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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

#MeToo: sexual harassment stories sweep social media after Weinstein allegations

LONDON - Million of women across the world have been sharing their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse in an online campaign using the hashtag #MeToo on Twitter and with rolling posts on Facebook.

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Actress Alyssa Milano attends a protest in Times Square, New York City, New York, U.S., July 26, 2017.

The social media meme was sparked by “Charmed” actress Alyssa Milano on Sunday, who asked her followers to reply “Me Too” if they had ever been sexually harassed or assaulted. It was a reaction to sexual abuse allegations against film mogul Harvey Weinstein, who has denied having non-consensual sex with anyone. Milano’s original tweet received over 37,000 comments, and the hashtag was one of the top trends on Twitter in Britain and the United States. On Facebook, around 7 million people were discussing “Me Too” on Monday afternoon. “I’ve lived through it and way too many others have as well,” Twitter user Concertange wrote

of the issues raised by the trend. “It’s not okay and it needs to be taken seriously and needs to stop happening.” Among big entertainment industry names to take part were “Artpop” singer Lady Gaga, Oscarwinning actress Anna Paquin and “Westworld” actress Evan Rachel Wood, who described being raped by an unnamed individual. Some men who said they were also victims of sexual assault took to the social media to share their stories, including one of the stars of Broadway musical “Hamilton,” Javier Munoz. “I don’t know if it means anything coming from a gay man, but it’s happened. Multiple times,” he tweeted.

In France, where prevalent sexism has regularly triggered calls to end a code of silence, journalist Sandra Muller, sparked a similar outpouring of sharing under the hashtags #balancetonporc and the phrase’s English equivalent, #squealonyourpig. Radio journalist Anais Dent was one of those sharing her story, writing: “First journalism internship in Paris, I was 18. The editor in chief kisses me against my will. He’d just had a baby. #balancetonporc.” In a sign that tolerance of such acts is receding in France, on Sunday President Emmanuel Macron said he had started proceedings for Weinstein to be stripped of his Legion d’Honneur, France’s highest award. (rtr)

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Wildfires kill at least 39 in Portugal and Spain

Colony Capital injects cash, in talks to buy Weinstein Co NEW YORK - The Weinstein Company has entered talks to sell the bulk of its assets to private equity firm Colony Capital, the companies said on Monday, as the film production company looks for stability after firing co-founder Harvey Weinstein. Co-Chairman Bob Weinstein, Harvey’s brother and fellow cofounder, on Friday had denied the firm was seeking to sell or shut down following Harvey Weinstein’s dismissal after a number of women went public to accuse him of sexually harassing or assaulting them over the past three decades. Colony Capital, which has about $20 billion in assets under management, will provide an immediate capital infusion into The Weinstein Co and is in talks to buy all or a significant portion of its assets, the

companies said in a statement. The Weinstein Co confirmed its board is to meet on Tuesday. No further details of the meeting were available. The board has shrunk to only three people following the resignation and departure of five others in the wake of the accusations against Weinstein, trade publication Deadline reported over the weekend. Weinstein has denied having nonconsensual sex with anyone. One of Hollywood’s most influential forces since launching in October 2005, The Weinstein Co produces and distributes films, including such hits as “The King’s Speech,” “Silver Linings Playbook” and others. Its TWC Television arm produces the long-running reality series “Project Runway.” It does not operate a film studio, and as such has few physical

assets. If the deal goes through, it will be familiar territory for Thomas Barrack, the founder and executive chairman of Colony Capital and a friend of Donald Trump who chaired the U.S. president’s inaugural committee. Colony Capital and the Qatar Investment Authority, the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar, in 2010 bought the Miramax studio, the original studio founded by the Weinstein brothers, in 1979. The two brothers sold Miramax to Walt Disney Co in 1993. Last year, Colony and Qatar Investment sold Miramax to Qatarbased BeIN Media Group. Like Miramax, the value of The Weinstein Co likely lies in its library of movie hits, which are in demand by traditional TV networks and online streaming services. (rtr)

A firefighter builds a firewall in an attempto to halt the progress of a forest fire in Tablado, near Muniellos park, Asturias, northern Spain, October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso

LISBON/MADRID - At least 36 people died in wildfires raging through parched farmlands and forests in Portugal and another three in neighbouring northwestern Spain on Sunday and Monday. Firefighters were battling 50 blazes in Portugal and a similar number in Spain. Portugal’s government asked for international help and declared a state of emergency in territory north of the Tagus river - about half of its landmass.

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Flames ripped across Iberian countryside left tinder-dry by an unusually hot summer and early autumn, fanned by strong winds as remnants of ex-Hurricane Ophelia brushed coastal areas. Television footage showed abandoned villages with many houses in embers and charred vehicles left on the roads. Portuguese opposition parties and the media harshly criticised the government for failing to prevent a new wave of deadly fires after the country’s worst ever forest fire in June that killed 64 people. Prime Minister Antonio Costa, however, refused to sack his interior minister and defended his

government’s attempts to reform the troubled forestry management system. “It’s a structural problem that we are facing... This is not a time for resignations, but for solutions. Everything has to be transformed into reforms, to provide responses that the country needs so that nothing stays the way it was after this year,” he told reporters after a television address to the nation. “We are aware that the country wants results from us and we’re running against time after decades of negligence,” Costa told reporters after his address. POOR LAND

MANAGEMENT At the heart of the problem is poor land management in Portugal, where traditional small plots have become fire hazards after being abandoned by successive generations of landholders who moved to the cities. Interior Minister Constanca Urbano de Sousa said climate change was also to blame. “We are facing new (weather) conditions ... In an era of climate change, such disasters are becoming reality all over the world,” she said, citing the wildfires burning in California. The weekend fires also injured 63 people in Portugal, civil protection service spokeswoman Patricia

Gaspar said. The toll could still increase as seven people were unaccounted for. Water-spraying planes could not be deployed against most fires due to gigantic plumes of smoke that reduced visibility. But Gaspar said rains expected late on Monday and on Tuesday in the north of Portugal were likely to bring some relief. The Lisbon government has been criticised for a slow, inefficient response and a lack of fire-prevention policies, leaving Portugal with Europe’s largest expanse of woodland burned by wildfires. Portugal’s fires have burned over 40 percent of the total in all of the European Union this year. With just 2.1 percent of the EU’s landmass, Portugal suffered the biggest fires during 2008-16 as well, with an average of 36 percent of the total. Three people died in Spain’s

northwestern Galicia region - two of them women found inside a burnt-out car, the third a man in his 70s killed as he tried to save his farm animals, according to local media. Most of the fires in Galicia were started deliberately, said Alberto Nunez Feijoo, head of the regional government. Spanish Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said some of those responsible had already been identified. They could face up to 20 years in jail if convicted. At least two persons were arrested in Portugal for allegedly starting fires. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Activity signs of Mount Agung

