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Alec Baldwin defends film maker Woody Allen as Hollywood backs away LOS ANGELES - Actor Alec Baldwin on Tuesday expressed support for film maker Woody Allen as a growing number of entertainment industry stars seek to distance themselves from the “Annie Hall” director as part of the Time’s Up campaign against sexual misconduct. Baldwin, who appeared in three of Allen’s films, said on Twitter that the renunciation of the director and his work was “unfair and sad to me.”

Baldwin said working with Allen was “one of the privileges of my career.” Allen has repeatedly denied decades-old accusations that he molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was seven years old in the early 1990s.

But sentiment has turned against him during the sexual misconduct scandal sweeping Hollywood that has led to dozens of successful men being forced to resign or being dropped from projects.

“I am credible, and I am telling the truth, and I think it’s important that people realize that one victim,

one accuser, matters. And that they are enough to change things,” Farrow said in an advance excerpt from a television interview due to be broadcast on the CBS show “This Morning” on Thursday. Baldwin said he did not intend to “dismiss or ignore such complaints.”

“But accusing people of such crimes should be treated carefully,” he added. Representatives of Allen did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. The director has never been charged with a crime. Allen, 82, won Oscars for the films “Annie Hall,” “Hannah and Her Sisters” and the 2011 comedy “Midnight in Paris,” and continues to release a new movie almost every year.

Timothee Chalamet, 22, the star of gay romance “Call me By Your Name,” this week became the latest actor to announce he will donate the salary he earned from an Allen movie to “Time’s Up” and other causes for sexual abuse victims.

He followed Rebecca Hall, Ellen Page and Mira Sorvino who have made donations or issued regrets about working with Allen in recent weeks. Last week “Lady Bird” director Greta Gerwig, who acted in the 2012 film “To Rome with Love,” said she would not work with Allen again. The “Time’s Up” campaign against sexual harassment in the workplace was launched two weeks ago by more than 300 Hollywood industry figures.

Allen’s most recent film “Wonder Wheel,” distributed by Amazon Studios, has fared poorly at the North American box office taking only $1.4 million since its Dec. 1 release. His next film “A Rainy Day in New York,” starring Chalamet and also from Amazon, is due for release later this year. (rtr)

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Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang holds a news conference in Hong Kong, China January 17, 2018.

Hong Kong star Eric Tsang denies sexual assault allegations

HONG KONG - Hong Kong celebrity Eric Tsang denied allegations of sexual misconduct on Wednesday and said he was taking legal action against one of his two accusers. Tsang, a household name in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Chinese-speaking communities around the world, is one of the most high-profile Asian stars to face such accusations amid a global campaign against sexual harassment and assault.

Speaking at a news conference, Tsang denied any wrongdoing after being accused in widely circulated online reports of raping a Hong Kong actress in Singapore in the 1990s.

“Recently, there are some untrue reports on the Internet about myself.

Those reports carry very serious accusations towards me,” said Tsang.

“They have affected my reputation, and sadly, they have hurt my supporting friends, my beloved family, my children ... I feel that there is a need for me to now step up and to make a public response.”

Tsang, an actor, comedian, director and producer, described the rape allegation as “totally made-up”.

“I am willing to cooperate with any investigation,” he said.

He also said that he was taking legal action against Grace Han, a former head of the Ford Modelling agency in Asia, over allegations she had posted on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter. “Regarding Madam Han’s untrue accusations on Sina Weibo, I have already undertaken legal action to sue her. Currently, legal proceedings are under way,” said Tsang, who took no questions from reporters.

Han had written on her verified Weibo account in January, after the rape reports began circulating, that Tsang had made “sexual assaults

on female celebrities more than once”. On another occasion, she said Tsang had tried to spike the drinks of some of her models in a karaoke lounge in Hong Kong. Han gave no immediate response to a Reuters request for comment.

The campaign aimed at raising awareness of sexual harassment and assault, epitomised by the #MeToo social media hashtag, was last month named Time magazine’s 2017 “Person of the Year”. It has sparked numerous accusations by men and women who said they were victimized by high-powered figures in the entertainment industry and other fields. (rtr)

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North Korea and South Korea marched under the same flag during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy.

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North, South Korea to march together under one flag at Winter Olympics

SEOUL - The two Koreas will field a combined women’s ice hockey team and march together under one flag at next month’s Winter Olympics in the South, Seoul said on Wednesday, after a new round of talks amid a thaw in cross-border ties. North and South Korea have been talking since last week - for the first time in more than two years - about the Olympics, offering a respite from a months-long standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes, although Japan urged caution over the North’s “charm offensive”.

The two Koreas will compete as a unified team in the Olympics for the first time, though they have joined forces at other international sports events before. North Korea will send a delegation of more than 400, including 230 cheerleaders, 140 artists and 30 Taekwondo players for a demonstration, a joint press statement released by Seoul’s Unification Ministry said, adding the precise number of athletes will be hammered out after discussions with the IOC scheduled for later

this week.

Prior to the Games, the sides will carry out joint training for skiers at the North’s Masik Pass resort and a cultural event at the Mount Kumgang resort, for which Seoul officials plan to visit the sites next week. “Under the circumstances where inter-Korean (relations) are extremely strained, in fact just some 20 days ago we weren’t expecting North Korea would participate in the Olympics”, said Chun Haesung, the South’s chief negotiator

and vice unification minister.

“It would have a significant meaning if the South and North show reconciliation and unity, for example through a joint march”.

The North Korean delegation will begin arriving in South Korea on Jan. 25, according to the joint statement. The North will separately send a 150-strong delegation to the Paralympics, Chun said.

‘IT’S NOT THE TIME’ Twenty nations meeting in the

Canadian city of Vancouver 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 the North it could trigger a military response if it did not choose dialogue. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said the world should not be naive about North Korea’s “charm offensive” over the Olympics.

“It is not the time to ease pressure, or to reward North Korea”, Kono said. “The fact that North Korea is engaging in dialogue could be interpreted as proof that the sanctions are working.” 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 North has fired testfired missiles over Japan.

Earlier on Wednesday, state media warned the U.S. of “meddling” in inter-Korean issues at a time when it had to “mind its own destiny rushing headlong into selfdestruction”.

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Post-eruption impact, Small businesses start to revive gradually

AMLAPURA - The activities of Mount Agung since last September have caused economic turmoil until these days. Many small businesses eventually went bankrupt. In the meantime, some others remain to survive.

After entering 2018, a number of small businesses are reviving.

This also happens to a small barbershop business in the town of Amlapura pursued by Wayan Supradnya aka Ranyok. When the first warning alert status was announced last September 22, Ranyok admitted to shock. For three days, his business did not get any visitor coming to use his services. Many of his customers have evacuated, but he did not because his residence is not included in disaster-prone areas. He had been maddening for months because the business pioneered in 2007 was almost totally dead.

He admitted to be once pessimistic as his small business was going to end. However, on entering 2018, he gained optimism that his small business can revive again, after the one by one of his customers came back. This is in line with the people of Karangasem, especially the town of Amlapura getting used to seeing the eruption of Mount Agung. Precisely, when Mount Agung erupts, people are no longer busy evacuating.

However, they will be busy taking handphone to immortalize the moments of phreatic eruptions. “Now, though the status of Mount Agung remains in warning, my business is not affected,” said Ranyok, when met amid his activities on Wednesday (Jan. 17).

In 2007, Ranyok with the help of his wife was desperate to contract a small room for his barbershop

business named ‘Wajah Baru’ (New Face) around Kerti Celuk Negara hamlet on Jalan Teuku Umar, Amlapura.

Now, he has been successful enough to run the small business for years. So, it can support his wife and two children. Within a day, dozens of customers come. He has many loyal customers consisting of young people, adults, elders and even officials. Various models of young hairstyles he has mastered. Moreover, he often received calls to provide home service for sick customers.

The advantages compared to other barbershops, Ranyok have skills of massage services. After shaving, customers will get massage service on their shoulders to feel more refreshed. Moreover, since pioneering in 2007, dozens of former employees have opened their own business. He also often shares his shaving skills with his friends outside Karangasem, such as Denpasar and Buleleng. “I get skills from other people, so I must also share with others in need,” said Ranyok, a middle-aged man from Tegallinggah.

He hoped the activities of Mount Agung can be back to normal, so that Karangasem’s economy can gradually revive. Currently, various other businesses also start to become crowded, such as the ritual paraphernalia, distributors of fresh fruits and shopping complex along Jalan Gajah Mada. Meanwhile, some other businesses are still difficult to revive as ever before like the restaurant business along Jalan Untung Surapati or on Jalan Veteran, Amlapura. Many newly opened restaurants were immediately closed on September 22 last year. Until these days, some of the restaurants do not open again whereas the contract period is still a few years away. (kmb31)

Inmates of Gianyar Detention House creatively make keben craft

GIANYAR - Dozens of inmates at Gianyar Detention House are now starting to productively make keben (sealed basket) crafts. The orders for handicrafts made from newspaper waste are also quite high. Infrequently, the inmates are overwhelmed to meet the orders. Naturally, in addition to having strong quality, this craft also looks interesting as embellished with ornament in the form of fruits or barong mask.

Head of Gianyar Detention House, Made Astra, said the keben is made from newspaper waste. At first glance, it looks like a bamboo material, but when observed more thoroughly, this craft is made from twisted newspaper waste. “This keben is made by the inmate from colored newspaper waste of one issue,” he said when met on Wednesday (Jan. 17).

He explained that making the keben craft looks easy but actually difficult. Initially, a newspaper page is cut into four parts. After that, each part is twisted to resemble a stick. “The twist is then strung together and pasted with glue. Next, make the base first to be followed by the circle,”

said acting Head of the Gianyar Detention House who is also the Subdivision Head of the Prison Maintenance at the Bali Law and Human Rights Agency.

Admittedly, this finding was made by an ex-prisoner who has been free. Now, the skill has been passed down to the in-house inmates. Astra ensured that all inmates in Gianyar Detention House can make this craft work. He emphasized the keben of newspaper waste twist is not just a plain keben. “Creative inmates may then stick paper twist for decoration on the periphery of the keben,” he said.

Moreover, for those who have better skill, they are able to make barong carvings and then taped onto the keben while others may make ornament resembling flowers. Having finished, this keben is painted. Then, for finishing step, it is given the varnish to strengthen so it becomes waterproof and looks more beautiful in terms of color. This official from Pecatu, Badung, said that it deliberately highlights the fiber of the newspaper. “Writing of the newspaper on the twist is still visible. Besides, the colors are natural as taken from the picture on the newspaper,” he explained.(kmb35)

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Prepared to be a ‘flagship’

Nusa Penida still hampered by some problems SEMARAPURA - Tourism development in Nusa Penida, Klungkung district is growing rapidly. The visits are not only enlivened by domestic tourists, but also foreign tourists. Thus, such condition puts the islands known as the Blue Paradise Island a source of regionally generated revenue. However, behind it a myriad of problems are still complicated, such as environmental damage and rampant illegal tourist transport.

On that account, Commission I of the Klungkung House of Representatives urged the district government to immediately resolve them. This was revealed in a joint working meeting of the Food Security and Fishery Agency, Transportation Agency and Integrated Licensing and Investment Office (P2TSP) on Wednesday (Jan. 17).

At a meeting attended by the Chairman of the Klungkung House of Representatives, I Wayan Baru, a member of Commission I, I Gede Jana, it was stated that according to the result of observation, the coral reef damage in the waters of Nusa Penida remains quite rampant. The effort to rehabilitate and anticipate further damage

by Bali provincial government as the owner of the management authority is considered not to run maximally. If referring to Law No.32/2009 on Environmental Protection and Management, Article 82 paragraph 1 declares that Minister, Governor or Regent / Mayor has the authority to force the persons in charge of the business and or the activity to conduct environmental restoration due to pollution and or destruction of the environment they have done.

“We encourage this can be applied by district government as a weapon to resolve it (damage—Ed). Do not just take shelter under the statements if the management authority is in the provincial government. We may not keep silence,” he affirmed.

Furthermore, he stated the use of jetty, pontoon and pier docking should also be handled because many have not fully pay attention to socio-cultural, legality and environmental aspect. Likewise, there remain a lot of illegal transportation services. “In terms of quality, the vehicle is okay, but they have not owned a permit. Now, they are mostly private cars. We mean they can be facilitated in the submission of permission. They can be made an organization like a travel,” he said.

The quality of human resources engaged in the tourism sector is also considered to still need improvement. It includes in the reception of tourists to their understanding on the potential owned by Nusa Penida. “Attitude is very important. Now, many still lack of courtesy when receiving tourists. It can affect the image,” added this Democratic politician.

A member of Commission I, Komang Gede Ludra, said the local government is eager to make Nusa Penida the flagship of Klungkung district. On that account, there should be maximal measures in resolving the existing problems. Other than environmental problems, there is also the management of parking. Currently, the levy charge remains without a clear regulation. “This flagship business has long not given a result yet,” he said.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Klungkung House of Representatives, I Wayan Baru, said that behind the onslaught of the district government to raise revenues from licensing charges, many illegal tourist accommodations are operating in the archipelago. “This must be addressed and so must the parking levies,” he added.

Assistant II of Regional Secretariat of Klungkung, Wayan Sumarta, who also attended the meeting, did not dismiss if the issue remaining to arise. In order not to continue, the district government has taken handling measures. “For example, for parking fees, the illegal levy eradication taskforce (Saber Pungli) had come down.

We also agree that coral reefs should be secured,” he said.

Related to illegal tourist accommodations, the Head of the Integrated Licensing and Investment Office, Made Sudiarkajaya, said that many properties had been established before the issuance of regional regulation on regional spatial plan (RTRW). “Today, the awareness to submit the permit is good enough. Such illegal buildings were established in the past. Many buildings do not meet the requirements of coastal border. Hopefully, it can be found a solution. For example, it can be made a special rule,” he said. (kmb45)

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vors of the food. Every Friday the guest will be spoiled with Fridance Balinese Buffet, the buffet of authentic Balinese Food entertained with Live Balinese Dance Performance.

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Marc Cain brings some 80s dazzle to Berlin Fashion Week

BERLIN — German brand Marc Cain presented its Autumn/Winter 2018 collection at the 21st Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin yesterday, throwing back to the 1980s with power suits, latex, tights and leggings in vibrant colours.

Director of design, Karin Veit, told Reuters this season’s look was inspired by blending masculine and feminine elements, offsetting structured materials and strong lines with touches of chiffon and glitter.

Models could be seen backstage with their hair set

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PLN’s lowers electricity consumption growth rate target for 2018

DENPASAR - The growth rate of the consumption of electricity on Bali between 2014- 2016 is recorded to have been 8-9 percent.

In 2016 the growth reached 11 percent. According to the Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) for 2017-2026, the average electricity consumption growth rate is targeted at 8.5 percent.

However, in 2017 an anomaly occurred in that electricity consumption decreased. For the first time ever, the growth rate of electricity consumption in Bali was down 0.05 percent.

PLN Bali Distribution is therefore taking this into consideration and setting the targeted growth rate for the consumption of electricity in Bali in 2018 at just 6.5 percent.

General Manager of PLN Bali Distribution, I Nyoman Suwarjoni Astawa, said that the consumption of electricity in 2017 went down due to Balinese feeling frugal in light of the volcanic activity of Mount Agung that affected many people’s income. Also there is more public awareness about using electricity sparingly and psychologically the news of increases to electricity tariff increases backed this up.

In addition, there is now more electricity efficient equipment, and

up in curlers, achieving a tight corkscrew do on the runway perfectly reminiscent of the perms that were popular of the era.

Victoria’s Secret model Georgia Fowler opened the show in a leopard print jacket and bold red tights, commenting before the show that the #MeToo movement was “a great push forward in the right direction” for the entertainment industry.

Headquartered in Bodelhausen, Marc Cain was founded in 1973 by Helmut Schlotterer and is available in hundreds of retail stores and stand-alone locations across 59 different countries, according to the company’s website.(rtr)

2017 was not as hot as other years so less air-conditioning was used, which affected both households as well as hotels. “I do not know if hotels made a policy of try to save money by turning off lamps or if this was the choice of guests”, he added..

