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Billy Bush: It was Trump’s voice on “Access Hollywood” tape WASHINGTON - Former NBC television host Billy Bush accused U.S. President Donald Trump of “indulging in some revisionist history” for reportedly telling allies it was not his voice making lewd remarks as the men waited to film a segment for “Access Hollywood” in 2005.

“He said it. ‘Grab ’em by the pussy,’” Bush wrote in an editorial published in the New York Times on Sunday.

The New York Times reported last month that Trump has been privately telling aides and allies, including at least one U.S. senator, that the voice on the recording was not his.

That would be a reversal from his immediate acknowledgement of responsibility after the tape surfaced weeks ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Trump said: “I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.”

Reuters has not been able to verify the Times report that he has been privately telling allies a different story.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Bush’s remarks. But White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders played down the Times report at a White House briefing on Nov. 27. “ T h e P r e s i dent hasn’t changed his position. I think if anything that the president questions, it’s the media’s reporting on that accuracy,” Sanders said.

Bush laughed on the video as Trump spoke and he lost his job as a host of NBC’s flagship morning “Today” show after the tape was leaked to the media in October, upending Trump’s campaign to become president. (rtr)

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This file photo taken on October 24, 2017 shows (L to R) Mexican-American Co-director Adrian Molina, US Director Lee Unkrich, Mexican singer and actor Luis Angel Gomez and US Producer Darla K. Anderson during a press conference in Mexico City for “Coco” a new animated film from Disney-Pixar inspired by Mexico’s Day of the Dead.

‘Coco’ Repeats as Box Office Winner With $26.1 Million

LOS ANGELES - Disney-Pixar’s animated comedy “Coco” easily repeated as the winner of the North American box office with a solid $26.1 million at 3,987 locations during a moderate weekend.

The third weekend of Warner Bros.-DC Entertainment’s “Justice League” finished second with $16.7 million at 3,820 sites, with the superhero tentpole dropping 60%.

Lionsgate’s “Wonder” continued to perform well with $12.5 million at 3,449 venues to come in third followed by Disney-Marvel’s fifth frame of “Thor: Ragnarok” with $9.7 million at 3,148 sites, the fourth weekend of Paramount’s “Daddy’s Home 2” with $7 million at 3,403 venues and Fox’s fourth weekend of “Murder on the Orient Express” with $6.7 million at 3,201 screens.

Awards contenders “Lady Bird” and “Three Billboards Outside

Ebbing, Missouri” tied for seventh place with $4.5 million each. A24’s “Lady Bird” expanded by 403 sites to 1,194 and Fox Searchlight’s “Three Billboards” doubled its run to 1,430 screens.

The major studios opted to rely on holdovers during the session and held off on any wide openings.

A24 generated strong performance from its limited launch of James Franco’s “The Disaster Artist” with $1.2 million at 19 locations for a $64,254 per screen average. Fox Searchlight’s “The Shape of Water” saw an impressive $166,800 at two theaters and Woody Allen’s “Wonder Wheel” debuted with a

solid $140,555 at five sites through Amazon.

Sony Classics’ second weekend of “Call Me By Your Name” posted a stellar $281,280 at four screens for a 10-day total of $908,175. It won best feature at the Gotham Independent Film Awards on Nov. 27.

“Coco” has now taken in $108.7 million in its first 12 days following a 47% decline from its opening.

The film, based on the traditions surrounding the Day of the Dead holiday in Mexico, centers on a 12-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a musician. The film has been embraced by critics with a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Disney’s “Moana” performed slightly better during the same period last year with $119.8 million after 12 days. (rtr)

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A farmer works at a rice field as Mount Agung eruption is seen from Sidemen village in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, December 1, 2017 in this photo taken

by Antara Foto.

Scientists listen for clues about Bali volcano’s next big eruption

This week, the Mount Agung volcano on the island of Bali in Indonesia erupted for the first time in more than 50 years. Residents are fleeing to neighbouring islands, tourists are scrambling to find flights home and the tiny island is on edge. Volcanologists are trying to gather as much data as possible to help planners, residents and first responders best prepare for any possible further eruptions.

Volcanoes erupt because of a change in pressure in the magma near the Earth’s crust. The magma is molten rock that forms deep under the Earth’s surface, about 30 to 50 kilometres down, where the crust meets the Earth’s mantle.

It is under extreme pressure and temperature so the rocks can melt.

That pressure needs to be relieved at routine intervals and takes the path of least resistance – that path is through fissures between the tectonic plates of the Earth’s crust.

Canadian volcanologist Julie Roberge from the Instituto Technica Nationale in Mexico City

explains it this way: “So an analogy for this is a bottle of soda. So, you know, if you leave it on the table, it has a fixed pressure and there’s gas dissolved in your Coke, Sprite or whatever. But when you move the bottle, what happens is that these bubbles are coming out and they want to come out of the bottle.

A volcano is the exact same thing.

So what happened to your bottle of soda, if you leave the cap on, versus if you take the cap off, is the difference between an eruption where the lava will just flow... versus it will explode like Agung.”

So what drives the lava upwards

and out of the cone of the volcano is gas pressure that needs to vent.

In the case of Mount Agung, it sits in the so-called Ring of Fire that rims Japan and most of Asia, including Indonesia. This area of the world is a subduction zone.

The oceanic plate is diving below the continental tectonic plate and that creates a weak point in the Earth’s crust.

When one tectonic plate, the oceanic plate of the eastern Pacific, goes down below the continental plate, the water rises and that lowers the melting temperature of the rock above. This forms magma and

the magma is less dense than the surrounding rock. It rises like the wax in a lava lamp and the pressure builds… and it needs to be relieved. So, ultimately, it’s small earthquakes and natural shifts in the tectonic plates that are creating this pressurized chamber that needs to vent.

The first indication is always the seismic activity. These are often murmurs of activity deep below the surface. They aren’t felt as earthquakes because they are too deep or too subtle, but seismologists watch every shift and groan of the tectonic plates with interest.

Some of the seismic monitoring is global scale. One earthquake over in Mexico, for instance, means the rest of the tectonic plates need to ease the strain of the new posi-

tion and they shift — often in ways we don’t completely understand of course, but it’s an indicator that seismologists need to be alert.

Other seismic data is obtained right at the site of the volcano. When it comes to Mount Agung in Bali, there have been up to 600 seismic events per day as the volcano prepares for something. That’s why the country and the island are on high alert.

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China suspends Many airlines not serving all their flights flights from Bali to China due to volcanic ash - report Though airport operating normally

SHANGHAI - China’s aviation authority has suspended all flights from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali to Chinese cities until the threat of volcanic ash clears, the state-run People’s Daily newspaper reported on Monday.

Clouds of volcanic ash from Bali’s erupting Mount Agung volcano disrupted flights to and from the island’s airport last week, stranding many thousands of tourists.

Flights began resuming when the airport reopened on Wednesday, after the wind changed and blew the ash away from flight paths. Individual airlines make their own decisions on whether to operate. Australia’s Jetstar resumed flying tourists in to Bali on Monday, while Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd said it planned to do so on Tuesday.

Despite the resumption of some services, China’s aviation authority was stopping any more flights after the return on Monday of the last charter flight, bringing to 15,237 the number of stranded Chinese tourists brought home, the People’s Daily newspaper said on its Twitter page. “China’s aviation authority has suspended all flights from Bali to Chinese cities until volcanic ash threat clears,” it said.

China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines,

which stopped flying new tourists into Bali last week, told Reuters that any resumption of flights would depend on the situation.

They declined to comment on the reported directive from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The CAAC did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment.

China Southern, which flies to Bali from the cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou, said in an email that “due to volcanic activity in the area, the local airport and associated routes are not airworthy so flights on these two routes have been cancelled in the near term”.

China has overtaken Australia this year as the biggest source of international visitors to Bali, representing about a quarter of the 4.9 million arrivals from January to September, according to industry statistics.

Airlines avoid flying through volcanic ash as it can damage aircraft engines, clogging fuel and cooling systems, hampering pilot visibility and even causing engine failure.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroh, a spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency, said on Twitter that Mount Agung was no longer spewing ash but just white smoke that reached a height of 1,000 metres early on Monday.(rtr)

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A passenger waiting for his flight to depart watches a plane take off from the domestic terminal at Ngurah Rai International Airport, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia December 4, 2017.

MANGUPURA - Although Ngurah Rai Airport has been operating normally since November 29 following the temporary closure due to the impact of volcanic ash from Mount Agung, many airlines are still not servicing routes to and from Bali. Based on data released

by Ngurah Rai Airport ‘s Angkasa Pura I (AP I) on Sunday (Dec. 3), 12 domestic departures, 10 domestic arrivals, 17 international departures and 18 international arrivals are still not running.

According to Section Head of Communication and Legal Affairs for Ngurah Rai Airport, Arie Ahsanurrohim, flight cancellations are determined by each airline based on operational considerations. Ngurah Rai Airport itself is operating nor-

mally. “ The number of flights that are still cancelled are not due to the airport being closed but due to the policies of the different airlines”, he explained.

Head of the Airport Authority for Region IV of Bali-Nusa Tenggara, Herson, explained that the airlines cancelled their flights because so many passengers had cancelled their reservations – not because of the threat of ash. It is considered safe to fly in Bali because the ash form Mount Agung has been cleared by heavy rains. “However if there are indications of further eruptions, certainly we will check with information from the National Weather Service (BMKG) and Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin”, he said. (kmb23)

Two reason why there is no smoke coming out of Mount Agung

AMLAPURA - According to the Central for Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation Agency (PVMBG) there are two reasons why there is no a 1,500 -2,000 meter high puff of smoke coming from Mount Agung.

Subdivision Head of Volcanic Mitigation for Eastern Region, Dedy Kamil Syahbana, said on Sunday (Dec. 3) that starting on Saturday (Dec. 2) at 19:00 only a bit of smoke was observed from the Rendang station. Seismicity is also low and the concentration of sulfuric gas (SO2) measured that afternoon dropped dramatically (20 times lower) compared to the eruption phase between November 26-27.

It is possible that the the speed of the magma rising to the surface has diminished due to loss of energy as magmatic gas diminished after the last eruption, bringing equilibrium.

However there is also the possibility that there is a block in the magma pipe caused by cold or hardened lava obstructing the fluid magma.

“If the first possibility it the case, then the likelihood of an eruption will decrease because magma has lost mobility. If the second possibility is the case, the potential for an eruption increases as the magma pressures increases. If the strength of the lava covering up the magma exit is less that the pressure pressure accumulating beneath, then an eruption will occur’ said Devy Syahnana.

In the case of a blocked magma exit passage, the volcano could remain quite for a long time but

with pressure building and eruption would be more explosive. IN the 1963 eruption, there a quite period of about 2 weeks before a major eruption that reached a height of about 23 kilometers. If the quite period is short then there is not a lot of pressure built up and an eruption would be similar to or less explosive than the one in 1963.

“Volcanology must be approached probabilistically not deterministically. An element of uncertainty should always be included. Although we can explain some possibilities, Mount Aging has its own plans that may not include the above possibilities”, said Until now, volcanology has not yet been approached by a deterministic (definite) method considering it is a science approached with probabilistic (possibility) methods, where an element of uncertainty should always be included. Although we explain some possibilities, Mount Agung may have its own plans that are not included in the possibilities above”, Devy Syahnana.

Central for Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation Agency (PVMBG), she added is waiting patiently for data about further developments and added that they must remain vigilant and ready to face all possibilities. “Hopefully Mount Agung will choose the way we are all hoping for – that is the first possibility in which the eruptions are done, so that people can return home form evacuation and get back to their regular activities”, she said. (kmb41)

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PULLMAN BALI LAUNCHES “IMPRESSION OF INDONESIA” ARTIST PLAYGROUND

Pullman, the cosmopolitanbrand of the AccorHotels Group, reaffirms its commitment to contemporary art with the series launch

of its Artist Playground by Pullman program worldwide. Showcasing a wealth of imagination, creativity and talent, this initiativeallows both

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established and emerging artists to exhibit their works in art corners in Pullmanhotels worldwide.

Constantly seeking out new ways to attract global nomads, Pullman Bali Legian Beach launches its second Artist Playground exhibition this year, entitled “Impressions of Indonesia” by Paisi.The contemporary artworks showcasean artistic assemblage of stories during his journey throughout Indonesia within its unique settings, its nature and its culture. Paisi unifies his artworks with a vigorous stroke of Chinese ink.

Explorer, artist, multilinguist, Pascal Hierholz, aka.Paisi, has always had a deep affinity for the myriad cultural landscapes of the world. Pascal is a Creative Director in advertising, design and digital communications, living in Indonesia since 2010.Working in this field for the last 25 years, starting as an Art Director in Paris, led him to many different places around the world: North America, Europe, China, the Middle East and South East Asia. It is in China that he ac-

quired the name that has stuck: Pai Si, “the one with waves of ideas”.

The exhibition, “Impressions of Indonesia” by Paisi, runs from 16 November 2017 until 16 April 2018.Artist Playground by Pullman, with dedicated art cornersthroughout hotel public area, enables artists and designers to exhibit and showcase their works to guests, visitors and locals. During the launch event, Pullman Bali

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Legian Beach connects the art experience with combination of contemporary art painting exhibitions, fashion and food.

In Pullmans, contemporary art becomes a connecting thread that links artists and guests from far and wide. Timeless and original, these exhibitions allow travellers and visitors to immerse themselves in each artist’s cultural environment.

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Dazzling egg fossils crack open secrets of ancient flying reptiles

WASHINGTON - A dazzling discovery in northwestern China of hundreds of fossilized pterosaur eggs is providing fresh understanding of these flying reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs including evidence that their babies were born flightless and needed parental care.

Scientists said on Thursday they unearthed 215 eggs of the fish-eating Hamipterus tianshanensis -- a species whose adults had a crest atop an elongated skull, pointy teeth and a wingspan of more than 11 feet (3.5 meters) -- including 16 eggs containing partial embryonic remains.

Fossils of hundreds of male and female adult Hamipterus individuals were found alongside juveniles and eggs at the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region site, making this Cretaceous Period species that lived 120 million years ago perhaps the best understood of all pterosaurs.

“We want to call this region ‘Pterosaur Eden,’” said paleontologist Shunxing Jiang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology.

Pterosaurs were Earth’s first flying vertebrates.

Birds and bats appeared later.

Until now, no pterosaur eggs had been found with

embryos preserved in three dimensions. Researchers think up to 300 eggs may be present, some buried under the exposed fossils.

The embryonic bones indicated the hind legs of a baby Hamipterus developed more rapidly than crucial wing elements like the humerus bone, said paleontologist Alexander Kellner of Museu Nacional in Rio de Janeiro.

“Some birds can fly on the same day they break out from the egg, while some others will need a long period of parental care. Our conclusion is that a baby Hamipterus can walk but can’t fly,” Jiang said, an unexpected finding.

The researchers believe these pterosaurs lived in a bustling colony near a large freshwater lake. Kellner cited evidence that females gathered together to lay eggs in nesting colonies and returned over the years to the same nesting site.

They suspect the eggs and some juvenile and adult individuals were washed away from a nesting site in a storm and into the lake, where they were preserved and later fossilized.

The oblong eggs, up to about 3 inches (7.2 cm) long, were pliable with a thin, hard outer layer marked by cracking and crazing covering a thick membrane inner layer, resembling soft eggs of some modern snakes and lizards. (rtr)

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An artist’s illustration shows individuals from the fish-eating pterosaur species Hamipterus tianshanensis, including adults, juvenile and eggs in this handout illustration obtained by Reuters November 30, 2017. Fossils of hundreds of Hamipterus individuals and more than 200 eggs were discovered at a site in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China.

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Kampong object managed professionally by CBT implementation

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A scientist does research in a lab in San Diego, California April 26, 2009.

U.S. scientists take step toward creating artificial life CHICAGO - In a major step toward creating artificial life, U.S. researchers have developed a living organism that incorporates both natural and artificial DNA and is capable of creating entirely new, synthetic proteins.

The work, published in the journal Nature, brings scientists closer to the development of designer proteins made to order in a laboratory.

Previous work by Floyd Romesberg, a chemical biologist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, showed that it was possible to expand the genetic alphabet of natural DNA beyond its current four letters: adenine(A), cytosine(C), guanine (G) and thymine(T).

In 2014, Romesberg and colleagues created a strain of E. coli bacteria that contained two unnatural letters, X and Y. In the latest work, Romesberg’s team has shown that this partially synthetic form of E. coli can take instructions from this hybrid genetic alphabet to make new proteins.

