visits to Bali. “But Donald Trump is not necessarily carrying out this. He is just bluff-

ing on China by charging 10-25 percent for the USD 200 billion of Chinese exports to the United States. That will make China’s economic growth fall 0.3 percent,” he explained. In addition, oil price increasing to USD 80 per barrel or nearly USD 100 per barrel, also affected air transportation costs.

According to him, 60 percent of the cost of air transportation is to buy aviation fuel. Thus, it will also affect tourist flights to Bali.

Iran as the world’s leading oil producer from November is prohibited from selling oil by the US. “Who buys will get sanctions from the United States. Thus, the oil supply will decrease, and oil prices will rise,” he concluded. What needs to be done to overcome the turmoil is to anticipate the effects to a minimum level.

An economic observer who is also consultant, I Gde Made Sadguna, said that in the economic field, tourism is the leading sector expected to boost the economic growth. Tourism is also a solution for economic alleviation. Since tourism gives the fastest results, the whole world even makes tourism as an expectation. “However, the problem in Bali is rather unique

Tourism is vulnerable to natural disasters, security and health issues. where the tourism phenomenon is like ‘being hated but longed for’ or between honey and poison. “On on the one hand, tourism is very much expected, but on the other hand there are screams of concern arising as well,” he said.

Bali is an agricultural area.

Meanwhile, the prime source of growth of Bali is tourism. A total of 70 percent of Balinese human resources are working in the tourism sector. Then, this agricultural area cries out when no young people

want to become farmers. As a result, the paddy fields are undermined for villas and hotels.

With the leadership of the new governor, he considered there would be a change in Bali. Thus, Bali’s economic structure will change because all this time the economy is only dependent on tourism. In the meantime, tourism is vulnerable to natural disasters, security and health issues. Therefore, it is necessary to have a more resilient structure, namely three

Services in Nusa Penida disrupted

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On patrol with India’s anti-plastic ‘blue squad’

MUMBAI - Wearing matching blue Nehru jackets, the dozen inspectors fan out across Mumbai’s hectic Crawford Market, each scouring for violators of an ambitious plastic ban.

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sectors consisting of tourism, agriculture and creative economy.

In the future, there will be several regulations affecting tourism and influencing all levels of tourism.

So, it needs to be anticipated. The answers to structural and sociocultural issues are the three sectors, namely tourism, agriculture and creative economy to be integrally designed. “The most visible is at tourism village level. Agribusiness and creative industries will alive,” he said. (kmb42)

Drought triggers decline in water discharge

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SEMARAPURA - Continuity of the water supply for Nusa Penida residents belonging to customers of the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) of Klungkung has been disrupted recently. It happens following the declining water discharge at the source of Guyangan and Penida as a result of the increasingly intense dry season.

Director of the PDAM Klungkung, I Nyoman Renin Suyasa, revealed that to meet the needs of customers scattered at a number of villages, his company only relies on these two water sources. According to his observation in Nusa Penida, the water discharge decreased from 27 liters per second to 23 liters per second. “This source is allocated to serve lower areas of Nusa Penida, like the area in the sub-district center and its surroundings,” he explained.

In response to this matter, he is going to increase electricity to maximize the distribution of untapped water. “We have planned for additional wattage. So, the service to the community can run normally.

Subdistrict head already contacted me to convey this matter. The cause has been conveyed,” he said.

Meanwhile, the water from Guyangan’s source used to serve customers at a number of villages in the upper part of Nusa Penida, such as Klumpu, Batu Kandik, Batu Madeg and Bunga Mekar, experiences a decrease in discharge from 25 to 20 liters per second. It is not only caused by dry season, but also allegedly there are problems with the network. He has discussed this matter with Bali-Penida River Agency (BWS) and relevant agencies from the provincial level. “Tomorrow,

we’ll invite them to discuss about this because they know best technical matters of BWS and technical unit from the Bali province,” he explained.

The decrease in water discharge, continued Renin Suyasa, caused the continuity of services to decrease.

It can no longer for 8 hours as ever before. “Obviously, it has an impact on services,” he said. To anticipate some complaints, it is ready to help the water supply by using a tank truck. Meanwhile, the residents of Tanglad, Sekartaji and Pilasiutan have not been served by the PDAM. “We continue to strive for maximum services. Moreover, in harmony with the development of tourism, we surely attempt to use more water from the existing sources,” he concluded. (kmb45)

It doesn’t take Mahindra Wayangankar long to find one: a dry fruits seller, wrapping his wares in plastic, is hit with a hefty 5,000rupee ($69) fine.

