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Harvey Weinstein resigns from Weinstein Co board LOS ANGELES - Harvey Weinstein has resigned from the board of The Weinstein Company, it said on Tuesday, as he faces allegations that he sexually harassed or assaulted a number of women over three decades in the film business.

In a statement, the board said it also ratified its Oct. 8 decision to fire Weinstein as chief executive of the award-winning movie and television company he co-founded with his brother.

A source close to Weinstein confirmed that he had resigned from the board and had no further comment. Weinstein has denied having non-consensual sex with anyone.

Also on Tuesday, Toyota Motor Corp’s Lexus unit said it was evaluating its partnership with the Weinstein Co. Lexus, Toyota’s luxury brand, is a sponsor of reality TV show “Project Runway,” which Weinstein Co produces.

“Lexus does not condone any acts of sexual harassment, assault or discrimination. In light of recent allegations involving Harvey Wein-

stein, we are currently evaluating our partnership with The Weinstein Company, but have nothing to announce at this time,” Lexus said in a statement.

A&E Television Networks, which airs “Project Runway” on its Lifetime cable channel, is also exploring its options for the show, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.

Weinstein’s executive producer credit and the Weinstein Co logo were removed from “Project Runway” last week.

A&E wants to be respectful of women who say they were harmed

by Weinstein, the source said, and also is concerned about the livelihood of more than 200 cast and crew members who work on the series.

Weinstein Co is trying to chart a future without Weinstein, the aggressive dealmaker with a knack for managing Hollywood talent, money and egos. On Monday, it said it was in talks to sell the bulk of its assets to private equity firm Colony Capital. (rtr)

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Kenyan election board head not certain vote will be free and fair

NAIROBI - The head of Kenya’s election commission has said it will be “difficult” to guarantee that next week’s presidential election will be free and fair, citing divisions in the commission and interference from politicians. Wafula Chebukati said technical preparations for the poll were on course, but that conditions in the increasingly divided country would make it hard to conduct a credible vote on Oct. 26 - the rerun of an election that took place in August but was nullified.

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George Saunders, author of ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’, poses for photographers after winning the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2017 in London, Britain, October 17, 2017.

George Saunders’ ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ wins 2017 Man Booker prize

Chebukati issued a stern warning to politicians, saying: “Ironically the very people, political leaders, who are supposed to build the nations have become the greatest threat to the peace and stability of the nation.”

His remarks came after Roselyn Akombe, one of the election

board’s seven commissioners, quit and fled the country, saying the vote would not be credible. Incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta restated his commitment to the poll, while his main rival, opposition leader Raila Odinga, has already pulled out.

The opposition is likely to say

Akombe’s resignation is further evidence that the repeat election is illegitimate. The Supreme Court last month nullified the Aug. 8 vote on procedural grounds following a petition by Odinga.

In withdrawing his candidacy last week, Odinga said the election board had not carried out reforms

including the firing of key officials who he blames for the mistakes of Aug. 8. The resignation heightens uncertainty over a vote that some independent observers say Kenyatta looks set to win. The central bank sold dollars on Wednesday in the foreign exchange market after the Kenyan shilling weakened on news of Akombe’s resignation.

Kenya is East Africa’s richest country and a hub for diplomacy and security in a region struggling with conflict in Somalia and South Sudan. At least 37 people have died in violence since the August vote,

including four killed in confrontations between police and protesters in the past week. Young protesters have also broken up meetings by election officials in the opposition stronghold of western Kenya this week.(rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

LONDON - American author George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize, a highprofile literary award, for his first novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” - a fictional account of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln burying his young son.

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In his acceptance speech, Saunders, 58, noted that “we live in a strange time,” adding he saw the key question of the era being whether society responded to events with “exclusion and negative projection and violence,” or “with love/.”

Saunders was the second consecutive American writer to win the prize, after the rules were changed in 2014 to allow authors of any book written in English and published in the U.K. to compete.

His novel, set in 1862, a year into the American Civil war, is a

blend of historical accounts and imaginative fiction, which sees Lincoln’s son Willie, who died in the White House at age 11, in “Bardo” - a Tibetan form of purgatory.

The judging panel, led by author and member of Britain’s House of Lords Lola Young, praised the “deeply moving” book, saying it was “utterly original”.

Saunders was presented with his award by the Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Britain’s Prince William.

Last year, American Paul Be-

atty became the first American to win the award, for his novel “The Sellout,” a biting satire on race relations in the United States. Other previous winners have included this year’s Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, Salman Rushdie, Iris Murdoch and Canadian writer Margaret Atwood.

The award was previously open only to writers from Britain, Ireland, Zimbabwe or countries in the British Commonwealth. The winner receives a 50,000 pound ($65,000) cash prize. (rtr)

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Crew Was ‘Hysterical’, Set Off Panic: Passengers On Plane’s Rapid Descent

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Passengers aboard an Indonesia AirAsia flight to Bali said the actions of the crew sent those on board into a state of panic after the plane experienced a problem midflight. What the budget airline described as a “technical issue” occurred about a half-hour after Flight QZ 535 left from Perth, Australia, on Sunday morning en route to the island of Bali. Oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling as the plane rapidly descended tens of thousands of feet in what is being investigated as a potential depressurization, USA Today reported.

But the flight crew made the situation even more terrifying, passengers said, according to news reports.

One passenger, Mark Bailey, described the crew as “hysterical.”

“Hostesses started screaming: ‘Emergency, emergency,’” Bailey told Australia’s Seven News.”There was no real panic before that, then everyone panicked.”

Another passenger, Clare Askew, told reporters that the panic escalated “because of the behavior of staff who were screaming, looked tearful and shocked.” “Now, I get it,” she added. “But we looked to them for reassurance and we didn’t get any. We were more worried because of how panicked they were.”

In a statement, the regional carrier - an affiliate of Malaysia-based AirAsia Group - apologized to passengers for “any inconvenience” caused. “We commend our pilots for landing the aircraft safely and complying with standard operating procedure,” Ling Liong Tien, head of safety for AirAsia Group, said in a statement.

“We are fully committed to the safety of our guests and crew and we will continue to ensure that we adhere to

the highest safety standards.”

Indonesia AirAsia has drawn increased scrutiny since Singapore-bound Flight QZ 8501 crashed into the Java Sea in 2014, killing all 162 people on board In June, an AirAsia X flight from Perth turned back because of what was reported as a problem with one of its engines. Passengers described what felt like an explosion on board followed by “washing machine”like shaking that lasted about 90 minutes.

A crew member on that flight was criticized for encouraging passengers to pray. After Sunday’s midair incident, the Bali-bound plane was met by emergency service workers when it returned safely to Perth about an hour and a half after it had taken off. Passengers were transferred to other flights and given “all necessary assistance,” the airline said.

Videos taken aboard the flight and broadcast on Nine Network’s website show oxygen masks dangling inside the cabin. “Fasten your seat belts!” a crew member shouts repeatedly. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said it was investigating the depressurization, according to reports.

The plane descended to about 10,000 feet from a height of more than 34,000 feet over the course of about 10 minutes, according to data from the flighttracking website FlightAware. “I actually picked up my phone and sent a text message to my family, just hoping that they would get it,” a passenger who gave her name as Leah told Nine Network. “We were all pretty much saying goodbye to each other. It was really upsetting.”

Another passenger, Norman Pearce, said the crew told the passengers to assume crash positions - “and that was it.” “Nothing for about five minutes,” he told Seven News. “And then the oxygen fell down.” (ant)

no has been ‘baking’ the sediments beneath Lusi, causing pressure to build beneath the surface until it erupts.

‘It’s just a matter of reactivating or opening these faults and whatever overpressure you have gathered in the subsurface will inevitably want to escape and come to the surface, and you have a manifestation on the surface, and that is Lusi,’ Mazzini said.

After years studying the site, the authors installed a network of 31 seismometers in the region two years ago, to create 3D images of the subsurface network.

With 10 months of data, the researchers were able to map out the area below Lusi and the nearby volcanoes. This revealed a tunnel protruding from the northernmost magma chamber into Lusi’s sedimentary basin.

The reactions caused by the magma and hydrothermal fluids interacting with the sediments create gas trapped beneath the surface, which builds to extremely high pressures. Then all it takes is a disturbance, such as an earthquake, to cause an eruption.

The researchers suspect a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck the island just two days before the first mud eruption set off the strange phenomenon.

This earthquake likely reactivated the fault system, they say. While it’s not yet clear how long Lusi will continue to erupt, the experts say it doesn’t look like it will cease anytime soon. (ant)

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Scientist Find the source of Sidoarjo’s mud

Just over 10 years ago, an explosive natural phenomenon sent many residents of the Indonesian island Java fleeing their homes.

Mud first began erupting from several sites on May 29, 2006, spewing from the ground in jets of hot rocks and gas – and, by September of that year, it was spilling enough to fill 72 Olympic-sized swimming pools every day. In a new study, researchers have found evidence to suggest the eruption, dubbed Lusi, is connected deep underground to the magma chambers of the nearby Arjuno-Welirang volcanic complex.

A team led by researchers at the University of Oslo used geophysics to map the area beneath the eruption, known as Lusi. Since it began, the mud has buried some villages as much as 40 feet deep (130 feet), and forced nearly 60,000 people to leave. It continues to spew mud periodically, and now leaks roughly 80,000 cubic meters (3 million cubic feet) of mud each day – or, enough to fill 32 Olympic-sized pools.

‘We clearly show the evidence that the two systems are connected at depth,’ said lead author Adriano Mazzini, a geoscientist at CEED – University of Oslo. ‘What our new study shows is that the whole system was already existing there – everything was charged and ready to be triggered.’ The study found Lusi is connected to the ArjunoWelirang complex by a system of faults 6 kilometers (4 miles) underground.

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Should donor sex influence blood transfusion practices?

STOCKHOLM - Sick or injured men who receive blood transfusions may be more likely to die if their donor was a woman who has been pregnant in the past, a new study suggests.

The reasons are unclear, and the study wasn’t focused on explaining them, but senior author Rutger Middelburg of Leiden University Medical Center in The Netherlands and colleagues write in JAMA that it’s possible antibodies women develop during pregnancy to protect their growing baby might later trigger dangerous reactions in some male recipients of blood from previously pregnant donors.

“During pregnancy, the mother is exposed to her child’s blood, and can, therefore, develop antibodies that she will have for life, which will be carried in her donated blood,” said Dr. Henrik Bjursten a researcher at Lund University and Skane University Hospital in Sweden who wasn’t involved in the study.

“These antibodies can be one explanation for the finding,” Bjursten said by email. “But no definitive mechanism has been found.”

