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‘Predator’ slays rivals at N. America box office LOS ANGELES - “The Predator” -- the latest installment in the long-running sci-fi action series -- staved off the competition and overcame a last-minute controversy to conquer the North American box office this weekend, industry data showed Monday.

But the Fox reboot, which cost $88 million to make, will look to earn back some money in international markets, as its $24.6 million opening three-day haul did not meet expectations.

The movie, which comes more than 30 years after the franchise’s original film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, hit a snag before its release when the studio was forced to cut a scene featuring an actor who was a registered sex offender.

Star Olivia Munn had requested the change, saying she was unaware of the actor’s past when the scene was filmed. Director Shane Black initially said he hired the actor because he was a friend, but later issued a strong apology.

So far, it has earned $30 million overseas, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Dropping to second place but still going strong was last week’s top draw, “The Nun” -- the latest fright fest in the popular “Conjuring” series.

It earned $18.2 million in its second week.

“Nun” stars Taissa Farmiga -- whose sister Vera headlined two “Conjuring” films -- in a story about a young nun, an exorcist and a guide stumbling onto a dark secret deep in Dracula country in the 1950s.

Opening in the third spot was

“A Simple Favor,” a tale about a mommy blogger (Anna Kendrick) investigating the disappearance of her friend (Blake Lively). The Lionsgate film raked in $16 million on the back of positive reviews.

Matthew McConaughey’s new film “White Boy Rick” opened in fourth place with $8.9 million. The movie, based on a true story, stars the Oscar winner as the father of a teenage boy who became an informant for the FBI in the 1980s.

Glitzy rom-com “Crazy Rich Asians,” another Warner Bros product along with “The Nun,” fell to fifth place. The film, with a nearly all-Asian cast led by Henry Golding and Constance Wu, took in $8.7 million, building on a crazygood run. (afp)

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(L-R) Michael Zegen, Daniel Palladino, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Alex Borstein and Rachel Brosnahan attend the Amazon Prime Video post Emmy Awards party at Cecconi’s on September 17, 2018 in West Hollywood, California.

LOS ANGELES - The 70th Emmy Awards opened Monday on a political note, with edgy jokes hurled at everything from diversity in Hollywood to Donald Trump, as television’s top stars settled in for a showdown between drama heavyweights “Game of Thrones” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

After the stars strutted up the red carpet at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles, the three-hour gala opened with a daring song-and-dance number poking fun at an array of hot-button issues in America.

“We solved it!” crooned “Saturday Night Live” nominees Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson, with back-up from pop stars John Legend and Ricky Martin -- and even RuPaul -- about the problem of diversity on the small screen.

They then yielded the stage to hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che, who are also regulars on the veteran NBC comedy sketch show -- and let

the zingers fly.

“This year, the audience is allowed to drink in their seats. Hope you’re excited about that -- because the one thing Hollywood needs right now is a bunch of people losing their inhibitions at a work function,” Jost said, a reference to #MeToo. In describing “The Handmaid’s Tale,” one of the evening’s top nominees, Che said the Hulu show “takes place in an imaginary future where an entire group of people is violently forced to work and make babies against their will.”

“It’s what black people call history. It’s ‘Roots’ for white women,” he quipped, referring to the landmark 1970s television mini-series

about slavery. It was an offbeat yet amusing start to the Primetime Emmys, television’s version of the Oscars. Looking to boost audience ratings, organizers said they were hoping to shake up the format.

The early part of the night was dedicated to the comedy programs: sentimental favorite Henry Winkler won his first Emmy for best supporting actor for his work on HBO’s caustic tale of a hitmanturned-actor, “Barry.”

His co-star Bill Hader won the prize for best lead actor.

Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” won both for lead actress (Rachel Brosnahan) and supporting actress (Alex Borstein). (afp)

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Wildfire razes part of Mt Sadran forest area

PONOROGO - A forest area located on the slope of Mount Sadran in Broto Village, Slahung Sub-district, Ponorogo District, East Java, was razed by a wildfire on Monday evening.

Emmy Awards open on political note

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The forest area, belonging to the State Forestry Company, Perhutani, was located in West Ponorogo, second inspector Satrio Teguh, spokesman of the Ponorogo Police, stated here, Tuesday.

A joint team, comprising military and police personnel, local fire fighters, and volunteers, immediately rushed to the location to put out the fire on Monday evening, he stated, adding that the fire was successfully extinguished.

The cause of the fire was unknown, but the blaze destroyed at least one hectare area of teakwood forest owned by local farmers and 0.015 hectare of forest area belonging to Perhutani.

The ongoing prolonged drought has caused water shortage in several regions, such as in the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and West Java, and triggered fires in forest areas, particularly in Kalimantan, Java and Sumatra.

On Java Island, wildfires were earlier reported to have razed forest areas located on the slopes of Mount Sindoro in Central Java Province, Mount Lawu in the border of the provinces of Central and East Java, Mount Argopuro in East Java Province, and Mount Sumbing and in Central Java.

Wildfires on Mount Sumbing, located in Temanggung District, has spread to a wider area, according to Gito Walngadi of the local disaster mitigation office, recently. On Sunday, the fires were detected in five locations, measuring a total of 490.9 hectares on Mt Sumbing, he stated.

Nearly 170 personnel were deployed to extinguished the fires. A helicopter was also used to assist in the efforts on Monday. (ant) A helicopter conducts water bomb operations to extinguish a fire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra on September 17, 2018. Fires due to “slash and burn” farming methods and the dry seaso, have been burning across South Sumatra and Riau province since July.

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Regulation on protection of sacred places and areas urgently needed

DENPASAR —A number of Hindu organizations and tourism players such as the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) Bali, Paiketan Krama Bali, Puskor Hindunesia, KMHDI Bali, HPI Bali, PHRI Bali, Hindu Dharma Advocacy Forum and Peradah visited the Bali House of Representatives on Monday (Sep. 17). They were received by the ranks of Commission IV and Commission II led by the Chairperson of Commission IV, I Nyoman Parta, in the joint meeting room.

Various components of the community also expressed their aspirations regarding the presence of foreign tourist taking pictures on the shrine of Pakiyisan Temple in the area of Batukaru Temple, Tabanan. One of them asked the governor and the Bali House of Representatives to immediately prepare regulations on the protection of holy places and sacred areas in Bali.

“In Bali, we must have a benchmark and how we can prevent it from happening again. Five cases have happened. Probably there are many other cases because our temple in Bali is not maintained and not closed,” said the Chairman of the PHDI Bali, I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana.

Sudiana added that tourists get more freedoms to enter the temples after the Hindu sanctum is used as tourist attraction and tourist destination. They can even enter the innermost courtyard (uttama mandala) of the sacred temple. If this continues to be allowed, it is worried that younger generation and Hindus in Bali will lose their taksu (divine vibration).

Actually, the Bhisama 1983 has regulated the procedures for entering a temple. For instance, they include self-purification, use of customary attires, and other terms have been clearly regulated.

“This needs to be considered together. We’d like to propose to the Bali House of Representatives to make a regional regulation governing the procedures for entering a temple, and the regional regulations governing tourist restrictions about which areas of the temple can and cannot be visited by tourists,” he explained.

In addition to the regulation, continued Sudiana, the government is also asked to supervise and enforce the Regional Regulation No.5/2016 concerning Tour Guides. Then, it is to restore the function of temple as a sanctum or place of worship and to facilitate customary village, and the PHDI. Besides, it is to manage sanctums as well as facilitate general assembly of customary village in order to unite perceptions in preserving

Bali’s sanctity.

“In connection with the case of foreign tourist going up onto the shrine occurred in Pakiyisan Temple in the area of Batukaru Temple, we ask the Bali Police to proceed with the legal process and secure the perpetrator to expedite the legal process,” he added.

Chairman of the Commission IV of the Bali House of Representatives, I Nyoman Parta, said that Bali is like a ‘fire department’ continuously cheated by tourists going up onto the shrine and the like. If neglected, Balinese people will eventually become ‘lowly’ (campah) because the sanctuary itself is intended for things outside saying prayers. Such incidents are logical consequence of the temple transformed into a tourist destination or attraction.

“We will immediately propose to the governor so as to immediately make regulations that are essentially used to protect our sanctums and our sacred areas in Bali. Likewise, we will provide training for the operators of the temples on how to manage the temple properly,” said this PDI-P politician.

Thus, continued Parta, we can still obtain the money from tourists.

However, the temple must also be well maintained. Actually, there are a variety of expectations arising from the community after the incident of tourist going up to shrines. Some people wanted the temple to be closed completely for tourists. Some others proposed milder restriction, where visitors can only enter up to the middle courtyard, while the innermost courtyard cannot be visited at all.

“And the third one allows guests to enter into the innermost courtyard but still under supervision. Well, their opinion indeed varies. But in principle, we in the parliament want to maintain our innermost courtyard so that people having no purpose of praying will not be allowed to enter,” he said.

Deputy Governor of Bali, Tjok Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, took the time to attend the joint meeting after listening to the faction’s general perspective at the plenary session in the main courtroom. He said that temple as a tourist attraction is actually enough in the vibration alone. However, today they are opened as wide as possible for tourists. Meanwhile, most tourists come without a tour guide. Even though coming with a tour guide, there are still many illegal guides in operation. “Seeing the status of the temple, each supporting devotee (pengempon) of the temple has different policies. This must also be understood together,” he added. (kmb32)

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Jarvi Tony Kristian, 36, a foreign tourist from Finland kept his promise on Monday (Sep. 17) to come and participate in the pecaruan manca sata and guru piduka (apologetic ritual) held at Pekiyisan shrine in the area of Batukaru Temple.

Finnish tourist joins in apologetic ritual in Batukaru Temple area

TABANAN —Jarvi Tony Kristian, 36, a foreign tourist from Finland kept his promise on Monday (Sep. 17) to come and participate in the pecaruan manca sata and guru piduka (apologetic ritual) held at Pekiyisan shrine in the area of Batukaru Temple. Coming in Balinese customary attires and headdress, this foreigner whose photo has gone viral on social media due to his act of taking pictures on the Pekiyisan shrine (subak sanctum) in the area of Batukaru Temple was escorted by police personnel.

Still in slightly trembling condition, Tony apologized for his carelessness because he claimed not to know at all if it is forbidden. Moreover, he said to have got punishment as the consequences, namely falling down from the motorbike he rented when covering descending pathway in the split gates (apit surang) at the entrance to Batukaru Temple area. The ceremony procession started at 15:00 was officiated over by Kabayan along with customary apparatus and other temple priests having the authority to organize the rituals in the Batukaru Temple area.

As conveyed by Jro Mangku Kabayan (senior local temple priest), the ceremony aims to cleanse and purify the shrine and invoke in order the deities abiding in the shrine can forgive all the mistakes. Hopefully, similar incidents will not happen again in the future.

“Maybe the perpetrator has no bad intention because of seeing a good

view and the ignorance makes such incident happen,” he said.

The Pekiyisan shrine is located about 200 meters to the west of the main area of the Batukaru Temple and next to Yeh Mawa River. This location is usually functioned as the venue of picking up holy water and put sacrificial animal (mulang pakelem) usually carried out by subak organizations throughout Tabanan.

Meanwhile, Chairperson of the Batukaru Temple Supporting Devotees (Pengempon), I Gede Manu Ardana, who is also Chief of Wangaya Gede customary village, stated that on behalf of the 8 customary villages and 12 customary hamlets the case is already over following the purificatory rite and apologetic ritual. “If there are other problems outside, we have nothing to do with it. To us, this has finished,” he explained.

To anticipate such incident from happening again in the future, his customary village is going to install

trellises in a number of shrines having no yet had a door, and the installation of information boards.

When confirmed after attending the ceremony, Tony admitted to feel far better. He is going to return home to Finland. His companion, Jouni Kalevi, 50, had gone back earlier to his home country last Sunday. He also admitted that his big family in Finland knew about the problem faced.

Nevertheless, he admitted to never give up coming to Bali.

Moreover, he planned to choose Bali again as his holiday destination, but in the future he will use a tour guide. After the ceremony, Jarvi expressed his profound apologies to all Hindus in Bali, and handed over financial assistance as a form of apology worth IDR 15 million.

Chief of Penebel Police, I Ketut Mastra Budaya, stated that after that Jarvi Tony would be returned to the Finnish consulate. (kmb28)

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WASTE problems are critical issues faced by countries around the world. Indonesia remains at issue since being named as the second contributor to plastic waste in the marine world after China. In order to welcome the ‘World Cleanup Day’ falling on September 15, 2018, Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa was appointed by tourism players as the coordinator for Jimbaran area in the action entitled ‘Suksma Bali’ or Thanks Bali.

The World Cleanup Day started at 6:30 Local Time was attended by several components of the community and tourism players including the Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa, Prabu Management, PT. Jimbaran Raya, Crystal Kuta, Bali Paradise Heritage Villa, Watermark, Ayana Resort & Spa Bali, The Cuisine, Aroma Bumbu Bali, Matahari Café, Ayola Bali Jimbaran, Kedai Nata 21, Kedonganan Veterinary, Puri Bambu, Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts, Karma Kandara, Intercontinental Bali, Keraton Jimbaran, Belmond Jimbaran Puri, Gendis Villa Jimbaran, WHDI, municipal police, dr.

Rommy & Associates, Kuta 1 Public Health Center, Coco Mart as well as SMPN 1 South Kuta junior high school, SDN 1, 5, 7 and 8 Jimbaran elementary school with a total number of 1,072 participants simultaneously came down to Kedonganan Beach to clean up together. They successfully collected 5 quintals of organic waste and 5 quintals of inorganic waste directly transported by Kedonganan village dredging car.

Agenda of the event was commenced with the opening and greeting by representatives of the chief of Kedonganan customary village and the General Manager of Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa, cleaning service of Kedonganan Beach and then continued with Maumere gymnastics together and delivery of prizes to the participants as the closing ceremony.

The ‘World Cleanup Day’ entitled Suksma Bali is taken as an expression of gratitude to the Balinese community and Bali tourism players for the Island of the Gods and as an act of saving Bali from trash. The event was also attended by representative of chief of Kedonganan customary village, Adi Minarta. In his remarks, he expressed his gratitude to all stakeholders in the Kedonganan Beach area having welcomed and carried out the invitation to clean up Bali from rubbish and thanked the management of Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa for initiating the sanitation movement that involved and invited various components of the Kedonganan community, Jimbaran and entrepreneurs to jointly carry out the movement. He asked all the components to join hands.

Entrepreneurs, governments and communities must maintain the cleanliness and sustainability of the Kedonganan Beach environment, so that Kedonganan will become a world-class tourist destination.

Similar opinion was conveyed by Christian Gumala as General Manager of the Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa, that cleaning up the Kedonganan Beach from garbage is a regular activity having been carried out by Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa twice a month. He hoped the program will help reduce the scattered garbage and restore Bali’s beautiful face and set it free from garbage.

This regular activity involved all staff and management of the Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa by directly taking part in this event together to clean up the garbage along Kedonganan Beach. Thus, it can keep and create environmental cleanliness and comfort for foreign and local tourists visiting Bali. This will bring in a positive impact, the value of long-term investment and surely build the image of Bali as the main tourist destination in the eyes of the world.

As brief information on the Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa, it is the newest property managed by Prabu Management opened in June 2016. Coming with 117 elegant and comfortable rooms with 11 types of rooms, it adopts unique naming taken from the names of Balinese dances such as the Manukrawa, Panyembrama, Trunajaya, Puspanjali, Condong, Gopala, Pendet, Legong, Legong Keraton, Janger and Kecak.

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Needles found in strawberries stir food-contamination fears across Australia

SYDNEY - Strawberries are flying off the shelves in Australia — but the reason isn’t so sweet.

Select strawberry brands have been taken from shelves all over Australia and New Zealand after needles started cropping up inside pieces of the fruit. Public health authorities for Australia’s state of Queensland put out an alert stating it is safe to purchase the fruit from brands still on the shelves, but noted consumers should still take necessary precautions and check their strawberries before eating them.

The spiked pieces of fruit have sent at least one person to the hospital, a man who unknowingly swallowed half a sewing needle. A 7-year-old girl also discovered a needle, but was not injured.

“Whoever is behind this is not just putting families at risk across Queensland and the rest of Australia — they are putting an entire industry at risk,” Premier and Minister for Trade Annastacia Palaszczuk said.

Authorities have offered a $72,000 reward for information leading lead to the arrest of those responsible.

