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The Jeff Bezos divorce: $136 billion and Amazon in the middle

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NEW YORK - The announcement by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world’s wealthiest man, and his wife that they will divorce has captivated the imagination -- how will they split his giant fortune, estimated at $136 billion?

And what will happen to the Internet retail giant -- will his soon-to-be ex get a significant stake, and how would that affect his control of the company?

The former MacKenzie Tuttle knew the 54-year-old Bezos before fame and wealth came calling.

The couple met in 1992 when he was a hedge fund manager on Wall Street, before he became an entrepreneur who changed the way hundreds of millions of people live. They married less than a year later.

She was by his side for the entire Amazon adventure, from the company’s humble beginnings in his Seattle garage in 1994 to its mammoth success today.

They have four children -- three sons and an adopted daughter -- aged up to their late

teens. As of Wednesday, when the couple formally announced they would divorce after a long separation, the 48-year-old MacKenzie, a novelist, is likely to become the richest woman in the world.

According to celebrity news outlet TMZ, the Bezoses did not have a prenuptial agreement -- which could mean an even split of assets.

They were married in Florida in September 1993, according to documents seen

by AFP. But their last place of residence would be the deciding factor in any divorce proceedings.

The couple has numerous residences: in Seattle, where Amazon is based, but also in Washington DC, Texas and Beverly Hills, California. (afp) LOIC VENANCE / AFP

A protester burns a flare during an anti-government demonstration called by the Yellow Vests “Gilets Jaunes” movement, in Nantes, western France, on January 12, 2019. Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched in cities across France on January 12 in a new round of “yellow vest” protests against the president, accused of ignoring the plight of millions of people struggling to make ends meet.

‘A Prophet’ creator takes on France’s war in Algeria

PARIS - One of France’s most celebrated screenwriters is taking on its biggest taboo, the bloody conflict in Algeria, in a new war film.

Abdel Raouf Dafri told AFP that he had been itching for years to broach the delicate subject.

The writer of the Oscar-nominated “A Prophet”, and the Emmywinning television series “Braquo”, has Algerian roots but was born in the French port of Marseille, where many former French “pied noir”

colonists who were forced to flee Algeria settled.

The film’s title “May an impure blood...” is plucked from the most controversial line in the French national anthem, “La Marseillaise”, which ends “...water our fields”.

Dafri cleverly turns it around to refer to “the blood of the colonised” who suffered under the French, which “just goes to show how universal our national anthem is”, he argued.

His story, however, centres on a group of French conscript soldiers sent on a “grotesque mission that none of them want to go on.

“Like a lot of military operations, it serves little or no purpose,” said Dafri, who also scripted the acclaimed “Mesrine” gangster films.

“When you make a film about World War II, you know who the good guys are,” the writer said.

“The war in Algeria is more complicated, because nobody was nice.” (afp)

France bracing for bigger, more violent ‘yellow vests’ demos

French scriptwriter Abdel Raouf Dafri

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French officials said Friday they expect this weekend’s “yellow vest” demonstrations to be bigger and more violent than a week ago, as the protest movement which had shown signs of fatigue gains fresh impetus.

National police chief Eric Morvan told France Inter radio he expected turnout to be on a par with midDecember for the ninth consecutive Saturday of protests, which have repeatedly ended in clashes with police and the destruction of property.

Paris police chief Michel Delpuech said he expected demonstrators in Paris to outnumber the estimated 3,500 that attempted to march on the National Assembly last week, and predicted they would be “more tempted by violence”.

On January 5, around 50,000 people wearing the movement’s trademark high-visibility vests took part in protests nationwide, an increase on the previous week but far below the nearly 300,000 that turned out for the inaugural protest in mid-November.

In a first this week, thousands of protesters are expected to descend on the central cathedral city of Bourges, despite being banned from entering its historic centre.

“Those who think that a few

thousand people can make us question our institutions, are wrong,” said Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said Friday.

The level of participation Saturday will set the tone for the start next week of a national debate on voters’ grievances.

President Emmanuel Macron is hoping the debate -- a response to voters’ demands for more of a say in national law-making -- will help tamp down the protesters’ anger.

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A poll by the respected Cevipof political sciences institute released

Friday showed 77 percent of respondents thought politicians inspired “distrust”, “disgust” or “boredom”.

Last week, a group of demonstrators used a forklift to ram the doors of the ministry of government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux, and a former professional boxer battered two police officers guarding a bridge over the Seine river.

“Week after week we have observed a drift towards increasingly violent behaviour,” Delpuech told France Inter radio, adding that symbols of state power had become the chief targets.

- Asian tourists concerned The weekly images of rioting are

taking a toll on tourism in Paris, officials said Friday. Christian Mantei of the Atout France promotional agency said international passenger arrivals at Paris airports fell by 5 to 10 percent in December yearon-year and that bookings for the coming three months were down 6.8 percent.

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Era of the industrial revolution 4.0

Balinese painting grows rapidly

DENPASAR - Fine arts, especially painting that develops in the midst of Balinese society today, is inseparable from the journey of Indonesian painting influenced by the development of foreign painting. However, the aesthetics of painting in Bali remain to be based on Hinduism and Balinese culture. Moreover, the style of modern Balinese painting stays to pay attention to realistic anatomy and reveal the daily lives of people without abandoning the characteristics of traditional Balinese painting. Moreover, Bali is a culture-based tourist destination, so keeping Balinese taksu or divine inspiration must be done by the artists in Bali, including painters. Then, how is the development of painting in Bali in the era of this all-digital industrial revolution 4.0?

Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design at the Indonesia Institute of the Art (ISI) Denpasar, Dr. A.A. Gde Bagus Udayana, stated that along with the rapid development of technology and information, the art and design in Bali experienced rapid development.

The rapid development especially in painting has resulted in the enthusiasm of the artists to exhibit and promote their works in various occasions or events.

Moreover, the works of art created have led to a digital form (digital art), both the materials used and the forms of the painting works resulted. This is adjusted to the times in the era of industrial revolution 4.0, so that the results of the art works can compete in the global world marketed through digital platform (online). “Some of my graduated students also often make digital art works or digital painting, they paint digitally and they are marketed online,” said Gde Bagus Udayana on Saturday (Jan. 12).

In addition, he said that currently the artists do not only paint on canvas, but also on walls (murals). Mural is one of the current painting trends favored by painting artists.

Moreover, many hotels and supermarkets need the services of painting artists to paint on hotel walls and supermarkets. “With the presence of 4.0 industrial revolution, the development of painting has brought enormous progress towards the digital world,” he said.

Even though painting has developed so

rapidly, he said that painting on canvas is still being developed by the artists. Moreover, the

artists are no longer disintegrated, but getting merged into single entity, either painting artists, communication design, interior design or other artists because the artists equally take advantage of technological sophistication in producing their best work.

“Painting in Bali is now developing.

Some have sold their paintings at expensive prices. Moreover, the current market share is widely open with global trade. So, the artists freely sell their works, both through exhibition, digital world, or marketed for tourism needs,” he said.

Moreover, he said that until now the gov-

ernment and private support for the work of the artists has been very enthusiastic. Both the government and private sector have provided space for the artists to showcase their paintings through exhibitions, such as at the Art Center, Puri Santrian, Bentara Budaya, Plaza Renon and other places. Moreover, as expression of appreciation to the artists, the government has also given awards to painting artists in Bali.

Hopefully, in the future the works of our artists in Bali will be able to develop better, so they can compete in the global world,” he concluded. (win)

Gilimanuk Bay to schedule annual Gilimanuk Festival GILIMANUK Bay previously seeming slum begins to be fixed and arranged. The coastal area in the bay is one of the leading tourist destinations at Gilimanuk. In addition to offering natural scenery and the uniqueness of the border region, it is scheduled to hold the annual Gilimanuk Bay Festival.

A number of activities were held in the Festival last November. The Gilimanuk Bay Festival (FTG) was the second edition and will be held annually. The festival itself is filled with various social activities, competitions as well as distrinctive arts and entertainment of Jembrana.

Head of the Jembrana Tourism and Culture Office, I Nengah Alit, stated the FTG is one of the annual events held to promote the beauty of nature, uniqueness of the arts and culture owned by Jembrana. This activity is to support the natural beauty of Gilimanuk Bay. Located on the edge of Gilimanuk Bay, a group of islands with seasonal forests can be seen. It is green during rainy and dry during the dry season. This area is directly adjacent to West Bali National Park (TNBB). At some points, from the Gilimanuk Bay area to Karang Sewu Beach is still the habitat of Bali Starling.

The beauty of this bay can now be directly seen when crossing from Gilimanuk Harbor. In addition to the bay views, visitors are pampered with the arrangement of Shiva Park right in front of the bay.

The Jembrana Tourism and Culture Office currently places its officers for the Tourist Information Center (TIC) in the area.

The arrangement of the Gilimanuk Bay area is able to draw visitors even though they only stop by especially on weekends or holidays. The atmosphere at the Bali’s entrance is just like that of Bali. Visitors that enter Bali can more freely see the views of Gili-

manuk Bay. In addition to visitors, many residents also come for fishing or sail around the bay using traditional boats. Other than seeing beautiful views of Gilimanuk Bay from the beach, visitors can also explore the sea with traditional boat by crossing the group of islands around the Gilimanuk Bay. The management handled by the community also serves to take trips to Menjangan Island and to Prapat Agung and Segara Rupek The trip from Gilimanuk Bay to Menjangan Island in the TNBB area of Gilimanuk does not take long. With transportation vehicle

of 25 PK outboard engine, the trip takes around one hour. Along the way, visitors can also visit a number of other temples such as the Segara Rupek Temple and Prapat Agung Temple.

Later on, there have also been many pilgrims who have come to worship in a number of these temples through this route especially to Prapat Agung which can be reached in just a few minutes.

The arrangement of this area is still being carried out until later it is connected to the Gilimanuk Ancient Human Museum and Karang Sewu Beach belonging to the TNBB area. (olo)

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Jempiring Restaurant Presents Mandarin Cuisine until March 2019

In the beginning of this year, Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center continues with Chef’s Delights promotion in conjunction to welcome and celebrate the Chinese New Year on February 5th, 2019, it called Mandarin Cuisine - Indulge in tantalizing delicacies of Jempiring Restaurant Recipes.

The specialties menus will be prepared by Executive Chef Komang Aryana and his team in this joyous occasion.

In addition, the set menu at Jempiring Restaurant are filled with auspicious dishes such as sauté broccoli with shrimp, fried noodle carsio cooked with honey

roasted chicken and quail eggs. Not to mention delicious wok fried rice canton cooked with smoked beef and various vegetables.

“This time, I like to present a rich aroma and bold flavor of homemade pastry through Hongkong egg tart, this is a complement to the set menu with pure indulgence on a plate, so grab it only at our Jempiring Restaurant!”

Said Komang Suarsih – Pastry Chef at Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center.

Furthermore, Widu – Bartender at Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center has been providing various kinds of mocktails such as

saihanba – a perfect mixture for mango lovers, gobi – a blending espresso mixed with oreo, fresh milk, and hazelnut syrup, a must try for coffee lovers! and kailash for those who need the refreshment after those delicious dishes.

These offers are available during January until end of March 2019, available for lunch, dinner, In Room Dining, or take a way. For further information and reservation, kindly contact 0361-411999 or quick response please mention and follow on Twitter @AstonDenpasarID, Instagram @AstonDenpasar and Facebook @ Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center.

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Hamburg, Germany – the Capital of Cool with a thriving cultural, art and nightlife scene

HAMBURG - Berlin may be the traditional German city of ‘cool’ but Hamburg, Germany’s second biggest city, is hot on its heels. Europe’s second biggest port evokes an image of cranes, container ships and dour faces, but newly regenerated Hamburg is, in reality, verdant and picturesque, characterised by trees, bridges and money. With some 2,485 bridges, 126 parks and a brand spanking new waterside district, this chameleon like city has a thriving cultural, art and nightlife scene. From the famous Reeperbahn district to the Sunday Fischmarkt, Hamburg is a night out not to be missed.

Inner Alster Lake

Looking back across the Inner Alster Lake toward the pleasing skyline of church spires one could be forgiven for thinking they were in one of Switzerland’s gentle cities, rather than Germany’s heart of shipping and media industries. The al-fresco cafés sitting lakeside, next to manicured gardens, cycle paths and joggers, is just one face of this multi-faceted destination. Cross the lake to the city centre and admire the majestic neo-renaissance Rathaus towering over the canals, designer shops and gleaming de-

partment stores that branch off from the town hall. By day the city centre offers a sophisticated shopping experience, but as dusk approaches neighbouring districts are the places to head.

Schanzenviertel

Hamburg’s bohemian quarter ‘Schanzenviertel’ is a must-visit neighbourhood embraced for café culture, curio shops, trendy bars and a young population of trendsetters and creative spirits. A tangible air of liberalism permeates Schadze where walls, doorways and the odd car have become a ‘blank canvas’ for graffiti artists. The most impressive mural is located in ‘Flora Park’ and rises skyward for 20 metres on two sides of a building and doubles as the backdrop for a climbing wall.

Small independent bars, as cosy and kitsch as your grandmother’s front room, punctuate the area.

Just off the main artery is the aptly named ‘Central Park’, continuing Germany’s fascination with beach bars – sand, decking and cocktails create a relaxed inner city oasis. It is no wonder ‘Schanze’ residents are very protective to keep this liberally minded zone away from the grasp of counsellors and property developers.

Reeperbahn

Late nighters and clubbers head for the world famous ‘Reeperbahn’ area of the St. Pauli district. By day it appears slightly dull and shabby, as if suffering from a self-induced hangover from the night before, but as dusk falls, the neon-lit street flickers into action and is ready for another all night party within 650 bars set over 1.8 square kilometres.

Renowned for a red-light industry that casts a seedy shadow over the area, the Reeperbahn is far more than just a sex-district, but the hub of a thriving entertainment scene where the ‘Operettenhaus’ (Opera House), Shmidts Tivoli Theatre, sex shops, a police and petrol station stand side-by-side.

Home to techno trance clubs and some of the cities trendiest venues, this old rope-making district (Reeper = Rope) has a history to

match the nocturnal vibrancy. John Lennon famously quoted ‘I might have been born in Liverpool – but I grew up in Hamburg’. Early in the Beatles career the Fab four played at a number of venues in the Reeperbahn the last of which was the ‘Star Club’. Whilst the club no longer exists, the legend continues with a ‘Beatles Platz’ being created at Grosse Freiheit close to where they played.

Altona’s Fischmarkt

If partygoers from Schanze and the Reeperbahn feel daybreak is no indication to head home, tradition dictates heading to Altona’s Fischmarkt. Revellers and early morning market goers converge on the banks of the River Elbe, the former continue drinking Astra beer and listening to live bands under the iron canopy of the iconic former fish auction hall. The latter throng

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Soft opening of Badung Market held next February

the rows of stalls in the bric-a-brac market or listen to the amusing sales patter of the Eel sellers.

Hafencity

Hamburg’s future lies just 800 metres from the town centre at ‘Hafencity’, a complete new waterside district, currently Europe’s largest inner city renewal project and, once complete, will emerge as a cultural zone offering a new generation of sleek, designer bars and restaurants that will rub shoulders with the new Elphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic Hall), the showcase building designed by Herzog de Meuron. A new glass crown of waves sitting upon ‘Kaispeicher A building’ a former cocoa warehouse, will be the landmark creation of the new harbour side development. Nearby, the spectacular late 19th Century warehouse district ‘Speicherstadt’, is a glimpse into the cities maritime past.

Arguably, the city’s most famous philanthropist Peter Tamm has housed his incredible collection of maritime artefacts in ‘Kaispeicher B’ warehouse dating to 1879. The brand new International Maritime Museum is set over 10 floors with some 26,000-model ships on display.

Hamburg’s mixture of diverse districts blending past, present and future, reinforces Germany’s reputation as one of Europe’s most innovative and exciting nightlife destinations. (net)

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The rolling blackouts will be carried out until January 20. On that account, customers are asked to save so that the impact of blackouts does not become more widespread.

PLN ensures blackouts to last until January 20

SEMARAPURA — The PLN of Klungkung Customer Service Unit finally explained the reason behind the rotating blackout policy applied in the Nusa Penida subdistrict. Manager of PT PLN (Persero) Klungkung Unit, Gusti Putu Agus Wiadi, stated on Wednesday (Jan. 9) the rolling blackouts will be carried out until January 20. On that account, customers are asked to save so that the impact of blackouts does not become more widespread.

