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Logan Paul faces backlash after saying he will ‘go gay for a month’ CALIFORNIA - YouTuber Logan Paul has faced a backlash after suggesting he could “go gay for a month” as part of a string of New Year’s resolutions.

Paul, who is no stranger to controversy, made the bizarre resolution on his podcast, ImPaulsive, after suggesting he could try “Fatal February”, only drinking vodka and eating steak, following a dry and vegan January.

The conversation, with Kelvin Pena, known as “Brother Nature”, started with Paul and his co-host Mike Majlak asking their guest for his resolutions.

But Paul then said: “We’re vegan now, and we’re sober.

“But February we are going to go the opposite.

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“And then March... it’s maleonly March. We’re going to attempt to go one way, swing, and then go back.”

Producer Daniel Preda tweeted: “Logan Paul joking about being gay ‘for one month’ while countless LGBT+ around the world are killed & committing suicide for their sexuality, is disgusting. He continues to be an awful representation of the YouTube community & shows he truly has learned NOTHING over the last year.

“Perhaps for the month of March instead of baiting the gay community you can use your massive platform as a voice for those LGBT+ who have no voice and resort to suicide and self-harm. Just a suggestion @LoganPaul.” (net)

Anne-Marie (left) and Dua Lipa are both nominated for four awards.

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Brit nominations revealed: AnneMarie and Dua Lipa lead the way

LONDON - Female solo artists Dua Lipa and Anne-Marie lead the way ahead of next month’s Brit Awards after picking up four nominations each.

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George Ezra and Jorja Smith were just behind them with three nods. And there were two nominations each for Calvin Harris, The 1975, Little Mix, Tom Walker, Jess Glynne, Rita Ora, Clean Bandit, Florence And The Machine and Rudimental.

Anne-Marie is up for British female, British single and British artist video of the year, both for 2002, and British album of the year for her debut offering Speak Your Mind.

She found fame after featuring on Clean Bandit’s Rockabye alongside Sean Paul. Anne-Marie said on Twitter: “4 X BRIT NOMINATIONS. I am SOOOOOO HAPPPPYYYYYYYY OMGGGGGGGGGGGG.” The singer also posted a video of herself showing her excitement at the news. Dua Lipa has two nominations each in the British single and British artist video categories for her own track IDGAF and the Calvin Harris collaboration One Kiss.

Meanwhile, Jorja Smith, one of the UK’s biggest breakthrough artists of last year, is nominated for British female, British breakthrough and British album of the year for Lost And Found.

George Ezra is up for British male, British album of the year for Staying At Tamara’s and British single for Shotgun.

The ceremony, hosted by Jack Whitehall, takes place on 20 February at The O2 Arena in London. (net)

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A cockpit voice recorder (C, orange coloured), the second “black box” from Lion Air flight 610 that crashed last October killing all 189 people onboard, is seen inside a transparent case as Harjo Susmoro (R), head of the Indonesian Navy’s Centre for Hydrography and Oceanography, shakes hands with Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) head Soerjanto Tjahjono during the handover of the device at a port in Jakarta on January 14, 2019.

Indonesia recovers second black box from Lion Air crash

The cockpit voice recorder from an Indonesian Lion Air jet that crashed in October has been recovered, officials said Monday, a discovery that could be critical to explaining why a brand new plane fell out of the sky just after take-off.

The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after departing Jakarta, slamming into the Java Sea moments after pilots had asked to return to the capital and killing all 189 people onboard.

The bright orange voice recorder was discovered early Monday about 10 metres from a flight data recorder that was located back in November, authorities said.

“It’s broken into two pieces so hopefully it’s still useful” to investigators, Haryo Satmiko, deputy head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), told AFP.

More human remains were also found near the voice recorder, he added, without giving details.

“This will really help the investigation... and could give some more answers on the cause” of the crash, said Jakarta-based aviation analyst Dudi Sudibyo.

The doomed airliner’s flight data recorder supplied information about the its speed, altitude and direction before it plunged into the sea on October 29.

“But (the data recorder) does not show how the flight crew’s decisions were made or discussed in those final moments,” Stephen

Wright, an aviation expert at Leeds University, told AFP. A preliminary crash report from Indonesia’s transport safety agency suggested that the pilots of Flight 610 struggled to control the plane’s anti-stall system just before the accident. The agency also found that the Lion Air jet should have been grounded over a recurrent technical problem before its fatal journey, and it criticised the budget carrier’s poor safety culture.

But it did not pinpoint a definitive cause of the crash and a final report is not likely to come before later this year.

- Boeing lawsuits Despite the name, black boxes are usually bright orange with reflective stripes, and all commercial planes are obliged to have them on board. They’re built to survive at vast depths and in extreme heat, and are fitted with a beacon which can emit a signal for one month.

Black box data helps explain nearly 90 percent of all crashes, according to aviation experts.

Authorities called off the grim task of identifying victims of the crash in November, with only 125 people named after tests on human remains that filled some 200 body bags.

“We’re thankful and grateful that they have found the CVR, but it’s not enough,” said Evi Samsul Komar, whose son and nephew

were on the fatal flight.

“There are still many passengers unaccounted for.” Despite a spotty safety record and an avalanche of complaints over shoddy service, the carrier’s parent Lion Air Group -- which also operates five other airlines -- has become Southeast Asia’s biggest airline group by fleet size in less than 20 years of operation.

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In 2018, Bank Indonesia develops 13 agricultural clusters DENPASAR - Bank Indonesia of Bali Representative Office has developed 13 agricultural clusters consisting of rice, chili, cattle, shallots and garlic commodities whose development had just begun in 2018.

“Especially for garlic, we have succeeded in developing a pilot project on a two-hectare area at Wanagiri village, Buleleng, with productivity of up to 7.48 tons per hectares,” said Causa Iman Karana, Head of Bank Indonesia for Bali Representative Office, recently.

He expected the success can be an encouragement for farmers having had concerns to start garlic cultivation. It is responding to high composition of imported garlic reaching 95 percent of the needs of 400,000 tons nationally.

Ironically, the Buleleng region was formerly known as one of the centers for developing garlic in Bali. Lately garlic is no longer developed there. Bank Indonesia returned to build garlic farming in the region. “Now, the Manik Pertiwi farmer group we are coaching will be directed at strengthening garlic seedlings in order to initiate the efforts to develop garlic self-sufficiency in line with the government’s target,” he said.

Other than garlic, BI also developed a chili cluster. This

is done to control inflation. Besides, it is also a means of using marginal land widely available at Ababi, Karangasem. Before getting involved at Ababi village for the development of chili commodities, at the beginning of 2017 the price of chili surged dramatically and persisted as a major contributor to inflation in Bali for several months.

The price was recorded at IDR 110,000 per kg, while normally the price lies in the ranges of IDR 15,000 to IDR 20,000 per kg. At that time, the very high rainfall was the trigger for the low productivity to the existing chili fields. “Now, the Merta Buana group we have coached has succeeded in harvesting chili outside the planting season (off-season) and synergized with the supporting groups in the downstream sector of chili cultivation,” he said.

After chili to control inflation, BI also seeks to strengthen cacao commodities for export.

Admittedly, the pattern of BI development is somewhat differ-

ent. For the cacao cultivation in Jembrana, it is based on the identification of superior commodities encouraging the growth.

Cacao development in Jembrana is managed by the Kerta Semaya Samaniya Cooperative.

“We introduce the local economic development (LED) concept seeking to encourage the productivity of farmers and the community in developing superior regional economic sectors that can support the growth. As we know, the cacao in Jembrana is one of the world’s best cacao other than Ivory Coast and Ghana. Similarly, it is recognized by the world’s cacao observer NGO, Cocoa of Excellence,” explained Iman.

The cacao commodity cultivated by the Kerta Semaya Samaniya Cooperative has also successfully penetrated the export market to France (Valrhona) and Japan. Bank Indonesia in its efforts to develop clusters and LEDs has always synergized with the local government.

BI also continues to provide

assistance in the form of organic cultivation training and group / management strengthening. “At the end of the year, we usually meet farmer groups with modern retail companies and banking and micro financial institutions in order to gain access to capital and market access,” he added.

In 2018, along with the rapid development of the digital world, BI wanted to develop startup entrepreneurs engaged in the digital economy in line with the efforts of Bank Indonesia to balance the

advances in digital technology in every aspect of life.

“In the selection of the Bank Indonesia Entrepreneurs (WUBI), we selected 15 digital startups with a clear business model and has revenue that, although not yet large, is consistent,” he said. In the future, the development of digital startups will be directed to synergize with the development of other MSMEs, both those that are under the coaching and noncoaching of BI. (kmb42)

Aside from regional optimization

ITDC to prepare eco-friendly vehicles MANGUPURA - With the growing needs of the current tourism sector, the operator of Nusa Dua tourism resort namely the Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) will review the optimization of the area. This will be adapted to

current needs, including digitalization.

According to Managing Director of The Nusa Dua, Wayan Karioka, when confirmed on Sunday (Jan. 13) stated that his management will prepare green or eco-friendly vehicles

for transportation in the resort. Of course, this will be able to reduce pollution in the region. However, Karioka added that for now the plan is still being studied by consultant.

This study will be conducted until next June. Based on the results of the review, later it can also be used as a reference material for subsequent developments. It also included in the need for parking space in the ITDC

area. “Regarding the parking lot, the studies will also be conducted to make it more comfortable,” he said.

Meanwhile, for the coastal arrangement, his side is still conducting a study related to the construction of break water for wave retaining. He said the current constraints are related to regulations in local government with central government having not been synchronized. His management targeted for the construction of break water and it must be completed in 2019 seeing the current conditions in the field, the Island of Nusa Darma continues to erode.

“The licensing authority is being discussed because the regulations in the provincial government have not yet existed,” he explained.

He explained the installation of breakwater will be made along more than 100 meters from the shoreline.

Breakwater, he said, will not be

installed permanently, but installed floating, so as not to damage the sea floor. “It is not made permanent, or backfilled, so it does not damage seabed. Like a float, it will be tied to seabed. As estimation, the total budget needed reaches IDR 60-80 billion,” he said.

For other developments, they will be optimized. The area in the golf course complex will be optimized so that it can be utilized more varied. “Everything is being reviewed for future development,” he said.

Based on the data available, throughout 2018, the number of visits to the Nusa Dua area reached 990,000 tourists. Of that number, the most dominant tourists are still from China, followed by Australia.

For 2019, ITDC is targeting a total of 1.1 million tourist visits to Nusa Dua.(kmb)

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Best Western Premier Agung Resort Ubud

Ranked first by GSS Threshold Program across Asia

Gianyar - Best Western Premier Agung Resort Ubud reached a very prideful success in 2018 by becoming the Best Western hotel and ranked first across Asia for the 2018 GSS Threshold Program.

Guest Satisfaction Score (GSS) of The Threshold Program is conducted every month for all Best Western hotels in the Asian region.

Assessment is based on the ratings of guests who stay at Best Western hotels both directly (media online survey) and through social media.

Media online survey is one of the media used by Best Western for tourists to give their ratings of the hotels they have visited.

Authenticity of the results obtained from the Medalia online survey are very much guaranteed as well as those obtained from social media because the Best Western Headquarters has checked the “account” of the guests having given the assessment. So we can make sure that the results of the overall assessment are very reliable.

The assessment results of the GSS

Threshold Program are issued at the end of October 2018 by announcing the top 10 Best Western hotels in Asia.

Best Western Premier Agung Resort Ubud scored 69.9 percent as first place. This hotel situated in the Ubud area is the only Best Western Premier hotel in Bali included in the TOP one Best Western in Asia.

This first rank achievement proved the Best Western Premier Agung Resort Ubud has been recognized as a hotel with a high level of guest satisfaction. The level of satisfaction

felt by guests during their stay is very important for every hotel, because it reflects the facilities and excellent services of the hotel. And we always strive to provide good and excellent services to make our guests feel comfortable during their stay and spend their holidays.

The level of guest satisfaction spreading on social media is one of the barometers for tourists to choose their accommodation. Obtaining this proud achievement proved that our Best Western Premier Agung Resort Ubud

exists and is ready to compete to bring the name of Best Western into one of the hotels that must be considered in Bali and Ubud in particular.

“This extraordinary achievement is a matter of pride for me personally and for all staff who have tried to do their best to provide excellent services for guests so that they extend positive values through existing survey media,” said Alit Martini as General Manager of the Best Western Premier Agung Resort Ubud during a press conference held on Friday (Jan. 11).

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Floating seabirds provide a novel way to trace ocean currents

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SEABIRDS are like feathered buoys. Gently rafting on the ocean’s surface, these birds go with the flow, making them excellent proxies for tracking changes in a current’s speed and direction.

Oceanographers traditionally use radar, floating buoys or autonomous underwater vehicles to measure ocean current velocities, which can affect the climate, ecosystems and the movement of important seafood. But some ocean regions aren’t easily accessible. Seabirds lazily resting on the ocean surface could offer a novel alternative to collecting those data, researchers report online January 10 in Scientific Reports.

“I don’t think it’s going to replace the various instruments we use,” says Evan Mason, a physical oceanographer at the University of Washington in Seattle.

“It was just interesting to see what we might find.”

Mason and his colleagues outfitted 75 Scopoli’s shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea), a seabird found in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, with GPS tags and tracked their movements in the Balearic Sea off eastern Spain.

On average, the birds spent only 10 percent of their time idly drifting on the water, but the team still collected 405 trajectories, the researchers say. Visually comparing wind and water velocity information with the way birds drifted, the researchers determined ocean currents, winds or both drove the animals’ direction, excluding some that preferred hitching a boat ride instead. The team then compared those tracks with satellite- and buoy-derived data of winds and surface currents and found they matched well.

As scientists increasingly use such logging devices to track the behavior and movement of animals, the method could also aid in studying how ocean characteristics change with time and location, the researchers say. (net)

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Promising business opportunities, farmers at Pengotan cultivate roses The mushrooming of florists in urban areas makes the demand for roses never recede.

BANGLI — Decorative flower cultivation, especially roses, is one of the promising business opportunities. The mushrooming of florists in urban areas makes the demand for roses never recede. This is experienced by a rose farmer at Pengotan village, Bangli, I Wayan Nyarka.

Seabirds floating on the ocean like this Scopoli’s shearwater act a lot like buoys, a trait that researchers can exploit to better understand ocean currents and wind patterns.

A protein in mosquito eggshells could be the insects’ Achilles’ heel

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Scientists have discovered a protein necessary for some mosquito eggs, such as these being laid by a Culex quinquefasciatus female, to properly develop eggshells.

MOSQUIT0 researchers may have hatched a new plan to control the bloodsuckers: Break their eggshells. A protein called eggshell organizing factor 1, or EOF1, is necessary for some mosquito species’ eggs and embryos to develop properly, a new study finds. Genetically disrupting production of that protein in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes caused about 60 percent of their normally dark eggshells to be pale. And shells lacking EOF1 often collapsed and were more porous than normal. In experiments, almost no mosquito embryos in the EOF1-disrupted eggs hatched into larvae, researchers report January 8 in PLOS Biology.

EOF1 is produced only by Aedes, Anopheles and Culex mosquito species, biochemist Jun Isoe of the University of Arizona in Tucson and colleagues discovered. Those varieties of mosquitoes can transmit life-threatening diseases such as malaria, Zika, dengue and West Nile virus. The protein could be a good target for genetic engineering

techniques or insecticides, which may help control populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes without killing harmless insects, the researchers speculate.

“This is truly outside-the-box thinking, and I like that,” says entomologist Joe Conlon, a technical adviser for the American Mosquito Control Association, an organization based in Mount Laurel, N.J., that helps individuals, companies and public health agencies control mosquitoes and other diseasespreading insects.

