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Kim Kardashian announces birth of 3rd child, this one by surrogate LOS ANGELES - Kim Kardashian and her rapper husband Kanye West announced their third child on Tuesday, a girl born to a surrogate. “Kanye and I are happy to announce the arrival of our healthy, beautiful baby girl,” Kardashian said in a message on her app.

The couple thanked the unidentified surrogate “who made our dreams come true with the greatest gift one could give.”

They said the baby was born on Monday but they did not announce a name.

Kardashian, 37, and West are already parents to North, 4, and Saint, 2. The “Keeping Up with the Kadashians” reality and social media star has said she decided to use a surrogate after doctors warned of serious health risks if she became pregnant again.

Kardashian has given detailed accounts on her blog about the difficulties she experienced during her two labors. Two of Kardashian’s sisters are also expecting babies.

Khloe Kardashian, 33, announced in December that she is six months pregnant with her basketball player boyfriend Tristan Thomas, while their half-sister Kylie Jenner, 20, is reported to be expecting her first child soon. The arrival of Kardashian and West’s third child swiftly became on of the top five trending topics on Twitter. (rtr)

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Myanmar police shoot dead seven protesters in troubled Rakhine YANGON - Myanmar police shot dead seven demonstrators and 12 were injured in troubled Rakhine State, after a local gathering celebrating an ancient Buddhist Arakan kingdom turned violent. The demonstrators gathered late on Tuesday in Mrauk U township in the northern part of Rakhine to mark the end of the Arakan kingdom, the secretary of the Rakhine state government, Tin Maung Swe, told Reuters.

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Irish pop group The Cranberries (L-R) Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan, Dolores O’Riordan and Fergal Lawler pose for photographs after performing at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards at the Point Theatre in Dublin, March 4, 2002.

The violent demonstration underscores the challenges facing Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a country where dozens of ethnic groups have been clamouring for autonomy since independence from Britain in 1947.

Some 4,000 people surrounded a government building after the annual ceremony marking the demise of the Arakan kingdom over 200 years ago, Tin Maung Swe said.

Organizers did not seek approval from local authorities for the gathering, he said.

“The police used rubber bullets initially but the crowd didn’t leave.

Finally the security members had to shoot. The conflict happened when some people tried to seize guns from the police,” he said.

Tun Ther Sein, regional MP from Mrauk U, said some of the critically injured protesters were

taken to the state capital of Sittwe, a three-hour drive south of the ancient town studded with Buddhist temples.

The Rakhine, also known as Arakanese, are one of the 135 officially recognized ethnic groups in Myanmar. Their identity is closely connected to the once powerful Arakanese kingdom along the Bay of Bengal, which was conquored by the Burmese kingdom

in 1784. The kingdom was once an important stop on the old silk trade route.

Tensions in Rakhine have risen since a sweeping Myanmar army operation in August inflamed communal tension and triggered an exodus of over 650,000 Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

Death of Cranberries star O’Riordan not suspicious - police

DUBLIN - The death in London of Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan is not being treated as suspicious, police said on Tuesday, as tributes flowed in for one of Ireland’s most successful artists.

O’Riordan, 46, was found dead in a London hotel on Monday morning during a recording trip to London ahead of a planned tour, her publicist said. No cause of death has been given.

London police said in a statement that a 46-year-old woman was discovered at a hotel in London’s Park Lane early on Monday and was pronounced dead at the scene. “The death is not being treated as suspicious,” the state-

ment said. O’Riordan was catapulted to fame as a shy 22-year-old in 1993 when songs from her debut album were picked up by MTV. The band, whose hits included “Linger” and “Zombie” went on to sell over 40 million records to become Ireland’s second-best-selling rock band after U2.

She struggled at times with the band’s success, dropping out of a tour in 1996 citing exhaustion and disillu-

sionment and later leaving her native Ireland for several years to avoid the spotlight.

After she pleaded guilty to headbutting and spitting at an Irish police officer in 2014, she told an interviewer that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was struggling with the breakdown of her marriage.

Ireland’s Prime Minister joined a chorus of praise for O’Riordan’s work, describing her as the “voice of her generation.” U2 said in a tweet that they were “floored” by the news of her death. (rtr)

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Fourth quarter of 2017, outflow of Bali declines

“I highlight the fourth quarter because there is usually an increase in the fourth quarter. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2015, the outflow was IDR 4.01 trillion, compared to 2016 the outflow was IDR 4.9 trillion and in 2017 the outflow was 4.4 trillion,” said Teguh Setiadi, Division Head of Payment

System of Rupiah Money Management (SP PUR) of the Bali Representative Office of BI. One of the causes to the decline in money circulating in the community is the increase in volcanic activities of Mount Agung since last September that affected various sectors in Bali. Allegedly it had an impact on the demand for currency due to the decrease in tourist arrivals to Bali.

Meanwhile, the inflow (money coming into BI) during the fourth quarter of 2016 reached IDR 3.5 trillion. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2016, the figure also declined because the fourth quarter of 2016 had the inflow of IDR 4.1 trillion.

“This also experienced a decline. If we associate with few tourists, the incoming money is also less,” he said.

Apart from the increased volcanic activities of Mount Agung, the demand for currency is also influenced by ‘traditional’ factors. They include Eid Al-Fitr, long local religious

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holidays such as Galungan, Kuningan and Pagerwesi.

Based on BI’s observation, the currency condition in December usually indicates the outflow position, where there is high demand for currency due to vacation. Starting mid-year, the inflow will happen. “During holidays or ahead of yearend, people will withdraw money,” he added.

To fulfill the need for currency, Bank Indonesia deployed mobile cash to serve money exchanges. In 2017, BI operated mobile cash for 93 times. Mobile cash activities in 2017 decreased when compared to 2016, carried out for 113 times. It happened because BI Bali has owned deposit cash in Buleleng so it reduces its mobile cash activities in Buleleng and surrounding areas. Meanwhile, the activities of mobile cash in 2015 reached 89 times. The mobile cash activities this year is also reduced if compared to the ones in 2016 because at that time more money exchanges was carried out in the office of Bank Indonesia. (kmb42)

Road under Tukad Mati Bridge hoped to be solution MANGUPURA - Responding to the obstacles experienced by the community in the Patasari area due to U-turn closure, various solutions begin to emerge. A member of the Badung House of Representatives from Kuta electoral district, I Gusti Anom Gumanti, offered three options that can be applied to resolve the problem.

The three options include the making of the underground passage from Patasari to Jalan Ken Dedes.

Secondly is the making of cross-

ing by overpass. He suggested to consider first whether it is in accordance with the local socio-culture.

Ultimately, the most effective option and does not require a large budget is the making of underpass under the Tukad Mati Bridge.

He said the road will connect Patasari to Jalan Tuan Lange located on the west side Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai. Meanwhile, the road will be specially designated for motorcycle. However, this option needs studying to know water

level when the high tide occurs.

“As far as I know, there has never been seawater being equivalent to the bridge, it is still far below. So, it can still be made a study. If feasible, it means to be more effective, disrupts no one and requires small budget,” he concluded.

Nevertheless, he still does not know whether it is allowed to build a road under the bridge. If allowed, surely it can become an alternative for long-term interests. “If the road can be made, it can be used

Thursday, January 18, 2018

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DENPASAR - The outflow in Bali in the fourth quarter of 2017 amounted to IDR 4.4 trillion. This figure declined compared to the fourth quarter of 2016 reaching IDR 4.9 trillion. Outflow means the money coming out from Bank Indonesia (BI) to banking. Higher outflow usually happens in the fourth quarter, but in 2017 the outflow decreased.

One of the causes is the increased activities of Mount Agung affecting various sectors in Bali.

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permanently. Community will no longer be talking about the access problems,” he said.

Responding to the idea, a number of local leaders began to follow up by checking directly to the site. A local community leader, Nyoman Sukra, who participated in the checking welcomed both ideas. According to him, building a new access on the outskirts of Tukad Mati and pass under the bridge of Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai is a very possible thing to

do. “We are going to submit the proposal in the dissemination of the long storage continuation project. We think, making the access can be a package with the project,” he said.

With such an access, Patasari residents will be more comfortable doing their daily activities.

All this time, they must cross Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai through the U-turn available when taking their children to school and just going to the market. (kmb23)

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A couple observe sunset at Barranco district of Lima, Peru, December 20, 2017.

Partner’s scent eases women’s response to stress

Stress levels dropped in women who smelled their partner’s shirt during a stress test but rose in women who smelled a stranger’s shirt, researchers found. “Many people wear their partner’s shirt or sleep on their partner’s side of the bed when their partner is away but may not realize why they engage in these behaviors,” said lead study author Marlise Hofer, a psychology graduate student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

“A partner’s scent alone, even without their physical presence, can be a powerful tool to help reduce stress,” Hofer told Reuters Health by email. Hofer and colleagues worked with 96 couples, most in their early 20s, to complete the study. They asked the men to wear a white T-shirt for 24 hours without deodorant or scented products. Then the shirts were turned inside out, folded and placed in a sealed plastic freezer bag with the underarm section facing the opening.

The women participated in the Trier Social Stress Test, which includes a mock job interview and unanticipated mental math question that causes a stress response.

They were randomly assigned to smell a single shirt three times before and three times after the stress test.

The shirt might have been worn by their romantic partner or a stranger, or it might have been new and unworn.

The women also completed a questionnaire five times during the experiment to indicate anxiety, physical discomfort, tension, desire to leave the situation and feelings of control. Saliva samples were collected seven times during the experiment to measure levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

The research team found that perceived stress changed during the experiment for most women, and

those who smelled a partner’s shirt felt less stressed both during and after the stress test than those who smelled a stranger’s or unworn shirt.

The researchers were surprised to find that cortisol levels were higher after the stress test in women who smelled a stranger’s shirt. “These unanticipated findings could serve as a source of future research,” Hofer said. Cortisol levels didn’t differ between women who smelled their partner’s shirt and an unworn shirt.

Dr. Donald McBurney, professor emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, has researched olfactory comfort in close relationships. “In our studies, we received many anecdotes, including lovers who mailed worn clothing back and forth between military members and their partners back home,” McBurney, who wasn’t involved in the new study, told Reuters Health by email. “And hospitals give infants items of their mother’s clothing to sleep with.”

Future research should investigate whether perceived stress and cortisol responses are the same for men and if additional factors could reduce stress for both men and women, said Dr. Sean Mackey of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California. Mackey, who wasn’t involved with this study, has researched romantic relationships and experiences of pain.

“Can we further manipulate this (decreased stress) response and amplify it?” he wrote in an email to Reuters Health. “How does the strength of the (romantic) relationship affect the response?” Beyond a controlled laboratory setting, researchers should also study how this works in real-world applications, he added.

“During times of stress, keep those you love close to you,” Mackey said. ‘If you are going to be away during a stressful period, it may be useful to bring an article of their clothing.” (rtr)

the tumours were removed, the scientists analysed samples to see if the virus had been able to reach the cancer, which in some cases was deep within the brain.

In all nine patients, there was evidence that the virus had reached its target, they said.

There were also signs that the replicating virus had stimulated the immune system, with white blood cells or so-called “killer” T-cells being drawn to the tumour to attack it.

Because the virus only infects cancer cells and leaves healthy cells alone, patients who received the experimental treatment reported only mild side-effects such as slight flulike symptoms.

Until these positive results, scientists had been doubtful about whether the virus would be able to pass into the brain because of the protective bloodbrain barrier membrane. However, injecting the virus directly into the brain would be difficult and potentially dangerous.

Alan Melcher of Britain’s Institute of Cancer Research, who also co-led the study, said the results pointed a way forward for more trials using this virus, including testing whether it can harness the immune system to super-charge the effect of existing chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments.

“Now we know we can get reovirus across the blood-brain barrier, we have begun clinical studies to see just how effective this viral immunotherapy can be,” he said. (rtr)

NEGARA - Other than the abrasion hitting on a number of beaches in Jembrana, marine debris problems seem unavoidable. Although it has been cleaned up by residents and mutual assistance by students and government institutions, the marine debris from outside the upstream area is still littering the beach.

The tourist surf in Batu Tumpeng Beach.

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Batu Tumpeng Beach at Gelgel targeted by surfers

SEMARAPURA - Batu Tumpeng Beach at Gelgel village, Klungkung subdistrict, is lately much favored by foreign surfing enthusiasts. Such opportunity is not wasted by local village government. It is worked and equipped with supporting facilities to create a comfortable impression.

Headman of Gelgel, Nengah Soma, revealed that around 2030 tourists come each week to the beach having the waves like Kuta Beach for surfing. This provides a positive impact for boosting people’s income because they are able to open a trading business.

To support this, his authority takes steps to do an arrangement.

Early on, it is indicated by the construction of toilet posing a vital need. “The development is underway with the budget of around IDR 75 million. This is also to support the ceremony at the Batu Tumpeng Temple,” he explained.

Continuous arrangement has also been planned by targeting stalls on the beach that currently give chaotic impression. In addition, there is also the construction of gazebo and parking arrangement. “This will be done in stages,” he said.

Since 2016, this tourism potential has been managed by village owned enterprise (BUMDes). It is believed that in line with the arrangement, tourist visits in the future will be increasing. Moreover, the location is very close to Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra that is easily accessible from other tourist attractions such as Denpasar.

Street lighting and access to clean water are also considered necessary on the beach. Therefore, the district government is expected to facilitate coordination with PLN or PDAM. “Now, the facility has not been adequate. We have not dared to charge any levies,” he said. (kmb45)

As seen on Candikusuma Beach, Melaya subdistrict, recently the beach having once become traditional port is often covered with garbage. The garbage mixed with twigs and trunks of tree is ‘swept away’ by river water from the upstream.

The rivers flowing into the sea during the floods are accompanied with garbage. “Well, here is the result where everything is scattered on the beach. Even if it is cleaned, later on when the tide comes, a lot of garbage will come again,” said Adi, one of the fishermen met on Tuesday (Jan. 16). Indeed, beach cleanup efforts have often been done. Due to rubbish shipment continues

to occur, it’s then scattered on the beach.

This problem also occurs almost along the coast in Jembrana district such as on Perancak, Gilimanuk, Yeh Kuning, Yehembang, Medewi and Baluk Beach. If there is awareness not to throw garbage into the river, this problem will not continue to occur. “The condition here is still better as mostly consists of trunk or twigs swept away by floods. Meanwhile, in Gilimanuk area, it mostly consists of plastic and bottles,” added another resident.

As observation, near the cliff of rest area at Candikusuma, the coast area is covered by many twigs and trees. Moreover, there are also wood logs. Indeed, this beach is rarely visited by residents because it is under the cliff. More visits are carried out on the cliff close to the Candi. Currently, the location has been arranged.

Besides, under the cliff formerly used to dispose of the dead victims during the civil riots of G30 S/ PKI. However, behind such dark story, the scenery at Candikusuma Beach is not inferior to other beaches in Bali. (kmb26)

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The garbage is piling up on Candikusuma Beach.

Pesan, a Tasty Balinese Traditional Menu

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Garbage litters Candikusuma Beach

Immune boosting virus could be used to treat brain tumours

LONDON - A trial of a potential new brain cancer treatment has shown that a virus injected directly into the bloodstream can reach tumours deep inside the brain and switch on the body’s own defence system to attack them. The trial involved just nine patients, but scientists said that if the results could be replicated in larger studies, the naturally occurring ‘reovirus’ could be developed into an effective immunotherapy for people with aggressive brain tumours.

“This is the first time it has been shown that a therapeutic virus is able to pass through the brain-blood barrier,” said Adel Samson, a medical oncologist at the University of Leeds’ Institute of Cancer and Pathology who coled the work.