Queensland Strawberry Growers Association said it had “reason to suspect” the culprit to be a former employee and is working with Queensland Police Service to find the culprit, according to the Australian Broadcast Corporation.

Earlier this month, a 62-year-old woman was accused of planting a needle inside a banana.

Queensland Police do not believe the banana incident is connected. (net)

2 million U.S. teens are vaping marijuana lungs. But there is little research on e-cigarettes’ long-term effects, including whether they help smokers quit.

The rise in teenagers using ecigarettes has alarmed health officials who worry kids will get addicted to nicotine, a stimulant, and be more likely to try cigarettes. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration gave the five largest e-cigarette makers 60 days to produce plans to stop underage use of their products.

Nearly 9 percent of students surveyed in 2016 said they used an e-cigarette device with marijuana, according to Monday’s report in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. That

School-based survey shows nearly 1 in 11 U.S. students have used marijuana in electronic cigarettes, heightening health concerns about the new popularity of vaping among teens.

included one-third of those who ever used e-cigarettes. The number is worrying “because cannabis use among youth can adversely affect learning and memory and may impair later academic achievement and education,” said lead researcher Katrina Trivers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Students who said they lived with a tobacco user were more likely than others to report vaping marijuana.

It’s unclear whether marijuana vaping is increasing among teens or holding steady. The devices have grown into a multi-billion industry, but they are relatively new.

Entering dry season, Suter residents start to buy clean water

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BANGLI — Entering dry season, residents of Suter village, Kintamani, began to experience a crisis of clean water to meet their daily needs. To get clean water, all residents at the village are forced to buy clean water from a tank truck.

A thin piece of metal was found in a container of strawberries, in Gladstone, Australia, in this photo released Sept. 17.

CALIFORNIA - School-based survey shows nearly 1 in 11 U.S. students have used marijuana in electronic cigarettes, heightening health concerns about the new popularity of vaping among teens.

E-cigarettes typically contain nicotine, but many of the battery-powered devices can vaporize other substances, including marijuana. Results published Monday mean 2.1 million middle and high school students have used them to get high.

Vaping is generally considered less dangerous than smoking, because burning tobacco or marijuana generates chemicals that are harmful to

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In states where marijuana is legal, shoppers can buy cartridges of liquid containing THC, the chemical in marijuana that gets people high, that work with a number of devices. Juul, by far the most popular e-cigarette device, does not offer marijuana pods, but users can re-fill cartridges with cannabis oil.

It was the first time a question about marijuana vaping was asked on this particular survey, which uses a nationally representative sample of students in public and private schools.

More than 20,000 students took the survey in 2016.

A different survey from the Uni-

versity of Michigan in December found similar results when it asked for the first time about marijuana vaping.

In that study, 8 percent of 10th graders said they vaped marijuana in the past year.

“The health risks of vaping reside not only in the vaping devices, but in the social environment that comes with it,” said University of Michigan researcher Richard Miech. Kids who vape are more likely to become known as drug users and make friends with drug users, he said, adding that “hanging out with drug users is a substantial risk factor for future drug use.” (net)

Headman of Suter, I Wayan Nyepeg, stated on Monday (Sep. 17) that local residents experience clean water crisis every year ahead of dry season.

Previously, his residents had stored rainwater in the cisterns. But currently, the water has begun to run out. “Right now almost all residents face clean water crisis. Their water in the cistern has been used up,” he added.

He added that local residents continue to have difficulties of clean water every dry season. This happens because there are no springs in the area. So, people are very difficult to get water for consumption. Seeing such condition, the only way to get clean water is by buying from tank truck at quite expensive prices. Each tank truck of water is sold for IDR 225,000.

“People at Suter have started buying clean water for two months, while I myself have bought water for three months. The water bought is just enough to meet the needs for two weeks. After that, we buy again. Totally, I have bought clean water worth millions of rupiahs,” said Nyepeg. (kmb41)

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Previously, residents had stored rainwater in the cisterns. But currently, the water has begun to run out.

High interest rate

Fintech potentially becomes digital loan shark

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DENPASAR — The phenomenon of financial technology (fintech) becomes a new choice for the community in terms of financing fulfillment. However, some fintech companies even offer higher interest rates than banks. Moreover, funding sources or investors can be from individuals. On that account, fintech has the potential to become a digital loan shark.

Head of the Financial Service Authority (OJK) of Bali and Nusa Tenggara, Hizbullah, stated that fintech interest rates have indeed not been regulated like that of commercial banks. So, some fintech companies offer high interest rates.

According to him, such high interest rates exceed the interest rates regulated or allowed by the Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS). “Interest rates of bank follow the LPS’ guarantee rate, while that of fintech is not guaranteed by the LPS,” he said on Monday (Sep. 17).

Admittedly, some people complained that the fintech interest rate is too high, so it is almost the same as loan sharks. However, there is no doubt that some fintech companies also give reasonable interest rates, meaning they are almost the same as bank interest rates.

Therefore, the OJK appealed to fintech companies not to give too high interest. In addition, the OJK also appealed to the public in order to be careful about taking loans from fintech. “Find out good fintech having been registered in the OJK and offers reasonable interest rates,” he advised while calling that in the future the OJK will arrange for the rates.

A banking observer from Undiknas University, Prof. Gede Sri Darma, pointed out that fintech can also be a digital loan shark because of the fraud committed by fintech or the attitude of the less honest people.

Moreover, the fintech interest rates have not been regulated so that their interest rates given can be high.

According to him, the loan interest rates should refer to deposit interest rates. The closer to zero of the deposit interest rates, the difference in loan interest rates is 1 to 2 percent. Thus, the interest rates above 2 or 3 percent are considered high.

“Overall, loan sharks can occur in the fintech era. This will happen because the process of borrowing and saving money only moves from conventional to using technology,” he said. On that account, the community must be smart and observant in choosing a good fintech and have

permission from the OJK. Besides, according to this Undiknas Chancellor, fintech is one of the government’s efforts to support the inclusion of public finance. “Fintech was initially allowed to operate by the OJK because many people did not have access to banking. Generally, people in rural, mountainous area and Indonesian borders are far from banks, or they do not have access or accounts in the Financial Services Institution (LJK),” he explained.

But in the middle of the passage of time, many parties are utilizing fintech by taking advantage of public ignorance on the latest world financial technology. Likewise, people use fintech to obtain funds.

But after that they do not pay.

If this is not regulated and controlled by the government, he is worried the fintech will become something frightening for people that already did not believe in fintech. The idea is not much different from the insurance in the past. It happened due to unreliable, dishonest and not systemized agent because the policy was not deposited. So, when the customers claimed their money, theirs could not be disbursed. At the end, the insurance was destroyed. (kmb42)

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End of the ‘Scallop Wars’: French and UK fishermen agree truce

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in (L) before their summit at the Workers’ Party of Korea headquarters in Pyongyang on September 18, 2018.

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The tenth IHRS meeting in Nusa Dua on Monday (Sep. 17).

In technological era

Role of human labor remains unchangeable

MANGUPURA - Current need of the human resources for industry is adapting quickly.

Results of the research made by McKinsey Global Institute stated that only about 5 percent of the total job opportunities currently available can be fully automated.

This shows the role of humans as laborers in the technological era remaining irreplaceable. However, human ability to work and adapt to technology is inevitable. This was stated by Chairman of the Indonesia Human Resources Summit (IHRS), Shauqi Gombang Aleyandra, dur-

ing the tenth IHRS meeting in Nusa Dua on Monday (Sep. 17).

He said that another relationship between humans and technology is one of the factors predicted to be the key to the success in future lives.

In this case, organizations must be able to identify these characteristics

earlier and create an environment being capable of showing off their potential. “We need hard work to improve the quality, competence and competitiveness of Indonesian human resources,” he said.

Implementation of the IHRS 2018 adjusts to the focus of the

government of the Republic of Indonesia in 2019 in terms of human resources development.

It is considering that resources no longer come from natural resources, but from human beings with their knowledge, competency and skill.

This conference lasted for two days on September 17-18 with the theme of ‘Humanizing Technology in Managing Tomorrow’s People.’

AMLAPURA - The tectonic earthquake returned to shake Karangasem on Monday (Sep. 9).

Analysis of the National Weather Service (BMKG) shows the earthquake occurred at 14:06 having 3.7 in Richter magnitude scale.

Chief Executive of the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) of Karangasem, Ida Bagus Ketut Arimbawa, said that after the tectonic earthquake, there were no reports on damages to the infrastructure. His agency requested the residents to actively inform if there are severe damage impacts.

Meanwhile, the Head of the

BMKG for Denpasar Region, Taufik Gunawan, after the earthquake released the epicenter information at coordinates 8.21 South Latitude and 115.50 East Longitude or precisely at a distance of 19 km northwest of Karangasem at a depth of 6 km. The impacts of the earthquake based on community reports are in the form of shocks felt in the Karangasem region II of the SIG-BMKG (II-III MMI), Denpasar, Mataram and West Lombok I SIG-BMKG (I-II MMI).

In terms of the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquakes belong to shallow earthquake due to ac-

tive fault activity. Until 14:41, the BMKG monitoring results did not show any aftershock activity. Taufik Gunawan urged the people in the Karangasem region to remain calm and not to be affected by unreliable issues. Previously, the PVMBG returned to remind of the potential dangers of volcanic activities of Mount Agung. This followed the occurrence of volcanic earthquakes recorded by seismographs in the past few days.

Subdivision Head of the Geological Disaster Mitigation of PVMBG for Eastern Region, Devy Kamil Syahbana, stated the vol-

canic earthquake indicates the movement of new magma to the surface.

According to him, it is an indication of the new magma intrusion.

Referring to the experience of Mount Agung so far, the volcanic earthquakes indicate that Mount Agung’s activity remains unstable and has the potential for eruptions or gusts. This message of Devy Kamil directly went viral in the community among the Karangasem people. It happened because at the same time, there was a ritual held at Penataran Agung Nangka Temple, as the abode of deity of Mount

The IHRS 2018 presented no less than 20 national and international speakers being competent in their fields. It was also attended by more than 800 participants from the country and overseas and 35 participating exhibitors. This event is expected to become a sustainable theme in empowering various innovations in the human resources industry for the betterment of Indonesian people. (kmb23)

Agung, attended by large crowds of pilgrims.

Based on the observation of the officers at the monitoring post of Mount Agung at Rendang village, a volcanic earthquake has begun to be detected since Wednesday (Sep. 13). In the span of three days, deep volcanic earthquakes reached more than 20 times. They were interspersed with shallow volcanic earthquakes for several times indicating the movement of magma approaching the surface. In addition to the emergence of volcanic earthquakes, the GPS pattern also indicates inflation. (kmb31)

Karangasem shaken by earthquake

Moon flies to Pyongyang for third inter-Korean summit

SEOUL - South Korean President Moon Jae-in left for Pyongyang Tuesday for his third summit with Kim Jong Un as he seeks to reboot stalled denuclearisation talks between North Korea and the United States.

His plane took off from the military’s Seoul Air Base for the 80minute flight to the North Korean capital, live TV footage showed.

He and his wife Kim Jung-sook were seen walking up the stairs, smiling and waving to well-wishers before boarding the plane.

Moon -- whose own parents fled the North during the 1950-53 Korean War -- will make a three-day trip, following in the footsteps of his predecessors Kim Dae-jung in 2000 and mentor Roh Moo-hyun in 2007.

The rare visit comes amid a rapid diplomatic thaw on the peninsula that has seen Moon and Kim exchange brotherly hugs and warm smiles at their first meeting in April at the Demilitarised Zone dividing the peninsula.

The North’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the summit “will offer an important opportunity in further accelerating the development of inter-Korean relations that is making a new history.”

Moon, who met Kim again in May, was instrumental in brokering the historic summit the following month between US President Donald Trump and Kim in Singapore, when Kim backed denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

But no details were agreed and Washington and Pyongyang have

sparred since over what that means and how it will be achieved.

The US is pressing for the North’s “final, fully verified denuclearisation,” while Pyongyang wants a formal declaration that the 1950-53 Korean War is over and has condemned “gangster-like” demands for it to give up its weapons unilaterally. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke by telephone with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Sunday and Monday about the upcoming summit, a State Department statement said.

The pair “vowed to maintain close coordination on continuing DPRK denuclearisation efforts and interKorean dialogue and cooperation,” it said, stressing “the importance to maintain pressure until we achieve the shared goal of final, fully verified denuclearization of the DPRK.” The dovish South Korean president will hold at least two meetings with the North’s leader, where he will try to convince Pyongyang to carry out substantive steps towards disarmament.

“We will push for North Korea’s advanced denuclearisation and a reciprocal measure from the US by swiftly reviving sincere dialogue aimed at establishing new, peaceful relations,” Moon’s chief of staff Im Jong-seok said.

Moon will be accompanied by several business tycoons -- including Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong and the vice chairman of Hyundai Motor -- and is scheduled to visit key sites in Pyongyang with his delegation.

He has been pushing inter-Korean economic cooperation but several South Korean newspapers urged caution Monday, with the Korea Herald calling the businessmen’s presence on the trip “untimely.”

“It is better to postpone economic projects involving the North until after negotiations to remove its nuclear program make substantial progress,” it said in an editorial.

And investment in the North was “fraught with risks and uncertainty,” it added.

But Moon’s office said the inclusion of the businessmen was “not special,” given the heads of major conglomerates had been in Pyongyang for the previous inter-Korean summits in the city. Other issues on Moon’s agenda include improving inter-Korean ties and easing military tensions on the peninsula.

Seoul said that could lay the groundwork for a formal declaration on the Korean War, when hostilities ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty -- implying that such an announcement was unlikely during the trip. (afp)

PARIS - French and British fishermen agreed Monday to end their battle over access to scallop-rich waters in the English Channel, three weeks after the long-simmering conflict flared into a high-seas confrontation.

The new deal is hoped to bring to a close the years-long “Scallop Wars” over fishing the prized molluscs in the fertile waters off the Baie de Seine area of Normandy in northwest France.

Tensions boiled over late last month when dozens of French boats confronted a handful of British rivals in the waters to keep them from the area, with a few vessels ramming others as angry French fishermen threw stones and smoke-bombs.

“We managed to get an agreement.

Tonight at midnight, they (the British fishermen) will leave the area in the Channel’s east and will only return on November 1,” French industry representative Pascal Coquet told AFP. French fishermen have been incensed that British scallop boats can access the area, while French boats are only allowed to fish there between October to May in order to protect stocks.

The French side had hoped to end a loophole that exempts British boats smaller than 15 metres (50 foot) long, giving them first dibs at one of the main scallop sources off the French coast before the official season.

However, it failed to get the smaller British boats banned.

“We were forced to drop the 15metre requirement,” Coquet said, because time was running out as British boats were “ravaging” the fishing stocks.

“It is in order to avoid catastrophe.

They fish everything and there are other altercations,” Coquet said, adding that he is satisfied with the compromise even it came “a little late”.

The French side also agreed to give the British fishermen an additional

fishing quota, he said.

- ‘Better than no deal’ Jim Portus, the chief executive of Britain’s South Western Fish Producers Organisation, agreed it was “a compromise”.

“It’s not the best deal... but it’s better than no deal,” Portus said.

Britain’s Fisheries Minister George Eustice commended the UK fishing industry for “its patience throughout negotiations and welcome this pragmatic outcome”.

The deal came after weeks of bitter negotiations between representatives of both sides. Under a preliminary deal reached in early September, it seemed UK boats under 15 metres would also be barred, but talks in London fell apart last week when British fishermen demanded more compensation than the French side could stomach.

“It’s a loophole that we’ve been condemning for five years,” Normandy fishing chief Dimitri Rogoff previously told AFP of the small-boat exemption.

The new agreement must now be endorsed by both governments, France’s agriculture ministry told AFP. The issue has become even more sensitive given the uncertain future of arrangements for fishing in the area after Britain leaves the EU in March 2019, particularly if the UK has to quit without securing a withdrawal deal.

The Seine-Maritime region’s local MP Sebastien Jumel said in a statement late Monday that the “raids by fishermen across the Channel and the significant damage to our local fisheries raise the question of defending the interests of our fishing industry”.

Along with several local mayors, he demanded that the French fishing industry “not be relegated to the second rank of interests that France defends during negotiations” over Brexit. (afp)

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French and British fishermen agreed Monday to end their battle over access to scallop-rich waters in the English Channel, three weeks after the long-simmering conflict flared into a high-seas confrontation.