A moment to introspect, not to be exploited

DENPASAR - The signs of Mount Agung’s activity with the increase to warning status should be a means of introspection for Hindus in particular and Balinese people in general. The Mt. Agung and Bali in general should not even be exploited just to think for the sake of self-interest. The newly elected Rector of State Hindu Dharma Institute (IHDN) of Denpasar, Prof. Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, said that it is unethical to take advantage of the signs of Mt. Agung eruption into a tourism package. It indicates the absence of empathy among tourism circles to refugees. Amid the difficulty faced by the evacuees, tourism players even create a tour package whose purpose is to make tourists have fun. “Tour package is fun, while the evacuees keep worrying,” he said. According to him, by thinking of tourism package to attract more visitors to come to Bali is egoistic because it only thinks of selfinterest. He hoped such a tourism package should be delayed. “So far we forbid visitors to Mt. Agung, the government also forbids, we postpone saying prayers until the condition is safe, let alone be for tourism. Visitors are taken to Mt. Agung, while we are evacuated. What happens?” he concluded. Tourism players must understand psy-

chological condition of citizens having to leave their home, are unable to work, lose of materials and even some died. “Tourists should think how to raise aid for refugees, not only for now but also for the future,” said Sudiana who is also Chairman of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) Bali. The aid is not only in the form of materials but also moral assistance for refugees so they can feel comfortable and get entertained in the evacuation. So, their suffering can be better treated. He hoped there will be no more exploitation on Mt. Agung, Besakih and surrounding temples. This moment should be taken advantage for introspection and start a new phase in the life of Balinese people. The signs of Mt. Agung eruption can be interpreted as a warning from God. “With the presence of the current condition, we are reminded by Him that no matter how great a human is, he must always remember God,” he said. He hoped that no one will disturb the sanctity of Besakih Temple, the surrounding temples and Mt. Agung. It is the abode of Lord Pasupati, the ancestors and the gods so that people should think of, say and do goodness. “Mt. Agung is the uppermost of Bali and the highest place in Bali so that it must be well maintained. It is in line with the implementation of Wana Kerta and pakelem ceremony used to purify the location and

keep the environment,” he explained. Socially, this incident can also be interpreted as the time for people to unite and together to face challenges in this life. “We

are reminded by Him not to think only of money because with the signs of the eruption all the economic activities and others are stagnant,” he explained. (kmb42)

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Mount Agung, a volcano on the highest alert level, is seen as fishermen carry a boat onto the beach in Amed on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, September 28, 2017.

Buleleng–Denpasar gamelan contest

Presenting Dwi Mekar and Werdi Suaram Studio SINGARAJA - Buleleng as the birth place of gong kebyar starts to intensively stage accompanied with discussions related to history and the passage of the gamelan art heritage of this region. One of the performances is the Buleleng–Denpasar gamelan contest on Saturday night (Oct. 14) at Puri Seni Sesana Budaya, Singaraja. The staging took the theme of Recording the Past, Designing the Future initiated by the Mahima Institute. In the staging, the Dwi Mekar Studio of Singaraja presented gamelan composition entitled Bharata Yuda and Sari Anom, while the Werdi Suaram displayed the gamelan composition entitled Spring and Journey. The performance of both art studios was able to entertain the audience ranging from children to adults thronging the venue. Then, the discussion session featured three speakers namely Made Pasca Wiriastuta, Gede Olit Satria Kusuma Yuda (Dwi Mekar Studio) and Wayan Gede Yudane (Werdi Suaram). Discussions regarding the performance of both studios were also attended by the artists and modern artist activists. The officials attending the discussion were Chairman of the Buleleng House of Representatives, Gede Supriatna, and Head of the Buleleng Culture Agency, Putu Tastra Wijaya. Gede Olit Satria Kusuma Yuda said the staging of gamelan contest (mebarung) is the first time to be followed.

This happens because the chance to participate in contest is quite rare, and all this time the staging is only in the events initiated by local government or solo performance. After following the performance, this son of the bondres (comedy) artist (the late) Nyoman Durpa admitted the moment is very appropriate because as an artist he can become more familiar and play the gamelan composition created by the late maestro Gde Manik. He pointed out that Bharata Yuda gamelan composition created by Gde Manik is rarely performed. It does not necessarily mean that no one can play it, but the chance to play is quite rare. To that end, the performance of gamelan contests is very appropriate to share the insight and understand about the characteristics related to the arts created by Gde Manik. “This is not just a performance of playing gamelan, but as an artist this is a chance how we can understand and then get to know and explore the gamelan music of Buleleng having different characteristics,” he explained. Wayan Gede Yudane said the staging in Buleleng is moment to show off his work in composing different gamelan music from the ones born in Buleleng like the gong kebyar. He explained the works entitled Spring and Journey are with specialization of gamelan having experienced creative process through preparation of the distinctive tone.

Characteristic of these two gamelan compositions lies in the position of gamelan players when playing their respective roles. When playing, all the players and gamelan instrument are intertwined resulting in a beat better known as mecangkitan or mutually responding between the gamelan positions played. Nevertheless, the rhythm of gamelan music sounds beautiful with its own characteristics. “Both gamelan compositions we present are much different from the gong gebyar composition here. We create a unique gamelan composition like the works of Gde Manik with its own characteristics even though they are from the same area of origin,” he explained. In the meantime, Chairman of the Buleleng House of Representatives appreciated positively to the performance of gamelan contest. He said that it does not only show off the capability, but also promote the playing of gamelan music, so that Buleleng becoming the embryo of gong kebyar will be increasingly recognized and the works of great artist like Gde Manik can be remembered and not even buried by the onslaught of foreign arts. “We are proud and happy to have a performance like this. If we are unfamiliar with gamelan music, we can only watch. But if the staging is held more frequently, the gamelan art of our predecessors can be remembered through the staging like this,” he explained. (kmb38)

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

International

The US solar industry’s new growth region: Trump country

LOS ANGELES - President Donald Trump’s administration has vowed to revive the coal industry, challenged climate-change science and blasted renewable energy as expensive and dependent on government subsidies.

And yet the solar power industry is booming across Trump country, fueled by falling development costs and those same subsidies, which many Republicans in Congress continue to support. Data provided to Reuters by GTM Research, a clean energy market information firm, shows that eight of the 10 fastest-growing U.S. solar markets between the second quarters of 2016 and 2017 were Western, Midwestern or Southern states that voted for Trump, with Alabama and Mississippi topping the list. And solar firms are ramping up investments in these regions, signaling their faith that key renewable energy incentives will remain in place for years to come. The industry’s sunny outlook illustrates the complexity of green power politics in Washington and casts doubt on whether the administration can boost the coal and nuclear sectors while subsidies continue to the fuel growth of competing wind and solar. Solar expansion in the middle of the country is offsetting its slowing growth in the maturing California and Northeast markets. That marks a big shift for an industry that has historically relied on politically liberal coastal states where renewable energy development is mandated to combat air pollution and climate change. With falling development costs, solar firms now see strong prospects in conservative states with no such mandates. “Climate change has never come up in any discussion about why we would do a project,” said Matt Beasley, chief marketing officer for Silicon Ranch Corp, a solar developer based in Nashville, Tennessee. “It is always about the economics.” The estimated costs of solar power generation have dropped 85 percent since 2009, making its unsubsidized cost competitive with natural gas in the sunniest locations, according to a report by Lazard, an asset management firm. Still, the sector’s growth continues to rely on public support. The U.S. Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation earlier this year estimated that solar projects would receive $12.3 billion in tax breaks between 2016 and 2020. Trump has never specifically proposed repealing those incentives but has expressed skepticism about the viability of solar and wind, calling both “very, very expensive”. The president’s Energy Secretary Rick Perry last month

