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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

‘Split’ Tops ‘Rings,’ as ‘Space Between Us’ Bombs

LOS ANGELES - It was a squeaker, but Universal’s “Split” has edged past Paramount’s “Rings” to narrowly claim victory at the domestic box office. The low-budget thriller retained its first place position for the third consecutive weekend, earning $14.6 million. So far, “Split,” the story of a man with multiple personalities, has made $98.7 million stateside, while costing just $9 million, making it very profitable indeed. The film stars James McAvoy, was directed by “The Sixth Sense’s” M. Night Shyamalan, and produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, the maker of “Sinister” and “Paranormal Activity.”

“It’s a darn good movie,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s domestic distribution chief. “It’s very satisfying for audiences. People seek out quality.”

It was a quiet weekend for Hollywood. After all, most of America’s attention has shifted away from the multiplexes to the coming battle between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons. The two teams will meet at Super Bowl LI, and the high-

profile matchup should ensure that the weekend box office closes on a muted note.

“Rings,” an attempt to revive a long-dormant horror franchise, earned $13 million. The first “Ring” movie opened to $15 million in 2002 on its way to a $129.1 million domestic gross, while its followup, 2005’s “The Ring Two,” kicked off to $35.1 million, ending its stateside run with $76.2 million.

“Rings” was delayed multiple

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017 FILE - In this June 11, 2014, file photo, a man walks past a mural in an office on the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif.

times, and was originally intended to hit theaters in 2015. It cost $25 million to produce and, like its predecessors, focuses on a videotape that kills those who watch it.

Overseas, “Rings” took in $15.2 million from 35 international markets, including Brazil, Mexico, and Russia. Paramount marketing and distribution chief Megan Colligan said she was pleased by the reception the film received here and abroad. (rtr)

Facebook, Google, others launch drive against fake news in France

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This image released by Universal Pictures shows Anya Taylor-Joy, left, and James McAvoy, right, in a scene from, “Split.”

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PARIS - Social media companies Facebook , Google and a group of news organisations launched an initiative on Monday to tackle fake news stories in France, with the media in the spotlight as the country’s presidential election approaches.

Facebook said it would work with several leading French news organisations, including Agence France-Presse, BFM TV, and newspapers L’Express and Le Monde to ensure that false news items were not published on its platform.

Google also said it was part of the initiative, dubbed “Cross Check” by the partners.

Facebook has faced criticism that it did not do enough to prevent false information being republished on its platform during last year’s

U.S presidential campaign, and in response has set up measures to try to tackle the problem.

There have been similar concerns that people could disseminate false information on Facebook in the build-up to the French election, which takes place in April and May. In the United States, Facebook has said users would in future find it easier to flag fake articles as a hoax, and added that it will work with organizations such as fact-checking website Snopes, ABC News and

the Associated Press to check the authenticity of stories.

Last month, Facebook also set up an initiative against fake news in Germany, where government officials had expressed concerns that false stories and hate speech online could influence a parliamentary election in September in which chancellor Angela Merkel will seek a fourth term in office.

Facebook said on Monday that it would work with several leading French news organisations, including Agence France Presse, BFM TV, L’Express and Le Monde among others to ensure that false news items were not published on its platform.

Facebook has faced criticism

that it did not do enough to prevent false information being republished on its platform during last year’s U.S presidential campaign, and in response has set up measures to try to tackle the problem.

There have been similar concerns that people could disseminate false information on Facebook in the build-up to the French election, which takes place in April and May. In the United States, Facebook said users would find it easier to flag fake articles on their News Feed as a hoax, and added that it will work with organizations such as fact-checking website Snopes, ABC News and the Associated Press to check the

authenticity of stories.

Last month, Facebook also set up an anti fake-news initiative in Germany, where government officials had expressed concerns that fake news and “hate speech” on the Internet could influence a parliamentary election in September in which chancellor Angela Merkel will seek a fourth term in office.(rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http://globalfmbali.listen2myradio. com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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International

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Lake Batur re-spits sulfur, thousands of fish in cage die

The fish that died on Batur Lake

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As observation on Sunday (Feb. 5), the sulfuric burst from the bottom of the lake made the color of the lake water change.

Lake water that originally looked bluish has now turned into yellowish green.

The changes are very evident if observed from particular distance.

The regions seeming to get exposed to sulfuric bursts are the Kedisan, Buahan and Seked. Along the edge of the lake and the area of floating net cages owned by farmers many wild fish carcasses are seen floating on the water surface.

A fish farmer from Buahan village who is also Chief of the Fishermen Association of Indonesia (HNSI) Bangli, I Made Antara, said that the sulfuric bursts from the bottom of Lake Batur has been taking place since the past three days. The first region exposed to the bursts

is Seked village then continued to the region of Terunyan, Abang and Buahan village. “The sulfuric bursts have begun three days ago, but the sporadic fish death in the lake has occurred since Saturday,” he explained.

According to Antara, the emergence of sulfuric bursts at the bottom of the lake is affected by extreme weather factors. Hardness of wind coupled by coldness of weather happened recently caused the sulfur in the bottom of the lake to be upraised. Such conditions then caused the fish living in the lake to be slowly suffocated to death.

This former headman of Buahan said that dozens of fish farmers, especially in the region of the Buahan village, have to bear remarkable losses as the impact of the natural phenomenon. Each farmer is said

to suffer fish death averagely half to two tons. Most of the dead fish of farmers due to sulfuric bursts is ready to harvest. “Approximately the total losses of fish farmers at Buahan village area reach one billion rupiahs,” he explained.

He admitted to be unable to make sure when this phenomenon will end. As previous experience, this condition will continue to happen until the next few days.

In the meantime, another resident, Wayan Jon, said that due to sulfuric bursts the catch has increased drastically. Previously, fishermen can usually catch wild fish of 10 kilograms, now their catch can surge to 50 kilograms.

Jon said the fish are dying due to exposure to sulfuric bursts but can still be consumed. “The fish do not die of poisoning, but due to running out of oxygen,” he said. (kmb40)

Life stories of Ketut Mulia, Scavenge fortunes by relying on funny monkeys FOREST area extending along the Bedugul-Gitgit road section, precisely at Wanagiri village, is still inhabited by monkeys. Since a dozen years ago, this has been used to earn a fortune by one of the Wanagiri residents, Ketut Mulia. She does it because this middle-aged woman does not have another job.

When passing through the Bedugul to Gitgit road section, the eyes will not only be pampered by flourishing verdant trees in the conservation forests or the view of green water owned by Lake Buyan slightly wavy due to being blown by the wind. However, along the road section visitors can also witness a number of monkeys seating along the sidewalk and large trees.

Amid the development of tourism in North Bali, travelers passing on the ascending path are taken advantage by a woman named Ketut Mulia to earn a fortune. Relying on funny

behavior of the gray-furred primates, she tries to attract passing travelers armed with bananas and boiled peanuts. “Here, there are hundreds of monkeys. Passing road users usually stop here. I sell peanuts and bananas to them to feed the monkeys while taking photographs,” she said on Sunday (Feb. 5).

This woman of four children has no fear when being close to a number large enough monkeys.

By feeding them on regular basis, she looks to have befriended with the mammals. “Having been accustomed to them, I can distinguish which monkeys are grumpy and which are not,” she said.

These activities have been pursued since the 2000s before the first Bali bombing. The results are uncertain.

Sometimes it is enough to eat a day and sometimes she gets nothing. It highly depends on weather condition.

“If it rains, no monkeys will come

down. Well, I get nothing other than coldness to bring home,” she said.

When the weather is fine, her job starts at 10:00 and ends at 17:00. In the meantime, in rainy season, she has to spend more time with the search for firewood for sale. “If the weather supports, I will come here. Sometimes I must find another job rather than staying at home,” said Mulia.

This middle-aged woman admitted that her family’s economic condition is moderately good. She does this job to help the income of her husband who works as farmer. “I’d just like to get additional income. If only staying at home seems inappropriate to me,” she added.

Aside from her, similar job is also pursued by a number of other women.

They do not only maintain and feed the monkeys, but also do selling.

“I’m not alone. There are some other friends doing the job like mine,” she said. (sos)

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Every Saturday 9AM-2PM OrganIc Farmer’s Market Pizza Bagus (Jl. Pengosekan), Ubud EVERY SUNDAY Soul to soul spirituall dialogue Anand Ashram, Ubud Jl Sri Wedari KM 3 Mantra chanting 6-6:30pm Navaraha Arati 6:30-6:45pm Meditation, Satsang and celebration 6:45-8:30pm www.ubudashram.org SUNDAY MARKETS 10AM 1PM Sunday Market at Batu Jimbar Jl. Danau Tablingan , Sanur

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BANGLI —

Lake Batur in Kintamani has re-spat sulfur since the past few days. Such condition had an impact on the death of thousands of fish living in the local lake. Mass mortality of fish due to the natural phenomenon does not only affect thousands of fish owned by farmers raised in floating net cages, but also the wild fish living outside the cage.

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Science

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Does an anomaly in the Earth’s magnetic field portend a coming pole reversal?

THE Earth is blanketed by a magnetic field. Itâ??s what makes compasses point north, and protects our atmosphere from continual bombardment from space by charged particles such as protons. Without a magnetic field, our atmosphere would slowly be stripped away by harmful radiation, and life would almost certainly not exist as it does today.

You might imagine the magnetic field is a timeless, constant aspect of life on Earth, and to some extent you would be right. But Earthâ??s magnetic field actually does change. Every so often â?? on the order of several hundred thousand years or so â?? the magnetic field has flipped. North has pointed south, and vice versa. And when the field flips it also tends to become very weak.

What currently has geophysicists like us abuzz is the realization that the strength of Earthâ??s magnetic field has been decreasing for the last 160 years at an alarming rate. This collapse is centered in a huge expanse of the Southern Hemisphere, extending from Zimbabwe to Chile, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly. The magnetic field strength is so weak there that itâ??s a hazard for satellites that orbit above the region â?? the field no longer protects them from radiation which interferes with satellite electronics.

And the field is continuing to grow weaker, potentially portending even more dramatic events, including a global reversal of the magnetic poles. Such a major change would affect our navigation systems, as well as the transmission of electricity. The spectacle of the northern lights might appear at different latitudes. And because more radiation would reach Earthâ??s surface under very low field strengths during a global reversal, it also might affect rates of cancer.

We still donâ??t fully understand what the extent of these effects would be, adding urgency to our investigation. Weâ??re turning to some perhaps unexpected data sources, including 700-year-old African archaeological records, to puzzle it out.

Genesis of the geomagnetic field Earthâ??s magnetic field is created by convecting iron in our planetâ??s liquid outer core. From the wealth of observatory and satellite data that document the magnetic field of recent times, we can model what the field would look like if we had a compass immediately above the Earthâ??s swirling liquid iron core.

These analyses reveal an astounding feature: Thereâ??s a patch of reversed polarity beneath southern Africa at the core-mantle boundary where the liquid iron outer core meets the slightly stiffer part of the Earthâ??s interior. In this area, the polarity of the field is opposite to the average global magnetic field. If we were able to use a compass deep under southern Africa, we would see that in this unusual patch north actually points south.

This patch is the main culprit creating the South Atlantic Anomaly.

In numerical simulations, unusual patches similar to the one beneath southern Africa appear immediately prior to geomagnetic reversals.

The poles have reversed frequently over the history of the planet, but the last reversal is in the distant past, some 780,000 years ago.

The rapid decay of the recent magnetic field, and its pattern of decay, naturally raises the question of what was happening prior to the last 160 years.

Archaeomagnetism takes us further back in time In archaeomagnetic studies, geophysicists team with archaeologists to learn about the past magnetic field. For example, clay used to make pottery contains small amounts of magnetic minerals, such as magnetite. When the clay is heated to make a pot, its magnetic minerals lose any magnetism they may have held. Upon cooling, the magnetic minerals record the direction and intensity of the magnetic field at that time. If one can determine the age of the pot, or the archaeological site from which it came (using radiocarbon dating, for instance), then an archaeomagnetic history can be recovered.

Using this kind of data, we have a partial history of archaeomagnetism for the Northern Hemisphere. In contrast, the Southern Hemisphere archaeomagnetic record is scant. In particular, there have been virtually no data from southern Africa â?? and thatâ??s the region, along with South America, that might provide the most insight into the history of the reversed core patch creating todayâ??s South Atlantic Anomaly.

But the ancestors of todayâ??s southern Africans, Bantu-speaking metallurgists and farmers who began to migrate into the region between 2,000 and 1,500 years ago, unintentionally left us some clues. These Iron Age people lived in huts built of clay, and stored their grain in hardened clay bins. As the first agriculturists of the Iron Age of southern Africa, they relied heavily on rainfall.(ap)

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Motorists asked to be vigilant in bad weather Police direct traffic

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Scientists tracking a crop-destroying caterpillar known as armyworm say it is now spreading rapidly across mainland Africa and could reach tropical Asia and the Mediterranean in the next few years.

Scientists find crop-destroying caterpillar spreading rapidly in Africa

LONDON - Scientists tracking a crop-destroying caterpillar known as armyworm say it is now spreading rapidly across mainland Africa and could reach tropical Asia and the Mediterranean in the next few years, threatening agricultural trade.

In research released on Monday, scientists at the Britain-based Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) said the pest, which had not previously been established outside the Americas, is now expected to spread “to the limits of suitable African habitat” within a few years.

The caterpillar destroys young maize plants, attacking their growing points and burrowing into the cobs.

“It likely travelled to Africa as adults or egg masses on direct commercial flights and has since been spread within Africa by its own strong flight ability and carried as a contaminant on crop produce,” said CABI’s chief scientist Matthew Cock.

Armyworm, known as “fall army-

worm” in the United States due to its tendency to migrate there in autumn, or fall, is native to North and South America and can devastate maize, a staple crop crucial to food security in large parts of Africa.

Suspected outbreaks have already erupted in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said last week it had spread to Namibia and Mozambique.

The CABI research found evidence of two species of fall armyworm in Ghana for the first time and scientists are now working to understand how it got there, how it spreads, and how farmers can control it in an environmentally friendly way.

“This is the first time it has been shown that both species or strains

are established on mainland Africa,” Cook said. “Following earlier reports from Nigeria, Togo and Benin, this shows they are clearly spreading very rapidly.”

While armyworm mainly affects maize, it has also been recorded eating more than 100 different plant species, causing major damage to crops such as rice and sugarcane as well as cabbage, beet and soybeans.

Cook warned that outbreaks can cause devastating losses and mounting debts for farmers and said urgent action is now needed to help farmers figure out the best strategies to control the pest.