Wayangankar, 50, is one of 311 officials dubbed the “blue squad” and tasked with enforcing a recent ban on single-use plastics in India’s commercial capital.

“The job is very stressful. When we fine traders and shopkeepers there is some form of resistance or violence in 99 percent of cases,” he tells AFP. “It is difficult to work in such situations.

Since the amount is huge, people don’t pay up easily. “(But) we are happy doing this job because it helps society and protects the environment. Our goal is not just to raise revenue but create awareness too,” he adds.

Mumbai, a bustling coastal city of 20 million people, has long been awash with vast mountains of plastic rubbish, like many urban centres in India.

Plastic is regularly blamed for blocking drains and contributing to flooding during the city’s four-month-long summer monsoon.

Earlier this year, authorities decided something had to be done and introduced a ban across Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital.

The rules, which came into force at the end of June, prohibit the use of disposable plastic items such as bags, cutlery, cups and bottles under a certain size.

Businesses and residents face fines of between 5,000 rupees for a first-time offence to 25,000 rupees or even three months in jail for repeat offending.

Officials say citizens are already seeing

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This photograph taken on September 27, 2018 shows a city civic officer (L) inspecting a fruit stall for unauthorised plastic bags at a wholesale market in Mumbai. the benefits of the ban.

Nidhi Choudhari, a deputy municipal commissioner in charge of enforcing it, told AFP that 11.6 million rupees ($159,326) in fines had been collected and over 21 tonnes of plastic seized.

- Secret raids A walk through Crawford Market and visits to grocery stores and food stalls suggest many traders have switched to cloth bags and paper straws.

But others continue to violate the ban and large piles of plastic items can still be seen on the city’s beaches and streets.

Retailers associations complain that confusion over what is and isn’t permitted has

led some shopkeepers to be unfairly fined.

Traders also say that a lack of cheap alternatives has hurt their businesses, threatening livelihoods.

Kombaiyya S., a street vendor, used to package takeaway orders of his Indian rice cakes and stew for office workers in small plastic bags.

“I’ve lost most of my client base,” he told AFP. The United Nations has warned that the world could have 12 billion tonnes of plastic trash by the middle of the century if use is maintained at current levels.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to make India free of single-use plastic by 2022.

But while the majority of India’s 29 states have a full or partial ban on single-use plastics, the law is rarely enforced.

Members of the blue squad say they are too small in number to rid Mumbai of all its plastic, but are determined to do what they can.

A surprise inspection of a popular Hindu temple last week, which resulted in several fines, highlighted that nowhere is off limits.

“We will up the secret raids,” Sangita R. Hasnale, an assistant commissioner at the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, told AFP. “Within one year I think you will be able to give us a 90 percent pass rate.” (afp)

Gaza night protests step up months of anti-Israel unrest

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A Palestinian protester from a group calling themselves the “night confusion units” waves a sparkler near the Gaza-Israel border east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 26, 2018.

RAFAH - It’s nearly 10:00 pm when young Palestinian men begin banging drums and chanting songs, while others attach incendiary devices to balloons -- all closely watched by Israeli snipers on the border.

For six months, Palestinians have gathered regularly along the fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel for often violent daylight demonstrations against Israeli policies.

But in recent weeks they have deployed a new tactic: “night confusion units”.

Protests can go on until the early

hours.

Organisers say they aim to force the Jewish state to ease its crippling decade-long blockade of Gaza, but residents in nearby Israeli communities say their lives are being destroyed.

Israel accuses Gaza’s rulers Hamas of controlling the protests.

Hamas says it backs the demonstrations but is not commanding them and that the idea for nocturnal activity came from protesters themselves.

“Every day the young men on the border invent ways to develop marches and the most

recent was the night confusion unit,” Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said.

An Israeli military official, who did not want to be named, said the night protests do not pose a new challenge.

“Our soldiers, including our snipers, have night vision equipment,” he said.

“There are a few dozen, sometimes a few hundred demonstrators (at night)... they burn tyres, throw incendiary bottles and sometimes grenades and do not represent a more important threat than the daytime demonstrations.” (afp)

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Google teams with Ubisoft to test video game streaming Versions of the new “Assassin’s Creed” will be released that same day for play on PlayStation 4 and Xbox Once consoles as well as personal computers on disks or as downloads.