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The Apple One 4.9 MW solar project, built by Cypress Creek Renewables, is pictured in Newton, North Carolina, United States in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters March 28, 2017. called for new rules to subsidize coal and nuclear energy, arguing that the rise of weather-dependent solar and wind power would make the grid less reliable. This week, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency chief, Scott Pruitt, said during in a speech in Kentucky that he would scrap incentives for renewable energy firms and let them “stand on their own,” while acknowledging the decision rests with Congress. A White House official did not respond to a request for comment and clarification of the administration’s position on solar subsidies. But other Republicans are outspoken in their continuing support for the incentives, using an economic rather than environmental rationale. “The expansion of solar and other clean technologies has

created thousands of jobs and reduced emissions,” said Sen. Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican. “Once these technologies have reached a competitive position in the energy market, a gradual reduction in incentives is an appropriate way to approach their sustained growth.” Of the 10 states that installed the largest amounts of solar power over the past year, six were Republican-led, according to the GTM Research data. Of those, Utah, North Carolina and Texas each installed more than 1 gigawatt of solar, or enough to power about 700,000 homes. Industry players hope solar growth in states that form Trump’s political base will influence how he decides later this yar in a trade case they fear could lead to tariffs on solar panels imported to the U.S. (rtr)

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Russian army S-400 Triumph medium-range and long-range surface-to-air missile system rehearse before the World War II anniversary in Moscow.

Speaking to reporters as he returned on his plane from a trip to Ukraine and Serbia, Erdogan said there would be no joint production in the first stage of S-400 purchases, but in the second stage “God willing we will take joint production steps”, Haberturk reported. “In our talks with (Russia President Vladimir) Putin we are not thinking of stopping with the S-400s. We have had talks on the S-500s too,” he added, referring to a missile system currently under development.

Ankara’s decision to buy the S-400s has been seen in some Western capitals as a snub to NATO, given tensions with Moscow over Ukraine and Syria, while the deal raised concern because the weapons cannot be integrated into the alliance’s defences. However, NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said this week Turkey was not seeking to antagonise the U.S.-led alliance by purchasing the system and is in talks with France and Italy to buy similar weapons. (rtr)

BKSDA to make data collection on burned areas of nature park

BANGLI — Natural Resource Conservation Agency (BKSDA) for Region II Bali will conduct data collection on forest land area in Bukit Payang Nature Park that was on fire last Wednesday. BKSDA authority also plans to conduct rehabilitation in the burned forest areas.

Section Head of BKSDA Region II Bali, Sulistyo Widodo, said on Monday (Oct. 16) the fire hitting the Bukit Payang nature park area has caused dry grass growing in the area to be burned out. It is unknown exactly how many lands area burned and whether it included the trees growing in the area. “We will do data collection to know the burned area, including identifying how many trees burned due to the fire. Hopefully, no trees are burned,” he said. Sulistyo mentioned the trees growing in the area of Bukit Payang Nature Park all this time include several types of eucalyptus and pine. According to him, eucalyptus tree is strong enough to hold the fire, so there is a possibility only a little that died. He said if in the data collection later found many trees died due to the fire they will be rehabilitated by planting new tree seedlings in the area. However, the planting can be done if the rainy season has arrived. “It’s hard enough to plant in the area and take a long time to live,” he explained. To prevent the occurrence of forest fires, he admitted his agency has been quite frequent to make preventive efforts. Apart from patrolling, he also claimed to have regularly conducted dissemination to the community in order to jointly maintain the forest. Another effort is by installing warning signs so that people are careful to light a fire near the forest area. Regarding the exact cause of the fire last Wednesday, Sulistyo claimed not to know yet for sure whether it was caused by a throwing cigarette butt or burning activities committed by residents. In order not to prevent another similar fire incident his agency appealed to the entire community to always be vigilant and jointly safeguard the forest by not doing burning activities around the forest areas. As is known, the great fire had hit the forest area in Bukit Payang Nature Park at Batur village, Kintamani, on Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 11). The trigger of fire hitting tens of hectares of shrubs and trees in the forest area has not yet been known exactly. Fortunately, the blaze was successfully extinguished after the fire brigade, police and Indonesian Army personnel and other agencies were assisted by residents struggling for hours. At least three units of fire trucks were deployed to the location of fire incident. (kmb40)

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The fire hitting the Bukit Payang nature park area has caused dry grass growing in the area to be burned out.

Turkey’s Erdogan says no problem with Russian S-400 purchases - Haberturk

ISTANBUL - President Tayyip Erdogan said there was no problem with Turkey’s planned purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and talks have also been held on the S-500 system, Haberturk and other newspapers reported on Friday. His Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted on Monday as saying NATO member Turkey could seek a deal to acquire a missile defence system with another country if Russia does not agree to joint production of the defence shield.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Tirta Suganing at Tangkup hamlet

Believed to help heal some diseases

Tirta Suganing at Tangkup hamlet.

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GIANYAR — The opening of the road access connecting Tangkup to Timbul hamlet, Pupuan, Tegallalang, as the 100th Indonesian Army rural development program (TMMD) has strategic value in raising the potential of local area. One of them is the spring named Tirta Suganing at Tangkup hamlet. Local people believe if the water can help cure a number of diseases, especially the symptoms of mumps. “The shower here is believed by local residents and outsiders to have the efficacy of curing symptoms of thyroid disease. It is applied

by doing purificatory rite (melukat) at Tirta Suganing water shower,” said Made Musir, a resident who has been taking care of the existence of Tirta Suganing shower. Made Musir said on Monday (Oct. 16) that previously the Tirta Suganing was a cave. However, about five years ago a banyan tree grew from inside the cave. Currently, the root of banyan tree has covered the entrance into the cave. “No one dares to clean up because assuming the growth of the tree is the will of God,” said the man from Tangkup hamlet.

Musir conveyed that residents often do purificatory rite at Tirta Suganing on Kajeng Kliwon. Everyone who comes to do purificatory rite is forbidden to boast that the shower is small. “Formerly once happened, immediately the shower water is enlarged and muddy,” he said. In addition, if a black snake appears from within the cave, the activity should not be continued at that location. According to Musir, it indicates if the activity is not allowed by guardian of the Tirta Suganing. (kmb35)

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

International

Anti-corruption blogger killed by huge bomb in Malta

VALLETTA - Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta’s best-known investigative journalist, was killed on Monday when a powerful bomb blew up her car, police said, in a case that stunned the small Mediterranean island.

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The task of lifeguard is required to be alert in the face of any conditions occurred. He hoped the training could enhance the beach rescue team performance.

Lifeguard holds joint drill in Kuta

Assuring tourists to do water activities conveniently

MANGUPURA — Kuta Beach is famous for huge waves and strong underwater currents. Not infrequently tourists are trapped by the ocean currents threatening their safety of life. To that end, lifeguards need to provide assurance that tourists are comfortable when doing activities in the water. This was revealed by Head of the Badung Tourism Office, I Made Badra, when opening the joint training with the Badung Lifeguard (Balawista) on Kuta Beach, on Monday (Oct. 16). The training will be held for ten days on October 16-25. A total of 75 participants are involved in

the training. They are not only lifeguards but also business players of marine tourism and tourists.