He said their trial had shown not only that a virus could be delivered to a tumour deep in the brain, but that when it reached its target, “it stimulated the body’s own immune defences to attack the cancer”.

Published in the journal Science Translational Medicine on Wednesday, the trial involved nine patients with tumours that had either spread to the brain from other areas or were fastgrowing gliomas, an aggressive type of brain cancer.

All the patients were due to have their tumours removed surgically, but in the days beforehand they were each given a single dose of the reovirus administered via intravenous drip into the bloodstream. Once

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Pesan or pepes is a Balinese traditional menu that is quite tasty.

This menu is also often called tum or anyang or in accordance with respective region. Shape of the package is also different where in general there are three shapes, namely longwise upward rectangle, while others may wrap it like wrapped rice and sideline longwise rectangle like a pillow. However, they all have the same ingredients and preparation.

For the Hindu communities on the Island of Gods, this pesan menu is also used as a means of offering presented to the ancestors. Yet this one is made simpler or smaller, so

it can be easily put into the basket of the offerings. The pesan for offerings is very special as made from selected ingredient such as black chicken, multi-colored chicken and others in accordance with the type of offerings and the level of ceremony.

Well, the pesan menu commonly intended for consumption has larger size. Similarly, the pesan to be sold will have different shape where it is mostly longwise and sideways like pillow. The ingredient also varies. The one for sale is usually made from pork, chicken and fish. Meanwhile, farmers in rural areas usually take advantage

of the ingredients obtained from their paddy fields, such as fish, eels, frog, dragonflies and others.

Well, the pesan made from pork is the most easily encountered.

This one is usually sold at restaurants and food stalls in rural and urban areas. Besides, it can also be obtained in traditional markets.

If local communities organize a ceremony like wedding, pawukonbased birthday (otonan), cremation (ngaben) and others they will definitely make this type of pesan.

This means the activities will involve community members in large numbers and this pesan menu will be served. Local community is very

familiar with this menu.

Ingredient of this pesan menu is selected meat such as ham, skin and blood. The seasoning consists of onion, garlic, pepper and chili plus salt according to taste. Do not forget to add bay leaves to remove fishy smell ??as well as increase the delicious aroma. People in rural areas regularly mix the ingredients with other supplement such as banana heart and banana underground steam and others.

Its preparation is very simple.

First of all, chop the meat to become smooth. While chopping, please be filled with blood so the meat turns red. The skin is boiled

and then sliced thin and into small size. Seasoning of onion, garlic, and chili are sliced ??into small part. Then, the chopped meat is mixed together with seasoning well. Add some salt according to your taste.

When having a little stock of meat, people usually mix with grated coconut to get more batter.

Next, wrap the batter with banana leaves and affix each end of the wrap with bamboo spin. Each wrap is filled with a bay leaf to balance cholesterol. Then, steam them for about 20 minutes. Ultimately, take out and it’s ready to serve. (kmb)

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Evacuees’ story in Rendang

Want to return home, but confused what to do next

EVACUEES whose territory is outside the danger radius of 6 km actually have been allowed to go home after the narrowing of danger radius by the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG) a few days ago.

However, there are still thousands of evacuees whose territory is outside the radius of 6 km from the top of the volcano remaining to survive in the refuge because they are still worried considering the volcanic activities are still high and the eruption can happen any time. Meanwhile, thousands of evacuees have also returned home because they feel safe. What activities do evacuees do after returning home?

The activity of the refugees in Rendang

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One of the evacuees from Batumadeg hamlet, Besakih, I Kadek Lanus, revealed that his family and some relatives are still in the evacuation even though many Besakih residents have returned to their respective village. He has not returned to his home village because it will be discussed first with family and relatives who are still surviving in the evacuation.

“Before the danger radius is lowered, the residents from Batumadeg hamlet evacuating here (post of agriculture—Ed) amount to 99 families with 434 people. After some families returned home, Batumadeg residents remaining to survive in the evacuation are only 12 families consisting of 39 people.

Indeed, we want to go home, but we must discuss first with family and relatives. After getting a decision to go home, we will go back to Besakih together so that can hold ngusaba ritual at Dalem Puri Temple,” he said.

According to Lanus, other than having to discuss with family and relatives, he has not returned home due to refuge problem.

Previously, there was an issue if the shelter is left home it will be occupied by other evacuees. However, after cross-checked to post coordinator, other evacuees cannot occupy the shelter built by evacuees easily. If other evacuees want to come in, they must first report to the post coordinator, hamlet chief and shelter owner.

“Only after getting permission from the three elements, the new evacuees are allowed to come into the shelter. If not allowed by the owner, they cannot occupy the shelter. Indeed, the land belonged to the government, but the shelter building was founded by evacuees independently.

Moreover, the bamboo was brought directly by the evacuees. To build the shelter, some evacuees even purchased bamboo directly, so it is not easy to occupy the shelters even though the evacuees have left it behind considering the condition of the Mount Agung is not yet normal because if the volcano erupts again I will return to this

post,” added the man.

He was very happy to return home considering most of Besakih residents have gone home and are no longer evacuating.

However, he is still haunted by worries because the activities of Mount Agung are still high and frequently erupts. “We are still haunted by fear. But since most people have gone home, at least it can reduce the anxiety.

If something bad happens, I will evacuate again,” added the man of one child.

Another evacuee, Ni Wayan Warta, revealed that on the one hand she is very happy to be able to return home at Besakih.

But on the one hand, there is no activity to do, maximally she only looks for firewood considering all the cattle owned have been sold out during the first eruption of Mount Agung some time ago, while she does not dare to farm. She said although the grass began to grow green, she has not dared to purchase cattle to be raised for fear that Mount Agung will erupt again so she has to sell them back.

“I’ve had suffered losses twice. Originally, it happened on the first eruption when selling four cows. After the Mount Agung calmed down, I decided to buy a cow again, but after raising cows for a month the Mount Agung erupted again. All the plants dried and I was forced to sell the cows again. I lost about IDR 8 million,” she recalled.

Similar opinion was expressed by I Putu Suyasa. He has not owned any activities in the farm, since his cattle were all sold after the first eruption of Mount Agung on September 21, 2018. Fortunately, he is a local tour guide at Besakih after re-opening of Besakih Temple by the Management Agency. So, there is activity after returning home.

“It is the only activity after my returning home. When getting the turn to escort guest, I will go out to work. Otherwise, I will stay home with parents, wife and children. If getting money it will be used to meet kitchen needs and for pocket money of my children attending school,” said Suyasa. (nan)

Mugging syndicate of foreigner specialist arrested

MANGUPURA - The hunt for mugging and pickpocket perpetrators that had taken action in the area of Kuta subdistrict continues to be done. After arresting dozens of people, Kuta Police now catch the mugging syndicate consists of the main perpetrators and fencer on Friday (Jan. 12). The syndicate consists of I Nengah Cery, 31, I Komang Patkai, 15, I Wayan No alias Fendi, 18, I Putu Agus Andre, 26, and I Made Mahendra Putra, 22. The evidence includes tens of handphone, cash worth IDR 30 million and three motorcycles.

“Totally, the mugged handphone

reaches about hundreds of unit. They mostly target foreign nationals,” said Chief of Kuta Police, I Nyoman Wirajaya, accompanied by Chief of Criminal Investigation Unit, Ario Seno Wiboko, on Monday (Jan. 15).

According to subdistrict police chief, originating from the arrest of the suspect Patkay, it was carried out further development. Kuta Police Operational Team led by Chief of Mobile Detective Unit, Putu Budi Artama, could arrest the suspect Kerry on Jalan Pemogan Gang Puseh, South Denpasar, on Monday (Jan. 9). Having been developed, it was the turn of Fendi arrested at

his home on Jalan Gunung Agung, Denpasar, along with evidence of Samsung S6 handphone. After interrogated, Fendi admitted to have grabbed with Patkay for three times where two times were committed on Jalan Sunset Road and Kuta underpass. Furthermore, the case was developed and could arrest the other perpetrators including the fencer. “Based on interrogation results, the perpetrators only admitted to have acted in 11 crime scenes in the Kuta subdistrict,” he said.

The evidence secured from the fencer, Mahendra Putra, consists of tens of handphone and cash worth

IDR 33 million. Meanwhile, from the suspect Andre police seized 24 units of iPhone 6S +, five units of iPhone 7, 5 units of iPhone 7S, five units of iPhone 5, two units of HTC, transaction book and cash worth IDR 30 million.

“We will continuously hunt down the perpetrators of mugging and we are committed to suppress the mugging cases in the area of Kuta subdistrict,” said Wirajaya.

One of the victims is Enjamin Fridnt, 27, from France. It happened on Thursday (Dec. 27) when the victim stopped at Jalan Sunset Road, Kuta, to see Google map. Suddenly,

the perpetrator came and immediately seized the victim’s iPhone 7. The victim had time to chase but lost track.

“Most of the victims are foreigners so the handphone taken is expensive such as iPhone and Samsung that are currently in trend,” he said.

Besides, police also arrested a pickpocket, Komang Putra Laksana, 25, at Jalan Juwet Sari, Pemogan, South Denpasar. The victim is Lisa Cecilia Remsu, 18, from Finland. Criminal mode of the perpetrator is by offering motorcycle charter service to the victim while taking iPhone in the back pocket of the victim’s pants. (kmb36)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the newly-remodeled Pyongyang Teacher Training College, in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on January 17, 2018.

Nations to consider more N.Korea sanctions, U.S. warns on military option

VANCOUVER, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Twenty nations agreed on Tuesday to consider tougher sanctions to press North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Pyongyang it could trigger a military response if it did not choose negotiations. A U.S.-hosted meeting of countries that backed South Korea during the 1950-53 Korea War also vowed to support renewed dialogue between the two Koreas “in hopes that it leads to sustained easing of tensions” and agreed that a diplomatic solution to the crisis was both essential and possible.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has refused to give up development of nuclear missiles capable of hitting the United States in spite of increasingly severe U.N. sanctions, raising fears of a new war on the Korean peninsula. The United States and Canada co-hosted the day-long meeting in Vancouver to discuss ways to increase pressure on Kim. U.S. officials have reported a debate within the Trump administration over whether to give more active consideration to military options, such as a pre-emptive strike on a North Korean nuclear or missile site.

Tillerson brushed off a question about such a “bloody nose” strike, telling a closing news conference: “I’m a not going to comment on issues that have yet to be decided

among the National Security Council or the president.” However, he said the threat posed by North Korea was growing.

“We all need to be very sober and clear-eyed about the current situation ... We have to recognize that the threat is growing and if North Korea does not chose the pathway of engagement, discussion, negotiation, then they themselves will trigger an option,” Tillerson said.

“Our approach is, in terms of having North Korea chose the correct step, is to present them with what is the best option – talks are the best option; that when they look at the military situation, that’s not a good outcome for them.” “It is time to talk, but they have to take the step to say they want to talk.”

The Vancouver meeting pledged

to ensure that U.N. sanctions already in place were fully implemented and the participants said in a joint statement they agreed “to consider and take steps to impose unilateral sanctions and further diplomatic actions that go beyond those required by U.N. Security Council resolutions.”

They gave no details.

Tillerson said all countries needed to work together to improve interdiction of ships attempting to skirt sanctions and said there must be “new consequences” for North Korea “whenever new aggression occurs.”

He said the meeting had agreed that China and Russia, which did not attend the Vancouver talks and sharply criticized them, must fully implement U.N. sanctions.

Speaking in Beijing, Chinese

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Canada and the United States were demonstrating a “Cold War mentality” that would divide the international community and damage chances of an appropriate settlement on the peninsula. “Only through dialogue, equally addressing the reasonable concerns of all parties, can a way to an effective and peaceful resolution be found,” Lu added.

U.S. officials say discussion of a military strike option has lost some momentum since North and South Korea held formal talks for the first time in two years this month and Pyongyang said it would send athletes to the Winter Olympics that South Korea will host next month.

‘NOT TIME FOR REWARD’ Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said in Vancouver that the world should not be naive about North Korea’s “charm offensive” in engaging in talks with the South.

“It is not the time to ease pressure, or to reward North Korea,” he said. “The fact that North Korea is engaging in dialogue could be

interpreted as proof that the sanctions are working.” South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said she hoped the dialogue would continue well beyond the Olympics, but stressed that existing sanctions must be applied more rigorously.

Tillerson said North Korea must not be allowed “to drive a wedge” through allied resolve or solidarity and reiterated Washington’s rejection of a Chinese-Russian proposal for the United States and South Korea to freeze military exercises in return for a freeze in North Korea’s weapons programs.

A senior State Department official said U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis briefed the Vancouver participants over dinner on Monday and stressed the U.S. preference for a diplomatic solution, while keeping a military option on the table. “It was a chance to raise people’s confidence that we have thought through this, that we definitely prefer a diplomatic solution,” the official said. Russia and China have been accused of not fully implementing the U.N. sanctions, something they deny. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Warning light: Mexican car sales slump ahead of election MEXICO CITY - Car dealerships in Mexico City have kicked off the new year offering “clearance sales” and free insurance as 2017 models collect dust on their lots, a reminder that consumer nerves over high interest rates could slow the economy ahead of elections. The first drop in auto sales in eight years is the most visible sign the great Mexican shopper, the heart and soul of Latin America’s second largest economy, is feeling the pinch of inflation at a 16-1/2-year high and a battered peso.

A government decision to scrap fuel subsidies last year has made running a car more expensive, while the central bank’s battle with inflation has put car loans out of reach for many.

“If I’m going to buy a new car and then not be able to fill it up with gasoline, then it’s better to sit tight,” said Jaime Asrael, as he window shopped outside a Chevrolet dealership in the central Guerrero neighborhood of the capital city.

Beyond cars, consumer confidence is slipping more broadly.

The consumer confidence index declined to 88.4 in December from 88.8 the previous month, the statistics agency said last week.

This has worried government officials who are trying to convince voters to re-elect the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in July. Experts doubt increased public spending in the campaign will be enough to boost confidence much in Mexico, where private consumption accounts for a whopping two-thirds of gross domestic product. Leftist opposition candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has enjoyed a double digit poll lead over his ruling party rival in recent surveys.

“It certainly helps his case. The fact that we’ve seen this jump in inflation squeezing real incomes, that all (goes) into the mix,” said Neil

Shearing, chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics. A blow such as an eventual collapse of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement could make more consumers snap their wallets shut.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a more significant deceleration of private consumption” considering inflation’s impact on wages, tighter credit conditions and NAFTA and election concerns, said Goldman Sachs economist Alberto Ramos.

“Instead of going on vacation for two weeks, they go one week, instead of buying the automobile this year they wait a little bit to see how things go ... That is serious in the sense that private consumption has been so far the main engine of growth,” said Ramos. Domestic car sales in 2017 fell 4.6 percent from a year earlier, according to data from the Mexican Auto Industry Association (AMIA). It was the first drop in annual auto sales since the global financial crisis of 2008-2009.

“Inflation is what hit us the most.

And most people want to buy with credit and financial institutions and banks weren’t able to cover the market,” said Jose Luis Salas, general manager at Grupo Surman, which runs 13 General Motors dealerships in the country. “That’s

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A salesperson sits as a customer checks out details of a Chevrolet Traverse being displayed at Surman Chevrolet car dealership in Mexico City, Mexico January 9, 2018. Picture taken January 9, 2018. what caused the drop in new car sales,” he added.

Wider retail sales slowed to growth of 7.7 percent through November, not far above the 2017 inflation rate of 6.77 percent and below the average growth of some 10 percent the prior two years.

