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Poor reviews aside, Justin Timberlake’s ’Man of the Woods’ is No.1

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LOS ANGELES - Justin Timberlake snagged the No.1 Spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart with “Man of the Woods,” despite harsh reviews and a Super Bowl halftime show that was deemed underwhelming on social media and by music critics.

“Man of the Woods,” Timberlake’s first studio album since 2013, sold more than 242,000 units in its first week of release, according to Nielsen Music data released on Monday.

The Billboard 200 chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).

“Man of the Woods” marks Timberlake’s fourth Billboard No.1 album and was the biggest-selling album in the U.S. since Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” in December 2017, Billboard said.

It debuted at No.1 after a Feb. 4 Super Bowl performance consisting mostly of Timberlake’s old hits that also featured a controversial segment featuring a huge projection of Prince, who died in 2016.

The former NSYNC singer also took heat on social media for failing to mention, or perform with, Janet Jackson after

an infamous 2004 Super Bowl appearance which ended with Timberlake ripping off Jackson’s top and accidentally briefly exposing her breast.

Nevertheless, the Super Bowl and halftime show were watched by some 103 million Americans on television. Nielsen Music reported last week that on-demand audio and video streams for all of the songs performed by Timberlake jumped 45 percent on the day after the game, compared to the day before.

Timberlake, best known for pop tracks like “SexyBack” and “Rock Your Body,” promoted “Man of the Woods” as a country-inspired album that took him back to his Memphis roots.

But the album had few fans among music reviewers. Esquire called it “disappointing” and “kind of embarrassing,” while USA Today said the album “can’t pull off its Americana-pop fusion.” (rtr)

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Justin Timberlake performs during half time of Super Bowl LII between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Bold, black and beautiful, ’Black Panther’ hopes for cultural shift

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Cast member Lupita Nyong’o poses for a portrait while promoting the movie “Black Panther” in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 30, 2018. Picture taken January 30, 2018.

LOS ANGELES - Some film critics are calling it the best Marvel movie so far; others say it’s a correction after years of neglecting minority talent in Hollywood.

The predominantly black cast of superhero movie “Black Panther” hope its combination of African pride, beauty and kick-ass adventure will also mark a cultural shift in the movie industry and beyond.

The Disney movie, opening worldwide this week, tells the story of T’Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), the new king of the futuristic, wealth-laden African nation Wakanda, who is challenged by factions within his own country.

“Marvel has a way of really affecting popular culture,” said Lupita Nyong’o, who plays the

Wakandan warrior spy, Nakia.

“Hopefully it changes the general idea of what being an African is. Too often times we see Africa as a place that is wanting, and here it’s a place that you want to go,” she said.

The movie, directed by Ryan Coogler and also featuring Michael B. Jordan, Angela Bassett, Forest Whittaker and Daniel Kaluuya, arrives to stellar reviews after years of criticism about the under-representation of movies, actors and filmmakers of color in Hollywood.

Analysts expect it to rake in some $150 million at the North American box office on its opening weekend, and the filmmakers hope it will encourage studios to invest in more mainstream, racially

diverse films.

“It’s not often that you see two black men in a movie playing a role of this importance. You see it with white actors, (like) ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ where it’s Brad Pitt and Matt Damon and George Clooney, and it’s like ‘why does that never happen with us?’” Boseman said.

“Hopefully the success of this will make it be commonplace. It’ll make Hollywood stop saying ‘well, your movies don’t travel,” he said.

“Black Panther” also offers a new type of villain through Jordan’s Killmonger, an empathetic former military black-ops agent, who wants to distribute Wakanda’s wealth to arm the world’s black population and help them rise to power. (rtr)

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President of South Africa Jacob Zuma gestures to his supporters at the 54th National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg, South Africa December 16, 2017.

ANC decides to remove Zuma as South African President

JOHANNESBURG - The ANC has decided to sack Jacob Zuma as President of South Africa, a senior official said on Tuesday, after a marathon meeting to determine the fate of a leader whose scandal-plagued years in power darkened and divided Nelson Mandela’s ‘Rainbow Nation’. The decision by the ruling party’s national executive came in the early hours of the morning, after 13 hours of tense deliberations and one face-to-face meeting between Zuma and his presumed successor, deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa.

Zuma has been living on borrowed time since Ramaphosa, a union leader once tipped as Mandela’s pick to take over the reins, was elected as head of the 106-year-old ANC in December, narrowly defeating Zuma’s ex-wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

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Bali predicted to lack qualified labor in 2030 YOGYAKARTA - Based on the results of a survey conducted by the Bank Indonesia (BI), Bali is predicted to have a shortage of qualified labour by 2025 and into 2030 when there will is likely to be the some 47, 736 operators, supervisors and mangers lacking in Bali. If Bali;s own labour pool cannot fill these positions, then people from outside Bali will have to fill them.

Analyst from the Bank Indonesia’s Bali Representative Office, Umran Usman, explained that the prediction is based on the economic growth of Bali in conjunction with the education of potential workers. “This way we can predict

what jobs will be available in Bali and how many people in Bali will be able to fill these positions” said Usman during a workshop held by the Bali representative Office of the Bank of Indonesia on Friday (Feb. 9).

By assuming that the population of Bali will have reached 4 million with 77.5 percent of these people making up the workforce, it is predicted that there will be a lack of local workforce particularly at the level of operators.

It is predicted that Bali will lack from 16, 938 operators in 2025 and 25, 780 in 2030. There si also predicted to be a shortage of 13, 621 supervisors in 2025 and 21, 125 lacking in 2030. At the managerial level, there is predicted to be some 537 people lacking in 2025 and 831 managers lacking in 2030.

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“Human resources are not educated and trained better than they are today, there will be an even greater shortage of local labour to fill these positions. This will certain cause Bali to have to accept migrants from outside Bali”, he said.

One of the main obstacles said Usman is that the training material used by the Vocational Training Center (BLK) and formal education institutions are not up to date with industry needs..

“The material has not changed but the industry has seen massive changes including things like online bookings”, siad Usman.

Having educational out of date material will cause greater and greater shortages of qualified workers. According to Usman massive changes need to be made immediately. The government for example should take steps towards improving BKLs and other vocational education institutions. Bali is facing serious challenges in terms of human resources.

The Bank of Indonesia’s survey also showed that tourism industry business owners consider Balinese workers to be of lower quality than workers from outside Bali particularly at the managerial level. Quality issues range from productivity, creativity, discipline to communication skills. Most international brand hotels for example fill their leadership positions with people form outside Bali. Balinese workers only excel in terms of responsibility and honesty.

It is also more difficult for people from Bali to migrate to other regions due to mobility costs, socio-cultural factors as well as issues related to psychological impact. The cost of labour migration for people from Bali and Nusa Tenggara is higher than for people from other regions. In fact it is estimated to be IDR 14.95 million more for them to migrate.

As a result there are far fewer people from Bali and Nusa Teggara who migrate to other regions to work compared to people form other parts of Indonesia. “Thus, we see the tendency for people from outside Bali to seek work in Bali not Balinese people looking for work elsewhere. This is mostly due to mobility costs”, added Usman. (kmb42)

Alert status of Mount Agung lowered

Damaged road prevents evacuees from going home SEMARAPURA - The alert status of Mount Agung was lowered from warning to watch on Saturday (Feb. 10) and the radius of the danger zone was reduced from 6km to 4 km. Nevertheless, thousands of evacuees in the district of Klungkung have not made a move to return home yet. They are waiting for official information and residents of Bukit Galah, Sogra Hamlet and Sebudi, Selat are concerned about the road to their villages having been cut off by lava flows.

As seen in Swecapura Stadium, Gelgel village, on Sunday (Feb. 11), very few evacuees had returned home. The few families that did leave had their belong-

ings taken home by truck. “We heard that the we are allowed to go home, that the alert status has been lowered”, said Wayang Sriana from Sebudi, Selat.

Although news of the lowered alert status was welcomed with relief by many, many others are still haunted by anxiety as Sebudi is located quite close to the highest mountain in Bali. Sriana and his family obviously hope that conditions will be back to normal soon.

“Although I still have some doubts, many people have gone home, so we joined them”, he said.

Nyoman Jawi, an evacuee from Bukit Galah, Sogra, Sebudi, said that he is eager to go home but that he cannot do so immediately

as lava flows from the last eruption have cut off the road access to his village. There is no other way to reach his village. “Our village has been cut off, so we cannot go home yet”, he said.

Dozens of families are in the same boat as Jawi. The government is expected to open the road again as it is the only way that people could evacuate should there be another eruption. “If we were to go home now, and there was another eruption, we would not be able to evacuate very quickly as no vehicles can pass through the only road out of our village”, he explained.

Chief Executive of the Klungkung Regional Disaster Manage-

ment Agency (BPBD), Putu Widiada, said that only about a dozen or so people have left evacuation posts in Klungkung. There are still roughly 3,000 evacuees spread across some 30 villages who are waiting for further information from the Pasubayan. “We do not have exact data year, but there are still thousands of evacuees here”, said Widiada.

According to official information, all evacuees here are allowed to go home as their villages are all located outside ot the 4 km radius of the danger zone.

However any evacuees who want to stay here a few more days, the Government of Klungkung will coordinate matters with the gov-

ernment of Karangasem. “There are no residences within the 4 km radius, so all evacuees can go home and as a consequence the government of Klungkung is no longer able to provide assistance for the evacuees. If there are still evacuees here we will immediately coordinate with Karangasem”, he said.

Klungkung’ s district government will provide three buses and trucks for the evacuees to return home. Widiada is still waiting for instructions form the regent regarding the remaining food stocks. “We have already asked the regent for directions and are waiting to hear back”, he concluded. (kmb45)

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All you can eat Sunday Brunch at Ji Terrace By The Sea

Ji Terrace by The SEA, winner of Bali’s Best Japanese Restaurant in 2017, is very excited to present to the greater Canggu area its very first all-you-can-eat SUNDAY BRUNCH. With amazing ocean view and sea breeze, chill tropical tunes and an all-new creative yet truly comforting fusion Japanese brunch menu, accompanied-- most importantly-- by the most affordable free-flow fine wine and cocktail package in the island - Ji Terrace is the best place to meet friends, share good laughs with your loved ones,

and spend a beautiful unforgettable Sunday by the sea.

At Ji, we believe food plays an extremely important role in everyday happiness. Our brunch menu has been compiled with the main theme of ‘Oh-So-Good and Feel Great-gourmet dishes’.

Think the best Yakitori with perfectly grilled chicken legs and leek on charcoal with delicate crispiness from the chicken skin; Sushi Rolls with butter fish, crab salad, avocado with crunchy tempura flakes; Wagyu Steak & Egg, Ahi Tuna & Thai Basil, Beef Tataki with garlic

crisps, Breakfast Udon & Prawn Tempura, Miso & Cappuccino- red wine sorbet with miso cappuccino sabayon, Banana Flambé served with ginger ice cream – and many more to please even the most finicky gourmand.

Sit back and let go of all stress while sipping ice-chilled rosé, crisp white chardonnays and beautifully balanced reds to go with these dishes. For the cocktail drinkers, try Ji’s Wasabi Bloody Mary that is guaranteed to make you crave for seconds and thirds. And the cherry on the cake is a beautiful compli-

mentary dip in Tugu’s azul-blue swimming pool before leaving.

That is - if you haven’t decided to stay on for the crimson red sunset over the Canggu beach.

This idea of a Canggu Sunday Brunch at Ji Terrace by the SEA was born in a moment of conscious gratitude, as we count our blessings enjoying the sea breeze and sunshine while standing on the upper rooftop of Ji, enjoying great wines and delicious food in good company, while cold winter has arrived in most countries.

The brunch package starts

at IDR 350K/pax, including endless Japanese contemporary cuisine from meaty to vegetarian dishes and free flow selected non-alcoholic drinks. Add on IDR 400K/pax for free flow selected cocktails & wines. The brunch runs from 11am until 3pm Every SUNDAY. To book a table or to find out more information about Ji Restaurant Bali, please follow Facebook Ji Restaurant Bali or Instagram @ Jirestaurantbali or call +62 361 4731701 or visit the venue on Pantai

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Amazon paid $90 million for camera maker’s chip technology

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Armed with smartphones, thousands of smallholder farmers across Latin America are set to benefit from a technology boost that will help them deal better with the effects of climate change.

Smartphones boost Latin American farmers in fight against climate change ROME - Armed with smartphones, thousands of smallholder farmers across Latin America are set to benefit from a technology boost that will help them deal better with the effects of climate change.

A three-year agreement will see farmers receive vital information such as weather forecasts and early warnings via their smartphones, as well as online training and equipment to help improve water usage.

“There are 70 countries in the world today that have no access to weather information,” said José Graziano da Silva, director general of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

He was speaking after signing the agreement on Monday with Spain’s Telefónica SA, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies.

“They don’t know if it’s going to rain other than by looking out of the window,” he said, adding that the deal would help to reduce the divide between rural and urban areas on access to information and new technology.

“We believe that there is an urgent need to use the data and information available globally and translate it into useful and accessible information locally, useful to small-scale producers,” he said.

A pilot project will help farmers in El Salvador and Colombia maximise their water resources. It is similar to an existing project of Telefónica’s in Chile, which has struggled with a multi-year drought.

The project in Chile covers 17,000 hectares and ten crops in four regions, and uses specialised equipment whose sensors measure humidity and solar activity, among others, and send data via a low-cost wireless network.

FAO said the project would be replicated in areas of Central America’s “Dry Corridor” which runs through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Home to about 10.5 million people, experts say it is vulnerable to extreme weather exacerbated by climate change.

Once the data is processed, farmers get recommendations specific to their crops on their smartphones, leading to a 20 percent reduction in water usage, said Vicente Muñoz, Telefónica’s chief officer on the Internet of Things (IoT).

“So we have the experience, the knowledge, and the distribution for this collaboration with FAO,” Muñoz told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

IoT refers to devices such as mobile phones, computers, cars and refrigerators that are connected to the internet. (rtr)

SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon. com Inc paid about $90 million to acquire the maker of Blink home security cameras late last year, in a secret bet on the startup’s energyefficient chips, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The deal’s rationale and price tag, previously unreported, underscore how Amazon aims to do more than sell another popular camera, as analysts had thought. The online retailer is exploring chips exclusive to Blink that could lower production costs and lengthen the battery life of other gadgets, starting with Amazon’s Cloud Cam and potentially extending to its family of Echo speakers, one of the people said.

Amazon views its in-house devices as key to deepening its relationship with shoppers. The Cloud Cam and Echo currently need a plug-in power source to operate.

Blink, which says its cameras can last two years on a single pair of AA lithium batteries, could change that.

Amazon declined to comment on the acquisition’s terms or strategy.

The deal so far has drawn little attention. The camera maker announced its takeover by Amazon with scant details in a Dec. 21 blog post. Analysts have viewed Blink as part of the retailer’s strategy for Amazon Key, a new program where shoppers can set up a smart lock and surveillance camera so delivery personnel can slip packages inside their homes when they are away. Amazon also sees opportunity in the security camera market as smart-home technology expands.

But Blink was not merely a camera business. Its little-known

owner, Immedia Semiconductor, was started in Massachusetts by old hands from the chip industry. Chief Executive Peter Besen and two of his co-founders came from Sand Video, which had designed chips in the early 2000s that decoded a new and improved video standard.

In 2004 they sold Sand Video to Broadcom Ltd and remained there as executives, according to an Immedia website. The group left in 2008 to create Immedia, aiming to design chips for video conferencing, and later targeting laptop makers as potential customers.

Dan Grunberg, a co-founder who left Immedia in 2016, said that plan fell through. Laptop makers were unwilling to pay $1 per chip when cheaper options were on the market. So Immedia pivoted.

“If we make our own camera, we don’t have to sell a hundred million” chips, he said. Grunberg declined to discuss Immedia’s sale to Amazon.

The Blink security camera, which hit the market in 2016, did not require a power cable like many rival products, making it easier to place around users’ properties.

It was cheaper, too, starting at $99. Amazon’s wired Cloud Cam launched at $119.99, while Netgear Inc’s wire-free Arlo cost more still.

Netgear said last week it plans to spin off its Arlo business.

“Battery life is a big issue in connected devices,” said Scott Jacobson, a former Amazon devices manager and now managing director of Madrona Venture Group.

“Always-on cameras that last for months and don’t require a wired connection or an electrician to install could be game-changing.” (rtr)

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Entering 2018, commercial property rebounds

DENPASAR — Based on the results of survey made by Bank Indonesia (BI), when entering 2018, commercial property rebounded.

The eruption of Mount Agung disaster is considered to have no longer impact on tourism activities in the first quarter of 2018 and hotel demand from foreign and domestic tourists will improve again.

Chief of Representative Office of Bank Indonesia for Bali Region, Causa Iman Karana, explained that in addition to hotel properties, the other type of property such as retails and shopping centers featuring the concept of lifestyle is still experiencing a positive trend. The biggest demand is from F & B tenants, supermarkets and cinema.

Despite the positive trend, in the first quarter of 2018, Iman predicted the property of retail segment will not increase. So far, there is no plan to build a new commercial center functioned as a shopping center with the concept of mall. Commercial properties consist of offices, retail, apartments, star-rated hotels and industrial land.