According to Badra, such an activity is meant to educate, train and increase the participants’

insight as well as understanding on the characters of waters. Aside from being beach lifeguard, they are also expected to become a tourism ambassador. “They are expected to get knowledge on the rescue training on the beach. Besides, this training can also be applied in the swimming pool,”

he said. He said the task of lifeguard is required to be alert in the face of any conditions occurred. He hoped the training could enhance the beach rescue team performance. “In this activity, we bring in instructors from Australia and Malaysia,” he added. (kmb23)

Balinese architecture shifts to minimalist design DENPASAR — Balinese architecture beginning to shift to minimalist design is not a new issue. Although there have been various regulations governing the problem of Balinese architecture, in fact none has been able to stem the shift. Prior to resolving the problem on the enforcement of regional regulations, new challenges are now emerging with the presence of the Law on Architecture and the Law on Construction Services. “There has been a newly enacted Law on Architecture followed by the new Law on Construction Service. While our regional regulations still refers to the old law. Later maybe we can adjust, either by revising the regional regulation or else so the components of Balinese architecture can be better supervised,” said the Head of Bali Public Works and

Spatial Planning Agency, I Nyoman Astawa Riadi, in Denpasar, on Monday (Oct. 16). According to Astawa Riadi, the architects in Bali actually play a very significant role in maintaining the typical Balinese architecture. However, people today tend to prefer minimalist design for their building considering the available land is quite limited this time. In addition, minimalist option also requires less cost. “Balinese style building needs quite high operational and maintenance costs. To avoid such constraint, there will be surely a breakthrough in the future. Architects will be thinking in accordance with the development,” he added. The regional regulation (Perda) on building, continued Astawa Riadi,

actually has covered the requirements on the height of the building and the architecture either it is the regional regulation of buildings in district / municipality or province. Only, the provincial government is reminding and coordinating with district / municipality because the permission such as IMB (building permit) is issued by the district / municipal government. “Everyone should really obey the existing rules,” he explained. Astawa Riadi hoped the architects will remain to refer to geomancy of Balinese architecture better known as the asta kosala kosali. Even though it is unable to display as whole as the buildings in countryside, at least it presents Balinese ornaments. When interviewed separately, Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Architects (IAI) Bali, I Kadek

Pranajaya, said the typical Balinese architecture should always evolve with the times. It includes the materials used that must always be updated, but still refers to local regulations. It is mainly in realizing Balinese architecture that combines traditional and modern elements. “For example, currently it’s hard to find bricks and it disrupts the environment and so on. There may be materials that we can use as in the airport like the glassfiber reinforced concrete (GRC),” he said. In this case, continued Pranajaya, it requires cooperation between material experts and campus to conduct a research. It is meant to produce a material with the nuance and ornaments in accordance with Balinese architecture. However, legally it does not break the law. (kmb32)

Caruana Galizia, 53, ran a hugely popular blog in which she relentlessly highlighted cases of alleged high-level corruption targeting politicians from across party lines. “There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate,” she wrote in a blog published on her site just half an hour before an explosion tore into her car. Locals said Caruana Galizia had just left her house and was on a road near the village of Bidnija in northern Malta when the bomb detonated, sending her car flying into an adjacent field. Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, who faced accusations of wrong-doing by Caruana Galizia earlier this year, denounced her killing, calling it a “barbaric attack on press freedom”. He announced that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had agreed to help local police investigate the killing and was flying experts to the island as soon as possible. “I will not rest until I see justice done in this case,” he said in a statement, calling for national unity. Around 3,000 people held a silent, candle-lit vigil on Tuesday evening in Sliema, just outside Valletta. The hashtag Je Suis Daphne circulated widely among social

media users on the island of 400,000 people, the European Union’s smallest state. “Everyone knows Caruana Galizia was a harsh critic of mine, both politically and personally, but nobody can justify this barbaric act in any way,” Muscat said. “The only remedy for anyone who felt slandered was through the courts.” Muscat sued Caruana Galizia after she wrote blogs earlier this year saying his wife was the beneficial owner of a company in Panama, and that large sums of money had been moved between the company and bank accounts in Azerbaijan. Both Muscat and his wife denied the accusations. Looking for a vote of confidence to counter the allegations, Muscat called snap elections in June which he easily won. Recently, Caruana Galizia’s outspoken blog had turned its fire on opposition politicians. Malta Television reported that Caruana Galizia had filed a complaint to the police two weeks ago to say she had received threats. It gave no further information. “POLITICAL MURDER” Opposition leader Adrian Delia said the blogger was the victim of a “political murder”. “Caruana Galizia revealed the Panama Papers and was the

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government’s strongest critic,” he said, calling for a independent probe of her killing. “We will not accept an investigation by the Commissioner of Police, the Army commander or the duty magistrate, all of whom were at the heart of criticism by Caruana Galizia,” he said. WikiLeaks founder Julian

Assange said he would offer a 20,000 euro ($23,578.00) reward for information leading to the conviction of Caruana Galizia’s killers, and European politicians expressed dismay at her death. Frans Timmermans, first vice president of the European Commission, tweeted that he was “shocked and outraged”, adding

that “if journalists are silenced our freedom is lost”. Manfred Weber, head of the conservative bloc in the European Parliament, said the killing marked “a dark day for democracy”. Caruana Galizia took aim at politicians and senior officials from across Malta, seeing the island as a hotbed of corruption. (rtr)

Japanese PM Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine for war dead

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Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia poses outside the Libyan Embassy in Valletta April 6, 2011. Investigative journalist Caruana Galizia was killed after a powerful bomb blew up a car killing her in Bidnija, Malta, in October 16, 2017. Picture taken April 6, 2011.

Japanese Shinto priests attend a ritual during an autumn festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan October 17, 2017.

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the Yasukuni Shrine for war dead, seen in China and the two Koreas as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism, to mark its annual autumn festival, the shrine said on Tuesday. Abe was expected to refrain from visiting the shrine during the festival, which will last until Friday, the Nikkei business daily and Kyodo news agency reported. He is scheduled to visit northern Japan, Akita prefecture and Yamagata prefecture, for an election campaign stump on Tuesday, Kyodo news said.

His ruling coalition is on track for a big win in Sunday’s general election - even though almost half the country’s voters don’t want him to keep his job, a media survey showed on Monday. Abe’s snap election comes amid heightened global tensions following North Korea’s nuclear tests and missile launches, which prompted the U.N. Security Council to impose fresh sanctions. Health Minister Katsunobu Kato also sent an ritual offering to the shrine, a spokesperson for the shrine said. Past visits to Yasukuni by Japanese leaders have outraged Beijing

and Seoul because it honours 14 Japanese leaders convicted by an Allied tribunal as war criminals, along with Japan’s war dead. Abe has only visited the shrine in person once, in December 2013, since becoming premier the previous year. Rather than attend in person, Abe sends a ritual offering on several occasions in an effort to improve ties with China and South Korea, which have been strained by territorial and other disputes. Japan, China and South Korea are trying to hold a summit meeting this year, the Nikkei business said. (rtr)

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Abstract is?”” at Bentara Budaya Bali

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How perspective is formed

Abstract art arguably started with the early explorations of Braque and Picasso with what came to be called cubism. Breaking apart the different elements that make up the two dimensional space of representational paintings, cubist works started to refer to the painted space itself rather than the subject being represented. Picasso himself never moved into pure abstraction but interestingly, he did end up looking to what is called ‘primitive art’ for inspiration for the massive volume of work that he created over his life.

