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Taylor Swift gets political, endorses Democrats in US midterms WASHINGTON - Pop star Taylor Swift is not really known for making political statements, but the “Bad Blood” singer is no longer holding back ahead of the midterm elections in November. In a lengthy post on Instagram, where she has 112 million followers, the 28-year-old Swift says while she has been “reluctant” to share her political views in the past, she has changed her mind. She endorsed the Democrat running for the US Senate in her home state of Tennessee, and unleashed a fierce attack on his opponent, Republican Marsha Blackburn, who currently serves in the House. “As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me,” Swift said. “She voted against equal pay
for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape.” Last year, Swift won a lawsuit against a former radio DJ she accused of groping her. Blackburn “believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry,” Swift added. “These are not MY Tennessee values. I will be voting for Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Representatives.” She urged her fans to register to vote, saying: “Please, please educate yourself on the candidates running in your state and vote based on who most closely represents your values. (afp)
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A fan cosplays as Venom from the Marvel Universe during the 2018 New York Comic-Con at Javits Center on October 7, 2018 in New York City.
Villain ‘Venom’ is box office hero in North American theaters
LOS ANGELES - Superhero blockbuster “Venom” saved the day at the North American box office this weekend, pulling in an estimated $80 million in ticket sales, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
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The film, the official launch of Sony’s Marvel Universe, stars Tom Hardy as a journalist who becomes the host for an alien symbiote that gives him superpowers. The character is a villain in the “Spider-Man” comic book world. Despite being panned by critics, the movie comfortably broke the October opening weekend record by more than $20 million, according to Box Office Mojo figures. In second place was another new release, musical romance “A Star Is Born,” which took in $41.25 million.
The third remake of the 1937 film of the same name, it marks the directing debut of Bradley Cooper, who stars as a musician who discovers and falls in love with a young singer played by pop superstar Lady Gaga. Third place went to Warner Bros.’s “Smallfoot,” with earnings of $14.9 million in its second weekend. The comic family animation tells the story of a group of Yeti who come across a human, with voicing by Channing Tatum, LeBron James and Danny DeVito.
Coming in fourth was last weekend’s champion, Universal’s “Night School,” whose earnings dropped nearly $16 million to $12.3 million this weekend. The raucous comedy stars Kevin Hart as one student in a class of misfits working toward high school diplomas under the firm tutelage of Tiffany Haddish. Fifth place went to Universal’s family-friendly offering “The House With a Clock in Its Walls,” which slipped from third place last weekend with takings of $7.3 million. (afp)
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An Indonesian search and rescue team uses heavy equipment to recover bodies from the debris in Petobo in Central Sulawesi on October 8, 2018, following the September 28 earthquake and tsunami. Nearly 2000 bodies have been recovered from Palu since an earthquake and tsunami struck the Indonesian city, an official said on October 8, warning the number would rise with thousands still missing.
Monuments to remember dead and missing in quake-ravaged Indonesia
Monuments and parks will be built over parts of Indonesia’s Palu as a solemn tribute to the thousands buried in a quake-tsunami whose corpses will never be found, officials said Monday. Nearly 2,000 bodies have been recovered since the disaster on September 28, but authorities believe another 5,000 may be entombed beneath the ruins. The search will end Thursday, officials say, when the worst-hit places will be sealed off, becoming mass graves containing unknown numbers of dead. Memorials will be erected at Balaroa, Petobo and Jono Oge outside Palu where liquefaction -- a phenomenon where the brute force of a quake turns soil to quicksand -- engulfed entire villages. “We will build a monument, and in the future we will create green spaces there,” Haris Kariming, a spokesman for the provincial government, told reporters in Palu. The deadline gives family still
searching for the missing just days to try to find their loved ones, and say goodbye. - Proper burial In Balaroa, the news was too much to bear for Halimah Ariav Kobo, whose 25-year-old daughter Ummu Kalsum vanished in the disaster. Squatting by debris where her daughter once lived, Kobo and her husband point to a filthy pool of black water and shattered concrete where they believe Ummu lies. Rescuers had searched the area three times, she said, but found no trace of their daughter or her
husband, who only married two months earlier. “If they flatten this place to become a cemetery, what about all the bodies that have not been taken out?” Kobo told AFP. “I hope my child is found, in whatever condition. I want to take her home and bury her in a proper way. As a mother, I will not leave this place until the search is finished.” Hopes of finding anyone alive have all but vanished. But with days until the search is called off, family are more desperate than ever. “Even if they stop looking, we will still try to find
them ourselves,” said Gopal as he picked through rubble looking for his aunt and uncle in Balaroa. “When we can no longer do it ourselves, we leave it to Allah,” said the 40-year-old, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.
- Desperate need Relief efforts have escalated to assist 200,000 people in desperate need. Food and clean water remain in short supply, and many are dependent entirely on handouts to survive. Helicopters have been running supply drops to more isolated communities outside Palu, where the full extent of the damage is still not entirely clear. Around 74,000 people have been displaced by the quake. More than 10,000 have been injured, a
quarter of them seriously, disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said Monday. The Red Cross said Monday it had treated more than 1,800 people at clinics and administered first aid to a similar number in the immediate disaster zone. Indonesia sits in the world’s most tectonically active region, and its 260 million people are vulnerable to earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. (afp) 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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Face of Indonesia appears at Indonesia Pavilion
DENPASAR - Apart from the meetings held by the International Monetary Fund-World Bank (IMF-WB) 2018, in the main meeting area in Nusa Dua also built Indonesia Pavilion featuring the face of Indonesia. Indonesia Pavilion was built by the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) together with all state companies being ready to welcome more than 15,000 participants of the IMF-WB 2018 Annual Meeting.
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A worker stands in front of a banner of International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meetings at a conference room in Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Indonesia will host IMF-World Bank meeting from Oct. 12 until Oct. 14.
A total of 64 districts / municipalities across Indonesia and various ministries with a total of 150 MSMEs display their products at the specified booths. The making of Indonesia Pavilion is also supported by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Creative Economy Agency, Ministry of Communication and Informatics and Ministry of Finance. Special Staff I of the Minister of SOE, Sahala Lumban Gaol, stated that Indonesia Pavilion presents many attractive things about Indonesia in terms of development, business, national strategic projects, tourism to the cultural richness and Indonesian handicrafts. Besides, various investment supporting factors that can attract investors to invest in Indonesia are also displayed in the showcase hall covering more than 2,000 meters. In the IMF-WB 2018 Annual Meeting in Nusa Dua, Indonesia Pavilion can be the first window for the delegates coming to know Indonesia briefly but they can get enough information to represent all the advantages, beauty and uniqueness of Indonesia. “This means to succeed the IMF-WB 2018 Annual Meeting and as a moment to show off all the potential that Indonesia has in the eyes of the world,” said Sahala. The Indonesia Pavilion area itself is divided into several thematic rooms such as the SOE Hall, Workshop Area, Exhibition Area, VIP Lounge, Investment Lounge, and Stage Pavilion or coffee shop. Guests will explore each room featuring its own uniqueness. In addition to showing off the beauty and richness of culture, the message and other ideas to be conveyed in the Indonesia Pavilion is explaining to delegates about the spirit of Nawacita (nine priority agendas) applied in Indonesia in every aspect of development. Similarly, it is drawing investors to be part of Indonesia’s development journey in the fields of economics, industry, infrastructure and tourism to Indonesian arts and crafts. “Data on Indonesia’s economic achievements and national strategic projects will be presented digitally and attractively on LED screens. Delegates can also use the photo booth area completed with traditional costumes. They can also experience the making of Indonesian crafts in the art and craft workshop area such as batik,” said Sahala. Special Staff II of Ministry of SOE, Judith Dipo Diputro, stated the IMF-WB in Bali this year becomes a history because a total of 19,000-34,000 participants are estimated to attend. This amount is the largest along the journey of the IMF-WB. “So, we have to show off the pavilion because Indonesia has succeeded in rebounding to catch up with many lags in Indonesia’s development,” he said. Tagline of the Indonesia Pavilion is ‘diversity and values.” According to him, the most important asset is pluralism while values describe the values of the Indonesian people that are honest and hard-working. (kmb42)
Ahead of the IMF Annual Meeting
Padangbai strictly guarded, a piece of machete confiscated SECURITY in all entrances to Bali continues to be tightened. Karangasem region particularly the Padangbai Harbor, the easternmost entrance to Bali, is one of them. Karangasem Police deployed dozens of personnel to conduct tight guarding at the entrance and exit of the harbor. Meanwhile, there are no serious findings related to radical movements and terrorism. Police only confiscated a machete. As seen at Padangbai Harbor on Sunday (Oct. 7), the security tightening is related to the day before
the IMF Annual Meeting in Nusa Dua Bali to be held on October 8-14. Unfortunately, two officers that served at Padangbai, namely Chief of the Karangasem Police, Made Wartama, as supervisory officer and Wayan Wardana were not willing to give much information regarding the inspection and safeguard activities at Padangbai. Wayan Wardana only stated there was an increase in personnel carrying out the safeguards and inspections at the harbor’s exit and entrance. At
noon, there were 48 personnel and 48 night guards from the Karangasem Police and Padangbai Police. “Temporarily we only secured a machete stored by one of the truck drivers put behind the seat,” he said. The large-sized machete was secured from a truck with license plate of F 8419 SK, driven by Imam Wahyudi, from Bima city, NTB. Regarding the machete, the owner with his friend, Amrullah Ilyas from Jakarta, was immediately taken to Padangbai Police Station for interro-
gation. Imam Wahyudi claimed the machete is just an ordinary machete used at home. By all means, it is used to clean wood on the mountain. He claimed to forget to put it back at home. However, they were both still being questioned by members of the Padangbai Police Station. Indeed, for inspection of vehicles, people and goods entering Bali through the harbor door are very much tightened. Due to the tightness, none of the vehicles or people dropping off the ship is free
from the security check by the officer. Every vehicle dropping off from the ship is stopped immediately to check the documents and completeness of their vehicles. It includes the inspection of the identity of the drivers and passengers. Additionally, police also searched cargo items on trucks including luggage in private vehicles and buses. “We do this so that no one will escape from the examination process. This is our responsibility,” said I Made Wartama. (kmb31)
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A DELICIOUS PINK AFFAIR AT FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON BALI, KUTA
Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta, part of Marriott International, Inc., presents Pink Afternoon Tea Promotion to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Served at Wrapped, guests can enjoy this sweet treat and support Bali Pink Ribbon foundation until 31 October 2018. Pink Afternoon Tea features various pink-themed delights, such as pink macaroons, pink-coated churros and choux and some pink choco-pralines, complemented with refreshing rosella tea by Brew Me™. The afternoon tea is priced at IDR 110K++ for two persons. Enhance the experience with a glass of Frizzante Moscato, Plaga’s brand new wine with fresh tropical taste, for only IDR 90K++. In addition, Wrapped will still serve its Regular Afternoon Tea, which is priced at IDR 100K++ for two persons, as an alternative. Ten percents of the proceeds
from the Pink and Regular Afternoon Tea will be channelled to Bali Pink Ribbon Foundation, supporting their continuous efforts to empower women with knowledge about breast cancer as well as breast cancer survivors. In addition, guests can also voluntarily make donations through the charity boxes available during the event. Wrapped at Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta is open daily from 9 AM to 11 PM serving quick bites, freshly brewed coffees, wine and gluten free pastries. A bright & airy semi-indoor casual bar with abundant natural light in the daylight and comfortable setting in the evening, Wrapped is a great place to meet for business, relax with friends or just enjoy me-time after long hours of works. For more information or reservation, please call 62 (361) 849 6606 or email fourpoints.balikuta@ fourpoints.com.
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Capturing cottonsoft water flow
Smuggling a CRISPR gene editor into staph bacteria can kill the pathogen
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Up-close views of the “ring rain” falling from Saturn’s rings into the planet’s atmosphere taken by Cassini (shown in this artist’s illustration) have scientists scratching their heads.
Saturn’s ‘ring rain’ is a surprising cocktail of chemicals
THE “ring rain” of material falling from Saturn’s rings into the planet’s atmosphere is a much more intense, contaminated downpour than scientists thought. For decades, astronomers have suspected that Saturn’s rings pelt the planet with grains of water ice, but some of the final observations from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft provide the first detailed views of these celestial showers. Ring rain is highly contaminated with organic matter and other molecules, and hammers Saturn at thousands of kilograms per second, researchers report in the Oct. 5 Science. Understanding the rain’s surprising quantity and quality could help clarify the origins and evolution of Saturn’s rings. Researchers analyzed data collected by Cassini’s Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer during the spacecraft’s final few orbits in 2017, as it sailed through the gap between Saturn and its innermost ring, known as the D ring. Water constituted only about 24 percent of the material tumbling from Saturn’s ring system into its atmosphere; the rest was methane, carbon monoxide, dinitrogen, ammonia, carbon dioxide and fragments of organic nanoparticles. The ring rain’s diverse chemical composition “was a big surprise,” because remote observations show that Saturn’s ring system, on the whole, is almost entirely water ice, says Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.,
who wasn’t involved in the study. Researchers aren’t sure why ring rain is so deprived of water. A belt of radiation tucked inside Saturn’s rings could be responsible, says study coauthor Jeff Cuzzi, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. Cassini’s end-of-life observations also provided the first closeup views of this band of energetic protons, described in another study in the Oct. 5 Science. The belt’s highenergy radiation may have blasted away much of the water in the D ring very close to Saturn, leaving behind heavier materials like organic compounds, Cuzzi speculates. Whatever its cause, the ring rain’s peculiar composition may reshape our understanding of the carbon and nitrogen content of Saturn’s atmosphere, says Hunter Waite, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio and a coauthor of the ring rain study. Saturn’s presumed chemical makeup may be “just a veneer” created by falling material masking the gas giant’s true composition, he says. In addition to the ring rain’s chemistry, the Cassini observations also revealed how quickly this material is falling into Saturn’s atmosphere: between 4,800 and 45,000 kilograms per second.