The rebound of commercial property can be seen from the condition in the third quarter and fourth quarter of 2017. The basic rental price of the office space and rental price of apartment service remains stable. Meanwhile, the retail price of shopping centers and hotel rooms tends to go down in line with the quiet visitors and tourists due to eruption of Mount Agung. The occupancy rate of commercial property stays low in the range of 59.15 percent to 85.40 percent during the period.

The cumulative supply of hotels in the fourth quarter of 2017 reached 15,420 and the third quarter reached 14,285. In the meantime, the cumulative demand in the fourth quarter of 2017 reached 8,418 and 10,303 in the third quarter of 2017. There are new (room) supplies in the fourth quarter being equal to 1,135 and 495 in the third quarter of 2017. Meanwhile, the hotel occupancy rate reached 54.59 percent in the fourth quarter and 72.12 percent in the third quarter of 2017.

Retail segment properties get quite high demand. Cumulative demand in the fourth quarter of 2017 reached 202.402 square meters and 203,164 square meters in the third quarter of 2017. Meanwhile, the existing supply amounts to 237,009 per square meter in the third quarter and fourth quarter of 2017. The occupancy rate of retail market is quite large, namely 85.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017, out of a total supply of 237,009 square meters from 11 shopping centers.

The occupancy rate slightly decreased as the impact of Mount Agung eruption resulting in significant drop in visitor traffic. The average decrease in the occupancy rate of retail property reached 0.32 percent from 85.72 percent in the third quarter of 2017 to 85.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017.

The amount of free space reached 34,607 square meters. The basic rental price of the retail market was IDR 634,172 per square meter per month in the third quarter of 2017, higher than in the fourth quarter of 2017 at IDR 630,274. (kmb42)

Lovina beach in Buleleng.

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Causa Iman Karana

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PHRI Buleleng hopes tourism back to normal

SINGARAJA — The eruption of Mount Agung since September 2017 has disrupted the development of tourism industry in Bali including Buleleng. Tourist visits to the Island of the Gods had dropped dramatically to threaten the occurrence of layoff.

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Currently, the government has officially decreased the alert status of Mount Agung from level IV (warning) to level III (watch). Upon the decision, tourism players hoped this situation can restore the development of tourism industry in this region.

This was expressed by Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Buleleng, Dewa Ketut Suardipa, when met in Singaraja on Monday (Feb. 12).

Further, Suardipa said the decrease in the alert status of Mount Agung is a good opportunity to organize tourism business after long affected by the Mount Agung eruption. As an effort to boost tourism, local government is asked to increase tourism promotion in the region. This effort can be done through implementation of national and international events. “Coinciding with the current low season, the government’s decision is appropriate to reduce the alert status of Mount Agung.

It becomes a good opportunity to re-arrange tourism and it can be offered in the high season,” he said.

Suardipa exemplified the implementation of the National Jamboree of VW Car scheduled to be held in Buleleng in September 2018. It is one of the efforts to boost the tourist visits to the region. Approximately 3,000 participants will enliven this event of automotive lovers.

Tourism players very much expected this activity because the national-scale event will not only have impact on hotel room occupancy, but also becomes a promotional event for the tourist object and attraction in North Bali. In addition, national activities are expected not only to be centered in big cities of Indonesia, but must be diverted to the regions.

“Thankfully, the alert status of Mount Agung has been decreased. Now, it is time to reorganize and improve our tourism promotion, so that in the next high season the weakening tourism business can return to normal,” he explained.

Suardipa added that since the eruption of Mount Agung, tourists visit dropped drastically. Moreover, there are hotels whose occupancy rate reached zero percent. Indeed, the tourism business is in sluggish condition due to natural disasters, but this situation has not yet led to massive layoff. (kmb38)

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Regent of Karangasem ready to make ‘Bali Post Goes to School’ successful AMLAPURA — As an effort to recover the situation in Karangasem, Bali Post takes a role to increase reading and writing interest among the children. Bali Post will go to schools through the activities entitled Bali Post Goes to School. Seeing the importance and strategic nature of this activity, Regent of Karangasem, I Gusti Ayu Mas Sumatri, expressed her readiness to fully support the activities. This is a real example to support the acceleration of recovery against the conditions in all sectors in Karangasem.

This was conveyed by Regent Mas Sumatri when receiving the arrival of Bali Post Goes to School Committee at the office of the Karangasem regent on Monday (Feb. 12). According to the regent, nowadays children more frequently play gadgets or online-related materials. If this happens excessively, to be sure it is not good.

This agenda will give an opportunity to children to express their work in mass media. “After going through a difficult time when facing the eruption of Mount Agung, our children desperately need activities like this to make expression, “said Regent Mas Sumatri.

As explained, Chairman of Bali Post Goes to School Committee, I Made Sueca, this agenda targets students at all levels starting from kindergarten, elementary, junior high to high school / vocational school. The activities include Bali Post dance and jingle contest, involving the students of kindergarten, elementary and junior high school. Besides, there are also competition and photography training for junior high and high school/vocational students as well as training and wall magazine contest for junior high and high school/vocational students and poetry reading contest for all levels. “We’ve explained the technical requirements of competition in the dissemination to all contest participants. For those who have not registered yet, we still open the registration until February 23,” said Sueca.

As scheduled, the contest will be held on Saturday (Feb. 24) centered in SMAN 1 Rendang high school. Until Monday, a total of 400 students from all schools in Karangasem declared their confirmation to participate in the activity. This has been seen when the committee to disseminate information about technical activities at SMAN 1 Rendang, recently.

This activity is more vibrant with the support from the main youth organization namely the National Committee of Indonesian Youth (KNPI) of Karangasem. Secretary of KNPI Karangasem, I Gusti Ngurah Setiawan, stated the activity is also a part of KNPI’s duty to play a role in accelerating the recovery of post-eruption condition of Mount Agung, for children, teenagers and the youth.

Psychological condition of children affected by the disaster must be restored with positive and beneficial activities. (gik)

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Regent of Karangasem, I Gusti Ayu Mas Sumatri

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N.Korea warms to S.Korea after visit, volume down on border propaganda SEOUL- North Korea’s leader said he wants to boost the “warm climate of reconciliation and dialogue” with South Korea after his highlevel delegation returned from a visit to the South, as his foes reiterated the need to keep up maximum pressure and sanctions.

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Local residents still have to survive in the evacuation camp because this time their village is still isolated due to broken off road access.

Village isolated

Residents of Bukit Galah go home to Amerta Bhuana

AMLAPURA - The decline of Mount Agung’s alert status to watch has not entirely relieved the residents of Bukit Galah hamlet, Sebudi, Selat, although the hamlet is located outside the radius of 4 kilometers. Local residents still have to survive in the evacuation camp because this time their village is still isolated due to broken off road access.

Bukit Galah residents previously occupied the evacuation post at Swecapura Stadium, Klungkung.

Considering the hamlet under the Pasar Agung Temple is not yet safe to be occupied, the residents are temporarily shifted to Tegeh hamlet, Amerta Bhuana, Selat. “In total, there are 34 families or 135 people.

They arrived from Swecapura around 15:00 local time by bus,” said Chief Executive of the Karangasem Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), I.B. Ketut Arimbawa, on Monday (Feb. 12).

The evacuees have been prepared with a place in hamlet meeting hall. If not sufficient, the Quick Response Team (TRC) of BPBD with PMI and Pasubaya volunteers will set up emergency tents. Logistics supplies and other supporting facilities have also been dropped from the Tanah Ampo Headquarters. Headman of Amerta Bhuana, I Wayan Suara Arsana, admitted to recommend Tegeh hamlet because it is the nearest hamlet to Bukit Galah. “Tegeh hamlet also exists

in the radius of 10 km, so it is safe even though in warning alert level,” he said.

Headman of Sebudi, Mangku Tinggal, said that Bukit Galah hamlet is indeed in an isolated position. Repatriating residents is very risky because the two entrances to the local hamlet are broken. The broken point is in the Tukad Timus groove in the west of the hamlet and in the Tukad Panti groove in the east side. As long as the broken point has not been fixed, Bukit Galah hamlet is not feasible to be inhabited because there is no road that can be functioned as an evacuation route.

In addition to Bukit Galah in Selat, residents of Pucang hamlet at Ban village, Kubu, should also still settle in the evacuation because their hamlet is located in the radius of 4 km. However, according to headman of Ban, all Pucang residents have returned to their village. They will shift again if the activities of Mount Agung increase. “All the people of Ban

have gone home except for seven families of Belong remaining to evacuate at Siatin, Bangli as hampered by transportation constraints,” he explained.

Potag said that currently the condition of his village is destroyed.

Many public facilities, especially the road infrastructure, are heavily damaged by the cold lava flood.

Belatung Market at Dlungdungan hamlet cannot be functioned as being submerged by mud. So far, there is no certainty when the infrastructure damage will be addressed, including the road infrastructure to Bukit Galah hamlet.

Regent of Karangasem, IGA Mas Sumatri, said the urgent improvements can take advantage of emergency transitional funds.

However, currently the technical team is still doing do mapping for the preparation of mitigation plan.

As for large-scale repairs, the district government through relevant agencies has prepared proposals to central government worth IDR 1.5 trillion. (kmb)

Kim Jong Un gave instructions for measures aimed at more inter-Korean engagement after his younger sister Kim Yo Jong led a three-day visit to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, North Korea’s state media reported on Tuesday.

It did not specify what those instructions were.

The United States has appeared to endorse deeper post-Olympics engagement between the two Koreas that could lead to talks between Pyongyang and Washington. South’s President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday the United States is open to talking with North Korea, Moon’s spokesman told a briefing.

“The United States sees inter-Korean dialogue in a positive light and has expressed its openness for talks with the North,” Moon told Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, according to the spokesman.

U.S. officials also want tough international sanctions to be ramped up to push North Korea to give up its nuclear programme.

That sentiment was repeated by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, who said Moon had agreed it was necessary to keep up maximum pressure on North Korea.

Last year, North Korea conducted dozens of missile launches and its sixth and largest nuclear test in defiance of U.N. resolutions as it pursues its goal of developing a nuclear-armed missile capable of reaching the United States.

Japanese officials took pains to stress there was no daylight between Japan, the United States and South Korea on their approach to dealing with North Korea.

The United States’ “fundamental policy” aimed at denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula has not changed, said a senior Japanese diplomat in a briefing to lawmakers.

“The goal is denuclearisation and the process is dialogue for dialogue, action for action, so if North Korea does not show actions, the United States and Japan will not change their policies,” he said.

A senior military official stationed at the border between North and South Korea told Reuters North Korea has lowered the volume of its border propaganda broadcasts since the Olympics’ opening ceremony on Feb. 9.

“I still hear it, but it is much less than before,” said the official who is stationed on the southern side of the border and spoke on condition of anonymity. (rtr)

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in talks with Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, while watching North Korea’s Samjiyon Orchestra’s performance in Seoul, South Korea, February 11, 2018.

Hong Kong Catholics step up opposition to Vatican deal with Beijing HONG KONG - Catholics in Hong Kong stepped up their opposition to a deal between the Vatican and Beijing on Monday with an all-night prayer vigil and an open letter warning of dire consequences for the faithful in the communist country.

More than 200 people crowded into a hall of the St. Bonaventure Church in a residential neighbourhood to show their concern over the deal, which Vatican sources have said could be signed in the next few months.

“It’s a precarious situation.

There’s a real danger of division,” said one priest at the prayer service who declined to give his name.

The Vatican and China have been moving towards an accord on the appointment of bishops in what would be a historic breakthrough and a precursor to a resumption

in diplomatic relations after seven decades of estrangement.

But the prospect of a deal has sparked stiff opposition from many in the global church, some of whom say the Vatican would be selling out Catholics who have remained faithful to the pope during years of persecution.

The Chinese church is split between the state-backed Catholic Patriotic Association, where bishops are appointed by the government, and an “underground” church whose bishops have been appointed by the pontiff.

As the faithful prayed in Hong Kong, the number of signatories of an online petition against the deal, which would involve the Vatican recognising bishops appointed by the government, rocketed from 20 to nearly 700 within hours. (rtr)

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About 200 Catholics attend a prayer meeting for the Chinese Church after news emerge that Beijing and the Vatican have reached a deal on bishop appointments, in Hong Kong, China February 12, 2018.

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WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump with his budget proposal raises his bet that he will boost the economy before high inflation and interest rates get in the way. Congress has already given him tax cuts and increased deficit spending that is expected to stimulate the economy. But here’s the risk: Trump’s stimulus could boost hiring without triggering the kinds of company investments that make workers more productive.

With workers in short supply in many industries, the wages that are now increasing could get eaten away by higher inflation. would be a bad outcome.”

He said this was a necessary gamble. Yes, the additional stimulus might push inflation too high, which would trigger aggressive rate hikes by the independent Federal Reserve.

But price gains might also remain modest, Holtz-Eakin said.

Holtz-Eakin and other conservative economists view cutting taxes for businesses as America’s best chance for long-term growth. With higher economic growth, Washington might be able to tame budget deficits and avoid an eventual crisis over its $20.5 trillion debt. He says the tax cuts for households were economically unnecessary given current strength in the labor market.

Implicit in Trump’s new proposal is a very optimistic economic growth projection of 3 percent a year over the next 10 years. That is well above the roughly 2 percent congressional and private analysts have been predicting. The Fed is watching Trump’s stimulative

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gamble closely. Policymakers say the Fed could accelerate its pace of interest rate hikes if inflation shows signs of taking off.

In the short term, surging deficits raise inflation risks with the jobless rate near a 17-year low. One way to draw workers to a job or retain them is to raise pay. “Because of that, it is important that the (Fed) continues” raising rates, Kansas City Fed President Esther George said in a speech on Thursday. Fed policymakers track corporate investments because spending on machinery, R&D and other boosters that make workers more productive can help companies contain costs and reduce

inflation pressures.

A Chicago Federal Reserve Bank survey last month found companies expect to spend only a quarter of tax savings on capital investments.

About 60 percent would be used to pay down debt, fund mergers and return money to shareholders.

The remaining 15 percent would be spent hiring workers or raising wages. Fed policymakers also worry that unchecked deficits could lead investors to bid up interest rates, making it harder for the government to pay its debts.

“That could make the Federal Reserve’s job more difficult,” New York Fed President William Dudley

told Bloomberg in an interview on Thursday, citing projections by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office for federal debt servicing costs to double over the next 10 years.

Over the long run, higher interest rates could counter all of Trump’s fiscal stimulus, said Jason Furman, a White House chief economist under former Democratic President Barack Obama.

Inflation rates and unemployment rates would be at similar levels, but higher interest rates would crimp future investments. “The short run might be okay. But it chips away at our wealth in the long run,” Furman said. (rtr)

Back on the defensive: euro zone bond yields creep up LONDON - Euro zone government bond yields edged higher on Monday on signs that policymakers, with their eyes on inflation, will continue on their monetary tightening path regardless of recent equity market volatility.

Bond yields across the bloc rose 1 to 2 basis points, while U.S. 10-year Treasury yields touched four-year highs at 2.90 percent as investors flocked back to stock markets at the expense of safehaven bonds.

Germany’s 10-year bond yields, the euro zone’s benchmark, traded

around 0.76 percent, after earlier rising as high as 0.786 percent.

That is near the 2 1/2-year highs hit last week at around 0.81 percent.

“This is just a continuation of the upward trend in bond yields as people reassess economic prospects,” said Grant Lewis, head of research at Daiwa Capital Markets in London. “Even at 2.90 percent, 10-year Treasury yields are still low.”

German bond yields closed Friday with their first weekly decline of the year as a selloff in world stock markets sent investors scur-

rying for safer assets. That put an end to the longest weekly run-up in long-dated German bond yields since 2007.

While stock markets have faced turbulence in the past two weeks, bond investors are braced for an end to the era of ultra-easy cash put in place after the global financial crisis to shore up economies and confidence.

Euro zone debt has been hurt in particular by several European Central Bank officials querying recently whether the ECB’s assetpurchase scheme needs to continue

beyond September.

ECB policymaker Ewald Nowotny’s comments on the weekend were perceived as hawkish, too while unease is building about U.S. inflation numbers due on Wednesday.

In fact, the German bond yield curve on Monday was its steepest since mid-2014, as the gap between short and long-dated bond yields widened to 135 basis points.

The U.S. yield curve is close to its steepest in months, reflecting investor expectations for higher inflation and interest rates.

“There’s a concern about inflation getting out of hand, forcing central banks to change their response from trying to encourage growth to trying to dampen inflation,” said Guy Stear, the co-head of fixed income research at Societe Generale.

Median forecasts are for U.S. consumer price inflation to slow a little to 1.9 percent from a year earlier, mainly because of the base effect of a high reading in January 2017. The core measure is expected to tick down to 1.7 percent. (rtr)

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Tumpek Krulut: Celebration of Gamelan to Invoke Divine Vibration

As Trump gambles with more economic stimulus, the Fed is poised to counter inflation Trump’s $4.4 trillion budget proposal, unveiled on Monday, suggests Congress could cut the federal budget deficit by $3 trillion over 10 years. That’s unlikely.

The budget proposal follows business and household tax cuts enacted last month and a federal funding law passed last week that could push budget deficits to around $1 trillion a year.

