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Cuaron’s Mexican ‘masterpiece’ wins Venice film festival

VENICE - Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron won the Golden Lion top prize at the Venice film festival Saturday for “Roma”, which critics called not merely a movie but “a vision”.

With its highly emotional story centred on an indigenous maid working for a middle-class family in Mexico City in 1971, it has been hailed as Cuaron’s most personal film -- and also his best.

Cuaron told reporters that in an incredible coincidence “today is the birthday of Libo, the woman the movie is based on. What a present!”

The film industry bible Variety said “Roma” is likely to go down as a “masterpiece”.

“It is no mere movie -- it’s a vision... where every image and every emotion is perfectly set in place,” said critic Owen Gleiberman.

Cuaron “dunks us, moment by moment, image by luminously composed image, into a panorama of the hurlyburly of Mexico City.”

The Italian press declared it “sublime” while for The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw it was a “complete triumph”.

Venice has become the launchpad for the Oscars race with Hollywood heavyweights jostling for attention in a line-up director Alberto Barbera called “the best in 30 years”.

- Vintage year Cuaron, 56, reconstructed his childhood home for the Netflixbacked film, borrowing furniture back from relatives to recreate how it was when he was 10.

But the heart of the film is the “luminous” performance of first-time actor Yalitza Aparicio, who plays Cleo, a young live-in maid of Mixteco heritage who looked after the director as a boy.

“Cleo is based on my babysitter when I was young. We were a family together,” Cuaron told AFP. “But when you grow up with someone you love you don’t discuss their identity. So for this film I was forced to see myself as this woman, a member of the lower classes, from the indigenous population. This is a point of view I had never had before.”

The second prize Silver Lion went to France’s Jacques Audiard for his hugely enjoyable Western “The Sisters Brothers” starring Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly.

Another Wild West tale, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” by the Coen brothers, won best script.

Having missed out on an Oscar last year, Willem Dafoe took best actor for his acclaimed portrait of the painter Vincent Van Gogh in “At Eternity’s Gate”. (afp)

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Penélope Cruz attends the premiere of ‘Everybody Knows’ at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, September 8, 2018.

Jack Ma to unveil succession plans, not imminent retirement: SCMP

Alibaba co-founder and chairman Jack Ma will unveil a succession plan on Monday, the South China Morning Post reported Sunday, with a company spokesman denying a New York Times report that he would retire that day.

Toronto film festival looks at politics and sex

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TORONTO - Do voters need to know about a political candidate’s sex life? This came up during Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign but also three decades earlier when adultery ended another presidential run now the focus of a new film.

Director Jason Reitman’s “The Front Runner,” about US Senator Gary Hart’s 1988 presidential campaign and the scandalous affair that derailed it, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

It stars Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga and J.K. Simmons.

“The film is always asking what should we know, what do we need to know, what do we want to know,” Reitman told a press conference on Saturday.

“You ask one person and they’ll say I don’t need to know what’s going on in the president’s bedroom.

“And the next person might say he’s the president and everything should be available, he should have

no secrets.”

After two terms of Ronald Reagan in the White House, the Democrats were eager to wrestle back power in 1988.

Hart was their star candidate, with intelligence, charisma and a strong political pedigree.

But it all fell apart when it came out that he was a womanizer who had an affair with a young woman, Donna Rice. Hart dropped out of the race. The film is based on journalist Matt Bai’s book “All the Truth is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid.”

In order to adapt the story for the silver screen, he teamed up with Jay Carson, who was press secretary

for former secretary of state Hillary Clinton during her failed 2008 presidential bid.

Although the script was written before the 2016 election, when Trump was accused of paying hush money to two women with whom he allegedly had affairs -- porn actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal -- Carson insists, “It’s a way to speak to what we’re going through today.”

“It’s a way to engage with the questions that we’re asking ourselves today without the divisiveness of having to be talking about something that’s happening right now,” echoed producer Helen Estabrook. (afp)

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The SCMP, which is owned by Alibaba, said China’s most famous tech billionaire will “unveil a succession strategy” on Monday -- his 54th birthday -- but remain the company’s executive chairman for the foreseeable future.

The New York Times ran an article on Friday, based on an interview with Ma, saying the former teacher turned billionaire planned to use his birthday to announce his retirement as chairman of Alibaba to focus on philanthropy.

The paper quoted Ma as saying the decision was “the beginning of an era”. But an Alibaba spokesman told the SCMP that the New York Times’ story “was taken out of context, and factually wrong”.

“An Alibaba spokesman said Ma remains the company’s executive chairman and will provide transition plans over a significant period of time,” the SCMP wrote.

The paper added that the Monday succession strategy was part of a plan “for grooming a generation of younger executives to take over the reins” of the company. Eileen Murphy, a spokesperson for the New York Times, said the newspaper stood by its story.

Ma was an English teacher before starting Alibaba in 1999 and built it into a multibillion-dollar internet colossus, becoming one of the world’s richest men and a revered figure in his homeland.

His own worth has soared along with that of the company, which has added cloud computing, films and e-payments to its growing portfolio and was valued at $420.8 billion when the stock market closed on Friday.

The New York Times’ report surprised many in the global business community because of Ma’s comparative youth, especially in China where it is not unusual for tycoons to remain in place into their eighties.

Alibaba did not return requests for comment on Saturday after the story ran. Ma gave up the title of Alibaba CEO in 2013 but remains a pivotal figure within the company as well as its most recognisable face. In an interview with Bloomberg TV released on Friday, Ma hinted at his retirement plans, saying he wanted to follow in the footsteps of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, one of the world’s most prolific philanthropists.

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Chairman of the Alibaba Corporation Jack Ma (L) attends the closing ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games at the Gelora Bung Karno main stadium in Jakarta on September 2, 2018.

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Seawater intrusion, People expected to reduce groundwater drilling

Devil Tears tourism site in Nusa Penida

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Two tourists fall into Devil’s Tears

SEMARAPURA - An accident returned to occur at the Devil’s Tears tourist attraction, Nusa Lembongan, Klungkung, on Friday (Sep. 7). Two tourists from China, Li Wei Jun, 30, and Zhi Hong, 35, fell into the sea after being crashed by waves while taking selfie.

The guests who stayed at Villa Dream Beach, Lembongan, ignored the warnings posted a few months ago.

The incident took place around 6:45 in the morning. The people who saw them immediately helped by throwing buoys toward the victims floating in the middle of the sea and they were successfully rescued.

After that, they were taken to the East Medical Care Clinic at Lembongan village to get immediate medical treatment. “Both are conscious and just experience blisters on the legs,” said Chief of Nusa Penida Police, I Ketut Suastika.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Klungkung Tourism Office, I Nengah Sukasta, said that his agency had collaborated with tourism players to put up a warning signboard as the anticipation against such incident, so that visitors can more vigilant while making a visit.

Likewise, dissemination has also been provided for

tour guides and the community.

“We have often appealed but tourists are still stubborn. We hope that all parties can work together to anticipate so that such incident will not happen again,” he explained.

In addition to both tourists, previously there were a number of tourists from China becoming the victims of the tourist attraction. They are Liang Wanchang who died falling while taking selfie as well as Wu Shanshem and Yang Lin whose life could be saved.

To anticipate subsequent victims, previously Chairman of Commission I of the Klungkung House of Representative, I Nengah Mudian, urged the district government and the management to tighten supervision. “The district government and tourist object operator, including the village government, should work together. There must be communication. Then, supervision needs to be tightened,” he said.

This Gerindra Party politician considered that similar incidents often occur and potentially affect the image of tourism. There will be stigma that Nusa Penida is not safe. “This needs to be prevented. The district government has a lifeguard so it must be alerted in every vulnerable object. It should participate in providing understanding for tourists,” he said. (kmb45)

MANGUPURA - Communities in the South Badung region are expected to take part in protecting the environment by reducing underground water drilling. As is known, in the Kuta and South Kuta regions, currently there has been seawater intrusion or seawater infiltration into rock pores and polluted groundwater.

Director of Tirta Mangutama Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) of Badung, Ketut Golak, stated on Friday (Sep. 7) if the drilling to utilize underground water continues to be allowed, seawater intrusion will certainly expand. So, the mainland environment can also be damaged.

For that reason, he invited the public to utilize surface water supplied by the PDAM. He said that currently the population and tourism industry in South Badung such as Kuta and South Kuta indeed continue to increase. As a result, the need for clean water also continues to increase. “We will continuously strive to provide excellent services including how to increase raw water supply,” said Golak.

To maximize clean water services in the South Kuta area, the PDAM Badung will continue to coordinate with related parties. It is meant to increase raw water intake having been an obstacle like in the

South Badung area. In the future, the PDAM will continuously increase the supply of raw water by normalizing the estuary dam. This normalization aims to increase the capacity of raw water. According to Golak, this program is planned to be carried out in 2019. “With this normalization, we hope it can deepen the river and increase the capacity of raw water,” he hoped.

In addition to normalizing, it also plans to make a flood canal in Mati River. Other than overcoming floods, this measure will avoid river water from being wasted into the sea and will be directed to the estuary dam.

Aside from raw water needs, the problems frequently experienced by people in South Kuta are related to high hill topography. As in the Kori Nuansa Selatan area, Jimbaran, the clean water need was formerly supplied with tank truck every day.

Currently, the tank truck supply is no longer needed because the addition of pump at the location has been able to drain water into the reservoir.

For this year, the additional pump is carried out in the area of Ungasan and Kori Nuansa. “For the pump at Ungasan area, it will be able to supply water to Pecatu area where previously the water supply was less maximal,” he said. (kmb23)

To help marketing

Badung to develop Agro Techno Park MANGUPURA - All this time, the coffee yield potential in Badung district, especially in the Petang area is very promising. However, it often faces the problem related to marketing.

For this reason, the district government of Badung through the Agriculture and Food Service Agency will develop an agro techno park.

Located in Petang subdistrict spreading across the area of 5 - 50 hectares, this agro techno park will later be based on coffee, tangerine and livestock.

“This will help in terms of marketing. There will the development of nurseries, enlargement of seedlings and so on. As planned, in 2019 this project will have been worked on,” said Acting Head of the Badung Agriculture and Food Service Agency, Putu Oka Swadi-

ana, on Friday (Sep. 7).

Oka Swadiana said the development of the agricultural sector will also be plotted for tourism. Visiting tourists can be directly involved in farming or raising livestock together with local residents such as in plowing fields or land, picking tangerines and others. “Tourists can also drink coffee in person and have trekking activities. So, there are many activities that can be done,” he concluded.

In addition to the potential of coffee having been exported to a number of countries, Petang area also has the potential for export of asparagus. So far, said Oka Swadiana, it has been exported to Korea. “The potential of other countries, namely China and Japan, will also be targeted,” he added. (kmb23)

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Fly-drive through the Canadian Rockies

TORONTO - Canada might look impenetrable, but the reality is it is the kind of destination long distance road trips were made for.

From the air the vast wildernesses of Canada might look impenetrable, but the reality is it is the kind of destination long distance road trips were made for. Canada’s roads are superbly maintained and have scarcely any traffic on them, so you can drive with ease to a huge array of extraordinary locations and soak up the panoramic views as you enjoy the solitude.

From the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast, taking in dramatic national parks, temperate rainforests, and grizzly bear habitats, there are few more wildly wonderful journeys than this.

Banff National Park

Air Canada flies direct from Heathrow to Calgary, which makes the Rocky Mountains surprisingly accessible. Picking up an automatic Chevrolet from the airport was a breeze, and within an hour of clearing customs I was already on the road, the craggy peaks of the Rockies rising up around me.

Banff is one of those towns born when the transcontinental railroad cut through Canada in the 1880s. Workers found natural hot springs here, and enterprising souls decided to develop the site as a mountain resort. The Banff Springs Hotel, built in

a Scottish baronial style, drew well heeled guests from across Canada and beyond, and Banff grew famous for its natural beauty, its hiking, and, later on, for its skiing, too.

Rising early, I rode the cable car to the top of Sulphur Mountain to watch the daybreak. I stood upon the boardwalk mesmerised as rays of light began to fall upon the trees and mountain tops, turning their muted tones into vivid colours. I was already on top of the peak, but wanted to go higher still: the opportunity came in the form of a helicopter ride, so I soared eagle like above Banff, Spray Lake, and Mount Buller. The national park is beautiful on the ground, but from the air it is absolutely breathtaking.

Jasper National Park

Travelling from Banff to Jasper takes three hours or so, but it’d be a waste to drive straight through without stopping. The road here passes through the Icefields Parkway (also known as the Promenade des Glaciers), without doubt the most awe inspiring route in the Rockies.

I picnicked at the glacier fed Peyto Lake, a sparkling stretch of water that is so turquoise in colour it hardly seems natural.

The best views are from Bow Summit on the Parkway, where plenty of cars stop to admire the views, but you only have to walk a short distance down towards the lake and you’ll find a

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HMT Bali has old motorcycle preserved

perfectly peaceful spot.

The Columbia Icefield – the largest in the Rocky Mountains – is ideal for a longer hike. You can ride out onto the glacier by coach but I preferred to stretch my legs and feel the ice scrunching beneath my feet. It’s an isolated place and the weather can be harsh, but on a bright summer’s day the surface sparkles. I gulped in deep lungfuls of the pristine air.

Kamloops

Kamloops is a pocket of civilisation on the bank of the South Thompson River. After the rugged wilderness it’s quite a contrast to descend into the town and see the manicured greens of the golf course, white fences around the horse paddocks, and pretty little timbered houses.

Thus far I’d only seen wildlife from afar, so I took a day out to go to the British Columbia Wildlife Park, a remarkable conservation project. The 65 species are all native to this part of Canada, including three kinds of bears, Arctic wolf, coyote, and bobcat. During a private animal encounter you can meet a bearded dragon, red foot tortoise, or owl and, if you have the stomach for it, even have a bird of prey swoop down and land on your hand. The rangers are eager to talk about their work, in particular the successes of their burrowing owl breeding programme, which is the largest in the world. (net)

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Volkswagen or VW has the most advanced technology. Besides, the VW is touted as the legend of the car.

Legendary car has the most advanced technology

DENPASAR - No wonder, Bali Volkswagen Division (BVD) is very much loved and even resides in the heart of every BVD member.

Volkswagen or VW has the most advanced technology. Besides, the VW is touted as the legend of the car.

“If people learn about the history of VW cars, they will understand that VW is so deep in my heart and I’m sure the other friends will do the same. There are no cheap cars but have sophisticated technology like what owned by VW,” said Prof. Dr. Putu Rumawan Salain, a pioneer of the BVD community, recently.

Indeed, the highest risk is fire as the location of the carburetor is close to ignition. “If the maintenance and supervision is sufficient, there is no problem. In the past, let’s take example at the airport; Garuda always used VW Combi as the operational vehicle to pick up pilot and its flight attendant. If it is said to be easily to catch fire, how many more expensive aircrafts would be on fire? There must be carelessness,” he joked.

Nevertheless, each car has the same risk, depending on the maintenance and supervision carried out by the owner. VW has various types. There is VW safari where during the previous administration it was distributed to subdistrict head throughout Indonesia. Lately, some foreign tourists really like this VW safari as the transportation because the roof is open so it is free to look around.