Based on the analysis of data for 2016, the largest number of tourists from a single country came from Australia while in 2017 the number one position was occupied by visitors from China. “We do not know how they spend their time in Bali – whether they spend more time outside the hotel or on the hotel grounds enjoying the facilities”, added Astawa.

The PLN’s growth rate for the consumption of electricity set at 6.5 percent in 2018 will be supported by simplifying access to more power and new installation services. “We serve new customers as soon as possible”, he said.

In addition, Astawa said that he hopes that in 2018 all regions in Bali will have access to electricity thanks to expanding the areas that have access and building new networks. PLN also invites the public be wise in their use of energy and to switch to electrical energy for stoves and bicycles for example. (kmb42)

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Models present creations by Marc Cain at the Berlin Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2018 in Berlin, Germany, January 16, 2018.

Models present creations by Marc Cain at the Berlin Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2018 in Berlin, Germany, January 16, 2018.

Feeding the fashionistas: Gucci turns to fine dining

FLORENCE - It’s all a matter of taste. Luxury labels are accustomed to tempting fashionistas, and now they’re stretching from haute couture to haute cuisine. Gucci opened a 50-seat restaurant, Gucci Osteria, in Florence on Tuesday where three-Michelin-star chef Massimo Bottura will serve up high-end dishes.

The Italian fashion house, owned by Kering, is not the only luxury company to foray into food; LVMH announced late last year it would open a second branch of its gourmet grocer La Grande Epicerie in Paris, days before Tiffany’s & Co opened its Blue Box Cafe in New York.

“The big brands are following where their high-spending clients’ cash is going,” said Fabrizio Pini, professor and joint director of the International Master in Luxury Management of Milan’s MIP Politecnico business school.

Gucci and its rivals do not expect these investments to yield significant financial returns, for now, but they are seen as a way of enhancing their global brands. In some cases, eateries can also be a way to make the most out of large, city-centre store sites as customers increasingly shop online.

The Gucci restaurant is sited behind the walls of the 14-century Palazzo della Mercanzia building, overlooking the city’s most famous square, Piazza della Signoria. Visitors can treat themselves to the likes of Parmigiano Reggiano tortellini, Peruvian-inspired tostadas, pork belly buns and mushroom risotto for 20-30 euros per dish. Few strategies come without an element of risk, however.

Bernstein analyst Mario Ortelli said that if luxury companies did not provide a gastronomic experience that matched their other goods, it could dilute their brands. “The experience has to be luxurious and recognisable,” he said.

While labels are looking to these investments for marketing rather than profits, a presence in food could offer some financial returns in the long run.

With a global luxury market estimated to be worth 1.2 trillion euros in 2017, sales of luxury

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wines and spirits and food, together worth just under 120 billions, last year grew 6 percent, more than personal luxury goods such as bags, shoes and clothing, according to Bain & Co’s yearly report on the sector. “Food is luxury as much as fashion,” said Stefano Cantino, strategic marketing director at Prada, which owns exclusive Milan patisserie Marchesi.

“Barriers have been broken.”

The Gucci Osteria restaurant is part of “Gucci Garden”, which includes an exhibition area, a bazaar-like boutique and a cinema room. “Haute couture and haute cuisine are a recipe made in heaven,” Bottura told reporters. (rtr)

The officers are insepcting the electricity.

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Limited land,

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City of Denpasar encourages urban farming

DENPASAR - The Municipality of Denpasar is always open to innovations in urban development. For instance, Mahasaraswati University and the Tukad Bindu Foundation have taken the initiative to encourage urban farming in the City of Denpasar. The Tukad Bindu Foundation has not only cleaned up the Tukad Bindu river shores and provided access to recreation and other activities, but they are also creative innovative opportunities for education.

When asked to comment, Subdivision Head of Information and Public Relations, Regional Secretariat of Denpasar, I Wayan Hendaryana, said that Denpasar’s municipal government is very supportive and encouraging of the private sector and other stakeholders in developing innovative forms of agriculture in the City of Denpasar. Because this urban landscape has a limited amount of green space, creativity and technology are needed to allow for agriculture and urban farming in this part of Bali.

“The Government of Denpasar certainly considers such innovations to be very helpful, whether they are initiated by the private sector or other stakeholders.

So, we certainly encourage people to develop means food security by utilizing the land in their yards to its fullest potential”, said Hendrayana.

Prof. Yudariani from Mahasaraswati University’s Faculty of Agriculture said that they are cooperating with the Tukad Bindu Foundation and the Municipality of Denpasar municipality to develop urban farming.

Their commitment was made official though a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) signed by all the stakeholders involved.

“We have all signed the LoA related to the utilization of some of the land next to Tukad Bindu River which will be used as a field laboratory by our Faculty

of Agriculture”, explained Yudariani.

She further, that urban farming involves adapting conventional agricultural techniques to the urban setting and explained that the main difference between the two types of farming is the purpose. “Conventional agriculture is oriented towards production while urban farming is more oriented towards the needs of urban people”, she said.

The urban farming activities being carried out every Sunday on the area of ??200 square meters is expected to provide a challenge for the students and the surrounding communities with regards to yielding maximum benefits from a small area of land. So far the plan is to run the program for three years. The first year will focus on dividing up the river banks for specific crops. The following year will be focused on continuing the implementation of the program and consolidation. The third year is aimed at empowering the community that lives around Tukad Bindu River.

“In addition to serving as a place for recreation, Tukad Bindu River can also serve to educate the public – particularly in the filed of agriculture. The facilities at Tukad Bindu include fitness machines for kids, local food stalls, rest areas to enjoy the scenery, as well as aerobics for nearby residents and other activities as well. Of course, we also hope that people will become more concerned about the environment”, concluded surrounding people become more concerned with the environment,” concluded Prof. Yudariani.

Chairman of the Tukad Bindu Foundation, I.B. Ari Manik, said that he really appreciates and fully supports efforts to apply urban farming in the City of Denpasar, as it encourages people to take care of the environment. “We encourage people to become clear about the importance of caring for our environment so that the habit of throwing garbage in the river can be minimized and eventually stopped altogether and our rivers can become clean and useful for humans”, said Manik. (kmb12)

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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses former Senate majority leader Bob Dole (R-KS) during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honor Dole on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2018.

The IMF meeting in Washington DC

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IMF event next October will require 1,100 vehicles

MANGUPURA - Since the eruption of Mount Agung, tourism players, including car rental businesses have been hit hard. For the last few months there has been a drastic decrease in the number of tourists visiting Bali which means there are less tourists renting cars. With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meeting set to take place in Bali next October, car rental businesses are starting to have high hopes that their income will be boosted as delegates from some 189 countries will be attending the big event.

Chairman of Bali Car Rental Organization (Asperda), P. Budy Hartono, said that this event is good news for the tourism sector in general and the transportation sector in particular. The IMF Annual meeting will require some 1,100

cars including large and fancier vehicles and as well as regular cars. The number of cars that will be needed was made known during a recent coordination meeting with Angkasa Pura (AP I).

“This number includes the car

needs for all the guests including heads of government, ministers and their staff. Up to a month before such events some delegates such as economic advisors will already be here”, said Hartono in Tuban on Tuesday (Jan. 16).

Hartono aded that Angkasa Pura also plans to prepare an additional 1,000 car capacity parking lot to welcome the event. Other preparations such s the construction of an intersection at the Ngurah Rai monument have already started. “We have high hopes for the IMF Annual Meeting in Bali that will run from October 1419. If there are no drastic changes in the conditions in Bali by March, then the final decision to hold the event here will be confirmed”, he said.

Currently, members of the car

rental association have a total of 1,000 vehicles. To meet the needs of big events in Bali, they will be assisted by car rental companies from places outside Bali like Surabaya, Jakarta, Malang, Semarang and other regions. However, car rental businesses in Bali are certainly prioritized and individual rental car owners can also be involved. The IMF Annual Meeting 2018 is estimated to be larger than the APEC meeting that was held in Bali as there will be delegated from 189 countries. (kmb23)

For convenience of guests

Management of Penglipuran improves public facilities BANGLI - The management of Penglipuran Tourism Village, is continuing to make improvements to a number of facilities in Penglipuran village in order that the attractions become more beautiful and to provide increased comfort to visitors.

Operations Manager of Penglipuran Tourism Village, I Nengah Moneng, revealed on Tuesday (Jan. 16) that a number of public facilities in Penglipuran have become damaged. The main road for example has been damaged from the large number of vehicles passing through. The toilets in the village also need to be worked on.

There are still not enough toilets and many of the existing ones are

currently out of order.

“We are planning to make these improvements and repairs this year.

Some of the toilets have already started to be repaired. We want to improve these facilities so that tourists feel comfortable when they visit Penglipuran Village. We also want to provide good service so that visitors are satisfied with their visit”, added Moneng.

There are also plans to install CCTVs at certain points in the village so that the security of visitors can be monitored directly. During the Penglipuran Village Festival for example, there was a traffic jam at hero monument but the management of the village could not moni-

tor the and react to the situation at the time. “With CCTVs we will be able to monitor our visitors as well as certain locations. Hopefully we can implement this plan in the immediate futur”, siad Moneng.

Moneng added that the village management also has plans to conduct training for their human resources especially for housekeeping staff and pecalang (customary village guards), to improve their competences. The management of the Penglipuran tourism village is still discussing the details with the Tourism and Culture Agency.

“We hope to be able to provide the training this year”, siad Moneng. (kmb41)

Trump takes hard line on immigration, rejects ‘horrible’ bipartisan plan

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday aligned himself solidly with conservative Republicans on immigration, criticizing a proposed bipartisan deal as “horrible” on U.S. border security and “very, very weak” on reforms for the legal immigration system. The Senate proposal - aimed at addressing Democrats’ demands for protections for young adults brought to the United States illegally as children and dubbed “Dreamers” - fell far short of what most Republicans believe needs to happen, the president said.

“It’s the opposite of what I campaigned for,” Trump told Reuters in an interview.

The plan was presented to Trump last week

by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senator Dick Durbin. Trump drew international condemnation after reports emerged that he had questioned the value of taking immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean nation of Haiti during a closed-door meeting with lawmakers at the White House last Thursday, referring to them as “shithole” countries.

Trump has denied using that word. Trump in the interview on Wednesday declined to say what specific words he used. “I’m not going to get into what I said, but I will tell you, it was a tough meeting,” Trump said.

Many Democrats have said they will not vote for spending legislation to keep the federal government funded past a Friday deadline without an immigration deal, and Republicans will need at least some Democratic votes to pass the funding extension in the Senate.

Trump said he thinks a deal on immigration is still possible. “Time is running out,” he said. Democrats said the negotiated plan addressed Trump priorities, including $2.7 billion for additional border security funding.

“The president can’t seem to take yes for an answer and is heading towards a shut down, which would fall squarely on his back,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement emailed to Reuters.

Trump said a federal government shutdown “could happen” at the end of the week, insisting Democrats would be blamed if that occurs even though Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House. The White House has said it backs a short-term spending measure by a Friday deadline to prevent a shutdown.

“HE MEANT WELL” Trump in September announced he was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects the Dreamers, which was begun by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, effective in March. The program currently protects roughly 700,000 people, mostly Hispanic young adults, from deportation and provides them work permits.

Trump has said he is open to finding a solution to help the Dreamers. But he said he became unhappy when Graham and Durbin, who had told him they had a compromise on the Dreamers issue, presented the details.

But Ben Marter, a spokesman for Durbin, said on Friday that following an initial telephone conversation with Trump about the deal, the senator had been “encouraged” by Trump’s reaction and had expected further progress on the legislation at a White House meeting that day. Trump said he had called Republican Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue and Republican Representative Bob

Goodlatte to join that meeting at the White House, describing them as “smart guys, with more of a conservative bent, more of a bent like I have.”

As Graham and Durbin began describing the deal, Trump said, it was immediately clear it would be unacceptable to most Republicans. “It’s horrible for the security of our country,” Trump said, noting there was not enough funding for the wall he has promised to build on the U.S.-Mexican border, a project opposed by Democrats.

The proposal was “very, very weak” on curbing visas for extended family members of immigrants, and failed to end a diversity visa lottery program. “Lindsey - he meant well - but I said, ‘Well, how many Republicans agree with this?’” Trump said.

Trump blamed Durbin for leaking the language he used in the meeting, a disclosure that prompted critics to denounce Trump as a racist, an accusation he denied. “I’ve lost all trust in Durbin,” Trump said.

Trump campaigned for president in 2016 promising a hard line on immigration, including deporting all of the roughly 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country and a “total and complete shutdown” of the entry of Muslims into the United States. As president, he has signed three orders banning entry of most people from several Muslim-majority countries as well as rescinding DACA. (rtr)

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Exercise? I get more than people think, Trump says

WASHINGTON - Do not expect U.S. President Donald Trump to hit the gym, despite his doctor’s orders. He gets plenty of exercise on the golf course and at the White House complex, the president told Reuters on Wednesday.

“I get exercise. I mean I walk, I this, I that,” Trump, 71, said during an Oval Office interview. “I run over to a building next door. I get more exercise than people think.”

Dr. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, said on Tuesday that Trump was in excellent health overall but needed to lose weight, eat better, and break a sweat more often. The fast-food-loving Trump praised Jackson, who has served as a physician to previous presidents, but seemed wary of taking the not-so-subtle suggestion to use the White House’s exercise facilities.

“A lot of people go to the gym and they’ll work out for two hours and all.

I’ve seen people ... then they get their new knees when they’re 55 years old and they get their new hips and they do all those things. I don’t have those problems,” Trump said. He did say he was open to changing his diet, perhaps with smaller portion sizes on White House meals.

Trump’s predecessors, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican George W. Bush, were fitness enthusiasts, but Trump has no daily workout routine. He gets exercise by playing golf, he said, even though he typically rides around the course in a golf cart. Walking would leave him on the course longer than he prefers, he said. “I don’t want to spend the time.”

Trump is considered overweight and borderline obese at 6 feet 3 inches (1.9 meters) tall and 239 pounds (108 kg). “Most of us could lose a couple of pounds,” he said, before scanning the Reuters reporters in the room and pronouncing them in “pretty good shape.” As for his mental acuity, Trump was quick to note his doctor’s pronouncement that he aced a cognitive exam, which he referenced with a dig at predecessors Obama, Bush and Bill Clinton for not doing more to curb threats from North Korea.

“I guess they all realized they’re going to have to leave it to a president that scored the highest on tests. What can I tell you?” he said. He said he had impressed medical staff with his recent performance on a treadmill, regular workouts or not.

“I was on a treadmill for the first time actually in quite a while, and it was at a very steep angle, and I was there for a very long time,” he said. “They were surprised. And they said, ‘Well you can stop now, that’s amazing.’ And I said, ‘I can go much longer than this if you want me to.’” (rtr)

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BUSINESS A shepherd drives a herd of cattle towards the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mokopane, Limpopo province, South Africa, September 20, 2017.

Mining, demand for heating power U.S. industrial production

WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production increased more than expected in December as unseasonably cold weather at the end of the month boosted demand for heating, but manufacturing output barely rose, pointing to moderate growth in the industrial sector. Strong demand for utilities reported by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday bolstered expectations of an acceleration in consumer spending in the fourth quarter, prompting some economists to bump up their economic growth estimates for the October-December period.

“This is consistent with the solid growth story,” said Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto. The Fed said industrial output surged 0.9 percent last month also buoyed by robust gains in mining production, after slipping 0.1 percent in November. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast industrial production advancing 0.4 percent in December. It rose at an annual rate of 8.2 percent in the fourth quarter, the biggest gain since the second quarter of 2010.

For all of 2017, industrial output rose 1.8 percent, the first and largest increase since 2014. In another report, the U.S. central bank said the economy continued to expand from late November through the end of 2017. In its Beige Book report of anecdotal information on business activity collected from contacts nationwide, the Fed said “the outlook for 2018 remains optimistic for a majority of contacts across the country.”

The reports were seen supportive of an interest rate increase in March from the Fed. Prices for U.S. Treasuries fell, with the yield on the interest rate sensitive two-year note hitting a nine-year high. The dollar briefly rose against a basket of currencies, but later surrendered gains. Stocks on Wall Street were trading higher.