South Africa’s agriculture ministry said last week it was registering pesticides for use against armyworm. (rtr)

SEMARAPURA - Recent bad weather has driven Klungkung police officers to stand post at busy intersections and accident prone areas to help direct traffic. In addition to the threat of toppling trees, slippery roads also lend themsleves to traffic accidents.

Chief of Klungkung Police Traffic Affairs, Wayan Mu diasa, has asked that road users be extra careful when driving.

Slippery roads can cause a higher risk of traffic accidents.

“We appeal to all road users to be aware of rain, slippery roads and fallen trees” he explained in Thursday (Feb 2).

Due to non-stop rains, Klungkung police and subdistrict police continue to direct traffic and stand guard in the areas around sub-district police stations.

On Thursday (Feb. 2), traffic was directed by police throughout the morning in orfer to ensure that all motorists reache dtheir destinations without incident. Mudiasa also emphasised

that police personnel are obliged to serve the community which includes heloing people to cross busy streests – especially school children and the elderly.

Police personnel are also on duty regulating traffic in front of schools and markets, like the Satria night market aorudn the corner from Jalan Raya Paskebali where it is dangerous for pedestrians. Such activity began to be vigorously implemented by Klungkung police personnel from 06:30 through 07:30 at a total of 13 different points around the town of Klungkung. Another 15 points were guarded by Klungkung’s sub-district police, 11 points by the Dawan police, 14 points by the Banjarangkan police and 5 points by the Nusa Penida police).

K l u n g k u n g ’s m a r i n e p o lice, also stood guard at 5 key points: the Trinuana traditional harbora, Pesinggahan Harbor, Banjar Bias Harbor, Jungut Batu Harbor and at Kampong Kusamba Harbor. (dwa)

Homestays in Pinge village need standardization TABANAN - Tabanan’s Pinge village in Marga was opened for tourism in 2002 but lay dormant until it wsa revived in 2010.

Since then most of the tourists who come here are from Europe and although things here are running fairly smoothly, repairs are needed. Also the wuality of homestays at Pinge village need to become standardised.

Chief of Pinge customary village, I Made Denayasa, said some time ago that the homestays in Pinge village must be standardized to ensure a minimum quality standard.Some homestays for example still have squat toilets. The government of Tabanan has therefor been cooperating with the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN) in order to provide soft loans for homestay owners. “With these soft loans, they can repair or add appropriate sfacilities to their homestays” he said.

He explained that of the 160 families in Pinge village, 10 families own homestays with a total of 40 rooms. Admittedly, some of the homestay rooms are not up to standards with fcailities like sqaut toilets still found in some.

Through the soft loan from the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprise, it is expected to not only improve the existing homestay facilities but also increase the number of homestays in Pinge village. ‘”Of course we hope that the number of homestays will increase”, he said.

The addition of new homestays charging a minumum of IDR 15,00 a night he explained, will help increase the income of local residents. Meanwhile, in 2014 there was a recorded 867 visitors to Pinge village, with just 115 stying overnight. In 2015 354 of the total 856 visitors stayed overnight. Throughout 2016, the total visit was recorded to reach 1,489 people, with 513 people staying overnight. (kmb24)

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Youtube comments could bring tougher sentence for U.S. woman in Bali suitcase murder

DENPASAR - Prosecutors in Indonesia are examining online video comments by a U.S. woman jailed for 10 years over the 2014 murder of her mother on the resort island of Bali to decide if they justify a stiffer sentence, authorities said on Monday.

Heather Mack, originally from Chicago, was tried and convicted alongside then-boyfriend Tommy Schaefer in the murder of her mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase in a taxi outside a luxury hotel.

In the video uploaded to Youtube on Feb. 2, Mack speaks to the camera, saying she initially asked Schaefer to find someone to kill her mother, but he refused.

“I don’t regret killing my mother ... but I regret bringing Tommy into it. Tommy is an innocent man,” she says.

It was unclear when or where the video was recorded.

A lawyer for Mack said she had been pressured into making the confession video.

“We suspect Tommy’s moti-

vation is to attack Heather after they broke up,” the lawyer, Ben Seran, told Reuters.

Schaefer’s lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.

Prosecutors were studying the video, said Ashari Kurniawan, a public relations official in the Bali prosecutor’s office.

“If Mack is indeed the mastermind of the murder, the video can be used as evidence in the case, and the sentence should be heavier than it is now,” he said.

Mack and her mother, who had a troubled relationship, had traveled together to Bali in August 2014, and were staying at a luxury hotel, the St. Regis Bali resort. Schaefer joined them, surprising von Wiese-Mack, who did not know he was coming to

Indonesia.

Schaefer, who said in court he had killed von Wiese-Mack in self-defence, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for premeditated murder.

Mack was convicted of being an being an accessory to murder.

She is serving her term in a Bali prison where she gave birth to a daughter just before being sentenced.

In the three-part video, Mack says although Schaefer is innocent, he had helped hide her mother’s body in the suitcase.

“I don’t want to live in a lie anymore. I made it up in my heart ... that I wanted to kill my mother,” she says, adding that she believed her mother had killed her father several years earlier. (rtr)

REUTERS/Darren Whiteside/File Photo

Heather Mack of the U.S. waits inside a holding cell at a Denpasar court before her court appearance on the Indonesian resort island of Bali April 21, 2015.

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To secure Sunday service, six churches guarded by police

SEMARAPURA - If previously the security at churches in Klungkung is just held on Christmas Day, this time Klungkung police further increase the security of church by assigning personnel in all churches Klungkung every Sunday service. This activity is conducted to provide a sense of security for people practicing their religious service.

Chief of Klungkung Police, FX Arendra Wahyudi, said that the security now being improved throughout the churches in Klungkung police is intended to create safe and conducive atmosphere in the jurisdiction of Klungkung police.

“This security is implemented to provide a sense of security and comfort for Christians in performing their Sunday service,” he explained on Sunday (Feb. 5).

All the churches in Klungkung namely the Pentecost Church, Kemah Injil Church, Indonesian Bethel Rock Church, Tresna Asih Church, Bethel Indonesia Bethany Church and Santa Sicily Church.

In addition to securing Sunday services, Klungkung police personnel also carry out dialogical patrols assigned to mobile detective unit and picket function at a number of crowded places such as markets and Galiran Art Market. “Every Sunday, this place is visited by many domestic travelers wishing to buy typical souvenirs of Klungkung,” said Arendra.

He insisted that all these efforts are implemented to make Klungkung remain conducive and the entire community activities can run safely and comfortably. (dwa)

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Queen Elizabeth marks 65 years on British throne

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth, the world’s longest-reigning living monarch, celebrates her Sapphire Jubilee on Monday, commemorating 65 years since she took the British throne.

A 41-gun royal salute will take place in central London to mark the occasion. The queen’s office released a 2014 portrait showing her wearing a suite of sapphire jewellery she received from King George VI as a wedding gift in 1947.

The Queen, 90, has cut back on international tours but still regularly performs official duties around Britain. In December she said she would reduce the number of her patronages, passing on her role at dozens of charities, academic institutions and sporting groups to other members of the royal family.

She will spend the day at her residence in Sandringham, eastern England, as is usual, her office said. (rtr) Figures of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth are displayed for sale in a shop in central London, Britain, February, 6 2017.

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Scotland headed to new independence vote, says Greens lawmaker This activity is conducted to provide a sense of security for people practicing their religious service.

Flies invasion complained by Samblong residents

NEGARA - Residents of Samblong hamlet, Sangkaragung, Jembrana, complained about invasion of flies to their settlement.

They suspect the invasion of flies is the im-

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pact of harvesting chickens in the chicken coop located not far from their settlement.

A number of Samblong residents explained on Sunday (Feb. 5) that they cannot

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Almost every day, the invasion of flies occurs and this has taken place since the past week.

live comfortably due to the invasion of flies.

Almost every day, the invasion of flies occurs and this has taken place since the past week.

Made Susana, a local resident, said that such conditions cause residents to be unrest because they are uncomfortable with the invasion of flies. There are flies everywhere including in their homes and kitchen. They come in huge numbers and always appear every day. This condition was already reported by village authority. Within a day, he can catch hundreds of flies using paper glue.

Together with other residents, the whole flies are trapped and burned directly behind the house.

He hoped the management of chicken coop can be given guidance. At least, it can prevent flies from emerging so as not to invade people’s residence. If this condition persists, it is feared to result in disease.

Moreover, his grandson who is still a toddler is often disturbed due to infestation of flies around its bed. Ni Wayan Serni, another resident also complained about similar conditions. She is even reluctant to eat due to invasion of flies.

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In the meantime, headman of Sangkaragung, Nyoman Gede Suardana, accompanied by hamlet chief of Samblong Ketut Sujana justified the complaints of residents related to the invasion of flies. Actually this condition has often happened when the chicken farm is harvesting. According to him, village authority has come around the chicken coop management with the facilitation of Animal Husbandry Agency to find a solution. However, it still happens. Of the four cages around Samblong, one cage is harvesting.

When the harvest is carried out to one cage, the condition is like this. By and large, this condition will last maximally for a week.

The problem will arise when the harvest is carried out to all the cages in succession.

Invasion of flies can last for a month. Suardana hoped this problem can be resolved and found a solution.

In the meantime, an owner of the chicken coop, Komang Andi Sugara, said the harvest is just made to around 4,000 chickens.

There are indeed many flies around the chicken coop, but he said to have resolved and sprayed. The management has tried to overcome. (kmb26)

EDINBURGH - Scotland is almost certainly headed towards a new independence referendum after the UK triggers the process to leave the European Union, according to a lawmaker for the Scottish Greens, who back the devolved nationalist government on independence.

“I’m 85 or 90 percent sure at least that we’re heading towards another referendum,” Ross Greer, 22, told Reuters on Monday. He thought a decision would be made

in the Spring.

Greer was a key figure in the 2014 independence campaign in which Scots voted to stick with the UK by a 10 point margin.

His party’s six seats in the Scottish parliament complete the 65 seats for a majority needed by Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish government.

He said the UK government had been unwilling even to consider what compromise options might be open for Scotland, where voters

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Supporters from the “Yes” Campaign wave Scottish Saltire flags in central Glasgow September 18, 2014.

opted to stay inside the EU at last June’s referendum.

“That leaves us in a position of polar opposites: we can either be part of hard Brexit which tilts towards (President) Trump’s America or we can be part of the European family as an independent state,” he added.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said she plans to trigger the process of leaving the EU by the end of March.

Sturgeon’s government presented an alternative plan for Scotland, including continued membership of the EU single market, in December.

A source at the Scottish government noted Greer was speaking for his own party, and said the Edinburgh administration was concentrated on getting progress on that plan.

The Scottish government has insisted, however, that Scots must have all options open to them as Brexit takes shape.

The British parliament, which is sovereign, could block another referendum on independence in the national parliament. But to do so would likely provoke a constitutional crisis if opinion polls were to show most Scots favouring a ballot, or may even win over some Scots to the cause of independence. (rtr)

Thailand says royal insult suspects in Laos made death threats against PM BANGKOK - Thai people wanted for breaking a law on insulting the monarchy have issued death threats against the Thai prime minister, from Laos where they have fled to avoid arrest, Thailand’s top security officer said on Monday.

Last month, Thailand pressed Laos over the extradition of Thai fugitives accused of lese majeste, or royal insult, which carries a jail term of up to 15 years for each offence.

Thailand’s military government says there are up to six Thai suspects in Laos who it is seeking.

General Thawip Netniyom, the head of Thailand’s National Security Council, told reporters the suspects last week posted death threats against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan on Facebook.

“As we’re pushing Laos for their arrest, they’re reacting, saying that if they had a chance they would hurt them,” Thawip told reporters.

“Death threats against important people could lead to another criminal charge.”

Since taking power in a 2014 coup, Thailand’s junta has taken a tough stance on dissenters.

It stepped up prosecutions of perceived insults to the country’s revered monarchy following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in October last year. Last week, Prayuth, a former army chief who led the 2014 coup, said he cared more about the country than his life.

Prawit told reporters on Monday he was not worried about the threats and did not need more bodyguards.

A Thai political analyst said the dissidents in Laos appeared to be frustrated and powerless to do anything.

“It’s all talk. It’s all they can do to vent,” Kan Yuenyong, executive director of Siam Intelligence Unit think-tank, told Reuters, referring to the threats.

“I doubt they can do much at all in the current situation.”

The Thai government has asked seven countries, including Laos, to extradite a total of 19 suspects accused of lese majeste. (rtr)

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BUSINESS “Sensationally” strong industry orders set Germany up for buoyant 2017 start

BERLIN - Higher demand at home and abroad for goods needed in production drove the biggest monthly increase in German industrial orders in around 2-1/2 years in December, suggesting the first quarter of 2017 may be getting off to a strong start.

The much stronger-than-expected data, released by the Economy Ministry in Berlin on Monday, gave some reassurance that Germany’s economic upswing will carry into 2017 despite growing political uncertainties that include the potentially protectionist U.S. trade agenda.

“A sensationally strong quarter in the manufacturing sector,” Sal. Oppenheim economist Ulrike Kastens said, adding that the figures were pointing to an overall economic recovery in the euro zone.

“Despite the political uncertainties, the German economy is showing a more than robust development,” Kastens said, adding she now expected quarterly growth of around 0.6 percent in the first quarter after 0.5 percent in the final quarter of 2016.

In a sign that private consumption will continue to boost German growth, nominal wages rose 2.3 percent in 2016, separate data from the Federal Statistics office showed on Monday.

With national inflation at 0.5 percent last year, real wages increased by 1.8 percent, the office said. This was less than the 2.4 percent in 2015 and 1.9 percent in 2014. Orders for “Made in

Germany” goods were up by 5.2 percent on the month, the Economy Ministry said. That was the biggest monthly increase since July 2014 and was far stronger than the Reuters consensus forecast for a rise of 0.5 percent.

Domestic demand jumped by 6.7 percent while foreign orders increased by 3.9 percent, with bookings from euro zone countries soaring by 10.0 percent. The overall increase was driven by a jump in demand for capital goods for production rather than consumption of 9.7 percent, helped by strong bookings from both domestic customers and euro zone countries.

The data for November was revised down to a fall of 3.6 percent from a previously reported drop of 2.5 percent. Still, over the full fourth quarter, industrial orders rose by 4.3 percent on the quarter, the economy ministry said. “This signals a continued upswing in the industrial sector over the winter,” the ministry said.

Separate data from the VDMA industry association showed on Monday that engineering orders fell 15 percent on the year in real terms in December, driven by weaker demand from abroad. The overall strong orders figures fol-

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A woman is pictured at work at the Ford Fiesta assembly line in Cologne, Germany, January 6, 2016. lowed mixed data after German business morale unexpectedly fell in January, signalling a more downbeat assessment of the outlook for Europe’s largest economy.