The 2019 fiscal budget that Trump just submitted asks for $200 billion for infrastructure spending over 10 years, $18 billion over two years for his wall along the Mexican border and $13 billion to deal with the opioid crisis. It also provides for $716 billion for military programs and for maintaining the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

“If it doesn’t work, we get a larger hole in the long-term budget and no productivity growth,” said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former White House chief economist under Republican President George W. Bush. “That

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Tirta Sudamala Temple

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Tirta Sudamala Temple is located in Sedit hamlet, Bebalang, Bangli. This temple is already well known by Balinese people who often visit the temple om the full moon, the new moon as well as major holidays such as Banyupinaruh. There are twelve water spouts that are used by worshippers to purify themselves with the temple water.

Tirta Sudamala Temple is close to the center of Bangli, and is easy to access. Since the temple is located in the bank of the Sangsang river, worshippers visiting the temple will often descend numerous staits to pruify themselves in Tirta Sudamala as well.

Hamlet chief of Sedit, Gusti Putu Kariyadnya, recently gave a brief explanation of the origins ot Tirta Sudamala Temple. An old inscription says that the establishment of the temple is related to the pilgrimage of Ida Pedanda Hender who, upon the request of the king of Bangli, went looking for a holy spring to take water from for a grandioase ceremony that was to take place. Ida Pedanda Hender started his pilgrimage from the south and sat in a plcae overgrown by many sambng

plants to meditate about where he should go to find the stpring.

During his meditation, a huge pig appeared. The pig proceeded to loosen the soil and formed a mound resembling a hill, in an attempt to distract Ida Pedanda Hender from his meditation.

One of Ida Pendanda Hender’s companions however saw what the pig was doing and shooed the pig away. Because the mound abandoned by the huge pig resembled a hill, Ida Pedanda Hender then named the location Buung Hill. In his meditation Ida Pedanda Hender however did manage to find the location of the spring that he was looking for.

He then resumed his pilgrimage northwards until he reached the location of the Sudamala spring.

After Ida Pedanda Hender’s visit to the spring, the local

people built a small shrine at the spring. The shrine was built near the current Tirta Sudamala water spouts. “Our senior figures once made a vow that Tirta Sudamala woould be able to repel pests attacking their crops, if they set up a temple near the location of Tirta Sudamala” explained hamlet chief Kariadnya.

In fact, thanks to the Tirta Sudamala, the local community finally managed to keep the monkeys from invading their paddy fields. As promised, the community then established a temple called Tirta Sudamala Temple. Until now, Tirta Sudamala Temple is supported by the community of Sedit hamle.

Temple celebrations for for Tirta Sudamala are normally held every six months (210 days) on Anggarkasih Prangbakat. (kmb)

Hindu community in Bali has a special way to honor the gamelan musical instrument. It is carried out by holding otonan ceremony on the Tumpek Krulut falling on Saniscara (Saturday) Kliwon Krulut (22/10). It is conducted every six months or 210 days. People who have gamelan, the artists and gamelan art troupes are required to implement this ceremony.

Dr. I Gede Arya Sugiarta, Rector of the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar, said that providing ritual for gamelan instrument was mentioned in the Prakempa palm-leaf manuscript on Balinese gamelan. It was mentioned there were four good ways to play Balinese gamelan namely the logic or philosophy, ethics, aesthetics and techniques to play gamelan.

In the ethics was then mentioned about the otonan for gamelan.

To make the gamelan instrument well maintained psychically, it could be done with ritual on Tumpek Krulut. If people would like to learn gamelan, they should perform the ceremony on Tumpek Krulut. “Tradition of holding ritual for gamelan on Tumpek Krulut is indeed a new tradition because we just realized it,” he said.

In the manuscript was mentioned that gamelan ritual was dedicated to God in his manifestation as the god of the arts. After the ceremony, it was expected that all gamelan musicians could play together. “It is based on the belief that after saying prayers people play gamelan together. In essence, it is building a sense of togetherness,” he said.

According to Dr. Arya Sugiarta, the tradition of providing ritual for gamelan began around the 1990s when the Dance Academy of Indonesia (former name of the ISI) learned about the Prakempa manuscript well. “Through our faculty and students, we try to disseminate the information, so that it has now become a tradition,” he added.

The manuscript also mentioned that people were not allowed to overstep the gamelan as an effort to take care of the gamelan well.

In addition to offering some oblations, it should also be followed with good behavior. Essentially, it was the way how to respect to Balinese gamelan accordingly. “If it has been respected and cared for, it will automatically generate the taksu or divine vibration,” he added.

Prakempa manuscript, said Dr. Arya Sugiarta, mentioned the ethics in playing the gamelan such as related to people’s posture.

Gamelan should not be overstepped because the respected goods might not be overstepped. For example, Balinese drums might not be overstepped, but played on thighs in cross-legged position.

“Having been respected in such a way, the taksu would appear by itself,” he said. (kmb)

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The aftermath of cyclone Gita is seen in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, February 13, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media.

Cyclone wreaks havoc in Tonga’s capital, parliament flattened, homes wrecked

WELLINGTON - Tonga’s neighbours scrambled to deliver emergency relief on Tuesday after Cyclone Gita tore across the Pacific island nation in the middle of the night, flattening the parliament, tearing roofs off homes and causing widespread flooding.

There were no confirmed reports of deaths from the Category 4 storm that bought winds of around 200 km (125 miles) per hour, but there were a lot of injured people, some seriously, said Graham Kenna, an Australian government adviser at Tonga’s National Emergency Management Office.

Photos posted on social media showed a wrecked Parliament House building in the capital, as well as extensive flooding and downed power lines. Access to areas outside the capital were hindered by the storm damage and debris.

“The full extent of damage caused by Cyclone Gita is still being assessed but there is an immediate need for assistance on the ground,” NZ Foreign Affairs

Minister Winston Peters said in a statement.

“About 5,700 people sought shelter in evacuation centres overnight, and it is expected these numbers will increase substantially tonight.”

New Zealand is donating NZ$750,000 ($545,000) in aid, and a NZ Air Force Hercules aircraft was due to fly emergency relief supplies into Tonga on Tuesday.

Australia is donating A$350,000 ($275,000) worth of emergency shelter, kitchen and hygiene kits, while the country’s foreign minister said the Australian Defence Force personnel would assist with clean-up efforts.

The cyclone was heading towards Fiji’s southern islands on Tuesday, with some forecasts reporting it intensifying towards a Category 5 storm. Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama warned residents to “heed warnings and prepare”, although the storm is expected to bypass heavily populated areas.

Gita had pummelled Samoa and American Samoa, about 900 km (560 miles) to the northeast, over the weekend, flooding the Samoan capital, Apia. (rtr)

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Trump Jr.’s wife hospitalized after suspicious powder scare - police NEW YORK - U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Vanessa Trump was taken to a New York hospital on Monday after she opened a piece of mail containing an unidentified white powder that was later determined to be non-hazardous, officials said.

Vanessa Trump, the wife of the president’s eldest son Donald Jr., was hospitalized after she complained of nausea following her exposure, New York officials said. Two other people who were present were also taken to the hospital.

“The substance had arrived by mail and it was addressed to Donald Trump Jr.,” said New York Police Department spokesman Carlos Nieves.

U.S. authorities have been on alert for mail containing white powder since 2001, when envelopes laced with anthrax were sent to media outlets and U.S. lawmakers, killing five people.

Three patients from the household were transported to the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center for further evaluation, said Fire Department spokeswoman Sophia Kim. The three included Vanessa Trump’s mother, although she had not complained of symptoms, the police spokesman said.

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ANC decides...

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Despite the damning decision to order Zuma’s “recall” - ANC-speak for ‘remove from office’ - domestic media have speculated that the 75-year-old might yet defy the party’s wishes, forcing it into the indignity of having to unseat him in parliament.

Shortly before midnight, the SABC state broadcaster said Zuma had been told in person by Ramaphosa that he had 48 hours to resign. A senior party source later told Reuters Zuma had made clear that he was going nowhere.

“Cyril went to speak with him,” the source said, adding that when Ramaphosa returned to the ANC meeting in a Pretoria hotel, the discussions were “tense and diffi-

postmark, ABC News and the New York Post reported, citing unnamed law enforcement sources. NYPD officials declined to comment on that detail.

“Thankful that Vanessa & my children are safe and unharmed after the incredibly scary situation that occurred this morning,” Trump Jr. said on Twitter. “Truly disgusting that certain individuals choose to express their opposing views with such disturbing behavior.”

The U.S. Secret Service, which is charged with protecting members of the president’s family, confirmed it was involved in the investigation, said spokesman Jeffrey Adams.

Trump Jr. in September briefly gave up his Secret Service protection, normally provided to the immediate families of all sitting presidents, the New York Times reported at the time, citing unnamed administration officials. His protective detail was restored after about a week, CNN reported, also citing unnamed sources.

Trump Jr. has been in the public eye for his role in a 2016 meeting in Trump Tower with a Russian attorney and others after the Trump campaign was offered potentially damaging information about Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. (rtr) cult”. “We decided to recall Zuma.

He hasn’t been told yet,” the source said. The ANC said it would hold a media briefing at 1000 GMT to reveal the results of the meeting.

Zuma’s spokesman did not answer his mobile phone. On Friday his wife Tobeka Madiba-Zuma posted comments on Instagram suggesting Zuma, who has challenged and defied attempts by the ANC and courts to rein him in, was prepared to fight and believed he was the victim of a Western conspiracy. “He will finish what he started because he does not take orders beyond the Atlantic Ocean,” she said.

South Africa’s economy, the most sophisticated on the continent, has stagnated under Zuma’s nineyear tenure, with banks and mining firms reluctant to invest because of policy uncertainty and rampant corruption. (rtr)

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Best Minister Award a burden: Mulyani

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A police investigator is seen inside the Lidwina Catholic Church after a knife-wielding attacker wounded four churchgoers in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia February 11, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Indonesia church attacker may have been exposed to radicalism - police chief JAKARTA - A sword-wielding attacker who injured at least three churchgoers and a police officer in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta city at the weekend had attempted to travel to Syria and had showed signs of being radicalised, the national police chief said on Monday. The attack comes amid heightened concerns over religious tension in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, which has also seen a recent resurgence in homegrown militancy.

“There is a strong and concerning indication that he was exposed to radicalism. Radicalism which is proviolence,” National Police Chief Tito Karnavian told reporters in Jakarta.

Police are currently investigating whether the attacker acted alone or with the help of a larger network. Authorities estimate there are hundreds of sympathisers of the group Islamic State in the country. Many who travelled to Syria to join the group have returned as it loses territory in the Middle East, and officials believe they could pose a security threat to Southeast Asia.

Four people were killed and 20 injured in 2016 after an Islamic Statelinked cell used guns and bombs to mount an attack in the heart of

Jakarta’s business district.

There have since been a number of small-scale Islamic State-inspired incidents, including a thwarted suicide attack on the presidential palace last year. President Joko Widodo said Indonesia had “no place for intolerance”.

“Our constitution guarantees freedom of religion, so we will not give a single place to people who act, grow and spread intolerance in our country...Especially for those who adopt violence,” Widodo said on Monday, when asked about incidents targeting religious minorities. Indonesia is predominantly Muslim but has sizeable minorities of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and members of other traditional faith groups.

The church attacker, believed to be a university student, injured at least four people, including a German-born priest and the police official who eventually detained him.

Video footage verified by police showed the church attacker brandishing a long sword, shouting, and lunging at worshippers. Police shot him twice in the leg and he was being treated at a local hospital. They previously said the suspect had been shot in the stomach. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Indonesian finance minister Mulyani said here, Monday, that the `Best Minister in the World Award` she received recently from the World Government Summit was a big burden for her. “I had been invited to the summit, as I would be given an award as the best minister in the world. Wow, it`s a serious title. That`s a burden for me,” she exclaimed from the presidential palace compound while commenting on the award.

She explained that the World Government Summit had asked independent consultant Ernst & Young to evaluate ministers in the world who deserved an award as the best minister.

The criteria, method and selection of nominees were fully determined by Ernst & Young. After searching through various sources, they finally shortlisted eight nominees and “then they received feedback from across the world, including from private parties,

mass media, social media and investors, who then determined who would be the best minister,” she said.

Minister Mulyani thanked President Joko Widodo for having given her the opportunity to perform optimally.

“The leadership of the President and his reform effort have given us the opportunity to focus on fundamental issues, and that is what is being seen,” she noted.

Mulyani said that the award was actually the result of joint reform efforts. “My name merely happened to emerge. Certainly, it gave pride to all personnel of the ministry of finance,” she added.

She hoped the award would further motivate the personnel of the finance ministry to make the national budget better and state finance more efficient and effective for the people. President Joko Widodo also congratulated Mulyani for receiving the award during the cabinet meeting.

Finance minister Mulyani received the award at the World Government Summit in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The global award has been given to one minister every year since 2016. (ant)

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Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesia’s Minister of Finance, receives the Best Minister Award from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates, and ruler of Dubai, during the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates February 11, 2018.

Death of maid treated ‘like a dog’ casts spotlight on migrant abuse in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR - An Indonesian maid forced to sleep outside next to a dog has died after suspected abuse by her employer in Malaysia, sparking calls from activists to end poor treatment of migrant workers. The 21-year-old woman died in a hospital on Sunday, a day after she was rescued from her employer’s home in the northern state of Penang, according to state media.

A 36-year-old woman and her brother are under investigation for suspected murder, police told the state news agency Bernama.

The couple were not named as no charges have been filed.

Campaigners said the death of the maid, who had worked in Malaysia for two years, highlighted a lack of protection for migrant workers in the country amid reports of widespread abuse. Hundreds of thousands of women – mainly from Indonesia, the Philippines and Myanmar – work in homes throughout Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur-based rights group Tenaganita said the case is “symptomatic of a widespread and deep-seated malaise”. “These

cases are not isolated in nature,” Tenaganita’s Executive Director Glorene Das said in a statement on Monday.

The woman was rescued from her employer’s home after someone reported her situation to the office of a local parliamentarian. “We arrived at the house and found her sitting at the porch,” Por Cheng Han, staff member for lawmaker Steven Sim, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from Penang.

“There were wounds on her hands and her face covered in bruises.”

The woman had been forced to

sleep in a covered car parking area attached to the house next to a dog, according to Por. “She was so terrified and couldn’t speak a word, she just shook her head,” added Por, who lodged a report with police.

Officers rescued the maid and took her to hospital. But police said the woman died the next day due to multiple severe injuries, according to Bernama news agency.

Malaysia has introduced regulations to protect domestic workers in recent years after a series of highly-publicised abuse cases, including the 2014 conviction of

a couple who were found guilty of starving an Indonesian maid to death. The regulations include a minimum wage and mandate one day off each week, but rights groups say enforcement is rare.

Reports of abuses remain common, including torture of domestic helpers and others among Malaysia’s 2 million migrant workers, many of whom are believed to be victims of trafficking. Last month, the government said it would set up a special court to hear human trafficking cases, which are on the rise. (rtr)

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Destination

Wednesday, February 2018 Tuesday, February 13,14, 2018

Sangeh Village Bongkasa Village

MANGUPURA - Sangeh Village, Located about 35 km from I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, can be reached within 1 hour. This area is situated in Sangeh Village, Abiansemal Sub-District, Badung regency.

MANGUPURA - Have you Sangeh Forest or sometimes called ever made a visit to Bongkasa as Nutmeg Forest is known for its Pertiwi tourism village? Rafting 13 hectares of forest dominated by lovers or ATV ride adventurers and nutmeg treeswill andsurely majority of its cycling fans be familiar inhabitants are long-tailed gray apes with this village. Understandably, (Macaca fascicularis). this beautiful village is chosen as the mythology, the name theBases finishon point of rafting adventure of Sangeh consists of two words, taking advantage of the challenging namely “Sang” meaning “man” and rapids of the Ayung River. Even, “Ngeh” meaning “See”. So Sangeh more than three rafting companies can be interpreted person who choose finish pointasata this village.

“See”.

According to the legend, Bongkasa Pertiwi village is the located in the Abiansemal subdistrict, Badung, which can be reached by car within about 30 minutes from Denpasar. The trip to the village is really fun. On the right and left side of the road, you can still encounter paddy fields and moors remaining to be cultivated traditionally.

Houses of local residents remain to look everlasting as they are made in accordance with Balinese geomancy or better known as the Kosala Kosali.

In addition to having a wide and

forest which is now called Sangeh occured when a princess of the Gods from Mount Agung wanted to move to Mengwi. In the evening the nutmeg forest also walked to accompany the Goddess. However, on their way, there were people who looked at their hot mix path, the village with cool movement, then the forest stopped environment has friendly commuthere up to the present. The Goddess nity. Foreign travelers are happy then is referred to as having her shrine to make a visit to this village. On at Bukit Sari Temple, the templethe in that account, after enjoying the middle of Sangeh Forest while rafting adventure they make their her cursed the timewarriors to strollwere around the into village monkeys who remained faithful to and visit traditional houses. Even, accompany the Goddess in the forest. some travelers decide to stay at theEntering village. this area, at the Candi Bentar (the gate), there is Pertiwi a large Secretary of Bongkasa statue of a giant knight, namely, village, I Wayan Matyana, said kumbakarna dozthe village being beganattacked to be by known by travelers due to the presence of rafting activities. Many rafting companies chose this village as their finish point. Not only that, many travelers also enjoyed the village beauty by riding ATV and bike. “Several other travelers also have a promenade to enjoy the atmosphere,” he said.