This German-made car was produced around the 1930s. In fact, in terms of the speed it is not inferior to the latest manufactured cars. If

the VW specifically used for drag race, the speed is good. “It is hard for people to beat VW,” he said.

Especially for the VW beetle, the stream line of its body does not withstand wind and has resistant to friction. “It’s very good so that looks like an arrow shot,” he said.

The engine is placed in the rear, pushing faster and having a great power. Moreover, the car can run fast until the front side can get lifted. Thus, VW cars are not only hobby cars but also sports cars and creations, depending on the owner’s pleasure.

Its maintenance is fairly easy. To dismantle the engine does not take long and can even be done alone.

The engine is a modular unit so it is easily replaced by parts. VW also has an independent suspension. If one tire goes down, the other tires won’t go down. The shape uses a body structure, does not use a frame so that it is very safe and does not easily rolled out. “I once drove with my wife to Jakarta without a stopover. The new VW product is no less sophisticated than the other new cars,” he affirmed.

All the BVD members are believed to have the same reason to love VW cars. On that account, the VW lovers joined and established the VW community in 1991. Various activities were then compiled through its statutes and bylaws.

The most characteristic of this community is that every BVD activity always involves family, wife, children and grandchildren. The activities are meant to strengthen friendship among the community.

Sometimes it also organizes touring and social activities. (kmb42)

DENPASAR - A group of young people that like to ride motorcycles in the 1970s in Bali must have known this group. This group is named Armada Racun or Poison Armada. The group indeed liked to ride motorcycles those days. They belonged to old motorcycles under brand name of BSA, Ariel, AJS, Matchless and Harley Davidson made in the United States as well as BMW made in England.

Pioneered by De Gobleg, a man from Denpasar, this group liked to ride a old motorcycle, mainly that of European-made. It happened because on those days, Japanese-made motorcycles had not been available and entered Indonesia. So, the only available motorcycle was the heritage of the Dutch.

“At that time, the motorcycles of the Dutch colonial era were left behind in Bali. However, only a few people wanted to care about it. He (De Gobleg) is one of the pioneers that wanted to take care of it,” he said.

From the forerunner, De Gobleg then gathered his friends and in 1989 he established the Association of Old Motorcycles (HMT) of Bali.

When met at the HMT Bali Secretariat, Chairman of the HMT Bali, I Nyoman Bagong Suwela, accompanied by the former HMT Secretary of the previous period, Gede Ade Sariasa, said the group has more than 300 members. Each member has 1 - 10 motorcycles.

So, there are totally hundreds of old motorcycles in Bali. “Some members have 5, some have 10 and some others have one and a half because half of them have not been totally completed,” he said.

Various types of motorcycles owned are made in England, Germany and Europe in general. But clearly, people wishing to join the group must have a motorcycle manufactured before the 1970s. After the 1970s, the motorcycles are categorized into the new ones like the Japanese-made motorcycles. The Japan-made motorcycles have been produced since 1969.

Thus, the people joining in the group should have motorcycle produced in 1906, 1926, 1929 and before 1970s. “The motorcycles manufactured after 1970s are not unique and not rare anymore. Meanwhile, the old motorcycles are not produced anymore,” he said.

He said that British-made motorcycles have no longer been produced since 1957, while production of German-made motorcycles has been stopped in 1966.

Many people considered the old motorcycles are difficult to be maintained and frequently break down.

However, it is the ups and down in living the hobby.

“It is where the pleasure comes. Besides, during a touring activity, it often breaks down,” said this longhaired man.

Surely, they have special reason to favor an old motorcycle. He likes an old motorcycle because of wishing to preserve the old motorcycles, the heritage of the Dutch era. “We join the club because we love the motorcycle to be preserved. Hopefully, it can last forever. We also hope there will be government intervention to provide protection for the preservation of historical heritages that are no longer manufactured in the world,” he said.

The motorcycles he currently owns are obtained not only from Bali but also from Java and Sumatra posing an individual property owned by a tobacco factory.

Behind the finding of the old motorbike of the HMT members, there are many stories and memories.

An old motorcycle does not necessarily mean it cannot run. According to him, no matter how bad the old motorcycle is, it can still run. This happens because the old motorcycle has high engine capacity. In this group, there are motorcycles with a capacity of 125 cc and the highest is 1,200 cc. The European-made motorcycle engine has the capacity of up to 750 cc, made in Germany (650 cc) and made in America (1,200 cc). According to him, it is hard to take care of an old motorcycle. However, if people love an old motorcycle, the maintenance will not be difficult. (kmb42)

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In this group, there are motorcycles with a capacity of 125 cc and the highest is 1,200 cc.

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Schools get disaster preparedness training in a sustainable manner. By that way, the students and school components are more responsive to disasters as it can occur anytime and anywhere. In this case, school is only able to prepare itself in dealing with it. The ITB chose schools because they are often used as refugee camp and post-disaster logistics distribution.

Saepuloh reminded that Indonesia has 127 volcanoes having become a bad record because they claimed many fatalities when the eruption occurs and causes damage to infrastructure. It happened in the eruption of Mount Tambora (1815), Mount Krakatau (1883) and Mount Agung (1963). Moreover, the increased activity of Mount Agung since 2017 has caused panic among the people of Karangasem to influence the regional and national economy.

He who joined in the Petrology, Volcanology and Geochemistry Expertise Group (KK) of Geological Science and Technology explained the first year of research puts forward disaster education, data collection of resources covering infrastructure, systems and evacuation routes. When entering the second year, he ensured the system implemented will be better as equipped with early warning.

In the third year, the research will involve the community, not just school residents.

Through this research process,

PYONGYANG - Thousands of North Korean troops followed by artillery and tanks paraded through Pyongyang Sunday as the nuclear-armed country celebrated its 70th birthday, but it refrained from displaying the intercontinental ballistic missiles that have seen it hit with sanctions.

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The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) came to train schools at the foot of Mount Agung so they become a disaster prepared school. the schools will be included in disaster preparedness standards when they meet five parameters, namely knowledge and attitudes, policies, emergency response plans, early warning system and resource mobilization without any casualties. The Headmaster of SMPN 3 Bebandem, I Wayan Jati, said this research is very important in accordance with the plan to provide certainty of students’ mitigation. “This

answers the problem of schools, so that parents do not worry if there is an eruption or earthquake disaster,” he said.

In order to support the ITB’s research, he has also prepared a disaster alert team to support students in education, training or handling when disasters occur. The team also exists in each class so that it will facilitate the evacuation management. For that reason, the school can complete with sirens and kulkul

or wooden split drum.

Deputy Headmaster of SMPN 3 Bebandem, Ida Wayan Gotama Adi Putra, admitted that he will train the evacuation simulations every week through scouting activities. He would strengthen the dissemination and training of the SMPN 3 Bebandem with internal school student organization (OSIS) and the Scouts. Thus, the research objectives can go according to plan. (kmb41)

DENPASAR - Bali is ranked third in terms of highest fuel consumption in Indonesia. Daily consumption of Premium fuel in Bali reaches 500,000 liters, Pertalite (700,000 liters) and Special Fuel (200,000 liters).

With this level of consumption, Marketing Branch Region V of PT Pertamina (Persero), Doni Indrawan, said that Pertamina is trying to make the community start to switch to non-subsidized fuel. One of them is by increasing the marketing of Pertamax Turbo. Cur-

rently there are 15 gas stations in Bali having provided Pertamax Turbo, where 8 of them are located in Denpasar.

“In Bali, the daily consumption of Premium amounts to 500,000 liters and Pertalite reaches 700,000 liters. We are going to replace it so that Premium usage can turn to Pertalite and Pertalite can switch to Pertamax Turbo or Pertamax (special fuel),” he said on Friday (Sep. 7).

Consumption of special fuel of gasoline and gas oil series reaches 200,000 liters per day.

Of the 200,000 liters of special fuel consumption, 10-20 percent is the consumption of Pertamax Turbo. “Special fuel, namely the fuel with RON of 95-98, currently reaches 200,000 liters only per day,” he added.

He targeted the consumption of special fuel or non-subsidized fuel to increase by at least 200 percent. Pertamax Turbo is not only intended for supercars or cars. Many motorcycles have also used Pertamax Turbo. The higher the octane used, the better the vehicle will be. (kmb42)

Instead leader Kim Jong Un showed off his friendship with China, raising the hand of President Xi Jinping’s envoy as they saluted the crowd together afterwards.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as the North is officially known, was proclaimed on September 9, 1948, three years after Moscow and Washington divided the peninsula between them in the closing days of the Second World War. Such set-piece dates are a mainstay of the North’s political calendar, and have for years been opportunities to demonstrate progress in its quest for a missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to the United States.

But too militaristic a display this time might have risked upsetting the recent diplomatic dalliance on the peninsula, after Kim’s Singapore meeting with US President Donald Trump in June and his third summit with the South’s President Moon Jaein due in Pyongyang later this month.

After a 21-gun salute, dozens of infantry units marched through

Kim Il Sung Square, some in night-vision goggles or wielding rocket-propelled grenade launchers, as the current leader -- the founder’s grandson -- looked on from a rostrum.

Li Zhanshu, one of the seven members of the Chinese Communist party’s Politburo Standing Committee, the country’s most powerful body, sat next to him, the two of them occasionally exchanging comments.

Armoured personnel carriers, multiple rocket launchers and tanks followed, with biplanes flying overhead in a ‘70’ formation.

At one point jets trailing red, white and blue smoke -- the colours of the North Korean flag -- roared above the Juche Tower, the stone monument to Kim Il Sung’s political philosophy.

Finally came the missiles, the traditional climax of the parades.

But the only ones on show were short-range battlefield devices, the Kumsong-3 anti-ship cruise missile, and the Pongae-5 surface-to-air weapon.

There was no sign of the Hwasong-14 and -15 rockets that can reach the mainland United States

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Korean People’s Army (KPA) soldiers march during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang on September 9, 2018. Thousands of North Korean troops followed by artillery and tanks paraded through Pyongyang on September 9 as the nuclear-armed country celebrated its 70th birthday, but it refrained from displaying the intercontinental ballistic missiles that have seen it hit with sanctions. and changed the strategic balance when they were first tested last year.

“It looks like the North Kore-

Bali is ranked third in terms of highest fuel consumption in Indonesia.

ans really tried to tone down the military nature of this,” said Chad O’Carroll, managing director of Korea Risk Group.

Any display of longer-range missiles would have cast doubt on North Korea’s commitment to denuclearisation, he added. (afp)

Japan PM visits quake-hit Hokkaido as toll rises to 37 TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the quake-hit northern region

of Hokkaido Sunday, as officials confirmed two more deaths bringing the toll to 37.

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AMLAPURA - Since the Mount Agung shows an increase in activity, residents on the slopes of Mount Agung are always haunted by concerns about disaster threats. This happens because of the lack of knowledge about disaster mitigation. Seeing this problem, the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) came to train schools at the foot of Mount Agung so they become a disaster prepared school.

The ITB chose SMPN 3 Bebandem junior high school as the object of school research on the volcanic disaster preparedness for three years. Head of the ITB Community Service Researcher, Asep Saepuloh, stated on Friday (Sep. 7) the school at the foot of Mount Agung is chosen because it is located in the Mount Agung Disaster Prone Area (KRB). On that basis, local schools are deemed necessary to have preparedness for eruption disasters as it can occur anytime and the Mount Agung is still on level III of alert status.

“This is important for disaster risk reduction,” said Asep Saepuloh accompanied by the member of the ITB Research Team, I Gusti Eddy Sucipta, Headmaster of SMPN 3 Bebandem, I Wayan Jati and Deputy Headmaster in charge of Student Affairs of SMPN 3 Bebandem Ida Wayan Gotama Adi Putra.

When met at the local school, the ITB research team was conducting an evacuation simulation of the Mount Agung eruption and the earthquake. The research process was carried out for three days on September 6-8 at the SMPN 3 Bebandem. The simulation process serves as a form of social awareness of education, mentoring and counseling in handling disaster emergencies of volcanic disaster mitigation.

According to him, the mitigation must be prepared and trained

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd L) visits the devastated city of Astuma on September 9, 2018 after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on September 6.

Abe toured the city and commercial hub of Sapporo, where Thursday’s 6.6magnitude jolt has left houses tilted and roads cracked.

He was scheduled to take a helicopter ride to view the devastation in Atsuma, a small rural town which has seen most of the deaths caused by the quake.

A cluster of dwellings in the town were wrecked when a hillside collapsed from the force of the quake, creating deep brown scars in the landscape.

Abe will later visit residents at evacuation shelters in Atsuma before meeting Hokkaido governor Harumi Takahashi.

His visit comes as search-and-rescue operations continue around the clock to find two missing individuals.

The Hokkaido government said the death toll now stood at 37, with one body yet to be officially pronounced dead by a medical professional.

“There is on-and-off rain at Atsuma. The work is continuing to look for the missing persons,” a regional disaster management official told AFP. The central government has dispatched

thousands of rescue workers, including SelfDefence Forces, to look for the missing pair with the aid of bulldozers, sniffer dogs and helicopters.

All three million households in Hokkaido lost power when Thursday’s quake damaged a thermal plant supplying electricity to the region.

Power has been nearly restored but officials are asking local residents and businesses to save energy, particularly after the weekend, as electricity supplies remain unstable.

The quake was the latest in a string of natural disasters to batter the island nation.

Western parts of the country are still recovering from the most powerful typhoon to strike Japan in a quarter of a century, which claimed 11 lives and shut down the main regional airport.

Japan sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where many of the world’s earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are recorded.

On March 11, 2011, a devastating 9.0magnitude quake struck under the Pacific Ocean, and the resulting tsunami caused widespread damage and claimed thousands of lives. (afp)

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WASHINGTON — U.S. services companies grew at a faster pace in August as business activity and new orders rebounded.

administration on China and the European Union. Many services companies also are coping with labor shortages. Overall, the companies responding to the survey “remain positive about business conditions and the economy,” said Anthony Nieves, chair of the ISM’s services committee. He noted, however, “There’s definitely much concern related to potential cost increases from tariffs.” (ap) In this April 26, 2018, photo automotive technician Don Dimond prepares to separate an engine and transmission assembly at a repair shop in Harmony, Pa. On Thursday, Sept. 6, the Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, issues its index of non-manufacturing activity for August.

US hiring picked up in August as pay surged most in 9 years

WASHINGTON - The pace of hiring in the United States quickened in August, and wages grew at their fastest pace in nine years — evidence that employers remain confident despite the Trump administration’s ongoing conflicts with its trading partners.

The economy added a strong 201,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate stayed at 3.9 percent, near an 18-year low, the government said Friday in its monthly jobs report. Taken as a whole, the data pointed to a job market that remains resilient even after nearly a decade of economic growth — the second-longest such stretch in U.S. history — and even with tariffs and counter-tariffs on imports and exports looming over U.S. employers that rely on global trade.

The economy is expanding at a healthy pace, fueled by tax cuts, confident consumers, greater business investment in equipment and more government spending.