A survey among German purchasing managers showed last week that private sector growth slowed slightly in January, with weaker activity among services

firms limiting overall economic expansion. ING economist Carsten Brzeski suggested viewing the figures with caution as it is a highly volatile indicator.

“Still, against the background of Brexit and Trump, today’s data suggest that the German industry could shift into a higher gear in the first quarter of 2017,” he said.

Strong private consumption, increased state spending on refugees and higher construction investment helped the German economy to grow by 1.9 percent in 2016 - the strongest rate in half a decade. For this year, the government expects an economic slowdown to 1.4 percent due to fewer work days and weaker exports.(rtr)

Brexit already having negative impact on UK business-survey

LONDON - More than half of British business leaders believe the vote to leave the European Union has had a negative impact on their companies but most firms are confident they can survive the change, according to a survey on Monday.

Britain’s economy has performed more strongly than expected since the Brexit vote last June, but an Ipsos Mori survey of more than 100 of the country’s top 500 firms found that 58 percent felt the vote to AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool leave had taken a toll.

Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of According to the survey, more than England speaks at a quarterly Inflation two thirds of those questioned said they Report press conference at the bank in had already taken action to respond to the vote, including putting contingency plans London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017.

in place and analysing the impact the different relationships Britain could have with the EU following its renegotiation. Of those taking action, 10 percent said they were moving business outside of Britain.

“Our annual survey of FTSE 500 business leaders provides a unique insight into what the business world is thinking ahead of Brexit,” Ipsos Mori Chief Executive Ben Page said.

“Unfortunately, it looks like business in this country is already feeling the pain of the economic upheaval of leaving the EU.” Britain’s business leaders were some of the most vocal supporters of EU membership in the run up to the vote, arguing

that access to a single market of 500 million people would enable them to grow their companies, and the economy, in the future.

However the survey found a more positive response when asking about the longer term impact on business, with nearly all confident they could adapt to Brexit.

“Thirty two percent of respondents said they think their business will start to feel the positive effects of leaving the EU in five years’ time,” Page said. “And the number of (business) captains that think it will remain a negative impact reduces to 45 percent when looking at long range forecast.”(rtr)

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Unique Timbrah village tradition, All the villagers “Megibung” in usaba muhu-muhu

There is a unique moment that only occurs once a year in Timbrah customary village, Karangasem, it is known by the inhabitants of this old village as usaba muhu-muhu. This caru ritual brings everyone together with the sharing of a meal known as megibung. This unique tradition involves setting up more than 100 portions of food for everyone in the village to partake in.

This year, the unique event took place on Friday (Jan. 27). Before the sacred meal, people from four of the villages hamlets had been busy since morning preparing and processing a wide range of spices.

Every hamlet has its respective duties including processing seasonings, grating coconut, preparing caru oblations, and slicing and grilling beef.

Completing the caru oblations paraphernalia for the caru and other ceremonial needs is done by the undagi group. Throughout the day, the community of four hamlets and two sesabu hamlets are busy with the preparations before the implementation of the joint prayers at the main Dalem Temple.

Chief of Timbrah customary village, Wayan Sukerta, said that prior to the implementation of the shared meal, female villagers give pajegan offerings and pray together in the temple. Meawhile the male villagers carry drinking water from their homes for the shared meal.

“This tradition has been ongoing for generations and is a way to foster a sense of togetherness”, said Sukerta. This year however there was a slight change to the way the meal took olace. Whereas in previsou years, the shared meal

took lace in four separate pavillions ( the meeting pavilion, the gamelan troue pavilion, the long pavilion and the studio pavilion, this year everyone was gathered together in the wantilan hall of the customary youth club.

These shared meals are processed from the leftover meat from the caru oblations. This event is eagerly awaited by local residents who still live in the village and those who have moved away bt come back especially so they can share a meal with their kinfolk.

More than 100 portions of this shared meal are prepared by residents serving as saya and malun saya in cooperation with the village apparatus. Each gibungan or portion of this shared meals is eaten by six to eight people. “We all eat together after praying together in the central Dalem Temple” said Sukerta.

What about residents who abstain from consuming beef? This is likelyhood is anticipated and so six portions of chicken gibungan are also prepared. “Everyone is expected to enjoy the food offerings called ngelungsur that have been presented. So chicken gibungan is also prepared”, he said.

The usaba muhu-muhu ritual is

done as a form of village wide caru in order to transform bhuta kala into bhuta hita so that local residents can always live in harmony with the universe. This traditional event starts with the nyaga ritual. Three days before the usaba-muhu muhu, residents carry out this ritual to transform bhuta kala at a smaller level, so athat people’S courtyards will not be distrurbed. This ritual is also called metuun buah. During the usaba muhu-muhu, a nyomia ritual is performed at a higher level by the customary village using caru oblation made of buffalo as the

sacrificial animal.

The Undagi procession that involves the slaughering of a cow for the caru, always draws great attention from surrounding residents. The cow is tied to a concrete pole and is pacified with the indangi procession. However when slaughtered the cow thrashes about makign everyine a little tense. This procession is however safer than a similar ritual known as usaba kaulu that takes place at Asak village, where the cow is released into the village.

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to Tamanbali Village The beast is then attacked with swords, machetes and other sharp weapons. Usaba Kaulu will be held on Wednesday (Feb. 1). Sources in the village say that the usaba muhumuhu tradition is considered as the application of the Shiva Purana scripture, in which Dewi Dhurgha goes up against the demon Mahisasura in the form of cow or buffalo.

In recent times, this ritual is commemorated as a moment to conduct introspection, exercise self-control and to avoide letting ones animal nature take over. (gik)

Pulung-pulung Sela Pulung-pulung sela or cassava ball is a traditional cake having been quite familiar among Balinese people. Around the 1980s, this cake became a favorite for the old, young people as well as children. Especially during rainy season, many people consume this cake. It is easy to get as on sale everywhere.

Indeed it is a simple cake, but when enjoyed together, it will be more palatable.

Therefore, every activity like exercise to dance, play gamelan or chant psalmody at hamlet hall, this cake is ready to accompany.

However, it will be nicer when enjoying this cake is accompanied with a cup of coffee.

But children like it due it its sweetness.

In this modern era marked with the presence of new pastries, the cassava ball began to disappear. If remaining available, it must be made by farmers at villages living away from a pastry shop. Currently children no longer know this cake, denoting a heritage of their ancestors. They just enjoy the instant and relatively modern cookies.

Lately, this kind of cake begins to reappear. Traditional stalls in urban areas have sold it again. Its ingredient and shape may be the same, but the price is even more expensive. In the past, people could by it at IDR 5 per piece or even two pieces, but now it is sold for IDR 1,000 or IDR 2,000 per piece. Nevertheless, old people who are missing this traditional cake will definitely buy it.

It is primarily made from cassava. The ingredient is very versatile and can be made into a variety of foods. Aside from cassava, the other ingredients are young coconut, brown sugar, salt and cooking oil. At first, grate the entire coconut and cassava ingredient. Mix well the grated cassava, coconut and salt together. Slice thinly the brown sugar. Having finely and evenly prepared the batter, it is then shaped into a ping pong ball and filled in with brown sugar inside the ball. Fry until looking golden and brown.

Finally, it can be served in warm condition. (kmb)

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Thousands protest as former Catalonia head starts referendum trial

BARCELONA - Thousands of protesters gathered outside a Barcelona court on Monday as the former head of the eastern Spanish region of Catalonia went on trial for staging a 2014 informal referendum on independence in breach of a legal order.

Catalonia, a Mediterranean region with its own language and culture, is home to a strong separatist movement and pro-independence campaigners held a vote two years ago on whether to break away from Spain while Artur Mas was regional governor.

The poll was carried out without legal backing because the central Spanish government blocked it in the courts, saying it was against the constitution. The symbolic ballot was manned by volunteers to get around the restrictions.

Mas, who stepped down as leader last year, stands accused of disobedience against the state and wrong-doing as a public official. He could face a 10-year ban from public office if found guilty.

“Today, many of us feel as if we’re being tried,” current regional head Carles Puigdemont said outside the court surrounded by allied Catalan politicians, regional flags and supporters with signs calling for independence.

The trial comes at a time of high tension between Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s minority government and Catalonia, where a vehemently pro-independence local administration took power in 2015.

The regional administration has vowed to hold an official referendum on its potential split from Spain later this year.

Rajoy has continued to stonewall any talk of a referendum, saying he is open to dialogue but reiterating that a ballot on independence is against the law.

“We can talk but everyone must obey the law,” he said on Friday in Malta. (rtr)

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Former Catalan President Artur Mas gives a thumbs up to a crowd of people waving Catalan Estelada flags as he arrived to court in Barcelona, Spain, February 6, 2017.

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Refugees in Indonesia protest slow UN resettlement process JAKARTA — Asylum seekers who have been in Indonesia for years rallied in the capital on Monday urging the U.N. refugee agency to speed up the process of resettling them in third countries.

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Family members of 12-year old Eman Ali of Yemen, wait for her arrival at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, February 5, 2017. Ali and her father were stranded in Djibouti after being denied entry into the United States due to President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration.

Legal battles to test Trump and his immigration ban WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s temporary immigration ban faced on Monday the first of several crucial legal hurdles that could determine whether he can push through the most controversial and far reaching policy of his first two weeks in office.

On Monday, the government has a deadline to justify the executive order temporarily barring immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries and the entry of refugees after a federal judge in Seattle blocked it with a temporary restraining order on Friday.

The uncertainty caused by a judge’s stay of the ban has opened a window for travelers from the seven affected countries to enter the United States.

Trump has reacted with attacks on the federal judge and then the wider court system which he blames for stymieing his efforts to restrict immigration, a central promise of the Republican’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Democrats, meanwhile, sought

to use Trump’s attacks on the judiciary to raise questions about the independence of his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco over the weekend denied the Trump administration’s request for an immediate stay of the federal judge’s temporary restraining order that blocked nationwide the implementation of key parts of the travel ban.

But the court said it would reconsider the government’s request after receiving more information.

The government has until 5 p.m. PST on Monday (0100 GMT on Tuesday) to submit additional legal briefs to the appeals court justifying Trump’s executive order. Following that the court is expected to act quickly, and a decision either way may ultimately result in the case reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.

Top technology giants, including Apple, Google and Microsoft banded together with nearly 100 companies on Sunday to file a

legal brief opposing Trump’s immigration ban, arguing that it “inflicts significant harm on American business.”

Noting that “immigrants or their children founded more than 200 of the companies on the Fortune 500 list,” the brief said Trump’s order “represents a significant departure from the principles of fairness and predictability that have governed the immigration system of the United States for more than fifty years.”

The controversial executive order also “inflicts significant harm on American business, innovation, and growth as a result,” the brief added.

Trump, who during his campaign called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, has repeatedly vowed to reinstate the Jan. 27 travel ban on citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen and a 120-day bar on all refugees in the name of protecting the United States from Islamist militants. (rtr)

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Refugees from Afghanistan hold placards during a protest outside U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees office in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Dozens of people fleeing war-torn countries who are currently in Indonesia for years called on the UNHCR to accelerate their resettlement because they could no longer bear to live in Indonesia without job and life assurance.

Dozens of people from war-torn nations including Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan and Somalia called on the UNHCR to accelerate their resettlement, expressing concerns that they could no longer bear to live in limbo in Indonesia without jobs.

They waved banners reading “Refugees are human” and “Save us” during the rally at the refugee agency’s office in Jakarta. Some chanted “Process, process!”

“Waiting for more than four years here without resettlement is absolutely terrible,” said 19-yearold protester Mahdi Rezaee from Afghanistan, where scores of ethnic Hazaras like himself have been captured, tortured and killed by Islamic militants. UNHCR officials in Jakarta could not be reached for comment.

Indonesia is home to nearly 14,000 men, women and children seeking resettlement in other countries, according to the UNHCR. About 7,500 have been recognized

as refugees, giving them the prized U.N. card that inches them closer to realizing their dreams of a better life. But last year, just 610 were resettled in other countries such as the United States, Canada, Germany and New Zealand.

Another protester, 30-year-old Mohammed Akbar, who has held a U.N. refugee card for three years, said he is struggling to feed his family and still does not know when he will be resettled to another country.

Indonesia, a poor country of more than 250 million people, is not a signatory to the U.N. Refugee Convention, and the government does not allow asylum seekers to work or have access to schools and public hospitals.

Many asylum seekers fled to Indonesia as a jumping-off point to reach Australia by boat.

But since 2013, the Australian government has sent the often barely seaworthy vessels back to Indonesian waters.(ap)

Indonesia, Japan to continue Jokowi to reduce number of school drop-outs cooperation on disaster mitigation

BANDA ACEH - Indonesia and Japan will continue to cooperate on disaster mitigation and post-tsunami reconstruction efforts by improving human resources capacity.

The caretaker for Mayor of Banda Aceh, Hasanuddin Ishak, said here on Saturday that the CoMu project will be continued as it was beneficial for the local people.

“Our cooperation with Higashi Matsushima City of Japan is very helpful as it increases awareness among the people of Banda Aceh,” Ishak said. The CoMu project gives Banda Aceh people an opportunity to study in Japan for several months.

They gain knowledge on improving their handicraft skills and also in the fisheries sector in Japan.

Ishak appreciated the CoMu Project committee in continually developing the program.

“Banda Aceh and Higashi Matsushima have experienced tsunami disaster. We learned on how to progress. Japan has been advancing in many ways. Thus, their rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts can also be faster,” Ishak added.

Additionally, the member of CoMu Project Committee said that Higashi Matsushima had experienced earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The disaster destructed infrastructures, claimed lives, and caused loss of lives and other casualties.

“Thus, by cooperation, we aim to focus on improving the economic conditions in both the regions by training their skills in various sectors,” Omora stated. Several Acehnese people who have studied in Japan have returned to their hometown. They are also sharing their skills and experiences with other people in Aceh, he noted.(ant)

JAKARTA - Indonesian president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is determined to reduce the number of school drop-outs in the country, the head of press, media and information of the Presidential Secretariat, Bey Machmudin, said. He said in a statement received here on Saturday that the government would increase more and equal access to educational services to children of all school ages in the country.

One of the efforts taken is through the extension of cash subsidy for the education of all school-age children from poor families and orphans. “We wish none of these children are unable to get school education,” Jokowi, as he is also called, said to newsmen after distributing “Smart Indonesia Card” (KIP) for getting the subsidy in the district of Sleman, Yogyakarta, in Central Java.

The head of state reminded that in the current era of global competition, the quality of human resources in Indonesia must continue to be increased.

According to data, currently, 42.5 percent of Indonesian workforce includes elementary school leavers, 66 percent are elementary or junior high school leavers, and 82 percent are elementary, junior or senior high school leavers.