“It’s just an enormous amount of mass flowing into the planet,” Cuzzi says. Saturn’s rings probably haven’t sustained this rate of rainfall over the course of the planet’s history, he says. If that were the case, the spindly little D ring would have long since eroded away. But a comet or other rogue object may have hit Saturn’s ring system recently, jostling grains out of their usual orbit and making them more vulnerable to Saturn’s gravitational pull. But if the current deluge is, in fact, Saturn’s normal rate of ring rain, then perhaps the D ring continually siphons material from Saturn’s outer rings, says Kelly Miller, a cosmochemist at the Southwest Research Institute and a coauthor on the ring rain study. The exact nature of Saturn’s relationship to its rings “is still a puzzle,” Spilker says. But devising more detailed theoretical simulations of what’s going on between the planet’s atmosphere and rings, and testing these theories against the trove of data collected by Cassini could help fill in the picture. Such work may help scientists better understand not only Saturn, but also any ring-bearing planets that might circle other stars in the universe, she says. (IBP/net)
BITS of DNA that make bacteria dangerous can be co-opted to bring the microbes down instead. Stretches of DNA called pathogenicity islands can jump between bacteria strains, introducing new toxin-producing genes that usually make a strain more harmful. Scientists have now modified pathogenicity islands by replacing the toxin-producing genes with genes that, in mice, disabled or killed Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. If the approach works for humans, it could offer an alternative to traditional antibiotics that could one day be used against deadly drugresistant Staphylococcus strains, researchers report September 24 in Nature Biotechnology. Pathogenicity islands are already primed for such inside jobs: The stretches of DNA naturally get bundled into small parcels that can easily enter bacteria to deliver new genes. Researchers turned those parcels into Trojan horses of sorts, replacing the toxin-producing genes with sequences of the geneediting tool CRISPR/Cas9, which snips DNA in specific places. In one version, the Cas9 cuts the staph DNA, killing the bacteria. In another, a modified version of CRISPR/Cas9 doesn’t make any cuts; instead, the Cas9 latches onto a gene that controls how dangerous staph bacteria are to make them less effective at causing infection. Researchers tested these DNAloaded parcels, which they refer to as “drones,” in mice. Both versions, when injected under mice’s skin, stopped the animals from devel-
oping an abscess. And the mice that received the bacteria-killing version survived a lethal injection of S. aureus in their body cavity. The drone treatment is somewhat akin to phage therapy, an alternative to antibiotics where patients are given a cocktail of different bacteriophages, viruses that target bacteria. Phage therapy, often used against multidrug resistant infections, isn’t currently approved for use in the United States, but is common in Eastern Europe. But the drone approach is simpler, says coauthor Richard Novick, a microbiologist at the New York University School of Medicine. For a phage to kill a cell, it needs to reproduce inside the cell. But with a drone, “all it has to do is express one gene, and that’ll kill the bacteria.” That’s a very effective way to target Staphylococcus bacteria, says Gail Christie, a microbiologist at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond who wasn’t part of the study. Resistance might still be an issue with the new approach, though. A few bacteria strains didn’t react to either version of the treatment in mice. If the approach is used clinically — and that’s still a long way away — a patient would probably receive drones that target the bacteria in several different ways, Novick says. A next step is to test the system in other infections that can be caused by staph bacteria, such as pneumonia, he says. (IBP/net)
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A new approach to fighting antibiotic-resistance Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (purple spheres, shown in this scanning electron microscope image being ingested by a white blood cell) co-opts genes that normally make the bacteria more dangerous.
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ONCE upon a time, you might be amazed to see a photo of waterfall whose water flow looks very soft like cotton. The impression immediately captured is a calm and peaceful nuance. Similar taste sensation also occurs if you see a photo of beach landscape with waves appearing smooth and soft so that we immediately want to swim in it.
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Unauthorized guests are quite difficult to enter the ring 1 area.
BI Bali-fostered MSMEs showcase at ring 1
Selection and merchandise setup determined by committee
DENPASAR — When the IMFWB 2018 meeting takes place, the MSMEs fostered by Bank Indonesia throughout Indonesia, especially Bali’s MSMEs have the privilege of exhibiting in ring 1. Meanwhile, those that can enter the ring 1 are only delegates. Unauthorized guests are quite difficult to enter the ring 1 area. The owner of CV Tarum Bali, I Made Andika Putra, stated the products that could exhibit in ring 1 are products having been curated before. On Friday (Oct. 5) the premium items of MSMEs began to be set up by the committee. Committee Chairman of the IMF-WB 2018, Luhut B Pandjaitan, and the Governor of BI conducted inspections against the MSME products exhibited at ring 1. “Ring 1 is only intended for the BI-fostered MSMEs, while in ring 2 at Bali Collection, for example, there are many other MSME products such as that of Trade and Cooperatives Agency, et cetera,” he said. After being inspected and approved, on October 7 after 12.00, additional products are allowed to be further added. All the MSME items are setup by the committee. The BI-fostered MSMEs throughout Indonesia exhibit in Taman Jepun located next to the meeting room. So, when the delegates left the congregation, they have direct access to the exhibition hall. Each BI’s Representative Office throughout Indonesia sends
a MSME under its fosterage. In particular, the MSMEs of Bali are given quota for four MSMEs namely the CV Tarum Bali (garment), Putrimas (garment), statue carving and Bara Silver. Each stand area of the MSME sizes around 2 x 2 meters, while the BI-fostered MSMEs are given rather wider space considering they consist of four MSMEs. Admittedly there are no special products they sell because the products are sold to a world market. “We only select our products. The color is not too tacky. However, we also provide important clothes and fabric of various motifs,” he said. To exhibit on that opportunity, he brings more than 100 items of typical clothes of Tarum Bali. They are woven fabrics with natural colors applying dyeing techniques. There are also fabrics with jumputan coloring techniques. The MSME exhibition in Taman Jepun will open from 09:00 to 18:00. The MSMEs with fabric products will offer express tailor services having been provided in Taman Jepun for buyers. The items exhibited must be at the Hilton Hotel, where the MSMEs stay at the latest on October 4. Based on monitoring, the reregistration for media has been opened since Wednesday (Oct. 3). Meanwhile, the delegates began to make re-registration starts on Monday (Oct. 8). Re-registration is held at the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel. (kmb42)
Indeed, it is not too difficult to make photographs of the water flow looking as soft as the cotton. Certainly photographers pursuing landscape photography are no longer stranger to long exposure or slow speed techniques commonly applied to get the effect of water flowing as if it were cotton. Water flows that can be immortalized by slow speed include the waterfall, river water flow or wave movement at sea. To make slow speed photos of water flow, we need a camera whose shutter speed can be adjusted. A tripod to support the camera is also mandatory equipment because we will shoot with a slow shutter speed. In principle, cotton-like movement appears on slow speed photos occurs due to blur motion or blur motion of water captured by the camera sensor. To make the movement appear, it needs a slow shutter speed. Actually this technique is also applied in making photo bulbs at night. The light movement is recorded by camera sensor because the shutter speed is set low. Likewise, the blur movement of the light beam is captured perfectly by the camera sensor. To get water flow as soft as cotton, set the camera with a low ISO and F-stop to get a low shutter speed. Afterward, make sure the object being photographed is running water. Prepare a sturdy tripod to support the camera and position the camera to take a good
composition. You can try for a few shots to ensure the most appropriate composition. Next, set the camera at ISO 100. Apply the Aperture Priority setting with initial F-stop setting as small as possible (high F number), for example F / 22. Check the shutter speed provided by the camera. To capture motion blur of water needs a low speed, at least 1 second. Repeat for a few shots to get a different shutter speed by setting the F-stop. In principle, the longer the shutter speed, the softer the water will look. However, please be remembered, if the shutter speed is too long, the risk of over-exposure will increase. Adjust the aperture and shutter speed in accordance with the desired creativity. To get a low shutter speed on a landscape object, it certainly requires an appropriate lighting time. In a waterfall photo shoot, for example, the most appropriate time to shoot is in the morning when the sun is not too high. If the shooting is done during the day, it will be difficult to get a low shutter speed so the photos are greatly possible to have over-exposure. If we are forced to take pictures at inappropriate lighting time, we cannot get a low shutter speed. We get around the condition by using the Neutral Density (ND) filter. There are many options of ND filter. The higher the number, the darker will be. Have a nice creativity! (ian)
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It is not too difficult to make photographs of the water flow looking as soft as the cotton.
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guished. Finally, the witness Sukrawan asked for help to other residents to contact firefighters. Not long after, police and fire brigade getting the information immediately came down to the location to help the fire extinguishing. At the landfill, the fire could finally be controlled by residents along with the officers around 20.50. “The fire happened at local landfill. Allegedly, it happened due to residents wanted to burn garbage but because the piles were quite high and under dry condition, it sparked a large enough blaze. The burned out area is about 200 square meters,” said Sulhadi. (kmb40)
THIMPU - Every weekend Bhutanese Pema Dorji channels his inner Robin Hood and aims for the bull’s-eye, but not without generous sips of the local brew and a leg-kicking dance and song routine.
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Residents of Susut Kaja hamlet, Susut, had been made panicked by fire occurred in the landfill at local village on Saturday night (Oct. 6).
In 2019, Bali to build the biggest dam
Three villages in Kintamani affected by construction project
Headman of Bunutin, Made Subrata.
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BANGLI - Residents of Susut Kaja hamlet, Susut, had been made panicked by fire occurred in the landfill at local village on Saturday night (Oct. 6). It happened because the fire incident at the landfill is quite close to the residential area. Spokesperson of Bangli Police, Sulhadi, stated on Sunday (Oct. 7) that location of the burning landfill is close to the house of I Gede Artayasa, a local resident. The fire happening around 19:30 was initially known by witness I Ketut Sukrawan. At that time, the witness who was in front of his house saw a puff of smoke around the location of the landfill. When checked, in fact the witness saw a fairly large fire in the landfill. Being panicky, the witness then attempted to extinguish the fire by flushing it with water. However, the effort seemed to go in vain. The fire could not be extin-
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BANGLI - The largest dam in Bali planned to be built between three regencies, namely Bangli, Gianyar and Badung, is reported to begin the workmanship in early 2019. Particularly in Bangli district, there are tens of hectares of land owned by residents to be immediately released for the dam construction. Headman of Bunutin, Made Subrata, when asked for his confirmation on Sunday (Oct. 7) said the construction of the biggest dam had been at issue for a long time. The 62 meter high dam is planned to be built in 2018. However, it was canceled because of some obstacles related to data collection for land release. As the latest news obtained, the dam construction will start to be carried out in early 2019. “Early next year, the construction is ascertained to begin,” he said. Subrata said there are five affected villages in the three districts related to the construction of the mega-project. The five villages are Buahan Kaja in
Gianyar district covering an area of more than 10 hectares, Belok Sidan in Badung district covering an area of more than 13 hectares, and Bunutin, Mengani and Langgahan villages in Bangli district with the respective area of 11.5 hectares, 12 hectares and 1.5 hectares. According to the explanation he obtained, the dam to be built between the three regencies will be the largest dam in Nusa Tenggara. It will be built for irrigation and clean water purposes in several districts. In addition, the dam is also designed for hydroelectric power plant (PLTA) in the future. He added that so far the dam construction plan remains in the process of land acquisition. Regarding this matter, he admitted that in the near future he will immediately gather the community of his village to meet with the National Land Agency (BPN), the Bali-Penida River Agency (BWS) and the Public Works. The meeting will discuss in details and data
collection on the land ownership status, the land area of each resident that will be affected by the project, including the collection of the trees and physical buildings on the land. “The data are related to compensation given by the government to the community,” he explained. After holding a meeting at each village, a follow-up meeting will also be made by involving all villages whose area is affected by the project. It will discuss the costs of land compensation so that there will be no prominent imbalance between one region and another. “Selling price of tax object (NJOP) in Badung and Gianyar district is quite high, different from that of Bangli. On that account, it is necessary to sit together to avoid negative issue if we and the government are considered to fool the community. Since this involves considerable money, it becomes so risky. Many parties are monitoring this process,” Subrata said. (kmb40)
The likes of Dorji make up the vibrant archery scene in the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan where the traditional sport is a way of life for its 800,000 people. Competitions are held across the country on various auspicious days each month before culminating in national championships attended by hundreds of raucous fans. “Alcohol and archery go hand in hand,” said Tashi Dorji, the research and development officer with the Bhutan Indigenous Games and Sports Association (BIGSA). “We drink to gain confidence. We have a belief that if we drink we can hit the target better,” the 25-year-old said, barely hiding a sheepish grin. The game they play pits two teams of 11 players each who try to hit the maximum number of bull’s-eyes on a fixed target a full 140 metres (yards) away. A war cry rings out each time the target is hit. Players in traditional “gho” dresses dance and sing folk numbers -- different ones for winning and losing. The crucial drink breaks see archers gulp down locally brewed whisky before locking horns again on the field where colourful flags flutter in the breeze.
In this photo taken on August 25, 2018, Bhutanese archers watch another take aim at the target at the Changlimithang Archery Ground in Thimphu. The traditional sport is a way of life for some 800,000 people in the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
- Poison arrows The beloved national sport is steeped in legends about how bows and arrows were used to hunt prey and destroy demons and evil spirits. Stories also abound about how the Bhutanese fought the rifle-armed soldiers of the British army in the
19th century using arrows dipped in poison. Archery was popularised by the first king of Bhutan Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuk (1862-1926) and it continued to flourish under royal patronage through the years. But it suffered a decline after the
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reclusive nation decided to pursue economic development and open its doors to modernisation, eventually allowing in television in 1999. “TV made modern sports available, sports like football and volleyball which are cheaper to play. Suddenly there was competition
for our traditional sports,” said Kinzang Dorji, president of the BIGSA. “Children had a wider choice unlike the generations before them,” he told AFP. In addition, the advent of more advanced compound and recurve
archery has meant Bhutanese archers used to traditional equipment made of bamboo reeds have struggled to find their feet in international competitions. Bhutan has sent archers to every Olympics since 1984 but a medal has eluded the nation. (afp)
After tense Germany trip, Erdogan set for warm reception in Hungary
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Turkish President and leader of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the last day of his party’s consultation meeting in Kizilcahamam district of Ankara, on October 7, 2018.