Having a disk in a console or computer, or installing the game software, enables high-resolution, speedy play.

Console quality video game play streamed online as a service, hosted on servers in the internet cloud, faces challenges including moving data quickly enough to avoid lags in action or imagery.

“Google’s goal with Project Stream is to solve some existing challenges with streaming,” Ubisoft said in a blog post.

Improvements in internet bandwidth, computing power and data

storage capabilities are enabling “disruptive technologies” such as streaming which have the potential to change the way games are created as well as played, according to Ubisoft.

Google launched a website were people could apply for invitations to take part in the test, which will feature free streaming play of “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” while Project Stream technology is put through its paces.

“The incredible visual fidelity of its world combined with th e mec h an i ca l d ema n d s o f being a Spartan mercenary in Ancient Greece make ‘Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ the perfect candidate to push Project Stream to its limits,” Ubisoft said. (afp)

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In this file photo taken on September 26, 2018 a man passes a Google sign for the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai. Google on Monday October 1st, 2018, announced that it will test a video game streaming platform with the release of “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” by Ubisoft this week.

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Yowana Masikian, theme of Kerambitan Festival IV Grow togetherness to build Kerambitan

SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Monday announced that it will test a video game streaming platform with the release of “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” by Ubisoft this week.

Google is collaborating with the French video game colossus to use a new instalment in the hit “Assassin’s Creed” franchise to test the ability of Project Stream technology to provide the kind of quick, seamless play powered by in-home consoles as an online service.

“We’re going to push the limits with one of the most demanding applications for streaming - a blockbuster video game,” Google product manager Catherine Hsiao said in a blog post.

The technical test will be limited to the United States, where a select number of people will get to play “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” streamed to Chrome Browsers on desktop or laptop computers starting on October 5.

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A first look at Panasonic’s full-frame mirrorless camera.

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Mirrorless cameras: Photography’s new decisive moment NEARLY 200 years after the birth of photography, the art form is experiencing a technological revolution.

Smartphones are using multiple cameras and software-based smarts to deliver images that seemingly transcend the limits of their small lenses and sensors.

And while handsets have devastated sales of point-and-shoot cameras, the prospects for more advanced models are seemingly bright thanks to an innovation of their own.

In recent weeks, the industry’s biggest two manufacturers - Canon and Nikon - have both unveiled their first full-frame mirrorless cameras, having already seen Sony have great success with the format.

Getting rid of the mirrors traditionally placed inside high-end cameras gets the lens closer to the sensor and paves the way to several innovations.

And on the eve of Photokina - the industry’s giant trade fair in Cologne - Panasonic has just unveiled a body that could prove the most disruptive of all.

Dedicated digital camera sales grew by 5% in 2017 to $9.9bn (£7.5bn), according to market research firm Futuresource, the industry’s first gain since 2010.

It was driven in large part by

demand from enthusiasts and professionals for existing mirrorless models costing upwards of £1,000.

With a rush of new models - and their accompanying native lenses manufacturers have an opportunity to prosper if they can convince consumers that the technology is worth the investment.

TABANAN — Having successfully held festival for three times in a row, this year Kerambitan sub-district will return to hold the fourth festival with a wider focus and segment. The festival to be held on October 18 to 21 in the Kerambitan village square has the theme of ‘Yowana Masikian Harmony in Blessed Land.’

Kerambitan sub-district head, I Gede Sukanada, explained the theme features the values and awareness of togetherness as a unified community. Hopefully, all the elements of society, especially the younger generation (yowana), can go hand in hand to build Kerambitan subdistrict with all its artistic and cultural potential, so that it can grow into a quality tourist destination. “This shared awareness will become the foundation of community interaction in Kerambitan to realize harmony in this blessed land,” he explained on Sunday (Sep. 30).

To Sukanada, the festival is held to encourage the potential of the art and culture and basically to revive tourism in Kerambitan subdistrict having been the icon of Tabanan district for several decades ago with the art of okokan tektekan.

“Mass okokan and tektekan performances are also on the agenda for this year’s festival along with other mass art performances such as the children mass Baris Dance

as well as the mass Rejang Renteng Dance by PKK housewives. Thus, all the elements are involved in the festival,” he said.