“This must be improved,” he added. Through KIP, the government hopes that all school-age children in

the country would have equal access to educational services, so that the quality of workforce would improve, he stated. “It is aimed at opening access for children to educational services. Schools are also being improved. Hence, we are improving not only the quality of schools but also its access to children,” he noted.

Jokowi hoped that more children in vocational schools would get more practice in the field. “The teachers available must also be the productive ones, meaning those who can really train, for example, in marketing, IT or computer technology, automotive assembling, building construction or electronic field,” Jokowi said.

He also distributed 1,190 KIP to orphan children from Bantul, Gunung Kidul, Sleman districts, and the city of Yogyakarta, when visiting Sleman on Saturday. The aid given through KIP is worth Rp450 thousand for elementary school children, Rp750 thousand for junior high school children, and Rp1 million for senior high school children. The aid could be disbursed between June and July, 2017.

“Use the money for school purposes. Do not use it to top up mobile phone credits. Be careful. Your cards could be revoked if you do not use them for it,” he added. (ant)

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Extreme selfie on love boat of Paluang Beach, Nusa Penida

SEMARAPURA - Selfie is a narcissistic activity commonly carried out by anyone this time. Armed with the sophistication of smartphone camera, one can snapshot particular moment. However, to get a different selfie picture with maximum results, surely one should find a beautiful, unique and even extreme view. Thus, the picture uploaded to social media will get a lot of ‘likes’ and certainly becomes a pride for the uploaders.

As a tourist destination that relies on the natural beauty and the sea, Nusa Penida ceaselessly presents the unique and extreme icon to attract travelers to visit the island located in the Strait of Bali. This measure is also done on the Peluang Beach located at Karang Dawa hamlet, Bunga Mekar, Nusa Penida. Other than offering spectacular panorama with a stretch of open sea, blue sky as well as green and beautiful hills, now travelers can also enjoy the beauty of bamboo stage boat.

The bamboo boat stage named the Love Boat is created to extend about five meters from the edge of the cliff with the altitude of about 250 meters. Here is the location where travelers can do selfie happily while testing their adrenalin.

Visitors do not need to worry about security because the love boat has been made firmly. Local youth in turns will be watching assisted by local village officials. However, travelers need to prepare their gut to witness the expanse of high seas from the cliff.

Some travelers met at the location, Gede Valentino and Gede Rama Prayuda, admitted to be very happy because they could capture the moment with selfie on the boat of love offering the view of blue expanse of high seas from a height of 250 meters.

“Wow, it is really amazing to capture the moment here (the Love Boat—Ed). Though the adrenalin is challenged, the result is very cool. Immediately we’ll upload to Instagram to make others envy,” said Gede Valentino while laughing happily on Friday (Jan. 27).

Similar impression was also felt by Gde Rama Prayuda. He said that the beauty of Nusa Penida will never fade from the icons to capture the moment. “Natural beauty of Nusa Penida is not inferior to the beauty of other tourist destinations in Indonesia. The adventure lovers should make a visit to Nusa Penida,” concluded Prayuda. (win)

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Pererenan and Seseh are also among Bali’s favourite surf spots along the western coastline, hence the number of surf camps and resorts available, such as Andy’s Surf Villa & Bungalows and Tamu Seseh to name a few. The beaches offer similar seascapes, with dark grey

and black sand, and flat glassy stretches at low tide.

There are three roads leading to each beach, mostly named after them: Jalan Pantai Pererenan and Jalan Raya Seseh, and Jalan Babadan in between the two. For a most scenic ride down to the beach, try Jalan Raya Seseh, as this route is bordered by expanses of flowing green rice fields on both sides. Here you can pull over anytime to see the local farmers tending to their crops from up close and breathe in the fresh countryside air. It’s a great stopover on day trips to Tanah Lot Temple, just 20 minutes north. Being a surfing playground, the beach is home

to the Seseh Surf Community, which fosters the surfing spirit among local youth (particularly budding grommets hailing from Seseh village), hold local surf competitions and raise environmental awareness through regular beach clean-ups. Although pleasantly uncrowded, the waters at these beaches aren’t really good for swimming, and tides can be strong with undercurrents. There is a Balawista lifeguards’ tower onsite. Local cold drinks and Bintang vendors with parasols for rent sparsely dot the sand, but you can freely choose a spot and enjoy a sunset here without the common crowds of Bali’s southern coasts. (IBP/net)

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ST. MORITZ — Bad weather wiped out downhill training sessions on the opening day of the ski world championships at St. Moritz.

Organizers first canceled the men’s practice on a snowy, overcast day. Then the women’s session, which had been delayed to take the men’s original lunchtime slot, was also called off.

The women’s training took priority before their super-G race opens the medal program Tuesday.

Better weather is forecast for Tuesday when Switzerland’s Lara Gut and American Lindsey Vonn are favored despite their recent crashes.

The men’s super-G is scheduled for Wednesday.

More downhill training sessions are scheduled before the marquee races this weekend — Saturday for the men, Sunday for the women.

A full training run is mandated before a downhill race. (rtr) Lindsey Vonn of the United States speaks during a press conference prior to the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017.

Britain qualify after Canadian strikes umpire with ball

OTTAWA - Britain reached the Davis Cup quarter-finals in bizarre circumstances on Sunday when Canadian Denis Shapovalov defaulted for inadvertently blasting a ball into the umpire’s face.

Shapovalov, 17, had lost the first two sets against Kyle Edmund in the fifth and deciding rubber when he hammered the ball away in a fit of rage at 2-1 down in the third set.

Although he meant to hit the ball into the stands, it flew straight into the left eye of umpire Arnaud Gabas.

The Frenchman iced the wound but could not continue and had no option but to disqualify Wimbledon boys’ champion Shapovalov.

Gabas was being taken to Ottawa General Hospital for a precautionary evaluation.

“No one is nicer or carries themselves better for a 17 y/o (yearold) than Shapovalov,” tweeted his disappointed team mate Vasek Pospisil. “Everyone can see that today was an accident. Can happen to anyone.”

Edmund had taken the first two

sets 6-3 6-4 and seemed on the way to victory in the third when everyone inside the arena was shocked by the sudden turn of events.

“It is a surprise what happened at the end there and it is a shame,” Britain’s captain Leon Smith told the BBC. “I feel for the young lad. He’s a great talent and he has learned a harsh lesson.

“But Kyle, from what we saw on Friday to today, was fantastic.

How he prepared, how he took command, his unbelievable serving and he kept pressure on the turns. It was a great performance.”

The win capped a fine comeback for Britain, who had come into the day leading 2-1 before Pospisil levelled the world group first round tie with a 7-6 6-4 3-6 7-6 win over Dan Evans.

The victory means Britain will head to France for a quarter-final tie scheduled for April 7-9. (rtr)

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Umpire Arnaud Gabas holds an ice pack to his eye after being struck by a ball during a singles match between Canada’s Denis Shapovalov and Britain’s Kyle Edmund.

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Juventus beats Inter 1-0, leads Serie A by 6 points

MILAN — No team appears capable of stopping Juventus after the Bianconeri beat Inter Milan 1-0 Sunday in an entertaining Derby d’Italia in Serie A. Juan Cuadrado scored on the stroke of halftime for Juventus, which also hit the bar twice in the first period as Massimiliano Allegri’s side extended its Serie A record to 28 consecutive home wins.

Juventus — which has played a match less than most of its rivals — moved six points clear of second-placed Napoli and seven above Roma, which plays Fiorentina on Tuesday. “I’m very happy with what the lads did, it was the performance I asked them for,” Allegri said. “It was a very top-level match, like a Champions League semifinal or quarterfinal.”

Inter slipped to fifth, a point behind Lazio and 12 behind Juve. “We should have had two penalties in the first half, for challenges on (Mauro) Icardi,” Inter coach Stefano Pioli said.

“We have regrets because of our mistake which led to their goal, the first half was almost over. Then it’s difficult to come back against Juventus.” Juventus again used its new 4-2-3-1 formation, incorporating its top five attacking players.

“It’s not a question of the formation,” Allegri said. “Football isn’t about numbers but about footballers who have certain characteristics. Then it doesn’t matter whether you play with one system or another. Before this formation we won 15 matches.” Paulo Dybala could have had two stunning goals in the opening 12 minutes.

First his overhead kick was brilliantly saved by Samir Handanovic and minutes later the Argentine lobbed the Inter goalkeeper but his effort came off the crossbar. Inter also had its chances as Roberto Gagliardini volleyed narrowly over and Joao Mario’s low shot went inches wide of the left post, much to the relief of Gianluigi Buffon.

Handanovic fingertipped Miralem Pjanic’s free kick onto the crossbar seconds before Cuadrado gave Juve the lead, firing the resulting corner into the top right. Handanovic kept Inter in the match in the second half with saves from Pjanic, Gonzalo Higuain and Mandzukic. Inter forward Ivan Perisic was sent off for dissent in stoppage time.

Chelsea coach Antonio Conte, who led Juventus to three of its five successive league titles before Allegri took over, was watching from the stands.(ap)

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Cameroon’s Benjamin Moukandjo celebrates with the trophy and teammates after winning the African Cup of Nations

Cameroon triumph caps inspiring Nations Cup tournament

MANCHESTER — Relegation is looming as a genuine prospect for stuttering Premier League champion Leicester.

It’s 79 years since a defending champion was relegated from England’s top division — the fate befell Manchester City in 1938 — but Leicester is heading that way after a 3-0 home loss to Manchester United on Sunday.

That left Claudio Ranieri’s team in 16th place in the 20-team league, one point above the relegation zone with 14 matches left. This time last season, the Foxes were atop the standings and on their way to the most remarkable title triumph in Premier League history.

“Let’s not talk about last season. It’s gone,” Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel said. “It is not a comfortable situation. It has been terrible, embarrassing. It is time for each one of us — from the top to the bottom of this club — to be counted. If we don’t, we will be relegated.”

Leicester hasn’t scored in five league games in 2017 and is still without a win away from home all season, hardly encouraging statistics ahead of an important game next weekend at 17th-placed Swansea.

Unconfirmed reports of dressing-room unrest have surfaced in the British media in recent weeks, adding to Leicester’s problems. The team clearly misses the influence of central midfielder N’Golo Kante, who left for Chelsea in the offseason, while other star players from last season — notably Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy — have lost their form altogether. Motivation also seems an issue, with progress in the Champions League having been the priority in the first half of the season.

Ranieri, who is starting to come under criticism, has tried different formations and different players but to no avail. In 24 games of the title defense, Leicester has lost 13 of them.

For United, it’s 15 matches unbeaten in the league and the top four — and therefore the Champions League qualifications positions — are in sight for Jose Mourinho’s men. United is sixth, two points behind fourth-placed Liverpool.

It was also a good day for Man City, which beat Swansea 2-1 thanks to Gabriel Jesus’ injury-time goal to climb above Arsenal and Liverpool into third place.(ap)

LIBREVILLE - The African Nations Cup in Gabon will be remembered for delivering an inspiring success story culminating with Cameroon’s brilliant come-from-behind victory over Egypt to claim a fifth title in Libreville. The dramatic return of the Indomitable Lions to the summit of the African game came against expectation, achieved with a squad of little experience after several key players put club above country in the preceding months.

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Juventus’ Juan Cuadrado celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Inter Milan at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017.

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Overcoming difficult odds to come through a taxing tournament -- played in stifling humility, on poor pitches and with complex travel arrangements -- and claim the trophy gave the tournament a much-needed lease of new life. Too many previous tournament have suffered from the burden of poor football, disappointing crowds and a distinct lack of on-field drama.

Usually it is controversy that marks the event.

Cameroon’s exploits, however, ensured the 2017 edition concluded as one of the better recent Nations Cup. Cameroon, last champions 15 years ago, were given little chance at the start, a side in transition after coach Hugo Broos made a comprehensive, almost cavalier, overhaul of the side in the preceding months.

Just a month before kick off, his plans looked in tatters as eight players declared their unavailability, rejecting call-ups to stay with their clubs.

It was the first significant show of dissent from African footballers, who are placed in an awkward position every two years by the tug of loyalty between club and country that the timing Nations Cup, in the middle of the European club season, forces on them.

It was an issue quickly forgotten as the tournament kicked off with some favourites quickly falling by the wayside. Algeria were in trouble from their first game, hosts Gabon and holders Ivory Coast went out in the first round and Cameroon’s post-match penalty shootout win over impressive Senegal in the last eight proved the biggest upset.

“Our ambition was to finish in the top two in our group, get to the knockout round and see what happened from there. Over the weeks we went from being a squad to becoming a family,” said winning coach Hugo Broos after Sunday’s 2-1 victory. The progress to the semi-final of Burkina Faso, also little regarded at the start, added another exciting element in the same way the progress of unheralded nations spiced up the European Championship last year.

Refereeing showed a dramatic improvement in another boost for the African Football. New-look Cameroon now have an immediate burden of expectation as African champions. They host the next finals in 2019 where vociferous home support will be demanding repeat success.(rtr)

AP Photo/Rui Vieira

Manchester United’s Juan Mata celebrates after scoring his side’s third goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Manchester United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017.

New Chinese Super League recruits Carlos Tevez and Oscar get the chance to repay at least part of their massive salaries when they make their debuts in the 2017 Asian Champions League playoffs.

Shanghai SIPG and Shanghai Shenhua must win their home games on Tuesday and Wednesday, against Sukhothai of Thailand and Australia’s Brisbane Roar respectively, to move into the group stage of Asia’s premier club competition, which kicks off on Feb. 22.

With the 2017 Chinese Super League season not due to start til next month, this will be the first time the country’s clubs have been in action at home since going on a spending spree during the off-season.

As well as Oscar, signed from Chelsea in January for around $60 million, SIPG also has fellow Brazilian international Hulk, after buying the striker from Zenit St. Petersburg for a similar amount in June 2016.

Sukhothai faces a tough challenge.

With a player budget reportedly 68 times small than Shanghai’s, the Thai team only arrived in Shanghai less than 36 hours before kick-off after having problems getting visas.

“Shanghai is a strong team and have great players with World Cup experience,” said chairman Somsak Thepsuthin. “We are a club from Thailand but to play this level of opponent is a great chance for us, regardless of what happens. We have to give everything and perhaps there will be a surprise.”

The players have been promised a sizable bonus if they beat Shanghai but Somsak said they already have enough motivation . “It is about the chance to create history and bring glory to Thai soccer and the country,” he said.

Now led by former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur coach Andre Villas-Boas, Shanghai SIPG reached the quarterfinal of the Asian Champions League in its debut appearance in 2016, losing 5-0 to eventual champion Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea.

The loss contributed to Sven Goran Eriksson leaving the club at the end of the season.