But many hurdles stand between the research and creating an effective mosquito-control strategy based on EOF1, Conlon says. The genetic technique that the scientists used to disrupt production of the protein is too cumbersome for widespread use, for example, and a chemical to disable EOF1 specifically has yet to be found. Still, knowing more about mosquito reproduction may also prove helpful in other ways, he says. (net)

Met in his flower garden not long ago, Nyarka claimed to have cultivated decorative flowers, especially roses, since six years ago. The inspiration for cultivating roses came after he had time to travel to Malang and Lembang.

As is known, in the two regions there are many farmers cultivating cut flower. When making a visit to both cities, Nyarka was informed

that many decorative flowers produced by farmers in Malang and Lembang had been sent to florists in Bali. “From there, I think Malang and Lembang almost have the same weather and altitude as that of Bangli. Why don’t we try to develop it in Bangli? This can be an opportunity,” he said.

From the idea, he then tried to plant roses on his land. The

trial was successful. Many people like roses due to the beauty of the shapes and fragrances, and in fact it is suitable to grow in the area of Pengotan village. Other than roses, he also tried to develop other variants / types of flowers needed by florists.

In his garden spreading across the area of 0.5 hectare, Nyarka has now planted 20,000 decorative flowers.

Most of them belong to roses.

Nyarka admitted the demand for cut roses so far is quite good. The order never subsides. Moreover, during the wedding and Valentine’s Day, the demand for cut roses surges.

Unfortunately, he is not willing to mention the average demand and the income earned from the business.

“On Valentine’s Day, sometimes we are overwhelmed because during the month the production drops due to the weather factor,” he said.

All this time, many roses produced from the garden are sent to

the Denpasar and Ubud areas. A piece of cut rose can be sold at IDR 5,000. In the meantime, other types of flowers, such as gerbera can be sold for IDR 3,000 per stalk.

In addition to decorative flowers, in the future Nyarka wants to develop other types of plants suitable for planting at Pengotan village. The others are asparagus and passion fruit. “So far, we have no idea to open an agro-tourism.

However, there are some people making a visit here,” he concluded. (kmb40)

Temperature reaches 35oC

El Nino phenomenon has no significant effect

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In recent days, the air temperature in Bali has been hotter than usual.

DENPASAR — In recent days, the air temperature in Bali has been hotter than usual. Actually, this January is still entering rainy season. Moreover, the peak happened last Friday (Jan. 11). The air temperature felt so hot from noon to night. Moreover, the BBMKG of Sanglah Station recorded the hot temperatures in Denpasar to reach 35oC. Actually, the situation happened due to the phenomenon of quasi-solar motion. At this time, from December to January the position of the sun is in the south latitude of the equator.

This is something normal that hap-

pens every year, including for Bali region which is also in the south of the equator. Another factor is due to sunny weather during the day causing heat of the sun directly to the earth without any cloud blocking (compared to when it is cloudy). Besides, it is also caused by the tendency of being cloudy at night.

“At night, it tends to be cloudy and even rainy. This prevents the heat having to be released into the air instead of being held back, so the temperature gets hotter,” said Head of the National Weather Service (BBMKG) for Region III Denpasar, M. Taufik Gunawan, when confirmed

on Saturday (Jan. 12).

Taufik said the increase in hot temperatures in Bali is not affected by El Nino phenomenon hitting parts of Indonesia. However, it is dominantly influenced by the position of the sun approaching the equator. “For Bali itself, the temperature more dominantly happens due to solar position, while the El Nino phenomenon is currently weak or insignificant. The temperature in Bali this January is still quite hot, considering the position of the sun remains in the South. However, in harmony with the movement of the sun, the air temperature will return to normal,” he concluded. (win)

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Green hotel concept interpreted based on bamboo use

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DENPASAR - The movement to protect the environment from plastic and the use of eco-friendly materials has been widely applied in Bali. At hotel in particular, the use of plastic and materials has implemented a green hotel concept. Later, the green hotel concept is not only interpreted from the use of eco-friendly items, but also interpreted based on eco-friendly building materials such as the use of bamboo.

If previously wood became the foremost material to give ethnic impression and green hotel, now many hotels in Bali are starting to use bamboo for their accommodation buildings as for poles, walls, roofs, tables, et cetera. For instance, The Kayon Jungle, a new accommodation in Bresela, Payangan, Gianyar, has applied this.

Most of the building materials are made of bamboo even though the structure applies natural stone.

Public area, yoga salla, restaurants, et cetera use bamboo. These resorts and villas are almost 100 percent have implemented a green hotel concept. General Manager of The Kayon Jungle Resort, Nengah Sueca, said that before building this green concept accommodation, he conducted a market survey. From the survey, he found that his guests are more interested in eco-friendly accommodation.

“We try not to destroy the environment as much as possible. So we use materials such as bamboo, wood and so on and not too much effect on global warming, includ-

ing reducing the use of plastic,” he said on Saturday (Jan. 12) during the grand opening of The Kayon Jungle Resort.

Indeed, in terms of cost, it’s more expensive. However, what having been created is in accordance with the results achieved because the current trend has changed. It shifts to the go-green concept. “The use of plastic is reduced, but not all because the products like bottled water still use plastic, but straw no longer uses plastic, but using bamboo,” he explained.

Admittedly, this eco-friendly concept was inspired by John Hardy, a foreign citizen who had been living in Bali for a long time.

John Hardy created a housing that adopted the green concept. Application of the green concept is very good for him, especially at The Kayon. Many accommodations in Ubud have even applied the bamboo concept.

Bamboo is obtained from Bali, precisely in Bangli and Bona, Gianyar. “Bona is famous for its bamboo products,” he added. It needs a long

GIANYAR - Gianyar district has several museums, especially those collecting various art items.

The museums in the region of the art are believed to still exist despite the global economic downturn. It is evidenced by the high number of tourist visits to the museums,

especially European tourists.

Agung Rai admitted that until now the visit to the Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA) stays high.

According to him, this happened because the museum he manages carried holistic and integrated concept. “So, there are various kinds of

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Flowers and candles stand at the grave of Jan Palach, who burnt himself to death 50 years ago to protest at the Soviet-led occupation of then Czechoslovakia, at the Olsany cemetery on January 11, 2019 in Prague.

The Kayon Jungle, a new accommodation in Bresela, Payangan, Gianyar.

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process so that bamboo is ready to be used as building material because bamboo is easily eaten by termites. Thus, before being used, bamboo must be soaked in mud for 3-6 months.

“Well, it does need a long process, must be preserved because bamboo is identical to termites. We have to preserve it traditionally as having been well-known in Bali,

namely being soaked in mud so that it is not easily eaten by termites,” he said.

Apart from applying eco-friendly concept, the use of bamboo also characterizes Balinese buildings.

The building is 100 percent made

by Balinese, it did not use the services of contractors from outside Bali at all. So, they know exactly about the characteristics of Bali-

nese buildings.

Green concept is also in accordance with the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, in terms of palemahan or environmental aspect since it has participated in protecting nature. In addition to recruiting local workers, 100 percent of their employees are Balinese. This is an application of Pawongan or social aspect. (kmb42)

environment, education and arts,” said Agung Rai when contacted on Saturday (Jan. 12).

He said the high level of visits is also in line with the intense activities at the ARMA. Earlier this year various activities have even been scheduled to be held at ARMA.

“Later on, there will also be a group of Yogis here, so that ARMA is complete,” he said.

When asked about the influence of the global crisis on the existence of the museum, Gung Rai emphasized that it had no effect. He even stated that the museum became one of the solutions to treat stress in modern society. “Currently people experience a lot of problems, the only solution is they are going to museum. Moreover, the space is now getting narrower, so that the only place to get closer to nature, ecosystems, see culture and the art is by going to museum,” he said.

Separately, the Head of the Gianyar Tourism Office said the museum as one of the tourism infrastructure in Gianyar district.

Gianyar even has more than ten museums that can be visited. “They do not include small museums currently being opened,” he said.

This official familiarly addressed as Gung Ari also ensured that global crisis did not affect tourist visit to museum. He said that visitors coming to the museum are

dominantly using a touch of taste instead of money. “They are rarely affected by economy. Commonly, people wishing to really have a special interest in owning and securing,” he explained.

He said that currently the museum having variations actually increases the interest of tourists to come to the museum. “For example, there is nature and dance so that the interest of the museum is high. For instance, Blanco Museum has a collection of bird care while the ARMA has dance class,” he said.

He revealed that out of millions of tourists visiting Gianyar every year, 5 percent to 10 percent will definitely visit museum.

Meanwhile, those mostly come to museum are tourists from European Continent. “They are usually students, or those who really want to know more about culture. In the meantime, the other tourists such as Chinese rarely go to museums, but they mostly make a visit to tourist attractions just for taking selfie,” he said. (kmb35)

Amid global crisis, museum remains to exist

Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA)

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BERLIN - Lawmakers returning to the Bavarian regional parliament after elections three months ago will find a transgender woman colleague, Tessa Ganserer, on the benches where Markus Ganserer previously sat.

Ganserer is believed to be the first transgender person in Germany to hold a regional or national MP’s seat, or to change their gender while in office.

Just a few weeks after coming out on social media to a burst of publicity, the 41-year-old will make a first appearance before the press Monday to discuss her change of identity.

Long a laggard on social issues, some abrupt changes have taken place in Germany in recent years.

Parliament legislated last month for a third gender on birth certificates after a Constitutional Court decision that the documents must respect intersex people.

And in summer 2017, MPs pushed through gay marriage after Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would not whip her party on the subject.

While Ganserer won her Bavarian parliament seat in October, in the United States Democratic party candidate Christine Hallquist recently failed in her bid to become the first transgender woman governor in Vermont.

- ‘Madam regional MP’“I am a woman with every fibre of my body and now Madam regional MP as well,” Ganserer posted on her Facebook account in early January, announcing her intention to sit in parliament as a woman. Just a few weeks ago, she had said both Markus and Tessa remained a part of her.

But from now on she hopes to live as a female politician, wife and mother of two children.

While Bavaria is a strongly conservative and mostly Catholic region, the president of the regional parliament Ilse Aigner of the Christian Social Union (CSU) backed the change.

“Mrs Ganserer has taken a very brave and highly personal decision,” Aigner said.

The CSU usually takes very conservative positions on social questions and opposed the federal gay marriage law.

“Our male colleague is becoming a female colleague, that should not be a problem in this house,” Aigner said in a public statement after speaking with Ganserer.

“A person’s personality is always more important than their gender.”

At the first plenary session of the year from January 23, the Greens party MP -- first elected in 2013 and reelected last October -- will be registered as a woman. (afp)

PRAGUE - Jan Palach was a student activist who burnt himself to death 50 years ago this week to protest at the Soviet-led occupation of then Czechoslovakia.

“He loved history and he was also interested in philosophy,” Ivana Zizkova, who went to school with Palach, told AFP of the young man, an introvert always immersed in books and magazines.

“He was good-looking. Very close to his mother,” added Zizkova, who was in the same class as Palach at the school in the Czech town of Melnik just north of Prague.

“And what was unusual during the Communist era: he dared to argue with the professors when he disagreed with them,” added the now 70-year-old pensioner.

Three years after they passed their school-leaving exams, Palach, studying philosophy at Charles University in Prague, set himself alight in the central Wenceslas Square on January 16, 1969.

He wanted Czechoslovaks to resist a new hardline regime absolutely loyal to the Kremlin, following the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968

which crushed a liberal movement called the Prague Spring. With burns to 85 percent of his body, Palach died on January 19, aged 20.

His funeral in Prague was attended by 100,000 silent mourners.

- Mobilise the nation “I was travelling from Prague to Melnik and in the newspaper I saw a tiny story: ‘Student JP set himself alight in Wenceslas Square,’” recalled Zizkova.

“Then I learnt that it was Honza.

Of course I was shocked,” she added, calling Palach by the diminutive of his first name.

“He had something of a genius in him. He could see farther than the rest of us. He tried to mobilise the nation.”

“I admire him, and I still have goosebumps. He sacrificed his life so young,” she said.

Palach was born to a modest family in the village of Vsetaty near Melnik. His father, who died in 1962, was a confectioner whose

shop had been confiscated by the Communists, while his mother was a shop assistant at a kiosk at the local railway station.

“In 1967 and 1968, Jan took part in voluntary work camps in the Soviet Union,” says Jana Beranova, head of the Vsetaty-based Jan Palach Society.

“He was shocked by the contrast between Soviet reality and the propaganda,” she told AFP. “He refused to succumb to the lethargy that gradually overtook society after the occupation. He called for a general strike -- in vain.

And then he made his decision,” Beranova said.

At dawn on January 16, 1969, Palach took a train from Vsetaty to Prague. In his dormitory room, he reviewed his manifesto. It demanded that the regime drop censorship and ban the Zpravy magazine, which had been distributed since August 1968 by the Soviet occupation forces and was spreading fake news. (afp)

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BUSINESS In this Dec. 2, 2018, file photo cranes at the Port of Gulfport are silhouetted by the setting sun at Gulfport, Miss. The World Bank is downgrading its outlook for the global economy this year, citing rising trade tension, weakening manufacturing activity and growing financial stress in emerging-market countries.

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Use of Animal Flesh in Ritual, To Fill in Offerings and Iberiber in Clockwise Procession

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Animal flesh is often used to fill in oblations such in the tebasan and peras oblations. By and large, the animal whose grilled flesh used to fill in some oblations is chicken and sometime people also use ducks. Other than for the oblation, the flesh is also taken advantage to make food such as satay and so on. Besides, people also often use pork in various preparations.

However, in reality people should not always use flesh of living animal for their oblations.

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How a government shutdown affects the economy

Parts of the federal government have been closed since midnight on Dec. 22, making it the longest shutdown on record. It’s also the third since President Donald Trump took office.

The immediate and most visible impact of a shutdown is in the government’s day-to-day operations.

Many national museums and parks are closed, immigration hearings are being postponed and the Food and Drug Administration isn’t doing routine inspections of domestic food-processing facilities, to name a few examples. Of the 800,000 federal employees affected by the shutdown, 420,000 are working without pay while the rest have been furloughed.

But beyond the individual workers and families affected, could a short or lengthy shutdown affect the broader U.S. economy as well?

Constantine Yannelis, a business professor at New York University, and I examined data from the 2013 government shutdown to better understand its impact.

An economic speed bump While a shutdown affects the economy in a number of ways – from delaying business permits and visas to reducing service hours at innumerable agencies – a primary channel through which a shutdown affects the economy is through withheld or foregone pay from federal employees who don’t receive their paychecks.

Since consumer spending makes up about 70 percent of economic activity in the United States, withholding pay from even some government workers could introduce a significant economic speed bump in the short run.

And that’s exactly what we saw in 2013. Similar to the situation today, a partisan standoff in Congress led to a partial shutdown of the government that lasted a little over two weeks beginning on Oct.

1 of that year.

Well over a million federal employees were affected and didn’t receive a paycheck during the shutdown. Some were furloughed – sent home and told not to do anything related to their job. Those deemed “essential” or “exempted” – such as security personnel screening passengers at airports or border patrol agents – were required to continue working at their jobs, although they were not receiving paychecks. The government eventually paid both groups the money owed them, regardless of whether they worked, after Democrats and Republicans reached an agreement on Oct. 16, 2013.

My colleague Yannelis and I sought to understand how households responded by tracking how they behaved in the days leading up to, during and following the shut-

down using detailed financial data.

We obtained this anonymized data from a personal finance website where people track their income, expenses, savings and debt.

Using the paycheck transaction descriptions, we identified over 60,000 households that contained employees of federal agencies affected by the shutdown. These affected employees included both those who were asked to work without pay and those who were furloughed.

As a comparison group, we also identified over 90,000 households with a member who worked for a state government. That would likely mean they have fairly similar levels of education, experience and financial security, yet their paychecks were unaffected by the shutdown.