For years, stable prices compensated for Mexico’s sluggish economic growth, so accelerating inflation has caused outrage. Sporadic looting broke out earlier this

month after reports that gasoline and food prices were about to be hiked, and angry posts filled social media, echoing unrest last year after the government liberalized fuel prices.

The central bank in November revised down its 2017 economic growth forecast, blaming the NAFTA talks, the impact of storms and two major earthquakes in September, and a drop in domestic oil production to the lowest

in more than 20 years. It forecast economic growth of 1.8 percent to 2.3 percent in 2017 and 2 to 3 percent in 2018.

The bank, which in December hiked its key rate to a consumptionsapping, nearly nine-year high of 7.25 percent, said it expected a “nascent deceleration” in consumer spending. It is widely expected to raise rates again in February, according to bets in the interest rate swap market. (rtr)

El Salvador eyes work scheme with Qatar for migrants facing exit from U.S. SAN SALVADOR - El Salvador is discussing a deal with Qatar under which Salvadoran migrants facing the loss of their right to stay in the United States could live and work temporarily in the Middle Eastern country, the government of the Central American nation said on Tuesday.

Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said that as of September

2019, it would eliminate the temporary protected status, or TPS, that allows some 200,000 Salvadorans to live in the United States without fear of deportation.

Presidential communications chief Eugenio Chicas said El Salvador was in talks to see how Salvadorans could be employed in Qatar, a wealthy country of some 2.6 million people that is scheduled to host the

soccer World Cup in 2022.

“The kingdom of Qatar ... has held out the possibility of an agreement with El Salvador whereby Salvadoran workers could be brought across in phases (to Qatar),” Chicas told reporters. After an unspecified period, the Salvadorans would return home, Chicas added, without saying how many workers the program could encompass.

El Salvador’s foreign minister, Hugo Martinez, is in Qatar until Friday and said in a statement that Salvadorans could work in engineering, aircraft maintenance, construction and agriculture. Martinez also noted that Qatar had offered to provide health services to the Central American country, which is struggling with a weak economy and gang violence. (rtr)

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Shivaratri as Sin Redemption Night, Perform Main Abstinences

Hindu community in Bali celebrates a unique Shivaratri Day. Shivaratri means the holy contemplation night or the sin redemption night. Shivaratri falls one day before new moon in the seventh month of Balinese calendar (Kapitu) and this year falls on Friday (Jan. 8). On this day, Hindu devotees in Bali do fasting and meditation to get forgiveness from God for the sins caused by avidya (darkness).

On that day, the Hindu community commonly performs three types of abstinence adjusted to the capabilities. The main abstinences are monabrata (no speaking), upawasa (fasting) and jagra (guarding, keeping awake for whole night).

Medium abstinence only performs the upawasa and jagra, while the small abstinence just performs jagra.

Shivaratri is often called pejagran day because on that day God in his manifestation as Lord Shiva in his function as destroyer does meditation for whole night. Therefore, on this day devotees invoke to him so that all the sins could be removed. Devotees usually do pejagran at temples or shrines while reading scriptures.

The Hindu palm-leaf manuscript named Lubdaka written by Mpu Tanakung carries the procession of Shivaratri with a series as follows: firstly, taking a bath in the morning, putting on clean dressing and invoking holy water. Then, begin the fasting without food and drink.

It’s a mental exercise in order to get a strength and durability against thirst and hunger.

At night, it is resumed with the reading of Vedic scripture while

keeping awake through the night to calm down the mind. Of course, it is commenced with the worship of God for forgiveness for the sins having been committed previously. In the Lubdaka palm-leaf manuscript is stated that though people are very guilty, even the most sinful, they still have the opportunity to destroy their sins if they sincerely celebrate and implement the abstinence of Shivaratri.

In the mythology, Lubdaka is mentioned as a hunter of animals in the forest. Every day, he always kills animals.

Once upon a time, he returned to the forest for hunting. Unfortunately he was unlucky on that day, so that did not get any animals.

Unwittingly, it was already dusk and it was getting darker. Actually he intended to go home, but it was extremely dark so that he did not know the right way home. He decided to stay, and for fear of being ambushed by beasts he climbed a bilva tree to lean.

Unwittingly, underneath there is a clear water lake with a shrine and lingam. To prevent from sleeping for fear of being attacked by animals, he eliminated his sleepiness while picking bilva leaves.

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The Shivaratri celebration held in K.Nadha Pers Buliding.

He picked the bilva leaves one by one and then he dropped it so that hit the lingam underneath. Lubdaka did not realize that on that day was the Shivaratri (the night of Shiva) where Lord Shiva was meditating. When picking bilva leaves, he began to regret what he had committed in past times. He promised to himself to stop hunting. After staying up all night, the morning came and he went home.

From that day, he stopped hunting and switched profession into a farmer. In keeping with the times, his health condition dropped and eventually died.

It is narrated that the soul of Lubdaka was hovering in the sky, did not know where to go. After that, the Cikrabala forces took him away to be included in the Candragomuka crater in Hell. At that time, Lord Shiva came and

intercepted the Cikrabala forces.

Cikrabala forces insisted on bringing the soul of Lubdaka to Hell because during his lifetime he often killed many forest animals. Lord Shiva explained that Lubdaka has made penance on the Shivaratri by staying up all night accompanied by remorse over his sins in the past.

Thus, he deserved to get forgiveness and ultimately Lubdaka was taken to Shiva Loka. (kmb)

Espa Yeh Panes Remains a Favorite Tourist Attraction Do you still remember the Yeh Panes Recreation Park or Espa Yeh Panes Natural Hot Springs Spa & Resort? Located on Jalan Raya Batukaru, precisely at Penatahan village, Penebel, this tourist attraction so far still becomes a favorite destination. Foreign and domestic tourists as well as local people make this attraction their place to relax.

It is about 40 km west of Denpasar and about 20 km from Tabanan town.

This object has a beautiful and cool atmosphere. Hot water as the main attraction causes this place to be visited by many guests. Therefore, visitors often take advantage of this object to beg for healing.

“Many visitors come to bathe here. It happens because the water can help heal skin itching,” said a local merchant.

Indeed, the area spreading across ??about two hectares has large trees and small trees, so as to create a peaceful atmosphere. In the past, the hot spring was used as bathing place by local community but poorly maintained. After it was inau-

gurated as Yeh Panes Recreational Park on January 26, 1993 by the Governor of Bali, Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Oka, this area is better organized.

After the ESPA Yeh Panes area is well arranged, it respectively has a large outdoor swimming pool with fresh and hot water equipped with eight rooms for warm water. Besides, this attraction is equipped with spa treatment, jogging tracks, restaurant and accommodation.

Hot spring is opened every day starting at 08:00 through 17:00.

On usual days, the number of tourist visits only reaches 10 to 20 people.

However, this number will increase on weekends that can reach 30 to 80 people.

Then, on holidays like Galungan and Kuningan, Christmas and New Year and other school holidays, visitors will be booming. “On New Year 2018 holiday, the tourist visit was dominated by local people. As a result, we lacked of parking area,” said the parking attendant. (kmb)

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Members of the news media are parked outside the home of David Allen Turpin and Louise Ann Turpin in Perris, California, U.S. January 15, 2018.

Police still baffled by discovery of 13 starved, abused siblings PERRIS - Police said on Tuesday they were still seeking answers after finding 13 siblings starving in their parents’ squalid Southern California home, some of them chained to beds under “horrific” conditions in an otherwise ordinary suburb. The grim situation was discovered on Sunday after an emaciated 17-year-old girl escaped through a window of the home in a newer subdivision of Perris, about 70 miles (113 km) east of Los Angeles, and called 911, police said.

“I wish I could come to you today with information that would explain why this happened,” said Captain Greg Fellows of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. “But we do need to acknowledge the courage of the young girl who escaped from that residence to bring attention so they could get the help they so needed.”

The parents, 57-year-old David Allen Turpin and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were arrested at their darkened, foul-smelling house after the girl’s 12 siblings were found there. The shocking case quickly prompted questions of how the victims, who ranged in age from 2 to 29 years old, could have been kept in such grim conditions without raising suspicions of neighbors or authorities.

But some experts said it may have been easier for the parents to shield their children from scrutiny because they were home-schooled. “One of the things that was interesting was, he (Turpin) set up his own home school so the kids were accounted for and not really seen by anybody,” said Sherryll Kraizer, a child-abuse prevention expert and the founder of the Coalition for Children. The California Department of Education lists the Turpin address, where the family has lived since 2014, as the location of the Sandcastle

Day School, with David Turpin as principal.

Six of the couple’s children are minors, while the rest are over 18, according to neighbors, meaning they are adults under the law.

David and Louise Turpin were each charged with nine counts of torture and 10 counts of child endangerment. They were being held on $9 million bail, with an initial court hearing scheduled for Thursday.

‘I WOULD CALL THAT TORTURE’ Police who responded to the girl’s 911 call saw that the children were malnourished, Fellows said, calling conditions “horrific.” Even so, he said, the mother appeared perplexed about why the police were there. “If you can imagine being 17 years old and appearing to be a 10-year-old, being chained to a bed, being malnourished, and injuries associated with that,” Fellows said. “I would call that torture.”

Authorities quickly began seeking court authorization to take custody of the children. The state Child Protective Services agency was assisting in an investigation.

Kimberly Milligan, 50, said she only saw the infant in the mother’s arms and three other children since she moved in across the street two years ago, describing them as small and pale. “Why don’t we ever see the kids?” Milligan said she asked herself. “In hindsight, we would have never thought this. But there were red flags. You never don’t hear or see nine kids.”

Two years ago, while walking around the neighborhood admiring Christmas lights, Milligan said she had encountered three of the Turpin children and complimented them on the manger with a baby Jesus set up outside the house. She said the children froze, as if by doing so they could become invisible. “Twenty-yearolds never act like that,” she said. “They didn’t want to have a social conversation.” (rtr)

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Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong jailed a second time for 2014 protest

HONG KONG - Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, 21, was sentenced to a second jail term of three months on Wednesday for what a judge described as his “leading” role during some of the 2014 pro-democracy “Umbrella Movement” street demonstrations.

Wong and 19 other demonstrators were found guilty of criminal contempt of court because they refused to obey a court injunction order to leave a protest zone in late November 2014.

The protest was part of the biggest populist uprising for decades in Hong Kong and posed a spirited challenge to Beijing’s Communist Party leaders in demanding full democracy.

For more than two months, tens of thousands of mostly student and young demonstrators camped out in tents on major highways, defying government, police and Chinese demands to leave. Umbrellas became a symbol of defiance after protesters used them as shields against police pepper spray and batons.

High Court Judge Andrew Chan said that even though Wong only stayed in the protest area for 90 minutes on the day in question, “his involvement in obstructing the clearance operation was deep and extensive. He played a leading role on that day”. “In view of his overall involvement, I am of the view that the only appropriate punishment ... will be one of immediate imprisonment,” said Chan.

Another activist, Raphael Wong, was also jailed, while the remaining protesters, including former student leader Lester Shum, received suspended sentences. “Thank you

your honour for your ruling. Our determination to fight for genuine universal suffrage will not waver,” stated Raphael Wong in the courtroom before being taken away.

Lawyers for both the Wongs said they would appeal, but they were denied an immediate request for bail.

Hong Kong, a former British colony, returned to Chinese rule in 1997 amid promises that the Asian financial hub would enjoy a high degree of autonomy under a socalled ‘one country, two systems’ arrangement. A perceived tightening of control by Beijing’s Communist Party leaders in recent years, however, has fuelled a groundswell of pro-democracy activism aimed at defending the city’s constitutionally enshrined freedoms.

While a spirited young generation has given Hong Kong’s flagging push for democracy fresh impetus, some 100 key activists have, or could be, jailed in upcoming trials, in what critics say is an attempt to counter the movement’s momentum.

Upon learning about the sentence from his lawyers shortly before the court hearing started, Joshua Wong looked up from behind the dock, squeezed his eyes shut and sighed. Wong chose not to fight the charge in the spirit of civil disobedience.

Wong had begun serving a sixmonths imprisonment sentence last August for a separate unlawful assembly charge, but he was granted bail by Hong Kong’s highest court, which heard the appeal against the sentence on Tuesday. It would decide upon the case on a later date. (rtr)

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US backs Indonesia in fight against illegal fishing JAKARTA - The US government has expressed its commitment to support Indonesia in its fight against the illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) Fishing, an official said in his written statement, received by ANTARA here on Tuesday.

“Indonesia has launched an impressive effort to fight against IUU Fishing,” Matthew Burton, Environment Director of United States Agency for International Development (USAID), said in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Burton noted that for the last three years, the Indonesian government has stepped up its efforts in capturing the illegal fishing boats. However, illegal fishing remains a common challenge that should be resolved effectively through joint action.

Earlier last year, the Indonesian Maritime and Fishery Ministry and the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had endorsed the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA).

The two countries also had partnered up to implement the agreement into a concrete measure. The agreement calls on the signatory states to conduct regular inspection of the fishing boats operating at all the ports, in order to prevent the IUU Fishing. The agreement is also aimed at preventing the distribution of fishes collected illegally to the ports in Indonesia as well as other signatory countries.

“The partnership between Indonesia and US is intended to bring PSMA into an actual action and halt any products of IUU Fishing from entering the local and global market,” Burton remarked.

Hence on Tuesday (Jan 16), USAID and the NOAA Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) initiated a workshop on PSMA, which was attended by 21 officers of the ministry`s Maritime and Fisheries Resources Monitoring Directorate General (PSDKP).

“The advance workshop on PSMA is expected to raise the knowledge and the capacity of our officers at ports. We have acknowledged that the Indonesian government has ratified the agreement into the President Regulation No.43 Year 2016,” Nilanto Perbowo, an acting PSDKP director general, remarked in his opening remarks. The ministry has assigned representatives of five main ports, namely Jakarta, Bungus, Bitung, Ambon, and Sukabumi, to attend the workshop, he noted.

During the eight-day training, the USAID also invited some NOAA experts to introduce the PSMA to the participants. On August 2016, a similar workshop was hosted, and the trainers launched a simulation aboard the boat on the inspection standard procedures.

Enforced worldwide on June 2016, the PSMA is the firstever binding international treaty that focuses specifically on illicit fishing, the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) remarked in its official website. The US and Indonesia are among the signatory countries that have ratified the pact since it was first introduced in 2016. (ant)

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Moeldoko, a retired military chief and newly appointed chief of staff to Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s cabinet, attends his swearing in ceremony at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia January 17, 2018.

Indonesian president replaces social affairs minister in modest reshuffle

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo replaced the social affairs minister in his Cabinet on Wednesday and picked a new chief of staff in the third reshuffle of his five-year term.

The reshuffle was widely expected because some of Widodo’s ministers have requested leaves of absence to stand in regional elections later this year.

However, with only one minister involved, it was

more modest than some expectations.

The new social affairs minister is Idrus Marham, a member of Golkar, the second-largest party in Widodo’s coalition. He replaces Khofifah Indar Parawansa, who is standing for election in East Java province.

Widodo also appointed a new chief of staff, Moeldoko, a retired military chief who uses only one name like many Indonesians. Legislative and presidential elections will be held in 2019. (rtr)

Kalla hopes new DPR chairman would help improve productivity

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Former student leader Joshua Wong reacts outside High Court before receiving his sentence in Hong Kong, China January 17, 2018.

JAKARTA - Vice President Jusuf Kalla has expressed hope that the new Chairman of Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR), Bambang Soesatyo, would help improve the productivity of the institution in

establishing regulations. “I hope he can support the DPR to be more productive in establishing regulations. The DPR should be a better legislative institution,” Kalla stated here on Tuesday.