He asserted the electricity system in three islands (Nusa Gede, Nusa Ceningan and Nusa Lembongan) is currently supplied by the Kutampi power plant with a capacity of 12 MW (megawatt) with a peak load in December 2018 of 7.9 MW. At present, 7 generating units in Nusa Penida are being repaired due to the replacement of fuel into HSD (B-20) (mixture of diesel with palm oil) from pure HSD diesel fuel (B-0). This is in accordance with the new policy of the central government through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Apparently, this central government policy has a significant impact on PLN services. As a result of the changes in fuel, the engine operation is disrupted, and repairs must be made immediately. The process of repairing the engines has resulted in a drastic drop in power supply to 5.9 MW. PLN Klungkung did not deny the decline in the power supply. So, this resulted in no other choice but to make rotating blackouts.

Putu Agus Wiadi explained the rolling blackouts are carried out so that the electricity needs in the three islands can be fulfilled. “We predict, this condition will take place until January 20, 2019,” he said.

After the repair process is com-

plete, he guaranteed the power supply will return to normal. He apologized for the disruption of services to customers in Nusa Penida. Related to this condition, PLN also urged the public to reduce electricity consumption temporarily, chiefly during peak loads (18:00-20:00 Local Time).

It can be implemented by doing a few steps. For instance, turn light sufficiently pursuant to the need, turn off electrical equipment that is not used and divert activities using large power tools (iron, washing machine, oven and others) in the morning. This habit will be able to prevent blackouts from becoming more widespread.

On the other hand on Wednesday (Jan. 9), Chief of the Nusa Penida Headman Forum, Ketut Gede Arjaya, invited the headmen throughout Nusa Penida to watch closely the operational conditions of the PLN. Within the past two months, PLN services have often gone out.

By that way, he can give the right answers responding to questions of many residents. “We want to know the real problem, and what efforts have been done,” said this headman of Lembongan.

As a headman in a tourism area like Lembongan, he acknowledged the rotating blackout had a significant impact on tourism activities. Business activities are very dependent on basic needs, such as electricity and clean water.

He admitted that many operators of hotels, villas and restaurants complained. He hoped the results of his communication with the PLN can provide correct information for residents so they are able to understand the difficult situation faced by the PLN. (kmb31)

DENPASAR — After the construction of the Badung Market was completed, preparations for the operation of the largest market in Bali are immediately carried out. Moreover, the soft opening is scheduled to be held in February 2019. On that account, preparations for the transfer of merchants currently occupying the location of ex-Tiara Grosir land has been made while the grand opening is going to be held on March 12, 2019.

Director of PD Pasar Denpasar, I.B.Kompyang Wiranatha, accompanied by General Director of AAN Yuliarta on Wednesday (Jan. 9) stated that after meeting with the merchants it was decided to move on February 24 along with the soft opening. However, the merchants will be given earlier opportunity to recheck the kiosk they occupy.

They will also prepare shelves or the like for future operations.

Meanwhile, a number of merchants questioned about the design of the tables in each booth. They asked if the table can be changed according to their needs. “We are

fabric merchants, and would like to know whether this table can be changed or dismantled. It does not fit its function,” asked a merchant to Yuliarta last Wednesday.

Responding to the questions of some merchants, Yuliarta said there should be no change in the existing table. If wishing to modify it, like making a table as a shelf is possible.

But dismantling or changing the design is not allowed. “Moreover, currently it remains the authority of the Ministry of Trade because it has not been granted,” said Yuliarta.

Yuliarta said, ahead of the soft opening, merchants will be given

a kiosk key early. Currently, his authority is still coordinating with the partners working on the Badung Market project to get the kiosk keys. “We will provide the key early for preparation of merchants to operate in a new place later,” he explained.

As is known, the Badung Market project costing tens of billions of rupiahs has been completed.

Moreover, PD Pasar Denpasar with the Public Works Agency has made a presentation at the end of last December. Now, the building is ready to be used for the biggest traditional market in Bali. (kmb12)

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After the construction of the Badung Market was completed, preparations for the operation of the largest market in Bali are immediately carried out.

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Abundant production but price of coconut drops TABANAN - After having enjoyed the high price of coconut around IDR 4,000 to IDR 5,000 per piece, now the selling price has dropped. Currently, the picked coconut costs IDR 2,000 per piece and fallen coconuts are valued around IDR 1,000 per piece.

The plummeting price of coconut causes farmers not to pick their coconuts. Actually, if processed into other products, coconut can actually be one of the promising commodities and worth more. Seeing this potential, Antosari village in West Selemadeg intends to make coconut into processed products such as VCO. Headman of Antosari, Wayan Widhiarta, stated on Wednesday (Jan. 9) that currently the price of coconut is in the range of IDR 2,000 to IDR 2,500 per piece.

According to him, the price is reasonable when the production is a lot. “Farmers consider it plummeting because they had enjoyed the high price of coconut about six months ago. The production was little due to long dry season,” he explained. However, in the current rainy season, coconut production, especially in the West Selemadeg area, including Antosari village, is abundant. That’s why the price of coconut drops.

According to Widhiarta, coconut production at Antosari village has been sold through collectors. When production is a lot like these days, and the price is considered cheap, many farmers do not pick their coconut “Actually, it does not necessarily means if farmers don’t want to pick but they are hard to find pickers willing to pick when prices are cheap,” he explained.

He continued that when the price of coconuts was around IDR 2,000 per piece, the profit obtained by the picker was not in accordance with the energy spent.

Widhiarta explained the sharing between farmer and picker is that the current selling price is divided by four. If a coconut costs IDR 2,000, the picker only gets IDR 500 per item and it is considered incomparable with the resources

expended from picking up to transporting to roadside.

“In terms of farmer’s perspective, it doesn’t really have an effect on the costs. Coconut plantations at Antosari village are generally not given special maintenance by farmers such as fertilizing or weeding. After planting coconuts, most farmers leave them to grow and then just pick them,” explained Widhiarta.

Since many coconuts are let unpicked, they finally fall themselves.

The price of this fallen coconut is even lower. It can reach half of the current selling price. In order that farmers get profits from the fallen coconut, Antosari village plans to establish farmer groups processing coconut into VCO under the village-owned company (BUMDes).

At present the program is in the stage of establishing the group.

Pursuant to initial concept of establishing the group consisting of PKK housewives at each hamlet of Antosari village is processing fallen coconuts scattered in the moor and not sold into processed products such as VCO. Widhiarta has attempted to submit a proposal to the subdistrict development plan meeting 2018 in order the get the equipment. “We propose to get processing machine aid in the subdistrict development plan meeting 2018. Hopefully, we can get the aids in 2019 from district government. The village authority can only provide the grater machine,” said Widhiarta.

The potential of coconuts at Antosari village is quite large. Based on a rough calculation, monthly coconut production of Antosari can reach 60,000 pieces. On average each hectare of moor can produce 1,500 to 2,000 pieces. Under normal conditions, the coconut is picked every 70 or 90 days. But when prices are as low as the current one, these coconuts are left and not picked for four months. So, the number of fallen coconuts within a span of four months as they are not picked will surely be very large and become the potential raw materials of products with good selling price. (kmb24)

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The plummeting price of coconut causes farmers not to pick their coconuts.

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The Goa Peteng Alam Tunjung Mekar Temple seems to have not been known by many people.

Goa Peteng Temple of Jimbaran

A hidden location for self-purificatory rite

MANGUPURA - The Goa Peteng Alam Tunjung Mekar Temple seems to have not been known by many people. This temple is located at Cengiling hamlet, Jimbaran, South Kuta, and close to the Ayana Resort & Spa. Indeed many people have not known yet the locations of this temple. Other than being far from the main road, the access to location is also quite poor because it is currently still being repaired.

Another access to this temple is from the entrance of the Ayana Resort & Spa. Nevertheless, at this time many people begin to come to this temple on weekdays or on holidays. They have their own aims and objectives.

Some of them are for painting, begging for holy water for religious ceremonies, and for treatment. This temple is said to be a hidden place of worship as located in the cave.

According to local temple priest, I Ketut Kecuh, this temple has existed for a long time. However, he does not know exactly when the temple was established. At first, the temple only consisted of one shrine at the mouth of the cave having a spring. “It has existed from a long time, and I just found it like this and then continue,” said Kecuh.

Formerly, Kecuh said that local residents used the spring in the cave for daily needs. At that time, local community used a torch to get into the bottom of the cave when collecting water for a daily

necessity. This happened because there was no lighting at all in the cave. “At present the community no longer takes advantage of this cave as a source of water for their daily needs. It has been managed as a place to carry out melukat or self-purification,” he said on Wednesday (Jan. 9).

According to him, the name of Goa Peteng Alam Tunjung Mekar Temple comes from the word goa meaning ‘cave,’ peteng meaning ‘dark,’ alam meaning formed through natural processes, and Tunjung Mekar represents a hope like a flower that is looked for by many people.

At location of the temple, there is a large banyan tree just above the cave’s mouth. Behind this temple, there are two caves, namely the cave facing north with a depth of 250 meters and the cave facing south with a depth of 300 meters.

In the cave facing the south there are two sources of water.

Both sources are considered to be purusha (male aspect) and pradhana (female aspect). However, the cave facing the south is not used for melukat, but only for holy water.

Meanwhile, the cave used for melukat or self-purification is only the

one facing the north.

To get to the water source, pilgrims must go down along dozens of stairs. In both caves, there are many bat populations. Moreover, the bats are believed to be the animals guarding the cave. In addition, there is also a python belonging to the divine property of the local temple.

Sequence of performing selfpurification in the cave temple starts from delivering the canang oblation at the home of temple priest. Next, go to the temple to implement notification worship.

After that, continue to go into the cave in the north by first presenting canang oblation and expressing wishes and hopes.

After that, return to go up and beg for water and blessing rice as completion of the procession. Uniquely, the water in this cave has a half salty and fresh taste. This happens due to geographical location of the temple on the edge of the sea.

Piodalan or temple anniversary in the cave temple falls on Redite Medangkungan. Since this temple is only supported by three family heads, namely the extended family I Ketut Kecuh, the piodalan is carried out by his extended family only. (kmb23)

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Saudi groom Basil Albani poses for a selfie with his friends during his wedding at his home in the Red Sea resort of Jeddah on September 6, 2018.

In Saudi weddings, small is the new beautiful

JEDDAH - It was a Saudi wedding like any other -- clutching a decorative sword, the groom bobbed and swayed in a traditional dance. But there was one striking difference -- a tiny guest list.

Weddings in the oil-rich kingdom are typically lavish affairs, with a bulging guest list which is seen both as a social obligation and a symbol of affluence.

Such expectations are often a source of economic strain for grooms, who foot most of the bill which includes renting out exorbitantly-priced marriage halls where nuptial celebrations are usually held.

But millennials like Basil Albani are increasingly hosting weddings at home, defying family traditions and social pressure and making huge savings instead.

Fewer than two dozen close relatives and friends were invited to the 26-year-old insurance executive’s recent wedding feast comprising kabsa -- a traditional rice and meat dish -- at his ancestral home in western Jeddah city.

It was a microscopic figure by Saudi standards.

“People go all crazy with weddings, inviting hundreds of guests

and spending millions in one night to get the best singers, best bands, best thobes,” said Maan Albani, the 21-year-old brother of the groom, dressed in a gold-trimmed cloak.

“We wanted to do something different with a smaller celebration at home, which can also be fun.”

- Arab world’s biggest market Although prevalent for years, home weddings symbolise a war on excess by the country’s youth as much as they are a barometer of the lagging economy.

They appear to be gaining popularity in the petro-state in a new age of austerity amid low crude prices.

Saudi Arabia has one of the world’s highest concentrations of super rich households.

But with cuts to cradle-to-grave subsidies and a new value-added tax amid soaring youth unemployment, Saudi households are seeing stagnating disposable incomes and what experts call a lifestyle down-

grade. The change in fortunes in the once tax-free kingdom facing a youth bulge is a stress point that poses a challenge for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s de facto leader.

And there are signs of an impact on the Saudi wedding market.

Annual spending on marriages in the kingdom exceeds two billion riyals ($533 million, 466 million euros), the highest in the Arab world, organisers of the Saudi international wedding fair said last year.

Statistics on frugal home marriages are hard to come by, but two wedding planners with a large Saudi clientele told AFP that average spending on marriages had dropped by 25 percent over the past year, with many trimming back the pomp and pageantry.

A retailer of wedding invitation cards in Riyadh said business fell by 70 percent over the period, as many customers demand rich designs at cheaper prices. (afp)

DOUAR HICHER - Young Tunisians say the revolution they staged eight years ago to oust their longtime dictator has failed to restore their “dignity” and ease the North African country’s economic woes.

“Since the revolution we have freedom but still no dignity,” says Sofiene Jbeli, an unemployed computer technician who lives in the working class satellite town of Douar Hicher west of Tunis.

Like many of his compatriots Jbeli says he does not regret taking part in the first of the Arab Spring uprisings that shook the region and forced out veteran strongmen like Tunisia’s president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. But he feels bitter.

“If the system does not change in 2019 (when presidential and legislative elections are due to take place) the revolution would have been for nothing,” says the 35-year-old.

Sociologist Olfa Lamloum of the NGO International Alert shares some of Jbeli’s assessment but disagrees that the revolution failed completely.

“The revolution’s slogan was ‘work, dignity and freedom’ but the first two were not achieved,” says Lamloum.

While Tunisia has been praised as a model of democratic transition, wealth and control of the economy remain concentrated in the hands of a small elite despite economic growth.

The country is grappling with an inflation rate of 7.5 percent and unemployment stands at more than 15 percent, with those worst hit being young university graduates.

In May, Tunisia held its first free municipal elections with more than 57,000 candidates -- half of them women and young people -- running for office. The quotas for women and youth candidates in the polls -- touted as another milestone on the road to democracy -- “allowed a large number

of young people to be elected to municipal councils”, says Lamloum.

And yet, she says, “nothing has been done to improve the lives of young people... Socially, their situation has really deteriorated”.

- ‘No one listens’ One thing the revolution did achieve, according to Lamloum, is to allow politicians, researchers and nongovernmental organisations access to impoverished areas like Douar Hicher.

This, she says, has created space for debate, although politicians did not clearly use the opportunity to look into the problems facing the population to try and find solutions.

For Jbeli and other young Tunisians this has not been enough. They point to numerous hurdles, beyond their economic hardships, that are stifling their daily life.

Following a series of deadly jihadists attacks in 2015, authorities have prevented some citizens, mainly men and women under 35, from travelling to certain countries without parental permission.

“Based on official statements, the measure is part of efforts to prevent people from joining extremist armed groups abroad,” according to Human Rights Watch, calling it “arbitrary”.

Sofiene said the measure was one of several “humiliations”.

“We launched a revolution in order to become full-fledged citizens but for me the only thing I got out of it was freedom of expression,” says high school student Hamza Dhifali.

“Before (the uprising) I could not express myself freely, now I can. It’s great, but no one listens,” he adds.

Issam Elhali, a 31-year-old father of two, says the promises made by the revolution that toppled strongman Ben Ali and forced him to flee to Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2011 were “only on paper”. (afp)

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Young Tunisians watch as their colleagues rehearse for a theatrical performance at the house of associations in the commune of Douar Hicher in Tunisia’s province of Manouba, on the western outskirts of the capital Tunis, on January 11, 2019.

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Come on, Explore Uniqueness of Ubud Village by Bicycle

Once upon a time, try to travel in Ubud village by cycling. The atmosphere must be different. Other than having exercise, you can also enjoy cultural attractions of the local community up close. Moreover, you can interact with them. Indeed, between Ubud and cycling activities are two inseparable things.

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A motorcyclist with two jerry cans attached to his motorbike counts his bond notes at a fuel station, on January 11, 2019 in Harare. Motorists are spending nights waiting in long queues for petrol and diesel as the country is experiencing crippling fuel shortages.

Zimbabwe to re-introduce local currency within a year: minister

Zimbabwe will re-introduce a local currency “in less than 12 months”, after using the US dollar and regional currencies since a hyperinflation crisis a decade ago, the finance minister said in an interview published on Saturday.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who took over from longtime ruler Robert Mugabe and won a disputed election in July, has pledged to revive the economy and mend fences with former allies in the west after years of international isolation.