Long-term impact?

Whether or not a shutdown has a longer-term economic impact depends on whether employees

are paid their foregone wages after its conclusion – and how long the shutdown lasts.

In 2013, the government repaid even furloughed workers what they would have earned had the shutdown not happened.

This repayment, essentially increasing the size of their first post-shutdown paychecks, had significant and immediate effects on household spending. A sudden spike in spending occurred in the days after the paychecks were disbursed, largely erasing some of the most dramatic declines in spending during the previous two weeks.

The government has usually paid all its employees, “essential” or not, back pay after other past shutdowns, such as those in the 1990s. While Congress is legally required to pay federal employees who worked during the shutdown, there’s no law requiring the same treatment for nonessential workers. (afp)

Ida Bagus Alit said that poultry are usually used as an iber-iber where this animal will be released or thrown alive. After that, it will walk away shortly after it has been spinning around for three times.

This procession is meant to determine the direction or point out the direction which path should be taken by the Atma in order to reach heaven.

Meanwhile, I Gede Agus Budi Adnyana, added that chicken and ducks are also used in alive condition during the ceremony like dewa yadnya where the animals with other oblations are carried when surrounding shrines in a series of ceremonial procession. Additionally, each community holding this will also bring along yellow rice to be eaten by the chickens and ducks.

“The duck itself functions as a controller and represents satvika (goodness, constructive, harmony) aspect, while chicken is a symbol

of creation or rajas (passion, active, confused) and the body. Meanwhile, the white and yellow rice seeds have significance of prosperity and happiness,” he said.

Budi Adnyana added that in the ritual procession of pitra yadnya, there is procession known as mapurwa daksina where the animal used in the rituals will be taken to go around the ceremony location clockwise, and devotees will usually use white buffalo.

Similar opinion was conveyed

by I Nyoman Kunuk, the owner of the ivory cattle from Kekeran hamlet, Selanbawak, Marga, Tabanan. He said that murwa daksina ritual procession with the use of ivory cattle is commonly found in Nyekah and Ngerit procession only and not applied in other ceremonies. The process itself is done by leading the cow surround the Pradnyan pavilion for three times and should walk slowly and carefully so that the white or yellow

cow rectangle containing silver and others can be stepped on.

In accordance with the belief of local community, the ivory cow is a symbol of cattle or nandini ox functioning as the vehicle of Lord Shiva.

In the procession of this ceremony, the cow is supposedly ridden by the deceased, while in the ritual

the deceased is hoped to be able to go to the abode of Lord Shiva. As the accompaniment, devotees must chant the Aji Kembang psalmody.

He also participates in chanting the psalmody even though it should be done by local people.

“Uniqueness in the belief of Balinese people regarding the cer-

emonial procession or ngiterin lies in myth that if the cow is defecating or urinating at the location, it will be very good or serves as a boon.

This happens because they believe that both the dung and urine will also be good for the fertility of the plants in their fields,” he added. (kmb)

Come on Exploring Gili Putih Island!

This name might still sound strange, but it does not matter. After all, if it’s getting accustomed, it will become very familiar. It is named the Gili Putih Island located at Sumberkima village, Gerokgak Buleleng, featuring a natural tour remaining natural. Since it is

known by travelers, the area starts to be visited by domestic and foreign tourists. However, this area is still lacking supporting facilities, one of which is access to the island’s own object.

Being aware of the tourism potential, village youth clubs (karang

taruna) of 14 villages in Gerokgak subdistrict took care of the environment from Saturday (Sep. 29) to Sunday (Sep. 30). By establishing a camp in the area, participants carried out activities such as maintaining the preservation of coral reef parks, planting coconut trees, and installing signboards prohibiting the disposal of plastic waste.

Aside from involving village youth clubs, the activity was attended by village officials and delegates from Gerokgak subdistrict.

Participants also took advantage of the opportunity to have a closer look at the Gili Putih Island that pampers the eyes.

Chairman of the committee, Ketut Suriantara Putra, said that Gili Putih Island area was known accidentally. Visitors spread the information through social media networks (social media). Due to the strength of social media, tourist visits to the region continue to grow crowded.

Realizing the hidden potential, his committee then took the initiative with village youth clubs in Gerokgak subdistrict to take environmental care. Through such an action, he wanted the Gili Putih Island to be managed well into one of the tourism potentials in Buleleng. The initial measure taken was to raise awareness to protect the environment by maintaining coral reef parks, planting trees, and preventing environmental pollution from the influence of plastic waste.

This was done by installing a signboard prohibiting littering.

On the other hand, Suriantara Putra added that youth organizations in Gerokgak subdistrict are involved to jointly develop and maintain the tourism potential in the area. Thus, youth organizations themselves have positive activities and they are avoided from the influence of negative activities. For this reason, the local government

hoped the Gili Putih area will be included in a more serious structuring program.

This is important because supporting facilities especially access to location are still difficult. For example, the access to the location can only be reached by boat crossing service, so that it requires adequate transportation services. In addition, an adequate road access needs building in the area of ??Gili Putih Island.

Subdistrict head of Gerokgak, Made Juartawan, positively welcomed the conservation movement in the Gili Putih Island area by youth organizations in Gerokgak subdistrict. He hoped such action can last sustainably and the development of this area must be carried out jointly, so the Gili Putih Island can develop into a famous tourist destination other than Pemuteran, Lovina and its surroundings. (kmb)

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Million dead fish cause environmental stink in Australia

SYDNEY - As many as a million fish are believed to have died along the banks of a major river system in drought-battered eastern Australia, and the authorities warned Monday of more deaths to come.

The banks of the MurrayDarling Rivers are thick with rotten fish, with officials putting the number of dead at hundreds of thousands and saying the toll is likely closer to one million.

Further high temperatures forecast for this week could make the situation worse, the New South Wales government has warned.

Low water conditions and the heat may also have encouraged an algae bloom that starves the fish of oxygen and produce toxins.

“We do expect to see more fish kills across parts of the far west and Northern Tablelands this week,” said state minister Niall Blair.

The deaths have become a national issue, sparking angry allegations about the cause and who is responsible.

“It’s a devastating ecological event,” said Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday, pointing to apocalyptic scenes. “The sheer visual image of this is just terribly upsetting,” he said.

M o r r i s o n ’s g o v e r n m e n t has blamed the fish deaths on drought, and defended policies which some locals say has caused the systemic depletion and pollution of the river system.

“There’s a drought and this is one of the consequences of drought. There are many, and my focus on drought has not shifted

one inch,” Morrison said.

But for years scientists have been warning of people extracting vast amounts of water without check for irrigation or other uses, undercutting billions of dollars of investment.

“Dead fish and dying rivers are not because of the drought, it’s because we are extracting too much water from our river,” said John Williams, an expert in water economics at the Australian National University.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten called on the government to set up an “emergency task force” to address the issue.

“You can’t ignore a million dead fish, that’s a shocking development,” said Shorten.

Morrison insisted the management plan for the Murray-Darling Basin was bipartisan, adding that his government was only following on the policies of the opposition Labor government.

“I’m concerned today that some might want to play politics with that,” he said.

“There were reports done by scientists under Labor’s contribution to that plan back in 2012 and the plan has been operating in accordance with that advice.”

Scientists are calling for politicians to be held to account.

“Billions have been spent on upgrading irrigation infrastructure,” said Quentin Grafton, also of the Australian National University, “but with no public benefit.”

“It’s a disgrace and it’s time those responsible are held accountable for this unfolding disaster.” (afp)

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An AoA sensor provides data about the angle at which air passes over the wings and tells pilots how much lift a plane is getting. The information can be critical in preventing an aircraft from stalling.

The Lion Air 737’s flight data recorder showed that pilots had repeatedly tried to correct its nose from pointing down, possibly after erroneous data from AoA sensors was fed into a system that automatically adjusts some of its movements.

The preliminary crash report stopped short of making any recommendations to Boeing, but the American aviation giant has come under fire for possible glitches on the 737 MAX, which entered service in 2017. (afp)

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JAKARTA - Presidential candidate number 01 Joko Widodo, or commonly known as Jokowi, stressed that the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) would not fall apart.

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Passengers flying from Miami International Airport wait in line to enter the checkpoint at Concourse F, where some of the flights of a closed terminal were diverted, in Miami, Florida, on January 13, 2019.

Travelers fume in long lines at Miami International in govt shutdown

MIAMI - Passengers departing Miami International Airport endured unusually long waits at security checkpoints Sunday, an indirect consequence of the partial US federal government shutdown.

Indonesia...

Indonesia’s aviation safety record has improved since its airlines, including national carrier Garuda, were subject to years-long bans from US and European airspace for safety violations. But the country still recorded more than three dozen fatal accidents over the past 15 years.

Nearly 30 relatives of the Lion Air crash victims are suing Boeing, alleging faults in the plane led to the deaths. The MAX variant of the 737 is one of the world’s newest and most advanced commercial passenger jets.

After investigators said the doomed aircraft had problems with its airspeed indicator and angle of attack (AoA) sensors, Boeing issued a special bulletin telling operators what to do when they face the same

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Since December 22, some 800,000 US federal employees have been on mandatory leave or working without pay because President Donald Trump and Congress have been at an impasse over $5.7 billion the president wants to build a wall on Mexico border.

Some employees, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents that staff airport security checkpoints, are considered “essential” and must work without pay.

Many however are apparently protesting by reporting sick at an abnormally high rate.

“We almost missed our flight.

I wanted to eat a sandwich and now I can’t. We’re furious, this

makes no sense,” Italian Rocco Vincenzo, who was heading to the Cayman Islands before returning to his country, told AFP. Vincenzo stood in a line of cranky travelers waiting to get through security to catch their flights that stretched the length of two city blocks.

“You want to travel? I’m going to stay in Italy and he (Trump) can stay in America,” joked the 52-year-old laborer.

With about 40 TSA agents out, Miami International Airport officials decided Friday to close one of the airport’s six terminals.

“Traveling in general is difficult, it’s not pleasant, and this adds to the frustration,” said Paul Reynolds, a 52-year-old

Jamaican traveling to Kingston also waiting in line.

According to spokesman Greg Chin, the wait times at Miami International remain normal and the closed terminal will reopen on Monday, staffed by TSA agents.

TSA chief David Pekoske wrote on Friday that he had approved a $500 bonus for officers at checkpoints who have worked without pay in what is now the longest government shutdown in US history.

“While I realize this is not what you are owed for your hard work,” Pekoske tweeted, “I hope these actions alleviate some of the financial hardship many of you are facing.” (afp)

Jokowi made his statement before thousands of alumni of the University of Indonesia (UI) who declared their support for the Jokowi - Ma`ruf Amin pair in the 2019 presidential election on Saturday (12/1), according to a statement here on Sunday.

He expressed his annoyance to hear any political speech on the dissolution of Indonesia and the attack against him, which accused Jokowi as a supporter of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).

However, Jokowi chose to response the allegation with concrete action, among others by taking over 51 percent of stakes in PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI).

Indonesia also took over its largest gas block Mahakam from France`s Total E&P Indonesie and Japan`s Inpex Corporation.

“State-Owned energy firm Pertamina has fully managed Indonesia`s Mahakam Oil and Gas block,” the president said.

Alumni of the University of Indonesia (UI) gave a black jacket to Jokowi as a symbol of support.

The words written on the back of the black jacket “work work work” is an implementation of Jokowi`s move to continue to work for the development of Indonesia.(ant)

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Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo walks past debris at the Mutiara Carita Cottages in Carita in Banten province on December 24, 2018, two days after a tsunami - caused by activity at a volcano known as the “child” of Krakatoa - hit the west coast of Indonesia’s Java island.

UN Environment ready to help finance International Tropical Peatland Center in Bogor

JAKARTA - The UN Environment is ready to finance the International Tropical Peatland Center (ITPC) set up in the West Java city of Bogor, UN Environment Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Dechen Tsering said.

“We highly welcome the leadership of Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya in managing peatland in Indonesia.

In this regard, we are ready to support ITPC, particularly its

funding,” the Environment and Forestry Ministry quoted Tsering as saying in a press statement released on Friday.

Tsering said he was aware of the importance of ITPC implementing its programs soon, particularly those related to the mechanism of inter-institution cooperation, and short-and long-term plans.

“We are highly motivated to cooperate and we are here to fully support ITPC to ensure the success

of sustainable peatland management. For its part, let us focus and start the formulating of a proposal for activities,” she said.

She expressed hope that ITPC would be able to serve as a main data and knowledge center for the management of peatland in the world and give inputs to policy makers and operating units engaged in peatland conservation.

Chief of the Research and Development and Innovation

Board of the Environment and Forestry Ministry Agus Justianto said ITPC is aimed at ensuring that policy makers, practitioners and the public would have access to credible and legal information and analysis and all required instruments to design and implement tropical peatland conservation and management.

As a country, which has the third largest area of tropical peatland in the world after Brazil

and Congo, Indonesia holds 30 percent of the world`s carbon.

After forest and land fires engulfed several parts of Indonesia in 2015, the government has renewed its commitment to prevent fires by offering incentives, upholding the law, applying effective land and forest governance, increasing coordination and synergy among stakeholders, and encouraging public participation.(ant)

BANDUNG - The government of West Java Province and South Korea will establish an international coffee school in a bid to promote coffee along with tourism of West Java.

“Coffee and tourism promotion to the world are the two things

to be collaborated,” West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil noted here on Saturday, Jan 12.

The idea was discussed at a meeting between Kamil and Korean Sung Kyul University`s President Dong Cheoul Yoon, who is also a representative of

the International Coffee Association, at the Pakuan Building in Bandung.

“The most anticipated (cooperation) is the international coffee school with networking from Korea, as Koreans are one of most coffee addicts in Asia,”

he pointed out.

Kamil said he had sought partnership with Korea to build the coffee school, with the hope of opening a special cafe in Korea that only serves coffee from West Java.

In the near future, the West

Java government will find three locations in the mountain area, with beautiful scenery, to build the school.

“Hopefully, this would improve the quality of our coffee that would also make our economy robust,” Kamil noted.(ant)

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Ibaka strikes as NBA-best Raptors outlast Wizards

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Spain’s Rafael Nadal hits a return against Australia’s James Duckworth during their men’s singles match on day one of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 14, 2019.

Bunut Bolong Hollow Giant Banyan in West Bali NEGARA - Bunut Bolong is a giant hollow banyan tree in the village of Manggisari in Jembrana, West Bali. It is about 11 km to the north from the main road from Denpasar to Gilimanuk, or 86 km from Denpasar. This secret Banyan tree is situated on the ridge of a hill and surrounded by the clove plantations and deep gorge with lush green tropical forest.It is easy to reach by any vehicles because it own the good road access from Pekutatan Village. The name of Bunut Bolong is given due to the unique characteristic of this tree. The word of “Bunut” is coming from Balinese word of big tree that the same species with banyan tree, and the word of “bolong” means “hole”. So the word of “Bunut Bolong” means a Bunut tree which has a hole in

it. This Banyan Tree has famous among tourists from all over the world since this site is appointed as a tourist destination in west part of Bali. This old, giant banyan tree is a natural landmark that’s sanctified by locals. They believe the tree is centuries old. There are tales of people who met their demise trying to chop it down to remove it.

The tree has a large hollow at its base. This formed naturally, and is as wide as the main road that runs through it. Temple shrines adorned in yellow and white cloths are at both ends of the banyan tree’s straddling base.

Features of Bunut Bolong The main road that runs through Bunut Bolong connects the village of Pekutatan in West Bali to the

north coast. It’s usually an alternative route for getting to North Bali via the central highlands. Bunut Bolong is a highlight on drives through the region. However, it’s possible to take in the peculiar sight as part of a bigger tour of the area.