Growth reached 4.2 percent at an annual rate in the April-June quarter, the fastest pace in four years.

“I view this as the strongest job market in a generation,” Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist at Glassdoor, a career website.

Even while reporting a robust job gain for August, the Labor Department revised sharply down

its estimate of hiring in June and July. The government now says employers added 50,000 fewer jobs in those two months combined than it had previously estimated.

But the 201,000 job gain in August was nearly equal to the average gain of 196,000 over the prior 12 months, evidence of how consistent job growth remains.

Average hourly pay jumped 0.4 percent in August and increased 2.9 percent compared with a year earlier. That’s the fastest annual gain since June 2009, when the Great Recession ended. Still, rising inflation, which also reached 2.9 percent in July from a year earlier, has offset that gain.

Yet most economists said they saw the pay increase as an encouraging sign that the low unemployment rate is compelling more employers to raise pay in order to compete successfully for workers.

“It looks like we’re finally seeing that acceleration in wage growth that we’ve been waiting for,” said Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial Services. “It’s good news for workers’ paychecks, it’s good news for consumers and it’s good news for the overall economy.”

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US services firms saw growth quicken in August

The Institute for Supply Management said Thursday that its services index rose to 58.5 last month from 55.7 in July. Readings above 50 signal an expanding economy.

The services sector, where most Americans are employed, has now grown for 103 straight months, or more than eight years.

The index was boosted by monthly increases in business activity and new orders, both of which had cooled in July. The employment component of the index improved last month.

The survey that is the basis for the index found that 16 of 17 services sectors reported growth in August, led by construction, transportation, retail trade and educational services.

Only one sector reported a decline: agriculture, forestry and fishing and hunting.

Companies in the survey were generally positive about the economy, although several cited risks of the tariffs pushed by the Trump

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term interest rates when it meets later this month, economists said.

Most Fed watchers also expect another rate hike in December and perhaps two more next year.

The prospect of higher borrowing costs — as well as bigger paychecks, which can cut into corporate profits — appeared to hold back the stock market Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 104 points in mid-day trading.

Jason Mazzarone, chief executive of SoBol, a restaurant chain that sells a variety of acai bowls, says he is paying workers more, mostly because of higher minimum wage laws in New York and other states where his 26-store chain operates. He has also raised pay for other workers who were already earning more than the minimum.

On New York’s Long Island, for example, where many of his outlets are located, the minimum wage will reach $12 an hour by year’s end.

For shift managers now making $16 an hour, Mazzarone said, “their pay has to go up too.”

The Trump administration has imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum as well as on $50 billion of goods from China. U.S. companies across a range of industries have expressed alarm about those import taxes and about counter-tariffs that other nations

have imposed on U.S. exports. The White House has also threatened to hit China with higher taxes on $200 billion more of Chinese goods.

Yet so far, there are few signs that those concerns have affected overall hiring. Manufacturers cut 3,000 jobs last month, the first time they have cut jobs in about a year.

Factories have taken the most direct hit from higher tariffs, with automakers, aerospace, and machinery companies absorbing higher steel and aluminum costs. Automakers accounted for all the losses, cutting nearly 5,000 jobs.

Still, those losses might not fully reflect trade disruptions. Automakers typically retool their factories for new model year cars over the summer, which can temporarily distort the job figures.

Friday’s jobs report showed that professional and business services, a category that includes both higher-paying fields such as engineering and accounting and lowerpaying temp jobs, led August’s job growth with 53,000 added positions. Health care providers added 33,000 and transportation and warehousing companies 20,200, the most in nearly a year.

Manufacturing shed 3,000 jobs, its worst showing in more than a year. Retailers cut 6,000 positions, a surprising drop given reports of

strong sales by such leading retailers as Target, Walmart and Best Buy. Most analysts have forecast that the economy will expand at an annual pace of at least 3 percent in the current July-September quarter.

For the full year, the economy is on track to grow 3 percent for the first time since 2005.

Consumer confidence rose in August to its highest level in nearly 18 years. Most Americans feel that jobs are widely available and expect the economy to remain healthy in the coming months, according to the Conference Board’s consumer confidence survey.

In August, factories expanded at their quickest pace in 14 years, according to a survey of purchasing managers. A manufacturing index compiled by a trade group reached its highest point since 2004.

Not all the economic news has been positive. Higher mortgage rates and years of price increases are slowing the housing market.

Sales of existing homes dropped in July for a fourth straight month.

Many economists also worry that President Donald Trump will soon follow through on a threat to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on $200 billion of imports from China. That would be in addition to $50 billion in duties already imposed. (ap)

Tipat Bantal War Tools, Symbol of Male and Female

Tradition of tipat and bantal war organized at Kapal customary village is a unique tradition because the participating people will perform activities of mutual throwing by using tipat and bantal posing one of the favorite foods for the community of Bali.

It is an expression of gratitude to God for the blessing extended in the form of abundance of fertility in the environment. However, since it is a tradition and ritual, of course, this kind of tipat-bantal war will begin with a procession of presenting oblations and so forth before implemented.

The temple priest Jero Nyoman Lidriani said that preparation ceremony will be preceded by banten pejati, byakaonan and pangulapan.

After being presented, it will be followed by Hindu people or Kapal.

After completing the presentation of offerings, it is resumed with joint prayers and matimpugan.

It is commenced with jejatonan for 3 times in front of the bale agung temple or middle courtyard of the temple. Executor of the jejatonan itself is not arbitrary namely temple priest and village officials.

Sometimes, it is followed by government officials such as the regent usually presented every 2 years.

After that, it is carried out in out-

ermost courtyard by many people in accordance with norms.

“Formerly, it was only carried out in front of the bale agung pavilion. Since the current pilgrims are consisting of more people the pavilion is worried to get damaged.

Thus, the activities are continued in the outermost temple courtyard and only the jejatonan is still held in the bale agung,” he said.

Furthermore, he said that before starting matimpugan, all the pilgrims put soda offerings pursuant to their affordability and must contain tipat sirikan (rice bag) and six pieces of bantal fresh cake. The rice bag is placed in the temple while the bantal can be brought back home.

Similar opinion was conveyed

by I Ketut Sudarsana where the rice bag is incised transverse in the middle as a symbol of female genital or Pradhana while the bantal snack itself is a symbol of male genital or Purusa.

Encounter of both elements

will produce or bring up the seeds of life. In this case, it symbolizes the emergence and fertility for the seeds of food sources of society.

Besides, both entities symbolize the sea and mountains.

In the procession held at the outermost courtyard of the local temple, all the pilgrims that will throw rice bag are positioned in the south because it is a symbol of male or sea while in the north is the area of ??the pitch throwing group as the symbol of Purusa or mountains believed to be in the north. Then, even though there is impression of throwing each other to each participant, it will be attempted that tipat and bantal will hit each other in the air because it is the most important point of the tradition.

“After finishes, it is ended with a joint prayer while for the remnants scattered will be collected and then distributed to residents and made into fertilizer for their respective paddy field. It is believed to increase fertility,” he added. (kmb)

Kertha Gosa in Klungkung has been known as a heritage of the royal period. Until now it remains well maintained. The building features a classic atmosphere. There are a number of stories contained in the paintings mounted on the ceiling.

What are they? The name of Kertha Gosa has been very famous not only in Balinese society, but also overseas. The historical heritage located in the south of Puputan Klungkung Monument becomes one of the tourist destinations in Klungkung.

When coming in, the classic atmosphere can be felt intensely.

The Kertha Gosa building in the northeast corner still shows its taksu or divine vibration. Its foundation is made from hard sand stone. The poles of the building with a palm fiber roof covered with carvings give the impression of the past time.

Gold leaf color of some painting has looked to fade but still looks beautiful. They are no less beautiful when compared to the carvings of today.

In the center of the building, there are carved table and chairs. According to the story, during the kingdom era it is believed to be the venue for discussion on everything related to security situation, prosperity and justice of kingdom region in Bali.

Besides, this pavilion served as a venue of meeting for the subordinate kings throughout Bali held every full moon of the fourth month in Balinese calendar (October). Here the royal officials provided direction and decisions based on considerations of the circumstances and needs.

When observed further, the ceiling of this building is filled with paintings. They have very distinctive colors. Additionally, they look natural with a touch of color of the rocks. Aside from offering very classic nuance, it contains meaningful philosophy. All of them are displayed in plots. Its beauty and uniqueness can draw the attention of many visiting tourists. They are quite curious about the meaning contained therein.

A tour guide, I Putu Gede Alex Sanjaya Putra, said the paintings have existed since the beginning of the building. One by one is

explained based on the existing references. At the bottom plot, the story tells about Tantri Kandaka, the 1001-night stories whose essence is about all the deceit in society. The second and third plots carry about the Atma Presangsa, depicting the suffering of the souls in Hell found

by Bima Sena (second son of the Pandavas) on his way to find out the souls of his father and mother.

The fourth plot is about the eagle seeking amrita (holy water of life), taken from Adi Parwa, a story that illustrates how difficult it is to earn a living in the world. Meanwhile, the fifth plot tells about palelindon (forecast and meaning of earthquakes). The sixth and seventh plots tell about Bima Sena when meeting with divine and celestial deities and fighting to save the souls of his father and mother.

Meanwhile, the eighth plot tells about the heaven of the souls and the ninth plot about the god who serves as the keeper of the balance of the four points of the compass of the world. “This painting becomes one of the tourist attractions,” explained Sanjaya Putra, not long ago.

Right in the middle of this building area is the Taman Gili. Local community is more familiar with the name of Balai Kambang (literally means ‘the floating pavilion’) surrounded by a fish pond with water lilies. To get there, visitors should explore some steps that also show the old impression. This building has many poles. The carving is similar to the ones in the Kertha Gosa. This also draws the attention of visitors as intrigued by the story of the paintings on the ceiling.

Near the brick-using foundation building, there is a small note explaining the meaning of the paintings. The first plot from below tells the story about the destiny of a person predetermined by the day of birth. The second plot depicts the story of Pan Berayut, a fairy tale about the couple having 18 children.

As for the third to sixth plot tell about the story of Sutasoma, the work of renowned poet, Mpu Tantular during the reign of King Hayam Wuruk in Majapahit in 1365. (kmb)

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The Ocean Cleanup project sails out to sweep Pacific plastic

SAN FRANCISC0 - A supply ship towing a long floating boom designed to corral ocean plastic has set sail from San Francisco for a test run ahead of a trip to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The ambitious project by The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit group, hopes to clean up half of the infamous garbage patch within five years when all systems are deployed.

After five years of preparation and scale model tests, “this is what it’s all about, this is the culmination of all the efforts,” said an excited Boyan Slat, the 24-yearold Dutch CEO and founder of The Ocean Cleanup.

Under a cloudless sky the Maersk Launcher ship sailed on Saturday past the Golden Gate Bridge out into the Pacific sea accompanied by a flotilla of sailboats and kayaks.

The supply vessel was towing a 600 meter-long boom device dubbed System 001, designed to contain floating ocean plastic so it can be scooped up and recycled. The system includes a tapered three-meter skirt to catch plastic floating just below the surface.

The ship was heading to a spot 240 nautical miles off the California coastline for a two-week trial before sailing to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating trash pile twice the size of France that swirls in the ocean halfway between California and Hawaii.

“The main mission is to show that it works, and hopefully then in a few months from now, the first plastics will arrive back into port, which means that it becomes proven technology,” Slat told AFP as he witnessed the launch.

“That means that we can then start scaling up to a whole fleet of maybe 60 of these cleanup systems,” he said.

Laurent Lebreton, the project’s lead oceanographer, said they believe the Pacific garbage patch contains some 80,000 metric tons of plastic waste.

“Plastic has started to accumulate in the ocean since... the 1950s,” Lebreton told AFP. He said that scientists first learned about the plastic concentrating in the Pacific garbage patch in the 1970s.

Land-based plastic comes mainly from rivers, Lebreton said. “But we also find a lot of fishing ropes, fishing nets,” he said. (afp)

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Ocean Cleanup’s System 001 is towed out of the San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California on September 08, 2018. The prototype technology, developed by Boyan Slat, is about 2,000 feet of floating booms that will be towed out to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating mass of plastics and trash about the size of France, in hopes of helping remove the pollutants.

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“There’s a lot of things I can learn from Bill Gates. I can never be as rich, but one thing I can do better is to retire earlier,” he said.

The SCMP report ran quotes from Ma himself, but they did

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is a systematic plan,” the paper quoted Ma as saying.

The SCMP said Ma would be in Russia next week for Alibaba business meetings as well as an upcoming trip to South Africa and a planned speech at the company’s investor day in mid-September. (afp)

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Supporters of Brazilian right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, light candles in the front of the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, where he was admitted on September 7, 2018, after being stabbed while campaigning in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State.

‘Good people’ back Brazil pro-gun stab victim presidential candidate

RIO DE JANEIR0 - Armando Piccinini’s father was gunned down outside a bank 16 years ago, but now the 53-year-old is a gun-ownership advocate who says weapons are selfdefense necessities in crime-ridden Brazil.

“Rio is on the brink of civil war, and it will soon be declared,” said businessman Piccinini at the Calibre 12 shooting range in Niteroi, near Rio. He was with his father the day he died.

“Good people will arm themselves to defend their families, their property, and this war will be declared if the authorities don’t do something.”

Legalizing gun ownership has been one of front-running presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign pledges. And it has gained momentum since the right-wing former army captain was stabbed during a rally in the southeast on Thursday.

“If it wasn’t tragic, it would be ironic,” said Rildo Anjos, 52, one of the Calibre 12 instructors.

“A pro-gun candidate suffering a kitchen knife attack; it just proves that it is man, not guns, that is guilty of violence.”

Brazil suffered a record 30.3 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2016.

That was 62,517 murders, 44,475 of those using guns.

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not address when exactly he would retire. Ma said he met with company executives 10 years ago to work out “what Alibaba would do without me”.

“Anybody who knows me knows I embrace the future.

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“I don’t think the way to solve the dramatic problem of a country with more than 60,000 murders a year is to distribute guns,” says Marina Silva, the environmentalist presidential candidate currently running second alongside centre-left nominee Ciro Gomes in polls, behind Bolsonaro.

“On the contrary, this would increase violence.”

Silva and Bolsonaro could finish in the first two places in the October 7 election, after which they would go to a run-off three weeks later.

Polls predict Silva would win that hands down.

But Bolsonaro’s campaign seems to have been boosted by his stabbing.

He’s been all over television and the internet, giving him a huge profile lift.

“We’re all behind Bolsonaro,” said Paulo Alberto, 55, one of 210 Calibre 12 members.

“Today, the criminals are more numerous and better armed that security forces,” he added, gun in hand and wearing protective glasses.

“I live close to a favela and I’ve been woken up by gunshots. When you leave the house, you don’t know if you’ll come home.

“We good citizens demand the right to defend our families and our possessions.”

At Calibre 12, where there is a smell of gunpowder and camaraderie, people go to learn sport shooting or to take a competence course that would earn them the right to carry a weapon.