MODEST FACTORY OUTPUT GAIN Manufacturing output, which accounts for more than 70 percent of industrial production,

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Euro takes breather below 3-year high; dollar gets respite

SINGAPORE - The euro nursed losses on Thursday, having retreated from a three-year high after comments from European Central Bank officials this week hinted at concerns over the currency’s recent strength. The euro’s pull-back from highs helped stabilise the greenback, which has come under pressure as central banks of other major economies begin to move toward tighter monetary policy amid a more synchronised global recovery.

The euro last stood at $1.2194, up 0.1 percent on the day but well below a peak of $1.2323 set on Wednesday, the euro’s strongest level since December 2014. ECB policymakers may have been caught off guard by the speed of the euro’s appreciation, said Lee Jin Yang, macro research analyst for Aberdeen Standard Investments in Singapore.

“Maybe they are trying to manage volatility or slow down the rise,” Lee said. The common currency had slipped on Wednesday as ECB policymaker Ewald Nowotny told reporters the euro’s recent strength against the dollar is “not helpful,” which encouraged a bout of profit-taking before a policy meeting next week.

In an interview with an Italian newspaper Vitor Constancio, the ECB vice president, said he did not rule out that monetary policy would still continue to be “very accommodating for a long time”. There could be some profit-taking and consolidation in the euro ahead of the ECB’s policy meeting next week, although the currency’s outlook over 2018 looks positive, said Roy Teo, investment strategist for LGT Bank in Singapore.

“We see upside risk towards $1.30 by the end of this year... It’s surprising to note that growth in the euro zone is actually similar if not outpacing the U.S,” Teo said.

The greenback gained some respite against other major peers. Against the yen, the dollar rose 0.1 percent to 111.36 yen , having bounced from Wednesday’s four-month low of 110.19 yen.

The Canadian dollar eased about 0.1 percent to C$1.2450 , having see-sawed on Wednesday after the Bank of Canada raised interest rates and indicated confidence in the economic outlook but sounded a cautious tone on the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). On Wednesday, the Canadian dollar had fluctuated in a relatively wide range of C$1.2540 to C$1.2362.

Later on Thursday, investors will turn their focus to China’s fourth-quarter and 2017 gross domestic product data, and data on December factory output, retail sales and fixed-asset investment. The Chinese economic indicators are due to be released at 0700 GMT rather than the usual 0200 GMT.(rtr)

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gained only 0.1 percent in December. Data for October and November was, however, revised to show factory output rising 1.5 percent and 0.3 percent respectively instead of the previously reported 1.4 percent and 0.2 percent.

Manufacturing output last month was held back by a 1.5 percent drop in the production of primary metals. Motor vehicle and parts production increased 2.0 percent.

Manufacturing production rose at a 7.0 percent rate in the fourth quarter, the biggest gain since the second quarter of 2010. It increased 1.3 percent in 2017, the largest rise since 2012.

The industrial sector is being supported by a strengthening global economy and recent dollar weakness, which is helping to make U.S. exports more competitive relative to those of the nation’s main trading partners.

It is likely to be boosted by a $1.5 trillion tax cut approved by the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump last month. A survey early this month showed an acceleration in factory activity in December, with a measure of new orders recording its best reading since January 2004.”A positive fundamental backdrop of tax cuts, solid domestic and global demand, a weaker dollar, firmer energy prices and somewhat leaner inventories all translate into solid prospects for industrial activity in 2018,” said Gregory Daco, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics in New York.

Mining production increased 1.6 percent in December amid a rebound in oil and gas well drilling. Utilities production accelerated 5.6 percent last month after declining 3.1 percent in November. Bitter cold gripped a large part of the country at the end of December. The surge in utilities demand added to strong December retail sales in supporting expectations of an acceleration in consumer spending in the fourth quarter.

Forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers raised its fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth estimate by one-tenth of a percentage point to a 2.8 percent annualized rate. Barclays lifted its GDP growth forecast to a 3.1 percent pace from a 3.0 percent rate.

Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, increased at a 2.2 percent annualized rate in the third quarter. The economy grew at a 3.2 percent rate in the July-September period.

The surge in industrial production pushed up capacity utilization, a measure of how fully industries are deploying their resources, to 77.9 percent. That was the highest since February 2015 and followed a 77.2 percent rate in November.

Capacity utilization is 2 percentage points below its long-run average. Officials at the Fed tend to look at capacity use as a signal of how much “slack” remains in the economy and how much room there is for growth to accelerate before it becomes inflationary. (rtr)

Presenting Atmosphere of Peace and Greatness of Ritual

Along the human lifetime, it will surely do activities related to basic needs of both food and housing. After that, it is followed by development of mindset resulting in the creation of various kinds of culture usually influenced by situation in the community.

Manifestation of the culture varies because there is a form of activity or dance movement telling about something. Moreover, sometimes they are in the form of tools that can generate a sound such as gender gamelan instrument. This gamelan instrument has a characteristic in terms of sound where it is often used to accompany the performance of shadow puppet in Bali.

According to I Made Murawan, a puppeteer from Puaya hamlet, Batuan, Sukawati, Gianyar, when staging puppet shadow featuring the storyline of Mahabharata, the gamelan instrument in use is a set of gender or four instruments only while if accompanying the performance of Ramayana epic, it will certainly use bebatelan gamelan instrument.

In addition to four pieces of gender instruments, it will use other instruments such as a pair of drum, kempur and so on. The gamelan composition played when the performance of puppet shadow begins with tabuh petegak like the Sekar Sungsang and selendro scales.

After that, the gamelan composition played is Tabuh Pamungkah used when commencing to play the klayon to finish of the klayon.

Then, it is resumed with paguneman where the puppet is stabbed accompanied by gamelan composition entitled Tulang Lindung. After stabbing the puppets, it is continued with gamelan entitled Panyacah Parwa in the form of alas arum.

When the puppet is told to walk or move, it will use angkat-angkatan gamelan music. Moreover, when the puppet is crying it uses special mesem gamelan composition for slant-eyed puppets. For the puppet with glowering eyes, it will use rebong gamelan music and during wartime it will use bebatelan.

“Thus, in once staging from the beginning to finish, it will use approximately 10 gamelan compositions with an average duration of two minutes except for the Tabuh Petegak whose duration is approximately 15 minutes,” he said.

In ngaben or cremation ceremony, though the carrying of bade tower has been accompanied by baleganjur gamelan music, it will also use the puppet gender. He told it is meant to provide strains of beauty, peace and comfort for the atman (soul) that will go to heaven. While

the baleganjur like Gora functions to improve and raise the spirit of the community when they are obliged to lift the heavy bade. The gamelan played is usually called glagah puun meaning that it heads for fireplace or it can be bebatelan meaning the journey of the atman to the last abode.

When asked about the use of gender gamelan instrument accompanying the rituals like metatah

nuances of the ceremony,” as he explained. (was) Played in Makotekan and Slendro Scale Gender musical instrument becomes a compulsory accompaniment for a puppet show in Bali.

So, in the staging there are two arts played together namely the art of leather puppet along with all the plays and dialogues as well as the art of gender gamelan composition

left hand plays the tone or the main melody while right hand play in makotekan way namely forming series of rhythm tone of the two gamelan instruments.

Furthermore, he said that playing the puppet gender must be in pair or two pieces because gamelan play in the right hand of both players will produce a different pattern where if gamelan artist plays nyangsih, the partner will play pepolosan.

Thus, playing in pairs will result in a rhythm that integrates the sangsih and papolosan known as makotekan.

(tooth filing), he said that Balinese Hindus believe that by chanting or playing gender in the ritual procession they will get a big influence that is able to avoid someone from thinking negatively and wishing to disrupt smoothness of a ceremony.

Dr. I Nyoman Astita, an artist and lecturer at the ISI Denpasar, also said similar thing. Moreover, the puppet gamelan music played at that time is taken from the appropriate performances. Usually, it is begun with tabuh tegak composition which is then continued with tabuh mesem composition commonly coupled with tabuh rebong.

“Then, when devotees walk from the bale pasekeban to bale delod pavilion in the tooth filing ritual, it will be accompanied with tabuh angkat-angkatan that can also result in solemnity and sublime

of the puppet show.

Besides, the gender is often used or played in various ritual activities such as in the implementation of tooth filing activities and when the bade tower carrying corpse is brought to cemetery. Thus, gender becomes a distinctive gamelan instrument when compared to other musical instruments.

An artist and lecturer at the ISI Denpasar, I Nyoman Astita, said although in terms of the form it is not different from other gamelan instrument, the gender of puppet is indeed the beginning or inspiration of the iron or copper gamelan instrument fastened or tied in such a way by using a rope to float and generate a battier tone when compared to other old gamelan types commonly put on the pedestal.

When playing, the gamelan players are using both hands where

“The advantages of this puppet gender to me is in terms of technique and playing technique that are fairly sophisticated and complicated because at the same time two hands will play individually or counter point with the techniques and even a different beat can produce a different rhythm as well,” he said.

READ Usaba Muhu-Muhu at Timbrah Customary Village He added that in general, Balinese gamelan instrument using resonator in the form of bamboo underneath as a sound repeater will usually be set so that the pair can result in ngumbang-ngisep or waving tones. So, when the pair is played even though one tone only will produce a vibrating or waving sound. Similar thing is also found in the puppet gender, so in addition to being able to makotekan the use

of a pair of puppet gender is also aimed to produce a waving sound.

However, the main puppet gender in use in a staging consists of 4 pieces namely a pair of pamade or the gender having bass sound because of lower octave score and a pair of barangan whose octave score is higher but both will produce an interesting and harmonious tone to be heard.

He added that puppet gender has slendro-scaled instrument with single scale interval from one tone to another. In the meantime, the other gamelan instrument like gong

kebyar and gong gambang using Pelog scale has two tones with higher interval.

For example, the interval is usually 1 so that when reaching 2 tones the interval becomes 1.5. If the tone dong-deng-dung-dang-ding where from dong to deng has the interval of 1, from deng to dung will be 1.5 and then from dung to dang has the interval of 1, and from dang to ding has the interval of 1.5.

Another artist, I Made Murawan, said that although the characteristics of puppet gender tend to be tender. However, it is tailored to the designation because it also has fierce and violent gamelan composition. “For example, when accompanying puppet performances and entering war session, it surely must use a fast and fierce tempo gamelan composition like the bebatelan,” he explained. (kmb)

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Police comb through filthy California home where starving siblings found

PERRIS - Investigators on Wednesday conducted an exhaustive search of the foulsmelling, filthy tract home east of Los Angeles where a California couple are accused of keeping captive and nearly starving their 13 minor and adult children, police said. David Turpin, 57, and Louise Turpin, 49, were set to go before a judge in Riverside County on Thursday on charges of torture and child endangerment in the case, which came to light over the weekend after their 17-year-old daughter escaped through a window and alerted police.

“We have investigators on scene, combing through everything they can find for additional evidence,” Riverside Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Vasquez said by telephone. “They’re trying to gather more information that may assist them in providing a full description of what was going on there. “The whole house is a crime scene,” he added.

Officers raided the house in the small city of Perris, about 70 miles (113 km) east of Los Angeles, on Sunday after the 17-year-old, whose name was not released, called the 911 emergency number on a cellphone. She was so small and emaciated, officers at first thought she was about 10 years old.

On Wednesday afternoon, several investigators, some wearing black gloves, went in and out of the house, frequently carrying boxes and bags of material they placed in waiting vehicles. Inside the garage, floor-to-ceiling shelves that appeared to be stacked with DVDs could be seen.

From the outside, the tan house did not look particularly different from the other one-and two-story houses

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in the community. But neighbors said the thick sod of the front lawn had been put down by the children last fall, working at night under TV-style lights as their mother looked on.

The couple is accused of keeping their 13 offspring, ages 2 to 29, in filthy and fetid conditions, chaining some to their beds and giving them so little food the adult children were initially mistaken for minors, police said. They are all believed to be the couple’s biological children, Vasquez said. On Wednesday, police and prosecutors prepared for the arraignment of each parent on nine counts of torture and 10 counts of child endangerment.

Neighbors and family members have offered little insight into the couple’s motivations or actions. Experts have said it may have been easier for the parents to shield their children from scrutiny because they were home-schooled.

Reached by telephone Wednesday at the West Virginia home of David Turpin’s parents, his mother, Betty Turpin, said she was busy preparing paperwork and entering information into a computer to help her son. She said the family had engaged an attorney, who advised them not to speak about the case.

But Louise Turpin’s sister, Elizabeth Jane Flores, told ABC News on Wednesday that in hindsight there were concerning signs, including a refusal to allow family visits or talks with the children on Skype.

Neighbor Kimberly Milligan, 50, said Wednesday that over the three years she had lived across the street from the Turpins she had seen a few of the older children, looking pale and always accompanied by a parent, but never the entire group. “It was something that always nagged at me,” she said. “Why don’t I see those kids?” (rtr)

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A woman takes a picture of the fossilized tail of a sauropod of the Atlasaurus imelakei species, that will be auctioned on Tuesday night in Mexico to raise funds for the reconstruction of thousands of schools damaged by September quakes, at the lobby of the BBVA Bancomer tower in Mexico City, Mexico January 16, 2018.

Dinosaur tail to be auctioned for Mexico quake reconstruction MEXICO CITY - A fossilized dinosaur tail discovered in Morocco will be auctioned on Tuesday night in Mexico to raise funds for the reconstruction of thousands of schools damaged by two earthquakes that struck the Latin American nation in September.

The 4-metre-(13-foot)-long, 180kg (396-pound) tail will be offered at a reserve price of 1.8 million Mexican pesos ($95,805), according to organizer Morton’s Auction House.

Anything raised above the reserve price will be donated to the BBVA Bancomer Foundation to help finance the reconstruction of some 5,000 damaged schools.

The extremity belonged to a 17-metre (56-foot), 22-tonne sauropod of the Atlasaurus imelakei species that roamed the Atlas Mountains of Morocco during the Middle Jurassic, some 165 million years ago.

The group of dinosaurs called sauropods were massive four-legged plant-eaters with long necks and long tails, and included the largest land animals ever on Earth. The two September quakes in Mexico killed an estimated 480 people and caused billions of dollars worth in damage.

“Education is an element of enormous importance for the country, an element of social mobility, that is why we support the reconstruction of schools,” Adolfo Albo, from BBVA Bancomer Foundation, told Reuters. Albo said the foundation hoped the tail would sell for a lot more than the reserve price.

Moroccan paleontologists took 300 hours to clean the gigantic remains of the reptile, before scientists in Utah pieced them back together. A Mexican businessman, who asked not to be named because he did not want publicity, purchased the fossil for his collection. (rtr)

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most popular one garnering more than 17,000 votes. “This isn’t the same as gluing a broken plate together,” said one of the signers.

The prospect of a combined team had long been unsettling for the South Korean players. As in most other winter sports, the South is much stronger than the North. “Our players were really nervous,” Sarah Murray, South Korean women’s hockey head coach, told Reuters last month during the team’s training swing through the United States.

“We can only take 23 players to the Olympics, and they thought these North Koreans are going to come in and take our spots”, Murray said.

Chun, the South’s lead delegate, said the decision on a united ice hockey team is not yet finalised, as it requires the consent of the IOC and related international body.

“We’re well aware of the people’s concerns and interests about this”, he told a news conference. “But I would like you to see the other side that it could make a positive contribution to peace of the Korean Peninsula and improving inter-Korean relations”. (rtr)

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“The U.S. is miscalculating,” the North’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary. “Although the U.S. makes desperate efforts to disturb peace while wielding a nuclear stick, it can not provoke us as long as we have the strong nuclear deterrent”.

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Medical Director of Child Abuse and Neglect at Riverside University Health System Doctor Sophia Grant speaks during a news conference after the arrests of the parents of 13 siblings, who police say were found shackled to their beds with chains and padllocks in Perris, California, U.S., January 16, 2018.

Seoul has proposed a joint ice hockey team, which triggered an angry response from athletes in the South suddenly being told they may have to play alongside total strangers.

“I don’t know if it will happen, but a joint team will be a good opportunity for ice hockey to shed its sorrow as a less-preferred sport as many Koreans will take interest,” South Korean President Moon Jae-in told players during a visit to a training centre.

