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Women claim Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted them -report NEW YORK - The New Yorker reported on Tuesday that 13 women have claimed that movie producer Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them, including three who told the magazine they had been raped.

Weinstein’s spokeswoman Sallie Hofmeister was quoted in the article saying, “Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein.”

Weinstein and the women for whom contact information was available did not reply to Reuters requests for comment. Reuters was unable to independently confirm any of the claims.

“Mr. Weinstein obviously can’t speak to anonymous allegations, but with respect to any women who have made allegations on the record, Mr. Weinstein believes that all of these relationships were consensual,” Hofmeister was quoted as saying.

Weinstein’s wife of 10 years, Marchesa label fashion designer Georgina Chapman, said late on Tuesday that she was leaving him,

according to a report in People magazine.

“My heart breaks for all the women who have suffered tremendous pain because of these unforgivable actions. I have chosen to leave my husband,” Chapman was quoted as saying.

Her representatives did not respond to a request for comment.

The New York City Police Department and Manhattan District Attorney’s office said in separate statements on Tuesday that Weinstein was investigated in 2015 over an allegation that he sexually abused one of the women, who was named in the article. The district attorney’s office said there was insufficient evidence to charge him.

Separately, the New York Times reported on Tuesday that actress Gwyneth Paltrow said she was sexually harassed by Weinstein more than 20 years ago and that Angelina Jolie said she “had a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein in my youth and as a result chose never to work with him again.” (rtr)

“Salvator Mundi,” an ethereal portrait of Jesus Christ which dates to about 1500, the last privately owned Leonardo da Vinci painting, is on display for media at Christie’s auction in New York, NY, U.S., October 10, 2017.

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Da Vinci portrait of Christ expected to fetch $100 mln at auction Courtesy Christie’s New York/Handout via REUTERS

NEW YORK - The last privately owned Leonardo da Vinci painting and one of fewer than 20 by the Renaissance artist known to still exist is hitting the auction block, Christie’s announced on Tuesday.

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Louisette Geiss speaks at a news conference about Harvey Weinstein in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 10, 2017.

“Salvator Mundi,” an ethereal portrait of Jesus Christ which dates to about 1500, is expected to sell for about $100 million at Christie’s in November, making it among the most highly-valued works ever to be sold at auction.

“This is truly the Holy Grail of art rediscoveries,” said Alan Wintermute, Christie’s senior specialist for Old Master paintings, explaining that the portrait sometimes called the male Mona Lisa had long been thought to have been lost or destroyed.

The portrait depicts Christ in vivid blue and crimson robes holding a crystal orb. First recorded in the private collection of King Charles I, the work was auctioned in 1763 before vanishing until 1900, by which time Christ’s face and hair had been painted over,

which Wintermute said was “quite common” practice.

Sold at Sotheby’s to an American collector in 1958 for 45 pounds, it again sold in 2005 as an overpainted copy of the masterwork, he said.

The new owner started the restoration process, and after some six years of research it was authenticated as da Vinci’s more-than 500-year-old masterpiece, which culminated in a high-profile exhibition at London’s National Gallery in 2011.

The auction house did not identify the seller, a European private collector who acquired the work after its rediscovery in 2005 and lengthy restoration. The painting stands as the first discovery of a da Vinci painting since 1909.

“Salvator Mundi” will be sold at

Christie’s in New York at its Nov. 15 sale of post-war and contemporary art following public exhibitions in Hong Kong, London and San Francisco. “We felt that offering this painting within that context is a testament to the enduring relevance of this picture,” said Loic Gouzer, chairman of Christie’s post-war and contemporary art.

Speaking to its $100 million estimate, Wintermute reflected “There has never been anything like it sold, and so the market will decide.”

The same sale at Christie’s will feature Andy Warhol’s monumental “Sixty Last Suppers,” a piece from one of the pop artist’s final series before his death in 1987.

The 32-foot, multiple-image work is estimated to fetch $50 million. (rtr)

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A member of the armed forces patrols the Rocinha slum during an operation against drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 10, 2017.

Military enter Rio de Janeiro favela in gang raids

RIO DE JANEIRO - Soldiers in armoured vehicles have swept through a Rio de Janeiro favela to back up a police raid after gun fights broke out. Around 500 soldiers arrived in the Rocinha favela on Tuesday, to support police raids that targeted drug traffickers and gangs in the area.

State security officials announced on Twitter that police had “searched the jungle area of the Rocinha community”.

The raids were searching for weapons, ammunition and explosives, government spokesperson Colonel Roberto Itamar said.Residents of the favela were trapped in their homes by the fighting,

and 3,000 schoolchildren at nine schools were told to stay at home on Tuesday because of the violence.

Rocinha, home to some 10,000 people, lies between some of Rio’s richest neighbourhoods, and it has become a symbol of the violence, crime and governmental neglect in the city’s poorest areas.

The favela is reported to be the site of a criminal power struggle between supporters of Antonio Francisco Bonfim, who has been in prison since 2011, and those of his successor Rogerio Avelino da Silva.

Some residents also feel that the government and city authorities neglect the community, failing to

provide support and services to the poor population living there.Last month some 950 troops were sent to Rocinha to crack down on drug traffickers in the neighbourhood.

While it is not uncommon for military to surround neighbourhoods while the police conduct raids, on Tuesday they went further, providing “technical support” to “find hidden material that intelligence agents had detected, Colonel Itamar said. “This is not a surround operation like the others,” he said.

The security situation in Rio has

been deteriorating since the city hosted the 2016 Olympic games, prompting accusations that the government has failed to distribute potential benefits of the event to the city’s poorer communities.(rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Thousands of evacuees from Ban village leave Les village evacuation post

SINGARAJA - The Les village evacuation post in the sub-district of Tejakula was finally emptied by the Mt. Agung Refugee Handling and Mitigation task-force who managed to relocate 1,750 residents of Ban village, Kubu, Karangasem who had been evacuated to Les Village some to weeks ago. The evacuees who were being relocated since Friday (Oct 6) now occupy several public facilities in Tejakula village, as well as private land and homes.

After the relocation the Les village evacuation post looked deserteda. On Tuesday (Oct. 10) 18 of the 20

tents previously occupied by evacuees were left empty.

The evacuess living in the two other tents were relocated later that day when the vehicle finally arrived to help them move to their new shelter.

Subdistrict head of Tejakula, Nyoman Widiartha, said that all villages in his area are now accommodating Mt. Agung evacuess with the execption of Madenan village and Sembiran villave. Now the the evacuees have been relocated, the next challenge is providing washing and toilet facilities, electricity and drinking water. Widiartha has teamed up with the Mt. Agung Refugee Handling and Mitigation task-force and the Regional Disaster Manage-

The refugees in Les Villages are being moved to other refugees place.

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ment Agency (BPBD) to have these necessities available in the near futur. “We are gradually complete the facilities.

Once they are in place, the evacuees will be empowered with cooking and other activities”, added Widiartha.

Chief Executive of BPBD, Made Subur, said that even though the evacuees have been moved, the tents in Les village remain in place so tht they can accommodate more evacuees in the case that Motn Agung erupts. In relation to logistic distribution, Subur said that hamlet chief in the area accommodating evacuees will be assigned to help handle their needs. He added that they are still waiting for all the data about the evacuees.

“The Hamlet chief is still recording all the things that the evacuees need per week. Once we have this data, we will distribute food and other necessities. The evacuees will work in groups to cook their own food”, he explained.

As reported earlier, thousands of evacuees from Ban village, Kubu, were accommodated at the evacuation post Les village starting on September 22, 2017. Adults, children and infants occupied 20 tents mounted by the BPBD with volunteers. In a short time all the tents became too full to accommodate all the people who had been evacuated..

Along with overcrowding, the tents were not great when it rained. Another consideration for moving the evacuess is that Les village in the closest point to the disaster-prone area (KRB) I, II and III so if there is eruption this village may be affected. In order to prevent undesirable outcomes and to facilitate further evacuations in the case of an eruption, the evacuees from the Les village post were finally all moved to a better location.

After completing the relocation from Les Village, the roughly 7,000 people who have been evacuated to Tembok village will gradually be reduced as there are plans to move about 4,000 people from Tembok vilage to villages outside of the sub-district of Tejakula. Currently the plan is to relocate them to Kubutambahan, Sawan and Sukasada. (kmb38)

In fourth quarter, economy weakens in all sectors DENPASAR - At the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2017, Bali’s economy weakened. Allegedly this happened as a consequence of the threat of an eruption of Mount Agung which has impacted the tourism sector and other economic spheres. A ‘wait and see’ approach has been applied to almost all sectors of the economy. “For example, people wanting to buy a car are focused instead on holding down the fort”, said A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra, Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali on Tuesday (Oct. 10).

According to Wiraputra, Mount Agung has impacted on price in-

creases (inflation), especially the price of sand, which greatly affects construction businesses. “The most significant impacts have occurred in the construction industry with the availability of sand and stone having been cut off”, he explained. Currently, the price of sand is IDR 2.5 million per truck, whereas the normal price is IDR 1 million - 1.2 million per truck. On that account, Kadin is preparing to find alternative supplies from NTB and other regions.

Construction projects do not dare proceed as with such inflated prices, they are bound to suffer losses.

Projects need to be reviewed. “Just a short time ago calculations were

made based on the price IDR 1.5 million per truck but this has already increased to IDR 2.5 million.

The local government and central government policies needs to be reviewed or given longer intervals.

Otherwise, it will result in losses.

If they get materials from off the island, transportation costs need to be factored in. Alternatively, the government can give incentives on additional price of approximately 5-10 percent to complete the project,” he concluded.

Other than building materials, the price of groceries needs to be anticipated to prevent prices from soaring. “ We are preparing to work

with cooperatives and LPDs. The price of basic necessities should not go up”, he concluded.

On that account, Kadin and Bulog are cooperating to distribute basic commodities. “Kadin has appointed KKB to become a leading sector for the distribution of quality rice of Bulog to the community”, he said.The same will be done with cooking oil and sugar.

This efforts are also being made in anticipation of Galungan and Kuningan and the end of the year holidays..

“October, November and December could be very risky without preparation starting now”, he said.

Aside from the price hikes, there

is also significant unemployment related to the rumblings of Mount Agung. Some 200,000 are now unemployed. “Unemployment directly related to Mount Aging has affected some 150,000 people with another 70,000 indirectly affected”, said Wiraputra.

The tourism sector is currently struggling to survive in this economic downturn. There has been a 5-8 percent increase in travel cancellations which is shaking the industry. “There has been a 12 percent decline in domestic tourists.

Usually we can rely on domestic tourists under such circumstances”, added Wiraputra. (kmb42)

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SELECTION OPENS FOR THE QOOCO ASIA SPELLING CUP 2017, ASIA’S LARGEST SPELLING BEE

Qooco, the leading mobile learning solutions provider, announces the opening of the pre-selection round for the Qooco Asia Spelling

Cup 2017 – Asia’s largest spelling bee involving students from China, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.

Students will compete to become

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one of 70 finalists to attend the finals that will take place on Sunday 12 November 2017 at the Intercontinental Kuala Lumpur hotel, Malaysia. For those who make it to the finals, Qooco will provide an all-expenses paid trip to attend, inclusive of travel, accommodation and food.

The students will be able to access and complete the Qooco Arena app selection process on Saturday October 14, 2017 from 9.00am – 9.00pm Bangkok/Jakarta time, and 10.00am – 10.00pm Kuala Lumpur time, results will be announced within 8 days after.

The App is available to download via the Qooco Asia Spelling Cup 2017 website (www.asiaspell.com).

Selection is open to students from Primary and Secondary level, who are not native English speakers, and who live in one of the participating countries, from ages 6-16 years.

To reach the finals in Kuala Lumpur, the finalists will be required to go through a rigorous selection process – all conducted via smartphone. To select the finalists, Qooco has created the Qooco Arena mobile application, which tests the English-language skills of the students through an intense six-segment round involving numerous listening, speaking and spelling tests before selecting the top 15-20 students to then go on to the finals. Students will be provided the opportunity to train their skills before the competition by attempting numerous advanced English language test on the Qooco Arena application on Saturday 14 October, 2017 The Qooco Asia Spelling Cup 2017 pre-selection finals will be a one round competition where students will compete among each other via the Qooco Arena application. The competition

will also be one of the first national spelling bees in all three countries to have provided the opportunity for a large number of students living in rural areas to participate in the competition, due to the accessibility of having the competition done via a mobile app.

Team China have completed their own selection process involving both the Qooco Arena mobile app, and provincial ‘mini’ spelling bees which saw 100,000 students from 400 schools apply and compete. The winners of an initial round then converged on Beijing for the Qooco China Spelling Cup 2017 on September 24, 2017, during which 18 finalists were chosen to represent China at the Qooco Asia Spelling Cup 2017. The China pre-selection round was the largest English language spelling bee and largest digital spelling bee to have ever taken place in the country.

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Can insulin pumps work better than injections for kids with diabetes?

Nearly 8 percent of boys and nearly 6 percent of girls worldwide were obese in 2016.

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Child and teen obesity soars tenfold worldwide in 40 years: WHO report

GENEVA - The number of obese children and adolescents worldwide has jumped tenfold in the past 40 years and the rise is accelerating in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Asia, a major study said on Wednesday.

Childhood and teen obesity rates have leveled off in the United States, north-western Europe and other rich countries, but remain “unacceptably high” there, researchers at Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

“Over 40 years we have gone from about 11 million to a more than tenfold increase to over 120 million obese children and adolescents throughout the world,” lead author Majid Ezzati of Imperial’s School of Public Health, told a news conference.

This means that nearly 8 percent of boys and nearly 6 percent of girls worldwide were obese in 2016, against less than one percent for both sexes in 1975.

An additional 213 million children aged 5-19 were overweight last year, but fell below the threshold for obesity, according to the largest ever study, based on height and weight measurements of 129 million people.

The researchers called for better nutrition at home and at school, and more physical exercise to prevent a generation from becoming adults at greater risk of diabetes, heart disease and cancers due to excessive weight.

Clear food labels on salt, sugar and fat content are needed to help consumers make “healthy choices”, the study said.

Taxation and tough restrictions on marketing of junk food should be considered, it said. WHO has already recommended a 20 percent tax on sugary

drinks to reduce consumption.

RAPID TRANSITION

South Africa, Egypt and Mexico which had “very low levels of obesity four decades ago” now have among the high rates of obesity in girls, between 20-25 percent, Ezzati said.

“The experience of east Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean show that the transition from underweight to overweight and obesity can be rapid,” the study said.

If current trends continue, in 2022 there will be more obese children and teenagers worldwide than underweight ones, who now number 192 million, half of them in India, the study said.