“This is the first time ever a cell has translated a protein using something other than G, C, A or T,” Romesberg said.

Although the actual changes to the organism were small, the feat is significant, he said in a telephone interview. “It’s the first change to life ever made.”

It’s a goal Romesberg has been working toward for the past 20 years. Creating new forms of life, however, is not the main point.

Romesberg is interested in using this expanded genetic alphabet to create new types of proteins that can be used to treat disease.

In 2014, he formed a company called Synthorx Inc, which is working on developing new proteinbased treatments.

“A lot of proteins that you want to use as drugs get cleared in the kidney very quickly,” Romesberg said. The new system would allow scientists to attach fat molecules to drugs to keep them in the body longer.

Romesberg is aware that the creation of semi-synthetic organisms might raise concerns of hybrid life forms spreading beyond the lab, but the system they used makes such an escape unlikely.

For example, in natural DNA, base pairs are attracted to each other through the bonding of hydrogen atoms. Romesberg’s X and Y bases are attracted through an entirely different process, which prevents them from accidentally bonding with natural bases.

And because cells cannot make their own X and Y without the addition of certain chemicals, the semi-synthetic organisms cannot live outside of a laboratory. (rtr)

DENPASAR — Monkey Forest in Ubud continues to make improvement in order to satisfy tourists and be able to compete against similar tourist attractions in Bali.

The Monkey Forest implementing community-based tourism (CBT) in its management stays to prioritize professional management.

This was conveyed by GM of Monkey Forest, Ubud, I Nyoman Buana, on Friday (Dec. 1) when the students of Master Program of Tourism Studies, Faculty of Tourism, Udayana University, conducted a field study to the tourist attraction of Monkey Forest, Ubud.

I Nyoman Buana explained the income obtained from Monkey Forest is used for the management and paying tax to Gianyar district government as much as 12.5 percent while the remaining is handed over to customary village as the owner of the tourist attraction. “The village uses it to finance ceremonies, help residents carrying out cremation as well as for scholarship,” he said.

Monkey Forest employs approximately 146 local residents.

They are selected according to the needs and their skills. “We also encourage and finance employees to learn foreign languages, like English and others for the sake of services,” said Buana who is an alumnus of the Faculty of Agriculture, Udayana University.

Monkey Forest is a tourist attraction owned and managed by Padangtegal customary village, Ubud. All the employees are local residents and the revenues obtained are submitted to customary village to support community welfare. The government does not participate in the management as it is fully handled by the community through the established

Monkey Forest

management.

According to the census conducted in July 2017, the area of 12.5 hectares is inhabited by 731 monkeys. The monkeys in the forest belong to long-tailed ones. “It does not mean they have long tail, but the tail size is longer than their body length,” he said. Its Latin name is Macca fascicularis.

Due to its strategic location in the tourist area of Ubud, the Monkey Forest attracts many tourists.

On average, the daily visit reaches 3,000 people. During high season, it can reach 4,000 people per day, and once during Eid-Al-Fitr holiday and Chinese New Year falling adjacent, the visitors reached 5,000 people.

The admission fee is distinguished in terms of foreign, domestic, local Balinese, students and children. For foreign and domestic tourists, the ticket is sold for IDR 50,000, children for IDR 40,000; and local visitors with Bali identity card for IDR 30,000. Ticket price has included parking fees, insurance and all types of hospitality during tourists visiting the Monkey Forest. Freelance photographer service is not allowed to operate inside the Monkey Forest area for the sake of guests’ convenience.

“Besides, tourists have their own cameras,” he said.

Head of Tourism Study Program of Udayana University, Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Darma Putra, said that although Monkey Forest of Ubud is considered a ‘village class’ tourist attraction and managed by local community, in terms of facilities, it looks excellent and has good quality. It can be observed from the lobby, ticket counter, toilet room and other facilities within the object as well as professional guides. (kmb42)

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These temporary animal refuges located in several different areas.

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Evacuees relieved about their livestock

DENPASAR — Humans- as well as livestock have been evacuated from Karangasem due to the threat of Mount Agung erupting further.

Since most of the residents of villages within the danger zone work as farmers, breeding livestock is an important source of income.

When the alert level for Mount Agung was first raised some months ago, many people from this area rushed to sell their livestock even though they had to sell at a low price. Now, however as people from Karangasem have become better informed, they are no longer in a panic about what to do about their livestock during the evacuation.

Chief of the Mount Agung Eruption Command Taskforce for Animal Husbandry and Animal Health, IKG Nata Kesuma, said that livestock owners who have been evacuated form the danger zone have been informed about how to make sure their livestock remain safe in facilities made available by the government.

These temporary animal refuges located in several different areas, have reported that some cattle have been sold. This time however the farmers did not sell their cattle because they were in a panic but simple in order to provide funds for provisions during their time in the evacuation post. “ Officers of the animal shelters supervise such transactions to ensure that fair prices are offered”, said Kusuma.

The following are the average market prices for cattle: IDR 5-6 million for female calf , IDR 6-7 million for male calf, IDR 8-10 million for adult female. Adult males are sold by the kilo. Adult male weighing 300350kg are sold for IDR 40,000 per kilo, while those weighing above 400kg are sold for DIR 42,000-IDR 43,000 per kg.

Kusuma added that not many cattle have been sold recently as most of the evacuees who returned home at the end of October when the alert level decreased, did not want to purchase cattle given that the condition of the Mount Agung remained uncertain.

Between September 23rd and December 2nd, a total of 10,235 head of cattle have been evacuated from the danger zone from a total of approximately 14,000.

Evacuated livestock consist of: 8,511 cows (mostly female and young calves as well as sires that are not for sale), 1,011 goats and 713 pigs.

There are 16 different animal shelters located in 5 districts where 2, 711 animals are being kept safe.

Klungkung is sheltering 94 heads of livestock, Buleleleng 1, 244, Gianyar 133, Bangli 17 and Karangasem’s safe zone also a an animal shelter where 1, 230 head of livestock are being kept.

The livestock are not only accommodated but also provided with feed. Recent data shows that remaining fed stocks consist of 229 tons of concentrate, 15,750 kg of straw, 50.5 tons of forage (HPT), 5 tons of other forage, 46.940 kg of silage and 59 tons of sugar cane shoots. (kmb42)

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Philippines orders probe into Sanofi dengue vaccine for 730,000 children

Bounce for Australian PM as voters tire of leadership roundabout

MANILA - The Philippines ordered a probe on Monday into the immunisation of more than 730,000 children with a vaccine for dengue that has been suspended following an announcement

by French drug company Sanofi that it could worsen the disease in some cases.

Amid mounting public concern, Sanofi explained its “new findings” at a news conference in Manila, but it did not say why action was not taken after a World Health Organization (WHO) report in mid-2016 that identified the risk it was now flagging.

A non-governmental organisation (NGO) said it had received information that three children who were vaccinated with Dengvaxia had died and a senator said he was aware of two cases.

However, Department of Health Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo told Reuters that the three referred to by the NGO died due to causes not related to the vaccine, and Sanofi said no deaths had been reported as a result of the programme.

“As far as we know, as far as we are made aware, there are no reported deaths that are related to dengue vaccination,” said Ruby Dizon, medical director at Sanofi Pasteur Philippines.

Last week, the Philippines Department of Health halted the use of Dengvaxia after Sanofi said it must be strictly limited due to evidence it can worsen the disease in people not previously exposed to the infection.

In a statement, Sanofi said the long-term safety evaluation of the vaccines showed significantly fewer hospitalisations due to dengue in vaccinated people over 9 years old compared with those who had not been vaccinated.

Nearly 734,000 children aged 9 and over in the Philippines have received one dose of the vaccine as part of a programme that cost 3.5 billion pesos ($69.54 million).

The Department of Justice on Monday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to look into “the alleged danger to public health ... and if evidence so warrants, to file appropriate charges thereon.”

There was no indication that Philippines health officials knew of any risks when they administered the vaccination.

However, the WHO said in a July 2016 research paper that “vaccination may be ineffective or may theoretically even increase the future risk of hospitalised or severe dengue illness in those who are seronegative at the time of first vaccination regardless of age.” (rtr)

crisis continues to distract from Turnbull’s attempts at turning the domestic agenda to voter-friendly issues such as tax reform and housing affordability.

The Liberal-National coalition lost a 24th straight fortnightly Newspoll, also published on Monday, since Turnbull ousted his predecessor Tony Abbott. Turnbull seized the leadership after Abbott lost 30 consecutive Newspolls and now finds himself under enormous pressure.

A poor showing at a state election in Queensland last month, as well as his handling of a vote to legalise same-sex marriage, prompted disgruntled coalition lawmakers to demand that Turnbull quit last week.

He has so far stared down the threat and declared he will lead the coalition to the next election, which is due in 2019. (rtr)

Concepcion Yusop, a national immunization program manager, shows an anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia inside a vaccine storage room in Sta. Cruz city, Metro Manila, Philippines December 4, 2017.

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Despite being within the warning zone, the Selat Police station should remain in operation because may people from this community have yet to evacuate.

Police chief orders Selat subdistrict police to return to office

AMLAPURA — After Mount Agung started smoking last week, Police officers from the subdistrict of Selat were evacuated to Pesangkan hamlet, in East Duda. However after Bali Police Chief Petrus R Golose, visited the officers asking that they return to their village to continue protecting those who had not yet evacuated, they promptly complied.

Chief of Selat Police, I Made Sudartawan, said on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 3) that despite being within the warning zone, the Selat Police station should remain in operation because may people from this com-

munity have yet to evacuate. “We want these residents to have access to police security and updated information about how to mitigate a possible volcanic eruption”, explained the chief of the Selat Police.

People consider the police station as a representation of security in the area, he said. So if the police station has moved it means that the area is no longer secure. Whereas as long as there are police there,m

then the surrounding area remains secure, he added. Although many residents of disaster prone areas (KRB) III and II are desperate to return to their homes, - even if just to pray, police are urging them to return to the evacuation posts as it is unpredictable when Mount Agung will erupt.

Quarry businesses in Sebudi village and surrounding areas are also

being supervised, to ensure that no quarrying is being done in this area that lies within the danger zone. It is important that this area remain free of trucks so as to allow for a smooth evacuation process in the case of an eruption. “Currently all the quarries have been shut down as directed by the Bali Police chief, so we are keeping watch on this area”, he said. (kmb31)

900 Evacuees in Bangli

Vegetable stocks at command post running thin

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The number of people evacuating from Mount Agung to Bangli continues to increase.

BANGLI — The number of people evacuating from Mount Agung to Bangli continues to increase. According data from the Bangli’s Disaster Emergency Response for Mount Agung, as of December 3, there were a total of 900 evacuees in Bangli. Although dry food stocks remain sufficient, stocks of vegetables are running thin.

Subdivision Head of Public Relation of the Mount Agung Emergency Disaster Relief Post in the district of Bangli, Cok Bagus Gaya Dirga, with permission from

post commander explained that of 900 people (203 families) from Karangasem who have evacuated to Bangli , 528 people were evacuated to Kubu’s main post and the other 732 to the SKB post. “This shows an increase in the number of refugees compared to previously”, he explained.

Cok Gaya Dirga said that last donation of vegetable was received from the Dharma Wanita organization a few days ago. Last week they ran out of vegetables. “ Tomorrow we will already be out of stock”, he explained.

If we have not received any vegetables by Monday we will have to buy some or coordinate with the Tanah Ampo post. Dirga added that he hopes there will be some donations of vegetables to the post so that the nutritional needs of the evacuees can be met. “ If possible vegetables that can be stored such as carrots, eggplants and others”, he said.

Apart from the need of food stocks, masks are also needed protect people from the dangers of volcanic ash. “ About 5,000 masks are needed”, he said. (kmb40)

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks at a news conference at Parliament House in Canberra November 30, 2017.

SYDNEY - Embattled Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull received an unexpected boost from an opinion poll on Monday that showed voters want their leaders to govern for their full terms rather than the revolving door that has marked Australian politics.

Three sitting Australian prime ministers have been ousted by their own parties since 2010, dumped by their colleagues almost as soon as their popularity began to wane.

Turnbull has flirted with becoming the latest victim of this syndrome, his popularity flagging ever since he became leader in a party-room coup in September 2015.

However, Monday’s Fairfax/ Ipsos showed that voters had wearied of the national leadership switches, with 71 percent of 1,400 people surveyed saying they disapproved of changing leaders between elections.

It came as some relief for Turnbull, whose centre-right coalition government is clinging precariously to power since a citizenship crisis forced his deputy, along with eight other lawmakers, out

of parliament because they were dual citizens.

The citizenship crisis left Turnbull presiding over a minority government.

“If there’s anyone silly enough to think that they could overthrow Turnbull, I would think this gives them pause for thought,” said Rod Tiffen, emeritus professor in government and international relations at Sydney University.

“But the state of the polls generally is not good news for him,” he told Reuters.

The government clawed back one key seat on Saturday when Barnaby Joyce, Turnbull’s deputy who was forced by the citizenship crisis to recontest his seat, resoundingly won a by-election to regain his place in parliament.

However, another crucial byelection looms on Dec. 19 and the

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BUSINESS Tax deal sends dollar surging, preps US stocks for strong day

LONDON - The dollar jumped on Monday versus the currencies of other developed and emerging nations while Treasury yields rose and Wall Street was primed for a another recordsetting day after the U.S. Senates voted to approve a wide-ranging tax overhaul. European stocks opened higher, with French, German and British markets up 0.9 to 1.4 percent, anticipating a strong New York session - futures for the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes rallied as much as 0.9 percent .

Markets are reacting to the Senate’s approval on Saturday for the biggest tax law change since the 1980s, taking President Donald Trump closer to his goal of slashing taxes for businesses. “With this tax deal, markets could pick up speed into the end of the year.

It looks like the ingredients for a year-end rally are there,” said Angelo Meda, head of equities at asset manager Banor SIM in Milan, predicting equity gains of 3 to 4 percent.

Tax cut hopes have been a significant tailwind this year for U.S. stocks, although the move is expected to add to the country’s $20 trillion national debt and increase the chances of more aggressive near-term rate rises in the world’s largest economy.

Those expectations pushed the dollar up as much as 0.4 percent against a basket of currencies, while Treasury yields rose across the curve. Two-year yields matched Friday’s nine-year high , indicating that bonds are already anticipating the debt increase.

“This environment should question whether the market is being too conservative in only pricing 50 basis points of (U.S. Federal Reserve) tightening next year,”

analysts at ING Bank told clients.

“Loose fiscal and tight monetary policy should be sending the dollar firmer.” For the time being, the dollar gave up some early gains against the euro and sterling, which traded around 0.3 percent lower to the dollar . Many warn of risks ahead, especially a U.S. government shutdown, should this Friday’s deadline to authorise new borrowing pass without a deal.

World stocks rose just 0.18 percent, though they stayed off recent record highs, following a shaky start in Asia caused by early selling in technology shares.

While Japanese shares closed half a percent lower most other Asian markets managed to end in the black . Emerging equities rose 0.5 percent.

Dollar note is seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo.

EXIT EUROPE In Europe, German bond prices tracked Treasuries lower, with 10year Bund yields up around four basis points and rising off almost three-month lows hit Friday. But the focus was on Britain, with 10year UK government bond yields up around 6 basis points as Prime Minister Theresa May headed for a crunch meeting with European Union officials to break a deadlock

in Brexit talks.

EU officials have expressed optimism a deal on the main issues will be struck on Monday, even though members of May’s party have urged her to walk away unless there is progress .

Hopes of a deal pushed sterling recently to six-month highs against its trading partners’ currencies, but it slipped on Monday against the firmer dollar and was

flat to the euro, giving up tentative early gains. Shares in British midsized firms were up 0.7 percent FTMC>.

“If a green light is provided today for talks to move on to future relations, including a timely transition arrangement, it would open the door for further pound gains in the near-term,” MUFG analysts wrote, warning that the reverse was likely, should talks break down.

geopolitical risks surrounding the world economy,” Kuroda told a Europlace financial forum. “I sincerely hope that the multilateral trading system would be maintained in coming years,” he said.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” approach has raised concerns among some policymakers in Asia, where many export-reliant economies including Japan benefit from free trade and advocate multilateral trade agreements.

Asked if he has become more worried about the demerits of ultraloose policy, Kuroda said the BOJ

had not changed its message since revamping its policy framework last September.