He added that Soesatyo should

improve the performance of DPR, so that people would continue to trust the institution.

The better performance could restore the image of DPR among the people. “It can improve the trust and create budget

efficiency,” Kalla remarked.

Soesatyo was appointed as the Chairman of DPR, replacing Setya Novanto, who was allegedly involved in the identity card corruption case.

He plans to enhance the basic

functions of DPR as a legislative and monitoring council. Soesatyo revealed that the functions must be implemented in parallel. He also plans to enhance the task and authority of the Council Honorary Court. (ant)

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Second seed Wozniacki battles back from the brink

MELBOURNE - Second seed Caroline Wozniacki saved two match points as she battled back from 5-1 down in the deciding set to beat Melbourne Park debutante Jana Fett 3-6 6-2 7-5 in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday.

Former world number one Wozniacki was simply outplayed by the Croatian for large parts of the match but rallied when the 21-year-old blinked and knocked off six straight games on the trot avert the upset and claim her place in the third round.

Atuh Beach in Nusa Penida Offers Exoticism of Sea and Hill View

For those who like outbound activities, Atuh Beach is great option as a destination. This tourist attractino is located in Pelilit hamlet, Pejukutan, Nusa Penida, Klungkung.

Atuh Beach has been well known as a great destination since the 2010s and even more so since the Nusa Penida Festival staretd. Visitors coem here to enjoy the exotic coastal scenery and there tend to be more tourists on holidays.

The splendor of the scenery at this beach is flanked by cliffs and the clear water allows for a great view of the marien biota such as coral reef -especially during low tide. There are rocks that protude from the white sand and near Batu Abah island there are lots of sunfish. There are also four coral islands off the coast from Atuh Beach, they are: Batu Melawang /

Pepadasan, Batu Abah, Batu Paon, and Bukit Jineng Island.

Melawang Island or Pepadasan Island is the largest rock island in the cluster. Locals also often call this island ‘perforated rock’ because the island indeed has a sort of rock tunnel. Aside from offering great beauty, the Atuh Beach apparently has long been used to perform various activities of worship. Not far from the beach, there is a temple named Atuh Temple. It is often visited by Hindus pilgrims around the Pejukutan and Tanglad village, especially on special holidays.

To the west of the Atuh Temple there are two springs, one of which is considred sacred and is only used for ceremonial purposes. The other spring is used by surrounding communities for various purposes. According to local stories, the two springs emmerged

during the dry season. A dove was seen drinking under a coconut tree and upon further investigation, the springs were found.

Uniquely, both springs that are located adjacent to the beach, have tasteless water and never run dry – even in the dry season. Thus, local residents named the beach ‘Atuh Beach.’ In Balinese, the word /atuh/ is derived from two stems namely ‘a’ (not) and ‘tuh’ (dry) so the . word /atuh/ is interpreted to mean ‘never dry out.’

To get to Atuh Beach, from mainland Bali, visitors must first reach Nusa Penida by boat from Matahari Terbit pier in Sanur (Denpasar) or from Sampalan pier in Klungkung. The beach is then a 2 km walk along the rocky limstone path with magnificent views of the hills and sea. (kmb)

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“That was crazy, I don’t know how I got back into the match,” said a relieved Wozniacki.

“I’m very proud of the way I came back. It was definitely very difficult. Definitely wasn’t my best match, especially in the beginning. “All of a sudden seeing myself down, almost out of the tournament, I started playing better and started really playing the tennis that I wanted to play.”

Fett, ranked 119th in the world, played some brilliant shots throughout the contest and rattled off eight straight points to win the opening set in 33 minutes.

Fired by the first of two rows with umpire Richard Haigh over delayed challenges, Wozniacki worked her way back into the contest to take the second stanza when Fett hit a return long.

The Croatian refused to fade away, though, and Wozniacki threw her racket to the ground in disgust after being broken for 3-1 with Fett driving home her advantage to stand on the brink of the third round at 5-1 40-15 up. “I was thinking at that point she still has to win four more balls to win this match,” said Wozniacki.

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark celebrates winning against Jana Fett of Croatia.

“I felt like I was one foot out of the tournament. She served a great serve down the T, as well. It was just slightly out. I was kind of lucky. “Then I felt her tighten up just slightly.

I thought to myself ... ‘make her win it, don’t give it to her’.” Fett twice served for the match but nerves got the better of her both times and Wozniacki took full advantage to set up a thirdround meeting with Belgian Kiki Bertens.

The Dane looked every inch the world number two as she briskly served out for victory, which came when a crestfallen Fett dumped a backhand into the net after a shade over two and a half hours in the sun on Rod Laver Arena. “Tennis is a very mental game,” said Wozniacki, playing her 11th straight Australian Open as she continues her quest for a maiden grand slam title.

“Throughout my career (I’ve tried to) keep playing one point at a time. It gets old, but that’s really how I’ve tried to go through my career. “It’s going to be ups and downs, rough patches, and everything. But I feel like if you really work hard, you stay focused on your own path, eventually it’s going to turn.” (rtr)

NBA investigating Rockets-Clippers postgame fracas

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The NBA is investigating a postgame incident Monday night in which several Houston Rockets players went into the Los Angeles Clippers’ locker room at Staples Center, ESPN reported Tuesday.

The instigator reportedly was Houston’s Trevor Ariza, with teammates Chris Paul and James Harden trying to calm him, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Executives, coaches, players and security personnel talked with NBA officials Tuesday, and the investigation was to continue Wednesday, Wojnarowski reported.

With the Clippers celebrating a win over former teammate Paul and the Rockets, the mood changed swiftly in the locker room when Ariza, Harden, Paul and Gerald Green entered through a back corridor at Staples Center, apparently seeking to confront Los Angeles’

Austin Rivers and Blake Griffin.

ESPN reported tempers were high and Rockets players were looking for Rivers in particular after Los Angeles won a fifth consecutive game, 113-102.

“We were where we were supposed to be,” Griffin said. “We were in our locker room. So whatever happens over there, I mean, we can’t control what anybody else does. We control what we did.

Everybody was in our seats. That’s it. You should ask them.”

The game went from chippy to full contact with fuses lit on both sides. Paul, who spent six seasons with the Clippers and was honored with a video montage before the game, lost his cool in the fourth quarter and the Rockets indicated Rivers, who did not play, was the key instigator. According to Houston players interviewed by ESPN,

Rivers was shouting expletives and challenging the Rockets while wearing a suit on the bench.

Paul would not share what he shouted at the Clippers’ bench, but it didn’t appear to be pleasant.

“I don’t know. You probably got it. With all the cameras in there, you can probably tell me what I said,” Paul said. “Whatever it was, I’m sure my momma will let me know.”

In addition to Rivers, DeAndre Jordan was out for the Clippers.

Harden also did not play as he recovers from a hamstring injury sustained Dec. 31.

With less than four minutes remaining in the game, Griffin scored and was fouled by Paul.

Houston coach Mike D’Antoni went ballistic, as did Paul, and both received technical fouls.

Two minutes later, Griffin

sparked another fracas when he spiked the ball with full force off the back of Rockets guard Eric Gordon to save it from going out

of bounds.

The play led to technical fouls on Ariza and Rivers, both of whom were ejected. (rtr)

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Sp rt Leicester through as Iheanacho scores first VAR goal in England

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Man United overhaul Spanish pair as Europe’s biggest earners ZURICH - Manchester United enjoyed the biggest revenue of any European club in the last financial year after a 32 percent increase propelled them above Real Madrid and Barcelona, UEFA said in an annual report published on Tuesday. The European Club Football Landscape report said revenues among Europe’s 700-odd top-flight clubs totalled 18.5 billion euros ($22.7 billion) for 2016, compared to 16.9 billion the year before and 2.8 billion in 1996.

However, the report acknowledged that nearly half that amount - 9.1 billion euros - was generated by 30 clubs and that the financial gap between the elite ones and the rest was increasing.

English Premier League television revenues were now such that mid-table Bournemouth earned the same as threetimes European champions Inter Milan. United’s revenue for 2016 was 689 million euros, compared to 521 million euros in 2015, the report said. United were followed by Barcelona and Real Madrid (both 620 million), Bayern Munich (592 million), Paris St Germain (542 million) and Manchester City (533 million).

United’s operating profit of 232 million euros was also the highest followed by Real Madrid, PSG, Bayern Munich, Arsenal and City. United was also burdened with the highest net debt of 561 million euros, ahead of Benfica, Inter Milan, Juventus and Liverpool. The report confirmed that the English Premier League enjoys by far the highest revenues in Europe, averaging 244.4 million euros per club.

Next was Germany’s Bundesliga with 149.6 million per

club followed by Spain (126.3 million) and Italy (100.2 million) Revenues fell dramatically elsewhere, even in traditional football nations such as the Netherlands (26.7 million) and Portugal (20.3 million).

Greek clubs earned an average of 8.9 million euros while figures for Eastern Europe were even lower at 5 million euros for Hungary, 4.4 million for Czech Republic and 1.5 million for Slovenia. “Once more, we cannot help but note that the polarisation of commercial and sponsorship revenues between the top tier of clubs and the rest is accelerating,” UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said.

“As the guardians of the game, UEFA must ensure that football remains competitive even as financial gaps are augmented by globalisation and technological change.”

UEFA analyst Sefton Perry said that “only a limited number of clubs are able to fully exploit the enormous commercial opportunities offered by the global market”. Sixteen of the top 20 clubs in terms of domestic broadcast revenues were English with Manchester United top on 146 million, edging out Real Madrid and Barcelona. Bournemouth earned 99 million euros, level with Inter Milan who, along with Juventus, were the only Serie A side in the top 20.

The report confirmed that transfer spending reached record levels of almost 5.6 billion euros in the European summer of 2017, including six of the top 20 most expensive transfers ever recorded.

Arsenal were the club who made the most from paying fans. UEFA said their yield of 97.8 euros per spectator was the highest in Europe, followed by Chelsea, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Barcelona, Galatasaray, Manchester City and West Ham United. (rtr)

LONDON - Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho scored the first goal in English football to be awarded using the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) as they reached the FA Cup fourth round with a 2-0 replay victory over third-tier Fleetwood Town on Tuesday. Iheanacho, who had put the hosts ahead in the first half, was initially ruled offside when he deftly chipped the ball over the keeper into the net in the 77th minute but the goal was given after consultation between referee Jon Moss and the VAR. Video replays showed former Manchester City striker Iheanacho was level with Fleetwood defender Nathan Pond’s back foot before the Nigeria international raced clear to finish.

“I didn’t know if I was onside or offside but I agree totally now that I was onside,” Iheanacho told BT Sport.

“I was concentrating on the goal, I didn’t think if I was onside or offside but Riyad (Mahrez) told me that I was onside. We just waited to see what the decision was.”

Premier League side West Ham United were given a severe test by third-tier Shrewsbury Town but came through in extra time thanks to Reece Burke’s first goal for the London club.

Championship sides Cardiff City, Sheffield Wednesday and Reading all reached the next round with victories over Mansfield Town, Carlisle United and Stevenage respectively.

Iheanacho, a 25 million pounds ($34 million) signing from Manchester City in August, had endured a barren spell in front of goal since making the move, but was given a chance to shine with former Fleetwood striker Jamie Vardy starting on the bench.

The 21-year-old Nigerian opened the scoring with only his second goal for the club in the 43rd minute as Islam Slimani played a neat ball over the top and Iheanacho coolly converted.

Brazil great Ronaldinho to retire, says brother SAO PAULO - Former Brazil and Barcelona midfielder Ronaldinho, who won the World Cup, Champions League, Copa Libertadores and World Player of the Year award, is retiring from the game, his brother and agent Assis said on Tuesday. Ronaldinho has not played a competitive match since 2015 but had avoided calling a definitive halt to his career until now.

“He’s stopped. It’s over,” Assis told the Rio de Janeiro newspaper O Globo. “We’re going to do something pretty big, something cool, after the World Cup in Russia, probably in August.” The events, most likely farewell matches, will take place in Brazil, Europe and Asia, and could include a match with the national team, Assis said.

Ronaldinho, who will be 38 in

March, began his career at Gremio and played for seven other clubs, including Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, Queretaro and Brazilian sides Flamengo, Atletico Mineiro and Fluminense.

But it was at Barcelona between 2003 and 2008 where he spent his glory years, turning in some of the greatest performances ever seen by the storied Spanish club, perhaps

most memorably in a 3-0 win over Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in 2005.

He helped guide the Catalan side to the Champions League in 2006, La Liga in 2005 and 2006 and won the Ballon D’Or in 2005.

Ronaldinho left for Milan in 2008 and won the scudetto there in 2011, before heading back to Brazil and taking Atletico Mineiro to their first Copa Libertadores title in 2013.

He never again reached the heights he scaled at Barca for prolonged periods, though he remained a captivating presence, known for his no-look passes, superb free kicks and free-wheeling style that typified the way Brazilians play the game.

He played 101 times for Brazil, scoring 35 goals including a 40-yard free kick that knocked England out the 2002 World Cup. (rtr)

Marseille move up to second as Monaco held by Nice PARIS - Olympique de Marseille claimed their fifth home victory in a row when they beat Strasbourg 2-0 to move up to second in Ligue 1 on Tuesday. Clinton Njie and Dmitri Payet found the net to put OM on 44 points from 21 games, nine points behind runaway leaders Paris St Germain, who take on Dijon on Wednesday.

Monaco are third on 43 points after Mario Balotelli’s double earned Nice a 2-2 draw at the Louis II stadium in the Azurean derby. Marseille struggled to break the deadlock in a dull first half but found a way through after the break. Valere Germain missed a penalty in the 73rd minute but the home side were rewarded for their dominance 10 minutes from fulltime when Njie volleyed home from close range.

Payet put the result beyond doubt in the 87th, poking the ball home after dribbling past keeper Alexandre Oukidja. Champions Monaco took the lead against the run of play after 33 minutes as Adama Diakhaby scored from point-blank range from Thomas Lemar’s cross. Yet Nice equalised through Balotelli two minutes into the second half when the Italian latched onto Allan Saint Maximin’s cross from the right.

Balotelli put Nice ahead in the 68th, easing his way past Andrea Raggi before beating Danijel Subasic from close range. It was the Italian’s third double in four games against Monaco. Radamel Falcao salvaged a point for the hosts with a goal two minutes into stoppage time. (rtr)

VAR DECISION He was similarly sharp with 13 minutes remaining as he latched onto Riyad Mahrez’s through ball and lifted it precisely over Fleetwood keeper Chris Neal only for his celebrations to be temporarily halted by the linesman’s flag. The goal was awarded, however, 68 seconds after it hit the net as video official Mike Jones told Moss that Pond’s back foot had kept Iheanacho onside.

The second goal effectively ended Fleetwood’s resistance and set up a fourth round match between Leicester and League One side Peterborough United. West Ham had been held to a goalless draw at Shrewsbury in the first tie and needed 112 minutes of the replay to break the deadlock at the London Stadium.

The goal was worth waiting for, however, as Burke met a cross and thrashed the ball into the top corner off the underside of the bar leaving West Ham to play Bournemouth or Wigan Athletic in the next round.

Cardiff swatted League Two Mansfield aside 4-1 away to set up a tie at home to Premier League leaders Manchester City, whose manager Pep Guardiola was watching the third round replay from the stands.