BUDAPEST - Less than two weeks after a trip to Germany marked by strained relations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip is set for a warmer welcome when he visits Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on Monday. The Hungarian leader was one of the first to congratulate Erdogan on his re-election in July and one of the few European officials to attend the inauguration ceremony in Ankara. A fierce critic of what he sees as an undemocratic Europe, Orban
has repeatedly hailed the “stability” that he perceives the Turkish regime offers. After a very tense trip to Germany at the end of September, in the wake of various diplomatic spats between Berlin and Ankara, Erdogan’s two-day visit to Hungary is likely to prove much smoother sailing. “It’s nice for him to visit an EU country where he isn’t under fire for his record on human rights and democracy,” said Tamas Szigetvari, economics professor at Peter Pazmany University in
Budapest. The trip will also allow Erdogan to show his critics that “no, the EU hasn’t completely turned its back on Turkey,” the expert told AFP. Ankara needs the EU as relations with the US deteriorate and the Turkish economy, very dependent on trade with Europe, is in difficulty. Erdogan will meet with President Janos Ader at 1100 GMT and then Orban two hours later. Orban and Erdogan are scheduled to hold a joint press conference afterwards. (afp)
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BUSINESS US unemployment falls to 3.7 percent _ lowest since 1969
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“The acceleration in job gains this year is extraordinary in an environment where firms are having great difficulty finding qualified candidates,” said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst Pierpont Securities. Most analysts blamed the slower pace of hiring last month on Florence, which struck North and South Carolina and closed thousands of businesses. The category that includes restaurants, hotels and casinos lost jobs for the first time since September 2017, when Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area, and retailers last month shed 20,000 jobs. Many of those jobs are likely to bounce back in the coming months. Pay gains remain modest but are showing signs of accelerating. Average hourly pay in September rose 2.8 percent from a year earlier. With unemployment so low, companies are facing intense pressure to raise pay to land workers. Amazon this week raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour. Paul Millman, chief executive of Chroma Technology, has struggled to find enough machine operators and engineers for his 135-person company, based in Bellows Falls, Vermont. It makes filters for handheld medical equipment, food safety test systems, and virtual reality headsets. The company is doubling the size of one of its plants and increasingly automating its assembly process
Various strange and mystical incidents occurred at this temple. However, not all people have the capability of experiencing them. Probably, only ‘selected’ people can experience this spiritual sensation. The Tamba Waras Temple or commonly known as the Tambo Waras holds its pujawali or festival every six months namely on Buda Umanis Perangbakat. At that time, many pilgrims come here to say prayers. Nowadays, they are not only coming from Bali but also from outside Bali.
because it is so hard-pressed to find employees. It has also started calling back people who previously applied for jobs but weren’t hired. That has resulted in two new hires. Financial markets were down sharply in afternoon trading, with the Dow Jones average falling 202 points in afternoon trading. Investors have grown concerned about higher interest rates and the effect they might have on the economy and the
stock market. Friday’s jobs report will probably keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise short-term interest rates, economists said, with another increase expected in December. The economy does show some weak spots. Sales of existing homes have fallen over the past year, held back in part by higher mortgage rates. Auto sales have also slumped. Manufacturers, which are more
dependent on foreign markets than other industries, added 18,000 jobs last month, a sign that President Donald Trump’s trade fight with China and other countries is having little effect on hiring. Still, should the tariffs remain fully in effect a year from now, roughly 300,000 jobs could be lost by then, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. (ap)
Record imports push US trade gap to $53.2 billion in August WASHINGTON - Record imports drove the U.S. trade deficit up for the third straight month in August. The deficit in the trade of goods with China and Mexico hit records. The Commerce Department said Friday that the trade gap — the difference between what America sells and what it buys abroad — rose to $53.2 billion in August from $50 billion in July. The August reading was the highest since February. Imports rose 0.6 percent to a
record $262.7 billion on higher shipments of cellphones and autos; exports slid 0.8 percent to $209.4 billion. The U.S. ran a $76.7 billion deficit in the trade of goods such as machinery and cars. That gap was partially offset by a $23.5 billion surplus in the trade of services such as banking and tourism. President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to bring down U.S. trade deficits and has slapped taxes on imported steel, aluminum
It is surely meant to invoke safety. There are two types of medicine provided here, one medicine to be drunk and another to be scrubbed at location of the pain. Actually, there are approximately 40 types of medicine made in this temple area. Location of the medicine making is called Bale Asep in the form of kitchen. One of the medicines produced at this temple is juuk linglang. There is a mythical story accompanying the making of this medicine. It is said that in 2005, when an ngenteg linggih ritual was held, there was an offering maker who encountered a juwuk linglang or tangerine. It was then halved, strangely it exuded fire. This tangerine was then mixed with some elements of fruit, herbs and oils. Besides, there is a medicine known as manik sekecap made from honey bees. The honey is not taken from anywhere but from the chamber shrine where the bees make their nests. Likewise, there is lungsir pancawarna or multicolored sea snail. People who suffer from diseases of the eye, this medicine can be invoked at the Batu Coblong spring shrine. Another shrine is called swine shrine where people can invoke medicine for their livestock. (kmb)
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In this June 21, 2018 file photo, a job applicant looks at job listings for the Riverside Hotel at a job fair hosted by Job News South Florida, in Sunrise, Fla. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in September 2018 the lowest level since December 1969 — signaling how the longest streak of hiring on record has put millions of Americans back to work. Employers added just 134,000 jobs last month, the fewest in a year, the Labor Department said Friday, Oct. 5. But that figure was likely depressed by the impact of Hurricane Florence.
and on many Chinese products, drawing retaliatory tariffs from U.S. trading partners. Trump’s sanctions have yet to have an impact on the deficit, which is up 8.6 percent this year to $391.1 billion. The goods deficit with China rose 4.7 percent in August to a record $38.6 billion; and the gap with Mexico widened 56.9 percent to $8.7 billion, also a record. Trump sees the lopsided trade numbers as a sign of U.S. economic weakness and as the result of bad
trade deals and abusive practices by U.S. trading partners, especially China. In addition to imposing import taxes, he has pulled out of an AsiaPacific trade deal negotiated by the Obama administration and forced a rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. Mainstream economists view trade deficits as the result of an economic reality unlikely to bend to changes in trade policy: Americans
spend more than they produce, and imports fill the gap. The strong U.S. economy also encourages Americans to buy more foreign products. U.S. exports are also hurt by the American dollar’s role as the world’s currency. The dollar is usually in high demand because it is used in so many global transactions. That means the dollar is persistently strong, raising prices of U.S. products and putting American companies at a disadvantage in foreign markets.
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Forty Types of Medicine Prepared at Tamba Waras Temple
WASHINGTON - The U.S. unemployment rate fell in September to 3.7 percent, the lowest since 1969, when young men were being drafted to fight in Vietnam and the American auto industry and the space program were going full blast. The Labor Department reported Friday that the rate edged down from 3.9 percent the month before as employers added 134,000 jobs — a figure that was probably depressed by the effects of Hurricane Florence in the South. Still, it extended an extraordinary 8½-year streak of monthly job growth, the longest on record. That run has added nearly 20 million people to the nation’s payrolls since the Great Recession, which cost nearly 9 million their jobs. The ultra-low jobless rate — the best in nearly 49 years — reflects a healthy economy driven by strong consumer and business spending. In fact, hiring is so strong that employers are having trouble filling openings and some are being forced to offer higher pay. Despite the similar unemployment rates, today’s economy is vastly different from that of 1969. Back then, one-third of Americans worked in manufacturing; now it is barely 9 percent. Strong economic growth back then was propelled by huge government spending on the Vietnam War and newly created Great Society social programs. And women were much less likely to work. In reporting September’s employment figures, the government revised sharply upward its estimate of hiring for July and August. So far this year, monthly job growth has averaged 208,000, compared with 182,000 last year.
Tueasday, October 9, 2018
Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan, Devotees Appeal for Salvation and Welfare
Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan or commonly known as Buda Kliwon Pahang falling on Wednesday is the end of the series of Galungan feast day. It is marked by withdrawing the penjor and burning it. Likewise, all the attributes of the penjor such as bakang, lamak, sampian and so on are burned. The ashes are put into a young ivory coconut and then buried in the house yard. Ashes of the penjor symbolize prosperity, so that on that day the Hindus plead to God to be blessed with fertility. However, before withdrawing the penjor, people must first put offerings or canang on the bamboo platform shrine that the series of Galungan feast day has already completed. It is resumed with masegeh procession, including at the location of penjor. Chairman of Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) Bali, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana said that the series of Galungan feast day ends on Buda Kliwon Pahang. Thus, the preaching of dharma has lasted for 42 days. During the series of Galungan is also known as the Uncal Balung. During that time, people generally abstain from organizing Panca Yad-
nya (five sacrifices) ritual activities, including wedding, except for pujawali or festival at temple or family or clan temple happening to fall during this period. After Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan, people usually go back to choosing auspicious days to perform Panca Yadnya ceremony, including wedding. Prof. Sudiana said that after the end of the Galungan series, people are reminded to always be able to apply the values ??of dharma (truth) and maintain victory against adharma. Human must be able to really win and take advantage of the graces bestowed on Galungan. “On Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan, we ask salvation, prosperity and protection from hazardous things to Motherland,” he said. Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan also poses an expression of gratitude to deities because we have been able to carry out the teachings during the Galungan feast day well. “Since then, human beings have been mature to bring themselves, not tied to adharma. They are considered to have possessed good thoughts, words and deeds so that they are ready to live their life well according to the teachings of dharma,” he asserted.
After that, explained Prof. Sudiana, people just need to implement the values ??of dharma in everyday life to gain peace and tranquility. During the series of Galungan fes-
tivities lasting for one month and seven days, people are encouraged to control themselves in order to live together and can perform services, dedication and quality
improvement of human resources. Besides, they must do coexistence, mutual help and mutual respect according to religious teachings. (kmb)
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100 years on, Spanish Flu holds lessons for next pandemic people, many patients managed to survive severe infection and others displayed only mild symptoms. Unlike most nations, which used war-time censorship to supress news of the spreading virus, Spain remained neutral during World War I. Numerous reports of the sickness in Spanish media led many to assume the disease originated there and the name stuck. It is now largely believed that the strain of flu in 1918 in fact originated among US servicemen and killed a disproportionately high amount of soldiers and young people, but researchers said things would be different this time around. In 1918, in a world struggling with the economic impact of global war, the virus was rendered deadlier due to high rates of malnutrition. But the team behind a new study, published in the Journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, said the next outbreak will spread in the developed world among a population struggling with record obesity and diabetes rates.
- ‘Double burden’ -
“What we know from the 2009 pandemic is that people with certain diseases (such as obesity and diabetes) were significantly more likely to be hospitalised with, and
die from, influenza,” Kirsty Short, from the school of Chemistry and Biosciences at the University of Queensland, told AFP. The team warned that the world faced a “double burden” of severe disease due to widespread malnutrition in poor nations -- exacerbated by climate change -- and overnutrition in richer ones. And global warming could impact in other ways. Van de Sandt said that since many influenza strains begin in birds, a heating planet could alter where the next outbreak emerges. “Climate change may change migration patterns of birds, bringing potential pandemic viruses to new locations and potentially a wider range of bird species,” she said. One thing the investigation into 1918 threw up was that older people fared significantly better against the virus strain than younger adults. The team theorised that this was due in part due to older citizens having built up some immunity through previous infections. Most of those killed in 1918 -roughly 50 million people, or 2.5 percent of those infected -- died due to secondary bacterial infections, something that antibiotics helped alleviate during subsequent pandemics. (afp)
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Nurse practitioner, Katherine Male, prepares an influenza vaccination at the CVS Pharmacy store’s MinuteClinic on October 4, 2018 in Miami, Florida.
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Indonesian officials fear 5,000 missing as Christians pray
PALU — Christians dressed in their tidiest clothes flocked to Sunday sermons in the earthquake and tsunami damaged Indonesian city of Palu, seeking answers as the death toll from the twin disasters breached 1,700 and officials said they feared more than 5,000 others could be missing.
PARIS - It was the disease to end all others, infecting a third of humanity, killing tens of millions in their beds and prompting panicked talk of the end of days across continents still reeling from war. One hundred years on from the influenza outbreak known as the Spanish Flu, scientists say that while lessons have been learned from the deadliest pandemic in history, the world is ill-prepared for the next global killer. In particular, they warn that shifting demographics, antibiotic resistance and climate change could all complicate any future outbreak. “We now face new challenges including an ageing population, people living with underlying diseases including obesity and diabetes,” University of Melbourne Dr Carolien van de Sandt, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, told AFP on Monday. Scientists predict that the next influenza pandemic -- most likely to be a strain of bird flu that infects humans and spreads rapidly across the world via air travel -- could kill up to 150 million people. Van de Sandt and her team examined reams of data on the Spanish Flu, which tore across the planet in 1918. They also studied three further pandemics: the 1957 “Asian” flu, the “Hong Kong” flu of 1968 and 2009’s swine flu outbreak. They found that although the Spanish Flu infected one in three
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Supporters of Brazilian presidential candidate for the Social Liberal Party (PSL) Jair Bolsonaro cheer in front of the residential condominium where he lives, in Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 7, 2018, during general elections.
Divided Brazil barrels towards uncertain presidential run-off RIO DE JANEIRO - A deeply polarized Brazil stood at a political crossroads Monday as the bruising first round of the presidential election left voters with a stark choice in the run-off between far-right firebrand Jair Bolsonaro and leftist Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro, an ultraconservative former paratrooper, easily beat a dozen other candidates on Sunday -- but not by enough to avoid an October 28 showdown with Haddad, the former mayor of Sao Paulo. Bolsonaro won 46 percent of the vote to Haddad’s 29 percent, according to official results. That tracked closely with pollster’s predictions, but Bolsonaro charged that “polling problems” had cheated him of outright victory in the first round, which required him to pass the 50 percent threshold. Some of his supporters protested outside the national electoral tribunal in the capital Brasilia, chanting “Fraud!” That anger reflected the uncertain outlook for the second round. Surveys suggest Bolsonaro will have the edge, but that Haddad will draw nearly even with him after picking up substantial support from the defeated candidates. “We expected to win in the first round,” one Bolsonaro voter, 77-year-old retiree Lourdes Azevedo, said bitterly in Rio de Janeiro. “Now things are more difficult:
the second round is a risk.” - ‘Golden opportunity’ -
Haddad, addressing his own supporters, called the looming run-off “a golden opportunity,” and challenged Bolsonaro to a debate. He replaced popular former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the race after Lula, imprisoned for corruption, was disqualified. Despite his complaints, Bolsonaro did not formally contest Sunday’s result, saying his voters “remain mobilized” for the second round. But he faces fierce resistance going forward from a big part of Brazil’s 147-million-strong electorate put off by his record of denigrating comments against women, gays and the poor. His unabashed nostalgia for the brutal military dictatorship that ruled Brazil between 1964 and 1985 has also sent a chill through many voters. Haddad, though, has his own burden. As the Workers’ Party candidate, he faces the palpable disappointment and anger of voters who blame the party for Brazil’s worstever recession, and for a long string of graft scandals. Sunday’s general election -- in which new federal and state legislatures were also chosen -- exposed the deep divisions generated by both candidates. (afp)
Indonesia’s disaster agency said the number of dead had climbed to 1,763, mostly in Palu. Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said many more people could be buried, especially in the Palu neighborhoods of Petobo and Balaroa, where more than 3,000 homes were damaged or sucked into deep mud when the Sept. 28 quake caused loose soil to liquefy. “Based on reports from village chiefs in Balaroa and Petobo, some 5,000 people have not been found. Our workers on the ground are trying to confirm this,” he said at a news briefing in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital. Nugroho said that efforts to retrieve decomposed bodies in deep, soft mud were getting tougher and that some people may have fled or been rescued and evacuated. More than 8,000 either injured or vulnerable residents have been flown or shipped out of Palu, while others could have left by land, he said. Officially, Nugroho said only 265 people are confirmed missing and 152 others still buried under mud and rubble, nine days after the magnitude 7.5 earthquake and powerful tsunami hit Palu and surrounding areas. The government targets to end search operations by Thursday, nearly two weeks after the disaster, at which time those unaccounted for will be declared missing and considered dead, Nugroho said. In Palu on Sunday, at least 200 people, including soldiers, filled the gray pews of the Protestant Manunggal church for a service.