The study team examined data on 31,118 patients who received a total of 59,320 red blood cell transfusions at six Dutch hospitals from 2005 to 2015. The majority of the blood donors were men; just 6 percent were women who had been pregnant in the past, and another 6 percent were women without a history of pregnancy.

Overall, 3,969 blood recipients, or 13 percent, died during the study.

When men got transfusions from previously pregnant female donors, the mortality rate was 101 fatalities for every 1,000 recipients per year, compared to 80 fatalities per 1,000 recipients with male donors and 78 per 1,000 recipients with never-pregnant female donors, the study found.

Women didn’t appear to have an increased risk of death when they received blood from a previously pregnant female donor, however.

Research to date on sex-mismatched blood donations has been inconclusive, and the current findings would need to be verified in other patient populations before considering any changes to current transfusion practices that don’t consider sex in matching donors with recipients, said Gustaf Edgren, a researcher at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm who wasn’t involved in the study.

“The largest study to date with almost a million patients did not find an association between donor sex and patient survival,” Edgren said by email. “Another fairly large Canadian study did find such an association, but neither of these studies did look specifically at donor pregnancy status.”

The most common cause of death in the study was what’s known as transfusion-related acute lung injury, which has been linked to transfusions from female donors with a history of pregnancy. (rtr)

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It’s possible antibodies women develop during pregnancy to protect their growing baby might later trigger dangerous reactions in some male recipients of blood from previously pregnant donors.

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Russian market potential for Bali’s farming commodities

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A Johnson & Johnson building is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., January 24, 2017.

New cancer drugs help Johnson & Johnson top profit estimates CALIFORNIA - Johnson & Johnson posted better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, raising its full-year forecast due to growth from new cancer drugs and highmargin treatments picked up in its $30 billion acquisition of Actelion earlier this year.

Shares of J&J, part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, rose 3.4 percent to $140.79 on Tuesday.

The shares have traded at or near record levels for much of the year. Guggenheim Securities analyst Tony Butler said the stock has historically done well when its high-margin pharmaceuticals business is the main driver of growth, rather than its consumer segment.

Sales at J&J’s pharmaceuticals segment rose 15.4 percent to $9.7 billion in the third quarter. Around half of that growth came from the Actelion deal.

Higher demand for J&J’s blood cancer drugs, Darzalex and Imbruvica, and Actelion’s rare diseases treatments are expected to boost earnings going forward.

The two cancer drugs should continue to capture market share, Guggenheim Securities’ Butler said.

“The oncology business is do-

ing exceptionally well,” he said.

“It’s really hard to figure out where that stops for both Darzalex and Imbruvica.”

Still, sales of J&J’s diabetes drug, Invokana, slipped around 10 percent from the second quarter.

The company this year was required to add new warnings about the risk of foot and leg amputations and also has had to contend with competition from Eli Lilly and Co’s Jardiance.

Its rheumatoid arthritis drug, Remicade, also had weaker sales in the quarter.

J&J said adjusted earnings, excluding one-time items, rose 13 percent to $1.90 per share. Analysts on average were expecting an adjusted profit of $1.80 per share , according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Sales at J&J’s consumer products segment, which makes BandAids, Neutrogena beauty products and Tylenol, rose 2.9 percent to $3.4 billion.

The company’s net earnings fell to $3.76 billion, or $1.37 per share, in the quarter from $4.27 billion, or $1.53 per share, a year earlier.

The company said it was hurt by amortization and deal-related expenses. (rtr)

DENPASAR — Bali has a potential export market especially for agricultural commodities. After participating in Festival Indonesia (FI) for two times in Moscow, Russia, in fact the fruit products especially tropical fruits are greatly favored and the trade increased by 33 percent.

Similarly, in terms of tourism, it is more exciting because from January to July 2017, the Russian tourist visit showed the highest percentage.

This was disclosed by the Indonesian Ambassador in Russia, M. Wahid Supriyadi, on Monday (Oct. 16) after meeting with Chief of Bank Indonesia for Bali Representative Office with entrepreneurs from Bali. Therefore, he encouraged Balinese businessmen to participate in the FI 2018 (Aug. 3-5).

Other than tropical fruits, the commodities of Bali demanded in the Russian market are coffee, furniture, fish, wood product, dairy products, clothing, fabrics and right angle iron.

“In Russia, a piece of rambutan is sold for IDR 20,000, one mango for IDR 150,000 - IDR 200,000 and mangosteen for IDR 48,000,” he explained.

He also revealed that many shops in Russia sell products from Bali.

So, the Indonesian Ambassador in Russia wants to facilitate Indonesian entrepreneurs to reach the Russian market. “The market is still widely open,” he said.

However, Bali is still experiencing difficulties in distribution. There are no direct flights to Russia. By sea, it will take 40 days and the fruit will perish. On that account, his association is still negotiating with Garuda to open direct flights from Bali to Russia.

Fruits are in great demand because the European Union (EU) is no longer supplying fruits for Russia. There is a potential market worth USD 13.5 billion left by the EU in the form of food and fruit products. Since Russia has winter during December-January, no fruit trees can grow. After the FI event, it is expected to increase trade, tourism and investment transactions in Indonesia, especially Bali.

Head of Bank Indonesia for Bali Representative Office, Causa Iman Karana, said that although the number of Russian tourists visiting Bali is ranked fifteenth down, their spending

money is ranked fourth per person per day in Bali. One of the tasks of BI is to encourage the economy of Bali to be more developed. After that, it must be attempted to open market diversification for Balinese businessmen. One of them is the potential market of Russia.

Russians are also interested in investing in Bali. Economy of Russia having slumped in the period of 2015-2016, now begins to show improvement in 2017. “Russian trade relations at the beginning show an improvement,” he said.

The value of Bali’s exports to Russia reached USD 1.7 million in 2015 and downed to USD 924,000 in 2016.

However, Russian exports began to show off a progress with the export value during the period of JanuaryAugust 2017 reaching USD 726,417, an increase of 5.1 percent compared to the period of January-August 2016.

The main export commodities are timber products where until August 2017 already reached the value of USD 376 million, fish and its processed products (USD 106 million), garments and clothes (USD 45.3 million), furniture (USD 80.8 million) and right angle iron (USD 3.7 million).

Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali, Anak Agung Ngurah Alit Wiraputra, said that Russians have the characteristic of daring to buy expensive for an art product. According to him, the spending money of Russians is ranked second after the Europeans.

On that account, Russian market must be worked on maximally. “Russia and Bali equally have a high artistic talent so that they highly appreciate to our ancient culture,” he said.

Russia is a potential market if wishing to develop Bali in all respects, both exports and quality tourism. However, there is one obstacle namely the absence of direct flight and language still becomes a constraint.

Likewise, the availability of Russian guides remains a few.

In order to be able to grow consistently, all the business players in Bali should be compact. “When all of us are compact, we make the rules of the game. Thus, I think we will grow,” he said. (kmb42)

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The fruit products especially tropical fruits are greatly favored and the trade increased by 33 percent.

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Farmers assume the use of eco-friendly fertilizers has a slower impact on rice growth. Unlike the case with chemical fertilizers.

Farmers have low interest to use organic fertilizer

SEMARAPURA — The interest of farmers in Klungkung district in using organic fertilizer in general remains low. The main reason is that it can trigger the growth of weeds on the land and give a more slow impact, unlike the case of organic fertilizer giving more instant impact. Actually, the use of a relatively high fertilizer can adversely affect the structure of the soil. This was conveyed by the Head of the Klungkung Agriculture Agency, Ida Bagus Gde Juanida, on Monday (Oct. 16).

This year, Bali provincial government disburses organic fertilizer subsidy for 2,355 hectares of land with the volume of 500 kg per hectare. Distribution to all subak members has already run on schedule. However, the use by farmers stays relatively low. “They argue it can trigger the growth of weeds. In terms of price, it is very cheap. Farmers should only pay at IDR 150 per kg while provincial government subsidizes as much as IDR 800,” he explained.

In addition, farmers also assume the use of ecofriendly fertilizers has a slower impact on rice growth.

Unlike the case with chemical fertilizers, they are faster and able to reduce the growth of weeds. “Actually it can give the same results as long as the use is according to SOP. Moreover, for organic, the impact is not only good on plants, but also on soil. It is different from chemical fertilizer. Plants are indeed fertile, but soil is losing its nutrients,” he said.

He admitted that inviting farmers to use organic fertilizer is quite difficult. However, the district government continues to make efforts, one of which is by providing continuous dissemination for subak organizations. In 2018, it is planned to make a demonstration plot of 50 hectares.

“In the past, when suggested to use chemical fertilizer from organic fertilizer was also difficult. Right now, to stimulate them, we dare not just tell. But we make a demonstration plot so that farmers know the results,” he said.

Especially for chemical fertilizer subsidies this year, Juanida conveyed that urea amounts to 1,920 tons, SP36 (65 tons), ZA (180 tons) and NPK (1,100 tons). “We do not know how the supply of this fertilizer in future. There is possibility to be reduced. So, we hope farmers can use organic fertilizers from now,” he added.

In the meantime, one of the farmers at Subak Pegatepan, Gelgel village, Nyoman Sudiarsana, did not dismiss if farmers are still more dependent on chemical fertilizers. Organic fertilizers having been distributed are left dormant until the packaging is torn. “I personally have used organic, but many others have not. They just apply for them, but do not take,” he said.

He stated the use of organic fertilizer gives better results for his chili plants now being cultivated. It causes him to re-apply in order to be able to obtain the other supply. “Moreover, I’ve applied the next one, but has not been coming,” he said. (kmb45)

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Life of refugees at Sinduwati

Hillary Clinton says U.S. threats of war with N.Korea “dangerous, short-sighted”

Tired of instant noodles, they make basket to buy side dish

AMLAPURA — The threat of Mount Agung eruption indirectly shows the identity of Balinese residents. The refugees are not silent when facing the current situation, but still struggling to survive with the creativity provision of weaving to make ritual paraphernalia to be sold. Residents of Peringsari village, Selat, evacuating to Sinduwati village, Sidemen, for instance, every day make bamboo basket, spring rolls to fruit basket (to hold snakefruit). They do it in order to still have income to simply buy side dishes.

Luckily, the skill of making such handicrafts has been commonly practiced since still living at Peringsari. This has become a hereditary skill of Peringsari villagers, so they have no trouble what to do when they are in refugee camp.

A refugee, Desak Ayu Ariani, said last Sunday (Oct. 15) that in one day she can produce five small to medium size basket with the capacity of 5 kg. A bamboo basked is sold of IDR 3,000 to IDR 4,000.