Sheffield Wednesday scored in each half through Marco Matias and Atdhe Nuhiu to beat visiting League Two outfit Carlisle 2-0. Reading’s Icelandic forward Jon Dadi Bodvarsson got a hat-trick for the second-tier side who beat Stevenage 3-0. (rtr)

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Sp rt Leicester through as Iheanacho scores first VAR goal in England

General view of a corner flag at Old Trafford before the match

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Man United overhaul Spanish pair as Europe’s biggest earners ZURICH - Manchester United enjoyed the biggest revenue of any European club in the last financial year after a 32 percent increase propelled them above Real Madrid and Barcelona, UEFA said in an annual report published on Tuesday. The European Club Football Landscape report said revenues among Europe’s 700-odd top-flight clubs totalled 18.5 billion euros ($22.7 billion) for 2016, compared to 16.9 billion the year before and 2.8 billion in 1996.

However, the report acknowledged that nearly half that amount - 9.1 billion euros - was generated by 30 clubs and that the financial gap between the elite ones and the rest was increasing.

English Premier League television revenues were now such that mid-table Bournemouth earned the same as threetimes European champions Inter Milan. United’s revenue for 2016 was 689 million euros, compared to 521 million euros in 2015, the report said. United were followed by Barcelona and Real Madrid (both 620 million), Bayern Munich (592 million), Paris St Germain (542 million) and Manchester City (533 million).

United’s operating profit of 232 million euros was also the highest followed by Real Madrid, PSG, Bayern Munich, Arsenal and City. United was also burdened with the highest net debt of 561 million euros, ahead of Benfica, Inter Milan, Juventus and Liverpool. The report confirmed that the English Premier League enjoys by far the highest revenues in Europe, averaging 244.4 million euros per club.

Next was Germany’s Bundesliga with 149.6 million per

club followed by Spain (126.3 million) and Italy (100.2 million) Revenues fell dramatically elsewhere, even in traditional football nations such as the Netherlands (26.7 million) and Portugal (20.3 million).

Greek clubs earned an average of 8.9 million euros while figures for Eastern Europe were even lower at 5 million euros for Hungary, 4.4 million for Czech Republic and 1.5 million for Slovenia. “Once more, we cannot help but note that the polarisation of commercial and sponsorship revenues between the top tier of clubs and the rest is accelerating,” UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said.

“As the guardians of the game, UEFA must ensure that football remains competitive even as financial gaps are augmented by globalisation and technological change.”

UEFA analyst Sefton Perry said that “only a limited number of clubs are able to fully exploit the enormous commercial opportunities offered by the global market”. Sixteen of the top 20 clubs in terms of domestic broadcast revenues were English with Manchester United top on 146 million, edging out Real Madrid and Barcelona. Bournemouth earned 99 million euros, level with Inter Milan who, along with Juventus, were the only Serie A side in the top 20.

The report confirmed that transfer spending reached record levels of almost 5.6 billion euros in the European summer of 2017, including six of the top 20 most expensive transfers ever recorded.

Arsenal were the club who made the most from paying fans. UEFA said their yield of 97.8 euros per spectator was the highest in Europe, followed by Chelsea, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Barcelona, Galatasaray, Manchester City and West Ham United. (rtr)

LONDON - Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho scored the first goal in English football to be awarded using the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) as they reached the FA Cup fourth round with a 2-0 replay victory over third-tier Fleetwood Town on Tuesday. Iheanacho, who had put the hosts ahead in the first half, was initially ruled offside when he deftly chipped the ball over the keeper into the net in the 77th minute but the goal was given after consultation between referee Jon Moss and the VAR. Video replays showed former Manchester City striker Iheanacho was level with Fleetwood defender Nathan Pond’s back foot before the Nigeria international raced clear to finish.

“I didn’t know if I was onside or offside but I agree totally now that I was onside,” Iheanacho told BT Sport.

“I was concentrating on the goal, I didn’t think if I was onside or offside but Riyad (Mahrez) told me that I was onside. We just waited to see what the decision was.”

Premier League side West Ham United were given a severe test by third-tier Shrewsbury Town but came through in extra time thanks to Reece Burke’s first goal for the London club.

Championship sides Cardiff City, Sheffield Wednesday and Reading all reached the next round with victories over Mansfield Town, Carlisle United and Stevenage respectively.

Iheanacho, a 25 million pounds ($34 million) signing from Manchester City in August, had endured a barren spell in front of goal since making the move, but was given a chance to shine with former Fleetwood striker Jamie Vardy starting on the bench.

The 21-year-old Nigerian opened the scoring with only his second goal for the club in the 43rd minute as Islam Slimani played a neat ball over the top and Iheanacho coolly converted.

Brazil great Ronaldinho to retire, says brother SAO PAULO - Former Brazil and Barcelona midfielder Ronaldinho, who won the World Cup, Champions League, Copa Libertadores and World Player of the Year award, is retiring from the game, his brother and agent Assis said on Tuesday. Ronaldinho has not played a competitive match since 2015 but had avoided calling a definitive halt to his career until now.

“He’s stopped. It’s over,” Assis told the Rio de Janeiro newspaper O Globo. “We’re going to do something pretty big, something cool, after the World Cup in Russia, probably in August.” The events, most likely farewell matches, will take place in Brazil, Europe and Asia, and could include a match with the national team, Assis said.

Ronaldinho, who will be 38 in

March, began his career at Gremio and played for seven other clubs, including Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, Queretaro and Brazilian sides Flamengo, Atletico Mineiro and Fluminense.

But it was at Barcelona between 2003 and 2008 where he spent his glory years, turning in some of the greatest performances ever seen by the storied Spanish club, perhaps

most memorably in a 3-0 win over Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in 2005.

He helped guide the Catalan side to the Champions League in 2006, La Liga in 2005 and 2006 and won the Ballon D’Or in 2005.

Ronaldinho left for Milan in 2008 and won the scudetto there in 2011, before heading back to Brazil and taking Atletico Mineiro to their first Copa Libertadores title in 2013.

He never again reached the heights he scaled at Barca for prolonged periods, though he remained a captivating presence, known for his no-look passes, superb free kicks and free-wheeling style that typified the way Brazilians play the game.

He played 101 times for Brazil, scoring 35 goals including a 40-yard free kick that knocked England out the 2002 World Cup. (rtr)

Marseille move up to second as Monaco held by Nice PARIS - Olympique de Marseille claimed their fifth home victory in a row when they beat Strasbourg 2-0 to move up to second in Ligue 1 on Tuesday. Clinton Njie and Dmitri Payet found the net to put OM on 44 points from 21 games, nine points behind runaway leaders Paris St Germain, who take on Dijon on Wednesday.

Monaco are third on 43 points after Mario Balotelli’s double earned Nice a 2-2 draw at the Louis II stadium in the Azurean derby. Marseille struggled to break the deadlock in a dull first half but found a way through after the break. Valere Germain missed a penalty in the 73rd minute but the home side were rewarded for their dominance 10 minutes from fulltime when Njie volleyed home from close range.

Payet put the result beyond doubt in the 87th, poking the ball home after dribbling past keeper Alexandre Oukidja. Champions Monaco took the lead against the run of play after 33 minutes as Adama Diakhaby scored from point-blank range from Thomas Lemar’s cross. Yet Nice equalised through Balotelli two minutes into the second half when the Italian latched onto Allan Saint Maximin’s cross from the right.

Balotelli put Nice ahead in the 68th, easing his way past Andrea Raggi before beating Danijel Subasic from close range. It was the Italian’s third double in four games against Monaco. Radamel Falcao salvaged a point for the hosts with a goal two minutes into stoppage time. (rtr)

VAR DECISION He was similarly sharp with 13 minutes remaining as he latched onto Riyad Mahrez’s through ball and lifted it precisely over Fleetwood keeper Chris Neal only for his celebrations to be temporarily halted by the linesman’s flag. The goal was awarded, however, 68 seconds after it hit the net as video official Mike Jones told Moss that Pond’s back foot had kept Iheanacho onside.

The second goal effectively ended Fleetwood’s resistance and set up a fourth round match between Leicester and League One side Peterborough United. West Ham had been held to a goalless draw at Shrewsbury in the first tie and needed 112 minutes of the replay to break the deadlock at the London Stadium.

The goal was worth waiting for, however, as Burke met a cross and thrashed the ball into the top corner off the underside of the bar leaving West Ham to play Bournemouth or Wigan Athletic in the next round.

Cardiff swatted League Two Mansfield aside 4-1 away to set up a tie at home to Premier League leaders Manchester City, whose manager Pep Guardiola was watching the third round replay from the stands.

Sheffield Wednesday scored in each half through Marco Matias and Atdhe Nuhiu to beat visiting League Two outfit Carlisle 2-0. Reading’s Icelandic forward Jon Dadi Bodvarsson got a hat-trick for the second-tier side who beat Stevenage 3-0. (rtr)

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Second seed Wozniacki battles back from the brink

MELBOURNE - Second seed Caroline Wozniacki saved two match points as she battled back from 5-1 down in the deciding set to beat Melbourne Park debutante Jana Fett 3-6 6-2 7-5 in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday.

Former world number one Wozniacki was simply outplayed by the Croatian for large parts of the match but rallied when the 21-year-old blinked and knocked off six straight games on the trot avert the upset and claim her place in the third round.

Atuh Beach in Nusa Penida Offers Exoticism of Sea and Hill View

For those who like outbound activities, Atuh Beach is great option as a destination. This tourist attractino is located in Pelilit hamlet, Pejukutan, Nusa Penida, Klungkung.

Atuh Beach has been well known as a great destination since the 2010s and even more so since the Nusa Penida Festival staretd. Visitors coem here to enjoy the exotic coastal scenery and there tend to be more tourists on holidays.

The splendor of the scenery at this beach is flanked by cliffs and the clear water allows for a great view of the marien biota such as coral reef -especially during low tide. There are rocks that protude from the white sand and near Batu Abah island there are lots of sunfish. There are also four coral islands off the coast from Atuh Beach, they are: Batu Melawang /

Pepadasan, Batu Abah, Batu Paon, and Bukit Jineng Island.

Melawang Island or Pepadasan Island is the largest rock island in the cluster. Locals also often call this island ‘perforated rock’ because the island indeed has a sort of rock tunnel. Aside from offering great beauty, the Atuh Beach apparently has long been used to perform various activities of worship. Not far from the beach, there is a temple named Atuh Temple. It is often visited by Hindus pilgrims around the Pejukutan and Tanglad village, especially on special holidays.

To the west of the Atuh Temple there are two springs, one of which is considred sacred and is only used for ceremonial purposes. The other spring is used by surrounding communities for various purposes. According to local stories, the two springs emmerged

during the dry season. A dove was seen drinking under a coconut tree and upon further investigation, the springs were found.

Uniquely, both springs that are located adjacent to the beach, have tasteless water and never run dry – even in the dry season. Thus, local residents named the beach ‘Atuh Beach.’ In Balinese, the word /atuh/ is derived from two stems namely ‘a’ (not) and ‘tuh’ (dry) so the . word /atuh/ is interpreted to mean ‘never dry out.’

To get to Atuh Beach, from mainland Bali, visitors must first reach Nusa Penida by boat from Matahari Terbit pier in Sanur (Denpasar) or from Sampalan pier in Klungkung. The beach is then a 2 km walk along the rocky limstone path with magnificent views of the hills and sea. (kmb)

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“That was crazy, I don’t know how I got back into the match,” said a relieved Wozniacki.

“I’m very proud of the way I came back. It was definitely very difficult. Definitely wasn’t my best match, especially in the beginning. “All of a sudden seeing myself down, almost out of the tournament, I started playing better and started really playing the tennis that I wanted to play.”

Fett, ranked 119th in the world, played some brilliant shots throughout the contest and rattled off eight straight points to win the opening set in 33 minutes.

Fired by the first of two rows with umpire Richard Haigh over delayed challenges, Wozniacki worked her way back into the contest to take the second stanza when Fett hit a return long.

The Croatian refused to fade away, though, and Wozniacki threw her racket to the ground in disgust after being broken for 3-1 with Fett driving home her advantage to stand on the brink of the third round at 5-1 40-15 up. “I was thinking at that point she still has to win four more balls to win this match,” said Wozniacki.

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark celebrates winning against Jana Fett of Croatia.

“I felt like I was one foot out of the tournament. She served a great serve down the T, as well. It was just slightly out. I was kind of lucky. “Then I felt her tighten up just slightly.

I thought to myself ... ‘make her win it, don’t give it to her’.” Fett twice served for the match but nerves got the better of her both times and Wozniacki took full advantage to set up a thirdround meeting with Belgian Kiki Bertens.

The Dane looked every inch the world number two as she briskly served out for victory, which came when a crestfallen Fett dumped a backhand into the net after a shade over two and a half hours in the sun on Rod Laver Arena. “Tennis is a very mental game,” said Wozniacki, playing her 11th straight Australian Open as she continues her quest for a maiden grand slam title.

“Throughout my career (I’ve tried to) keep playing one point at a time. It gets old, but that’s really how I’ve tried to go through my career. “It’s going to be ups and downs, rough patches, and everything. But I feel like if you really work hard, you stay focused on your own path, eventually it’s going to turn.” (rtr)

NBA investigating Rockets-Clippers postgame fracas

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The NBA is investigating a postgame incident Monday night in which several Houston Rockets players went into the Los Angeles Clippers’ locker room at Staples Center, ESPN reported Tuesday.

The instigator reportedly was Houston’s Trevor Ariza, with teammates Chris Paul and James Harden trying to calm him, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Executives, coaches, players and security personnel talked with NBA officials Tuesday, and the investigation was to continue Wednesday, Wojnarowski reported.

With the Clippers celebrating a win over former teammate Paul and the Rockets, the mood changed swiftly in the locker room when Ariza, Harden, Paul and Gerald Green entered through a back corridor at Staples Center, apparently seeking to confront Los Angeles’

Austin Rivers and Blake Griffin.

ESPN reported tempers were high and Rockets players were looking for Rivers in particular after Los Angeles won a fifth consecutive game, 113-102.

“We were where we were supposed to be,” Griffin said. “We were in our locker room. So whatever happens over there, I mean, we can’t control what anybody else does. We control what we did.

Everybody was in our seats. That’s it. You should ask them.”

The game went from chippy to full contact with fuses lit on both sides. Paul, who spent six seasons with the Clippers and was honored with a video montage before the game, lost his cool in the fourth quarter and the Rockets indicated Rivers, who did not play, was the key instigator. According to Houston players interviewed by ESPN,

Rivers was shouting expletives and challenging the Rockets while wearing a suit on the bench.

Paul would not share what he shouted at the Clippers’ bench, but it didn’t appear to be pleasant.

“I don’t know. You probably got it. With all the cameras in there, you can probably tell me what I said,” Paul said. “Whatever it was, I’m sure my momma will let me know.”

In addition to Rivers, DeAndre Jordan was out for the Clippers.

Harden also did not play as he recovers from a hamstring injury sustained Dec. 31.

With less than four minutes remaining in the game, Griffin scored and was fouled by Paul.

Houston coach Mike D’Antoni went ballistic, as did Paul, and both received technical fouls.

Two minutes later, Griffin

sparked another fracas when he spiked the ball with full force off the back of Rockets guard Eric Gordon to save it from going out

of bounds.

The play led to technical fouls on Ariza and Rivers, both of whom were ejected. (rtr)

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Members of the news media are parked outside the home of David Allen Turpin and Louise Ann Turpin in Perris, California, U.S. January 15, 2018.

Police still baffled by discovery of 13 starved, abused siblings PERRIS - Police said on Tuesday they were still seeking answers after finding 13 siblings starving in their parents’ squalid Southern California home, some of them chained to beds under “horrific” conditions in an otherwise ordinary suburb. The grim situation was discovered on Sunday after an emaciated 17-year-old girl escaped through a window of the home in a newer subdivision of Perris, about 70 miles (113 km) east of Los Angeles, and called 911, police said.