They sang as a young girl in a black and white dress with a red bow danced in the aisle, prayed and listened to a 30-minute sermon from the pastor, Lucky Malonda. A woman in the front pew wept. Min Kapala, a 49-year-old teacher, said she came to the city of more than 25 churches from an outlying area because her usual house of worship was destroyed and liquefaction moved a different piece of ground to its location. “I’m here at this particular church because my own church is no more; it’s leveled, and on its location there’s a corn plant,” she said. “That was very strange to me.” Outside the church, Malonda said the intensity of the disaster had taken even scientists by surprise and called it the will of God. Two people from his congregation were missing, he said. “This is for sure part of godly intervention, not outside the power of almighty God, that can’t be predicted or planned for by anything,” Malonda said. He said religious leaders are discussing holding inter-faith prayers but nothing has been agreed yet. Protestants, Catholics and Charismatics make up about 10 percent of the
population of Palu, the provincial capital of Central Sulawesi. The province has a history of violent conflict between Muslims and Christians, though tensions have calmed in the past decade. Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim country. As searchers continued to dig through rubble Sunday, Central Sulawesi Gov. Loki Djanggola said local officials were meeting with religious groups and families of victims to seek their consent to turn neighborhoods wiped out by liquefaction into mass graves. He said on local television that survivors in the Petobo, Balaroa and Jono Oge neighborhoods could be relocated and monuments be built in the areas, which now look like wastelands, to remember the victims interred there. Officials have said that it is not safe for heavy equipment to operate in those areas and that they fear the risk of the spread of disease from decomposed bodies. While grappling with immediate relief needs, the government is also mapping out plans to help more than 70,000 people, including tens of thousands of children, who have been displaced by the disasters to rebuild their lives. Social welfare officials have set up nurseries in makeshift tents as a stopgap to keep children safe and help them heal from the trauma. Market vendors have resumed business and roadside restaurants were open in Palu, but long lines of cars and motorcycles still snarled out of gas stations. In Jakarta, volunteers walked around thoroughfares empty of cars collecting donations for earthquake victims during the weekly car-free morning in the city center. (ap)
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A backhoe passes by a toppled mosque as recovery efforts continue at the earthquake damaged neighborhood of Balaroa in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Christians dressed in their tidiest clothes flocked to Sunday sermons in the earthquake and tsunami damaged Indonesian city of Palu, seeking answers as the death toll from the twin disasters breached 1,700 and officials said they feared more than 5,000 others could be missing.
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Tirta Gangga Royal Water Garden Beautiful Water Garden in East Bali AMLAPURA - The Tirta Gangga royal water garden is a favourite retreat in the regency of Karangasem, east Bali. It was built in 1946 during the reign of the late raja of Karangasem, Anak Agung Anglurah Ketut Karangasem (1887 - 1966). Tirta Gangga saw a series of restorations following the destructive hot showers of volcanic ash from the 1963 Mount Agung eruption. The lavish water gardens owned by the royal Karangasem family feature 1.2ha of pools, ponds and fountains surrounded by neatly cut lawns adorned with stepping stones, ornate statues and tropical gardens. Tirta Gangga is located in the village of Ababi, an approximate 75km east of Denpasar. The complex is a cool retreat in the eastern highlands, perched on the south-eastern slope of the island’s highest mountain, Mount Agung. The Tirta Gangga complex was built around the same time as the Taman Soekasada Ujung, another site located near the coast and 8.5km south in the village of Tumbu. Tirta Gangga, like its sister royal bathing complex, consists of tropical gardens, wading pools, fish ponds, and fountains. Entering the site, the first thing
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Amlapura Road. The site is open to the public and a small entrance fee applies which goes towards maintenance. It is a favourite retreat and some weekends may seem a bit crowded. Besides the many small warung stalls outside of the main site and around the parking area, Tirta Gangga also boasts accommodation facilities and a restaurant, as well as the Tirta Ayu Hotel & Restaurant – located just behind the main fountain. Tirta Ayu features a menu that offers a combination of international dishes, through a variety of salad choices, vegetarian delights, mouth-watering desserts and pastries. It also offers a selection of wines, ice-cold beers and exotic cocktails. Guests here dine alfresco, with open views to the beautiful water gardens and fountains. (IBP/net)
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Nehwal confirmed her wedding with the 57th-ranked Kashyap to the mass-circulation Times of India daily, saying the time was right to exchange marriage vows. Rumours about their love affair had been swirling for some time but the pair always maintained a studied silence util now. Nehwal, 28, said she had started dating Kashyap, 32, in 2007 after they began going on tours together but delayed the marriage in order to focus on their careers. “In the competitive world that we live in, it is difficult to get close to someone. But somehow we both found it very easy to talk to each other,” she told the Englishlanguage daily. Nehwal said she did not have to break the news to her parents as they had sensed it already.
“I didn’t have to tell them. We used to be together most of the time and my parents also travelled with me, so they understood who I was close to.” Nehwal, who won a bronze at the recent Asian Games in Jakarta, is currently 11th in the world badminton rankings. The wedding, to be held on December 16, will be the latest after a string of high-profile sports couples tied the knot. Grand Slam-winning Indian tennis star Sania Mirza married Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik in a dazzling ceremony in 2010 while wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik is married to squash sensation Dipika Pallikal. Fast bowler Ishant Sharma married national basketball player Pratima Singh in 2016. (afp)
Wolff fears ‘freak’ Hamilton injury in title run-in
TOKYO - With Lewis Hamilton on the brink of capturing a fifth Formula One world title, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff revealed he’s living in dread of the Briton suffering a “freak” injury -- especially to one of his fingers. Hamilton opened a 67-point lead over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel with four races left after storming to victory in Japan at the weekend, but Wolff clearly wants to wrap his star driver in cotton wool for the remainder of the season. “Absolutely freak incidents happen everywhere,” said the Austrian. “I don’t want to even think about him breaking a finger!” Hamilton could put Vettel out of his misery if he wins the next race at Austin in two weeks and Vettel finishes lower than second -- or if he outscores the German by eight points. But Wolff has warned against complacency after Vettel could only finish sixth following an early collision with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. “It’s important to stay concentrated,” insisted Wolff. “You either have the trophy in your hands or you don’t -- and we haven’t got it in our hands.” “A bad result suddenly wipes off a large chunk of your points,” he added. “It doesn’t look likely, but this is motor racing. It’s a sport, anything could happen. I don’t want to dwell too much about it because it’s bad
karma too, so let’s just go to Austin and get it done.” Hamilton was cock-a-hoop after leading a Mercedes one-two for his sixth win in seven races and fourth in a row. It was also his 71st Formula One victory and 50th for the Silver Arrows. Standing over his car, the Briton said: “Austin is usually a good track for us, so I can’t wait to unleash this beast there.”
- Vettel slump Hamilton will back himself to claim a 10th victory of the season in the United States, where he has won every race but one since 2012. But as Vettel was left hopping mad over the tangle with Verstappen that sent his Ferrari spinning off, Hamilton expressed dismay at his rival’s nose-diving form. “In terms of Sebastian’s performance, I definitely hadn’t anticipated that they would tail off as they have,” he said, after Vettel’s fading title hopes were all but extinguished. “I don’t really have an answer for that, it’s not something I’ve really focused on -- I’m sure Sebastian could tell why.” A rampant Hamilton has scored 168 out of a possible 175 points since the British Grand Prix in July -- a 75-point swing over a misfiring Vettel in the past seven races. But Wolff wants Hamilton and
Valtteri Bottas to go full throttle in the remaining races. “We like the pressure and embrace it,” he said. “It’s important to re-invent yourself as a team and set new objectives.”
Vettel, beaten by the two Mercedes in Russia a week earlier, tried to put a positive spin on a disastrous Japan race. “It’s not been an easy couple of weeks,” he said. “But the spirit in
the team is unbroken. “You walk in the garage and the guys are all fired up, so that has certainly helped. We have nothing to lose now and we will give it everything we can.” (afp)
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Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton leaves his car in the pit after his victory in the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on October 7, 2018.
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Three reasons why Arsenal are back on track
Kovac already in trouble at stuttering Bayern Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac is already under pressure after four matches without a win and he is acutely aware that the German champions are not a club that deals well with failure. Kovac only took over at Bayern in the summer and was portrayed as a long-term leader after the venerable Jupp Heynckes had successfully steadied the ship for a season on a temporary basis after Carlo Ancelotti was sacked. The 46-year-old’s reputation had risen after he won the German Cup with Eintracht Frankfurt in May, beating Bayern in the final. But Bayern’s 3-0 home defeat to Borussia Moenchengladbach has left his team sixth in the table -- the last time the club went winless in four matches in the first half of the season was 2009. “Kovac in the eye of the storm,” Stern news weekly said on its website. “A Bayern coach who looks shaky after just 11 matches. After winning the title for six seasons in a row, that seems unimaginable. But that is exactly what is happening to Niko Kovac,” Bild newspaper
Arsenal are on their best winning run for 11 years after thrashing Fulham 5-1 to make it nine successive victories in all competitions. It is an unexpectedly strong start to the season for the Gunners after their dismal form in the final campaign of Arsene Wenger’s reign. AFP Sport takes a closer look at the reasons for Arsenal’s revival under new manager Unai Emery: Emery makes his mark
Unai Emery arrived at the Emirates Stadium to find a club in turmoil after the painful end of Wenger’s 22-year stay, but the Spaniard has quickly won over his players with his relentless work ethic. Emery was pushed out at Paris Saint-Germain after failing to win the Champions League but he knows the recipe for success after lifting the French title and landing the Europa League with Sevilla. Emery relies on intense training sessions and video footage that can improve his players and find weaknesses in opponents. That attention to detail has allowed Arsenal to adapt to Emery’s desire for a high-tempo pressing game and a commitment to passing out from the back. Emery has also shown he is not afraid to take on the team’s underachieving stars. Earlier this season he reportedly made it clear to German playmaker Mesut Ozil that he needs to work harder if he is to keep his
place. The breakdown of Aaron Ramsey’s contract talks is another thorny issue that Emery has so far navigated successfully, as the Wales midfielder showed his class with a committed display and superb goal at Fulham. Star strikers shine
Finding a way to balance the talents of Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has restored much-needed menace to Arsenal’s forward line. Under Wenger, Arsenal were often guilty of over-elaboration as their attacks would peter out due to an apparent desire to score the perfect goal every time. Aubameyang quickly emerged as a force following his January move from Borussia Dortmund, but the Gabon striker’s arrival pushed Lacazette into a bit-part role. Emery has solved that problem by playing Lacazette as his central striker in recent weeks and using Aubameyang in a wider role. The revitalised Lacazette is a far more dominant and demonstrative figure in his
second season, with his brace at Fulham taking his goal tally to five this term. Aubameyang already has six goals after coming off the bench to score twice against Fulham, while Alex Iwobi has also emerged as a more influential figure on the flanks. Luck of the draw
Although Arsenal are enjoying a fine run, it has not escaped the notice of their more eagle-eyed fans that the success has come against a collection of teams unlikely to be parading silverware at the end of the season. Arsenal’s nine victories have been amassed at the expense of West Ham, Cardiff, Newcastle, Everton, Watford and Fulham in the Premier League, while Brentford were beaten in the League Cup, along with wins over Vorskla Poltava and Qarabag in the Europa League. Some of the performances in those matches were far from convincing but Emery’s men still deserve credit for a ruthless streak that deserted them against the lesser lights under Wenger. Defeats against Manchester City and Chelsea at the start of the season suggest Arsenal’s clashes with Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester United in November and December will prove better evidence of whether the revival is sustainable. (afp)
Arsenal’s French striker Alexandre Lacazette (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the team’s second goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Arsenal at Craven Cottage in London on October 7, 2018.
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Liverpool’s German manager Jurgen Klopp reacts during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on October 7, 2018.
Jurgen Klopp blasts ‘senseless’ Nations League
Jurgen Klopp has branded the UEFA Nations League “the most senseless competition in the world” as he prepares to see many of his squad leave on international duty following Liverpool’s drab 0-0 draw with Manchester City. The two sides -- along with Chelsea -- are all locked on 20 points at the top of the Premier League table, separated only by goal difference after Sunday’s matches. Klopp is pleased a hectic schedule of seven matches in 23 days is now over but is unsure what the next fortnight will bring for his players. “If somebody would have told me after eight matchdays you have 20 points, I would say with that fixture list, ‘I’ll buy it, let’s start with the ninth matchday’,” said Klopp. “The boys unfortunately go
away again now and have to play Nations League games, the most senseless competition in the world of football.” Klopp said players need a proper break to be fresher, pointing to the case of Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson who played for England at the World Cup in Russia. “If you want to see fresher (players), give them a summer break,” he said. “For Jordan Henderson it was exactly two weeks, which is funny. But that’s how it is. “That’s why I say going away is not a big problem but now you call a manager of any country and ask him to leave out one or two players and he says, ‘I am under pressure as well’ because now it’s Nations League. “I don’t exactly know what you can win but there is some final next summer or something so that’s it.” (afp)
Christof STACHE / AFP
Bayern Munich’s Croatian headcoach Niko Kovac wears a traditional Bavarian Lederhosen (leather trousers) dress as he arrives for his football team’s annual visit at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, on October 7, 2018.