You can also add it to your collection of stunning travel photos in Bali. This unique Bali landmark is situated in a cool upland area. Fogs are common in the mornings and late afternoons. This adds a magical aura to the site. Bunut Bolong is practically a mid-journey highlight.

There are no visiting fees and most visiting locals will usually head to the several warung or roadside food stalls selling snacks and refreshments nearby. From Kuta, Bunut Bolong is around a two-hour drive northwest. (IBP/net)

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Nadal flies into Open round two as Sharapova sends warning

MELBOURNE - A ruthless Rafael Nadal showed no mercy in a clinical first round thumping at the Australian Open Monday as fellow veteran Maria Sharapova issued her own warning with a “double bagel” demolition.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion, who cut short his 2018 season to have surgery on a foot injury, cruised through to round two of the opening major of the year 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 against Australian wildcard James Duckworth.

“Not easy to come back after a lot of months, especially against a player playing super aggressive on every point,” said the 2009 Australian champion, who showed no sign of any injury worries.

“The energy I feel in this place is fantastic,” he added.

The Spanish second seed is bidding to become the first man in the Open era, and only third in history along with Roy Emerson and Rod Laver, to win each Grand Slam on two or more occasions.

Fifth seed Kevin Anderson also progressed against Adrian Mannarino, with last year’s Wimbledon finalist through 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.

Sharapova, a winner at Melbourne Park in 2008 who has failed to impress at Grand Slam level since returning from a doping ban in 2017, signalled her intent with a 6-0, 6-0 thrashing of Britain’s Harriet Dart, who ended the match in tears.

Playing in her 15th Australian Open, the three-time finalist said she was pleased to go through so easily

as she battles back from injuries.

“It was a good test for my leg, for my shoulder,” she said.

“I’m still working through some painful days. But, you know, I felt like I did all the right things today in order to get through that match.”

Fifth seeded Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion who struggled in her warm-up tournaments in Brisbane and Sydney, got back to business against fellow American Taylor Townsend in a 6-4, 6-2 win.

Eleventh seed Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus also safely negotiated round one on a day when temperatures were soaring towards a forecast 37 Celsius (98.6 Fahrenheit).

But Germany’s 14th seed Julia Goerges, who won the recent Auckland Classic, crashed out in three sets to American Danielle Collins.

- Severe pain Britain’s Katie Boulter, meanwhile, created a slice of history by becoming the first woman to win in a third set tiebreak -– a new rule introduced to the Open this year.

Instead of playing to the death, third or fifth sets now go to a tiebreak when the score reaches 6-6 and it becomes the first to 10.

It seemed Boulter wasn’t told, fist-pumping and walking to the

net at 7/4 before being reminded of the new rule. She went on to beat Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova 6-0, 4-6, 7-6 (10/6).

Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki open their title defences later in the day, while Andy Murray takes to the court for what could be his farewell match at Melbourne Park and potentially his last ever.

Swiss maestro Federer, seeded three, has won the last two Australian Opens and is gunning for a record seventh crown and 21st Grand Slam title.He starts off against Denis Istomin on Rod Laver Arena.

Scottish former world number one Murray tearfully revealed last week that severe pain from a hip injury was proving too much to bear and he planned to retire this year.

He would like to finish at Wimbledon, but admitted the Australian Open could be his last tournament.

Spain’s 22nd seed Roberto Bautista Agut is the man who could draw the curtain on Murray’s time in Melbourne, where he has been a five-time finalist. Denmark’s Wozniacki broke through for her first Slam title in Melbourne last year, beating Simona Halep in the final, and gets her tournament underway against Belgium’s Alison van Uytvanck. (afp)

LOS ANGELES - Serge Ibaka drained the go-ahead three-pointer with 15.2 seconds left in the second overtime Sunday to lift the Toronto Raptors to a 140-138 NBA victory over the Washington Wizards.

Kawhi Leonard led the Raptors with 41 points. That included 10 in overtime as Toronto finally put away the Wizards in a game in which the Raptors led by as many as 23.

The Raptors, who improved to an NBA-best 33-12, burst out of the gate and were up 51-28 late in the second quarter and by 17 with less than a minute to play in the third.

Washington chipped away, helped by Bradley Beal’s second triple-double of the season with 43 points, 10 assists and 15 rebounds.

Beal drained a three-pointer with 21.5 seconds left in regulation to knot the score at 124-124 and force overtime, and his bucket tied it up at 131-131 with 6.8 seconds left in the first extra period.

The Wizards took the lead for the first time in the second overtime period, when Toronto suddenly went cold, missing seven of nine from the field. A layup from Leonard, Ibaka’s three-pointer and a scattering of free-throws would be enough.

In New York, the Philadelphia

76ers welcomed Joel Embiid back with a hard-fought 108-105 victory over the host Knicks.

Embiid, sidelined from Friday’s loss to Atlanta with a sore ankle, scored 26 points in his return to the starting lineup, pulling down eight rebounds and blocking six shots.

Ben Simmons had a big game, connecting on 10 of 13 shots from the field on the way to 20 points, and grabbing a career high 22 rebounds as the Sixers dominated the Knicks 56-34 on the boards.

Australia’s Simmons, whose previous career-high for rebounds was 18, became the youngest 76er ever to post a 20-point, 20-rebound game.

“The numbers are dominant,” coach Brett Brown said of Simmons, who also handed out nine assists. “I thought he was fantastic.”

Philadelphia led by as many as 24 points, but the Knicks, propelled by a career-high 31 points from rookie Kevin Knox, sliced the lead to one point at the end of the third quarter.

They were two adrift with little more than three minutes remaining in regulation.

“It was great to get a win, especially after the past two games,” Brown said. “It was good to get back on track.” (afp)

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Serge Ibaka #9 of the Toronto Raptors shoots the ball against the Washington Wizards on January 13, 2019 at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC.

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‘Monstrous’ Messi scores 400th La Liga goal, sends Barca five points clear Lionel Messi scored his 400th La Liga goal on Sunday, a total his coach Ernesto Valverde called “monstrous”, as Barcelona terrorised Eibar to reclaim their five-point cushion at the top of the table.

Messi drove the ball into the bottom corner after being teed up by Luis Suarez, who added two goals to his own tally either side of the Argentinian marking another historic record at the Camp Nou. “It’s monstrous,” said Valverde, after the 3-0 victory. “It’s easy to say but you have to score them one after the other, it’s a long-term job. “His numbers are stratospheric, incredible. He is from another galaxy.”

Victory saw Valverde’s side restore their advantage over Atletico Madrid, who had briefly cut the gap to two points after beating Levante earlier in the day.

“There is a lot of time left,” Valverde said. “It is a good cushion but nothing is done yet.”

Real Madrid won too, beating Real Betis, to ensure Spain’s big three all prevailed in the same round for only the fourth time this season. Real remain 10 points adrift of Barcelona.

Messi, meanwhile, extends his own hefty lead as the division’s all-time top scorer, which currently stands at 89 goals,

ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo, now at Juventus in Italy, owns a better goals-to-game ratio, with his 311 strikes coming in 292 matches. Messi’s quadruple century arrived in his 435th.

In fact, it was one of Messi’s quieter nights in terms of performance and in another team it might have been Suarez or Philippe Coutinho picking up the plaudits.

Suarez assisted Messi, applied a classy finish and was on the end of a scintillating team move for Barca’s first.

- Sparkling Coutinho display Coutinho was the provider for that one and delivered a sparkling display to appease those doubting his future at the club.

The Brazilian has endured a spell out of Valverde’s preferred starting line-up but he converted a penalty against Levante in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, and was arguably man of the match here.

He alone supplied three passes in the build-up to Suarez’s opener. Arthur Melo started it, playing a one-two with Coutinho and then into the feet of Sergio Busquets.

Busquets pinged the ball left to Coutinho, who twice exchanged with Suarez before the Uruguayan, off balance, found the far corner.

Messi’s moment came in the 53rd minute and it was Suarez who started it, stealing back possession after a heavy touch from Anaitz Arbilla. He bounced it off Coutinho and found Messi, who touched and rifled in.

Barca were enjoying themselves as Coutinho flicked the ball over one opponent’s head and Suarez did the same through another’s legs.

The third goal was simple, however, Sergi Roberto taking a quick throw and freeing the scuttling Suarez.

With the goalkeeper out, he looked up and chipped the ball into the net.

- Griezmann fires Atletico to win The pressure had been cranked up a notch after Antoine Griezmann’s second-half penalty earned Atletico a 1-0 victory over Levante. Griezmann has now scored all of Atletico’s last six goals and his latest one proved the difference in a cagey contest at the Wanda Metropolitano.

“We all pull the cart in difficult moments,” Griezmann said. “I cannot do anything without my teammates.”

The pressure has been on Real Madrid all season but they battled to a 2-1 win over Betis for their first league victory of 2019.

Luka Modric sent a thunderous shot into the top corner but Betis were in the ascendancy after Sergio Canales poked in a second-half equaliser.

Marcelo had been dropped by Santiago Solari, Karim Benzema taken off with a dislocated finger and Isco remained on the bench, watching three youngsters sent on ahead of him. Ceballos, who left Betis for Madrid two years ago, was one of them.

With a free-kick on the edge of the area and goalkeeper Pau Lopez leaving his left-hand corner open, Ceballos duly sent a dipping shot into the gap to snatch a dramatic win.

“It was an emotional moment for him,” Solari said.

“A former player doing damage, football creates this kind of magic.”(afp)

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi celebrates his goal during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and SD Eibar at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on January 13, 2019. Lionel Messi scored his 400th goal in La Liga against Eibar today to extend his record as the division’s all-time top scorer.

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De Gea hails ‘real Man Utd’ after starring against Spurs David De Gea said the “real Manchester United” had been on show after his brilliant goalkeeping display secured a 1-0 win over Tottenham at Wembley on Sunday.

Victory gave Ole Gunnar Solskjaer his sixth successive win in all competitions, and fifth in a row in the Premier League, as United’s caretaker manager since replacing the sacked Jose Mourinho.

It also meant the former United striker had broken the record of the legendary Matt Busby, who won his first five games as the Old Trafford club’s manager.

Marcus Rashford scored the only goal shortly before half-time but credit for the win belonged primarily to De Gea whose 11 saves were the most he had made in a top-flight match without conceding a goal.

But the 28-year-old played down his contribution to United’s latest victory, a win that saw them draw level on points with fifth-placed Arsenal and instead praised the “happiness” Solskjaer has brought to the dressing room.

“We won the game against a top team, we controlled the first half but in the second half they had chances,” De Gea told Sky Sports.

“I was feeling very well with the first two saves, it was a great game. I don’t even remember some of the saves so I can’t pick a best.

“The manager brought some happiness, the players are playing well and the team is very strong now. “This is the real Manchester United.”

Meanwhile, Rashford was in no doubt about how much De Gea had done against a Tottenham side who remained nine points adrift of league leaders Liverpool.

“It’s a good responsibility to be the main striker but everyone has chipped in,” said Rashford. “It was the keeper (who won us the game) today.”

Meanwhile Tottenham defender Ben Davies said Mauricio Pochettino’s men should not be disheartened by a defeat that was largely down to De Gea’s ‘dream match’ between the posts.

“David de Gea has pulled off three or four brilliant saves, and on another day, they go in,” Davies said. “It is disappointing but it wasn’t the worst performance. The boys up front are slotting them away most weeks, but today it wasn’t their day.”(afp)

Confidence key for Arsenal to make Champions League, says Emery

Unai Emery says his players are in dire need of a win to regain their confidence and reboot their challenge for a Champions League spot for next season.

The Gunners’ bid to return to the Champions League after a two-year hiatus has hit the rocks of late -- Saturday’s 1-0 defeat by West Ham left them six points adrift of fourth-placed Chelsea.

Emery, who once again omitted 2014 World Cup winner Mesut Ozil from the squad despite his recovery from a knee injury, admitted confidence was low although they could go a long way to restoring it if they beat Chelsea at home next Saturday.

“Now it’s more difficult, it’s clear,” the Spaniard replied when asked if a top-four finish was still a possibility. “I think the most important thing for us is to recover our confidence and be more competitive. We need consistency over 38 matches.

“Now it isn’t enough at the moment. West Ham was a bad result. “If we can win today (Saturday) we are playing against Chelsea with a threepoint maximum distance.

“This result makes that more difficult,” added the 47-year-old Spaniard.

Emery -- who began the post-Arsene Wenger era with the club going on a 22-game unbeaten run -- admits another cause for concern is their poor recent away form.

The Gunners have not won away in their last four league games, taking just one point from a possible 12. “It’s our challenge,” Emery said of improving Arsenal’s away form. “We are working on that.

“It’s also the opposition team. Like here (West Ham), for example, they are with their supporters, they feel good and strong and can push.

“We need to take more confidence, better performances collectively, being competitive away to change this moment. “We started the season away well, being competitive and winning.”(afp)

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Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi, right, jumps past Benevento goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipo’ during an Italian Cup second round soccer match between Inter Milan and Benevento, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019.

Inter into Coppa quarters at San Siro closed after racist chanting

Inter Milan cruised into the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia on Sunday after beating secondtier Benevento 6-2 in a match played behind closed doors following the racist abuse of Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly last month.

Inter ran riot in a San Siro left empty as part of the punishment the club received for the monkey chants directed at Koulibaly during their 1-0 Boxing Day win over Napoli.

“That wasn’t a real match tonight,” said Inter coach Luciano Spalletti. “The protagonists of the game are the fans, who should come and have fun watching the show on the pitch.

“We can’t deprive good people of enjoyment because others disturb the match (with their behaviour). We need to reward that type of fan, who needs to take a stand against the chants they don’t want to take part in.”

Spalletti’s side were two up inside seven minutes thanks to a roaring start that saw Mauro Icardi open the scoring from the spot following a foul on Antonio Candreva, who was on hand to crash home after striker Icardi hit the post from a corner to double

the hosts’ lead.

The tie was put beyond doubt in first-half stoppage time when Dalbert collected Ivan Perisic’s pass and thumped in the third, and Croat Perisic was on hand again shortly after the break to cross for Lautaro Martinez to make it four with his head.

Benevento forward Roberto Insigne smashed home a freekick that his brother Lorenzo, in action later for Napoli against Sassuolo, would have been proud of, but Martinez scored again in the 66th minute to mean that Filippo Bandinelli’s goal for the away side was nothing more than a second consolation.

Candreva’s second deep into added time was the cherry on the cake for Spalletti’s side, who in the quarters will take on Lazio, embroiled in a racism scandal of their own.

Their 4-1 thumping of thirddivision Novara at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico on Saturday was sullied by racist and anti-Semitic chanting dismissed by the club as a “psychosis focusing on a minority or non-existent incidents”.

Lazio’s notorious hardcore ultra fans aimed a series of ugly barbs at their bitter city rivals

Roma as their side ran up a fourgoal lead before half-time, taunting them with chants of “Yellow, red and Jewish” and “This Roma that looks like Africa”.

Lazio spokesman Arturo Diaconale blasted reports of the chanting by a small section of the crowd as “a psychosis”, and said that “98 percent” of the crowd did not even hear them.

Napoli will take on AC Milan in the last eight after goals from Arkadiusz Milik and Fabian Ruiz saw off Sassuolo at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples on Sunday.

Milan beat Sampdoria 2-0 on Saturday.

Earlier on Sunday two late goals from Federico Chiesa saw Fiorentina beat battling Torino, who were the more dangerous side throughout the match but were knocked out thanks to a brace in the final three minutes from the Italy international.

The Viola will host one of Roma or Virtus Entella from third-tier Serie C, who play on Monday after Cagliari and Atalanta face off in an all-Serie A clash.