City rival Shanghai Shenhua is coached by former Chelsea midfielder Gustavo Poyet. The Blues defeated Sydney United, a semi-professional Australian club in a warm-up for the clash with Brisbane, with Tevez scor-

ing a spectacular goal.

“We are looking forward to the challenge of playing in Asia,” said Poyet. “Brisbane will be a tough opponent and we will have to be prepared in order to get the right result.”(ap)

AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2016 file photo, Chelsea’s Oscar sits on the pitch during the English Premier League soccer match between Watford and Chelsea at the Vicarage Road stadium in London.

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Juventus beats Inter 1-0, leads Serie A by 6 points

MILAN — No team appears capable of stopping Juventus after the Bianconeri beat Inter Milan 1-0 Sunday in an entertaining Derby d’Italia in Serie A. Juan Cuadrado scored on the stroke of halftime for Juventus, which also hit the bar twice in the first period as Massimiliano Allegri’s side extended its Serie A record to 28 consecutive home wins.

Juventus — which has played a match less than most of its rivals — moved six points clear of second-placed Napoli and seven above Roma, which plays Fiorentina on Tuesday. “I’m very happy with what the lads did, it was the performance I asked them for,” Allegri said. “It was a very top-level match, like a Champions League semifinal or quarterfinal.”

Inter slipped to fifth, a point behind Lazio and 12 behind Juve. “We should have had two penalties in the first half, for challenges on (Mauro) Icardi,” Inter coach Stefano Pioli said.

“We have regrets because of our mistake which led to their goal, the first half was almost over. Then it’s difficult to come back against Juventus.” Juventus again used its new 4-2-3-1 formation, incorporating its top five attacking players.

“It’s not a question of the formation,” Allegri said. “Football isn’t about numbers but about footballers who have certain characteristics. Then it doesn’t matter whether you play with one system or another. Before this formation we won 15 matches.” Paulo Dybala could have had two stunning goals in the opening 12 minutes.

First his overhead kick was brilliantly saved by Samir Handanovic and minutes later the Argentine lobbed the Inter goalkeeper but his effort came off the crossbar. Inter also had its chances as Roberto Gagliardini volleyed narrowly over and Joao Mario’s low shot went inches wide of the left post, much to the relief of Gianluigi Buffon.

Handanovic fingertipped Miralem Pjanic’s free kick onto the crossbar seconds before Cuadrado gave Juve the lead, firing the resulting corner into the top right. Handanovic kept Inter in the match in the second half with saves from Pjanic, Gonzalo Higuain and Mandzukic. Inter forward Ivan Perisic was sent off for dissent in stoppage time.

Chelsea coach Antonio Conte, who led Juventus to three of its five successive league titles before Allegri took over, was watching from the stands.(ap)

Reuters / Mike Hutchings Livepic

Cameroon’s Benjamin Moukandjo celebrates with the trophy and teammates after winning the African Cup of Nations

Cameroon triumph caps inspiring Nations Cup tournament

MANCHESTER — Relegation is looming as a genuine prospect for stuttering Premier League champion Leicester.

It’s 79 years since a defending champion was relegated from England’s top division — the fate befell Manchester City in 1938 — but Leicester is heading that way after a 3-0 home loss to Manchester United on Sunday.

That left Claudio Ranieri’s team in 16th place in the 20-team league, one point above the relegation zone with 14 matches left. This time last season, the Foxes were atop the standings and on their way to the most remarkable title triumph in Premier League history.

“Let’s not talk about last season. It’s gone,” Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel said. “It is not a comfortable situation. It has been terrible, embarrassing. It is time for each one of us — from the top to the bottom of this club — to be counted. If we don’t, we will be relegated.”

Leicester hasn’t scored in five league games in 2017 and is still without a win away from home all season, hardly encouraging statistics ahead of an important game next weekend at 17th-placed Swansea.

Unconfirmed reports of dressing-room unrest have surfaced in the British media in recent weeks, adding to Leicester’s problems. The team clearly misses the influence of central midfielder N’Golo Kante, who left for Chelsea in the offseason, while other star players from last season — notably Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy — have lost their form altogether. Motivation also seems an issue, with progress in the Champions League having been the priority in the first half of the season.

Ranieri, who is starting to come under criticism, has tried different formations and different players but to no avail. In 24 games of the title defense, Leicester has lost 13 of them.

For United, it’s 15 matches unbeaten in the league and the top four — and therefore the Champions League qualifications positions — are in sight for Jose Mourinho’s men. United is sixth, two points behind fourth-placed Liverpool.

It was also a good day for Man City, which beat Swansea 2-1 thanks to Gabriel Jesus’ injury-time goal to climb above Arsenal and Liverpool into third place.(ap)

LIBREVILLE - The African Nations Cup in Gabon will be remembered for delivering an inspiring success story culminating with Cameroon’s brilliant come-from-behind victory over Egypt to claim a fifth title in Libreville. The dramatic return of the Indomitable Lions to the summit of the African game came against expectation, achieved with a squad of little experience after several key players put club above country in the preceding months.

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Juventus’ Juan Cuadrado celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Inter Milan at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017.

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Overcoming difficult odds to come through a taxing tournament -- played in stifling humility, on poor pitches and with complex travel arrangements -- and claim the trophy gave the tournament a much-needed lease of new life. Too many previous tournament have suffered from the burden of poor football, disappointing crowds and a distinct lack of on-field drama.

Usually it is controversy that marks the event.

Cameroon’s exploits, however, ensured the 2017 edition concluded as one of the better recent Nations Cup. Cameroon, last champions 15 years ago, were given little chance at the start, a side in transition after coach Hugo Broos made a comprehensive, almost cavalier, overhaul of the side in the preceding months.

Just a month before kick off, his plans looked in tatters as eight players declared their unavailability, rejecting call-ups to stay with their clubs.

It was the first significant show of dissent from African footballers, who are placed in an awkward position every two years by the tug of loyalty between club and country that the timing Nations Cup, in the middle of the European club season, forces on them.

It was an issue quickly forgotten as the tournament kicked off with some favourites quickly falling by the wayside. Algeria were in trouble from their first game, hosts Gabon and holders Ivory Coast went out in the first round and Cameroon’s post-match penalty shootout win over impressive Senegal in the last eight proved the biggest upset.

“Our ambition was to finish in the top two in our group, get to the knockout round and see what happened from there. Over the weeks we went from being a squad to becoming a family,” said winning coach Hugo Broos after Sunday’s 2-1 victory. The progress to the semi-final of Burkina Faso, also little regarded at the start, added another exciting element in the same way the progress of unheralded nations spiced up the European Championship last year.

Refereeing showed a dramatic improvement in another boost for the African Football. New-look Cameroon now have an immediate burden of expectation as African champions. They host the next finals in 2019 where vociferous home support will be demanding repeat success.(rtr)

AP Photo/Rui Vieira

Manchester United’s Juan Mata celebrates after scoring his side’s third goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Manchester United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017.

New Chinese Super League recruits Carlos Tevez and Oscar get the chance to repay at least part of their massive salaries when they make their debuts in the 2017 Asian Champions League playoffs.

Shanghai SIPG and Shanghai Shenhua must win their home games on Tuesday and Wednesday, against Sukhothai of Thailand and Australia’s Brisbane Roar respectively, to move into the group stage of Asia’s premier club competition, which kicks off on Feb. 22.

With the 2017 Chinese Super League season not due to start til next month, this will be the first time the country’s clubs have been in action at home since going on a spending spree during the off-season.

As well as Oscar, signed from Chelsea in January for around $60 million, SIPG also has fellow Brazilian international Hulk, after buying the striker from Zenit St. Petersburg for a similar amount in June 2016.

Sukhothai faces a tough challenge.

With a player budget reportedly 68 times small than Shanghai’s, the Thai team only arrived in Shanghai less than 36 hours before kick-off after having problems getting visas.

“Shanghai is a strong team and have great players with World Cup experience,” said chairman Somsak Thepsuthin. “We are a club from Thailand but to play this level of opponent is a great chance for us, regardless of what happens. We have to give everything and perhaps there will be a surprise.”

The players have been promised a sizable bonus if they beat Shanghai but Somsak said they already have enough motivation . “It is about the chance to create history and bring glory to Thai soccer and the country,” he said.

Now led by former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur coach Andre Villas-Boas, Shanghai SIPG reached the quarterfinal of the Asian Champions League in its debut appearance in 2016, losing 5-0 to eventual champion Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea.

The loss contributed to Sven Goran Eriksson leaving the club at the end of the season.

City rival Shanghai Shenhua is coached by former Chelsea midfielder Gustavo Poyet. The Blues defeated Sydney United, a semi-professional Australian club in a warm-up for the clash with Brisbane, with Tevez scor-

ing a spectacular goal.

“We are looking forward to the challenge of playing in Asia,” said Poyet. “Brisbane will be a tough opponent and we will have to be prepared in order to get the right result.”(ap)

AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2016 file photo, Chelsea’s Oscar sits on the pitch during the English Premier League soccer match between Watford and Chelsea at the Vicarage Road stadium in London.

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Extreme selfie on love boat of Paluang Beach, Nusa Penida

SEMARAPURA - Selfie is a narcissistic activity commonly carried out by anyone this time. Armed with the sophistication of smartphone camera, one can snapshot particular moment. However, to get a different selfie picture with maximum results, surely one should find a beautiful, unique and even extreme view. Thus, the picture uploaded to social media will get a lot of ‘likes’ and certainly becomes a pride for the uploaders.

As a tourist destination that relies on the natural beauty and the sea, Nusa Penida ceaselessly presents the unique and extreme icon to attract travelers to visit the island located in the Strait of Bali. This measure is also done on the Peluang Beach located at Karang Dawa hamlet, Bunga Mekar, Nusa Penida. Other than offering spectacular panorama with a stretch of open sea, blue sky as well as green and beautiful hills, now travelers can also enjoy the beauty of bamboo stage boat.

The bamboo boat stage named the Love Boat is created to extend about five meters from the edge of the cliff with the altitude of about 250 meters. Here is the location where travelers can do selfie happily while testing their adrenalin.

Visitors do not need to worry about security because the love boat has been made firmly. Local youth in turns will be watching assisted by local village officials. However, travelers need to prepare their gut to witness the expanse of high seas from the cliff.

Some travelers met at the location, Gede Valentino and Gede Rama Prayuda, admitted to be very happy because they could capture the moment with selfie on the boat of love offering the view of blue expanse of high seas from a height of 250 meters.

“Wow, it is really amazing to capture the moment here (the Love Boat—Ed). Though the adrenalin is challenged, the result is very cool. Immediately we’ll upload to Instagram to make others envy,” said Gede Valentino while laughing happily on Friday (Jan. 27).

Similar impression was also felt by Gde Rama Prayuda. He said that the beauty of Nusa Penida will never fade from the icons to capture the moment. “Natural beauty of Nusa Penida is not inferior to the beauty of other tourist destinations in Indonesia. The adventure lovers should make a visit to Nusa Penida,” concluded Prayuda. (win)

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ST. MORITZ — Bad weather wiped out downhill training sessions on the opening day of the ski world championships at St. Moritz.

Organizers first canceled the men’s practice on a snowy, overcast day. Then the women’s session, which had been delayed to take the men’s original lunchtime slot, was also called off.

The women’s training took priority before their super-G race opens the medal program Tuesday.

Better weather is forecast for Tuesday when Switzerland’s Lara Gut and American Lindsey Vonn are favored despite their recent crashes.

The men’s super-G is scheduled for Wednesday.

More downhill training sessions are scheduled before the marquee races this weekend — Saturday for the men, Sunday for the women.

A full training run is mandated before a downhill race. (rtr) Lindsey Vonn of the United States speaks during a press conference prior to the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017.

Britain qualify after Canadian strikes umpire with ball

OTTAWA - Britain reached the Davis Cup quarter-finals in bizarre circumstances on Sunday when Canadian Denis Shapovalov defaulted for inadvertently blasting a ball into the umpire’s face.

Shapovalov, 17, had lost the first two sets against Kyle Edmund in the fifth and deciding rubber when he hammered the ball away in a fit of rage at 2-1 down in the third set.

Although he meant to hit the ball into the stands, it flew straight into the left eye of umpire Arnaud Gabas.

The Frenchman iced the wound but could not continue and had no option but to disqualify Wimbledon boys’ champion Shapovalov.

Gabas was being taken to Ottawa General Hospital for a precautionary evaluation.

“No one is nicer or carries themselves better for a 17 y/o (yearold) than Shapovalov,” tweeted his disappointed team mate Vasek Pospisil. “Everyone can see that today was an accident. Can happen to anyone.”

Edmund had taken the first two

sets 6-3 6-4 and seemed on the way to victory in the third when everyone inside the arena was shocked by the sudden turn of events.

“It is a surprise what happened at the end there and it is a shame,” Britain’s captain Leon Smith told the BBC. “I feel for the young lad. He’s a great talent and he has learned a harsh lesson.

“But Kyle, from what we saw on Friday to today, was fantastic.

How he prepared, how he took command, his unbelievable serving and he kept pressure on the turns. It was a great performance.”

The win capped a fine comeback for Britain, who had come into the day leading 2-1 before Pospisil levelled the world group first round tie with a 7-6 6-4 3-6 7-6 win over Dan Evans.

The victory means Britain will head to France for a quarter-final tie scheduled for April 7-9. (rtr)

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Umpire Arnaud Gabas holds an ice pack to his eye after being struck by a ball during a singles match between Canada’s Denis Shapovalov and Britain’s Kyle Edmund.

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Thousands protest as former Catalonia head starts referendum trial

BARCELONA - Thousands of protesters gathered outside a Barcelona court on Monday as the former head of the eastern Spanish region of Catalonia went on trial for staging a 2014 informal referendum on independence in breach of a legal order.

Catalonia, a Mediterranean region with its own language and culture, is home to a strong separatist movement and pro-independence campaigners held a vote two years ago on whether to break away from Spain while Artur Mas was regional governor.

The poll was carried out without legal backing because the central Spanish government blocked it in the courts, saying it was against the constitution. The symbolic ballot was manned by volunteers to get around the restrictions.

Mas, who stepped down as leader last year, stands accused of disobedience against the state and wrong-doing as a public official. He could face a 10-year ban from public office if found guilty.

“Today, many of us feel as if we’re being tried,” current regional head Carles Puigdemont said outside the court surrounded by allied Catalan politicians, regional flags and supporters with signs calling for independence.

The trial comes at a time of high tension between Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s minority government and Catalonia, where a vehemently pro-independence local administration took power in 2015.

The regional administration has vowed to hold an official referendum on its potential split from Spain later this year.

Rajoy has continued to stonewall any talk of a referendum, saying he is open to dialogue but reiterating that a ballot on independence is against the law.