said in its online edition. - ‘Less time ‘
After Saturday’s loss, Kovac faced the inevitable questions about his future. “I know how football works, and the mechanics of the Bundesliga and Bayern,” the German-born Croat said. “And I know that you get less time at Bayern than elsewhere.” Kovac had moved quickly on Friday to defuse criticism from his players, with Colombian striker James Rodriguez telling reporters that the new coach’s training sessions were insufficiently rigorous and his policy of rotating his team was angering some of the stars. “We’re not at Frankfurt here,” Rodriguez jibed. Kovac’s response then was to deny that he had lost his players’ support
-- but that was before the Moenchengladbach debacle. Pressed on whether he still had their backing now, Kovac said on Saturday: “I had their support after the first seven games (when Bayern were undefeated), so I assume I still have it.” He added: “But in the end, I am not the one who can answer that.” Bayern’s bosses Uli Hoeness and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge left the Allianz Arena without saying a word. A year ago, the powerful duo removed Ancelotti from his job after Bayern lost 3-0 to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Even if they decide that Kovac has no future with the club, their options seem limited -- finding a top-class coach at this time of the year is near-impossible and Heynckes has made clear he would not return again. (afp)
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Three reasons why Arsenal are back on track
Kovac already in trouble at stuttering Bayern Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac is already under pressure after four matches without a win and he is acutely aware that the German champions are not a club that deals well with failure. Kovac only took over at Bayern in the summer and was portrayed as a long-term leader after the venerable Jupp Heynckes had successfully steadied the ship for a season on a temporary basis after Carlo Ancelotti was sacked. The 46-year-old’s reputation had risen after he won the German Cup with Eintracht Frankfurt in May, beating Bayern in the final. But Bayern’s 3-0 home defeat to Borussia Moenchengladbach has left his team sixth in the table -- the last time the club went winless in four matches in the first half of the season was 2009. “Kovac in the eye of the storm,” Stern news weekly said on its website. “A Bayern coach who looks shaky after just 11 matches. After winning the title for six seasons in a row, that seems unimaginable. But that is exactly what is happening to Niko Kovac,” Bild newspaper
Arsenal are on their best winning run for 11 years after thrashing Fulham 5-1 to make it nine successive victories in all competitions. It is an unexpectedly strong start to the season for the Gunners after their dismal form in the final campaign of Arsene Wenger’s reign. AFP Sport takes a closer look at the reasons for Arsenal’s revival under new manager Unai Emery: Emery makes his mark
Unai Emery arrived at the Emirates Stadium to find a club in turmoil after the painful end of Wenger’s 22-year stay, but the Spaniard has quickly won over his players with his relentless work ethic. Emery was pushed out at Paris Saint-Germain after failing to win the Champions League but he knows the recipe for success after lifting the French title and landing the Europa League with Sevilla. Emery relies on intense training sessions and video footage that can improve his players and find weaknesses in opponents. That attention to detail has allowed Arsenal to adapt to Emery’s desire for a high-tempo pressing game and a commitment to passing out from the back. Emery has also shown he is not afraid to take on the team’s underachieving stars. Earlier this season he reportedly made it clear to German playmaker Mesut Ozil that he needs to work harder if he is to keep his
place. The breakdown of Aaron Ramsey’s contract talks is another thorny issue that Emery has so far navigated successfully, as the Wales midfielder showed his class with a committed display and superb goal at Fulham. Star strikers shine
Finding a way to balance the talents of Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has restored much-needed menace to Arsenal’s forward line. Under Wenger, Arsenal were often guilty of over-elaboration as their attacks would peter out due to an apparent desire to score the perfect goal every time. Aubameyang quickly emerged as a force following his January move from Borussia Dortmund, but the Gabon striker’s arrival pushed Lacazette into a bit-part role. Emery has solved that problem by playing Lacazette as his central striker in recent weeks and using Aubameyang in a wider role. The revitalised Lacazette is a far more dominant and demonstrative figure in his
second season, with his brace at Fulham taking his goal tally to five this term. Aubameyang already has six goals after coming off the bench to score twice against Fulham, while Alex Iwobi has also emerged as a more influential figure on the flanks. Luck of the draw
Although Arsenal are enjoying a fine run, it has not escaped the notice of their more eagle-eyed fans that the success has come against a collection of teams unlikely to be parading silverware at the end of the season. Arsenal’s nine victories have been amassed at the expense of West Ham, Cardiff, Newcastle, Everton, Watford and Fulham in the Premier League, while Brentford were beaten in the League Cup, along with wins over Vorskla Poltava and Qarabag in the Europa League. Some of the performances in those matches were far from convincing but Emery’s men still deserve credit for a ruthless streak that deserted them against the lesser lights under Wenger. Defeats against Manchester City and Chelsea at the start of the season suggest Arsenal’s clashes with Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester United in November and December will prove better evidence of whether the revival is sustainable. (afp)
Arsenal’s French striker Alexandre Lacazette (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the team’s second goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Arsenal at Craven Cottage in London on October 7, 2018.
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Liverpool’s German manager Jurgen Klopp reacts during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on October 7, 2018.
Jurgen Klopp blasts ‘senseless’ Nations League
Jurgen Klopp has branded the UEFA Nations League “the most senseless competition in the world” as he prepares to see many of his squad leave on international duty following Liverpool’s drab 0-0 draw with Manchester City. The two sides -- along with Chelsea -- are all locked on 20 points at the top of the Premier League table, separated only by goal difference after Sunday’s matches. Klopp is pleased a hectic schedule of seven matches in 23 days is now over but is unsure what the next fortnight will bring for his players. “If somebody would have told me after eight matchdays you have 20 points, I would say with that fixture list, ‘I’ll buy it, let’s start with the ninth matchday’,” said Klopp. “The boys unfortunately go
away again now and have to play Nations League games, the most senseless competition in the world of football.” Klopp said players need a proper break to be fresher, pointing to the case of Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson who played for England at the World Cup in Russia. “If you want to see fresher (players), give them a summer break,” he said. “For Jordan Henderson it was exactly two weeks, which is funny. But that’s how it is. “That’s why I say going away is not a big problem but now you call a manager of any country and ask him to leave out one or two players and he says, ‘I am under pressure as well’ because now it’s Nations League. “I don’t exactly know what you can win but there is some final next summer or something so that’s it.” (afp)
Christof STACHE / AFP
Bayern Munich’s Croatian headcoach Niko Kovac wears a traditional Bavarian Lederhosen (leather trousers) dress as he arrives for his football team’s annual visit at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, on October 7, 2018.
said in its online edition. - ‘Less time ‘
After Saturday’s loss, Kovac faced the inevitable questions about his future. “I know how football works, and the mechanics of the Bundesliga and Bayern,” the German-born Croat said. “And I know that you get less time at Bayern than elsewhere.” Kovac had moved quickly on Friday to defuse criticism from his players, with Colombian striker James Rodriguez telling reporters that the new coach’s training sessions were insufficiently rigorous and his policy of rotating his team was angering some of the stars. “We’re not at Frankfurt here,” Rodriguez jibed. Kovac’s response then was to deny that he had lost his players’ support
-- but that was before the Moenchengladbach debacle. Pressed on whether he still had their backing now, Kovac said on Saturday: “I had their support after the first seven games (when Bayern were undefeated), so I assume I still have it.” He added: “But in the end, I am not the one who can answer that.” Bayern’s bosses Uli Hoeness and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge left the Allianz Arena without saying a word. A year ago, the powerful duo removed Ancelotti from his job after Bayern lost 3-0 to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Even if they decide that Kovac has no future with the club, their options seem limited -- finding a top-class coach at this time of the year is near-impossible and Heynckes has made clear he would not return again. (afp)
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Tirta Gangga Royal Water Garden Beautiful Water Garden in East Bali AMLAPURA - The Tirta Gangga royal water garden is a favourite retreat in the regency of Karangasem, east Bali. It was built in 1946 during the reign of the late raja of Karangasem, Anak Agung Anglurah Ketut Karangasem (1887 - 1966). Tirta Gangga saw a series of restorations following the destructive hot showers of volcanic ash from the 1963 Mount Agung eruption. The lavish water gardens owned by the royal Karangasem family feature 1.2ha of pools, ponds and fountains surrounded by neatly cut lawns adorned with stepping stones, ornate statues and tropical gardens. Tirta Gangga is located in the village of Ababi, an approximate 75km east of Denpasar. The complex is a cool retreat in the eastern highlands, perched on the south-eastern slope of the island’s highest mountain, Mount Agung. The Tirta Gangga complex was built around the same time as the Taman Soekasada Ujung, another site located near the coast and 8.5km south in the village of Tumbu. Tirta Gangga, like its sister royal bathing complex, consists of tropical gardens, wading pools, fish ponds, and fountains. Entering the site, the first thing
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Love match! Indian badminton ace Nehwal to wed Kashyap
NEW DELHI - India’s former world number one Saina Nehwal is to marry fellow badminton player Parupalli Kashyap in December, local media reported on Monday.
the southern side of the complex is filled with large golden carp and other large fish, and swimming is prohibited. Two bridges connect the sides of the pond, which feature ornate mythical Balinese dragon statues at its sides.
Good to Know Tirta Gangga is a convenient stopover along tour itineraries to Bali’s eastern region. Its main entrance and large parking area is easily spotted from the main
Amlapura Road. The site is open to the public and a small entrance fee applies which goes towards maintenance. It is a favourite retreat and some weekends may seem a bit crowded. Besides the many small warung stalls outside of the main site and around the parking area, Tirta Gangga also boasts accommodation facilities and a restaurant, as well as the Tirta Ayu Hotel & Restaurant – located just behind the main fountain. Tirta Ayu features a menu that offers a combination of international dishes, through a variety of salad choices, vegetarian delights, mouth-watering desserts and pastries. It also offers a selection of wines, ice-cold beers and exotic cocktails. Guests here dine alfresco, with open views to the beautiful water gardens and fountains. (IBP/net)
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Saina Nehwal
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Nehwal confirmed her wedding with the 57th-ranked Kashyap to the mass-circulation Times of India daily, saying the time was right to exchange marriage vows. Rumours about their love affair had been swirling for some time but the pair always maintained a studied silence util now. Nehwal, 28, said she had started dating Kashyap, 32, in 2007 after they began going on tours together but delayed the marriage in order to focus on their careers. “In the competitive world that we live in, it is difficult to get close to someone. But somehow we both found it very easy to talk to each other,” she told the Englishlanguage daily. Nehwal said she did not have to break the news to her parents as they had sensed it already.
“I didn’t have to tell them. We used to be together most of the time and my parents also travelled with me, so they understood who I was close to.” Nehwal, who won a bronze at the recent Asian Games in Jakarta, is currently 11th in the world badminton rankings. The wedding, to be held on December 16, will be the latest after a string of high-profile sports couples tied the knot. Grand Slam-winning Indian tennis star Sania Mirza married Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik in a dazzling ceremony in 2010 while wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik is married to squash sensation Dipika Pallikal. Fast bowler Ishant Sharma married national basketball player Pratima Singh in 2016. (afp)
Wolff fears ‘freak’ Hamilton injury in title run-in
TOKYO - With Lewis Hamilton on the brink of capturing a fifth Formula One world title, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff revealed he’s living in dread of the Briton suffering a “freak” injury -- especially to one of his fingers. Hamilton opened a 67-point lead over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel with four races left after storming to victory in Japan at the weekend, but Wolff clearly wants to wrap his star driver in cotton wool for the remainder of the season. “Absolutely freak incidents happen everywhere,” said the Austrian. “I don’t want to even think about him breaking a finger!” Hamilton could put Vettel out of his misery if he wins the next race at Austin in two weeks and Vettel finishes lower than second -- or if he outscores the German by eight points. But Wolff has warned against complacency after Vettel could only finish sixth following an early collision with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. “It’s important to stay concentrated,” insisted Wolff. “You either have the trophy in your hands or you don’t -- and we haven’t got it in our hands.” “A bad result suddenly wipes off a large chunk of your points,” he added. “It doesn’t look likely, but this is motor racing. It’s a sport, anything could happen. I don’t want to dwell too much about it because it’s bad
karma too, so let’s just go to Austin and get it done.” Hamilton was cock-a-hoop after leading a Mercedes one-two for his sixth win in seven races and fourth in a row. It was also his 71st Formula One victory and 50th for the Silver Arrows. Standing over his car, the Briton said: “Austin is usually a good track for us, so I can’t wait to unleash this beast there.”
- Vettel slump Hamilton will back himself to claim a 10th victory of the season in the United States, where he has won every race but one since 2012. But as Vettel was left hopping mad over the tangle with Verstappen that sent his Ferrari spinning off, Hamilton expressed dismay at his rival’s nose-diving form. “In terms of Sebastian’s performance, I definitely hadn’t anticipated that they would tail off as they have,” he said, after Vettel’s fading title hopes were all but extinguished. “I don’t really have an answer for that, it’s not something I’ve really focused on -- I’m sure Sebastian could tell why.” A rampant Hamilton has scored 168 out of a possible 175 points since the British Grand Prix in July -- a 75-point swing over a misfiring Vettel in the past seven races. But Wolff wants Hamilton and
Valtteri Bottas to go full throttle in the remaining races. “We like the pressure and embrace it,” he said. “It’s important to re-invent yourself as a team and set new objectives.”
Vettel, beaten by the two Mercedes in Russia a week earlier, tried to put a positive spin on a disastrous Japan race. “It’s not been an easy couple of weeks,” he said. “But the spirit in
the team is unbroken. “You walk in the garage and the guys are all fired up, so that has certainly helped. We have nothing to lose now and we will give it everything we can.” (afp)
BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP
Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton leaves his car in the pit after his victory in the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on October 7, 2018.
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100 years on, Spanish Flu holds lessons for next pandemic people, many patients managed to survive severe infection and others displayed only mild symptoms. Unlike most nations, which used war-time censorship to supress news of the spreading virus, Spain remained neutral during World War I. Numerous reports of the sickness in Spanish media led many to assume the disease originated there and the name stuck. It is now largely believed that the strain of flu in 1918 in fact originated among US servicemen and killed a disproportionately high amount of soldiers and young people, but researchers said things would be different this time around. In 1918, in a world struggling with the economic impact of global war, the virus was rendered deadlier due to high rates of malnutrition. But the team behind a new study, published in the Journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, said the next outbreak will spread in the developed world among a population struggling with record obesity and diabetes rates.
- ‘Double burden’ -
“What we know from the 2009 pandemic is that people with certain diseases (such as obesity and diabetes) were significantly more likely to be hospitalised with, and
die from, influenza,” Kirsty Short, from the school of Chemistry and Biosciences at the University of Queensland, told AFP. The team warned that the world faced a “double burden” of severe disease due to widespread malnutrition in poor nations -- exacerbated by climate change -- and overnutrition in richer ones. And global warming could impact in other ways. Van de Sandt said that since many influenza strains begin in birds, a heating planet could alter where the next outbreak emerges. “Climate change may change migration patterns of birds, bringing potential pandemic viruses to new locations and potentially a wider range of bird species,” she said. One thing the investigation into 1918 threw up was that older people fared significantly better against the virus strain than younger adults. The team theorised that this was due in part due to older citizens having built up some immunity through previous infections. Most of those killed in 1918 -roughly 50 million people, or 2.5 percent of those infected -- died due to secondary bacterial infections, something that antibiotics helped alleviate during subsequent pandemics. (afp)
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Nurse practitioner, Katherine Male, prepares an influenza vaccination at the CVS Pharmacy store’s MinuteClinic on October 4, 2018 in Miami, Florida.