The BOJ changed its strategy by revamping its framework last September, when it noted the yield curve had became “too flat” and wasn’t good for the banking system, Kuroda said. “We have been able to maintain yield curve control quite effectively and efficiently without creating financial problems,” he said, adding that current levels of the BOJ’s yield targets were “quite appropriate”.

“We will continue our current

extremely accommodative monetary policy to achieve the 2 percent inflation target as soon as possible,” the governor said. The BOJ has been dropping subtle, yet intentional, hints that it could edge away from crisis-mode stimulus earlier than expected, sources have said.

Kuroda said that while geopolitical risks were “very difficult to predict,” the BOJ would be mindful of the possibility they could threaten Japan’s economic recovery.

“If anything happens to undermine the momentum toward achieving our price stability target, we would

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Fog was descending on Wanagiri village, Sukasada, Buleleng, when we arrived and soon it started to drizzle and cool air swept in, even though it was high noon. Although the weather was not ideal for taking pictures, we were enthusiastic about taking selfies at the Black Bamboo Tower. This location is one of eight selfie attractions in the customary hamlet of Bhuana Sari, in Wanagiri Village. The iconic Black Bamboo Tower stands on the edge of a cliff by the side of the road with Lake Bunyan and verdant hills as a backdrop.

Operator of Bhuana Sari customary hamlet, Ketut Darma, said that bamboo belonging to the local customary village was used to make the iconic selfie attraction and that three security guards are on duty everyday to ensure the security of the increasing number of visitors who come to Black Bamboo Tower.

“On a quiet day we get about 30-40 visitors but on holidays there is a 80 percent increase in the number of people who come to take pictures here. According to the customary hamlet’s agreement, visitors are charged IDR 15,000 per person to take as many pictures as they want”, explained Darma.

Black Bamboo Tower is not the only selfie attraction at Bhuana Sari customary hamlet. There are

four other selfie spots along 15 meters of this road each offering a different style and which support one and other. There are plans to build another one soon so that more visitors can be accommodated. “Security is guaranteed.

Yesterday, a sub-district police chief investigated the location and determined that it was safe”, said Darma. Asah’s hamlet Panji, Ketut Suwena, said that all of the selfie attractions that have been developed over th past 7 years in Wanagiri Village are actually located in protected forest areas.

However, the local villages submitted a request to the National Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) asking that they be allowed to utilize this area. So far,

Emerging currencies were mostly weaker against the dollar, with Turkish markets hit by data showing inflation at almost 13 percent, the highest since 2003.

On commodities, Brent crude futures slipped 0.7 percent, pressured by signs of increasing supply from U.S. shale producers. Copper prices firmed, after data last week showed China’s economy in good shape.(rtr)

immediately act in accordance to specific needs,” Kuroda said. “At this stage, I’m not concerned about that,” since the global economic outlook is “fairly strong and robust”.

The BOJ revamped its policy framework last September to one targeting interest rates from the pace of asset purchases after three years of heavy money printing failed to fire up inflation to its 2 percent target. It now guides short-term interest rates at minus 0.1 percent and the 10-year government bond yield around zero percent.(rtr)

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Taking Selfie at the Black Bamboo Tower

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BOJ is resolved to keep ultra-easy policy, says Kuroda

TOKYO - The Bank of Japan does not plan to change its massive stimulus programme and will “immediately act” if risks to the economy undermines the momentum toward achieving its inflation target, central bank Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday. While offering a sanguine view of the global economy, Kuroda warned of factors that could threaten the recovery including geopolitical risks and the rising tide of protectionism.

“Particularly, what I’m concerned about are protectionist tendencies in some countries and

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the BKSDA has granted one selfie tourist attraction per customary hamlet. Wanagiri village has 4 customary hamlets namely; Bhuana Sari, Yeh Ketipat, Asah Panji Kaja, and Asah Panji Kelod. “In short, of the eight selfie attractions in Wanagiri village, only the ones at Bhuana Sari customary hamlet have been granted permission by the BKSDA. The others have no agreement with the customary village’s selfie-site management group”, said Suwena.

According to Suwena, the BKSDA has limited the number of selfie-sites to four and has stipulated that such sites should not be managed by individuals or private groups as this could lead to jealousy. This limit is also meant to prevent a saturation of such sites as this could create chaos as lead to possible security risks. “Let the BKSDA determine the limits on such buildings including how far they can jut out off the cliff, how they should be designed and so forth. So far only Bhuana Sari has been given the ok from the BSKDA”, explained Suwena.

Division Head of Tourist Destinations for the Bali Tourism Office, Ida Bagus Adi Laksana, said he strongly supports local people creating selfie tourist attractions adding that management issues should be resolved through discussions. Each village should also have clear guidelines so as to prevent the mushrooming of such sites. “Hopefully such guidelines can be made clear by governing bodies that will be established under village authorities. Management groups should be involved”, he said. (kmb)

Mystical Site of Mumbul Water Park Presented in a Show

Mumbul Park attraction located at Sangeh village, Abiansemal, Badung, presents creative show. The fragmentary show entitled “Mystical Mumbul Water Park” was presented by Pancer Langiit Studio at Bali Creative Performance Parade in the series of Bali Mandara Nawanatya 2017 at Ksiraarnawa Building, Art Center Denpasar, Saturday (Nov. 18).

Young artists coalesced into the Pancer Langiit Studio came with innovative and maximal appearance. They did not only rely on a strong character of the dance flexibility, but was also supported by distinctive costumes designed very artistically. Besides, they utilized the property in order to create spectacular performances.

All that creativities are inseparable from the creative art director, Agung Rahma Putra.

The ritual of Sangeh village community in glorifying water becomes interesting when transformed into dance movement looking esthetic, dynamic and rhythmic. Presentation of the Pancer Langiit Studio is worth watching and filled with moral messages to improve awareness of the art lovers so as to be more concerned about environmental sustainability.

Sang Oman serving as the narrator delivered the opening dialogue to describe the behavior of some Balinese people that do not care about the environment, so that it results in pollution everywhere. Water as a source of life is not free from pollution due to human behavior using technology products unwisely. Facing such a reality, the Goddess of Water is weeping bitterly.

The next storyline moved into the past that described the contrary conditions. In the period was described where water was so glorified, guarded, preserved and exploited wisely. For example, the emergence of Mumbul Park at Sangeh village is closely associated with the development of Mengwi Kingdom. From the past to the present, the Mumbul Park is known to have the Mandala Tirtha concept becoming the center for Sangeh village community life.

This place is very much sanctified and sacred to keep the glory of the water itself. Preservation of such beautiful natural brings in a harmonious and natural beauty where the physical (sekala) and psychical (niskala) conditions are still well preserved for the sake of the realization of a prosperous life. (kmb)

Jaja Lapis, a Delicious Fresh Cake

Perhaps due to having multiple layers (lapis) this cake is named Jaja Lapis. Besides, each layer also has different color that can make it more interesting. This belongs to fresh cake with a very nice flavor.

In addition to having sweet taste, this fresh cake also has a very chewy texture. It is very easy to find, especially in traditional markets and pastry shops.

Due to application of different colors, it looks very interesting and

is liked best by children. If children want to enjoy this Jaja Lapis, they will take layer by layer and then consume it with joy. Understandably, each layer is very easily removed.

This is not a special kind of cake for offerings. It is commonly made for parties, such as for wedding receptions, tooth filing, mutual assistance or thanksgiving. When farmers in Bali are working in their paddy fields, whether plowing,

transplanting rice seedlings or other activities, this cake is often served.

Aside from being easy to make, this cake also uses eco-friendly ingredients. However, it cannot last long, more than a day. Making this cake does not necessarily require difficult ingredients and does not need to cost a lot.

Ingredients of this jaja lapis (layered cake) include white rice flour, sugar, salt, sago flour, coconut milk, fragrant pandan leaves and food

coloring to taste. In the past, people used use coloring from leaves, so it had a minimal color namely white and green only.

How to prepare it? Firstly, boil coconut milk with fragrant pandan leaves. Then, add with salt to taste and stir finely. At the same time, also prepare one tray and put rice flour, sago flour and mixed sugar into one. After that, pour boiled coconut milk into the flour mixture and then mix them well.

To determine the color, it begins by dividing the dough into some portions according to the number of colors desired. After dividing, give color to each portion of dough and then stir to blend well. Preheat wide tray and put a layer of colored dough. After half-cooked, put the next colors repeatedly until all colors are finished. Once cooked, cut into pieces and the Jaja Lapis cakes are ready to serve on plate. (kmb)

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S.Korea, U.S. launch air drills amid N.Korean warnings of nuclear war

SEOUL - The United States and South Korea went ahead with large-scale joint aerial drills on Monday, a move North Korea had said would push the Korean peninsula to “the brink of nuclear war”, ignoring calls from Russia and China to call them off.

The drills come a week after North Korea said it had tested its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States as part of a weapons programme that it has conducted in defiance of international sanctions and condemnation.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it was “regrettable” that all parties had not “grasped the window of opportunity” presented by two months of relative calm before the North’s most recent test.

China and Russia had proposed that the United States and South Korea stop major military exercises in exchange for North Korea halting its weapons programmes. Beijing formally calls the idea the “dual suspension” proposal.

The annual U.S.-South Korean drill, called Vigilant Ace, will run until Friday, with six F-22 Raptor stealth fighters to be deployed among the more than 230 aircraft taking part.

North Korea’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country called U.S. President Donald Trump “insane” on Sunday and said the drills would “push the already acute situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war”.

F-35 fighters will also join the drills, which will include the largest number of 5th generation fighters ever to have taken part, according to a South Korea-based U.S. Air Force spokesman.

Around 12,000 U.S. service members, including from the Marines and Navy, will join South Korean troops. Aircraft taking part will be flown from eight U.S. and South Korean military installations.

South Korean media reports said B-1B Lancer bombers could join the exercise this week. The U.S. Air Force spokesman could not confirm the reports.

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Not only that — most active volcanoes with nearby populations are monitored heavily with GPS sensors providing a topographical map of the volcano to look for any deformations.

Making the most of magma: Edmonton researcher explores restless Chilean volcano What do the deformations tell a scientist about the volcano?

The whole point of a volcano is that the gas pressure is building inside and it isn’t venting enough to accommodate the extra volume of gasses. So it can deform the mountain that houses the volcanic crater, even by tiny degrees. A GPS-based topographical map (as we find on Mount Agung) can tell

Trump said last week that additional major sanctions would be imposed on North Korea after Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missile test.

Earlier last month, Trump put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism, a designation that allows the United States to impose more sanctions.

Russia has accused the United States of trying to provoke North Korean leader Kim Jong Un into “flying off the handle” over his missile programme to hand Washington a pretext to destroy his country.

Speaking at a news briefing in Beijing, Wang said China consistently opposed any behaviour that elevated tensions.

“And measures that don’t abide by or are outside the UN Security Council resolutions lack basis in international law and damage the rights of United Nations members,” Wang said when asked about the prospect of further U.S. sanctions against North Korea.

China’s Air Force said on Monday that its surveillance aircraft had in recent days conducted drills in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea to “improve combat-readiness and safeguard the country’s strategic interests”. (rtr)

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This file picture taken and released on July 4, 2017 by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows the test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location.

if there are any shifts or bulges or changes in the height of the crater that could suggest that magma is moving inside and preparing for something.

When Mount St. Helens erupted there was a 100 metre change in the height of the crater days before. That made it pretty obvious that something big was happening. Mount Agung isn’t having the same obvious signals, but there is off-gassing, movement and the general seismic activity that is placing everyone on high alert.

And I should say, Mount Agung is no stranger to devastating eruptions. The last time it erupted was 1963 with a volcanic explosivity index rating of 5. It’s a logarithmic scale like the Richter scale and that’s big. Even Mount St. Helens was about a 4 to 5. So this volcano

could be very, very dangerous.

Why is it so difficult to predict volcanic activity? Because no one wants to get too close! And because these shifts and movements of the Earth are happening 30 kilometres or more below the surface of the Earth. It’s hard enough to predict the weather on the surface let alone what is happening deep below. And because each volcano seems to have its own personality, studying one eruption doesn’t necessarily help with a volcano on the other side of the world. Historical data is the best. For instance, the 1963 eruption of Mount Agung was pretty well documented and yet conditions are bound to be different this time. Last time Agung erupted, it had a period of unrest, of seismic signals and venting of steam, and then had one big eruption. But it

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Last-minute wrangling as May heads for Brussels Brexit lunch BRUSSELS - British negotiators were locked in last-minute talks with their European Union and Irish counterparts on Monday, trying to put together a Brexit deal that Prime Minister Theresa May might agree over lunch in Brussels.

London has broadly agreed to many of the EU’s divorce terms, including paying out something like 50 billion euros. But the issues of the rights of expatriate citizens and the UK-EU border on the island of Ireland remain fraught, diplomats said.

Brussels officials and diplomats sounded increasingly confident of a deal over the weekend, but they caution that much will depend on the outcome of May’s talks over lunch.

A senior EU diplomat briefed on progress in the talks said: “I have a good feeling but I am not prejudging the outcome.”

May hopes that her talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and his Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, due to start at 1:15 p.m. (1215 GMT), can persuade her 27 fellow EU leaders that sufficient progress has been made on divorce terms for them to agree next week to open talks on their future trade relationship.

In a sign of events moving fast, the man who will chair a crunch summit next week, European Council President Donald Tusk, cancelled a trip to Jerusalem and Ramallah and hastily scheduled his own meeting with May for later on Monday.

EU officials said Tusk scrapped his travel plans due to a “critical moment” in Brexit negotiations.

He was standing by to discuss with EU leaders the preparations for

trade talks.

Zoltan Kovacs, the Hungarian government spokesman who was visiting Brussels, told reporters he was “optimistic” of a deal.

Dublin, backed by the rest of the EU, is seeking strong assurances that London will commit to keeping business regulations in Northern Ireland the same as in the EU, to avoid a “hard border” that could disrupt peace on the island.

“Hopefully, we’ll find a way forward today,” Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney told state broadcaster RTE ahead of a cabinet meeting to discuss the issue before May’s talks.

Coveney said the talks are in a “sensitive place”, with the British and Irish governments discussing possible texts of an agreement.

Britain is seeking to keep its options open, having rejected a commitment to leave Northern Ireland in a customs union with the EU or to keep the whole United Kingdom in one.

May depends in parliament on a pro-British party in Northern Ireland that rejects any deal which would divide the province from the British mainland. Ireland and the EU say maintaining a customs union is the best way to avoid “regulatory divergence”.

Juncker and Barnier met the European Parliament’s Brexit team to brief them on progress. The legislature, which must approve any withdrawal treaty if a disruptive Brexit is to be avoided in March 2019, has demanded that EU courts have the final say in guaranteeing rights for 3 million EU citizens in Britain. Britain insists that it will no longer accept the supervision of the European Court of Justice. (rtr)

wasn’t done. Two months later it rumbled again and erupted again.

Will that happen this time?

Science can’t tell until the seismologists get their hands on what is happening down there at that fault line. There’s no reliable data beyond that 1963 eruption that could say that this is just part of what Agung likes to do.

If there is a big event — I mean the volcano really blows — that could create a category 5 strength eruption. That is catastrophic in and of itself but that may only really explode about a cubic kilometre of material. As Natural Resources Canada volcanologist Melanie Kelman explains, it’s not the eruption per se that is dangerous, so long as you aren’t standing on the slopes. It’s the aftermath: “There’s a couple hazards that are more of an issue further away. One

is lahars, which are volcanic debris flows and mud flows. And lahar is actually an Indonesian word because they have so many of them in Indonesia. Because those travel down streams and can travel a long way, they can travel maybe up to 100 kilometres from the source volcano, so they can cause problems much further away.”

There’s a huge risk to the entire island of Bali. The whole place is only 150 kilometres by about 110 kilometres at the largest points.

All of the 4 million inhabitants will be affected by the volcano, some by the relatively minor annoyance of cleaning ash up.

Others will have to deal with mudslides and destroyed homes.

All we can do now is hope Agung will go back to sleep and release the gas and pressure it needs to. (rtr)

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Indonesia president nominates air chief to replace controversial military head

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has nominated the chief of staff of the air force to be the new head of the armed forces (TNI), to replace a controversial general who is due to retire in April. Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto has close ties to the president and was previously in charge of an air base in the city of Solo, on the island of Java, when Widodo was its mayor.

Since then, Tjahjanto has been promoted a number of times including to inspector general of

the defence ministry and the president’s military secretary. “Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto is considered

capable and qualified to become TNI commander,” presidential spokesman Johan Budi told reporters on Monday after confirming the nomination.