Interestingly, other than featuring the potential of the art and culture, the festival is also filled with the inauguration of owl breeding at Timpag village. As is known, Timpag village continues to maintain the Tyto Alba owl population in order to prevent the occurrence of rat pest attacks. “There will also be traditional performances in paddy fields,” he explained.

Sukanada continued that until entering the fourth festival in 2018, Kerambitan sub-district has made various breakthroughs, one of which is public service reform through the program known as the Integrated Public Services (Taman Serasi).

To better interpret the progressive efforts, he returned to launch innovative breakthrough named the “UMaurip, Utamaning Uma lan Urip”—the importance of paddy field and life--with the main focus on the development of owls (Tyto alba) with the tag line Kerambitan, Friendly House for Tyto Alba and the development of Balinese black piglet and cuisines through the concept of empowering poor households through the Kerambitan subdistrict management unit (UPK) with the tag line of “Nguling Celeng Bali, Jhon Son Biyang Sayu!” (kmb28)

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Lashes of Ratu Brutuk believed to heal disease

BANGLI — Trunyan village in Kintamani has a unique and attractive tradition that cannot be found in other ancient Balinese villages. This unique tradition is in the form of sacred dance called Ratu Brutuk. The dance sanctified by local community is specially performed every two years during the Ngusaba Lanang ritual at Pancering Jagat Temple, Trunyan.

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Instead, a small digital display is used to preview the image.

In the past, using such a display involved lag - meaning the image was slightly delayed - and appreciably lower resolution than an optical viewfinder.

But modern viewfinder displays have mostly addressed these issues, while also offering the benefits of being able to preview the effects that changes to camera settings make, as well as showing 100% coverage of the scene rather than the partial view shown by many DSLRs. The downside is that using an electronic display eats into battery life - reducing the number of shots possible on a charge. (IBP/net)

This unique tradition is in the form of sacred dance called Ratu Brutuk.

Kerambitan sub-district head, I Gede Sukanada

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In the Ngusaba Lanang ritual at Pancering Jagat Temple of Trunyan this year, the Ratu Brutuk was performed twice namely on September 28 and 29. The performance seemed to be very eagerly awaited by the residents of Trunyan village, including other people from outside. It can be seen from the vivacity of local residents when watching the performance from the morning to evening.

Residents or pilgrims in attendance seemed to approach the Ratu Brutuk by bringing offerings.

Meanwhile, the Ratu Brutuk danced around the temple’s innermost courtyard while bringing a whip along 6-7 meters. If someone breaks and come into the temple wrongly, Ratu Brutuk dancer will release its whip. Conversely, if the pilgrims come politely and ask for permis-

sion, the Ratu Brutuk will bless them by touching the base of the whip carried on the pilgrim’s head.

Some people were also seen trying to approach and asking for permission to take Ratu Brutuk’s hair to tuck in the earlobe. In accordance with the belief of local community, Ratu Brutuk’s hair is believed to be efficacious for treating diseases.

Chairman of the Ritual Committee, Ketut Jaksa, met amid the performance of Ratu Brutuk on Saturday (Sep. 29) stated that in the performance on the day before (Sep. 28) Ratu Brutuk was danced by 19 people while in the second performance was danced by 21 people.

He explained the dancers of Ratu Brutuk are carefully selected from girls and boys. Before dancing, they have to go through a series of purification procession with a

15-day pause at Pancering Jagat Temple. Any violation committed in the process will be subject to psychical punishments.

He added the mask of Ratu Brutuk performed has different shapes.

The whip brought by Ratu Brutuk is made of sea hibiscus bark. According to local belief, anyone who is exposed to whiplash brought by the dancer will recover from illnesses.

“This dance symbolizes the meeting of purusha (male aspect) and pradana (female aspect) or the unification of the akhasa versus prthivi (heaven and earth) believed to have provided fertility and the welfare of the universe along with its contents. Similarly, this sacred dance symbolizes the meeting of Ida Ratu Sakti Pancering Jagat and Ida Ratu Ayu Dalem Dasar,” he explained. (kmb40)

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Introducing tourism potential of Buleleng through cross country SINGARAJA - The efforts to promote the potential of tourist destinations owned by Buleleng are increasingly massive. Evidently, promotional efforts through various events continue to be organized by local government. Last weekend, it held a cross country to introduced tourism potential in the region. It was attended by more than 300 participants of Buleleng and several regions in Bali and made in a series of the Lovina Festival (Lovfest) 2018.