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Indonesian officials fear 5,000 missing as Christians pray
PALU — Christians dressed in their tidiest clothes flocked to Sunday sermons in the earthquake and tsunami damaged Indonesian city of Palu, seeking answers as the death toll from the twin disasters breached 1,700 and officials said they feared more than 5,000 others could be missing.
PARIS - It was the disease to end all others, infecting a third of humanity, killing tens of millions in their beds and prompting panicked talk of the end of days across continents still reeling from war. One hundred years on from the influenza outbreak known as the Spanish Flu, scientists say that while lessons have been learned from the deadliest pandemic in history, the world is ill-prepared for the next global killer. In particular, they warn that shifting demographics, antibiotic resistance and climate change could all complicate any future outbreak. “We now face new challenges including an ageing population, people living with underlying diseases including obesity and diabetes,” University of Melbourne Dr Carolien van de Sandt, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, told AFP on Monday. Scientists predict that the next influenza pandemic -- most likely to be a strain of bird flu that infects humans and spreads rapidly across the world via air travel -- could kill up to 150 million people. Van de Sandt and her team examined reams of data on the Spanish Flu, which tore across the planet in 1918. They also studied three further pandemics: the 1957 “Asian” flu, the “Hong Kong” flu of 1968 and 2009’s swine flu outbreak. They found that although the Spanish Flu infected one in three
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Supporters of Brazilian presidential candidate for the Social Liberal Party (PSL) Jair Bolsonaro cheer in front of the residential condominium where he lives, in Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 7, 2018, during general elections.
Divided Brazil barrels towards uncertain presidential run-off RIO DE JANEIRO - A deeply polarized Brazil stood at a political crossroads Monday as the bruising first round of the presidential election left voters with a stark choice in the run-off between far-right firebrand Jair Bolsonaro and leftist Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro, an ultraconservative former paratrooper, easily beat a dozen other candidates on Sunday -- but not by enough to avoid an October 28 showdown with Haddad, the former mayor of Sao Paulo. Bolsonaro won 46 percent of the vote to Haddad’s 29 percent, according to official results. That tracked closely with pollster’s predictions, but Bolsonaro charged that “polling problems” had cheated him of outright victory in the first round, which required him to pass the 50 percent threshold. Some of his supporters protested outside the national electoral tribunal in the capital Brasilia, chanting “Fraud!” That anger reflected the uncertain outlook for the second round. Surveys suggest Bolsonaro will have the edge, but that Haddad will draw nearly even with him after picking up substantial support from the defeated candidates. “We expected to win in the first round,” one Bolsonaro voter, 77-year-old retiree Lourdes Azevedo, said bitterly in Rio de Janeiro. “Now things are more difficult:
the second round is a risk.” - ‘Golden opportunity’ -
Haddad, addressing his own supporters, called the looming run-off “a golden opportunity,” and challenged Bolsonaro to a debate. He replaced popular former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the race after Lula, imprisoned for corruption, was disqualified. Despite his complaints, Bolsonaro did not formally contest Sunday’s result, saying his voters “remain mobilized” for the second round. But he faces fierce resistance going forward from a big part of Brazil’s 147-million-strong electorate put off by his record of denigrating comments against women, gays and the poor. His unabashed nostalgia for the brutal military dictatorship that ruled Brazil between 1964 and 1985 has also sent a chill through many voters. Haddad, though, has his own burden. As the Workers’ Party candidate, he faces the palpable disappointment and anger of voters who blame the party for Brazil’s worstever recession, and for a long string of graft scandals. Sunday’s general election -- in which new federal and state legislatures were also chosen -- exposed the deep divisions generated by both candidates. (afp)
Indonesia’s disaster agency said the number of dead had climbed to 1,763, mostly in Palu. Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said many more people could be buried, especially in the Palu neighborhoods of Petobo and Balaroa, where more than 3,000 homes were damaged or sucked into deep mud when the Sept. 28 quake caused loose soil to liquefy. “Based on reports from village chiefs in Balaroa and Petobo, some 5,000 people have not been found. Our workers on the ground are trying to confirm this,” he said at a news briefing in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital. Nugroho said that efforts to retrieve decomposed bodies in deep, soft mud were getting tougher and that some people may have fled or been rescued and evacuated. More than 8,000 either injured or vulnerable residents have been flown or shipped out of Palu, while others could have left by land, he said. Officially, Nugroho said only 265 people are confirmed missing and 152 others still buried under mud and rubble, nine days after the magnitude 7.5 earthquake and powerful tsunami hit Palu and surrounding areas. The government targets to end search operations by Thursday, nearly two weeks after the disaster, at which time those unaccounted for will be declared missing and considered dead, Nugroho said. In Palu on Sunday, at least 200 people, including soldiers, filled the gray pews of the Protestant Manunggal church for a service.
They sang as a young girl in a black and white dress with a red bow danced in the aisle, prayed and listened to a 30-minute sermon from the pastor, Lucky Malonda. A woman in the front pew wept. Min Kapala, a 49-year-old teacher, said she came to the city of more than 25 churches from an outlying area because her usual house of worship was destroyed and liquefaction moved a different piece of ground to its location. “I’m here at this particular church because my own church is no more; it’s leveled, and on its location there’s a corn plant,” she said. “That was very strange to me.” Outside the church, Malonda said the intensity of the disaster had taken even scientists by surprise and called it the will of God. Two people from his congregation were missing, he said. “This is for sure part of godly intervention, not outside the power of almighty God, that can’t be predicted or planned for by anything,” Malonda said. He said religious leaders are discussing holding inter-faith prayers but nothing has been agreed yet. Protestants, Catholics and Charismatics make up about 10 percent of the
population of Palu, the provincial capital of Central Sulawesi. The province has a history of violent conflict between Muslims and Christians, though tensions have calmed in the past decade. Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim country. As searchers continued to dig through rubble Sunday, Central Sulawesi Gov. Loki Djanggola said local officials were meeting with religious groups and families of victims to seek their consent to turn neighborhoods wiped out by liquefaction into mass graves. He said on local television that survivors in the Petobo, Balaroa and Jono Oge neighborhoods could be relocated and monuments be built in the areas, which now look like wastelands, to remember the victims interred there. Officials have said that it is not safe for heavy equipment to operate in those areas and that they fear the risk of the spread of disease from decomposed bodies. While grappling with immediate relief needs, the government is also mapping out plans to help more than 70,000 people, including tens of thousands of children, who have been displaced by the disasters to rebuild their lives. Social welfare officials have set up nurseries in makeshift tents as a stopgap to keep children safe and help them heal from the trauma. Market vendors have resumed business and roadside restaurants were open in Palu, but long lines of cars and motorcycles still snarled out of gas stations. In Jakarta, volunteers walked around thoroughfares empty of cars collecting donations for earthquake victims during the weekly car-free morning in the city center. (ap)
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A backhoe passes by a toppled mosque as recovery efforts continue at the earthquake damaged neighborhood of Balaroa in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Christians dressed in their tidiest clothes flocked to Sunday sermons in the earthquake and tsunami damaged Indonesian city of Palu, seeking answers as the death toll from the twin disasters breached 1,700 and officials said they feared more than 5,000 others could be missing.
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BUSINESS US unemployment falls to 3.7 percent _ lowest since 1969
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“The acceleration in job gains this year is extraordinary in an environment where firms are having great difficulty finding qualified candidates,” said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst Pierpont Securities. Most analysts blamed the slower pace of hiring last month on Florence, which struck North and South Carolina and closed thousands of businesses. The category that includes restaurants, hotels and casinos lost jobs for the first time since September 2017, when Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area, and retailers last month shed 20,000 jobs. Many of those jobs are likely to bounce back in the coming months. Pay gains remain modest but are showing signs of accelerating. Average hourly pay in September rose 2.8 percent from a year earlier. With unemployment so low, companies are facing intense pressure to raise pay to land workers. Amazon this week raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour. Paul Millman, chief executive of Chroma Technology, has struggled to find enough machine operators and engineers for his 135-person company, based in Bellows Falls, Vermont. It makes filters for handheld medical equipment, food safety test systems, and virtual reality headsets. The company is doubling the size of one of its plants and increasingly automating its assembly process
Various strange and mystical incidents occurred at this temple. However, not all people have the capability of experiencing them. Probably, only ‘selected’ people can experience this spiritual sensation. The Tamba Waras Temple or commonly known as the Tambo Waras holds its pujawali or festival every six months namely on Buda Umanis Perangbakat. At that time, many pilgrims come here to say prayers. Nowadays, they are not only coming from Bali but also from outside Bali.
because it is so hard-pressed to find employees. It has also started calling back people who previously applied for jobs but weren’t hired. That has resulted in two new hires. Financial markets were down sharply in afternoon trading, with the Dow Jones average falling 202 points in afternoon trading. Investors have grown concerned about higher interest rates and the effect they might have on the economy and the
stock market. Friday’s jobs report will probably keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise short-term interest rates, economists said, with another increase expected in December. The economy does show some weak spots. Sales of existing homes have fallen over the past year, held back in part by higher mortgage rates. Auto sales have also slumped. Manufacturers, which are more
dependent on foreign markets than other industries, added 18,000 jobs last month, a sign that President Donald Trump’s trade fight with China and other countries is having little effect on hiring. Still, should the tariffs remain fully in effect a year from now, roughly 300,000 jobs could be lost by then, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. (ap)
Record imports push US trade gap to $53.2 billion in August WASHINGTON - Record imports drove the U.S. trade deficit up for the third straight month in August. The deficit in the trade of goods with China and Mexico hit records. The Commerce Department said Friday that the trade gap — the difference between what America sells and what it buys abroad — rose to $53.2 billion in August from $50 billion in July. The August reading was the highest since February. Imports rose 0.6 percent to a
record $262.7 billion on higher shipments of cellphones and autos; exports slid 0.8 percent to $209.4 billion. The U.S. ran a $76.7 billion deficit in the trade of goods such as machinery and cars. That gap was partially offset by a $23.5 billion surplus in the trade of services such as banking and tourism. President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to bring down U.S. trade deficits and has slapped taxes on imported steel, aluminum
It is surely meant to invoke safety. There are two types of medicine provided here, one medicine to be drunk and another to be scrubbed at location of the pain. Actually, there are approximately 40 types of medicine made in this temple area. Location of the medicine making is called Bale Asep in the form of kitchen. One of the medicines produced at this temple is juuk linglang. There is a mythical story accompanying the making of this medicine. It is said that in 2005, when an ngenteg linggih ritual was held, there was an offering maker who encountered a juwuk linglang or tangerine. It was then halved, strangely it exuded fire. This tangerine was then mixed with some elements of fruit, herbs and oils. Besides, there is a medicine known as manik sekecap made from honey bees. The honey is not taken from anywhere but from the chamber shrine where the bees make their nests. Likewise, there is lungsir pancawarna or multicolored sea snail. People who suffer from diseases of the eye, this medicine can be invoked at the Batu Coblong spring shrine. Another shrine is called swine shrine where people can invoke medicine for their livestock. (kmb)
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In this June 21, 2018 file photo, a job applicant looks at job listings for the Riverside Hotel at a job fair hosted by Job News South Florida, in Sunrise, Fla. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in September 2018 the lowest level since December 1969 — signaling how the longest streak of hiring on record has put millions of Americans back to work. Employers added just 134,000 jobs last month, the fewest in a year, the Labor Department said Friday, Oct. 5. But that figure was likely depressed by the impact of Hurricane Florence.
and on many Chinese products, drawing retaliatory tariffs from U.S. trading partners. Trump’s sanctions have yet to have an impact on the deficit, which is up 8.6 percent this year to $391.1 billion. The goods deficit with China rose 4.7 percent in August to a record $38.6 billion; and the gap with Mexico widened 56.9 percent to $8.7 billion, also a record. Trump sees the lopsided trade numbers as a sign of U.S. economic weakness and as the result of bad
trade deals and abusive practices by U.S. trading partners, especially China. In addition to imposing import taxes, he has pulled out of an AsiaPacific trade deal negotiated by the Obama administration and forced a rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. Mainstream economists view trade deficits as the result of an economic reality unlikely to bend to changes in trade policy: Americans
spend more than they produce, and imports fill the gap. The strong U.S. economy also encourages Americans to buy more foreign products. U.S. exports are also hurt by the American dollar’s role as the world’s currency. The dollar is usually in high demand because it is used in so many global transactions. That means the dollar is persistently strong, raising prices of U.S. products and putting American companies at a disadvantage in foreign markets.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. unemployment rate fell in September to 3.7 percent, the lowest since 1969, when young men were being drafted to fight in Vietnam and the American auto industry and the space program were going full blast. The Labor Department reported Friday that the rate edged down from 3.9 percent the month before as employers added 134,000 jobs — a figure that was probably depressed by the effects of Hurricane Florence in the South. Still, it extended an extraordinary 8½-year streak of monthly job growth, the longest on record. That run has added nearly 20 million people to the nation’s payrolls since the Great Recession, which cost nearly 9 million their jobs. The ultra-low jobless rate — the best in nearly 49 years — reflects a healthy economy driven by strong consumer and business spending. In fact, hiring is so strong that employers are having trouble filling openings and some are being forced to offer higher pay. Despite the similar unemployment rates, today’s economy is vastly different from that of 1969. Back then, one-third of Americans worked in manufacturing; now it is barely 9 percent. Strong economic growth back then was propelled by huge government spending on the Vietnam War and newly created Great Society social programs. And women were much less likely to work. In reporting September’s employment figures, the government revised sharply upward its estimate of hiring for July and August. So far this year, monthly job growth has averaged 208,000, compared with 182,000 last year.
Tueasday, October 9, 2018
Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan, Devotees Appeal for Salvation and Welfare
Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan or commonly known as Buda Kliwon Pahang falling on Wednesday is the end of the series of Galungan feast day. It is marked by withdrawing the penjor and burning it. Likewise, all the attributes of the penjor such as bakang, lamak, sampian and so on are burned. The ashes are put into a young ivory coconut and then buried in the house yard. Ashes of the penjor symbolize prosperity, so that on that day the Hindus plead to God to be blessed with fertility. However, before withdrawing the penjor, people must first put offerings or canang on the bamboo platform shrine that the series of Galungan feast day has already completed. It is resumed with masegeh procession, including at the location of penjor. Chairman of Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) Bali, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana said that the series of Galungan feast day ends on Buda Kliwon Pahang. Thus, the preaching of dharma has lasted for 42 days. During the series of Galungan is also known as the Uncal Balung. During that time, people generally abstain from organizing Panca Yad-
nya (five sacrifices) ritual activities, including wedding, except for pujawali or festival at temple or family or clan temple happening to fall during this period. After Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan, people usually go back to choosing auspicious days to perform Panca Yadnya ceremony, including wedding. Prof. Sudiana said that after the end of the Galungan series, people are reminded to always be able to apply the values ??of dharma (truth) and maintain victory against adharma. Human must be able to really win and take advantage of the graces bestowed on Galungan. “On Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan, we ask salvation, prosperity and protection from hazardous things to Motherland,” he said. Buda Kliwon Pegatuwakan also poses an expression of gratitude to deities because we have been able to carry out the teachings during the Galungan feast day well. “Since then, human beings have been mature to bring themselves, not tied to adharma. They are considered to have possessed good thoughts, words and deeds so that they are ready to live their life well according to the teachings of dharma,” he asserted.