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Airbus takes control of Bombardier CSeries in rebuff to U.S. threat

MONTREAL/PARIS - Airbus SE has agreed to buy a majority stake in Bombardier Inc’s CSeries jetliner program, giving a powerful boost to the Canadian plane and train maker in its costly trade dispute with Boeing Co. The deal, which would come at no cost for Europe’s largest aerospace group, would give Airbus a 50.01 percent interest in CSeries Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP), which manufactures and sells the jets, the companies said. While Bombardier will lose control of a plane program developed at a cost of $6 billion, it gives the CSeries improved economies of scale, a better sales network and, crucially, could change the power balance in the trade dispute with Boeing. The 110-to-130 seat plane, which has not secured a new order in 18 months and is being threatened by a possible 300 percent duty on U.S. imports, would be built for U.S. airlines at Airbus’s Alabama assembly plant, circumventing any import penalties in a move that apparently caught Boeing off guard. Bombardier said the partnership should more than double the value of the CSeries program. “Bombardier no longer has control of this jet, but then again, it’s better to have a 30 percent share of a very successful program than to struggle with a highly risky program that was perhaps too big for them from the start,” said aerospace analyst Richard Aboulafia. Canadian Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, who must decide whether to approve the deal, said in a statement that “on the surface, Bombardier’s new proposed part-

nership ... would help position the CSeries for success”. Boeing - which is also locked in a separate 13-year trade dispute with Airbus - said it was a “questionable deal” between two of its subsidized competitors. At 0815 GMT, Airbus shares were up 2.5 percent at 78.96 euros, the biggest rise by a European blue-chip stock. STRATEGIC DECISION Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders said the company, based in Toulouse, France, had offered to assemble some of the narrowbody jets at its U.S. plant in Alabama for orders by U.S. carriers. The U.S. assembly line would mean the jets would not be subject to possible U.S. anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duties of 300 percent, Bombardier Chief Executive Alain Bellemare said on a media conference call. Bellemare called the deal with Airbus, which was first attempted unsuccessfully in 2015, a “strategic” decision that is expected to close in the second half of 2018. “We’re doing this deal here not because of this Boeing petition.

We are doing this deal because it is the right strategic move for Bombardier,” Bellemare said, referring to Boeing’s complaint that the Canadian firm received illegal subsidies and dumped CSeries planes at “absurdly low” prices. A Boeing spokesman dismissed the agreement as a “questionable deal between two state-subsidized competitors” to try to skirt a recent U.S. trade finding against the CSeries. In February, the Canadian government announced C$372.5 million ($297 million) in repayable loans for the CSeries and another Bombardier jet program. The Airbus investment does not place any more financial burdens on Ottawa, two sources close to the case said on Monday. The sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media, also said the deal would have no effect on a separate dispute between Canada and Boeing over a proposed purchase of 18 Super Hornet jets. Ottawa has frozen contacts with Boeing’s military wing until the company drops its challenge against the CSeries. Bombardier

said the deal would not result in job losses and would keep the head office in Montreal. Unions said the deal would benefit the program. “Ultimately, the U.S. actions have created a stronger Bombardier,” said Jerry Dias, president of Unifor, which represents some of Bombardier’s unionized workers in Canada. The Boeing-Bombardier dispute has snowballed into a bigger multilateral trade dispute, with British Prime Minister Theresa May asking U.S. President Donald Trump to intervene in order to save British jobs. Bombardier is the largest manufacturing employer in Northern Ireland. May’s Conservatives are dependent on the support of the small Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) party for their majority in parliament. BOOST FOR BELFAST British Business Secretary Greg Clark welcomed the Airbus deal with Bombardier, saying Britain would work closely with the firms to protect its interests and the leader of the Northern Irish party propping up May’s minority government said it was “incredibly significant news” for Belfast. Talks for the deal between Airbus and Bombardier first started in August. Enders said the deal was different from an earlier round of talks in 2015, when he

abruptly ordered an end to negotiations. He said the CSeries’ has since been certified, entered service and was performing well. “It’s an entirely different situation,” he said. Delta Air Lines Inc, which ordered 75 CSeries planes, said after the announcement that it looked forward to introducing the planes into its fleet. The deal could also drive Boeing closer together with Brazil’s Embraer, with which it already cooperates. Embraer’s E2 jet is one of the main potential losers from the CSeries deal. “The world has two top-tier airframers, and two second-tier airframers,” said Teal Group analyst Richard Aboulafia. “Airbus and Bombardier are now allies. This greatly increases the likelihood of a stronger BoeingEmbraer alliance as a response.” Under the deal, Bombardier will own about 31 percent, while Investissement Québec, the investment arm of the province of Quebec, will hold 19 percent. In 2015, Quebec took a 49 percent stake in the CSeries program for $1 billion, although its stake was more recently diluted to 38 percent. Quebec’s largest pension fund, which holds a 30 percent stake in Bombardier’s rail division, said the decision strengthened the company and improved its growth prospects.(rtr)

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One of the things that is interesting about this is that so-called ‘primitive art’ refers to the unseen forces that take form rather that serve as a literal representation of the seen world of form. It is also interesting that cubism arguably led to further explorations into abstraction from artists interested in the formal aspects of painting as well as artists seeking to express something of the spiritual by deliberately not representing known forms. The academic study of Art history is marked by a distinct prejudice in favour of art from Europe and America, often overlooking the history of art from other places except in so far as they have influenced European and American art. European and American art have of course also influenced art in other parts of the world, however even in the case of abstract art -that ultimately seeks to refer to universal forces, how artists from different parts of the world create abstract art is naturally influenced by the particular cultural relationship they have to the creation of art and their place in the global art world. ‘Abstract is?’, now showing at Bentara Budaya Bali, features art works by 7 young Balinese artists who are dedicated to abstract painting: Kadek Darma Negara, Made Kenak Dwi Adnyana, I Komang Trisno Adi Wirawan, Tien Hong, Ketut Agus Murdika, I Putu Sastra Wibawa, and I Wayan Piki

Suyestra. Each of the artists takes their own approach to abstraction, exploring different themes and each has their own reason for choosing to express themselves in this nonfigurative visual language. Some are more focused on the formal elements of painting while others monist this drop choose abstraction as a way to express the unseen. Although there is a conspicuous lack of Balinese iconography in all of their works, this is not to say that their background as Balinese artists does not inform their work. Art in Bali was until relatively recently exclusively produced in the context of religion-spiritual practices. The very intimate relationship that Balinese religious customs have with the creation of art cannot be overlooked in the reading of these young artists abstract works. How much they are inspired by global art trends, formal art history, the spirituality of art, Balinese customary traditions of art production and contemporary visuality cannot be calculated or proven. What is more certain is that the context in which these abstract paintings were produced and all the things that inform their perspectives, certainly give new meaning to a form of artistic expression that has been around for sometime and which continues to inspire both painters and art lovers, with its openness to interpretation. Abstract is? will be on display at Bentara Budaya Bali, Jalan Ida Bagus Mantra, Denpasar, until October 22nd, 2017. (kmb)