“We can talk but everyone must obey the law,” he said on Friday in Malta. (rtr)

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Former Catalan President Artur Mas gives a thumbs up to a crowd of people waving Catalan Estelada flags as he arrived to court in Barcelona, Spain, February 6, 2017.

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Refugees in Indonesia protest slow UN resettlement process JAKARTA — Asylum seekers who have been in Indonesia for years rallied in the capital on Monday urging the U.N. refugee agency to speed up the process of resettling them in third countries.

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Family members of 12-year old Eman Ali of Yemen, wait for her arrival at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, February 5, 2017. Ali and her father were stranded in Djibouti after being denied entry into the United States due to President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration.

Legal battles to test Trump and his immigration ban WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s temporary immigration ban faced on Monday the first of several crucial legal hurdles that could determine whether he can push through the most controversial and far reaching policy of his first two weeks in office.

On Monday, the government has a deadline to justify the executive order temporarily barring immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries and the entry of refugees after a federal judge in Seattle blocked it with a temporary restraining order on Friday.

The uncertainty caused by a judge’s stay of the ban has opened a window for travelers from the seven affected countries to enter the United States.

Trump has reacted with attacks on the federal judge and then the wider court system which he blames for stymieing his efforts to restrict immigration, a central promise of the Republican’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Democrats, meanwhile, sought

to use Trump’s attacks on the judiciary to raise questions about the independence of his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco over the weekend denied the Trump administration’s request for an immediate stay of the federal judge’s temporary restraining order that blocked nationwide the implementation of key parts of the travel ban.

But the court said it would reconsider the government’s request after receiving more information.

The government has until 5 p.m. PST on Monday (0100 GMT on Tuesday) to submit additional legal briefs to the appeals court justifying Trump’s executive order. Following that the court is expected to act quickly, and a decision either way may ultimately result in the case reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.

Top technology giants, including Apple, Google and Microsoft banded together with nearly 100 companies on Sunday to file a

legal brief opposing Trump’s immigration ban, arguing that it “inflicts significant harm on American business.”

Noting that “immigrants or their children founded more than 200 of the companies on the Fortune 500 list,” the brief said Trump’s order “represents a significant departure from the principles of fairness and predictability that have governed the immigration system of the United States for more than fifty years.”

The controversial executive order also “inflicts significant harm on American business, innovation, and growth as a result,” the brief added.

Trump, who during his campaign called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, has repeatedly vowed to reinstate the Jan. 27 travel ban on citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen and a 120-day bar on all refugees in the name of protecting the United States from Islamist militants. (rtr)

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Refugees from Afghanistan hold placards during a protest outside U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees office in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Dozens of people fleeing war-torn countries who are currently in Indonesia for years called on the UNHCR to accelerate their resettlement because they could no longer bear to live in Indonesia without job and life assurance.

Dozens of people from war-torn nations including Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan and Somalia called on the UNHCR to accelerate their resettlement, expressing concerns that they could no longer bear to live in limbo in Indonesia without jobs.

They waved banners reading “Refugees are human” and “Save us” during the rally at the refugee agency’s office in Jakarta. Some chanted “Process, process!”

“Waiting for more than four years here without resettlement is absolutely terrible,” said 19-yearold protester Mahdi Rezaee from Afghanistan, where scores of ethnic Hazaras like himself have been captured, tortured and killed by Islamic militants. UNHCR officials in Jakarta could not be reached for comment.

Indonesia is home to nearly 14,000 men, women and children seeking resettlement in other countries, according to the UNHCR. About 7,500 have been recognized

as refugees, giving them the prized U.N. card that inches them closer to realizing their dreams of a better life. But last year, just 610 were resettled in other countries such as the United States, Canada, Germany and New Zealand.

Another protester, 30-year-old Mohammed Akbar, who has held a U.N. refugee card for three years, said he is struggling to feed his family and still does not know when he will be resettled to another country.

Indonesia, a poor country of more than 250 million people, is not a signatory to the U.N. Refugee Convention, and the government does not allow asylum seekers to work or have access to schools and public hospitals.

Many asylum seekers fled to Indonesia as a jumping-off point to reach Australia by boat.

But since 2013, the Australian government has sent the often barely seaworthy vessels back to Indonesian waters.(ap)

Indonesia, Japan to continue Jokowi to reduce number of school drop-outs cooperation on disaster mitigation

BANDA ACEH - Indonesia and Japan will continue to cooperate on disaster mitigation and post-tsunami reconstruction efforts by improving human resources capacity.

The caretaker for Mayor of Banda Aceh, Hasanuddin Ishak, said here on Saturday that the CoMu project will be continued as it was beneficial for the local people.

“Our cooperation with Higashi Matsushima City of Japan is very helpful as it increases awareness among the people of Banda Aceh,” Ishak said. The CoMu project gives Banda Aceh people an opportunity to study in Japan for several months.

They gain knowledge on improving their handicraft skills and also in the fisheries sector in Japan.

Ishak appreciated the CoMu Project committee in continually developing the program.

“Banda Aceh and Higashi Matsushima have experienced tsunami disaster. We learned on how to progress. Japan has been advancing in many ways. Thus, their rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts can also be faster,” Ishak added.

Additionally, the member of CoMu Project Committee said that Higashi Matsushima had experienced earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The disaster destructed infrastructures, claimed lives, and caused loss of lives and other casualties.

“Thus, by cooperation, we aim to focus on improving the economic conditions in both the regions by training their skills in various sectors,” Omora stated. Several Acehnese people who have studied in Japan have returned to their hometown. They are also sharing their skills and experiences with other people in Aceh, he noted.(ant)

JAKARTA - Indonesian president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is determined to reduce the number of school drop-outs in the country, the head of press, media and information of the Presidential Secretariat, Bey Machmudin, said. He said in a statement received here on Saturday that the government would increase more and equal access to educational services to children of all school ages in the country.

One of the efforts taken is through the extension of cash subsidy for the education of all school-age children from poor families and orphans. “We wish none of these children are unable to get school education,” Jokowi, as he is also called, said to newsmen after distributing “Smart Indonesia Card” (KIP) for getting the subsidy in the district of Sleman, Yogyakarta, in Central Java.

The head of state reminded that in the current era of global competition, the quality of human resources in Indonesia must continue to be increased.

According to data, currently, 42.5 percent of Indonesian workforce includes elementary school leavers, 66 percent are elementary or junior high school leavers, and 82 percent are elementary, junior or senior high school leavers.

“This must be improved,” he added. Through KIP, the government hopes that all school-age children in

the country would have equal access to educational services, so that the quality of workforce would improve, he stated. “It is aimed at opening access for children to educational services. Schools are also being improved. Hence, we are improving not only the quality of schools but also its access to children,” he noted.

Jokowi hoped that more children in vocational schools would get more practice in the field. “The teachers available must also be the productive ones, meaning those who can really train, for example, in marketing, IT or computer technology, automotive assembling, building construction or electronic field,” Jokowi said.

He also distributed 1,190 KIP to orphan children from Bantul, Gunung Kidul, Sleman districts, and the city of Yogyakarta, when visiting Sleman on Saturday. The aid given through KIP is worth Rp450 thousand for elementary school children, Rp750 thousand for junior high school children, and Rp1 million for senior high school children. The aid could be disbursed between June and July, 2017.

“Use the money for school purposes. Do not use it to top up mobile phone credits. Be careful. Your cards could be revoked if you do not use them for it,” he added. (ant)

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BUSINESS “Sensationally” strong industry orders set Germany up for buoyant 2017 start

BERLIN - Higher demand at home and abroad for goods needed in production drove the biggest monthly increase in German industrial orders in around 2-1/2 years in December, suggesting the first quarter of 2017 may be getting off to a strong start.

The much stronger-than-expected data, released by the Economy Ministry in Berlin on Monday, gave some reassurance that Germany’s economic upswing will carry into 2017 despite growing political uncertainties that include the potentially protectionist U.S. trade agenda.

“A sensationally strong quarter in the manufacturing sector,” Sal. Oppenheim economist Ulrike Kastens said, adding that the figures were pointing to an overall economic recovery in the euro zone.

“Despite the political uncertainties, the German economy is showing a more than robust development,” Kastens said, adding she now expected quarterly growth of around 0.6 percent in the first quarter after 0.5 percent in the final quarter of 2016.

In a sign that private consumption will continue to boost German growth, nominal wages rose 2.3 percent in 2016, separate data from the Federal Statistics office showed on Monday.

With national inflation at 0.5 percent last year, real wages increased by 1.8 percent, the office said. This was less than the 2.4 percent in 2015 and 1.9 percent in 2014. Orders for “Made in

Germany” goods were up by 5.2 percent on the month, the Economy Ministry said. That was the biggest monthly increase since July 2014 and was far stronger than the Reuters consensus forecast for a rise of 0.5 percent.

Domestic demand jumped by 6.7 percent while foreign orders increased by 3.9 percent, with bookings from euro zone countries soaring by 10.0 percent. The overall increase was driven by a jump in demand for capital goods for production rather than consumption of 9.7 percent, helped by strong bookings from both domestic customers and euro zone countries.

The data for November was revised down to a fall of 3.6 percent from a previously reported drop of 2.5 percent. Still, over the full fourth quarter, industrial orders rose by 4.3 percent on the quarter, the economy ministry said. “This signals a continued upswing in the industrial sector over the winter,” the ministry said.

Separate data from the VDMA industry association showed on Monday that engineering orders fell 15 percent on the year in real terms in December, driven by weaker demand from abroad. The overall strong orders figures fol-

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A woman is pictured at work at the Ford Fiesta assembly line in Cologne, Germany, January 6, 2016. lowed mixed data after German business morale unexpectedly fell in January, signalling a more downbeat assessment of the outlook for Europe’s largest economy.

A survey among German purchasing managers showed last week that private sector growth slowed slightly in January, with weaker activity among services

firms limiting overall economic expansion. ING economist Carsten Brzeski suggested viewing the figures with caution as it is a highly volatile indicator.

“Still, against the background of Brexit and Trump, today’s data suggest that the German industry could shift into a higher gear in the first quarter of 2017,” he said.

Strong private consumption, increased state spending on refugees and higher construction investment helped the German economy to grow by 1.9 percent in 2016 - the strongest rate in half a decade. For this year, the government expects an economic slowdown to 1.4 percent due to fewer work days and weaker exports.(rtr)

Brexit already having negative impact on UK business-survey

LONDON - More than half of British business leaders believe the vote to leave the European Union has had a negative impact on their companies but most firms are confident they can survive the change, according to a survey on Monday.

Britain’s economy has performed more strongly than expected since the Brexit vote last June, but an Ipsos Mori survey of more than 100 of the country’s top 500 firms found that 58 percent felt the vote to AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool leave had taken a toll.

Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of According to the survey, more than England speaks at a quarterly Inflation two thirds of those questioned said they Report press conference at the bank in had already taken action to respond to the vote, including putting contingency plans London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017.

in place and analysing the impact the different relationships Britain could have with the EU following its renegotiation. Of those taking action, 10 percent said they were moving business outside of Britain.

“Our annual survey of FTSE 500 business leaders provides a unique insight into what the business world is thinking ahead of Brexit,” Ipsos Mori Chief Executive Ben Page said.

“Unfortunately, it looks like business in this country is already feeling the pain of the economic upheaval of leaving the EU.” Britain’s business leaders were some of the most vocal supporters of EU membership in the run up to the vote, arguing

that access to a single market of 500 million people would enable them to grow their companies, and the economy, in the future.

However the survey found a more positive response when asking about the longer term impact on business, with nearly all confident they could adapt to Brexit.

“Thirty two percent of respondents said they think their business will start to feel the positive effects of leaving the EU in five years’ time,” Page said. “And the number of (business) captains that think it will remain a negative impact reduces to 45 percent when looking at long range forecast.”(rtr)

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Unique Timbrah village tradition, All the villagers “Megibung” in usaba muhu-muhu

There is a unique moment that only occurs once a year in Timbrah customary village, Karangasem, it is known by the inhabitants of this old village as usaba muhu-muhu. This caru ritual brings everyone together with the sharing of a meal known as megibung. This unique tradition involves setting up more than 100 portions of food for everyone in the village to partake in.

This year, the unique event took place on Friday (Jan. 27). Before the sacred meal, people from four of the villages hamlets had been busy since morning preparing and processing a wide range of spices.

Every hamlet has its respective duties including processing seasonings, grating coconut, preparing caru oblations, and slicing and grilling beef.

Completing the caru oblations paraphernalia for the caru and other ceremonial needs is done by the undagi group. Throughout the day, the community of four hamlets and two sesabu hamlets are busy with the preparations before the implementation of the joint prayers at the main Dalem Temple.

Chief of Timbrah customary village, Wayan Sukerta, said that prior to the implementation of the shared meal, female villagers give pajegan offerings and pray together in the temple. Meawhile the male villagers carry drinking water from their homes for the shared meal.

“This tradition has been ongoing for generations and is a way to foster a sense of togetherness”, said Sukerta. This year however there was a slight change to the way the meal took olace. Whereas in previsou years, the shared meal

took lace in four separate pavillions ( the meeting pavilion, the gamelan troue pavilion, the long pavilion and the studio pavilion, this year everyone was gathered together in the wantilan hall of the customary youth club.

These shared meals are processed from the leftover meat from the caru oblations. This event is eagerly awaited by local residents who still live in the village and those who have moved away bt come back especially so they can share a meal with their kinfolk.

More than 100 portions of this shared meal are prepared by residents serving as saya and malun saya in cooperation with the village apparatus. Each gibungan or portion of this shared meals is eaten by six to eight people. “We all eat together after praying together in the central Dalem Temple” said Sukerta.

What about residents who abstain from consuming beef? This is likelyhood is anticipated and so six portions of chicken gibungan are also prepared. “Everyone is expected to enjoy the food offerings called ngelungsur that have been presented. So chicken gibungan is also prepared”, he said.

The usaba muhu-muhu ritual is

done as a form of village wide caru in order to transform bhuta kala into bhuta hita so that local residents can always live in harmony with the universe. This traditional event starts with the nyaga ritual. Three days before the usaba-muhu muhu, residents carry out this ritual to transform bhuta kala at a smaller level, so athat people’S courtyards will not be distrurbed. This ritual is also called metuun buah. During the usaba muhu-muhu, a nyomia ritual is performed at a higher level by the customary village using caru oblation made of buffalo as the

sacrificial animal.

The Undagi procession that involves the slaughering of a cow for the caru, always draws great attention from surrounding residents. The cow is tied to a concrete pole and is pacified with the indangi procession. However when slaughtered the cow thrashes about makign everyine a little tense. This procession is however safer than a similar ritual known as usaba kaulu that takes place at Asak village, where the cow is released into the village.