The proposal had been sent to the parliament, which needs to approve it, he said. Abdul Kharis Almasyhari, chairman of a parliamentary commission with oversight of defence and security, said the commission would do a “fit and proper” assessment of the nomination, which hopefully

could be completed by a Dec. 14 recess.

The outgoing armed forces chef, General Gatot Nurmantyo, who will step down at the end of his term in April, has often courted controversy over what analysts see as his political ambitions.

He has been accused of whipping up nationalist sentiment by promoting the notion that Indonesia is besieged by “proxy wars” waged by foreign states looking to undermine it.

In October, Widodo said the armed forces should stay out of politics and ensure their loyalty was only to the state and the government - a statement many believed referred to Nurmantyo’s actions.

There has been speculation that Nurmantyo would seek to run for vice president or even president in 2019. Nurmantyo has not confirmed any political ambitions.

He told a briefing in October the military was “neutral in practical politics”. (rtr)

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Chief of Indonesia Air Forces Hadi Tjahjanto (L) stands beside the head of Indonesia Armed Forces General Gatot Nurmantyo during commemoration day of the birth of Prophet Muhammad, in Bogor, Indonesia November 30, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken November 30, 2017.

Floods hit 21 villages in Tebing Tinggi, N Sumatra

MEDAN - Floods have hit 21 villages in five sub-districts, Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra Province, since Saturday.

The flooding was triggered by incessant heavy rains in upstream areas in Simalungun District and Pematang Siantar, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), said in a statement, here, Sunday.

Padang and Bahilang Rivers have spilled over their banks because of the heavy rains.

A total of 21,080 people or 5,985 families have been affected by the flooding.

The Tebing Tinggi disaster mitigation office has set up emergency tents to accommodate evacuees.

Relief aid comprising rice, breads, instant noodles, and 10 thousand boxes of meals, have been distributed to flood victims.

The affected villages are among other things Pabatu, Padang Merbau, Tualang, Lubuk Raya, Lubuk Baru, and Persiakan, which are located in Padang Hulu sub-district.

In Bandar Utama sub-district, flooding hits Badak Bejuang, while in Tebing Tinggi, flood inundates Tebing Tinggi Lama.

Sri Padang, Karya Jaya, Tanjung Marulak, and Tanjung Marulak Hilir villages in Rambutan subdistrict are also flooded.

In Bajenis sub-district, floods inundate Teluk Karang, Bulian, Brohol, Pinang Mancung, and Bandar Sakti. The villages of Satria and Tambangan Hulu in Padang Hilir sub-district, are also flooded. (rtr)

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Mengening Temple

A Spiritual Destination in Gianyar

GIANYAR - A side from nature and culture, Bali also offers a spiritual tourism because it has several historic places sanctified by the Hindu community. One of them is the Mengening Temple at Saraseda village, Tampaksiring, Gianyar.

This attraction offers a cool and beautiful atmosphere. Those that can read the signs of nature will feel something different resulting in tranquility.

Inside the temple, there is a spring used as a place to invoke holy water as a means of ceremony for Balinese Hindus. Besides, there is a pool that can be used for selfcleaning. It is divided into two, namely a special bathing pool for men and women.

Before entering the bathing pool, visitors are advised to use cloth and then step down some stairs to get to the pool. Local people are accustomed to using the pool for bathing, self-cleaning. Moreover, on certain holidays, many Balinese Hindus come to the temple to do self-purificatory rite to get rid of spiritual impurities.

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most every afternoon to bathe with friends or family. “We bathe here almost every day. The atmosphere is cool and the water is fresh, so that the body and mind feel fresh as well. We love the atmosphere in this peaceful and quiet temple.

When bathing, we usually offer some offerings to invoke salvation,” said a local resident.

Mengening Temple implements the tri mandala or three horizontal spatial dimension concept, namely the nista mandala (outermost), madya mandala (middle) and uttama mandala (innermost courtyard).

In the outermost courtyard of the Mengening Temple sits a garden with pancaka tirtha. This garden is used as a place of self-purification by local deities. In some places, there is also a source of holy water commonly taken by the community for ritual purposes.

According to the temple attendant, the spring of holy water includes the Tirtha Keben, Tirtha Sudamala, Tirtha Melela, Tirtha Soka, Tirtha Megelung, Tirtha Tunggang and Tirtha Telaga Waja. Meanwhile, in the area

of Pancaka tirtha garden sits the Tirtha Parisuda, Tirtha Pengelukatan, Tirtha Pengulapan, Tirtha Keris and Tirtha Kamaning. Visitors are not allowed to bathe in the springs to prevent the water from receding and disappearing.

In the middle courtyard there are some buildings such as gamelan pavilion, wooden split drum (kulkul) tower, Bale Pegambahan and Bale Pegat. Then, the innermost courtyard consists of some shrines including three-tiered meru shrine as the abode of Ida Bathara Prasada Agung, the chamber is the abode of deities of Gunung Kawi, Limas shrine for deity of Tirta Empul, Pemaruman, Bale Saka Ulu as the abode of Lord Shiva, Paselang pavilion, Bale Pecanangan and Bale

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When arrived at Pejeng, Sinuhun named them Masula-Masuli. This name is given in connection with the twin birth.

During the reign of King Masula-Masuli, the Mengening Temple was only made some improvements. He appointed an architect who really knew about the concept of temples and buildings with the Hindu concept as advised by Bhagawan Wiswa Karma. King Masula-Masuli appointed Empu Kuturan to make improvement to several buildings at Mengening Temple. In addition, in the reign of King Masula-Masuli it is reaffirmed the name of deity abiding in the shrine of Prasada Agung namely Ida Batara Hyang Maha Suci Nirmala. (kmb)

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Weirather wins World Cup super-G as Vonn crashes out

LAKE LOUISE - Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather’s won the season’s first World Cup super-G race at Lake Louise on Sunday as American Lindsey Vonn, the alltime biggest winner in the discipline, failed to finish after crashing for her second time in three races.

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Smiling Woods ties for ninth as Fowler wins with 61

NEW PROVIDENCE - Tiger Woods proved he could be competitive again after playing some of the best golf of his comeback with a final-round four-under 68 to tie for ninth at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas on Sunday.

No one could match Rickie Fowler, though. The world number nine birdied his first seven holes and won the elite event by four strokes thanks to a course record 11-under par 61 that left him at 18-under 270.

Woods was 10 strokes back but he had plenty of smiles as he answered the question of how he would do in his first tournament in nearly 10 months following spinal fusion surgery.

Pain free, the former world number one struck for six birdies and an eagle at the Albany course before two closing bogeys. He also had a double bogey in the elite 18man event that featured eight of the world’s top 10.

“I showed some good signs,” Woods told NBC Sports after finishing the four days at eight-under

280. “I hit some really good shots out there (and am ready for) a bright future.... and no pain.”

The latter was especially important to the 41-year-old who once dominated the sport.

“I’ve had some tough times through the years with my back and then finally to come out on the good side and (be) able to get back out there and play. It’s pretty cool,” he said.

He also spoke positively about the future.

“When I was struggling with my back, the world seemed very small.

Day to day stuff was very difficult for me to do,” Woods said. “Now I am able to sit back and enjoy it a little bit more... It’s been really nice.”

He and his team will now sit down to determine how best to build his 2018 schedule for major championships.

“Play enough, but not play too much,” Woods said.

“I don’t know what golf courses I will be playing, what’s the best way to go about it. ...We’ll figure it out.” (rtr)

The 28-year-old Weirather, who was last year’s super-G crystal globe winner, barreled down the icy course in one minute 18.52 seconds on a chilly day in the Canadian Rockies to wrap up the North American swing of the World Cup tour.

Second place went to last year’s Lake Louise super-G winner Lara Gut (1:18.63) of Switzerland while the event’s reigning world champion Nicole Schmidhofer (1:18.79) finished third.

Vonn failed to complete the race at Lake Louise, dubbed “Lake Lindsey” due to her long history of success on the course, after she failed to keep her skis under her when taking a wide turn, resulting in a slide out.

The 18-times World Cup race winner at the venue crashed hard with four gates to go during Friday’s downhill and tied for 12th in the second downhill race of the season on Saturday.

While Vonn had a nightmare weekend at Lake Louise, it was a different story for fellow American Mikaela Shiffrin.

The slalom specialist, who shocked the skiing world by following up her first ever podium finish in the downhill on Friday with a win in Saturday’s race, finished fifth (1:19.36) in Sunday’s super-G. The 22-year-old Shiffrin ends the three-day swing through Lake Louise with the women’s overall World Cup standings lead with 510 points, 174 ahead of Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg. (rtr)

New Zealand transgender lifter bids for gold at worlds

ANAHEIM - A New Zealand transgender lifter will go for gold against an American Olympic medallist when the super-heavyweight classes bring the weightlifting World Championships to a close on Tuesday.

Laurel Hubbard, 39, who competed nationally as Gavin Hubbard, has a perfect record since returning to competition after changing gender four years ago.

She has won the three events in which she has taken part, all in Australia, since her debut in international weightlifting last March and is in New Zealand’s team for the Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast next April.

Based on the world rankings, Hubbard should be a gold-medal contender in the +90 kg class at the worlds where home hopes rest with Sarah Robles, from San Diego, who was third at the Rio Olympics last year.

Many of the world’s best super-heavyweight women are not competing because nine nations are banned for multiple doping offences. The Olympic gold and silver medallists are absent.

Hubbard complies with the

conditions put in place by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), whose procedures on transgender athletes are followed by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

RIVALS UPSET Her presence in women’s weightlifting has irked rivals. Tim Swords, Robles’s coach, said: “I do not want to say anything negative, but in my humble opinion this is not fair.”

Tracey Lambrechs, who lost her place as New Zealand’s top superheavyweight when Hubbard started competing, shed 17 kilos to move down to the 90kg class and qualify for the Commonwealth Games with one national team place available in each category.

Lambrechs said Hubbard had an unfair advantage because of her history as a male lifter and recently told Radio NZ: “All I can hope is that they look into it and make a more educated judgement.” (rtr)

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Benevento’s Alberto Brignoli celebrates scoring their second goal

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Goalkeeper’s stoppagetime header gives Benevento first-ever point

MILAN - Benevento grabbed their firstever Serie A point in extraordinary style on Sunday when goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli scored with a flying header deep into stoppage time to give them a 2-2 draw with AC Milan.

With Benevento having lost their first 14 top flight matches, the result was another deep embarrassment to big-spending AC Milan who were playing their first match under new coach Gennaro Gattuso, their fiery former midfielder, after sacking Vincenzo Montella on Monday.

In a later game, Ivan Perisic scored a hat-trick to lead unbeaten Inter Milan to a 5-0 win over Chievo which took them top of the table, overhauling Napoli who lost 1-0 at home to Juventus on Friday.

AC Milan, who spent over 200 million euros ($237.78 million) in the summer transfer market compared to Benevento’s total of 20 million, twice led but were pegged back after Alessio Romagnoli was sent off for a second booking in the 75th minute.

Brignoli went up to join the attack after his side won a free kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time and, as Danilo Cataldi whipped the ball in, he met it with a flying header into the bottom corner of the net to spark wild scenes at the modest Stadio Ciro Vigorito.

The 26-year-old became the first goalkeeper to score in Serie A since Massimo Taibi for Reggina in 2001.

“There was nothing to lose. I just closed my eyes and jumped. It was a goalkeeper’s goal, not a forward’s goal,” he said.

A bemused Gattuso said: “It hurts. A knife wound would have been less painful than that goal. I would never have expected to concede a goal in the last minute with the opposition goalkeeper scoring.” Serie A debutants Benevento should have gone ahead just after the half hour but Vittorio Parigini sent a free header wide from Marco D’Alessandro’s cross.

Instead, they found themselves a goal behind when Giacomo Bonaventura headed in at the far post after Benevento missed several chances to clear the danger. George Puscas snapped up a rebound to give Benevento an equaliser five minutes after halftime but, as so often this season, they undid the good work by quickly conceding another, Nikola Kalinic scoring after being allowed a free header.

Milan, however, handed the initiative to Benevento as the pressure grew after Romagnoli was harshly sent off for a tackle on Gaetano Letizia, even though no contact seemed to be made. The hosts attacked desperately but were finally rewarded with Brignoli’s stunning effort on a memorable afternoon.

Inter survived an early scare, when goalkeeper Samir Handanovic parried Riccardo Meggiorini’s header from close range, before running riot at the San Siro. A Perisic volley and Mauro Icardi’s 16th league goal of the season put them in control at halftime while Milan Skriniar was on target in the second half with Perisic scoring the other two.

Inter lead with 39 points from 15 games, followed

by Napoli on 38, Juventus on 37 and AS Roma on 34 with a game in hand. Fiorentina drew level on 21 points with Milan in seventh place thanks to a 3-0 win over lowly Sassuolo. (rtr)

MANCHESTER - Manchester City’s third successive late victory “shows what we are”, manager Pep Guardiola said after David Silva’s 83rd-minute winner saw his side equal a Premier League-record 13th successive triumph. After late victories against Huddersfield Town and Southampton, Silva scored with seven minutes left on the clock for a City side who, in cantering to an eight-point lead, are showing all the hallmarks of champions-elect.

For large periods on Sunday, however, City were frustrated by an organised West Ham but their sheer will to win proved too much for the Hammers as Guardiola’s side restored their comfortable lead ahead of next weekend’s Manchester derby. “It’s a big victory,” Guardiola told the BBC. “It showed what we are.

“It was similar to the last few games, in the second half I thought we would score. It was massive.

They played 10 players inside the box, it was almost impossible.

“We started really well but we lost our patience. We didn’t have any rhythm because (West Ham goalkeeper) Adrian was taking 30 seconds every time.

“But you have ups and downs -- what is important is that in the second half it was outstanding the way we played. It means we have done 39 points in a row. That is a lot. You see how they run and how they fight, that’s why we are so proud again.”

Guardiola has favoured a lone striker this season, with either

Sergio Aguero or Gabriel Jesus deployed at the head of their fluid, interchangeable attacking system.

But City played both in the second half on Sunday as they laid siege to Adrian’s goal and Guardiola said the performance of the Argentine and Brazilian in tandem had given him plenty to consider.

“You have to try to solve it (when teams pack the defence). We had two strikers in the second half and that helped, it was a big lesson for me. We created more with two,” he said.

“The pace was better, we had more presence in the box. Kevin de Bruyne playing as the holding midfielder gave us the tempo. We were much, much better.” City have been in irresistible form this season but it appears that teams may have identified a potential Achilles heel in their defence at set pieces.

Angelo Ogbonna’s opener for West Ham came directly from a corner, as did the goal that City conceded against Huddersfield last week, while Southampton troubled them from set pieces during the week.

Against an imposing United lineup that includes Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic, the leaders could have their work cut out next week against master-tactician Jose Mourinho.

“We spoke a lot about defending set pieces but they are taller,” Guardiola added. “It will happen again next week against United so we have to try and concede fewer set pieces.” (rtr)

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and Manchester City’s David Silva

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Late goal gives rebuilt Chapecoense a place in Copa Libertadores qualifiers

REUTERS/Fredy Builes

People leave flowers on the first anniversary of the plane crash where several players of the Chapecoense soccer team died, in La Medellin, Colombia November 29, 2017.

Ancelotti says not interested in Italy job

MILAN - Carlo Ancelotti says he has been approached by Italian FA about the possibility of coaching the national side but that he prefers to keep working in club football.

Ancelotti, sacked by Bayern Munich in September, said he was honoured that Italians see him as the man to replace Gian Piero Ventura who was fired after Italy astonishingly failed to qualify for

next year’s World Cup. However, he added: “It would be a completely different job. I want to continue coaching in club football. I still enjoy training and working every day.

“Italian football has some problems and I don’t think I can solve them on my own, it’s the whole system that needs to be changed,” he told the “Domenica Sportiva” programme on state broadcaster Rai.

“There is a conflict between the federation and the clubs. The federation needs to impose itself on the clubs to improve the system.”

Ancelotti, 58, is one of Europe’s most successful coaches, having won the Champions League with both AC Milan and Real Madrid.

He has also won domestic league titles in Italy, England, France and Germany.(rtr)

SAO PAULO - A year on from losing most of their squad in a plane crash, Chapecoense earned a place in the qualifying rounds of next year’s Copa Libertadores when they won their final match of the Brazilian league season on Sunday. Coritiba and Avai were relegated from Brazil’s Serie A on a dramatic final day.