Entourage of the cross country was released at the Krisna Water Sport’s parking lot at Temukus village, Banjar. From the starting point, participants then followed the route through tourism villages such as Tampekan village, Sidatapa, Cempaga, Kaliasem, and ended in the Dolphin Lovina Statue area.

Head of the Buleleng Tourism Office, I Nyoman Sutrisna, said that other than capturing cycling athletes, this event is suitable for sustainable development to promote tourism in the region. Cross country activity like this is not absolutely

looking for champion, but for personal experience of each participant so they can know the tourism potential available.

After participating in this event, each participant is expected to promote the potential from word to mouth, so that in the long-term it has an impact on the increase in the tourist visits to Buleleng.

“The great mission of the event like cross country is to introduce tourism potential of this area, so the participants can share their experiences through direct promotion or through social media networks,” he said.

Chairperson of the Cycling Sport Association of Indonesia (ISSI) of Buleleng, Ni Kadek Turkini, stated that this year’s event participants are not only from Buleleng, but also from various regions in Bali and even from Java. Meanwhile, the category of cycling athletes exceeded the initial target. Originally, this sport event was estimated to get minimal participants.

From the beginning, many parties hoped it could serve as promotional event of sporting tourism other than getting achievement.

“We have the desire to promote Buleleng in the national and international arena as well as promote tourism of North Bali. Moreover, our region has natural beauty that attracts many tourists,” he explained.

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The closing ceremony of Lovina Festival on Monday

The Tourism Office also held a Lovfest Color Run series this year. This sporting event was released by Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, last weekend followed by hundreds of participants from various backgrounds. The activity held in the Spice Beach Club Restaurant area was attractively packaged because it had successfully combined sports with entertainment nuances.

Uniqueness of the event is having fun with color powder made from cornstarch and natural dyes. There are around 3,000 kilograms of color powder prepared to enliven this event. Without winners and time records, the Color Run is specifically created for everyone.

He said the Color Run participants increased compared to the previous year. This indicated the high participation of both participants and community in Buleleng, especially in the Lovina Beach area. “In the future, the implementation of Lovfest is expected to add various types of activities. Most importantly, it can provide entertainment for the people of Buleleng,” he explained. (kmb38)

Gateball athletes of Klungkung arrived safely in Palu

MANGUPURA - The Indonesia Gateball Association (Pergatsi) of Klungkung district sent five athletes namely Putu Ryan Suryawan, Made Krisna Agustara, Gede Mertayasa, Yande Nova Bhayuda and Kadek Agus Satrya Prabawa to the open tournament of the Palu Nomoni Championship III / 2018 at Vatulemo Square, Palu, on September 29-30. Since the earthquake and tsunami hit Palu on Friday (Sep. 28), the championship was canceled.

According to Ngurah Adnyana, Chairperson of Pergatsi Bali, the

five athletes of Klungkung scheduled to go down in the team number survived from disaster. “Thankfully, the five gateball athletes of Klungkung survived,” he said in Dalung, Badung, on Sunday (Sep. 30). His organization provided recommendations to the city management or district management to send the athletes to national events.

He got an explanation from Made Krisna Agustara that gateball team of Klungkung stayed at Pondok Sekar Homestay. When the 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the region at 17:30, the athletes were

still training at Vatulemo Square in preparation for facing the NTT’s team on the following day. The severity of tremors caused the walls of the homestay’s building to crack and the door was difficult to open because of the rubble.

“At night, the residents were encouraged to save themselves to Vatulemo Square, close to headquarters of the 1306/Central Sulawesi Military District. “Coincidentally, the military district commander is a Balinese, including the Intelligence Section Head, Made Sudiana, from Tabanan,” said Krisna.

The five Klungkung athletes were transported by Indonesian Air Force Hercules to Makassar, South Sulawesi, last Sunday. “They spent the night in Makassar and will continue their flight to Surabaya on Monday (Oct. 1) and then return to Bali,” explained the Chairperson of National Sport Committee (KONI) of Klungkung, Wayan Subamia.

Paragliding

On the other hand, Chairperson of KONI Bali, Ketut Suwandi, said that his organization was still tracking the existence of the Bali’s

paragliding athletes whether anyone of the team had participated in the championship in Palu. He has not got certainty because of losing the contact number with the management of the Indonesia Aero Sport Federation (FASI).