The number of petitions to the presidential Blue House’s website opposing a unified team shot up to more than 100 this week, with the

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Indonesia exchange walkway collapse due to “building failure” -initial report JAKARTA - Loose or corroded joints may have caused the sudden collapse of a mezzanine floor at the Indonesian Stock Exchange building this week that sent visiting students plunging to the ground, a preliminary report by the public works ministry has found. More than 70 people were injured in Monday’s incident, which was captured on dramatic CCTV footage that showed a walkway giving way under the students, some of whom were trapped beneath slabs of concrete and other debris.

The accident in Jakarta’s plush financial district has shocked even a country that is used to natural and manmade disasters and where safety standards are often loosely enforced.

The ministry’s report said the suspended walkway fell because several cables broke away from the ceiling due to a “concentration of weight” in one spot where nearly 100 university students visiting the exchange had gathered. “The burden could not be borne by the ... structure and triggered a building failure,” said the report, which was reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday.

The initial conclusion was that the collapse may have been caused by “loose or corroded bolts” or “shearing joints”. The report said the walkway was part of the original structure, built in the late 1990s, and not added later. The public works ministry said its report was based on interviews with building management, visual observations and analysis of CCTV footage on social media, but added that its team did not have direct access to the site.

“Further and closer observation is required on-site, and of construction documents,” it said. The public works ministry’s press department said in a statement: “We would like to convey that this report is a preliminary report of the results of a review by ministry staff, that is unofficial.”

The high-rise building is part of a two-tower complex owned and developed by PT Danayasa Arthatama Tbk, part of Artha Graha group. It houses dozens of offices, including the World Bank’s Indonesia branch.

A company spokesman had earlier declined to comment on the incident. No one from the company could immediately be reached for comment on the findings of the preliminary report.

Muslim prayer room before beginning their tour. Many had plans to fly to the resort island of Bali for a holiday after their trip to Jakarta.

“I thought it was an earthquake and I screamed when I saw many of my friends bleeding and covered with dust,” said Betride Septiani, 21. “We didn’t feel any signs like the floor swaying or anything, it was all just so sudden.”

CCTV footage that was aired on television and spread widely on social media showed a floor shearing away in a few seconds under the group. Septiani landed on her back one storey below but suffered only minor injuries. Other students fainted or suffered broken bones and concussion and are being treated in hospital.

COMBING THE SITE

A forensics police team was combing the site for clues

about why the walkway collapsed and interviewing building management on Tuesday. The complex was the target of a car bombing by Islamist militants in September 2000. Police have ruled out a bomb as a cause of Monday’s collapse. The second tower was reopened for business on Tuesday and authorities were aiming to reopen the tower where the incident happened on Wednesday.

One expert said the preliminary report had “reasonable conclusions” and that such incidents can be difficult to predict. “It may be because of degradation of materials over time and because of earthquakes, and to prevent that we would have to develop more foolproof materials and connections,” said Davy Sukamta, head of the Indonesian society of civil and structural engineers. “If a building has a special construction like this, it must be inspected more regularly for wear and tear.” (rtr)

“NO WARNING”

For some of the 92 accounting students, who had arrived hours earlier from Palembang city on the island of Sumatra to take a study tour of the stock exchange, it felt like a powerful earthquake. One said that the students, aware of Jakarta’s notorious traffic jams, arrived early and were looking for a

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Forensic police conduct an inspection of a mezzanine, similiar to the one which collapsed yesterday, in the main lobby of Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) building in Jakarta, Indonesia January 16, 2018, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Endangered Bornean orangutan found stabbed in Indonesia

JAKARTA - A Bornean orangutan, a critically endangered species, has been found stabbed to death in Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province, a conservation official said on Tuesday.

Authorities said the case was

the latest in a string of “unnatural deaths” of orangutans on the island, to which they are native.

The great ape was found floating in a river and had been dead for at least two days, said Adib Gunawan, head of the Natural Resources

Conservation Agency in central Kalimantan.

“We found that it was stabbed multiple times using a sharp tool,” Gunawan told Reuters. “We are still investigating the case.”

The World Wildlife Fund estimates

there are 104,700 Bornean orangutans, known for their broad faces and dark brown fur, left in the world.

Last year, two orangutans that had been killed were discovered in East Kalimantan, media have said.

Indonesia has vast swathes

of plantations growing palm oil or coffee on deforested land that conservations say often encroach on or disrupt ecosystems. Plantation workers sometimes encounter wildlife and may capture or kill the animals. (rtr)

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The Golden State Warriors held the Bulls to 12 points in the third quarter after Chicago had a 66-point first half, enabling the defending champs to rally for a 119-112 victory Wednesday night in Chicago. The win was the Warriors’ fourth straight to begin a five-game trip and extended Golden State’s road winning streak to 14 games, equaling the third longest in NBA history.

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The Bulls used a 17-0 run bridging the first and second quarters to help build a 66-63 halftime advantage. The Warriors countered with a 19-0 flurry of their own in the third quarter to take a lead they never relinquished.

Klay Thompson had 38 points and Stephen Curry 30 for the Warriors, whose 21-3 road record is better than their 16-6 home mark.

Nikola Mirotic had a team-high 24 points for the Bulls, who had won their previous three games.

The game was tied at 72-all before Curry ignited the Warriors’ spurt with a 3-pointer.

Curry added two more 3-pointers and a 2-point hoop, and Kevin Durant chipped in with six points, allowing the Warriors to build a 91-72 lead with 2:59 left in the third quarter. The Bulls went almost seven full minutes without scoring in the key drought.

The Warriors connected on 13 3-pointers in the game, with Thompson (7-for-13) and Curry (6-for-11) accounting for all of them.

Durant added 19 points in a top-heavy Warriors attack that saw

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) dribbles the ball against Chicago Bulls guard David Nwaba (11) during the second half at the United Center. only three players score in double figures. Golden State was playing without Draymond Green (sore right shoulder) and Andre Iguodala (bruised left calf).

Six Bulls, including three reserves, scored 10 or more points, led by Mirotic, who hit four of his seven 3-point attempts. The Bulls made 10 3-pointers, their franchise-

record 10th straight game making at least 10.

Robin Lopez (16), Kris Dunn (16), Bobby Portis (12), Lauri Markkanen (11) and Denzel Valentine (10) also scored in double figures for the Bulls, who were swept in the season series by the Warriors for the second time in the last three years. Warriors forward Jordan Bell

left the court on a wheelchair after he landed awkwardly and sprained his left ankle in the opening minute.

The team said X-rays were negative, and Bell is scheduled to have an MRI on Thursday to determine the severity of the sprain.

The Bulls lost Dunn to injury late in the game when he fell facefirst to the court after converting

a dunk. He was bleeding from the mouth when taken to the locker room after “taking a chunk out of the floor,” as Chicago coach Fred Hoiberg put it. The team later announced that Dunn chipped and dislocated two front teeth. Tests found no signs of a concussion, but Dunn will be revaluated Thursday. (rtr)

Birthday girl Kerber sets up mouthwatering Sharapova clash

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MELBOURNE - Former world number one Angelique Kerber celebrated her 30th birthday on Thursday with an emphatic 6-4 6-1 win over Donna Vekic at the Australian Open to set up an intriguing third round clash of former champions with Maria Sharapova.

The resurgent German, who broke a 27-tournament title drought with victory at the Sydney International in the leadup, is now riding a seven-match winning streak as she looks to recapture the form

that propelled her to the 2016 title at Melbourne Park.

Kerber was uncomfortable in her skin as the top seed during last year’s tournament, when she lost in the fourth round to American CoCo Vandeweghe, but ranked 21st this year, she looms as a dangerous floater in the draw.

In scorching conditions at Margaret Court Arena, she gave 52ndranked Vekic the run-around with a series of deft drop-shots and closed out the one-sided match with a confident cross-court smash.

Born in the same year of the Australian Open’s debut at Melbourne Park, Kerber soaked up a birthday serenade from the terraces during her post-match interview on the court.

“It’s just amazing how the time is flying,” said Kerber, who struggled for form through a difficult 2017 season. “I’m feeling good, it’s good to win today, of course, on my birthday.

“Now I think the work pays off and it’s just the beginning of the year.” (rtr)

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Chelsea through on penalties, Bournemouth lose to Wigan

LONDON - Chelsea won a penalty shootout to beat second tier Norwich City on Wednesday and sneak into the FA Cup fourth round following a tempestuous replay that ended 1-1 after extra time with the Premier League champions reduced to nine men. Chelsea manager Antonio Conte was fuming at the final whistle after Pedro and Alvaro Morata were dismissed in extra time and two penalty appeals had been waved away, but the Premier League champions regained their composure to win the shootout 5-3.

Eden Hazard stroked home the winning penalty to decide what had begun as a dire spectacle until Michy Batshuayi gave Chelsea the lead in the 55th minute, before Jamal Lewis levelled in stoppage time for the Championship side.

Swansea City, the Premier

League’s bottom team, also reached the fourth round with Wilfried Bony grabbing the winner in a 2-1 victory over Championship leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers but it was a grim night for the top flight’s Bournemouth as they were dumped out after an embarrassing 3-0 replay defeat at third tier Wigan Athletic.

It has been a dismal start to 2018 for Chelsea, who came into Wednesday’s match having drawn their previous four games, and the performance against Norwich will have done little to convince fans they have turned a corner. They did at least find the net, however, which they had not done in their last three matches, with Batshuayi tapping home Kenedy’s cross from close range. Yet most of the drama was still to come and Norwich levelled when Lewis headed home a devilish Timm Klose cross in stop-

page time.

Chelsea were aggrieved not to get a penalty when Willian appeared to be tripped in the area only for referee Graham Scott to wave away his appeals, even after consulting the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).

Worse was to come for Chelsea as Pedro was dismissed for a second booking and Morata got his marching orders when he was adjudged to have dived in the box and received a second caution.

The shootout, however, went like clockwork for Chelsea as they converted all their kicks after Nelson Oliveira had failed to score Norwich’s first. Norwich manager Daniel Farke thought the game was there for the taking. “To be honest it’s big disappointment, some of the lads are sitting with tears in their eyes in the dressing room,” he told the BBC.

Neymar hits four, Cavani matches record as PSG crush Dijon

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general view of the scoreboard at 4-2

After Anfield blow, City look to restore smooth progress

MANCHESTER - Manchester City will be aiming to resume business as usual when they face Newcastle United at the Etihad stadium in the Premier League on Saturday. City’s 4-3 loss to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday allowed Manchester United to close the gap to 12 points and ended Pep Guardiola’s team’s 22-match unbeaten run in the league this season.

Liverpool’s relentless, energetic high pressing and sharp and decisive finishing exposed weaknesses in City’s defence but it would be a major surprise if Newcastle were to even attempt to replicate such an approach, let alone upset Guardiola’s men. Rafa Benitez’s side, 15th in the league and without a win in their last three games, have only managed 21 goals in 23 games and are more likely to try to frustrate City rather than engage in an open match.

City’s lead remains a comfortable one and all United, who travel to seventh-placed Burnley, can do is to keep collecting the points and hope for an unlikely slump.

United’s 3-0 win over Stoke City, with Paul Pogba impres-

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sive, showed they have recovered from their festive wobble, and the prospect of Alexis Sanchez arriving from Arsenal is giving their fans cause for optimism. Burnley secured a 2-2 draw at Old Trafford on Boxing Day but they have not won in their last six league games and in losing at Crystal Palace last week showed signs of tiredness setting in.

Antonio Conte has frequently complained of his team feeling the pace but they will expect three points from their trip to the south coast to face 16th placed Brighton & Hove Albion.

Promoted Brighton have picked up just two points from their last four games and are three points off the relegation zone.

However, Chelsea had not won in their last four games and had failed to score in three before Wednesday’s FA Cup third-round replay victory on penalties over Norwich City following a 1-1 draw after extra time.

Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool are at bottom club Swansea City on Monday and after their vibrant display against City will be looking to extend a run of four straight wins. Theo Walcott, fresh from his move from Arsenal, is in line to make his debut for Sam Allardyce’s Everton at home to West Bromwich Albion.

The Gunners, smarting from last week’s loss to Bournemouth and the possible departure of Sanchez, have a

tricky home game against Roy Hodgson’s revitalised Crystal Palace who have risen to 12th. Tottenham Hotspur travel to Southampton having crushed Mauricio Pellegrino’s side 5-2 when the teams met at Wembley on Boxing Day. Extend

Manchester City defender Nicolas Otamendi has signed a contract extension until 2022, the Premier League club have announced. The 29-year-old Argentina international has made 118 appearances for City since arriving at the Etihad Stadium from Valencia in 2015 and won the League Cup in his first season in England.

He has featured in 22 of City’s 23 Premier League games this season, guiding the defensive line to help put Pep Guardiola’s side 12 points clear at the top of the table.

“I’ve enjoyed my time at City since the first day I arrived and I’m really happy to have extended my stay here by a couple more years,” Otamendi said in a statement.

“My only aim is to help the team and give all I can for this club. I am learning every day under Pep and enjoying my football and I feel I can still improve as a player.” (rtr)

PARIS - Neymar netted four goals and Edinson Cavani became Paris St Germain’s joint top scorer ever as the runaway Ligue 1 leaders demolished visitors Dijon 8-0 on Wednesday. Brazilian forward Neymar, just back from injury, took his season’s tally to 15 goals and the rout was completed by Angel Di Maria’s double and goals by Cavani and substitute Kylian Mbappe.

Cavani bagged his 156th goal in all competitions for PSG, matching the club record of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who played for the club from 201216. PSG have 56 points from 21 games and lead second-placed Olympique Lyonnais, who won 2-0 at En Avant Guingamp earlier on Wednesday, by 11 points.

Di Maria put the hosts ahead on four minutes when he found the top corner from the edge of the box after collecting Giovani Lo Celso’s pass. The Argentine made it 2-0 11 minutes later from pointblank range with Dijon in disarray. It got worse for the visitors, who fell 3-0 in the 21st as Cavani headed home from Di Maria’s cross.

Three minutes before the break, Neymar curled a superb free kick past Baptiste Reynet as PSG continued to pile the pressure. Neymar doubled his tally 12 minutes into the second half, beating Reynet from close range. The Brazilian was at hit again in the 73rd, slaloming past six Dijon players before finding the back of the net with a powerful shot from just inside the box.

Four minutes later, Mbappe was set up by Neymar and the French international scored PSG’s seventh goal with a left-foot shot and Neymar rubbed salt in the visitors’ wounds when he converted an 83rd-minute penalty.

The former Barcelona player, who also set up two goals, was booed when he took the penalty as Cavani would have broken the club scoring record had he taken and converted it.

Earlier, Nabil Fekir and Houssem Aouar helped Lyon move above Olympique de Marseille and Monaco into second place. They lead Marseille, who beat RC Strasbourg 2-0 on Tuesday, by one point and Monaco, who were held to a 2-2 draw with Nice, by two. (rtr)

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Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar celebrates scoring their first goal from the penalty spot

WEAKENED BOURNEMOUTH

Wigan, who won the competition five years ago but have since slipped down the divisions, overcame a weakened Bournemouth side with a first-half effort from Sam Morsy and quick-fire second-half goals from Dan Burn and Callum Elder. Bournemouth made eight changes to the side that had beaten Arsenal on Sunday, clearly signalling where the FA Cup lies in their priorities as they battle to steer clear of the Premier League relegation zone.

Morsy swept home after Will Grigg’s initial effort was saved, substitute Burn volleyed in from Max Power’s cross and Elder headed in at the far post to complete a superb victory for the lower league side.

Jordan Ayew gave Swansea the lead after 11 minutes with a superb goal reminiscent of Ricky Villa’s famous Cup final replay winner for Tottenham Hotspur against Manchester City in 1981. Wolves, however, equalised after 66 minutes through Diogo Jota only for Bony to poke in at the other end three minutes later after the visitors failed to deal with Tom Carroll’s cross. (rtr)

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Chelsea’s Eden Hazard celebrates scoring the winning penalty of the penalty shoot out

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Chelsea through on penalties, Bournemouth lose to Wigan

LONDON - Chelsea won a penalty shootout to beat second tier Norwich City on Wednesday and sneak into the FA Cup fourth round following a tempestuous replay that ended 1-1 after extra time with the Premier League champions reduced to nine men. Chelsea manager Antonio Conte was fuming at the final whistle after Pedro and Alvaro Morata were dismissed in extra time and two penalty appeals had been waved away, but the Premier League champions regained their composure to win the shootout 5-3.