“On the issue of raising enough foreign currency to introduce the new currency, we are on our way already, give us months not years,” state-owned Herald newspaper quoted Finance Minister Mtuli Ncube as saying.

Asked for a timeline for the

currency reform, the minister said it would be in “less than 12 months”.

Zimbabwe adopted a basket of foreign currencies in 2009 after hyperinflation, which saw some businesses increasing prices several times a day, rendered the local Zimbabwe dollar unusable.

The southern African nation’s economy has been in a downturn for more than a decade with shortages of cash, high unemployment

and the government struggling to pay its workers.

The country was thrown into panic after Ncube introduced a two percent tax on all electronic transactions as part of new measures to increase revenue.

Shortages of basic commodities resurfaced and prices shot up - and in some cases more than doubled within weeks.

The shortages hit pharmacies with some running out of essential

drugs for chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension and accepting payment only in foreign currency.

Motorists spend hours in long queues waiting to buy fuel. Doctors in state hospitals went on strike for more than a month in December saying the price hikes had eroded their earnings and teachers announced a strike this week demanding to be paid in US dollars. (afp)

Haley, Ivanka Trump among possible World Bank nominees: report

Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and US President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser Ivanka are among possible US candidates to replace outgoing World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, The Financial Times reported Friday.

Kim abruptly announced Monday he was cutting short his tenure as the bank’s president more than three years before his second term

was due to end.

In addition to Trump and Haley, who stepped down as US Ambassador to the United Nations last month, other names being floated include Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs David Malpass and Mark Green, head of the US Agency for International Development, the newspaper reported.

Ivanka Trump in 2017 was the

driving force behind a $1 billion, Saudi-supported World Bank fund to promote entrepreneurship by women.

The Treasury Department told AFP on Friday that it had no comment in potential candidates.

The department has received a “significant number of recommendations,” a spokesperson said. “We are beginning the internal review process for a US nominee. We look

forward to working with the governors to select a new leader.”

Under an unwritten agreement, the United States, which is the bank’s largest shareholder, has always chosen its leader since the institution was founded following World War II. But the success of a US candidate no longer appears completely assured.

Kim was the first American

nominee to face a contested election for the World Bank presidency in 2012 and the bank’s board has said its selection process will be “open, merit-based and transparent,” implying non-US candidates would not be ruled out.

The World Bank Board said Thursday it would start accepting nominations for a new leader early next month and name a replacement for Kim by mid-April. (afp)

Although there is a variety of transportation means at this tourism village, cycling remains an option for tourists wishing to explore the enjoyable tourist area. So, don’t be surprised if most accommodations provide bicycle facility for tourists desiring to enjoy the local countryside. Alam Puisi Villa Ubud at Sembuwuk village, for instance, also offers this facility.

General Manager of Alam Puisi Villa Ubud, Budiarta, said that cycling is one of the very popular activities among foreign tourists traveling to Ubud. This activity is in great demand. Since the Ubud area is identical to cycling, the tourist accommodation should provide bicycle. “This bicycle can be used by tourists wishing to look around the villa,” he said.

In addition, the Alam Puisi Villa Ubud also has a cycling route, consisting of long track that starts from Ubud to Kintamani and medium track only located around Ubud while enjoying the local natural beauty. “This cycling track is the most in demand by tourists in Ubud,” said Budiarta.

Cycling trails in the Ubud area are very easy to pass through. On this route, tourists are introduced to traditional agrarian activities posing the main livelihood of Ubud people. However, tourists will also

be introduced to several other cultural activities. Cycling paths have been adjusted and combined with natural and cultural pathways.

As the advantages of this track, tourists can enjoy the true natural beauty of Bali and cultural activities because they will be invited to stop by for a moment where the elements of Balinese culture are still maintained. Ubud as one of the cultural centers in Bali also become a concern of guests. Moreover, each

side of Ubud has many uniqueness that can be enjoyed by tourists.

The terrain traversed by tourists is quite interesting, starting from the snaking contours of the road passing through the rice fields, reeds in the hill area of ??Campuhan, Ubud, to the area owned by local residents and many other beautiful sceneries that can be explored. For package of long route, tourists cycle from Ubud to Kintamani with several choices, one of which is cycling

from Puncak Penulisan, Sukawana village, Kintamani.

This track invites tourists to look around the mountains through the eastern path by crossing forest, seeing mountain views, rural environment and then crossing the mountains behind Mount Batur with the overlay of Mount Batur view. For cycling in Kintamani, the tour will end at Toya Bungkah village located right at the foot of Mount Batur and close to Lake Batur. (kmb)

Tulen Ubud, Restaurant amid Paddy Field Nature

Wow … this restaurant does not only serve delicious menus, but also offers a cool and beautiful dining atmosphere. When eating here, guests must feel different. Green nature of rice fields can create a sense of peace and breezy wind will remove fatigue after being busy with activities. The sounds of animals at rice field gives new inspirations, and the setting is arranged in really captivate nuance.

It is the Ubud Tulen, a new restaurant located amid the beautiful village area precisely on Jalan Sriwedari, Junjungan village, Ubud, Gianyar. This restaurant is quite romantic, very close to the center of Ubud and can be reached within about 6 minutes, close to Petulu attractions, Monkey Forest, and panorama of Ceking terraced rice fields.

This restaurant combining traditional and international standard ornaments has a variety of delicious

menus. It offers more local Balinese menus prepared and presented in a modern technique. Its appearance is very beautiful and fresh.

Opened every day starting at 11:00 to 23:00, it specifically prepares for lunch and dinner.

Meat and various spices use local ingredients, so that it has a very distinctive taste. For instance, the beef steak using local organic beef gives a different taste. The aroma is delicious and the texture of meat is mellow and tender so that before being given seasoning it has been good to eat. “Our beef steak is indeed different. That’s why it is favored by foreign tourists,” said Edhu S Alamsyah, Public Relations Officer.

Tulen Ubud has a variety of leading menus for appetizers, such as salted and seasoned tuna, tuna raw condiment, duck betutu porridge, and lawar. Meanwhile, the soup consists of seafood soup, meatball

in young banana trunk and mutton soup. In the meantime, the main menu consists of nyatnyat tipat gurami, shrimp paste lime roasted chicken, water spinach grilled fish in spicy sauce, real pork as well as crispy eggplant grilled tuna.

For tourists of yoga and spiritual lovers, they prefer vegetarian menus. This menu is also chosen by many guests that do not eat meat, aka vegan. “Although it was just opened early October 2018, the Tulen Ubud already has many customers. Meanwhile, customers of hotel guests are mostly living in Ubud area,” said Edhu.

Tulen Ubud offers a variety of drinks, such as soft drinks, herbal drink, coffee, water, green tea, jasmine, chamomile and kombucha coming with two flavors namely strawberry and cinnamon. Beers are also available. “For drinks, we also promote locally produced drinks, but have international qual-

ity, like this kombucha,” he said.

When enjoying food here, at least the restaurant offers three choices of convenient venue. In front, it is located closest to the chef preparing the menus, while on terrace you can see game arena and relax. Then, the third venue is very

close to paddy fields. The activities of farmers cultivating their fields can be a unique cultural attraction.

Located at Tulen Ubud seems to have distance with nature. A green courtyard is good for sports and long chair is a nice place to relax. (kmb)

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Trump blasts FBI counterintel probe into whether he worked for Russia

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump blasted the FBI on Saturday, insisting it acted “for no reason & with no proof” when it opened an investigation into whether he was acting on Russia’s behalf after he fired the agency’s director, James Comey, in May 2017.

The New York Times reported that the FBI launched the previously undisclosed counterintelligence investigation to determine whether Trump posed a national security threat, at the same time that it opened a criminal probe into possible obstruction of justice by the president.

The FBI investigation was subsequently folded into the broader probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and possible collaboration by the Trump campaign.

No evidence has publicly emerged that Trump was secretly in

contact with or took direction from Russian officials, the Times said.

“Wow, just learned in the Failing New York Times that the corrupt former leaders of the FBI, almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an investigation on me, for no reason & with no proof, after I fired Lyin’ James Comey, a total sleaze!” Trump tweeted.

According to Trump, “the FBI was in complete turmoil... because of Comey’s poor leadership” and the way he handled the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server to send some govern-

ment emails.

“My firing of James Comey was a great day for America,” Trump said, describing the former FBI director as “a Crooked Cop who is being totally protected by his best friend, Bob Mueller.”

Asked in a late Saturday interview with Fox News whether he had ever worked for Russia, Trump replied: “I think it’s the most insulting thing I’ve ever been asked... I think it the most insulting article I’ve ever had written and if you read the article, you’d see that they found absolutely nothing.” (afp)

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This combination of pictures created on January 8, 2018 shows files photos of FBI Director Robert Mueller (L) on June 19, 2013, in Washington, DC; and US President Donald Trump on December 15, 2017, in Washington, DC.

‘Get us out’: Brexit voters urge MPs to hurry up SUNDERLAND - “It just needs to be sorted,” said 23-year-old

Adam Green, a frustrated Leave voter in Brexit-backing Sunder-

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In this file photo taken on October 25, 2016 A man walks his dog past graffiti in Sunderland, north east England on October 25, 2016.

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“People from Asia in particular are worried and need to be reassured,” Tourism Minister JeanBaptiste Lemoyne said.

The government is taking an

increasingly tough line with the rural and small-town protesters, who accuse Macron, 41, of being deaf to the concerns of ordinary citizens and of favouring the rich over the poor in his policies. Some are intent on forcing him from office.

On Monday, Prime Minister

land, where patience with parliamentary delays over Britain’s departure is wearing thin.

The former shipbuilding city in northeast England, where the Nissan carmaker plant is now the lifeblood, played a starring role in Britain’s seismic decision to leave the European Union.

The city’s 61 percent vote in favour of leaving in the 2016 referendum signalled early on where the nation was heading on the night of June 23, 2016 and celebrations at the count were beamed worldwide.

Now, as MPs prepare for Tuesday’s decision on whether or not to back the divorce deal struck between London and Brussels, voters in Sunderland are urging them to get on with it and get Britain out.

The years of wrangling since the referendum over how, or even if, Britain leaves have certainly dampened the high spirits of that 2016 June night.

“It’s become an absolute joke,” said Green, who is unemployed for medical reasons, as he stood outside the Bridges main shopping centre.

“It’s disrespecting my vote completely. Myself and my whole family voted for us to come out,” Edouard Philippe announced that 80,000 security force members would be deployed nationwide on Saturday.

“Those who question our institutions will not have the last word,” Philippe said.

He also announced plans for

he said.

“The MPs need to get their heads down and get us out.

“I just want it over and done with because I’m sick of hearing about Brexit,” he added.

The University of Sunderland campus was built in the 1990s on the site of former shipyards that once dominated the banks of the River Wear in this working-class city of 275,000 people.

Sunderland was a coal trading port, had its own collieries, was a glassmaking centre and boasted a major brewery.

The heavy industry has largely evaporated, though the docks are still going and ships’ horns echo amongst the cranes.

- ‘Anti-elite feeling’ -

Besides its current carmaking prowess, Sunderland’s pride now rests on its football team.

Despite two straight relegations to the third-tier League One, the Black Cats still draw huge crowds to games at their 49,000-seater Stadium of Light, built on the site of a disused coal mine.

On match days, the stadium roar drifts throughout Sunderland’s streets.

legislation to ban known “troublemakers” from taking part in demonstrations.

Some protesters accuse the police of fanning the flames by using tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against demonstrators. A police captain in the southern city

“Sunderland is a city where people feel quite rooted, with a strong sense of community,” said Peter Hayes, the university’s senior lecturer in politics.

“That perhaps makes them feel a little bit less cosmopolitan,” he told AFP. “There’s a kind of anti-elite feeling in Sunderland,” he said, explaining the Leave vote -- which went against Japanese automaker Nissan’s preference.

“If we leave the EU on bad terms, there are very serious economic problems that Sunderland is going to face,” he added, saying that if Nissan shifted production to Europe, it would be a “disaster”.

Britain’s largest car factory employs more than 7,000 workers and builds 500,000 vehicles per year, including the Juke, Qashqai and electric Leaf models. Some 55 percent are exported tariff-free to the EU. Stephen O’Brien, a city councillor for the pro-EU opposition Liberal Democrats, said a no-deal Brexit’s effect on the city’s manufacturing would be “more devastating than losing the pits and the boat industry”. (afp) of Toulon was also filmed punching demonstrators last weekend.

Macron tried to take the heat out of the protests in December by announcing a 10-billion-euro ($11.5-billion) package of wage boosts and tax relief for low earners. (afp)

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Sukabumi residents warned to stay alert to new landslides

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned the residents of Cimapag Hamlet in Sukabumi District, West Java Province, to stay alert to the threats of new landslides due to ongoing intense rainfall.

“The rainfall intensity remains high, and new landslides may occur. Hence, the residents of Cimapag Hamlet should stay alert and avoid all vulnerable areas, including the saturated slopes of steep cliffs,” BMKG Head Dwikorita Karnawati warned.

She issued the warning in a press statement that Antara received here on Saturday, Jan 12, or a day after visiting the hamlet of Sinaresmi Village in Cisolok Sub-district that was ripped off by a landslide on December 31, 2018.

The landslide buried 29 houses, killed 32 people, wounded three residents, and led to another resident going missing.

Some 64 residents survived the deadly landslide.

During her visit, Karnawati was accompanied by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency Head Doni Monardo and Head

of the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) Karbani.

Karnawati noted that the PVMBG has mapped out areas prone to landslides, while the BMKG is responsible for issuing early warnings related to the rainfall intensity and extreme weather conditions to regional disaster mitigation agencies.

“The map shows that this area lies in the moderate and high zones for movements of earth and debris. It means earth movements may occur in this area if the rainfall intensity is above normal,” she noted.

During their visit to Sinaresmi Village, Karnawati and her colleagues planted vetiver grass to help reduce the risks of erosion and strengthen cliff slopes naturally.

Sukabumi District is just one of the areas in West Java that are prone to natural disasters. According to the West Java Provincial Disaster Mitigation Agency, a total of 1,561 natural disasters had occurred in different parts of the province during 2018, killing 50 people and affecting 75,706 residents. (ant)

BNPB head visits disaster site in Sukabumi

SUKABUMI - Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Lieutenant General Doni Monardo observed the disaster site in Cisolok, Sukabumi, West Java, on Friday.

Sukabumi has high fertility soils with landscape characteristics that can cause landslides. One of the areas is Cimapag, Sirnaresmi village, Cisolok sub-district.

A few weeks ago, the village was hit by a landslide that killed several people.

BNPB spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho revealed that many areas in Sukabumi District were prone to landslides. The topographical conditions of the hills with loose rocks can cause landslides.

The large number of people also lived in areas that were vulnerable to landslides. “During the last 10 years, there were

132 landslides in Sukabumi that caused fatalities and damaged buildings,” he said.

Landslide mitigation still requires a lot of attention, both structural and non-structural mitigations.

Structural mitigations are cliff reinforcements, installation of early warning systems, reforestation and others. Non-structural mitigations are mapping, socialization, spatial planning, disaster education, rehearsals and others.

The peak of the rainy season in most parts of Indonesia is from January to February. People are encouraged to increase their awareness during this time.

Sukabumi is also surrounded by oceans, which require disaster mitigation facilities. For this reason, the Head of BNPB also visited a number of facilities on the beach. (ant)

Handout / GARUDA INDONESIA / AFP

This handout from Garuda Indonesia taken and released on January 9, 2019 shows musicians performing on a flight from Jakarta to Bali. Indonesian national flag carrier Garuda has announced it will be bringing music to the skies with a series of live acoustic concerts on domestic flights.

Indonesia airline brings live music to the skies

Indonesian national flag carrier Garuda is bringing music to the skies with a series of live acoustic concerts on domestic flights, the airline said.

Passengers will be serenaded at 35,000 feet in a scheme aimed at wooing millennials “who want a different flight experience”, airline spokesman M. Ikhsan Rosan told AFP. The carrier held its first in-flight concert on Wednesday, when two musicians performed for a captive audience aboard a flight between the capital, Jakarta, and the holiday island of Bali.

Garuda said sets would last 10 to 15 minutes on select flights, and

there would be a focus on promoting upcoming talent.