On Saturday, Juventus booked their place in the last eight with a 2-0 win at Bologna.(afp)

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‘Monstrous’ Messi scores 400th La Liga goal, sends Barca five points clear Lionel Messi scored his 400th La Liga goal on Sunday, a total his coach Ernesto Valverde called “monstrous”, as Barcelona terrorised Eibar to reclaim their five-point cushion at the top of the table.

Messi drove the ball into the bottom corner after being teed up by Luis Suarez, who added two goals to his own tally either side of the Argentinian marking another historic record at the Camp Nou. “It’s monstrous,” said Valverde, after the 3-0 victory. “It’s easy to say but you have to score them one after the other, it’s a long-term job. “His numbers are stratospheric, incredible. He is from another galaxy.”

Victory saw Valverde’s side restore their advantage over Atletico Madrid, who had briefly cut the gap to two points after beating Levante earlier in the day.

“There is a lot of time left,” Valverde said. “It is a good cushion but nothing is done yet.”

Real Madrid won too, beating Real Betis, to ensure Spain’s big three all prevailed in the same round for only the fourth time this season. Real remain 10 points adrift of Barcelona.

Messi, meanwhile, extends his own hefty lead as the division’s all-time top scorer, which currently stands at 89 goals,

ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo, now at Juventus in Italy, owns a better goals-to-game ratio, with his 311 strikes coming in 292 matches. Messi’s quadruple century arrived in his 435th.

In fact, it was one of Messi’s quieter nights in terms of performance and in another team it might have been Suarez or Philippe Coutinho picking up the plaudits.

Suarez assisted Messi, applied a classy finish and was on the end of a scintillating team move for Barca’s first.

- Sparkling Coutinho display Coutinho was the provider for that one and delivered a sparkling display to appease those doubting his future at the club.

The Brazilian has endured a spell out of Valverde’s preferred starting line-up but he converted a penalty against Levante in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, and was arguably man of the match here.

He alone supplied three passes in the build-up to Suarez’s opener. Arthur Melo started it, playing a one-two with Coutinho and then into the feet of Sergio Busquets.

Busquets pinged the ball left to Coutinho, who twice exchanged with Suarez before the Uruguayan, off balance, found the far corner.

Messi’s moment came in the 53rd minute and it was Suarez who started it, stealing back possession after a heavy touch from Anaitz Arbilla. He bounced it off Coutinho and found Messi, who touched and rifled in.

Barca were enjoying themselves as Coutinho flicked the ball over one opponent’s head and Suarez did the same through another’s legs.

The third goal was simple, however, Sergi Roberto taking a quick throw and freeing the scuttling Suarez.

With the goalkeeper out, he looked up and chipped the ball into the net.

- Griezmann fires Atletico to win The pressure had been cranked up a notch after Antoine Griezmann’s second-half penalty earned Atletico a 1-0 victory over Levante. Griezmann has now scored all of Atletico’s last six goals and his latest one proved the difference in a cagey contest at the Wanda Metropolitano.

“We all pull the cart in difficult moments,” Griezmann said. “I cannot do anything without my teammates.”

The pressure has been on Real Madrid all season but they battled to a 2-1 win over Betis for their first league victory of 2019.

Luka Modric sent a thunderous shot into the top corner but Betis were in the ascendancy after Sergio Canales poked in a second-half equaliser.

Marcelo had been dropped by Santiago Solari, Karim Benzema taken off with a dislocated finger and Isco remained on the bench, watching three youngsters sent on ahead of him. Ceballos, who left Betis for Madrid two years ago, was one of them.

With a free-kick on the edge of the area and goalkeeper Pau Lopez leaving his left-hand corner open, Ceballos duly sent a dipping shot into the gap to snatch a dramatic win.

“It was an emotional moment for him,” Solari said.

“A former player doing damage, football creates this kind of magic.”(afp)

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi celebrates his goal during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and SD Eibar at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on January 13, 2019. Lionel Messi scored his 400th goal in La Liga against Eibar today to extend his record as the division’s all-time top scorer.

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De Gea hails ‘real Man Utd’ after starring against Spurs David De Gea said the “real Manchester United” had been on show after his brilliant goalkeeping display secured a 1-0 win over Tottenham at Wembley on Sunday.

Victory gave Ole Gunnar Solskjaer his sixth successive win in all competitions, and fifth in a row in the Premier League, as United’s caretaker manager since replacing the sacked Jose Mourinho.

It also meant the former United striker had broken the record of the legendary Matt Busby, who won his first five games as the Old Trafford club’s manager.

Marcus Rashford scored the only goal shortly before half-time but credit for the win belonged primarily to De Gea whose 11 saves were the most he had made in a top-flight match without conceding a goal.

But the 28-year-old played down his contribution to United’s latest victory, a win that saw them draw level on points with fifth-placed Arsenal and instead praised the “happiness” Solskjaer has brought to the dressing room.

“We won the game against a top team, we controlled the first half but in the second half they had chances,” De Gea told Sky Sports.

“I was feeling very well with the first two saves, it was a great game. I don’t even remember some of the saves so I can’t pick a best.

“The manager brought some happiness, the players are playing well and the team is very strong now. “This is the real Manchester United.”

Meanwhile, Rashford was in no doubt about how much De Gea had done against a Tottenham side who remained nine points adrift of league leaders Liverpool.

“It’s a good responsibility to be the main striker but everyone has chipped in,” said Rashford. “It was the keeper (who won us the game) today.”

Meanwhile Tottenham defender Ben Davies said Mauricio Pochettino’s men should not be disheartened by a defeat that was largely down to De Gea’s ‘dream match’ between the posts.

“David de Gea has pulled off three or four brilliant saves, and on another day, they go in,” Davies said. “It is disappointing but it wasn’t the worst performance. The boys up front are slotting them away most weeks, but today it wasn’t their day.”(afp)

Confidence key for Arsenal to make Champions League, says Emery

Unai Emery says his players are in dire need of a win to regain their confidence and reboot their challenge for a Champions League spot for next season.

The Gunners’ bid to return to the Champions League after a two-year hiatus has hit the rocks of late -- Saturday’s 1-0 defeat by West Ham left them six points adrift of fourth-placed Chelsea.

Emery, who once again omitted 2014 World Cup winner Mesut Ozil from the squad despite his recovery from a knee injury, admitted confidence was low although they could go a long way to restoring it if they beat Chelsea at home next Saturday.

“Now it’s more difficult, it’s clear,” the Spaniard replied when asked if a top-four finish was still a possibility. “I think the most important thing for us is to recover our confidence and be more competitive. We need consistency over 38 matches.

“Now it isn’t enough at the moment. West Ham was a bad result. “If we can win today (Saturday) we are playing against Chelsea with a threepoint maximum distance.

“This result makes that more difficult,” added the 47-year-old Spaniard.

Emery -- who began the post-Arsene Wenger era with the club going on a 22-game unbeaten run -- admits another cause for concern is their poor recent away form.

The Gunners have not won away in their last four league games, taking just one point from a possible 12. “It’s our challenge,” Emery said of improving Arsenal’s away form. “We are working on that.

“It’s also the opposition team. Like here (West Ham), for example, they are with their supporters, they feel good and strong and can push.

“We need to take more confidence, better performances collectively, being competitive away to change this moment. “We started the season away well, being competitive and winning.”(afp)

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Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi, right, jumps past Benevento goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipo’ during an Italian Cup second round soccer match between Inter Milan and Benevento, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019.

Inter into Coppa quarters at San Siro closed after racist chanting

Inter Milan cruised into the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia on Sunday after beating secondtier Benevento 6-2 in a match played behind closed doors following the racist abuse of Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly last month.

Inter ran riot in a San Siro left empty as part of the punishment the club received for the monkey chants directed at Koulibaly during their 1-0 Boxing Day win over Napoli.

“That wasn’t a real match tonight,” said Inter coach Luciano Spalletti. “The protagonists of the game are the fans, who should come and have fun watching the show on the pitch.

“We can’t deprive good people of enjoyment because others disturb the match (with their behaviour). We need to reward that type of fan, who needs to take a stand against the chants they don’t want to take part in.”

Spalletti’s side were two up inside seven minutes thanks to a roaring start that saw Mauro Icardi open the scoring from the spot following a foul on Antonio Candreva, who was on hand to crash home after striker Icardi hit the post from a corner to double

the hosts’ lead.

The tie was put beyond doubt in first-half stoppage time when Dalbert collected Ivan Perisic’s pass and thumped in the third, and Croat Perisic was on hand again shortly after the break to cross for Lautaro Martinez to make it four with his head.

Benevento forward Roberto Insigne smashed home a freekick that his brother Lorenzo, in action later for Napoli against Sassuolo, would have been proud of, but Martinez scored again in the 66th minute to mean that Filippo Bandinelli’s goal for the away side was nothing more than a second consolation.

Candreva’s second deep into added time was the cherry on the cake for Spalletti’s side, who in the quarters will take on Lazio, embroiled in a racism scandal of their own.

Their 4-1 thumping of thirddivision Novara at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico on Saturday was sullied by racist and anti-Semitic chanting dismissed by the club as a “psychosis focusing on a minority or non-existent incidents”.

Lazio’s notorious hardcore ultra fans aimed a series of ugly barbs at their bitter city rivals

Roma as their side ran up a fourgoal lead before half-time, taunting them with chants of “Yellow, red and Jewish” and “This Roma that looks like Africa”.

Lazio spokesman Arturo Diaconale blasted reports of the chanting by a small section of the crowd as “a psychosis”, and said that “98 percent” of the crowd did not even hear them.

Napoli will take on AC Milan in the last eight after goals from Arkadiusz Milik and Fabian Ruiz saw off Sassuolo at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples on Sunday.

Milan beat Sampdoria 2-0 on Saturday.

Earlier on Sunday two late goals from Federico Chiesa saw Fiorentina beat battling Torino, who were the more dangerous side throughout the match but were knocked out thanks to a brace in the final three minutes from the Italy international.

The Viola will host one of Roma or Virtus Entella from third-tier Serie C, who play on Monday after Cagliari and Atalanta face off in an all-Serie A clash.

On Saturday, Juventus booked their place in the last eight with a 2-0 win at Bologna.(afp)

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International

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Spain’s Rafael Nadal hits a return against Australia’s James Duckworth during their men’s singles match on day one of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 14, 2019.

Bunut Bolong Hollow Giant Banyan in West Bali NEGARA - Bunut Bolong is a giant hollow banyan tree in the village of Manggisari in Jembrana, West Bali. It is about 11 km to the north from the main road from Denpasar to Gilimanuk, or 86 km from Denpasar. This secret Banyan tree is situated on the ridge of a hill and surrounded by the clove plantations and deep gorge with lush green tropical forest.It is easy to reach by any vehicles because it own the good road access from Pekutatan Village. The name of Bunut Bolong is given due to the unique characteristic of this tree. The word of “Bunut” is coming from Balinese word of big tree that the same species with banyan tree, and the word of “bolong” means “hole”. So the word of “Bunut Bolong” means a Bunut tree which has a hole in

it. This Banyan Tree has famous among tourists from all over the world since this site is appointed as a tourist destination in west part of Bali. This old, giant banyan tree is a natural landmark that’s sanctified by locals. They believe the tree is centuries old. There are tales of people who met their demise trying to chop it down to remove it.

The tree has a large hollow at its base. This formed naturally, and is as wide as the main road that runs through it. Temple shrines adorned in yellow and white cloths are at both ends of the banyan tree’s straddling base.

Features of Bunut Bolong The main road that runs through Bunut Bolong connects the village of Pekutatan in West Bali to the

north coast. It’s usually an alternative route for getting to North Bali via the central highlands. Bunut Bolong is a highlight on drives through the region. However, it’s possible to take in the peculiar sight as part of a bigger tour of the area.

You can also add it to your collection of stunning travel photos in Bali. This unique Bali landmark is situated in a cool upland area. Fogs are common in the mornings and late afternoons. This adds a magical aura to the site. Bunut Bolong is practically a mid-journey highlight.

There are no visiting fees and most visiting locals will usually head to the several warung or roadside food stalls selling snacks and refreshments nearby. From Kuta, Bunut Bolong is around a two-hour drive northwest. (IBP/net)

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Nadal flies into Open round two as Sharapova sends warning

MELBOURNE - A ruthless Rafael Nadal showed no mercy in a clinical first round thumping at the Australian Open Monday as fellow veteran Maria Sharapova issued her own warning with a “double bagel” demolition.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion, who cut short his 2018 season to have surgery on a foot injury, cruised through to round two of the opening major of the year 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 against Australian wildcard James Duckworth.

“Not easy to come back after a lot of months, especially against a player playing super aggressive on every point,” said the 2009 Australian champion, who showed no sign of any injury worries.

“The energy I feel in this place is fantastic,” he added.

The Spanish second seed is bidding to become the first man in the Open era, and only third in history along with Roy Emerson and Rod Laver, to win each Grand Slam on two or more occasions.

Fifth seed Kevin Anderson also progressed against Adrian Mannarino, with last year’s Wimbledon finalist through 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.

Sharapova, a winner at Melbourne Park in 2008 who has failed to impress at Grand Slam level since returning from a doping ban in 2017, signalled her intent with a 6-0, 6-0 thrashing of Britain’s Harriet Dart, who ended the match in tears.

Playing in her 15th Australian Open, the three-time finalist said she was pleased to go through so easily

as she battles back from injuries.

“It was a good test for my leg, for my shoulder,” she said.

“I’m still working through some painful days. But, you know, I felt like I did all the right things today in order to get through that match.”

Fifth seeded Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion who struggled in her warm-up tournaments in Brisbane and Sydney, got back to business against fellow American Taylor Townsend in a 6-4, 6-2 win.

Eleventh seed Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus also safely negotiated round one on a day when temperatures were soaring towards a forecast 37 Celsius (98.6 Fahrenheit).

But Germany’s 14th seed Julia Goerges, who won the recent Auckland Classic, crashed out in three sets to American Danielle Collins.

- Severe pain Britain’s Katie Boulter, meanwhile, created a slice of history by becoming the first woman to win in a third set tiebreak -– a new rule introduced to the Open this year.

Instead of playing to the death, third or fifth sets now go to a tiebreak when the score reaches 6-6 and it becomes the first to 10.

It seemed Boulter wasn’t told, fist-pumping and walking to the

net at 7/4 before being reminded of the new rule. She went on to beat Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova 6-0, 4-6, 7-6 (10/6).

Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki open their title defences later in the day, while Andy Murray takes to the court for what could be his farewell match at Melbourne Park and potentially his last ever.

Swiss maestro Federer, seeded three, has won the last two Australian Opens and is gunning for a record seventh crown and 21st Grand Slam title.He starts off against Denis Istomin on Rod Laver Arena.

Scottish former world number one Murray tearfully revealed last week that severe pain from a hip injury was proving too much to bear and he planned to retire this year.

He would like to finish at Wimbledon, but admitted the Australian Open could be his last tournament.

Spain’s 22nd seed Roberto Bautista Agut is the man who could draw the curtain on Murray’s time in Melbourne, where he has been a five-time finalist. Denmark’s Wozniacki broke through for her first Slam title in Melbourne last year, beating Simona Halep in the final, and gets her tournament underway against Belgium’s Alison van Uytvanck. (afp)

LOS ANGELES - Serge Ibaka drained the go-ahead three-pointer with 15.2 seconds left in the second overtime Sunday to lift the Toronto Raptors to a 140-138 NBA victory over the Washington Wizards.

Kawhi Leonard led the Raptors with 41 points. That included 10 in overtime as Toronto finally put away the Wizards in a game in which the Raptors led by as many as 23.

The Raptors, who improved to an NBA-best 33-12, burst out of the gate and were up 51-28 late in the second quarter and by 17 with less than a minute to play in the third.