A 2003 law in Brazil tightened the regulations over gun ownership, something Bolsonaro wants to revoke.

His position has caused a number of scandals, such as in July when he appeared in a viral video seemingly showing a young girl how to imitate a gun with her hands.

“Kids in Brazil need to view weapons as something linked to responsibility and the protection of life,” he told O Globo newspaper in justifying his actions.

Such statements turned Bolsonaro into a target for many of his rival candidates, but those at Calibre 12 agree with him. (afp)

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Indonesian residents observe a tourist bus plunged into a ravine in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Sept 8, 2018. Officials said Saturday 21 people were killed when a tourist bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia’s main Java island.

21 killed as bus plunges into ravine in Indonesia

BANDUNG — Twenty-one people were killed Saturday when a tourist bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia’s main Java island, officials said.

The bus was carrying a group of employees from a private company from the West Java province town of Bogor to a tourist destination in West Java’s Sukabumi district when the accident happened around midday.

In addition to the 21 dead, the nine others aboard the bus were seriously injured, said a spokesman at Pelabuhanratu hospital, Taufik, who uses one name.

Local police spokesman Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko said the bus plunged into the 30-meter (98-foot) -deep ravine after the driver lost control of the vehicle in an area with a number of sharp inclines.

He said it was the last of four buses carrying employees of the PT Catur Putra Group who

were reportedly on an outing to a rafting location near Pelabuhanratu.

Road accidents are common in Indonesia due to poor safety standards and infrastructure.

In February, 27 people were killed when a packed tourist bus returning from an outing plunged from a hill in Subang in West Java province. Two months later, two accidents in West Java’s hilly resort region of Puncak killed at least 15 people. (ap)

Ridwan Kamil expresses condolences to victims of Sukabumi`s bus accident

BANDUNG - West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil expressed his condolences over the deaths of 17 people and injuries to 14 others in a bus accident that occurred on Cikidang-Pelabuhanratu Road in Sukabumi District on Saturday.

“My sincere condolences to the victims. It is really sad news. An accident of such scale has never been heard of in Sukabumi District,” he informed local journalists.

According to the Bandung Search and Rescue Agency`s preliminary report, 17 passengers of the ill-fated bus were killed, two others remain in critical condition, while 12 others were injured.

Ridwan Kamil said he had urged the Sukabumi district government to take necessary measures to help the victims.

The ill-fated bus, carrying 31 employees of Honda motor dealer PT Catur Putra Group heading to Cikidang Sub-district for rafting, plunged into a 25-meter-

deep ravine.

“Our officers help in the evacuation of the victims from the ravine,” Okih Pajri, head of the local search and rescue coordination forum, had earlier stated.

The injured victims were rushed to the Palabuhanratu Public Hospital for medical treatment. The local police have been investigating this fatal accident.

Such a deadly bus accident had repeatedly occurred in West Java Province. Last February, for instance, a tourist bus accident had occurred on Emen Road in the district of Subang, claiming 27 lives.

According to Mamat Budirakhmat, a spokesman of the Subang Regional Public Hospital, the bus accident also caused injuries to 18 other passengers.

The tourist bus was carrying several women from Ciputat for a holiday on Mount Tangkuban Perahu. On the way home, the bus hit a motorcycle and later bumped a hill and rolled over on a ramp road. (ant)

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Ristorante Massimo

SANUR - Brainchild of longtime Bali resident and chef, Massimo Sacco, his eponymous restaurant serves classic Italian cuisine, featuring the finest imported ingredients that are lovingly prepared and creatively presented. Must-tries include deep fried breaded fresh mozzarella with tomato sauce and anchovies for starters, mushroom and cream soup with garlic croutons, together with selections of salads, pastas,

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gnocchi, pizzas, Italian desserts including the chef’s own homemade gelato, which is considered one of the best in the island, and the chef’s specials from the southeast coast of Italy. There’s also a classical styled wine cellar housing a big selection of Italian wines for pairings. The layout is homey and congenial, with the chef occasionally delivering a touch of personalised services for his customers. (net)

Art Café Sanur

SANUR - Art Café Sanur, now located in new premises on Jalan Danau Tamblingan, is open daily and continues to serve its loyal clients with all-day breakfasts, lunch and dinners, with an expanded menu featuring innovative dishes created by Executive Chef, I Komang Edi Saputra. The restaurant’s relaxed ambiance is best experienced during dinner time, with its subtly-lit foyer and soothing interiors lined with attractive décor and original paintings by local artists currently working in Sanur. The menu covers many different tastes and the great collection of cocktails and wines make for a great night out. Selections include curries, pepes ikan banana leaf steamed fish, satays, as well as a signature rijsttafel platter that provides a sampling journey through some of the best Indonesian dishes. International menu items include a variety of dishes featuring available seafood, chicken and beef, as well as a selection of pork and lamb entrees. (net)

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Naomi Osaka wins US Open after Serena ‘umpire thief’ meltdown

NEW YORK - Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam singles title on Saturday as her idol Serena Williams angrily imploded, calling the chair umpire in the US Open final “a thief”.

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Osaka, 20, triumphed 6-2, 6-4 in the match marred by Williams’s second set outburst, the American enraged by umpire Carlos Ramos’s warning for receiving coaching from her box.

When a second code violation for racquet abuse was handed out to her -- along with a point penalty -- Williams exploded.

She tearfully accused him of being a “thief” and angrily demanded an apology from the official.

“You’re attacking my character,” she said. “You will never, ever be on another court of mine.

You are the liar,” she fumed and Ramos handed her a game penalty for a third violation -- verbal abuse -- that put Osaka one game from victory at 5-3 in the second set.

Williams won the next game, and continued her tearful remonstrations with a supervisor on the changeover.

But Osaka -- who displayed not only a stellar game but remarkable poise throughout -- held serve to seal a historic win for her country.

“It doesn’t really feel that real

right now. Maybe in a few days I’ll realize what I’ve done,” said Osaka, adding that the noise was so great in Arthur Ashe Stadium and her focus so single-minded that she wasn’t fully aware of the escalating controversy.

“When I turned around it was 5-3 so I was a little bit confused then,” she said of the game suddenly awarded to her.

“I felt like I had to focus. She’s such a great champion so I know she can come back from any point.”

Williams, seeking a first Grand Slam title since the birth of her daughter Olympia on September 1 2017, was denied a 24th Grand Slam title that would have matched Margaret Court’s all-time record.

As the pro-Williams crowed booed the trophy ceremony announcer, Osaka was tearing up herself, but Williams urged the spectators to show the young champion respect.

“She played well,” Williams said, pausing to compose herself.

“This is her first Grand Slam.

Let’s make this the best moment

we can.”

When it was Osaka’s turn she seemed at a loss, apologizing to the crowd. “It was always my dream to play Serena in the US Open finals,” she added, turning to Williams herself.

“I’m really grateful I was able to play with you, thank you.”

Williams’s outburst overshadowed an outstanding performance from Osaka, who made her second career title a Grand Slam after winning her first at Indian Wells in March.

A match with history at stake for both players got off to a tense start and it was Williams who blinked first, double-faulting on break point to give Osaka a 2-1 lead.

After a confident hold punctuated by a 106 mph ace Osaka broke again to lead 4-1, silencing the crowd. They came to life again as Williams gained her first break chance, which Osaka saved with a 117 mph service winner. Williams squandered one more chance before Osaka sealed the hold with another big serve. (afp)

NEW YORK - Former champion Shawn Porter defeated Danny Garcia by a unanimous decision late Saturday to win the vacant World Boxing Council welterweight title.

The 30-year-old American won on all three judges scorecards as he threw more punches overall, but Garcia made it razor close by landing a higher percentage of punches at the Barclays Center arena in New York.

It turned out to be a terrific 12round, 147-pound slugfest as two judges had it 115-113 while the other scored it 116-112. The judges agreed on only four rounds.

Porter solidified his position as being one of the best welterweights in boxing’s deepest division.

“This title means a lot to me,” said Porter. “It means a lot to the history and I wanted to be part of that.”

He is hoping this victory lands him a chance to avenge a loss to unbeaten Keith Thurman, or a unification fight with Errol Spence.

Porter bulled his way through the fight, coming straight ahead and smothering Garcia with jabs and body shots to improve his record to 35-1 with 20 KOs in front of the crowd of 13,000.

“He tried to out hustle me mostly at the end of the rounds. His hustle game was up tonight. I did my best to fight from the outside and the inside,” said Porter.

Garcia made his made his mark

in the division with brilliant counterpunching skills, but he also had his left hook working well against the fellow American as the two traded rounds throughout most of the fight.

Garcia suffered just the third loss of his career to go with 28 victories.

“I thought I won this fight,” said Garcia.

Porter beat Devon Alexander in 2013 for the International Boxing Federation welterweight title and defended that crown twice before losing it by majority decision to Britain’s Kell Brook in 2014.

Garcia beat Mexico’s Erik Morales for the WBC super-lightweight crown in March 2012 and took the World Boxing Association version of the crown from Britain’s Amir Khan four months later. He spent two years ruling the division before moving up in weight.

In 2016, he beat Robert Guerrero for the WBC welterweight crown but lost it last year to Thurman in a split decision at Barclays Center.

Garcia last fought in February, stopping Brandon Rios.

Thurman needed right elbow surgery after beating Garcia, and suffered a bruised left hand last March in training for his next fight.

He vacated the WBC crown in April, setting the stage for Garcia to face Porter with the winner a possible next foe for Thurman, 28-0 with 22 knockouts. (afp)

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Shawn Porter, right, punches Danny Garcia during the eighth round of a WBC welterweight.

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England’s striker Marcus Rashford (up) vies with Spain’s defender Sergio Ramos during the UEFA Nations League football match between England and Spain at Wembley Stadium in London on September 8, 2018. Spain won the game 2-1.

England must not panic after Spain defeat, says Trippier

Kieran Trippier says there is no reason for alarm after England slipped to their third consecutive defeat in their Nations League opener against Spain. Saturday’s match at Wembley was Gareth Southgate’s side’s first fixture since they reached the World Cup semi-finals in Russia.

But England failed to take advantage of the feelgood factor from Russia, losing their third straight match after their semi-final defeat against Croatia and their loss to Belgium in the third-place play-off.

Marcus Rashford struck early for England but Saul Niguez levelled for Spain moments later and Rodrigo scored the winning goal later in the first half. But Tottenham full-back Trippier said there was no need to panic after the 2-1 defeat.

“It is not a concern,” he said. “We are building and that is all we can do, play against these teams. We want to test ourselves against the best and certainly tonight we put up a fight.

“We knew it was going to be a difficult game.

These are the teams we want to play against.” Late substitute Danny Welbeck saw a last-gasp equaliser controversially chalked off as the referee deemed the

Arsenal man had fouled Spain goalkeeper David de Gea before turning the ball home.

“The ref gave a foul and personally I don’t understand how it was a foul but these decisions happen and you have just got to move on,” said Trippier.

Welbeck himself was also at a loss to explain why his strike had been ruled out. “I don’t think I did too much wrong -- it is the referee’s decision at the end of the day,” he said.

Welbeck’s disallowed strike came deep into nine minutes of stoppage time, most of which was amassed as Luke Shaw received treatment after a nasty clash of heads with Dani Carvajal at the start of the second half.

The Manchester United defender, starting his first England game since September 2015 -- just a week before he suffered a double fracture that could have cost him his right leg -- was taken off on a stretcher with an oxygen mask.

He was later walking and talking in the dressing room, with Trippier admitting the incident looked worrying at first sight.

“As a team you don’t want it, to any player you don’t want the situation to happen,” he said. “I was praying that he was all right and he seems a lot better.” (afp)

PHNOM PENH — Japanese soccer star Keisuke Honda, recently named general manager of Cambodia’s national team, said Sunday he will concentrate on building up its players for the future.

Honda spoke at a press conference a day ahead of a scheduled friendly match against Malaysia.

It will be the 166th-ranked Cambodian team’s first contest since he agreed last month to helm the team, when he also signed a contract to play with the Australian club Melbourne Victory.

“It’s going to be a very tough game but I am sure we will do our best,” he said.

The 32-year-old Honda has taken on what amounts to a parttime coaching role in Cambodia, and has said he has no contract or pay for what is supposed to be a two-year stint. He already has an attachment to the Southeast Asian country, having launched his soccer academy school there.

Ten-man Kenya shock Ghana in Africa Cup qualifying

Honda said he and Cambodia’s football association have talked about “how we make Cambodian players grow up for the future,” so he is focusing on how he can raise them to “a good level.” He said he was confident because “they have huge potential.”

“We have trained a very good lot the last couple of days,” he said. “I already found a lot of good players and experienced players and young players.”

He asked the team’s fans to be patient about its progress.

“We are just beginning our project so I want you to stay calm about the new system, new performers, we are just developing it day by day,” he said. “That I already told all the players and all players understood about it.”

Team captain Khouch Sokompheak, also at the press conference, vowed that “I will do what I can for tomorrow’s game” and follow Honda’s instructions. (ap)

Ten-man Kenya stunned Ghana 1-0 in their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Group F qualifier on Saturday to put their campaign back on track after losing the opening match.

Ghana, who started as favourites to extend their lead in the group, played a defensive-minded game and succumbed to an own goal by Udinese centre-back Nicholas Opoku on 40 minutes.

Kenya were undeterred by Ghana’s approach and Ovella Ochieng, captain in place of the injured Victor Wanyama, twice went close to giving the hosts an early lead.

Ghana then threatened from a free-kick after Nantes striker Majeed Waris was upended on the edge of the area, but Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Partey blasted his attempt wide.

Michael Olunga had a big hand in Kenya’s goal just before half-time, with Opoku putting the ball into his own net as he tried to stop the imposing Kashiwa Reysol forward.

Kenya played the final half-hour a man down after defender Joash Onyango was shown a straight red card for a foul on Waris.

Victory for Kenya moved them alongside Sierra Leone, who beat them 2-1 in the first round of matches in June 2017.

Ghana remain on three points in third place with Ethiopia, who host Sierra Leone on Sunday, yet to pick up a point. (afp)

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In this handout photo provided by Prensa Club Dorados de Sinaloa, Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona grets fans as he walks through the airport in Culiacan, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. Maradona arrived in northern Mexico Saturday afternoon, to begin his new job as head coach of the second-tier Mexican soccer club Dorados of Sinaloa. Pictured left is club president, Jose Antonio Nunez.

Soccer legend Maradona lands in Sinaloa

MEXICO CITY — Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona arrived in northern Mexico on Saturday to begin his new job as head coach of the second-tier Mexican soccer club Dorados of Sinaloa.

The club’s Twitter account posted multiple photos of Mara-

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Japan’s football player Keisuke Honda speaks during a press conference in Phnom Penh on September 9, 2018 on the eve of a friendly match between Cambodia and Malaysia.

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dona arriving at the Culiacan airport draped in official club gear: a baseball hat with the Dorados logo and a scarf proclaiming “Always with you.”

The photos were accompanied by messages like “The boss has arrived” and “Diego is home.”

Maradona is one of the most

recognizable names in international soccer, having led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup championship in Mexico with his infamous “Hand of God” goal.