A goal from Tulio de Melo in the fifth minute of injury time gave the rebuilt Chapecoense a 2-1 over Coritiba to lift them into eighth place in the table and send their opponents down. The win means they will join seventh-placed Vasco da Gama in the qualifying rounds of next year’s Libertadores, South America’s equivalent of the Champions League.

Chapecoense lost all but three members of their squad in November last year when the plane taking them to play in the Copa

Sudamericana final crashed into a hillside in Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board.

Corinthians had already won the title before Sunday, with games to spare, and were trailed by Palmeiras, Santos, Gremio, Cruzeiro and Flamengo, all of whom qualified for the Libertadores.

Flamengo are already in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, the continent’s second most important club competition, and if they win that they will qualify automatically for next year and create one extra space for a Brazilian team, ninthplaced Atletico Mineiro.

Four teams are relegated to Serie B, with Avai, whose failure to get more than a 1-1 draw at Santos was fatal, joining Coritiba, Ponte Preta and Atletico Goianiense. They will be replaced in the top tier by America-MG, Internacional, Ceara and Parana. (rtr)

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Benevento’s Alberto Brignoli celebrates scoring their second goal

REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

Goalkeeper’s stoppagetime header gives Benevento first-ever point

MILAN - Benevento grabbed their firstever Serie A point in extraordinary style on Sunday when goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli scored with a flying header deep into stoppage time to give them a 2-2 draw with AC Milan.

With Benevento having lost their first 14 top flight matches, the result was another deep embarrassment to big-spending AC Milan who were playing their first match under new coach Gennaro Gattuso, their fiery former midfielder, after sacking Vincenzo Montella on Monday.

In a later game, Ivan Perisic scored a hat-trick to lead unbeaten Inter Milan to a 5-0 win over Chievo which took them top of the table, overhauling Napoli who lost 1-0 at home to Juventus on Friday.

AC Milan, who spent over 200 million euros ($237.78 million) in the summer transfer market compared to Benevento’s total of 20 million, twice led but were pegged back after Alessio Romagnoli was sent off for a second booking in the 75th minute.

Brignoli went up to join the attack after his side won a free kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time and, as Danilo Cataldi whipped the ball in, he met it with a flying header into the bottom corner of the net to spark wild scenes at the modest Stadio Ciro Vigorito.

The 26-year-old became the first goalkeeper to score in Serie A since Massimo Taibi for Reggina in 2001.

“There was nothing to lose. I just closed my eyes and jumped. It was a goalkeeper’s goal, not a forward’s goal,” he said.

A bemused Gattuso said: “It hurts. A knife wound would have been less painful than that goal. I would never have expected to concede a goal in the last minute with the opposition goalkeeper scoring.” Serie A debutants Benevento should have gone ahead just after the half hour but Vittorio Parigini sent a free header wide from Marco D’Alessandro’s cross.

Instead, they found themselves a goal behind when Giacomo Bonaventura headed in at the far post after Benevento missed several chances to clear the danger. George Puscas snapped up a rebound to give Benevento an equaliser five minutes after halftime but, as so often this season, they undid the good work by quickly conceding another, Nikola Kalinic scoring after being allowed a free header.

Milan, however, handed the initiative to Benevento as the pressure grew after Romagnoli was harshly sent off for a tackle on Gaetano Letizia, even though no contact seemed to be made. The hosts attacked desperately but were finally rewarded with Brignoli’s stunning effort on a memorable afternoon.

Inter survived an early scare, when goalkeeper Samir Handanovic parried Riccardo Meggiorini’s header from close range, before running riot at the San Siro. A Perisic volley and Mauro Icardi’s 16th league goal of the season put them in control at halftime while Milan Skriniar was on target in the second half with Perisic scoring the other two.

Inter lead with 39 points from 15 games, followed

by Napoli on 38, Juventus on 37 and AS Roma on 34 with a game in hand. Fiorentina drew level on 21 points with Milan in seventh place thanks to a 3-0 win over lowly Sassuolo. (rtr)

MANCHESTER - Manchester City’s third successive late victory “shows what we are”, manager Pep Guardiola said after David Silva’s 83rd-minute winner saw his side equal a Premier League-record 13th successive triumph. After late victories against Huddersfield Town and Southampton, Silva scored with seven minutes left on the clock for a City side who, in cantering to an eight-point lead, are showing all the hallmarks of champions-elect.

For large periods on Sunday, however, City were frustrated by an organised West Ham but their sheer will to win proved too much for the Hammers as Guardiola’s side restored their comfortable lead ahead of next weekend’s Manchester derby. “It’s a big victory,” Guardiola told the BBC. “It showed what we are.

“It was similar to the last few games, in the second half I thought we would score. It was massive.

They played 10 players inside the box, it was almost impossible.

“We started really well but we lost our patience. We didn’t have any rhythm because (West Ham goalkeeper) Adrian was taking 30 seconds every time.

“But you have ups and downs -- what is important is that in the second half it was outstanding the way we played. It means we have done 39 points in a row. That is a lot. You see how they run and how they fight, that’s why we are so proud again.”

Guardiola has favoured a lone striker this season, with either

Sergio Aguero or Gabriel Jesus deployed at the head of their fluid, interchangeable attacking system.

But City played both in the second half on Sunday as they laid siege to Adrian’s goal and Guardiola said the performance of the Argentine and Brazilian in tandem had given him plenty to consider.

“You have to try to solve it (when teams pack the defence). We had two strikers in the second half and that helped, it was a big lesson for me. We created more with two,” he said.

“The pace was better, we had more presence in the box. Kevin de Bruyne playing as the holding midfielder gave us the tempo. We were much, much better.” City have been in irresistible form this season but it appears that teams may have identified a potential Achilles heel in their defence at set pieces.

Angelo Ogbonna’s opener for West Ham came directly from a corner, as did the goal that City conceded against Huddersfield last week, while Southampton troubled them from set pieces during the week.

Against an imposing United lineup that includes Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic, the leaders could have their work cut out next week against master-tactician Jose Mourinho.

“We spoke a lot about defending set pieces but they are taller,” Guardiola added. “It will happen again next week against United so we have to try and concede fewer set pieces.” (rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and Manchester City’s David Silva

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Late goal gives rebuilt Chapecoense a place in Copa Libertadores qualifiers

REUTERS/Fredy Builes

People leave flowers on the first anniversary of the plane crash where several players of the Chapecoense soccer team died, in La Medellin, Colombia November 29, 2017.

Ancelotti says not interested in Italy job

MILAN - Carlo Ancelotti says he has been approached by Italian FA about the possibility of coaching the national side but that he prefers to keep working in club football.

Ancelotti, sacked by Bayern Munich in September, said he was honoured that Italians see him as the man to replace Gian Piero Ventura who was fired after Italy astonishingly failed to qualify for

next year’s World Cup. However, he added: “It would be a completely different job. I want to continue coaching in club football. I still enjoy training and working every day.

“Italian football has some problems and I don’t think I can solve them on my own, it’s the whole system that needs to be changed,” he told the “Domenica Sportiva” programme on state broadcaster Rai.

“There is a conflict between the federation and the clubs. The federation needs to impose itself on the clubs to improve the system.”

Ancelotti, 58, is one of Europe’s most successful coaches, having won the Champions League with both AC Milan and Real Madrid.

He has also won domestic league titles in Italy, England, France and Germany.(rtr)

SAO PAULO - A year on from losing most of their squad in a plane crash, Chapecoense earned a place in the qualifying rounds of next year’s Copa Libertadores when they won their final match of the Brazilian league season on Sunday. Coritiba and Avai were relegated from Brazil’s Serie A on a dramatic final day.

A goal from Tulio de Melo in the fifth minute of injury time gave the rebuilt Chapecoense a 2-1 over Coritiba to lift them into eighth place in the table and send their opponents down. The win means they will join seventh-placed Vasco da Gama in the qualifying rounds of next year’s Libertadores, South America’s equivalent of the Champions League.

Chapecoense lost all but three members of their squad in November last year when the plane taking them to play in the Copa

Sudamericana final crashed into a hillside in Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board.

Corinthians had already won the title before Sunday, with games to spare, and were trailed by Palmeiras, Santos, Gremio, Cruzeiro and Flamengo, all of whom qualified for the Libertadores.

Flamengo are already in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, the continent’s second most important club competition, and if they win that they will qualify automatically for next year and create one extra space for a Brazilian team, ninthplaced Atletico Mineiro.

Four teams are relegated to Serie B, with Avai, whose failure to get more than a 1-1 draw at Santos was fatal, joining Coritiba, Ponte Preta and Atletico Goianiense. They will be replaced in the top tier by America-MG, Internacional, Ceara and Parana. (rtr)

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Mengening Temple

A Spiritual Destination in Gianyar

GIANYAR - A side from nature and culture, Bali also offers a spiritual tourism because it has several historic places sanctified by the Hindu community. One of them is the Mengening Temple at Saraseda village, Tampaksiring, Gianyar.

This attraction offers a cool and beautiful atmosphere. Those that can read the signs of nature will feel something different resulting in tranquility.

Inside the temple, there is a spring used as a place to invoke holy water as a means of ceremony for Balinese Hindus. Besides, there is a pool that can be used for selfcleaning. It is divided into two, namely a special bathing pool for men and women.

Before entering the bathing pool, visitors are advised to use cloth and then step down some stairs to get to the pool. Local people are accustomed to using the pool for bathing, self-cleaning. Moreover, on certain holidays, many Balinese Hindus come to the temple to do self-purificatory rite to get rid of spiritual impurities.

Local people visit the temple al-

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most every afternoon to bathe with friends or family. “We bathe here almost every day. The atmosphere is cool and the water is fresh, so that the body and mind feel fresh as well. We love the atmosphere in this peaceful and quiet temple.

When bathing, we usually offer some offerings to invoke salvation,” said a local resident.

Mengening Temple implements the tri mandala or three horizontal spatial dimension concept, namely the nista mandala (outermost), madya mandala (middle) and uttama mandala (innermost courtyard).

In the outermost courtyard of the Mengening Temple sits a garden with pancaka tirtha. This garden is used as a place of self-purification by local deities. In some places, there is also a source of holy water commonly taken by the community for ritual purposes.

According to the temple attendant, the spring of holy water includes the Tirtha Keben, Tirtha Sudamala, Tirtha Melela, Tirtha Soka, Tirtha Megelung, Tirtha Tunggang and Tirtha Telaga Waja. Meanwhile, in the area

of Pancaka tirtha garden sits the Tirtha Parisuda, Tirtha Pengelukatan, Tirtha Pengulapan, Tirtha Keris and Tirtha Kamaning. Visitors are not allowed to bathe in the springs to prevent the water from receding and disappearing.

In the middle courtyard there are some buildings such as gamelan pavilion, wooden split drum (kulkul) tower, Bale Pegambahan and Bale Pegat. Then, the innermost courtyard consists of some shrines including three-tiered meru shrine as the abode of Ida Bathara Prasada Agung, the chamber is the abode of deities of Gunung Kawi, Limas shrine for deity of Tirta Empul, Pemaruman, Bale Saka Ulu as the abode of Lord Shiva, Paselang pavilion, Bale Pecanangan and Bale

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When arrived at Pejeng, Sinuhun named them Masula-Masuli. This name is given in connection with the twin birth.

During the reign of King Masula-Masuli, the Mengening Temple was only made some improvements. He appointed an architect who really knew about the concept of temples and buildings with the Hindu concept as advised by Bhagawan Wiswa Karma. King Masula-Masuli appointed Empu Kuturan to make improvement to several buildings at Mengening Temple. In addition, in the reign of King Masula-Masuli it is reaffirmed the name of deity abiding in the shrine of Prasada Agung namely Ida Batara Hyang Maha Suci Nirmala. (kmb)

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Weirather wins World Cup super-G as Vonn crashes out

LAKE LOUISE - Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather’s won the season’s first World Cup super-G race at Lake Louise on Sunday as American Lindsey Vonn, the alltime biggest winner in the discipline, failed to finish after crashing for her second time in three races.

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Smiling Woods ties for ninth as Fowler wins with 61

NEW PROVIDENCE - Tiger Woods proved he could be competitive again after playing some of the best golf of his comeback with a final-round four-under 68 to tie for ninth at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas on Sunday.

No one could match Rickie Fowler, though. The world number nine birdied his first seven holes and won the elite event by four strokes thanks to a course record 11-under par 61 that left him at 18-under 270.

Woods was 10 strokes back but he had plenty of smiles as he answered the question of how he would do in his first tournament in nearly 10 months following spinal fusion surgery.

Pain free, the former world number one struck for six birdies and an eagle at the Albany course before two closing bogeys. He also had a double bogey in the elite 18man event that featured eight of the world’s top 10.

“I showed some good signs,” Woods told NBC Sports after finishing the four days at eight-under

280. “I hit some really good shots out there (and am ready for) a bright future.... and no pain.”

The latter was especially important to the 41-year-old who once dominated the sport.

“I’ve had some tough times through the years with my back and then finally to come out on the good side and (be) able to get back out there and play. It’s pretty cool,” he said.

He also spoke positively about the future.

“When I was struggling with my back, the world seemed very small.

Day to day stuff was very difficult for me to do,” Woods said. “Now I am able to sit back and enjoy it a little bit more... It’s been really nice.”

He and his team will now sit down to determine how best to build his 2018 schedule for major championships.

“Play enough, but not play too much,” Woods said.

“I don’t know what golf courses I will be playing, what’s the best way to go about it. ...We’ll figure it out.” (rtr)

The 28-year-old Weirather, who was last year’s super-G crystal globe winner, barreled down the icy course in one minute 18.52 seconds on a chilly day in the Canadian Rockies to wrap up the North American swing of the World Cup tour.

Second place went to last year’s Lake Louise super-G winner Lara Gut (1:18.63) of Switzerland while the event’s reigning world champion Nicole Schmidhofer (1:18.79) finished third.

Vonn failed to complete the race at Lake Louise, dubbed “Lake Lindsey” due to her long history of success on the course, after she failed to keep her skis under her when taking a wide turn, resulting in a slide out.

The 18-times World Cup race winner at the venue crashed hard with four gates to go during Friday’s downhill and tied for 12th in the second downhill race of the season on Saturday.

While Vonn had a nightmare weekend at Lake Louise, it was a different story for fellow American Mikaela Shiffrin.

The slalom specialist, who shocked the skiing world by following up her first ever podium finish in the downhill on Friday with a win in Saturday’s race, finished fifth (1:19.36) in Sunday’s super-G. The 22-year-old Shiffrin ends the three-day swing through Lake Louise with the women’s overall World Cup standings lead with 510 points, 174 ahead of Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg. (rtr)

New Zealand transgender lifter bids for gold at worlds

ANAHEIM - A New Zealand transgender lifter will go for gold against an American Olympic medallist when the super-heavyweight classes bring the weightlifting World Championships to a close on Tuesday.

Laurel Hubbard, 39, who competed nationally as Gavin Hubbard, has a perfect record since returning to competition after changing gender four years ago.

She has won the three events in which she has taken part, all in Australia, since her debut in international weightlifting last March and is in New Zealand’s team for the Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast next April.

Based on the world rankings, Hubbard should be a gold-medal contender in the +90 kg class at the worlds where home hopes rest with Sarah Robles, from San Diego, who was third at the Rio Olympics last year.

Many of the world’s best super-heavyweight women are not competing because nine nations are banned for multiple doping offences. The Olympic gold and silver medallists are absent.

Hubbard complies with the

conditions put in place by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), whose procedures on transgender athletes are followed by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

RIVALS UPSET Her presence in women’s weightlifting has irked rivals. Tim Swords, Robles’s coach, said: “I do not want to say anything negative, but in my humble opinion this is not fair.”

Tracey Lambrechs, who lost her place as New Zealand’s top superheavyweight when Hubbard started competing, shed 17 kilos to move down to the 90kg class and qualify for the Commonwealth Games with one national team place available in each category.

Lambrechs said Hubbard had an unfair advantage because of her history as a male lifter and recently told Radio NZ: “All I can hope is that they look into it and make a more educated judgement.” (rtr)

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S.Korea, U.S. launch air drills amid N.Korean warnings of nuclear war

SEOUL - The United States and South Korea went ahead with large-scale joint aerial drills on Monday, a move North Korea had said would push the Korean peninsula to “the brink of nuclear war”, ignoring calls from Russia and China to call them off.

The drills come a week after North Korea said it had tested its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States as part of a weapons programme that it has conducted in defiance of international sanctions and condemnation.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it was “regrettable” that all parties had not “grasped the window of opportunity” presented by two months of relative calm before the North’s most recent test.