Washington chipped away, helped by Bradley Beal’s second triple-double of the season with 43 points, 10 assists and 15 rebounds.

Beal drained a three-pointer with 21.5 seconds left in regulation to knot the score at 124-124 and force overtime, and his bucket tied it up at 131-131 with 6.8 seconds left in the first extra period.

The Wizards took the lead for the first time in the second overtime period, when Toronto suddenly went cold, missing seven of nine from the field. A layup from Leonard, Ibaka’s three-pointer and a scattering of free-throws would be enough.

In New York, the Philadelphia

76ers welcomed Joel Embiid back with a hard-fought 108-105 victory over the host Knicks.

Embiid, sidelined from Friday’s loss to Atlanta with a sore ankle, scored 26 points in his return to the starting lineup, pulling down eight rebounds and blocking six shots.

Ben Simmons had a big game, connecting on 10 of 13 shots from the field on the way to 20 points, and grabbing a career high 22 rebounds as the Sixers dominated the Knicks 56-34 on the boards.

Australia’s Simmons, whose previous career-high for rebounds was 18, became the youngest 76er ever to post a 20-point, 20-rebound game.

“The numbers are dominant,” coach Brett Brown said of Simmons, who also handed out nine assists. “I thought he was fantastic.”

Philadelphia led by as many as 24 points, but the Knicks, propelled by a career-high 31 points from rookie Kevin Knox, sliced the lead to one point at the end of the third quarter.

They were two adrift with little more than three minutes remaining in regulation.

“It was great to get a win, especially after the past two games,” Brown said. “It was good to get back on track.” (afp)

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Serge Ibaka #9 of the Toronto Raptors shoots the ball against the Washington Wizards on January 13, 2019 at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC.

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Million dead fish cause environmental stink in Australia

SYDNEY - As many as a million fish are believed to have died along the banks of a major river system in drought-battered eastern Australia, and the authorities warned Monday of more deaths to come.

The banks of the MurrayDarling Rivers are thick with rotten fish, with officials putting the number of dead at hundreds of thousands and saying the toll is likely closer to one million.

Further high temperatures forecast for this week could make the situation worse, the New South Wales government has warned.

Low water conditions and the heat may also have encouraged an algae bloom that starves the fish of oxygen and produce toxins.

“We do expect to see more fish kills across parts of the far west and Northern Tablelands this week,” said state minister Niall Blair.

The deaths have become a national issue, sparking angry allegations about the cause and who is responsible.

“It’s a devastating ecological event,” said Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday, pointing to apocalyptic scenes. “The sheer visual image of this is just terribly upsetting,” he said.

M o r r i s o n ’s g o v e r n m e n t has blamed the fish deaths on drought, and defended policies which some locals say has caused the systemic depletion and pollution of the river system.

“There’s a drought and this is one of the consequences of drought. There are many, and my focus on drought has not shifted

one inch,” Morrison said.

But for years scientists have been warning of people extracting vast amounts of water without check for irrigation or other uses, undercutting billions of dollars of investment.

“Dead fish and dying rivers are not because of the drought, it’s because we are extracting too much water from our river,” said John Williams, an expert in water economics at the Australian National University.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten called on the government to set up an “emergency task force” to address the issue.

“You can’t ignore a million dead fish, that’s a shocking development,” said Shorten.

Morrison insisted the management plan for the Murray-Darling Basin was bipartisan, adding that his government was only following on the policies of the opposition Labor government.

“I’m concerned today that some might want to play politics with that,” he said.

“There were reports done by scientists under Labor’s contribution to that plan back in 2012 and the plan has been operating in accordance with that advice.”

Scientists are calling for politicians to be held to account.

“Billions have been spent on upgrading irrigation infrastructure,” said Quentin Grafton, also of the Australian National University, “but with no public benefit.”

“It’s a disgrace and it’s time those responsible are held accountable for this unfolding disaster.” (afp)

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situation.

An AoA sensor provides data about the angle at which air passes over the wings and tells pilots how much lift a plane is getting. The information can be critical in preventing an aircraft from stalling.

The Lion Air 737’s flight data recorder showed that pilots had repeatedly tried to correct its nose from pointing down, possibly after erroneous data from AoA sensors was fed into a system that automatically adjusts some of its movements.

The preliminary crash report stopped short of making any recommendations to Boeing, but the American aviation giant has come under fire for possible glitches on the 737 MAX, which entered service in 2017. (afp)

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JAKARTA - Presidential candidate number 01 Joko Widodo, or commonly known as Jokowi, stressed that the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) would not fall apart.

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Passengers flying from Miami International Airport wait in line to enter the checkpoint at Concourse F, where some of the flights of a closed terminal were diverted, in Miami, Florida, on January 13, 2019.

Travelers fume in long lines at Miami International in govt shutdown

MIAMI - Passengers departing Miami International Airport endured unusually long waits at security checkpoints Sunday, an indirect consequence of the partial US federal government shutdown.

Indonesia...

Indonesia’s aviation safety record has improved since its airlines, including national carrier Garuda, were subject to years-long bans from US and European airspace for safety violations. But the country still recorded more than three dozen fatal accidents over the past 15 years.

Nearly 30 relatives of the Lion Air crash victims are suing Boeing, alleging faults in the plane led to the deaths. The MAX variant of the 737 is one of the world’s newest and most advanced commercial passenger jets.

After investigators said the doomed aircraft had problems with its airspeed indicator and angle of attack (AoA) sensors, Boeing issued a special bulletin telling operators what to do when they face the same

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Since December 22, some 800,000 US federal employees have been on mandatory leave or working without pay because President Donald Trump and Congress have been at an impasse over $5.7 billion the president wants to build a wall on Mexico border.

Some employees, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents that staff airport security checkpoints, are considered “essential” and must work without pay.

Many however are apparently protesting by reporting sick at an abnormally high rate.

“We almost missed our flight.

I wanted to eat a sandwich and now I can’t. We’re furious, this

makes no sense,” Italian Rocco Vincenzo, who was heading to the Cayman Islands before returning to his country, told AFP. Vincenzo stood in a line of cranky travelers waiting to get through security to catch their flights that stretched the length of two city blocks.

“You want to travel? I’m going to stay in Italy and he (Trump) can stay in America,” joked the 52-year-old laborer.

With about 40 TSA agents out, Miami International Airport officials decided Friday to close one of the airport’s six terminals.

“Traveling in general is difficult, it’s not pleasant, and this adds to the frustration,” said Paul Reynolds, a 52-year-old

Jamaican traveling to Kingston also waiting in line.

According to spokesman Greg Chin, the wait times at Miami International remain normal and the closed terminal will reopen on Monday, staffed by TSA agents.

TSA chief David Pekoske wrote on Friday that he had approved a $500 bonus for officers at checkpoints who have worked without pay in what is now the longest government shutdown in US history.

“While I realize this is not what you are owed for your hard work,” Pekoske tweeted, “I hope these actions alleviate some of the financial hardship many of you are facing.” (afp)

Jokowi made his statement before thousands of alumni of the University of Indonesia (UI) who declared their support for the Jokowi - Ma`ruf Amin pair in the 2019 presidential election on Saturday (12/1), according to a statement here on Sunday.

He expressed his annoyance to hear any political speech on the dissolution of Indonesia and the attack against him, which accused Jokowi as a supporter of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).

However, Jokowi chose to response the allegation with concrete action, among others by taking over 51 percent of stakes in PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI).

Indonesia also took over its largest gas block Mahakam from France`s Total E&P Indonesie and Japan`s Inpex Corporation.

“State-Owned energy firm Pertamina has fully managed Indonesia`s Mahakam Oil and Gas block,” the president said.

Alumni of the University of Indonesia (UI) gave a black jacket to Jokowi as a symbol of support.

The words written on the back of the black jacket “work work work” is an implementation of Jokowi`s move to continue to work for the development of Indonesia.(ant)

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Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo walks past debris at the Mutiara Carita Cottages in Carita in Banten province on December 24, 2018, two days after a tsunami - caused by activity at a volcano known as the “child” of Krakatoa - hit the west coast of Indonesia’s Java island.

UN Environment ready to help finance International Tropical Peatland Center in Bogor

JAKARTA - The UN Environment is ready to finance the International Tropical Peatland Center (ITPC) set up in the West Java city of Bogor, UN Environment Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Dechen Tsering said.

“We highly welcome the leadership of Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya in managing peatland in Indonesia.

In this regard, we are ready to support ITPC, particularly its

funding,” the Environment and Forestry Ministry quoted Tsering as saying in a press statement released on Friday.

Tsering said he was aware of the importance of ITPC implementing its programs soon, particularly those related to the mechanism of inter-institution cooperation, and short-and long-term plans.

“We are highly motivated to cooperate and we are here to fully support ITPC to ensure the success

of sustainable peatland management. For its part, let us focus and start the formulating of a proposal for activities,” she said.

She expressed hope that ITPC would be able to serve as a main data and knowledge center for the management of peatland in the world and give inputs to policy makers and operating units engaged in peatland conservation.

Chief of the Research and Development and Innovation

Board of the Environment and Forestry Ministry Agus Justianto said ITPC is aimed at ensuring that policy makers, practitioners and the public would have access to credible and legal information and analysis and all required instruments to design and implement tropical peatland conservation and management.

As a country, which has the third largest area of tropical peatland in the world after Brazil

and Congo, Indonesia holds 30 percent of the world`s carbon.

After forest and land fires engulfed several parts of Indonesia in 2015, the government has renewed its commitment to prevent fires by offering incentives, upholding the law, applying effective land and forest governance, increasing coordination and synergy among stakeholders, and encouraging public participation.(ant)

BANDUNG - The government of West Java Province and South Korea will establish an international coffee school in a bid to promote coffee along with tourism of West Java.

“Coffee and tourism promotion to the world are the two things

to be collaborated,” West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil noted here on Saturday, Jan 12.

The idea was discussed at a meeting between Kamil and Korean Sung Kyul University`s President Dong Cheoul Yoon, who is also a representative of

the International Coffee Association, at the Pakuan Building in Bandung.

“The most anticipated (cooperation) is the international coffee school with networking from Korea, as Koreans are one of most coffee addicts in Asia,”

he pointed out.

Kamil said he had sought partnership with Korea to build the coffee school, with the hope of opening a special cafe in Korea that only serves coffee from West Java.

In the near future, the West

Java government will find three locations in the mountain area, with beautiful scenery, to build the school.

“Hopefully, this would improve the quality of our coffee that would also make our economy robust,” Kamil noted.(ant)

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BUSINESS In this Dec. 2, 2018, file photo cranes at the Port of Gulfport are silhouetted by the setting sun at Gulfport, Miss. The World Bank is downgrading its outlook for the global economy this year, citing rising trade tension, weakening manufacturing activity and growing financial stress in emerging-market countries.

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Use of Animal Flesh in Ritual, To Fill in Offerings and Iberiber in Clockwise Procession

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Animal flesh is often used to fill in oblations such in the tebasan and peras oblations. By and large, the animal whose grilled flesh used to fill in some oblations is chicken and sometime people also use ducks. Other than for the oblation, the flesh is also taken advantage to make food such as satay and so on. Besides, people also often use pork in various preparations.

However, in reality people should not always use flesh of living animal for their oblations.

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How a government shutdown affects the economy

Parts of the federal government have been closed since midnight on Dec. 22, making it the longest shutdown on record. It’s also the third since President Donald Trump took office.

The immediate and most visible impact of a shutdown is in the government’s day-to-day operations.

Many national museums and parks are closed, immigration hearings are being postponed and the Food and Drug Administration isn’t doing routine inspections of domestic food-processing facilities, to name a few examples. Of the 800,000 federal employees affected by the shutdown, 420,000 are working without pay while the rest have been furloughed.

But beyond the individual workers and families affected, could a short or lengthy shutdown affect the broader U.S. economy as well?

Constantine Yannelis, a business professor at New York University, and I examined data from the 2013 government shutdown to better understand its impact.

An economic speed bump While a shutdown affects the economy in a number of ways – from delaying business permits and visas to reducing service hours at innumerable agencies – a primary channel through which a shutdown affects the economy is through withheld or foregone pay from federal employees who don’t receive their paychecks.

Since consumer spending makes up about 70 percent of economic activity in the United States, withholding pay from even some government workers could introduce a significant economic speed bump in the short run.

And that’s exactly what we saw in 2013. Similar to the situation today, a partisan standoff in Congress led to a partial shutdown of the government that lasted a little over two weeks beginning on Oct.

1 of that year.

Well over a million federal employees were affected and didn’t receive a paycheck during the shutdown. Some were furloughed – sent home and told not to do anything related to their job. Those deemed “essential” or “exempted” – such as security personnel screening passengers at airports or border patrol agents – were required to continue working at their jobs, although they were not receiving paychecks. The government eventually paid both groups the money owed them, regardless of whether they worked, after Democrats and Republicans reached an agreement on Oct. 16, 2013.

My colleague Yannelis and I sought to understand how households responded by tracking how they behaved in the days leading up to, during and following the shut-

down using detailed financial data.

We obtained this anonymized data from a personal finance website where people track their income, expenses, savings and debt.

Using the paycheck transaction descriptions, we identified over 60,000 households that contained employees of federal agencies affected by the shutdown. These affected employees included both those who were asked to work without pay and those who were furloughed.

As a comparison group, we also identified over 90,000 households with a member who worked for a state government. That would likely mean they have fairly similar levels of education, experience and financial security, yet their paychecks were unaffected by the shutdown.

Long-term impact?

Whether or not a shutdown has a longer-term economic impact depends on whether employees

are paid their foregone wages after its conclusion – and how long the shutdown lasts.

In 2013, the government repaid even furloughed workers what they would have earned had the shutdown not happened.

This repayment, essentially increasing the size of their first post-shutdown paychecks, had significant and immediate effects on household spending. A sudden spike in spending occurred in the days after the paychecks were disbursed, largely erasing some of the most dramatic declines in spending during the previous two weeks.

The government has usually paid all its employees, “essential” or not, back pay after other past shutdowns, such as those in the 1990s. While Congress is legally required to pay federal employees who worked during the shutdown, there’s no law requiring the same treatment for nonessential workers. (afp)

Ida Bagus Alit said that poultry are usually used as an iber-iber where this animal will be released or thrown alive. After that, it will walk away shortly after it has been spinning around for three times.

This procession is meant to determine the direction or point out the direction which path should be taken by the Atma in order to reach heaven.

Meanwhile, I Gede Agus Budi Adnyana, added that chicken and ducks are also used in alive condition during the ceremony like dewa yadnya where the animals with other oblations are carried when surrounding shrines in a series of ceremonial procession. Additionally, each community holding this will also bring along yellow rice to be eaten by the chickens and ducks.

“The duck itself functions as a controller and represents satvika (goodness, constructive, harmony) aspect, while chicken is a symbol

of creation or rajas (passion, active, confused) and the body. Meanwhile, the white and yellow rice seeds have significance of prosperity and happiness,” he said.

Budi Adnyana added that in the ritual procession of pitra yadnya, there is procession known as mapurwa daksina where the animal used in the rituals will be taken to go around the ceremony location clockwise, and devotees will usually use white buffalo.

Similar opinion was conveyed

by I Nyoman Kunuk, the owner of the ivory cattle from Kekeran hamlet, Selanbawak, Marga, Tabanan. He said that murwa daksina ritual procession with the use of ivory cattle is commonly found in Nyekah and Ngerit procession only and not applied in other ceremonies. The process itself is done by leading the cow surround the Pradnyan pavilion for three times and should walk slowly and carefully so that the white or yellow

cow rectangle containing silver and others can be stepped on.

In accordance with the belief of local community, the ivory cow is a symbol of cattle or nandini ox functioning as the vehicle of Lord Shiva.