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BUSINESS EU targets BMW, Daimler, VW in pollution cartel probe

The EU opened an in-depth probe into alleged collusion by major German carmakers over antipollution technology Tuesday, a fresh blow to the scandal-hit industry three years after the notorious “dieselgate.”

Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said BMW, Daimler and VW are suspected of agreeing “not to compete against each other on the development and roll-out” of antipollution systems for petrol and diesel passenger cars.

“If proven, this collusion may have denied consumers the opportunity to buy less polluting cars, despite the technology being available to the manufacturers,” she added.

The probe lands three years to the day after shock revelations in the US that VW installed software in millions of its diesel vehicles around the world to cheat emissions tests.

The latest case does not involve these so-called “defeat devices”, but instead focuses on the development of state-ofthe-art control systems that reduce smog-causing pollution, such as nitrogen oxides and particulate matter.

The Commission said the probe was working with evidence of meetings and collusion by a group it called the “circle of five”: BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen, in addition to VW units Audi and Porsche.

EU regulators working the investigation launched a series RONNY HARTMANN / AFP of raids a year ago in Germany.

Daimler and VW are widely reported to be putting them- A picture taken on September 10, 2018 shows news vans parked outside the Stadthalle venue in Braunselves forward as whistle-blowers in the case, in order to win schweig, northern Germany, on the first day of the model case proceedings in Germany against German leniency with the EU authorities. (afp) car maker Volkswagen (VW) over its cheating in emissions tests involving millions of diesel cars.

China vows to hit back as Trump targets $200bn in goods

China on Tuesday vowed to retaliate against the United States and warned of “uncertainty” in trade talks after President Donald Trump targeted another $200 billion in Chinese imports with tariffs starting next week.

Trump ratcheted up pressure on Beijing as the new round of levies will bring the amount of goods hit by duties to roughly half of Chinese exports to the US. He also threatened to go after all Chinese goods.

“For months, we have urged China to change these unfair practices and give fair and reciprocal treatment to American companies,” Trump said in a statement on Monday.

“These practices plainly constitute a grave threat to the long-term health and prosperity of the United States economy,” he said.

“But, so far, China has been unwilling to change its practices,” including theft and force transfer of technology.

Once the new round of tariffs takes effect on September 24, punitive duties will be in place on $250 billion in goods the US buys

from China -- its largest source of imported merchandise.

The latest round of imports will face 10 percent tariffs through the end of the year, and then the rate will jump to 25 percent.

“In order to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests and the global free trade order, China has no choice but to take countermeasures in lockstep,” the Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

The statement did not mention Beijing’s earlier threat to add tariffs on $60 billion in US imports if Washington imposed this new wave of levies.

Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular briefing that China will announce details about its countermeasures “at the appropriate time,” adding that “the protectionist and unilateral measures taken by the US side are very unacceptable for us.”

Trump warned that “if China takes retaliatory action against our farmers or other industries, we will immediately pursue phase three, which is tariffs on approximately

$267 billion of additional imports.”

That would mean imposing new taxes on all of the goods the US imports from China.

“Once again, I urge China’s leaders to take swift action to end their country’s unfair trade practices,” Trump said. “Hopefully, this trade situation will be resolved, in the end, by myself and President Xi of China, for whom I have great respect and affection.”

- Smart watches spared The new taxes will hit a broad swath of products, including billions in Chinese-made voice data receivers, computer memory modules, automatic data processors, and accessories for office equipment such as copiers and banknote dispensers -- instantly making widely used goods more expensive.

However, senior administration officials told reporters the initial list announced in July was reduced by 300 product lines after the administration received 6,000 written comments from consumers and businesses.

The products spared included

consumer electronics like smart watches and Bluetooth devices, child safety products such as high chairs, car seats and playpens, and certain health-and-safety products such as bicycle helmets, the officials said.

The officials said China had been given “chance after chance” to change the trade practices considered unfair to US businesses, but “have remained obdurate.”

Only last week, Beijing said it welcomed overtures from US officials offering to restart trade talks, but the new tariffs could cause China to call off the negotiations.

The commerce ministry said the new tariffs “bring new uncertainty to the consultations between the two sides.”

“It is hoped that the US will recognise the possible negative consequences of such actions and take convincing means to correct them in a timely manner,” the ministry said, without directly addressing if the talks would go forward.

The escalating confrontation shook up global stock markets.

Wall Street closed the day solidly in the red But Chinese stocks closed

higher after Shanghai tumbled to its lowest level since 2014 in early trading. While officials said the impact on the US economy has been minimal, firms across the country report lost businesses, layoffs and possible bankruptcies as input costs rise and exports fall.

They officials told reporters the lower initial tariff rate would give US businesses time to find new suppliers. That could soften the blow to US consumers and manufacturers among others ahead of key US congressional elections in November.

Lobbying against the tariffs has risen sharply in Washington but Trump’s policy has left candidates in competitive races for November’s hard-fought midterm congressional elections in awkward positions.

Some Republicans in exportdependent areas have fallen silent on trade or sought to push back.

But some Democrats, who broadly oppose the president’s agenda and are banking on his unpopularity, have adopted critical views of trade agreements and free trade. (afp)

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Some Uses of Animals in Hinduism, To Fill Oblations and Caru Rituals

Over time and under different conditions there are changes that occur in all societies – including Bali. Along with the increase in both the quantity and quality of information technology there is an increased interest and curiosity amongst Balinese people themselves about things that have become part of daily life. People are not so easily satisfied with the answer “that’s just how it is” about the art, culture and other aspects of daily life for Balinese, like oblations, paraphanalia and the use of animals in rituals.

When discussing about the use of animals in the oblations (bebantenan), of course we will talk about the use of animal meat in the oblations. According to I Gede Agus Budi Adnyana, a humanist and lecturer at State Hindu Dharma Institute (IHDN) Denpasar, we cannot talk about bebantenan without mentioning the use of animal meat in oblations. Various Hindu rituals in Bali often use animal flesh as an offering that has an almost equal position to flowers in oblations. For example, peras oblation must contain grilled chicken otherwise they are not considered complete.

Adnyana said that it is stated in one of the slokas or couplets of the Rig Veda: “what is on the grilled meat, oil and the meat itself should not be thrown onto the grass, offer it to the gods”. This, he said, confirms that meat is one of the important means in the oblations.

Besides, in the practice of Bhairava Tantra, flesh is one of the main offerings in ritual because it is also

life-giver of the universe.

“In terms of the type of animals uses, Manawa Dharmasastra states that livestock such as chickens, ducks or pigs are used in accordance with the rituals or local traditions of different areas”, said Adnyana. He added that offering in the form of meat as stated in the Rig Veda become the most important and the most classical rituals. In addition, there are also animals like cows and buffalos that tend to be used in the Ngusaba or Mamungkah rituals.

The animal is skinned, and the skin and the head are used as titi mamah or as a foundation for the arrival of deities as inspired by the story of the legendary demon Mahisasura who was eradicated

by Goddess Durga. Moreover, in the ceremony of Bhatara Turun Kabeh, the titi mamah like this is also used as a foothold before the deity’s effigy it brought up to the peselang pavilion.

Other rituals also involve ani-

mal sacrifice or caru oblations with chicken serving as the basis of caru. According to Ida Bagus Alit, senior figure of Griya Anyar Manuaba, Baha, the type of meat is adjusted to the direction. However, he added that implementation of certain caru ritual such as Caru Wrehaspati Kalpa in the grandiose ritual will usually use other animals such as goats.

Then, other animals are used

for each direction like celeng butuan (male piglet) for north point, black-winged goose for the west and white swan for the east and then dog for the south according to the instructions of Ida Pedanda.

Manusha yadnya activities like babayuhan (exorcism rites) also use chicken. In the case of an inauspicious birth where the pawukonbased birthday (otonan) coincides with full moon, a redemption by be-

bayuhan must be performed using a white chicken dedicated to Shiva Raditya but if the birth coiicides with the new moon a black chicken is used and is to be offered to the Goddess Ratih.

“Chickens in the bebayuhan ritual will be roasted or steamed because after the ritual the chicken meat will be enjoyed by the person for whom the exorcism rite is conducted”, he explained. (kmb)

Explore Countryside Charms at D’Karang Homestay in Bangli When wishing to enjoy the cool countryside atmosphere offering natural attractions, once in a while try to stay at D’Karang Homestay at Undisan village, Tembuku, Bangli.

This accommodation having existed since three years ago is equipped with interesting tourist attractions, such as trekking, cooking class, coconut oil making and meditation.

Village atmosphere can be really experienced because the homestay is owned and managed by local

community as the solution of sustainable economic equity. With this concept, local people come to enjoy the sustenance of visiting tourists by renting homestay managed independently by the community within the tourism village. This is one of the reasons for D’Karang Homestay ranked first nationally in the homestay category on the activities of Appreciation to Community-based Tourism Business by Ministry of Tourism.

Having arrived at Undisan village, guests are directly invited to D’Karang Homestay and are served with welcome drink. Then, they take a break. In the afternoon, their activity is resumed with a joint cooking class. Guests are taught to make Balinese sauce (condiments) as the part of making satay. In this process, guests get a Balinese cooking class starting from the preparation of seasoning, grounding spices with pestle and mortar, mixing them and then twisting satay. After that, the twisted satay is roasted to get cooked. Ultimately, it is served for dinner and enjoyed together.

On the second day, guests start the day with having breakfast of traditional menu such as snacks and tea or coffee. After that, it is resumed with trekking around the Undisan village for approximately four hours. Within this program, guests are proceeded to visit craftsmen making imitation flowers from brass at Undisan. Then, they are taken to explore paddy fields to see firsthand the activities of farmers at local village. After visiting a temple, guests take a short break to drink

fresh coconut taken directly from the middle of paddy fields.

Next visit is to the Tangkup waterfall at Undisan village. The waterfall is quite beautiful where guests can bathe and swim. Guests are taken back to D’Karang Homestay for lunch. In the afternoon, guests are invited to make coconut oil in traditional method, starting from peeling the coconut shell to the process of grinding coconut flesh to become oil.

“Dinner is prepared with a traditional menu rarely found at hotel. On the following day, their day is started with breakfast at homestay before being transferred out.

Kadek Darmayasa, Managing Director of PT Bali Bagus Memori Wisata, said the management of this homestay deliberately creates a special service for tourists, especially European tourists. The development of homestay owned and managed by the community around the tourism village is a solution to sustainable economic equity. “With this concept, local people will come to enjoy the sustenance of tourists coming to rent homestay owned by individual communities,” he said.

By giving the opportunity to local people to own and manage homestays, it will grow local entrepreneurs around the tourism village.

The entrepreneurs allow the potential of tourist villages to be explored and further developed. In the future, tourism village should be able to develop homestay and it should not be managed independently.

The development will be good if they are collected in a single entity (for example in the form of villageowned enterprise or BUMDes) and this manages it together by applying modern management. It will bring in a very positive impact and can be realized for the development of tourism village or homestay.

According to Darmayasa, the government through Minister of Tourism, Arief Yahya, expressed the ambition to position Indonesia as the country with the largest number of homestays in the world. This is very encouraging news for the people of Indonesia especially in Bali. In other words, the tourism sector has been on the right track where it is built to realize the growth and equity for prosperity. (kmb)

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Netanyahu gives 1,000 Ethopians right to immigrate

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday decided to allow 1,000 Ethiopians to immigrate to Israel, his office announced, in a rare intake of the Falashmura community.

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In this file picture taken on August 20, 2015 Argentine President Cristina Kirchner gestures during a ceremony at the Government Palace in Buenos Aires.

Ex-president Kirchner charged in Argentina corruption scandal

BUENOS AIRES - Ex-Argentina president Cristina Kirchner was charged with corruption as a judge asked that her parliamentary immunity be lifted so she can be detained, reports said Monday.

She is accused of having accepted tens of millions of dollars in bribes in the notorious “corruption notebooks” scandal that has rocked Argentina’s political and business elites.

As a senator, Kirchner is protected by parliamentary immunity from imprisonment, although not from prosecution.

Unless that immunity is lifted, she cannot be jailed, even if found guilty.

However, last month the Senate did vote to partially lift her immunity so that investigators could search her three luxury homes.

She has has already been called in for questioning twice by Claudio Bonadio, the judge leading the wide-ranging corruption investigation, and is due to appear again on Tuesday.

Kirchner is accused of heading an “illicit association.”

During her first two hearings she refused to answer Bonadio’s questions, instead submitting a written statement, as is her right.

Both Kirchner, 65, and her late husband, Nestor, whom she succeeded as president in 2007, are suspected of having accepted millions of dollars in bribes from businessmen in exchange for public works contracts.

More than a dozen former government officials and 30 elite businessman are implicated in the case first reported by La Nacion newspaper on August 1, claiming that bribes were delivered by a ministerial chauffeur to the Kirchners’ residences over a 10-year period.

Prosecutor Carlos Stornelli has said a total of $160 million in bribes was handed over between 2005 and 2015.

At her last court appearance, Kirchner stressed her “categorical and strict denial” that she “committed any crime” or was involved in “any illicit activity.”

Also facing trial in several other corruption cases, she has previously accused Bonadio of carrying out “judicial persecutions” aimed at derailing a possible presidential run next year. (afp)

The Falashmuras claim to be descendants of Ethiopian Jews, and they have long fought for the right to settle in Israel, even though the Jewish state does not recognise them as such.

Israel -- which took in tens of thousands of Jews from the African nation in the 1980s and 1990s -- considers that process to be complete. It also applies a restrictive immigration policy for non-Jews.

But in 2015, the government established a nominative list of 9,000 Ethiopians who were allowed to immigrate to Israel within five years on the basis of family reunion.

Netanyahu said that since that decision, 1,300 Falashmuras had immigrated to Israel.

“I am pleased to inform you that I have decided that approximately 1,000 community members -- whose children are already here -- must be brought to Israel,” Netanyahu said.

Israel’s Ethiopian community now numbers around 140,000

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem on September 16, 2018.

people, including more than 50,000 born in the Jewish state.

Most of them are descendants of communities cut off from the Jewish world for centuries, and were belatedly recognised by Israeli religious authorities.

But the Falashmuras, most of whom were forced to convert to Christianity in the 19th century but remained closely attached to the Jewish tradition, never received such recognition.

Ethiopian Jews have staged a series of protests in recent years to denounce racism and discrimination against them in Israel, and to demand that family members in Ethiopia be allowed to join them.

Some Ethiopian Jews oppose new waves of immigration, arguing that Israel is facing enough difficulties integrating the existing comm u nity

and that those who are still in Ethiopia are not Jewish.

“We are not prepared to accept racism against the Ethiopian Jewish community or against any other (community) in Israel,” Netanyahu said.

A non-governmental organisation representing Ethiopians in Israel called on Netanyahu to give the remaining Jews in the African nation permission to immigrate.

“We demand that the PM commit to his promises and provide an immediate resolution to bring to Israel all the 8,000 members of the remaining Jewish community of Ethiopia,” said Alisa Bodner, spokeswoman for the Struggle for Ethiopian Aliyah group.

“As long as the government continues to violate the 2015 commitment and keep families apart, we will continue to protest and fight for justice.” (afp)

International organizations help preserve 1.3 million hectares forest in Indonesia

TANUNG SELOR - Various international organizations will help Indonesia in conserving 1.3 million hectares of North Kalimantan`s conservation forest, which is also known as the “Heart of Borneo.”

“At the Governor Climate and Forest (GCF) Task Force Annual Meeting in San Francisco, the United States, recently, various international institutions stated that they are ready to help us,” North Kalimantan Governor Irianto Lambrie remarked here, Tuesday.

He pointed out that funding support will be received from donor countries and international institutions for the conservation of 1.3 million hectares included in the Kayan Mentarang National Park.

The Kayan Mentarang National Park, measuring an area of

1,360,500 hectares, is the largest and remaining area of primary and old secondary forest in Kalimantan and Southeast Asia.

This national park has rare and protected plants and animals as well as various ecosystem types, ranging from lowland rainforests to mossy forests in high mountains.

Some of the plants found in this national park include pulai (Alstonia scholaris), jelutung (Dyera costulata), ramin (Gonystylus bancanus), as well as various species of orchids, palms, and tropical pitcher plants (nepenthes). In addition, the

national park is home to several species of plants that are yet to be identified, as they are new species in Indonesia.