The presence of various adventure facilities, added Matyana, encouraged local housewives to sell various types of beverages ranging from mineral water, young coconut

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ens of apes. The statue depicts the story of Ramayana puppet which is very well known in Bali. Around Kumbakarna Status there are two lion statues. There is a small temple called Melanting Temple in the middle of forest area and large temple called ice, coffee, snacks to lunch pack.

Pucak Sari Temple. At the end of the The location was also different, path to the exit way, there is a giant such as at finish point and at the sacred nutmeg tree. bottom of the cliff near riverbank.

These trees have uniqueness and “Bongkasa community can interact they are called as Lanang and Wadirectly with travelers,” he said. donSuch treescondition (male-female These also trees). encouraged threes named so, because the nutmeg local communities to realize the trees are shaped likeasmale and female Bongkasa village a tourism vilgenital mutually side by side. lage. It was also reinforced byThe the miracle treesRegent constitutes an Decree of of those Badung estabinteresting uniqueness in tourist areas lishing a total of 18 tourism villages of sangeh. (kmb) including the Bongkasa Pertiwi.

“Although having been established as tourism village since 2009, the village has actually developed since 2003, so that it already has supporting institutions,” he said.

Some of them, explained Matyana, were tourism awareness group (Pokdarwis) and freelance tour guides. “We will create a path on the edge of the Ayung River to support the tourism village. It is based on consideration that the beauty of the river lies on the cliff with green trees like being in heaven,”

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Sharapova knocked Anderson retains snowboard out of Qatar opener

by Niculescuwind slopestyle gold in challenging

PYEONGCHANG - Sochi champion Jamie Anderson of the United States battled challenging cross winds that had delayed the start of the final to win her second successive Olympic gold in the women’s snowboard slopestyle at the Pyeongchang Games on Monday.

he said.

As tourism village, added Matyana, the Bongkasa Pertiwi also offer accommodation such as cottage and private house of local community that could be hired by travelers. Even, there were travelers who contracted a piece of

land to establish a private house.

“Honestly, our village does not have special characteristic although there is silversmith receiving orders from the art shop owners in Bali,” he concluded. (kmb)

PYEONGCHANG - Shortly after throwing down her first run in the women’s snowboarding halfpipe final on Tuesday, Korean-American Chloe Kim posted a typical teenage Tweet.

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The start of the final, which included all of the athletes after qualifying was cancelled on Sunday because of poor weather, had been delayed due to the strong winds.

Only five riders made it down the first run without falling in the difficult conditions, which also included hard snow, with Anderson scoring 83.00 points to give her an almost 10-point advantage heading into the second run.

It was enough to hold off Canada’s Laurie Blouin, who took silver with 76.33 on her second run, and Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi, who added bronze to her silver from Sochi four years ago, with 75.38 points.

None of the riders were able to complete two error-free runs. There was a particularly scary moment when Slovakia’s Klaudia Medlova landed flat on her back after missing a grab during her first run but she did complete her second and finished 24th.

Japan’s Reira Iwabuchi, number one in REUTERS/Issei Kato the FIS World Cup rankings, fell twice on Gold medallist Jamie Anderson of the U.S. holds the U.S. flag during the flower ceremony. her first run before also crashing out on the REUTERS/Mike Blake TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY some of her younger who were were possible.” second run. Iwabuchi, one ofKim the lightest Chloe of theridU.S. celebrates her wincompetitors, after the final run. suited for the specific situation.

Anderson has spoken in the build-up to Blouin, who was stretchered off the course ers on the tour, was just one example of the struggling to reign in some of the jumps that went too big for them to handle in the windy the Olympics about the youngest athletes in practice on Friday, completed an incredible top riders struggling in the conditions. pushing her to go harder and she reiterated comeback to clinch the silver medal.

Austrian Anna Gasser, who told reporters conditions.

“It is about who can deal with their nerves that on Monday.

“I caught an edge on the third jump and after the event that the wind conditions made “There is a lot more competition com- slammed my face. I then went to hospital to the event “a lottery”, was another favourite who best and deal with the conditions in the mostruggled and failed to land either of her runs. ment,” said 27-year-old Anderson after the pared to in Sochi. In Sochi I knew I was one check my neck and I was cleared for pracof the best,” she said. tice,” said the Canadian, a big bruise clear final.

She agreed with her rivals that the events “For a lot of years I wasn’t progressing underneath her left eye.

ANDERSON EXPERIENCE “Now I have second place and I don’t Anderson said her experience allowed were hard but also said it was about adjusting but now we are doing tricks I wasn’t doing her to handle the conditions better than to the conditions and putting together a run before. I didn’t think a lot of those tricks believe it. It is a dream come true.” (rtr)

Triumph after tears as Nagasu makes skating history

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Wild card Sharapova, playing in Doha for the first time since 2013, looked on course for victory after taking the first set but struggled to carry forward the momentum against a determined opponent and crashed out after two hours 38 minutes.

Five-times grand slam winner Sharapova was not helped by 11 double faults and 52 unforced errors while her opponent, who fired 12 winners, grew in confidence as the contest went on.

Qualifier Niculescu, who used her slices to good effect and converted six out of seven break points in the match to oust Russian Sharapova, will take on Wimbledon semi-finalist Magdalena Rybarikova or local wild card Fatma Al Nabhani next.

Earlier, Dominika Cibulkova rallied past Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6(8) 6-4 as she progressed to a second round meeting with France’s seventh seed Caroline Garcia.

Romania’s Mihaela Buzarnescu eased past Lesia Tsurenko to set up a clash with sixth-seeded French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, while American qualifier CiCi Bellis advanced after Daria Kasatkina pulled out of their opener with an injury.

Russians Ekaterina Makarova and Anna Blinkova aslo reached the second round. (rtr)

”Hangry” Kim rides expectations to gold

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“Wish I finished my breakfast mother watched her compete for sandwich but my stubborn self the first time in Pyeongchang, said decided not to and now I’m getting her profile had exploded since she hangry,” Kim wrote. arrived at the Olympics.

It was not the kind of social me“My mum is always like ‘post dia activity one would expect from a picture of me, so I can get more a snowboarder about to take their followers, comment on my follow, second run in an Olympic final but like it’,” laughed Kim, looking at then Kim is no ordinary teenager. her mother at the back of the room.

The 17-year-old closed out the “There is definitely a lot hapfinal with a near perfect run to score pening and I did feel a little over98.25 and win the gold medal be- whelmed but I am trying to take in fore telling reporters she had been the whole experience.” on Twitter to help her relax and Kim’s extraordinary runs were that she was craving a burger or a greeted by huge cheers from the Hawaiian pizza. crowd, comfortably the biggest “Social media has been crazy at Phoenix Snow Park during the recently,” Kim said.

Games.

“I came here on Instagram Because of her Korean heritage, with 164,000 and now I have like Kim has attracted swathes of sup300,000 and something, which is port from local fans and is greeted insane. by cheers and requests for selfies REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Kim, whose parents hail from everywhere she goes.

Mirai Nagasu of the U.S. competes.

South Korea and whose grand“Chloe Kim is a hero for both

GANGNEUNG - Four years America and Korea,” said Korean ago, American figure Mirai fan Kim Ji-a who hadskater an American Nagasu was heartbroken after being flag draped across her shoulders. left off the U.S. forwas the Sochi “I wish myteam name Chloe Olympics in favour of said a woman Kim, not Ji-woo Kim,” another who ranked lower than she hadbotat young Korean supporter at the atom key of qualifying event. the halfpipe run.

But on Monday, the woman Korean and American fans celwhose Japanese parents ebrated togetherimmigrant as Kim laid down run sushi restaurant andtricks. mother heraspectacular array of hand-sewed costumes, Dylan, anher American frommade Utah skating history by becoming the who is at the games to support Kim, first American woman -isand believes the teenager theonly best the third woman overall - to land snowboarder in the world. the fiendishly difficultthan tripleShaun Axel “She is better jump at anDylan Olympics.

White,” said. “She is doing Skating stellar routine the things fora the sport that in people women’s free skate portion of the thought women could never do.

She team competition, Nagasu began is amazing and so young.” withKim, a clean triple face Axel has and then whose been went on toacross nail magazine eight other triplein splashed covers jumps, including triple flipKorea, and the United States aand South triple Salchow as she has had to dealcombination with unprecedented helped America(rtr) claim bronze. expectations.

Clearly overjoyed, the 24-year- 2014 despite finishing third in old Nagasu, who was skating at the U.S. nationals as the selectors her second Olympics, pumped her handed the Olympic berth to Ashfists and grinned as she skated off ley Wagner, who finished fourth. the ice.

“Four years ago I was crying “I feel really great,” she said with Adam Rippon because we after her performance. “Going into both didn’t make the team,” she it, I was like a train, get on those said, referring to the men’s singles tracks and get some speed. To nail skater. “So for both of us to be on it the way I did - and even out of the team... is super exciting.” the corner of my eye, I could see Nagasu was born to Japanese my team mates standing in excite- immigrant parents who run a sushi ment.” restaurant in California, where she The only other women to land grew up. Her first name means ‘futhe jump in the Olympics were ture’ in Japanese and she reportedly Japanese skaters Midori Ito and speaks a mixture of Japanese and Mao Asada, and Nagasu joked that English at home with her parents. perhaps her ancestry had played She began skating at the age of a part. five and idolized two-time Olym“Maybe it’s the Japanese genet- pic medalist and skater Michelle ics - but lucky for me I’m Ameri- Kwan. As her career took off, she can, so I’ll be the first U.S. lady,” said it was sometimes difficult to she said after her performance. keep going on the income from a REUTERS She was snubbed for Sochi in Sharapova restaurant. (rtr) Maria

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Chelsea’s Eden Hazard celebrates scoring their first goal with Olivier Giroud

Chelsea beat West Brom to move back into top four

Two goals from Belgian wizard Eden Hazard and another by Victor Moses earned Chelsea a 3-0 home win over struggling West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Monday, easing pressure on coach Antonio Conte following two defeats for the champions. The lively Hazard twisted his way goalwards in the 25th minute before playing a neat one-two with new signing Olivier Giroud who held off defenders to place the ball for the Belgium international to smack it past goalkeeper Ben Foster.

Moses added Chelsea’s second after sprinting down the wing and laying the ball off to Cesc Fabregas, whose flick was deflected back into the Nigerian’s path. Hazard’s second goal wrapped up the points as Chelsea moved back into the top four. In the 71st minute, he received a pass from substitute Alvaro Morata, and jinked past defender Jonny Evans to lift the ball into the net.

Chelsea have 53 points from 27 games, one point ahead of London rivals Tottenham Hotspur and a point behind third-placed Liverpool in the race for Champions League qualifying spots.

A beaming Conte, whose side had lost their previous two Premier League games at home to Bournemouth and at Watford, hurried round the pitch after the whistle, shaking hands.

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in charge, has had a strained relationship with the club hierarchy since last summer after disagreements over buying players and British media suggested he would leave at the end of the season. But his players, so lacklustre against Watford, looked energised after a week’s rest. France international Giroud, who joined last month from Arsenal, provided a target man and combined well with Hazard and Fabregas.

He left the pitch to applause in the 70th minute, his head swathed in bandages after he was kicked in a goalmouth melee in the first half. “He is a great target man,” Hazard told Sky Sports. “Maybe one of the best in England. So we can pass the ball and go around him. He is a good point of reference. We have plenty though as we have him, Alvaro and I can play striker also.”

It was a miserable night for Alan Pardew’s West Brom side, who have won once in their last 25 Premier League games. Despite a lively start they managed one shot on target.

The disappointment was compounded with the loss of Daniel Sturridge barely three minutes into the game. The striker, on loan from Liverpool, limped off to be replaced by Jay Rodriguez.

The visitors also failed to convert good chances that fell to Jonny Evans, Salomon Rondon and Rodriguez.

Chelsea are still competing on three fronts.

They face Hull City in the FA Cup fifth ruond on Friday before meeting Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League on Feb. 20. (rtr)

Tottenham Hotspur will find out if they can compete with Europe’s elite when they take on an experienced Juventus side in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday, according to their manager Mauricio Pochettino. Spurs reached the knockout stage by topping Group H, which included Borussia Dortmund and holders Real Madrid, but their Argentine manager suggested on Monday that the biggest test of their campaign would be against the Italians.

“Tomorrow, we’ll see if we can compete at this level,” Pochettino told a news conference. “Juventus have plenty of experience and we need to reach their level with motivation, energy and the desire to compete.

“We are going to be brave, we are going to try to win. We need to play with freedom and clear ideas.

It’s a game we must enjoy,” he added before they face a Juve side who have lost in two of the last three Champions League finals.

Tottenham striker Harry Kane said the ambitious London club, who move into a new stadium next season, were heading into the game with plenty of belief and he was hopeful they could take something back to Wembley for the return leg next month.

“Nobody expected us to get out of our group and so we come here with great confidence... It will be tough tomorrow night but hopefully we can get the job done,” he said.

Spurs defender Toby Alderweireld, who recently returned to action after a hamstring injury, did not travel with the squad after Pochettino decided to ease the Belgian back in.

“He had a massive injury and from day one we designed a plan to provide him with the best tools to recover as soon as possible and to be stronger than before,” the Spurs coach said. “He has started to work with the team and it’s our judgement that he needs to build his fitness.” (rtr)

Portugal FA says VAR wrongly used to disallow goal

LISBON - The video replay system (VAR) being trialled in various leagues around the world ran into more controversy on Monday when the Portuguese federation (FPF) said it had been wrongly used to disallow a goal at the weekend.

The FPF said in a statement that it had “established that there was a move in which the refereeing team misinterpreted the VAR protocol, leading to the goal to be wrongly disallowed.”

The FPF did not specifically mention the goal or game but its description matched an incident in Sporting’s 2-0 win over Feirense in the Portuguese top flight on Sunday.

Sporting forward Seydou Doumbia had a goal disallowed in the 18th minute following a VAR review because of a foul by his team mate Bruno Fernandes which happened nearly 20 seconds earlier deep in his own half. In between the foul and the goal, Sporting lost possession to Feirense before winning the ball back -- and the FPF said in a detailed explanation that the referee

REUTERS/Max Rossi

World Cup in Russia.

However, trials in various leagues have been surrounded by controversy with complaints over the time taken to make decisions

Riazor stadium at full time following Depor’s a fourth defeat in six games in 2018. They are 19th in the standings, three points adrift of the safety zone, while Betis climbed to eighth.

Seedorf, a Champions League winner four times as a player, with Ajax Amsterdam, Real Madrid and AC Milan (twice), was the surprise choice last week to succeed the sacked Cristobal Parralo given his limited experience as a manager, having had only brief stints at Milan and Chinese side Shenzhen FC. However, despite Monday’s defeat, the enthusiastic Dutchman felt his Depor side had shown signs of life.

“Right now we have to look at the things that we did well. It was a difficult game because they use the ball very well, but the team always stayed organised, leaving little space for them to create proper

and also that referees still make mistakes even after consulting the replay.

There was a bizarre incident in Portugal last week when Aves

Seydou Doumbia

Seedorf suffers losing start as Deportivo lose to Betis

Netherlands great Clarence Seedorf got off on the wrong foot in his first game in charge of struggling Deportivo La Coruna as his side lost 1-0 at home to Real Betis in La Liga on Monday. Betis forward Lorenzo Moron kicked on from his dream debut against Villarreal last weekend by netting the only goal of the game in the 55th minute, his third strike in his second appearance in the Betis first team.

The Spaniard, known as Loren, slid in to meet a low cross and scuffed it into the net off the foot of hapless Depor goalkeeper Ruben Martinez.

Deportivo rallied after going behind and striker Florin Andone hit the post and in added time fired just wide of goal, moments after team mate Celso Borges had come agonisingly close to scoring for the home side.

Boos and whistles rang around the

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino during training

and video assistant should not have gone so far back.

“The VAR protocol rules that, if a team commits a foul during the attack and, as a result of this, scores a goal or wins a penalty, the... goal or penalty should be disallowed and the foul awarded,” said the FPF in a statement.

“The International Football Board (IFAB), in a recent clarification to the Portuguese referees, defined the attack as a move which goes rapidly towards the opposing goal.”

But, said the FPF, if a team passed the ball backwards or the opposition got hold of the ball as Feirense did, then anything that happened before that could no long be considered part of the same attack. In such a case, the FPF said, “it becomes a new attack, which wipes out any fouls committed in the previous phase of the attack.”

Football’s law-making body IFAB is due to decide on March 3 whether to approve the use of VAR and FIFA has already said it wants to deploy the system at this year’s

chances,” Seedorf told reporters.

“The team fought well, we played as a team and this is the path we need to follow. We wanted a different result but there are more games to come and we are convinced this is the way to go.

We have already seen a change in energy and attitude.”

Betis forward Loren said he was still in dreamland after adding to his brace in the 2-1 win over Villarreal on his debut.