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to Tamanbali Village The beast is then attacked with swords, machetes and other sharp weapons. Usaba Kaulu will be held on Wednesday (Feb. 1). Sources in the village say that the usaba muhumuhu tradition is considered as the application of the Shiva Purana scripture, in which Dewi Dhurgha goes up against the demon Mahisasura in the form of cow or buffalo.

In recent times, this ritual is commemorated as a moment to conduct introspection, exercise self-control and to avoide letting ones animal nature take over. (gik)

Pulung-pulung Sela Pulung-pulung sela or cassava ball is a traditional cake having been quite familiar among Balinese people. Around the 1980s, this cake became a favorite for the old, young people as well as children. Especially during rainy season, many people consume this cake. It is easy to get as on sale everywhere.

Indeed it is a simple cake, but when enjoyed together, it will be more palatable.

Therefore, every activity like exercise to dance, play gamelan or chant psalmody at hamlet hall, this cake is ready to accompany.

However, it will be nicer when enjoying this cake is accompanied with a cup of coffee.

But children like it due it its sweetness.

In this modern era marked with the presence of new pastries, the cassava ball began to disappear. If remaining available, it must be made by farmers at villages living away from a pastry shop. Currently children no longer know this cake, denoting a heritage of their ancestors. They just enjoy the instant and relatively modern cookies.

Lately, this kind of cake begins to reappear. Traditional stalls in urban areas have sold it again. Its ingredient and shape may be the same, but the price is even more expensive. In the past, people could by it at IDR 5 per piece or even two pieces, but now it is sold for IDR 1,000 or IDR 2,000 per piece. Nevertheless, old people who are missing this traditional cake will definitely buy it.

It is primarily made from cassava. The ingredient is very versatile and can be made into a variety of foods. Aside from cassava, the other ingredients are young coconut, brown sugar, salt and cooking oil. At first, grate the entire coconut and cassava ingredient. Mix well the grated cassava, coconut and salt together. Slice thinly the brown sugar. Having finely and evenly prepared the batter, it is then shaped into a ping pong ball and filled in with brown sugar inside the ball. Fry until looking golden and brown.

Finally, it can be served in warm condition. (kmb)

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To secure Sunday service, six churches guarded by police

SEMARAPURA - If previously the security at churches in Klungkung is just held on Christmas Day, this time Klungkung police further increase the security of church by assigning personnel in all churches Klungkung every Sunday service. This activity is conducted to provide a sense of security for people practicing their religious service.

Chief of Klungkung Police, FX Arendra Wahyudi, said that the security now being improved throughout the churches in Klungkung police is intended to create safe and conducive atmosphere in the jurisdiction of Klungkung police.

“This security is implemented to provide a sense of security and comfort for Christians in performing their Sunday service,” he explained on Sunday (Feb. 5).

All the churches in Klungkung namely the Pentecost Church, Kemah Injil Church, Indonesian Bethel Rock Church, Tresna Asih Church, Bethel Indonesia Bethany Church and Santa Sicily Church.

In addition to securing Sunday services, Klungkung police personnel also carry out dialogical patrols assigned to mobile detective unit and picket function at a number of crowded places such as markets and Galiran Art Market. “Every Sunday, this place is visited by many domestic travelers wishing to buy typical souvenirs of Klungkung,” said Arendra.

He insisted that all these efforts are implemented to make Klungkung remain conducive and the entire community activities can run safely and comfortably. (dwa)

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Queen Elizabeth marks 65 years on British throne

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth, the world’s longest-reigning living monarch, celebrates her Sapphire Jubilee on Monday, commemorating 65 years since she took the British throne.

A 41-gun royal salute will take place in central London to mark the occasion. The queen’s office released a 2014 portrait showing her wearing a suite of sapphire jewellery she received from King George VI as a wedding gift in 1947.

The Queen, 90, has cut back on international tours but still regularly performs official duties around Britain. In December she said she would reduce the number of her patronages, passing on her role at dozens of charities, academic institutions and sporting groups to other members of the royal family.

She will spend the day at her residence in Sandringham, eastern England, as is usual, her office said. (rtr) Figures of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth are displayed for sale in a shop in central London, Britain, February, 6 2017.

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Scotland headed to new independence vote, says Greens lawmaker This activity is conducted to provide a sense of security for people practicing their religious service.

Flies invasion complained by Samblong residents

NEGARA - Residents of Samblong hamlet, Sangkaragung, Jembrana, complained about invasion of flies to their settlement.

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pact of harvesting chickens in the chicken coop located not far from their settlement.

A number of Samblong residents explained on Sunday (Feb. 5) that they cannot

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Almost every day, the invasion of flies occurs and this has taken place since the past week.

live comfortably due to the invasion of flies.

Almost every day, the invasion of flies occurs and this has taken place since the past week.

Made Susana, a local resident, said that such conditions cause residents to be unrest because they are uncomfortable with the invasion of flies. There are flies everywhere including in their homes and kitchen. They come in huge numbers and always appear every day. This condition was already reported by village authority. Within a day, he can catch hundreds of flies using paper glue.

Together with other residents, the whole flies are trapped and burned directly behind the house.

He hoped the management of chicken coop can be given guidance. At least, it can prevent flies from emerging so as not to invade people’s residence. If this condition persists, it is feared to result in disease.

Moreover, his grandson who is still a toddler is often disturbed due to infestation of flies around its bed. Ni Wayan Serni, another resident also complained about similar conditions. She is even reluctant to eat due to invasion of flies.

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In the meantime, headman of Sangkaragung, Nyoman Gede Suardana, accompanied by hamlet chief of Samblong Ketut Sujana justified the complaints of residents related to the invasion of flies. Actually this condition has often happened when the chicken farm is harvesting. According to him, village authority has come around the chicken coop management with the facilitation of Animal Husbandry Agency to find a solution. However, it still happens. Of the four cages around Samblong, one cage is harvesting.

When the harvest is carried out to one cage, the condition is like this. By and large, this condition will last maximally for a week.

The problem will arise when the harvest is carried out to all the cages in succession.

Invasion of flies can last for a month. Suardana hoped this problem can be resolved and found a solution.

In the meantime, an owner of the chicken coop, Komang Andi Sugara, said the harvest is just made to around 4,000 chickens.

There are indeed many flies around the chicken coop, but he said to have resolved and sprayed. The management has tried to overcome. (kmb26)

EDINBURGH - Scotland is almost certainly headed towards a new independence referendum after the UK triggers the process to leave the European Union, according to a lawmaker for the Scottish Greens, who back the devolved nationalist government on independence.

“I’m 85 or 90 percent sure at least that we’re heading towards another referendum,” Ross Greer, 22, told Reuters on Monday. He thought a decision would be made

in the Spring.

Greer was a key figure in the 2014 independence campaign in which Scots voted to stick with the UK by a 10 point margin.

His party’s six seats in the Scottish parliament complete the 65 seats for a majority needed by Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish government.

He said the UK government had been unwilling even to consider what compromise options might be open for Scotland, where voters

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Supporters from the “Yes” Campaign wave Scottish Saltire flags in central Glasgow September 18, 2014.

opted to stay inside the EU at last June’s referendum.

“That leaves us in a position of polar opposites: we can either be part of hard Brexit which tilts towards (President) Trump’s America or we can be part of the European family as an independent state,” he added.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said she plans to trigger the process of leaving the EU by the end of March.

Sturgeon’s government presented an alternative plan for Scotland, including continued membership of the EU single market, in December.

A source at the Scottish government noted Greer was speaking for his own party, and said the Edinburgh administration was concentrated on getting progress on that plan.

The Scottish government has insisted, however, that Scots must have all options open to them as Brexit takes shape.

The British parliament, which is sovereign, could block another referendum on independence in the national parliament. But to do so would likely provoke a constitutional crisis if opinion polls were to show most Scots favouring a ballot, or may even win over some Scots to the cause of independence. (rtr)

Thailand says royal insult suspects in Laos made death threats against PM BANGKOK - Thai people wanted for breaking a law on insulting the monarchy have issued death threats against the Thai prime minister, from Laos where they have fled to avoid arrest, Thailand’s top security officer said on Monday.

Last month, Thailand pressed Laos over the extradition of Thai fugitives accused of lese majeste, or royal insult, which carries a jail term of up to 15 years for each offence.

Thailand’s military government says there are up to six Thai suspects in Laos who it is seeking.

General Thawip Netniyom, the head of Thailand’s National Security Council, told reporters the suspects last week posted death threats against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan on Facebook.

“As we’re pushing Laos for their arrest, they’re reacting, saying that if they had a chance they would hurt them,” Thawip told reporters.

“Death threats against important people could lead to another criminal charge.”

Since taking power in a 2014 coup, Thailand’s junta has taken a tough stance on dissenters.

It stepped up prosecutions of perceived insults to the country’s revered monarchy following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in October last year. Last week, Prayuth, a former army chief who led the 2014 coup, said he cared more about the country than his life.

Prawit told reporters on Monday he was not worried about the threats and did not need more bodyguards.

A Thai political analyst said the dissidents in Laos appeared to be frustrated and powerless to do anything.

“It’s all talk. It’s all they can do to vent,” Kan Yuenyong, executive director of Siam Intelligence Unit think-tank, told Reuters, referring to the threats.

“I doubt they can do much at all in the current situation.”

The Thai government has asked seven countries, including Laos, to extradite a total of 19 suspects accused of lese majeste. (rtr)

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Does an anomaly in the Earth’s magnetic field portend a coming pole reversal?

THE Earth is blanketed by a magnetic field. Itâ??s what makes compasses point north, and protects our atmosphere from continual bombardment from space by charged particles such as protons. Without a magnetic field, our atmosphere would slowly be stripped away by harmful radiation, and life would almost certainly not exist as it does today.

You might imagine the magnetic field is a timeless, constant aspect of life on Earth, and to some extent you would be right. But Earthâ??s magnetic field actually does change. Every so often â?? on the order of several hundred thousand years or so â?? the magnetic field has flipped. North has pointed south, and vice versa. And when the field flips it also tends to become very weak.

What currently has geophysicists like us abuzz is the realization that the strength of Earthâ??s magnetic field has been decreasing for the last 160 years at an alarming rate. This collapse is centered in a huge expanse of the Southern Hemisphere, extending from Zimbabwe to Chile, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly. The magnetic field strength is so weak there that itâ??s a hazard for satellites that orbit above the region â?? the field no longer protects them from radiation which interferes with satellite electronics.

And the field is continuing to grow weaker, potentially portending even more dramatic events, including a global reversal of the magnetic poles. Such a major change would affect our navigation systems, as well as the transmission of electricity. The spectacle of the northern lights might appear at different latitudes. And because more radiation would reach Earthâ??s surface under very low field strengths during a global reversal, it also might affect rates of cancer.

We still donâ??t fully understand what the extent of these effects would be, adding urgency to our investigation. Weâ??re turning to some perhaps unexpected data sources, including 700-year-old African archaeological records, to puzzle it out.

Genesis of the geomagnetic field Earthâ??s magnetic field is created by convecting iron in our planetâ??s liquid outer core. From the wealth of observatory and satellite data that document the magnetic field of recent times, we can model what the field would look like if we had a compass immediately above the Earthâ??s swirling liquid iron core.

These analyses reveal an astounding feature: Thereâ??s a patch of reversed polarity beneath southern Africa at the core-mantle boundary where the liquid iron outer core meets the slightly stiffer part of the Earthâ??s interior. In this area, the polarity of the field is opposite to the average global magnetic field. If we were able to use a compass deep under southern Africa, we would see that in this unusual patch north actually points south.

This patch is the main culprit creating the South Atlantic Anomaly.

In numerical simulations, unusual patches similar to the one beneath southern Africa appear immediately prior to geomagnetic reversals.

The poles have reversed frequently over the history of the planet, but the last reversal is in the distant past, some 780,000 years ago.

The rapid decay of the recent magnetic field, and its pattern of decay, naturally raises the question of what was happening prior to the last 160 years.

Archaeomagnetism takes us further back in time In archaeomagnetic studies, geophysicists team with archaeologists to learn about the past magnetic field. For example, clay used to make pottery contains small amounts of magnetic minerals, such as magnetite. When the clay is heated to make a pot, its magnetic minerals lose any magnetism they may have held. Upon cooling, the magnetic minerals record the direction and intensity of the magnetic field at that time. If one can determine the age of the pot, or the archaeological site from which it came (using radiocarbon dating, for instance), then an archaeomagnetic history can be recovered.

Using this kind of data, we have a partial history of archaeomagnetism for the Northern Hemisphere. In contrast, the Southern Hemisphere archaeomagnetic record is scant. In particular, there have been virtually no data from southern Africa â?? and thatâ??s the region, along with South America, that might provide the most insight into the history of the reversed core patch creating todayâ??s South Atlantic Anomaly.

But the ancestors of todayâ??s southern Africans, Bantu-speaking metallurgists and farmers who began to migrate into the region between 2,000 and 1,500 years ago, unintentionally left us some clues. These Iron Age people lived in huts built of clay, and stored their grain in hardened clay bins. As the first agriculturists of the Iron Age of southern Africa, they relied heavily on rainfall.(ap)

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Scientists tracking a crop-destroying caterpillar known as armyworm say it is now spreading rapidly across mainland Africa and could reach tropical Asia and the Mediterranean in the next few years.

Scientists find crop-destroying caterpillar spreading rapidly in Africa

LONDON - Scientists tracking a crop-destroying caterpillar known as armyworm say it is now spreading rapidly across mainland Africa and could reach tropical Asia and the Mediterranean in the next few years, threatening agricultural trade.

In research released on Monday, scientists at the Britain-based Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) said the pest, which had not previously been established outside the Americas, is now expected to spread “to the limits of suitable African habitat” within a few years.

The caterpillar destroys young maize plants, attacking their growing points and burrowing into the cobs.

“It likely travelled to Africa as adults or egg masses on direct commercial flights and has since been spread within Africa by its own strong flight ability and carried as a contaminant on crop produce,” said CABI’s chief scientist Matthew Cock.

Armyworm, known as “fall army-

worm” in the United States due to its tendency to migrate there in autumn, or fall, is native to North and South America and can devastate maize, a staple crop crucial to food security in large parts of Africa.

Suspected outbreaks have already erupted in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said last week it had spread to Namibia and Mozambique.

The CABI research found evidence of two species of fall armyworm in Ghana for the first time and scientists are now working to understand how it got there, how it spreads, and how farmers can control it in an environmentally friendly way.

“This is the first time it has been shown that both species or strains

are established on mainland Africa,” Cook said. “Following earlier reports from Nigeria, Togo and Benin, this shows they are clearly spreading very rapidly.”