China and Russia had proposed that the United States and South Korea stop major military exercises in exchange for North Korea halting its weapons programmes. Beijing formally calls the idea the “dual suspension” proposal.

The annual U.S.-South Korean drill, called Vigilant Ace, will run until Friday, with six F-22 Raptor stealth fighters to be deployed among the more than 230 aircraft taking part.

North Korea’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country called U.S. President Donald Trump “insane” on Sunday and said the drills would “push the already acute situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war”.

F-35 fighters will also join the drills, which will include the largest number of 5th generation fighters ever to have taken part, according to a South Korea-based U.S. Air Force spokesman.

Around 12,000 U.S. service members, including from the Marines and Navy, will join South Korean troops. Aircraft taking part will be flown from eight U.S. and South Korean military installations.

South Korean media reports said B-1B Lancer bombers could join the exercise this week. The U.S. Air Force spokesman could not confirm the reports.

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Not only that — most active volcanoes with nearby populations are monitored heavily with GPS sensors providing a topographical map of the volcano to look for any deformations.

Making the most of magma: Edmonton researcher explores restless Chilean volcano What do the deformations tell a scientist about the volcano?

The whole point of a volcano is that the gas pressure is building inside and it isn’t venting enough to accommodate the extra volume of gasses. So it can deform the mountain that houses the volcanic crater, even by tiny degrees. A GPS-based topographical map (as we find on Mount Agung) can tell

Trump said last week that additional major sanctions would be imposed on North Korea after Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missile test.

Earlier last month, Trump put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism, a designation that allows the United States to impose more sanctions.

Russia has accused the United States of trying to provoke North Korean leader Kim Jong Un into “flying off the handle” over his missile programme to hand Washington a pretext to destroy his country.

Speaking at a news briefing in Beijing, Wang said China consistently opposed any behaviour that elevated tensions.

“And measures that don’t abide by or are outside the UN Security Council resolutions lack basis in international law and damage the rights of United Nations members,” Wang said when asked about the prospect of further U.S. sanctions against North Korea.

China’s Air Force said on Monday that its surveillance aircraft had in recent days conducted drills in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea to “improve combat-readiness and safeguard the country’s strategic interests”. (rtr)

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This file picture taken and released on July 4, 2017 by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows the test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location.

if there are any shifts or bulges or changes in the height of the crater that could suggest that magma is moving inside and preparing for something.

When Mount St. Helens erupted there was a 100 metre change in the height of the crater days before. That made it pretty obvious that something big was happening. Mount Agung isn’t having the same obvious signals, but there is off-gassing, movement and the general seismic activity that is placing everyone on high alert.

And I should say, Mount Agung is no stranger to devastating eruptions. The last time it erupted was 1963 with a volcanic explosivity index rating of 5. It’s a logarithmic scale like the Richter scale and that’s big. Even Mount St. Helens was about a 4 to 5. So this volcano

could be very, very dangerous.

Why is it so difficult to predict volcanic activity? Because no one wants to get too close! And because these shifts and movements of the Earth are happening 30 kilometres or more below the surface of the Earth. It’s hard enough to predict the weather on the surface let alone what is happening deep below. And because each volcano seems to have its own personality, studying one eruption doesn’t necessarily help with a volcano on the other side of the world. Historical data is the best. For instance, the 1963 eruption of Mount Agung was pretty well documented and yet conditions are bound to be different this time. Last time Agung erupted, it had a period of unrest, of seismic signals and venting of steam, and then had one big eruption. But it

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Last-minute wrangling as May heads for Brussels Brexit lunch BRUSSELS - British negotiators were locked in last-minute talks with their European Union and Irish counterparts on Monday, trying to put together a Brexit deal that Prime Minister Theresa May might agree over lunch in Brussels.

London has broadly agreed to many of the EU’s divorce terms, including paying out something like 50 billion euros. But the issues of the rights of expatriate citizens and the UK-EU border on the island of Ireland remain fraught, diplomats said.

Brussels officials and diplomats sounded increasingly confident of a deal over the weekend, but they caution that much will depend on the outcome of May’s talks over lunch.

A senior EU diplomat briefed on progress in the talks said: “I have a good feeling but I am not prejudging the outcome.”

May hopes that her talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and his Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, due to start at 1:15 p.m. (1215 GMT), can persuade her 27 fellow EU leaders that sufficient progress has been made on divorce terms for them to agree next week to open talks on their future trade relationship.

In a sign of events moving fast, the man who will chair a crunch summit next week, European Council President Donald Tusk, cancelled a trip to Jerusalem and Ramallah and hastily scheduled his own meeting with May for later on Monday.

EU officials said Tusk scrapped his travel plans due to a “critical moment” in Brexit negotiations.

He was standing by to discuss with EU leaders the preparations for

trade talks.

Zoltan Kovacs, the Hungarian government spokesman who was visiting Brussels, told reporters he was “optimistic” of a deal.

Dublin, backed by the rest of the EU, is seeking strong assurances that London will commit to keeping business regulations in Northern Ireland the same as in the EU, to avoid a “hard border” that could disrupt peace on the island.

“Hopefully, we’ll find a way forward today,” Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney told state broadcaster RTE ahead of a cabinet meeting to discuss the issue before May’s talks.

Coveney said the talks are in a “sensitive place”, with the British and Irish governments discussing possible texts of an agreement.

Britain is seeking to keep its options open, having rejected a commitment to leave Northern Ireland in a customs union with the EU or to keep the whole United Kingdom in one.

May depends in parliament on a pro-British party in Northern Ireland that rejects any deal which would divide the province from the British mainland. Ireland and the EU say maintaining a customs union is the best way to avoid “regulatory divergence”.

Juncker and Barnier met the European Parliament’s Brexit team to brief them on progress. The legislature, which must approve any withdrawal treaty if a disruptive Brexit is to be avoided in March 2019, has demanded that EU courts have the final say in guaranteeing rights for 3 million EU citizens in Britain. Britain insists that it will no longer accept the supervision of the European Court of Justice. (rtr)

wasn’t done. Two months later it rumbled again and erupted again.

Will that happen this time?

Science can’t tell until the seismologists get their hands on what is happening down there at that fault line. There’s no reliable data beyond that 1963 eruption that could say that this is just part of what Agung likes to do.

If there is a big event — I mean the volcano really blows — that could create a category 5 strength eruption. That is catastrophic in and of itself but that may only really explode about a cubic kilometre of material. As Natural Resources Canada volcanologist Melanie Kelman explains, it’s not the eruption per se that is dangerous, so long as you aren’t standing on the slopes. It’s the aftermath: “There’s a couple hazards that are more of an issue further away. One

is lahars, which are volcanic debris flows and mud flows. And lahar is actually an Indonesian word because they have so many of them in Indonesia. Because those travel down streams and can travel a long way, they can travel maybe up to 100 kilometres from the source volcano, so they can cause problems much further away.”

There’s a huge risk to the entire island of Bali. The whole place is only 150 kilometres by about 110 kilometres at the largest points.

All of the 4 million inhabitants will be affected by the volcano, some by the relatively minor annoyance of cleaning ash up.

Others will have to deal with mudslides and destroyed homes.

All we can do now is hope Agung will go back to sleep and release the gas and pressure it needs to. (rtr)

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Indonesia president nominates air chief to replace controversial military head

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has nominated the chief of staff of the air force to be the new head of the armed forces (TNI), to replace a controversial general who is due to retire in April. Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto has close ties to the president and was previously in charge of an air base in the city of Solo, on the island of Java, when Widodo was its mayor.

Since then, Tjahjanto has been promoted a number of times including to inspector general of

the defence ministry and the president’s military secretary. “Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto is considered

capable and qualified to become TNI commander,” presidential spokesman Johan Budi told reporters on Monday after confirming the nomination.

The proposal had been sent to the parliament, which needs to approve it, he said. Abdul Kharis Almasyhari, chairman of a parliamentary commission with oversight of defence and security, said the commission would do a “fit and proper” assessment of the nomination, which hopefully

could be completed by a Dec. 14 recess.

The outgoing armed forces chef, General Gatot Nurmantyo, who will step down at the end of his term in April, has often courted controversy over what analysts see as his political ambitions.

He has been accused of whipping up nationalist sentiment by promoting the notion that Indonesia is besieged by “proxy wars” waged by foreign states looking to undermine it.

In October, Widodo said the armed forces should stay out of politics and ensure their loyalty was only to the state and the government - a statement many believed referred to Nurmantyo’s actions.

There has been speculation that Nurmantyo would seek to run for vice president or even president in 2019. Nurmantyo has not confirmed any political ambitions.

He told a briefing in October the military was “neutral in practical politics”. (rtr)

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Chief of Indonesia Air Forces Hadi Tjahjanto (L) stands beside the head of Indonesia Armed Forces General Gatot Nurmantyo during commemoration day of the birth of Prophet Muhammad, in Bogor, Indonesia November 30, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken November 30, 2017.

Floods hit 21 villages in Tebing Tinggi, N Sumatra

MEDAN - Floods have hit 21 villages in five sub-districts, Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra Province, since Saturday.

The flooding was triggered by incessant heavy rains in upstream areas in Simalungun District and Pematang Siantar, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), said in a statement, here, Sunday.

Padang and Bahilang Rivers have spilled over their banks because of the heavy rains.

A total of 21,080 people or 5,985 families have been affected by the flooding.

The Tebing Tinggi disaster mitigation office has set up emergency tents to accommodate evacuees.

Relief aid comprising rice, breads, instant noodles, and 10 thousand boxes of meals, have been distributed to flood victims.

The affected villages are among other things Pabatu, Padang Merbau, Tualang, Lubuk Raya, Lubuk Baru, and Persiakan, which are located in Padang Hulu sub-district.

In Bandar Utama sub-district, flooding hits Badak Bejuang, while in Tebing Tinggi, flood inundates Tebing Tinggi Lama.

Sri Padang, Karya Jaya, Tanjung Marulak, and Tanjung Marulak Hilir villages in Rambutan subdistrict are also flooded.

In Bajenis sub-district, floods inundate Teluk Karang, Bulian, Brohol, Pinang Mancung, and Bandar Sakti. The villages of Satria and Tambangan Hulu in Padang Hilir sub-district, are also flooded. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Tax deal sends dollar surging, preps US stocks for strong day

LONDON - The dollar jumped on Monday versus the currencies of other developed and emerging nations while Treasury yields rose and Wall Street was primed for a another recordsetting day after the U.S. Senates voted to approve a wide-ranging tax overhaul. European stocks opened higher, with French, German and British markets up 0.9 to 1.4 percent, anticipating a strong New York session - futures for the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes rallied as much as 0.9 percent .

Markets are reacting to the Senate’s approval on Saturday for the biggest tax law change since the 1980s, taking President Donald Trump closer to his goal of slashing taxes for businesses. “With this tax deal, markets could pick up speed into the end of the year.

It looks like the ingredients for a year-end rally are there,” said Angelo Meda, head of equities at asset manager Banor SIM in Milan, predicting equity gains of 3 to 4 percent.

Tax cut hopes have been a significant tailwind this year for U.S. stocks, although the move is expected to add to the country’s $20 trillion national debt and increase the chances of more aggressive near-term rate rises in the world’s largest economy.

Those expectations pushed the dollar up as much as 0.4 percent against a basket of currencies, while Treasury yields rose across the curve. Two-year yields matched Friday’s nine-year high , indicating that bonds are already anticipating the debt increase.

“This environment should question whether the market is being too conservative in only pricing 50 basis points of (U.S. Federal Reserve) tightening next year,”

analysts at ING Bank told clients.

“Loose fiscal and tight monetary policy should be sending the dollar firmer.” For the time being, the dollar gave up some early gains against the euro and sterling, which traded around 0.3 percent lower to the dollar . Many warn of risks ahead, especially a U.S. government shutdown, should this Friday’s deadline to authorise new borrowing pass without a deal.

World stocks rose just 0.18 percent, though they stayed off recent record highs, following a shaky start in Asia caused by early selling in technology shares.

While Japanese shares closed half a percent lower most other Asian markets managed to end in the black . Emerging equities rose 0.5 percent.

Dollar note is seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo.

EXIT EUROPE In Europe, German bond prices tracked Treasuries lower, with 10year Bund yields up around four basis points and rising off almost three-month lows hit Friday. But the focus was on Britain, with 10year UK government bond yields up around 6 basis points as Prime Minister Theresa May headed for a crunch meeting with European Union officials to break a deadlock

in Brexit talks.

EU officials have expressed optimism a deal on the main issues will be struck on Monday, even though members of May’s party have urged her to walk away unless there is progress .

Hopes of a deal pushed sterling recently to six-month highs against its trading partners’ currencies, but it slipped on Monday against the firmer dollar and was

flat to the euro, giving up tentative early gains. Shares in British midsized firms were up 0.7 percent FTMC>.

“If a green light is provided today for talks to move on to future relations, including a timely transition arrangement, it would open the door for further pound gains in the near-term,” MUFG analysts wrote, warning that the reverse was likely, should talks break down.

geopolitical risks surrounding the world economy,” Kuroda told a Europlace financial forum. “I sincerely hope that the multilateral trading system would be maintained in coming years,” he said.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” approach has raised concerns among some policymakers in Asia, where many export-reliant economies including Japan benefit from free trade and advocate multilateral trade agreements.

Asked if he has become more worried about the demerits of ultraloose policy, Kuroda said the BOJ

had not changed its message since revamping its policy framework last September.

The BOJ changed its strategy by revamping its framework last September, when it noted the yield curve had became “too flat” and wasn’t good for the banking system, Kuroda said. “We have been able to maintain yield curve control quite effectively and efficiently without creating financial problems,” he said, adding that current levels of the BOJ’s yield targets were “quite appropriate”.

“We will continue our current

extremely accommodative monetary policy to achieve the 2 percent inflation target as soon as possible,” the governor said. The BOJ has been dropping subtle, yet intentional, hints that it could edge away from crisis-mode stimulus earlier than expected, sources have said.

Kuroda said that while geopolitical risks were “very difficult to predict,” the BOJ would be mindful of the possibility they could threaten Japan’s economic recovery.

“If anything happens to undermine the momentum toward achieving our price stability target, we would

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Fog was descending on Wanagiri village, Sukasada, Buleleng, when we arrived and soon it started to drizzle and cool air swept in, even though it was high noon. Although the weather was not ideal for taking pictures, we were enthusiastic about taking selfies at the Black Bamboo Tower. This location is one of eight selfie attractions in the customary hamlet of Bhuana Sari, in Wanagiri Village. The iconic Black Bamboo Tower stands on the edge of a cliff by the side of the road with Lake Bunyan and verdant hills as a backdrop.

Operator of Bhuana Sari customary hamlet, Ketut Darma, said that bamboo belonging to the local customary village was used to make the iconic selfie attraction and that three security guards are on duty everyday to ensure the security of the increasing number of visitors who come to Black Bamboo Tower.

“On a quiet day we get about 30-40 visitors but on holidays there is a 80 percent increase in the number of people who come to take pictures here. According to the customary hamlet’s agreement, visitors are charged IDR 15,000 per person to take as many pictures as they want”, explained Darma.

Black Bamboo Tower is not the only selfie attraction at Bhuana Sari customary hamlet. There are

four other selfie spots along 15 meters of this road each offering a different style and which support one and other. There are plans to build another one soon so that more visitors can be accommodated. “Security is guaranteed.

Yesterday, a sub-district police chief investigated the location and determined that it was safe”, said Darma. Asah’s hamlet Panji, Ketut Suwena, said that all of the selfie attractions that have been developed over th past 7 years in Wanagiri Village are actually located in protected forest areas.

However, the local villages submitted a request to the National Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) asking that they be allowed to utilize this area. So far,

Emerging currencies were mostly weaker against the dollar, with Turkish markets hit by data showing inflation at almost 13 percent, the highest since 2003.

On commodities, Brent crude futures slipped 0.7 percent, pressured by signs of increasing supply from U.S. shale producers. Copper prices firmed, after data last week showed China’s economy in good shape.(rtr)

immediately act in accordance to specific needs,” Kuroda said. “At this stage, I’m not concerned about that,” since the global economic outlook is “fairly strong and robust”.

The BOJ revamped its policy framework last September to one targeting interest rates from the pace of asset purchases after three years of heavy money printing failed to fire up inflation to its 2 percent target. It now guides short-term interest rates at minus 0.1 percent and the 10-year government bond yield around zero percent.(rtr)

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BOJ is resolved to keep ultra-easy policy, says Kuroda

TOKYO - The Bank of Japan does not plan to change its massive stimulus programme and will “immediately act” if risks to the economy undermines the momentum toward achieving its inflation target, central bank Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday. While offering a sanguine view of the global economy, Kuroda warned of factors that could threaten the recovery including geopolitical risks and the rising tide of protectionism.