Polynesia and Micronesia had the highest rates of child obesity last year, 25.4 percent in girls and 22.4 percent in boys, followed by “the high-income English-speaking region” that includes the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Britain.

Among high-income countries, the United States had “the highest obesity rates for girls and boys”, 19.5 percent and 23.3 percent, respectively.

“Children are not getting physical activity in the school days, there is poor food opportunities in many schools, walking and cycling to school is going down in many countries, unsafe in many other countries, and parents are not being given the right, sufficient advice on nutrition,” said Fiona Bull of WHO’s department of non-communicable diseases.

“It’s the changing environments, food, behaviors, portions, consumption patterns have completely changed over the last 40 years. Highly processed food is more available, more marketed and it’s cheaper,” she said. (rtr)

LONDON - Children and teens with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pumps may have better-controlled blood sugar and fewer complications than youth who inject insulin, a new study suggests.

Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong condition that develops when the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone needed to allow blood sugar to enter cells and produce energy. People with the condition usually have to test their own blood sugar level throughout the day and inject insulin to manage it; otherwise they risk complications like heart disease and kidney damage.

Researchers examined data on 14,460 diabetes patients under 20 years old who used insulin pumps and another 16,460 patients who injected insulin. With pumps, patients were less likely to develop dangerously low blood sugar or a life-threatening accumulation of acids in the blood that happens when sugar levels get too high.

“The study adds to the growing evidence of the benefits of insulin pump therapy, when applied appropriately, in the young,” said Dr. Roman Hovorka of the University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories in the U.K. Previous research has suggested pumps may help young patients get better blood sugar control than they can achieve by giving themselves multiple daily insulin injections, Hovorka, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email. But research to date on how well pumps work to prevent dangerously low blood sugar has yielded mixed results, he said.

All of the patients in the current study had been using either injected or pumped insulin for at least one year.

Overall, dangerously low blood sugar known as hypoglycemia happened at a yearly rate of 9.55 out of every 100 kids treated with insulin pumps, compared with almost 14 children out of every 100 treated with injections, researchers report in JAMA. Rates of ketoacidosis, a life-threatening buildup of acid in the blood, were 3.64 patients out of every 100 treated each year with insulin pumps, compared with 4.26 kids out of every 100 per year treated with injections.

The study also looked at one measure of blood sugar known as glycated hemoglobin, which assesses average blood sugar levels over the previous several months. Higher numbers indicate poorer blood sugar control over time.

Glycated hemoglobin was 8.04 percent for kids who used pumps and 8.22 percent for children who injected insulin, the study found.

Total daily insulin doses were also lower with a pump than with injections.

The study wasn’t a controlled experiment designed to prove that insulin pumps are better than injections, however.

Another limitation is that researchers lacked data on the type and amount of diabetes education on using insulin that children and parents received, Dr. Beate Karges, of RWTH Aachen University in Germany and colleagues write. Karges didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Patients tend to get more intensive training on managing their blood sugar with pumps than they do with injections, and some doctors have questioned whether better patient education might be the reason pumps get better results.

Pumps may deliver insulin more consistently than injections by infusing it slowly, and pumps can also be easier to adjust, said Dr. Simon Heller, a diabetes researcher at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. who wasn’t involved in the study.

“They are not always more comfortable or convenient,” Heller said by email. The best option may depend in part on children’s age.

“I think pumps should be offered widely to young children and people who experience hypoglycemia on insulin therapy,” Heller said. “For adolescents, particularly those who find it difficult to do all the complicated things in managing diabetes, pumps may not be the best option, particularly if insulin is missed.”

However it’s delivered, the effectiveness of insulin depends on how well patients work to get the right dose at the right time, said Edwin Gale, an emeritus professor at the University of Bristol in the U.K. “Pumps work very well in selected people with proper support, but they are not for everyone,” Gale, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email. “There is nothing in this study to say that parents should feel obligated to opt for pump therapy.” (rtr)

Relocation of evacuees to be completed this week

Some of the evacuees chose to evacuate to their nearest family members’ homes.

SINGARAJA — A Task-force for the handling of Mt. Agung Disaster Relief is now optimistic that the aim of relocating 1,750 people rom evacuation camps in Les Village, Tejakula will be fully completed this week.

On Monday (Oct. 9), 396 evacuees were willing to move out the tents in the Bondalem village hall and Tegal Sumaga hamlet hall. Some of the evacuees chose to evacuate to their nearest family members’ homes. As of onday 8 of the 20 tents in the Les Village

evacuation camp have been vacated and the rest will move next week.

The relocation process started with negotiations between the task-force and the evacuees. Those who had been evacuated to the Pengalusan tent had previously refused to be relocated on the grounds that they were waiting for headman of Ban, (Kubu subdistrict), Wayan Pontag. However, since headman Pontag had to attend a meeting at Tanah Ampo, he could not accompany the relocation process.

So, after a long negotiations and detailed explanations about the assurance of basic necessities and the provision

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of showers and toilets, the evacuees enthusiastically agreed to move to the new location.

Chairman of the task-force of Mount Agung Refugee Mitigation, Made Arya Sukerta, said that there is time to move the evacuees so the process will be done gradually. The psychological condition of the Les Village evacuees is one of the reasons that the move will be done gradually. “We’ve discussed the matter with them many times so that they can understand and be willing to move. Basically the evacuees are being handled humanely and politely”, explained Sukerta. (kmb38)

Bangli Hospital sets up scenario of patient handling if Mt. Agung erupts

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Deputy Director of Bangli Hospital, Ketut Darmaja

BANGLI — As one of the closest hospitals to Karangasem area, Bangli Hospital has made some preparations to deal with the worst condition of Mt. Agung activities. In addition to preparing disaster management team, the Bangli Hospital has also prepared scenario when handling patient if Mount Agung erupts any time.

Deputy Director of Bangli Hospital, Ketut Darmaja, accompanied by Legal, Public Relations and Marketing Subdivision Head, Purnama, said on Tuesday (Oct. 10) that management hoped the activities of Mount Agung currently in the warning status can return to normal. However, even if the activity continues to increase until the eruption, it is expected not to cause casualties.

To face the worst situation of the activities of Mount Agung later on, Darmaja admitted that his management had made preparations. It has established a disaster management team consisting of doctors and nurses that have been trained to cope with disaster. “The team was established in 2015.

Bangli Hospital has seven doctors and nurses having undergone disaster management training,” he explained.

Furthermore, Darmaja said that other than preparing medical personnel, treatment rooms and others to receive patients that come to hospital if later on the worst situation occurs, he also claimed to have been ready to perform services in the field if needed. Field service is done by establishing field hospital. In providing field services, his management will certainly coordinate with the Health Agency as the responsible team.

In accordance with the scenario made by the Bali Health Agency, Darmaja said that Bangli Hospital including private hospital like the BMC will receive referral patients from Rendang subdistrict. “The scenario has been made and the transportation has also been prepared. However, we certainly hope there is no eruption,” he said.

When asked about the number of refugee patients from Mount Agung taking medical treatment to Bangli Hospital, Darmaja said that according to the latest record there are 141 people, where 32 patients of whom undergo hospitalization.

“Most patients have been allowed to go home, while around four others are still being hospitalized,” he added. (kmb40)

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Hong Kong leader says Asian financial hub faces “grave” challenges

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Disneyland is seen as wildfires rage across northern California, in Anaheim, California, U.S. October 9, 2017 in this picture obtained from social media.

Such condition happens due to limited parking space in the area.

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Parking violations still rampant in Kuta

MANGUPURA — Although the inappropriate vehicle parking has been routinely curbed in the area of Kuta, the violations are getting rampant. This is also seen at a number of streets in Kuta area, such as Jalan Bakung Sari or the path to Kuta Square. Moreover, many rental vehicles are deliberately parked in the area.

When confirmed on Tuesday (Oct. 10), Chief of Badung Municipal Police, IGAK Surya-

negara, did not dismiss it. He admitted such condition happens due to limited parking space in

the area. To that end, he promised to find a solution or the way out first. Surely, it will be in vain if

they are curbed without provided with a solution. “We will find a solution for the parking problem,” he said.

In addition to parking space availability, Suryanegara said that taxi operations also need to be adjusted. According to

him, the taxi operations also contributed to the crowded traffic in Kuta. To find passengers, many taxis deliberately move very slowly. “We still looking for solution for the problem with the Transportation Agency,” he concluded. (adi)

Mt. Agung evacuees relocated to official evacuation post

BANGLI — Since the past few days, the Mt. Agung Disaster Emergency Command Post in Bangli district has relocated evacuees all this time spreading across

residents’ house, hamlet halls and other community facilities to three official refugee camps provided by the government. It is meant to facilitate the distribution of logistics

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So far quite many refugees have moved to the official refugee point.

including the provision of other assistance.

Secretary of the Mt. Agung Disaster Emergency Command Post in Bangli district who is also Chief Executive of BPBD Bangli, Wayan Karmawan, explained on Tuesday (Oct. 10) that the relocation of refugees has been done since last Friday. It was begun with dissemination to the evacuation point. Karmawan admitted that so far quite many refugees have moved to the official refugee point.

At some points there are refugees still choosing to hold out for various reasons. One of the reason is they are still discussing with their family.

Karmawan stated three official refuge points are provided by the government namely at the main post of international kindergarten

and elementary school and Gurukula, Kayuambua training institution, and the former factory of elephant ginger at Buungan hamlet, Tiga, Susut. At the international kindergarten / elementary school and Gurukula post, from the capacity of 2,500 people, currently it has just been occupied by 818 people.

Then, the Kayuambua learning institute has the capacity of 800 people, occupied by 541 people.

The former factory of elephant ginger has the capacity of 2,000 people, while so far it remains empty. “For the former elephant ginger factory, we will provide to accommodate the refugees that occupy the evacuation site in the Tembuku region,” he explained.

Karmawan said the relocation of refugees is done to facilitate the

distribution of logistics and other assistance. Refugees occupying official posts will be supplied with logistical needs in raw form to be cooked according to their tastes and needs of each refugee. In the meantime, the refugees that do not want to move to the government refugee camp, Karmawan said they would be considered as independent refugee even though they are from the 28 affected villages.

“Consequently, they will not be provided with logistic assistance,” he said.

In the meantime, when asked about the availability of logistics at this time, Karmawan said it stays enough for several days. In addition to requiring logistic assistance in the form of foodstuff, the post also needs cooking utensils and kitchen spices. (kmb40)

Wildfires kill 15, destroy 1,500 homes and other buildings in California wine country

SANTA ROSA - Fast-moving wildfires raging across Northern California’s wine country have killed 17 people, left about 150 missing and destroyed 1,500 homes, wineries and other structures, state fire officials said on Tuesday.

The flames from 17 major blazes have blackened more than 115,000 acres (46,500 hectares) since fires broke out on Sunday amid hot, dry conditions and high winds.

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said 11 of the fatalities were in its jurisdiction, where 155 people were still missing, although 45 others had been found and some of those unaccounted for may be due to confusion surrounding evacuations.

In Napa County, the dead included 100-year-old Charles Rippey and his wife, Sarah,, 98, according to the county sheriff’s office. No other details on that incident or the other fatalities were immediately available. Crews took advantage of cooler temperatures, lower winds and coastal fog on Tuesday to make headway against the fires but cautioned that homes, wineries and other structures remained at risk.

“We need to jump on it and take advantage of this lull before any other wind jumps up,” said Steve Crawford, a CAL FIRE operations chief, at an afternoon briefing.

“There’s a lot of devastation out there, people running around who just lost everything.”

North of San Francisco, the fires reduced houses to ashes in several communities. The city of Santa Rosa was particularly hard hit by the so-called Tubbs Fire, which damaged a Hilton hotel and destroyed a mobile home park.

Tens of thousands of residents were forced to flee, as schools closed and at least two hospitals in Sonoma County were temporarily shuttered.

Napa Valley Vintners, a trade group with 550 members, said it was too early to estimate the economic impact of the fires. At least four wineries had suffered “total or very significant losses,” and at least nine reported damage to their winery, outbuildings or surrounding vineyards, the group said.

Ninety percent of grapes had been picked before the fires started, with almost all of those still on the vine Cabernet Sauvignon, a thick-skinned variety that is not expected to be impacted by smoke

from the fires.

In addition to potential damage to vineyards from fire itself, sustained exposure to heavy smoke can taint unpicked grapes, according to wine-making experts.

More than 91,000 homes and businesses served by Pacific Gas & Electric were without power, with most of those customers in Northern California’s Sonoma and Napa counties, and gas was shut off to 28,000 customers, representatives for the utility company said.

California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Napa, Sonoma and five other counties. In Southern California, the so-called Canyon Fire 2 has spread to 7,500 acres (3,035 hectares) in Orange County, destroying 14 structures and damaging 22, fire spokesman Thanh Nguyen said.

The blaze triggered the evacuation of 5,000 people in the communities of Anaheim Hills and Orange Hills as it spread through grass and oak trees, he said, and was only 25 percent contained as of Tuesday afternoon. (rtr)

HONG KONG - In her maiden policy speech Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday warned the city faced “grave” challenges and must develop a diversified and high value economy, unveiling a mix of housing and tax relief policies to raise competitiveness.

Hong Kong, now among the world’s most costly cities, has battled rising income inequality, the slow implementation of marquee public projects, political tensions with mainland China, and a slide in regional competitiveness.

“In the face of competition from other economies as well as the rise of protectionism in recent years, Hong Kong is facing increasingly grave challenges. We must develop a high value-added and diversified economy,” Lam said.

Lam said she would bolster support for small and medium enterprises in the Asian financial hub by cutting company profits tax to 8.25 percent from 16.5 percent for the first HK$2 million of earnings.

Earnings after that would be taxed at the current 16.5 percent.

On combating Hong Kong’s soaring housing prices, Lam said that despite a raft of property cooling measures, the government had “no magic wands”.

Lam pledged to increase land supply where possible and launch a new subsidised “starter homes” scheme to help families not eligible for cheap-rental public housing.

The first phase would provide around 1,000 residential units.

“Even if our housing policy has broad community support, it takes time to find land for increasing the housing supply,” conceded Lam, Hong Kong’s first female leader.

Hong Kong -- where people are squeezed into an average living space of just 150 square feet (14

square metres) per person -- is the world’s most expensive city for flats, according to a recent UBS report ranking 20 leading global cities including New York, London, Tokyo and Singapore.

Chinese President Xi Jinping also voiced concern over the financial hub’s property market when he visited on July 1.

Some observers felt Lam’s housing initiatives were not bold enough.