Meanwhile, some 100 species of mammals of which 15 are endemic, eight species of primates, and more than 310 species of birds of which 28 are endemic to Kalimantan have been registered by the International Committee for Bird Protection as endangered species.

Some rare mammals, such as clouded leopards (Neofelis nebulosa), sun bears (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus), monkey (Presbytis

frontata frontata), and bull (Bos javanicus lowi), are also found in this area.

The GCF 2018 identified 30 world projects under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) program to prevent forest damage.

In addition to UNDP, the GCF Task Force`s provincial members also received funding from donor countries, one of them being Norway that will provide assistance of US$11 million.

This year, North Kalimantan will receive $400 thousand for forest conservation, including to conduct activities to empower local people living in the forest.

At this national park, some 20

KUPANG - Deputy Governor of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Josef Nae Soi strongly called for moratorium in sending workers to Malaysia. In the first eight months of the year, there were already 73 Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia sent back home lifeless to NTT, Josef said describing the

condition as very urgent.

“Moratorium is very urgent and should be addressed seriously,” he said here on Tuesday. He said he had discussed this issue with new NTT Governor Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat and other community leaders.

He said anyone involved in hu-

man traffic should be dealt with firmly. “We are serious about the human life,” he said.

He said the number of Indonesian workers sent illegally and already in Malaysia are believed to be much larger than ones sent there legally.

Therefore, the provincial admin-

istration would soon send a team to take record of all Indonesian migrant workers from NTT in Malaysia hopefully to start in October 2018, he said.

Separately, head of the provincial manpower and transmigration office of NTT Bruno Kupok said from 2016 to September 2018 there

thousand to 25 thousand people from the Dayak ethnic groups live around the Kenyah, Punan, Lun Daye, and Lun Bawang areas.

They have cultural knowledge and wisdom that are in line with forest conservation efforts and is apparent from their preservation of biodiversity in the forest.

North Kalimantan has been a member of the GCF Task Force on Climate and Forests since August 29, 2016, with the aim of addressing climate change.

In addition to North Kalimantan, the Indonesian provinces of Aceh, East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Papua, and West Papua are members of the GCF Task Force.(ant)

were 5,007 workers from NTT in Malaysia. The numbers did not include those going to that country illegally, he said.

Hundreds of thousands of Indonesians are estimated to work in Malaysia mainly in plantations and part of them entered that country illegally.(ant)

Moratorium demanded in the sending of workers to Malaysia

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Anti-doping body condemns WADA over Russia U-turn

LOS ANGELES - The Institute of National AntiDoping Organisations (INADO) warned WADA against lifting Russia’s drug ban on Monday, saying the country had not done enough to justify readmission to the sporting community.

Sekumpul Waterfall SINGARAJA - While Gitgit is the most visited waterfall in Bali and Aling-Aling is the most fun waterfall, the Sekumpul waterfalls are often considered the most beautiful in Bali. Sekumpul means “a group of”, and there are 7 waterfalls here on the north side of Bali (further east of Lovina) that you can view. The drive is long and it takes a whole day, but you’ll barely meet other visitors there and the pure serenity that awaits you is unforgettable!

To get closer to Sekumpul waterfall, you need to do a bit of trekking. There were quite a lot of steps to go down (probably almost

400-ish). Then we had to cross a river and trek through the jungle a tiny bit, before we finally arrived at the base of the twin waterfall.

From the blank bale, seen Sekumpul very pretty in the distance. That makes this waterfall is different from most waterfalls, Sekumpul not just made up of one or two waterfalls. There are at least seven waterfalls are located separate and apart, you can see from the blank bale. Seven waterfalls scattered in the high cliffs and surrounded by green trees soothes the eye. Seventh waterfall has a shape and a different height. Absolutely amazing. Not

one did, when Niagara Sekumpul crowned as the most beautiful waterfall in Bali.

The best time to visit Sekumpul Waterfall is between 09.00 am until 15.00 pm. Furthermore, you will visit this fantastic waterfall and enjoy the trekking adventure as well as swimming. Moreover, morning trip will be more wonderful while enjoy the beautiful natures on trekking adventure activities. In case of rain, the road will be slippery, and need extra careful to pass through the slippery footpath. If you have plans to visit Sekumpul waterfall, we recommend you to contact local travel agency. (IBP/net)

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In a strongly worded statement from the Berlin-based alliance of drug testing agencies, INADO accused the World Anti-Doping Agency of seeking to fast-track Russia’s reinstatement at any cost.

“Any reasonable person would conclude that Russia has not yet fulfilled its obligations to the global sporting community,” INADO said.

“WADA must make its decisions based on consistent application of principles and not simply out of expedience pandering to the will of a powerful nation.

“The sporting community is eager to see Russia return as an equal participant but not at any cost.”

INADO’s criticism comes as WADA chiefs prepare to meet in the Seychelles on Thursday to discuss Russia’s possible reinstatement.

INADO said the meeting would address “perhaps the most crucial decision WADA has ever faced.”

WADA last week disclosed that its compliance review committee had recommended lifting the three-year suspension of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) after being satisfied that Moscow had met the final two outstanding conditions of a “roadmap” to rehabilitation.

Reinstating RUSADA would pave the way for Russian athletes to return to competition across all sports.

The WADA compliance committee’s recommendation has been widely criticized, with the United States Anti-Doping Agency accusing the agency of dealing a blow to “millions of clean athletes.” (afp)

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SAINT PETERSBURG - Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka booked a place in the second round at the Saint Petersburg Open with a hard-fought straight-sets win over Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene here on Monday.

The 33-year-old Wawrinka, who came to St Petersburg courtesy of a wildcard, prevailed 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) in one hour 46 minutes to chalk up his third win over Bedene in their fourth meeting.

“I’m really happy to be back here,” Wawrinka said on court after the match. “Last time I was here two years ago when I lost in the final.

“Of course I’m happy with my first win here.

I think it was a great level.”

The Swiss star has been struggling to find his best form since returning to the ATP Tour after two operations on his left knee a year ago, and he was trailing 5-3 here after dropping his serve early in the first set.

But the former world number three, who is now down at 88, picked up steam and broke back twice to take the opener in 46 minutes.

Wawrinka looked better in the second set but there were no big serves on the St Petersburg hard-court.

Wawrinka won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 Australian Open and then added the 2015 French Open and 2016 US Open titles to his trophy cabinet.

In the match for a place in the last eight he

will face fourth seeded Russian Karen Khachanov, who enjoyed an opening-round bye.

Earlier on Monday Martin Klizan of Slovakia, who won the title here six years ago, saw off Russia’s Evgeny Donskoy 6-4, 6-4.

In the match for a place in the quarter-finals

the Slovakian left-hander will face second seed Fabio Fognini of Italy in a replay of the 2012 Saint Petersburg’s final.

“It’s a great feeling as I came back to Saint Petersburg after a long break,” Klizan said. “I have very pleasant memories after winning

trophy here and I want to make it again.

“It will be a good match I hope,” he said about the meeting with Fognini. “Fabio is a great player but I feel very comfortable in this arena and I hope I can win more matches here.” (afp)

Wildcard Stan Wawrinka wobbles but manages a winning start at St Petersburg Open.

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Bale poised for part two at Real Madrid without Zidane and Ronaldo

Mourinho’s Euro woes add to pressure on Man United

Jose Mourinho is facing an unsettling new reality in the Champions League as Manchester United launch their campaign at Young Boys of Bern on Wednesday. Mourinho was once the Champions League’s pre-eminent force, winning the tournament twice and making the latter stages virtually every year. But it is four years since the Portuguese coach last managed a victory in the knockout stages of Europe’s elite club competition.

In that time, the 55-year-old has been surpassed by Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp, Atletico Madrid’s Diego Simeone and former Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane as the tournament’s most innovative and successful coaches.

In Mourinho’s past 10 knockout games with United and Chelsea in the Champions League he has just two wins and five draws -- his last away victory in the knockout stages came at United’s expense in 2013 when he was still at Real Madrid. Mourinho’s decline as a Champions League force mirrors the fading challenge of United, who reached three finals in four seasons from 2008 but have struggled to make an impact since.

The club are preparing for the match against the Swiss champions in Bern after an unsettling start to the season but might feel they have turned a corner after a hard-fought 2-1 win against Watford in the Premier League.

Mourinho, in an upbeat mood after Saturday’s second straight win, will be desperate to erase the memory of United’s spineless last-16 exit against Sevilla last season, during which frustrated United fans chanted “attack, attack, attack” at their own players.

The limp defeat was a far cry from the days when free-flowing United sides won two European Cups under Alex Ferguson and regularly reached the sharp end of the tournament. The desperate message from the stands that night left Mourinho looking a forlorn figure on the same turf where he had announced his arrival on the Champions League stage with a jubilant touchline jig during Porto’s shock win 14 years previously.

Back then, Mourinho had the world at his feet and he would go on to win the competition for the first time as Porto demolished Monaco in the 2004 final.

Mourinho’s move to Chelsea launched the ‘Special One’ brand as he entranced English football with his brash attitude and a dazzling first flush of success. But Premier League titles did not translate into more glory in the Champions League as Chelsea were twice knocked out by Liverpool in the 2005 and 2007 semi-finals.

- Anguish Mourinho found the magic again at Inter Milan, knocking out Chelsea and Barcelona and beating Bayern Munich 2-0 in the final to deliver the club’s first European Cup for 45 years.

The Portuguese was just the third manager to win the competition with two clubs and, joining Real Madrid just days later, he appeared to be in the ideal place to add to his personal collection.

But a semi-final loss to Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona in 2011 was followed by a painful penalty shootout defeat at the same stage against Bayern Munich 12 months later. And by the time Borussia Dortmund sent Real crashing out in the semi-finals yet again in 2013, Mourinho had begun to lose his aura of invincibility. Back at Chelsea for the 2013-14 season, Mourinho’s change of scene did not bring of change of luck -- this time it was Atletico Madrid who were the tormentors as the manager tasted semi-final anguish for the fourth successive year. (afp)

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Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho applauds fans after winning the English Premier League football match between Watford and Manchester United at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford, north of London on September 15, 2018.

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Argentine legend Diego Maradona (C) celebrates with his players during his first match as coach of Mexican second-division club Dorados, against Cafetaleros, at the Banorte stadium in Culiacan, Sinaloa State, Mexico, on September 17, 2018.

Ever controversial, Maradona makes winning debut in Mexico

Controversial and combative as ever, Diego Maradona made his Mexican coaching debut Monday with a 4-1 win for his new club, the second-division side Dorados. It could hardly have been otherwise in the country that saw the Argentine legend score his infamous “hand of God” goal as he led his country to the 1986 World Cup title.

Alternately grinning and defensive, Maradona thumbed his nose at his critics after Ecuadoran forward Vinicio Angulo scored a hat trick to give Dorados the win over Cafeteleros of Tapachula.

“Some people said Maradona’s useless. There were a lot of stupid people going on television to fill up the time,” Maradona told a packed post-match press conference in Culiacan, Sinaloa, his new club’s home base.

“I hope they’ll come to the pitch now and look at my record and see what we’re actually doing, see that I know how to do this.”

Maradona, 57, vowed it was just the beginning for the struggling club, who leapt from 13th place in their 15-team league to 10th with the win over last-place Cafeteleros. But not all Dorados fans are convinced.

Maradona arrived to a hero’s welcome last week, but has also been the butt of more than a few jokes about why someone who has battled publicly with drug addiction might take a job in the heart of Mexican drug cartel country.

“I’m not expecting much. Mara-

dona has never shown himself to be a good coach. I think there are better coaches than him in Mexico,” said Kevin Juarez, a 26-year-old fan, ahead of the match.

“The one good thing is that Maradona’s arrival has drawn the world’s attention to Dorados,” he told AFP. Maradona once coached the Argentine national team, including at the 2010 World Cup, but the rest of his managerial career has lacked the sparkle of his playing days. Other fans in Sinaloa are more optimistic.

“With Maradona’s help, this club can gain a little character and get promoted,” said fellow fan Hector Cuen, 40. “I can’t see anything bad in Maradona coming to Culiacan.”

- Diego meets Maradona Even El Diego only managed to fill Dorados’s 20,000-seat stadium to about half capacity -- though that was still more than double the average attendance at the club’s most recent home matches.

Maradona, however, was unfazed by the empty seats. “Dorados fans are amazing,” he said. “I looked up and

thought I was on the field at Boca” -- his old Buenos Aires club, which is legendary for packing its stadium with rowdy crowds.

Sinaloa is more baseball than football country. And residents perhaps have more than sports on their minds these days. Home to the Sinaloa drug cartel, the western state is in the grips of a bloody power struggle for control of the organization since its founder, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was extradited to the United States last year.

So far this year, 879 people have been murdered state-wide, and 144 in Culiacan. Dorados’s owners, the politically powerful Hank family, have been accused of ties to drug traffickers. But Maradona insists he just wants to concentrate on football.

His outsize legacy in the sport was on full display as he took the pitch on Monday.

Grinning in his track-suit pants and T-shirt, he gave an affectionate pinch on the cheek to rival coach Diego de la Torre, 23 years his junior. It was a special encounter for the beaming De la Torre: he was named after Maradona by his father, an ex-footballer.(afp)

If the summer had gone differently, Gareth Bale might have been on a plane to Switzerland on Monday to play for Manchester United against Young Boys. He could have been readying himself for a Champions League debut at the Allianz Arena for Bayern Munich against Ajax.

Or even, as Tottenham fans might have hoped, back at his old club and back to the San Siro, the scene of that spellbinding breakthrough performance in 2010.

Spurs never had the financial clout, nor Bale any inclination, to engineer a

return to London.

He was never much fussed about Bayern or United either, despite depositing the word “honoured” in Bild, when asked about being linked with the German champions, and despite United making it clear to Bale’s representatives they should be notified if and when he decided to leave.

That scenario never looked more likely than on May 26. Bale was left out of the Champions League final team to face Liverpool, came off the bench to score with an astonishing bicycle kick, and then declared during the celebrations he would be considering his future.

“I need to be playing week-in, week-out,” Bale said.

There were times

last season, most notably after he was hauled off at half-time against Paris Saint-Germain, when Bale and Zinedine Zidane were not on speaking terms.

Strong form and a consistent run of games towards the end of the campaign saw relations thaw but the snub in Kiev was a final kick in the teeth. Even after the final whistle, when the cameras swarmed around the game’s star player, Zidane kept his distance.

Bale wanted talks with the president, Florentino Perez, before the World Cup but there was never any prospect of Perez acting against Zidane. While Bale had proved his worth by scoring one of the finest goals the Champions League had seen, Zidane had just led the club to a third European success in a row. He was seen as the future.

- More balanced, without Ronaldo Instead, within a week of beating Liverpool, Zidane resigned.

He sent texts to a select group of senior players but the f ir s t B ale heard of the Frenchman’s departure was via an official message from the club.

The meeting with Perez was shelved until a new coach was appointed and, six weeks later, Cristiano Ronaldo had departed too.

By then Bale’s mind was made up to stay. Ronaldo and Bale were too different ever to be close but their relationship was never any-

Real Madrid’s Welsh forward Gareth Bale reacts after missing a goal oportunity during the Spanish league football match between Athletic Club Bilbao and Real Madrid CF at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao on September 15, 2018.

thing but respectful.

When Zidane left, Bale stayed silent. When Ronaldo left, Bale posted a gushing farewell message on Twitter. “It has been a pleasure to play alongside you,” he wrote.

But while the Portugese was there, it would always be Ronaldo’s Real Madrid, not least because Ronaldo delivered consistency while Bale wa s too often curtailed by injury.

The front page of Madrid daily, AS, on Friday read: “Five years of Bale”, with the numbers: “13 titles, 193 matches, 91 goals, 60 assists, 19 injuries, 393 days out.”

Madrid begin the defence of their Champions League crown at home to Roma this week and the talk now is of a team more balanced, more united even, without

Ronaldo.

The wisdom of selling though will not be judged on wins over Getafe, Girona and Leganes but Madrid’s performances in the big games, the ones Ronaldo used to settle, and now Bale has the chance to rise to.

“When someone like Cristiano leaves there is always going to be a spotlight on who is going to replace him,” Wales coach Ryan Giggs said earlier this month.

“But Gareth has shown his qualities in big games and that he can handle anything that is thrown at him.”