“Particularly, what I’m concerned about are protectionist tendencies in some countries and

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the BKSDA has granted one selfie tourist attraction per customary hamlet. Wanagiri village has 4 customary hamlets namely; Bhuana Sari, Yeh Ketipat, Asah Panji Kaja, and Asah Panji Kelod. “In short, of the eight selfie attractions in Wanagiri village, only the ones at Bhuana Sari customary hamlet have been granted permission by the BKSDA. The others have no agreement with the customary village’s selfie-site management group”, said Suwena.

According to Suwena, the BKSDA has limited the number of selfie-sites to four and has stipulated that such sites should not be managed by individuals or private groups as this could lead to jealousy. This limit is also meant to prevent a saturation of such sites as this could create chaos as lead to possible security risks. “Let the BKSDA determine the limits on such buildings including how far they can jut out off the cliff, how they should be designed and so forth. So far only Bhuana Sari has been given the ok from the BSKDA”, explained Suwena.

Division Head of Tourist Destinations for the Bali Tourism Office, Ida Bagus Adi Laksana, said he strongly supports local people creating selfie tourist attractions adding that management issues should be resolved through discussions. Each village should also have clear guidelines so as to prevent the mushrooming of such sites. “Hopefully such guidelines can be made clear by governing bodies that will be established under village authorities. Management groups should be involved”, he said. (kmb)

Mystical Site of Mumbul Water Park Presented in a Show

Mumbul Park attraction located at Sangeh village, Abiansemal, Badung, presents creative show. The fragmentary show entitled “Mystical Mumbul Water Park” was presented by Pancer Langiit Studio at Bali Creative Performance Parade in the series of Bali Mandara Nawanatya 2017 at Ksiraarnawa Building, Art Center Denpasar, Saturday (Nov. 18).

Young artists coalesced into the Pancer Langiit Studio came with innovative and maximal appearance. They did not only rely on a strong character of the dance flexibility, but was also supported by distinctive costumes designed very artistically. Besides, they utilized the property in order to create spectacular performances.

All that creativities are inseparable from the creative art director, Agung Rahma Putra.

The ritual of Sangeh village community in glorifying water becomes interesting when transformed into dance movement looking esthetic, dynamic and rhythmic. Presentation of the Pancer Langiit Studio is worth watching and filled with moral messages to improve awareness of the art lovers so as to be more concerned about environmental sustainability.

Sang Oman serving as the narrator delivered the opening dialogue to describe the behavior of some Balinese people that do not care about the environment, so that it results in pollution everywhere. Water as a source of life is not free from pollution due to human behavior using technology products unwisely. Facing such a reality, the Goddess of Water is weeping bitterly.

The next storyline moved into the past that described the contrary conditions. In the period was described where water was so glorified, guarded, preserved and exploited wisely. For example, the emergence of Mumbul Park at Sangeh village is closely associated with the development of Mengwi Kingdom. From the past to the present, the Mumbul Park is known to have the Mandala Tirtha concept becoming the center for Sangeh village community life.

This place is very much sanctified and sacred to keep the glory of the water itself. Preservation of such beautiful natural brings in a harmonious and natural beauty where the physical (sekala) and psychical (niskala) conditions are still well preserved for the sake of the realization of a prosperous life. (kmb)

Jaja Lapis, a Delicious Fresh Cake

Perhaps due to having multiple layers (lapis) this cake is named Jaja Lapis. Besides, each layer also has different color that can make it more interesting. This belongs to fresh cake with a very nice flavor.

In addition to having sweet taste, this fresh cake also has a very chewy texture. It is very easy to find, especially in traditional markets and pastry shops.

Due to application of different colors, it looks very interesting and

is liked best by children. If children want to enjoy this Jaja Lapis, they will take layer by layer and then consume it with joy. Understandably, each layer is very easily removed.

This is not a special kind of cake for offerings. It is commonly made for parties, such as for wedding receptions, tooth filing, mutual assistance or thanksgiving. When farmers in Bali are working in their paddy fields, whether plowing,

transplanting rice seedlings or other activities, this cake is often served.

Aside from being easy to make, this cake also uses eco-friendly ingredients. However, it cannot last long, more than a day. Making this cake does not necessarily require difficult ingredients and does not need to cost a lot.

Ingredients of this jaja lapis (layered cake) include white rice flour, sugar, salt, sago flour, coconut milk, fragrant pandan leaves and food

coloring to taste. In the past, people used use coloring from leaves, so it had a minimal color namely white and green only.

How to prepare it? Firstly, boil coconut milk with fragrant pandan leaves. Then, add with salt to taste and stir finely. At the same time, also prepare one tray and put rice flour, sago flour and mixed sugar into one. After that, pour boiled coconut milk into the flour mixture and then mix them well.

To determine the color, it begins by dividing the dough into some portions according to the number of colors desired. After dividing, give color to each portion of dough and then stir to blend well. Preheat wide tray and put a layer of colored dough. After half-cooked, put the next colors repeatedly until all colors are finished. Once cooked, cut into pieces and the Jaja Lapis cakes are ready to serve on plate. (kmb)

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Philippines orders probe into Sanofi dengue vaccine for 730,000 children

Bounce for Australian PM as voters tire of leadership roundabout

MANILA - The Philippines ordered a probe on Monday into the immunisation of more than 730,000 children with a vaccine for dengue that has been suspended following an announcement

by French drug company Sanofi that it could worsen the disease in some cases.

Amid mounting public concern, Sanofi explained its “new findings” at a news conference in Manila, but it did not say why action was not taken after a World Health Organization (WHO) report in mid-2016 that identified the risk it was now flagging.

A non-governmental organisation (NGO) said it had received information that three children who were vaccinated with Dengvaxia had died and a senator said he was aware of two cases.

However, Department of Health Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo told Reuters that the three referred to by the NGO died due to causes not related to the vaccine, and Sanofi said no deaths had been reported as a result of the programme.

“As far as we know, as far as we are made aware, there are no reported deaths that are related to dengue vaccination,” said Ruby Dizon, medical director at Sanofi Pasteur Philippines.

Last week, the Philippines Department of Health halted the use of Dengvaxia after Sanofi said it must be strictly limited due to evidence it can worsen the disease in people not previously exposed to the infection.

In a statement, Sanofi said the long-term safety evaluation of the vaccines showed significantly fewer hospitalisations due to dengue in vaccinated people over 9 years old compared with those who had not been vaccinated.

Nearly 734,000 children aged 9 and over in the Philippines have received one dose of the vaccine as part of a programme that cost 3.5 billion pesos ($69.54 million).

The Department of Justice on Monday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to look into “the alleged danger to public health ... and if evidence so warrants, to file appropriate charges thereon.”

There was no indication that Philippines health officials knew of any risks when they administered the vaccination.

However, the WHO said in a July 2016 research paper that “vaccination may be ineffective or may theoretically even increase the future risk of hospitalised or severe dengue illness in those who are seronegative at the time of first vaccination regardless of age.” (rtr)

crisis continues to distract from Turnbull’s attempts at turning the domestic agenda to voter-friendly issues such as tax reform and housing affordability.

The Liberal-National coalition lost a 24th straight fortnightly Newspoll, also published on Monday, since Turnbull ousted his predecessor Tony Abbott. Turnbull seized the leadership after Abbott lost 30 consecutive Newspolls and now finds himself under enormous pressure.

A poor showing at a state election in Queensland last month, as well as his handling of a vote to legalise same-sex marriage, prompted disgruntled coalition lawmakers to demand that Turnbull quit last week.

He has so far stared down the threat and declared he will lead the coalition to the next election, which is due in 2019. (rtr)

Concepcion Yusop, a national immunization program manager, shows an anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia inside a vaccine storage room in Sta. Cruz city, Metro Manila, Philippines December 4, 2017.

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Despite being within the warning zone, the Selat Police station should remain in operation because may people from this community have yet to evacuate.

Police chief orders Selat subdistrict police to return to office

AMLAPURA — After Mount Agung started smoking last week, Police officers from the subdistrict of Selat were evacuated to Pesangkan hamlet, in East Duda. However after Bali Police Chief Petrus R Golose, visited the officers asking that they return to their village to continue protecting those who had not yet evacuated, they promptly complied.

Chief of Selat Police, I Made Sudartawan, said on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 3) that despite being within the warning zone, the Selat Police station should remain in operation because may people from this com-

munity have yet to evacuate. “We want these residents to have access to police security and updated information about how to mitigate a possible volcanic eruption”, explained the chief of the Selat Police.

People consider the police station as a representation of security in the area, he said. So if the police station has moved it means that the area is no longer secure. Whereas as long as there are police there,m

then the surrounding area remains secure, he added. Although many residents of disaster prone areas (KRB) III and II are desperate to return to their homes, - even if just to pray, police are urging them to return to the evacuation posts as it is unpredictable when Mount Agung will erupt.

Quarry businesses in Sebudi village and surrounding areas are also

being supervised, to ensure that no quarrying is being done in this area that lies within the danger zone. It is important that this area remain free of trucks so as to allow for a smooth evacuation process in the case of an eruption. “Currently all the quarries have been shut down as directed by the Bali Police chief, so we are keeping watch on this area”, he said. (kmb31)

900 Evacuees in Bangli

Vegetable stocks at command post running thin

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The number of people evacuating from Mount Agung to Bangli continues to increase.

BANGLI — The number of people evacuating from Mount Agung to Bangli continues to increase. According data from the Bangli’s Disaster Emergency Response for Mount Agung, as of December 3, there were a total of 900 evacuees in Bangli. Although dry food stocks remain sufficient, stocks of vegetables are running thin.

Subdivision Head of Public Relation of the Mount Agung Emergency Disaster Relief Post in the district of Bangli, Cok Bagus Gaya Dirga, with permission from

post commander explained that of 900 people (203 families) from Karangasem who have evacuated to Bangli , 528 people were evacuated to Kubu’s main post and the other 732 to the SKB post. “This shows an increase in the number of refugees compared to previously”, he explained.

Cok Gaya Dirga said that last donation of vegetable was received from the Dharma Wanita organization a few days ago. Last week they ran out of vegetables. “ Tomorrow we will already be out of stock”, he explained.

If we have not received any vegetables by Monday we will have to buy some or coordinate with the Tanah Ampo post. Dirga added that he hopes there will be some donations of vegetables to the post so that the nutritional needs of the evacuees can be met. “ If possible vegetables that can be stored such as carrots, eggplants and others”, he said.

Apart from the need of food stocks, masks are also needed protect people from the dangers of volcanic ash. “ About 5,000 masks are needed”, he said. (kmb40)

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks at a news conference at Parliament House in Canberra November 30, 2017.

SYDNEY - Embattled Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull received an unexpected boost from an opinion poll on Monday that showed voters want their leaders to govern for their full terms rather than the revolving door that has marked Australian politics.

Three sitting Australian prime ministers have been ousted by their own parties since 2010, dumped by their colleagues almost as soon as their popularity began to wane.

Turnbull has flirted with becoming the latest victim of this syndrome, his popularity flagging ever since he became leader in a party-room coup in September 2015.

However, Monday’s Fairfax/ Ipsos showed that voters had wearied of the national leadership switches, with 71 percent of 1,400 people surveyed saying they disapproved of changing leaders between elections.

It came as some relief for Turnbull, whose centre-right coalition government is clinging precariously to power since a citizenship crisis forced his deputy, along with eight other lawmakers, out

of parliament because they were dual citizens.

The citizenship crisis left Turnbull presiding over a minority government.

“If there’s anyone silly enough to think that they could overthrow Turnbull, I would think this gives them pause for thought,” said Rod Tiffen, emeritus professor in government and international relations at Sydney University.

“But the state of the polls generally is not good news for him,” he told Reuters.

The government clawed back one key seat on Saturday when Barnaby Joyce, Turnbull’s deputy who was forced by the citizenship crisis to recontest his seat, resoundingly won a by-election to regain his place in parliament.

However, another crucial byelection looms on Dec. 19 and the

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Dazzling egg fossils crack open secrets of ancient flying reptiles

WASHINGTON - A dazzling discovery in northwestern China of hundreds of fossilized pterosaur eggs is providing fresh understanding of these flying reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs including evidence that their babies were born flightless and needed parental care.

Scientists said on Thursday they unearthed 215 eggs of the fish-eating Hamipterus tianshanensis -- a species whose adults had a crest atop an elongated skull, pointy teeth and a wingspan of more than 11 feet (3.5 meters) -- including 16 eggs containing partial embryonic remains.

Fossils of hundreds of male and female adult Hamipterus individuals were found alongside juveniles and eggs at the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region site, making this Cretaceous Period species that lived 120 million years ago perhaps the best understood of all pterosaurs.

“We want to call this region ‘Pterosaur Eden,’” said paleontologist Shunxing Jiang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology.

Pterosaurs were Earth’s first flying vertebrates.

Birds and bats appeared later.

Until now, no pterosaur eggs had been found with

embryos preserved in three dimensions. Researchers think up to 300 eggs may be present, some buried under the exposed fossils.

The embryonic bones indicated the hind legs of a baby Hamipterus developed more rapidly than crucial wing elements like the humerus bone, said paleontologist Alexander Kellner of Museu Nacional in Rio de Janeiro.

“Some birds can fly on the same day they break out from the egg, while some others will need a long period of parental care. Our conclusion is that a baby Hamipterus can walk but can’t fly,” Jiang said, an unexpected finding.

The researchers believe these pterosaurs lived in a bustling colony near a large freshwater lake. Kellner cited evidence that females gathered together to lay eggs in nesting colonies and returned over the years to the same nesting site.

They suspect the eggs and some juvenile and adult individuals were washed away from a nesting site in a storm and into the lake, where they were preserved and later fossilized.

The oblong eggs, up to about 3 inches (7.2 cm) long, were pliable with a thin, hard outer layer marked by cracking and crazing covering a thick membrane inner layer, resembling soft eggs of some modern snakes and lizards. (rtr)

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An artist’s illustration shows individuals from the fish-eating pterosaur species Hamipterus tianshanensis, including adults, juvenile and eggs in this handout illustration obtained by Reuters November 30, 2017. Fossils of hundreds of Hamipterus individuals and more than 200 eggs were discovered at a site in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China.

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Kampong object managed professionally by CBT implementation

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A scientist does research in a lab in San Diego, California April 26, 2009.

U.S. scientists take step toward creating artificial life CHICAGO - In a major step toward creating artificial life, U.S. researchers have developed a living organism that incorporates both natural and artificial DNA and is capable of creating entirely new, synthetic proteins.

The work, published in the journal Nature, brings scientists closer to the development of designer proteins made to order in a laboratory.

Previous work by Floyd Romesberg, a chemical biologist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, showed that it was possible to expand the genetic alphabet of natural DNA beyond its current four letters: adenine(A), cytosine(C), guanine (G) and thymine(T).

In 2014, Romesberg and colleagues created a strain of E. coli bacteria that contained two unnatural letters, X and Y. In the latest work, Romesberg’s team has shown that this partially synthetic form of E. coli can take instructions from this hybrid genetic alphabet to make new proteins.

“This is the first time ever a cell has translated a protein using something other than G, C, A or T,” Romesberg said.

Although the actual changes to the organism were small, the feat is significant, he said in a telephone interview. “It’s the first change to life ever made.”

It’s a goal Romesberg has been working toward for the past 20 years. Creating new forms of life, however, is not the main point.

Romesberg is interested in using this expanded genetic alphabet to create new types of proteins that can be used to treat disease.

In 2014, he formed a company called Synthorx Inc, which is working on developing new proteinbased treatments.

“A lot of proteins that you want to use as drugs get cleared in the kidney very quickly,” Romesberg said. The new system would allow scientists to attach fat molecules to drugs to keep them in the body longer.

Romesberg is aware that the creation of semi-synthetic organisms might raise concerns of hybrid life forms spreading beyond the lab, but the system they used makes such an escape unlikely.

For example, in natural DNA, base pairs are attracted to each other through the bonding of hydrogen atoms. Romesberg’s X and Y bases are attracted through an entirely different process, which prevents them from accidentally bonding with natural bases.

And because cells cannot make their own X and Y without the addition of certain chemicals, the semi-synthetic organisms cannot live outside of a laboratory. (rtr)

DENPASAR — Monkey Forest in Ubud continues to make improvement in order to satisfy tourists and be able to compete against similar tourist attractions in Bali.