Maradona has publicly struggled with substance abuse and will be leading a team that is in Mexico’s drug-trafficking heartland. (ap)

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England’s striker Marcus Rashford (up) vies with Spain’s defender Sergio Ramos during the UEFA Nations League football match between England and Spain at Wembley Stadium in London on September 8, 2018. Spain won the game 2-1.

England must not panic after Spain defeat, says Trippier

Kieran Trippier says there is no reason for alarm after England slipped to their third consecutive defeat in their Nations League opener against Spain. Saturday’s match at Wembley was Gareth Southgate’s side’s first fixture since they reached the World Cup semi-finals in Russia.

But England failed to take advantage of the feelgood factor from Russia, losing their third straight match after their semi-final defeat against Croatia and their loss to Belgium in the third-place play-off.

Marcus Rashford struck early for England but Saul Niguez levelled for Spain moments later and Rodrigo scored the winning goal later in the first half. But Tottenham full-back Trippier said there was no need to panic after the 2-1 defeat.

“It is not a concern,” he said. “We are building and that is all we can do, play against these teams. We want to test ourselves against the best and certainly tonight we put up a fight.

“We knew it was going to be a difficult game.

These are the teams we want to play against.” Late substitute Danny Welbeck saw a last-gasp equaliser controversially chalked off as the referee deemed the

Arsenal man had fouled Spain goalkeeper David de Gea before turning the ball home.

“The ref gave a foul and personally I don’t understand how it was a foul but these decisions happen and you have just got to move on,” said Trippier.

Welbeck himself was also at a loss to explain why his strike had been ruled out. “I don’t think I did too much wrong -- it is the referee’s decision at the end of the day,” he said.

Welbeck’s disallowed strike came deep into nine minutes of stoppage time, most of which was amassed as Luke Shaw received treatment after a nasty clash of heads with Dani Carvajal at the start of the second half.

The Manchester United defender, starting his first England game since September 2015 -- just a week before he suffered a double fracture that could have cost him his right leg -- was taken off on a stretcher with an oxygen mask.

He was later walking and talking in the dressing room, with Trippier admitting the incident looked worrying at first sight.

“As a team you don’t want it, to any player you don’t want the situation to happen,” he said. “I was praying that he was all right and he seems a lot better.” (afp)

PHNOM PENH — Japanese soccer star Keisuke Honda, recently named general manager of Cambodia’s national team, said Sunday he will concentrate on building up its players for the future.

Honda spoke at a press conference a day ahead of a scheduled friendly match against Malaysia.

It will be the 166th-ranked Cambodian team’s first contest since he agreed last month to helm the team, when he also signed a contract to play with the Australian club Melbourne Victory.

“It’s going to be a very tough game but I am sure we will do our best,” he said.

The 32-year-old Honda has taken on what amounts to a parttime coaching role in Cambodia, and has said he has no contract or pay for what is supposed to be a two-year stint. He already has an attachment to the Southeast Asian country, having launched his soccer academy school there.

Ten-man Kenya shock Ghana in Africa Cup qualifying

Honda said he and Cambodia’s football association have talked about “how we make Cambodian players grow up for the future,” so he is focusing on how he can raise them to “a good level.” He said he was confident because “they have huge potential.”

“We have trained a very good lot the last couple of days,” he said. “I already found a lot of good players and experienced players and young players.”

He asked the team’s fans to be patient about its progress.

“We are just beginning our project so I want you to stay calm about the new system, new performers, we are just developing it day by day,” he said. “That I already told all the players and all players understood about it.”

Team captain Khouch Sokompheak, also at the press conference, vowed that “I will do what I can for tomorrow’s game” and follow Honda’s instructions. (ap)

Ten-man Kenya stunned Ghana 1-0 in their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Group F qualifier on Saturday to put their campaign back on track after losing the opening match.

Ghana, who started as favourites to extend their lead in the group, played a defensive-minded game and succumbed to an own goal by Udinese centre-back Nicholas Opoku on 40 minutes.

Kenya were undeterred by Ghana’s approach and Ovella Ochieng, captain in place of the injured Victor Wanyama, twice went close to giving the hosts an early lead.

Ghana then threatened from a free-kick after Nantes striker Majeed Waris was upended on the edge of the area, but Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Partey blasted his attempt wide.

Michael Olunga had a big hand in Kenya’s goal just before half-time, with Opoku putting the ball into his own net as he tried to stop the imposing Kashiwa Reysol forward.

Kenya played the final half-hour a man down after defender Joash Onyango was shown a straight red card for a foul on Waris.

Victory for Kenya moved them alongside Sierra Leone, who beat them 2-1 in the first round of matches in June 2017.

Ghana remain on three points in third place with Ethiopia, who host Sierra Leone on Sunday, yet to pick up a point. (afp)

Prensa Club Dorados de Sinaloa via AP

In this handout photo provided by Prensa Club Dorados de Sinaloa, Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona grets fans as he walks through the airport in Culiacan, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. Maradona arrived in northern Mexico Saturday afternoon, to begin his new job as head coach of the second-tier Mexican soccer club Dorados of Sinaloa. Pictured left is club president, Jose Antonio Nunez.

Soccer legend Maradona lands in Sinaloa

MEXICO CITY — Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona arrived in northern Mexico on Saturday to begin his new job as head coach of the second-tier Mexican soccer club Dorados of Sinaloa.

The club’s Twitter account posted multiple photos of Mara-

TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

Japan’s football player Keisuke Honda speaks during a press conference in Phnom Penh on September 9, 2018 on the eve of a friendly match between Cambodia and Malaysia.

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dona arriving at the Culiacan airport draped in official club gear: a baseball hat with the Dorados logo and a scarf proclaiming “Always with you.”

The photos were accompanied by messages like “The boss has arrived” and “Diego is home.”

Maradona is one of the most

recognizable names in international soccer, having led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup championship in Mexico with his infamous “Hand of God” goal.

Maradona has publicly struggled with substance abuse and will be leading a team that is in Mexico’s drug-trafficking heartland. (ap)

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Ristorante Massimo

SANUR - Brainchild of longtime Bali resident and chef, Massimo Sacco, his eponymous restaurant serves classic Italian cuisine, featuring the finest imported ingredients that are lovingly prepared and creatively presented. Must-tries include deep fried breaded fresh mozzarella with tomato sauce and anchovies for starters, mushroom and cream soup with garlic croutons, together with selections of salads, pastas,

Porter overpowers Garcia to claim vacant WBC world title

gnocchi, pizzas, Italian desserts including the chef’s own homemade gelato, which is considered one of the best in the island, and the chef’s specials from the southeast coast of Italy. There’s also a classical styled wine cellar housing a big selection of Italian wines for pairings. The layout is homey and congenial, with the chef occasionally delivering a touch of personalised services for his customers. (net)

Art Café Sanur

SANUR - Art Café Sanur, now located in new premises on Jalan Danau Tamblingan, is open daily and continues to serve its loyal clients with all-day breakfasts, lunch and dinners, with an expanded menu featuring innovative dishes created by Executive Chef, I Komang Edi Saputra. The restaurant’s relaxed ambiance is best experienced during dinner time, with its subtly-lit foyer and soothing interiors lined with attractive décor and original paintings by local artists currently working in Sanur. The menu covers many different tastes and the great collection of cocktails and wines make for a great night out. Selections include curries, pepes ikan banana leaf steamed fish, satays, as well as a signature rijsttafel platter that provides a sampling journey through some of the best Indonesian dishes. International menu items include a variety of dishes featuring available seafood, chicken and beef, as well as a selection of pork and lamb entrees. (net)

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Naomi Osaka wins US Open after Serena ‘umpire thief’ meltdown

NEW YORK - Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam singles title on Saturday as her idol Serena Williams angrily imploded, calling the chair umpire in the US Open final “a thief”.

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Osaka, 20, triumphed 6-2, 6-4 in the match marred by Williams’s second set outburst, the American enraged by umpire Carlos Ramos’s warning for receiving coaching from her box.

When a second code violation for racquet abuse was handed out to her -- along with a point penalty -- Williams exploded.

She tearfully accused him of being a “thief” and angrily demanded an apology from the official.

“You’re attacking my character,” she said. “You will never, ever be on another court of mine.

You are the liar,” she fumed and Ramos handed her a game penalty for a third violation -- verbal abuse -- that put Osaka one game from victory at 5-3 in the second set.

Williams won the next game, and continued her tearful remonstrations with a supervisor on the changeover.

But Osaka -- who displayed not only a stellar game but remarkable poise throughout -- held serve to seal a historic win for her country.

“It doesn’t really feel that real

right now. Maybe in a few days I’ll realize what I’ve done,” said Osaka, adding that the noise was so great in Arthur Ashe Stadium and her focus so single-minded that she wasn’t fully aware of the escalating controversy.

“When I turned around it was 5-3 so I was a little bit confused then,” she said of the game suddenly awarded to her.

“I felt like I had to focus. She’s such a great champion so I know she can come back from any point.”

Williams, seeking a first Grand Slam title since the birth of her daughter Olympia on September 1 2017, was denied a 24th Grand Slam title that would have matched Margaret Court’s all-time record.

As the pro-Williams crowed booed the trophy ceremony announcer, Osaka was tearing up herself, but Williams urged the spectators to show the young champion respect.

“She played well,” Williams said, pausing to compose herself.

“This is her first Grand Slam.

Let’s make this the best moment

we can.”

When it was Osaka’s turn she seemed at a loss, apologizing to the crowd. “It was always my dream to play Serena in the US Open finals,” she added, turning to Williams herself.

“I’m really grateful I was able to play with you, thank you.”

Williams’s outburst overshadowed an outstanding performance from Osaka, who made her second career title a Grand Slam after winning her first at Indian Wells in March.

A match with history at stake for both players got off to a tense start and it was Williams who blinked first, double-faulting on break point to give Osaka a 2-1 lead.

After a confident hold punctuated by a 106 mph ace Osaka broke again to lead 4-1, silencing the crowd. They came to life again as Williams gained her first break chance, which Osaka saved with a 117 mph service winner. Williams squandered one more chance before Osaka sealed the hold with another big serve. (afp)

NEW YORK - Former champion Shawn Porter defeated Danny Garcia by a unanimous decision late Saturday to win the vacant World Boxing Council welterweight title.

The 30-year-old American won on all three judges scorecards as he threw more punches overall, but Garcia made it razor close by landing a higher percentage of punches at the Barclays Center arena in New York.

It turned out to be a terrific 12round, 147-pound slugfest as two judges had it 115-113 while the other scored it 116-112. The judges agreed on only four rounds.

Porter solidified his position as being one of the best welterweights in boxing’s deepest division.

“This title means a lot to me,” said Porter. “It means a lot to the history and I wanted to be part of that.”

He is hoping this victory lands him a chance to avenge a loss to unbeaten Keith Thurman, or a unification fight with Errol Spence.

Porter bulled his way through the fight, coming straight ahead and smothering Garcia with jabs and body shots to improve his record to 35-1 with 20 KOs in front of the crowd of 13,000.

“He tried to out hustle me mostly at the end of the rounds. His hustle game was up tonight. I did my best to fight from the outside and the inside,” said Porter.

Garcia made his made his mark

in the division with brilliant counterpunching skills, but he also had his left hook working well against the fellow American as the two traded rounds throughout most of the fight.

Garcia suffered just the third loss of his career to go with 28 victories.

“I thought I won this fight,” said Garcia.

Porter beat Devon Alexander in 2013 for the International Boxing Federation welterweight title and defended that crown twice before losing it by majority decision to Britain’s Kell Brook in 2014.

Garcia beat Mexico’s Erik Morales for the WBC super-lightweight crown in March 2012 and took the World Boxing Association version of the crown from Britain’s Amir Khan four months later. He spent two years ruling the division before moving up in weight.

In 2016, he beat Robert Guerrero for the WBC welterweight crown but lost it last year to Thurman in a split decision at Barclays Center.

Garcia last fought in February, stopping Brandon Rios.

Thurman needed right elbow surgery after beating Garcia, and suffered a bruised left hand last March in training for his next fight.

He vacated the WBC crown in April, setting the stage for Garcia to face Porter with the winner a possible next foe for Thurman, 28-0 with 22 knockouts. (afp)

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Shawn Porter, right, punches Danny Garcia during the eighth round of a WBC welterweight.

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The Ocean Cleanup project sails out to sweep Pacific plastic

SAN FRANCISC0 - A supply ship towing a long floating boom designed to corral ocean plastic has set sail from San Francisco for a test run ahead of a trip to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The ambitious project by The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit group, hopes to clean up half of the infamous garbage patch within five years when all systems are deployed.

After five years of preparation and scale model tests, “this is what it’s all about, this is the culmination of all the efforts,” said an excited Boyan Slat, the 24-yearold Dutch CEO and founder of The Ocean Cleanup.

Under a cloudless sky the Maersk Launcher ship sailed on Saturday past the Golden Gate Bridge out into the Pacific sea accompanied by a flotilla of sailboats and kayaks.

The supply vessel was towing a 600 meter-long boom device dubbed System 001, designed to contain floating ocean plastic so it can be scooped up and recycled. The system includes a tapered three-meter skirt to catch plastic floating just below the surface.

The ship was heading to a spot 240 nautical miles off the California coastline for a two-week trial before sailing to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating trash pile twice the size of France that swirls in the ocean halfway between California and Hawaii.

“The main mission is to show that it works, and hopefully then in a few months from now, the first plastics will arrive back into port, which means that it becomes proven technology,” Slat told AFP as he witnessed the launch.

“That means that we can then start scaling up to a whole fleet of maybe 60 of these cleanup systems,” he said.

Laurent Lebreton, the project’s lead oceanographer, said they believe the Pacific garbage patch contains some 80,000 metric tons of plastic waste.

“Plastic has started to accumulate in the ocean since... the 1950s,” Lebreton told AFP. He said that scientists first learned about the plastic concentrating in the Pacific garbage patch in the 1970s.

Land-based plastic comes mainly from rivers, Lebreton said. “But we also find a lot of fishing ropes, fishing nets,” he said. (afp)

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Ocean Cleanup’s System 001 is towed out of the San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California on September 08, 2018. The prototype technology, developed by Boyan Slat, is about 2,000 feet of floating booms that will be towed out to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating mass of plastics and trash about the size of France, in hopes of helping remove the pollutants.

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“There’s a lot of things I can learn from Bill Gates. I can never be as rich, but one thing I can do better is to retire earlier,” he said.

The SCMP report ran quotes from Ma himself, but they did

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is a systematic plan,” the paper quoted Ma as saying.

The SCMP said Ma would be in Russia next week for Alibaba business meetings as well as an upcoming trip to South Africa and a planned speech at the company’s investor day in mid-September. (afp)

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Supporters of Brazilian right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, light candles in the front of the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, where he was admitted on September 7, 2018, after being stabbed while campaigning in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State.

‘Good people’ back Brazil pro-gun stab victim presidential candidate

RIO DE JANEIR0 - Armando Piccinini’s father was gunned down outside a bank 16 years ago, but now the 53-year-old is a gun-ownership advocate who says weapons are selfdefense necessities in crime-ridden Brazil.