While it may prove an unforgettable flying experience for some, it may not be everyone’s idea of a good time.

In 2017, US airline Southwest introduced live shows on some flights to a mixed reaction from passengers.

Some travellers said they preferred minimum human interaction while flying and said music would distract them from sleeping or reading.

Indonesia is one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation markets, but it has come under fresh scrutiny since a fatal Lion Air crash in October last year that killed all 189 people on board.

Garuda said it had embarked on extensive consultation to ensure the concerts posed no threat to safety or security.

“If there is the potential of turbulence, the singer will be directed back to sit in his chair,” Rosan said. (afp)

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Britain’s Andy Murray hits a shot during a training session ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 12, 2019.

JEMBRANA - Perancak Temple is also called by Pura Perancak situated at shore in Perancak Countryside, Negara sub district and Jembrana Regency. It is set between two village who the villagers are having different religion those are Hindu and Muslim. It is blessed by the breathtaking view of Indian Ocean and blanked by the tropical

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Perancak Temple atmosphere. It is set in the estuary river of Perancak where the fishermen boats are docking around it. It is one of the sacred Hindu temples in west part of Bali usually used by local Hindu people for worshiping to the god.

Temple Story Pertaining to the name (Ab-

hiseka) of Purancak Temple, it is inseparable from the holy journey (Dharmayatra and Tirthayatra) of Danghyang Dwijendra, a famous Siwa Religion Adviser. From the domestic sources, there is opinion that the name of Purancak Temple is come the word of Perahu Encak (Balinese Language meaning leaky boat or breaking boat). There is also from domestic source say that this temple’s name is come from word Ancak (The tree name, sycamore bodi), because when Danghyang Dwijendra crossing the sea in west part of Bali Island that is also recognized as Sagara Rupek, he firstly arrive at the location where the Purancak Temple existing now. He wait his wife and son who go up the leaky boat that had been patched by spool gourd leaf ( Waluh Pahit), while Danghyang Dwijendra go up a bitter fruit Waluh (spool gourd) by using his both hand and feet as oar. When he waiting his wife and

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son, he was seat under a tree which is called Ancak Tree and at the same time he do conversation with a cow farmer. Since he was seat under that tree then The Temple is built right in this location hence this temple is named by Perancak

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Temple. But in conjunction to other domestic sources that is estimated the Purancak Temple is also taken away from the name of this countryside where he firstly arrive and do pray while waiting his family.

(IBP/net)

Both paid tribute to the former world number one on the eve of the year’s first Grand Slam with Federer adding that the Scot should be “incredibly proud” of what he had achieved.

Murray on Friday admitted that his chronic hip injury had not been eased by surgery a year ago.

He then choked back tears and broke down as he revealed that he hoped to end his storied career at Wimbledon, but the Australian Open beginning Monday could be his last event because the constant pain was so bad.

“I was disappointed and sad, a little bit shocked, to know now that we’re going to lose him at some point,” Federer told reporters.

“But we’re going to lose everybody at some point. It’s just now that it’s definite,” he added, acknowledging that the era of the “Big Four” -- himself, Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Murray was drawing inexorably to a close.

“Of course, it hits us top guys hard because we know Andy very well,” the world number three said of the three-time Grand Slam champion and double Olympic gold medal winner.

“He’s a good guy, Hall of Famer, legend. He won everything he wanted to win. Anybody would substitute their career with his. He’s a great guy.”

World number one Djokovic played Murray in a practice match three days ago and said it was obvious that there were serious problems.

“You didn’t need to be on court to notice that he’s struggling, that he’s not moving as well as he normally does,” said Djokovic, 31, who is just a week younger than Murray.

“We’ve seen so many years of Andy Murray being one of the fittest guys on the tour, running around the court, getting always an extra ball back.

“I think to that extent, we are kind of similar. Our trajectory to the professional tennis world was pretty much similar,” added the Serb, who faces American Mitchell Krueger in the first round on Tuesday.

“His birthday is one week before mine. We’ve grown together playing junior events. We played lots of epic matches.

“Obviously to see him struggle so much and go through so much pain, it’s very sad and it hurts me as his longtime friend, colleague, rival.

“I will carry beautiful memories from the court and off the court. It’s just sad.”

Murray has won Wimbledon twice and Federer hoped the Scot could keep playing long enough to be able to say goodbye on his favourite famous grass courts.

“Of course, I hope that he can play a good Australian Open and he can keep playing beyond that, really finish the way he wants to at Wimbledon,” said 20-time Grand Slam champion, who begins his Australian Open title defence Monday against Denis Istomin.

“It’s a tough one, but one down the road he can look back on and be incredibly proud of everything he has achieved.”

Murray was the first British man to win Wimbledon in 77 years and will be remembered for battling his way to world number one in 2016 during a golden era for men’s tennis alongside Federer, Djokovic and Nadal.

Murray faces a first-round clash Monday against in-form Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, seeded 22, who beat Djokovic on his was to winning the Qatar Open earlier this month. (afp)

LOS ANGELES - Russell Westbrook tallied 24 points and 10 rebounds and reserve guard Dennis Schroder scored all 10 points in the second half as the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the San Antonio Spurs 122-112 on Saturday.

The Thunder rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to seize control of the contest in the third quarter and avenge a 154-147 double-overtime loss to the Spurs two nights ago.

Paul George added 18 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma City, who outscored the Spurs 35-20 in the third. The win snapped a threegame losing streak for the Thunder.

It was just San Antonio’s second loss in its last eight games.

“Schroder just sliced us and diced us, did a great job getting to the rim,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “Defense let us down.”

Marco Belinelli scored 24 points and DeMar DeRozan added 18 points for the Spurs.

LaMarcus Aldridge, who scored a career-high 56 points against the Thunder on Thursday, struggled with the extra coverage and finished with 17 points.

“They didn’t let me play,” Aldridge said. “They doubled me in every way. They came from the baseline, from the top. They made sure that the ball wasn’t in my hands.”

Elsewhere, Blake Griffin made an turbulent return to the Staples Center, scoring 44 points as the Detroit Pistons toppled the Los Angeles Clippers 109-104.

It was an emotional day for Griffin as he snubbed Clippers owner Steve Ballmer before the game, was greeted with a standing ovation

during a first quarter video tribute, and then had a heated exchange on the floor with former teammate Patrick Beverley as the final horn sounded.

“There was a lot of hype coming into this game and I was looking forward to it, but I’m glad that it’s over,” said Griffin. “The next time I come it won’t be as crazy.”

The former first overall draft pick by the Clippers in 2009 was surprisingly traded to Detroit last January after signing a five-year extension worth $171 million.

Griffin averaged 21.6 points, 9.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists in eight seasons in Los Angeles. He won the rookie-of-the-year award and was a five-time all-star with the franchise.

Before the game, Clippers owner Ballmer waited on the sidelines and then extended his hand for a handshake, but Griffin ignored him, sprinting off to the locker room.

After the game, Griffin scolded a reporter for mentioning the snub on social media, saying he was just conducting his pre-game routine.

Asked if he would ever shake Ballmer’s hand, Griffin bristled, saying, “I am not here to answer hypothetical questions.”

Andre Drummond had 20 points and 21 rebounds and Reggie Bullock finished with 17 for the Pistons, who have lost nine of their last 12.

“Down the stretch we played great defense, got stops and protected the ball and that was the difference,” Griffin said.

Danilo Gallinari led the Clippers with 23 points. Lou Williams added 22 points, and Montrezl Harrell had 21 points and nine rebounds. (afp)

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Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma City Thunder jocks for a position during the game against Derrick White #4 of the San Antonio Spurs on January 12, 2019 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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‘No opera’ as Liverpool extend lead, Chelsea take control of Champions League chase

Mohamed Salah’s second-half penalty moved Liverpool seven points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to a 1-0 win away to Brighton, while Arsenal’s hopes of a top-four finish suffered another body blow in defeat by West Ham on Saturday.

Chelsea now lead the Gunners by six points in the race for Champions League qualification after beating Newcastle 2-1.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted it had been “no opera” watching his side struggle to create chances on the south coast in a game of little goalmouth incident other than Salah’s 17th goal of the season after the Egyptian had been hauled down by Pascal Gross five minutes into the second half.

“We are not the Harlem Globetrotters, we have to deliver results,” said Klopp, as his side got back to winning ways after a first Premier League defeat of the season by Manchester City and an FA Cup exit to Wolves.

“For that, we need to perform.

The performance was good. It was not the best performance of the season in a few departments but I would say it was the most mature performance of the season.”

City can close the gap to four points with victory over Wolves on Monday, while Tottenham can close to within six should they move above the champions with victory over Manchester United on Sunday.

However, if United continue Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s perfect record as caretaker boss, the Red Devils will have eroded an eight-point gap to Arsenal in the month since Jose Mourinho was sacked.

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first West Ham goal as Unai Emery’s men suffered on the road once more in a 1-0 loss at the London Stadium.

Mesut Ozil was again not selected even in Emery’s squad as Arsenal’s winless run away from home in the league extended to five games.

“We decided that the players here were the best for this match,” said Emery of the German’s absence.

“We’ve won with him, we’ve lost with him. No one player makes the difference between winning and losing the game.”

However, it was not a perfect afternoon for the Hammers either as Marko Arnautovic appeared to wave goodbye to the home fans when substituted with the Austrian strongly linked with a move to the

Chinese Super League.

Chelsea took advantage of Arsenal’s defeat despite making heavy work of seeing off Newcastle.

Pedro Rodriguez’s early opener was cancelled out by Ciaran Clark’s header for the visitors, but Willian’s fine 57th-minute strike secured all three points for Maurizio Sarri’s men.

Defeat allied to results elsewhere saw Newcastle slip into the bottom three as 10-man Southampton held out to win 2-1 at Leicester.

James Ward-Prowse’s penalty gave the Saints an 11th-minute lead before Yann Valery was sent off.

Southampton still doubled their lead in first-half stoppage time through Shane Long and withstood a second-half fightback from the Foxes when Wilfried Ndidi pulled a goal back. “I’m unbelievably proud of my players,” said Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl.

“To go 2-0 in the lead at Leices-

ter is not easy and we defended with fantastic commitment.” Fulham remain in the relegation zone as Burnley won 2-1 at Turf Moor despite not even having a single shot on target.

Andre Schurrle’s stunning effort put Fulham ahead in just the second minute but Burnley equalised in the 20th minute through Joe Bryan’s own goal and were soon in the lead when Denis Odoi also put through his own net.

“It is unbelievable. We scored a great goal and then suddenly two own goals,” said Fulham manager Claudio Ranieri.

Craig Cathcart scored at both ends as Watford beat Crystal Palace 2-1 thanks to Tom Cleverley’s volleyed winner with 16 minutes left at Selhurst Park.

Huddersfield are still rooted to the foot of the table following a goalless draw at Cardiff. (afp)

Sheffield United close on Leeds with QPR win

Gennaro Gattuso(left) and Gonzalo Higuain

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Higuain determined to leave, says AC Milan coach Gattuso

Gonzalo Higuain has made up his mind to leave AC Milan, coach Gennaro Gattuso said on Saturday amid speculation linking the striker to Premier League side Chelsea.

Higuain joined Milan on a season-long loan from Juventus in July with an option to make the deal permanent, but he has struggled to settle at the San Siro, scoring eight goals in all competitions.

The 31-year-old again drew a blank in AC Milan’s 2-0 Italian Cup win over Sampdoria on Saturday as substitute Patrick Cutrone netted a double in extra time.

“When a player makes up his

mind it becomes hard to convince them otherwise,” said Gattuso of Higuain. “I have a relationship with him that features great honesty, we say things to one another’s face.

“At the moment, he’s our player and we’re holding on tightly to him.

I don’t know what will happen.”

The Argentina international reportedly wants to join his former Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea. Milan paid 18 million euros ($20.75 million) to sign him on loan, with a clause to make the deal permanent for a further 36 million euros.

Higuain had his most successful

season under Sarri, breaking the Serie A goalscoring record with 36 goals in the 2015/16 campaign.

“I’ve talked to him a great deal, but it’s hard to give advice, because the career of a player only lasts 13-14 years,” continued Gattuso.

“It’s his mind, not mine. The most important thing is to talk as men, look each other in the eyes and speak the truth. “I still don’t understand what Higuain’s unhappy about, because I see a happy lad, involved in the locker room.

“We’ll see what happens. If it was up to me, I’d keep him at my house and feed him my dinner.” (afp)

CAF Cup holders Raja on track to win play-off after away draw

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Liverpool’s Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (R) celebrates after scoring the opening goal from the penalty spot during the English Premier League football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Liverpool at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, southern England on January 12, 2019.

CAF Confederation Cup trophyholders Raja Casablanca and former winners CS Sfaxien and Stade Malien all drew Saturday in play-off first legs.

But while Moroccans Raja and Tunisians Sfaxien will fancy their chances of overall victories next weekend after drawing away, Malians Stade are in trouble having being held at home.

Raja, whose Confederation Cup triumph last year was their sixth in all CAF competitions, came from behind to force a 1-1 deadlock against Namibians African Stars in Windhoek.

Alpheus Handura put the semiprofessional home side ahead three minutes before half-time and Soufiane Rahimi levelled six minutes after the break.

In a qualifier for the play-offs, Raja slammed five goals past Gabonese outfit Cercle Sportif Mberi in

Casablanca and a similar wide overall winning margin is now on the cards.

Record three-time Confederation Cup winners Sfaxien held Vipers SC from Uganda 0-0 in Kampala and it is hard to imagine them not winning the return match in Sfax comfortably.

Stade Malien, surprise winners of the 2009 Confederation Cup, could not defend a lead in Bamako and had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Angolan visitors Petro Atletico.

Ali Badra Sylla put the hosts ahead midway through the first half only for Vladimiro ‘Va’ Etson to equalise within seven minutes.

Although Petro will believe the tie has tilted in their favour, the result did end a perfect four-victory record in the competition this season for the Luanda outfit.

The only team to win Saturday was Nkana from Zambia, who built a 3-0

lead in Kitwe over FC San Pedro from the Ivory Coast.

Ronald Kampamba broke the deadlock just before half-time and second-half goals from Joseph Musonda and Festus Mbewe completed an unexpectedly wide winning margin.

Another Zambian club, Zesco United, host Kaizer Chiefs from South Africa Sunday in a highlight of the nine-fixture schedule.

Aggregate winners after the return matches next weekend go into the group draw on January 21 with twice trophy-holders Etoile Sahel from Tunisia, who were given a play-offs bye.

The Confederation Cup is the second-tier African club competition and the play-offs pit 15 survivors from two qualifying rounds against CAF Champions League round-of-30 losers. (afp)

David McGoldrick scored the lone goal as Sheffield United beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 on Saturday to move up to second place in English football’s second-tier Championship.

McGoldrick’s first-half header, the former Ipswich striker’s fifth goal in his last six league games, saw the Blades move to within four points of Yorkshire rivals Leeds.

The table-toppers had already played, beating Derby County 2-0 on Friday in a victory overshadowed by Leeds manager Marco Bielsa’s admission he had sent a spy to the Rams’ training ground.

Saturday’s other matches saw Jordan Rhodes rescue a point for third-placed Norwich City with an equaliser seven minutes from time in a 1-1 draw against West Brom, who led through Dwight Gayle’s early goal.

Only the top two sides at the end of the regular season are guaranteed promotion to the lucrative Premier League, with the next four clubs competing for the one remaining spot in the top flight via a series of play-off games.

Middlesbrough remained in the top six following a 2-1 win at Birmingham. Lewis Wing put Boro ahead in the 37th minute and although Che Adams equalised for the Blues, Britt Assombalonga grabbed a late winner.

Nathan Jones’s reign at Stoke manager started with a 3-1 defeat while Nottingham Forest’s first match since Aitor Karaka left the City Ground on Friday ended with a 2-0 loss to Reading.

To make matters worse for former European champions Forest, they ended the match down to nine men after both Danny Fox and Tendayi Darikwa were sent off in the second half.

Jarrod Bowen scored twice in Hull’s 3-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday as relegation-threatened Wigan defeated Aston Villa by the same scoreline.

Millwall’s four-match winning run came to a dramatic halt as the south London club conceded a pair of late goals in a 2-0 loss at home to Blackburn Rovers.