“Property shares are down because of the lack of mention of farmland conversion to build first homes. But the chief executive cannot be too specific, so the sell-off doesn’t reflect the real picture,” said Nicole Wong, a property analyst with CLSA. Lam also said Hong Kong would aim to double expenditure on research and development over the next five years, to 1.5 percent of annual GDP from 0.73 percent, in a bid to bolster its sputtering tech prospects with neighbouring Chinese city Shenzhen having galloped ahead in recent years.

Income inequality is at its highest level in over four decades in the city of 7.3 million people, stoking discontent that has seen large-scale protests in recent years over calls for more affordable housing as well as democracy.

Since taking office Lam has sought to heal social divisions amid growing tensions with China, and to forge a softer and more socially engaged leadership style than her predecessor, the staunchly proBeijing Leung Chun-ying.

Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” formula which guarantees wide-ranging autonomy and judicial independence not seen in mainland China. (rtr)

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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam delivers her policy speech at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China October 11, 2017.

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BUSINESS Egypt’s inflation dips in September

CAIRO - Egypt’s key inflation indicators eased in September as the local market absorbed the impact of government fuel and energy price hikes earlier in the year, and analysts expect consumer prices to dip further in the coming months.

Annual urban consumer price inflation fell to 31.6 percent year-on-year in September from 31.9 percent in August, the official CAPMAS statistics agency said on Tuesday.

Core inflation, which strips out volatile items like food, decreased to 33.26 percent from 34.86 percent, the central bank said.

Inflation soared in July to its highest since 1986 after the government cut fuel and energy subsidies. The cuts were a condition of a $12 billion, three-year loan programme agreed last November with the IMF, which included subsidy cuts, tax increases and looser capital controls.

“The decline in core inflation ... confirms our expectation that the inflationary impact of energy and utilities price hikes is tapering off and demand-driven inflation is declining,” said Reham El-Dessouki, an economist at Arqam Capital.

The central bank raised its key interest rates by 200 basis points in a surprise move in July, seeking to ease the inflationary pressure, but has kept them steady since.

Analysts are watching inflation and other signals the central bank may soon move to cut benchmark interest rates. Egypt has raised banks’ reserve requirements, tightening monetary policy in what economists said may signal a cut soon.

“Egyptian inflation edged down further in September and we expect it to fall sharply in the coming months, prompting the central bank to start cutting interest rates,” London-based Capital Economics said in a statement on Tuesday.(rtr)

REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Woman leaves a clothing shop showing items for sale in Cairo, Egypt, October 10, 2017.

New Nobel Prize economist Thaler stumped by record markets

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U.S. economist Richard Thaler, of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks during a news conference after winning the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. October 9, 2017.

BOSTON - University of Chicago professor Richard Thaler may have won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for his work on behavioral economics, but the behavior of investors has him stumped. Thaler said on Tuesday he is puzzled by the steady rise of global stock markets in recent years, even as many countries are gripped by political and social drama.

“It’s a mystery to me. That, and the unbelievably low volatility in a time of massive global uncertainty seems mysterious to me,” Thaler said in a phone interview from his Chicago apartment.

Thaler also said his field could do more to research how human psychology affects things like inflation or interest rates. “Behavioral economists have not invested as much in macro as I would like,” he said.

Thaler spoke as U.S. stocks flirted with new record highs on

Tuesday. The S&P 500 index is up roughly 14 percent for the year amid optimism about the economy and corporate profits.

Thaler’s humble tone stood in contrast to the wide acclaim he received Monday when the 72year-old was awarded the 9 million Swedish crown ($1.1 million) prize for his work on how human nature affects supposedly rational markets.

His research showed how traits such as lack of self-control and fear of loss can prompt decisions that have bad long-term outcomes.

Thaler’s work has been applied in many areas such as auto-enrolling workers into retirement savings plans and adjusting their investments according to their age.

Thaler also has done well outside of the academic world, as part-owner of an $8 billion investment management firm in California, Fuller & Thaler Asset

Management. It aims to practice financial theory such as looking for cases where other investors over-reacted and sold off too much of a stock based on bad news.

The firm often focuses on small-cap companies, with market values of $3 billion or less, because there are fewer competing investors and thus more opportunities for gains, he said.

Thaler made a short appearance in the Academy Award-winning 2015 film “The Big Short”, explaining the so-called “hot-hand fallacy” in which past success is expected to also warrant success in the future, with pop star Selena Gomez.

Thaler said he rejected an early version of the script, wanting to be sure he spoke accurately for film audiences.

“If I was going to make a fool of myself in a movie at least I’d get the economics right,” Thaler said.(rtr)

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Barong Bangkung Street Show

As a tradition, the Hindu community in Bali celebrates Galungan and Kuningan by delivering oblations accompanied with art activities. It also happens to the celebration of Galungan and Kuningan, where during the feast the barong bangkung or barong bangkal troupe will definitely do ngelawang or street show.

Barong bangkal or barong bangkung is a large enough and old pig considered a mythical animal having a mystical power.

Attires of the barong are made of black and white velvet. However, in general, the attires are not pretentious like that of other types of barong.

In every show, the barong bangkung is also equipped with trinkets of ate leaves and the dancers are wearing checkered trousers and rattles tied on legs, so that when moving they will generate rattling sound. Barong bangkal is carried by two dancers and the performances are held in the streets and around the village.

With the presence of barong show, villagers will feel they have been protected by deities marked by the arrival of barong bangkal or barong bangkung. The show is accompanied with batel bebarongan gamelan music consisting of drums, tawa-tawa, kelenang, kelenong, cymbals and kempur.

The word ngelawang is derived from the word lawang meaning ‘door,’ a term in the Balinese language that means a gallivanting show from one house to another or from one village to another. This gallivanting show with diverse Balinese artistic traditions is performed by art troupe.

Allegedly this traditional show sources from a Hindu mythology, namely Shiva Tattva. Once upon a time Lord Shiva and Goddess Uma are making love in improper place and time, so that harmony shakes. As a result, it brings in misery for mankind and other living beings.

After realizing his fault, Lord Shiva sent gods to calm down the situation and reassure the whole universe. When arriving on earth, the gods created and performed a variety of art forms. Through the love of art show the whole universe is back to peaceful condition.

The meaning of purification in the Shiva Tattva mythology is also harmonious with the content of disaster repellent in the legend on the insolence destruction of Mayadenawa that was then celebrated as the starting point of Galungan, the celebration of victory of dharma (truth) against adharma (untruth).

Ngelawang poses a cultural energy having a spiritual aspect, arts and entertainment.

This tradition means to expel evil spirits and protects population from any plagues or diseases caused by evil spirits (bhuta kala).

When performing ngelawang, homeowners will usually offer an oblation with sesari (money).

Ngelawang tradition inherited from generation to generation means to neutralize the universe, reject all kinds of diseases interfering with human life, including psychically driving away those having evil intention.

By and large, this street show is performed five days before Galungan to the celebration of Kuningan. In the 1970s, the nomadic art crystallized into art event that jazzed up the Galungan. In recent years, this art tends to go extinct in line with the changing of times, so that it is difficult to find this kind of performance.Values of education Ngelawang does not only pose an attractive art show, but also contains positive values. In addition to preserving local culture, it also serves as a medium of creativity to sharpen educational values, norms, ethics and moral. They do this art activity in togetherness while making others happy through entertainment. Ngelawang is carried Values of education Ngelawang does not only pose an attractive art show, but also contains positive val-

ues. In addition to preserving local culture, it also serves as a medium of creativity to sharpen educational values, norms, ethics and moral.

They do this art activity in togetherness while making others happy through entertainment. Ngelawang is carried out with joy, so that the interaction among them serves as a form of character education and cultivation of artistic values as well as has the meaning of socialization.

In harmony with the development of times, ngelawang has different purposes.

There are people only doing the ngelawang to maintain tradition, just run a hobby and raise funds. Apparently, the latest development is widely practiced by barong troupe, so that the location of the show is chosen specifically such as in tourist areas like Kuta, Ubud, Sanur and others. (kmb)

Mecakcakan Tradition at Sambirenteng Village Sambirenteng customary village in Tejakula, Buleleng, organized mecakcakan tradition. This heritage tradition is better known as cockfighting in the shrine of Sambirenteng village. This unique ritual took place solemnly and festively attended by all local villagers.

Chief of Sambirenteng customary village, Jro Bendesa Nengah Mas, said that the mecakcakan is a tradition having been carried out from generation to generation.

Actually this ceremony is a series of pecaruan (animal sacrifice) at local village. The whole customary

villagers are required to submit a rooster to the committee. If villagers do not submit a fighting rooster, it can be replaced with money. After that, the roosters of customary villagers are then pitted in the area of the village shrine.

Uniqueness of this ritual lies in the cockfighting where watching people are not allowed to bet, so that this ritual is free from the impression of gambling. The losing rooster is slaughtered and cooked together to fill in the ritual oblations. The remaining will be enjoyed together through megi-

bung in the area of the Bale Agung temple. “This ritual is a heritage we’ve received and shall be held every year,” he said.

According to Mas, from his predecessors the Mecakcakan ritual is held every entering the new moon in the seventh month of Balinese calendar (January). This ritual signifies the devotion of people to God having bestowed prosperity to universe, especially to Sambirenteng village. Besides, it also aims to maintain natural balance from various negative influences. (kmb)

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A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, takes-off to fly a bilateral mission with Japanese and South Korea Air Force jets in the vicinity of the Sea of Japan, from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, October 10, 2017.

U.S. flies bombers over Korea as Trump discusses options

SEOUL - The U.S. military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump met top defence officials to discuss how to respond to any threat from North Korea.

Tensions have soared between the United States and North Korea following a series of weapons tests by Pyongyang and a string of increasingly bellicose exchanges between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. North Korea has launched two missiles over Japan and conducted its sixth nuclear test in recent weeks as it fast advances towards its goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the U.S. mainland.

The two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers were joined by two F-15K fighters from the South Korean military after leaving their base in Guam, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement on Wednesday.

After entering South Korean airspace, the two bombers carried out air-to-ground missile drills in waters off the east

coast of South Korea, then flew over the South to waters between it and China to repeat the drill, the release said.

The U.S. military said in a separate statement it conducted drills with Japanese fighters after the exercise with South Korea, making it the first time U.S. bombers have conducted training with fighters from both Japan and South Korea at night.

The U.S. bombers had taken off from the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. In August, Pyongyang threatened to fire intermediate-range missiles towards the vicinity of Guam, a U.S. Pacific territory that is frequently subjected to sabrerattling from the North.

GUARD RAISED

South Korean and U.S. government officials have been raising their guard against more North Korean provocations with the approach of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s ruling party, which fell on Tuesday.

Trump hosted a discussion on Tuesday on options to respond to any North Korean aggression or, if necessary, to

prevent Pyongyang from threatening the United States and its allies with nuclear weapons, the White House said in a statement.

Trump was briefed by Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford at a national security team meeting, the statement said.

U.S. and South Korean wartime operational plans, including a plan to wipe out the North Korean leadership, were stolen by North Korean hackers last year, a South Korean ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday.

Some 235 gigabytes of military documents were taken from South Korea’s Defence Integrated Data Centre in September last year, Democratic Party representative Rhee Cheol-hee said in radio appearances on Wednesday, citing information from unidentified South Korean defence officials.

In May, an investigative team inside the defence ministry announced the hack had been carried out by North Korea, but did not disclose what kind of information had been taken. (rtr)

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Indonesian village gives owls their jobs back TLOGOWERU - The owls of Tlogoweru have their jobs back. Six years ago farmers in this small Indonesian village were fighting a losing battle against rats and other pests ravaging their crops.

They tried smoking out the pests, but it failed. Hunting them was also impractical. The villagers also wanted to avoid using pesticides for fear of damaging their crops.

Pujo Arto had an idea. Bring back a natural predator -- the barn

owl. Since then, the farmer-turnedbreeder has raised nearly 2,000 owls through his Natural Predator Programme and released them into the wild to combat pests.

“We fostered awareness within our community by building homes for these owls, while government officials helped in implementing laws,” said Arto, 50. Common barn owls, due to their size and diet, were most suited for the job, Arto said.

In the wild, a barn owl will lay between three and 12 eggs, but not many nestlings survive. Arto brings

the eggs back to the facility to increase the survival rate, releasing the birds back into the wild when they are four months old.

So far, Arto has set up 140 nesting boxes in the village for the owls to lay their eggs, the houses standing tall on posts amidst the green

fields of corn.

Deforested land used for agriculture reduces locations for nesting, so the boxes provide the birds with an incentive to stay and thrive.

The local government has supported Arto’s programme by putting into place a law that bans

shooting or disturbing birds in the area.

Thanks to Arto’s initiative, Tlogoweru village has now become a popular destination for people looking to learn about the importance of maintaining a balanced ecosystem in nature. (rtr)

Catalonia baulks at formal independence declaration to allow talks BARCELONA - Catalonia’s leader balked at making a formal declaration of independence from Spain on Tuesday, calling for talks with Madrid over the region’s future in a gesture that eased fears of immediate unrest in the heart of the euro zone.

In a much-anticipated speech to the Catalan parliament, ringed by thousands of protesters and hundreds of armed police, Carles Puigdemont made only a symbolic declaration, claiming a mandate to launch secession but suspending any formal steps to that end.

His remarks disappointed many of his supporters who had gathered outside, waving Catalan flags in the expectation that he would move a formal independence motion to the assembly.

But the speech pleased financial markets, boosting the euro on hopes that his gesture would mark a de-escalation of Spain’s worst political crisis since an attempted military coup in 1981.

Tensions have been climbing in Catalonia since it went ahead on Oct. 1 with an independence referendum that Madrid had deemed unconstitutional.

Despite a violent police crackdown, Catalan officials say the result was an overwhelming “yes” vote.

But instead of moving a motion in REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY regional parliament on Tuesday, as People react as they watch a session of the Catalonian regional parliament on a giant Spanish unionists had feared, Puigdemont and other regional politicians screen at a pro-independence rally in Barcelona, Spain, October 10, 2017.

signed a proclamation of “full sovereignty” for Catalonia. Its legal value was unclear.

“I am disappointed. I hoped for a declaration of independence and it didn’t happen,” said 18-year-old student Julia Lluch, among a crowd of independence supporters who were rolling up their flags and drifting away from the assembly.

In Brussels, though, there was a sense of relief that the euro zone’s fourth-largest economy now had at least bought some time to deal with a crisis that was still far from over.

One EU official said Puigdemont “seems to have listened to advice not to do something irreversible”.

However, the prospects for political talks still appeared remote on Tuesday despite Puigdemont’s gesture, with Madrid insisting on talks to be held “within the law”, a phrase that is widely interpreted as ruling out independence as an option.

Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria also rejected the Catalan leader’s proposal for talks to be conducted by an international mediator.

“Neither Mr. Puigdemont nor anybody else can claim ... to impose mediation,” she said.