“For the bamboo materials, we buy here. We work from morning to night while taking care of my children,” said Desak from Taman Dharma hamlet, Peringsari.

This craft is made in group where a group may consist of five to eight members. There is a member specially assigned to cut bamboo, then halve and slice it thin, in order to be worked on.

Before being processed, the bamboo pieces are smoothed to result in better products. Residents are quite enthusiastic about making this craft. Therefore, collectors also continue to look for because the price is cheap. Every day col-

lectors coming in turn to transport the handicrafts to be further sold to traditional markets in Klungkung, Bangli and Gianyar. Once sold, the proceeds will be shared equally with housewives in the group.

Residents realize that making this craft does not result in too much. However, making this bamboo craft is not solely oriented in the results. At least, they still have activities to avoid saturation and stress in refugee camp.

Another resident, Dayu Putu Arti, said with the result of making webbing works, at least people can buy their own side dishes during their life in refugee camps. It is considering the logistics from local government and donors only provide rice and instant noodles.

Of course, eating instant noodles continuously is not good for health.

“We are tired of eating instant noodles and fearing if the health of children is disturbed, so that we make this plaited works to buy side dishes for daily consumption,” he said.

The Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs sees this as a positive

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(Front row, L to R) Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Zhang Dejiang, former Chinese President Hu Jintao, Chinese President Xi Jinping, former President Jiang Zemin, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, are seen during the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 18, 2017.

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The skill of making such handicrafts has been commonly practiced since still living at Peringsari. This has become a hereditary skill of Peringsari villagers. way of surviving for Balinese citizens. If the bamboo webbing works has been in demand of collectors what is needed is improving their skill at refugee camp in order that their production has better quality.

So, the selling value of their work can also be appreciated higher.

“Now, it needs to direct them to be more professional so the sale

of their works is more valuable even though they are in evacuation. Some government agencies can do coaching, such as Dekranasda,” said the wife of Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs, Bintang Puspayoga, while delivering aids to refugees at Sinduwati Market refugee camp, Sidemen, last Sunday (Oct. 15).

Sidemen subdistrict head, A.A. Surya Jaya, said his authority has prepared the steps. The training activities are being designed. After they have craft products, the most urgent is to market their products in the market. “We are planning it and prepare the making of other crafts with the same materials so as to be more varied,” he said. (gik)

Hoping Mt. Agung not to erupt

Some people pray at Mt. Agung observation post

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The joint prayer was done to pray in order the Mt. Agung currently on warning status will not erupt.

AMLAPURA — Dozens of Balinese people held a joint prayer in the Mt. Agung Observation Post at Rendang village, on Monday (Oct. 16). Guided by Ida Pedanda Putra Beluwangan from Griya Gede Delod Peken, Denpasar, the joint prayer was done to pray in order the Mt. Agung currently on warning status will not erupt.

When interviewed after the prayer, Ida Pedanda Putra Beluwangan revealed the joint prayer he did was his initiative to invoke in order Balinese people especially the citizens of Karangasem could be given salvation by God abiding on Mt. Agung.

As a sulinggih (Brahmin priest), he did not want to precede the will of the Almighty when the mountain with the altitude of 3,142 meters above sea level will erupt because he admitted it is a secret of nature.

“I do not want to precede the will of God. Let’s wait what He will predestine,” he said while shedding tears.

The joint prayer, said Ida Pedanda, has been done previously at Penataran Agung and Batumadeg Temple on October 13. Then, on October 19, he will return to hold joint prayer at the same location.

“The joint prayer to be held will be the second time,” he explained.

In the meantime, a resident from Tamanbali, Bangli district, I Gusti Ngurah M. Sujana, who also attended the joint prayer at the monitoring post, said it is intended to pray so that Mt. Agung will not erupt and all Balinese people could be given salvation. He told the joint prayer has nothing to do with mystical things or revelation, but the effort is an initiative of Hindus in Bali.

“We also pray in order that our relatives will be given health, peace, tranquility and safety,” said Ngurah M while expressing that nature has given code like this to remind people of always remembering God. (kmb41)

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China’s Xi pledges to build “modern socialist country”

SEOUL - Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that “cavalier” threats to start war on the Korean peninsula are “dangerous and shortsighted”, urging the United States to get all parties to the negotiating table.

Clinton also called on China to take a “more outfront role” in enforcing sanctions against North Korea aimed at curbing its missile and nuclear development.

“There is no need for us to be bellicose and aggressive (over North Korea),” said Clinton at a forum in the South Korean capital Seoul, stressing the need for greater pressure on North Korea and diplomacy to bring Pyongyang to talks.

Tensions between Pyongyang and Washington have soared following a series of weapons tests

by North Korea and a string of increasingly bellicose exchanges between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Picking fights with Kim Jong Un puts a smile on his face,” Clinton said, without mentioning Trump by name.

Clinton also indirectly referred to Trump’s comments towards

North Korea on social media, saying “the insults on Twitter have benefited North Korea, I don’t think they’ve benefited the United States”.

The war of words has seen Trump call the North Korean leader “little rocket man” on a suicide mission, and vowed to destroy North Korea if it threatens the United States or its allies. North Korea has in turn called Trump “mentally deranged” and a “mad dog”.

Talks between the adversaries have long been urged by China in particular, but Washington and its ally Japan have been reluctant to sit down at the table while Pyongyang continues to pursue a goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States.

On Tuesday, Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan said the United States didn’t rule out the eventual possibility of direct talks with North Korea.

North Korea’s Deputy U.N. Ambassador Kim In Ryong told a U.N. General Assembly committee on Monday that the situation on the Korean peninsula was now touch-and-go point “and a nuclear war may break out any moment”. (rtr)

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a critical Communist Party Congress on Wednesday with a pledge to build a “modern socialist country” that will never copy the political systems of others and will remain open to the world.

Xi’s wide-ranging speech kicked off the twice-a-decade congress, a week-long, mostly closed-door conclave that will culminate with the selection of a new Politburo Standing Committee that will rule China’s 1.4 billion people for the next five years.

He set out his vision as he addressed more than 2,000 delegates in Beijing’s cavernous Great Hall of the People, including 91-yearold former president Jiang Zemin.

“Through a long period of hard work, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, this is a new historical direction in our country’s development,” Xi said in a speech carried live across the nation on state television.

China will relax market access for foreign investment and expand access to its services sector, as well as deepen market-oriented reform of its exchange rate and financial system, while at the same time strengthening state firms, he said.

China’s political system is the broadest, most genuine, and most

effective way to safeguard the fundamental interests of the people, Xi said.

“We should not just mechanically copy the political systems of other countries,” he said.

FIRM ON GRAFT, TAIWAN Xi praised the party’s successes, particularly his high-profile antigraft campaign.

“The fight against corruption has formed an overwhelming posture and strengthened in development,” he said.

Xi has waged a relentless fight against deep-rooted graft since assuming power five years ago, with more than a million officials punished and dozens of former senior officials jailed. He also said China had firmly opposed and prevented independence for self-ruled Taiwan, claimed by Beijing as its own, over the past five years.

While the speech was high on aspiration and short on policy specifics, its language will be parsed for signals or policy directives, in-

cluding on the direction of reforms for the world’s second-largest economy.

Xi has consolidated power swiftly since assuming the party leadership in 2012, locking up political rivals for corruption, restructuring the military and asserting China’s rising might on the world stage. Focus at the congress will be on how Xi plans to put his expanded authority to use.

Key questions include whether Xi ally and top corruption-buster Wang Qishan will stay on past traditional retirement age and to what extent Xi will promote allies to senior positions.

Close attention will also be paid to any moves that would enable Xi to stay on in a leadership capacity after his second term ends in 2022.

That could include resurrecting the position of party chairman, a title that would put him on par with Mao Zedong. One of the most important signals for that would be whether - or how often - Xi is referred to as “lingxiu”, or leader. (rtr)

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Former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton speaks during an interview with Mariella Frostrup at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in Cheltenham, Britain October 15, 2017.

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BUSINESS China stocks rise as party congress opens; Hong Kong flat

SHANGHAI - China stocks rose on Wednesday morning, when a key party congress that investors hope will promote policies and reforms boosting the world’s second largest economy opened in Beijing.

The twice-a-decade Communist Party congress is expected to cement the power of President Xi Jinping, who kicked off the weeklong event with a speech saying the market would be allowed to play a decisive role in allocating resources. Xi also said China will continue to open its economy and deepen financial reforms.

The CSI300 index rose 0.5 percent, to 3,931.78 points at the end of the morning session, and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.3 percent, to 3,381.27 points.

Investors are keen for direction on economic and financial market reform over the next five years, though history suggests these events can be light on detail.

“Market participants are paying much more attention to the party congress this time, as they are watching if any surprise reforms will emerge amid concerns over economic growth,” said Yan Kaiwen, an analyst in Shanghai with China Fortune Securities.

Investors should have confidence that China’s reforms will succeed, Yan said, asserting that ongoing supply-side ones have boosted economic growth.

Also lifting sentiment, China’s central bank injected 300 billion yuan ($45.39 billion) into money markets on Wednesday, as Beijing moved to maintain balanced cash conditions.

Financial and utilities held steady, while the defensive consumer and healthcare firms led the gains.

But property developers lost 0.5 percent, after Xi said China will maintain the principle that houses are for people to live in, not for speculation. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index was unchanged at 28,696.29 points. The Hong Kong China Enterprises Index gained 0.4 percent, to 11,619.65 points.(rtr)

(L-R) Mexican Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, U.S. Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland leave after a NAFTA trilateral ministerial press event in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2017.

NAFTA negotiators trade barbs, indicate wide differences

WASHINGTON - The top U.S. and Canadian and trade officials on Tuesday accused each other of sabotaging efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, even as they and Mexico agreed to extend talks into the first quarter of 2018.

A seven-day round of talks in suburban Washington ended in acrimony over aggressive U.S. demands on autos, a five-year sunset clause on the pact itself and Canada’s dairy regulations, among other key issues. Canada’s foreign minister, Chrystia Freeland, accused Washington of pursuing a “winner take all” approach.

In a major setback, Freeland, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said they faced “significant conceptual gaps” in their views and agreed to stretch out the talks in search of solutions. Lighthizer complained that the Mexican and Canadian sides showed no evidence of willingness to make changes that would “rebalance” NAFTA to shrink U.S. trade deficits.

He warned that U.S. companies could no longer count on NAFTA trade rules that since 1994 have encouraged investment in Mexico and Canada and that he views as primarily aimed at exporting to the United States.