Pepes Telengis, a Delicious Balinese Traditional Menu If you are traditional foodies, try to taste the delicious pepes telengis, a traditional Balinese menu with main ingredient of telengis (remaining coconut oil deposits). It is byproduct traditionally coconut oil processing. Balinese cuisine has been popular since the past because it tastes good, nutritious and quite cheap. Although tasting just a little, it will feel very prominent, so a pack of pepes telengis is usually eaten with a plate of rice. Pepes telengis has distinctive aromas and flavors. In the dough, it is usually combined with green leaves and herbs, such as sweet leaf and moringa leaves containing chlorophyll, calcium, vitamin C and others. It can

also be mixed with other types of vegetables, so that it feels better. If you like meat, the pepes telengis is usually mixed with pindang or salted fish. This traditional menu is very close to the life of farmers at villages. Few children and teenagers are willing to consume it. Pepes telengis will be better when eaten in warm condition. In the past, pepes telengis can only be found in food stalls at villages. Sometimes, it is also sold in traditional markets along with porridge or cassava rice. Old people used to live in rural areas will miss enjoying this pepes wrapped in banana leaf. Fortunately, pepes telengis can now be found in urban areas. “I often send

pepes telengis to Denpasar. It happens there is an order. Thus, almost every day I make pepes telengis,” said Mrs. Tini, a farmer from Tabanan who used to make pepes telengis. This menu is fairly healthy because it uses natural ingredient without chemicals. Coconut oil deposit as the main ingredient is the leftover of coconut oil processing, so it is taken advantage for food in the form of pepes telengis. The ingredients are telengis, sweet leaf or moringa leaf and banana leaf used to wrap it. Meanwhile, the spices are onion, garlic, chili, turmeric, ginger, shrimp paste and salt to taste. READ Wow ... Luscious Duck with Spices Awaits You

Before making it, it may be necessary to look at the nanusin (oil making) process that can produce telengis. First of all, make coconut milk from dry or even old coconut. Because the coconut is old, it will usually produce more oil. When making coconut milk, please begin with grating the coconut. The type of coconut for oil is different from the one for cake. Then, squeeze, so that it can produce coconut milk. On the first squeeze, do it without water, while the second use water to help. The coconut milk is then fried. In addition to reducing water content, it is also meant to separate the clump of protein. The protein clumps will form

a deposit at the bottom of pan. This deposit is called telengis. The oil is then poured into a bottle or other container. The deposit of coconut milk is then filtered by using a cloth or a filter with a fine hole that can also collect the deposit of coconut milk, telengis. How to prepare it? At first, ground all the spices until becoming smooth. Then, add telengis and mix well. Combine the sweet leaf or moringa leaf and then cook it until well done. Wrap it with banana leaf in tubular shape and lock each tip with bamboo stick. After that, steam until cooked, and then bake it. Well, after generating a distinctive aroma, take out. Now, it is ready to serve. (kmb)

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Spain High Court jails two Catalan separatist leaders pending investigation

MADRID - Spain moved closer on Monday to imposing central rule over Catalonia to thwart its independence push as Madrid’s High Court signalled a hardening line by jailing the leaders of two of the largest separatist organizations.

In the first imprisonment of senior secessionist figures since Catalonia’s Oct. 1 independence referendum, the court ordered the heads of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Omnium held without bail pending an investigation for alleged sedition. Prosecutors say that the ANC’s Jordi Sanchez and Omnium’s Jordi Cuixart played central roles in orchestrating pro-independence protests that last month trapped national police inside a Barcelona building and destroyed their vehicles. Around 200 people flocked to the Catalan government’s headquarters in Barcelona in a peaceful show of support for both men, with some chanting “Freedom” and waving “Democracy” banners. The ANC, which has organised protests of hundreds of thousands of secessionists in the past, called for further peaceful demonstrations around Catalonia on Tuesday. Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont commented on Twitter: “Spain jails Catalonia’s civil society leaders for organising peaceful demonstrations. Sadly, we have political prisoners again” -- an allusion to Spain’s military dictatorship under Francisco Franco. The High Court also banned the Catalan police chief, Josep Lluis Trapero, from leaving Spain and seized his passport while he is being investigated over the same incident, though it did not order his arrest. Last Tuesday, Puigdemont stepped back from asking the Catalan parliament to vote on independence, instead making a symbolic declaration and calling for negotiations on the region’s future. In a confrontation viewed with mounting alarm in

European capitals and financial markets, Puigdemont failed on Monday to respond to Madrid’s ultimatum to clarify whether he had declared unilateral independence in a speech last week. He now has until Thursday to back down. In a letter to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Puigdemont gave no direct answer on the independence issue, instead making a “sincere and honest” offer for dialogue over the next two months. In reply, Rajoy said Puigdemont’s stance had brought Madrid closer to triggering Article 155 of the constitution, under which it can impose direct rule on any of the country’s 17 autonomous communities if they break the law. The Catalan government’s campaign to break away from Spain has pitched the country into its worst political crisis since an abortive coup attempt in 1981. On Monday the economy ministry told the EU that it had slashed its economic growth forecasts for next year partly due to the situation. The Catalan government says 90 percent of voters in the referendum backed a breakaway, but turnout was only 43 percent as most opponents of independence in the region boycotted the vote, already declared illegal by Spain’s Constitutional Court. Thousands have demonstrated in Barcelona and other Spanish cities both for and against independence. So far the crisis has been largely violence-free, except for the day of the referendum when national police assaulted voters with batons and rubber bullets. The High Court ruled that Trapero, the Catalan police chief, would have his passport withdrawn but rejected a request from the state prosecutor for him to be held in custody. Trapero is a hero to the secessionists after his force took a much softer stance than national police in enforcing the ban on the referendum. Prosecutors say he failed to give orders to rescue national police trapped inside the Barcelona building. (rtr)

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Jordi Cuixart (L), leader of Omnium Cultural, and Jordi Sanchez of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC), arrive to the High Court in Madrid, Spain, October 16, 2017.

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U.S. President Donald Trump salutes as he boards Air Force One as he departs for Greenville, South Carolina, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., October 16, 2017.

Trump declares Obamacare ‘dead,’ urges Democratic help for short-term fix

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday declared Obamacare “dead” and “gone,” but urged Republicans and Democrats in Congress to craft a short-term fix of healthcare markets under the 7-year-old law that critics say he has effectively sabotaged. “It’s dead. It’s gone. It’s no longer - you shouldn’t even mention. It’s gone,” Trump said of former Democratic President Barack Obama’s signature 2010 healthcare law that Republicans have repeatedly tried and failed to repeal. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said: “I think we’ll have a short-term fix with Republicans and Democrats getting together.” Trump also said he would work to lower prescription drug prices, which he said were “out of control.” He did not provide details. Last week, the Republican president said he would stop Obamacare’s federal subsidy payments to insurers, which are designed to help lower-income people afford health insurance. Trump said that in stopping the subsidies, he was cutting off the “gravy train” for insurers. But Democrats and some Republicans said Trump’s move to cancel the payments would hurt poor and middle-class people and cause premiums to soar. Democratic attorneys general from 18 states as well as Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit in federal court in California on Friday to preserve the payments. Trump vowed during his 2016 presidential campaign to kill Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, but his fellow Republicans in Congress have been unable to pass legislation to replace it with a more limited healthcare program. Republicans call Obamacare intrusive and ineffective. Democrats defend the law, saying it extended health insurance to millions of Americans. (rtr)

With paper in hand, Indonesian maids fight exploitation KUALA LUMPUR - Like millions of Indonesian women who earn a living through domestic work, Leni Suryani thought that long hours for a meagre salary was just the lot of a maid. But a pilot training scheme for domestic workers helped her improve her skills and earn a certificate, giving her the confidence to ask for a higher salary. “I have been a domestic helper for 15 years, I didn’t think this piece of paper is important, I was wrong,” said the 33-year-old mother, who worked as a maid in Singapore and Malaysia for six years before returning to Indonesia in 2003.