The Spanish government will meet on Wednesday to decide on its response to Puigdemont’s declaration. (rtr)

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Owls for sale are seen inside a cage at a bird market in Tangerang, west of Jakarta, Indonesia, September 17, 2017. Picture taken September 17, 2017.

Four archives listed in UNESCO Memory of the World Register

JAKARTA - Four national archives were included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, according to Bambang Subiyanto, chief executive of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.

“The four archives on the Borobudur temple restoration, Panji Story, Non-Aligned Movement, and Tsunami had been registered in 2016, and the results will be announced at the end of October 2017,” Subiyanto remarked here on Tuesday.

He said Indonesia had submitted a proposal to list the archives of Borobudurs renovation during the 1973-1983 period in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, as the second restoration had involved several parties, and Indonesia has

a complete documentation on the work.

The archive being filed as a Collective Memory of the World will offer it legitimacy and will strengthen the status of Borobudur as a World Heritage Inheritance.

The second archive to be registered was that of the Non-Aligned Movement. This document is viewed as having universal value, as the world was split into two blocs, and 10 countries, including Indonesia, had participated in organizing the Non-Aligned Summit.

Indonesia, along with several countries, such as Cuba, Zambia, and Algeria, had registered the archives of the Non-Aligned Movement as a Collective Memory of the World.

The archive of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Aceh in 2004, the most powerful earthquake measuring 9.1 on the Richter scale, was also listed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

At the time, the earth shook for eight to 10 minutes, thereby making it the longest earthquake, in which Indonesia became the most affected country due to the natural disaster.

“This document is important to be included as a Collective Memory of the World to serve as a reminder of the powerful and destructive nature of the earthquake,” he said.

The last archive to be registered comprised 76 manuscripts of the Panji Story about Inu Kertapati and Dewi Sekartaji from East Java dating back to the 13th century. (ant)

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Unique, Magoak-goakan tradition in Kintamani

BANGLI - Kintamani customary village held magoak-goakan every year. The tradition was attended by approximately 4,000 people ranging from children, adolescents, adults to the elderly. The tradition was organized in a series of Nyepi Desa at the local customary village. From the morning, thousands of people putting on middle traditional attires have thronged the village square or sacred land to implement magoakgoakan tradition.

Not infrequently, the participants should turn upside down due to the sloping arena. In addition, a number of participants, especially women, were crushed by the other participants. Nevertheless, it did not reduce the enthusiasm of residents to follow the tradition. Amid the activities, chief of Kintamani customary village, Nyoman Sukadia, said that magoak-goakan tradition has been started at 8:00 until midnight. This activity is routinely held every year considering this tradition is the legacy of ancestors that must continue to be preserved.

Sukadia explained that the ma-

goak-goakan tradition aims to more establish relationship among the residents of Kintamani customary village. Moreover, this tradition is intended for preservation of the natural environment and wildlife.

The ceremony takes place on the full moon of the Balinese ninth month and during which is also held Jagra and Miasa. “From there, we’ve been required to preserve and honor our fellow beings. At that time, we should not slaughter chicken nor sell it. In addition, residents are not allowed to speech words that may offend others and may not do negative things. They may only be allowed to do positive things,” he explained. He disclosed that when the magoak-goakan tradition was held, all Kintamani customary villagers were dissolved together in joy. They should not conduct any activities like work. After magoakgoakan activities, it was resumed with the search for firewood. Residents are required to find a dead tree or dried tree branches without carrying tools such as axes and so forth.

They should not cut down trees that are still alive. (kmb)

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Kyrgios blames stomach bug for Shanghai retirement

SHANGHAI - Nick Kyrgios said a stomach bug and a shoulder problem had forced him to retire after losing the first set in his Shanghai Masters first-round match against American Steve Johnson on Tuesday.

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Nick Kyrgios of Australia hits a return during the men’s singles against Steve Johnson of America at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai on October 10, 2017.

The mercurial Australian, who lost to Rafa Nadal in the China Open final on Sunday, took a 4-2 lead in the tiebreak before Johnson fired a series of winners to take the set 7-6(5).

Kyrgios then ran up to his opponent, shook his hand and walked off court to boos from the crowd, leaving Johnson and chair umpire Fergus Murphy confused.

Local media reported that Kyrgios received two code violations during the set and was docked a point in the tiebreak.

Reports also said he told officials he would quit if he lost the set, but Kyrgios took to Twitter to apologise to his fans.

“I’ve been battling a stomach bug for the past 24 hours and I tried to be ready but I was really struggling on the court today which I think was pretty evident from the first point,” Kyrgios said.

“My shoulder started to hurt in the practice which didn’t help either and once I lost the first set I was just not strong enough to continue because I’ve not eaten much in the past 24 hours,” he added.

“I’m hoping to be okay for the doubles and will make a decision tomorrow morning, hopefully off of a good night’s sleep which I didn’t get last night.

“I’m gutted to be honest to be honest as I was keen to keep the good momentum that I built in Beijing going and finish the year strong. I’ll do what I can to make sure I do.”

Kyrgios was fined $16,500 by the ATP last year for deliberately throwing a game away during his second-round defeat by Mischa Zverev in Shanghai.

Argentine Juan Martin del Potro overpowered Russian teenager Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-4 in the second round.

American Sam Querrey powered past Yuichi Sugita 6-3 6-2 and Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov beat Viktor Troicki 6-7(3) 6-3 6-0 in first-round matches. (rtr)

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LONDON - Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne praised his Formula One team’s progress on Monday and said the season was not lost despite a string of setbacks in recent races.

Sebastian Vettel, championship leader Lewis Hamilton’s main title rival, is 59 points adrift of the Mercedes driver after retiring from Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix with a broken spark plug.

Ferrari are also a hefty 145 points behind reigning champions Mercedes in the constructors’ standings with four races remaining. Both titles could be wrapped up in Austin, Texas, in two weeks’ time.

Japan followed two other bad races for Ferrari, with Vettel starting last in Malaysia after being sidelined in qualifying by an engine problem. He crashed out in Singapore on the first lap after a collision with team mate Kimi Raikkonen.

“The season is not lost, there’s still all to do,” Marchionne told Italy’s Class CNBC television at a Ferrari 70th anniversary event in New York.

“I won’t talk of bad luck, I don’t believe in it,” he added. “The important thing is to not lose the confidence that has brought us so far.

“I’m delighted with what the team has done and I have tremendous confidence that in the next four races we will be able to close most of the Mercedes gap.”

Marchionne expressed annoyance that a 59 euro ($69) part, in a car costing millions, had wrecked the race and repeated a view expressed after Malaysia that component quality and procedures needed to improve.

“It’s a problem we’ve probably ignored over time because it was never of much importance but now we’ve had at least three occasions where we’ve really seen the devastating impact on performance. We’ll fix it,” he said.

Raikkonen was unable to start in Malaysia, having qualified on the front row, after a power unit problem was detected just before the race. Marchionne said Ferrari, who failed to win any races last year, had still made huge steps with Vettel winning four times this season and leading the championship from March to September.

“Without being arrogant, I think it (the car) is at the same level if not better than Mercedes’ today,” he said. “I’m sure if we’d not had any problems like in the last three races, we would be having a different discussion.” (rtr)

REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Former Ferrari German F1 driver Michael Schumacher’s Monaco Grand Prix winning Ferrari F2001 car, is on display with other models at the Rockefeller Plaza in celebrations of Ferrari’s 70th anniversary, in New York, U.S., October 8, 2017.

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Lionel Messi

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Magical Messi sees Argentina through to World Cup finals

A magical Lionel Messi hat-trick carried Argentina to a 3-1 win over Ecuador on Tuesday and booked their place at next year’s World Cup finals in Russia.

With Argentina facing the dire possibility of missing out on a World Cup for the first time since 1970, their brilliant captain delivered when it matter most with three goals in the rarefied air of Quito.

The twice World Cup winners finished third in the 10-team South American group, going through with Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia as the automatic qualifiers, while Peru grabbed a playoff place against Oceania champions New Zealand at the expense of Chile.

“Today Argentina took a great step forward,” said coach Jorge Sampaoli. “I hope that with the time to prepare that we’ll have, we can be competitive (in Russia) like we were today.”

While Sampaoli was delighted with his captain’s performance, he said the side had to stop relying on him so much. “We’ve got to fix it so not everything depends on Messi,” he added.

Messi had not been at his best in Argentina’s stutter-

ing campaign and failed to score in their previous three drawn qualifiers, which had left them in sixth place and out of the qualifying berths for Russia heading into Tuesday’s game.

A World Cup without Argentina seemed an even bigger possibility when Romario Ibarra put Ecuador ahead in the opening minute after he got the better of Javier Mascherano and beat Sergio Romero with a low shot.

But Argentina, who had managed only one previous win in Quito, in 2001, equalised 11 minutes later when Messi tapped home after a one-two with Angel Di Maria.

Messi then put Argentina ahead in the 20th minute, firing a superb shot past Maximo Banguera into the top corner, and completed his hat-trick just past the hour, shaking off three tired Ecuador defenders before lifting the ball over the advancing goalkeeper and into the net.

Messi, enjoying a little bit of extra space seldom afforded against rival South American defences, joined Uruguay’s Luis Suarez, his team mate at Barcelona, as the all-time joint top scorers in CONMEBOL qualifiers with 21 goals. (rtr)

A late goal from Roman Torres punched Panama’s ticket to their first World Cup finals on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Costa Rica, while the United States will miss out for the first time since 1986 after Honduras pipped them to a playoff place. With Honduras stunning group winners Mexico 3-2, the United States’ 2-1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago saw them finish fifth in the six-team North, Central American and Caribbean (CONCACAF) final qualifying round.

Romell Quioto scored the winner in the 60th minute for Honduras, who will now face Australia in a two-leg playoff in November for another ticket to Russia. Panama’s win was not without controversy. After the visitors went ahead through Johan Venegas’ neat chip in the first half, a 53rd minute Panama corner bounced awkwardly off Gabriel Torres towards the net and while forward Blas Perez dived head first to try to force it home the ball was blocked on the line by Ronald Matarrita.

Somehow the Costa Rican defender scrambled it clear but the referee, who had been standing outside the box, awarded the goal.

There was no doubt about the winner from Roman Torres, however, after he hammered home a volley in the 88th-minute to spark wild celebrations in the stadium. That goal

not only sent Panama to their first World Cup but ensured the United States would miss out.

The Americans, who were sitting pretty in the final qualifying spot heading into Tuesday’s game, fell behind to an own goal in the 16th minute from defender Omar Gonzalez and went two down when Alvin Jones scored eight minutes before half-time.

Christian Pulisic pulled one back shortly after the break but the United States failed to grab an equaliser. “It was one of the most unlucky goals ever for myself and is one that will haunt me forever,” a guilt-stricken Gonzalez told reporters. Mexico, who had already qualified for Russia as group winners, took the lead in Honduras when forward Oribe Peralta blasted home from close range in the 17th minute.

The home side equalised 17 minutes later through Alberth Elis before Mexico’s Carlos Vela responded with a strike five minutes later to put his team up 2-1. Honduras equalised in unusual fashion when a bullet of a shot hit the crossbar and ricocheted off the back of the head of Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa for an unlikely own goal. Quioto then scored the crucial third for Honduras on the hour to hand Mexico their first defeat of the round and book their place in the playoffs against the Socceroos. (rtr)

REUTERS/Carlos Lemos

Panama’s coach Dario Gomez celebrates with Roman Torres after Panama qualifies to the world cup for the first time.

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Syria’s players react after losing.

REUTERS/Steve Christo

Syria coach hails ‘miracle’ campaign despite Australia defeat

SYDNEY - Syria coach Ayman Hakeem said his team’s unlikely bid for a maiden spot in the World Cup finals, which was brought to an end by Australia on Tuesday, had been a “miracle” given the odds stacked against them. Hakeem’s team, forced to play all their “home” qualifiers in Malaysia because of the security situation in Syria and without five key players in the match against the Socceroos, came within the width of a goalpost of keeping the run alive in Sydney.

Had Omar Al Somah’s 120th minute free kick gone into the net rather than hitting the woodwork, it would have been Syria not Australia who would now be preparing to take on Honduras next month in another playoff for a berth in Russia.

“I’m very proud of our team and was proud of them from the beginning,” Hakeem said after the 3-2 aggregate defeat in the Asian playoff. “Our team has achieved a miracle. Honestly, no other team has had it so tough. “We are suffering, we are playing outside our home turf so to lose 2-1 to Australia with extra time and with only 10 players that’s nothing short of a miracle.

“We really wanted to achieve our dream but to have reached so far is a miracle. “There were some mistakes but I thank our players, they were up to the responsibility placed upon them and I thank

the supporters of the Syrian Team, a team that was working with determination towards qualification.

“However, we cannot not blame ourselves.”

Hakeem laid plenty of blame on the referee, who dismissed Mahmoud Al Mawa for a second yellow card in the first period of extra time. He also attracted some ire in Australia by refusing to shake the hand of his Socceroos counterpart Ange Postecoglou.

His insistence that Syria was not a divided country despite the savage civil war was also undermined by the relief with which some of his compatriots greeted the defeat, happy that President Bashar alAssad could not capitalise on a success.

Veteran striker Firas Al Khatib, whose appearance as a substitute in the second half of the first leg against the Australians played a large part in Syria securing a 1-1 draw, said he hoped the run would prove a catalyst for the team.

“I want to apologise to the Syrian fans on behalf of all my team mates and all Syrians everywhere,” the 34-year-old said. “We wanted to make them happy and put smiles on their faces but we couldn’t manage it as luck was against us. “Hopefully things will be better for Syrian football in the future and, if the coaches think Firas Al Khatib is capable of playing on, I will be available.” (rtr)

BRUSSELS - Belgium manager Roberto Martinez has said that it will be a challenge to pick his 23-man squad for the World Cup in Russia next year because of the talent he will be forced to leave out. “We have a lot of options in all positions. It’s going to be difficult to choose the final 23 because a lot of players have delivered a contribution and deserve to be in the squad,” said Martinez after Belgium concluded their campaign with another high-scoring win, this time 4-0 over Cyprus in Brussels.

“Now it is up to each player to force his way into the squad with his performances.” The Spanish coach used the opportunity on Tuesday to start Thorgan Hazard and Youri Tielemans, who have not been regulars.

“Thorgan showed why be belongs in the squad. He can play a multitude of positions. I watched his last game at Borussia Moenchengladbach. He took a stoppage time penalty and showed his character and I liked that,” Marti-

nez said of Eden Hazard’s younger brother, who was among Tuesday’s scorers. “Youri Tielemans has such impressive strength. He turns quickly and plays his football at full speed.”