Suwandi admitted that he had just got information that three paragliding athletes of East Java had not been found, namely Reza, Ardi and Fahmi. Meanwhile, the injured ones were Sugeng Santoso, Viki and Gigih and the survivors were Rizki and Yustira Ramasdhani. (022)

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BEJANA, Embark on a Culinary Journey through the Indonesian Archipelago

Bejana, the signature restaurant of The Ritz-Carlton, Bali offers an unparalleled dining experience, a culinary journey across the Indonesian archipelago, treating guests to the rich and exotic flavors of authentic island cuisine. Perched high on the limestone cliffs, views are as impressive as the cuisine is tasty with diners enjoying a breathtaking panorama over the sparkling Indian Ocean. Highly acclaimed, Bejana’s most recent accolade was the ‘Luxurious Scenic Setting’ award at the prestigious World Luxury Restaurant Awards in July.

Presenting a unique mix of fivestar flair, and relaxed ambience the restaurant was cleverly designed

by Burega Farnell, to integrate seamlessly with the limestone cliffs. A blend of traditional and contemporary Balinese design elements influence the interiors, where three distinct levels include the atmospheric Culinary Cave where guests can join fascinating cooking

classes, and a stylish dining room with a romantic atmosphere created by intimate tables especially designed for couples. The lower level features an expansive openair wooden deck, with cozy lounges and casual outdoor seating.

“Bejana embraces the tastes and the traditions of Indonesia’s rich culinary heritage, using premium ingredients to elevate typical dishes to a fine dining standard, and then enhances the whole dining experience with its magnificent ocean views,” says Karim Tayach, General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Bali.

The menu offers dishes from various regions of Bali and Indonesia, such as Bebek Betutu, a Balinese specialty of roast duck in Banana Leaf, and Ikan Woku, spiced barramundi from Northern Sulawesi. Local inspiration is also reflected in the bar where signature cocktails are composed with exotic island fruits, herbs and spices.

Think Sambal Bongkot Martini or

Sambal Rujak Pelalah, a Bourbon Whiskey, Cranberry Juice, Spicy Syrup, Lemon Juice, Tamarillo, and Horseradish.

Chef Made Karyasa, also offers a unique market-to-table cooking workshop at the Culinary Cave.

Beginning with an inspiring visit to a colorful traditional market guests join Chef Made as he sources the freshest local ingredients. Back at the resort, herbs and spices are picked from the Chef`s garden, and brought to the Culinary Cave for a fun and informative workshop on preparing traditional Indonesian specialties. The morning concludes with a festive lunch with guests sampling the dishes they have just created.

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Artist Bruguera tackles global migrant row at Tate Modern LONDON - Cuban artist Tania Bruguera on Monday unveiled an installation on the theme of migration in which viewers use their body heat to make a portrait of a young Syrian refugee appear on the floor.

She is the latest international artist commissioned to exhibit in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in London, a vast space in the former industrial building by the River Thames turned into a home for modern art since 2000.

This year, Bruguera has chosen to leave the hall -- boasting 3,000 square metres and 30-metre-high ceilings -- largely empty, except for a large grey rectangle painted on the ground framing an invisible portrait of a young Syrian refugee.

He left the war-torn country in 2011 and after arriving in Britain received support from local NGOs based in the community surrounding the Tate Modern.

But his image only appears if visitors cooperate by stretching out on the black heat-sensitive floor together to activate the thermochromatic ink that details the portrait.

“It’s a reflection on the times we live on, where it seems it’s necessary that everybody works together even if they don’t believe in the same issues, even if they have different political agendas, even if they are unknown to each other,” Bruguera told AFP ahead of the work’s public opening on Tuesday.

Curator Catherine Wood added: “It’s kind of an antidote to selfies culture and to the way we often consume news stories and tragedies alone.”

The exhibition also features accompanying low-frequency sounds composed by Scottish sound artist Steve Goodman, known as Kode9, adding to the disturbing undercurrent felt within the hall. (afp)

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Cardi B charged with assault, endangerment over strip-club brawl

NEW YORK - US rapper Cardi B surrendered to police in New York on Monday, charged with assault and reckless endangerment over an ugly brawl in a strip club that injured a female employee.

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The 25-year-old star was in the Angels Strip Club in Queens on August 29 when someone in her group lobbed furniture inside the night club, causing an employee to suffer “some bruising to her legs,” police said.