“I wish I could come to you today with information that would explain why this happened,” said Captain Greg Fellows of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. “But we do need to acknowledge the courage of the young girl who escaped from that residence to bring attention so they could get the help they so needed.”

The parents, 57-year-old David Allen Turpin and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were arrested at their darkened, foul-smelling house after the girl’s 12 siblings were found there. The shocking case quickly prompted questions of how the victims, who ranged in age from 2 to 29 years old, could have been kept in such grim conditions without raising suspicions of neighbors or authorities.

But some experts said it may have been easier for the parents to shield their children from scrutiny because they were home-schooled. “One of the things that was interesting was, he (Turpin) set up his own home school so the kids were accounted for and not really seen by anybody,” said Sherryll Kraizer, a child-abuse prevention expert and the founder of the Coalition for Children. The California Department of Education lists the Turpin address, where the family has lived since 2014, as the location of the Sandcastle

Day School, with David Turpin as principal.

Six of the couple’s children are minors, while the rest are over 18, according to neighbors, meaning they are adults under the law.

David and Louise Turpin were each charged with nine counts of torture and 10 counts of child endangerment. They were being held on $9 million bail, with an initial court hearing scheduled for Thursday.

‘I WOULD CALL THAT TORTURE’ Police who responded to the girl’s 911 call saw that the children were malnourished, Fellows said, calling conditions “horrific.” Even so, he said, the mother appeared perplexed about why the police were there. “If you can imagine being 17 years old and appearing to be a 10-year-old, being chained to a bed, being malnourished, and injuries associated with that,” Fellows said. “I would call that torture.”

Authorities quickly began seeking court authorization to take custody of the children. The state Child Protective Services agency was assisting in an investigation.

Kimberly Milligan, 50, said she only saw the infant in the mother’s arms and three other children since she moved in across the street two years ago, describing them as small and pale. “Why don’t we ever see the kids?” Milligan said she asked herself. “In hindsight, we would have never thought this. But there were red flags. You never don’t hear or see nine kids.”

Two years ago, while walking around the neighborhood admiring Christmas lights, Milligan said she had encountered three of the Turpin children and complimented them on the manger with a baby Jesus set up outside the house. She said the children froze, as if by doing so they could become invisible. “Twenty-yearolds never act like that,” she said. “They didn’t want to have a social conversation.” (rtr)

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Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong jailed a second time for 2014 protest

HONG KONG - Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, 21, was sentenced to a second jail term of three months on Wednesday for what a judge described as his “leading” role during some of the 2014 pro-democracy “Umbrella Movement” street demonstrations.

Wong and 19 other demonstrators were found guilty of criminal contempt of court because they refused to obey a court injunction order to leave a protest zone in late November 2014.

The protest was part of the biggest populist uprising for decades in Hong Kong and posed a spirited challenge to Beijing’s Communist Party leaders in demanding full democracy.

For more than two months, tens of thousands of mostly student and young demonstrators camped out in tents on major highways, defying government, police and Chinese demands to leave. Umbrellas became a symbol of defiance after protesters used them as shields against police pepper spray and batons.

High Court Judge Andrew Chan said that even though Wong only stayed in the protest area for 90 minutes on the day in question, “his involvement in obstructing the clearance operation was deep and extensive. He played a leading role on that day”. “In view of his overall involvement, I am of the view that the only appropriate punishment ... will be one of immediate imprisonment,” said Chan.

Another activist, Raphael Wong, was also jailed, while the remaining protesters, including former student leader Lester Shum, received suspended sentences. “Thank you

your honour for your ruling. Our determination to fight for genuine universal suffrage will not waver,” stated Raphael Wong in the courtroom before being taken away.

Lawyers for both the Wongs said they would appeal, but they were denied an immediate request for bail.

Hong Kong, a former British colony, returned to Chinese rule in 1997 amid promises that the Asian financial hub would enjoy a high degree of autonomy under a socalled ‘one country, two systems’ arrangement. A perceived tightening of control by Beijing’s Communist Party leaders in recent years, however, has fuelled a groundswell of pro-democracy activism aimed at defending the city’s constitutionally enshrined freedoms.

While a spirited young generation has given Hong Kong’s flagging push for democracy fresh impetus, some 100 key activists have, or could be, jailed in upcoming trials, in what critics say is an attempt to counter the movement’s momentum.

Upon learning about the sentence from his lawyers shortly before the court hearing started, Joshua Wong looked up from behind the dock, squeezed his eyes shut and sighed. Wong chose not to fight the charge in the spirit of civil disobedience.

Wong had begun serving a sixmonths imprisonment sentence last August for a separate unlawful assembly charge, but he was granted bail by Hong Kong’s highest court, which heard the appeal against the sentence on Tuesday. It would decide upon the case on a later date. (rtr)

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US backs Indonesia in fight against illegal fishing JAKARTA - The US government has expressed its commitment to support Indonesia in its fight against the illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) Fishing, an official said in his written statement, received by ANTARA here on Tuesday.

“Indonesia has launched an impressive effort to fight against IUU Fishing,” Matthew Burton, Environment Director of United States Agency for International Development (USAID), said in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Burton noted that for the last three years, the Indonesian government has stepped up its efforts in capturing the illegal fishing boats. However, illegal fishing remains a common challenge that should be resolved effectively through joint action.

Earlier last year, the Indonesian Maritime and Fishery Ministry and the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had endorsed the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA).

The two countries also had partnered up to implement the agreement into a concrete measure. The agreement calls on the signatory states to conduct regular inspection of the fishing boats operating at all the ports, in order to prevent the IUU Fishing. The agreement is also aimed at preventing the distribution of fishes collected illegally to the ports in Indonesia as well as other signatory countries.

“The partnership between Indonesia and US is intended to bring PSMA into an actual action and halt any products of IUU Fishing from entering the local and global market,” Burton remarked.

Hence on Tuesday (Jan 16), USAID and the NOAA Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) initiated a workshop on PSMA, which was attended by 21 officers of the ministry`s Maritime and Fisheries Resources Monitoring Directorate General (PSDKP).

“The advance workshop on PSMA is expected to raise the knowledge and the capacity of our officers at ports. We have acknowledged that the Indonesian government has ratified the agreement into the President Regulation No.43 Year 2016,” Nilanto Perbowo, an acting PSDKP director general, remarked in his opening remarks. The ministry has assigned representatives of five main ports, namely Jakarta, Bungus, Bitung, Ambon, and Sukabumi, to attend the workshop, he noted.

During the eight-day training, the USAID also invited some NOAA experts to introduce the PSMA to the participants. On August 2016, a similar workshop was hosted, and the trainers launched a simulation aboard the boat on the inspection standard procedures.

Enforced worldwide on June 2016, the PSMA is the firstever binding international treaty that focuses specifically on illicit fishing, the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) remarked in its official website. The US and Indonesia are among the signatory countries that have ratified the pact since it was first introduced in 2016. (ant)

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Moeldoko, a retired military chief and newly appointed chief of staff to Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s cabinet, attends his swearing in ceremony at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia January 17, 2018.

Indonesian president replaces social affairs minister in modest reshuffle

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo replaced the social affairs minister in his Cabinet on Wednesday and picked a new chief of staff in the third reshuffle of his five-year term.

The reshuffle was widely expected because some of Widodo’s ministers have requested leaves of absence to stand in regional elections later this year.

However, with only one minister involved, it was

more modest than some expectations.

The new social affairs minister is Idrus Marham, a member of Golkar, the second-largest party in Widodo’s coalition. He replaces Khofifah Indar Parawansa, who is standing for election in East Java province.

Widodo also appointed a new chief of staff, Moeldoko, a retired military chief who uses only one name like many Indonesians. Legislative and presidential elections will be held in 2019. (rtr)

Kalla hopes new DPR chairman would help improve productivity

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Former student leader Joshua Wong reacts outside High Court before receiving his sentence in Hong Kong, China January 17, 2018.

JAKARTA - Vice President Jusuf Kalla has expressed hope that the new Chairman of Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR), Bambang Soesatyo, would help improve the productivity of the institution in

establishing regulations. “I hope he can support the DPR to be more productive in establishing regulations. The DPR should be a better legislative institution,” Kalla stated here on Tuesday.

He added that Soesatyo should

improve the performance of DPR, so that people would continue to trust the institution.

The better performance could restore the image of DPR among the people. “It can improve the trust and create budget

efficiency,” Kalla remarked.

Soesatyo was appointed as the Chairman of DPR, replacing Setya Novanto, who was allegedly involved in the identity card corruption case.

He plans to enhance the basic

functions of DPR as a legislative and monitoring council. Soesatyo revealed that the functions must be implemented in parallel. He also plans to enhance the task and authority of the Council Honorary Court. (ant)

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BUSINESS Warning light: Mexican car sales slump ahead of election MEXICO CITY - Car dealerships in Mexico City have kicked off the new year offering “clearance sales” and free insurance as 2017 models collect dust on their lots, a reminder that consumer nerves over high interest rates could slow the economy ahead of elections. The first drop in auto sales in eight years is the most visible sign the great Mexican shopper, the heart and soul of Latin America’s second largest economy, is feeling the pinch of inflation at a 16-1/2-year high and a battered peso.

A government decision to scrap fuel subsidies last year has made running a car more expensive, while the central bank’s battle with inflation has put car loans out of reach for many.

“If I’m going to buy a new car and then not be able to fill it up with gasoline, then it’s better to sit tight,” said Jaime Asrael, as he window shopped outside a Chevrolet dealership in the central Guerrero neighborhood of the capital city.

Beyond cars, consumer confidence is slipping more broadly.

The consumer confidence index declined to 88.4 in December from 88.8 the previous month, the statistics agency said last week.

This has worried government officials who are trying to convince voters to re-elect the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in July. Experts doubt increased public spending in the campaign will be enough to boost confidence much in Mexico, where private consumption accounts for a whopping two-thirds of gross domestic product. Leftist opposition candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has enjoyed a double digit poll lead over his ruling party rival in recent surveys.

“It certainly helps his case. The fact that we’ve seen this jump in inflation squeezing real incomes, that all (goes) into the mix,” said Neil

Shearing, chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics. A blow such as an eventual collapse of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement could make more consumers snap their wallets shut.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a more significant deceleration of private consumption” considering inflation’s impact on wages, tighter credit conditions and NAFTA and election concerns, said Goldman Sachs economist Alberto Ramos.

“Instead of going on vacation for two weeks, they go one week, instead of buying the automobile this year they wait a little bit to see how things go ... That is serious in the sense that private consumption has been so far the main engine of growth,” said Ramos. Domestic car sales in 2017 fell 4.6 percent from a year earlier, according to data from the Mexican Auto Industry Association (AMIA). It was the first drop in annual auto sales since the global financial crisis of 2008-2009.

“Inflation is what hit us the most.

And most people want to buy with credit and financial institutions and banks weren’t able to cover the market,” said Jose Luis Salas, general manager at Grupo Surman, which runs 13 General Motors dealerships in the country. “That’s

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A salesperson sits as a customer checks out details of a Chevrolet Traverse being displayed at Surman Chevrolet car dealership in Mexico City, Mexico January 9, 2018. Picture taken January 9, 2018. what caused the drop in new car sales,” he added.

Wider retail sales slowed to growth of 7.7 percent through November, not far above the 2017 inflation rate of 6.77 percent and below the average growth of some 10 percent the prior two years.

For years, stable prices compensated for Mexico’s sluggish economic growth, so accelerating inflation has caused outrage. Sporadic looting broke out earlier this

month after reports that gasoline and food prices were about to be hiked, and angry posts filled social media, echoing unrest last year after the government liberalized fuel prices.

The central bank in November revised down its 2017 economic growth forecast, blaming the NAFTA talks, the impact of storms and two major earthquakes in September, and a drop in domestic oil production to the lowest

in more than 20 years. It forecast economic growth of 1.8 percent to 2.3 percent in 2017 and 2 to 3 percent in 2018.

The bank, which in December hiked its key rate to a consumptionsapping, nearly nine-year high of 7.25 percent, said it expected a “nascent deceleration” in consumer spending. It is widely expected to raise rates again in February, according to bets in the interest rate swap market. (rtr)

El Salvador eyes work scheme with Qatar for migrants facing exit from U.S. SAN SALVADOR - El Salvador is discussing a deal with Qatar under which Salvadoran migrants facing the loss of their right to stay in the United States could live and work temporarily in the Middle Eastern country, the government of the Central American nation said on Tuesday.

Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said that as of September

2019, it would eliminate the temporary protected status, or TPS, that allows some 200,000 Salvadorans to live in the United States without fear of deportation.

Presidential communications chief Eugenio Chicas said El Salvador was in talks to see how Salvadorans could be employed in Qatar, a wealthy country of some 2.6 million people that is scheduled to host the

soccer World Cup in 2022.

“The kingdom of Qatar ... has held out the possibility of an agreement with El Salvador whereby Salvadoran workers could be brought across in phases (to Qatar),” Chicas told reporters. After an unspecified period, the Salvadorans would return home, Chicas added, without saying how many workers the program could encompass.

El Salvador’s foreign minister, Hugo Martinez, is in Qatar until Friday and said in a statement that Salvadorans could work in engineering, aircraft maintenance, construction and agriculture. Martinez also noted that Qatar had offered to provide health services to the Central American country, which is struggling with a weak economy and gang violence. (rtr)

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Shivaratri as Sin Redemption Night, Perform Main Abstinences

Hindu community in Bali celebrates a unique Shivaratri Day. Shivaratri means the holy contemplation night or the sin redemption night. Shivaratri falls one day before new moon in the seventh month of Balinese calendar (Kapitu) and this year falls on Friday (Jan. 8). On this day, Hindu devotees in Bali do fasting and meditation to get forgiveness from God for the sins caused by avidya (darkness).

On that day, the Hindu community commonly performs three types of abstinence adjusted to the capabilities. The main abstinences are monabrata (no speaking), upawasa (fasting) and jagra (guarding, keeping awake for whole night).

Medium abstinence only performs the upawasa and jagra, while the small abstinence just performs jagra.

Shivaratri is often called pejagran day because on that day God in his manifestation as Lord Shiva in his function as destroyer does meditation for whole night. Therefore, on this day devotees invoke to him so that all the sins could be removed. Devotees usually do pejagran at temples or shrines while reading scriptures.

The Hindu palm-leaf manuscript named Lubdaka written by Mpu Tanakung carries the procession of Shivaratri with a series as follows: firstly, taking a bath in the morning, putting on clean dressing and invoking holy water. Then, begin the fasting without food and drink.

It’s a mental exercise in order to get a strength and durability against thirst and hunger.

At night, it is resumed with the reading of Vedic scripture while

keeping awake through the night to calm down the mind. Of course, it is commenced with the worship of God for forgiveness for the sins having been committed previously. In the Lubdaka palm-leaf manuscript is stated that though people are very guilty, even the most sinful, they still have the opportunity to destroy their sins if they sincerely celebrate and implement the abstinence of Shivaratri.

In the mythology, Lubdaka is mentioned as a hunter of animals in the forest. Every day, he always kills animals.

Once upon a time, he returned to the forest for hunting. Unfortunately he was unlucky on that day, so that did not get any animals.

Unwittingly, it was already dusk and it was getting darker. Actually he intended to go home, but it was extremely dark so that he did not know the right way home. He decided to stay, and for fear of being ambushed by beasts he climbed a bilva tree to lean.

Unwittingly, underneath there is a clear water lake with a shrine and lingam. To prevent from sleeping for fear of being attacked by animals, he eliminated his sleepiness while picking bilva leaves.