“I’m still dreaming from my debut and it has continued to this week but the most important thing is how my team mates have welcomed me and how well they are working as it’s not just about goals,” he said. “We had to suffer a little for the three points today but that makes them taste even better.” (rtr)

scored against Boavista from what appeared to be an offside position but VAR could not be used because the camera for that part of the pitch was covered by a fan’s flag. (rtr)

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Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard celebrates scoring their first goal with Olivier Giroud

Chelsea beat West Brom to move back into top four

Two goals from Belgian wizard Eden Hazard and another by Victor Moses earned Chelsea a 3-0 home win over struggling West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Monday, easing pressure on coach Antonio Conte following two defeats for the champions. The lively Hazard twisted his way goalwards in the 25th minute before playing a neat one-two with new signing Olivier Giroud who held off defenders to place the ball for the Belgium international to smack it past goalkeeper Ben Foster.

Moses added Chelsea’s second after sprinting down the wing and laying the ball off to Cesc Fabregas, whose flick was deflected back into the Nigerian’s path. Hazard’s second goal wrapped up the points as Chelsea moved back into the top four. In the 71st minute, he received a pass from substitute Alvaro Morata, and jinked past defender Jonny Evans to lift the ball into the net.

Chelsea have 53 points from 27 games, one point ahead of London rivals Tottenham Hotspur and a point behind third-placed Liverpool in the race for Champions League qualifying spots.

A beaming Conte, whose side had lost their previous two Premier League games at home to Bournemouth and at Watford, hurried round the pitch after the whistle, shaking hands.

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in charge, has had a strained relationship with the club hierarchy since last summer after disagreements over buying players and British media suggested he would leave at the end of the season. But his players, so lacklustre against Watford, looked energised after a week’s rest. France international Giroud, who joined last month from Arsenal, provided a target man and combined well with Hazard and Fabregas.

He left the pitch to applause in the 70th minute, his head swathed in bandages after he was kicked in a goalmouth melee in the first half. “He is a great target man,” Hazard told Sky Sports. “Maybe one of the best in England. So we can pass the ball and go around him. He is a good point of reference. We have plenty though as we have him, Alvaro and I can play striker also.”

It was a miserable night for Alan Pardew’s West Brom side, who have won once in their last 25 Premier League games. Despite a lively start they managed one shot on target.

The disappointment was compounded with the loss of Daniel Sturridge barely three minutes into the game. The striker, on loan from Liverpool, limped off to be replaced by Jay Rodriguez.

The visitors also failed to convert good chances that fell to Jonny Evans, Salomon Rondon and Rodriguez.

Chelsea are still competing on three fronts.

They face Hull City in the FA Cup fifth ruond on Friday before meeting Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League on Feb. 20. (rtr)

Tottenham Hotspur will find out if they can compete with Europe’s elite when they take on an experienced Juventus side in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday, according to their manager Mauricio Pochettino. Spurs reached the knockout stage by topping Group H, which included Borussia Dortmund and holders Real Madrid, but their Argentine manager suggested on Monday that the biggest test of their campaign would be against the Italians.

“Tomorrow, we’ll see if we can compete at this level,” Pochettino told a news conference. “Juventus have plenty of experience and we need to reach their level with motivation, energy and the desire to compete.

“We are going to be brave, we are going to try to win. We need to play with freedom and clear ideas.

It’s a game we must enjoy,” he added before they face a Juve side who have lost in two of the last three Champions League finals.

Tottenham striker Harry Kane said the ambitious London club, who move into a new stadium next season, were heading into the game with plenty of belief and he was hopeful they could take something back to Wembley for the return leg next month.

“Nobody expected us to get out of our group and so we come here with great confidence... It will be tough tomorrow night but hopefully we can get the job done,” he said.

Spurs defender Toby Alderweireld, who recently returned to action after a hamstring injury, did not travel with the squad after Pochettino decided to ease the Belgian back in.

“He had a massive injury and from day one we designed a plan to provide him with the best tools to recover as soon as possible and to be stronger than before,” the Spurs coach said. “He has started to work with the team and it’s our judgement that he needs to build his fitness.” (rtr)

Portugal FA says VAR wrongly used to disallow goal

LISBON - The video replay system (VAR) being trialled in various leagues around the world ran into more controversy on Monday when the Portuguese federation (FPF) said it had been wrongly used to disallow a goal at the weekend.

The FPF said in a statement that it had “established that there was a move in which the refereeing team misinterpreted the VAR protocol, leading to the goal to be wrongly disallowed.”

The FPF did not specifically mention the goal or game but its description matched an incident in Sporting’s 2-0 win over Feirense in the Portuguese top flight on Sunday.

Sporting forward Seydou Doumbia had a goal disallowed in the 18th minute following a VAR review because of a foul by his team mate Bruno Fernandes which happened nearly 20 seconds earlier deep in his own half. In between the foul and the goal, Sporting lost possession to Feirense before winning the ball back -- and the FPF said in a detailed explanation that the referee

REUTERS/Max Rossi

World Cup in Russia.

However, trials in various leagues have been surrounded by controversy with complaints over the time taken to make decisions

Riazor stadium at full time following Depor’s a fourth defeat in six games in 2018. They are 19th in the standings, three points adrift of the safety zone, while Betis climbed to eighth.

Seedorf, a Champions League winner four times as a player, with Ajax Amsterdam, Real Madrid and AC Milan (twice), was the surprise choice last week to succeed the sacked Cristobal Parralo given his limited experience as a manager, having had only brief stints at Milan and Chinese side Shenzhen FC. However, despite Monday’s defeat, the enthusiastic Dutchman felt his Depor side had shown signs of life.

“Right now we have to look at the things that we did well. It was a difficult game because they use the ball very well, but the team always stayed organised, leaving little space for them to create proper

and also that referees still make mistakes even after consulting the replay.

There was a bizarre incident in Portugal last week when Aves

Seydou Doumbia

Seedorf suffers losing start as Deportivo lose to Betis

Netherlands great Clarence Seedorf got off on the wrong foot in his first game in charge of struggling Deportivo La Coruna as his side lost 1-0 at home to Real Betis in La Liga on Monday. Betis forward Lorenzo Moron kicked on from his dream debut against Villarreal last weekend by netting the only goal of the game in the 55th minute, his third strike in his second appearance in the Betis first team.

The Spaniard, known as Loren, slid in to meet a low cross and scuffed it into the net off the foot of hapless Depor goalkeeper Ruben Martinez.

Deportivo rallied after going behind and striker Florin Andone hit the post and in added time fired just wide of goal, moments after team mate Celso Borges had come agonisingly close to scoring for the home side.

Boos and whistles rang around the

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino during training

and video assistant should not have gone so far back.

“The VAR protocol rules that, if a team commits a foul during the attack and, as a result of this, scores a goal or wins a penalty, the... goal or penalty should be disallowed and the foul awarded,” said the FPF in a statement.

“The International Football Board (IFAB), in a recent clarification to the Portuguese referees, defined the attack as a move which goes rapidly towards the opposing goal.”

But, said the FPF, if a team passed the ball backwards or the opposition got hold of the ball as Feirense did, then anything that happened before that could no long be considered part of the same attack. In such a case, the FPF said, “it becomes a new attack, which wipes out any fouls committed in the previous phase of the attack.”

Football’s law-making body IFAB is due to decide on March 3 whether to approve the use of VAR and FIFA has already said it wants to deploy the system at this year’s

chances,” Seedorf told reporters.

“The team fought well, we played as a team and this is the path we need to follow. We wanted a different result but there are more games to come and we are convinced this is the way to go.

We have already seen a change in energy and attitude.”

Betis forward Loren said he was still in dreamland after adding to his brace in the 2-1 win over Villarreal on his debut.

“I’m still dreaming from my debut and it has continued to this week but the most important thing is how my team mates have welcomed me and how well they are working as it’s not just about goals,” he said. “We had to suffer a little for the three points today but that makes them taste even better.” (rtr)

scored against Boavista from what appeared to be an offside position but VAR could not be used because the camera for that part of the pitch was covered by a fan’s flag. (rtr)

IBP/net

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Sangeh Village Bongkasa Village

MANGUPURA - Sangeh Village, Located about 35 km from I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, can be reached within 1 hour. This area is situated in Sangeh Village, Abiansemal Sub-District, Badung regency.

MANGUPURA - Have you Sangeh Forest or sometimes called ever made a visit to Bongkasa as Nutmeg Forest is known for its Pertiwi tourism village? Rafting 13 hectares of forest dominated by lovers or ATV ride adventurers and nutmeg treeswill andsurely majority of its cycling fans be familiar inhabitants are long-tailed gray apes with this village. Understandably, (Macaca fascicularis). this beautiful village is chosen as the mythology, the name theBases finishon point of rafting adventure of Sangeh consists of two words, taking advantage of the challenging namely “Sang” meaning “man” and rapids of the Ayung River. Even, “Ngeh” meaning “See”. So Sangeh more than three rafting companies can be interpreted person who choose finish pointasata this village.

“See”.

According to the legend, Bongkasa Pertiwi village is the located in the Abiansemal subdistrict, Badung, which can be reached by car within about 30 minutes from Denpasar. The trip to the village is really fun. On the right and left side of the road, you can still encounter paddy fields and moors remaining to be cultivated traditionally.

Houses of local residents remain to look everlasting as they are made in accordance with Balinese geomancy or better known as the Kosala Kosali.

In addition to having a wide and

forest which is now called Sangeh occured when a princess of the Gods from Mount Agung wanted to move to Mengwi. In the evening the nutmeg forest also walked to accompany the Goddess. However, on their way, there were people who looked at their hot mix path, the village with cool movement, then the forest stopped environment has friendly commuthere up to the present. The Goddess nity. Foreign travelers are happy then is referred to as having her shrine to make a visit to this village. On at Bukit Sari Temple, the templethe in that account, after enjoying the middle of Sangeh Forest while rafting adventure they make their her cursed the timewarriors to strollwere around the into village monkeys who remained faithful to and visit traditional houses. Even, accompany the Goddess in the forest. some travelers decide to stay at theEntering village. this area, at the Candi Bentar (the gate), there is Pertiwi a large Secretary of Bongkasa statue of a giant knight, namely, village, I Wayan Matyana, said kumbakarna dozthe village being beganattacked to be by known by travelers due to the presence of rafting activities. Many rafting companies chose this village as their finish point. Not only that, many travelers also enjoyed the village beauty by riding ATV and bike. “Several other travelers also have a promenade to enjoy the atmosphere,” he said.

The presence of various adventure facilities, added Matyana, encouraged local housewives to sell various types of beverages ranging from mineral water, young coconut

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ens of apes. The statue depicts the story of Ramayana puppet which is very well known in Bali. Around Kumbakarna Status there are two lion statues. There is a small temple called Melanting Temple in the middle of forest area and large temple called ice, coffee, snacks to lunch pack.

Pucak Sari Temple. At the end of the The location was also different, path to the exit way, there is a giant such as at finish point and at the sacred nutmeg tree. bottom of the cliff near riverbank.

These trees have uniqueness and “Bongkasa community can interact they are called as Lanang and Wadirectly with travelers,” he said. donSuch treescondition (male-female These also trees). encouraged threes named so, because the nutmeg local communities to realize the trees are shaped likeasmale and female Bongkasa village a tourism vilgenital mutually side by side. lage. It was also reinforced byThe the miracle treesRegent constitutes an Decree of of those Badung estabinteresting uniqueness in tourist areas lishing a total of 18 tourism villages of sangeh. (kmb) including the Bongkasa Pertiwi.

“Although having been established as tourism village since 2009, the village has actually developed since 2003, so that it already has supporting institutions,” he said.

Some of them, explained Matyana, were tourism awareness group (Pokdarwis) and freelance tour guides. “We will create a path on the edge of the Ayung River to support the tourism village. It is based on consideration that the beauty of the river lies on the cliff with green trees like being in heaven,”

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PYEONGCHANG - Sochi champion Jamie Anderson of the United States battled challenging cross winds that had delayed the start of the final to win her second successive Olympic gold in the women’s snowboard slopestyle at the Pyeongchang Games on Monday.

he said.

As tourism village, added Matyana, the Bongkasa Pertiwi also offer accommodation such as cottage and private house of local community that could be hired by travelers. Even, there were travelers who contracted a piece of

land to establish a private house.

“Honestly, our village does not have special characteristic although there is silversmith receiving orders from the art shop owners in Bali,” he concluded. (kmb)

PYEONGCHANG - Shortly after throwing down her first run in the women’s snowboarding halfpipe final on Tuesday, Korean-American Chloe Kim posted a typical teenage Tweet.

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The start of the final, which included all of the athletes after qualifying was cancelled on Sunday because of poor weather, had been delayed due to the strong winds.

Only five riders made it down the first run without falling in the difficult conditions, which also included hard snow, with Anderson scoring 83.00 points to give her an almost 10-point advantage heading into the second run.

It was enough to hold off Canada’s Laurie Blouin, who took silver with 76.33 on her second run, and Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi, who added bronze to her silver from Sochi four years ago, with 75.38 points.

None of the riders were able to complete two error-free runs. There was a particularly scary moment when Slovakia’s Klaudia Medlova landed flat on her back after missing a grab during her first run but she did complete her second and finished 24th.

Japan’s Reira Iwabuchi, number one in REUTERS/Issei Kato the FIS World Cup rankings, fell twice on Gold medallist Jamie Anderson of the U.S. holds the U.S. flag during the flower ceremony. her first run before also crashing out on the REUTERS/Mike Blake TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY some of her younger who were were possible.” second run. Iwabuchi, one ofKim the lightest Chloe of theridU.S. celebrates her wincompetitors, after the final run. suited for the specific situation.

Anderson has spoken in the build-up to Blouin, who was stretchered off the course ers on the tour, was just one example of the struggling to reign in some of the jumps that went too big for them to handle in the windy the Olympics about the youngest athletes in practice on Friday, completed an incredible top riders struggling in the conditions. pushing her to go harder and she reiterated comeback to clinch the silver medal.

Austrian Anna Gasser, who told reporters conditions.

“It is about who can deal with their nerves that on Monday.

“I caught an edge on the third jump and after the event that the wind conditions made “There is a lot more competition com- slammed my face. I then went to hospital to the event “a lottery”, was another favourite who best and deal with the conditions in the mostruggled and failed to land either of her runs. ment,” said 27-year-old Anderson after the pared to in Sochi. In Sochi I knew I was one check my neck and I was cleared for pracof the best,” she said. tice,” said the Canadian, a big bruise clear final.

She agreed with her rivals that the events “For a lot of years I wasn’t progressing underneath her left eye.

ANDERSON EXPERIENCE “Now I have second place and I don’t Anderson said her experience allowed were hard but also said it was about adjusting but now we are doing tricks I wasn’t doing her to handle the conditions better than to the conditions and putting together a run before. I didn’t think a lot of those tricks believe it. It is a dream come true.” (rtr)

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DOHA - Maria Sharapova looked out of sorts after surrendering an early advantage as she was stunned 4-6 6-4 6-3 by Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu in the Qatar Open first round on Monday.

Wild card Sharapova, playing in Doha for the first time since 2013, looked on course for victory after taking the first set but struggled to carry forward the momentum against a determined opponent and crashed out after two hours 38 minutes.

Five-times grand slam winner Sharapova was not helped by 11 double faults and 52 unforced errors while her opponent, who fired 12 winners, grew in confidence as the contest went on.

Qualifier Niculescu, who used her slices to good effect and converted six out of seven break points in the match to oust Russian Sharapova, will take on Wimbledon semi-finalist Magdalena Rybarikova or local wild card Fatma Al Nabhani next.

Earlier, Dominika Cibulkova rallied past Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6(8) 6-4 as she progressed to a second round meeting with France’s seventh seed Caroline Garcia.

Romania’s Mihaela Buzarnescu eased past Lesia Tsurenko to set up a clash with sixth-seeded French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, while American qualifier CiCi Bellis advanced after Daria Kasatkina pulled out of their opener with an injury.

Russians Ekaterina Makarova and Anna Blinkova aslo reached the second round. (rtr)

”Hangry” Kim rides expectations to gold

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“Wish I finished my breakfast mother watched her compete for sandwich but my stubborn self the first time in Pyeongchang, said decided not to and now I’m getting her profile had exploded since she hangry,” Kim wrote. arrived at the Olympics.

It was not the kind of social me“My mum is always like ‘post dia activity one would expect from a picture of me, so I can get more a snowboarder about to take their followers, comment on my follow, second run in an Olympic final but like it’,” laughed Kim, looking at then Kim is no ordinary teenager. her mother at the back of the room.

The 17-year-old closed out the “There is definitely a lot hapfinal with a near perfect run to score pening and I did feel a little over98.25 and win the gold medal be- whelmed but I am trying to take in fore telling reporters she had been the whole experience.” on Twitter to help her relax and Kim’s extraordinary runs were that she was craving a burger or a greeted by huge cheers from the Hawaiian pizza. crowd, comfortably the biggest “Social media has been crazy at Phoenix Snow Park during the recently,” Kim said.

Games.

“I came here on Instagram Because of her Korean heritage, with 164,000 and now I have like Kim has attracted swathes of sup300,000 and something, which is port from local fans and is greeted insane. by cheers and requests for selfies REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Kim, whose parents hail from everywhere she goes.

Mirai Nagasu of the U.S. competes.