The fast-rising rapper turned herself in at a Queens police station and was instructed to appear in criminal court on October 29, charged with one count of assault and two counts of reckless endangerment, police said. Celebrity gossip website TMZ said she allegedly ordered an attack on two bartenders at the club, sisters who accuse her of harboring a grudge because one of them slept with her husband, the rapper Offset.

Cardi, who was at the club because Offset was performing in the

hard-living hip hop trio Migos, allegedly told her group to attack the bartenders with bottles, chairs and a hookah smoking device, TMZ said.

On Monday, she was filmed exiting the police station in Queens, dressed in a beige skirt suit and white blouse, escorted by burly bodyguards into a waiting SUV, making no comment to a bevvy of cameras.

- Hard past The singer, real name Belcalis Almanzar, is one of the most prominent women in hip-hop and shares a child with Offset. Earlier this year, she confirmed reports that the pair had secretly married.

Monday’s police booking comes just weeks after she was involved

in a fracas with fellow rapper Nicki Minaj at New York Fashion Week in which Cardi B accused her rival of throwing a shoe at her.

Cardi B was photographed with a bump on her forehead. Minaj, one of the best-selling musical artists now performing and who was reportedly not hurt, declined to press charges.

The “I Like It” songstress later took to Instagram to imply that the older Minaj had questioned her parenting skills. She gave birth to a daughter, Kulture, in July.

Cardi B has become one of the biggest new stars in US music since the runaway success last year of her song “Bodak Yellow,” which touches on her former life making ends meet as a stripper. (afp)

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Quake survivors scuffle to get live chickens being distributed from a police truck outside a makeshift camp in Palu in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi on October 2, 2018, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on September 28. The Indonesian government on October 2 said the death toll from a devastating quake-tsunami on the island of Sulawesi had risen to 1,234 people, up from the previous count of 844.

Indonesia clamps down on looting as quake-tsunami toll tops 1,200

More than 1,200 people are now known to have died in the quake-tsunami that smashed into Sulawesi, Indonesia said Tuesday, as police pledged to clamp down on looting by survivors taking advantage of the chaos.

There were reports of officers firing warning shots and tear gas to ward off people ransacking shops in Palu, a coastal city ravaged by a 7.5-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned.

Almost 200,000 people are in need of urgent help, the United Nations says, among them thousands of children. Survivors are battling thirst and hunger, with food and clean water in short supply, and local hospitals are overwhelmed by the number of injured.

Police said Tuesday that they had previously tolerated desperate

survivors taking food and water from closed shops, but had now arrested 35 people for stealing computers and cash.

“On the first and second day clearly no shops were open. People were hungry. There were people in dire need. That’s not a problem,” said deputy national police chief Ari Dono Sukmanto.

“But after day two, the food supply started to come in, it only needed to be distributed. We are now re-enforcing the law.” “There are ATMs. They are open,” he added. “If people steal, we catch

and investigate.”

Despite official assurances, desperation was evident on the streets of Palu, where survivors clambered through wreckage hunting for anything salvageable. Others crowded around daisy-chained power strips at the few buildings that still have electricity, or queued for water, cash or petrol being brought in via armed police convoy.

“The government, the president have come here, but what we really need is food and water,” Burhanuddin Aid Masse, 48, told AFP. Rescue efforts have been hampered by a lack of heavy machinery, severed transport links, the scale of the damage, and the Indonesian government’s reluctance to accept foreign help.

As if to remind the world of the tectonic fragility of Indonesia, a series of quakes hit the island of Sumba on Tuesday, albeit hundreds of kilometres from Palu.

The official death toll from the tragedy in central Sulawesi stood at 1,234, according to the government. The Indonesian military is leading the rescue effort, but following a reluctant acceptance of help by President Joko Widodo, international NGOs also have teams on the ground in Palu.

Among the dead are dozens of students whose lifeless bodies were pulled from their landslideswamped church in Sulawesi.

“A total of 34 bodies were found by the team,” Indonesia Red Cross spokeswoman Aulia Arriani told

AFP after the grim discovery, adding that 86 students had initially been reported missing from a Bible camp at the Jonooge Church Training Centre. Arriani said rescuers faced an arduous trek to reach the mudslide and retrieve the victims.

“The most challenging problem is travelling in the mud as much as 1.5 hours by foot while carrying the bodies to an ambulance,” she said.

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