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The Shivaratri celebration held in K.Nadha Pers Buliding.

He picked the bilva leaves one by one and then he dropped it so that hit the lingam underneath. Lubdaka did not realize that on that day was the Shivaratri (the night of Shiva) where Lord Shiva was meditating. When picking bilva leaves, he began to regret what he had committed in past times. He promised to himself to stop hunting. After staying up all night, the morning came and he went home.

From that day, he stopped hunting and switched profession into a farmer. In keeping with the times, his health condition dropped and eventually died.

It is narrated that the soul of Lubdaka was hovering in the sky, did not know where to go. After that, the Cikrabala forces took him away to be included in the Candragomuka crater in Hell. At that time, Lord Shiva came and

intercepted the Cikrabala forces.

Cikrabala forces insisted on bringing the soul of Lubdaka to Hell because during his lifetime he often killed many forest animals. Lord Shiva explained that Lubdaka has made penance on the Shivaratri by staying up all night accompanied by remorse over his sins in the past.

Thus, he deserved to get forgiveness and ultimately Lubdaka was taken to Shiva Loka. (kmb)

Espa Yeh Panes Remains a Favorite Tourist Attraction Do you still remember the Yeh Panes Recreation Park or Espa Yeh Panes Natural Hot Springs Spa & Resort? Located on Jalan Raya Batukaru, precisely at Penatahan village, Penebel, this tourist attraction so far still becomes a favorite destination. Foreign and domestic tourists as well as local people make this attraction their place to relax.

It is about 40 km west of Denpasar and about 20 km from Tabanan town.

This object has a beautiful and cool atmosphere. Hot water as the main attraction causes this place to be visited by many guests. Therefore, visitors often take advantage of this object to beg for healing.

“Many visitors come to bathe here. It happens because the water can help heal skin itching,” said a local merchant.

Indeed, the area spreading across ??about two hectares has large trees and small trees, so as to create a peaceful atmosphere. In the past, the hot spring was used as bathing place by local community but poorly maintained. After it was inau-

gurated as Yeh Panes Recreational Park on January 26, 1993 by the Governor of Bali, Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Oka, this area is better organized.

After the ESPA Yeh Panes area is well arranged, it respectively has a large outdoor swimming pool with fresh and hot water equipped with eight rooms for warm water. Besides, this attraction is equipped with spa treatment, jogging tracks, restaurant and accommodation.

Hot spring is opened every day starting at 08:00 through 17:00.

On usual days, the number of tourist visits only reaches 10 to 20 people.

However, this number will increase on weekends that can reach 30 to 80 people.

Then, on holidays like Galungan and Kuningan, Christmas and New Year and other school holidays, visitors will be booming. “On New Year 2018 holiday, the tourist visit was dominated by local people. As a result, we lacked of parking area,” said the parking attendant. (kmb)

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Evacuees’ story in Rendang

Want to return home, but confused what to do next

EVACUEES whose territory is outside the danger radius of 6 km actually have been allowed to go home after the narrowing of danger radius by the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG) a few days ago.

However, there are still thousands of evacuees whose territory is outside the radius of 6 km from the top of the volcano remaining to survive in the refuge because they are still worried considering the volcanic activities are still high and the eruption can happen any time. Meanwhile, thousands of evacuees have also returned home because they feel safe. What activities do evacuees do after returning home?

The activity of the refugees in Rendang

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One of the evacuees from Batumadeg hamlet, Besakih, I Kadek Lanus, revealed that his family and some relatives are still in the evacuation even though many Besakih residents have returned to their respective village. He has not returned to his home village because it will be discussed first with family and relatives who are still surviving in the evacuation.

“Before the danger radius is lowered, the residents from Batumadeg hamlet evacuating here (post of agriculture—Ed) amount to 99 families with 434 people. After some families returned home, Batumadeg residents remaining to survive in the evacuation are only 12 families consisting of 39 people.

Indeed, we want to go home, but we must discuss first with family and relatives. After getting a decision to go home, we will go back to Besakih together so that can hold ngusaba ritual at Dalem Puri Temple,” he said.

According to Lanus, other than having to discuss with family and relatives, he has not returned home due to refuge problem.

Previously, there was an issue if the shelter is left home it will be occupied by other evacuees. However, after cross-checked to post coordinator, other evacuees cannot occupy the shelter built by evacuees easily. If other evacuees want to come in, they must first report to the post coordinator, hamlet chief and shelter owner.

“Only after getting permission from the three elements, the new evacuees are allowed to come into the shelter. If not allowed by the owner, they cannot occupy the shelter. Indeed, the land belonged to the government, but the shelter building was founded by evacuees independently.

Moreover, the bamboo was brought directly by the evacuees. To build the shelter, some evacuees even purchased bamboo directly, so it is not easy to occupy the shelters even though the evacuees have left it behind considering the condition of the Mount Agung is not yet normal because if the volcano erupts again I will return to this

post,” added the man.

He was very happy to return home considering most of Besakih residents have gone home and are no longer evacuating.

However, he is still haunted by worries because the activities of Mount Agung are still high and frequently erupts. “We are still haunted by fear. But since most people have gone home, at least it can reduce the anxiety.

If something bad happens, I will evacuate again,” added the man of one child.

Another evacuee, Ni Wayan Warta, revealed that on the one hand she is very happy to be able to return home at Besakih.

But on the one hand, there is no activity to do, maximally she only looks for firewood considering all the cattle owned have been sold out during the first eruption of Mount Agung some time ago, while she does not dare to farm. She said although the grass began to grow green, she has not dared to purchase cattle to be raised for fear that Mount Agung will erupt again so she has to sell them back.

“I’ve had suffered losses twice. Originally, it happened on the first eruption when selling four cows. After the Mount Agung calmed down, I decided to buy a cow again, but after raising cows for a month the Mount Agung erupted again. All the plants dried and I was forced to sell the cows again. I lost about IDR 8 million,” she recalled.

Similar opinion was expressed by I Putu Suyasa. He has not owned any activities in the farm, since his cattle were all sold after the first eruption of Mount Agung on September 21, 2018. Fortunately, he is a local tour guide at Besakih after re-opening of Besakih Temple by the Management Agency. So, there is activity after returning home.

“It is the only activity after my returning home. When getting the turn to escort guest, I will go out to work. Otherwise, I will stay home with parents, wife and children. If getting money it will be used to meet kitchen needs and for pocket money of my children attending school,” said Suyasa. (nan)

Mugging syndicate of foreigner specialist arrested

MANGUPURA - The hunt for mugging and pickpocket perpetrators that had taken action in the area of Kuta subdistrict continues to be done. After arresting dozens of people, Kuta Police now catch the mugging syndicate consists of the main perpetrators and fencer on Friday (Jan. 12). The syndicate consists of I Nengah Cery, 31, I Komang Patkai, 15, I Wayan No alias Fendi, 18, I Putu Agus Andre, 26, and I Made Mahendra Putra, 22. The evidence includes tens of handphone, cash worth IDR 30 million and three motorcycles.

“Totally, the mugged handphone

reaches about hundreds of unit. They mostly target foreign nationals,” said Chief of Kuta Police, I Nyoman Wirajaya, accompanied by Chief of Criminal Investigation Unit, Ario Seno Wiboko, on Monday (Jan. 15).

According to subdistrict police chief, originating from the arrest of the suspect Patkay, it was carried out further development. Kuta Police Operational Team led by Chief of Mobile Detective Unit, Putu Budi Artama, could arrest the suspect Kerry on Jalan Pemogan Gang Puseh, South Denpasar, on Monday (Jan. 9). Having been developed, it was the turn of Fendi arrested at

his home on Jalan Gunung Agung, Denpasar, along with evidence of Samsung S6 handphone. After interrogated, Fendi admitted to have grabbed with Patkay for three times where two times were committed on Jalan Sunset Road and Kuta underpass. Furthermore, the case was developed and could arrest the other perpetrators including the fencer. “Based on interrogation results, the perpetrators only admitted to have acted in 11 crime scenes in the Kuta subdistrict,” he said.

The evidence secured from the fencer, Mahendra Putra, consists of tens of handphone and cash worth

IDR 33 million. Meanwhile, from the suspect Andre police seized 24 units of iPhone 6S +, five units of iPhone 7, 5 units of iPhone 7S, five units of iPhone 5, two units of HTC, transaction book and cash worth IDR 30 million.

“We will continuously hunt down the perpetrators of mugging and we are committed to suppress the mugging cases in the area of Kuta subdistrict,” said Wirajaya.

One of the victims is Enjamin Fridnt, 27, from France. It happened on Thursday (Dec. 27) when the victim stopped at Jalan Sunset Road, Kuta, to see Google map. Suddenly,

the perpetrator came and immediately seized the victim’s iPhone 7. The victim had time to chase but lost track.

“Most of the victims are foreigners so the handphone taken is expensive such as iPhone and Samsung that are currently in trend,” he said.

Besides, police also arrested a pickpocket, Komang Putra Laksana, 25, at Jalan Juwet Sari, Pemogan, South Denpasar. The victim is Lisa Cecilia Remsu, 18, from Finland. Criminal mode of the perpetrator is by offering motorcycle charter service to the victim while taking iPhone in the back pocket of the victim’s pants. (kmb36)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the newly-remodeled Pyongyang Teacher Training College, in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on January 17, 2018.

Nations to consider more N.Korea sanctions, U.S. warns on military option

VANCOUVER, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Twenty nations agreed on Tuesday to consider tougher sanctions to press North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Pyongyang it could trigger a military response if it did not choose negotiations. A U.S.-hosted meeting of countries that backed South Korea during the 1950-53 Korea War also vowed to support renewed dialogue between the two Koreas “in hopes that it leads to sustained easing of tensions” and agreed that a diplomatic solution to the crisis was both essential and possible.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has refused to give up development of nuclear missiles capable of hitting the United States in spite of increasingly severe U.N. sanctions, raising fears of a new war on the Korean peninsula. The United States and Canada co-hosted the day-long meeting in Vancouver to discuss ways to increase pressure on Kim. U.S. officials have reported a debate within the Trump administration over whether to give more active consideration to military options, such as a pre-emptive strike on a North Korean nuclear or missile site.

Tillerson brushed off a question about such a “bloody nose” strike, telling a closing news conference: “I’m a not going to comment on issues that have yet to be decided

among the National Security Council or the president.” However, he said the threat posed by North Korea was growing.

“We all need to be very sober and clear-eyed about the current situation ... We have to recognize that the threat is growing and if North Korea does not chose the pathway of engagement, discussion, negotiation, then they themselves will trigger an option,” Tillerson said.

“Our approach is, in terms of having North Korea chose the correct step, is to present them with what is the best option – talks are the best option; that when they look at the military situation, that’s not a good outcome for them.” “It is time to talk, but they have to take the step to say they want to talk.”

The Vancouver meeting pledged

to ensure that U.N. sanctions already in place were fully implemented and the participants said in a joint statement they agreed “to consider and take steps to impose unilateral sanctions and further diplomatic actions that go beyond those required by U.N. Security Council resolutions.”

They gave no details.

Tillerson said all countries needed to work together to improve interdiction of ships attempting to skirt sanctions and said there must be “new consequences” for North Korea “whenever new aggression occurs.”

He said the meeting had agreed that China and Russia, which did not attend the Vancouver talks and sharply criticized them, must fully implement U.N. sanctions.

Speaking in Beijing, Chinese

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Canada and the United States were demonstrating a “Cold War mentality” that would divide the international community and damage chances of an appropriate settlement on the peninsula. “Only through dialogue, equally addressing the reasonable concerns of all parties, can a way to an effective and peaceful resolution be found,” Lu added.

U.S. officials say discussion of a military strike option has lost some momentum since North and South Korea held formal talks for the first time in two years this month and Pyongyang said it would send athletes to the Winter Olympics that South Korea will host next month.

‘NOT TIME FOR REWARD’ Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said in Vancouver that the world should not be naive about North Korea’s “charm offensive” in engaging in talks with the South.

“It is not the time to ease pressure, or to reward North Korea,” he said. “The fact that North Korea is engaging in dialogue could be

interpreted as proof that the sanctions are working.” South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said she hoped the dialogue would continue well beyond the Olympics, but stressed that existing sanctions must be applied more rigorously.

Tillerson said North Korea must not be allowed “to drive a wedge” through allied resolve or solidarity and reiterated Washington’s rejection of a Chinese-Russian proposal for the United States and South Korea to freeze military exercises in return for a freeze in North Korea’s weapons programs.

A senior State Department official said U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis briefed the Vancouver participants over dinner on Monday and stressed the U.S. preference for a diplomatic solution, while keeping a military option on the table. “It was a chance to raise people’s confidence that we have thought through this, that we definitely prefer a diplomatic solution,” the official said. Russia and China have been accused of not fully implementing the U.N. sanctions, something they deny. (rtr)

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A couple observe sunset at Barranco district of Lima, Peru, December 20, 2017.

Partner’s scent eases women’s response to stress

Stress levels dropped in women who smelled their partner’s shirt during a stress test but rose in women who smelled a stranger’s shirt, researchers found. “Many people wear their partner’s shirt or sleep on their partner’s side of the bed when their partner is away but may not realize why they engage in these behaviors,” said lead study author Marlise Hofer, a psychology graduate student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

“A partner’s scent alone, even without their physical presence, can be a powerful tool to help reduce stress,” Hofer told Reuters Health by email. Hofer and colleagues worked with 96 couples, most in their early 20s, to complete the study. They asked the men to wear a white T-shirt for 24 hours without deodorant or scented products. Then the shirts were turned inside out, folded and placed in a sealed plastic freezer bag with the underarm section facing the opening.

The women participated in the Trier Social Stress Test, which includes a mock job interview and unanticipated mental math question that causes a stress response.

They were randomly assigned to smell a single shirt three times before and three times after the stress test.

The shirt might have been worn by their romantic partner or a stranger, or it might have been new and unworn.

The women also completed a questionnaire five times during the experiment to indicate anxiety, physical discomfort, tension, desire to leave the situation and feelings of control. Saliva samples were collected seven times during the experiment to measure levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

The research team found that perceived stress changed during the experiment for most women, and

those who smelled a partner’s shirt felt less stressed both during and after the stress test than those who smelled a stranger’s or unworn shirt.

The researchers were surprised to find that cortisol levels were higher after the stress test in women who smelled a stranger’s shirt. “These unanticipated findings could serve as a source of future research,” Hofer said. Cortisol levels didn’t differ between women who smelled their partner’s shirt and an unworn shirt.

Dr. Donald McBurney, professor emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, has researched olfactory comfort in close relationships. “In our studies, we received many anecdotes, including lovers who mailed worn clothing back and forth between military members and their partners back home,” McBurney, who wasn’t involved in the new study, told Reuters Health by email. “And hospitals give infants items of their mother’s clothing to sleep with.”

Future research should investigate whether perceived stress and cortisol responses are the same for men and if additional factors could reduce stress for both men and women, said Dr. Sean Mackey of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California. Mackey, who wasn’t involved with this study, has researched romantic relationships and experiences of pain.

“Can we further manipulate this (decreased stress) response and amplify it?” he wrote in an email to Reuters Health. “How does the strength of the (romantic) relationship affect the response?” Beyond a controlled laboratory setting, researchers should also study how this works in real-world applications, he added.

“During times of stress, keep those you love close to you,” Mackey said. ‘If you are going to be away during a stressful period, it may be useful to bring an article of their clothing.” (rtr)

the tumours were removed, the scientists analysed samples to see if the virus had been able to reach the cancer, which in some cases was deep within the brain.

In all nine patients, there was evidence that the virus had reached its target, they said.