“Rio is on the brink of civil war, and it will soon be declared,” said businessman Piccinini at the Calibre 12 shooting range in Niteroi, near Rio. He was with his father the day he died.

“Good people will arm themselves to defend their families, their property, and this war will be declared if the authorities don’t do something.”

Legalizing gun ownership has been one of front-running presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign pledges. And it has gained momentum since the right-wing former army captain was stabbed during a rally in the southeast on Thursday.

“If it wasn’t tragic, it would be ironic,” said Rildo Anjos, 52, one of the Calibre 12 instructors.

“A pro-gun candidate suffering a kitchen knife attack; it just proves that it is man, not guns, that is guilty of violence.”

Brazil suffered a record 30.3 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2016.

That was 62,517 murders, 44,475 of those using guns.

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not address when exactly he would retire. Ma said he met with company executives 10 years ago to work out “what Alibaba would do without me”.

“Anybody who knows me knows I embrace the future.

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“I don’t think the way to solve the dramatic problem of a country with more than 60,000 murders a year is to distribute guns,” says Marina Silva, the environmentalist presidential candidate currently running second alongside centre-left nominee Ciro Gomes in polls, behind Bolsonaro.

“On the contrary, this would increase violence.”

Silva and Bolsonaro could finish in the first two places in the October 7 election, after which they would go to a run-off three weeks later.

Polls predict Silva would win that hands down.

But Bolsonaro’s campaign seems to have been boosted by his stabbing.

He’s been all over television and the internet, giving him a huge profile lift.

“We’re all behind Bolsonaro,” said Paulo Alberto, 55, one of 210 Calibre 12 members.

“Today, the criminals are more numerous and better armed that security forces,” he added, gun in hand and wearing protective glasses.

“I live close to a favela and I’ve been woken up by gunshots. When you leave the house, you don’t know if you’ll come home.

“We good citizens demand the right to defend our families and our possessions.”

At Calibre 12, where there is a smell of gunpowder and camaraderie, people go to learn sport shooting or to take a competence course that would earn them the right to carry a weapon.

A 2003 law in Brazil tightened the regulations over gun ownership, something Bolsonaro wants to revoke.

His position has caused a number of scandals, such as in July when he appeared in a viral video seemingly showing a young girl how to imitate a gun with her hands.

“Kids in Brazil need to view weapons as something linked to responsibility and the protection of life,” he told O Globo newspaper in justifying his actions.

Such statements turned Bolsonaro into a target for many of his rival candidates, but those at Calibre 12 agree with him. (afp)

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Indonesian residents observe a tourist bus plunged into a ravine in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Sept 8, 2018. Officials said Saturday 21 people were killed when a tourist bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia’s main Java island.

21 killed as bus plunges into ravine in Indonesia

BANDUNG — Twenty-one people were killed Saturday when a tourist bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia’s main Java island, officials said.

The bus was carrying a group of employees from a private company from the West Java province town of Bogor to a tourist destination in West Java’s Sukabumi district when the accident happened around midday.

In addition to the 21 dead, the nine others aboard the bus were seriously injured, said a spokesman at Pelabuhanratu hospital, Taufik, who uses one name.

Local police spokesman Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko said the bus plunged into the 30-meter (98-foot) -deep ravine after the driver lost control of the vehicle in an area with a number of sharp inclines.

He said it was the last of four buses carrying employees of the PT Catur Putra Group who

were reportedly on an outing to a rafting location near Pelabuhanratu.

Road accidents are common in Indonesia due to poor safety standards and infrastructure.

In February, 27 people were killed when a packed tourist bus returning from an outing plunged from a hill in Subang in West Java province. Two months later, two accidents in West Java’s hilly resort region of Puncak killed at least 15 people. (ap)

Ridwan Kamil expresses condolences to victims of Sukabumi`s bus accident

BANDUNG - West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil expressed his condolences over the deaths of 17 people and injuries to 14 others in a bus accident that occurred on Cikidang-Pelabuhanratu Road in Sukabumi District on Saturday.

“My sincere condolences to the victims. It is really sad news. An accident of such scale has never been heard of in Sukabumi District,” he informed local journalists.

According to the Bandung Search and Rescue Agency`s preliminary report, 17 passengers of the ill-fated bus were killed, two others remain in critical condition, while 12 others were injured.

Ridwan Kamil said he had urged the Sukabumi district government to take necessary measures to help the victims.

The ill-fated bus, carrying 31 employees of Honda motor dealer PT Catur Putra Group heading to Cikidang Sub-district for rafting, plunged into a 25-meter-

deep ravine.

“Our officers help in the evacuation of the victims from the ravine,” Okih Pajri, head of the local search and rescue coordination forum, had earlier stated.

The injured victims were rushed to the Palabuhanratu Public Hospital for medical treatment. The local police have been investigating this fatal accident.

Such a deadly bus accident had repeatedly occurred in West Java Province. Last February, for instance, a tourist bus accident had occurred on Emen Road in the district of Subang, claiming 27 lives.

According to Mamat Budirakhmat, a spokesman of the Subang Regional Public Hospital, the bus accident also caused injuries to 18 other passengers.

The tourist bus was carrying several women from Ciputat for a holiday on Mount Tangkuban Perahu. On the way home, the bus hit a motorcycle and later bumped a hill and rolled over on a ramp road. (ant)

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WASHINGTON — U.S. services companies grew at a faster pace in August as business activity and new orders rebounded.

administration on China and the European Union. Many services companies also are coping with labor shortages. Overall, the companies responding to the survey “remain positive about business conditions and the economy,” said Anthony Nieves, chair of the ISM’s services committee. He noted, however, “There’s definitely much concern related to potential cost increases from tariffs.” (ap) In this April 26, 2018, photo automotive technician Don Dimond prepares to separate an engine and transmission assembly at a repair shop in Harmony, Pa. On Thursday, Sept. 6, the Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, issues its index of non-manufacturing activity for August.

US hiring picked up in August as pay surged most in 9 years

WASHINGTON - The pace of hiring in the United States quickened in August, and wages grew at their fastest pace in nine years — evidence that employers remain confident despite the Trump administration’s ongoing conflicts with its trading partners.

The economy added a strong 201,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate stayed at 3.9 percent, near an 18-year low, the government said Friday in its monthly jobs report. Taken as a whole, the data pointed to a job market that remains resilient even after nearly a decade of economic growth — the second-longest such stretch in U.S. history — and even with tariffs and counter-tariffs on imports and exports looming over U.S. employers that rely on global trade.

The economy is expanding at a healthy pace, fueled by tax cuts, confident consumers, greater business investment in equipment and more government spending.

Growth reached 4.2 percent at an annual rate in the April-June quarter, the fastest pace in four years.

“I view this as the strongest job market in a generation,” Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist at Glassdoor, a career website.

Even while reporting a robust job gain for August, the Labor Department revised sharply down

its estimate of hiring in June and July. The government now says employers added 50,000 fewer jobs in those two months combined than it had previously estimated.

But the 201,000 job gain in August was nearly equal to the average gain of 196,000 over the prior 12 months, evidence of how consistent job growth remains.

Average hourly pay jumped 0.4 percent in August and increased 2.9 percent compared with a year earlier. That’s the fastest annual gain since June 2009, when the Great Recession ended. Still, rising inflation, which also reached 2.9 percent in July from a year earlier, has offset that gain.

Yet most economists said they saw the pay increase as an encouraging sign that the low unemployment rate is compelling more employers to raise pay in order to compete successfully for workers.

“It looks like we’re finally seeing that acceleration in wage growth that we’ve been waiting for,” said Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial Services. “It’s good news for workers’ paychecks, it’s good news for consumers and it’s good news for the overall economy.”

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US services firms saw growth quicken in August

The Institute for Supply Management said Thursday that its services index rose to 58.5 last month from 55.7 in July. Readings above 50 signal an expanding economy.

The services sector, where most Americans are employed, has now grown for 103 straight months, or more than eight years.

The index was boosted by monthly increases in business activity and new orders, both of which had cooled in July. The employment component of the index improved last month.

The survey that is the basis for the index found that 16 of 17 services sectors reported growth in August, led by construction, transportation, retail trade and educational services.

Only one sector reported a decline: agriculture, forestry and fishing and hunting.

Companies in the survey were generally positive about the economy, although several cited risks of the tariffs pushed by the Trump

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term interest rates when it meets later this month, economists said.

Most Fed watchers also expect another rate hike in December and perhaps two more next year.

The prospect of higher borrowing costs — as well as bigger paychecks, which can cut into corporate profits — appeared to hold back the stock market Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 104 points in mid-day trading.

Jason Mazzarone, chief executive of SoBol, a restaurant chain that sells a variety of acai bowls, says he is paying workers more, mostly because of higher minimum wage laws in New York and other states where his 26-store chain operates. He has also raised pay for other workers who were already earning more than the minimum.

On New York’s Long Island, for example, where many of his outlets are located, the minimum wage will reach $12 an hour by year’s end.

For shift managers now making $16 an hour, Mazzarone said, “their pay has to go up too.”

The Trump administration has imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum as well as on $50 billion of goods from China. U.S. companies across a range of industries have expressed alarm about those import taxes and about counter-tariffs that other nations

have imposed on U.S. exports. The White House has also threatened to hit China with higher taxes on $200 billion more of Chinese goods.

Yet so far, there are few signs that those concerns have affected overall hiring. Manufacturers cut 3,000 jobs last month, the first time they have cut jobs in about a year.

Factories have taken the most direct hit from higher tariffs, with automakers, aerospace, and machinery companies absorbing higher steel and aluminum costs. Automakers accounted for all the losses, cutting nearly 5,000 jobs.

Still, those losses might not fully reflect trade disruptions. Automakers typically retool their factories for new model year cars over the summer, which can temporarily distort the job figures.

Friday’s jobs report showed that professional and business services, a category that includes both higher-paying fields such as engineering and accounting and lowerpaying temp jobs, led August’s job growth with 53,000 added positions. Health care providers added 33,000 and transportation and warehousing companies 20,200, the most in nearly a year.

Manufacturing shed 3,000 jobs, its worst showing in more than a year. Retailers cut 6,000 positions, a surprising drop given reports of

strong sales by such leading retailers as Target, Walmart and Best Buy. Most analysts have forecast that the economy will expand at an annual pace of at least 3 percent in the current July-September quarter.

For the full year, the economy is on track to grow 3 percent for the first time since 2005.

Consumer confidence rose in August to its highest level in nearly 18 years. Most Americans feel that jobs are widely available and expect the economy to remain healthy in the coming months, according to the Conference Board’s consumer confidence survey.

In August, factories expanded at their quickest pace in 14 years, according to a survey of purchasing managers. A manufacturing index compiled by a trade group reached its highest point since 2004.

Not all the economic news has been positive. Higher mortgage rates and years of price increases are slowing the housing market.

Sales of existing homes dropped in July for a fourth straight month.

Many economists also worry that President Donald Trump will soon follow through on a threat to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on $200 billion of imports from China. That would be in addition to $50 billion in duties already imposed. (ap)

Tipat Bantal War Tools, Symbol of Male and Female

Tradition of tipat and bantal war organized at Kapal customary village is a unique tradition because the participating people will perform activities of mutual throwing by using tipat and bantal posing one of the favorite foods for the community of Bali.

It is an expression of gratitude to God for the blessing extended in the form of abundance of fertility in the environment. However, since it is a tradition and ritual, of course, this kind of tipat-bantal war will begin with a procession of presenting oblations and so forth before implemented.

The temple priest Jero Nyoman Lidriani said that preparation ceremony will be preceded by banten pejati, byakaonan and pangulapan.

After being presented, it will be followed by Hindu people or Kapal.

After completing the presentation of offerings, it is resumed with joint prayers and matimpugan.

It is commenced with jejatonan for 3 times in front of the bale agung temple or middle courtyard of the temple. Executor of the jejatonan itself is not arbitrary namely temple priest and village officials.

Sometimes, it is followed by government officials such as the regent usually presented every 2 years.

After that, it is carried out in out-

ermost courtyard by many people in accordance with norms.

“Formerly, it was only carried out in front of the bale agung pavilion. Since the current pilgrims are consisting of more people the pavilion is worried to get damaged.

Thus, the activities are continued in the outermost temple courtyard and only the jejatonan is still held in the bale agung,” he said.

Furthermore, he said that before starting matimpugan, all the pilgrims put soda offerings pursuant to their affordability and must contain tipat sirikan (rice bag) and six pieces of bantal fresh cake. The rice bag is placed in the temple while the bantal can be brought back home.

Similar opinion was conveyed

by I Ketut Sudarsana where the rice bag is incised transverse in the middle as a symbol of female genital or Pradhana while the bantal snack itself is a symbol of male genital or Purusa.

Encounter of both elements

will produce or bring up the seeds of life. In this case, it symbolizes the emergence and fertility for the seeds of food sources of society.

Besides, both entities symbolize the sea and mountains.

In the procession held at the outermost courtyard of the local temple, all the pilgrims that will throw rice bag are positioned in the south because it is a symbol of male or sea while in the north is the area of ??the pitch throwing group as the symbol of Purusa or mountains believed to be in the north. Then, even though there is impression of throwing each other to each participant, it will be attempted that tipat and bantal will hit each other in the air because it is the most important point of the tradition.

“After finishes, it is ended with a joint prayer while for the remnants scattered will be collected and then distributed to residents and made into fertilizer for their respective paddy field. It is believed to increase fertility,” he added. (kmb)

Kertha Gosa in Klungkung has been known as a heritage of the royal period. Until now it remains well maintained. The building features a classic atmosphere. There are a number of stories contained in the paintings mounted on the ceiling.

What are they? The name of Kertha Gosa has been very famous not only in Balinese society, but also overseas. The historical heritage located in the south of Puputan Klungkung Monument becomes one of the tourist destinations in Klungkung.

When coming in, the classic atmosphere can be felt intensely.

The Kertha Gosa building in the northeast corner still shows its taksu or divine vibration. Its foundation is made from hard sand stone. The poles of the building with a palm fiber roof covered with carvings give the impression of the past time.

Gold leaf color of some painting has looked to fade but still looks beautiful. They are no less beautiful when compared to the carvings of today.

In the center of the building, there are carved table and chairs. According to the story, during the kingdom era it is believed to be the venue for discussion on everything related to security situation, prosperity and justice of kingdom region in Bali.

Besides, this pavilion served as a venue of meeting for the subordinate kings throughout Bali held every full moon of the fourth month in Balinese calendar (October). Here the royal officials provided direction and decisions based on considerations of the circumstances and needs.

When observed further, the ceiling of this building is filled with paintings. They have very distinctive colors. Additionally, they look natural with a touch of color of the rocks. Aside from offering very classic nuance, it contains meaningful philosophy. All of them are displayed in plots. Its beauty and uniqueness can draw the attention of many visiting tourists. They are quite curious about the meaning contained therein.