Belgium were the first country to qualify from the European preliminaries for next year’s tournament and finished with nine wins from their 10 Group H matches, scoring a recordequalling 43 goals in the process.

They matched the record tally Germany had set on Monday as they completed their campaign with a 100 percent record. “It was not an objective in this campaign to score a lot of goals but because of the standard of the squad we achieved it,” Martinez said. “We scored because we created chances, evidence that the team is doing well.”

Belgium will now begin World Cup preparations with friendlies against Japan and Mexico next month and Martinez added that they would look to play against African and South American teams in friendlies next March. (rtr)

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Lionel Messi

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Magical Messi sees Argentina through to World Cup finals

A magical Lionel Messi hat-trick carried Argentina to a 3-1 win over Ecuador on Tuesday and booked their place at next year’s World Cup finals in Russia.

With Argentina facing the dire possibility of missing out on a World Cup for the first time since 1970, their brilliant captain delivered when it matter most with three goals in the rarefied air of Quito.

The twice World Cup winners finished third in the 10-team South American group, going through with Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia as the automatic qualifiers, while Peru grabbed a playoff place against Oceania champions New Zealand at the expense of Chile.

“Today Argentina took a great step forward,” said coach Jorge Sampaoli. “I hope that with the time to prepare that we’ll have, we can be competitive (in Russia) like we were today.”

While Sampaoli was delighted with his captain’s performance, he said the side had to stop relying on him so much. “We’ve got to fix it so not everything depends on Messi,” he added.

Messi had not been at his best in Argentina’s stutter-

ing campaign and failed to score in their previous three drawn qualifiers, which had left them in sixth place and out of the qualifying berths for Russia heading into Tuesday’s game.

A World Cup without Argentina seemed an even bigger possibility when Romario Ibarra put Ecuador ahead in the opening minute after he got the better of Javier Mascherano and beat Sergio Romero with a low shot.

But Argentina, who had managed only one previous win in Quito, in 2001, equalised 11 minutes later when Messi tapped home after a one-two with Angel Di Maria.

Messi then put Argentina ahead in the 20th minute, firing a superb shot past Maximo Banguera into the top corner, and completed his hat-trick just past the hour, shaking off three tired Ecuador defenders before lifting the ball over the advancing goalkeeper and into the net.

Messi, enjoying a little bit of extra space seldom afforded against rival South American defences, joined Uruguay’s Luis Suarez, his team mate at Barcelona, as the all-time joint top scorers in CONMEBOL qualifiers with 21 goals. (rtr)

A late goal from Roman Torres punched Panama’s ticket to their first World Cup finals on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Costa Rica, while the United States will miss out for the first time since 1986 after Honduras pipped them to a playoff place. With Honduras stunning group winners Mexico 3-2, the United States’ 2-1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago saw them finish fifth in the six-team North, Central American and Caribbean (CONCACAF) final qualifying round.

Romell Quioto scored the winner in the 60th minute for Honduras, who will now face Australia in a two-leg playoff in November for another ticket to Russia. Panama’s win was not without controversy. After the visitors went ahead through Johan Venegas’ neat chip in the first half, a 53rd minute Panama corner bounced awkwardly off Gabriel Torres towards the net and while forward Blas Perez dived head first to try to force it home the ball was blocked on the line by Ronald Matarrita.

Somehow the Costa Rican defender scrambled it clear but the referee, who had been standing outside the box, awarded the goal.

There was no doubt about the winner from Roman Torres, however, after he hammered home a volley in the 88th-minute to spark wild celebrations in the stadium. That goal

not only sent Panama to their first World Cup but ensured the United States would miss out.

The Americans, who were sitting pretty in the final qualifying spot heading into Tuesday’s game, fell behind to an own goal in the 16th minute from defender Omar Gonzalez and went two down when Alvin Jones scored eight minutes before half-time.

Christian Pulisic pulled one back shortly after the break but the United States failed to grab an equaliser. “It was one of the most unlucky goals ever for myself and is one that will haunt me forever,” a guilt-stricken Gonzalez told reporters. Mexico, who had already qualified for Russia as group winners, took the lead in Honduras when forward Oribe Peralta blasted home from close range in the 17th minute.

The home side equalised 17 minutes later through Alberth Elis before Mexico’s Carlos Vela responded with a strike five minutes later to put his team up 2-1. Honduras equalised in unusual fashion when a bullet of a shot hit the crossbar and ricocheted off the back of the head of Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa for an unlikely own goal. Quioto then scored the crucial third for Honduras on the hour to hand Mexico their first defeat of the round and book their place in the playoffs against the Socceroos. (rtr)

REUTERS/Carlos Lemos

Panama’s coach Dario Gomez celebrates with Roman Torres after Panama qualifies to the world cup for the first time.

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Depth of Belgium talent leaves Martinez with difficult World Cup decisions

Syria’s players react after losing.

REUTERS/Steve Christo

Syria coach hails ‘miracle’ campaign despite Australia defeat

SYDNEY - Syria coach Ayman Hakeem said his team’s unlikely bid for a maiden spot in the World Cup finals, which was brought to an end by Australia on Tuesday, had been a “miracle” given the odds stacked against them. Hakeem’s team, forced to play all their “home” qualifiers in Malaysia because of the security situation in Syria and without five key players in the match against the Socceroos, came within the width of a goalpost of keeping the run alive in Sydney.

Had Omar Al Somah’s 120th minute free kick gone into the net rather than hitting the woodwork, it would have been Syria not Australia who would now be preparing to take on Honduras next month in another playoff for a berth in Russia.

“I’m very proud of our team and was proud of them from the beginning,” Hakeem said after the 3-2 aggregate defeat in the Asian playoff. “Our team has achieved a miracle. Honestly, no other team has had it so tough. “We are suffering, we are playing outside our home turf so to lose 2-1 to Australia with extra time and with only 10 players that’s nothing short of a miracle.

“We really wanted to achieve our dream but to have reached so far is a miracle. “There were some mistakes but I thank our players, they were up to the responsibility placed upon them and I thank

the supporters of the Syrian Team, a team that was working with determination towards qualification.

“However, we cannot not blame ourselves.”

Hakeem laid plenty of blame on the referee, who dismissed Mahmoud Al Mawa for a second yellow card in the first period of extra time. He also attracted some ire in Australia by refusing to shake the hand of his Socceroos counterpart Ange Postecoglou.

His insistence that Syria was not a divided country despite the savage civil war was also undermined by the relief with which some of his compatriots greeted the defeat, happy that President Bashar alAssad could not capitalise on a success.

Veteran striker Firas Al Khatib, whose appearance as a substitute in the second half of the first leg against the Australians played a large part in Syria securing a 1-1 draw, said he hoped the run would prove a catalyst for the team.

“I want to apologise to the Syrian fans on behalf of all my team mates and all Syrians everywhere,” the 34-year-old said. “We wanted to make them happy and put smiles on their faces but we couldn’t manage it as luck was against us. “Hopefully things will be better for Syrian football in the future and, if the coaches think Firas Al Khatib is capable of playing on, I will be available.” (rtr)

BRUSSELS - Belgium manager Roberto Martinez has said that it will be a challenge to pick his 23-man squad for the World Cup in Russia next year because of the talent he will be forced to leave out. “We have a lot of options in all positions. It’s going to be difficult to choose the final 23 because a lot of players have delivered a contribution and deserve to be in the squad,” said Martinez after Belgium concluded their campaign with another high-scoring win, this time 4-0 over Cyprus in Brussels.

“Now it is up to each player to force his way into the squad with his performances.” The Spanish coach used the opportunity on Tuesday to start Thorgan Hazard and Youri Tielemans, who have not been regulars.

“Thorgan showed why be belongs in the squad. He can play a multitude of positions. I watched his last game at Borussia Moenchengladbach. He took a stoppage time penalty and showed his character and I liked that,” Marti-

nez said of Eden Hazard’s younger brother, who was among Tuesday’s scorers. “Youri Tielemans has such impressive strength. He turns quickly and plays his football at full speed.”

Belgium were the first country to qualify from the European preliminaries for next year’s tournament and finished with nine wins from their 10 Group H matches, scoring a recordequalling 43 goals in the process.

They matched the record tally Germany had set on Monday as they completed their campaign with a 100 percent record. “It was not an objective in this campaign to score a lot of goals but because of the standard of the squad we achieved it,” Martinez said. “We scored because we created chances, evidence that the team is doing well.”

Belgium will now begin World Cup preparations with friendlies against Japan and Mexico next month and Martinez added that they would look to play against African and South American teams in friendlies next March. (rtr)

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Unique, Magoak-goakan tradition in Kintamani

BANGLI - Kintamani customary village held magoak-goakan every year. The tradition was attended by approximately 4,000 people ranging from children, adolescents, adults to the elderly. The tradition was organized in a series of Nyepi Desa at the local customary village. From the morning, thousands of people putting on middle traditional attires have thronged the village square or sacred land to implement magoakgoakan tradition.

Not infrequently, the participants should turn upside down due to the sloping arena. In addition, a number of participants, especially women, were crushed by the other participants. Nevertheless, it did not reduce the enthusiasm of residents to follow the tradition. Amid the activities, chief of Kintamani customary village, Nyoman Sukadia, said that magoak-goakan tradition has been started at 8:00 until midnight. This activity is routinely held every year considering this tradition is the legacy of ancestors that must continue to be preserved.

Sukadia explained that the ma-

goak-goakan tradition aims to more establish relationship among the residents of Kintamani customary village. Moreover, this tradition is intended for preservation of the natural environment and wildlife.

The ceremony takes place on the full moon of the Balinese ninth month and during which is also held Jagra and Miasa. “From there, we’ve been required to preserve and honor our fellow beings. At that time, we should not slaughter chicken nor sell it. In addition, residents are not allowed to speech words that may offend others and may not do negative things. They may only be allowed to do positive things,” he explained. He disclosed that when the magoak-goakan tradition was held, all Kintamani customary villagers were dissolved together in joy. They should not conduct any activities like work. After magoakgoakan activities, it was resumed with the search for firewood. Residents are required to find a dead tree or dried tree branches without carrying tools such as axes and so forth.

They should not cut down trees that are still alive. (kmb)

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Kyrgios blames stomach bug for Shanghai retirement

SHANGHAI - Nick Kyrgios said a stomach bug and a shoulder problem had forced him to retire after losing the first set in his Shanghai Masters first-round match against American Steve Johnson on Tuesday.

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Nick Kyrgios of Australia hits a return during the men’s singles against Steve Johnson of America at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai on October 10, 2017.

The mercurial Australian, who lost to Rafa Nadal in the China Open final on Sunday, took a 4-2 lead in the tiebreak before Johnson fired a series of winners to take the set 7-6(5).

Kyrgios then ran up to his opponent, shook his hand and walked off court to boos from the crowd, leaving Johnson and chair umpire Fergus Murphy confused.

Local media reported that Kyrgios received two code violations during the set and was docked a point in the tiebreak.

Reports also said he told officials he would quit if he lost the set, but Kyrgios took to Twitter to apologise to his fans.

“I’ve been battling a stomach bug for the past 24 hours and I tried to be ready but I was really struggling on the court today which I think was pretty evident from the first point,” Kyrgios said.

“My shoulder started to hurt in the practice which didn’t help either and once I lost the first set I was just not strong enough to continue because I’ve not eaten much in the past 24 hours,” he added.

“I’m hoping to be okay for the doubles and will make a decision tomorrow morning, hopefully off of a good night’s sleep which I didn’t get last night.

“I’m gutted to be honest to be honest as I was keen to keep the good momentum that I built in Beijing going and finish the year strong. I’ll do what I can to make sure I do.”

Kyrgios was fined $16,500 by the ATP last year for deliberately throwing a game away during his second-round defeat by Mischa Zverev in Shanghai.

Argentine Juan Martin del Potro overpowered Russian teenager Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-4 in the second round.

American Sam Querrey powered past Yuichi Sugita 6-3 6-2 and Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov beat Viktor Troicki 6-7(3) 6-3 6-0 in first-round matches. (rtr)

The season is not lost for Ferrari, says Marchionne

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LONDON - Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne praised his Formula One team’s progress on Monday and said the season was not lost despite a string of setbacks in recent races.

Sebastian Vettel, championship leader Lewis Hamilton’s main title rival, is 59 points adrift of the Mercedes driver after retiring from Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix with a broken spark plug.

Ferrari are also a hefty 145 points behind reigning champions Mercedes in the constructors’ standings with four races remaining. Both titles could be wrapped up in Austin, Texas, in two weeks’ time.

Japan followed two other bad races for Ferrari, with Vettel starting last in Malaysia after being sidelined in qualifying by an engine problem. He crashed out in Singapore on the first lap after a collision with team mate Kimi Raikkonen.

“The season is not lost, there’s still all to do,” Marchionne told Italy’s Class CNBC television at a Ferrari 70th anniversary event in New York.

“I won’t talk of bad luck, I don’t believe in it,” he added. “The important thing is to not lose the confidence that has brought us so far.

“I’m delighted with what the team has done and I have tremendous confidence that in the next four races we will be able to close most of the Mercedes gap.”

Marchionne expressed annoyance that a 59 euro ($69) part, in a car costing millions, had wrecked the race and repeated a view expressed after Malaysia that component quality and procedures needed to improve.

“It’s a problem we’ve probably ignored over time because it was never of much importance but now we’ve had at least three occasions where we’ve really seen the devastating impact on performance. We’ll fix it,” he said.

Raikkonen was unable to start in Malaysia, having qualified on the front row, after a power unit problem was detected just before the race. Marchionne said Ferrari, who failed to win any races last year, had still made huge steps with Vettel winning four times this season and leading the championship from March to September.

“Without being arrogant, I think it (the car) is at the same level if not better than Mercedes’ today,” he said. “I’m sure if we’d not had any problems like in the last three races, we would be having a different discussion.” (rtr)

REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Former Ferrari German F1 driver Michael Schumacher’s Monaco Grand Prix winning Ferrari F2001 car, is on display with other models at the Rockefeller Plaza in celebrations of Ferrari’s 70th anniversary, in New York, U.S., October 8, 2017.

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A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, takes-off to fly a bilateral mission with Japanese and South Korea Air Force jets in the vicinity of the Sea of Japan, from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, October 10, 2017.

U.S. flies bombers over Korea as Trump discusses options

SEOUL - The U.S. military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump met top defence officials to discuss how to respond to any threat from North Korea.

Tensions have soared between the United States and North Korea following a series of weapons tests by Pyongyang and a string of increasingly bellicose exchanges between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. North Korea has launched two missiles over Japan and conducted its sixth nuclear test in recent weeks as it fast advances towards its goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the U.S. mainland.

The two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers were joined by two F-15K fighters from the South Korean military after leaving their base in Guam, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement on Wednesday.