The game was heading for a goalless draw when Millwall captain Shaun Hutchison deflected Adam Armstrong’s cross into his own net four minutes from time and Armstrong himself then scored the winner at the Den barely 60 seconds later. (afp)

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‘No opera’ as Liverpool extend lead, Chelsea take control of Champions League chase

Mohamed Salah’s second-half penalty moved Liverpool seven points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to a 1-0 win away to Brighton, while Arsenal’s hopes of a top-four finish suffered another body blow in defeat by West Ham on Saturday.

Chelsea now lead the Gunners by six points in the race for Champions League qualification after beating Newcastle 2-1.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted it had been “no opera” watching his side struggle to create chances on the south coast in a game of little goalmouth incident other than Salah’s 17th goal of the season after the Egyptian had been hauled down by Pascal Gross five minutes into the second half.

“We are not the Harlem Globetrotters, we have to deliver results,” said Klopp, as his side got back to winning ways after a first Premier League defeat of the season by Manchester City and an FA Cup exit to Wolves.

“For that, we need to perform.

The performance was good. It was not the best performance of the season in a few departments but I would say it was the most mature performance of the season.”

City can close the gap to four points with victory over Wolves on Monday, while Tottenham can close to within six should they move above the champions with victory over Manchester United on Sunday.

However, if United continue Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s perfect record as caretaker boss, the Red Devils will have eroded an eight-point gap to Arsenal in the month since Jose Mourinho was sacked.

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first West Ham goal as Unai Emery’s men suffered on the road once more in a 1-0 loss at the London Stadium.

Mesut Ozil was again not selected even in Emery’s squad as Arsenal’s winless run away from home in the league extended to five games.

“We decided that the players here were the best for this match,” said Emery of the German’s absence.

“We’ve won with him, we’ve lost with him. No one player makes the difference between winning and losing the game.”

However, it was not a perfect afternoon for the Hammers either as Marko Arnautovic appeared to wave goodbye to the home fans when substituted with the Austrian strongly linked with a move to the

Chinese Super League.

Chelsea took advantage of Arsenal’s defeat despite making heavy work of seeing off Newcastle.

Pedro Rodriguez’s early opener was cancelled out by Ciaran Clark’s header for the visitors, but Willian’s fine 57th-minute strike secured all three points for Maurizio Sarri’s men.

Defeat allied to results elsewhere saw Newcastle slip into the bottom three as 10-man Southampton held out to win 2-1 at Leicester.

James Ward-Prowse’s penalty gave the Saints an 11th-minute lead before Yann Valery was sent off.

Southampton still doubled their lead in first-half stoppage time through Shane Long and withstood a second-half fightback from the Foxes when Wilfried Ndidi pulled a goal back. “I’m unbelievably proud of my players,” said Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl.

“To go 2-0 in the lead at Leices-

ter is not easy and we defended with fantastic commitment.” Fulham remain in the relegation zone as Burnley won 2-1 at Turf Moor despite not even having a single shot on target.

Andre Schurrle’s stunning effort put Fulham ahead in just the second minute but Burnley equalised in the 20th minute through Joe Bryan’s own goal and were soon in the lead when Denis Odoi also put through his own net.

“It is unbelievable. We scored a great goal and then suddenly two own goals,” said Fulham manager Claudio Ranieri.

Craig Cathcart scored at both ends as Watford beat Crystal Palace 2-1 thanks to Tom Cleverley’s volleyed winner with 16 minutes left at Selhurst Park.

Huddersfield are still rooted to the foot of the table following a goalless draw at Cardiff. (afp)

Sheffield United close on Leeds with QPR win

Gennaro Gattuso(left) and Gonzalo Higuain

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Higuain determined to leave, says AC Milan coach Gattuso

Gonzalo Higuain has made up his mind to leave AC Milan, coach Gennaro Gattuso said on Saturday amid speculation linking the striker to Premier League side Chelsea.

Higuain joined Milan on a season-long loan from Juventus in July with an option to make the deal permanent, but he has struggled to settle at the San Siro, scoring eight goals in all competitions.

The 31-year-old again drew a blank in AC Milan’s 2-0 Italian Cup win over Sampdoria on Saturday as substitute Patrick Cutrone netted a double in extra time.

“When a player makes up his

mind it becomes hard to convince them otherwise,” said Gattuso of Higuain. “I have a relationship with him that features great honesty, we say things to one another’s face.

“At the moment, he’s our player and we’re holding on tightly to him.

I don’t know what will happen.”

The Argentina international reportedly wants to join his former Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea. Milan paid 18 million euros ($20.75 million) to sign him on loan, with a clause to make the deal permanent for a further 36 million euros.

Higuain had his most successful

season under Sarri, breaking the Serie A goalscoring record with 36 goals in the 2015/16 campaign.

“I’ve talked to him a great deal, but it’s hard to give advice, because the career of a player only lasts 13-14 years,” continued Gattuso.

“It’s his mind, not mine. The most important thing is to talk as men, look each other in the eyes and speak the truth. “I still don’t understand what Higuain’s unhappy about, because I see a happy lad, involved in the locker room.

“We’ll see what happens. If it was up to me, I’d keep him at my house and feed him my dinner.” (afp)

CAF Cup holders Raja on track to win play-off after away draw

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Liverpool’s Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (R) celebrates after scoring the opening goal from the penalty spot during the English Premier League football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Liverpool at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, southern England on January 12, 2019.

CAF Confederation Cup trophyholders Raja Casablanca and former winners CS Sfaxien and Stade Malien all drew Saturday in play-off first legs.

But while Moroccans Raja and Tunisians Sfaxien will fancy their chances of overall victories next weekend after drawing away, Malians Stade are in trouble having being held at home.

Raja, whose Confederation Cup triumph last year was their sixth in all CAF competitions, came from behind to force a 1-1 deadlock against Namibians African Stars in Windhoek.

Alpheus Handura put the semiprofessional home side ahead three minutes before half-time and Soufiane Rahimi levelled six minutes after the break.

In a qualifier for the play-offs, Raja slammed five goals past Gabonese outfit Cercle Sportif Mberi in

Casablanca and a similar wide overall winning margin is now on the cards.

Record three-time Confederation Cup winners Sfaxien held Vipers SC from Uganda 0-0 in Kampala and it is hard to imagine them not winning the return match in Sfax comfortably.

Stade Malien, surprise winners of the 2009 Confederation Cup, could not defend a lead in Bamako and had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Angolan visitors Petro Atletico.

Ali Badra Sylla put the hosts ahead midway through the first half only for Vladimiro ‘Va’ Etson to equalise within seven minutes.

Although Petro will believe the tie has tilted in their favour, the result did end a perfect four-victory record in the competition this season for the Luanda outfit.

The only team to win Saturday was Nkana from Zambia, who built a 3-0

lead in Kitwe over FC San Pedro from the Ivory Coast.

Ronald Kampamba broke the deadlock just before half-time and second-half goals from Joseph Musonda and Festus Mbewe completed an unexpectedly wide winning margin.

Another Zambian club, Zesco United, host Kaizer Chiefs from South Africa Sunday in a highlight of the nine-fixture schedule.

Aggregate winners after the return matches next weekend go into the group draw on January 21 with twice trophy-holders Etoile Sahel from Tunisia, who were given a play-offs bye.

The Confederation Cup is the second-tier African club competition and the play-offs pit 15 survivors from two qualifying rounds against CAF Champions League round-of-30 losers. (afp)

David McGoldrick scored the lone goal as Sheffield United beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 on Saturday to move up to second place in English football’s second-tier Championship.

McGoldrick’s first-half header, the former Ipswich striker’s fifth goal in his last six league games, saw the Blades move to within four points of Yorkshire rivals Leeds.

The table-toppers had already played, beating Derby County 2-0 on Friday in a victory overshadowed by Leeds manager Marco Bielsa’s admission he had sent a spy to the Rams’ training ground.

Saturday’s other matches saw Jordan Rhodes rescue a point for third-placed Norwich City with an equaliser seven minutes from time in a 1-1 draw against West Brom, who led through Dwight Gayle’s early goal.

Only the top two sides at the end of the regular season are guaranteed promotion to the lucrative Premier League, with the next four clubs competing for the one remaining spot in the top flight via a series of play-off games.

Middlesbrough remained in the top six following a 2-1 win at Birmingham. Lewis Wing put Boro ahead in the 37th minute and although Che Adams equalised for the Blues, Britt Assombalonga grabbed a late winner.

Nathan Jones’s reign at Stoke manager started with a 3-1 defeat while Nottingham Forest’s first match since Aitor Karaka left the City Ground on Friday ended with a 2-0 loss to Reading.

To make matters worse for former European champions Forest, they ended the match down to nine men after both Danny Fox and Tendayi Darikwa were sent off in the second half.

Jarrod Bowen scored twice in Hull’s 3-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday as relegation-threatened Wigan defeated Aston Villa by the same scoreline.

Millwall’s four-match winning run came to a dramatic halt as the south London club conceded a pair of late goals in a 2-0 loss at home to Blackburn Rovers.

The game was heading for a goalless draw when Millwall captain Shaun Hutchison deflected Adam Armstrong’s cross into his own net four minutes from time and Armstrong himself then scored the winner at the Den barely 60 seconds later. (afp)

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International

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Britain’s Andy Murray hits a shot during a training session ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 12, 2019.

JEMBRANA - Perancak Temple is also called by Pura Perancak situated at shore in Perancak Countryside, Negara sub district and Jembrana Regency. It is set between two village who the villagers are having different religion those are Hindu and Muslim. It is blessed by the breathtaking view of Indian Ocean and blanked by the tropical

Federer ‘shocked’, Djokovic ‘hurt’ by Murray retirement bombshell

Perancak Temple atmosphere. It is set in the estuary river of Perancak where the fishermen boats are docking around it. It is one of the sacred Hindu temples in west part of Bali usually used by local Hindu people for worshiping to the god.

Temple Story Pertaining to the name (Ab-

hiseka) of Purancak Temple, it is inseparable from the holy journey (Dharmayatra and Tirthayatra) of Danghyang Dwijendra, a famous Siwa Religion Adviser. From the domestic sources, there is opinion that the name of Purancak Temple is come the word of Perahu Encak (Balinese Language meaning leaky boat or breaking boat). There is also from domestic source say that this temple’s name is come from word Ancak (The tree name, sycamore bodi), because when Danghyang Dwijendra crossing the sea in west part of Bali Island that is also recognized as Sagara Rupek, he firstly arrive at the location where the Purancak Temple existing now. He wait his wife and son who go up the leaky boat that had been patched by spool gourd leaf ( Waluh Pahit), while Danghyang Dwijendra go up a bitter fruit Waluh (spool gourd) by using his both hand and feet as oar. When he waiting his wife and

MELBOURNE - Roger Federer admitted Sunday he was shocked that tennis was to lose “legend” Andy Murray this year while long-time friend Novak Djokovic said the bombshell news had “hurt” him.

son, he was seat under a tree which is called Ancak Tree and at the same time he do conversation with a cow farmer. Since he was seat under that tree then The Temple is built right in this location hence this temple is named by Perancak

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Temple. But in conjunction to other domestic sources that is estimated the Purancak Temple is also taken away from the name of this countryside where he firstly arrive and do pray while waiting his family.

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Both paid tribute to the former world number one on the eve of the year’s first Grand Slam with Federer adding that the Scot should be “incredibly proud” of what he had achieved.

Murray on Friday admitted that his chronic hip injury had not been eased by surgery a year ago.

He then choked back tears and broke down as he revealed that he hoped to end his storied career at Wimbledon, but the Australian Open beginning Monday could be his last event because the constant pain was so bad.

“I was disappointed and sad, a little bit shocked, to know now that we’re going to lose him at some point,” Federer told reporters.

“But we’re going to lose everybody at some point. It’s just now that it’s definite,” he added, acknowledging that the era of the “Big Four” -- himself, Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Murray was drawing inexorably to a close.

“Of course, it hits us top guys hard because we know Andy very well,” the world number three said of the three-time Grand Slam champion and double Olympic gold medal winner.

“He’s a good guy, Hall of Famer, legend. He won everything he wanted to win. Anybody would substitute their career with his. He’s a great guy.”

World number one Djokovic played Murray in a practice match three days ago and said it was obvious that there were serious problems.

“You didn’t need to be on court to notice that he’s struggling, that he’s not moving as well as he normally does,” said Djokovic, 31, who is just a week younger than Murray.

“We’ve seen so many years of Andy Murray being one of the fittest guys on the tour, running around the court, getting always an extra ball back.

“I think to that extent, we are kind of similar. Our trajectory to the professional tennis world was pretty much similar,” added the Serb, who faces American Mitchell Krueger in the first round on Tuesday.

“His birthday is one week before mine. We’ve grown together playing junior events. We played lots of epic matches.

“Obviously to see him struggle so much and go through so much pain, it’s very sad and it hurts me as his longtime friend, colleague, rival.

“I will carry beautiful memories from the court and off the court. It’s just sad.”

Murray has won Wimbledon twice and Federer hoped the Scot could keep playing long enough to be able to say goodbye on his favourite famous grass courts.

“Of course, I hope that he can play a good Australian Open and he can keep playing beyond that, really finish the way he wants to at Wimbledon,” said 20-time Grand Slam champion, who begins his Australian Open title defence Monday against Denis Istomin.

“It’s a tough one, but one down the road he can look back on and be incredibly proud of everything he has achieved.”

Murray was the first British man to win Wimbledon in 77 years and will be remembered for battling his way to world number one in 2016 during a golden era for men’s tennis alongside Federer, Djokovic and Nadal.

Murray faces a first-round clash Monday against in-form Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, seeded 22, who beat Djokovic on his was to winning the Qatar Open earlier this month. (afp)

LOS ANGELES - Russell Westbrook tallied 24 points and 10 rebounds and reserve guard Dennis Schroder scored all 10 points in the second half as the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the San Antonio Spurs 122-112 on Saturday.

The Thunder rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to seize control of the contest in the third quarter and avenge a 154-147 double-overtime loss to the Spurs two nights ago.

Paul George added 18 points and 11 rebounds for Oklahoma City, who outscored the Spurs 35-20 in the third. The win snapped a threegame losing streak for the Thunder.

It was just San Antonio’s second loss in its last eight games.

“Schroder just sliced us and diced us, did a great job getting to the rim,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “Defense let us down.”

Marco Belinelli scored 24 points and DeMar DeRozan added 18 points for the Spurs.

LaMarcus Aldridge, who scored a career-high 56 points against the Thunder on Thursday, struggled with the extra coverage and finished with 17 points.

“They didn’t let me play,” Aldridge said. “They doubled me in every way. They came from the baseline, from the top. They made sure that the ball wasn’t in my hands.”

Elsewhere, Blake Griffin made an turbulent return to the Staples Center, scoring 44 points as the Detroit Pistons toppled the Los Angeles Clippers 109-104.

It was an emotional day for Griffin as he snubbed Clippers owner Steve Ballmer before the game, was greeted with a standing ovation

during a first quarter video tribute, and then had a heated exchange on the floor with former teammate Patrick Beverley as the final horn sounded.

“There was a lot of hype coming into this game and I was looking forward to it, but I’m glad that it’s over,” said Griffin. “The next time I come it won’t be as crazy.”

The former first overall draft pick by the Clippers in 2009 was surprisingly traded to Detroit last January after signing a five-year extension worth $171 million.

Griffin averaged 21.6 points, 9.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists in eight seasons in Los Angeles. He won the rookie-of-the-year award and was a five-time all-star with the franchise.

Before the game, Clippers owner Ballmer waited on the sidelines and then extended his hand for a handshake, but Griffin ignored him, sprinting off to the locker room.

After the game, Griffin scolded a reporter for mentioning the snub on social media, saying he was just conducting his pre-game routine.

Asked if he would ever shake Ballmer’s hand, Griffin bristled, saying, “I am not here to answer hypothetical questions.”

Andre Drummond had 20 points and 21 rebounds and Reggie Bullock finished with 17 for the Pistons, who have lost nine of their last 12.

“Down the stretch we played great defense, got stops and protected the ball and that was the difference,” Griffin said.

Danilo Gallinari led the Clippers with 23 points. Lou Williams added 22 points, and Montrezl Harrell had 21 points and nine rebounds. (afp)

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Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma City Thunder jocks for a position during the game against Derrick White #4 of the San Antonio Spurs on January 12, 2019 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Trump blasts FBI counterintel probe into whether he worked for Russia

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump blasted the FBI on Saturday, insisting it acted “for no reason & with no proof” when it opened an investigation into whether he was acting on Russia’s behalf after he fired the agency’s director, James Comey, in May 2017.