South Korea and whose grand“Chloe Kim is a hero for both

GANGNEUNG - Four years America and Korea,” said Korean ago, American figure Mirai fan Kim Ji-a who hadskater an American Nagasu was heartbroken after being flag draped across her shoulders. left off the U.S. forwas the Sochi “I wish myteam name Chloe Olympics in favour of said a woman Kim, not Ji-woo Kim,” another who ranked lower than she hadbotat young Korean supporter at the atom key of qualifying event. the halfpipe run.

But on Monday, the woman Korean and American fans celwhose Japanese parents ebrated togetherimmigrant as Kim laid down run sushi restaurant andtricks. mother heraspectacular array of hand-sewed costumes, Dylan, anher American frommade Utah skating history by becoming the who is at the games to support Kim, first American woman -isand believes the teenager theonly best the third woman overall - to land snowboarder in the world. the fiendishly difficultthan tripleShaun Axel “She is better jump at anDylan Olympics.

White,” said. “She is doing Skating stellar routine the things fora the sport that in people women’s free skate portion of the thought women could never do.

She team competition, Nagasu began is amazing and so young.” withKim, a clean triple face Axel has and then whose been went on toacross nail magazine eight other triplein splashed covers jumps, including triple flipKorea, and the United States aand South triple Salchow as she has had to dealcombination with unprecedented helped America(rtr) claim bronze. expectations.

Clearly overjoyed, the 24-year- 2014 despite finishing third in old Nagasu, who was skating at the U.S. nationals as the selectors her second Olympics, pumped her handed the Olympic berth to Ashfists and grinned as she skated off ley Wagner, who finished fourth. the ice.

“Four years ago I was crying “I feel really great,” she said with Adam Rippon because we after her performance. “Going into both didn’t make the team,” she it, I was like a train, get on those said, referring to the men’s singles tracks and get some speed. To nail skater. “So for both of us to be on it the way I did - and even out of the team... is super exciting.” the corner of my eye, I could see Nagasu was born to Japanese my team mates standing in excite- immigrant parents who run a sushi ment.” restaurant in California, where she The only other women to land grew up. Her first name means ‘futhe jump in the Olympics were ture’ in Japanese and she reportedly Japanese skaters Midori Ito and speaks a mixture of Japanese and Mao Asada, and Nagasu joked that English at home with her parents. perhaps her ancestry had played She began skating at the age of a part. five and idolized two-time Olym“Maybe it’s the Japanese genet- pic medalist and skater Michelle ics - but lucky for me I’m Ameri- Kwan. As her career took off, she can, so I’ll be the first U.S. lady,” said it was sometimes difficult to she said after her performance. keep going on the income from a REUTERS She was snubbed for Sochi in Sharapova restaurant. (rtr) Maria

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The aftermath of cyclone Gita is seen in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, February 13, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media.

Cyclone wreaks havoc in Tonga’s capital, parliament flattened, homes wrecked

WELLINGTON - Tonga’s neighbours scrambled to deliver emergency relief on Tuesday after Cyclone Gita tore across the Pacific island nation in the middle of the night, flattening the parliament, tearing roofs off homes and causing widespread flooding.

There were no confirmed reports of deaths from the Category 4 storm that bought winds of around 200 km (125 miles) per hour, but there were a lot of injured people, some seriously, said Graham Kenna, an Australian government adviser at Tonga’s National Emergency Management Office.

Photos posted on social media showed a wrecked Parliament House building in the capital, as well as extensive flooding and downed power lines. Access to areas outside the capital were hindered by the storm damage and debris.

“The full extent of damage caused by Cyclone Gita is still being assessed but there is an immediate need for assistance on the ground,” NZ Foreign Affairs

Minister Winston Peters said in a statement.

“About 5,700 people sought shelter in evacuation centres overnight, and it is expected these numbers will increase substantially tonight.”

New Zealand is donating NZ$750,000 ($545,000) in aid, and a NZ Air Force Hercules aircraft was due to fly emergency relief supplies into Tonga on Tuesday.

Australia is donating A$350,000 ($275,000) worth of emergency shelter, kitchen and hygiene kits, while the country’s foreign minister said the Australian Defence Force personnel would assist with clean-up efforts.

The cyclone was heading towards Fiji’s southern islands on Tuesday, with some forecasts reporting it intensifying towards a Category 5 storm. Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama warned residents to “heed warnings and prepare”, although the storm is expected to bypass heavily populated areas.

Gita had pummelled Samoa and American Samoa, about 900 km (560 miles) to the northeast, over the weekend, flooding the Samoan capital, Apia. (rtr)

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Trump Jr.’s wife hospitalized after suspicious powder scare - police NEW YORK - U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Vanessa Trump was taken to a New York hospital on Monday after she opened a piece of mail containing an unidentified white powder that was later determined to be non-hazardous, officials said.

Vanessa Trump, the wife of the president’s eldest son Donald Jr., was hospitalized after she complained of nausea following her exposure, New York officials said. Two other people who were present were also taken to the hospital.

“The substance had arrived by mail and it was addressed to Donald Trump Jr.,” said New York Police Department spokesman Carlos Nieves.

U.S. authorities have been on alert for mail containing white powder since 2001, when envelopes laced with anthrax were sent to media outlets and U.S. lawmakers, killing five people.

Three patients from the household were transported to the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center for further evaluation, said Fire Department spokeswoman Sophia Kim. The three included Vanessa Trump’s mother, although she had not complained of symptoms, the police spokesman said.

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Despite the damning decision to order Zuma’s “recall” - ANC-speak for ‘remove from office’ - domestic media have speculated that the 75-year-old might yet defy the party’s wishes, forcing it into the indignity of having to unseat him in parliament.

Shortly before midnight, the SABC state broadcaster said Zuma had been told in person by Ramaphosa that he had 48 hours to resign. A senior party source later told Reuters Zuma had made clear that he was going nowhere.

“Cyril went to speak with him,” the source said, adding that when Ramaphosa returned to the ANC meeting in a Pretoria hotel, the discussions were “tense and diffi-

postmark, ABC News and the New York Post reported, citing unnamed law enforcement sources. NYPD officials declined to comment on that detail.

“Thankful that Vanessa & my children are safe and unharmed after the incredibly scary situation that occurred this morning,” Trump Jr. said on Twitter. “Truly disgusting that certain individuals choose to express their opposing views with such disturbing behavior.”

The U.S. Secret Service, which is charged with protecting members of the president’s family, confirmed it was involved in the investigation, said spokesman Jeffrey Adams.

Trump Jr. in September briefly gave up his Secret Service protection, normally provided to the immediate families of all sitting presidents, the New York Times reported at the time, citing unnamed administration officials. His protective detail was restored after about a week, CNN reported, also citing unnamed sources.

Trump Jr. has been in the public eye for his role in a 2016 meeting in Trump Tower with a Russian attorney and others after the Trump campaign was offered potentially damaging information about Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. (rtr) cult”. “We decided to recall Zuma.

He hasn’t been told yet,” the source said. The ANC said it would hold a media briefing at 1000 GMT to reveal the results of the meeting.

Zuma’s spokesman did not answer his mobile phone. On Friday his wife Tobeka Madiba-Zuma posted comments on Instagram suggesting Zuma, who has challenged and defied attempts by the ANC and courts to rein him in, was prepared to fight and believed he was the victim of a Western conspiracy. “He will finish what he started because he does not take orders beyond the Atlantic Ocean,” she said.

South Africa’s economy, the most sophisticated on the continent, has stagnated under Zuma’s nineyear tenure, with banks and mining firms reluctant to invest because of policy uncertainty and rampant corruption. (rtr)

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A police investigator is seen inside the Lidwina Catholic Church after a knife-wielding attacker wounded four churchgoers in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia February 11, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Indonesia church attacker may have been exposed to radicalism - police chief JAKARTA - A sword-wielding attacker who injured at least three churchgoers and a police officer in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta city at the weekend had attempted to travel to Syria and had showed signs of being radicalised, the national police chief said on Monday. The attack comes amid heightened concerns over religious tension in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, which has also seen a recent resurgence in homegrown militancy.

“There is a strong and concerning indication that he was exposed to radicalism. Radicalism which is proviolence,” National Police Chief Tito Karnavian told reporters in Jakarta.

Police are currently investigating whether the attacker acted alone or with the help of a larger network. Authorities estimate there are hundreds of sympathisers of the group Islamic State in the country. Many who travelled to Syria to join the group have returned as it loses territory in the Middle East, and officials believe they could pose a security threat to Southeast Asia.

Four people were killed and 20 injured in 2016 after an Islamic Statelinked cell used guns and bombs to mount an attack in the heart of

Jakarta’s business district.

There have since been a number of small-scale Islamic State-inspired incidents, including a thwarted suicide attack on the presidential palace last year. President Joko Widodo said Indonesia had “no place for intolerance”.

“Our constitution guarantees freedom of religion, so we will not give a single place to people who act, grow and spread intolerance in our country...Especially for those who adopt violence,” Widodo said on Monday, when asked about incidents targeting religious minorities. Indonesia is predominantly Muslim but has sizeable minorities of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and members of other traditional faith groups.

The church attacker, believed to be a university student, injured at least four people, including a German-born priest and the police official who eventually detained him.

Video footage verified by police showed the church attacker brandishing a long sword, shouting, and lunging at worshippers. Police shot him twice in the leg and he was being treated at a local hospital. They previously said the suspect had been shot in the stomach. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Indonesian finance minister Mulyani said here, Monday, that the `Best Minister in the World Award` she received recently from the World Government Summit was a big burden for her. “I had been invited to the summit, as I would be given an award as the best minister in the world. Wow, it`s a serious title. That`s a burden for me,” she exclaimed from the presidential palace compound while commenting on the award.

She explained that the World Government Summit had asked independent consultant Ernst & Young to evaluate ministers in the world who deserved an award as the best minister.

The criteria, method and selection of nominees were fully determined by Ernst & Young. After searching through various sources, they finally shortlisted eight nominees and “then they received feedback from across the world, including from private parties,

mass media, social media and investors, who then determined who would be the best minister,” she said.

Minister Mulyani thanked President Joko Widodo for having given her the opportunity to perform optimally.

“The leadership of the President and his reform effort have given us the opportunity to focus on fundamental issues, and that is what is being seen,” she noted.

Mulyani said that the award was actually the result of joint reform efforts. “My name merely happened to emerge. Certainly, it gave pride to all personnel of the ministry of finance,” she added.

She hoped the award would further motivate the personnel of the finance ministry to make the national budget better and state finance more efficient and effective for the people. President Joko Widodo also congratulated Mulyani for receiving the award during the cabinet meeting.

Finance minister Mulyani received the award at the World Government Summit in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The global award has been given to one minister every year since 2016. (ant)

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Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesia’s Minister of Finance, receives the Best Minister Award from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates, and ruler of Dubai, during the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates February 11, 2018.

Death of maid treated ‘like a dog’ casts spotlight on migrant abuse in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR - An Indonesian maid forced to sleep outside next to a dog has died after suspected abuse by her employer in Malaysia, sparking calls from activists to end poor treatment of migrant workers. The 21-year-old woman died in a hospital on Sunday, a day after she was rescued from her employer’s home in the northern state of Penang, according to state media.

A 36-year-old woman and her brother are under investigation for suspected murder, police told the state news agency Bernama.

The couple were not named as no charges have been filed.

Campaigners said the death of the maid, who had worked in Malaysia for two years, highlighted a lack of protection for migrant workers in the country amid reports of widespread abuse. Hundreds of thousands of women – mainly from Indonesia, the Philippines and Myanmar – work in homes throughout Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur-based rights group Tenaganita said the case is “symptomatic of a widespread and deep-seated malaise”. “These

cases are not isolated in nature,” Tenaganita’s Executive Director Glorene Das said in a statement on Monday.

The woman was rescued from her employer’s home after someone reported her situation to the office of a local parliamentarian. “We arrived at the house and found her sitting at the porch,” Por Cheng Han, staff member for lawmaker Steven Sim, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from Penang.

“There were wounds on her hands and her face covered in bruises.”

The woman had been forced to

sleep in a covered car parking area attached to the house next to a dog, according to Por. “She was so terrified and couldn’t speak a word, she just shook her head,” added Por, who lodged a report with police.

Officers rescued the maid and took her to hospital. But police said the woman died the next day due to multiple severe injuries, according to Bernama news agency.

Malaysia has introduced regulations to protect domestic workers in recent years after a series of highly-publicised abuse cases, including the 2014 conviction of

a couple who were found guilty of starving an Indonesian maid to death. The regulations include a minimum wage and mandate one day off each week, but rights groups say enforcement is rare.

Reports of abuses remain common, including torture of domestic helpers and others among Malaysia’s 2 million migrant workers, many of whom are believed to be victims of trafficking. Last month, the government said it would set up a special court to hear human trafficking cases, which are on the rise. (rtr)

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WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump with his budget proposal raises his bet that he will boost the economy before high inflation and interest rates get in the way. Congress has already given him tax cuts and increased deficit spending that is expected to stimulate the economy. But here’s the risk: Trump’s stimulus could boost hiring without triggering the kinds of company investments that make workers more productive.

With workers in short supply in many industries, the wages that are now increasing could get eaten away by higher inflation. would be a bad outcome.”

He said this was a necessary gamble. Yes, the additional stimulus might push inflation too high, which would trigger aggressive rate hikes by the independent Federal Reserve.

But price gains might also remain modest, Holtz-Eakin said.

Holtz-Eakin and other conservative economists view cutting taxes for businesses as America’s best chance for long-term growth. With higher economic growth, Washington might be able to tame budget deficits and avoid an eventual crisis over its $20.5 trillion debt. He says the tax cuts for households were economically unnecessary given current strength in the labor market.

Implicit in Trump’s new proposal is a very optimistic economic growth projection of 3 percent a year over the next 10 years. That is well above the roughly 2 percent congressional and private analysts have been predicting. The Fed is watching Trump’s stimulative

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gamble closely. Policymakers say the Fed could accelerate its pace of interest rate hikes if inflation shows signs of taking off.

In the short term, surging deficits raise inflation risks with the jobless rate near a 17-year low. One way to draw workers to a job or retain them is to raise pay. “Because of that, it is important that the (Fed) continues” raising rates, Kansas City Fed President Esther George said in a speech on Thursday. Fed policymakers track corporate investments because spending on machinery, R&D and other boosters that make workers more productive can help companies contain costs and reduce

inflation pressures.

A Chicago Federal Reserve Bank survey last month found companies expect to spend only a quarter of tax savings on capital investments.

About 60 percent would be used to pay down debt, fund mergers and return money to shareholders.

The remaining 15 percent would be spent hiring workers or raising wages. Fed policymakers also worry that unchecked deficits could lead investors to bid up interest rates, making it harder for the government to pay its debts.

“That could make the Federal Reserve’s job more difficult,” New York Fed President William Dudley

told Bloomberg in an interview on Thursday, citing projections by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office for federal debt servicing costs to double over the next 10 years.

Over the long run, higher interest rates could counter all of Trump’s fiscal stimulus, said Jason Furman, a White House chief economist under former Democratic President Barack Obama.

Inflation rates and unemployment rates would be at similar levels, but higher interest rates would crimp future investments. “The short run might be okay. But it chips away at our wealth in the long run,” Furman said. (rtr)

Back on the defensive: euro zone bond yields creep up LONDON - Euro zone government bond yields edged higher on Monday on signs that policymakers, with their eyes on inflation, will continue on their monetary tightening path regardless of recent equity market volatility.

Bond yields across the bloc rose 1 to 2 basis points, while U.S. 10-year Treasury yields touched four-year highs at 2.90 percent as investors flocked back to stock markets at the expense of safehaven bonds.

Germany’s 10-year bond yields, the euro zone’s benchmark, traded

around 0.76 percent, after earlier rising as high as 0.786 percent.

That is near the 2 1/2-year highs hit last week at around 0.81 percent.

“This is just a continuation of the upward trend in bond yields as people reassess economic prospects,” said Grant Lewis, head of research at Daiwa Capital Markets in London. “Even at 2.90 percent, 10-year Treasury yields are still low.”

German bond yields closed Friday with their first weekly decline of the year as a selloff in world stock markets sent investors scur-

rying for safer assets. That put an end to the longest weekly run-up in long-dated German bond yields since 2007.

While stock markets have faced turbulence in the past two weeks, bond investors are braced for an end to the era of ultra-easy cash put in place after the global financial crisis to shore up economies and confidence.

Euro zone debt has been hurt in particular by several European Central Bank officials querying recently whether the ECB’s assetpurchase scheme needs to continue

beyond September.

ECB policymaker Ewald Nowotny’s comments on the weekend were perceived as hawkish, too while unease is building about U.S. inflation numbers due on Wednesday.

In fact, the German bond yield curve on Monday was its steepest since mid-2014, as the gap between short and long-dated bond yields widened to 135 basis points.

The U.S. yield curve is close to its steepest in months, reflecting investor expectations for higher inflation and interest rates.

“There’s a concern about inflation getting out of hand, forcing central banks to change their response from trying to encourage growth to trying to dampen inflation,” said Guy Stear, the co-head of fixed income research at Societe Generale.