Suryani is one the first graduates from the training which aims to enhance domestic workers’ skills and win recognition for their work as a profession in a bid to fight exploitation and modern slavery. While Indonesia is a major provider of maids for places like Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Middle East, some four million Indonesian women are also employed in households locally to cook, clean or to look after children and the elderly. Maids account for the biggest group of Indonesian women who work. Despite this, they are not considered formal workers, leaving them vulnerable to abuses and unprotected under local labour laws. Excessive working hours, lack of a formal contract, unpaid wages are just some of the most common abuses Indonesian domestic helpers face, according to campaigners. Unlike their counterparts who work overseas, who must go through extensive training regulated by the government, there are no such provisions for local maids. Suryani said she brushed up her skills on cooking different cuisines, housekeeping and childcare during her training, as well as learning English and using computers. At the end of the 200-hour course last year and after a test, she received a certificate given by a national professional certification board that recognised her skills. “It taught me how to work more efficiently,” Suryani told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone

from Jakarta. “My employer, an American expatriate family, was happy with the certificate I got and the way I work, it gave me confidence to ask for a higher salary and they agreed.” OVERWORKED, UNDERPAID, UNPROTECTED

The International Labour Organization (ILO), which runs the training with local workers’ groups, said about 200 women have been trained in different batches since 2016, with the most recent group of 40 completing their course in August this year. Its national advocacy specialist, Irfan Afandi, said domestic work is poorly regulated in Indonesia, and most maids are overworked, underpaid and unprotected. Some earn as little as the equivalent of $150 each month. “The laws don’t see them as formal workers and many maids themselves are unaware of what exploitation is,” Afandi said. “They think working from 6am to 8pm is normal and they should do anything they are told - from cooking to car washing and gardening. There is no clear scope of their job.” Globally over 40 million people are trapped as slaves last year in forced labour and forced marriages, new estimates by key anti-slavery groups last month showed. This includes those who work as domestic workers, and Asia Pacific has the second-highest prevalence of modern slavery after Africa. Widespread abuses and near slave-like living conditions of Indonesian women who work abroad as domestic helpers have captured the media limelight in the past but such mistreatment within Indonesia often gets less attention. The ILO’s training not only teaches domestic workers skills, but also educates them on workers’ rights. “They are confident because now they are professional domestic workers. They learnt the skills, it increases their employability and prospects for better work conditions,” Afandi said. For Suryani, the certificate help to break the stereotype that her work is “unskilled” and only meant for the poor and uneducated. She is now volunteering to train other domestic workers and pass on what she has learnt. “I am a proud domestic worker,” she said. (rtr)

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Let’s Have Sightseeing to Tamanbali Village BANGLI - Potential of nature tourism is not only owned by North Bangli like Kintamani area. Tamanbali village located in South Bangli also has similar potential. Moreover, it has drawn the interest of domestic and foreign travelers as holiday destination. Headman of Tamanbali, I Dewa Gede Ngurah Oka, said that natural attractions in the region, including Kuning waterfall located at Kuning hamlet and eleven showers at Guliang Kangin hamlet. Kuning waterfall is located about 500 meters from the center of the Kuning hamlet. When holiday season arrives, tourist visit is quite crowded. Aside

from youngsters, this 35-meter high waterfall is also visited by children and older people. In addition to taking pictures, visitors can also bathe in the stream of waterfalls and rivers nearby. In the meantime, the eleven showers are often taken advantage for malukat or purificatory rite. It is also believed to be able to provide relief. “Guliang Kangin has become a tourism village. There are also plowing attraction,” said Oka. Tourism development, he said, will also be carried out at Taman Narmada Bali Raja. This quite large pond object is believed to have existed before the establish-

ment of the Tamanbali Kingdom. In addition, he intended to make a jogging track around Melangit River. “All the potentials are very suitable to be developed to support the other tourist attractions, where one of which is the Taman Nusa in Gianyar,” he said. To support the plan, the headman who is also a puppeteer said that his village has been designated as eco-awareness village. With this status, the action of environmental care continues to be carried out with the involvement of the whole society. “The village is also equipped with a waste bank,” he concluded. (kmb)

Froome faces Dumoulin duel in 2018 Tour route full of surprises

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Joshua to face Takam in title defence after Pulev withdraws

PARIS - Tom Dumoulin should be Chris Froome’s main rival as the Briton targets a record-equalling fifth title in the 2018 Tour de France, the route for which was unveiled on Tuesday. Dutchman Dumoulin won the Giro d’Italia this year before Froome claimed a fourth Tour triumph, both relying mainly on their timetrialling qualities. Next year’s Tour will feature a 35km team time trial in Cholet and could be decided in a hilly 31km individual effort against the clock on the penultimate day in the Basque country. “A contest between Chris Froome and Tom Dumoulin, two riders with similar qualities, wouldn’t displease me,” said Tour director Christian Prudhomme. “It would force one of the two to try something different in order to surprise the other. “We’re looking at a new generation that wants to entertain. I think that if Christopher Froome is up against Tom Dumoulin they will want to do that. They will be more or less equal in the time trials. That’s something very exciting.” There will be many challenges on the course, however, with 21.7 kilometres on cobbles on the ninth stage to Roubaix, where the Queen of the Classics, also known as the “Hell of the North” finishes each year. That will be followed by a rest day before the riders tackle three punishing stages in the Alps with a summit finish at top of the iconic Alpe d’Huez. “That’s a special challenge for the riders as they will need to switch from flat-stage mode to mountain-stage mode,” Tour competitions director Thierry Gouvenou told Reuters. The course is full of surprises, with a 1.9-km gravel path at the top of the Plateau des Glieres in the first Alpine stage, which will take the peloton from Annecy to Le Grand Bornand. One of the trickiest stages might be the 17th from Bagneres de Luchon to Saint-Lary Soulan as it is only 65 kilometres long, making it very hard to control for the favourites. It will be the Tour’s shortest stage since 1971. The race is likely to be decided in the 20th stage, a 31-km hilly individual time trial. Dumoulin is the reigning time trial world champion, both individually and with his Sunweb team, but Team Sky’s Froome has experience on his side. (rtr)

CARDIFF - Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will defend his IBF world title against Carlos Takam after Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev withdrew due to a shoulder injury. The 28-year-old will take on Frenchman Takam in Cardiff on Oct. 28, in his first bout since defeating Wladimir Klitschko to win the WBA title in April. “I received a call from Kalle Sauerland ... to inform me that Pulev had injured his shoulder and maybe ruled out of the fight – this was later confirmed by his doctor,” promoter Eddie Hearn

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said in a statement. “IBF rules state that the mandatory will go to the next fighter in line which is Carlos Takam.” Takam is ranked third in the IBF rankings and Hearn believes Joshua will face a tough challenge against the 36-year-old. “It’s a difficult position for AJ having prepared meticulously for the style and height of Pulev, he

now faces a completely different style and challenge in Takam – this hasn’t happened in his career before but he is ready,” Hearn added. Joshua is undefeated in 19 fights since turning professional in 2013 and will face Cuban Luis Ortiz, the mandatory challenger for his WBA title, after the Takam fight. (rtr)