After entering South Korean airspace, the two bombers carried out air-to-ground missile drills in waters off the east

coast of South Korea, then flew over the South to waters between it and China to repeat the drill, the release said.

The U.S. military said in a separate statement it conducted drills with Japanese fighters after the exercise with South Korea, making it the first time U.S. bombers have conducted training with fighters from both Japan and South Korea at night.

The U.S. bombers had taken off from the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. In August, Pyongyang threatened to fire intermediate-range missiles towards the vicinity of Guam, a U.S. Pacific territory that is frequently subjected to sabrerattling from the North.

GUARD RAISED

South Korean and U.S. government officials have been raising their guard against more North Korean provocations with the approach of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s ruling party, which fell on Tuesday.

Trump hosted a discussion on Tuesday on options to respond to any North Korean aggression or, if necessary, to

prevent Pyongyang from threatening the United States and its allies with nuclear weapons, the White House said in a statement.

Trump was briefed by Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford at a national security team meeting, the statement said.

U.S. and South Korean wartime operational plans, including a plan to wipe out the North Korean leadership, were stolen by North Korean hackers last year, a South Korean ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday.

Some 235 gigabytes of military documents were taken from South Korea’s Defence Integrated Data Centre in September last year, Democratic Party representative Rhee Cheol-hee said in radio appearances on Wednesday, citing information from unidentified South Korean defence officials.

In May, an investigative team inside the defence ministry announced the hack had been carried out by North Korea, but did not disclose what kind of information had been taken. (rtr)

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Indonesian village gives owls their jobs back TLOGOWERU - The owls of Tlogoweru have their jobs back. Six years ago farmers in this small Indonesian village were fighting a losing battle against rats and other pests ravaging their crops.

They tried smoking out the pests, but it failed. Hunting them was also impractical. The villagers also wanted to avoid using pesticides for fear of damaging their crops.

Pujo Arto had an idea. Bring back a natural predator -- the barn

owl. Since then, the farmer-turnedbreeder has raised nearly 2,000 owls through his Natural Predator Programme and released them into the wild to combat pests.

“We fostered awareness within our community by building homes for these owls, while government officials helped in implementing laws,” said Arto, 50. Common barn owls, due to their size and diet, were most suited for the job, Arto said.

In the wild, a barn owl will lay between three and 12 eggs, but not many nestlings survive. Arto brings

the eggs back to the facility to increase the survival rate, releasing the birds back into the wild when they are four months old.

So far, Arto has set up 140 nesting boxes in the village for the owls to lay their eggs, the houses standing tall on posts amidst the green

fields of corn.

Deforested land used for agriculture reduces locations for nesting, so the boxes provide the birds with an incentive to stay and thrive.

The local government has supported Arto’s programme by putting into place a law that bans

shooting or disturbing birds in the area.

Thanks to Arto’s initiative, Tlogoweru village has now become a popular destination for people looking to learn about the importance of maintaining a balanced ecosystem in nature. (rtr)

Catalonia baulks at formal independence declaration to allow talks BARCELONA - Catalonia’s leader balked at making a formal declaration of independence from Spain on Tuesday, calling for talks with Madrid over the region’s future in a gesture that eased fears of immediate unrest in the heart of the euro zone.

In a much-anticipated speech to the Catalan parliament, ringed by thousands of protesters and hundreds of armed police, Carles Puigdemont made only a symbolic declaration, claiming a mandate to launch secession but suspending any formal steps to that end.

His remarks disappointed many of his supporters who had gathered outside, waving Catalan flags in the expectation that he would move a formal independence motion to the assembly.

But the speech pleased financial markets, boosting the euro on hopes that his gesture would mark a de-escalation of Spain’s worst political crisis since an attempted military coup in 1981.

Tensions have been climbing in Catalonia since it went ahead on Oct. 1 with an independence referendum that Madrid had deemed unconstitutional.

Despite a violent police crackdown, Catalan officials say the result was an overwhelming “yes” vote.

But instead of moving a motion in REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY regional parliament on Tuesday, as People react as they watch a session of the Catalonian regional parliament on a giant Spanish unionists had feared, Puigdemont and other regional politicians screen at a pro-independence rally in Barcelona, Spain, October 10, 2017.

signed a proclamation of “full sovereignty” for Catalonia. Its legal value was unclear.

“I am disappointed. I hoped for a declaration of independence and it didn’t happen,” said 18-year-old student Julia Lluch, among a crowd of independence supporters who were rolling up their flags and drifting away from the assembly.

In Brussels, though, there was a sense of relief that the euro zone’s fourth-largest economy now had at least bought some time to deal with a crisis that was still far from over.

One EU official said Puigdemont “seems to have listened to advice not to do something irreversible”.

However, the prospects for political talks still appeared remote on Tuesday despite Puigdemont’s gesture, with Madrid insisting on talks to be held “within the law”, a phrase that is widely interpreted as ruling out independence as an option.

Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria also rejected the Catalan leader’s proposal for talks to be conducted by an international mediator.

“Neither Mr. Puigdemont nor anybody else can claim ... to impose mediation,” she said.

The Spanish government will meet on Wednesday to decide on its response to Puigdemont’s declaration. (rtr)

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Owls for sale are seen inside a cage at a bird market in Tangerang, west of Jakarta, Indonesia, September 17, 2017. Picture taken September 17, 2017.

Four archives listed in UNESCO Memory of the World Register

JAKARTA - Four national archives were included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, according to Bambang Subiyanto, chief executive of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.

“The four archives on the Borobudur temple restoration, Panji Story, Non-Aligned Movement, and Tsunami had been registered in 2016, and the results will be announced at the end of October 2017,” Subiyanto remarked here on Tuesday.

He said Indonesia had submitted a proposal to list the archives of Borobudurs renovation during the 1973-1983 period in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, as the second restoration had involved several parties, and Indonesia has

a complete documentation on the work.

The archive being filed as a Collective Memory of the World will offer it legitimacy and will strengthen the status of Borobudur as a World Heritage Inheritance.

The second archive to be registered was that of the Non-Aligned Movement. This document is viewed as having universal value, as the world was split into two blocs, and 10 countries, including Indonesia, had participated in organizing the Non-Aligned Summit.

Indonesia, along with several countries, such as Cuba, Zambia, and Algeria, had registered the archives of the Non-Aligned Movement as a Collective Memory of the World.

The archive of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Aceh in 2004, the most powerful earthquake measuring 9.1 on the Richter scale, was also listed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

At the time, the earth shook for eight to 10 minutes, thereby making it the longest earthquake, in which Indonesia became the most affected country due to the natural disaster.

“This document is important to be included as a Collective Memory of the World to serve as a reminder of the powerful and destructive nature of the earthquake,” he said.

The last archive to be registered comprised 76 manuscripts of the Panji Story about Inu Kertapati and Dewi Sekartaji from East Java dating back to the 13th century. (ant)

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BUSINESS Egypt’s inflation dips in September

CAIRO - Egypt’s key inflation indicators eased in September as the local market absorbed the impact of government fuel and energy price hikes earlier in the year, and analysts expect consumer prices to dip further in the coming months.

Annual urban consumer price inflation fell to 31.6 percent year-on-year in September from 31.9 percent in August, the official CAPMAS statistics agency said on Tuesday.

Core inflation, which strips out volatile items like food, decreased to 33.26 percent from 34.86 percent, the central bank said.

Inflation soared in July to its highest since 1986 after the government cut fuel and energy subsidies. The cuts were a condition of a $12 billion, three-year loan programme agreed last November with the IMF, which included subsidy cuts, tax increases and looser capital controls.

“The decline in core inflation ... confirms our expectation that the inflationary impact of energy and utilities price hikes is tapering off and demand-driven inflation is declining,” said Reham El-Dessouki, an economist at Arqam Capital.

The central bank raised its key interest rates by 200 basis points in a surprise move in July, seeking to ease the inflationary pressure, but has kept them steady since.

Analysts are watching inflation and other signals the central bank may soon move to cut benchmark interest rates. Egypt has raised banks’ reserve requirements, tightening monetary policy in what economists said may signal a cut soon.

“Egyptian inflation edged down further in September and we expect it to fall sharply in the coming months, prompting the central bank to start cutting interest rates,” London-based Capital Economics said in a statement on Tuesday.(rtr)

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Woman leaves a clothing shop showing items for sale in Cairo, Egypt, October 10, 2017.

New Nobel Prize economist Thaler stumped by record markets

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U.S. economist Richard Thaler, of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks during a news conference after winning the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. October 9, 2017.

BOSTON - University of Chicago professor Richard Thaler may have won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for his work on behavioral economics, but the behavior of investors has him stumped. Thaler said on Tuesday he is puzzled by the steady rise of global stock markets in recent years, even as many countries are gripped by political and social drama.

“It’s a mystery to me. That, and the unbelievably low volatility in a time of massive global uncertainty seems mysterious to me,” Thaler said in a phone interview from his Chicago apartment.

Thaler also said his field could do more to research how human psychology affects things like inflation or interest rates. “Behavioral economists have not invested as much in macro as I would like,” he said.

Thaler spoke as U.S. stocks flirted with new record highs on

Tuesday. The S&P 500 index is up roughly 14 percent for the year amid optimism about the economy and corporate profits.

Thaler’s humble tone stood in contrast to the wide acclaim he received Monday when the 72year-old was awarded the 9 million Swedish crown ($1.1 million) prize for his work on how human nature affects supposedly rational markets.

His research showed how traits such as lack of self-control and fear of loss can prompt decisions that have bad long-term outcomes.

Thaler’s work has been applied in many areas such as auto-enrolling workers into retirement savings plans and adjusting their investments according to their age.

Thaler also has done well outside of the academic world, as part-owner of an $8 billion investment management firm in California, Fuller & Thaler Asset

Management. It aims to practice financial theory such as looking for cases where other investors over-reacted and sold off too much of a stock based on bad news.

The firm often focuses on small-cap companies, with market values of $3 billion or less, because there are fewer competing investors and thus more opportunities for gains, he said.

Thaler made a short appearance in the Academy Award-winning 2015 film “The Big Short”, explaining the so-called “hot-hand fallacy” in which past success is expected to also warrant success in the future, with pop star Selena Gomez.

Thaler said he rejected an early version of the script, wanting to be sure he spoke accurately for film audiences.

“If I was going to make a fool of myself in a movie at least I’d get the economics right,” Thaler said.(rtr)

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Barong Bangkung Street Show

As a tradition, the Hindu community in Bali celebrates Galungan and Kuningan by delivering oblations accompanied with art activities. It also happens to the celebration of Galungan and Kuningan, where during the feast the barong bangkung or barong bangkal troupe will definitely do ngelawang or street show.

Barong bangkal or barong bangkung is a large enough and old pig considered a mythical animal having a mystical power.

Attires of the barong are made of black and white velvet. However, in general, the attires are not pretentious like that of other types of barong.

In every show, the barong bangkung is also equipped with trinkets of ate leaves and the dancers are wearing checkered trousers and rattles tied on legs, so that when moving they will generate rattling sound. Barong bangkal is carried by two dancers and the performances are held in the streets and around the village.

With the presence of barong show, villagers will feel they have been protected by deities marked by the arrival of barong bangkal or barong bangkung. The show is accompanied with batel bebarongan gamelan music consisting of drums, tawa-tawa, kelenang, kelenong, cymbals and kempur.

The word ngelawang is derived from the word lawang meaning ‘door,’ a term in the Balinese language that means a gallivanting show from one house to another or from one village to another. This gallivanting show with diverse Balinese artistic traditions is performed by art troupe.

Allegedly this traditional show sources from a Hindu mythology, namely Shiva Tattva. Once upon a time Lord Shiva and Goddess Uma are making love in improper place and time, so that harmony shakes. As a result, it brings in misery for mankind and other living beings.

After realizing his fault, Lord Shiva sent gods to calm down the situation and reassure the whole universe. When arriving on earth, the gods created and performed a variety of art forms. Through the love of art show the whole universe is back to peaceful condition.

The meaning of purification in the Shiva Tattva mythology is also harmonious with the content of disaster repellent in the legend on the insolence destruction of Mayadenawa that was then celebrated as the starting point of Galungan, the celebration of victory of dharma (truth) against adharma (untruth).

Ngelawang poses a cultural energy having a spiritual aspect, arts and entertainment.

This tradition means to expel evil spirits and protects population from any plagues or diseases caused by evil spirits (bhuta kala).

When performing ngelawang, homeowners will usually offer an oblation with sesari (money).

Ngelawang tradition inherited from generation to generation means to neutralize the universe, reject all kinds of diseases interfering with human life, including psychically driving away those having evil intention.

By and large, this street show is performed five days before Galungan to the celebration of Kuningan. In the 1970s, the nomadic art crystallized into art event that jazzed up the Galungan. In recent years, this art tends to go extinct in line with the changing of times, so that it is difficult to find this kind of performance.Values of education Ngelawang does not only pose an attractive art show, but also contains positive values. In addition to preserving local culture, it also serves as a medium of creativity to sharpen educational values, norms, ethics and moral. They do this art activity in togetherness while making others happy through entertainment. Ngelawang is carried Values of education Ngelawang does not only pose an attractive art show, but also contains positive val-

ues. In addition to preserving local culture, it also serves as a medium of creativity to sharpen educational values, norms, ethics and moral.

They do this art activity in togetherness while making others happy through entertainment. Ngelawang is carried out with joy, so that the interaction among them serves as a form of character education and cultivation of artistic values as well as has the meaning of socialization.

In harmony with the development of times, ngelawang has different purposes.

There are people only doing the ngelawang to maintain tradition, just run a hobby and raise funds. Apparently, the latest development is widely practiced by barong troupe, so that the location of the show is chosen specifically such as in tourist areas like Kuta, Ubud, Sanur and others. (kmb)

Mecakcakan Tradition at Sambirenteng Village Sambirenteng customary village in Tejakula, Buleleng, organized mecakcakan tradition. This heritage tradition is better known as cockfighting in the shrine of Sambirenteng village. This unique ritual took place solemnly and festively attended by all local villagers.

Chief of Sambirenteng customary village, Jro Bendesa Nengah Mas, said that the mecakcakan is a tradition having been carried out from generation to generation.

Actually this ceremony is a series of pecaruan (animal sacrifice) at local village. The whole customary

villagers are required to submit a rooster to the committee. If villagers do not submit a fighting rooster, it can be replaced with money. After that, the roosters of customary villagers are then pitted in the area of the village shrine.

Uniqueness of this ritual lies in the cockfighting where watching people are not allowed to bet, so that this ritual is free from the impression of gambling. The losing rooster is slaughtered and cooked together to fill in the ritual oblations. The remaining will be enjoyed together through megi-

bung in the area of the Bale Agung temple. “This ritual is a heritage we’ve received and shall be held every year,” he said.