Median forecasts are for U.S. consumer price inflation to slow a little to 1.9 percent from a year earlier, mainly because of the base effect of a high reading in January 2017. The core measure is expected to tick down to 1.7 percent. (rtr)

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Tumpek Krulut: Celebration of Gamelan to Invoke Divine Vibration

As Trump gambles with more economic stimulus, the Fed is poised to counter inflation Trump’s $4.4 trillion budget proposal, unveiled on Monday, suggests Congress could cut the federal budget deficit by $3 trillion over 10 years. That’s unlikely.

The budget proposal follows business and household tax cuts enacted last month and a federal funding law passed last week that could push budget deficits to around $1 trillion a year.

The 2019 fiscal budget that Trump just submitted asks for $200 billion for infrastructure spending over 10 years, $18 billion over two years for his wall along the Mexican border and $13 billion to deal with the opioid crisis. It also provides for $716 billion for military programs and for maintaining the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

“If it doesn’t work, we get a larger hole in the long-term budget and no productivity growth,” said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former White House chief economist under Republican President George W. Bush. “That

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Tirta Sudamala Temple

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Tirta Sudamala Temple is located in Sedit hamlet, Bebalang, Bangli. This temple is already well known by Balinese people who often visit the temple om the full moon, the new moon as well as major holidays such as Banyupinaruh. There are twelve water spouts that are used by worshippers to purify themselves with the temple water.

Tirta Sudamala Temple is close to the center of Bangli, and is easy to access. Since the temple is located in the bank of the Sangsang river, worshippers visiting the temple will often descend numerous staits to pruify themselves in Tirta Sudamala as well.

Hamlet chief of Sedit, Gusti Putu Kariyadnya, recently gave a brief explanation of the origins ot Tirta Sudamala Temple. An old inscription says that the establishment of the temple is related to the pilgrimage of Ida Pedanda Hender who, upon the request of the king of Bangli, went looking for a holy spring to take water from for a grandioase ceremony that was to take place. Ida Pedanda Hender started his pilgrimage from the south and sat in a plcae overgrown by many sambng

plants to meditate about where he should go to find the stpring.

During his meditation, a huge pig appeared. The pig proceeded to loosen the soil and formed a mound resembling a hill, in an attempt to distract Ida Pedanda Hender from his meditation.

One of Ida Pendanda Hender’s companions however saw what the pig was doing and shooed the pig away. Because the mound abandoned by the huge pig resembled a hill, Ida Pedanda Hender then named the location Buung Hill. In his meditation Ida Pedanda Hender however did manage to find the location of the spring that he was looking for.

He then resumed his pilgrimage northwards until he reached the location of the Sudamala spring.

After Ida Pedanda Hender’s visit to the spring, the local

people built a small shrine at the spring. The shrine was built near the current Tirta Sudamala water spouts. “Our senior figures once made a vow that Tirta Sudamala woould be able to repel pests attacking their crops, if they set up a temple near the location of Tirta Sudamala” explained hamlet chief Kariadnya.

In fact, thanks to the Tirta Sudamala, the local community finally managed to keep the monkeys from invading their paddy fields. As promised, the community then established a temple called Tirta Sudamala Temple. Until now, Tirta Sudamala Temple is supported by the community of Sedit hamle.

Temple celebrations for for Tirta Sudamala are normally held every six months (210 days) on Anggarkasih Prangbakat. (kmb)

Hindu community in Bali has a special way to honor the gamelan musical instrument. It is carried out by holding otonan ceremony on the Tumpek Krulut falling on Saniscara (Saturday) Kliwon Krulut (22/10). It is conducted every six months or 210 days. People who have gamelan, the artists and gamelan art troupes are required to implement this ceremony.

Dr. I Gede Arya Sugiarta, Rector of the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar, said that providing ritual for gamelan instrument was mentioned in the Prakempa palm-leaf manuscript on Balinese gamelan. It was mentioned there were four good ways to play Balinese gamelan namely the logic or philosophy, ethics, aesthetics and techniques to play gamelan.

In the ethics was then mentioned about the otonan for gamelan.

To make the gamelan instrument well maintained psychically, it could be done with ritual on Tumpek Krulut. If people would like to learn gamelan, they should perform the ceremony on Tumpek Krulut. “Tradition of holding ritual for gamelan on Tumpek Krulut is indeed a new tradition because we just realized it,” he said.

In the manuscript was mentioned that gamelan ritual was dedicated to God in his manifestation as the god of the arts. After the ceremony, it was expected that all gamelan musicians could play together. “It is based on the belief that after saying prayers people play gamelan together. In essence, it is building a sense of togetherness,” he said.

According to Dr. Arya Sugiarta, the tradition of providing ritual for gamelan began around the 1990s when the Dance Academy of Indonesia (former name of the ISI) learned about the Prakempa manuscript well. “Through our faculty and students, we try to disseminate the information, so that it has now become a tradition,” he added.

The manuscript also mentioned that people were not allowed to overstep the gamelan as an effort to take care of the gamelan well.

In addition to offering some oblations, it should also be followed with good behavior. Essentially, it was the way how to respect to Balinese gamelan accordingly. “If it has been respected and cared for, it will automatically generate the taksu or divine vibration,” he added.

Prakempa manuscript, said Dr. Arya Sugiarta, mentioned the ethics in playing the gamelan such as related to people’s posture.

Gamelan should not be overstepped because the respected goods might not be overstepped. For example, Balinese drums might not be overstepped, but played on thighs in cross-legged position.

“Having been respected in such a way, the taksu would appear by itself,” he said. (kmb)

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Regent of Karangasem ready to make ‘Bali Post Goes to School’ successful AMLAPURA — As an effort to recover the situation in Karangasem, Bali Post takes a role to increase reading and writing interest among the children. Bali Post will go to schools through the activities entitled Bali Post Goes to School. Seeing the importance and strategic nature of this activity, Regent of Karangasem, I Gusti Ayu Mas Sumatri, expressed her readiness to fully support the activities. This is a real example to support the acceleration of recovery against the conditions in all sectors in Karangasem.

This was conveyed by Regent Mas Sumatri when receiving the arrival of Bali Post Goes to School Committee at the office of the Karangasem regent on Monday (Feb. 12). According to the regent, nowadays children more frequently play gadgets or online-related materials. If this happens excessively, to be sure it is not good.

This agenda will give an opportunity to children to express their work in mass media. “After going through a difficult time when facing the eruption of Mount Agung, our children desperately need activities like this to make expression, “said Regent Mas Sumatri.

As explained, Chairman of Bali Post Goes to School Committee, I Made Sueca, this agenda targets students at all levels starting from kindergarten, elementary, junior high to high school / vocational school. The activities include Bali Post dance and jingle contest, involving the students of kindergarten, elementary and junior high school. Besides, there are also competition and photography training for junior high and high school/vocational students as well as training and wall magazine contest for junior high and high school/vocational students and poetry reading contest for all levels. “We’ve explained the technical requirements of competition in the dissemination to all contest participants. For those who have not registered yet, we still open the registration until February 23,” said Sueca.

As scheduled, the contest will be held on Saturday (Feb. 24) centered in SMAN 1 Rendang high school. Until Monday, a total of 400 students from all schools in Karangasem declared their confirmation to participate in the activity. This has been seen when the committee to disseminate information about technical activities at SMAN 1 Rendang, recently.

This activity is more vibrant with the support from the main youth organization namely the National Committee of Indonesian Youth (KNPI) of Karangasem. Secretary of KNPI Karangasem, I Gusti Ngurah Setiawan, stated the activity is also a part of KNPI’s duty to play a role in accelerating the recovery of post-eruption condition of Mount Agung, for children, teenagers and the youth.

Psychological condition of children affected by the disaster must be restored with positive and beneficial activities. (gik)

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N.Korea warms to S.Korea after visit, volume down on border propaganda SEOUL- North Korea’s leader said he wants to boost the “warm climate of reconciliation and dialogue” with South Korea after his highlevel delegation returned from a visit to the South, as his foes reiterated the need to keep up maximum pressure and sanctions.

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Local residents still have to survive in the evacuation camp because this time their village is still isolated due to broken off road access.

Village isolated

Residents of Bukit Galah go home to Amerta Bhuana

AMLAPURA - The decline of Mount Agung’s alert status to watch has not entirely relieved the residents of Bukit Galah hamlet, Sebudi, Selat, although the hamlet is located outside the radius of 4 kilometers. Local residents still have to survive in the evacuation camp because this time their village is still isolated due to broken off road access.

Bukit Galah residents previously occupied the evacuation post at Swecapura Stadium, Klungkung.

Considering the hamlet under the Pasar Agung Temple is not yet safe to be occupied, the residents are temporarily shifted to Tegeh hamlet, Amerta Bhuana, Selat. “In total, there are 34 families or 135 people.

They arrived from Swecapura around 15:00 local time by bus,” said Chief Executive of the Karangasem Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), I.B. Ketut Arimbawa, on Monday (Feb. 12).

The evacuees have been prepared with a place in hamlet meeting hall. If not sufficient, the Quick Response Team (TRC) of BPBD with PMI and Pasubaya volunteers will set up emergency tents. Logistics supplies and other supporting facilities have also been dropped from the Tanah Ampo Headquarters. Headman of Amerta Bhuana, I Wayan Suara Arsana, admitted to recommend Tegeh hamlet because it is the nearest hamlet to Bukit Galah. “Tegeh hamlet also exists

in the radius of 10 km, so it is safe even though in warning alert level,” he said.

Headman of Sebudi, Mangku Tinggal, said that Bukit Galah hamlet is indeed in an isolated position. Repatriating residents is very risky because the two entrances to the local hamlet are broken. The broken point is in the Tukad Timus groove in the west of the hamlet and in the Tukad Panti groove in the east side. As long as the broken point has not been fixed, Bukit Galah hamlet is not feasible to be inhabited because there is no road that can be functioned as an evacuation route.

In addition to Bukit Galah in Selat, residents of Pucang hamlet at Ban village, Kubu, should also still settle in the evacuation because their hamlet is located in the radius of 4 km. However, according to headman of Ban, all Pucang residents have returned to their village. They will shift again if the activities of Mount Agung increase. “All the people of Ban

have gone home except for seven families of Belong remaining to evacuate at Siatin, Bangli as hampered by transportation constraints,” he explained.

Potag said that currently the condition of his village is destroyed.

Many public facilities, especially the road infrastructure, are heavily damaged by the cold lava flood.

Belatung Market at Dlungdungan hamlet cannot be functioned as being submerged by mud. So far, there is no certainty when the infrastructure damage will be addressed, including the road infrastructure to Bukit Galah hamlet.

Regent of Karangasem, IGA Mas Sumatri, said the urgent improvements can take advantage of emergency transitional funds.

However, currently the technical team is still doing do mapping for the preparation of mitigation plan.

As for large-scale repairs, the district government through relevant agencies has prepared proposals to central government worth IDR 1.5 trillion. (kmb)

Kim Jong Un gave instructions for measures aimed at more inter-Korean engagement after his younger sister Kim Yo Jong led a three-day visit to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, North Korea’s state media reported on Tuesday.

It did not specify what those instructions were.

The United States has appeared to endorse deeper post-Olympics engagement between the two Koreas that could lead to talks between Pyongyang and Washington. South’s President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday the United States is open to talking with North Korea, Moon’s spokesman told a briefing.

“The United States sees inter-Korean dialogue in a positive light and has expressed its openness for talks with the North,” Moon told Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, according to the spokesman.

U.S. officials also want tough international sanctions to be ramped up to push North Korea to give up its nuclear programme.

That sentiment was repeated by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, who said Moon had agreed it was necessary to keep up maximum pressure on North Korea.

Last year, North Korea conducted dozens of missile launches and its sixth and largest nuclear test in defiance of U.N. resolutions as it pursues its goal of developing a nuclear-armed missile capable of reaching the United States.

Japanese officials took pains to stress there was no daylight between Japan, the United States and South Korea on their approach to dealing with North Korea.

The United States’ “fundamental policy” aimed at denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula has not changed, said a senior Japanese diplomat in a briefing to lawmakers.

“The goal is denuclearisation and the process is dialogue for dialogue, action for action, so if North Korea does not show actions, the United States and Japan will not change their policies,” he said.

A senior military official stationed at the border between North and South Korea told Reuters North Korea has lowered the volume of its border propaganda broadcasts since the Olympics’ opening ceremony on Feb. 9.

“I still hear it, but it is much less than before,” said the official who is stationed on the southern side of the border and spoke on condition of anonymity. (rtr)

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in talks with Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, while watching North Korea’s Samjiyon Orchestra’s performance in Seoul, South Korea, February 11, 2018.

Hong Kong Catholics step up opposition to Vatican deal with Beijing HONG KONG - Catholics in Hong Kong stepped up their opposition to a deal between the Vatican and Beijing on Monday with an all-night prayer vigil and an open letter warning of dire consequences for the faithful in the communist country.

More than 200 people crowded into a hall of the St. Bonaventure Church in a residential neighbourhood to show their concern over the deal, which Vatican sources have said could be signed in the next few months.

“It’s a precarious situation.

There’s a real danger of division,” said one priest at the prayer service who declined to give his name.

The Vatican and China have been moving towards an accord on the appointment of bishops in what would be a historic breakthrough and a precursor to a resumption

in diplomatic relations after seven decades of estrangement.

But the prospect of a deal has sparked stiff opposition from many in the global church, some of whom say the Vatican would be selling out Catholics who have remained faithful to the pope during years of persecution.

The Chinese church is split between the state-backed Catholic Patriotic Association, where bishops are appointed by the government, and an “underground” church whose bishops have been appointed by the pontiff.

As the faithful prayed in Hong Kong, the number of signatories of an online petition against the deal, which would involve the Vatican recognising bishops appointed by the government, rocketed from 20 to nearly 700 within hours. (rtr)

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About 200 Catholics attend a prayer meeting for the Chinese Church after news emerge that Beijing and the Vatican have reached a deal on bishop appointments, in Hong Kong, China February 12, 2018.

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Armed with smartphones, thousands of smallholder farmers across Latin America are set to benefit from a technology boost that will help them deal better with the effects of climate change.

Smartphones boost Latin American farmers in fight against climate change ROME - Armed with smartphones, thousands of smallholder farmers across Latin America are set to benefit from a technology boost that will help them deal better with the effects of climate change.

A three-year agreement will see farmers receive vital information such as weather forecasts and early warnings via their smartphones, as well as online training and equipment to help improve water usage.

“There are 70 countries in the world today that have no access to weather information,” said José Graziano da Silva, director general of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

He was speaking after signing the agreement on Monday with Spain’s Telefónica SA, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies.

“They don’t know if it’s going to rain other than by looking out of the window,” he said, adding that the deal would help to reduce the divide between rural and urban areas on access to information and new technology.

“We believe that there is an urgent need to use the data and information available globally and translate it into useful and accessible information locally, useful to small-scale producers,” he said.

A pilot project will help farmers in El Salvador and Colombia maximise their water resources. It is similar to an existing project of Telefónica’s in Chile, which has struggled with a multi-year drought.

The project in Chile covers 17,000 hectares and ten crops in four regions, and uses specialised equipment whose sensors measure humidity and solar activity, among others, and send data via a low-cost wireless network.

FAO said the project would be replicated in areas of Central America’s “Dry Corridor” which runs through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Home to about 10.5 million people, experts say it is vulnerable to extreme weather exacerbated by climate change.

Once the data is processed, farmers get recommendations specific to their crops on their smartphones, leading to a 20 percent reduction in water usage, said Vicente Muñoz, Telefónica’s chief officer on the Internet of Things (IoT).

“So we have the experience, the knowledge, and the distribution for this collaboration with FAO,” Muñoz told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

IoT refers to devices such as mobile phones, computers, cars and refrigerators that are connected to the internet. (rtr)

SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon. com Inc paid about $90 million to acquire the maker of Blink home security cameras late last year, in a secret bet on the startup’s energyefficient chips, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The deal’s rationale and price tag, previously unreported, underscore how Amazon aims to do more than sell another popular camera, as analysts had thought. The online retailer is exploring chips exclusive to Blink that could lower production costs and lengthen the battery life of other gadgets, starting with Amazon’s Cloud Cam and potentially extending to its family of Echo speakers, one of the people said.

Amazon views its in-house devices as key to deepening its relationship with shoppers. The Cloud Cam and Echo currently need a plug-in power source to operate.

Blink, which says its cameras can last two years on a single pair of AA lithium batteries, could change that.

Amazon declined to comment on the acquisition’s terms or strategy.

The deal so far has drawn little attention. The camera maker announced its takeover by Amazon with scant details in a Dec. 21 blog post. Analysts have viewed Blink as part of the retailer’s strategy for Amazon Key, a new program where shoppers can set up a smart lock and surveillance camera so delivery personnel can slip packages inside their homes when they are away. Amazon also sees opportunity in the security camera market as smart-home technology expands.

But Blink was not merely a camera business. Its little-known

owner, Immedia Semiconductor, was started in Massachusetts by old hands from the chip industry. Chief Executive Peter Besen and two of his co-founders came from Sand Video, which had designed chips in the early 2000s that decoded a new and improved video standard.

In 2004 they sold Sand Video to Broadcom Ltd and remained there as executives, according to an Immedia website. The group left in 2008 to create Immedia, aiming to design chips for video conferencing, and later targeting laptop makers as potential customers.

Dan Grunberg, a co-founder who left Immedia in 2016, said that plan fell through. Laptop makers were unwilling to pay $1 per chip when cheaper options were on the market. So Immedia pivoted.