The Monkey Forest implementing community-based tourism (CBT) in its management stays to prioritize professional management.

This was conveyed by GM of Monkey Forest, Ubud, I Nyoman Buana, on Friday (Dec. 1) when the students of Master Program of Tourism Studies, Faculty of Tourism, Udayana University, conducted a field study to the tourist attraction of Monkey Forest, Ubud.

I Nyoman Buana explained the income obtained from Monkey Forest is used for the management and paying tax to Gianyar district government as much as 12.5 percent while the remaining is handed over to customary village as the owner of the tourist attraction. “The village uses it to finance ceremonies, help residents carrying out cremation as well as for scholarship,” he said.

Monkey Forest employs approximately 146 local residents.

They are selected according to the needs and their skills. “We also encourage and finance employees to learn foreign languages, like English and others for the sake of services,” said Buana who is an alumnus of the Faculty of Agriculture, Udayana University.

Monkey Forest is a tourist attraction owned and managed by Padangtegal customary village, Ubud. All the employees are local residents and the revenues obtained are submitted to customary village to support community welfare. The government does not participate in the management as it is fully handled by the community through the established

Monkey Forest

management.

According to the census conducted in July 2017, the area of 12.5 hectares is inhabited by 731 monkeys. The monkeys in the forest belong to long-tailed ones. “It does not mean they have long tail, but the tail size is longer than their body length,” he said. Its Latin name is Macca fascicularis.

Due to its strategic location in the tourist area of Ubud, the Monkey Forest attracts many tourists.

On average, the daily visit reaches 3,000 people. During high season, it can reach 4,000 people per day, and once during Eid-Al-Fitr holiday and Chinese New Year falling adjacent, the visitors reached 5,000 people.

The admission fee is distinguished in terms of foreign, domestic, local Balinese, students and children. For foreign and domestic tourists, the ticket is sold for IDR 50,000, children for IDR 40,000; and local visitors with Bali identity card for IDR 30,000. Ticket price has included parking fees, insurance and all types of hospitality during tourists visiting the Monkey Forest. Freelance photographer service is not allowed to operate inside the Monkey Forest area for the sake of guests’ convenience.

“Besides, tourists have their own cameras,” he said.

Head of Tourism Study Program of Udayana University, Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Darma Putra, said that although Monkey Forest of Ubud is considered a ‘village class’ tourist attraction and managed by local community, in terms of facilities, it looks excellent and has good quality. It can be observed from the lobby, ticket counter, toilet room and other facilities within the object as well as professional guides. (kmb42)

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These temporary animal refuges located in several different areas.

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Evacuees relieved about their livestock

DENPASAR — Humans- as well as livestock have been evacuated from Karangasem due to the threat of Mount Agung erupting further.

Since most of the residents of villages within the danger zone work as farmers, breeding livestock is an important source of income.

When the alert level for Mount Agung was first raised some months ago, many people from this area rushed to sell their livestock even though they had to sell at a low price. Now, however as people from Karangasem have become better informed, they are no longer in a panic about what to do about their livestock during the evacuation.

Chief of the Mount Agung Eruption Command Taskforce for Animal Husbandry and Animal Health, IKG Nata Kesuma, said that livestock owners who have been evacuated form the danger zone have been informed about how to make sure their livestock remain safe in facilities made available by the government.

These temporary animal refuges located in several different areas, have reported that some cattle have been sold. This time however the farmers did not sell their cattle because they were in a panic but simple in order to provide funds for provisions during their time in the evacuation post. “ Officers of the animal shelters supervise such transactions to ensure that fair prices are offered”, said Kusuma.

The following are the average market prices for cattle: IDR 5-6 million for female calf , IDR 6-7 million for male calf, IDR 8-10 million for adult female. Adult males are sold by the kilo. Adult male weighing 300350kg are sold for IDR 40,000 per kilo, while those weighing above 400kg are sold for DIR 42,000-IDR 43,000 per kg.

Kusuma added that not many cattle have been sold recently as most of the evacuees who returned home at the end of October when the alert level decreased, did not want to purchase cattle given that the condition of the Mount Agung remained uncertain.

Between September 23rd and December 2nd, a total of 10,235 head of cattle have been evacuated from the danger zone from a total of approximately 14,000.

Evacuated livestock consist of: 8,511 cows (mostly female and young calves as well as sires that are not for sale), 1,011 goats and 713 pigs.

There are 16 different animal shelters located in 5 districts where 2, 711 animals are being kept safe.

Klungkung is sheltering 94 heads of livestock, Buleleleng 1, 244, Gianyar 133, Bangli 17 and Karangasem’s safe zone also a an animal shelter where 1, 230 head of livestock are being kept.

The livestock are not only accommodated but also provided with feed. Recent data shows that remaining fed stocks consist of 229 tons of concentrate, 15,750 kg of straw, 50.5 tons of forage (HPT), 5 tons of other forage, 46.940 kg of silage and 59 tons of sugar cane shoots. (kmb42)

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China suspends Many airlines not serving all their flights flights from Bali to China due to volcanic ash - report Though airport operating normally

SHANGHAI - China’s aviation authority has suspended all flights from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali to Chinese cities until the threat of volcanic ash clears, the state-run People’s Daily newspaper reported on Monday.

Clouds of volcanic ash from Bali’s erupting Mount Agung volcano disrupted flights to and from the island’s airport last week, stranding many thousands of tourists.

Flights began resuming when the airport reopened on Wednesday, after the wind changed and blew the ash away from flight paths. Individual airlines make their own decisions on whether to operate. Australia’s Jetstar resumed flying tourists in to Bali on Monday, while Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd said it planned to do so on Tuesday.

Despite the resumption of some services, China’s aviation authority was stopping any more flights after the return on Monday of the last charter flight, bringing to 15,237 the number of stranded Chinese tourists brought home, the People’s Daily newspaper said on its Twitter page. “China’s aviation authority has suspended all flights from Bali to Chinese cities until volcanic ash threat clears,” it said.

China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines,

which stopped flying new tourists into Bali last week, told Reuters that any resumption of flights would depend on the situation.

They declined to comment on the reported directive from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The CAAC did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment.

China Southern, which flies to Bali from the cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou, said in an email that “due to volcanic activity in the area, the local airport and associated routes are not airworthy so flights on these two routes have been cancelled in the near term”.

China has overtaken Australia this year as the biggest source of international visitors to Bali, representing about a quarter of the 4.9 million arrivals from January to September, according to industry statistics.

Airlines avoid flying through volcanic ash as it can damage aircraft engines, clogging fuel and cooling systems, hampering pilot visibility and even causing engine failure.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroh, a spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency, said on Twitter that Mount Agung was no longer spewing ash but just white smoke that reached a height of 1,000 metres early on Monday.(rtr)

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A passenger waiting for his flight to depart watches a plane take off from the domestic terminal at Ngurah Rai International Airport, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia December 4, 2017.

MANGUPURA - Although Ngurah Rai Airport has been operating normally since November 29 following the temporary closure due to the impact of volcanic ash from Mount Agung, many airlines are still not servicing routes to and from Bali. Based on data released

by Ngurah Rai Airport ‘s Angkasa Pura I (AP I) on Sunday (Dec. 3), 12 domestic departures, 10 domestic arrivals, 17 international departures and 18 international arrivals are still not running.

According to Section Head of Communication and Legal Affairs for Ngurah Rai Airport, Arie Ahsanurrohim, flight cancellations are determined by each airline based on operational considerations. Ngurah Rai Airport itself is operating nor-

mally. “ The number of flights that are still cancelled are not due to the airport being closed but due to the policies of the different airlines”, he explained.

Head of the Airport Authority for Region IV of Bali-Nusa Tenggara, Herson, explained that the airlines cancelled their flights because so many passengers had cancelled their reservations – not because of the threat of ash. It is considered safe to fly in Bali because the ash form Mount Agung has been cleared by heavy rains. “However if there are indications of further eruptions, certainly we will check with information from the National Weather Service (BMKG) and Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin”, he said. (kmb23)

Two reason why there is no smoke coming out of Mount Agung

AMLAPURA - According to the Central for Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation Agency (PVMBG) there are two reasons why there is no a 1,500 -2,000 meter high puff of smoke coming from Mount Agung.

Subdivision Head of Volcanic Mitigation for Eastern Region, Dedy Kamil Syahbana, said on Sunday (Dec. 3) that starting on Saturday (Dec. 2) at 19:00 only a bit of smoke was observed from the Rendang station. Seismicity is also low and the concentration of sulfuric gas (SO2) measured that afternoon dropped dramatically (20 times lower) compared to the eruption phase between November 26-27.

It is possible that the the speed of the magma rising to the surface has diminished due to loss of energy as magmatic gas diminished after the last eruption, bringing equilibrium.

However there is also the possibility that there is a block in the magma pipe caused by cold or hardened lava obstructing the fluid magma.

“If the first possibility it the case, then the likelihood of an eruption will decrease because magma has lost mobility. If the second possibility is the case, the potential for an eruption increases as the magma pressures increases. If the strength of the lava covering up the magma exit is less that the pressure pressure accumulating beneath, then an eruption will occur’ said Devy Syahnana.

In the case of a blocked magma exit passage, the volcano could remain quite for a long time but

with pressure building and eruption would be more explosive. IN the 1963 eruption, there a quite period of about 2 weeks before a major eruption that reached a height of about 23 kilometers. If the quite period is short then there is not a lot of pressure built up and an eruption would be similar to or less explosive than the one in 1963.

“Volcanology must be approached probabilistically not deterministically. An element of uncertainty should always be included. Although we can explain some possibilities, Mount Aging has its own plans that may not include the above possibilities”, said Until now, volcanology has not yet been approached by a deterministic (definite) method considering it is a science approached with probabilistic (possibility) methods, where an element of uncertainty should always be included. Although we explain some possibilities, Mount Agung may have its own plans that are not included in the possibilities above”, Devy Syahnana.

Central for Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation Agency (PVMBG), she added is waiting patiently for data about further developments and added that they must remain vigilant and ready to face all possibilities. “Hopefully Mount Agung will choose the way we are all hoping for – that is the first possibility in which the eruptions are done, so that people can return home form evacuation and get back to their regular activities”, she said. (kmb41)

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PULLMAN BALI LAUNCHES “IMPRESSION OF INDONESIA” ARTIST PLAYGROUND

Pullman, the cosmopolitanbrand of the AccorHotels Group, reaffirms its commitment to contemporary art with the series launch

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Billy Bush: It was Trump’s voice on “Access Hollywood” tape WASHINGTON - Former NBC television host Billy Bush accused U.S. President Donald Trump of “indulging in some revisionist history” for reportedly telling allies it was not his voice making lewd remarks as the men waited to film a segment for “Access Hollywood” in 2005.

“He said it. ‘Grab ’em by the pussy,’” Bush wrote in an editorial published in the New York Times on Sunday.

The New York Times reported last month that Trump has been privately telling aides and allies, including at least one U.S. senator, that the voice on the recording was not his.

That would be a reversal from his immediate acknowledgement of responsibility after the tape surfaced weeks ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Trump said: “I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.”

Reuters has not been able to verify the Times report that he has been privately telling allies a different story.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Bush’s remarks. But White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders played down the Times report at a White House briefing on Nov. 27. “ T h e P r e s i dent hasn’t changed his position. I think if anything that the president questions, it’s the media’s reporting on that accuracy,” Sanders said.

Bush laughed on the video as Trump spoke and he lost his job as a host of NBC’s flagship morning “Today” show after the tape was leaked to the media in October, upending Trump’s campaign to become president. (rtr)

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This file photo taken on October 24, 2017 shows (L to R) Mexican-American Co-director Adrian Molina, US Director Lee Unkrich, Mexican singer and actor Luis Angel Gomez and US Producer Darla K. Anderson during a press conference in Mexico City for “Coco” a new animated film from Disney-Pixar inspired by Mexico’s Day of the Dead.

‘Coco’ Repeats as Box Office Winner With $26.1 Million

LOS ANGELES - Disney-Pixar’s animated comedy “Coco” easily repeated as the winner of the North American box office with a solid $26.1 million at 3,987 locations during a moderate weekend.

The third weekend of Warner Bros.-DC Entertainment’s “Justice League” finished second with $16.7 million at 3,820 sites, with the superhero tentpole dropping 60%.

Lionsgate’s “Wonder” continued to perform well with $12.5 million at 3,449 venues to come in third followed by Disney-Marvel’s fifth frame of “Thor: Ragnarok” with $9.7 million at 3,148 sites, the fourth weekend of Paramount’s “Daddy’s Home 2” with $7 million at 3,403 venues and Fox’s fourth weekend of “Murder on the Orient Express” with $6.7 million at 3,201 screens.

Awards contenders “Lady Bird” and “Three Billboards Outside

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The major studios opted to rely on holdovers during the session and held off on any wide openings.

A24 generated strong performance from its limited launch of James Franco’s “The Disaster Artist” with $1.2 million at 19 locations for a $64,254 per screen average. Fox Searchlight’s “The Shape of Water” saw an impressive $166,800 at two theaters and Woody Allen’s “Wonder Wheel” debuted with a

solid $140,555 at five sites through Amazon.

Sony Classics’ second weekend of “Call Me By Your Name” posted a stellar $281,280 at four screens for a 10-day total of $908,175. It won best feature at the Gotham Independent Film Awards on Nov. 27.

“Coco” has now taken in $108.7 million in its first 12 days following a 47% decline from its opening.

The film, based on the traditions surrounding the Day of the Dead holiday in Mexico, centers on a 12-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a musician. The film has been embraced by critics with a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Disney’s “Moana” performed slightly better during the same period last year with $119.8 million after 12 days. (rtr)

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A farmer works at a rice field as Mount Agung eruption is seen from Sidemen village in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, December 1, 2017 in this photo taken

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Scientists listen for clues about Bali volcano’s next big eruption

This week, the Mount Agung volcano on the island of Bali in Indonesia erupted for the first time in more than 50 years. Residents are fleeing to neighbouring islands, tourists are scrambling to find flights home and the tiny island is on edge. Volcanologists are trying to gather as much data as possible to help planners, residents and first responders best prepare for any possible further eruptions.

Volcanoes erupt because of a change in pressure in the magma near the Earth’s crust. The magma is molten rock that forms deep under the Earth’s surface, about 30 to 50 kilometres down, where the crust meets the Earth’s mantle.

It is under extreme pressure and temperature so the rocks can melt.

That pressure needs to be relieved at routine intervals and takes the path of least resistance – that path is through fissures between the tectonic plates of the Earth’s crust.

Canadian volcanologist Julie Roberge from the Instituto Technica Nationale in Mexico City

explains it this way: “So an analogy for this is a bottle of soda. So, you know, if you leave it on the table, it has a fixed pressure and there’s gas dissolved in your Coke, Sprite or whatever. But when you move the bottle, what happens is that these bubbles are coming out and they want to come out of the bottle.

A volcano is the exact same thing.

So what happened to your bottle of soda, if you leave the cap on, versus if you take the cap off, is the difference between an eruption where the lava will just flow... versus it will explode like Agung.”

So what drives the lava upwards

and out of the cone of the volcano is gas pressure that needs to vent.

In the case of Mount Agung, it sits in the so-called Ring of Fire that rims Japan and most of Asia, including Indonesia. This area of the world is a subduction zone.

The oceanic plate is diving below the continental tectonic plate and that creates a weak point in the Earth’s crust.

When one tectonic plate, the oceanic plate of the eastern Pacific, goes down below the continental plate, the water rises and that lowers the melting temperature of the rock above. This forms magma and

the magma is less dense than the surrounding rock. It rises like the wax in a lava lamp and the pressure builds… and it needs to be relieved. So, ultimately, it’s small earthquakes and natural shifts in the tectonic plates that are creating this pressurized chamber that needs to vent.

The first indication is always the seismic activity. These are often murmurs of activity deep below the surface. They aren’t felt as earthquakes because they are too deep or too subtle, but seismologists watch every shift and groan of the tectonic plates with interest.

Some of the seismic monitoring is global scale. One earthquake over in Mexico, for instance, means the rest of the tectonic plates need to ease the strain of the new posi-

tion and they shift — often in ways we don’t completely understand of course, but it’s an indicator that seismologists need to be alert.

Other seismic data is obtained right at the site of the volcano. When it comes to Mount Agung in Bali, there have been up to 600 seismic events per day as the volcano prepares for something. That’s why the country and the island are on high alert.

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