According to Mas, from his predecessors the Mecakcakan ritual is held every entering the new moon in the seventh month of Balinese calendar (January). This ritual signifies the devotion of people to God having bestowed prosperity to universe, especially to Sambirenteng village. Besides, it also aims to maintain natural balance from various negative influences. (kmb)

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Hong Kong leader says Asian financial hub faces “grave” challenges

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Disneyland is seen as wildfires rage across northern California, in Anaheim, California, U.S. October 9, 2017 in this picture obtained from social media.

Such condition happens due to limited parking space in the area.

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Parking violations still rampant in Kuta

MANGUPURA — Although the inappropriate vehicle parking has been routinely curbed in the area of Kuta, the violations are getting rampant. This is also seen at a number of streets in Kuta area, such as Jalan Bakung Sari or the path to Kuta Square. Moreover, many rental vehicles are deliberately parked in the area.

When confirmed on Tuesday (Oct. 10), Chief of Badung Municipal Police, IGAK Surya-

negara, did not dismiss it. He admitted such condition happens due to limited parking space in

the area. To that end, he promised to find a solution or the way out first. Surely, it will be in vain if

they are curbed without provided with a solution. “We will find a solution for the parking problem,” he said.

In addition to parking space availability, Suryanegara said that taxi operations also need to be adjusted. According to

him, the taxi operations also contributed to the crowded traffic in Kuta. To find passengers, many taxis deliberately move very slowly. “We still looking for solution for the problem with the Transportation Agency,” he concluded. (adi)

Mt. Agung evacuees relocated to official evacuation post

BANGLI — Since the past few days, the Mt. Agung Disaster Emergency Command Post in Bangli district has relocated evacuees all this time spreading across

residents’ house, hamlet halls and other community facilities to three official refugee camps provided by the government. It is meant to facilitate the distribution of logistics

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So far quite many refugees have moved to the official refugee point.

including the provision of other assistance.

Secretary of the Mt. Agung Disaster Emergency Command Post in Bangli district who is also Chief Executive of BPBD Bangli, Wayan Karmawan, explained on Tuesday (Oct. 10) that the relocation of refugees has been done since last Friday. It was begun with dissemination to the evacuation point. Karmawan admitted that so far quite many refugees have moved to the official refugee point.

At some points there are refugees still choosing to hold out for various reasons. One of the reason is they are still discussing with their family.

Karmawan stated three official refuge points are provided by the government namely at the main post of international kindergarten

and elementary school and Gurukula, Kayuambua training institution, and the former factory of elephant ginger at Buungan hamlet, Tiga, Susut. At the international kindergarten / elementary school and Gurukula post, from the capacity of 2,500 people, currently it has just been occupied by 818 people.

Then, the Kayuambua learning institute has the capacity of 800 people, occupied by 541 people.

The former factory of elephant ginger has the capacity of 2,000 people, while so far it remains empty. “For the former elephant ginger factory, we will provide to accommodate the refugees that occupy the evacuation site in the Tembuku region,” he explained.

Karmawan said the relocation of refugees is done to facilitate the

distribution of logistics and other assistance. Refugees occupying official posts will be supplied with logistical needs in raw form to be cooked according to their tastes and needs of each refugee. In the meantime, the refugees that do not want to move to the government refugee camp, Karmawan said they would be considered as independent refugee even though they are from the 28 affected villages.

“Consequently, they will not be provided with logistic assistance,” he said.

In the meantime, when asked about the availability of logistics at this time, Karmawan said it stays enough for several days. In addition to requiring logistic assistance in the form of foodstuff, the post also needs cooking utensils and kitchen spices. (kmb40)

Wildfires kill 15, destroy 1,500 homes and other buildings in California wine country

SANTA ROSA - Fast-moving wildfires raging across Northern California’s wine country have killed 17 people, left about 150 missing and destroyed 1,500 homes, wineries and other structures, state fire officials said on Tuesday.

The flames from 17 major blazes have blackened more than 115,000 acres (46,500 hectares) since fires broke out on Sunday amid hot, dry conditions and high winds.

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said 11 of the fatalities were in its jurisdiction, where 155 people were still missing, although 45 others had been found and some of those unaccounted for may be due to confusion surrounding evacuations.

In Napa County, the dead included 100-year-old Charles Rippey and his wife, Sarah,, 98, according to the county sheriff’s office. No other details on that incident or the other fatalities were immediately available. Crews took advantage of cooler temperatures, lower winds and coastal fog on Tuesday to make headway against the fires but cautioned that homes, wineries and other structures remained at risk.

“We need to jump on it and take advantage of this lull before any other wind jumps up,” said Steve Crawford, a CAL FIRE operations chief, at an afternoon briefing.

“There’s a lot of devastation out there, people running around who just lost everything.”

North of San Francisco, the fires reduced houses to ashes in several communities. The city of Santa Rosa was particularly hard hit by the so-called Tubbs Fire, which damaged a Hilton hotel and destroyed a mobile home park.

Tens of thousands of residents were forced to flee, as schools closed and at least two hospitals in Sonoma County were temporarily shuttered.

Napa Valley Vintners, a trade group with 550 members, said it was too early to estimate the economic impact of the fires. At least four wineries had suffered “total or very significant losses,” and at least nine reported damage to their winery, outbuildings or surrounding vineyards, the group said.

Ninety percent of grapes had been picked before the fires started, with almost all of those still on the vine Cabernet Sauvignon, a thick-skinned variety that is not expected to be impacted by smoke

from the fires.

In addition to potential damage to vineyards from fire itself, sustained exposure to heavy smoke can taint unpicked grapes, according to wine-making experts.

More than 91,000 homes and businesses served by Pacific Gas & Electric were without power, with most of those customers in Northern California’s Sonoma and Napa counties, and gas was shut off to 28,000 customers, representatives for the utility company said.

California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Napa, Sonoma and five other counties. In Southern California, the so-called Canyon Fire 2 has spread to 7,500 acres (3,035 hectares) in Orange County, destroying 14 structures and damaging 22, fire spokesman Thanh Nguyen said.

The blaze triggered the evacuation of 5,000 people in the communities of Anaheim Hills and Orange Hills as it spread through grass and oak trees, he said, and was only 25 percent contained as of Tuesday afternoon. (rtr)

HONG KONG - In her maiden policy speech Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday warned the city faced “grave” challenges and must develop a diversified and high value economy, unveiling a mix of housing and tax relief policies to raise competitiveness.

Hong Kong, now among the world’s most costly cities, has battled rising income inequality, the slow implementation of marquee public projects, political tensions with mainland China, and a slide in regional competitiveness.

“In the face of competition from other economies as well as the rise of protectionism in recent years, Hong Kong is facing increasingly grave challenges. We must develop a high value-added and diversified economy,” Lam said.

Lam said she would bolster support for small and medium enterprises in the Asian financial hub by cutting company profits tax to 8.25 percent from 16.5 percent for the first HK$2 million of earnings.

Earnings after that would be taxed at the current 16.5 percent.

On combating Hong Kong’s soaring housing prices, Lam said that despite a raft of property cooling measures, the government had “no magic wands”.

Lam pledged to increase land supply where possible and launch a new subsidised “starter homes” scheme to help families not eligible for cheap-rental public housing.

The first phase would provide around 1,000 residential units.

“Even if our housing policy has broad community support, it takes time to find land for increasing the housing supply,” conceded Lam, Hong Kong’s first female leader.

Hong Kong -- where people are squeezed into an average living space of just 150 square feet (14

square metres) per person -- is the world’s most expensive city for flats, according to a recent UBS report ranking 20 leading global cities including New York, London, Tokyo and Singapore.

Chinese President Xi Jinping also voiced concern over the financial hub’s property market when he visited on July 1.

Some observers felt Lam’s housing initiatives were not bold enough.

“Property shares are down because of the lack of mention of farmland conversion to build first homes. But the chief executive cannot be too specific, so the sell-off doesn’t reflect the real picture,” said Nicole Wong, a property analyst with CLSA. Lam also said Hong Kong would aim to double expenditure on research and development over the next five years, to 1.5 percent of annual GDP from 0.73 percent, in a bid to bolster its sputtering tech prospects with neighbouring Chinese city Shenzhen having galloped ahead in recent years.

Income inequality is at its highest level in over four decades in the city of 7.3 million people, stoking discontent that has seen large-scale protests in recent years over calls for more affordable housing as well as democracy.

Since taking office Lam has sought to heal social divisions amid growing tensions with China, and to forge a softer and more socially engaged leadership style than her predecessor, the staunchly proBeijing Leung Chun-ying.

Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” formula which guarantees wide-ranging autonomy and judicial independence not seen in mainland China. (rtr)

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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam delivers her policy speech at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China October 11, 2017.

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Can insulin pumps work better than injections for kids with diabetes?

Nearly 8 percent of boys and nearly 6 percent of girls worldwide were obese in 2016.

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Child and teen obesity soars tenfold worldwide in 40 years: WHO report

GENEVA - The number of obese children and adolescents worldwide has jumped tenfold in the past 40 years and the rise is accelerating in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Asia, a major study said on Wednesday.

Childhood and teen obesity rates have leveled off in the United States, north-western Europe and other rich countries, but remain “unacceptably high” there, researchers at Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

“Over 40 years we have gone from about 11 million to a more than tenfold increase to over 120 million obese children and adolescents throughout the world,” lead author Majid Ezzati of Imperial’s School of Public Health, told a news conference.

This means that nearly 8 percent of boys and nearly 6 percent of girls worldwide were obese in 2016, against less than one percent for both sexes in 1975.

An additional 213 million children aged 5-19 were overweight last year, but fell below the threshold for obesity, according to the largest ever study, based on height and weight measurements of 129 million people.

The researchers called for better nutrition at home and at school, and more physical exercise to prevent a generation from becoming adults at greater risk of diabetes, heart disease and cancers due to excessive weight.

Clear food labels on salt, sugar and fat content are needed to help consumers make “healthy choices”, the study said.

Taxation and tough restrictions on marketing of junk food should be considered, it said. WHO has already recommended a 20 percent tax on sugary

drinks to reduce consumption.

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South Africa, Egypt and Mexico which had “very low levels of obesity four decades ago” now have among the high rates of obesity in girls, between 20-25 percent, Ezzati said.

“The experience of east Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean show that the transition from underweight to overweight and obesity can be rapid,” the study said.

If current trends continue, in 2022 there will be more obese children and teenagers worldwide than underweight ones, who now number 192 million, half of them in India, the study said.

Polynesia and Micronesia had the highest rates of child obesity last year, 25.4 percent in girls and 22.4 percent in boys, followed by “the high-income English-speaking region” that includes the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Britain.

Among high-income countries, the United States had “the highest obesity rates for girls and boys”, 19.5 percent and 23.3 percent, respectively.

“Children are not getting physical activity in the school days, there is poor food opportunities in many schools, walking and cycling to school is going down in many countries, unsafe in many other countries, and parents are not being given the right, sufficient advice on nutrition,” said Fiona Bull of WHO’s department of non-communicable diseases.

“It’s the changing environments, food, behaviors, portions, consumption patterns have completely changed over the last 40 years. Highly processed food is more available, more marketed and it’s cheaper,” she said. (rtr)

LONDON - Children and teens with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pumps may have better-controlled blood sugar and fewer complications than youth who inject insulin, a new study suggests.

Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong condition that develops when the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone needed to allow blood sugar to enter cells and produce energy. People with the condition usually have to test their own blood sugar level throughout the day and inject insulin to manage it; otherwise they risk complications like heart disease and kidney damage.

Researchers examined data on 14,460 diabetes patients under 20 years old who used insulin pumps and another 16,460 patients who injected insulin. With pumps, patients were less likely to develop dangerously low blood sugar or a life-threatening accumulation of acids in the blood that happens when sugar levels get too high.

“The study adds to the growing evidence of the benefits of insulin pump therapy, when applied appropriately, in the young,” said Dr. Roman Hovorka of the University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories in the U.K. Previous research has suggested pumps may help young patients get better blood sugar control than they can achieve by giving themselves multiple daily insulin injections, Hovorka, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email. But research to date on how well pumps work to prevent dangerously low blood sugar has yielded mixed results, he said.

All of the patients in the current study had been using either injected or pumped insulin for at least one year.

Overall, dangerously low blood sugar known as hypoglycemia happened at a yearly rate of 9.55 out of every 100 kids treated with insulin pumps, compared with almost 14 children out of every 100 treated with injections, researchers report in JAMA. Rates of ketoacidosis, a life-threatening buildup of acid in the blood, were 3.64 patients out of every 100 treated each year with insulin pumps, compared with 4.26 kids out of every 100 per year treated with injections.

The study also looked at one measure of blood sugar known as glycated hemoglobin, which assesses average blood sugar levels over the previous several months. Higher numbers indicate poorer blood sugar control over time.

Glycated hemoglobin was 8.04 percent for kids who used pumps and 8.22 percent for children who injected insulin, the study found.

Total daily insulin doses were also lower with a pump than with injections.

The study wasn’t a controlled experiment designed to prove that insulin pumps are better than injections, however.

Another limitation is that researchers lacked data on the type and amount of diabetes education on using insulin that children and parents received, Dr. Beate Karges, of RWTH Aachen University in Germany and colleagues write. Karges didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Patients tend to get more intensive training on managing their blood sugar with pumps than they do with injections, and some doctors have questioned whether better patient education might be the reason pumps get better results.

Pumps may deliver insulin more consistently than injections by infusing it slowly, and pumps can also be easier to adjust, said Dr. Simon Heller, a diabetes researcher at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. who wasn’t involved in the study.

“They are not always more comfortable or convenient,” Heller said by email. The best option may depend in part on children’s age.

“I think pumps should be offered widely to young children and people who experience hypoglycemia on insulin therapy,” Heller said. “For adolescents, particularly those who find it difficult to do all the complicated things in managing diabetes, pumps may not be the best option, particularly if insulin is missed.”

However it’s delivered, the effectiveness of insulin depends on how well patients work to get the right dose at the right time, said Edwin Gale, an emeritus professor at the University of Bristol in the U.K. “Pumps work very well in selected people with proper support, but they are not for everyone,” Gale, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email. “There is nothing in this study to say that parents should feel obligated to opt for pump therapy.” (rtr)

Relocation of evacuees to be completed this week

Some of the evacuees chose to evacuate to their nearest family members’ homes.

SINGARAJA — A Task-force for the handling of Mt. Agung Disaster Relief is now optimistic that the aim of relocating 1,750 people rom evacuation camps in Les Village, Tejakula will be fully completed this week.