“Everybody has to give up a little bit of candy, that’s really what this is about,” Lighthizer told a news briefing. But the talks hit a wall on his proposals to radically reshape NAFTA, causing some observers to wonder whether the Trump administration intends to sink the trade pact.

PROPOSALS “WOULD TURN BACK THE CLOCK” Washington’s demands, previously identified

as red lines by its neighbors, include forcing renegotiation of the pact every five years, reserving the lion’s share of automotive manufacturing for the United States and making it easier to pursue import barriers against some Canadian and Mexican goods.

“We have seen proposals that would turn back the clock on 23 years of predictability, openness and collaboration under NAFTA,” Freeland said.

News of the talks’ extension through to the first quarter of next year, from the end of this year, lifted the Mexican peso 1.2 percent after a volatile day of trading. The peso has fallen 7 percent since July on expectations that NAFTA would not survive.

Mexico sends about 80 percent of its exports to the United States, and is home to a host of factories for U.S. companies that manufacture products there that are then sent to the United States for sale.

Guajardo avoided direct criticism of Lighthizer’s approach, but said Mexico would stand firm against the U.S. demands.

“A bad deal would be against the interest of Mexico itself, and therefore you have my guarantee that there will not be a bad deal,” Guajardo told reporters.

He added that rather than being intransigent, Mexico and Canada were taking a “good sense” approach to the talks.

Despite the tension, Mexican and Canadian officials have stressed that their governments will not walk away from the table. The talks are now scheduled to resume in Mexico City on Nov. 17-21, giving negotiators additional time to devise strategies.

While the NAFTA countries did close out a chapter on competition policy, Lighthizer said there were still deep differences on some issues

such as digital trade, intellectual property rights and anti-corruption policies.

TERMINATION THREAT U.S. President Donald Trump, who made trade a centerpiece of his 2016 presidential campaign, has repeatedly threatened to terminate NAFTA if Mexico and Canada refuse major changes. Lighthizer said he was not focused on termination and wanted to negotiate a “good agreement,” but added that he had no plan should talks collapse.

“If we end up not having an agreement, my guess is all three countries would do just fine. We have a lot of trade, a lot of reasons to trade,” he said. One person close to the process said there was now a real possibility that negotiations to modernize NAFTA, which underpins some $1.2 trillion in annual trade between the three countries, could collapse.

Any termination decision would now be postponed until March 2018, by which time Trump could be distracted by other developments such as his tax reform plan, said Gary Hufbauer, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

But it remained unclear how the talks regain momentum. “Staggering talks could be the right description in the meantime,” Hufbauer said.

The Trump administration has also set out proposals that could impose fresh restrictions on long-haul trucking from Mexico, according to a person familiar with the matter. That too is likely to meet stiff resistance, Mexican officials say.

U.S. opposition to NAFTA’s dispute resolution mechanisms, plans to restrict outside access to government contracts and attacks on Canadian dairy and softwood lumber producers are all causing friction behind the scenes, officials say. (rtr)

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Use of Animal Flesh in Ritual, To Fill in Offerings and Iber-iber in Clockwise Procession

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

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

Ida Bagus Alit said that poultry are usually used as an iber-iber where this animal will be released or thrown alive. After that, it will walk away shortly after it has been spinning around for three times. This procession is meant to determine the direction or point out the direction which path should be taken by the Atma in order to reach heaven.

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

“The duck itself functions as a controller and represents satvika (goodness, constructive, harmony) aspect, while chicken is a symbol of creation or rajas (passion, active,

confused) and the body. Meanwhile, the white and yellow rice seeds have significance of prosperity and happiness,” he said.

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

Similar opinion was conveyed

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

cow rectangle containing silver and others can be stepped on.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

mosphere, happiness and full of togetherness. Space and time seem to have no limit to perform activities.

Nature and environment of paddies are very friendly providing various tools and means for them to play.

Children did not only entertain

by seeing the festival alone, but were also given the opportunity to participate.

Everything served on the show is not to be watched, but to be enjoyed together. The children, are mostly from Ole hamlet, coalesced into Buratwangi Studio and Wintang Rare Studio, those from other areas such as Geluntung village, Kukuh and Penebel (Tabanan), Mengwi (Badung), Denpasar, Karangasem and Buleleng. “We designed a participative festival, where visitors can participate in the activity not just serve as spectator,” said the Coordinator, I Putu Edi Novalia Artha.

Festival ke Uma presents various types of traditional games divided into two categories namely exhibition and competition. The exhibition shows megandu, medempul, mapoh-pohan, kancing lait, obek-obek uang, colek-colek tain belek, tangklak-tingklik and gala-gala. The kinds of game contested include metimbang, nyuun sigih, matulupan, paid upih and megandong di nyanyad (mud).

The second day was flushed by rain, but no children complained and protested against nature, no one thought about the rain-stopper

or the cloud-breaking laser beam.

Players of the show looked like farmers, receiving abundant water and sunshine with gratitude. The children faithfully waited for the rain to stop. When the rain subsided, they returned to play happily even though the paddy fields that had previously been dried as the arena had really been back like paddy fields.

In addition to traditional games, it was also filled with yoga workshop

by IGS Raka Panji Tisna, herbal medicine workshop by Bagus Arya (Padma Herbal) and workshop of making kites from Buratwangi art studio. The workshop involved the community from children to adults.

“This festival also has a vision to invite children and society to cultivate a clean and healthy life by reducing the use of materials from plastic,” said Putu Edi. In the evening, the Festival ke Uma was also enlivened with the art performance such as Monolog

by Putu Satria, musicalization by Mahima Community, Tantric Tales

by Bumi Bajra Sandhi, Monolog of Cupak Gerantang by a student of the ISI Denpasar, Kambing Takutin Macan art and music by Jalan Air Community. (kmb)

Festival ke Uma, Children Play Traditional Games

Hundreds of children played so cheerfully, shouted and even clapped their friends to encourage. Not afraid of being muddy, exposed to rain and sunlight, they were always happy and laughing so happily. It is the atmosphere of

the Festival ke Uma held for two days (Jun. 24-25) at Subak Uma Ole, Ole, Marga Dauh Puri village, Marga, Tabanan.

They initially did not know each other, but after joining the game, they came into intimate at-

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Catalonia refuses to renounce independence, separatist protesters rally

BARCELONA - Catalonia refused on Tuesday to bow to the Spanish government’s demand that it renounce a symbolic declaration of independence, setting it on a political collision course with Madrid later this week.

Madrid has threatened to put Catalonia, which accounts for a fifth of Spain’s economy, under direct central rule if its regional government does not abandon independence by Thursday.

But Catalonia’s government rejected Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s deadline.

“Giving in forms no part of this government’s scenarios,” Catalan government spokesman Jordi Turull said. “On Thursday, we won’t give anything different than what we gave on Monday.”

Spain’s biggest political crisis in decades worsened on Monday night when Madrid’s High Court jailed the heads of Catalonia’s two main separatist groups pending an investigation for alleged sedition.

The Catalan government accused Madrid of taking “political prisoners” and tens of thousands of protesters gathered along Barcelona’s Diagonal Avenue to call for their release.

People held up lighted candles, whistled and shouted “freedom” and “out with the occupying forces”.

“There should not be political prisoners in a democratic country in the 21st century. This country is not democratic. I’m here to support democracy,” said Alicia Cabreriza, a 26-year-old computer programmer from Barcelona.

The protests ended peacefully at around 2000 GMT. Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, in a tweet following the detentions, said: “Sadly, we have political prisoners again.”

The phrase was an allusion to the military dictatorship under Francisco Franco, when Catalan culture and language were systematically suppressed. It carries an emotional resonance given fascism is still a living memory for many Spaniards.

Justice Minister Rafael Catala hit back, saying the jailing of the leaders of the separatist groups, the Catalan National Assembly and Omnium, was a judicial, not a political, decision.

“We can talk of politicians in prison but not political prisoners,” he said. “These are not political prisoners because yesterday’s prison ruling was due to a (suspected) crime.”

The crisis has deepened divisions at the heart of Spain’s young democracy, underlining the complex sense of nationhood in the euro zone’s fourth largest economy.

In Madrid, unionists drape their homes in the national flag, while Barcelona apartment buildings are festooned with Catalan flags. Street protests of hundreds of thousands of people have been held on both sides of the divide, including in Catalonia.

“They’ve crossed a line,” said Eulalia López, a 54-year-old office worker in Barcelona.

She said she and her colleagues would come out onto the streets if Madrid went ahead and took control of the region. (rtr)

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A man lays down on the ground with an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) next to candles during a protest against the imprisonment of leaders of two of the largest Catalan separatist organizations, Catalan National Assembly’s Jordi Sanchez and Omnium’s Jordi Cuixart, who were jailed by Spain’s High Court, in Barcelona, Spain October 17, 2017.

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Qatar emir says open to dialogue to resolve Gulf crisis REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan/File Photo

Zarfishan Zahid (L) smiles as Sana Tahir (R) holds Malaika Noman, 3, as the child arrives in the United States after a federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump’s temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries cannot stop grandparents and other relatives of U.S. citizens from entering the country at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., July 14, 2017.

Judge blocks latest Trump curbs on people entering United States SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s latest bid to impose restrictions on citizens from several countries entering the United States, which would have taken effect this week.

The open-ended ban, announced last month, targeted people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea, as well as certain government officials from Venezuela. It was the third version of a policy that had previously targeted some Muslim-majority countries but had been restricted by the courts.

Tuesday’s ruling sets up another high stakes battle over Trump’s executive authority which legal experts expect will ultimately land in the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump’s first travel ban in January caused chaos and protests at U.S. airports before judges halted it.

The state of Hawaii sued to block Trump’s latest travel restrictions, arguing that federal immigration law did not give him the authority to impose them on six of those countries. Hawaii did not challenge entry restrictions relating to North Korea and Venezuela.

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu said Hawaii was likely to succeed in proving that Trump’s latest travel ban violates federal immigration law.

The policy “suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor: it lacks sufficient findings that the entry of more than 150 million nationals from six specified countries would be ‘detrimental to the interests of the United States,’” Watson wrote.

The White House in a statement said the ruling was “dangerously flawed” and that it was confident the courts would ultimately uphold Trump’s policy.

“These restrictions are vital to ensuring that foreign nations comply with the minimum security standards required for the integrity of our immigration system and the security of our nation,” the statement said.

The Justice Department called Watson’s ruling “incorrect” and said it would appeal “in an expeditious manner.”

Following the ruling, the U.S. State Department instructed embassies and consulates around the world to “resume regular processing of visas” for citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, a department official said on condition of anonymity.

The department will carry out the proclamation for North Korea and Venezuela “with the objective of maximizing national security,” the official said, because the order did not apply to restrictions on those countries.