“If we make our own camera, we don’t have to sell a hundred million” chips, he said. Grunberg declined to discuss Immedia’s sale to Amazon.

The Blink security camera, which hit the market in 2016, did not require a power cable like many rival products, making it easier to place around users’ properties.

It was cheaper, too, starting at $99. Amazon’s wired Cloud Cam launched at $119.99, while Netgear Inc’s wire-free Arlo cost more still.

Netgear said last week it plans to spin off its Arlo business.

“Battery life is a big issue in connected devices,” said Scott Jacobson, a former Amazon devices manager and now managing director of Madrona Venture Group.

“Always-on cameras that last for months and don’t require a wired connection or an electrician to install could be game-changing.” (rtr)

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Entering 2018, commercial property rebounds

DENPASAR — Based on the results of survey made by Bank Indonesia (BI), when entering 2018, commercial property rebounded.

The eruption of Mount Agung disaster is considered to have no longer impact on tourism activities in the first quarter of 2018 and hotel demand from foreign and domestic tourists will improve again.

Chief of Representative Office of Bank Indonesia for Bali Region, Causa Iman Karana, explained that in addition to hotel properties, the other type of property such as retails and shopping centers featuring the concept of lifestyle is still experiencing a positive trend. The biggest demand is from F & B tenants, supermarkets and cinema.

Despite the positive trend, in the first quarter of 2018, Iman predicted the property of retail segment will not increase. So far, there is no plan to build a new commercial center functioned as a shopping center with the concept of mall. Commercial properties consist of offices, retail, apartments, star-rated hotels and industrial land.

The rebound of commercial property can be seen from the condition in the third quarter and fourth quarter of 2017. The basic rental price of the office space and rental price of apartment service remains stable. Meanwhile, the retail price of shopping centers and hotel rooms tends to go down in line with the quiet visitors and tourists due to eruption of Mount Agung. The occupancy rate of commercial property stays low in the range of 59.15 percent to 85.40 percent during the period.

The cumulative supply of hotels in the fourth quarter of 2017 reached 15,420 and the third quarter reached 14,285. In the meantime, the cumulative demand in the fourth quarter of 2017 reached 8,418 and 10,303 in the third quarter of 2017. There are new (room) supplies in the fourth quarter being equal to 1,135 and 495 in the third quarter of 2017. Meanwhile, the hotel occupancy rate reached 54.59 percent in the fourth quarter and 72.12 percent in the third quarter of 2017.

Retail segment properties get quite high demand. Cumulative demand in the fourth quarter of 2017 reached 202.402 square meters and 203,164 square meters in the third quarter of 2017. Meanwhile, the existing supply amounts to 237,009 per square meter in the third quarter and fourth quarter of 2017. The occupancy rate of retail market is quite large, namely 85.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017, out of a total supply of 237,009 square meters from 11 shopping centers.

The occupancy rate slightly decreased as the impact of Mount Agung eruption resulting in significant drop in visitor traffic. The average decrease in the occupancy rate of retail property reached 0.32 percent from 85.72 percent in the third quarter of 2017 to 85.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017.

The amount of free space reached 34,607 square meters. The basic rental price of the retail market was IDR 634,172 per square meter per month in the third quarter of 2017, higher than in the fourth quarter of 2017 at IDR 630,274. (kmb42)

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PHRI Buleleng hopes tourism back to normal

SINGARAJA — The eruption of Mount Agung since September 2017 has disrupted the development of tourism industry in Bali including Buleleng. Tourist visits to the Island of the Gods had dropped dramatically to threaten the occurrence of layoff.

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Currently, the government has officially decreased the alert status of Mount Agung from level IV (warning) to level III (watch). Upon the decision, tourism players hoped this situation can restore the development of tourism industry in this region.

This was expressed by Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Buleleng, Dewa Ketut Suardipa, when met in Singaraja on Monday (Feb. 12).

Further, Suardipa said the decrease in the alert status of Mount Agung is a good opportunity to organize tourism business after long affected by the Mount Agung eruption. As an effort to boost tourism, local government is asked to increase tourism promotion in the region. This effort can be done through implementation of national and international events. “Coinciding with the current low season, the government’s decision is appropriate to reduce the alert status of Mount Agung.

It becomes a good opportunity to re-arrange tourism and it can be offered in the high season,” he said.

Suardipa exemplified the implementation of the National Jamboree of VW Car scheduled to be held in Buleleng in September 2018. It is one of the efforts to boost the tourist visits to the region. Approximately 3,000 participants will enliven this event of automotive lovers.

Tourism players very much expected this activity because the national-scale event will not only have impact on hotel room occupancy, but also becomes a promotional event for the tourist object and attraction in North Bali. In addition, national activities are expected not only to be centered in big cities of Indonesia, but must be diverted to the regions.

“Thankfully, the alert status of Mount Agung has been decreased. Now, it is time to reorganize and improve our tourism promotion, so that in the next high season the weakening tourism business can return to normal,” he explained.

Suardipa added that since the eruption of Mount Agung, tourists visit dropped drastically. Moreover, there are hotels whose occupancy rate reached zero percent. Indeed, the tourism business is in sluggish condition due to natural disasters, but this situation has not yet led to massive layoff. (kmb38)

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Bali predicted to lack qualified labor in 2030 YOGYAKARTA - Based on the results of a survey conducted by the Bank Indonesia (BI), Bali is predicted to have a shortage of qualified labour by 2025 and into 2030 when there will is likely to be the some 47, 736 operators, supervisors and mangers lacking in Bali. If Bali;s own labour pool cannot fill these positions, then people from outside Bali will have to fill them.

Analyst from the Bank Indonesia’s Bali Representative Office, Umran Usman, explained that the prediction is based on the economic growth of Bali in conjunction with the education of potential workers. “This way we can predict

what jobs will be available in Bali and how many people in Bali will be able to fill these positions” said Usman during a workshop held by the Bali representative Office of the Bank of Indonesia on Friday (Feb. 9).

By assuming that the population of Bali will have reached 4 million with 77.5 percent of these people making up the workforce, it is predicted that there will be a lack of local workforce particularly at the level of operators.

It is predicted that Bali will lack from 16, 938 operators in 2025 and 25, 780 in 2030. There si also predicted to be a shortage of 13, 621 supervisors in 2025 and 21, 125 lacking in 2030. At the managerial level, there is predicted to be some 537 people lacking in 2025 and 831 managers lacking in 2030.

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“Human resources are not educated and trained better than they are today, there will be an even greater shortage of local labour to fill these positions. This will certain cause Bali to have to accept migrants from outside Bali”, he said.

One of the main obstacles said Usman is that the training material used by the Vocational Training Center (BLK) and formal education institutions are not up to date with industry needs..

“The material has not changed but the industry has seen massive changes including things like online bookings”, siad Usman.

Having educational out of date material will cause greater and greater shortages of qualified workers. According to Usman massive changes need to be made immediately. The government for example should take steps towards improving BKLs and other vocational education institutions. Bali is facing serious challenges in terms of human resources.

The Bank of Indonesia’s survey also showed that tourism industry business owners consider Balinese workers to be of lower quality than workers from outside Bali particularly at the managerial level. Quality issues range from productivity, creativity, discipline to communication skills. Most international brand hotels for example fill their leadership positions with people form outside Bali. Balinese workers only excel in terms of responsibility and honesty.

It is also more difficult for people from Bali to migrate to other regions due to mobility costs, socio-cultural factors as well as issues related to psychological impact. The cost of labour migration for people from Bali and Nusa Tenggara is higher than for people from other regions. In fact it is estimated to be IDR 14.95 million more for them to migrate.

As a result there are far fewer people from Bali and Nusa Teggara who migrate to other regions to work compared to people form other parts of Indonesia. “Thus, we see the tendency for people from outside Bali to seek work in Bali not Balinese people looking for work elsewhere. This is mostly due to mobility costs”, added Usman. (kmb42)

Alert status of Mount Agung lowered

Damaged road prevents evacuees from going home SEMARAPURA - The alert status of Mount Agung was lowered from warning to watch on Saturday (Feb. 10) and the radius of the danger zone was reduced from 6km to 4 km. Nevertheless, thousands of evacuees in the district of Klungkung have not made a move to return home yet. They are waiting for official information and residents of Bukit Galah, Sogra Hamlet and Sebudi, Selat are concerned about the road to their villages having been cut off by lava flows.

As seen in Swecapura Stadium, Gelgel village, on Sunday (Feb. 11), very few evacuees had returned home. The few families that did leave had their belong-

ings taken home by truck. “We heard that the we are allowed to go home, that the alert status has been lowered”, said Wayang Sriana from Sebudi, Selat.

Although news of the lowered alert status was welcomed with relief by many, many others are still haunted by anxiety as Sebudi is located quite close to the highest mountain in Bali. Sriana and his family obviously hope that conditions will be back to normal soon.

“Although I still have some doubts, many people have gone home, so we joined them”, he said.

Nyoman Jawi, an evacuee from Bukit Galah, Sogra, Sebudi, said that he is eager to go home but that he cannot do so immediately

as lava flows from the last eruption have cut off the road access to his village. There is no other way to reach his village. “Our village has been cut off, so we cannot go home yet”, he said.

Dozens of families are in the same boat as Jawi. The government is expected to open the road again as it is the only way that people could evacuate should there be another eruption. “If we were to go home now, and there was another eruption, we would not be able to evacuate very quickly as no vehicles can pass through the only road out of our village”, he explained.

Chief Executive of the Klungkung Regional Disaster Manage-

ment Agency (BPBD), Putu Widiada, said that only about a dozen or so people have left evacuation posts in Klungkung. There are still roughly 3,000 evacuees spread across some 30 villages who are waiting for further information from the Pasubayan. “We do not have exact data year, but there are still thousands of evacuees here”, said Widiada.

According to official information, all evacuees here are allowed to go home as their villages are all located outside ot the 4 km radius of the danger zone.

However any evacuees who want to stay here a few more days, the Government of Klungkung will coordinate matters with the gov-

ernment of Karangasem. “There are no residences within the 4 km radius, so all evacuees can go home and as a consequence the government of Klungkung is no longer able to provide assistance for the evacuees. If there are still evacuees here we will immediately coordinate with Karangasem”, he said.

Klungkung’ s district government will provide three buses and trucks for the evacuees to return home. Widiada is still waiting for instructions form the regent regarding the remaining food stocks. “We have already asked the regent for directions and are waiting to hear back”, he concluded. (kmb45)

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All you can eat Sunday Brunch at Ji Terrace By The Sea

Ji Terrace by The SEA, winner of Bali’s Best Japanese Restaurant in 2017, is very excited to present to the greater Canggu area its very first all-you-can-eat SUNDAY BRUNCH. With amazing ocean view and sea breeze, chill tropical tunes and an all-new creative yet truly comforting fusion Japanese brunch menu, accompanied-- most importantly-- by the most affordable free-flow fine wine and cocktail package in the island - Ji Terrace is the best place to meet friends, share good laughs with your loved ones,

and spend a beautiful unforgettable Sunday by the sea.

At Ji, we believe food plays an extremely important role in everyday happiness. Our brunch menu has been compiled with the main theme of ‘Oh-So-Good and Feel Great-gourmet dishes’.

Think the best Yakitori with perfectly grilled chicken legs and leek on charcoal with delicate crispiness from the chicken skin; Sushi Rolls with butter fish, crab salad, avocado with crunchy tempura flakes; Wagyu Steak & Egg, Ahi Tuna & Thai Basil, Beef Tataki with garlic

crisps, Breakfast Udon & Prawn Tempura, Miso & Cappuccino- red wine sorbet with miso cappuccino sabayon, Banana Flambé served with ginger ice cream – and many more to please even the most finicky gourmand.

Sit back and let go of all stress while sipping ice-chilled rosé, crisp white chardonnays and beautifully balanced reds to go with these dishes. For the cocktail drinkers, try Ji’s Wasabi Bloody Mary that is guaranteed to make you crave for seconds and thirds. And the cherry on the cake is a beautiful compli-

mentary dip in Tugu’s azul-blue swimming pool before leaving.

That is - if you haven’t decided to stay on for the crimson red sunset over the Canggu beach.

This idea of a Canggu Sunday Brunch at Ji Terrace by the SEA was born in a moment of conscious gratitude, as we count our blessings enjoying the sea breeze and sunshine while standing on the upper rooftop of Ji, enjoying great wines and delicious food in good company, while cold winter has arrived in most countries.

The brunch package starts

at IDR 350K/pax, including endless Japanese contemporary cuisine from meaty to vegetarian dishes and free flow selected non-alcoholic drinks. Add on IDR 400K/pax for free flow selected cocktails & wines. The brunch runs from 11am until 3pm Every SUNDAY. To book a table or to find out more information about Ji Restaurant Bali, please follow Facebook Ji Restaurant Bali or Instagram @ Jirestaurantbali or call +62 361 4731701 or visit the venue on Pantai

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Poor reviews aside, Justin Timberlake’s ’Man of the Woods’ is No.1

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

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LOS ANGELES - Justin Timberlake snagged the No.1 Spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart with “Man of the Woods,” despite harsh reviews and a Super Bowl halftime show that was deemed underwhelming on social media and by music critics.

“Man of the Woods,” Timberlake’s first studio album since 2013, sold more than 242,000 units in its first week of release, according to Nielsen Music data released on Monday.

The Billboard 200 chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).

“Man of the Woods” marks Timberlake’s fourth Billboard No.1 album and was the biggest-selling album in the U.S. since Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” in December 2017, Billboard said.

It debuted at No.1 after a Feb. 4 Super Bowl performance consisting mostly of Timberlake’s old hits that also featured a controversial segment featuring a huge projection of Prince, who died in 2016.

The former NSYNC singer also took heat on social media for failing to mention, or perform with, Janet Jackson after

an infamous 2004 Super Bowl appearance which ended with Timberlake ripping off Jackson’s top and accidentally briefly exposing her breast.

Nevertheless, the Super Bowl and halftime show were watched by some 103 million Americans on television. Nielsen Music reported last week that on-demand audio and video streams for all of the songs performed by Timberlake jumped 45 percent on the day after the game, compared to the day before.

Timberlake, best known for pop tracks like “SexyBack” and “Rock Your Body,” promoted “Man of the Woods” as a country-inspired album that took him back to his Memphis roots.

But the album had few fans among music reviewers. Esquire called it “disappointing” and “kind of embarrassing,” while USA Today said the album “can’t pull off its Americana-pop fusion.” (rtr)

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Justin Timberlake performs during half time of Super Bowl LII between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Bold, black and beautiful, ’Black Panther’ hopes for cultural shift

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Cast member Lupita Nyong’o poses for a portrait while promoting the movie “Black Panther” in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 30, 2018. Picture taken January 30, 2018.

LOS ANGELES - Some film critics are calling it the best Marvel movie so far; others say it’s a correction after years of neglecting minority talent in Hollywood.

The predominantly black cast of superhero movie “Black Panther” hope its combination of African pride, beauty and kick-ass adventure will also mark a cultural shift in the movie industry and beyond.

The Disney movie, opening worldwide this week, tells the story of T’Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), the new king of the futuristic, wealth-laden African nation Wakanda, who is challenged by factions within his own country.

“Marvel has a way of really affecting popular culture,” said Lupita Nyong’o, who plays the

Wakandan warrior spy, Nakia.

“Hopefully it changes the general idea of what being an African is. Too often times we see Africa as a place that is wanting, and here it’s a place that you want to go,” she said.

The movie, directed by Ryan Coogler and also featuring Michael B. Jordan, Angela Bassett, Forest Whittaker and Daniel Kaluuya, arrives to stellar reviews after years of criticism about the under-representation of movies, actors and filmmakers of color in Hollywood.

Analysts expect it to rake in some $150 million at the North American box office on its opening weekend, and the filmmakers hope it will encourage studios to invest in more mainstream, racially

diverse films.

“It’s not often that you see two black men in a movie playing a role of this importance. You see it with white actors, (like) ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ where it’s Brad Pitt and Matt Damon and George Clooney, and it’s like ‘why does that never happen with us?’” Boseman said.

“Hopefully the success of this will make it be commonplace. It’ll make Hollywood stop saying ‘well, your movies don’t travel,” he said.

“Black Panther” also offers a new type of villain through Jordan’s Killmonger, an empathetic former military black-ops agent, who wants to distribute Wakanda’s wealth to arm the world’s black population and help them rise to power. (rtr)

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President of South Africa Jacob Zuma gestures to his supporters at the 54th National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg, South Africa December 16, 2017.

ANC decides to remove Zuma as South African President

JOHANNESBURG - The ANC has decided to sack Jacob Zuma as President of South Africa, a senior official said on Tuesday, after a marathon meeting to determine the fate of a leader whose scandal-plagued years in power darkened and divided Nelson Mandela’s ‘Rainbow Nation’. The decision by the ruling party’s national executive came in the early hours of the morning, after 13 hours of tense deliberations and one face-to-face meeting between Zuma and his presumed successor, deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa.

Zuma has been living on borrowed time since Ramaphosa, a union leader once tipped as Mandela’s pick to take over the reins, was elected as head of the 106-year-old ANC in December, narrowly defeating Zuma’s ex-wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

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