On Monday (Oct. 9), 396 evacuees were willing to move out the tents in the Bondalem village hall and Tegal Sumaga hamlet hall. Some of the evacuees chose to evacuate to their nearest family members’ homes. As of onday 8 of the 20 tents in the Les Village

evacuation camp have been vacated and the rest will move next week.

The relocation process started with negotiations between the task-force and the evacuees. Those who had been evacuated to the Pengalusan tent had previously refused to be relocated on the grounds that they were waiting for headman of Ban, (Kubu subdistrict), Wayan Pontag. However, since headman Pontag had to attend a meeting at Tanah Ampo, he could not accompany the relocation process.

So, after a long negotiations and detailed explanations about the assurance of basic necessities and the provision

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of showers and toilets, the evacuees enthusiastically agreed to move to the new location.

Chairman of the task-force of Mount Agung Refugee Mitigation, Made Arya Sukerta, said that there is time to move the evacuees so the process will be done gradually. The psychological condition of the Les Village evacuees is one of the reasons that the move will be done gradually. “We’ve discussed the matter with them many times so that they can understand and be willing to move. Basically the evacuees are being handled humanely and politely”, explained Sukerta. (kmb38)

Bangli Hospital sets up scenario of patient handling if Mt. Agung erupts

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Deputy Director of Bangli Hospital, Ketut Darmaja

BANGLI — As one of the closest hospitals to Karangasem area, Bangli Hospital has made some preparations to deal with the worst condition of Mt. Agung activities. In addition to preparing disaster management team, the Bangli Hospital has also prepared scenario when handling patient if Mount Agung erupts any time.

Deputy Director of Bangli Hospital, Ketut Darmaja, accompanied by Legal, Public Relations and Marketing Subdivision Head, Purnama, said on Tuesday (Oct. 10) that management hoped the activities of Mount Agung currently in the warning status can return to normal. However, even if the activity continues to increase until the eruption, it is expected not to cause casualties.

To face the worst situation of the activities of Mount Agung later on, Darmaja admitted that his management had made preparations. It has established a disaster management team consisting of doctors and nurses that have been trained to cope with disaster. “The team was established in 2015.

Bangli Hospital has seven doctors and nurses having undergone disaster management training,” he explained.

Furthermore, Darmaja said that other than preparing medical personnel, treatment rooms and others to receive patients that come to hospital if later on the worst situation occurs, he also claimed to have been ready to perform services in the field if needed. Field service is done by establishing field hospital. In providing field services, his management will certainly coordinate with the Health Agency as the responsible team.

In accordance with the scenario made by the Bali Health Agency, Darmaja said that Bangli Hospital including private hospital like the BMC will receive referral patients from Rendang subdistrict. “The scenario has been made and the transportation has also been prepared. However, we certainly hope there is no eruption,” he said.

When asked about the number of refugee patients from Mount Agung taking medical treatment to Bangli Hospital, Darmaja said that according to the latest record there are 141 people, where 32 patients of whom undergo hospitalization.

“Most patients have been allowed to go home, while around four others are still being hospitalized,” he added. (kmb40)

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Thousands of evacuees from Ban village leave Les village evacuation post

SINGARAJA - The Les village evacuation post in the sub-district of Tejakula was finally emptied by the Mt. Agung Refugee Handling and Mitigation task-force who managed to relocate 1,750 residents of Ban village, Kubu, Karangasem who had been evacuated to Les Village some to weeks ago. The evacuees who were being relocated since Friday (Oct 6) now occupy several public facilities in Tejakula village, as well as private land and homes.

After the relocation the Les village evacuation post looked deserteda. On Tuesday (Oct. 10) 18 of the 20

tents previously occupied by evacuees were left empty.

The evacuess living in the two other tents were relocated later that day when the vehicle finally arrived to help them move to their new shelter.

Subdistrict head of Tejakula, Nyoman Widiartha, said that all villages in his area are now accommodating Mt. Agung evacuess with the execption of Madenan village and Sembiran villave. Now the the evacuees have been relocated, the next challenge is providing washing and toilet facilities, electricity and drinking water. Widiartha has teamed up with the Mt. Agung Refugee Handling and Mitigation task-force and the Regional Disaster Manage-

The refugees in Les Villages are being moved to other refugees place.

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ment Agency (BPBD) to have these necessities available in the near futur. “We are gradually complete the facilities.

Once they are in place, the evacuees will be empowered with cooking and other activities”, added Widiartha.

Chief Executive of BPBD, Made Subur, said that even though the evacuees have been moved, the tents in Les village remain in place so tht they can accommodate more evacuees in the case that Motn Agung erupts. In relation to logistic distribution, Subur said that hamlet chief in the area accommodating evacuees will be assigned to help handle their needs. He added that they are still waiting for all the data about the evacuees.

“The Hamlet chief is still recording all the things that the evacuees need per week. Once we have this data, we will distribute food and other necessities. The evacuees will work in groups to cook their own food”, he explained.

As reported earlier, thousands of evacuees from Ban village, Kubu, were accommodated at the evacuation post Les village starting on September 22, 2017. Adults, children and infants occupied 20 tents mounted by the BPBD with volunteers. In a short time all the tents became too full to accommodate all the people who had been evacuated..

Along with overcrowding, the tents were not great when it rained. Another consideration for moving the evacuess is that Les village in the closest point to the disaster-prone area (KRB) I, II and III so if there is eruption this village may be affected. In order to prevent undesirable outcomes and to facilitate further evacuations in the case of an eruption, the evacuees from the Les village post were finally all moved to a better location.

After completing the relocation from Les Village, the roughly 7,000 people who have been evacuated to Tembok village will gradually be reduced as there are plans to move about 4,000 people from Tembok vilage to villages outside of the sub-district of Tejakula. Currently the plan is to relocate them to Kubutambahan, Sawan and Sukasada. (kmb38)

In fourth quarter, economy weakens in all sectors DENPASAR - At the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2017, Bali’s economy weakened. Allegedly this happened as a consequence of the threat of an eruption of Mount Agung which has impacted the tourism sector and other economic spheres. A ‘wait and see’ approach has been applied to almost all sectors of the economy. “For example, people wanting to buy a car are focused instead on holding down the fort”, said A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra, Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali on Tuesday (Oct. 10).

According to Wiraputra, Mount Agung has impacted on price in-

creases (inflation), especially the price of sand, which greatly affects construction businesses. “The most significant impacts have occurred in the construction industry with the availability of sand and stone having been cut off”, he explained. Currently, the price of sand is IDR 2.5 million per truck, whereas the normal price is IDR 1 million - 1.2 million per truck. On that account, Kadin is preparing to find alternative supplies from NTB and other regions.

Construction projects do not dare proceed as with such inflated prices, they are bound to suffer losses.

Projects need to be reviewed. “Just a short time ago calculations were

made based on the price IDR 1.5 million per truck but this has already increased to IDR 2.5 million.

The local government and central government policies needs to be reviewed or given longer intervals.

Otherwise, it will result in losses.

If they get materials from off the island, transportation costs need to be factored in. Alternatively, the government can give incentives on additional price of approximately 5-10 percent to complete the project,” he concluded.

Other than building materials, the price of groceries needs to be anticipated to prevent prices from soaring. “ We are preparing to work

with cooperatives and LPDs. The price of basic necessities should not go up”, he concluded.

On that account, Kadin and Bulog are cooperating to distribute basic commodities. “Kadin has appointed KKB to become a leading sector for the distribution of quality rice of Bulog to the community”, he said.The same will be done with cooking oil and sugar.

This efforts are also being made in anticipation of Galungan and Kuningan and the end of the year holidays..

“October, November and December could be very risky without preparation starting now”, he said.

Aside from the price hikes, there

is also significant unemployment related to the rumblings of Mount Agung. Some 200,000 are now unemployed. “Unemployment directly related to Mount Aging has affected some 150,000 people with another 70,000 indirectly affected”, said Wiraputra.

The tourism sector is currently struggling to survive in this economic downturn. There has been a 5-8 percent increase in travel cancellations which is shaking the industry. “There has been a 12 percent decline in domestic tourists.

Usually we can rely on domestic tourists under such circumstances”, added Wiraputra. (kmb42)

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SELECTION OPENS FOR THE QOOCO ASIA SPELLING CUP 2017, ASIA’S LARGEST SPELLING BEE

Qooco, the leading mobile learning solutions provider, announces the opening of the pre-selection round for the Qooco Asia Spelling

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The App is available to download via the Qooco Asia Spelling Cup 2017 website (www.asiaspell.com).

Selection is open to students from Primary and Secondary level, who are not native English speakers, and who live in one of the participating countries, from ages 6-16 years.

To reach the finals in Kuala Lumpur, the finalists will be required to go through a rigorous selection process – all conducted via smartphone. To select the finalists, Qooco has created the Qooco Arena mobile application, which tests the English-language skills of the students through an intense six-segment round involving numerous listening, speaking and spelling tests before selecting the top 15-20 students to then go on to the finals. Students will be provided the opportunity to train their skills before the competition by attempting numerous advanced English language test on the Qooco Arena application on Saturday 14 October, 2017 The Qooco Asia Spelling Cup 2017 pre-selection finals will be a one round competition where students will compete among each other via the Qooco Arena application. The competition

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Team China have completed their own selection process involving both the Qooco Arena mobile app, and provincial ‘mini’ spelling bees which saw 100,000 students from 400 schools apply and compete. The winners of an initial round then converged on Beijing for the Qooco China Spelling Cup 2017 on September 24, 2017, during which 18 finalists were chosen to represent China at the Qooco Asia Spelling Cup 2017. The China pre-selection round was the largest English language spelling bee and largest digital spelling bee to have ever taken place in the country.

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Women claim Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted them -report NEW YORK - The New Yorker reported on Tuesday that 13 women have claimed that movie producer Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them, including three who told the magazine they had been raped.

Weinstein’s spokeswoman Sallie Hofmeister was quoted in the article saying, “Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein.”

Weinstein and the women for whom contact information was available did not reply to Reuters requests for comment. Reuters was unable to independently confirm any of the claims.

“Mr. Weinstein obviously can’t speak to anonymous allegations, but with respect to any women who have made allegations on the record, Mr. Weinstein believes that all of these relationships were consensual,” Hofmeister was quoted as saying.

Weinstein’s wife of 10 years, Marchesa label fashion designer Georgina Chapman, said late on Tuesday that she was leaving him,

according to a report in People magazine.

“My heart breaks for all the women who have suffered tremendous pain because of these unforgivable actions. I have chosen to leave my husband,” Chapman was quoted as saying.

Her representatives did not respond to a request for comment.

The New York City Police Department and Manhattan District Attorney’s office said in separate statements on Tuesday that Weinstein was investigated in 2015 over an allegation that he sexually abused one of the women, who was named in the article. The district attorney’s office said there was insufficient evidence to charge him.

Separately, the New York Times reported on Tuesday that actress Gwyneth Paltrow said she was sexually harassed by Weinstein more than 20 years ago and that Angelina Jolie said she “had a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein in my youth and as a result chose never to work with him again.” (rtr)

“Salvator Mundi,” an ethereal portrait of Jesus Christ which dates to about 1500, the last privately owned Leonardo da Vinci painting, is on display for media at Christie’s auction in New York, NY, U.S., October 10, 2017.

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Da Vinci portrait of Christ expected to fetch $100 mln at auction Courtesy Christie’s New York/Handout via REUTERS

NEW YORK - The last privately owned Leonardo da Vinci painting and one of fewer than 20 by the Renaissance artist known to still exist is hitting the auction block, Christie’s announced on Tuesday.

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“Salvator Mundi,” an ethereal portrait of Jesus Christ which dates to about 1500, is expected to sell for about $100 million at Christie’s in November, making it among the most highly-valued works ever to be sold at auction.

“This is truly the Holy Grail of art rediscoveries,” said Alan Wintermute, Christie’s senior specialist for Old Master paintings, explaining that the portrait sometimes called the male Mona Lisa had long been thought to have been lost or destroyed.

The portrait depicts Christ in vivid blue and crimson robes holding a crystal orb. First recorded in the private collection of King Charles I, the work was auctioned in 1763 before vanishing until 1900, by which time Christ’s face and hair had been painted over,

which Wintermute said was “quite common” practice.

Sold at Sotheby’s to an American collector in 1958 for 45 pounds, it again sold in 2005 as an overpainted copy of the masterwork, he said.

The new owner started the restoration process, and after some six years of research it was authenticated as da Vinci’s more-than 500-year-old masterpiece, which culminated in a high-profile exhibition at London’s National Gallery in 2011.

The auction house did not identify the seller, a European private collector who acquired the work after its rediscovery in 2005 and lengthy restoration. The painting stands as the first discovery of a da Vinci painting since 1909.

“Salvator Mundi” will be sold at

Christie’s in New York at its Nov. 15 sale of post-war and contemporary art following public exhibitions in Hong Kong, London and San Francisco. “We felt that offering this painting within that context is a testament to the enduring relevance of this picture,” said Loic Gouzer, chairman of Christie’s post-war and contemporary art.

Speaking to its $100 million estimate, Wintermute reflected “There has never been anything like it sold, and so the market will decide.”

The same sale at Christie’s will feature Andy Warhol’s monumental “Sixty Last Suppers,” a piece from one of the pop artist’s final series before his death in 1987.

The 32-foot, multiple-image work is estimated to fetch $50 million. (rtr)

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Military enter Rio de Janeiro favela in gang raids

RIO DE JANEIRO - Soldiers in armoured vehicles have swept through a Rio de Janeiro favela to back up a police raid after gun fights broke out. Around 500 soldiers arrived in the Rocinha favela on Tuesday, to support police raids that targeted drug traffickers and gangs in the area.

State security officials announced on Twitter that police had “searched the jungle area of the Rocinha community”.

The raids were searching for weapons, ammunition and explosives, government spokesperson Colonel Roberto Itamar said.Residents of the favela were trapped in their homes by the fighting,

and 3,000 schoolchildren at nine schools were told to stay at home on Tuesday because of the violence.

Rocinha, home to some 10,000 people, lies between some of Rio’s richest neighbourhoods, and it has become a symbol of the violence, crime and governmental neglect in the city’s poorest areas.

The favela is reported to be the site of a criminal power struggle between supporters of Antonio Francisco Bonfim, who has been in prison since 2011, and those of his successor Rogerio Avelino da Silva.

Some residents also feel that the government and city authorities neglect the community, failing to

provide support and services to the poor population living there.Last month some 950 troops were sent to Rocinha to crack down on drug traffickers in the neighbourhood.

While it is not uncommon for military to surround neighbourhoods while the police conduct raids, on Tuesday they went further, providing “technical support” to “find hidden material that intelligence agents had detected, Colonel Itamar said. “This is not a surround operation like the others,” he said.

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