The New York Times reported that the FBI launched the previously undisclosed counterintelligence investigation to determine whether Trump posed a national security threat, at the same time that it opened a criminal probe into possible obstruction of justice by the president.

The FBI investigation was subsequently folded into the broader probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and possible collaboration by the Trump campaign.

No evidence has publicly emerged that Trump was secretly in

contact with or took direction from Russian officials, the Times said.

“Wow, just learned in the Failing New York Times that the corrupt former leaders of the FBI, almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an investigation on me, for no reason & with no proof, after I fired Lyin’ James Comey, a total sleaze!” Trump tweeted.

According to Trump, “the FBI was in complete turmoil... because of Comey’s poor leadership” and the way he handled the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server to send some govern-

ment emails.

“My firing of James Comey was a great day for America,” Trump said, describing the former FBI director as “a Crooked Cop who is being totally protected by his best friend, Bob Mueller.”

Asked in a late Saturday interview with Fox News whether he had ever worked for Russia, Trump replied: “I think it’s the most insulting thing I’ve ever been asked... I think it the most insulting article I’ve ever had written and if you read the article, you’d see that they found absolutely nothing.” (afp)

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This combination of pictures created on January 8, 2018 shows files photos of FBI Director Robert Mueller (L) on June 19, 2013, in Washington, DC; and US President Donald Trump on December 15, 2017, in Washington, DC.

‘Get us out’: Brexit voters urge MPs to hurry up SUNDERLAND - “It just needs to be sorted,” said 23-year-old

Adam Green, a frustrated Leave voter in Brexit-backing Sunder-

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“People from Asia in particular are worried and need to be reassured,” Tourism Minister JeanBaptiste Lemoyne said.

The government is taking an

increasingly tough line with the rural and small-town protesters, who accuse Macron, 41, of being deaf to the concerns of ordinary citizens and of favouring the rich over the poor in his policies. Some are intent on forcing him from office.

On Monday, Prime Minister

land, where patience with parliamentary delays over Britain’s departure is wearing thin.

The former shipbuilding city in northeast England, where the Nissan carmaker plant is now the lifeblood, played a starring role in Britain’s seismic decision to leave the European Union.

The city’s 61 percent vote in favour of leaving in the 2016 referendum signalled early on where the nation was heading on the night of June 23, 2016 and celebrations at the count were beamed worldwide.

Now, as MPs prepare for Tuesday’s decision on whether or not to back the divorce deal struck between London and Brussels, voters in Sunderland are urging them to get on with it and get Britain out.

The years of wrangling since the referendum over how, or even if, Britain leaves have certainly dampened the high spirits of that 2016 June night.

“It’s become an absolute joke,” said Green, who is unemployed for medical reasons, as he stood outside the Bridges main shopping centre.

“It’s disrespecting my vote completely. Myself and my whole family voted for us to come out,” Edouard Philippe announced that 80,000 security force members would be deployed nationwide on Saturday.

“Those who question our institutions will not have the last word,” Philippe said.

He also announced plans for

he said.

“The MPs need to get their heads down and get us out.

“I just want it over and done with because I’m sick of hearing about Brexit,” he added.

The University of Sunderland campus was built in the 1990s on the site of former shipyards that once dominated the banks of the River Wear in this working-class city of 275,000 people.

Sunderland was a coal trading port, had its own collieries, was a glassmaking centre and boasted a major brewery.

The heavy industry has largely evaporated, though the docks are still going and ships’ horns echo amongst the cranes.

- ‘Anti-elite feeling’ -

Besides its current carmaking prowess, Sunderland’s pride now rests on its football team.

Despite two straight relegations to the third-tier League One, the Black Cats still draw huge crowds to games at their 49,000-seater Stadium of Light, built on the site of a disused coal mine.

On match days, the stadium roar drifts throughout Sunderland’s streets.

legislation to ban known “troublemakers” from taking part in demonstrations.

Some protesters accuse the police of fanning the flames by using tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against demonstrators. A police captain in the southern city

“Sunderland is a city where people feel quite rooted, with a strong sense of community,” said Peter Hayes, the university’s senior lecturer in politics.

“That perhaps makes them feel a little bit less cosmopolitan,” he told AFP. “There’s a kind of anti-elite feeling in Sunderland,” he said, explaining the Leave vote -- which went against Japanese automaker Nissan’s preference.

“If we leave the EU on bad terms, there are very serious economic problems that Sunderland is going to face,” he added, saying that if Nissan shifted production to Europe, it would be a “disaster”.

Britain’s largest car factory employs more than 7,000 workers and builds 500,000 vehicles per year, including the Juke, Qashqai and electric Leaf models. Some 55 percent are exported tariff-free to the EU. Stephen O’Brien, a city councillor for the pro-EU opposition Liberal Democrats, said a no-deal Brexit’s effect on the city’s manufacturing would be “more devastating than losing the pits and the boat industry”. (afp) of Toulon was also filmed punching demonstrators last weekend.

Macron tried to take the heat out of the protests in December by announcing a 10-billion-euro ($11.5-billion) package of wage boosts and tax relief for low earners. (afp)

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Sukabumi residents warned to stay alert to new landslides

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned the residents of Cimapag Hamlet in Sukabumi District, West Java Province, to stay alert to the threats of new landslides due to ongoing intense rainfall.

“The rainfall intensity remains high, and new landslides may occur. Hence, the residents of Cimapag Hamlet should stay alert and avoid all vulnerable areas, including the saturated slopes of steep cliffs,” BMKG Head Dwikorita Karnawati warned.

She issued the warning in a press statement that Antara received here on Saturday, Jan 12, or a day after visiting the hamlet of Sinaresmi Village in Cisolok Sub-district that was ripped off by a landslide on December 31, 2018.

The landslide buried 29 houses, killed 32 people, wounded three residents, and led to another resident going missing.

Some 64 residents survived the deadly landslide.

During her visit, Karnawati was accompanied by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency Head Doni Monardo and Head

of the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) Karbani.

Karnawati noted that the PVMBG has mapped out areas prone to landslides, while the BMKG is responsible for issuing early warnings related to the rainfall intensity and extreme weather conditions to regional disaster mitigation agencies.

“The map shows that this area lies in the moderate and high zones for movements of earth and debris. It means earth movements may occur in this area if the rainfall intensity is above normal,” she noted.

During their visit to Sinaresmi Village, Karnawati and her colleagues planted vetiver grass to help reduce the risks of erosion and strengthen cliff slopes naturally.

Sukabumi District is just one of the areas in West Java that are prone to natural disasters. According to the West Java Provincial Disaster Mitigation Agency, a total of 1,561 natural disasters had occurred in different parts of the province during 2018, killing 50 people and affecting 75,706 residents. (ant)

BNPB head visits disaster site in Sukabumi

SUKABUMI - Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Lieutenant General Doni Monardo observed the disaster site in Cisolok, Sukabumi, West Java, on Friday.

Sukabumi has high fertility soils with landscape characteristics that can cause landslides. One of the areas is Cimapag, Sirnaresmi village, Cisolok sub-district.

A few weeks ago, the village was hit by a landslide that killed several people.

BNPB spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho revealed that many areas in Sukabumi District were prone to landslides. The topographical conditions of the hills with loose rocks can cause landslides.

The large number of people also lived in areas that were vulnerable to landslides. “During the last 10 years, there were

132 landslides in Sukabumi that caused fatalities and damaged buildings,” he said.

Landslide mitigation still requires a lot of attention, both structural and non-structural mitigations.

Structural mitigations are cliff reinforcements, installation of early warning systems, reforestation and others. Non-structural mitigations are mapping, socialization, spatial planning, disaster education, rehearsals and others.

The peak of the rainy season in most parts of Indonesia is from January to February. People are encouraged to increase their awareness during this time.

Sukabumi is also surrounded by oceans, which require disaster mitigation facilities. For this reason, the Head of BNPB also visited a number of facilities on the beach. (ant)

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This handout from Garuda Indonesia taken and released on January 9, 2019 shows musicians performing on a flight from Jakarta to Bali. Indonesian national flag carrier Garuda has announced it will be bringing music to the skies with a series of live acoustic concerts on domestic flights.

Indonesia airline brings live music to the skies

Indonesian national flag carrier Garuda is bringing music to the skies with a series of live acoustic concerts on domestic flights, the airline said.

Passengers will be serenaded at 35,000 feet in a scheme aimed at wooing millennials “who want a different flight experience”, airline spokesman M. Ikhsan Rosan told AFP. The carrier held its first in-flight concert on Wednesday, when two musicians performed for a captive audience aboard a flight between the capital, Jakarta, and the holiday island of Bali.

Garuda said sets would last 10 to 15 minutes on select flights, and

there would be a focus on promoting upcoming talent.

While it may prove an unforgettable flying experience for some, it may not be everyone’s idea of a good time.

In 2017, US airline Southwest introduced live shows on some flights to a mixed reaction from passengers.

Some travellers said they preferred minimum human interaction while flying and said music would distract them from sleeping or reading.

Indonesia is one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation markets, but it has come under fresh scrutiny since a fatal Lion Air crash in October last year that killed all 189 people on board.

Garuda said it had embarked on extensive consultation to ensure the concerts posed no threat to safety or security.

“If there is the potential of turbulence, the singer will be directed back to sit in his chair,” Rosan said. (afp)

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Come on, Explore Uniqueness of Ubud Village by Bicycle

Once upon a time, try to travel in Ubud village by cycling. The atmosphere must be different. Other than having exercise, you can also enjoy cultural attractions of the local community up close. Moreover, you can interact with them. Indeed, between Ubud and cycling activities are two inseparable things.

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A motorcyclist with two jerry cans attached to his motorbike counts his bond notes at a fuel station, on January 11, 2019 in Harare. Motorists are spending nights waiting in long queues for petrol and diesel as the country is experiencing crippling fuel shortages.

Zimbabwe to re-introduce local currency within a year: minister

Zimbabwe will re-introduce a local currency “in less than 12 months”, after using the US dollar and regional currencies since a hyperinflation crisis a decade ago, the finance minister said in an interview published on Saturday.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who took over from longtime ruler Robert Mugabe and won a disputed election in July, has pledged to revive the economy and mend fences with former allies in the west after years of international isolation.

“On the issue of raising enough foreign currency to introduce the new currency, we are on our way already, give us months not years,” state-owned Herald newspaper quoted Finance Minister Mtuli Ncube as saying.

Asked for a timeline for the

currency reform, the minister said it would be in “less than 12 months”.

Zimbabwe adopted a basket of foreign currencies in 2009 after hyperinflation, which saw some businesses increasing prices several times a day, rendered the local Zimbabwe dollar unusable.

The southern African nation’s economy has been in a downturn for more than a decade with shortages of cash, high unemployment

and the government struggling to pay its workers.

The country was thrown into panic after Ncube introduced a two percent tax on all electronic transactions as part of new measures to increase revenue.

Shortages of basic commodities resurfaced and prices shot up - and in some cases more than doubled within weeks.

The shortages hit pharmacies with some running out of essential

drugs for chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension and accepting payment only in foreign currency.

Motorists spend hours in long queues waiting to buy fuel. Doctors in state hospitals went on strike for more than a month in December saying the price hikes had eroded their earnings and teachers announced a strike this week demanding to be paid in US dollars. (afp)

Haley, Ivanka Trump among possible World Bank nominees: report

Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and US President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser Ivanka are among possible US candidates to replace outgoing World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, The Financial Times reported Friday.

Kim abruptly announced Monday he was cutting short his tenure as the bank’s president more than three years before his second term

was due to end.

In addition to Trump and Haley, who stepped down as US Ambassador to the United Nations last month, other names being floated include Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs David Malpass and Mark Green, head of the US Agency for International Development, the newspaper reported.

Ivanka Trump in 2017 was the

driving force behind a $1 billion, Saudi-supported World Bank fund to promote entrepreneurship by women.

The Treasury Department told AFP on Friday that it had no comment in potential candidates.

The department has received a “significant number of recommendations,” a spokesperson said. “We are beginning the internal review process for a US nominee. We look

forward to working with the governors to select a new leader.”

Under an unwritten agreement, the United States, which is the bank’s largest shareholder, has always chosen its leader since the institution was founded following World War II. But the success of a US candidate no longer appears completely assured.

Kim was the first American

nominee to face a contested election for the World Bank presidency in 2012 and the bank’s board has said its selection process will be “open, merit-based and transparent,” implying non-US candidates would not be ruled out.

The World Bank Board said Thursday it would start accepting nominations for a new leader early next month and name a replacement for Kim by mid-April. (afp)

Although there is a variety of transportation means at this tourism village, cycling remains an option for tourists wishing to explore the enjoyable tourist area. So, don’t be surprised if most accommodations provide bicycle facility for tourists desiring to enjoy the local countryside. Alam Puisi Villa Ubud at Sembuwuk village, for instance, also offers this facility.

General Manager of Alam Puisi Villa Ubud, Budiarta, said that cycling is one of the very popular activities among foreign tourists traveling to Ubud. This activity is in great demand. Since the Ubud area is identical to cycling, the tourist accommodation should provide bicycle. “This bicycle can be used by tourists wishing to look around the villa,” he said.

In addition, the Alam Puisi Villa Ubud also has a cycling route, consisting of long track that starts from Ubud to Kintamani and medium track only located around Ubud while enjoying the local natural beauty. “This cycling track is the most in demand by tourists in Ubud,” said Budiarta.

Cycling trails in the Ubud area are very easy to pass through. On this route, tourists are introduced to traditional agrarian activities posing the main livelihood of Ubud people. However, tourists will also

be introduced to several other cultural activities. Cycling paths have been adjusted and combined with natural and cultural pathways.

As the advantages of this track, tourists can enjoy the true natural beauty of Bali and cultural activities because they will be invited to stop by for a moment where the elements of Balinese culture are still maintained. Ubud as one of the cultural centers in Bali also become a concern of guests. Moreover, each

side of Ubud has many uniqueness that can be enjoyed by tourists.

The terrain traversed by tourists is quite interesting, starting from the snaking contours of the road passing through the rice fields, reeds in the hill area of ??Campuhan, Ubud, to the area owned by local residents and many other beautiful sceneries that can be explored. For package of long route, tourists cycle from Ubud to Kintamani with several choices, one of which is cycling

from Puncak Penulisan, Sukawana village, Kintamani.

This track invites tourists to look around the mountains through the eastern path by crossing forest, seeing mountain views, rural environment and then crossing the mountains behind Mount Batur with the overlay of Mount Batur view. For cycling in Kintamani, the tour will end at Toya Bungkah village located right at the foot of Mount Batur and close to Lake Batur. (kmb)

Tulen Ubud, Restaurant amid Paddy Field Nature

Wow … this restaurant does not only serve delicious menus, but also offers a cool and beautiful dining atmosphere. When eating here, guests must feel different. Green nature of rice fields can create a sense of peace and breezy wind will remove fatigue after being busy with activities. The sounds of animals at rice field gives new inspirations, and the setting is arranged in really captivate nuance.

It is the Ubud Tulen, a new restaurant located amid the beautiful village area precisely on Jalan Sriwedari, Junjungan village, Ubud, Gianyar. This restaurant is quite romantic, very close to the center of Ubud and can be reached within about 6 minutes, close to Petulu attractions, Monkey Forest, and panorama of Ceking terraced rice fields.

This restaurant combining traditional and international standard ornaments has a variety of delicious

menus. It offers more local Balinese menus prepared and presented in a modern technique. Its appearance is very beautiful and fresh.

Opened every day starting at 11:00 to 23:00, it specifically prepares for lunch and dinner.

Meat and various spices use local ingredients, so that it has a very distinctive taste. For instance, the beef steak using local organic beef gives a different taste. The aroma is delicious and the texture of meat is mellow and tender so that before being given seasoning it has been good to eat. “Our beef steak is indeed different. That’s why it is favored by foreign tourists,” said Edhu S Alamsyah, Public Relations Officer.

Tulen Ubud has a variety of leading menus for appetizers, such as salted and seasoned tuna, tuna raw condiment, duck betutu porridge, and lawar. Meanwhile, the soup consists of seafood soup, meatball

in young banana trunk and mutton soup. In the meantime, the main menu consists of nyatnyat tipat gurami, shrimp paste lime roasted chicken, water spinach grilled fish in spicy sauce, real pork as well as crispy eggplant grilled tuna.