The first stage of Bale’s Real Madrid career, with Ronaldo, was a huge success, dampened by injury. The second stage, without Ronaldo, starts against Roma on Wednesday.(afp)

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Bale poised for part two at Real Madrid without Zidane and Ronaldo

Mourinho’s Euro woes add to pressure on Man United

Jose Mourinho is facing an unsettling new reality in the Champions League as Manchester United launch their campaign at Young Boys of Bern on Wednesday. Mourinho was once the Champions League’s pre-eminent force, winning the tournament twice and making the latter stages virtually every year. But it is four years since the Portuguese coach last managed a victory in the knockout stages of Europe’s elite club competition.

In that time, the 55-year-old has been surpassed by Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp, Atletico Madrid’s Diego Simeone and former Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane as the tournament’s most innovative and successful coaches.

In Mourinho’s past 10 knockout games with United and Chelsea in the Champions League he has just two wins and five draws -- his last away victory in the knockout stages came at United’s expense in 2013 when he was still at Real Madrid. Mourinho’s decline as a Champions League force mirrors the fading challenge of United, who reached three finals in four seasons from 2008 but have struggled to make an impact since.

The club are preparing for the match against the Swiss champions in Bern after an unsettling start to the season but might feel they have turned a corner after a hard-fought 2-1 win against Watford in the Premier League.

Mourinho, in an upbeat mood after Saturday’s second straight win, will be desperate to erase the memory of United’s spineless last-16 exit against Sevilla last season, during which frustrated United fans chanted “attack, attack, attack” at their own players.

The limp defeat was a far cry from the days when free-flowing United sides won two European Cups under Alex Ferguson and regularly reached the sharp end of the tournament. The desperate message from the stands that night left Mourinho looking a forlorn figure on the same turf where he had announced his arrival on the Champions League stage with a jubilant touchline jig during Porto’s shock win 14 years previously.

Back then, Mourinho had the world at his feet and he would go on to win the competition for the first time as Porto demolished Monaco in the 2004 final.

Mourinho’s move to Chelsea launched the ‘Special One’ brand as he entranced English football with his brash attitude and a dazzling first flush of success. But Premier League titles did not translate into more glory in the Champions League as Chelsea were twice knocked out by Liverpool in the 2005 and 2007 semi-finals.

- Anguish Mourinho found the magic again at Inter Milan, knocking out Chelsea and Barcelona and beating Bayern Munich 2-0 in the final to deliver the club’s first European Cup for 45 years.

The Portuguese was just the third manager to win the competition with two clubs and, joining Real Madrid just days later, he appeared to be in the ideal place to add to his personal collection.

But a semi-final loss to Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona in 2011 was followed by a painful penalty shootout defeat at the same stage against Bayern Munich 12 months later. And by the time Borussia Dortmund sent Real crashing out in the semi-finals yet again in 2013, Mourinho had begun to lose his aura of invincibility. Back at Chelsea for the 2013-14 season, Mourinho’s change of scene did not bring of change of luck -- this time it was Atletico Madrid who were the tormentors as the manager tasted semi-final anguish for the fourth successive year. (afp)

OLLY GREENWOOD / AFP

Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho applauds fans after winning the English Premier League football match between Watford and Manchester United at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford, north of London on September 15, 2018.

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Argentine legend Diego Maradona (C) celebrates with his players during his first match as coach of Mexican second-division club Dorados, against Cafetaleros, at the Banorte stadium in Culiacan, Sinaloa State, Mexico, on September 17, 2018.

Ever controversial, Maradona makes winning debut in Mexico

Controversial and combative as ever, Diego Maradona made his Mexican coaching debut Monday with a 4-1 win for his new club, the second-division side Dorados. It could hardly have been otherwise in the country that saw the Argentine legend score his infamous “hand of God” goal as he led his country to the 1986 World Cup title.

Alternately grinning and defensive, Maradona thumbed his nose at his critics after Ecuadoran forward Vinicio Angulo scored a hat trick to give Dorados the win over Cafeteleros of Tapachula.

“Some people said Maradona’s useless. There were a lot of stupid people going on television to fill up the time,” Maradona told a packed post-match press conference in Culiacan, Sinaloa, his new club’s home base.

“I hope they’ll come to the pitch now and look at my record and see what we’re actually doing, see that I know how to do this.”

Maradona, 57, vowed it was just the beginning for the struggling club, who leapt from 13th place in their 15-team league to 10th with the win over last-place Cafeteleros. But not all Dorados fans are convinced.

Maradona arrived to a hero’s welcome last week, but has also been the butt of more than a few jokes about why someone who has battled publicly with drug addiction might take a job in the heart of Mexican drug cartel country.

“I’m not expecting much. Mara-

dona has never shown himself to be a good coach. I think there are better coaches than him in Mexico,” said Kevin Juarez, a 26-year-old fan, ahead of the match.

“The one good thing is that Maradona’s arrival has drawn the world’s attention to Dorados,” he told AFP. Maradona once coached the Argentine national team, including at the 2010 World Cup, but the rest of his managerial career has lacked the sparkle of his playing days. Other fans in Sinaloa are more optimistic.

“With Maradona’s help, this club can gain a little character and get promoted,” said fellow fan Hector Cuen, 40. “I can’t see anything bad in Maradona coming to Culiacan.”

- Diego meets Maradona Even El Diego only managed to fill Dorados’s 20,000-seat stadium to about half capacity -- though that was still more than double the average attendance at the club’s most recent home matches.

Maradona, however, was unfazed by the empty seats. “Dorados fans are amazing,” he said. “I looked up and

thought I was on the field at Boca” -- his old Buenos Aires club, which is legendary for packing its stadium with rowdy crowds.

Sinaloa is more baseball than football country. And residents perhaps have more than sports on their minds these days. Home to the Sinaloa drug cartel, the western state is in the grips of a bloody power struggle for control of the organization since its founder, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was extradited to the United States last year.

So far this year, 879 people have been murdered state-wide, and 144 in Culiacan. Dorados’s owners, the politically powerful Hank family, have been accused of ties to drug traffickers. But Maradona insists he just wants to concentrate on football.

His outsize legacy in the sport was on full display as he took the pitch on Monday.

Grinning in his track-suit pants and T-shirt, he gave an affectionate pinch on the cheek to rival coach Diego de la Torre, 23 years his junior. It was a special encounter for the beaming De la Torre: he was named after Maradona by his father, an ex-footballer.(afp)

If the summer had gone differently, Gareth Bale might have been on a plane to Switzerland on Monday to play for Manchester United against Young Boys. He could have been readying himself for a Champions League debut at the Allianz Arena for Bayern Munich against Ajax.

Or even, as Tottenham fans might have hoped, back at his old club and back to the San Siro, the scene of that spellbinding breakthrough performance in 2010.

Spurs never had the financial clout, nor Bale any inclination, to engineer a

return to London.

He was never much fussed about Bayern or United either, despite depositing the word “honoured” in Bild, when asked about being linked with the German champions, and despite United making it clear to Bale’s representatives they should be notified if and when he decided to leave.

That scenario never looked more likely than on May 26. Bale was left out of the Champions League final team to face Liverpool, came off the bench to score with an astonishing bicycle kick, and then declared during the celebrations he would be considering his future.

“I need to be playing week-in, week-out,” Bale said.

There were times

last season, most notably after he was hauled off at half-time against Paris Saint-Germain, when Bale and Zinedine Zidane were not on speaking terms.

Strong form and a consistent run of games towards the end of the campaign saw relations thaw but the snub in Kiev was a final kick in the teeth. Even after the final whistle, when the cameras swarmed around the game’s star player, Zidane kept his distance.

Bale wanted talks with the president, Florentino Perez, before the World Cup but there was never any prospect of Perez acting against Zidane. While Bale had proved his worth by scoring one of the finest goals the Champions League had seen, Zidane had just led the club to a third European success in a row. He was seen as the future.

- More balanced, without Ronaldo Instead, within a week of beating Liverpool, Zidane resigned.

He sent texts to a select group of senior players but the f ir s t B ale heard of the Frenchman’s departure was via an official message from the club.

The meeting with Perez was shelved until a new coach was appointed and, six weeks later, Cristiano Ronaldo had departed too.

By then Bale’s mind was made up to stay. Ronaldo and Bale were too different ever to be close but their relationship was never any-

Real Madrid’s Welsh forward Gareth Bale reacts after missing a goal oportunity during the Spanish league football match between Athletic Club Bilbao and Real Madrid CF at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao on September 15, 2018.

thing but respectful.

When Zidane left, Bale stayed silent. When Ronaldo left, Bale posted a gushing farewell message on Twitter. “It has been a pleasure to play alongside you,” he wrote.

But while the Portugese was there, it would always be Ronaldo’s Real Madrid, not least because Ronaldo delivered consistency while Bale wa s too often curtailed by injury.

The front page of Madrid daily, AS, on Friday read: “Five years of Bale”, with the numbers: “13 titles, 193 matches, 91 goals, 60 assists, 19 injuries, 393 days out.”

Madrid begin the defence of their Champions League crown at home to Roma this week and the talk now is of a team more balanced, more united even, without

Ronaldo.

The wisdom of selling though will not be judged on wins over Getafe, Girona and Leganes but Madrid’s performances in the big games, the ones Ronaldo used to settle, and now Bale has the chance to rise to.

“When someone like Cristiano leaves there is always going to be a spotlight on who is going to replace him,” Wales coach Ryan Giggs said earlier this month.

“But Gareth has shown his qualities in big games and that he can handle anything that is thrown at him.”

The first stage of Bale’s Real Madrid career, with Ronaldo, was a huge success, dampened by injury. The second stage, without Ronaldo, starts against Roma on Wednesday.(afp)

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International

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

International

Anti-doping body condemns WADA over Russia U-turn

LOS ANGELES - The Institute of National AntiDoping Organisations (INADO) warned WADA against lifting Russia’s drug ban on Monday, saying the country had not done enough to justify readmission to the sporting community.

Sekumpul Waterfall SINGARAJA - While Gitgit is the most visited waterfall in Bali and Aling-Aling is the most fun waterfall, the Sekumpul waterfalls are often considered the most beautiful in Bali. Sekumpul means “a group of”, and there are 7 waterfalls here on the north side of Bali (further east of Lovina) that you can view. The drive is long and it takes a whole day, but you’ll barely meet other visitors there and the pure serenity that awaits you is unforgettable!

To get closer to Sekumpul waterfall, you need to do a bit of trekking. There were quite a lot of steps to go down (probably almost

400-ish). Then we had to cross a river and trek through the jungle a tiny bit, before we finally arrived at the base of the twin waterfall.

From the blank bale, seen Sekumpul very pretty in the distance. That makes this waterfall is different from most waterfalls, Sekumpul not just made up of one or two waterfalls. There are at least seven waterfalls are located separate and apart, you can see from the blank bale. Seven waterfalls scattered in the high cliffs and surrounded by green trees soothes the eye. Seventh waterfall has a shape and a different height. Absolutely amazing. Not

one did, when Niagara Sekumpul crowned as the most beautiful waterfall in Bali.

The best time to visit Sekumpul Waterfall is between 09.00 am until 15.00 pm. Furthermore, you will visit this fantastic waterfall and enjoy the trekking adventure as well as swimming. Moreover, morning trip will be more wonderful while enjoy the beautiful natures on trekking adventure activities. In case of rain, the road will be slippery, and need extra careful to pass through the slippery footpath. If you have plans to visit Sekumpul waterfall, we recommend you to contact local travel agency. (IBP/net)

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In a strongly worded statement from the Berlin-based alliance of drug testing agencies, INADO accused the World Anti-Doping Agency of seeking to fast-track Russia’s reinstatement at any cost.

“Any reasonable person would conclude that Russia has not yet fulfilled its obligations to the global sporting community,” INADO said.

“WADA must make its decisions based on consistent application of principles and not simply out of expedience pandering to the will of a powerful nation.

“The sporting community is eager to see Russia return as an equal participant but not at any cost.”

INADO’s criticism comes as WADA chiefs prepare to meet in the Seychelles on Thursday to discuss Russia’s possible reinstatement.

INADO said the meeting would address “perhaps the most crucial decision WADA has ever faced.”

WADA last week disclosed that its compliance review committee had recommended lifting the three-year suspension of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) after being satisfied that Moscow had met the final two outstanding conditions of a “roadmap” to rehabilitation.

Reinstating RUSADA would pave the way for Russian athletes to return to competition across all sports.

The WADA compliance committee’s recommendation has been widely criticized, with the United States Anti-Doping Agency accusing the agency of dealing a blow to “millions of clean athletes.” (afp)

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SAINT PETERSBURG - Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka booked a place in the second round at the Saint Petersburg Open with a hard-fought straight-sets win over Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene here on Monday.

The 33-year-old Wawrinka, who came to St Petersburg courtesy of a wildcard, prevailed 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) in one hour 46 minutes to chalk up his third win over Bedene in their fourth meeting.

“I’m really happy to be back here,” Wawrinka said on court after the match. “Last time I was here two years ago when I lost in the final.

“Of course I’m happy with my first win here.

I think it was a great level.”

The Swiss star has been struggling to find his best form since returning to the ATP Tour after two operations on his left knee a year ago, and he was trailing 5-3 here after dropping his serve early in the first set.

But the former world number three, who is now down at 88, picked up steam and broke back twice to take the opener in 46 minutes.

Wawrinka looked better in the second set but there were no big serves on the St Petersburg hard-court.

Wawrinka won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 Australian Open and then added the 2015 French Open and 2016 US Open titles to his trophy cabinet.

In the match for a place in the last eight he

will face fourth seeded Russian Karen Khachanov, who enjoyed an opening-round bye.

Earlier on Monday Martin Klizan of Slovakia, who won the title here six years ago, saw off Russia’s Evgeny Donskoy 6-4, 6-4.

In the match for a place in the quarter-finals

the Slovakian left-hander will face second seed Fabio Fognini of Italy in a replay of the 2012 Saint Petersburg’s final.

“It’s a great feeling as I came back to Saint Petersburg after a long break,” Klizan said. “I have very pleasant memories after winning

trophy here and I want to make it again.

“It will be a good match I hope,” he said about the meeting with Fognini. “Fabio is a great player but I feel very comfortable in this arena and I hope I can win more matches here.” (afp)

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Netanyahu gives 1,000 Ethopians right to immigrate

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday decided to allow 1,000 Ethiopians to immigrate to Israel, his office announced, in a rare intake of the Falashmura community.

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In this file picture taken on August 20, 2015 Argentine President Cristina Kirchner gestures during a ceremony at the Government Palace in Buenos Aires.

Ex-president Kirchner charged in Argentina corruption scandal

BUENOS AIRES - Ex-Argentina president Cristina Kirchner was charged with corruption as a judge asked that her parliamentary immunity be lifted so she can be detained, reports said Monday.

She is accused of having accepted tens of millions of dollars in bribes in the notorious “corruption notebooks” scandal that has rocked Argentina’s political and business elites.

As a senator, Kirchner is protected by parliamentary immunity from imprisonment, although not from prosecution.

Unless that immunity is lifted, she cannot be jailed, even if found guilty.

However, last month the Senate did vote to partially lift her immunity so that investigators could search her three luxury homes.

She has has already been called in for questioning twice by Claudio Bonadio, the judge leading the wide-ranging corruption investigation, and is due to appear again on Tuesday.

Kirchner is accused of heading an “illicit association.”

During her first two hearings she refused to answer Bonadio’s questions, instead submitting a written statement, as is her right.

Both Kirchner, 65, and her late husband, Nestor, whom she succeeded as president in 2007, are suspected of having accepted millions of dollars in bribes from businessmen in exchange for public works contracts.

More than a dozen former government officials and 30 elite businessman are implicated in the case first reported by La Nacion newspaper on August 1, claiming that bribes were delivered by a ministerial chauffeur to the Kirchners’ residences over a 10-year period.

Prosecutor Carlos Stornelli has said a total of $160 million in bribes was handed over between 2005 and 2015.

At her last court appearance, Kirchner stressed her “categorical and strict denial” that she “committed any crime” or was involved in “any illicit activity.”

Also facing trial in several other corruption cases, she has previously accused Bonadio of carrying out “judicial persecutions” aimed at derailing a possible presidential run next year. (afp)

The Falashmuras claim to be descendants of Ethiopian Jews, and they have long fought for the right to settle in Israel, even though the Jewish state does not recognise them as such.

Israel -- which took in tens of thousands of Jews from the African nation in the 1980s and 1990s -- considers that process to be complete. It also applies a restrictive immigration policy for non-Jews.