As a candidate, Trump had promised “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”

In announcing the newest travel restrictions, the White House had portrayed them as necessary consequences for countries that did not meet new requirements for vetting of immigrants and issuing of visas. Those requirements were shared in July with foreign governments, which had 50 days to make improvements if needed, the White House said.

A number of countries made improvements by enhancing the security of travel documents or the reporting of passports that were lost or stolen.

Others did not, sparking the restrictions. (rtr)

BOGOR - Qatar is “open to dialogue” in resolving a dispute that has seen the Gulf state isolated from its Arab neighbours, its emir said during a visit to Indonesia on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut diplomatic and trade ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of financing terrorism and maintaining too close of ties to their arch-rival Iran. Doha denies the charges.

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said he discussed the issue with President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, which has the world’s largest population of Muslims and has close ties to the Arab world.

“We conveyed...that Qatar is ready to conduct a dialogue to solve the problem as we already know

that no one will win,” Thani told reporters after meeting with Widodo at the state palace in Bogor, outside the capital of Jakarta. “We are all brothers and suffering because of this crisis,” he added.

President Widodo did not publicly address the dispute. The leader of the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas also visited Malaysia - another Muslim-majority nation - and Singapore this week.

Saudi and other Arab nations have made a list of 13 wide-ranging demands of Qatar, including closing down the Al Jazeera television network and curbing ties with Iran.

Kuwait and top United States officials have attempted to mediate between the parties, but there is little sign that the crisis will be resolved soon. (rtr)

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Dog breeder Agus Badud’s daughter carries a dog to wash him at their house in Cibiuk village of Majalaya, West Java province, Indonesia, September 27, 2017. Badud’s dogs participate in fights against captured wild boars in contests, known locally as ‘adu bagong’ (boar fighting).

Bloody spectacle: Indonesian villages pit wild boars against dogs

CIKAWAO - A gory fight to the death between snarling dogs and captured wild boars.

Gathered around a bamboo-walled arena, Indonesians in this remote part of Java island seem eager to watch the blood-curdling contests, known locally as ‘adu bagong’ (boar fighting). Not surprisingly, animal rights activists are up in arms against the regular spectacle, which began in the 1960s when wild pig numbers in this area in West Java soared and they were hunted to protect crops.

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo talks to Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani during their meeting at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia October 18, 2017.

Participants told Reuters the fights were a way to preserve a tradition of hunting in the area. There’s also a cash prize of up to $2,000 for the winning dog. “It used to be very simple, not like now when the dogs are trained,” said Nur Hadi, head of Hiparu, a group of hunting dog enthusiasts that takes part in the fights.

“From there it’s been handed down and has even become part of tradition and culture,” Hadi told Reuters.

He defends the practice against criticism from

animal rights groups, who say it should be banned.

“It is a criminal act against animals,” said Indonesian animal rights activist Marison Guciano. “The government and NGOs should go to the field to stop this event and educate the people that dog fighting is not right.”

The fights take place in a 15-by-30 metre (50 ft by 100 ft) arena surrounded by a bamboo fence to protect spectators, and only end when one of the animals is injured. Participants say the contests test the agility and hunting abilities of the dogs. If a boar survives a fight, once healed it will be returned to the arena to fight another day. If not, it will be butchered and sold for meat.

Dog breeder Agus Badud says the tradition also gives people a source of income. “I take part in this contest to increase the selling price and economic value of my dogs, and it would be useless for me as a breeder if I did not participate in a contest like this,” Badud said in his house where he keeps 40 dogs. Dog owners pay anywhere from 200,000 rupiah to 2 million rupiah ($15 to $150) to enter the fights, depending on the size of their dog. (rtr)

President denies Perppu on Ormas repressive JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) denied the government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on mass organizations (Ormas) was repressive, since in reality, its draft was made democratically. “The conclusion is that such a perpu is needed, so that the handling of matters relating to the states existence are not long-winded,” President Jokowi remarked during a gathering with the Jamiyyah Great Family of Indonesian

Islamic Unity in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday night.

Jokowi made the statement in response to a question posed by a Persis member that the Perpu on Ormas was considered repressive by several parties. The head of state also emphasized that the Perppu was drafted democratically. The Perppu was issued following the governments decision to dissolve Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, an Islamic organization seeking to establish a

Caliphate administration in Indonesia against the states Constitution.

The government has sent a copy of the Perppu to the House of Representatives after it was publicly announced by Coordinating Minister for Law, Security, and Political Affairs Wiranto. In line with the regulation, the government announced that it had issued the Perppu, but its utilization by the government depends on a condition.

After the issuance of the Perppu, the government, through the Home Affairs Ministry and Law and Human Rights Ministry, will conduct a verification of mass organizations reaching a total of 344,039 in Indonesia.

Based on Perppu No. 2 of 2017, the two ministries have the right to cancel the license of a mass organization that is found to adopt an ideology that runs counter to the Pancasila state ideology

A mass organization in Indonesia is required to adopt the four pillars of the nation: Pancasila, Unitary State of Republic of Indonesia, the 1945 Constitution, and Bhinneka Tunggal Ika or unity in diversity. The issuance of the Perppu has drawn strong reactions from several politicians and law experts saying President Jokowi “has taken a fatal step leading the country into a dark era.” (ant)

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Pristine Beauty of Bunutin Waterfalls BANGLI - There are many charming waterfalls in Bangli including the yellow waterfalls at Tamanbali village and Cepung River waterfalls at Tembuku village, and Bunutin waterfalls. As the name implies, Bunutin waterfalls are located in Bunutin village, Kintamani and a roadside sign directs visitors to the location of the falls, which are however some way from the road, so visitors should be ready for a bit of a hike. In fact, there is no actual path to the falls, so visitors

have to pass through 300 meters of tangerine orchards.

The fatigue endured by visitors is well paid off when they reach the falls and experience the pristine beauty of the setting. The crystal clear water and lush vegetation are sure to make all visitors want to linger. However, visitors wanting to swim in the pool at the base of the waterfalls should proceed with caution as they is quicksand that could be hazardous if stepped into.

Headman of Bunutin, Made

Subrata, said that people have been visiting Bunutin waterfall despite the lack of path leading to it. “It is a little challenging to get there and the way is steep”, he said.

Subrata said that there are plans to create a proper pathway to the waterfalls and that he hopes that relevant agencies will help promote the location so that more visitors can come and enjoy this spot and contribute to the welfare of the surrounding community. (kmb)

Usain Bolt to put Hamilton under starter’s orders

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LONDON - Usain Bolt, the “world’s fastest man”, will be putting Formula One title favourite Lewis Hamilton under starter’s orders for what could be a decisive U.S. Grand Prix this weekend.

The eight-times Olympic goldmedallist sprinter, who retired after the world championships in London last August, has been enlisted to send the field off for the pre-race formation lap at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Mercedes driver Hamilton, who can clinch his fourth title on Sunday if he finishes first or second and other results go his way, might

also be giving the Jamaican a quick passenger ride in a road car earlier in the day.

U.S.-based Liberty Media, who took over Formula One in January and have talked of treating every race like a Super Bowl, are keen to pump up the show at the sole round in the United States.

The pre-race programme has been expanded so that Michael

Buffer, renowned for introducing boxing title fights with the call, “Let’s get ready to rumble”, can present the 20 drivers individually to the crowd.

Soul singer Stevie Wonder will perform, with the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders going through their routines on the starting grid.

“We continue to layer in new elements at each grand prix and this innovative driver presentatation format seemingly was an appropriate addition for Austin,” said Formula One’s commercial manager Sean Bratches in a statement.

“The USA is, without a doubt, the country where sports events are seen as entertainment that goes above and beyond the purely sporting contest.

“We want to do something that positions Formula One as breaking the boundaries, between sport and a show,” he added.

A mechanical bucking bronco will also be installed in the paddock for anyone brave enough to give it a go.

Pink strips have meanwhile been painted along the pitlane and around the track as part of a

breast-cancer awareness initiative, with tyre supplier Pirelli colour-coding pink their ultrasoft tyres.

Organisers have also secured a schedule change for qualifying, with the Saturday session starting two hours later to reduce the gap between the track action and a Justin Timberlake concert in the evening.

Hamilton is 59 points clear of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel with four races remaining and will win the title if he scores 16 points more than the German on Sunday. (rtr)

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MOSCOW - Maria Sharapova was swept away in the first round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Tuesday by Magdalena Rybarikova, while sixth-seeded Daria Gavrilova beat Kristyna Pliskova to make it to the round of 16.

Slovakian Rybarikova spoiled Sharapova’s first appearance at the Kremlin Cup in a decade, winning 7-6(3) 6-4 in just under two hours to set up a second-round meeting with France’s Alize Cornet.

Later on Tuesday Australia’s Gavrilova beat Pliskova in three sets and will face Belarusian qualifier Vera Lapko in the second round.

Seventh-seeded Julia Goerges, of Germany, currently 27th in the WTA rankings, beat Russian qualifier Polina Monova in straight sets and will face Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva in the second round.

Twenty-year-old Russian Daria Kasatkina also upset compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, seeded fifth, beating her 7-6, 6-1.

Kasatkina, who served up four aces in Tuesday’s match, will face Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, in the second round.

Russia’s Natalia Vikhlyantseva and Irina-Camelia Begu, of Romania, also move on to the second round after wins on Tuesday. (rtr)

REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

Maria Sharapova of Russia in action against Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia.

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Sp rt Madrid draw a huge step forward for Pochettino’s Spurs MADRID - Tottenham Hotspur’s 1-1 Champions League draw at Real Madrid on Tuesday was the moment they proved they can compete at the highest level, according to manager Mauricio Pochettino who hopes it could be the making of his young, exciting side.

Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris took the plaudits for keeping out Real’s glut of chances in either half while Madrid stopper Keylor Navas was also in inspired form in a highly entertaining game at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Borussia Dortmund’s surprise 1-1 draw at Group H minnows APOEL Nicosia means Spurs and Real are six points clear of the Germans and within touching distance of sealing their place in the last 16.

That marks a huge contrast for Pochettino’s side from their early exit from the competition last season.

“This was an opportunity to show we can compete and this game is fundamental to us on a mental level,” Pochettino told a news conference.

“We are a team that is still under construction. Last year we took seven points from six group games now we have seven from three. Last year was very sad as we couldn’t continue in a competition that really excited us but we’ve made a huge step forward. We are developing this club’s potential for the future, which is enormous.

“The result is the least important thing, the objective was to be able to compete against Real Madrid and that

Liverpool must extend goalscoring form, says Salah

we managed to do that makes me more than happy.”