A tour guide, I Putu Gede Alex Sanjaya Putra, said the paintings have existed since the beginning of the building. One by one is

explained based on the existing references. At the bottom plot, the story tells about Tantri Kandaka, the 1001-night stories whose essence is about all the deceit in society. The second and third plots carry about the Atma Presangsa, depicting the suffering of the souls in Hell found

by Bima Sena (second son of the Pandavas) on his way to find out the souls of his father and mother.

The fourth plot is about the eagle seeking amrita (holy water of life), taken from Adi Parwa, a story that illustrates how difficult it is to earn a living in the world. Meanwhile, the fifth plot tells about palelindon (forecast and meaning of earthquakes). The sixth and seventh plots tell about Bima Sena when meeting with divine and celestial deities and fighting to save the souls of his father and mother.

Meanwhile, the eighth plot tells about the heaven of the souls and the ninth plot about the god who serves as the keeper of the balance of the four points of the compass of the world. “This painting becomes one of the tourist attractions,” explained Sanjaya Putra, not long ago.

Right in the middle of this building area is the Taman Gili. Local community is more familiar with the name of Balai Kambang (literally means ‘the floating pavilion’) surrounded by a fish pond with water lilies. To get there, visitors should explore some steps that also show the old impression. This building has many poles. The carving is similar to the ones in the Kertha Gosa. This also draws the attention of visitors as intrigued by the story of the paintings on the ceiling.

Near the brick-using foundation building, there is a small note explaining the meaning of the paintings. The first plot from below tells the story about the destiny of a person predetermined by the day of birth. The second plot depicts the story of Pan Berayut, a fairy tale about the couple having 18 children.

As for the third to sixth plot tell about the story of Sutasoma, the work of renowned poet, Mpu Tantular during the reign of King Hayam Wuruk in Majapahit in 1365. (kmb)

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Schools get disaster preparedness training in a sustainable manner. By that way, the students and school components are more responsive to disasters as it can occur anytime and anywhere. In this case, school is only able to prepare itself in dealing with it. The ITB chose schools because they are often used as refugee camp and post-disaster logistics distribution.

Saepuloh reminded that Indonesia has 127 volcanoes having become a bad record because they claimed many fatalities when the eruption occurs and causes damage to infrastructure. It happened in the eruption of Mount Tambora (1815), Mount Krakatau (1883) and Mount Agung (1963). Moreover, the increased activity of Mount Agung since 2017 has caused panic among the people of Karangasem to influence the regional and national economy.

He who joined in the Petrology, Volcanology and Geochemistry Expertise Group (KK) of Geological Science and Technology explained the first year of research puts forward disaster education, data collection of resources covering infrastructure, systems and evacuation routes. When entering the second year, he ensured the system implemented will be better as equipped with early warning.

In the third year, the research will involve the community, not just school residents.

Through this research process,

PYONGYANG - Thousands of North Korean troops followed by artillery and tanks paraded through Pyongyang Sunday as the nuclear-armed country celebrated its 70th birthday, but it refrained from displaying the intercontinental ballistic missiles that have seen it hit with sanctions.

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The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) came to train schools at the foot of Mount Agung so they become a disaster prepared school. the schools will be included in disaster preparedness standards when they meet five parameters, namely knowledge and attitudes, policies, emergency response plans, early warning system and resource mobilization without any casualties. The Headmaster of SMPN 3 Bebandem, I Wayan Jati, said this research is very important in accordance with the plan to provide certainty of students’ mitigation. “This

answers the problem of schools, so that parents do not worry if there is an eruption or earthquake disaster,” he said.

In order to support the ITB’s research, he has also prepared a disaster alert team to support students in education, training or handling when disasters occur. The team also exists in each class so that it will facilitate the evacuation management. For that reason, the school can complete with sirens and kulkul

or wooden split drum.

Deputy Headmaster of SMPN 3 Bebandem, Ida Wayan Gotama Adi Putra, admitted that he will train the evacuation simulations every week through scouting activities. He would strengthen the dissemination and training of the SMPN 3 Bebandem with internal school student organization (OSIS) and the Scouts. Thus, the research objectives can go according to plan. (kmb41)

DENPASAR - Bali is ranked third in terms of highest fuel consumption in Indonesia. Daily consumption of Premium fuel in Bali reaches 500,000 liters, Pertalite (700,000 liters) and Special Fuel (200,000 liters).

With this level of consumption, Marketing Branch Region V of PT Pertamina (Persero), Doni Indrawan, said that Pertamina is trying to make the community start to switch to non-subsidized fuel. One of them is by increasing the marketing of Pertamax Turbo. Cur-

rently there are 15 gas stations in Bali having provided Pertamax Turbo, where 8 of them are located in Denpasar.

“In Bali, the daily consumption of Premium amounts to 500,000 liters and Pertalite reaches 700,000 liters. We are going to replace it so that Premium usage can turn to Pertalite and Pertalite can switch to Pertamax Turbo or Pertamax (special fuel),” he said on Friday (Sep. 7).

Consumption of special fuel of gasoline and gas oil series reaches 200,000 liters per day.

Of the 200,000 liters of special fuel consumption, 10-20 percent is the consumption of Pertamax Turbo. “Special fuel, namely the fuel with RON of 95-98, currently reaches 200,000 liters only per day,” he added.

He targeted the consumption of special fuel or non-subsidized fuel to increase by at least 200 percent. Pertamax Turbo is not only intended for supercars or cars. Many motorcycles have also used Pertamax Turbo. The higher the octane used, the better the vehicle will be. (kmb42)

Instead leader Kim Jong Un showed off his friendship with China, raising the hand of President Xi Jinping’s envoy as they saluted the crowd together afterwards.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as the North is officially known, was proclaimed on September 9, 1948, three years after Moscow and Washington divided the peninsula between them in the closing days of the Second World War. Such set-piece dates are a mainstay of the North’s political calendar, and have for years been opportunities to demonstrate progress in its quest for a missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to the United States.

But too militaristic a display this time might have risked upsetting the recent diplomatic dalliance on the peninsula, after Kim’s Singapore meeting with US President Donald Trump in June and his third summit with the South’s President Moon Jaein due in Pyongyang later this month.

After a 21-gun salute, dozens of infantry units marched through

Kim Il Sung Square, some in night-vision goggles or wielding rocket-propelled grenade launchers, as the current leader -- the founder’s grandson -- looked on from a rostrum.

Li Zhanshu, one of the seven members of the Chinese Communist party’s Politburo Standing Committee, the country’s most powerful body, sat next to him, the two of them occasionally exchanging comments.

Armoured personnel carriers, multiple rocket launchers and tanks followed, with biplanes flying overhead in a ‘70’ formation.

At one point jets trailing red, white and blue smoke -- the colours of the North Korean flag -- roared above the Juche Tower, the stone monument to Kim Il Sung’s political philosophy.

Finally came the missiles, the traditional climax of the parades.

But the only ones on show were short-range battlefield devices, the Kumsong-3 anti-ship cruise missile, and the Pongae-5 surface-to-air weapon.

There was no sign of the Hwasong-14 and -15 rockets that can reach the mainland United States

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Korean People’s Army (KPA) soldiers march during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang on September 9, 2018. Thousands of North Korean troops followed by artillery and tanks paraded through Pyongyang on September 9 as the nuclear-armed country celebrated its 70th birthday, but it refrained from displaying the intercontinental ballistic missiles that have seen it hit with sanctions. and changed the strategic balance when they were first tested last year.

“It looks like the North Kore-

Bali is ranked third in terms of highest fuel consumption in Indonesia.

ans really tried to tone down the military nature of this,” said Chad O’Carroll, managing director of Korea Risk Group.

Any display of longer-range missiles would have cast doubt on North Korea’s commitment to denuclearisation, he added. (afp)

Japan PM visits quake-hit Hokkaido as toll rises to 37 TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the quake-hit northern region

of Hokkaido Sunday, as officials confirmed two more deaths bringing the toll to 37.

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AMLAPURA - Since the Mount Agung shows an increase in activity, residents on the slopes of Mount Agung are always haunted by concerns about disaster threats. This happens because of the lack of knowledge about disaster mitigation. Seeing this problem, the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) came to train schools at the foot of Mount Agung so they become a disaster prepared school.

The ITB chose SMPN 3 Bebandem junior high school as the object of school research on the volcanic disaster preparedness for three years. Head of the ITB Community Service Researcher, Asep Saepuloh, stated on Friday (Sep. 7) the school at the foot of Mount Agung is chosen because it is located in the Mount Agung Disaster Prone Area (KRB). On that basis, local schools are deemed necessary to have preparedness for eruption disasters as it can occur anytime and the Mount Agung is still on level III of alert status.

“This is important for disaster risk reduction,” said Asep Saepuloh accompanied by the member of the ITB Research Team, I Gusti Eddy Sucipta, Headmaster of SMPN 3 Bebandem, I Wayan Jati and Deputy Headmaster in charge of Student Affairs of SMPN 3 Bebandem Ida Wayan Gotama Adi Putra.

When met at the local school, the ITB research team was conducting an evacuation simulation of the Mount Agung eruption and the earthquake. The research process was carried out for three days on September 6-8 at the SMPN 3 Bebandem. The simulation process serves as a form of social awareness of education, mentoring and counseling in handling disaster emergencies of volcanic disaster mitigation.

According to him, the mitigation must be prepared and trained

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd L) visits the devastated city of Astuma on September 9, 2018 after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on September 6.

Abe toured the city and commercial hub of Sapporo, where Thursday’s 6.6magnitude jolt has left houses tilted and roads cracked.

He was scheduled to take a helicopter ride to view the devastation in Atsuma, a small rural town which has seen most of the deaths caused by the quake.

A cluster of dwellings in the town were wrecked when a hillside collapsed from the force of the quake, creating deep brown scars in the landscape.

Abe will later visit residents at evacuation shelters in Atsuma before meeting Hokkaido governor Harumi Takahashi.

His visit comes as search-and-rescue operations continue around the clock to find two missing individuals.

The Hokkaido government said the death toll now stood at 37, with one body yet to be officially pronounced dead by a medical professional.

“There is on-and-off rain at Atsuma. The work is continuing to look for the missing persons,” a regional disaster management official told AFP. The central government has dispatched

thousands of rescue workers, including SelfDefence Forces, to look for the missing pair with the aid of bulldozers, sniffer dogs and helicopters.

All three million households in Hokkaido lost power when Thursday’s quake damaged a thermal plant supplying electricity to the region.

Power has been nearly restored but officials are asking local residents and businesses to save energy, particularly after the weekend, as electricity supplies remain unstable.

The quake was the latest in a string of natural disasters to batter the island nation.

Western parts of the country are still recovering from the most powerful typhoon to strike Japan in a quarter of a century, which claimed 11 lives and shut down the main regional airport.

Japan sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where many of the world’s earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are recorded.

On March 11, 2011, a devastating 9.0magnitude quake struck under the Pacific Ocean, and the resulting tsunami caused widespread damage and claimed thousands of lives. (afp)

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Fly-drive through the Canadian Rockies

TORONTO - Canada might look impenetrable, but the reality is it is the kind of destination long distance road trips were made for.

From the air the vast wildernesses of Canada might look impenetrable, but the reality is it is the kind of destination long distance road trips were made for. Canada’s roads are superbly maintained and have scarcely any traffic on them, so you can drive with ease to a huge array of extraordinary locations and soak up the panoramic views as you enjoy the solitude.

From the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast, taking in dramatic national parks, temperate rainforests, and grizzly bear habitats, there are few more wildly wonderful journeys than this.

Banff National Park

Air Canada flies direct from Heathrow to Calgary, which makes the Rocky Mountains surprisingly accessible. Picking up an automatic Chevrolet from the airport was a breeze, and within an hour of clearing customs I was already on the road, the craggy peaks of the Rockies rising up around me.

Banff is one of those towns born when the transcontinental railroad cut through Canada in the 1880s. Workers found natural hot springs here, and enterprising souls decided to develop the site as a mountain resort. The Banff Springs Hotel, built in

a Scottish baronial style, drew well heeled guests from across Canada and beyond, and Banff grew famous for its natural beauty, its hiking, and, later on, for its skiing, too.

Rising early, I rode the cable car to the top of Sulphur Mountain to watch the daybreak. I stood upon the boardwalk mesmerised as rays of light began to fall upon the trees and mountain tops, turning their muted tones into vivid colours. I was already on top of the peak, but wanted to go higher still: the opportunity came in the form of a helicopter ride, so I soared eagle like above Banff, Spray Lake, and Mount Buller. The national park is beautiful on the ground, but from the air it is absolutely breathtaking.

Jasper National Park

Travelling from Banff to Jasper takes three hours or so, but it’d be a waste to drive straight through without stopping. The road here passes through the Icefields Parkway (also known as the Promenade des Glaciers), without doubt the most awe inspiring route in the Rockies.

I picnicked at the glacier fed Peyto Lake, a sparkling stretch of water that is so turquoise in colour it hardly seems natural.

The best views are from Bow Summit on the Parkway, where plenty of cars stop to admire the views, but you only have to walk a short distance down towards the lake and you’ll find a

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perfectly peaceful spot.

The Columbia Icefield – the largest in the Rocky Mountains – is ideal for a longer hike. You can ride out onto the glacier by coach but I preferred to stretch my legs and feel the ice scrunching beneath my feet. It’s an isolated place and the weather can be harsh, but on a bright summer’s day the surface sparkles. I gulped in deep lungfuls of the pristine air.

Kamloops

Kamloops is a pocket of civilisation on the bank of the South Thompson River. After the rugged wilderness it’s quite a contrast to descend into the town and see the manicured greens of the golf course, white fences around the horse paddocks, and pretty little timbered houses.

Thus far I’d only seen wildlife from afar, so I took a day out to go to the British Columbia Wildlife Park, a remarkable conservation project. The 65 species are all native to this part of Canada, including three kinds of bears, Arctic wolf, coyote, and bobcat. During a private animal encounter you can meet a bearded dragon, red foot tortoise, or owl and, if you have the stomach for it, even have a bird of prey swoop down and land on your hand. The rangers are eager to talk about their work, in particular the successes of their burrowing owl breeding programme, which is the largest in the world. (net)

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Volkswagen or VW has the most advanced technology. Besides, the VW is touted as the legend of the car.

Legendary car has the most advanced technology

DENPASAR - No wonder, Bali Volkswagen Division (BVD) is very much loved and even resides in the heart of every BVD member.

Volkswagen or VW has the most advanced technology. Besides, the VW is touted as the legend of the car.

“If people learn about the history of VW cars, they will understand that VW is so deep in my heart and I’m sure the other friends will do the same. There are no cheap cars but have sophisticated technology like what owned by VW,” said Prof. Dr. Putu Rumawan Salain, a pioneer of the BVD community, recently.

Indeed, the highest risk is fire as the location of the carburetor is close to ignition. “If the maintenance and supervision is sufficient, there is no problem. In the past, let’s take example at the airport; Garuda always used VW Combi as the operational vehicle to pick up pilot and its flight attendant. If it is said to be easily to catch fire, how many more expensive aircrafts would be on fire? There must be carelessness,” he joked.