But in 2015, the government established a nominative list of 9,000 Ethiopians who were allowed to immigrate to Israel within five years on the basis of family reunion.

Netanyahu said that since that decision, 1,300 Falashmuras had immigrated to Israel.

“I am pleased to inform you that I have decided that approximately 1,000 community members -- whose children are already here -- must be brought to Israel,” Netanyahu said.

Israel’s Ethiopian community now numbers around 140,000

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem on September 16, 2018.

people, including more than 50,000 born in the Jewish state.

Most of them are descendants of communities cut off from the Jewish world for centuries, and were belatedly recognised by Israeli religious authorities.

But the Falashmuras, most of whom were forced to convert to Christianity in the 19th century but remained closely attached to the Jewish tradition, never received such recognition.

Ethiopian Jews have staged a series of protests in recent years to denounce racism and discrimination against them in Israel, and to demand that family members in Ethiopia be allowed to join them.

Some Ethiopian Jews oppose new waves of immigration, arguing that Israel is facing enough difficulties integrating the existing comm u nity

and that those who are still in Ethiopia are not Jewish.

“We are not prepared to accept racism against the Ethiopian Jewish community or against any other (community) in Israel,” Netanyahu said.

A non-governmental organisation representing Ethiopians in Israel called on Netanyahu to give the remaining Jews in the African nation permission to immigrate.

“We demand that the PM commit to his promises and provide an immediate resolution to bring to Israel all the 8,000 members of the remaining Jewish community of Ethiopia,” said Alisa Bodner, spokeswoman for the Struggle for Ethiopian Aliyah group.

“As long as the government continues to violate the 2015 commitment and keep families apart, we will continue to protest and fight for justice.” (afp)

International organizations help preserve 1.3 million hectares forest in Indonesia

TANUNG SELOR - Various international organizations will help Indonesia in conserving 1.3 million hectares of North Kalimantan`s conservation forest, which is also known as the “Heart of Borneo.”

“At the Governor Climate and Forest (GCF) Task Force Annual Meeting in San Francisco, the United States, recently, various international institutions stated that they are ready to help us,” North Kalimantan Governor Irianto Lambrie remarked here, Tuesday.

He pointed out that funding support will be received from donor countries and international institutions for the conservation of 1.3 million hectares included in the Kayan Mentarang National Park.

The Kayan Mentarang National Park, measuring an area of

1,360,500 hectares, is the largest and remaining area of primary and old secondary forest in Kalimantan and Southeast Asia.

This national park has rare and protected plants and animals as well as various ecosystem types, ranging from lowland rainforests to mossy forests in high mountains.

Some of the plants found in this national park include pulai (Alstonia scholaris), jelutung (Dyera costulata), ramin (Gonystylus bancanus), as well as various species of orchids, palms, and tropical pitcher plants (nepenthes). In addition, the

national park is home to several species of plants that are yet to be identified, as they are new species in Indonesia.

Meanwhile, some 100 species of mammals of which 15 are endemic, eight species of primates, and more than 310 species of birds of which 28 are endemic to Kalimantan have been registered by the International Committee for Bird Protection as endangered species.

Some rare mammals, such as clouded leopards (Neofelis nebulosa), sun bears (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus), monkey (Presbytis

frontata frontata), and bull (Bos javanicus lowi), are also found in this area.

The GCF 2018 identified 30 world projects under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) program to prevent forest damage.

In addition to UNDP, the GCF Task Force`s provincial members also received funding from donor countries, one of them being Norway that will provide assistance of US$11 million.

This year, North Kalimantan will receive $400 thousand for forest conservation, including to conduct activities to empower local people living in the forest.

At this national park, some 20

KUPANG - Deputy Governor of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Josef Nae Soi strongly called for moratorium in sending workers to Malaysia. In the first eight months of the year, there were already 73 Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia sent back home lifeless to NTT, Josef said describing the

condition as very urgent.

“Moratorium is very urgent and should be addressed seriously,” he said here on Tuesday. He said he had discussed this issue with new NTT Governor Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat and other community leaders.

He said anyone involved in hu-

man traffic should be dealt with firmly. “We are serious about the human life,” he said.

He said the number of Indonesian workers sent illegally and already in Malaysia are believed to be much larger than ones sent there legally.

Therefore, the provincial admin-

istration would soon send a team to take record of all Indonesian migrant workers from NTT in Malaysia hopefully to start in October 2018, he said.

Separately, head of the provincial manpower and transmigration office of NTT Bruno Kupok said from 2016 to September 2018 there

thousand to 25 thousand people from the Dayak ethnic groups live around the Kenyah, Punan, Lun Daye, and Lun Bawang areas.

They have cultural knowledge and wisdom that are in line with forest conservation efforts and is apparent from their preservation of biodiversity in the forest.

North Kalimantan has been a member of the GCF Task Force on Climate and Forests since August 29, 2016, with the aim of addressing climate change.

In addition to North Kalimantan, the Indonesian provinces of Aceh, East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Papua, and West Papua are members of the GCF Task Force.(ant)

were 5,007 workers from NTT in Malaysia. The numbers did not include those going to that country illegally, he said.

Hundreds of thousands of Indonesians are estimated to work in Malaysia mainly in plantations and part of them entered that country illegally.(ant)

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BUSINESS EU targets BMW, Daimler, VW in pollution cartel probe

The EU opened an in-depth probe into alleged collusion by major German carmakers over antipollution technology Tuesday, a fresh blow to the scandal-hit industry three years after the notorious “dieselgate.”

Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said BMW, Daimler and VW are suspected of agreeing “not to compete against each other on the development and roll-out” of antipollution systems for petrol and diesel passenger cars.

“If proven, this collusion may have denied consumers the opportunity to buy less polluting cars, despite the technology being available to the manufacturers,” she added.

The probe lands three years to the day after shock revelations in the US that VW installed software in millions of its diesel vehicles around the world to cheat emissions tests.

The latest case does not involve these so-called “defeat devices”, but instead focuses on the development of state-ofthe-art control systems that reduce smog-causing pollution, such as nitrogen oxides and particulate matter.

The Commission said the probe was working with evidence of meetings and collusion by a group it called the “circle of five”: BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen, in addition to VW units Audi and Porsche.

EU regulators working the investigation launched a series RONNY HARTMANN / AFP of raids a year ago in Germany.

Daimler and VW are widely reported to be putting them- A picture taken on September 10, 2018 shows news vans parked outside the Stadthalle venue in Braunselves forward as whistle-blowers in the case, in order to win schweig, northern Germany, on the first day of the model case proceedings in Germany against German leniency with the EU authorities. (afp) car maker Volkswagen (VW) over its cheating in emissions tests involving millions of diesel cars.

China vows to hit back as Trump targets $200bn in goods

China on Tuesday vowed to retaliate against the United States and warned of “uncertainty” in trade talks after President Donald Trump targeted another $200 billion in Chinese imports with tariffs starting next week.

Trump ratcheted up pressure on Beijing as the new round of levies will bring the amount of goods hit by duties to roughly half of Chinese exports to the US. He also threatened to go after all Chinese goods.

“For months, we have urged China to change these unfair practices and give fair and reciprocal treatment to American companies,” Trump said in a statement on Monday.

“These practices plainly constitute a grave threat to the long-term health and prosperity of the United States economy,” he said.

“But, so far, China has been unwilling to change its practices,” including theft and force transfer of technology.

Once the new round of tariffs takes effect on September 24, punitive duties will be in place on $250 billion in goods the US buys

from China -- its largest source of imported merchandise.

The latest round of imports will face 10 percent tariffs through the end of the year, and then the rate will jump to 25 percent.

“In order to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests and the global free trade order, China has no choice but to take countermeasures in lockstep,” the Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

The statement did not mention Beijing’s earlier threat to add tariffs on $60 billion in US imports if Washington imposed this new wave of levies.

Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular briefing that China will announce details about its countermeasures “at the appropriate time,” adding that “the protectionist and unilateral measures taken by the US side are very unacceptable for us.”

Trump warned that “if China takes retaliatory action against our farmers or other industries, we will immediately pursue phase three, which is tariffs on approximately

$267 billion of additional imports.”

That would mean imposing new taxes on all of the goods the US imports from China.

“Once again, I urge China’s leaders to take swift action to end their country’s unfair trade practices,” Trump said. “Hopefully, this trade situation will be resolved, in the end, by myself and President Xi of China, for whom I have great respect and affection.”

- Smart watches spared The new taxes will hit a broad swath of products, including billions in Chinese-made voice data receivers, computer memory modules, automatic data processors, and accessories for office equipment such as copiers and banknote dispensers -- instantly making widely used goods more expensive.

However, senior administration officials told reporters the initial list announced in July was reduced by 300 product lines after the administration received 6,000 written comments from consumers and businesses.

The products spared included

consumer electronics like smart watches and Bluetooth devices, child safety products such as high chairs, car seats and playpens, and certain health-and-safety products such as bicycle helmets, the officials said.

The officials said China had been given “chance after chance” to change the trade practices considered unfair to US businesses, but “have remained obdurate.”

Only last week, Beijing said it welcomed overtures from US officials offering to restart trade talks, but the new tariffs could cause China to call off the negotiations.

The commerce ministry said the new tariffs “bring new uncertainty to the consultations between the two sides.”

“It is hoped that the US will recognise the possible negative consequences of such actions and take convincing means to correct them in a timely manner,” the ministry said, without directly addressing if the talks would go forward.

The escalating confrontation shook up global stock markets.

Wall Street closed the day solidly in the red But Chinese stocks closed

higher after Shanghai tumbled to its lowest level since 2014 in early trading. While officials said the impact on the US economy has been minimal, firms across the country report lost businesses, layoffs and possible bankruptcies as input costs rise and exports fall.

They officials told reporters the lower initial tariff rate would give US businesses time to find new suppliers. That could soften the blow to US consumers and manufacturers among others ahead of key US congressional elections in November.

Lobbying against the tariffs has risen sharply in Washington but Trump’s policy has left candidates in competitive races for November’s hard-fought midterm congressional elections in awkward positions.

Some Republicans in exportdependent areas have fallen silent on trade or sought to push back.

But some Democrats, who broadly oppose the president’s agenda and are banking on his unpopularity, have adopted critical views of trade agreements and free trade. (afp)

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Some Uses of Animals in Hinduism, To Fill Oblations and Caru Rituals

Over time and under different conditions there are changes that occur in all societies – including Bali. Along with the increase in both the quantity and quality of information technology there is an increased interest and curiosity amongst Balinese people themselves about things that have become part of daily life. People are not so easily satisfied with the answer “that’s just how it is” about the art, culture and other aspects of daily life for Balinese, like oblations, paraphanalia and the use of animals in rituals.

When discussing about the use of animals in the oblations (bebantenan), of course we will talk about the use of animal meat in the oblations. According to I Gede Agus Budi Adnyana, a humanist and lecturer at State Hindu Dharma Institute (IHDN) Denpasar, we cannot talk about bebantenan without mentioning the use of animal meat in oblations. Various Hindu rituals in Bali often use animal flesh as an offering that has an almost equal position to flowers in oblations. For example, peras oblation must contain grilled chicken otherwise they are not considered complete.

Adnyana said that it is stated in one of the slokas or couplets of the Rig Veda: “what is on the grilled meat, oil and the meat itself should not be thrown onto the grass, offer it to the gods”. This, he said, confirms that meat is one of the important means in the oblations.

Besides, in the practice of Bhairava Tantra, flesh is one of the main offerings in ritual because it is also

life-giver of the universe.

“In terms of the type of animals uses, Manawa Dharmasastra states that livestock such as chickens, ducks or pigs are used in accordance with the rituals or local traditions of different areas”, said Adnyana. He added that offering in the form of meat as stated in the Rig Veda become the most important and the most classical rituals. In addition, there are also animals like cows and buffalos that tend to be used in the Ngusaba or Mamungkah rituals.

The animal is skinned, and the skin and the head are used as titi mamah or as a foundation for the arrival of deities as inspired by the story of the legendary demon Mahisasura who was eradicated

by Goddess Durga. Moreover, in the ceremony of Bhatara Turun Kabeh, the titi mamah like this is also used as a foothold before the deity’s effigy it brought up to the peselang pavilion.

Other rituals also involve ani-

mal sacrifice or caru oblations with chicken serving as the basis of caru. According to Ida Bagus Alit, senior figure of Griya Anyar Manuaba, Baha, the type of meat is adjusted to the direction. However, he added that implementation of certain caru ritual such as Caru Wrehaspati Kalpa in the grandiose ritual will usually use other animals such as goats.

Then, other animals are used

for each direction like celeng butuan (male piglet) for north point, black-winged goose for the west and white swan for the east and then dog for the south according to the instructions of Ida Pedanda.

Manusha yadnya activities like babayuhan (exorcism rites) also use chicken. In the case of an inauspicious birth where the pawukonbased birthday (otonan) coincides with full moon, a redemption by be-

bayuhan must be performed using a white chicken dedicated to Shiva Raditya but if the birth coiicides with the new moon a black chicken is used and is to be offered to the Goddess Ratih.

“Chickens in the bebayuhan ritual will be roasted or steamed because after the ritual the chicken meat will be enjoyed by the person for whom the exorcism rite is conducted”, he explained. (kmb)

Explore Countryside Charms at D’Karang Homestay in Bangli When wishing to enjoy the cool countryside atmosphere offering natural attractions, once in a while try to stay at D’Karang Homestay at Undisan village, Tembuku, Bangli.

This accommodation having existed since three years ago is equipped with interesting tourist attractions, such as trekking, cooking class, coconut oil making and meditation.

Village atmosphere can be really experienced because the homestay is owned and managed by local

community as the solution of sustainable economic equity. With this concept, local people come to enjoy the sustenance of visiting tourists by renting homestay managed independently by the community within the tourism village. This is one of the reasons for D’Karang Homestay ranked first nationally in the homestay category on the activities of Appreciation to Community-based Tourism Business by Ministry of Tourism.

Having arrived at Undisan village, guests are directly invited to D’Karang Homestay and are served with welcome drink. Then, they take a break. In the afternoon, their activity is resumed with a joint cooking class. Guests are taught to make Balinese sauce (condiments) as the part of making satay. In this process, guests get a Balinese cooking class starting from the preparation of seasoning, grounding spices with pestle and mortar, mixing them and then twisting satay. After that, the twisted satay is roasted to get cooked. Ultimately, it is served for dinner and enjoyed together.

On the second day, guests start the day with having breakfast of traditional menu such as snacks and tea or coffee. After that, it is resumed with trekking around the Undisan village for approximately four hours. Within this program, guests are proceeded to visit craftsmen making imitation flowers from brass at Undisan. Then, they are taken to explore paddy fields to see firsthand the activities of farmers at local village. After visiting a temple, guests take a short break to drink

fresh coconut taken directly from the middle of paddy fields.

Next visit is to the Tangkup waterfall at Undisan village. The waterfall is quite beautiful where guests can bathe and swim. Guests are taken back to D’Karang Homestay for lunch. In the afternoon, guests are invited to make coconut oil in traditional method, starting from peeling the coconut shell to the process of grinding coconut flesh to become oil.

“Dinner is prepared with a traditional menu rarely found at hotel. On the following day, their day is started with breakfast at homestay before being transferred out.

Kadek Darmayasa, Managing Director of PT Bali Bagus Memori Wisata, said the management of this homestay deliberately creates a special service for tourists, especially European tourists. The development of homestay owned and managed by the community around the tourism village is a solution to sustainable economic equity. “With this concept, local people will come to enjoy the sustenance of tourists coming to rent homestay owned by individual communities,” he said.

By giving the opportunity to local people to own and manage homestays, it will grow local entrepreneurs around the tourism village.

The entrepreneurs allow the potential of tourist villages to be explored and further developed. In the future, tourism village should be able to develop homestay and it should not be managed independently.

The development will be good if they are collected in a single entity (for example in the form of villageowned enterprise or BUMDes) and this manages it together by applying modern management. It will bring in a very positive impact and can be realized for the development of tourism village or homestay.

According to Darmayasa, the government through Minister of Tourism, Arief Yahya, expressed the ambition to position Indonesia as the country with the largest number of homestays in the world. This is very encouraging news for the people of Indonesia especially in Bali. In other words, the tourism sector has been on the right track where it is built to realize the growth and equity for prosperity. (kmb)

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End of the ‘Scallop Wars’: French and UK fishermen agree truce

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in (L) before their summit at the Workers’ Party of Korea headquarters in Pyongyang on September 18, 2018.