Eden Hazard stroked home the winning penalty to decide what had begun as a dire spectacle until Michy Batshuayi gave Chelsea the lead in the 55th minute, before Jamal Lewis levelled in stoppage time for the Championship side.

Swansea City, the Premier

League’s bottom team, also reached the fourth round with Wilfried Bony grabbing the winner in a 2-1 victory over Championship leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers but it was a grim night for the top flight’s Bournemouth as they were dumped out after an embarrassing 3-0 replay defeat at third tier Wigan Athletic.

It has been a dismal start to 2018 for Chelsea, who came into Wednesday’s match having drawn their previous four games, and the performance against Norwich will have done little to convince fans they have turned a corner. They did at least find the net, however, which they had not done in their last three matches, with Batshuayi tapping home Kenedy’s cross from close range. Yet most of the drama was still to come and Norwich levelled when Lewis headed home a devilish Timm Klose cross in stop-

page time.

Chelsea were aggrieved not to get a penalty when Willian appeared to be tripped in the area only for referee Graham Scott to wave away his appeals, even after consulting the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).

Worse was to come for Chelsea as Pedro was dismissed for a second booking and Morata got his marching orders when he was adjudged to have dived in the box and received a second caution.

The shootout, however, went like clockwork for Chelsea as they converted all their kicks after Nelson Oliveira had failed to score Norwich’s first. Norwich manager Daniel Farke thought the game was there for the taking. “To be honest it’s big disappointment, some of the lads are sitting with tears in their eyes in the dressing room,” he told the BBC.

Neymar hits four, Cavani matches record as PSG crush Dijon

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general view of the scoreboard at 4-2

After Anfield blow, City look to restore smooth progress

MANCHESTER - Manchester City will be aiming to resume business as usual when they face Newcastle United at the Etihad stadium in the Premier League on Saturday. City’s 4-3 loss to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday allowed Manchester United to close the gap to 12 points and ended Pep Guardiola’s team’s 22-match unbeaten run in the league this season.

Liverpool’s relentless, energetic high pressing and sharp and decisive finishing exposed weaknesses in City’s defence but it would be a major surprise if Newcastle were to even attempt to replicate such an approach, let alone upset Guardiola’s men. Rafa Benitez’s side, 15th in the league and without a win in their last three games, have only managed 21 goals in 23 games and are more likely to try to frustrate City rather than engage in an open match.

City’s lead remains a comfortable one and all United, who travel to seventh-placed Burnley, can do is to keep collecting the points and hope for an unlikely slump.

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sive, showed they have recovered from their festive wobble, and the prospect of Alexis Sanchez arriving from Arsenal is giving their fans cause for optimism. Burnley secured a 2-2 draw at Old Trafford on Boxing Day but they have not won in their last six league games and in losing at Crystal Palace last week showed signs of tiredness setting in.

Antonio Conte has frequently complained of his team feeling the pace but they will expect three points from their trip to the south coast to face 16th placed Brighton & Hove Albion.

Promoted Brighton have picked up just two points from their last four games and are three points off the relegation zone.

However, Chelsea had not won in their last four games and had failed to score in three before Wednesday’s FA Cup third-round replay victory on penalties over Norwich City following a 1-1 draw after extra time.

Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool are at bottom club Swansea City on Monday and after their vibrant display against City will be looking to extend a run of four straight wins. Theo Walcott, fresh from his move from Arsenal, is in line to make his debut for Sam Allardyce’s Everton at home to West Bromwich Albion.

The Gunners, smarting from last week’s loss to Bournemouth and the possible departure of Sanchez, have a

tricky home game against Roy Hodgson’s revitalised Crystal Palace who have risen to 12th. Tottenham Hotspur travel to Southampton having crushed Mauricio Pellegrino’s side 5-2 when the teams met at Wembley on Boxing Day. Extend

Manchester City defender Nicolas Otamendi has signed a contract extension until 2022, the Premier League club have announced. The 29-year-old Argentina international has made 118 appearances for City since arriving at the Etihad Stadium from Valencia in 2015 and won the League Cup in his first season in England.

He has featured in 22 of City’s 23 Premier League games this season, guiding the defensive line to help put Pep Guardiola’s side 12 points clear at the top of the table.

“I’ve enjoyed my time at City since the first day I arrived and I’m really happy to have extended my stay here by a couple more years,” Otamendi said in a statement.

“My only aim is to help the team and give all I can for this club. I am learning every day under Pep and enjoying my football and I feel I can still improve as a player.” (rtr)

PARIS - Neymar netted four goals and Edinson Cavani became Paris St Germain’s joint top scorer ever as the runaway Ligue 1 leaders demolished visitors Dijon 8-0 on Wednesday. Brazilian forward Neymar, just back from injury, took his season’s tally to 15 goals and the rout was completed by Angel Di Maria’s double and goals by Cavani and substitute Kylian Mbappe.

Cavani bagged his 156th goal in all competitions for PSG, matching the club record of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who played for the club from 201216. PSG have 56 points from 21 games and lead second-placed Olympique Lyonnais, who won 2-0 at En Avant Guingamp earlier on Wednesday, by 11 points.

Di Maria put the hosts ahead on four minutes when he found the top corner from the edge of the box after collecting Giovani Lo Celso’s pass. The Argentine made it 2-0 11 minutes later from pointblank range with Dijon in disarray. It got worse for the visitors, who fell 3-0 in the 21st as Cavani headed home from Di Maria’s cross.

Three minutes before the break, Neymar curled a superb free kick past Baptiste Reynet as PSG continued to pile the pressure. Neymar doubled his tally 12 minutes into the second half, beating Reynet from close range. The Brazilian was at hit again in the 73rd, slaloming past six Dijon players before finding the back of the net with a powerful shot from just inside the box.

Four minutes later, Mbappe was set up by Neymar and the French international scored PSG’s seventh goal with a left-foot shot and Neymar rubbed salt in the visitors’ wounds when he converted an 83rd-minute penalty.

The former Barcelona player, who also set up two goals, was booed when he took the penalty as Cavani would have broken the club scoring record had he taken and converted it.

Earlier, Nabil Fekir and Houssem Aouar helped Lyon move above Olympique de Marseille and Monaco into second place. They lead Marseille, who beat RC Strasbourg 2-0 on Tuesday, by one point and Monaco, who were held to a 2-2 draw with Nice, by two. (rtr)

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Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar celebrates scoring their first goal from the penalty spot

WEAKENED BOURNEMOUTH

Wigan, who won the competition five years ago but have since slipped down the divisions, overcame a weakened Bournemouth side with a first-half effort from Sam Morsy and quick-fire second-half goals from Dan Burn and Callum Elder. Bournemouth made eight changes to the side that had beaten Arsenal on Sunday, clearly signalling where the FA Cup lies in their priorities as they battle to steer clear of the Premier League relegation zone.

Morsy swept home after Will Grigg’s initial effort was saved, substitute Burn volleyed in from Max Power’s cross and Elder headed in at the far post to complete a superb victory for the lower league side.

Jordan Ayew gave Swansea the lead after 11 minutes with a superb goal reminiscent of Ricky Villa’s famous Cup final replay winner for Tottenham Hotspur against Manchester City in 1981. Wolves, however, equalised after 66 minutes through Diogo Jota only for Bony to poke in at the other end three minutes later after the visitors failed to deal with Tom Carroll’s cross. (rtr)

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Chelsea’s Eden Hazard celebrates scoring the winning penalty of the penalty shoot out

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Geger Temple perching above the piles of rigid rocks offers lush beauty and serenity that looks so perfect under lullabies of full moonlight. From the point of this height, the boisterous and splendor of night lamps of Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, Kuta and Denpasar seem close. In the meantime, this beach offers beautiful scenery with charming white sandy beach.

Moreover, this beach is one of the hidden beaches in Bali because only a few travelers know about the existence of this beach.

Though the beach is claimed to be hidden but the access is quite easy.

Sawangan Beach is also used by local community to cultivate seaweed because the beach is fairly quiet. When visiting this beach, travelers will see seaweed farmers drying out their crops. For fishing hobbyists, there are also many spots of fishing here. Due to the beauty owned, this beach is often used by wedding couples as the location of their pre-wedding photo session.

What is interesting here? At low tide, visitors can explore the verges along the beach to see the beauty of the rocks and crystal-clear seawater. Thus, visitors will

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The Golden State Warriors held the Bulls to 12 points in the third quarter after Chicago had a 66-point first half, enabling the defending champs to rally for a 119-112 victory Wednesday night in Chicago. The win was the Warriors’ fourth straight to begin a five-game trip and extended Golden State’s road winning streak to 14 games, equaling the third longest in NBA history.

be made comfortable to linger on this beach. An important thing to note here is that when visiting this beach traveler must prepare supplies because there are no stalls selling food and drinks here.

A unique attraction offered on this beach is camel ride. It can be tried while enjoying the beauty of this beach. This camel attraction is managed by the Bali Camel Safari. So, you should make a reservation first if you want to enjoy the experience of this camel ride. The rate of camel ride for adults and children is charged per person with duration of one hour. Camel ride attraction can be carried out either in the morning or late afternoon.

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The Bulls used a 17-0 run bridging the first and second quarters to help build a 66-63 halftime advantage. The Warriors countered with a 19-0 flurry of their own in the third quarter to take a lead they never relinquished.

Klay Thompson had 38 points and Stephen Curry 30 for the Warriors, whose 21-3 road record is better than their 16-6 home mark.

Nikola Mirotic had a team-high 24 points for the Bulls, who had won their previous three games.

The game was tied at 72-all before Curry ignited the Warriors’ spurt with a 3-pointer.

Curry added two more 3-pointers and a 2-point hoop, and Kevin Durant chipped in with six points, allowing the Warriors to build a 91-72 lead with 2:59 left in the third quarter. The Bulls went almost seven full minutes without scoring in the key drought.

The Warriors connected on 13 3-pointers in the game, with Thompson (7-for-13) and Curry (6-for-11) accounting for all of them.

Durant added 19 points in a top-heavy Warriors attack that saw

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) dribbles the ball against Chicago Bulls guard David Nwaba (11) during the second half at the United Center. only three players score in double figures. Golden State was playing without Draymond Green (sore right shoulder) and Andre Iguodala (bruised left calf).

Six Bulls, including three reserves, scored 10 or more points, led by Mirotic, who hit four of his seven 3-point attempts. The Bulls made 10 3-pointers, their franchise-

record 10th straight game making at least 10.

Robin Lopez (16), Kris Dunn (16), Bobby Portis (12), Lauri Markkanen (11) and Denzel Valentine (10) also scored in double figures for the Bulls, who were swept in the season series by the Warriors for the second time in the last three years. Warriors forward Jordan Bell

left the court on a wheelchair after he landed awkwardly and sprained his left ankle in the opening minute.

The team said X-rays were negative, and Bell is scheduled to have an MRI on Thursday to determine the severity of the sprain.

The Bulls lost Dunn to injury late in the game when he fell facefirst to the court after converting

a dunk. He was bleeding from the mouth when taken to the locker room after “taking a chunk out of the floor,” as Chicago coach Fred Hoiberg put it. The team later announced that Dunn chipped and dislocated two front teeth. Tests found no signs of a concussion, but Dunn will be revaluated Thursday. (rtr)

Birthday girl Kerber sets up mouthwatering Sharapova clash

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MELBOURNE - Former world number one Angelique Kerber celebrated her 30th birthday on Thursday with an emphatic 6-4 6-1 win over Donna Vekic at the Australian Open to set up an intriguing third round clash of former champions with Maria Sharapova.

The resurgent German, who broke a 27-tournament title drought with victory at the Sydney International in the leadup, is now riding a seven-match winning streak as she looks to recapture the form

that propelled her to the 2016 title at Melbourne Park.

Kerber was uncomfortable in her skin as the top seed during last year’s tournament, when she lost in the fourth round to American CoCo Vandeweghe, but ranked 21st this year, she looms as a dangerous floater in the draw.

In scorching conditions at Margaret Court Arena, she gave 52ndranked Vekic the run-around with a series of deft drop-shots and closed out the one-sided match with a confident cross-court smash.

Born in the same year of the Australian Open’s debut at Melbourne Park, Kerber soaked up a birthday serenade from the terraces during her post-match interview on the court.

“It’s just amazing how the time is flying,” said Kerber, who struggled for form through a difficult 2017 season. “I’m feeling good, it’s good to win today, of course, on my birthday.

“Now I think the work pays off and it’s just the beginning of the year.” (rtr)

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Police comb through filthy California home where starving siblings found

PERRIS - Investigators on Wednesday conducted an exhaustive search of the foulsmelling, filthy tract home east of Los Angeles where a California couple are accused of keeping captive and nearly starving their 13 minor and adult children, police said. David Turpin, 57, and Louise Turpin, 49, were set to go before a judge in Riverside County on Thursday on charges of torture and child endangerment in the case, which came to light over the weekend after their 17-year-old daughter escaped through a window and alerted police.

“We have investigators on scene, combing through everything they can find for additional evidence,” Riverside Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Vasquez said by telephone. “They’re trying to gather more information that may assist them in providing a full description of what was going on there. “The whole house is a crime scene,” he added.

Officers raided the house in the small city of Perris, about 70 miles (113 km) east of Los Angeles, on Sunday after the 17-year-old, whose name was not released, called the 911 emergency number on a cellphone. She was so small and emaciated, officers at first thought she was about 10 years old.

On Wednesday afternoon, several investigators, some wearing black gloves, went in and out of the house, frequently carrying boxes and bags of material they placed in waiting vehicles. Inside the garage, floor-to-ceiling shelves that appeared to be stacked with DVDs could be seen.

From the outside, the tan house did not look particularly different from the other one-and two-story houses

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in the community. But neighbors said the thick sod of the front lawn had been put down by the children last fall, working at night under TV-style lights as their mother looked on.

The couple is accused of keeping their 13 offspring, ages 2 to 29, in filthy and fetid conditions, chaining some to their beds and giving them so little food the adult children were initially mistaken for minors, police said. They are all believed to be the couple’s biological children, Vasquez said. On Wednesday, police and prosecutors prepared for the arraignment of each parent on nine counts of torture and 10 counts of child endangerment.

Neighbors and family members have offered little insight into the couple’s motivations or actions. Experts have said it may have been easier for the parents to shield their children from scrutiny because they were home-schooled.

Reached by telephone Wednesday at the West Virginia home of David Turpin’s parents, his mother, Betty Turpin, said she was busy preparing paperwork and entering information into a computer to help her son. She said the family had engaged an attorney, who advised them not to speak about the case.

But Louise Turpin’s sister, Elizabeth Jane Flores, told ABC News on Wednesday that in hindsight there were concerning signs, including a refusal to allow family visits or talks with the children on Skype.

Neighbor Kimberly Milligan, 50, said Wednesday that over the three years she had lived across the street from the Turpins she had seen a few of the older children, looking pale and always accompanied by a parent, but never the entire group. “It was something that always nagged at me,” she said. “Why don’t I see those kids?” (rtr)

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A woman takes a picture of the fossilized tail of a sauropod of the Atlasaurus imelakei species, that will be auctioned on Tuesday night in Mexico to raise funds for the reconstruction of thousands of schools damaged by September quakes, at the lobby of the BBVA Bancomer tower in Mexico City, Mexico January 16, 2018.

Dinosaur tail to be auctioned for Mexico quake reconstruction MEXICO CITY - A fossilized dinosaur tail discovered in Morocco will be auctioned on Tuesday night in Mexico to raise funds for the reconstruction of thousands of schools damaged by two earthquakes that struck the Latin American nation in September.

The 4-metre-(13-foot)-long, 180kg (396-pound) tail will be offered at a reserve price of 1.8 million Mexican pesos ($95,805), according to organizer Morton’s Auction House.

Anything raised above the reserve price will be donated to the BBVA Bancomer Foundation to help finance the reconstruction of some 5,000 damaged schools.

The extremity belonged to a 17-metre (56-foot), 22-tonne sauropod of the Atlasaurus imelakei species that roamed the Atlas Mountains of Morocco during the Middle Jurassic, some 165 million years ago.

The group of dinosaurs called sauropods were massive four-legged plant-eaters with long necks and long tails, and included the largest land animals ever on Earth. The two September quakes in Mexico killed an estimated 480 people and caused billions of dollars worth in damage.