While armyworm mainly affects maize, it has also been recorded eating more than 100 different plant species, causing major damage to crops such as rice and sugarcane as well as cabbage, beet and soybeans.

Cook warned that outbreaks can cause devastating losses and mounting debts for farmers and said urgent action is now needed to help farmers figure out the best strategies to control the pest.

South Africa’s agriculture ministry said last week it was registering pesticides for use against armyworm. (rtr)

SEMARAPURA - Recent bad weather has driven Klungkung police officers to stand post at busy intersections and accident prone areas to help direct traffic. In addition to the threat of toppling trees, slippery roads also lend themsleves to traffic accidents.

Chief of Klungkung Police Traffic Affairs, Wayan Mu diasa, has asked that road users be extra careful when driving.

Slippery roads can cause a higher risk of traffic accidents.

“We appeal to all road users to be aware of rain, slippery roads and fallen trees” he explained in Thursday (Feb 2).

Due to non-stop rains, Klungkung police and subdistrict police continue to direct traffic and stand guard in the areas around sub-district police stations.

On Thursday (Feb. 2), traffic was directed by police throughout the morning in orfer to ensure that all motorists reache dtheir destinations without incident. Mudiasa also emphasised

that police personnel are obliged to serve the community which includes heloing people to cross busy streests – especially school children and the elderly.

Police personnel are also on duty regulating traffic in front of schools and markets, like the Satria night market aorudn the corner from Jalan Raya Paskebali where it is dangerous for pedestrians. Such activity began to be vigorously implemented by Klungkung police personnel from 06:30 through 07:30 at a total of 13 different points around the town of Klungkung. Another 15 points were guarded by Klungkung’s sub-district police, 11 points by the Dawan police, 14 points by the Banjarangkan police and 5 points by the Nusa Penida police).

K l u n g k u n g ’s m a r i n e p o lice, also stood guard at 5 key points: the Trinuana traditional harbora, Pesinggahan Harbor, Banjar Bias Harbor, Jungut Batu Harbor and at Kampong Kusamba Harbor. (dwa)

Homestays in Pinge village need standardization TABANAN - Tabanan’s Pinge village in Marga was opened for tourism in 2002 but lay dormant until it wsa revived in 2010.

Since then most of the tourists who come here are from Europe and although things here are running fairly smoothly, repairs are needed. Also the wuality of homestays at Pinge village need to become standardised.

Chief of Pinge customary village, I Made Denayasa, said some time ago that the homestays in Pinge village must be standardized to ensure a minimum quality standard.Some homestays for example still have squat toilets. The government of Tabanan has therefor been cooperating with the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN) in order to provide soft loans for homestay owners. “With these soft loans, they can repair or add appropriate sfacilities to their homestays” he said.

He explained that of the 160 families in Pinge village, 10 families own homestays with a total of 40 rooms. Admittedly, some of the homestay rooms are not up to standards with fcailities like sqaut toilets still found in some.

Through the soft loan from the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprise, it is expected to not only improve the existing homestay facilities but also increase the number of homestays in Pinge village. ‘”Of course we hope that the number of homestays will increase”, he said.

The addition of new homestays charging a minumum of IDR 15,00 a night he explained, will help increase the income of local residents. Meanwhile, in 2014 there was a recorded 867 visitors to Pinge village, with just 115 stying overnight. In 2015 354 of the total 856 visitors stayed overnight. Throughout 2016, the total visit was recorded to reach 1,489 people, with 513 people staying overnight. (kmb24)

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Youtube comments could bring tougher sentence for U.S. woman in Bali suitcase murder

DENPASAR - Prosecutors in Indonesia are examining online video comments by a U.S. woman jailed for 10 years over the 2014 murder of her mother on the resort island of Bali to decide if they justify a stiffer sentence, authorities said on Monday.

Heather Mack, originally from Chicago, was tried and convicted alongside then-boyfriend Tommy Schaefer in the murder of her mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase in a taxi outside a luxury hotel.

In the video uploaded to Youtube on Feb. 2, Mack speaks to the camera, saying she initially asked Schaefer to find someone to kill her mother, but he refused.

“I don’t regret killing my mother ... but I regret bringing Tommy into it. Tommy is an innocent man,” she says.

It was unclear when or where the video was recorded.

A lawyer for Mack said she had been pressured into making the confession video.

“We suspect Tommy’s moti-

vation is to attack Heather after they broke up,” the lawyer, Ben Seran, told Reuters.

Schaefer’s lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.

Prosecutors were studying the video, said Ashari Kurniawan, a public relations official in the Bali prosecutor’s office.

“If Mack is indeed the mastermind of the murder, the video can be used as evidence in the case, and the sentence should be heavier than it is now,” he said.

Mack and her mother, who had a troubled relationship, had traveled together to Bali in August 2014, and were staying at a luxury hotel, the St. Regis Bali resort. Schaefer joined them, surprising von Wiese-Mack, who did not know he was coming to

Indonesia.

Schaefer, who said in court he had killed von Wiese-Mack in self-defence, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for premeditated murder.

Mack was convicted of being an being an accessory to murder.

She is serving her term in a Bali prison where she gave birth to a daughter just before being sentenced.

In the three-part video, Mack says although Schaefer is innocent, he had helped hide her mother’s body in the suitcase.

“I don’t want to live in a lie anymore. I made it up in my heart ... that I wanted to kill my mother,” she says, adding that she believed her mother had killed her father several years earlier. (rtr)

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Heather Mack of the U.S. waits inside a holding cell at a Denpasar court before her court appearance on the Indonesian resort island of Bali April 21, 2015.

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Lake Batur re-spits sulfur, thousands of fish in cage die

The fish that died on Batur Lake

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As observation on Sunday (Feb. 5), the sulfuric burst from the bottom of the lake made the color of the lake water change.

Lake water that originally looked bluish has now turned into yellowish green.

The changes are very evident if observed from particular distance.

The regions seeming to get exposed to sulfuric bursts are the Kedisan, Buahan and Seked. Along the edge of the lake and the area of floating net cages owned by farmers many wild fish carcasses are seen floating on the water surface.

A fish farmer from Buahan village who is also Chief of the Fishermen Association of Indonesia (HNSI) Bangli, I Made Antara, said that the sulfuric bursts from the bottom of Lake Batur has been taking place since the past three days. The first region exposed to the bursts

is Seked village then continued to the region of Terunyan, Abang and Buahan village. “The sulfuric bursts have begun three days ago, but the sporadic fish death in the lake has occurred since Saturday,” he explained.

According to Antara, the emergence of sulfuric bursts at the bottom of the lake is affected by extreme weather factors. Hardness of wind coupled by coldness of weather happened recently caused the sulfur in the bottom of the lake to be upraised. Such conditions then caused the fish living in the lake to be slowly suffocated to death.

This former headman of Buahan said that dozens of fish farmers, especially in the region of the Buahan village, have to bear remarkable losses as the impact of the natural phenomenon. Each farmer is said

to suffer fish death averagely half to two tons. Most of the dead fish of farmers due to sulfuric bursts is ready to harvest. “Approximately the total losses of fish farmers at Buahan village area reach one billion rupiahs,” he explained.

He admitted to be unable to make sure when this phenomenon will end. As previous experience, this condition will continue to happen until the next few days.

In the meantime, another resident, Wayan Jon, said that due to sulfuric bursts the catch has increased drastically. Previously, fishermen can usually catch wild fish of 10 kilograms, now their catch can surge to 50 kilograms.

Jon said the fish are dying due to exposure to sulfuric bursts but can still be consumed. “The fish do not die of poisoning, but due to running out of oxygen,” he said. (kmb40)

Life stories of Ketut Mulia, Scavenge fortunes by relying on funny monkeys FOREST area extending along the Bedugul-Gitgit road section, precisely at Wanagiri village, is still inhabited by monkeys. Since a dozen years ago, this has been used to earn a fortune by one of the Wanagiri residents, Ketut Mulia. She does it because this middle-aged woman does not have another job.

When passing through the Bedugul to Gitgit road section, the eyes will not only be pampered by flourishing verdant trees in the conservation forests or the view of green water owned by Lake Buyan slightly wavy due to being blown by the wind. However, along the road section visitors can also witness a number of monkeys seating along the sidewalk and large trees.

Amid the development of tourism in North Bali, travelers passing on the ascending path are taken advantage by a woman named Ketut Mulia to earn a fortune. Relying on funny

behavior of the gray-furred primates, she tries to attract passing travelers armed with bananas and boiled peanuts. “Here, there are hundreds of monkeys. Passing road users usually stop here. I sell peanuts and bananas to them to feed the monkeys while taking photographs,” she said on Sunday (Feb. 5).

This woman of four children has no fear when being close to a number large enough monkeys.

By feeding them on regular basis, she looks to have befriended with the mammals. “Having been accustomed to them, I can distinguish which monkeys are grumpy and which are not,” she said.

These activities have been pursued since the 2000s before the first Bali bombing. The results are uncertain.

Sometimes it is enough to eat a day and sometimes she gets nothing. It highly depends on weather condition.

“If it rains, no monkeys will come

down. Well, I get nothing other than coldness to bring home,” she said.

When the weather is fine, her job starts at 10:00 and ends at 17:00. In the meantime, in rainy season, she has to spend more time with the search for firewood for sale. “If the weather supports, I will come here. Sometimes I must find another job rather than staying at home,” said Mulia.

This middle-aged woman admitted that her family’s economic condition is moderately good. She does this job to help the income of her husband who works as farmer. “I’d just like to get additional income. If only staying at home seems inappropriate to me,” she added.

Aside from her, similar job is also pursued by a number of other women.

They do not only maintain and feed the monkeys, but also do selling.

“I’m not alone. There are some other friends doing the job like mine,” she said. (sos)

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

Every Saturday 9AM-2PM OrganIc Farmer’s Market Pizza Bagus (Jl. Pengosekan), Ubud EVERY SUNDAY Soul to soul spirituall dialogue Anand Ashram, Ubud Jl Sri Wedari KM 3 Mantra chanting 6-6:30pm Navaraha Arati 6:30-6:45pm Meditation, Satsang and celebration 6:45-8:30pm www.ubudashram.org SUNDAY MARKETS 10AM 1PM Sunday Market at Batu Jimbar Jl. Danau Tablingan , Sanur

9:30AM-1PM Sunday Market @ Warung Sopa Jl. Sugriwas no36, Padang Tegal, Ubud 9AM-2PM Samadi Sunday Market Jalan. Padang Linjong 39, Canggu, 9AM-2PM Wednesday and Sunday Ubud Organik Market Jl. Raya Pengosekan across from Zens Hotel Tebesaya, Ubud 12PM-10PM Sunday Food Festival & Bazaar Byrdhouse Beach Club, Sanur

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Lake Batur in Kintamani has re-spat sulfur since the past few days. Such condition had an impact on the death of thousands of fish living in the local lake. Mass mortality of fish due to the natural phenomenon does not only affect thousands of fish owned by farmers raised in floating net cages, but also the wild fish living outside the cage.

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‘Split’ Tops ‘Rings,’ as ‘Space Between Us’ Bombs

LOS ANGELES - It was a squeaker, but Universal’s “Split” has edged past Paramount’s “Rings” to narrowly claim victory at the domestic box office. The low-budget thriller retained its first place position for the third consecutive weekend, earning $14.6 million. So far, “Split,” the story of a man with multiple personalities, has made $98.7 million stateside, while costing just $9 million, making it very profitable indeed. The film stars James McAvoy, was directed by “The Sixth Sense’s” M. Night Shyamalan, and produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, the maker of “Sinister” and “Paranormal Activity.”

“It’s a darn good movie,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s domestic distribution chief. “It’s very satisfying for audiences. People seek out quality.”

It was a quiet weekend for Hollywood. After all, most of America’s attention has shifted away from the multiplexes to the coming battle between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons. The two teams will meet at Super Bowl LI, and the high-

profile matchup should ensure that the weekend box office closes on a muted note.

“Rings,” an attempt to revive a long-dormant horror franchise, earned $13 million. The first “Ring” movie opened to $15 million in 2002 on its way to a $129.1 million domestic gross, while its followup, 2005’s “The Ring Two,” kicked off to $35.1 million, ending its stateside run with $76.2 million.

“Rings” was delayed multiple

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times, and was originally intended to hit theaters in 2015. It cost $25 million to produce and, like its predecessors, focuses on a videotape that kills those who watch it.

Overseas, “Rings” took in $15.2 million from 35 international markets, including Brazil, Mexico, and Russia. Paramount marketing and distribution chief Megan Colligan said she was pleased by the reception the film received here and abroad. (rtr)

Facebook, Google, others launch drive against fake news in France

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This image released by Universal Pictures shows Anya Taylor-Joy, left, and James McAvoy, right, in a scene from, “Split.”

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PARIS - Social media companies Facebook , Google and a group of news organisations launched an initiative on Monday to tackle fake news stories in France, with the media in the spotlight as the country’s presidential election approaches.

Facebook said it would work with several leading French news organisations, including Agence France-Presse, BFM TV, and newspapers L’Express and Le Monde to ensure that false news items were not published on its platform.

Google also said it was part of the initiative, dubbed “Cross Check” by the partners.

Facebook has faced criticism that it did not do enough to prevent false information being republished on its platform during last year’s

U.S presidential campaign, and in response has set up measures to try to tackle the problem.

There have been similar concerns that people could disseminate false information on Facebook in the build-up to the French election, which takes place in April and May. In the United States, Facebook has said users would in future find it easier to flag fake articles as a hoax, and added that it will work with organizations such as fact-checking website Snopes, ABC News and

the Associated Press to check the authenticity of stories.

Last month, Facebook also set up an initiative against fake news in Germany, where government officials had expressed concerns that false stories and hate speech online could influence a parliamentary election in September in which chancellor Angela Merkel will seek a fourth term in office.

Facebook said on Monday that it would work with several leading French news organisations, including Agence France Presse, BFM TV, L’Express and Le Monde among others to ensure that false news items were not published on its platform.

Facebook has faced criticism

that it did not do enough to prevent false information being republished on its platform during last year’s U.S presidential campaign, and in response has set up measures to try to tackle the problem.

There have been similar concerns that people could disseminate false information on Facebook in the build-up to the French election, which takes place in April and May. In the United States, Facebook said users would find it easier to flag fake articles on their News Feed as a hoax, and added that it will work with organizations such as fact-checking website Snopes, ABC News and the Associated Press to check the

authenticity of stories.

Last month, Facebook also set up an anti fake-news initiative in Germany, where government officials had expressed concerns that fake news and “hate speech” on the Internet could influence a parliamentary election in September in which chancellor Angela Merkel will seek a fourth term in office.(rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http://globalfmbali.listen2myradio. com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.