For tourists of yoga and spiritual lovers, they prefer vegetarian menus. This menu is also chosen by many guests that do not eat meat, aka vegan. “Although it was just opened early October 2018, the Tulen Ubud already has many customers. Meanwhile, customers of hotel guests are mostly living in Ubud area,” said Edhu.

Tulen Ubud offers a variety of drinks, such as soft drinks, herbal drink, coffee, water, green tea, jasmine, chamomile and kombucha coming with two flavors namely strawberry and cinnamon. Beers are also available. “For drinks, we also promote locally produced drinks, but have international qual-

ity, like this kombucha,” he said.

When enjoying food here, at least the restaurant offers three choices of convenient venue. In front, it is located closest to the chef preparing the menus, while on terrace you can see game arena and relax. Then, the third venue is very

close to paddy fields. The activities of farmers cultivating their fields can be a unique cultural attraction.

Located at Tulen Ubud seems to have distance with nature. A green courtyard is good for sports and long chair is a nice place to relax. (kmb)

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Abundant production but price of coconut drops TABANAN - After having enjoyed the high price of coconut around IDR 4,000 to IDR 5,000 per piece, now the selling price has dropped. Currently, the picked coconut costs IDR 2,000 per piece and fallen coconuts are valued around IDR 1,000 per piece.

The plummeting price of coconut causes farmers not to pick their coconuts. Actually, if processed into other products, coconut can actually be one of the promising commodities and worth more. Seeing this potential, Antosari village in West Selemadeg intends to make coconut into processed products such as VCO. Headman of Antosari, Wayan Widhiarta, stated on Wednesday (Jan. 9) that currently the price of coconut is in the range of IDR 2,000 to IDR 2,500 per piece.

According to him, the price is reasonable when the production is a lot. “Farmers consider it plummeting because they had enjoyed the high price of coconut about six months ago. The production was little due to long dry season,” he explained. However, in the current rainy season, coconut production, especially in the West Selemadeg area, including Antosari village, is abundant. That’s why the price of coconut drops.

According to Widhiarta, coconut production at Antosari village has been sold through collectors. When production is a lot like these days, and the price is considered cheap, many farmers do not pick their coconut “Actually, it does not necessarily means if farmers don’t want to pick but they are hard to find pickers willing to pick when prices are cheap,” he explained.

He continued that when the price of coconuts was around IDR 2,000 per piece, the profit obtained by the picker was not in accordance with the energy spent.

Widhiarta explained the sharing between farmer and picker is that the current selling price is divided by four. If a coconut costs IDR 2,000, the picker only gets IDR 500 per item and it is considered incomparable with the resources

expended from picking up to transporting to roadside.

“In terms of farmer’s perspective, it doesn’t really have an effect on the costs. Coconut plantations at Antosari village are generally not given special maintenance by farmers such as fertilizing or weeding. After planting coconuts, most farmers leave them to grow and then just pick them,” explained Widhiarta.

Since many coconuts are let unpicked, they finally fall themselves.

The price of this fallen coconut is even lower. It can reach half of the current selling price. In order that farmers get profits from the fallen coconut, Antosari village plans to establish farmer groups processing coconut into VCO under the village-owned company (BUMDes).

At present the program is in the stage of establishing the group.

Pursuant to initial concept of establishing the group consisting of PKK housewives at each hamlet of Antosari village is processing fallen coconuts scattered in the moor and not sold into processed products such as VCO. Widhiarta has attempted to submit a proposal to the subdistrict development plan meeting 2018 in order the get the equipment. “We propose to get processing machine aid in the subdistrict development plan meeting 2018. Hopefully, we can get the aids in 2019 from district government. The village authority can only provide the grater machine,” said Widhiarta.

The potential of coconuts at Antosari village is quite large. Based on a rough calculation, monthly coconut production of Antosari can reach 60,000 pieces. On average each hectare of moor can produce 1,500 to 2,000 pieces. Under normal conditions, the coconut is picked every 70 or 90 days. But when prices are as low as the current one, these coconuts are left and not picked for four months. So, the number of fallen coconuts within a span of four months as they are not picked will surely be very large and become the potential raw materials of products with good selling price. (kmb24)

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The plummeting price of coconut causes farmers not to pick their coconuts.

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The Goa Peteng Alam Tunjung Mekar Temple seems to have not been known by many people.

Goa Peteng Temple of Jimbaran

A hidden location for self-purificatory rite

MANGUPURA - The Goa Peteng Alam Tunjung Mekar Temple seems to have not been known by many people. This temple is located at Cengiling hamlet, Jimbaran, South Kuta, and close to the Ayana Resort & Spa. Indeed many people have not known yet the locations of this temple. Other than being far from the main road, the access to location is also quite poor because it is currently still being repaired.

Another access to this temple is from the entrance of the Ayana Resort & Spa. Nevertheless, at this time many people begin to come to this temple on weekdays or on holidays. They have their own aims and objectives.

Some of them are for painting, begging for holy water for religious ceremonies, and for treatment. This temple is said to be a hidden place of worship as located in the cave.

According to local temple priest, I Ketut Kecuh, this temple has existed for a long time. However, he does not know exactly when the temple was established. At first, the temple only consisted of one shrine at the mouth of the cave having a spring. “It has existed from a long time, and I just found it like this and then continue,” said Kecuh.

Formerly, Kecuh said that local residents used the spring in the cave for daily needs. At that time, local community used a torch to get into the bottom of the cave when collecting water for a daily

necessity. This happened because there was no lighting at all in the cave. “At present the community no longer takes advantage of this cave as a source of water for their daily needs. It has been managed as a place to carry out melukat or self-purification,” he said on Wednesday (Jan. 9).

According to him, the name of Goa Peteng Alam Tunjung Mekar Temple comes from the word goa meaning ‘cave,’ peteng meaning ‘dark,’ alam meaning formed through natural processes, and Tunjung Mekar represents a hope like a flower that is looked for by many people.

At location of the temple, there is a large banyan tree just above the cave’s mouth. Behind this temple, there are two caves, namely the cave facing north with a depth of 250 meters and the cave facing south with a depth of 300 meters.

In the cave facing the south there are two sources of water.

Both sources are considered to be purusha (male aspect) and pradhana (female aspect). However, the cave facing the south is not used for melukat, but only for holy water.

Meanwhile, the cave used for melukat or self-purification is only the

one facing the north.

To get to the water source, pilgrims must go down along dozens of stairs. In both caves, there are many bat populations. Moreover, the bats are believed to be the animals guarding the cave. In addition, there is also a python belonging to the divine property of the local temple.

Sequence of performing selfpurification in the cave temple starts from delivering the canang oblation at the home of temple priest. Next, go to the temple to implement notification worship.

After that, continue to go into the cave in the north by first presenting canang oblation and expressing wishes and hopes.

After that, return to go up and beg for water and blessing rice as completion of the procession. Uniquely, the water in this cave has a half salty and fresh taste. This happens due to geographical location of the temple on the edge of the sea.

Piodalan or temple anniversary in the cave temple falls on Redite Medangkungan. Since this temple is only supported by three family heads, namely the extended family I Ketut Kecuh, the piodalan is carried out by his extended family only. (kmb23)

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Saudi groom Basil Albani poses for a selfie with his friends during his wedding at his home in the Red Sea resort of Jeddah on September 6, 2018.

In Saudi weddings, small is the new beautiful

JEDDAH - It was a Saudi wedding like any other -- clutching a decorative sword, the groom bobbed and swayed in a traditional dance. But there was one striking difference -- a tiny guest list.

Weddings in the oil-rich kingdom are typically lavish affairs, with a bulging guest list which is seen both as a social obligation and a symbol of affluence.

Such expectations are often a source of economic strain for grooms, who foot most of the bill which includes renting out exorbitantly-priced marriage halls where nuptial celebrations are usually held.

But millennials like Basil Albani are increasingly hosting weddings at home, defying family traditions and social pressure and making huge savings instead.

Fewer than two dozen close relatives and friends were invited to the 26-year-old insurance executive’s recent wedding feast comprising kabsa -- a traditional rice and meat dish -- at his ancestral home in western Jeddah city.

It was a microscopic figure by Saudi standards.

“People go all crazy with weddings, inviting hundreds of guests

and spending millions in one night to get the best singers, best bands, best thobes,” said Maan Albani, the 21-year-old brother of the groom, dressed in a gold-trimmed cloak.

“We wanted to do something different with a smaller celebration at home, which can also be fun.”

- Arab world’s biggest market Although prevalent for years, home weddings symbolise a war on excess by the country’s youth as much as they are a barometer of the lagging economy.

They appear to be gaining popularity in the petro-state in a new age of austerity amid low crude prices.

Saudi Arabia has one of the world’s highest concentrations of super rich households.

But with cuts to cradle-to-grave subsidies and a new value-added tax amid soaring youth unemployment, Saudi households are seeing stagnating disposable incomes and what experts call a lifestyle down-

grade. The change in fortunes in the once tax-free kingdom facing a youth bulge is a stress point that poses a challenge for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s de facto leader.

And there are signs of an impact on the Saudi wedding market.

Annual spending on marriages in the kingdom exceeds two billion riyals ($533 million, 466 million euros), the highest in the Arab world, organisers of the Saudi international wedding fair said last year.

Statistics on frugal home marriages are hard to come by, but two wedding planners with a large Saudi clientele told AFP that average spending on marriages had dropped by 25 percent over the past year, with many trimming back the pomp and pageantry.

A retailer of wedding invitation cards in Riyadh said business fell by 70 percent over the period, as many customers demand rich designs at cheaper prices. (afp)

DOUAR HICHER - Young Tunisians say the revolution they staged eight years ago to oust their longtime dictator has failed to restore their “dignity” and ease the North African country’s economic woes.

“Since the revolution we have freedom but still no dignity,” says Sofiene Jbeli, an unemployed computer technician who lives in the working class satellite town of Douar Hicher west of Tunis.

Like many of his compatriots Jbeli says he does not regret taking part in the first of the Arab Spring uprisings that shook the region and forced out veteran strongmen like Tunisia’s president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. But he feels bitter.

“If the system does not change in 2019 (when presidential and legislative elections are due to take place) the revolution would have been for nothing,” says the 35-year-old.

Sociologist Olfa Lamloum of the NGO International Alert shares some of Jbeli’s assessment but disagrees that the revolution failed completely.

“The revolution’s slogan was ‘work, dignity and freedom’ but the first two were not achieved,” says Lamloum.

While Tunisia has been praised as a model of democratic transition, wealth and control of the economy remain concentrated in the hands of a small elite despite economic growth.

The country is grappling with an inflation rate of 7.5 percent and unemployment stands at more than 15 percent, with those worst hit being young university graduates.

In May, Tunisia held its first free municipal elections with more than 57,000 candidates -- half of them women and young people -- running for office. The quotas for women and youth candidates in the polls -- touted as another milestone on the road to democracy -- “allowed a large number

of young people to be elected to municipal councils”, says Lamloum.

And yet, she says, “nothing has been done to improve the lives of young people... Socially, their situation has really deteriorated”.

- ‘No one listens’ One thing the revolution did achieve, according to Lamloum, is to allow politicians, researchers and nongovernmental organisations access to impoverished areas like Douar Hicher.

This, she says, has created space for debate, although politicians did not clearly use the opportunity to look into the problems facing the population to try and find solutions.

For Jbeli and other young Tunisians this has not been enough. They point to numerous hurdles, beyond their economic hardships, that are stifling their daily life.

Following a series of deadly jihadists attacks in 2015, authorities have prevented some citizens, mainly men and women under 35, from travelling to certain countries without parental permission.

“Based on official statements, the measure is part of efforts to prevent people from joining extremist armed groups abroad,” according to Human Rights Watch, calling it “arbitrary”.

Sofiene said the measure was one of several “humiliations”.

“We launched a revolution in order to become full-fledged citizens but for me the only thing I got out of it was freedom of expression,” says high school student Hamza Dhifali.

“Before (the uprising) I could not express myself freely, now I can. It’s great, but no one listens,” he adds.

Issam Elhali, a 31-year-old father of two, says the promises made by the revolution that toppled strongman Ben Ali and forced him to flee to Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2011 were “only on paper”. (afp)

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Young Tunisians watch as their colleagues rehearse for a theatrical performance at the house of associations in the commune of Douar Hicher in Tunisia’s province of Manouba, on the western outskirts of the capital Tunis, on January 11, 2019.

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Hamburg, Germany – the Capital of Cool with a thriving cultural, art and nightlife scene

HAMBURG - Berlin may be the traditional German city of ‘cool’ but Hamburg, Germany’s second biggest city, is hot on its heels. Europe’s second biggest port evokes an image of cranes, container ships and dour faces, but newly regenerated Hamburg is, in reality, verdant and picturesque, characterised by trees, bridges and money. With some 2,485 bridges, 126 parks and a brand spanking new waterside district, this chameleon like city has a thriving cultural, art and nightlife scene. From the famous Reeperbahn district to the Sunday Fischmarkt, Hamburg is a night out not to be missed.

Inner Alster Lake

Looking back across the Inner Alster Lake toward the pleasing skyline of church spires one could be forgiven for thinking they were in one of Switzerland’s gentle cities, rather than Germany’s heart of shipping and media industries. The al-fresco cafés sitting lakeside, next to manicured gardens, cycle paths and joggers, is just one face of this multi-faceted destination. Cross the lake to the city centre and admire the majestic neo-renaissance Rathaus towering over the canals, designer shops and gleaming de-

partment stores that branch off from the town hall. By day the city centre offers a sophisticated shopping experience, but as dusk approaches neighbouring districts are the places to head.

Schanzenviertel

Hamburg’s bohemian quarter ‘Schanzenviertel’ is a must-visit neighbourhood embraced for café culture, curio shops, trendy bars and a young population of trendsetters and creative spirits. A tangible air of liberalism permeates Schadze where walls, doorways and the odd car have become a ‘blank canvas’ for graffiti artists. The most impressive mural is located in ‘Flora Park’ and rises skyward for 20 metres on two sides of a building and doubles as the backdrop for a climbing wall.

Small independent bars, as cosy and kitsch as your grandmother’s front room, punctuate the area.

Just off the main artery is the aptly named ‘Central Park’, continuing Germany’s fascination with beach bars – sand, decking and cocktails create a relaxed inner city oasis. It is no wonder ‘Schanze’ residents are very protective to keep this liberally minded zone away from the grasp of counsellors and property developers.

Reeperbahn

Late nighters and clubbers head for the world famous ‘Reeperbahn’ area of the St. Pauli district. By day it appears slightly dull and shabby, as if suffering from a self-induced hangover from the night before, but as dusk falls, the neon-lit street flickers into action and is ready for another all night party within 650 bars set over 1.8 square kilometres.

Renowned for a red-light industry that casts a seedy shadow over the area, the Reeperbahn is far more than just a sex-district, but the hub of a thriving entertainment scene where the ‘Operettenhaus’ (Opera House), Shmidts Tivoli Theatre, sex shops, a police and petrol station stand side-by-side.

Home to techno trance clubs and some of the cities trendiest venues, this old rope-making district (Reeper = Rope) has a history to

match the nocturnal vibrancy. John Lennon famously quoted ‘I might have been born in Liverpool – but I grew up in Hamburg’. Early in the Beatles career the Fab four played at a number of venues in the Reeperbahn the last of which was the ‘Star Club’. Whilst the club no longer exists, the legend continues with a ‘Beatles Platz’ being created at Grosse Freiheit close to where they played.

Altona’s Fischmarkt

If partygoers from Schanze and the Reeperbahn feel daybreak is no indication to head home, tradition dictates heading to Altona’s Fischmarkt. Revellers and early morning market goers converge on the banks of the River Elbe, the former continue drinking Astra beer and listening to live bands under the iron canopy of the iconic former fish auction hall. The latter throng

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the rows of stalls in the bric-a-brac market or listen to the amusing sales patter of the Eel sellers.