Tiger cleared by doctors to return to golf: ESPN

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CALIFORNIA - Tiger Woods has been cleared to resume full golf activity with no restrictions by the doctor that performed back surgery on the 14-time major champion in April, ESPN reported on Monday. The 41-year-old American has only played six competitive rounds in the past two years while trying to recover from multiple back

surgeries. “He got a nice report and is allowed to proceed,” Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg said in the report. “He can do as much as he needs to do. Tiger is going to take this very, very slowly. This is good, but he plans to do it the right way.” Steinberg did not immediately return a request for comment. The American former world

number one won the last of his 14 major titles in 2008 and late last month suggested he may never return to competitive golf but also said he was “optimistic” he could. Woods has posted a series of videos on Twitter recently while hitting a variety of shots, including one on Sunday showing him hitting a driver under the caption “Making Progress.” (rtr)

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Sp rt Mahrez rescues point for Leicester in 1-1 draw with West Brom

R i ya d M a h r e z re s c u e d a point for Leicester City who came from behind to draw 1-1 with West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Monday, as both teams’ search for a first league win in almost two months continued.

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The Algerian cancelled out Nacer Chadli’s stunning free kick with his first league goal of the season to make sure the points were shared at the King Power Stadium. Each side’s last Premier League win came in August and so both were looking to kick start their season after the international break. The first half passed by largely without incident, with only Danny Simpson drawing a good save from West Brom’s Boaz Myhill, who was featuring in his first league game since April 2016. The second period started more energetically, with Jamie Vardy being awarded a foul after colliding at full speed just outside the area with the on-rushing Myhill. It was the visitors who broke the deadlock, however, with Belgian Chadli, in his first league start of the season, curling in a stunning free kick 25 metres out shortly after the hour mark. The hosts rallied and were rewarded for their efforts as the clock ticked down. Mahrez, who was guilty of missing a sitter earlier in the second half, showed exquisite control to grab the equaliser with 10 minutes remaining. The Algerian received a headed ball from compatriot Islam Slimani and controlled it with his chest before hitting it on the half-volley. Leicester could not find another breakthrough and Tony Pulis’s men held on for a draw, which meant that the 2016 champions remained in 18th place, with six points from eight games. West Brom moved up one position to 10th. “We’re disappointed,” Pulis told Sky Sports. “It’s a very, very tough league. Every team you play, if you take the top six out of it, from them downwards there’s not a lot between them.” (rtr)

In-form Watford can beat Chelsea, says Cleverley Watford’s strong start to the Premier League has boosted their team spirit and given them the confidence to beat champions Chelsea on Saturday, midfielder Tom Cleverley has said. After finishing 17th in the league last season, Watford have started under new manager Marco Silva with four wins and three draws in eight fixtures to climb into the league’s

top four. Cleverley, who scored the winner against fellow top four contenders Arsenal last weekend, said the team can continue their recent form and challenge for a win at Stamford Bridge. “I really feel we are building something here,” Cleverley told the club’s website. (www. watfordfc.com) “Why not go and

beat Chelsea? We go there with confidence.” Watford skipper Troy Deeney, who also opened his goalscoring account against Arsenal, praised Cleverley for his impact this season and said the England international deserved his goal as a reward. “Tom has been our best player by a mile,” Deeney said. “(Abdoulaye) Doucoure has got all

the credit for scoring but Tom has been different class. I’m absolutely buzzing for him to get that goal.” Forward Deeney also credited his team mates for their record of three wins in their last five league games. “It’s been a great start to the

season,” Deeney added. “We’ve got a great bunch and we are building something really good. “We’ve got great belief and it shows we keep going and how fit we are. The lads off the bench are making a big difference; it’s a massive team effort.” (rtr)

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HONG KONG - Former Australia coach Pim Verbeek has warned the Socceroos to expect the worst when they travel to Honduras for the first leg of their intercontinental qualifying match for next year’s World Cup finals in November. Ange Postecoglou’s team face off against the Hondurans, who finished fourth in North and Central America’s qualifying campaign, having narrowly defeated Syria in an Asian playoff last week. The winners over two legs will go into the Dec. 1 draw for Russia and Verbeek, who took Australia to the finals in 2010, believes the challenge facing the Socceroos will be unlike any they have previously encountered. “The Australians will find it very different to many of the places they’ve been,” Verbeek, who is currently coaching Oman’s national team, told Reuters. “The closest comparison is to Uruguay, when they went there in 2005, but it’s worse. “It’s a long journey too, they’ll probably have to fly to Miami and then down to Honduras. Then they have to go back, so it’s going to be a tough challenge with no real time for preparation because the distances are so big. “It’s going to be hard.” Football Federation Australia (FFA) are reported in local media to be looking at hiring a charter plane to get the team to and from Central America, as they did for the trip to Syria. Verbeek has first-hand experience of taking a team to San Pedro Sula, where the first leg will be played on Nov. 10, having travelled with the Netherlands Antilles to the Honduran capital to play a World Cup qualifying match in 2004. The Caribbean side lost that game to the Bora Milutinovic-coached Hondurans to exit qualifying for Germany 2006. Then, as now, the situation in the country was fraught with security issues. Honduras currently boasts the highest murder rate in the world, according to the Central Intelligence Agency, while Australia’s department of foreign affairs advises travellers visiting the country to “exercise a high degree of caution”. “Honduras is not the safest place,” said Verbeek. “I was there quite a few years ago when I was coach of the Dutch Antilles, we played a World Cup match there and it was dangerous. “We had a truck in front of our team bus and one behind with heavily armed guards every time we travelled and we were told that we were never to leave the hotel.” The second leg will be played at Sydney’s Olympic Stadium on Nov. 15. (rtr)

Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren has accused Romelu Lukaku of deliberately kicking him in the face in the goalless Premier League draw with Manchester United on Saturday. Lukaku’s heel struck Lovren below his left eye after the Croatian’s challenge on him before halftime and the Football Association backed referee Martin Atkinson’s decision by taking no further action against Lukaku. “I made a tackle and felt he was over me and he could just have moved away,” Lovren told a news

conference ahead of Liverpool’s Champions league game against Maribor in Slovenia. “My honest view is that he did it on purpose. It was on the face. “If he did it normally, you would apologise after that. I saw that he was nervous during the game so maybe that was the reason. “That is what happens on a pitch. It is over. I cannot change it. It is what it is now. That’s football.” Liverpool are third in Group E behind Sevilla and Spartak Moscow after two draws from their two games. (rtr)

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U.S. President Donald Trump salutes as he boards Air Force One as he departs for Greenville, South Carolina, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., October 16, 2017.

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Japanese Shinto priests attend a ritual during an autumn festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan October 17, 2017.

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Russian army S-400 Triumph medium-range and long-range surface-to-air missile system rehearse before the World War II anniversary in Moscow.

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The fire hitting the Bukit Payang nature park area has caused dry grass growing in the area to be burned out.

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keep the environment,” he explained. Socially, this incident can also be interpreted as the time for people to unite and together to face challenges in this life. “We

are reminded by Him not to think only of money because with the signs of the eruption all the economic activities and others are stagnant,” he explained. (kmb42)

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