“Education is an element of enormous importance for the country, an element of social mobility, that is why we support the reconstruction of schools,” Adolfo Albo, from BBVA Bancomer Foundation, told Reuters. Albo said the foundation hoped the tail would sell for a lot more than the reserve price.

Moroccan paleontologists took 300 hours to clean the gigantic remains of the reptile, before scientists in Utah pieced them back together. A Mexican businessman, who asked not to be named because he did not want publicity, purchased the fossil for his collection. (rtr)

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most popular one garnering more than 17,000 votes. “This isn’t the same as gluing a broken plate together,” said one of the signers.

The prospect of a combined team had long been unsettling for the South Korean players. As in most other winter sports, the South is much stronger than the North. “Our players were really nervous,” Sarah Murray, South Korean women’s hockey head coach, told Reuters last month during the team’s training swing through the United States.

“We can only take 23 players to the Olympics, and they thought these North Koreans are going to come in and take our spots”, Murray said.

Chun, the South’s lead delegate, said the decision on a united ice hockey team is not yet finalised, as it requires the consent of the IOC and related international body.

“We’re well aware of the people’s concerns and interests about this”, he told a news conference. “But I would like you to see the other side that it could make a positive contribution to peace of the Korean Peninsula and improving inter-Korean relations”. (rtr)

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“The U.S. is miscalculating,” the North’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary. “Although the U.S. makes desperate efforts to disturb peace while wielding a nuclear stick, it can not provoke us as long as we have the strong nuclear deterrent”.

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Medical Director of Child Abuse and Neglect at Riverside University Health System Doctor Sophia Grant speaks during a news conference after the arrests of the parents of 13 siblings, who police say were found shackled to their beds with chains and padllocks in Perris, California, U.S., January 16, 2018.

Seoul has proposed a joint ice hockey team, which triggered an angry response from athletes in the South suddenly being told they may have to play alongside total strangers.

“I don’t know if it will happen, but a joint team will be a good opportunity for ice hockey to shed its sorrow as a less-preferred sport as many Koreans will take interest,” South Korean President Moon Jae-in told players during a visit to a training centre.

The number of petitions to the presidential Blue House’s website opposing a unified team shot up to more than 100 this week, with the

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Indonesia exchange walkway collapse due to “building failure” -initial report JAKARTA - Loose or corroded joints may have caused the sudden collapse of a mezzanine floor at the Indonesian Stock Exchange building this week that sent visiting students plunging to the ground, a preliminary report by the public works ministry has found. More than 70 people were injured in Monday’s incident, which was captured on dramatic CCTV footage that showed a walkway giving way under the students, some of whom were trapped beneath slabs of concrete and other debris.

The accident in Jakarta’s plush financial district has shocked even a country that is used to natural and manmade disasters and where safety standards are often loosely enforced.

The ministry’s report said the suspended walkway fell because several cables broke away from the ceiling due to a “concentration of weight” in one spot where nearly 100 university students visiting the exchange had gathered. “The burden could not be borne by the ... structure and triggered a building failure,” said the report, which was reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday.

The initial conclusion was that the collapse may have been caused by “loose or corroded bolts” or “shearing joints”. The report said the walkway was part of the original structure, built in the late 1990s, and not added later. The public works ministry said its report was based on interviews with building management, visual observations and analysis of CCTV footage on social media, but added that its team did not have direct access to the site.

“Further and closer observation is required on-site, and of construction documents,” it said. The public works ministry’s press department said in a statement: “We would like to convey that this report is a preliminary report of the results of a review by ministry staff, that is unofficial.”

The high-rise building is part of a two-tower complex owned and developed by PT Danayasa Arthatama Tbk, part of Artha Graha group. It houses dozens of offices, including the World Bank’s Indonesia branch.

A company spokesman had earlier declined to comment on the incident. No one from the company could immediately be reached for comment on the findings of the preliminary report.

Muslim prayer room before beginning their tour. Many had plans to fly to the resort island of Bali for a holiday after their trip to Jakarta.

“I thought it was an earthquake and I screamed when I saw many of my friends bleeding and covered with dust,” said Betride Septiani, 21. “We didn’t feel any signs like the floor swaying or anything, it was all just so sudden.”

CCTV footage that was aired on television and spread widely on social media showed a floor shearing away in a few seconds under the group. Septiani landed on her back one storey below but suffered only minor injuries. Other students fainted or suffered broken bones and concussion and are being treated in hospital.

COMBING THE SITE

A forensics police team was combing the site for clues

about why the walkway collapsed and interviewing building management on Tuesday. The complex was the target of a car bombing by Islamist militants in September 2000. Police have ruled out a bomb as a cause of Monday’s collapse. The second tower was reopened for business on Tuesday and authorities were aiming to reopen the tower where the incident happened on Wednesday.

One expert said the preliminary report had “reasonable conclusions” and that such incidents can be difficult to predict. “It may be because of degradation of materials over time and because of earthquakes, and to prevent that we would have to develop more foolproof materials and connections,” said Davy Sukamta, head of the Indonesian society of civil and structural engineers. “If a building has a special construction like this, it must be inspected more regularly for wear and tear.” (rtr)

“NO WARNING”

For some of the 92 accounting students, who had arrived hours earlier from Palembang city on the island of Sumatra to take a study tour of the stock exchange, it felt like a powerful earthquake. One said that the students, aware of Jakarta’s notorious traffic jams, arrived early and were looking for a

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Forensic police conduct an inspection of a mezzanine, similiar to the one which collapsed yesterday, in the main lobby of Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) building in Jakarta, Indonesia January 16, 2018, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Endangered Bornean orangutan found stabbed in Indonesia

JAKARTA - A Bornean orangutan, a critically endangered species, has been found stabbed to death in Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province, a conservation official said on Tuesday.

Authorities said the case was

the latest in a string of “unnatural deaths” of orangutans on the island, to which they are native.

The great ape was found floating in a river and had been dead for at least two days, said Adib Gunawan, head of the Natural Resources

Conservation Agency in central Kalimantan.

“We found that it was stabbed multiple times using a sharp tool,” Gunawan told Reuters. “We are still investigating the case.”

The World Wildlife Fund estimates

there are 104,700 Bornean orangutans, known for their broad faces and dark brown fur, left in the world.

Last year, two orangutans that had been killed were discovered in East Kalimantan, media have said.

Indonesia has vast swathes

of plantations growing palm oil or coffee on deforested land that conservations say often encroach on or disrupt ecosystems. Plantation workers sometimes encounter wildlife and may capture or kill the animals. (rtr)

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BUSINESS A shepherd drives a herd of cattle towards the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mokopane, Limpopo province, South Africa, September 20, 2017.

Mining, demand for heating power U.S. industrial production

WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production increased more than expected in December as unseasonably cold weather at the end of the month boosted demand for heating, but manufacturing output barely rose, pointing to moderate growth in the industrial sector. Strong demand for utilities reported by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday bolstered expectations of an acceleration in consumer spending in the fourth quarter, prompting some economists to bump up their economic growth estimates for the October-December period.

“This is consistent with the solid growth story,” said Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto. The Fed said industrial output surged 0.9 percent last month also buoyed by robust gains in mining production, after slipping 0.1 percent in November. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast industrial production advancing 0.4 percent in December. It rose at an annual rate of 8.2 percent in the fourth quarter, the biggest gain since the second quarter of 2010.

For all of 2017, industrial output rose 1.8 percent, the first and largest increase since 2014. In another report, the U.S. central bank said the economy continued to expand from late November through the end of 2017. In its Beige Book report of anecdotal information on business activity collected from contacts nationwide, the Fed said “the outlook for 2018 remains optimistic for a majority of contacts across the country.”

The reports were seen supportive of an interest rate increase in March from the Fed. Prices for U.S. Treasuries fell, with the yield on the interest rate sensitive two-year note hitting a nine-year high. The dollar briefly rose against a basket of currencies, but later surrendered gains. Stocks on Wall Street were trading higher.

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Euro takes breather below 3-year high; dollar gets respite

SINGAPORE - The euro nursed losses on Thursday, having retreated from a three-year high after comments from European Central Bank officials this week hinted at concerns over the currency’s recent strength. The euro’s pull-back from highs helped stabilise the greenback, which has come under pressure as central banks of other major economies begin to move toward tighter monetary policy amid a more synchronised global recovery.

The euro last stood at $1.2194, up 0.1 percent on the day but well below a peak of $1.2323 set on Wednesday, the euro’s strongest level since December 2014. ECB policymakers may have been caught off guard by the speed of the euro’s appreciation, said Lee Jin Yang, macro research analyst for Aberdeen Standard Investments in Singapore.

“Maybe they are trying to manage volatility or slow down the rise,” Lee said. The common currency had slipped on Wednesday as ECB policymaker Ewald Nowotny told reporters the euro’s recent strength against the dollar is “not helpful,” which encouraged a bout of profit-taking before a policy meeting next week.

In an interview with an Italian newspaper Vitor Constancio, the ECB vice president, said he did not rule out that monetary policy would still continue to be “very accommodating for a long time”. There could be some profit-taking and consolidation in the euro ahead of the ECB’s policy meeting next week, although the currency’s outlook over 2018 looks positive, said Roy Teo, investment strategist for LGT Bank in Singapore.

“We see upside risk towards $1.30 by the end of this year... It’s surprising to note that growth in the euro zone is actually similar if not outpacing the U.S,” Teo said.

The greenback gained some respite against other major peers. Against the yen, the dollar rose 0.1 percent to 111.36 yen , having bounced from Wednesday’s four-month low of 110.19 yen.

The Canadian dollar eased about 0.1 percent to C$1.2450 , having see-sawed on Wednesday after the Bank of Canada raised interest rates and indicated confidence in the economic outlook but sounded a cautious tone on the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). On Wednesday, the Canadian dollar had fluctuated in a relatively wide range of C$1.2540 to C$1.2362.

Later on Thursday, investors will turn their focus to China’s fourth-quarter and 2017 gross domestic product data, and data on December factory output, retail sales and fixed-asset investment. The Chinese economic indicators are due to be released at 0700 GMT rather than the usual 0200 GMT.(rtr)

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gained only 0.1 percent in December. Data for October and November was, however, revised to show factory output rising 1.5 percent and 0.3 percent respectively instead of the previously reported 1.4 percent and 0.2 percent.

Manufacturing output last month was held back by a 1.5 percent drop in the production of primary metals. Motor vehicle and parts production increased 2.0 percent.

Manufacturing production rose at a 7.0 percent rate in the fourth quarter, the biggest gain since the second quarter of 2010. It increased 1.3 percent in 2017, the largest rise since 2012.

The industrial sector is being supported by a strengthening global economy and recent dollar weakness, which is helping to make U.S. exports more competitive relative to those of the nation’s main trading partners.

It is likely to be boosted by a $1.5 trillion tax cut approved by the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump last month. A survey early this month showed an acceleration in factory activity in December, with a measure of new orders recording its best reading since January 2004.”A positive fundamental backdrop of tax cuts, solid domestic and global demand, a weaker dollar, firmer energy prices and somewhat leaner inventories all translate into solid prospects for industrial activity in 2018,” said Gregory Daco, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics in New York.

Mining production increased 1.6 percent in December amid a rebound in oil and gas well drilling. Utilities production accelerated 5.6 percent last month after declining 3.1 percent in November. Bitter cold gripped a large part of the country at the end of December. The surge in utilities demand added to strong December retail sales in supporting expectations of an acceleration in consumer spending in the fourth quarter.

Forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers raised its fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth estimate by one-tenth of a percentage point to a 2.8 percent annualized rate. Barclays lifted its GDP growth forecast to a 3.1 percent pace from a 3.0 percent rate.

Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, increased at a 2.2 percent annualized rate in the third quarter. The economy grew at a 3.2 percent rate in the July-September period.

The surge in industrial production pushed up capacity utilization, a measure of how fully industries are deploying their resources, to 77.9 percent. That was the highest since February 2015 and followed a 77.2 percent rate in November.

Capacity utilization is 2 percentage points below its long-run average. Officials at the Fed tend to look at capacity use as a signal of how much “slack” remains in the economy and how much room there is for growth to accelerate before it becomes inflationary. (rtr)

Presenting Atmosphere of Peace and Greatness of Ritual

Along the human lifetime, it will surely do activities related to basic needs of both food and housing. After that, it is followed by development of mindset resulting in the creation of various kinds of culture usually influenced by situation in the community.

Manifestation of the culture varies because there is a form of activity or dance movement telling about something. Moreover, sometimes they are in the form of tools that can generate a sound such as gender gamelan instrument. This gamelan instrument has a characteristic in terms of sound where it is often used to accompany the performance of shadow puppet in Bali.

According to I Made Murawan, a puppeteer from Puaya hamlet, Batuan, Sukawati, Gianyar, when staging puppet shadow featuring the storyline of Mahabharata, the gamelan instrument in use is a set of gender or four instruments only while if accompanying the performance of Ramayana epic, it will certainly use bebatelan gamelan instrument.

In addition to four pieces of gender instruments, it will use other instruments such as a pair of drum, kempur and so on. The gamelan composition played when the performance of puppet shadow begins with tabuh petegak like the Sekar Sungsang and selendro scales.

After that, the gamelan composition played is Tabuh Pamungkah used when commencing to play the klayon to finish of the klayon.

Then, it is resumed with paguneman where the puppet is stabbed accompanied by gamelan composition entitled Tulang Lindung. After stabbing the puppets, it is continued with gamelan entitled Panyacah Parwa in the form of alas arum.

When the puppet is told to walk or move, it will use angkat-angkatan gamelan music. Moreover, when the puppet is crying it uses special mesem gamelan composition for slant-eyed puppets. For the puppet with glowering eyes, it will use rebong gamelan music and during wartime it will use bebatelan.

“Thus, in once staging from the beginning to finish, it will use approximately 10 gamelan compositions with an average duration of two minutes except for the Tabuh Petegak whose duration is approximately 15 minutes,” he said.

In ngaben or cremation ceremony, though the carrying of bade tower has been accompanied by baleganjur gamelan music, it will also use the puppet gender. He told it is meant to provide strains of beauty, peace and comfort for the atman (soul) that will go to heaven. While

the baleganjur like Gora functions to improve and raise the spirit of the community when they are obliged to lift the heavy bade. The gamelan played is usually called glagah puun meaning that it heads for fireplace or it can be bebatelan meaning the journey of the atman to the last abode.

When asked about the use of gender gamelan instrument accompanying the rituals like metatah

nuances of the ceremony,” as he explained. (was) Played in Makotekan and Slendro Scale Gender musical instrument becomes a compulsory accompaniment for a puppet show in Bali.

So, in the staging there are two arts played together namely the art of leather puppet along with all the plays and dialogues as well as the art of gender gamelan composition

left hand plays the tone or the main melody while right hand play in makotekan way namely forming series of rhythm tone of the two gamelan instruments.

Furthermore, he said that playing the puppet gender must be in pair or two pieces because gamelan play in the right hand of both players will produce a different pattern where if gamelan artist plays nyangsih, the partner will play pepolosan.

Thus, playing in pairs will result in a rhythm that integrates the sangsih and papolosan known as makotekan.

(tooth filing), he said that Balinese Hindus believe that by chanting or playing gender in the ritual procession they will get a big influence that is able to avoid someone from thinking negatively and wishing to disrupt smoothness of a ceremony.

Dr. I Nyoman Astita, an artist and lecturer at the ISI Denpasar, also said similar thing. Moreover, the puppet gamelan music played at that time is taken from the appropriate performances. Usually, it is begun with tabuh tegak composition which is then continued with tabuh mesem composition commonly coupled with tabuh rebong.

“Then, when devotees walk from the bale pasekeban to bale delod pavilion in the tooth filing ritual, it will be accompanied with tabuh angkat-angkatan that can also result in solemnity and sublime

of the puppet show.

Besides, the gender is often used or played in various ritual activities such as in the implementation of tooth filing activities and when the bade tower carrying corpse is brought to cemetery. Thus, gender becomes a distinctive gamelan instrument when compared to other musical instruments.

An artist and lecturer at the ISI Denpasar, I Nyoman Astita, said although in terms of the form it is not different from other gamelan instrument, the gender of puppet is indeed the beginning or inspiration of the iron or copper gamelan instrument fastened or tied in such a way by using a rope to float and generate a battier tone when compared to other old gamelan types commonly put on the pedestal.