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The tenth IHRS meeting in Nusa Dua on Monday (Sep. 17).

In technological era

Role of human labor remains unchangeable

MANGUPURA - Current need of the human resources for industry is adapting quickly.

Results of the research made by McKinsey Global Institute stated that only about 5 percent of the total job opportunities currently available can be fully automated.

This shows the role of humans as laborers in the technological era remaining irreplaceable. However, human ability to work and adapt to technology is inevitable. This was stated by Chairman of the Indonesia Human Resources Summit (IHRS), Shauqi Gombang Aleyandra, dur-

ing the tenth IHRS meeting in Nusa Dua on Monday (Sep. 17).

He said that another relationship between humans and technology is one of the factors predicted to be the key to the success in future lives.

In this case, organizations must be able to identify these characteristics

earlier and create an environment being capable of showing off their potential. “We need hard work to improve the quality, competence and competitiveness of Indonesian human resources,” he said.

Implementation of the IHRS 2018 adjusts to the focus of the

government of the Republic of Indonesia in 2019 in terms of human resources development.

It is considering that resources no longer come from natural resources, but from human beings with their knowledge, competency and skill.

This conference lasted for two days on September 17-18 with the theme of ‘Humanizing Technology in Managing Tomorrow’s People.’

AMLAPURA - The tectonic earthquake returned to shake Karangasem on Monday (Sep. 9).

Analysis of the National Weather Service (BMKG) shows the earthquake occurred at 14:06 having 3.7 in Richter magnitude scale.

Chief Executive of the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) of Karangasem, Ida Bagus Ketut Arimbawa, said that after the tectonic earthquake, there were no reports on damages to the infrastructure. His agency requested the residents to actively inform if there are severe damage impacts.

Meanwhile, the Head of the

BMKG for Denpasar Region, Taufik Gunawan, after the earthquake released the epicenter information at coordinates 8.21 South Latitude and 115.50 East Longitude or precisely at a distance of 19 km northwest of Karangasem at a depth of 6 km. The impacts of the earthquake based on community reports are in the form of shocks felt in the Karangasem region II of the SIG-BMKG (II-III MMI), Denpasar, Mataram and West Lombok I SIG-BMKG (I-II MMI).

In terms of the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquakes belong to shallow earthquake due to ac-

tive fault activity. Until 14:41, the BMKG monitoring results did not show any aftershock activity. Taufik Gunawan urged the people in the Karangasem region to remain calm and not to be affected by unreliable issues. Previously, the PVMBG returned to remind of the potential dangers of volcanic activities of Mount Agung. This followed the occurrence of volcanic earthquakes recorded by seismographs in the past few days.

Subdivision Head of the Geological Disaster Mitigation of PVMBG for Eastern Region, Devy Kamil Syahbana, stated the vol-

canic earthquake indicates the movement of new magma to the surface.

According to him, it is an indication of the new magma intrusion.

Referring to the experience of Mount Agung so far, the volcanic earthquakes indicate that Mount Agung’s activity remains unstable and has the potential for eruptions or gusts. This message of Devy Kamil directly went viral in the community among the Karangasem people. It happened because at the same time, there was a ritual held at Penataran Agung Nangka Temple, as the abode of deity of Mount

The IHRS 2018 presented no less than 20 national and international speakers being competent in their fields. It was also attended by more than 800 participants from the country and overseas and 35 participating exhibitors. This event is expected to become a sustainable theme in empowering various innovations in the human resources industry for the betterment of Indonesian people. (kmb23)

Agung, attended by large crowds of pilgrims.

Based on the observation of the officers at the monitoring post of Mount Agung at Rendang village, a volcanic earthquake has begun to be detected since Wednesday (Sep. 13). In the span of three days, deep volcanic earthquakes reached more than 20 times. They were interspersed with shallow volcanic earthquakes for several times indicating the movement of magma approaching the surface. In addition to the emergence of volcanic earthquakes, the GPS pattern also indicates inflation. (kmb31)

Karangasem shaken by earthquake

Moon flies to Pyongyang for third inter-Korean summit

SEOUL - South Korean President Moon Jae-in left for Pyongyang Tuesday for his third summit with Kim Jong Un as he seeks to reboot stalled denuclearisation talks between North Korea and the United States.

His plane took off from the military’s Seoul Air Base for the 80minute flight to the North Korean capital, live TV footage showed.

He and his wife Kim Jung-sook were seen walking up the stairs, smiling and waving to well-wishers before boarding the plane.

Moon -- whose own parents fled the North during the 1950-53 Korean War -- will make a three-day trip, following in the footsteps of his predecessors Kim Dae-jung in 2000 and mentor Roh Moo-hyun in 2007.

The rare visit comes amid a rapid diplomatic thaw on the peninsula that has seen Moon and Kim exchange brotherly hugs and warm smiles at their first meeting in April at the Demilitarised Zone dividing the peninsula.

The North’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the summit “will offer an important opportunity in further accelerating the development of inter-Korean relations that is making a new history.”

Moon, who met Kim again in May, was instrumental in brokering the historic summit the following month between US President Donald Trump and Kim in Singapore, when Kim backed denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

But no details were agreed and Washington and Pyongyang have

sparred since over what that means and how it will be achieved.

The US is pressing for the North’s “final, fully verified denuclearisation,” while Pyongyang wants a formal declaration that the 1950-53 Korean War is over and has condemned “gangster-like” demands for it to give up its weapons unilaterally. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke by telephone with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Sunday and Monday about the upcoming summit, a State Department statement said.

The pair “vowed to maintain close coordination on continuing DPRK denuclearisation efforts and interKorean dialogue and cooperation,” it said, stressing “the importance to maintain pressure until we achieve the shared goal of final, fully verified denuclearization of the DPRK.” The dovish South Korean president will hold at least two meetings with the North’s leader, where he will try to convince Pyongyang to carry out substantive steps towards disarmament.

“We will push for North Korea’s advanced denuclearisation and a reciprocal measure from the US by swiftly reviving sincere dialogue aimed at establishing new, peaceful relations,” Moon’s chief of staff Im Jong-seok said.

Moon will be accompanied by several business tycoons -- including Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong and the vice chairman of Hyundai Motor -- and is scheduled to visit key sites in Pyongyang with his delegation.

He has been pushing inter-Korean economic cooperation but several South Korean newspapers urged caution Monday, with the Korea Herald calling the businessmen’s presence on the trip “untimely.”

“It is better to postpone economic projects involving the North until after negotiations to remove its nuclear program make substantial progress,” it said in an editorial.

And investment in the North was “fraught with risks and uncertainty,” it added.

But Moon’s office said the inclusion of the businessmen was “not special,” given the heads of major conglomerates had been in Pyongyang for the previous inter-Korean summits in the city. Other issues on Moon’s agenda include improving inter-Korean ties and easing military tensions on the peninsula.

Seoul said that could lay the groundwork for a formal declaration on the Korean War, when hostilities ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty -- implying that such an announcement was unlikely during the trip. (afp)

PARIS - French and British fishermen agreed Monday to end their battle over access to scallop-rich waters in the English Channel, three weeks after the long-simmering conflict flared into a high-seas confrontation.

The new deal is hoped to bring to a close the years-long “Scallop Wars” over fishing the prized molluscs in the fertile waters off the Baie de Seine area of Normandy in northwest France.

Tensions boiled over late last month when dozens of French boats confronted a handful of British rivals in the waters to keep them from the area, with a few vessels ramming others as angry French fishermen threw stones and smoke-bombs.

“We managed to get an agreement.

Tonight at midnight, they (the British fishermen) will leave the area in the Channel’s east and will only return on November 1,” French industry representative Pascal Coquet told AFP. French fishermen have been incensed that British scallop boats can access the area, while French boats are only allowed to fish there between October to May in order to protect stocks.

The French side had hoped to end a loophole that exempts British boats smaller than 15 metres (50 foot) long, giving them first dibs at one of the main scallop sources off the French coast before the official season.

However, it failed to get the smaller British boats banned.

“We were forced to drop the 15metre requirement,” Coquet said, because time was running out as British boats were “ravaging” the fishing stocks.

“It is in order to avoid catastrophe.

They fish everything and there are other altercations,” Coquet said, adding that he is satisfied with the compromise even it came “a little late”.

The French side also agreed to give the British fishermen an additional

fishing quota, he said.

- ‘Better than no deal’ Jim Portus, the chief executive of Britain’s South Western Fish Producers Organisation, agreed it was “a compromise”.

“It’s not the best deal... but it’s better than no deal,” Portus said.

Britain’s Fisheries Minister George Eustice commended the UK fishing industry for “its patience throughout negotiations and welcome this pragmatic outcome”.

The deal came after weeks of bitter negotiations between representatives of both sides. Under a preliminary deal reached in early September, it seemed UK boats under 15 metres would also be barred, but talks in London fell apart last week when British fishermen demanded more compensation than the French side could stomach.

“It’s a loophole that we’ve been condemning for five years,” Normandy fishing chief Dimitri Rogoff previously told AFP of the small-boat exemption.

The new agreement must now be endorsed by both governments, France’s agriculture ministry told AFP. The issue has become even more sensitive given the uncertain future of arrangements for fishing in the area after Britain leaves the EU in March 2019, particularly if the UK has to quit without securing a withdrawal deal.

The Seine-Maritime region’s local MP Sebastien Jumel said in a statement late Monday that the “raids by fishermen across the Channel and the significant damage to our local fisheries raise the question of defending the interests of our fishing industry”.

Along with several local mayors, he demanded that the French fishing industry “not be relegated to the second rank of interests that France defends during negotiations” over Brexit. (afp)

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French and British fishermen agreed Monday to end their battle over access to scallop-rich waters in the English Channel, three weeks after the long-simmering conflict flared into a high-seas confrontation.

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Needles found in strawberries stir food-contamination fears across Australia

SYDNEY - Strawberries are flying off the shelves in Australia — but the reason isn’t so sweet.

Select strawberry brands have been taken from shelves all over Australia and New Zealand after needles started cropping up inside pieces of the fruit. Public health authorities for Australia’s state of Queensland put out an alert stating it is safe to purchase the fruit from brands still on the shelves, but noted consumers should still take necessary precautions and check their strawberries before eating them.

The spiked pieces of fruit have sent at least one person to the hospital, a man who unknowingly swallowed half a sewing needle. A 7-year-old girl also discovered a needle, but was not injured.

“Whoever is behind this is not just putting families at risk across Queensland and the rest of Australia — they are putting an entire industry at risk,” Premier and Minister for Trade Annastacia Palaszczuk said.

Authorities have offered a $72,000 reward for information leading lead to the arrest of those responsible.

Queensland Strawberry Growers Association said it had “reason to suspect” the culprit to be a former employee and is working with Queensland Police Service to find the culprit, according to the Australian Broadcast Corporation.

Earlier this month, a 62-year-old woman was accused of planting a needle inside a banana.

Queensland Police do not believe the banana incident is connected. (net)

2 million U.S. teens are vaping marijuana lungs. But there is little research on e-cigarettes’ long-term effects, including whether they help smokers quit.

The rise in teenagers using ecigarettes has alarmed health officials who worry kids will get addicted to nicotine, a stimulant, and be more likely to try cigarettes. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration gave the five largest e-cigarette makers 60 days to produce plans to stop underage use of their products.

Nearly 9 percent of students surveyed in 2016 said they used an e-cigarette device with marijuana, according to Monday’s report in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. That

School-based survey shows nearly 1 in 11 U.S. students have used marijuana in electronic cigarettes, heightening health concerns about the new popularity of vaping among teens.

included one-third of those who ever used e-cigarettes. The number is worrying “because cannabis use among youth can adversely affect learning and memory and may impair later academic achievement and education,” said lead researcher Katrina Trivers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Students who said they lived with a tobacco user were more likely than others to report vaping marijuana.

It’s unclear whether marijuana vaping is increasing among teens or holding steady. The devices have grown into a multi-billion industry, but they are relatively new.

Entering dry season, Suter residents start to buy clean water

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BANGLI — Entering dry season, residents of Suter village, Kintamani, began to experience a crisis of clean water to meet their daily needs. To get clean water, all residents at the village are forced to buy clean water from a tank truck.

A thin piece of metal was found in a container of strawberries, in Gladstone, Australia, in this photo released Sept. 17.

CALIFORNIA - School-based survey shows nearly 1 in 11 U.S. students have used marijuana in electronic cigarettes, heightening health concerns about the new popularity of vaping among teens.

E-cigarettes typically contain nicotine, but many of the battery-powered devices can vaporize other substances, including marijuana. Results published Monday mean 2.1 million middle and high school students have used them to get high.

Vaping is generally considered less dangerous than smoking, because burning tobacco or marijuana generates chemicals that are harmful to

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In states where marijuana is legal, shoppers can buy cartridges of liquid containing THC, the chemical in marijuana that gets people high, that work with a number of devices. Juul, by far the most popular e-cigarette device, does not offer marijuana pods, but users can re-fill cartridges with cannabis oil.

It was the first time a question about marijuana vaping was asked on this particular survey, which uses a nationally representative sample of students in public and private schools.

More than 20,000 students took the survey in 2016.

A different survey from the Uni-

versity of Michigan in December found similar results when it asked for the first time about marijuana vaping.

In that study, 8 percent of 10th graders said they vaped marijuana in the past year.

“The health risks of vaping reside not only in the vaping devices, but in the social environment that comes with it,” said University of Michigan researcher Richard Miech. Kids who vape are more likely to become known as drug users and make friends with drug users, he said, adding that “hanging out with drug users is a substantial risk factor for future drug use.” (net)

Headman of Suter, I Wayan Nyepeg, stated on Monday (Sep. 17) that local residents experience clean water crisis every year ahead of dry season.

Previously, his residents had stored rainwater in the cisterns. But currently, the water has begun to run out. “Right now almost all residents face clean water crisis. Their water in the cistern has been used up,” he added.

He added that local residents continue to have difficulties of clean water every dry season. This happens because there are no springs in the area. So, people are very difficult to get water for consumption. Seeing such condition, the only way to get clean water is by buying from tank truck at quite expensive prices. Each tank truck of water is sold for IDR 225,000.

“People at Suter have started buying clean water for two months, while I myself have bought water for three months. The water bought is just enough to meet the needs for two weeks. After that, we buy again. Totally, I have bought clean water worth millions of rupiahs,” said Nyepeg. (kmb41)

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Previously, residents had stored rainwater in the cisterns. But currently, the water has begun to run out.

High interest rate

Fintech potentially becomes digital loan shark

Hizbullah

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DENPASAR — The phenomenon of financial technology (fintech) becomes a new choice for the community in terms of financing fulfillment. However, some fintech companies even offer higher interest rates than banks. Moreover, funding sources or investors can be from individuals. On that account, fintech has the potential to become a digital loan shark.

Head of the Financial Service Authority (OJK) of Bali and Nusa Tenggara, Hizbullah, stated that fintech interest rates have indeed not been regulated like that of commercial banks. So, some fintech companies offer high interest rates.

According to him, such high interest rates exceed the interest rates regulated or allowed by the Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS). “Interest rates of bank follow the LPS’ guarantee rate, while that of fintech is not guaranteed by the LPS,” he said on Monday (Sep. 17).

Admittedly, some people complained that the fintech interest rate is too high, so it is almost the same as loan sharks. However, there is no doubt that some fintech companies also give reasonable interest rates, meaning they are almost the same as bank interest rates.

Therefore, the OJK appealed to fintech companies not to give too high interest. In addition, the OJK also appealed to the public in order to be careful about taking loans from fintech. “Find out good fintech having been registered in the OJK and offers reasonable interest rates,” he advised while calling that in the future the OJK will arrange for the rates.

A banking observer from Undiknas University, Prof. Gede Sri Darma, pointed out that fintech can also be a digital loan shark because of the fraud committed by fintech or the attitude of the less honest people.

Moreover, the fintech interest rates have not been regulated so that their interest rates given can be high.

According to him, the loan interest rates should refer to deposit interest rates. The closer to zero of the deposit interest rates, the difference in loan interest rates is 1 to 2 percent. Thus, the interest rates above 2 or 3 percent are considered high.