Nevertheless, each car has the same risk, depending on the maintenance and supervision carried out by the owner. VW has various types. There is VW safari where during the previous administration it was distributed to subdistrict head throughout Indonesia. Lately, some foreign tourists really like this VW safari as the transportation because the roof is open so it is free to look around.

This German-made car was produced around the 1930s. In fact, in terms of the speed it is not inferior to the latest manufactured cars. If

the VW specifically used for drag race, the speed is good. “It is hard for people to beat VW,” he said.

Especially for the VW beetle, the stream line of its body does not withstand wind and has resistant to friction. “It’s very good so that looks like an arrow shot,” he said.

The engine is placed in the rear, pushing faster and having a great power. Moreover, the car can run fast until the front side can get lifted. Thus, VW cars are not only hobby cars but also sports cars and creations, depending on the owner’s pleasure.

Its maintenance is fairly easy. To dismantle the engine does not take long and can even be done alone.

The engine is a modular unit so it is easily replaced by parts. VW also has an independent suspension. If one tire goes down, the other tires won’t go down. The shape uses a body structure, does not use a frame so that it is very safe and does not easily rolled out. “I once drove with my wife to Jakarta without a stopover. The new VW product is no less sophisticated than the other new cars,” he affirmed.

All the BVD members are believed to have the same reason to love VW cars. On that account, the VW lovers joined and established the VW community in 1991. Various activities were then compiled through its statutes and bylaws.

The most characteristic of this community is that every BVD activity always involves family, wife, children and grandchildren. The activities are meant to strengthen friendship among the community.

Sometimes it also organizes touring and social activities. (kmb42)

DENPASAR - A group of young people that like to ride motorcycles in the 1970s in Bali must have known this group. This group is named Armada Racun or Poison Armada. The group indeed liked to ride motorcycles those days. They belonged to old motorcycles under brand name of BSA, Ariel, AJS, Matchless and Harley Davidson made in the United States as well as BMW made in England.

Pioneered by De Gobleg, a man from Denpasar, this group liked to ride a old motorcycle, mainly that of European-made. It happened because on those days, Japanese-made motorcycles had not been available and entered Indonesia. So, the only available motorcycle was the heritage of the Dutch.

“At that time, the motorcycles of the Dutch colonial era were left behind in Bali. However, only a few people wanted to care about it. He (De Gobleg) is one of the pioneers that wanted to take care of it,” he said.

From the forerunner, De Gobleg then gathered his friends and in 1989 he established the Association of Old Motorcycles (HMT) of Bali.

When met at the HMT Bali Secretariat, Chairman of the HMT Bali, I Nyoman Bagong Suwela, accompanied by the former HMT Secretary of the previous period, Gede Ade Sariasa, said the group has more than 300 members. Each member has 1 - 10 motorcycles.

So, there are totally hundreds of old motorcycles in Bali. “Some members have 5, some have 10 and some others have one and a half because half of them have not been totally completed,” he said.

Various types of motorcycles owned are made in England, Germany and Europe in general. But clearly, people wishing to join the group must have a motorcycle manufactured before the 1970s. After the 1970s, the motorcycles are categorized into the new ones like the Japanese-made motorcycles. The Japan-made motorcycles have been produced since 1969.

Thus, the people joining in the group should have motorcycle produced in 1906, 1926, 1929 and before 1970s. “The motorcycles manufactured after 1970s are not unique and not rare anymore. Meanwhile, the old motorcycles are not produced anymore,” he said.

He said that British-made motorcycles have no longer been produced since 1957, while production of German-made motorcycles has been stopped in 1966.

Many people considered the old motorcycles are difficult to be maintained and frequently break down.

However, it is the ups and down in living the hobby.

“It is where the pleasure comes. Besides, during a touring activity, it often breaks down,” said this longhaired man.

Surely, they have special reason to favor an old motorcycle. He likes an old motorcycle because of wishing to preserve the old motorcycles, the heritage of the Dutch era. “We join the club because we love the motorcycle to be preserved. Hopefully, it can last forever. We also hope there will be government intervention to provide protection for the preservation of historical heritages that are no longer manufactured in the world,” he said.

The motorcycles he currently owns are obtained not only from Bali but also from Java and Sumatra posing an individual property owned by a tobacco factory.

Behind the finding of the old motorbike of the HMT members, there are many stories and memories.

An old motorcycle does not necessarily mean it cannot run. According to him, no matter how bad the old motorcycle is, it can still run. This happens because the old motorcycle has high engine capacity. In this group, there are motorcycles with a capacity of 125 cc and the highest is 1,200 cc. The European-made motorcycle engine has the capacity of up to 750 cc, made in Germany (650 cc) and made in America (1,200 cc). According to him, it is hard to take care of an old motorcycle. However, if people love an old motorcycle, the maintenance will not be difficult. (kmb42)

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SEMARAPURA - An accident returned to occur at the Devil’s Tears tourist attraction, Nusa Lembongan, Klungkung, on Friday (Sep. 7). Two tourists from China, Li Wei Jun, 30, and Zhi Hong, 35, fell into the sea after being crashed by waves while taking selfie.

The guests who stayed at Villa Dream Beach, Lembongan, ignored the warnings posted a few months ago.

The incident took place around 6:45 in the morning. The people who saw them immediately helped by throwing buoys toward the victims floating in the middle of the sea and they were successfully rescued.

After that, they were taken to the East Medical Care Clinic at Lembongan village to get immediate medical treatment. “Both are conscious and just experience blisters on the legs,” said Chief of Nusa Penida Police, I Ketut Suastika.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Klungkung Tourism Office, I Nengah Sukasta, said that his agency had collaborated with tourism players to put up a warning signboard as the anticipation against such incident, so that visitors can more vigilant while making a visit.

Likewise, dissemination has also been provided for

tour guides and the community.

“We have often appealed but tourists are still stubborn. We hope that all parties can work together to anticipate so that such incident will not happen again,” he explained.

In addition to both tourists, previously there were a number of tourists from China becoming the victims of the tourist attraction. They are Liang Wanchang who died falling while taking selfie as well as Wu Shanshem and Yang Lin whose life could be saved.

To anticipate subsequent victims, previously Chairman of Commission I of the Klungkung House of Representative, I Nengah Mudian, urged the district government and the management to tighten supervision. “The district government and tourist object operator, including the village government, should work together. There must be communication. Then, supervision needs to be tightened,” he said.

This Gerindra Party politician considered that similar incidents often occur and potentially affect the image of tourism. There will be stigma that Nusa Penida is not safe. “This needs to be prevented. The district government has a lifeguard so it must be alerted in every vulnerable object. It should participate in providing understanding for tourists,” he said. (kmb45)

MANGUPURA - Communities in the South Badung region are expected to take part in protecting the environment by reducing underground water drilling. As is known, in the Kuta and South Kuta regions, currently there has been seawater intrusion or seawater infiltration into rock pores and polluted groundwater.

Director of Tirta Mangutama Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) of Badung, Ketut Golak, stated on Friday (Sep. 7) if the drilling to utilize underground water continues to be allowed, seawater intrusion will certainly expand. So, the mainland environment can also be damaged.

For that reason, he invited the public to utilize surface water supplied by the PDAM. He said that currently the population and tourism industry in South Badung such as Kuta and South Kuta indeed continue to increase. As a result, the need for clean water also continues to increase. “We will continuously strive to provide excellent services including how to increase raw water supply,” said Golak.

To maximize clean water services in the South Kuta area, the PDAM Badung will continue to coordinate with related parties. It is meant to increase raw water intake having been an obstacle like in the

South Badung area. In the future, the PDAM will continuously increase the supply of raw water by normalizing the estuary dam. This normalization aims to increase the capacity of raw water. According to Golak, this program is planned to be carried out in 2019. “With this normalization, we hope it can deepen the river and increase the capacity of raw water,” he hoped.

In addition to normalizing, it also plans to make a flood canal in Mati River. Other than overcoming floods, this measure will avoid river water from being wasted into the sea and will be directed to the estuary dam.

Aside from raw water needs, the problems frequently experienced by people in South Kuta are related to high hill topography. As in the Kori Nuansa Selatan area, Jimbaran, the clean water need was formerly supplied with tank truck every day.

Currently, the tank truck supply is no longer needed because the addition of pump at the location has been able to drain water into the reservoir.

For this year, the additional pump is carried out in the area of Ungasan and Kori Nuansa. “For the pump at Ungasan area, it will be able to supply water to Pecatu area where previously the water supply was less maximal,” he said. (kmb23)

To help marketing

Badung to develop Agro Techno Park MANGUPURA - All this time, the coffee yield potential in Badung district, especially in the Petang area is very promising. However, it often faces the problem related to marketing.

For this reason, the district government of Badung through the Agriculture and Food Service Agency will develop an agro techno park.

Located in Petang subdistrict spreading across the area of 5 - 50 hectares, this agro techno park will later be based on coffee, tangerine and livestock.

“This will help in terms of marketing. There will the development of nurseries, enlargement of seedlings and so on. As planned, in 2019 this project will have been worked on,” said Acting Head of the Badung Agriculture and Food Service Agency, Putu Oka Swadi-

ana, on Friday (Sep. 7).

Oka Swadiana said the development of the agricultural sector will also be plotted for tourism. Visiting tourists can be directly involved in farming or raising livestock together with local residents such as in plowing fields or land, picking tangerines and others. “Tourists can also drink coffee in person and have trekking activities. So, there are many activities that can be done,” he concluded.

In addition to the potential of coffee having been exported to a number of countries, Petang area also has the potential for export of asparagus. So far, said Oka Swadiana, it has been exported to Korea. “The potential of other countries, namely China and Japan, will also be targeted,” he added. (kmb23)

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VENICE - Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron won the Golden Lion top prize at the Venice film festival Saturday for “Roma”, which critics called not merely a movie but “a vision”.

With its highly emotional story centred on an indigenous maid working for a middle-class family in Mexico City in 1971, it has been hailed as Cuaron’s most personal film -- and also his best.

Cuaron told reporters that in an incredible coincidence “today is the birthday of Libo, the woman the movie is based on. What a present!”

The film industry bible Variety said “Roma” is likely to go down as a “masterpiece”.

“It is no mere movie -- it’s a vision... where every image and every emotion is perfectly set in place,” said critic Owen Gleiberman.

Cuaron “dunks us, moment by moment, image by luminously composed image, into a panorama of the hurlyburly of Mexico City.”

The Italian press declared it “sublime” while for The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw it was a “complete triumph”.

Venice has become the launchpad for the Oscars race with Hollywood heavyweights jostling for attention in a line-up director Alberto Barbera called “the best in 30 years”.

- Vintage year Cuaron, 56, reconstructed his childhood home for the Netflixbacked film, borrowing furniture back from relatives to recreate how it was when he was 10.

But the heart of the film is the “luminous” performance of first-time actor Yalitza Aparicio, who plays Cleo, a young live-in maid of Mixteco heritage who looked after the director as a boy.

“Cleo is based on my babysitter when I was young. We were a family together,” Cuaron told AFP. “But when you grow up with someone you love you don’t discuss their identity. So for this film I was forced to see myself as this woman, a member of the lower classes, from the indigenous population. This is a point of view I had never had before.”

The second prize Silver Lion went to France’s Jacques Audiard for his hugely enjoyable Western “The Sisters Brothers” starring Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly.

Another Wild West tale, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” by the Coen brothers, won best script.

Having missed out on an Oscar last year, Willem Dafoe took best actor for his acclaimed portrait of the painter Vincent Van Gogh in “At Eternity’s Gate”. (afp)

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Penélope Cruz attends the premiere of ‘Everybody Knows’ at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, September 8, 2018.

Jack Ma to unveil succession plans, not imminent retirement: SCMP

Alibaba co-founder and chairman Jack Ma will unveil a succession plan on Monday, the South China Morning Post reported Sunday, with a company spokesman denying a New York Times report that he would retire that day.

Toronto film festival looks at politics and sex

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TORONTO - Do voters need to know about a political candidate’s sex life? This came up during Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign but also three decades earlier when adultery ended another presidential run now the focus of a new film.

Director Jason Reitman’s “The Front Runner,” about US Senator Gary Hart’s 1988 presidential campaign and the scandalous affair that derailed it, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

It stars Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga and J.K. Simmons.

“The film is always asking what should we know, what do we need to know, what do we want to know,” Reitman told a press conference on Saturday.

“You ask one person and they’ll say I don’t need to know what’s going on in the president’s bedroom.

“And the next person might say he’s the president and everything should be available, he should have

no secrets.”

After two terms of Ronald Reagan in the White House, the Democrats were eager to wrestle back power in 1988.

Hart was their star candidate, with intelligence, charisma and a strong political pedigree.

But it all fell apart when it came out that he was a womanizer who had an affair with a young woman, Donna Rice. Hart dropped out of the race. The film is based on journalist Matt Bai’s book “All the Truth is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid.”

In order to adapt the story for the silver screen, he teamed up with Jay Carson, who was press secretary

for former secretary of state Hillary Clinton during her failed 2008 presidential bid.

Although the script was written before the 2016 election, when Trump was accused of paying hush money to two women with whom he allegedly had affairs -- porn actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal -- Carson insists, “It’s a way to speak to what we’re going through today.”

“It’s a way to engage with the questions that we’re asking ourselves today without the divisiveness of having to be talking about something that’s happening right now,” echoed producer Helen Estabrook. (afp)

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The SCMP, which is owned by Alibaba, said China’s most famous tech billionaire will “unveil a succession strategy” on Monday -- his 54th birthday -- but remain the company’s executive chairman for the foreseeable future.

The New York Times ran an article on Friday, based on an interview with Ma, saying the former teacher turned billionaire planned to use his birthday to announce his retirement as chairman of Alibaba to focus on philanthropy.

The paper quoted Ma as saying the decision was “the beginning of an era”. But an Alibaba spokesman told the SCMP that the New York Times’ story “was taken out of context, and factually wrong”.

“An Alibaba spokesman said Ma remains the company’s executive chairman and will provide transition plans over a significant period of time,” the SCMP wrote.

The paper added that the Monday succession strategy was part of a plan “for grooming a generation of younger executives to take over the reins” of the company. Eileen Murphy, a spokesperson for the New York Times, said the newspaper stood by its story.

Ma was an English teacher before starting Alibaba in 1999 and built it into a multibillion-dollar internet colossus, becoming one of the world’s richest men and a revered figure in his homeland.

His own worth has soared along with that of the company, which has added cloud computing, films and e-payments to its growing portfolio and was valued at $420.8 billion when the stock market closed on Friday.

The New York Times’ report surprised many in the global business community because of Ma’s comparative youth, especially in China where it is not unusual for tycoons to remain in place into their eighties.

Alibaba did not return requests for comment on Saturday after the story ran. Ma gave up the title of Alibaba CEO in 2013 but remains a pivotal figure within the company as well as its most recognisable face. In an interview with Bloomberg TV released on Friday, Ma hinted at his retirement plans, saying he wanted to follow in the footsteps of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, one of the world’s most prolific philanthropists.

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Chairman of the Alibaba Corporation Jack Ma (L) attends the closing ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games at the Gelora Bung Karno main stadium in Jakarta on September 2, 2018.

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