Pochettino hugged all 11 of his players after the final whistle, which Spurs’ 4,000 visiting supporters greeted with an ecstatic roar as if they had won the game.

“TWO SUPERHEROES”

“Tottenham are in a process of growth, we are finishing a new stadium, constructing a team and it’s vital to have a huge boost in morale like this,” added the coach, who also sung the praises of his captain Lloris.

The France international made an outstanding save with his feet to deny Karim Benzema in the second half as well as thwarting Cristiano Ronaldo and Isco. “Hugo was fantastic. He deserves a big prize, he showed his real level,” he said.

“Today you saw why we often say Hugo is one of the best goalkeepers in the world. The performance was fantastic, the effort, the belief, it is important to congratulate our players, it is so important the effort from them.”

Real coach Zinedine Zidane also paid tribute to his compatriot Lloris as well as his own goalkeeper Navas, who made two impressive late saves to deny Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen. “The two goalkeepers were two superheroes tonight,” Zidane said.

“Sometimes you just have to accept that. We’re not happy because we always want to win when we’re at home. We did things well but they defended well and in the end it’s a normal draw.” (rtr)

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo with Tottenham’s Harry Kane after the match

REUTERS/Paul Hanna

Alvaro Morata

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A fit Morata key to Chelsea’s title hopes - Flo MUMBAI - Champions Chelsea can make up for their slow start in the Premier League provided they can keep Spain forward Alvaro Morata fit, former club striker Tore Andre Flo said in an interview. The London club are currently nine points behind leaders Manchester City after eight matches, prompting fans to wonder if they have already fallen behind in the title race. Former Norway striker Flo believes Chelsea could still mount a title charge and pointed to last season when they went on a 13-match winning streak after dropping seven points in the first six.

“It’s been a bit up and down. Much of it has been very, very good but surprisingly we have also dropped some points,” Flo, who scored 50 goals in 163 appearances for Chelsea, told Reuters. “We knew it would be difficult to have the same season as last year. But last year at the beginning Chelsea dropped some points too but then went on to win a lot of consecutive matches.

“It’s still possible to end at the top of the table at the end of the season.

But it’s difficult, the Manchester teams are doing very well.” Manchester United are currently second, two points behind neighbours City, with Tottenham Hotspur making up the top three in the league.

Chelsea suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday, their third loss in the league and only two less than the whole of the last campaign when Italian manager Antonio Conte took them to the title in his first year in west London. “Obviously we would like to lead the table at the moment but we saw it last year, we can still catch up and do well,” Flo said.

“Chelsea are in the Champions League this season and as a club we will really want to do well in that one. We weren’t in the Champions League last year.” Flo, who was in Mumbai as part of Chelsea’s trophy tour and a club foundation programme, blamed injuries for the club’s poor start. Morata, who left Real Madrid for Chelsea in the off-season, has already scored seven goals but missed the Palace defeat through a hamstring injury. N’Golo Kante and Victor Moses are also out with similar problems.

The 24-year-old Morata is expected to return from injury and lead the attack against AS Roma in the Champions League later on Wednesday.

“Morata is a very good striker and the challenge for Chelsea is to keep him fit. Chelsea will definitely miss him when he’s not playing, when he’s injured,” Flo, who works as a coach for Chelsea’s youth teams, said.

Compared to City’s 29 goals, Chelsea have managed 13 and six of them from the 58-million pound ($76.45 million) striker. “If we can keep him fit and he can play a lot of matches then he will score a lot of goals,” Flo said. Belgian Michy Batshuayi has failed to impress as a back-up to Morata but Flo pleaded for more time for Chelsea’s new signings.

“Chelsea got quite a few players but if you look at some of the other clubs too that have bought a lot of players,” he said. “If we give little bit of time, I think the players that Chelsea bought will start doing a good job for the team. “I don’t think Chelsea have a problem in front of goal.

Batshuayi has shown he can score goals and Chelsea can use him a back-up for Morata.” (rtr)

Liverpool must replicate their Champions League finishing to revive their Premier League campaign, winger Mohamed Salah has said. Salah and striker Roberto Firmino grabbed a brace each as Liverpool pounded Maribor 7-0 on Tuesday night to record their biggest away European win.

The victory has given Liverpool, who managed one win in their last five league games, the confidence to be more clinical in front of goal, said Salah.

“I think it’s an important result

for us so we have to keep looking forward and we have to win the next games,” the Egypt international told BT Sport. “In the last three or four games we missed many chances... and we had bad luck.

“I think that everyone has confidence that the good result is coming, so now we are in a good position and I’m sure in the next games it will be the same.”

The 25-year-old has now scored eight goals in 13 appearances for Liverpool but was more occupied with team performance than personal

record. “The team did good and we had a good result so that’s the most important thing,” Salah added.

“I’m very happy for that - seven goals or eight goals (scored since he joined Liverpool) doesn’t change anything, but the most important thing for us is to concentrate on improving the results in the Premier League.

“We didn’t win for two, three games, so we need to carry on and keep looking forward and win the next games.” Eighth placed Liverpool travel to third placed Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. (rtr)

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring their fourth goal

Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs

Danish women risk World Cup expulsion over FA dispute The Danish women’s soccer team will not play Sweden in their planned World Cup qualifier on Friday and risk being kicked out of the competition as a dispute between the players and the Danish Football Association (DBU) has not yet been resolved.

“The DBU has today told the Swedish FA that the players of the women’s national team have not gathered in order to play the game, which will now not be played,” DBU officer Kom Hallberg said in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement also added that the FA now faces fines, points deductions and possibly expulsion from the competition because of the failure to fulfil the fixture.

The Danish players, who lost in the final of the European Championship to hosts Netherlands in August, have been engaged in tough negotiations with the DBU over compensation and conditions for female internationals.

Norway recently announced that its male and female players would receive the same pay, but talks between the DBU and the its women’s team have broken down several times in recent weeks.

Denmark have so far played one match of their 2019 World Cup qualifying campaign, which was a 6-1 victory over Hungary last month. They are scheduled to play against Croatia on Tuesday. (rtr)

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Sp rt Madrid draw a huge step forward for Pochettino’s Spurs MADRID - Tottenham Hotspur’s 1-1 Champions League draw at Real Madrid on Tuesday was the moment they proved they can compete at the highest level, according to manager Mauricio Pochettino who hopes it could be the making of his young, exciting side.

Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris took the plaudits for keeping out Real’s glut of chances in either half while Madrid stopper Keylor Navas was also in inspired form in a highly entertaining game at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Borussia Dortmund’s surprise 1-1 draw at Group H minnows APOEL Nicosia means Spurs and Real are six points clear of the Germans and within touching distance of sealing their place in the last 16.

That marks a huge contrast for Pochettino’s side from their early exit from the competition last season.

“This was an opportunity to show we can compete and this game is fundamental to us on a mental level,” Pochettino told a news conference.

“We are a team that is still under construction. Last year we took seven points from six group games now we have seven from three. Last year was very sad as we couldn’t continue in a competition that really excited us but we’ve made a huge step forward. We are developing this club’s potential for the future, which is enormous.

“The result is the least important thing, the objective was to be able to compete against Real Madrid and that

Liverpool must extend goalscoring form, says Salah

we managed to do that makes me more than happy.”

Pochettino hugged all 11 of his players after the final whistle, which Spurs’ 4,000 visiting supporters greeted with an ecstatic roar as if they had won the game.

“TWO SUPERHEROES”

“Tottenham are in a process of growth, we are finishing a new stadium, constructing a team and it’s vital to have a huge boost in morale like this,” added the coach, who also sung the praises of his captain Lloris.

The France international made an outstanding save with his feet to deny Karim Benzema in the second half as well as thwarting Cristiano Ronaldo and Isco. “Hugo was fantastic. He deserves a big prize, he showed his real level,” he said.

“Today you saw why we often say Hugo is one of the best goalkeepers in the world. The performance was fantastic, the effort, the belief, it is important to congratulate our players, it is so important the effort from them.”

Real coach Zinedine Zidane also paid tribute to his compatriot Lloris as well as his own goalkeeper Navas, who made two impressive late saves to deny Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen. “The two goalkeepers were two superheroes tonight,” Zidane said.

“Sometimes you just have to accept that. We’re not happy because we always want to win when we’re at home. We did things well but they defended well and in the end it’s a normal draw.” (rtr)

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo with Tottenham’s Harry Kane after the match

REUTERS/Paul Hanna

Alvaro Morata

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A fit Morata key to Chelsea’s title hopes - Flo MUMBAI - Champions Chelsea can make up for their slow start in the Premier League provided they can keep Spain forward Alvaro Morata fit, former club striker Tore Andre Flo said in an interview. The London club are currently nine points behind leaders Manchester City after eight matches, prompting fans to wonder if they have already fallen behind in the title race. Former Norway striker Flo believes Chelsea could still mount a title charge and pointed to last season when they went on a 13-match winning streak after dropping seven points in the first six.

“It’s been a bit up and down. Much of it has been very, very good but surprisingly we have also dropped some points,” Flo, who scored 50 goals in 163 appearances for Chelsea, told Reuters. “We knew it would be difficult to have the same season as last year. But last year at the beginning Chelsea dropped some points too but then went on to win a lot of consecutive matches.

“It’s still possible to end at the top of the table at the end of the season.

But it’s difficult, the Manchester teams are doing very well.” Manchester United are currently second, two points behind neighbours City, with Tottenham Hotspur making up the top three in the league.

Chelsea suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday, their third loss in the league and only two less than the whole of the last campaign when Italian manager Antonio Conte took them to the title in his first year in west London. “Obviously we would like to lead the table at the moment but we saw it last year, we can still catch up and do well,” Flo said.

“Chelsea are in the Champions League this season and as a club we will really want to do well in that one. We weren’t in the Champions League last year.” Flo, who was in Mumbai as part of Chelsea’s trophy tour and a club foundation programme, blamed injuries for the club’s poor start. Morata, who left Real Madrid for Chelsea in the off-season, has already scored seven goals but missed the Palace defeat through a hamstring injury. N’Golo Kante and Victor Moses are also out with similar problems.

The 24-year-old Morata is expected to return from injury and lead the attack against AS Roma in the Champions League later on Wednesday.

“Morata is a very good striker and the challenge for Chelsea is to keep him fit. Chelsea will definitely miss him when he’s not playing, when he’s injured,” Flo, who works as a coach for Chelsea’s youth teams, said.

Compared to City’s 29 goals, Chelsea have managed 13 and six of them from the 58-million pound ($76.45 million) striker. “If we can keep him fit and he can play a lot of matches then he will score a lot of goals,” Flo said. Belgian Michy Batshuayi has failed to impress as a back-up to Morata but Flo pleaded for more time for Chelsea’s new signings.