In the procession of this ceremony, the cow is supposedly ridden by the deceased, while in the ritual

the deceased is hoped to be able to go to the abode of Lord Shiva. As the accompaniment, devotees must chant the Aji Kembang psalmody.

He also participates in chanting the psalmody even though it should be done by local people.

“Uniqueness in the belief of Balinese people regarding the cer-

emonial procession or ngiterin lies in myth that if the cow is defecating or urinating at the location, it will be very good or serves as a boon.

This happens because they believe that both the dung and urine will also be good for the fertility of the plants in their fields,” he added. (kmb)

Come on Exploring Gili Putih Island!

This name might still sound strange, but it does not matter. After all, if it’s getting accustomed, it will become very familiar. It is named the Gili Putih Island located at Sumberkima village, Gerokgak Buleleng, featuring a natural tour remaining natural. Since it is

known by travelers, the area starts to be visited by domestic and foreign tourists. However, this area is still lacking supporting facilities, one of which is access to the island’s own object.

Being aware of the tourism potential, village youth clubs (karang

taruna) of 14 villages in Gerokgak subdistrict took care of the environment from Saturday (Sep. 29) to Sunday (Sep. 30). By establishing a camp in the area, participants carried out activities such as maintaining the preservation of coral reef parks, planting coconut trees, and installing signboards prohibiting the disposal of plastic waste.

Aside from involving village youth clubs, the activity was attended by village officials and delegates from Gerokgak subdistrict.

Participants also took advantage of the opportunity to have a closer look at the Gili Putih Island that pampers the eyes.

Chairman of the committee, Ketut Suriantara Putra, said that Gili Putih Island area was known accidentally. Visitors spread the information through social media networks (social media). Due to the strength of social media, tourist visits to the region continue to grow crowded.

Realizing the hidden potential, his committee then took the initiative with village youth clubs in Gerokgak subdistrict to take environmental care. Through such an action, he wanted the Gili Putih Island to be managed well into one of the tourism potentials in Buleleng. The initial measure taken was to raise awareness to protect the environment by maintaining coral reef parks, planting trees, and preventing environmental pollution from the influence of plastic waste.

This was done by installing a signboard prohibiting littering.

On the other hand, Suriantara Putra added that youth organizations in Gerokgak subdistrict are involved to jointly develop and maintain the tourism potential in the area. Thus, youth organizations themselves have positive activities and they are avoided from the influence of negative activities. For this reason, the local government

hoped the Gili Putih area will be included in a more serious structuring program.

This is important because supporting facilities especially access to location are still difficult. For example, the access to the location can only be reached by boat crossing service, so that it requires adequate transportation services. In addition, an adequate road access needs building in the area of ??Gili Putih Island.

Subdistrict head of Gerokgak, Made Juartawan, positively welcomed the conservation movement in the Gili Putih Island area by youth organizations in Gerokgak subdistrict. He hoped such action can last sustainably and the development of this area must be carried out jointly, so the Gili Putih Island can develop into a famous tourist destination other than Pemuteran, Lovina and its surroundings. (kmb)

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Green hotel concept interpreted based on bamboo use

Regional lawmaker is Germany’s first transgender MP

DENPASAR - The movement to protect the environment from plastic and the use of eco-friendly materials has been widely applied in Bali. At hotel in particular, the use of plastic and materials has implemented a green hotel concept. Later, the green hotel concept is not only interpreted from the use of eco-friendly items, but also interpreted based on eco-friendly building materials such as the use of bamboo.

If previously wood became the foremost material to give ethnic impression and green hotel, now many hotels in Bali are starting to use bamboo for their accommodation buildings as for poles, walls, roofs, tables, et cetera. For instance, The Kayon Jungle, a new accommodation in Bresela, Payangan, Gianyar, has applied this.

Most of the building materials are made of bamboo even though the structure applies natural stone.

Public area, yoga salla, restaurants, et cetera use bamboo. These resorts and villas are almost 100 percent have implemented a green hotel concept. General Manager of The Kayon Jungle Resort, Nengah Sueca, said that before building this green concept accommodation, he conducted a market survey. From the survey, he found that his guests are more interested in eco-friendly accommodation.

“We try not to destroy the environment as much as possible. So we use materials such as bamboo, wood and so on and not too much effect on global warming, includ-

ing reducing the use of plastic,” he said on Saturday (Jan. 12) during the grand opening of The Kayon Jungle Resort.

Indeed, in terms of cost, it’s more expensive. However, what having been created is in accordance with the results achieved because the current trend has changed. It shifts to the go-green concept. “The use of plastic is reduced, but not all because the products like bottled water still use plastic, but straw no longer uses plastic, but using bamboo,” he explained.

Admittedly, this eco-friendly concept was inspired by John Hardy, a foreign citizen who had been living in Bali for a long time.

John Hardy created a housing that adopted the green concept. Application of the green concept is very good for him, especially at The Kayon. Many accommodations in Ubud have even applied the bamboo concept.

Bamboo is obtained from Bali, precisely in Bangli and Bona, Gianyar. “Bona is famous for its bamboo products,” he added. It needs a long

GIANYAR - Gianyar district has several museums, especially those collecting various art items.

The museums in the region of the art are believed to still exist despite the global economic downturn. It is evidenced by the high number of tourist visits to the museums,

especially European tourists.

Agung Rai admitted that until now the visit to the Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA) stays high.

According to him, this happened because the museum he manages carried holistic and integrated concept. “So, there are various kinds of

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Flowers and candles stand at the grave of Jan Palach, who burnt himself to death 50 years ago to protest at the Soviet-led occupation of then Czechoslovakia, at the Olsany cemetery on January 11, 2019 in Prague.

The Kayon Jungle, a new accommodation in Bresela, Payangan, Gianyar.

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process so that bamboo is ready to be used as building material because bamboo is easily eaten by termites. Thus, before being used, bamboo must be soaked in mud for 3-6 months.

“Well, it does need a long process, must be preserved because bamboo is identical to termites. We have to preserve it traditionally as having been well-known in Bali,

namely being soaked in mud so that it is not easily eaten by termites,” he said.

Apart from applying eco-friendly concept, the use of bamboo also characterizes Balinese buildings.

The building is 100 percent made

by Balinese, it did not use the services of contractors from outside Bali at all. So, they know exactly about the characteristics of Bali-

nese buildings.

Green concept is also in accordance with the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, in terms of palemahan or environmental aspect since it has participated in protecting nature. In addition to recruiting local workers, 100 percent of their employees are Balinese. This is an application of Pawongan or social aspect. (kmb42)

environment, education and arts,” said Agung Rai when contacted on Saturday (Jan. 12).

He said the high level of visits is also in line with the intense activities at the ARMA. Earlier this year various activities have even been scheduled to be held at ARMA.

“Later on, there will also be a group of Yogis here, so that ARMA is complete,” he said.

When asked about the influence of the global crisis on the existence of the museum, Gung Rai emphasized that it had no effect. He even stated that the museum became one of the solutions to treat stress in modern society. “Currently people experience a lot of problems, the only solution is they are going to museum. Moreover, the space is now getting narrower, so that the only place to get closer to nature, ecosystems, see culture and the art is by going to museum,” he said.

Separately, the Head of the Gianyar Tourism Office said the museum as one of the tourism infrastructure in Gianyar district.

Gianyar even has more than ten museums that can be visited. “They do not include small museums currently being opened,” he said.

This official familiarly addressed as Gung Ari also ensured that global crisis did not affect tourist visit to museum. He said that visitors coming to the museum are

dominantly using a touch of taste instead of money. “They are rarely affected by economy. Commonly, people wishing to really have a special interest in owning and securing,” he explained.

He said that currently the museum having variations actually increases the interest of tourists to come to the museum. “For example, there is nature and dance so that the interest of the museum is high. For instance, Blanco Museum has a collection of bird care while the ARMA has dance class,” he said.

He revealed that out of millions of tourists visiting Gianyar every year, 5 percent to 10 percent will definitely visit museum.

Meanwhile, those mostly come to museum are tourists from European Continent. “They are usually students, or those who really want to know more about culture. In the meantime, the other tourists such as Chinese rarely go to museums, but they mostly make a visit to tourist attractions just for taking selfie,” he said. (kmb35)

Amid global crisis, museum remains to exist

Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA)

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Czech student Palach set himself alight for freedom 50 years ago

BERLIN - Lawmakers returning to the Bavarian regional parliament after elections three months ago will find a transgender woman colleague, Tessa Ganserer, on the benches where Markus Ganserer previously sat.

Ganserer is believed to be the first transgender person in Germany to hold a regional or national MP’s seat, or to change their gender while in office.

Just a few weeks after coming out on social media to a burst of publicity, the 41-year-old will make a first appearance before the press Monday to discuss her change of identity.

Long a laggard on social issues, some abrupt changes have taken place in Germany in recent years.

Parliament legislated last month for a third gender on birth certificates after a Constitutional Court decision that the documents must respect intersex people.

And in summer 2017, MPs pushed through gay marriage after Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would not whip her party on the subject.

While Ganserer won her Bavarian parliament seat in October, in the United States Democratic party candidate Christine Hallquist recently failed in her bid to become the first transgender woman governor in Vermont.

- ‘Madam regional MP’“I am a woman with every fibre of my body and now Madam regional MP as well,” Ganserer posted on her Facebook account in early January, announcing her intention to sit in parliament as a woman. Just a few weeks ago, she had said both Markus and Tessa remained a part of her.

But from now on she hopes to live as a female politician, wife and mother of two children.

While Bavaria is a strongly conservative and mostly Catholic region, the president of the regional parliament Ilse Aigner of the Christian Social Union (CSU) backed the change.

“Mrs Ganserer has taken a very brave and highly personal decision,” Aigner said.

The CSU usually takes very conservative positions on social questions and opposed the federal gay marriage law.

“Our male colleague is becoming a female colleague, that should not be a problem in this house,” Aigner said in a public statement after speaking with Ganserer.

“A person’s personality is always more important than their gender.”

At the first plenary session of the year from January 23, the Greens party MP -- first elected in 2013 and reelected last October -- will be registered as a woman. (afp)

PRAGUE - Jan Palach was a student activist who burnt himself to death 50 years ago this week to protest at the Soviet-led occupation of then Czechoslovakia.

“He loved history and he was also interested in philosophy,” Ivana Zizkova, who went to school with Palach, told AFP of the young man, an introvert always immersed in books and magazines.

“He was good-looking. Very close to his mother,” added Zizkova, who was in the same class as Palach at the school in the Czech town of Melnik just north of Prague.

“And what was unusual during the Communist era: he dared to argue with the professors when he disagreed with them,” added the now 70-year-old pensioner.

Three years after they passed their school-leaving exams, Palach, studying philosophy at Charles University in Prague, set himself alight in the central Wenceslas Square on January 16, 1969.

He wanted Czechoslovaks to resist a new hardline regime absolutely loyal to the Kremlin, following the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968

which crushed a liberal movement called the Prague Spring. With burns to 85 percent of his body, Palach died on January 19, aged 20.

His funeral in Prague was attended by 100,000 silent mourners.

- Mobilise the nation “I was travelling from Prague to Melnik and in the newspaper I saw a tiny story: ‘Student JP set himself alight in Wenceslas Square,’” recalled Zizkova.

“Then I learnt that it was Honza.

Of course I was shocked,” she added, calling Palach by the diminutive of his first name.

“He had something of a genius in him. He could see farther than the rest of us. He tried to mobilise the nation.”

“I admire him, and I still have goosebumps. He sacrificed his life so young,” she said.

Palach was born to a modest family in the village of Vsetaty near Melnik. His father, who died in 1962, was a confectioner whose

shop had been confiscated by the Communists, while his mother was a shop assistant at a kiosk at the local railway station.

“In 1967 and 1968, Jan took part in voluntary work camps in the Soviet Union,” says Jana Beranova, head of the Vsetaty-based Jan Palach Society.

“He was shocked by the contrast between Soviet reality and the propaganda,” she told AFP. “He refused to succumb to the lethargy that gradually overtook society after the occupation. He called for a general strike -- in vain.

And then he made his decision,” Beranova said.

At dawn on January 16, 1969, Palach took a train from Vsetaty to Prague. In his dormitory room, he reviewed his manifesto. It demanded that the regime drop censorship and ban the Zpravy magazine, which had been distributed since August 1968 by the Soviet occupation forces and was spreading fake news. (afp)

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Floating seabirds provide a novel way to trace ocean currents

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SEABIRDS are like feathered buoys. Gently rafting on the ocean’s surface, these birds go with the flow, making them excellent proxies for tracking changes in a current’s speed and direction.

Oceanographers traditionally use radar, floating buoys or autonomous underwater vehicles to measure ocean current velocities, which can affect the climate, ecosystems and the movement of important seafood. But some ocean regions aren’t easily accessible. Seabirds lazily resting on the ocean surface could offer a novel alternative to collecting those data, researchers report online January 10 in Scientific Reports.

“I don’t think it’s going to replace the various instruments we use,” says Evan Mason, a physical oceanographer at the University of Washington in Seattle.

“It was just interesting to see what we might find.”

Mason and his colleagues outfitted 75 Scopoli’s shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea), a seabird found in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, with GPS tags and tracked their movements in the Balearic Sea off eastern Spain.

On average, the birds spent only 10 percent of their time idly drifting on the water, but the team still collected 405 trajectories, the researchers say. Visually comparing wind and water velocity information with the way birds drifted, the researchers determined ocean currents, winds or both drove the animals’ direction, excluding some that preferred hitching a boat ride instead. The team then compared those tracks with satellite- and buoy-derived data of winds and surface currents and found they matched well.

As scientists increasingly use such logging devices to track the behavior and movement of animals, the method could also aid in studying how ocean characteristics change with time and location, the researchers say. (net)

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Promising business opportunities, farmers at Pengotan cultivate roses The mushrooming of florists in urban areas makes the demand for roses never recede.

BANGLI — Decorative flower cultivation, especially roses, is one of the promising business opportunities. The mushrooming of florists in urban areas makes the demand for roses never recede. This is experienced by a rose farmer at Pengotan village, Bangli, I Wayan Nyarka.

Seabirds floating on the ocean like this Scopoli’s shearwater act a lot like buoys, a trait that researchers can exploit to better understand ocean currents and wind patterns.

A protein in mosquito eggshells could be the insects’ Achilles’ heel

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Scientists have discovered a protein necessary for some mosquito eggs, such as these being laid by a Culex quinquefasciatus female, to properly develop eggshells.

MOSQUIT0 researchers may have hatched a new plan to control the bloodsuckers: Break their eggshells. A protein called eggshell organizing factor 1, or EOF1, is necessary for some mosquito species’ eggs and embryos to develop properly, a new study finds. Genetically disrupting production of that protein in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes caused about 60 percent of their normally dark eggshells to be pale. And shells lacking EOF1 often collapsed and were more porous than normal. In experiments, almost no mosquito embryos in the EOF1-disrupted eggs hatched into larvae, researchers report January 8 in PLOS Biology.

EOF1 is produced only by Aedes, Anopheles and Culex mosquito species, biochemist Jun Isoe of the University of Arizona in Tucson and colleagues discovered. Those varieties of mosquitoes can transmit life-threatening diseases such as malaria, Zika, dengue and West Nile virus. The protein could be a good target for genetic engineering

techniques or insecticides, which may help control populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes without killing harmless insects, the researchers speculate.

“This is truly outside-the-box thinking, and I like that,” says entomologist Joe Conlon, a technical adviser for the American Mosquito Control Association, an organization based in Mount Laurel, N.J., that helps individuals, companies and public health agencies control mosquitoes and other diseasespreading insects.