When playing, the gamelan players are using both hands where

“The advantages of this puppet gender to me is in terms of technique and playing technique that are fairly sophisticated and complicated because at the same time two hands will play individually or counter point with the techniques and even a different beat can produce a different rhythm as well,” he said.

READ Usaba Muhu-Muhu at Timbrah Customary Village He added that in general, Balinese gamelan instrument using resonator in the form of bamboo underneath as a sound repeater will usually be set so that the pair can result in ngumbang-ngisep or waving tones. So, when the pair is played even though one tone only will produce a vibrating or waving sound. Similar thing is also found in the puppet gender, so in addition to being able to makotekan the use

of a pair of puppet gender is also aimed to produce a waving sound.

However, the main puppet gender in use in a staging consists of 4 pieces namely a pair of pamade or the gender having bass sound because of lower octave score and a pair of barangan whose octave score is higher but both will produce an interesting and harmonious tone to be heard.

He added that puppet gender has slendro-scaled instrument with single scale interval from one tone to another. In the meantime, the other gamelan instrument like gong

kebyar and gong gambang using Pelog scale has two tones with higher interval.

For example, the interval is usually 1 so that when reaching 2 tones the interval becomes 1.5. If the tone dong-deng-dung-dang-ding where from dong to deng has the interval of 1, from deng to dung will be 1.5 and then from dung to dang has the interval of 1, and from dang to ding has the interval of 1.5.

Another artist, I Made Murawan, said that although the characteristics of puppet gender tend to be tender. However, it is tailored to the designation because it also has fierce and violent gamelan composition. “For example, when accompanying puppet performances and entering war session, it surely must use a fast and fierce tempo gamelan composition like the bebatelan,” he explained. (kmb)

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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses former Senate majority leader Bob Dole (R-KS) during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honor Dole on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2018.

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IMF event next October will require 1,100 vehicles

MANGUPURA - Since the eruption of Mount Agung, tourism players, including car rental businesses have been hit hard. For the last few months there has been a drastic decrease in the number of tourists visiting Bali which means there are less tourists renting cars. With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meeting set to take place in Bali next October, car rental businesses are starting to have high hopes that their income will be boosted as delegates from some 189 countries will be attending the big event.

Chairman of Bali Car Rental Organization (Asperda), P. Budy Hartono, said that this event is good news for the tourism sector in general and the transportation sector in particular. The IMF Annual meeting will require some 1,100

cars including large and fancier vehicles and as well as regular cars. The number of cars that will be needed was made known during a recent coordination meeting with Angkasa Pura (AP I).

“This number includes the car

needs for all the guests including heads of government, ministers and their staff. Up to a month before such events some delegates such as economic advisors will already be here”, said Hartono in Tuban on Tuesday (Jan. 16).

Hartono aded that Angkasa Pura also plans to prepare an additional 1,000 car capacity parking lot to welcome the event. Other preparations such s the construction of an intersection at the Ngurah Rai monument have already started. “We have high hopes for the IMF Annual Meeting in Bali that will run from October 1419. If there are no drastic changes in the conditions in Bali by March, then the final decision to hold the event here will be confirmed”, he said.

Currently, members of the car

rental association have a total of 1,000 vehicles. To meet the needs of big events in Bali, they will be assisted by car rental companies from places outside Bali like Surabaya, Jakarta, Malang, Semarang and other regions. However, car rental businesses in Bali are certainly prioritized and individual rental car owners can also be involved. The IMF Annual Meeting 2018 is estimated to be larger than the APEC meeting that was held in Bali as there will be delegated from 189 countries. (kmb23)

For convenience of guests

Management of Penglipuran improves public facilities BANGLI - The management of Penglipuran Tourism Village, is continuing to make improvements to a number of facilities in Penglipuran village in order that the attractions become more beautiful and to provide increased comfort to visitors.

Operations Manager of Penglipuran Tourism Village, I Nengah Moneng, revealed on Tuesday (Jan. 16) that a number of public facilities in Penglipuran have become damaged. The main road for example has been damaged from the large number of vehicles passing through. The toilets in the village also need to be worked on.

There are still not enough toilets and many of the existing ones are

currently out of order.

“We are planning to make these improvements and repairs this year.

Some of the toilets have already started to be repaired. We want to improve these facilities so that tourists feel comfortable when they visit Penglipuran Village. We also want to provide good service so that visitors are satisfied with their visit”, added Moneng.

There are also plans to install CCTVs at certain points in the village so that the security of visitors can be monitored directly. During the Penglipuran Village Festival for example, there was a traffic jam at hero monument but the management of the village could not moni-

tor the and react to the situation at the time. “With CCTVs we will be able to monitor our visitors as well as certain locations. Hopefully we can implement this plan in the immediate futur”, siad Moneng.

Moneng added that the village management also has plans to conduct training for their human resources especially for housekeeping staff and pecalang (customary village guards), to improve their competences. The management of the Penglipuran tourism village is still discussing the details with the Tourism and Culture Agency.

“We hope to be able to provide the training this year”, siad Moneng. (kmb41)

Trump takes hard line on immigration, rejects ‘horrible’ bipartisan plan

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday aligned himself solidly with conservative Republicans on immigration, criticizing a proposed bipartisan deal as “horrible” on U.S. border security and “very, very weak” on reforms for the legal immigration system. The Senate proposal - aimed at addressing Democrats’ demands for protections for young adults brought to the United States illegally as children and dubbed “Dreamers” - fell far short of what most Republicans believe needs to happen, the president said.

“It’s the opposite of what I campaigned for,” Trump told Reuters in an interview.

The plan was presented to Trump last week

by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senator Dick Durbin. Trump drew international condemnation after reports emerged that he had questioned the value of taking immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean nation of Haiti during a closed-door meeting with lawmakers at the White House last Thursday, referring to them as “shithole” countries.

Trump has denied using that word. Trump in the interview on Wednesday declined to say what specific words he used. “I’m not going to get into what I said, but I will tell you, it was a tough meeting,” Trump said.

Many Democrats have said they will not vote for spending legislation to keep the federal government funded past a Friday deadline without an immigration deal, and Republicans will need at least some Democratic votes to pass the funding extension in the Senate.

Trump said he thinks a deal on immigration is still possible. “Time is running out,” he said. Democrats said the negotiated plan addressed Trump priorities, including $2.7 billion for additional border security funding.

“The president can’t seem to take yes for an answer and is heading towards a shut down, which would fall squarely on his back,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement emailed to Reuters.

Trump said a federal government shutdown “could happen” at the end of the week, insisting Democrats would be blamed if that occurs even though Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House. The White House has said it backs a short-term spending measure by a Friday deadline to prevent a shutdown.

“HE MEANT WELL” Trump in September announced he was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects the Dreamers, which was begun by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, effective in March. The program currently protects roughly 700,000 people, mostly Hispanic young adults, from deportation and provides them work permits.

Trump has said he is open to finding a solution to help the Dreamers. But he said he became unhappy when Graham and Durbin, who had told him they had a compromise on the Dreamers issue, presented the details.

But Ben Marter, a spokesman for Durbin, said on Friday that following an initial telephone conversation with Trump about the deal, the senator had been “encouraged” by Trump’s reaction and had expected further progress on the legislation at a White House meeting that day. Trump said he had called Republican Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue and Republican Representative Bob

Goodlatte to join that meeting at the White House, describing them as “smart guys, with more of a conservative bent, more of a bent like I have.”

As Graham and Durbin began describing the deal, Trump said, it was immediately clear it would be unacceptable to most Republicans. “It’s horrible for the security of our country,” Trump said, noting there was not enough funding for the wall he has promised to build on the U.S.-Mexican border, a project opposed by Democrats.

The proposal was “very, very weak” on curbing visas for extended family members of immigrants, and failed to end a diversity visa lottery program. “Lindsey - he meant well - but I said, ‘Well, how many Republicans agree with this?’” Trump said.

Trump blamed Durbin for leaking the language he used in the meeting, a disclosure that prompted critics to denounce Trump as a racist, an accusation he denied. “I’ve lost all trust in Durbin,” Trump said.

Trump campaigned for president in 2016 promising a hard line on immigration, including deporting all of the roughly 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country and a “total and complete shutdown” of the entry of Muslims into the United States. As president, he has signed three orders banning entry of most people from several Muslim-majority countries as well as rescinding DACA. (rtr)

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Exercise? I get more than people think, Trump says

WASHINGTON - Do not expect U.S. President Donald Trump to hit the gym, despite his doctor’s orders. He gets plenty of exercise on the golf course and at the White House complex, the president told Reuters on Wednesday.

“I get exercise. I mean I walk, I this, I that,” Trump, 71, said during an Oval Office interview. “I run over to a building next door. I get more exercise than people think.”

Dr. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, said on Tuesday that Trump was in excellent health overall but needed to lose weight, eat better, and break a sweat more often. The fast-food-loving Trump praised Jackson, who has served as a physician to previous presidents, but seemed wary of taking the not-so-subtle suggestion to use the White House’s exercise facilities.

“A lot of people go to the gym and they’ll work out for two hours and all.

I’ve seen people ... then they get their new knees when they’re 55 years old and they get their new hips and they do all those things. I don’t have those problems,” Trump said. He did say he was open to changing his diet, perhaps with smaller portion sizes on White House meals.

Trump’s predecessors, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican George W. Bush, were fitness enthusiasts, but Trump has no daily workout routine. He gets exercise by playing golf, he said, even though he typically rides around the course in a golf cart. Walking would leave him on the course longer than he prefers, he said. “I don’t want to spend the time.”

Trump is considered overweight and borderline obese at 6 feet 3 inches (1.9 meters) tall and 239 pounds (108 kg). “Most of us could lose a couple of pounds,” he said, before scanning the Reuters reporters in the room and pronouncing them in “pretty good shape.” As for his mental acuity, Trump was quick to note his doctor’s pronouncement that he aced a cognitive exam, which he referenced with a dig at predecessors Obama, Bush and Bill Clinton for not doing more to curb threats from North Korea.

“I guess they all realized they’re going to have to leave it to a president that scored the highest on tests. What can I tell you?” he said. He said he had impressed medical staff with his recent performance on a treadmill, regular workouts or not.

“I was on a treadmill for the first time actually in quite a while, and it was at a very steep angle, and I was there for a very long time,” he said. “They were surprised. And they said, ‘Well you can stop now, that’s amazing.’ And I said, ‘I can go much longer than this if you want me to.’” (rtr)

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Marc Cain brings some 80s dazzle to Berlin Fashion Week

BERLIN — German brand Marc Cain presented its Autumn/Winter 2018 collection at the 21st Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin yesterday, throwing back to the 1980s with power suits, latex, tights and leggings in vibrant colours.

Director of design, Karin Veit, told Reuters this season’s look was inspired by blending masculine and feminine elements, offsetting structured materials and strong lines with touches of chiffon and glitter.

Models could be seen backstage with their hair set

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PLN’s lowers electricity consumption growth rate target for 2018

DENPASAR - The growth rate of the consumption of electricity on Bali between 2014- 2016 is recorded to have been 8-9 percent.

In 2016 the growth reached 11 percent. According to the Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) for 2017-2026, the average electricity consumption growth rate is targeted at 8.5 percent.

However, in 2017 an anomaly occurred in that electricity consumption decreased. For the first time ever, the growth rate of electricity consumption in Bali was down 0.05 percent.

PLN Bali Distribution is therefore taking this into consideration and setting the targeted growth rate for the consumption of electricity in Bali in 2018 at just 6.5 percent.

General Manager of PLN Bali Distribution, I Nyoman Suwarjoni Astawa, said that the consumption of electricity in 2017 went down due to Balinese feeling frugal in light of the volcanic activity of Mount Agung that affected many people’s income. Also there is more public awareness about using electricity sparingly and psychologically the news of increases to electricity tariff increases backed this up.

In addition, there is now more electricity efficient equipment, and

up in curlers, achieving a tight corkscrew do on the runway perfectly reminiscent of the perms that were popular of the era.

Victoria’s Secret model Georgia Fowler opened the show in a leopard print jacket and bold red tights, commenting before the show that the #MeToo movement was “a great push forward in the right direction” for the entertainment industry.

Headquartered in Bodelhausen, Marc Cain was founded in 1973 by Helmut Schlotterer and is available in hundreds of retail stores and stand-alone locations across 59 different countries, according to the company’s website.(rtr)

2017 was not as hot as other years so less air-conditioning was used, which affected both households as well as hotels. “I do not know if hotels made a policy of try to save money by turning off lamps or if this was the choice of guests”, he added..

Based on the analysis of data for 2016, the largest number of tourists from a single country came from Australia while in 2017 the number one position was occupied by visitors from China. “We do not know how they spend their time in Bali – whether they spend more time outside the hotel or on the hotel grounds enjoying the facilities”, added Astawa.

The PLN’s growth rate for the consumption of electricity set at 6.5 percent in 2018 will be supported by simplifying access to more power and new installation services. “We serve new customers as soon as possible”, he said.

In addition, Astawa said that he hopes that in 2018 all regions in Bali will have access to electricity thanks to expanding the areas that have access and building new networks. PLN also invites the public be wise in their use of energy and to switch to electrical energy for stoves and bicycles for example. (kmb42)

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Models present creations by Marc Cain at the Berlin Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2018 in Berlin, Germany, January 16, 2018.

Models present creations by Marc Cain at the Berlin Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2018 in Berlin, Germany, January 16, 2018.

Feeding the fashionistas: Gucci turns to fine dining

FLORENCE - It’s all a matter of taste. Luxury labels are accustomed to tempting fashionistas, and now they’re stretching from haute couture to haute cuisine. Gucci opened a 50-seat restaurant, Gucci Osteria, in Florence on Tuesday where three-Michelin-star chef Massimo Bottura will serve up high-end dishes.

The Italian fashion house, owned by Kering, is not the only luxury company to foray into food; LVMH announced late last year it would open a second branch of its gourmet grocer La Grande Epicerie in Paris, days before Tiffany’s & Co opened its Blue Box Cafe in New York.

“The big brands are following where their high-spending clients’ cash is going,” said Fabrizio Pini, professor and joint director of the International Master in Luxury Management of Milan’s MIP Politecnico business school.

Gucci and its rivals do not expect these investments to yield significant financial returns, for now, but they are seen as a way of enhancing their global brands. In some cases, eateries can also be a way to make the most out of large, city-centre store sites as customers increasingly shop online.

The Gucci restaurant is sited behind the walls of the 14-century Palazzo della Mercanzia building, overlooking the city’s most famous square, Piazza della Signoria. Visitors can treat themselves to the likes of Parmigiano Reggiano tortellini, Peruvian-inspired tostadas, pork belly buns and mushroom risotto for 20-30 euros per dish. Few strategies come without an element of risk, however.

Bernstein analyst Mario Ortelli said that if luxury companies did not provide a gastronomic experience that matched their other goods, it could dilute their brands. “The experience has to be luxurious and recognisable,” he said.

While labels are looking to these investments for marketing rather than profits, a presence in food could offer some financial returns in the long run.

With a global luxury market estimated to be worth 1.2 trillion euros in 2017, sales of luxury

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wines and spirits and food, together worth just under 120 billions, last year grew 6 percent, more than personal luxury goods such as bags, shoes and clothing, according to Bain & Co’s yearly report on the sector. “Food is luxury as much as fashion,” said Stefano Cantino, strategic marketing director at Prada, which owns exclusive Milan patisserie Marchesi.

“Barriers have been broken.”

The Gucci Osteria restaurant is part of “Gucci Garden”, which includes an exhibition area, a bazaar-like boutique and a cinema room. “Haute couture and haute cuisine are a recipe made in heaven,” Bottura told reporters. (rtr)

The officers are insepcting the electricity.

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City of Denpasar encourages urban farming

DENPASAR - The Municipality of Denpasar is always open to innovations in urban development. For instance, Mahasaraswati University and the Tukad Bindu Foundation have taken the initiative to encourage urban farming in the City of Denpasar. The Tukad Bindu Foundation has not only cleaned up the Tukad Bindu river shores and provided access to recreation and other activities, but they are also creative innovative opportunities for education.