“Chelsea got quite a few players but if you look at some of the other clubs too that have bought a lot of players,” he said. “If we give little bit of time, I think the players that Chelsea bought will start doing a good job for the team. “I don’t think Chelsea have a problem in front of goal.

Batshuayi has shown he can score goals and Chelsea can use him a back-up for Morata.” (rtr)

Liverpool must replicate their Champions League finishing to revive their Premier League campaign, winger Mohamed Salah has said. Salah and striker Roberto Firmino grabbed a brace each as Liverpool pounded Maribor 7-0 on Tuesday night to record their biggest away European win.

The victory has given Liverpool, who managed one win in their last five league games, the confidence to be more clinical in front of goal, said Salah.

“I think it’s an important result

for us so we have to keep looking forward and we have to win the next games,” the Egypt international told BT Sport. “In the last three or four games we missed many chances... and we had bad luck.

“I think that everyone has confidence that the good result is coming, so now we are in a good position and I’m sure in the next games it will be the same.”

The 25-year-old has now scored eight goals in 13 appearances for Liverpool but was more occupied with team performance than personal

record. “The team did good and we had a good result so that’s the most important thing,” Salah added.

“I’m very happy for that - seven goals or eight goals (scored since he joined Liverpool) doesn’t change anything, but the most important thing for us is to concentrate on improving the results in the Premier League.

“We didn’t win for two, three games, so we need to carry on and keep looking forward and win the next games.” Eighth placed Liverpool travel to third placed Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. (rtr)

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring their fourth goal

Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs

Danish women risk World Cup expulsion over FA dispute The Danish women’s soccer team will not play Sweden in their planned World Cup qualifier on Friday and risk being kicked out of the competition as a dispute between the players and the Danish Football Association (DBU) has not yet been resolved.

“The DBU has today told the Swedish FA that the players of the women’s national team have not gathered in order to play the game, which will now not be played,” DBU officer Kom Hallberg said in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement also added that the FA now faces fines, points deductions and possibly expulsion from the competition because of the failure to fulfil the fixture.

The Danish players, who lost in the final of the European Championship to hosts Netherlands in August, have been engaged in tough negotiations with the DBU over compensation and conditions for female internationals.

Norway recently announced that its male and female players would receive the same pay, but talks between the DBU and the its women’s team have broken down several times in recent weeks.

Denmark have so far played one match of their 2019 World Cup qualifying campaign, which was a 6-1 victory over Hungary last month. They are scheduled to play against Croatia on Tuesday. (rtr)

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Pristine Beauty of Bunutin Waterfalls BANGLI - There are many charming waterfalls in Bangli including the yellow waterfalls at Tamanbali village and Cepung River waterfalls at Tembuku village, and Bunutin waterfalls. As the name implies, Bunutin waterfalls are located in Bunutin village, Kintamani and a roadside sign directs visitors to the location of the falls, which are however some way from the road, so visitors should be ready for a bit of a hike. In fact, there is no actual path to the falls, so visitors

have to pass through 300 meters of tangerine orchards.

The fatigue endured by visitors is well paid off when they reach the falls and experience the pristine beauty of the setting. The crystal clear water and lush vegetation are sure to make all visitors want to linger. However, visitors wanting to swim in the pool at the base of the waterfalls should proceed with caution as they is quicksand that could be hazardous if stepped into.

Headman of Bunutin, Made

Subrata, said that people have been visiting Bunutin waterfall despite the lack of path leading to it. “It is a little challenging to get there and the way is steep”, he said.

Subrata said that there are plans to create a proper pathway to the waterfalls and that he hopes that relevant agencies will help promote the location so that more visitors can come and enjoy this spot and contribute to the welfare of the surrounding community. (kmb)

Usain Bolt to put Hamilton under starter’s orders

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LONDON - Usain Bolt, the “world’s fastest man”, will be putting Formula One title favourite Lewis Hamilton under starter’s orders for what could be a decisive U.S. Grand Prix this weekend.

The eight-times Olympic goldmedallist sprinter, who retired after the world championships in London last August, has been enlisted to send the field off for the pre-race formation lap at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Mercedes driver Hamilton, who can clinch his fourth title on Sunday if he finishes first or second and other results go his way, might

also be giving the Jamaican a quick passenger ride in a road car earlier in the day.

U.S.-based Liberty Media, who took over Formula One in January and have talked of treating every race like a Super Bowl, are keen to pump up the show at the sole round in the United States.

The pre-race programme has been expanded so that Michael

Buffer, renowned for introducing boxing title fights with the call, “Let’s get ready to rumble”, can present the 20 drivers individually to the crowd.

Soul singer Stevie Wonder will perform, with the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders going through their routines on the starting grid.

“We continue to layer in new elements at each grand prix and this innovative driver presentatation format seemingly was an appropriate addition for Austin,” said Formula One’s commercial manager Sean Bratches in a statement.

“The USA is, without a doubt, the country where sports events are seen as entertainment that goes above and beyond the purely sporting contest.

“We want to do something that positions Formula One as breaking the boundaries, between sport and a show,” he added.

A mechanical bucking bronco will also be installed in the paddock for anyone brave enough to give it a go.

Pink strips have meanwhile been painted along the pitlane and around the track as part of a

breast-cancer awareness initiative, with tyre supplier Pirelli colour-coding pink their ultrasoft tyres.

Organisers have also secured a schedule change for qualifying, with the Saturday session starting two hours later to reduce the gap between the track action and a Justin Timberlake concert in the evening.

Hamilton is 59 points clear of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel with four races remaining and will win the title if he scores 16 points more than the German on Sunday. (rtr)

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MOSCOW - Maria Sharapova was swept away in the first round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Tuesday by Magdalena Rybarikova, while sixth-seeded Daria Gavrilova beat Kristyna Pliskova to make it to the round of 16.

Slovakian Rybarikova spoiled Sharapova’s first appearance at the Kremlin Cup in a decade, winning 7-6(3) 6-4 in just under two hours to set up a second-round meeting with France’s Alize Cornet.

Later on Tuesday Australia’s Gavrilova beat Pliskova in three sets and will face Belarusian qualifier Vera Lapko in the second round.

Seventh-seeded Julia Goerges, of Germany, currently 27th in the WTA rankings, beat Russian qualifier Polina Monova in straight sets and will face Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva in the second round.

Twenty-year-old Russian Daria Kasatkina also upset compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, seeded fifth, beating her 7-6, 6-1.

Kasatkina, who served up four aces in Tuesday’s match, will face Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, in the second round.

Russia’s Natalia Vikhlyantseva and Irina-Camelia Begu, of Romania, also move on to the second round after wins on Tuesday. (rtr)

REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

Maria Sharapova of Russia in action against Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia.

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Catalonia refuses to renounce independence, separatist protesters rally

BARCELONA - Catalonia refused on Tuesday to bow to the Spanish government’s demand that it renounce a symbolic declaration of independence, setting it on a political collision course with Madrid later this week.

Madrid has threatened to put Catalonia, which accounts for a fifth of Spain’s economy, under direct central rule if its regional government does not abandon independence by Thursday.

But Catalonia’s government rejected Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s deadline.

“Giving in forms no part of this government’s scenarios,” Catalan government spokesman Jordi Turull said. “On Thursday, we won’t give anything different than what we gave on Monday.”

Spain’s biggest political crisis in decades worsened on Monday night when Madrid’s High Court jailed the heads of Catalonia’s two main separatist groups pending an investigation for alleged sedition.

The Catalan government accused Madrid of taking “political prisoners” and tens of thousands of protesters gathered along Barcelona’s Diagonal Avenue to call for their release.

People held up lighted candles, whistled and shouted “freedom” and “out with the occupying forces”.

“There should not be political prisoners in a democratic country in the 21st century. This country is not democratic. I’m here to support democracy,” said Alicia Cabreriza, a 26-year-old computer programmer from Barcelona.

The protests ended peacefully at around 2000 GMT. Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, in a tweet following the detentions, said: “Sadly, we have political prisoners again.”

The phrase was an allusion to the military dictatorship under Francisco Franco, when Catalan culture and language were systematically suppressed. It carries an emotional resonance given fascism is still a living memory for many Spaniards.

Justice Minister Rafael Catala hit back, saying the jailing of the leaders of the separatist groups, the Catalan National Assembly and Omnium, was a judicial, not a political, decision.

“We can talk of politicians in prison but not political prisoners,” he said. “These are not political prisoners because yesterday’s prison ruling was due to a (suspected) crime.”

The crisis has deepened divisions at the heart of Spain’s young democracy, underlining the complex sense of nationhood in the euro zone’s fourth largest economy.

In Madrid, unionists drape their homes in the national flag, while Barcelona apartment buildings are festooned with Catalan flags. Street protests of hundreds of thousands of people have been held on both sides of the divide, including in Catalonia.

“They’ve crossed a line,” said Eulalia López, a 54-year-old office worker in Barcelona.

She said she and her colleagues would come out onto the streets if Madrid went ahead and took control of the region. (rtr)

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A man lays down on the ground with an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) next to candles during a protest against the imprisonment of leaders of two of the largest Catalan separatist organizations, Catalan National Assembly’s Jordi Sanchez and Omnium’s Jordi Cuixart, who were jailed by Spain’s High Court, in Barcelona, Spain October 17, 2017.

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Qatar emir says open to dialogue to resolve Gulf crisis REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan/File Photo

Zarfishan Zahid (L) smiles as Sana Tahir (R) holds Malaika Noman, 3, as the child arrives in the United States after a federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump’s temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries cannot stop grandparents and other relatives of U.S. citizens from entering the country at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., July 14, 2017.

Judge blocks latest Trump curbs on people entering United States SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s latest bid to impose restrictions on citizens from several countries entering the United States, which would have taken effect this week.

The open-ended ban, announced last month, targeted people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea, as well as certain government officials from Venezuela. It was the third version of a policy that had previously targeted some Muslim-majority countries but had been restricted by the courts.

Tuesday’s ruling sets up another high stakes battle over Trump’s executive authority which legal experts expect will ultimately land in the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump’s first travel ban in January caused chaos and protests at U.S. airports before judges halted it.

The state of Hawaii sued to block Trump’s latest travel restrictions, arguing that federal immigration law did not give him the authority to impose them on six of those countries. Hawaii did not challenge entry restrictions relating to North Korea and Venezuela.

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu said Hawaii was likely to succeed in proving that Trump’s latest travel ban violates federal immigration law.