“Overall, loan sharks can occur in the fintech era. This will happen because the process of borrowing and saving money only moves from conventional to using technology,” he said. On that account, the community must be smart and observant in choosing a good fintech and have

permission from the OJK. Besides, according to this Undiknas Chancellor, fintech is one of the government’s efforts to support the inclusion of public finance. “Fintech was initially allowed to operate by the OJK because many people did not have access to banking. Generally, people in rural, mountainous area and Indonesian borders are far from banks, or they do not have access or accounts in the Financial Services Institution (LJK),” he explained.

But in the middle of the passage of time, many parties are utilizing fintech by taking advantage of public ignorance on the latest world financial technology. Likewise, people use fintech to obtain funds.

But after that they do not pay.

If this is not regulated and controlled by the government, he is worried the fintech will become something frightening for people that already did not believe in fintech. The idea is not much different from the insurance in the past. It happened due to unreliable, dishonest and not systemized agent because the policy was not deposited. So, when the customers claimed their money, theirs could not be disbursed. At the end, the insurance was destroyed. (kmb42)

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Regulation on protection of sacred places and areas urgently needed

DENPASAR —A number of Hindu organizations and tourism players such as the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) Bali, Paiketan Krama Bali, Puskor Hindunesia, KMHDI Bali, HPI Bali, PHRI Bali, Hindu Dharma Advocacy Forum and Peradah visited the Bali House of Representatives on Monday (Sep. 17). They were received by the ranks of Commission IV and Commission II led by the Chairperson of Commission IV, I Nyoman Parta, in the joint meeting room.

Various components of the community also expressed their aspirations regarding the presence of foreign tourist taking pictures on the shrine of Pakiyisan Temple in the area of Batukaru Temple, Tabanan. One of them asked the governor and the Bali House of Representatives to immediately prepare regulations on the protection of holy places and sacred areas in Bali.

“In Bali, we must have a benchmark and how we can prevent it from happening again. Five cases have happened. Probably there are many other cases because our temple in Bali is not maintained and not closed,” said the Chairman of the PHDI Bali, I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana.

Sudiana added that tourists get more freedoms to enter the temples after the Hindu sanctum is used as tourist attraction and tourist destination. They can even enter the innermost courtyard (uttama mandala) of the sacred temple. If this continues to be allowed, it is worried that younger generation and Hindus in Bali will lose their taksu (divine vibration).

Actually, the Bhisama 1983 has regulated the procedures for entering a temple. For instance, they include self-purification, use of customary attires, and other terms have been clearly regulated.

“This needs to be considered together. We’d like to propose to the Bali House of Representatives to make a regional regulation governing the procedures for entering a temple, and the regional regulations governing tourist restrictions about which areas of the temple can and cannot be visited by tourists,” he explained.

In addition to the regulation, continued Sudiana, the government is also asked to supervise and enforce the Regional Regulation No.5/2016 concerning Tour Guides. Then, it is to restore the function of temple as a sanctum or place of worship and to facilitate customary village, and the PHDI. Besides, it is to manage sanctums as well as facilitate general assembly of customary village in order to unite perceptions in preserving

Bali’s sanctity.

“In connection with the case of foreign tourist going up onto the shrine occurred in Pakiyisan Temple in the area of Batukaru Temple, we ask the Bali Police to proceed with the legal process and secure the perpetrator to expedite the legal process,” he added.

Chairman of the Commission IV of the Bali House of Representatives, I Nyoman Parta, said that Bali is like a ‘fire department’ continuously cheated by tourists going up onto the shrine and the like. If neglected, Balinese people will eventually become ‘lowly’ (campah) because the sanctuary itself is intended for things outside saying prayers. Such incidents are logical consequence of the temple transformed into a tourist destination or attraction.

“We will immediately propose to the governor so as to immediately make regulations that are essentially used to protect our sanctums and our sacred areas in Bali. Likewise, we will provide training for the operators of the temples on how to manage the temple properly,” said this PDI-P politician.

Thus, continued Parta, we can still obtain the money from tourists.

However, the temple must also be well maintained. Actually, there are a variety of expectations arising from the community after the incident of tourist going up to shrines. Some people wanted the temple to be closed completely for tourists. Some others proposed milder restriction, where visitors can only enter up to the middle courtyard, while the innermost courtyard cannot be visited at all.

“And the third one allows guests to enter into the innermost courtyard but still under supervision. Well, their opinion indeed varies. But in principle, we in the parliament want to maintain our innermost courtyard so that people having no purpose of praying will not be allowed to enter,” he said.

Deputy Governor of Bali, Tjok Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, took the time to attend the joint meeting after listening to the faction’s general perspective at the plenary session in the main courtroom. He said that temple as a tourist attraction is actually enough in the vibration alone. However, today they are opened as wide as possible for tourists. Meanwhile, most tourists come without a tour guide. Even though coming with a tour guide, there are still many illegal guides in operation. “Seeing the status of the temple, each supporting devotee (pengempon) of the temple has different policies. This must also be understood together,” he added. (kmb32)

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Participates and leads World Cleanup Day 2018’s action

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Jarvi Tony Kristian, 36, a foreign tourist from Finland kept his promise on Monday (Sep. 17) to come and participate in the pecaruan manca sata and guru piduka (apologetic ritual) held at Pekiyisan shrine in the area of Batukaru Temple.

Finnish tourist joins in apologetic ritual in Batukaru Temple area

TABANAN —Jarvi Tony Kristian, 36, a foreign tourist from Finland kept his promise on Monday (Sep. 17) to come and participate in the pecaruan manca sata and guru piduka (apologetic ritual) held at Pekiyisan shrine in the area of Batukaru Temple. Coming in Balinese customary attires and headdress, this foreigner whose photo has gone viral on social media due to his act of taking pictures on the Pekiyisan shrine (subak sanctum) in the area of Batukaru Temple was escorted by police personnel.

Still in slightly trembling condition, Tony apologized for his carelessness because he claimed not to know at all if it is forbidden. Moreover, he said to have got punishment as the consequences, namely falling down from the motorbike he rented when covering descending pathway in the split gates (apit surang) at the entrance to Batukaru Temple area. The ceremony procession started at 15:00 was officiated over by Kabayan along with customary apparatus and other temple priests having the authority to organize the rituals in the Batukaru Temple area.

As conveyed by Jro Mangku Kabayan (senior local temple priest), the ceremony aims to cleanse and purify the shrine and invoke in order the deities abiding in the shrine can forgive all the mistakes. Hopefully, similar incidents will not happen again in the future.

“Maybe the perpetrator has no bad intention because of seeing a good

view and the ignorance makes such incident happen,” he said.

The Pekiyisan shrine is located about 200 meters to the west of the main area of the Batukaru Temple and next to Yeh Mawa River. This location is usually functioned as the venue of picking up holy water and put sacrificial animal (mulang pakelem) usually carried out by subak organizations throughout Tabanan.

Meanwhile, Chairperson of the Batukaru Temple Supporting Devotees (Pengempon), I Gede Manu Ardana, who is also Chief of Wangaya Gede customary village, stated that on behalf of the 8 customary villages and 12 customary hamlets the case is already over following the purificatory rite and apologetic ritual. “If there are other problems outside, we have nothing to do with it. To us, this has finished,” he explained.

To anticipate such incident from happening again in the future, his customary village is going to install

trellises in a number of shrines having no yet had a door, and the installation of information boards.

When confirmed after attending the ceremony, Tony admitted to feel far better. He is going to return home to Finland. His companion, Jouni Kalevi, 50, had gone back earlier to his home country last Sunday. He also admitted that his big family in Finland knew about the problem faced.

Nevertheless, he admitted to never give up coming to Bali.

Moreover, he planned to choose Bali again as his holiday destination, but in the future he will use a tour guide. After the ceremony, Jarvi expressed his profound apologies to all Hindus in Bali, and handed over financial assistance as a form of apology worth IDR 15 million.

Chief of Penebel Police, I Ketut Mastra Budaya, stated that after that Jarvi Tony would be returned to the Finnish consulate. (kmb28)

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WASTE problems are critical issues faced by countries around the world. Indonesia remains at issue since being named as the second contributor to plastic waste in the marine world after China. In order to welcome the ‘World Cleanup Day’ falling on September 15, 2018, Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa was appointed by tourism players as the coordinator for Jimbaran area in the action entitled ‘Suksma Bali’ or Thanks Bali.

The World Cleanup Day started at 6:30 Local Time was attended by several components of the community and tourism players including the Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa, Prabu Management, PT. Jimbaran Raya, Crystal Kuta, Bali Paradise Heritage Villa, Watermark, Ayana Resort & Spa Bali, The Cuisine, Aroma Bumbu Bali, Matahari Café, Ayola Bali Jimbaran, Kedai Nata 21, Kedonganan Veterinary, Puri Bambu, Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts, Karma Kandara, Intercontinental Bali, Keraton Jimbaran, Belmond Jimbaran Puri, Gendis Villa Jimbaran, WHDI, municipal police, dr.

Rommy & Associates, Kuta 1 Public Health Center, Coco Mart as well as SMPN 1 South Kuta junior high school, SDN 1, 5, 7 and 8 Jimbaran elementary school with a total number of 1,072 participants simultaneously came down to Kedonganan Beach to clean up together. They successfully collected 5 quintals of organic waste and 5 quintals of inorganic waste directly transported by Kedonganan village dredging car.

Agenda of the event was commenced with the opening and greeting by representatives of the chief of Kedonganan customary village and the General Manager of Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa, cleaning service of Kedonganan Beach and then continued with Maumere gymnastics together and delivery of prizes to the participants as the closing ceremony.

The ‘World Cleanup Day’ entitled Suksma Bali is taken as an expression of gratitude to the Balinese community and Bali tourism players for the Island of the Gods and as an act of saving Bali from trash. The event was also attended by representative of chief of Kedonganan customary village, Adi Minarta. In his remarks, he expressed his gratitude to all stakeholders in the Kedonganan Beach area having welcomed and carried out the invitation to clean up Bali from rubbish and thanked the management of Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa for initiating the sanitation movement that involved and invited various components of the Kedonganan community, Jimbaran and entrepreneurs to jointly carry out the movement. He asked all the components to join hands.

Entrepreneurs, governments and communities must maintain the cleanliness and sustainability of the Kedonganan Beach environment, so that Kedonganan will become a world-class tourist destination.

Similar opinion was conveyed by Christian Gumala as General Manager of the Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa, that cleaning up the Kedonganan Beach from garbage is a regular activity having been carried out by Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa twice a month. He hoped the program will help reduce the scattered garbage and restore Bali’s beautiful face and set it free from garbage.

This regular activity involved all staff and management of the Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa by directly taking part in this event together to clean up the garbage along Kedonganan Beach. Thus, it can keep and create environmental cleanliness and comfort for foreign and local tourists visiting Bali. This will bring in a positive impact, the value of long-term investment and surely build the image of Bali as the main tourist destination in the eyes of the world.

As brief information on the Jimbaran Bay Beach Resort & Spa, it is the newest property managed by Prabu Management opened in June 2016. Coming with 117 elegant and comfortable rooms with 11 types of rooms, it adopts unique naming taken from the names of Balinese dances such as the Manukrawa, Panyembrama, Trunajaya, Puspanjali, Condong, Gopala, Pendet, Legong, Legong Keraton, Janger and Kecak.

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‘Predator’ slays rivals at N. America box office LOS ANGELES - “The Predator” -- the latest installment in the long-running sci-fi action series -- staved off the competition and overcame a last-minute controversy to conquer the North American box office this weekend, industry data showed Monday.

But the Fox reboot, which cost $88 million to make, will look to earn back some money in international markets, as its $24.6 million opening three-day haul did not meet expectations.

The movie, which comes more than 30 years after the franchise’s original film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, hit a snag before its release when the studio was forced to cut a scene featuring an actor who was a registered sex offender.

Star Olivia Munn had requested the change, saying she was unaware of the actor’s past when the scene was filmed. Director Shane Black initially said he hired the actor because he was a friend, but later issued a strong apology.

So far, it has earned $30 million overseas, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Dropping to second place but still going strong was last week’s top draw, “The Nun” -- the latest fright fest in the popular “Conjuring” series.

It earned $18.2 million in its second week.

“Nun” stars Taissa Farmiga -- whose sister Vera headlined two “Conjuring” films -- in a story about a young nun, an exorcist and a guide stumbling onto a dark secret deep in Dracula country in the 1950s.

Opening in the third spot was

“A Simple Favor,” a tale about a mommy blogger (Anna Kendrick) investigating the disappearance of her friend (Blake Lively). The Lionsgate film raked in $16 million on the back of positive reviews.

Matthew McConaughey’s new film “White Boy Rick” opened in fourth place with $8.9 million. The movie, based on a true story, stars the Oscar winner as the father of a teenage boy who became an informant for the FBI in the 1980s.

Glitzy rom-com “Crazy Rich Asians,” another Warner Bros product along with “The Nun,” fell to fifth place. The film, with a nearly all-Asian cast led by Henry Golding and Constance Wu, took in $8.7 million, building on a crazygood run. (afp)

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(L-R) Michael Zegen, Daniel Palladino, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Alex Borstein and Rachel Brosnahan attend the Amazon Prime Video post Emmy Awards party at Cecconi’s on September 17, 2018 in West Hollywood, California.

LOS ANGELES - The 70th Emmy Awards opened Monday on a political note, with edgy jokes hurled at everything from diversity in Hollywood to Donald Trump, as television’s top stars settled in for a showdown between drama heavyweights “Game of Thrones” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

After the stars strutted up the red carpet at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles, the three-hour gala opened with a daring song-and-dance number poking fun at an array of hot-button issues in America.

“We solved it!” crooned “Saturday Night Live” nominees Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson, with back-up from pop stars John Legend and Ricky Martin -- and even RuPaul -- about the problem of diversity on the small screen.

They then yielded the stage to hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che, who are also regulars on the veteran NBC comedy sketch show -- and let

the zingers fly.

“This year, the audience is allowed to drink in their seats. Hope you’re excited about that -- because the one thing Hollywood needs right now is a bunch of people losing their inhibitions at a work function,” Jost said, a reference to #MeToo. In describing “The Handmaid’s Tale,” one of the evening’s top nominees, Che said the Hulu show “takes place in an imaginary future where an entire group of people is violently forced to work and make babies against their will.”

“It’s what black people call history. It’s ‘Roots’ for white women,” he quipped, referring to the landmark 1970s television mini-series

about slavery. It was an offbeat yet amusing start to the Primetime Emmys, television’s version of the Oscars. Looking to boost audience ratings, organizers said they were hoping to shake up the format.

The early part of the night was dedicated to the comedy programs: sentimental favorite Henry Winkler won his first Emmy for best supporting actor for his work on HBO’s caustic tale of a hitmanturned-actor, “Barry.”

His co-star Bill Hader won the prize for best lead actor.

Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” won both for lead actress (Rachel Brosnahan) and supporting actress (Alex Borstein). (afp)

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PONOROGO - A forest area located on the slope of Mount Sadran in Broto Village, Slahung Sub-district, Ponorogo District, East Java, was razed by a wildfire on Monday evening.

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The forest area, belonging to the State Forestry Company, Perhutani, was located in West Ponorogo, second inspector Satrio Teguh, spokesman of the Ponorogo Police, stated here, Tuesday.

A joint team, comprising military and police personnel, local fire fighters, and volunteers, immediately rushed to the location to put out the fire on Monday evening, he stated, adding that the fire was successfully extinguished.

The cause of the fire was unknown, but the blaze destroyed at least one hectare area of teakwood forest owned by local farmers and 0.015 hectare of forest area belonging to Perhutani.

The ongoing prolonged drought has caused water shortage in several regions, such as in the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and West Java, and triggered fires in forest areas, particularly in Kalimantan, Java and Sumatra.

On Java Island, wildfires were earlier reported to have razed forest areas located on the slopes of Mount Sindoro in Central Java Province, Mount Lawu in the border of the provinces of Central and East Java, Mount Argopuro in East Java Province, and Mount Sumbing and in Central Java.

Wildfires on Mount Sumbing, located in Temanggung District, has spread to a wider area, according to Gito Walngadi of the local disaster mitigation office, recently. On Sunday, the fires were detected in five locations, measuring a total of 490.9 hectares on Mt Sumbing, he stated.

Nearly 170 personnel were deployed to extinguished the fires. A helicopter was also used to assist in the efforts on Monday. (ant) A helicopter conducts water bomb operations to extinguish a fire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra on September 17, 2018. Fires due to “slash and burn” farming methods and the dry seaso, have been burning across South Sumatra and Riau province since July.