Hafencity

Hamburg’s future lies just 800 metres from the town centre at ‘Hafencity’, a complete new waterside district, currently Europe’s largest inner city renewal project and, once complete, will emerge as a cultural zone offering a new generation of sleek, designer bars and restaurants that will rub shoulders with the new Elphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic Hall), the showcase building designed by Herzog de Meuron. A new glass crown of waves sitting upon ‘Kaispeicher A building’ a former cocoa warehouse, will be the landmark creation of the new harbour side development. Nearby, the spectacular late 19th Century warehouse district ‘Speicherstadt’, is a glimpse into the cities maritime past.

Arguably, the city’s most famous philanthropist Peter Tamm has housed his incredible collection of maritime artefacts in ‘Kaispeicher B’ warehouse dating to 1879. The brand new International Maritime Museum is set over 10 floors with some 26,000-model ships on display.

Hamburg’s mixture of diverse districts blending past, present and future, reinforces Germany’s reputation as one of Europe’s most innovative and exciting nightlife destinations. (net)

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The rolling blackouts will be carried out until January 20. On that account, customers are asked to save so that the impact of blackouts does not become more widespread.

PLN ensures blackouts to last until January 20

SEMARAPURA — The PLN of Klungkung Customer Service Unit finally explained the reason behind the rotating blackout policy applied in the Nusa Penida subdistrict. Manager of PT PLN (Persero) Klungkung Unit, Gusti Putu Agus Wiadi, stated on Wednesday (Jan. 9) the rolling blackouts will be carried out until January 20. On that account, customers are asked to save so that the impact of blackouts does not become more widespread.

He asserted the electricity system in three islands (Nusa Gede, Nusa Ceningan and Nusa Lembongan) is currently supplied by the Kutampi power plant with a capacity of 12 MW (megawatt) with a peak load in December 2018 of 7.9 MW. At present, 7 generating units in Nusa Penida are being repaired due to the replacement of fuel into HSD (B-20) (mixture of diesel with palm oil) from pure HSD diesel fuel (B-0). This is in accordance with the new policy of the central government through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Apparently, this central government policy has a significant impact on PLN services. As a result of the changes in fuel, the engine operation is disrupted, and repairs must be made immediately. The process of repairing the engines has resulted in a drastic drop in power supply to 5.9 MW. PLN Klungkung did not deny the decline in the power supply. So, this resulted in no other choice but to make rotating blackouts.

Putu Agus Wiadi explained the rolling blackouts are carried out so that the electricity needs in the three islands can be fulfilled. “We predict, this condition will take place until January 20, 2019,” he said.

After the repair process is com-

plete, he guaranteed the power supply will return to normal. He apologized for the disruption of services to customers in Nusa Penida. Related to this condition, PLN also urged the public to reduce electricity consumption temporarily, chiefly during peak loads (18:00-20:00 Local Time).

It can be implemented by doing a few steps. For instance, turn light sufficiently pursuant to the need, turn off electrical equipment that is not used and divert activities using large power tools (iron, washing machine, oven and others) in the morning. This habit will be able to prevent blackouts from becoming more widespread.

On the other hand on Wednesday (Jan. 9), Chief of the Nusa Penida Headman Forum, Ketut Gede Arjaya, invited the headmen throughout Nusa Penida to watch closely the operational conditions of the PLN. Within the past two months, PLN services have often gone out.

By that way, he can give the right answers responding to questions of many residents. “We want to know the real problem, and what efforts have been done,” said this headman of Lembongan.

As a headman in a tourism area like Lembongan, he acknowledged the rotating blackout had a significant impact on tourism activities. Business activities are very dependent on basic needs, such as electricity and clean water.

He admitted that many operators of hotels, villas and restaurants complained. He hoped the results of his communication with the PLN can provide correct information for residents so they are able to understand the difficult situation faced by the PLN. (kmb31)

DENPASAR — After the construction of the Badung Market was completed, preparations for the operation of the largest market in Bali are immediately carried out. Moreover, the soft opening is scheduled to be held in February 2019. On that account, preparations for the transfer of merchants currently occupying the location of ex-Tiara Grosir land has been made while the grand opening is going to be held on March 12, 2019.

Director of PD Pasar Denpasar, I.B.Kompyang Wiranatha, accompanied by General Director of AAN Yuliarta on Wednesday (Jan. 9) stated that after meeting with the merchants it was decided to move on February 24 along with the soft opening. However, the merchants will be given earlier opportunity to recheck the kiosk they occupy.

They will also prepare shelves or the like for future operations.

Meanwhile, a number of merchants questioned about the design of the tables in each booth. They asked if the table can be changed according to their needs. “We are

fabric merchants, and would like to know whether this table can be changed or dismantled. It does not fit its function,” asked a merchant to Yuliarta last Wednesday.

Responding to the questions of some merchants, Yuliarta said there should be no change in the existing table. If wishing to modify it, like making a table as a shelf is possible.

But dismantling or changing the design is not allowed. “Moreover, currently it remains the authority of the Ministry of Trade because it has not been granted,” said Yuliarta.

Yuliarta said, ahead of the soft opening, merchants will be given

a kiosk key early. Currently, his authority is still coordinating with the partners working on the Badung Market project to get the kiosk keys. “We will provide the key early for preparation of merchants to operate in a new place later,” he explained.

As is known, the Badung Market project costing tens of billions of rupiahs has been completed.

Moreover, PD Pasar Denpasar with the Public Works Agency has made a presentation at the end of last December. Now, the building is ready to be used for the biggest traditional market in Bali. (kmb12)

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Era of the industrial revolution 4.0

Balinese painting grows rapidly

DENPASAR - Fine arts, especially painting that develops in the midst of Balinese society today, is inseparable from the journey of Indonesian painting influenced by the development of foreign painting. However, the aesthetics of painting in Bali remain to be based on Hinduism and Balinese culture. Moreover, the style of modern Balinese painting stays to pay attention to realistic anatomy and reveal the daily lives of people without abandoning the characteristics of traditional Balinese painting. Moreover, Bali is a culture-based tourist destination, so keeping Balinese taksu or divine inspiration must be done by the artists in Bali, including painters. Then, how is the development of painting in Bali in the era of this all-digital industrial revolution 4.0?

Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design at the Indonesia Institute of the Art (ISI) Denpasar, Dr. A.A. Gde Bagus Udayana, stated that along with the rapid development of technology and information, the art and design in Bali experienced rapid development.

The rapid development especially in painting has resulted in the enthusiasm of the artists to exhibit and promote their works in various occasions or events.

Moreover, the works of art created have led to a digital form (digital art), both the materials used and the forms of the painting works resulted. This is adjusted to the times in the era of industrial revolution 4.0, so that the results of the art works can compete in the global world marketed through digital platform (online). “Some of my graduated students also often make digital art works or digital painting, they paint digitally and they are marketed online,” said Gde Bagus Udayana on Saturday (Jan. 12).

In addition, he said that currently the artists do not only paint on canvas, but also on walls (murals). Mural is one of the current painting trends favored by painting artists.

Moreover, many hotels and supermarkets need the services of painting artists to paint on hotel walls and supermarkets. “With the presence of 4.0 industrial revolution, the development of painting has brought enormous progress towards the digital world,” he said.

Even though painting has developed so

rapidly, he said that painting on canvas is still being developed by the artists. Moreover, the

artists are no longer disintegrated, but getting merged into single entity, either painting artists, communication design, interior design or other artists because the artists equally take advantage of technological sophistication in producing their best work.

“Painting in Bali is now developing.

Some have sold their paintings at expensive prices. Moreover, the current market share is widely open with global trade. So, the artists freely sell their works, both through exhibition, digital world, or marketed for tourism needs,” he said.

Moreover, he said that until now the gov-

ernment and private support for the work of the artists has been very enthusiastic. Both the government and private sector have provided space for the artists to showcase their paintings through exhibitions, such as at the Art Center, Puri Santrian, Bentara Budaya, Plaza Renon and other places. Moreover, as expression of appreciation to the artists, the government has also given awards to painting artists in Bali.

Hopefully, in the future the works of our artists in Bali will be able to develop better, so they can compete in the global world,” he concluded. (win)

Gilimanuk Bay to schedule annual Gilimanuk Festival GILIMANUK Bay previously seeming slum begins to be fixed and arranged. The coastal area in the bay is one of the leading tourist destinations at Gilimanuk. In addition to offering natural scenery and the uniqueness of the border region, it is scheduled to hold the annual Gilimanuk Bay Festival.

A number of activities were held in the Festival last November. The Gilimanuk Bay Festival (FTG) was the second edition and will be held annually. The festival itself is filled with various social activities, competitions as well as distrinctive arts and entertainment of Jembrana.

Head of the Jembrana Tourism and Culture Office, I Nengah Alit, stated the FTG is one of the annual events held to promote the beauty of nature, uniqueness of the arts and culture owned by Jembrana. This activity is to support the natural beauty of Gilimanuk Bay. Located on the edge of Gilimanuk Bay, a group of islands with seasonal forests can be seen. It is green during rainy and dry during the dry season. This area is directly adjacent to West Bali National Park (TNBB). At some points, from the Gilimanuk Bay area to Karang Sewu Beach is still the habitat of Bali Starling.

The beauty of this bay can now be directly seen when crossing from Gilimanuk Harbor. In addition to the bay views, visitors are pampered with the arrangement of Shiva Park right in front of the bay.

The Jembrana Tourism and Culture Office currently places its officers for the Tourist Information Center (TIC) in the area.

The arrangement of the Gilimanuk Bay area is able to draw visitors even though they only stop by especially on weekends or holidays. The atmosphere at the Bali’s entrance is just like that of Bali. Visitors that enter Bali can more freely see the views of Gili-

manuk Bay. In addition to visitors, many residents also come for fishing or sail around the bay using traditional boats. Other than seeing beautiful views of Gilimanuk Bay from the beach, visitors can also explore the sea with traditional boat by crossing the group of islands around the Gilimanuk Bay. The management handled by the community also serves to take trips to Menjangan Island and to Prapat Agung and Segara Rupek The trip from Gilimanuk Bay to Menjangan Island in the TNBB area of Gilimanuk does not take long. With transportation vehicle

of 25 PK outboard engine, the trip takes around one hour. Along the way, visitors can also visit a number of other temples such as the Segara Rupek Temple and Prapat Agung Temple.

Later on, there have also been many pilgrims who have come to worship in a number of these temples through this route especially to Prapat Agung which can be reached in just a few minutes.

The arrangement of this area is still being carried out until later it is connected to the Gilimanuk Ancient Human Museum and Karang Sewu Beach belonging to the TNBB area. (olo)

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Jempiring Restaurant Presents Mandarin Cuisine until March 2019

In the beginning of this year, Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center continues with Chef’s Delights promotion in conjunction to welcome and celebrate the Chinese New Year on February 5th, 2019, it called Mandarin Cuisine - Indulge in tantalizing delicacies of Jempiring Restaurant Recipes.

The specialties menus will be prepared by Executive Chef Komang Aryana and his team in this joyous occasion.

In addition, the set menu at Jempiring Restaurant are filled with auspicious dishes such as sauté broccoli with shrimp, fried noodle carsio cooked with honey

roasted chicken and quail eggs. Not to mention delicious wok fried rice canton cooked with smoked beef and various vegetables.

“This time, I like to present a rich aroma and bold flavor of homemade pastry through Hongkong egg tart, this is a complement to the set menu with pure indulgence on a plate, so grab it only at our Jempiring Restaurant!”

Said Komang Suarsih – Pastry Chef at Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center.

Furthermore, Widu – Bartender at Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center has been providing various kinds of mocktails such as

saihanba – a perfect mixture for mango lovers, gobi – a blending espresso mixed with oreo, fresh milk, and hazelnut syrup, a must try for coffee lovers! and kailash for those who need the refreshment after those delicious dishes.

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The Jeff Bezos divorce: $136 billion and Amazon in the middle

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NEW YORK - The announcement by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world’s wealthiest man, and his wife that they will divorce has captivated the imagination -- how will they split his giant fortune, estimated at $136 billion?

And what will happen to the Internet retail giant -- will his soon-to-be ex get a significant stake, and how would that affect his control of the company?

The former MacKenzie Tuttle knew the 54-year-old Bezos before fame and wealth came calling.

The couple met in 1992 when he was a hedge fund manager on Wall Street, before he became an entrepreneur who changed the way hundreds of millions of people live. They married less than a year later.

She was by his side for the entire Amazon adventure, from the company’s humble beginnings in his Seattle garage in 1994 to its mammoth success today.

They have four children -- three sons and an adopted daughter -- aged up to their late

teens. As of Wednesday, when the couple formally announced they would divorce after a long separation, the 48-year-old MacKenzie, a novelist, is likely to become the richest woman in the world.

According to celebrity news outlet TMZ, the Bezoses did not have a prenuptial agreement -- which could mean an even split of assets.

They were married in Florida in September 1993, according to documents seen

by AFP. But their last place of residence would be the deciding factor in any divorce proceedings.

The couple has numerous residences: in Seattle, where Amazon is based, but also in Washington DC, Texas and Beverly Hills, California. (afp) LOIC VENANCE / AFP

A protester burns a flare during an anti-government demonstration called by the Yellow Vests “Gilets Jaunes” movement, in Nantes, western France, on January 12, 2019. Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched in cities across France on January 12 in a new round of “yellow vest” protests against the president, accused of ignoring the plight of millions of people struggling to make ends meet.

‘A Prophet’ creator takes on France’s war in Algeria

PARIS - One of France’s most celebrated screenwriters is taking on its biggest taboo, the bloody conflict in Algeria, in a new war film.

Abdel Raouf Dafri told AFP that he had been itching for years to broach the delicate subject.

The writer of the Oscar-nominated “A Prophet”, and the Emmywinning television series “Braquo”, has Algerian roots but was born in the French port of Marseille, where many former French “pied noir”

colonists who were forced to flee Algeria settled.

The film’s title “May an impure blood...” is plucked from the most controversial line in the French national anthem, “La Marseillaise”, which ends “...water our fields”.

Dafri cleverly turns it around to refer to “the blood of the colonised” who suffered under the French, which “just goes to show how universal our national anthem is”, he argued.

His story, however, centres on a group of French conscript soldiers sent on a “grotesque mission that none of them want to go on.

“Like a lot of military operations, it serves little or no purpose,” said Dafri, who also scripted the acclaimed “Mesrine” gangster films.

“When you make a film about World War II, you know who the good guys are,” the writer said.

“The war in Algeria is more complicated, because nobody was nice.” (afp)

France bracing for bigger, more violent ‘yellow vests’ demos

French scriptwriter Abdel Raouf Dafri

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French officials said Friday they expect this weekend’s “yellow vest” demonstrations to be bigger and more violent than a week ago, as the protest movement which had shown signs of fatigue gains fresh impetus.

National police chief Eric Morvan told France Inter radio he expected turnout to be on a par with midDecember for the ninth consecutive Saturday of protests, which have repeatedly ended in clashes with police and the destruction of property.

Paris police chief Michel Delpuech said he expected demonstrators in Paris to outnumber the estimated 3,500 that attempted to march on the National Assembly last week, and predicted they would be “more tempted by violence”.

On January 5, around 50,000 people wearing the movement’s trademark high-visibility vests took part in protests nationwide, an increase on the previous week but far below the nearly 300,000 that turned out for the inaugural protest in mid-November.

In a first this week, thousands of protesters are expected to descend on the central cathedral city of Bourges, despite being banned from entering its historic centre.

“Those who think that a few

thousand people can make us question our institutions, are wrong,” said Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said Friday.

The level of participation Saturday will set the tone for the start next week of a national debate on voters’ grievances.

President Emmanuel Macron is hoping the debate -- a response to voters’ demands for more of a say in national law-making -- will help tamp down the protesters’ anger.

But the process risks being hobbled by record levels of distrust towards politicians and representatives of the state.

A poll by the respected Cevipof political sciences institute released

Friday showed 77 percent of respondents thought politicians inspired “distrust”, “disgust” or “boredom”.

Last week, a group of demonstrators used a forklift to ram the doors of the ministry of government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux, and a former professional boxer battered two police officers guarding a bridge over the Seine river.

“Week after week we have observed a drift towards increasingly violent behaviour,” Delpuech told France Inter radio, adding that symbols of state power had become the chief targets.

- Asian tourists concerned The weekly images of rioting are

taking a toll on tourism in Paris, officials said Friday. Christian Mantei of the Atout France promotional agency said international passenger arrivals at Paris airports fell by 5 to 10 percent in December yearon-year and that bookings for the coming three months were down 6.8 percent.

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