There were also signs that the replicating virus had stimulated the immune system, with white blood cells or so-called “killer” T-cells being drawn to the tumour to attack it.

Because the virus only infects cancer cells and leaves healthy cells alone, patients who received the experimental treatment reported only mild side-effects such as slight flulike symptoms.

Until these positive results, scientists had been doubtful about whether the virus would be able to pass into the brain because of the protective bloodbrain barrier membrane. However, injecting the virus directly into the brain would be difficult and potentially dangerous.

Alan Melcher of Britain’s Institute of Cancer Research, who also co-led the study, said the results pointed a way forward for more trials using this virus, including testing whether it can harness the immune system to super-charge the effect of existing chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments.

“Now we know we can get reovirus across the blood-brain barrier, we have begun clinical studies to see just how effective this viral immunotherapy can be,” he said. (rtr)

NEGARA - Other than the abrasion hitting on a number of beaches in Jembrana, marine debris problems seem unavoidable. Although it has been cleaned up by residents and mutual assistance by students and government institutions, the marine debris from outside the upstream area is still littering the beach.

The tourist surf in Batu Tumpeng Beach.

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Batu Tumpeng Beach at Gelgel targeted by surfers

SEMARAPURA - Batu Tumpeng Beach at Gelgel village, Klungkung subdistrict, is lately much favored by foreign surfing enthusiasts. Such opportunity is not wasted by local village government. It is worked and equipped with supporting facilities to create a comfortable impression.

Headman of Gelgel, Nengah Soma, revealed that around 2030 tourists come each week to the beach having the waves like Kuta Beach for surfing. This provides a positive impact for boosting people’s income because they are able to open a trading business.

To support this, his authority takes steps to do an arrangement.

Early on, it is indicated by the construction of toilet posing a vital need. “The development is underway with the budget of around IDR 75 million. This is also to support the ceremony at the Batu Tumpeng Temple,” he explained.

Continuous arrangement has also been planned by targeting stalls on the beach that currently give chaotic impression. In addition, there is also the construction of gazebo and parking arrangement. “This will be done in stages,” he said.

Since 2016, this tourism potential has been managed by village owned enterprise (BUMDes). It is believed that in line with the arrangement, tourist visits in the future will be increasing. Moreover, the location is very close to Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra that is easily accessible from other tourist attractions such as Denpasar.

Street lighting and access to clean water are also considered necessary on the beach. Therefore, the district government is expected to facilitate coordination with PLN or PDAM. “Now, the facility has not been adequate. We have not dared to charge any levies,” he said. (kmb45)

As seen on Candikusuma Beach, Melaya subdistrict, recently the beach having once become traditional port is often covered with garbage. The garbage mixed with twigs and trunks of tree is ‘swept away’ by river water from the upstream.

The rivers flowing into the sea during the floods are accompanied with garbage. “Well, here is the result where everything is scattered on the beach. Even if it is cleaned, later on when the tide comes, a lot of garbage will come again,” said Adi, one of the fishermen met on Tuesday (Jan. 16). Indeed, beach cleanup efforts have often been done. Due to rubbish shipment continues

to occur, it’s then scattered on the beach.

This problem also occurs almost along the coast in Jembrana district such as on Perancak, Gilimanuk, Yeh Kuning, Yehembang, Medewi and Baluk Beach. If there is awareness not to throw garbage into the river, this problem will not continue to occur. “The condition here is still better as mostly consists of trunk or twigs swept away by floods. Meanwhile, in Gilimanuk area, it mostly consists of plastic and bottles,” added another resident.

As observation, near the cliff of rest area at Candikusuma, the coast area is covered by many twigs and trees. Moreover, there are also wood logs. Indeed, this beach is rarely visited by residents because it is under the cliff. More visits are carried out on the cliff close to the Candi. Currently, the location has been arranged.

Besides, under the cliff formerly used to dispose of the dead victims during the civil riots of G30 S/ PKI. However, behind such dark story, the scenery at Candikusuma Beach is not inferior to other beaches in Bali. (kmb26)

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The garbage is piling up on Candikusuma Beach.

Pesan, a Tasty Balinese Traditional Menu

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Garbage litters Candikusuma Beach

Immune boosting virus could be used to treat brain tumours

LONDON - A trial of a potential new brain cancer treatment has shown that a virus injected directly into the bloodstream can reach tumours deep inside the brain and switch on the body’s own defence system to attack them. The trial involved just nine patients, but scientists said that if the results could be replicated in larger studies, the naturally occurring ‘reovirus’ could be developed into an effective immunotherapy for people with aggressive brain tumours.

“This is the first time it has been shown that a therapeutic virus is able to pass through the brain-blood barrier,” said Adel Samson, a medical oncologist at the University of Leeds’ Institute of Cancer and Pathology who coled the work.

He said their trial had shown not only that a virus could be delivered to a tumour deep in the brain, but that when it reached its target, “it stimulated the body’s own immune defences to attack the cancer”.

Published in the journal Science Translational Medicine on Wednesday, the trial involved nine patients with tumours that had either spread to the brain from other areas or were fastgrowing gliomas, an aggressive type of brain cancer.

All the patients were due to have their tumours removed surgically, but in the days beforehand they were each given a single dose of the reovirus administered via intravenous drip into the bloodstream. Once

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Pesan or pepes is a Balinese traditional menu that is quite tasty.

This menu is also often called tum or anyang or in accordance with respective region. Shape of the package is also different where in general there are three shapes, namely longwise upward rectangle, while others may wrap it like wrapped rice and sideline longwise rectangle like a pillow. However, they all have the same ingredients and preparation.

For the Hindu communities on the Island of Gods, this pesan menu is also used as a means of offering presented to the ancestors. Yet this one is made simpler or smaller, so

it can be easily put into the basket of the offerings. The pesan for offerings is very special as made from selected ingredient such as black chicken, multi-colored chicken and others in accordance with the type of offerings and the level of ceremony.

Well, the pesan menu commonly intended for consumption has larger size. Similarly, the pesan to be sold will have different shape where it is mostly longwise and sideways like pillow. The ingredient also varies. The one for sale is usually made from pork, chicken and fish. Meanwhile, farmers in rural areas usually take advantage

of the ingredients obtained from their paddy fields, such as fish, eels, frog, dragonflies and others.

Well, the pesan made from pork is the most easily encountered.

This one is usually sold at restaurants and food stalls in rural and urban areas. Besides, it can also be obtained in traditional markets.

If local communities organize a ceremony like wedding, pawukonbased birthday (otonan), cremation (ngaben) and others they will definitely make this type of pesan.

This means the activities will involve community members in large numbers and this pesan menu will be served. Local community is very

familiar with this menu.

Ingredient of this pesan menu is selected meat such as ham, skin and blood. The seasoning consists of onion, garlic, pepper and chili plus salt according to taste. Do not forget to add bay leaves to remove fishy smell ??as well as increase the delicious aroma. People in rural areas regularly mix the ingredients with other supplement such as banana heart and banana underground steam and others.

Its preparation is very simple.

First of all, chop the meat to become smooth. While chopping, please be filled with blood so the meat turns red. The skin is boiled

and then sliced thin and into small size. Seasoning of onion, garlic, and chili are sliced ??into small part. Then, the chopped meat is mixed together with seasoning well. Add some salt according to your taste.

When having a little stock of meat, people usually mix with grated coconut to get more batter.

Next, wrap the batter with banana leaves and affix each end of the wrap with bamboo spin. Each wrap is filled with a bay leaf to balance cholesterol. Then, steam them for about 20 minutes. Ultimately, take out and it’s ready to serve. (kmb)

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Fourth quarter of 2017, outflow of Bali declines

“I highlight the fourth quarter because there is usually an increase in the fourth quarter. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2015, the outflow was IDR 4.01 trillion, compared to 2016 the outflow was IDR 4.9 trillion and in 2017 the outflow was 4.4 trillion,” said Teguh Setiadi, Division Head of Payment

System of Rupiah Money Management (SP PUR) of the Bali Representative Office of BI. One of the causes to the decline in money circulating in the community is the increase in volcanic activities of Mount Agung since last September that affected various sectors in Bali. Allegedly it had an impact on the demand for currency due to the decrease in tourist arrivals to Bali.

Meanwhile, the inflow (money coming into BI) during the fourth quarter of 2016 reached IDR 3.5 trillion. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2016, the figure also declined because the fourth quarter of 2016 had the inflow of IDR 4.1 trillion.

“This also experienced a decline. If we associate with few tourists, the incoming money is also less,” he said.

Apart from the increased volcanic activities of Mount Agung, the demand for currency is also influenced by ‘traditional’ factors. They include Eid Al-Fitr, long local religious

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holidays such as Galungan, Kuningan and Pagerwesi.

Based on BI’s observation, the currency condition in December usually indicates the outflow position, where there is high demand for currency due to vacation. Starting mid-year, the inflow will happen. “During holidays or ahead of yearend, people will withdraw money,” he added.

To fulfill the need for currency, Bank Indonesia deployed mobile cash to serve money exchanges. In 2017, BI operated mobile cash for 93 times. Mobile cash activities in 2017 decreased when compared to 2016, carried out for 113 times. It happened because BI Bali has owned deposit cash in Buleleng so it reduces its mobile cash activities in Buleleng and surrounding areas. Meanwhile, the activities of mobile cash in 2015 reached 89 times. The mobile cash activities this year is also reduced if compared to the ones in 2016 because at that time more money exchanges was carried out in the office of Bank Indonesia. (kmb42)

Road under Tukad Mati Bridge hoped to be solution MANGUPURA - Responding to the obstacles experienced by the community in the Patasari area due to U-turn closure, various solutions begin to emerge. A member of the Badung House of Representatives from Kuta electoral district, I Gusti Anom Gumanti, offered three options that can be applied to resolve the problem.

The three options include the making of the underground passage from Patasari to Jalan Ken Dedes.

Secondly is the making of cross-

ing by overpass. He suggested to consider first whether it is in accordance with the local socio-culture.

Ultimately, the most effective option and does not require a large budget is the making of underpass under the Tukad Mati Bridge.

He said the road will connect Patasari to Jalan Tuan Lange located on the west side Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai. Meanwhile, the road will be specially designated for motorcycle. However, this option needs studying to know water

level when the high tide occurs.

“As far as I know, there has never been seawater being equivalent to the bridge, it is still far below. So, it can still be made a study. If feasible, it means to be more effective, disrupts no one and requires small budget,” he concluded.

Nevertheless, he still does not know whether it is allowed to build a road under the bridge. If allowed, surely it can become an alternative for long-term interests. “If the road can be made, it can be used

Thursday, January 18, 2018

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DENPASAR - The outflow in Bali in the fourth quarter of 2017 amounted to IDR 4.4 trillion. This figure declined compared to the fourth quarter of 2016 reaching IDR 4.9 trillion. Outflow means the money coming out from Bank Indonesia (BI) to banking. Higher outflow usually happens in the fourth quarter, but in 2017 the outflow decreased.

One of the causes is the increased activities of Mount Agung affecting various sectors in Bali.

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permanently. Community will no longer be talking about the access problems,” he said.

Responding to the idea, a number of local leaders began to follow up by checking directly to the site. A local community leader, Nyoman Sukra, who participated in the checking welcomed both ideas. According to him, building a new access on the outskirts of Tukad Mati and pass under the bridge of Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai is a very possible thing to

do. “We are going to submit the proposal in the dissemination of the long storage continuation project. We think, making the access can be a package with the project,” he said.

With such an access, Patasari residents will be more comfortable doing their daily activities.

All this time, they must cross Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai through the U-turn available when taking their children to school and just going to the market. (kmb23)

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Kim Kardashian announces birth of 3rd child, this one by surrogate LOS ANGELES - Kim Kardashian and her rapper husband Kanye West announced their third child on Tuesday, a girl born to a surrogate. “Kanye and I are happy to announce the arrival of our healthy, beautiful baby girl,” Kardashian said in a message on her app.

The couple thanked the unidentified surrogate “who made our dreams come true with the greatest gift one could give.”

They said the baby was born on Monday but they did not announce a name.

Kardashian, 37, and West are already parents to North, 4, and Saint, 2. The “Keeping Up with the Kadashians” reality and social media star has said she decided to use a surrogate after doctors warned of serious health risks if she became pregnant again.

Kardashian has given detailed accounts on her blog about the difficulties she experienced during her two labors. Two of Kardashian’s sisters are also expecting babies.

Khloe Kardashian, 33, announced in December that she is six months pregnant with her basketball player boyfriend Tristan Thomas, while their half-sister Kylie Jenner, 20, is reported to be expecting her first child soon. The arrival of Kardashian and West’s third child swiftly became on of the top five trending topics on Twitter. (rtr)

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Myanmar police shoot dead seven protesters in troubled Rakhine YANGON - Myanmar police shot dead seven demonstrators and 12 were injured in troubled Rakhine State, after a local gathering celebrating an ancient Buddhist Arakan kingdom turned violent. The demonstrators gathered late on Tuesday in Mrauk U township in the northern part of Rakhine to mark the end of the Arakan kingdom, the secretary of the Rakhine state government, Tin Maung Swe, told Reuters.

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Irish pop group The Cranberries (L-R) Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan, Dolores O’Riordan and Fergal Lawler pose for photographs after performing at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards at the Point Theatre in Dublin, March 4, 2002.

The violent demonstration underscores the challenges facing Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a country where dozens of ethnic groups have been clamouring for autonomy since independence from Britain in 1947.

Some 4,000 people surrounded a government building after the annual ceremony marking the demise of the Arakan kingdom over 200 years ago, Tin Maung Swe said.

Organizers did not seek approval from local authorities for the gathering, he said.

“The police used rubber bullets initially but the crowd didn’t leave.

Finally the security members had to shoot. The conflict happened when some people tried to seize guns from the police,” he said.

Tun Ther Sein, regional MP from Mrauk U, said some of the critically injured protesters were

taken to the state capital of Sittwe, a three-hour drive south of the ancient town studded with Buddhist temples.

The Rakhine, also known as Arakanese, are one of the 135 officially recognized ethnic groups in Myanmar. Their identity is closely connected to the once powerful Arakanese kingdom along the Bay of Bengal, which was conquored by the Burmese kingdom

in 1784. The kingdom was once an important stop on the old silk trade route.

Tensions in Rakhine have risen since a sweeping Myanmar army operation in August inflamed communal tension and triggered an exodus of over 650,000 Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

Death of Cranberries star O’Riordan not suspicious - police

DUBLIN - The death in London of Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan is not being treated as suspicious, police said on Tuesday, as tributes flowed in for one of Ireland’s most successful artists.

O’Riordan, 46, was found dead in a London hotel on Monday morning during a recording trip to London ahead of a planned tour, her publicist said. No cause of death has been given.

London police said in a statement that a 46-year-old woman was discovered at a hotel in London’s Park Lane early on Monday and was pronounced dead at the scene. “The death is not being treated as suspicious,” the state-

ment said. O’Riordan was catapulted to fame as a shy 22-year-old in 1993 when songs from her debut album were picked up by MTV. The band, whose hits included “Linger” and “Zombie” went on to sell over 40 million records to become Ireland’s second-best-selling rock band after U2.

She struggled at times with the band’s success, dropping out of a tour in 1996 citing exhaustion and disillu-

sionment and later leaving her native Ireland for several years to avoid the spotlight.

After she pleaded guilty to headbutting and spitting at an Irish police officer in 2014, she told an interviewer that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was struggling with the breakdown of her marriage.

Ireland’s Prime Minister joined a chorus of praise for O’Riordan’s work, describing her as the “voice of her generation.” U2 said in a tweet that they were “floored” by the news of her death. (rtr)

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