When asked to comment, Subdivision Head of Information and Public Relations, Regional Secretariat of Denpasar, I Wayan Hendaryana, said that Denpasar’s municipal government is very supportive and encouraging of the private sector and other stakeholders in developing innovative forms of agriculture in the City of Denpasar. Because this urban landscape has a limited amount of green space, creativity and technology are needed to allow for agriculture and urban farming in this part of Bali.

“The Government of Denpasar certainly considers such innovations to be very helpful, whether they are initiated by the private sector or other stakeholders.

So, we certainly encourage people to develop means food security by utilizing the land in their yards to its fullest potential”, said Hendrayana.

Prof. Yudariani from Mahasaraswati University’s Faculty of Agriculture said that they are cooperating with the Tukad Bindu Foundation and the Municipality of Denpasar municipality to develop urban farming.

Their commitment was made official though a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) signed by all the stakeholders involved.

“We have all signed the LoA related to the utilization of some of the land next to Tukad Bindu River which will be used as a field laboratory by our Faculty

of Agriculture”, explained Yudariani.

She further, that urban farming involves adapting conventional agricultural techniques to the urban setting and explained that the main difference between the two types of farming is the purpose. “Conventional agriculture is oriented towards production while urban farming is more oriented towards the needs of urban people”, she said.

The urban farming activities being carried out every Sunday on the area of ??200 square meters is expected to provide a challenge for the students and the surrounding communities with regards to yielding maximum benefits from a small area of land. So far the plan is to run the program for three years. The first year will focus on dividing up the river banks for specific crops. The following year will be focused on continuing the implementation of the program and consolidation. The third year is aimed at empowering the community that lives around Tukad Bindu River.

“In addition to serving as a place for recreation, Tukad Bindu River can also serve to educate the public – particularly in the filed of agriculture. The facilities at Tukad Bindu include fitness machines for kids, local food stalls, rest areas to enjoy the scenery, as well as aerobics for nearby residents and other activities as well. Of course, we also hope that people will become more concerned about the environment”, concluded surrounding people become more concerned with the environment,” concluded Prof. Yudariani.

Chairman of the Tukad Bindu Foundation, I.B. Ari Manik, said that he really appreciates and fully supports efforts to apply urban farming in the City of Denpasar, as it encourages people to take care of the environment. “We encourage people to become clear about the importance of caring for our environment so that the habit of throwing garbage in the river can be minimized and eventually stopped altogether and our rivers can become clean and useful for humans”, said Manik. (kmb12)

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Post-eruption impact, Small businesses start to revive gradually

AMLAPURA - The activities of Mount Agung since last September have caused economic turmoil until these days. Many small businesses eventually went bankrupt. In the meantime, some others remain to survive.

After entering 2018, a number of small businesses are reviving.

This also happens to a small barbershop business in the town of Amlapura pursued by Wayan Supradnya aka Ranyok. When the first warning alert status was announced last September 22, Ranyok admitted to shock. For three days, his business did not get any visitor coming to use his services. Many of his customers have evacuated, but he did not because his residence is not included in disaster-prone areas. He had been maddening for months because the business pioneered in 2007 was almost totally dead.

He admitted to be once pessimistic as his small business was going to end. However, on entering 2018, he gained optimism that his small business can revive again, after the one by one of his customers came back. This is in line with the people of Karangasem, especially the town of Amlapura getting used to seeing the eruption of Mount Agung. Precisely, when Mount Agung erupts, people are no longer busy evacuating.

However, they will be busy taking handphone to immortalize the moments of phreatic eruptions. “Now, though the status of Mount Agung remains in warning, my business is not affected,” said Ranyok, when met amid his activities on Wednesday (Jan. 17).

In 2007, Ranyok with the help of his wife was desperate to contract a small room for his barbershop

business named ‘Wajah Baru’ (New Face) around Kerti Celuk Negara hamlet on Jalan Teuku Umar, Amlapura.

Now, he has been successful enough to run the small business for years. So, it can support his wife and two children. Within a day, dozens of customers come. He has many loyal customers consisting of young people, adults, elders and even officials. Various models of young hairstyles he has mastered. Moreover, he often received calls to provide home service for sick customers.

The advantages compared to other barbershops, Ranyok have skills of massage services. After shaving, customers will get massage service on their shoulders to feel more refreshed. Moreover, since pioneering in 2007, dozens of former employees have opened their own business. He also often shares his shaving skills with his friends outside Karangasem, such as Denpasar and Buleleng. “I get skills from other people, so I must also share with others in need,” said Ranyok, a middle-aged man from Tegallinggah.

He hoped the activities of Mount Agung can be back to normal, so that Karangasem’s economy can gradually revive. Currently, various other businesses also start to become crowded, such as the ritual paraphernalia, distributors of fresh fruits and shopping complex along Jalan Gajah Mada. Meanwhile, some other businesses are still difficult to revive as ever before like the restaurant business along Jalan Untung Surapati or on Jalan Veteran, Amlapura. Many newly opened restaurants were immediately closed on September 22 last year. Until these days, some of the restaurants do not open again whereas the contract period is still a few years away. (kmb31)

Inmates of Gianyar Detention House creatively make keben craft

GIANYAR - Dozens of inmates at Gianyar Detention House are now starting to productively make keben (sealed basket) crafts. The orders for handicrafts made from newspaper waste are also quite high. Infrequently, the inmates are overwhelmed to meet the orders. Naturally, in addition to having strong quality, this craft also looks interesting as embellished with ornament in the form of fruits or barong mask.

Head of Gianyar Detention House, Made Astra, said the keben is made from newspaper waste. At first glance, it looks like a bamboo material, but when observed more thoroughly, this craft is made from twisted newspaper waste. “This keben is made by the inmate from colored newspaper waste of one issue,” he said when met on Wednesday (Jan. 17).

He explained that making the keben craft looks easy but actually difficult. Initially, a newspaper page is cut into four parts. After that, each part is twisted to resemble a stick. “The twist is then strung together and pasted with glue. Next, make the base first to be followed by the circle,”

said acting Head of the Gianyar Detention House who is also the Subdivision Head of the Prison Maintenance at the Bali Law and Human Rights Agency.

Admittedly, this finding was made by an ex-prisoner who has been free. Now, the skill has been passed down to the in-house inmates. Astra ensured that all inmates in Gianyar Detention House can make this craft work. He emphasized the keben of newspaper waste twist is not just a plain keben. “Creative inmates may then stick paper twist for decoration on the periphery of the keben,” he said.

Moreover, for those who have better skill, they are able to make barong carvings and then taped onto the keben while others may make ornament resembling flowers. Having finished, this keben is painted. Then, for finishing step, it is given the varnish to strengthen so it becomes waterproof and looks more beautiful in terms of color. This official from Pecatu, Badung, said that it deliberately highlights the fiber of the newspaper. “Writing of the newspaper on the twist is still visible. Besides, the colors are natural as taken from the picture on the newspaper,” he explained.(kmb35)

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Prepared to be a ‘flagship’

Nusa Penida still hampered by some problems SEMARAPURA - Tourism development in Nusa Penida, Klungkung district is growing rapidly. The visits are not only enlivened by domestic tourists, but also foreign tourists. Thus, such condition puts the islands known as the Blue Paradise Island a source of regionally generated revenue. However, behind it a myriad of problems are still complicated, such as environmental damage and rampant illegal tourist transport.

On that account, Commission I of the Klungkung House of Representatives urged the district government to immediately resolve them. This was revealed in a joint working meeting of the Food Security and Fishery Agency, Transportation Agency and Integrated Licensing and Investment Office (P2TSP) on Wednesday (Jan. 17).

At a meeting attended by the Chairman of the Klungkung House of Representatives, I Wayan Baru, a member of Commission I, I Gede Jana, it was stated that according to the result of observation, the coral reef damage in the waters of Nusa Penida remains quite rampant. The effort to rehabilitate and anticipate further damage

by Bali provincial government as the owner of the management authority is considered not to run maximally. If referring to Law No.32/2009 on Environmental Protection and Management, Article 82 paragraph 1 declares that Minister, Governor or Regent / Mayor has the authority to force the persons in charge of the business and or the activity to conduct environmental restoration due to pollution and or destruction of the environment they have done.

“We encourage this can be applied by district government as a weapon to resolve it (damage—Ed). Do not just take shelter under the statements if the management authority is in the provincial government. We may not keep silence,” he affirmed.

Furthermore, he stated the use of jetty, pontoon and pier docking should also be handled because many have not fully pay attention to socio-cultural, legality and environmental aspect. Likewise, there remain a lot of illegal transportation services. “In terms of quality, the vehicle is okay, but they have not owned a permit. Now, they are mostly private cars. We mean they can be facilitated in the submission of permission. They can be made an organization like a travel,” he said.

The quality of human resources engaged in the tourism sector is also considered to still need improvement. It includes in the reception of tourists to their understanding on the potential owned by Nusa Penida. “Attitude is very important. Now, many still lack of courtesy when receiving tourists. It can affect the image,” added this Democratic politician.

A member of Commission I, Komang Gede Ludra, said the local government is eager to make Nusa Penida the flagship of Klungkung district. On that account, there should be maximal measures in resolving the existing problems. Other than environmental problems, there is also the management of parking. Currently, the levy charge remains without a clear regulation. “This flagship business has long not given a result yet,” he said.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Klungkung House of Representatives, I Wayan Baru, said that behind the onslaught of the district government to raise revenues from licensing charges, many illegal tourist accommodations are operating in the archipelago. “This must be addressed and so must the parking levies,” he added.

Assistant II of Regional Secretariat of Klungkung, Wayan Sumarta, who also attended the meeting, did not dismiss if the issue remaining to arise. In order not to continue, the district government has taken handling measures. “For example, for parking fees, the illegal levy eradication taskforce (Saber Pungli) had come down.

We also agree that coral reefs should be secured,” he said.

Related to illegal tourist accommodations, the Head of the Integrated Licensing and Investment Office, Made Sudiarkajaya, said that many properties had been established before the issuance of regional regulation on regional spatial plan (RTRW). “Today, the awareness to submit the permit is good enough. Such illegal buildings were established in the past. Many buildings do not meet the requirements of coastal border. Hopefully, it can be found a solution. For example, it can be made a special rule,” he said. (kmb45)

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Alec Baldwin defends film maker Woody Allen as Hollywood backs away LOS ANGELES - Actor Alec Baldwin on Tuesday expressed support for film maker Woody Allen as a growing number of entertainment industry stars seek to distance themselves from the “Annie Hall” director as part of the Time’s Up campaign against sexual misconduct. Baldwin, who appeared in three of Allen’s films, said on Twitter that the renunciation of the director and his work was “unfair and sad to me.”

Baldwin said working with Allen was “one of the privileges of my career.” Allen has repeatedly denied decades-old accusations that he molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was seven years old in the early 1990s.

But sentiment has turned against him during the sexual misconduct scandal sweeping Hollywood that has led to dozens of successful men being forced to resign or being dropped from projects.

“I am credible, and I am telling the truth, and I think it’s important that people realize that one victim,

one accuser, matters. And that they are enough to change things,” Farrow said in an advance excerpt from a television interview due to be broadcast on the CBS show “This Morning” on Thursday. Baldwin said he did not intend to “dismiss or ignore such complaints.”

“But accusing people of such crimes should be treated carefully,” he added. Representatives of Allen did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. The director has never been charged with a crime. Allen, 82, won Oscars for the films “Annie Hall,” “Hannah and Her Sisters” and the 2011 comedy “Midnight in Paris,” and continues to release a new movie almost every year.

Timothee Chalamet, 22, the star of gay romance “Call me By Your Name,” this week became the latest actor to announce he will donate the salary he earned from an Allen movie to “Time’s Up” and other causes for sexual abuse victims.

He followed Rebecca Hall, Ellen Page and Mira Sorvino who have made donations or issued regrets about working with Allen in recent weeks. Last week “Lady Bird” director Greta Gerwig, who acted in the 2012 film “To Rome with Love,” said she would not work with Allen again. The “Time’s Up” campaign against sexual harassment in the workplace was launched two weeks ago by more than 300 Hollywood industry figures.

Allen’s most recent film “Wonder Wheel,” distributed by Amazon Studios, has fared poorly at the North American box office taking only $1.4 million since its Dec. 1 release. His next film “A Rainy Day in New York,” starring Chalamet and also from Amazon, is due for release later this year. (rtr)

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Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang holds a news conference in Hong Kong, China January 17, 2018.

Hong Kong star Eric Tsang denies sexual assault allegations

HONG KONG - Hong Kong celebrity Eric Tsang denied allegations of sexual misconduct on Wednesday and said he was taking legal action against one of his two accusers. Tsang, a household name in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Chinese-speaking communities around the world, is one of the most high-profile Asian stars to face such accusations amid a global campaign against sexual harassment and assault.

Speaking at a news conference, Tsang denied any wrongdoing after being accused in widely circulated online reports of raping a Hong Kong actress in Singapore in the 1990s.

“Recently, there are some untrue reports on the Internet about myself.

Those reports carry very serious accusations towards me,” said Tsang.

“They have affected my reputation, and sadly, they have hurt my supporting friends, my beloved family, my children ... I feel that there is a need for me to now step up and to make a public response.”

Tsang, an actor, comedian, director and producer, described the rape allegation as “totally made-up”.

“I am willing to cooperate with any investigation,” he said.

He also said that he was taking legal action against Grace Han, a former head of the Ford Modelling agency in Asia, over allegations she had posted on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter. “Regarding Madam Han’s untrue accusations on Sina Weibo, I have already undertaken legal action to sue her. Currently, legal proceedings are under way,” said Tsang, who took no questions from reporters.

Han had written on her verified Weibo account in January, after the rape reports began circulating, that Tsang had made “sexual assaults

on female celebrities more than once”. On another occasion, she said Tsang had tried to spike the drinks of some of her models in a karaoke lounge in Hong Kong. Han gave no immediate response to a Reuters request for comment.

The campaign aimed at raising awareness of sexual harassment and assault, epitomised by the #MeToo social media hashtag, was last month named Time magazine’s 2017 “Person of the Year”. It has sparked numerous accusations by men and women who said they were victimized by high-powered figures in the entertainment industry and other fields. (rtr)

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North Korea and South Korea marched under the same flag during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy.

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North, South Korea to march together under one flag at Winter Olympics

SEOUL - The two Koreas will field a combined women’s ice hockey team and march together under one flag at next month’s Winter Olympics in the South, Seoul said on Wednesday, after a new round of talks amid a thaw in cross-border ties. North and South Korea have been talking since last week - for the first time in more than two years - about the Olympics, offering a respite from a months-long standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes, although Japan urged caution over the North’s “charm offensive”.

The two Koreas will compete as a unified team in the Olympics for the first time, though they have joined forces at other international sports events before. North Korea will send a delegation of more than 400, including 230 cheerleaders, 140 artists and 30 Taekwondo players for a demonstration, a joint press statement released by Seoul’s Unification Ministry said, adding the precise number of athletes will be hammered out after discussions with the IOC scheduled for later

this week.

Prior to the Games, the sides will carry out joint training for skiers at the North’s Masik Pass resort and a cultural event at the Mount Kumgang resort, for which Seoul officials plan to visit the sites next week. “Under the circumstances where inter-Korean (relations) are extremely strained, in fact just some 20 days ago we weren’t expecting North Korea would participate in the Olympics”, said Chun Haesung, the South’s chief negotiator

and vice unification minister.

“It would have a significant meaning if the South and North show reconciliation and unity, for example through a joint march”.

The North Korean delegation will begin arriving in South Korea on Jan. 25, according to the joint statement. The North will separately send a 150-strong delegation to the Paralympics, Chun said.

‘IT’S NOT THE TIME’ Twenty nations meeting in the

Canadian city of Vancouver 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 the North it could trigger a military response if it did not choose dialogue. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said the world should not be naive about North Korea’s “charm offensive” over the Olympics.

“It is not the time to ease pressure, or to reward North Korea”, Kono said. “The fact that North Korea is engaging in dialogue could be interpreted as proof that the sanctions are working.” 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 North has fired testfired missiles over Japan.

Earlier on Wednesday, state media warned the U.S. of “meddling” in inter-Korean issues at a time when it had to “mind its own destiny rushing headlong into selfdestruction”.

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