But many hurdles stand between the research and creating an effective mosquito-control strategy based on EOF1, Conlon says. The genetic technique that the scientists used to disrupt production of the protein is too cumbersome for widespread use, for example, and a chemical to disable EOF1 specifically has yet to be found. Still, knowing more about mosquito reproduction may also prove helpful in other ways, he says. (net)

Met in his flower garden not long ago, Nyarka claimed to have cultivated decorative flowers, especially roses, since six years ago. The inspiration for cultivating roses came after he had time to travel to Malang and Lembang.

As is known, in the two regions there are many farmers cultivating cut flower. When making a visit to both cities, Nyarka was informed

that many decorative flowers produced by farmers in Malang and Lembang had been sent to florists in Bali. “From there, I think Malang and Lembang almost have the same weather and altitude as that of Bangli. Why don’t we try to develop it in Bangli? This can be an opportunity,” he said.

From the idea, he then tried to plant roses on his land. The

trial was successful. Many people like roses due to the beauty of the shapes and fragrances, and in fact it is suitable to grow in the area of Pengotan village. Other than roses, he also tried to develop other variants / types of flowers needed by florists.

In his garden spreading across the area of 0.5 hectare, Nyarka has now planted 20,000 decorative flowers.

Most of them belong to roses.

Nyarka admitted the demand for cut roses so far is quite good. The order never subsides. Moreover, during the wedding and Valentine’s Day, the demand for cut roses surges.

Unfortunately, he is not willing to mention the average demand and the income earned from the business.

“On Valentine’s Day, sometimes we are overwhelmed because during the month the production drops due to the weather factor,” he said.

All this time, many roses produced from the garden are sent to

the Denpasar and Ubud areas. A piece of cut rose can be sold at IDR 5,000. In the meantime, other types of flowers, such as gerbera can be sold for IDR 3,000 per stalk.

In addition to decorative flowers, in the future Nyarka wants to develop other types of plants suitable for planting at Pengotan village. The others are asparagus and passion fruit. “So far, we have no idea to open an agro-tourism.

However, there are some people making a visit here,” he concluded. (kmb40)

Temperature reaches 35oC

El Nino phenomenon has no significant effect

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In recent days, the air temperature in Bali has been hotter than usual.

DENPASAR — In recent days, the air temperature in Bali has been hotter than usual. Actually, this January is still entering rainy season. Moreover, the peak happened last Friday (Jan. 11). The air temperature felt so hot from noon to night. Moreover, the BBMKG of Sanglah Station recorded the hot temperatures in Denpasar to reach 35oC. Actually, the situation happened due to the phenomenon of quasi-solar motion. At this time, from December to January the position of the sun is in the south latitude of the equator.

This is something normal that hap-

pens every year, including for Bali region which is also in the south of the equator. Another factor is due to sunny weather during the day causing heat of the sun directly to the earth without any cloud blocking (compared to when it is cloudy). Besides, it is also caused by the tendency of being cloudy at night.

“At night, it tends to be cloudy and even rainy. This prevents the heat having to be released into the air instead of being held back, so the temperature gets hotter,” said Head of the National Weather Service (BBMKG) for Region III Denpasar, M. Taufik Gunawan, when confirmed

on Saturday (Jan. 12).

Taufik said the increase in hot temperatures in Bali is not affected by El Nino phenomenon hitting parts of Indonesia. However, it is dominantly influenced by the position of the sun approaching the equator. “For Bali itself, the temperature more dominantly happens due to solar position, while the El Nino phenomenon is currently weak or insignificant. The temperature in Bali this January is still quite hot, considering the position of the sun remains in the South. However, in harmony with the movement of the sun, the air temperature will return to normal,” he concluded. (win)

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In 2018, Bank Indonesia develops 13 agricultural clusters DENPASAR - Bank Indonesia of Bali Representative Office has developed 13 agricultural clusters consisting of rice, chili, cattle, shallots and garlic commodities whose development had just begun in 2018.

“Especially for garlic, we have succeeded in developing a pilot project on a two-hectare area at Wanagiri village, Buleleng, with productivity of up to 7.48 tons per hectares,” said Causa Iman Karana, Head of Bank Indonesia for Bali Representative Office, recently.

He expected the success can be an encouragement for farmers having had concerns to start garlic cultivation. It is responding to high composition of imported garlic reaching 95 percent of the needs of 400,000 tons nationally.

Ironically, the Buleleng region was formerly known as one of the centers for developing garlic in Bali. Lately garlic is no longer developed there. Bank Indonesia returned to build garlic farming in the region. “Now, the Manik Pertiwi farmer group we are coaching will be directed at strengthening garlic seedlings in order to initiate the efforts to develop garlic self-sufficiency in line with the government’s target,” he said.

Other than garlic, BI also developed a chili cluster. This

is done to control inflation. Besides, it is also a means of using marginal land widely available at Ababi, Karangasem. Before getting involved at Ababi village for the development of chili commodities, at the beginning of 2017 the price of chili surged dramatically and persisted as a major contributor to inflation in Bali for several months.

The price was recorded at IDR 110,000 per kg, while normally the price lies in the ranges of IDR 15,000 to IDR 20,000 per kg. At that time, the very high rainfall was the trigger for the low productivity to the existing chili fields. “Now, the Merta Buana group we have coached has succeeded in harvesting chili outside the planting season (off-season) and synergized with the supporting groups in the downstream sector of chili cultivation,” he said.

After chili to control inflation, BI also seeks to strengthen cacao commodities for export.

Admittedly, the pattern of BI development is somewhat differ-

ent. For the cacao cultivation in Jembrana, it is based on the identification of superior commodities encouraging the growth.

Cacao development in Jembrana is managed by the Kerta Semaya Samaniya Cooperative.

“We introduce the local economic development (LED) concept seeking to encourage the productivity of farmers and the community in developing superior regional economic sectors that can support the growth. As we know, the cacao in Jembrana is one of the world’s best cacao other than Ivory Coast and Ghana. Similarly, it is recognized by the world’s cacao observer NGO, Cocoa of Excellence,” explained Iman.

The cacao commodity cultivated by the Kerta Semaya Samaniya Cooperative has also successfully penetrated the export market to France (Valrhona) and Japan. Bank Indonesia in its efforts to develop clusters and LEDs has always synergized with the local government.

BI also continues to provide

assistance in the form of organic cultivation training and group / management strengthening. “At the end of the year, we usually meet farmer groups with modern retail companies and banking and micro financial institutions in order to gain access to capital and market access,” he added.

In 2018, along with the rapid development of the digital world, BI wanted to develop startup entrepreneurs engaged in the digital economy in line with the efforts of Bank Indonesia to balance the

advances in digital technology in every aspect of life.

“In the selection of the Bank Indonesia Entrepreneurs (WUBI), we selected 15 digital startups with a clear business model and has revenue that, although not yet large, is consistent,” he said. In the future, the development of digital startups will be directed to synergize with the development of other MSMEs, both those that are under the coaching and noncoaching of BI. (kmb42)

Aside from regional optimization

ITDC to prepare eco-friendly vehicles MANGUPURA - With the growing needs of the current tourism sector, the operator of Nusa Dua tourism resort namely the Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) will review the optimization of the area. This will be adapted to

current needs, including digitalization.

According to Managing Director of The Nusa Dua, Wayan Karioka, when confirmed on Sunday (Jan. 13) stated that his management will prepare green or eco-friendly vehicles

for transportation in the resort. Of course, this will be able to reduce pollution in the region. However, Karioka added that for now the plan is still being studied by consultant.

This study will be conducted until next June. Based on the results of the review, later it can also be used as a reference material for subsequent developments. It also included in the need for parking space in the ITDC

area. “Regarding the parking lot, the studies will also be conducted to make it more comfortable,” he said.

Meanwhile, for the coastal arrangement, his side is still conducting a study related to the construction of break water for wave retaining. He said the current constraints are related to regulations in local government with central government having not been synchronized. His management targeted for the construction of break water and it must be completed in 2019 seeing the current conditions in the field, the Island of Nusa Darma continues to erode.

“The licensing authority is being discussed because the regulations in the provincial government have not yet existed,” he explained.

He explained the installation of breakwater will be made along more than 100 meters from the shoreline.

Breakwater, he said, will not be

installed permanently, but installed floating, so as not to damage the sea floor. “It is not made permanent, or backfilled, so it does not damage seabed. Like a float, it will be tied to seabed. As estimation, the total budget needed reaches IDR 60-80 billion,” he said.

For other developments, they will be optimized. The area in the golf course complex will be optimized so that it can be utilized more varied. “Everything is being reviewed for future development,” he said.

Based on the data available, throughout 2018, the number of visits to the Nusa Dua area reached 990,000 tourists. Of that number, the most dominant tourists are still from China, followed by Australia.

For 2019, ITDC is targeting a total of 1.1 million tourist visits to Nusa Dua.(kmb)

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Best Western Premier Agung Resort Ubud

Ranked first by GSS Threshold Program across Asia

Gianyar - Best Western Premier Agung Resort Ubud reached a very prideful success in 2018 by becoming the Best Western hotel and ranked first across Asia for the 2018 GSS Threshold Program.

Guest Satisfaction Score (GSS) of The Threshold Program is conducted every month for all Best Western hotels in the Asian region.

Assessment is based on the ratings of guests who stay at Best Western hotels both directly (media online survey) and through social media.

Media online survey is one of the media used by Best Western for tourists to give their ratings of the hotels they have visited.

Authenticity of the results obtained from the Medalia online survey are very much guaranteed as well as those obtained from social media because the Best Western Headquarters has checked the “account” of the guests having given the assessment. So we can make sure that the results of the overall assessment are very reliable.

The assessment results of the GSS

Threshold Program are issued at the end of October 2018 by announcing the top 10 Best Western hotels in Asia.

Best Western Premier Agung Resort Ubud scored 69.9 percent as first place. This hotel situated in the Ubud area is the only Best Western Premier hotel in Bali included in the TOP one Best Western in Asia.

This first rank achievement proved the Best Western Premier Agung Resort Ubud has been recognized as a hotel with a high level of guest satisfaction. The level of satisfaction

felt by guests during their stay is very important for every hotel, because it reflects the facilities and excellent services of the hotel. And we always strive to provide good and excellent services to make our guests feel comfortable during their stay and spend their holidays.

The level of guest satisfaction spreading on social media is one of the barometers for tourists to choose their accommodation. Obtaining this proud achievement proved that our Best Western Premier Agung Resort Ubud

exists and is ready to compete to bring the name of Best Western into one of the hotels that must be considered in Bali and Ubud in particular.

“This extraordinary achievement is a matter of pride for me personally and for all staff who have tried to do their best to provide excellent services for guests so that they extend positive values through existing survey media,” said Alit Martini as General Manager of the Best Western Premier Agung Resort Ubud during a press conference held on Friday (Jan. 11).

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Logan Paul faces backlash after saying he will ‘go gay for a month’ CALIFORNIA - YouTuber Logan Paul has faced a backlash after suggesting he could “go gay for a month” as part of a string of New Year’s resolutions.

Paul, who is no stranger to controversy, made the bizarre resolution on his podcast, ImPaulsive, after suggesting he could try “Fatal February”, only drinking vodka and eating steak, following a dry and vegan January.

The conversation, with Kelvin Pena, known as “Brother Nature”, started with Paul and his co-host Mike Majlak asking their guest for his resolutions.

But Paul then said: “We’re vegan now, and we’re sober.

“But February we are going to go the opposite.

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“And then March... it’s maleonly March. We’re going to attempt to go one way, swing, and then go back.”

Producer Daniel Preda tweeted: “Logan Paul joking about being gay ‘for one month’ while countless LGBT+ around the world are killed & committing suicide for their sexuality, is disgusting. He continues to be an awful representation of the YouTube community & shows he truly has learned NOTHING over the last year.

“Perhaps for the month of March instead of baiting the gay community you can use your massive platform as a voice for those LGBT+ who have no voice and resort to suicide and self-harm. Just a suggestion @LoganPaul.” (net)

Anne-Marie (left) and Dua Lipa are both nominated for four awards.

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LONDON - Female solo artists Dua Lipa and Anne-Marie lead the way ahead of next month’s Brit Awards after picking up four nominations each.

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George Ezra and Jorja Smith were just behind them with three nods. And there were two nominations each for Calvin Harris, The 1975, Little Mix, Tom Walker, Jess Glynne, Rita Ora, Clean Bandit, Florence And The Machine and Rudimental.

Anne-Marie is up for British female, British single and British artist video of the year, both for 2002, and British album of the year for her debut offering Speak Your Mind.

She found fame after featuring on Clean Bandit’s Rockabye alongside Sean Paul. Anne-Marie said on Twitter: “4 X BRIT NOMINATIONS. I am SOOOOOO HAPPPPYYYYYYYY OMGGGGGGGGGGGG.” The singer also posted a video of herself showing her excitement at the news. Dua Lipa has two nominations each in the British single and British artist video categories for her own track IDGAF and the Calvin Harris collaboration One Kiss.

Meanwhile, Jorja Smith, one of the UK’s biggest breakthrough artists of last year, is nominated for British female, British breakthrough and British album of the year for Lost And Found.

George Ezra is up for British male, British album of the year for Staying At Tamara’s and British single for Shotgun.

The ceremony, hosted by Jack Whitehall, takes place on 20 February at The O2 Arena in London. (net)

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A cockpit voice recorder (C, orange coloured), the second “black box” from Lion Air flight 610 that crashed last October killing all 189 people onboard, is seen inside a transparent case as Harjo Susmoro (R), head of the Indonesian Navy’s Centre for Hydrography and Oceanography, shakes hands with Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) head Soerjanto Tjahjono during the handover of the device at a port in Jakarta on January 14, 2019.

Indonesia recovers second black box from Lion Air crash

The cockpit voice recorder from an Indonesian Lion Air jet that crashed in October has been recovered, officials said Monday, a discovery that could be critical to explaining why a brand new plane fell out of the sky just after take-off.

The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after departing Jakarta, slamming into the Java Sea moments after pilots had asked to return to the capital and killing all 189 people onboard.

The bright orange voice recorder was discovered early Monday about 10 metres from a flight data recorder that was located back in November, authorities said.

“It’s broken into two pieces so hopefully it’s still useful” to investigators, Haryo Satmiko, deputy head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), told AFP.

More human remains were also found near the voice recorder, he added, without giving details.

“This will really help the investigation... and could give some more answers on the cause” of the crash, said Jakarta-based aviation analyst Dudi Sudibyo.

The doomed airliner’s flight data recorder supplied information about the its speed, altitude and direction before it plunged into the sea on October 29.

“But (the data recorder) does not show how the flight crew’s decisions were made or discussed in those final moments,” Stephen

Wright, an aviation expert at Leeds University, told AFP. A preliminary crash report from Indonesia’s transport safety agency suggested that the pilots of Flight 610 struggled to control the plane’s anti-stall system just before the accident. The agency also found that the Lion Air jet should have been grounded over a recurrent technical problem before its fatal journey, and it criticised the budget carrier’s poor safety culture.

But it did not pinpoint a definitive cause of the crash and a final report is not likely to come before later this year.

- Boeing lawsuits Despite the name, black boxes are usually bright orange with reflective stripes, and all commercial planes are obliged to have them on board. They’re built to survive at vast depths and in extreme heat, and are fitted with a beacon which can emit a signal for one month.

Black box data helps explain nearly 90 percent of all crashes, according to aviation experts.

Authorities called off the grim task of identifying victims of the crash in November, with only 125 people named after tests on human remains that filled some 200 body bags.

“We’re thankful and grateful that they have found the CVR, but it’s not enough,” said Evi Samsul Komar, whose son and nephew

were on the fatal flight.

“There are still many passengers unaccounted for.” Despite a spotty safety record and an avalanche of complaints over shoddy service, the carrier’s parent Lion Air Group -- which also operates five other airlines -- has become Southeast Asia’s biggest airline group by fleet size in less than 20 years of operation.

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