After that, explained Prof. Sudiana, people just need to implement the values ??of dharma in everyday life to gain peace and tranquility. During the series of Galungan fes-
tivities lasting for one month and seven days, people are encouraged to control themselves in order to live together and can perform services, dedication and quality
improvement of human resources. Besides, they must do coexistence, mutual help and mutual respect according to religious teachings. (kmb)
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guished. Finally, the witness Sukrawan asked for help to other residents to contact firefighters. Not long after, police and fire brigade getting the information immediately came down to the location to help the fire extinguishing. At the landfill, the fire could finally be controlled by residents along with the officers around 20.50. “The fire happened at local landfill. Allegedly, it happened due to residents wanted to burn garbage but because the piles were quite high and under dry condition, it sparked a large enough blaze. The burned out area is about 200 square meters,” said Sulhadi. (kmb40)
THIMPU - Every weekend Bhutanese Pema Dorji channels his inner Robin Hood and aims for the bull’s-eye, but not without generous sips of the local brew and a leg-kicking dance and song routine.
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Residents of Susut Kaja hamlet, Susut, had been made panicked by fire occurred in the landfill at local village on Saturday night (Oct. 6).
In 2019, Bali to build the biggest dam
Three villages in Kintamani affected by construction project
Headman of Bunutin, Made Subrata.
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BANGLI - Residents of Susut Kaja hamlet, Susut, had been made panicked by fire occurred in the landfill at local village on Saturday night (Oct. 6). It happened because the fire incident at the landfill is quite close to the residential area. Spokesperson of Bangli Police, Sulhadi, stated on Sunday (Oct. 7) that location of the burning landfill is close to the house of I Gede Artayasa, a local resident. The fire happening around 19:30 was initially known by witness I Ketut Sukrawan. At that time, the witness who was in front of his house saw a puff of smoke around the location of the landfill. When checked, in fact the witness saw a fairly large fire in the landfill. Being panicky, the witness then attempted to extinguish the fire by flushing it with water. However, the effort seemed to go in vain. The fire could not be extin-
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BANGLI - The largest dam in Bali planned to be built between three regencies, namely Bangli, Gianyar and Badung, is reported to begin the workmanship in early 2019. Particularly in Bangli district, there are tens of hectares of land owned by residents to be immediately released for the dam construction. Headman of Bunutin, Made Subrata, when asked for his confirmation on Sunday (Oct. 7) said the construction of the biggest dam had been at issue for a long time. The 62 meter high dam is planned to be built in 2018. However, it was canceled because of some obstacles related to data collection for land release. As the latest news obtained, the dam construction will start to be carried out in early 2019. “Early next year, the construction is ascertained to begin,” he said. Subrata said there are five affected villages in the three districts related to the construction of the mega-project. The five villages are Buahan Kaja in
Gianyar district covering an area of more than 10 hectares, Belok Sidan in Badung district covering an area of more than 13 hectares, and Bunutin, Mengani and Langgahan villages in Bangli district with the respective area of 11.5 hectares, 12 hectares and 1.5 hectares. According to the explanation he obtained, the dam to be built between the three regencies will be the largest dam in Nusa Tenggara. It will be built for irrigation and clean water purposes in several districts. In addition, the dam is also designed for hydroelectric power plant (PLTA) in the future. He added that so far the dam construction plan remains in the process of land acquisition. Regarding this matter, he admitted that in the near future he will immediately gather the community of his village to meet with the National Land Agency (BPN), the Bali-Penida River Agency (BWS) and the Public Works. The meeting will discuss in details and data
collection on the land ownership status, the land area of each resident that will be affected by the project, including the collection of the trees and physical buildings on the land. “The data are related to compensation given by the government to the community,” he explained. After holding a meeting at each village, a follow-up meeting will also be made by involving all villages whose area is affected by the project. It will discuss the costs of land compensation so that there will be no prominent imbalance between one region and another. “Selling price of tax object (NJOP) in Badung and Gianyar district is quite high, different from that of Bangli. On that account, it is necessary to sit together to avoid negative issue if we and the government are considered to fool the community. Since this involves considerable money, it becomes so risky. Many parties are monitoring this process,” Subrata said. (kmb40)
The likes of Dorji make up the vibrant archery scene in the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan where the traditional sport is a way of life for its 800,000 people. Competitions are held across the country on various auspicious days each month before culminating in national championships attended by hundreds of raucous fans. “Alcohol and archery go hand in hand,” said Tashi Dorji, the research and development officer with the Bhutan Indigenous Games and Sports Association (BIGSA). “We drink to gain confidence. We have a belief that if we drink we can hit the target better,” the 25-year-old said, barely hiding a sheepish grin. The game they play pits two teams of 11 players each who try to hit the maximum number of bull’s-eyes on a fixed target a full 140 metres (yards) away. A war cry rings out each time the target is hit. Players in traditional “gho” dresses dance and sing folk numbers -- different ones for winning and losing. The crucial drink breaks see archers gulp down locally brewed whisky before locking horns again on the field where colourful flags flutter in the breeze.
In this photo taken on August 25, 2018, Bhutanese archers watch another take aim at the target at the Changlimithang Archery Ground in Thimphu. The traditional sport is a way of life for some 800,000 people in the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
- Poison arrows The beloved national sport is steeped in legends about how bows and arrows were used to hunt prey and destroy demons and evil spirits. Stories also abound about how the Bhutanese fought the rifle-armed soldiers of the British army in the
19th century using arrows dipped in poison. Archery was popularised by the first king of Bhutan Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuk (1862-1926) and it continued to flourish under royal patronage through the years. But it suffered a decline after the
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reclusive nation decided to pursue economic development and open its doors to modernisation, eventually allowing in television in 1999. “TV made modern sports available, sports like football and volleyball which are cheaper to play. Suddenly there was competition
for our traditional sports,” said Kinzang Dorji, president of the BIGSA. “Children had a wider choice unlike the generations before them,” he told AFP. In addition, the advent of more advanced compound and recurve
archery has meant Bhutanese archers used to traditional equipment made of bamboo reeds have struggled to find their feet in international competitions. Bhutan has sent archers to every Olympics since 1984 but a medal has eluded the nation. (afp)
After tense Germany trip, Erdogan set for warm reception in Hungary
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Turkish President and leader of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the last day of his party’s consultation meeting in Kizilcahamam district of Ankara, on October 7, 2018.
BUDAPEST - Less than two weeks after a trip to Germany marked by strained relations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip is set for a warmer welcome when he visits Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on Monday. The Hungarian leader was one of the first to congratulate Erdogan on his re-election in July and one of the few European officials to attend the inauguration ceremony in Ankara. A fierce critic of what he sees as an undemocratic Europe, Orban
has repeatedly hailed the “stability” that he perceives the Turkish regime offers. After a very tense trip to Germany at the end of September, in the wake of various diplomatic spats between Berlin and Ankara, Erdogan’s two-day visit to Hungary is likely to prove much smoother sailing. “It’s nice for him to visit an EU country where he isn’t under fire for his record on human rights and democracy,” said Tamas Szigetvari, economics professor at Peter Pazmany University in
Budapest. The trip will also allow Erdogan to show his critics that “no, the EU hasn’t completely turned its back on Turkey,” the expert told AFP. Ankara needs the EU as relations with the US deteriorate and the Turkish economy, very dependent on trade with Europe, is in difficulty. Erdogan will meet with President Janos Ader at 1100 GMT and then Orban two hours later. Orban and Erdogan are scheduled to hold a joint press conference afterwards. (afp)
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Up-close views of the “ring rain” falling from Saturn’s rings into the planet’s atmosphere taken by Cassini (shown in this artist’s illustration) have scientists scratching their heads.
Saturn’s ‘ring rain’ is a surprising cocktail of chemicals
THE “ring rain” of material falling from Saturn’s rings into the planet’s atmosphere is a much more intense, contaminated downpour than scientists thought. For decades, astronomers have suspected that Saturn’s rings pelt the planet with grains of water ice, but some of the final observations from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft provide the first detailed views of these celestial showers. Ring rain is highly contaminated with organic matter and other molecules, and hammers Saturn at thousands of kilograms per second, researchers report in the Oct. 5 Science. Understanding the rain’s surprising quantity and quality could help clarify the origins and evolution of Saturn’s rings. Researchers analyzed data collected by Cassini’s Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer during the spacecraft’s final few orbits in 2017, as it sailed through the gap between Saturn and its innermost ring, known as the D ring. Water constituted only about 24 percent of the material tumbling from Saturn’s ring system into its atmosphere; the rest was methane, carbon monoxide, dinitrogen, ammonia, carbon dioxide and fragments of organic nanoparticles. The ring rain’s diverse chemical composition “was a big surprise,” because remote observations show that Saturn’s ring system, on the whole, is almost entirely water ice, says Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.,
who wasn’t involved in the study. Researchers aren’t sure why ring rain is so deprived of water. A belt of radiation tucked inside Saturn’s rings could be responsible, says study coauthor Jeff Cuzzi, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. Cassini’s end-of-life observations also provided the first closeup views of this band of energetic protons, described in another study in the Oct. 5 Science. The belt’s highenergy radiation may have blasted away much of the water in the D ring very close to Saturn, leaving behind heavier materials like organic compounds, Cuzzi speculates. Whatever its cause, the ring rain’s peculiar composition may reshape our understanding of the carbon and nitrogen content of Saturn’s atmosphere, says Hunter Waite, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio and a coauthor of the ring rain study. Saturn’s presumed chemical makeup may be “just a veneer” created by falling material masking the gas giant’s true composition, he says. In addition to the ring rain’s chemistry, the Cassini observations also revealed how quickly this material is falling into Saturn’s atmosphere: between 4,800 and 45,000 kilograms per second.
“It’s just an enormous amount of mass flowing into the planet,” Cuzzi says. Saturn’s rings probably haven’t sustained this rate of rainfall over the course of the planet’s history, he says. If that were the case, the spindly little D ring would have long since eroded away. But a comet or other rogue object may have hit Saturn’s ring system recently, jostling grains out of their usual orbit and making them more vulnerable to Saturn’s gravitational pull. But if the current deluge is, in fact, Saturn’s normal rate of ring rain, then perhaps the D ring continually siphons material from Saturn’s outer rings, says Kelly Miller, a cosmochemist at the Southwest Research Institute and a coauthor on the ring rain study. The exact nature of Saturn’s relationship to its rings “is still a puzzle,” Spilker says. But devising more detailed theoretical simulations of what’s going on between the planet’s atmosphere and rings, and testing these theories against the trove of data collected by Cassini could help fill in the picture. Such work may help scientists better understand not only Saturn, but also any ring-bearing planets that might circle other stars in the universe, she says. (IBP/net)
BITS of DNA that make bacteria dangerous can be co-opted to bring the microbes down instead. Stretches of DNA called pathogenicity islands can jump between bacteria strains, introducing new toxin-producing genes that usually make a strain more harmful. Scientists have now modified pathogenicity islands by replacing the toxin-producing genes with genes that, in mice, disabled or killed Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. If the approach works for humans, it could offer an alternative to traditional antibiotics that could one day be used against deadly drugresistant Staphylococcus strains, researchers report September 24 in Nature Biotechnology. Pathogenicity islands are already primed for such inside jobs: The stretches of DNA naturally get bundled into small parcels that can easily enter bacteria to deliver new genes. Researchers turned those parcels into Trojan horses of sorts, replacing the toxin-producing genes with sequences of the geneediting tool CRISPR/Cas9, which snips DNA in specific places. In one version, the Cas9 cuts the staph DNA, killing the bacteria. In another, a modified version of CRISPR/Cas9 doesn’t make any cuts; instead, the Cas9 latches onto a gene that controls how dangerous staph bacteria are to make them less effective at causing infection. Researchers tested these DNAloaded parcels, which they refer to as “drones,” in mice. Both versions, when injected under mice’s skin, stopped the animals from devel-
oping an abscess. And the mice that received the bacteria-killing version survived a lethal injection of S. aureus in their body cavity. The drone treatment is somewhat akin to phage therapy, an alternative to antibiotics where patients are given a cocktail of different bacteriophages, viruses that target bacteria. Phage therapy, often used against multidrug resistant infections, isn’t currently approved for use in the United States, but is common in Eastern Europe. But the drone approach is simpler, says coauthor Richard Novick, a microbiologist at the New York University School of Medicine. For a phage to kill a cell, it needs to reproduce inside the cell. But with a drone, “all it has to do is express one gene, and that’ll kill the bacteria.” That’s a very effective way to target Staphylococcus bacteria, says Gail Christie, a microbiologist at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond who wasn’t part of the study. Resistance might still be an issue with the new approach, though. A few bacteria strains didn’t react to either version of the treatment in mice. If the approach is used clinically — and that’s still a long way away — a patient would probably receive drones that target the bacteria in several different ways, Novick says. A next step is to test the system in other infections that can be caused by staph bacteria, such as pneumonia, he says. (IBP/net)
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A new approach to fighting antibiotic-resistance Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (purple spheres, shown in this scanning electron microscope image being ingested by a white blood cell) co-opts genes that normally make the bacteria more dangerous.
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ONCE upon a time, you might be amazed to see a photo of waterfall whose water flow looks very soft like cotton. The impression immediately captured is a calm and peaceful nuance. Similar taste sensation also occurs if you see a photo of beach landscape with waves appearing smooth and soft so that we immediately want to swim in it.
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Unauthorized guests are quite difficult to enter the ring 1 area.
BI Bali-fostered MSMEs showcase at ring 1
Selection and merchandise setup determined by committee
DENPASAR — When the IMFWB 2018 meeting takes place, the MSMEs fostered by Bank Indonesia throughout Indonesia, especially Bali’s MSMEs have the privilege of exhibiting in ring 1. Meanwhile, those that can enter the ring 1 are only delegates. Unauthorized guests are quite difficult to enter the ring 1 area. The owner of CV Tarum Bali, I Made Andika Putra, stated the products that could exhibit in ring 1 are products having been curated before. On Friday (Oct. 5) the premium items of MSMEs began to be set up by the committee. Committee Chairman of the IMF-WB 2018, Luhut B Pandjaitan, and the Governor of BI conducted inspections against the MSME products exhibited at ring 1. “Ring 1 is only intended for the BI-fostered MSMEs, while in ring 2 at Bali Collection, for example, there are many other MSME products such as that of Trade and Cooperatives Agency, et cetera,” he said. After being inspected and approved, on October 7 after 12.00, additional products are allowed to be further added. All the MSME items are setup by the committee. The BI-fostered MSMEs throughout Indonesia exhibit in Taman Jepun located next to the meeting room. So, when the delegates left the congregation, they have direct access to the exhibition hall. Each BI’s Representative Office throughout Indonesia sends
a MSME under its fosterage. In particular, the MSMEs of Bali are given quota for four MSMEs namely the CV Tarum Bali (garment), Putrimas (garment), statue carving and Bara Silver. Each stand area of the MSME sizes around 2 x 2 meters, while the BI-fostered MSMEs are given rather wider space considering they consist of four MSMEs. Admittedly there are no special products they sell because the products are sold to a world market. “We only select our products. The color is not too tacky. However, we also provide important clothes and fabric of various motifs,” he said. To exhibit on that opportunity, he brings more than 100 items of typical clothes of Tarum Bali. They are woven fabrics with natural colors applying dyeing techniques. There are also fabrics with jumputan coloring techniques. The MSME exhibition in Taman Jepun will open from 09:00 to 18:00. The MSMEs with fabric products will offer express tailor services having been provided in Taman Jepun for buyers. The items exhibited must be at the Hilton Hotel, where the MSMEs stay at the latest on October 4. Based on monitoring, the reregistration for media has been opened since Wednesday (Oct. 3). Meanwhile, the delegates began to make re-registration starts on Monday (Oct. 8). Re-registration is held at the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel. (kmb42)
Indeed, it is not too difficult to make photographs of the water flow looking as soft as the cotton. Certainly photographers pursuing landscape photography are no longer stranger to long exposure or slow speed techniques commonly applied to get the effect of water flowing as if it were cotton. Water flows that can be immortalized by slow speed include the waterfall, river water flow or wave movement at sea. To make slow speed photos of water flow, we need a camera whose shutter speed can be adjusted. A tripod to support the camera is also mandatory equipment because we will shoot with a slow shutter speed. In principle, cotton-like movement appears on slow speed photos occurs due to blur motion or blur motion of water captured by the camera sensor. To make the movement appear, it needs a slow shutter speed. Actually this technique is also applied in making photo bulbs at night. The light movement is recorded by camera sensor because the shutter speed is set low. Likewise, the blur movement of the light beam is captured perfectly by the camera sensor. To get water flow as soft as cotton, set the camera with a low ISO and F-stop to get a low shutter speed. Afterward, make sure the object being photographed is running water. Prepare a sturdy tripod to support the camera and position the camera to take a good
composition. You can try for a few shots to ensure the most appropriate composition. Next, set the camera at ISO 100. Apply the Aperture Priority setting with initial F-stop setting as small as possible (high F number), for example F / 22. Check the shutter speed provided by the camera. To capture motion blur of water needs a low speed, at least 1 second. Repeat for a few shots to get a different shutter speed by setting the F-stop. In principle, the longer the shutter speed, the softer the water will look. However, please be remembered, if the shutter speed is too long, the risk of over-exposure will increase. Adjust the aperture and shutter speed in accordance with the desired creativity. To get a low shutter speed on a landscape object, it certainly requires an appropriate lighting time. In a waterfall photo shoot, for example, the most appropriate time to shoot is in the morning when the sun is not too high. If the shooting is done during the day, it will be difficult to get a low shutter speed so the photos are greatly possible to have over-exposure. If we are forced to take pictures at inappropriate lighting time, we cannot get a low shutter speed. We get around the condition by using the Neutral Density (ND) filter. There are many options of ND filter. The higher the number, the darker will be. Have a nice creativity! (ian)
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It is not too difficult to make photographs of the water flow looking as soft as the cotton.
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Face of Indonesia appears at Indonesia Pavilion
DENPASAR - Apart from the meetings held by the International Monetary Fund-World Bank (IMF-WB) 2018, in the main meeting area in Nusa Dua also built Indonesia Pavilion featuring the face of Indonesia. Indonesia Pavilion was built by the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) together with all state companies being ready to welcome more than 15,000 participants of the IMF-WB 2018 Annual Meeting.
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A worker stands in front of a banner of International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meetings at a conference room in Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Indonesia will host IMF-World Bank meeting from Oct. 12 until Oct. 14.
A total of 64 districts / municipalities across Indonesia and various ministries with a total of 150 MSMEs display their products at the specified booths. The making of Indonesia Pavilion is also supported by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Creative Economy Agency, Ministry of Communication and Informatics and Ministry of Finance. Special Staff I of the Minister of SOE, Sahala Lumban Gaol, stated that Indonesia Pavilion presents many attractive things about Indonesia in terms of development, business, national strategic projects, tourism to the cultural richness and Indonesian handicrafts. Besides, various investment supporting factors that can attract investors to invest in Indonesia are also displayed in the showcase hall covering more than 2,000 meters. In the IMF-WB 2018 Annual Meeting in Nusa Dua, Indonesia Pavilion can be the first window for the delegates coming to know Indonesia briefly but they can get enough information to represent all the advantages, beauty and uniqueness of Indonesia. “This means to succeed the IMF-WB 2018 Annual Meeting and as a moment to show off all the potential that Indonesia has in the eyes of the world,” said Sahala. The Indonesia Pavilion area itself is divided into several thematic rooms such as the SOE Hall, Workshop Area, Exhibition Area, VIP Lounge, Investment Lounge, and Stage Pavilion or coffee shop. Guests will explore each room featuring its own uniqueness. In addition to showing off the beauty and richness of culture, the message and other ideas to be conveyed in the Indonesia Pavilion is explaining to delegates about the spirit of Nawacita (nine priority agendas) applied in Indonesia in every aspect of development. Similarly, it is drawing investors to be part of Indonesia’s development journey in the fields of economics, industry, infrastructure and tourism to Indonesian arts and crafts. “Data on Indonesia’s economic achievements and national strategic projects will be presented digitally and attractively on LED screens. Delegates can also use the photo booth area completed with traditional costumes. They can also experience the making of Indonesian crafts in the art and craft workshop area such as batik,” said Sahala. Special Staff II of Ministry of SOE, Judith Dipo Diputro, stated the IMF-WB in Bali this year becomes a history because a total of 19,000-34,000 participants are estimated to attend. This amount is the largest along the journey of the IMF-WB. “So, we have to show off the pavilion because Indonesia has succeeded in rebounding to catch up with many lags in Indonesia’s development,” he said. Tagline of the Indonesia Pavilion is ‘diversity and values.” According to him, the most important asset is pluralism while values describe the values of the Indonesian people that are honest and hard-working. (kmb42)
Ahead of the IMF Annual Meeting
Padangbai strictly guarded, a piece of machete confiscated SECURITY in all entrances to Bali continues to be tightened. Karangasem region particularly the Padangbai Harbor, the easternmost entrance to Bali, is one of them. Karangasem Police deployed dozens of personnel to conduct tight guarding at the entrance and exit of the harbor. Meanwhile, there are no serious findings related to radical movements and terrorism. Police only confiscated a machete. As seen at Padangbai Harbor on Sunday (Oct. 7), the security tightening is related to the day before
the IMF Annual Meeting in Nusa Dua Bali to be held on October 8-14. Unfortunately, two officers that served at Padangbai, namely Chief of the Karangasem Police, Made Wartama, as supervisory officer and Wayan Wardana were not willing to give much information regarding the inspection and safeguard activities at Padangbai. Wayan Wardana only stated there was an increase in personnel carrying out the safeguards and inspections at the harbor’s exit and entrance. At
noon, there were 48 personnel and 48 night guards from the Karangasem Police and Padangbai Police. “Temporarily we only secured a machete stored by one of the truck drivers put behind the seat,” he said. The large-sized machete was secured from a truck with license plate of F 8419 SK, driven by Imam Wahyudi, from Bima city, NTB. Regarding the machete, the owner with his friend, Amrullah Ilyas from Jakarta, was immediately taken to Padangbai Police Station for interro-
gation. Imam Wahyudi claimed the machete is just an ordinary machete used at home. By all means, it is used to clean wood on the mountain. He claimed to forget to put it back at home. However, they were both still being questioned by members of the Padangbai Police Station. Indeed, for inspection of vehicles, people and goods entering Bali through the harbor door are very much tightened. Due to the tightness, none of the vehicles or people dropping off the ship is free
from the security check by the officer. Every vehicle dropping off from the ship is stopped immediately to check the documents and completeness of their vehicles. It includes the inspection of the identity of the drivers and passengers. Additionally, police also searched cargo items on trucks including luggage in private vehicles and buses. “We do this so that no one will escape from the examination process. This is our responsibility,” said I Made Wartama. (kmb31)
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from the Pink and Regular Afternoon Tea will be channelled to Bali Pink Ribbon Foundation, supporting their continuous efforts to empower women with knowledge about breast cancer as well as breast cancer survivors. In addition, guests can also voluntarily make donations through the charity boxes available during the event. Wrapped at Four Points by Sheraton Bali, Kuta is open daily from 9 AM to 11 PM serving quick bites, freshly brewed coffees, wine and gluten free pastries. A bright & airy semi-indoor casual bar with abundant natural light in the daylight and comfortable setting in the evening, Wrapped is a great place to meet for business, relax with friends or just enjoy me-time after long hours of works. For more information or reservation, please call 62 (361) 849 6606 or email fourpoints.balikuta@ fourpoints.com.
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Taylor Swift gets political, endorses Democrats in US midterms WASHINGTON - Pop star Taylor Swift is not really known for making political statements, but the “Bad Blood” singer is no longer holding back ahead of the midterm elections in November. In a lengthy post on Instagram, where she has 112 million followers, the 28-year-old Swift says while she has been “reluctant” to share her political views in the past, she has changed her mind. She endorsed the Democrat running for the US Senate in her home state of Tennessee, and unleashed a fierce attack on his opponent, Republican Marsha Blackburn, who currently serves in the House. “As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me,” Swift said. “She voted against equal pay
for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape.” Last year, Swift won a lawsuit against a former radio DJ she accused of groping her. Blackburn “believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry,” Swift added. “These are not MY Tennessee values. I will be voting for Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Representatives.” She urged her fans to register to vote, saying: “Please, please educate yourself on the candidates running in your state and vote based on who most closely represents your values. (afp)
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A fan cosplays as Venom from the Marvel Universe during the 2018 New York Comic-Con at Javits Center on October 7, 2018 in New York City.
Villain ‘Venom’ is box office hero in North American theaters
LOS ANGELES - Superhero blockbuster “Venom” saved the day at the North American box office this weekend, pulling in an estimated $80 million in ticket sales, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
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The film, the official launch of Sony’s Marvel Universe, stars Tom Hardy as a journalist who becomes the host for an alien symbiote that gives him superpowers. The character is a villain in the “Spider-Man” comic book world. Despite being panned by critics, the movie comfortably broke the October opening weekend record by more than $20 million, according to Box Office Mojo figures. In second place was another new release, musical romance “A Star Is Born,” which took in $41.25 million.
The third remake of the 1937 film of the same name, it marks the directing debut of Bradley Cooper, who stars as a musician who discovers and falls in love with a young singer played by pop superstar Lady Gaga. Third place went to Warner Bros.’s “Smallfoot,” with earnings of $14.9 million in its second weekend. The comic family animation tells the story of a group of Yeti who come across a human, with voicing by Channing Tatum, LeBron James and Danny DeVito.
Coming in fourth was last weekend’s champion, Universal’s “Night School,” whose earnings dropped nearly $16 million to $12.3 million this weekend. The raucous comedy stars Kevin Hart as one student in a class of misfits working toward high school diplomas under the firm tutelage of Tiffany Haddish. Fifth place went to Universal’s family-friendly offering “The House With a Clock in Its Walls,” which slipped from third place last weekend with takings of $7.3 million. (afp)
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An Indonesian search and rescue team uses heavy equipment to recover bodies from the debris in Petobo in Central Sulawesi on October 8, 2018, following the September 28 earthquake and tsunami. Nearly 2000 bodies have been recovered from Palu since an earthquake and tsunami struck the Indonesian city, an official said on October 8, warning the number would rise with thousands still missing.
Monuments to remember dead and missing in quake-ravaged Indonesia
Monuments and parks will be built over parts of Indonesia’s Palu as a solemn tribute to the thousands buried in a quake-tsunami whose corpses will never be found, officials said Monday. Nearly 2,000 bodies have been recovered since the disaster on September 28, but authorities believe another 5,000 may be entombed beneath the ruins. The search will end Thursday, officials say, when the worst-hit places will be sealed off, becoming mass graves containing unknown numbers of dead. Memorials will be erected at Balaroa, Petobo and Jono Oge outside Palu where liquefaction -- a phenomenon where the brute force of a quake turns soil to quicksand -- engulfed entire villages. “We will build a monument, and in the future we will create green spaces there,” Haris Kariming, a spokesman for the provincial government, told reporters in Palu. The deadline gives family still
searching for the missing just days to try to find their loved ones, and say goodbye. - Proper burial In Balaroa, the news was too much to bear for Halimah Ariav Kobo, whose 25-year-old daughter Ummu Kalsum vanished in the disaster. Squatting by debris where her daughter once lived, Kobo and her husband point to a filthy pool of black water and shattered concrete where they believe Ummu lies. Rescuers had searched the area three times, she said, but found no trace of their daughter or her
husband, who only married two months earlier. “If they flatten this place to become a cemetery, what about all the bodies that have not been taken out?” Kobo told AFP. “I hope my child is found, in whatever condition. I want to take her home and bury her in a proper way. As a mother, I will not leave this place until the search is finished.” Hopes of finding anyone alive have all but vanished. But with days until the search is called off, family are more desperate than ever. “Even if they stop looking, we will still try to find
them ourselves,” said Gopal as he picked through rubble looking for his aunt and uncle in Balaroa. “When we can no longer do it ourselves, we leave it to Allah,” said the 40-year-old, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.
- Desperate need Relief efforts have escalated to assist 200,000 people in desperate need. Food and clean water remain in short supply, and many are dependent entirely on handouts to survive. Helicopters have been running supply drops to more isolated communities outside Palu, where the full extent of the damage is still not entirely clear. Around 74,000 people have been displaced by the quake. More than 10,000 have been injured, a
quarter of them seriously, disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said Monday. The Red Cross said Monday it had treated more than 1,800 people at clinics and administered first aid to a similar number in the immediate disaster zone. Indonesia sits in the world’s most tectonically active region, and its 260 million people are vulnerable to earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. (afp) 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.