The policy “suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor: it lacks sufficient findings that the entry of more than 150 million nationals from six specified countries would be ‘detrimental to the interests of the United States,’” Watson wrote.

The White House in a statement said the ruling was “dangerously flawed” and that it was confident the courts would ultimately uphold Trump’s policy.

“These restrictions are vital to ensuring that foreign nations comply with the minimum security standards required for the integrity of our immigration system and the security of our nation,” the statement said.

The Justice Department called Watson’s ruling “incorrect” and said it would appeal “in an expeditious manner.”

Following the ruling, the U.S. State Department instructed embassies and consulates around the world to “resume regular processing of visas” for citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, a department official said on condition of anonymity.

The department will carry out the proclamation for North Korea and Venezuela “with the objective of maximizing national security,” the official said, because the order did not apply to restrictions on those countries.

As a candidate, Trump had promised “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”

In announcing the newest travel restrictions, the White House had portrayed them as necessary consequences for countries that did not meet new requirements for vetting of immigrants and issuing of visas. Those requirements were shared in July with foreign governments, which had 50 days to make improvements if needed, the White House said.

A number of countries made improvements by enhancing the security of travel documents or the reporting of passports that were lost or stolen.

Others did not, sparking the restrictions. (rtr)

BOGOR - Qatar is “open to dialogue” in resolving a dispute that has seen the Gulf state isolated from its Arab neighbours, its emir said during a visit to Indonesia on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut diplomatic and trade ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of financing terrorism and maintaining too close of ties to their arch-rival Iran. Doha denies the charges.

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said he discussed the issue with President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, which has the world’s largest population of Muslims and has close ties to the Arab world.

“We conveyed...that Qatar is ready to conduct a dialogue to solve the problem as we already know

that no one will win,” Thani told reporters after meeting with Widodo at the state palace in Bogor, outside the capital of Jakarta. “We are all brothers and suffering because of this crisis,” he added.

President Widodo did not publicly address the dispute. The leader of the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas also visited Malaysia - another Muslim-majority nation - and Singapore this week.

Saudi and other Arab nations have made a list of 13 wide-ranging demands of Qatar, including closing down the Al Jazeera television network and curbing ties with Iran.

Kuwait and top United States officials have attempted to mediate between the parties, but there is little sign that the crisis will be resolved soon. (rtr)

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Dog breeder Agus Badud’s daughter carries a dog to wash him at their house in Cibiuk village of Majalaya, West Java province, Indonesia, September 27, 2017. Badud’s dogs participate in fights against captured wild boars in contests, known locally as ‘adu bagong’ (boar fighting).

Bloody spectacle: Indonesian villages pit wild boars against dogs

CIKAWAO - A gory fight to the death between snarling dogs and captured wild boars.

Gathered around a bamboo-walled arena, Indonesians in this remote part of Java island seem eager to watch the blood-curdling contests, known locally as ‘adu bagong’ (boar fighting). Not surprisingly, animal rights activists are up in arms against the regular spectacle, which began in the 1960s when wild pig numbers in this area in West Java soared and they were hunted to protect crops.

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo talks to Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani during their meeting at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia October 18, 2017.

Participants told Reuters the fights were a way to preserve a tradition of hunting in the area. There’s also a cash prize of up to $2,000 for the winning dog. “It used to be very simple, not like now when the dogs are trained,” said Nur Hadi, head of Hiparu, a group of hunting dog enthusiasts that takes part in the fights.

“From there it’s been handed down and has even become part of tradition and culture,” Hadi told Reuters.

He defends the practice against criticism from

animal rights groups, who say it should be banned.

“It is a criminal act against animals,” said Indonesian animal rights activist Marison Guciano. “The government and NGOs should go to the field to stop this event and educate the people that dog fighting is not right.”

The fights take place in a 15-by-30 metre (50 ft by 100 ft) arena surrounded by a bamboo fence to protect spectators, and only end when one of the animals is injured. Participants say the contests test the agility and hunting abilities of the dogs. If a boar survives a fight, once healed it will be returned to the arena to fight another day. If not, it will be butchered and sold for meat.

Dog breeder Agus Badud says the tradition also gives people a source of income. “I take part in this contest to increase the selling price and economic value of my dogs, and it would be useless for me as a breeder if I did not participate in a contest like this,” Badud said in his house where he keeps 40 dogs. Dog owners pay anywhere from 200,000 rupiah to 2 million rupiah ($15 to $150) to enter the fights, depending on the size of their dog. (rtr)

President denies Perppu on Ormas repressive JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) denied the government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on mass organizations (Ormas) was repressive, since in reality, its draft was made democratically. “The conclusion is that such a perpu is needed, so that the handling of matters relating to the states existence are not long-winded,” President Jokowi remarked during a gathering with the Jamiyyah Great Family of Indonesian

Islamic Unity in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday night.

Jokowi made the statement in response to a question posed by a Persis member that the Perpu on Ormas was considered repressive by several parties. The head of state also emphasized that the Perppu was drafted democratically. The Perppu was issued following the governments decision to dissolve Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, an Islamic organization seeking to establish a

Caliphate administration in Indonesia against the states Constitution.

The government has sent a copy of the Perppu to the House of Representatives after it was publicly announced by Coordinating Minister for Law, Security, and Political Affairs Wiranto. In line with the regulation, the government announced that it had issued the Perppu, but its utilization by the government depends on a condition.

After the issuance of the Perppu, the government, through the Home Affairs Ministry and Law and Human Rights Ministry, will conduct a verification of mass organizations reaching a total of 344,039 in Indonesia.

Based on Perppu No. 2 of 2017, the two ministries have the right to cancel the license of a mass organization that is found to adopt an ideology that runs counter to the Pancasila state ideology

A mass organization in Indonesia is required to adopt the four pillars of the nation: Pancasila, Unitary State of Republic of Indonesia, the 1945 Constitution, and Bhinneka Tunggal Ika or unity in diversity. The issuance of the Perppu has drawn strong reactions from several politicians and law experts saying President Jokowi “has taken a fatal step leading the country into a dark era.” (ant)

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BUSINESS China stocks rise as party congress opens; Hong Kong flat

SHANGHAI - China stocks rose on Wednesday morning, when a key party congress that investors hope will promote policies and reforms boosting the world’s second largest economy opened in Beijing.

The twice-a-decade Communist Party congress is expected to cement the power of President Xi Jinping, who kicked off the weeklong event with a speech saying the market would be allowed to play a decisive role in allocating resources. Xi also said China will continue to open its economy and deepen financial reforms.

The CSI300 index rose 0.5 percent, to 3,931.78 points at the end of the morning session, and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.3 percent, to 3,381.27 points.

Investors are keen for direction on economic and financial market reform over the next five years, though history suggests these events can be light on detail.

“Market participants are paying much more attention to the party congress this time, as they are watching if any surprise reforms will emerge amid concerns over economic growth,” said Yan Kaiwen, an analyst in Shanghai with China Fortune Securities.

Investors should have confidence that China’s reforms will succeed, Yan said, asserting that ongoing supply-side ones have boosted economic growth.

Also lifting sentiment, China’s central bank injected 300 billion yuan ($45.39 billion) into money markets on Wednesday, as Beijing moved to maintain balanced cash conditions.

Financial and utilities held steady, while the defensive consumer and healthcare firms led the gains.

But property developers lost 0.5 percent, after Xi said China will maintain the principle that houses are for people to live in, not for speculation. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index was unchanged at 28,696.29 points. The Hong Kong China Enterprises Index gained 0.4 percent, to 11,619.65 points.(rtr)

(L-R) Mexican Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, U.S. Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland leave after a NAFTA trilateral ministerial press event in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2017.

NAFTA negotiators trade barbs, indicate wide differences

WASHINGTON - The top U.S. and Canadian and trade officials on Tuesday accused each other of sabotaging efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, even as they and Mexico agreed to extend talks into the first quarter of 2018.

A seven-day round of talks in suburban Washington ended in acrimony over aggressive U.S. demands on autos, a five-year sunset clause on the pact itself and Canada’s dairy regulations, among other key issues. Canada’s foreign minister, Chrystia Freeland, accused Washington of pursuing a “winner take all” approach.

In a major setback, Freeland, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said they faced “significant conceptual gaps” in their views and agreed to stretch out the talks in search of solutions. Lighthizer complained that the Mexican and Canadian sides showed no evidence of willingness to make changes that would “rebalance” NAFTA to shrink U.S. trade deficits.

He warned that U.S. companies could no longer count on NAFTA trade rules that since 1994 have encouraged investment in Mexico and Canada and that he views as primarily aimed at exporting to the United States.

“Everybody has to give up a little bit of candy, that’s really what this is about,” Lighthizer told a news briefing. But the talks hit a wall on his proposals to radically reshape NAFTA, causing some observers to wonder whether the Trump administration intends to sink the trade pact.

PROPOSALS “WOULD TURN BACK THE CLOCK” Washington’s demands, previously identified

as red lines by its neighbors, include forcing renegotiation of the pact every five years, reserving the lion’s share of automotive manufacturing for the United States and making it easier to pursue import barriers against some Canadian and Mexican goods.

“We have seen proposals that would turn back the clock on 23 years of predictability, openness and collaboration under NAFTA,” Freeland said.

News of the talks’ extension through to the first quarter of next year, from the end of this year, lifted the Mexican peso 1.2 percent after a volatile day of trading. The peso has fallen 7 percent since July on expectations that NAFTA would not survive.

Mexico sends about 80 percent of its exports to the United States, and is home to a host of factories for U.S. companies that manufacture products there that are then sent to the United States for sale.

Guajardo avoided direct criticism of Lighthizer’s approach, but said Mexico would stand firm against the U.S. demands.

“A bad deal would be against the interest of Mexico itself, and therefore you have my guarantee that there will not be a bad deal,” Guajardo told reporters.

He added that rather than being intransigent, Mexico and Canada were taking a “good sense” approach to the talks.

Despite the tension, Mexican and Canadian officials have stressed that their governments will not walk away from the table. The talks are now scheduled to resume in Mexico City on Nov. 17-21, giving negotiators additional time to devise strategies.

While the NAFTA countries did close out a chapter on competition policy, Lighthizer said there were still deep differences on some issues

such as digital trade, intellectual property rights and anti-corruption policies.

TERMINATION THREAT U.S. President Donald Trump, who made trade a centerpiece of his 2016 presidential campaign, has repeatedly threatened to terminate NAFTA if Mexico and Canada refuse major changes. Lighthizer said he was not focused on termination and wanted to negotiate a “good agreement,” but added that he had no plan should talks collapse.

“If we end up not having an agreement, my guess is all three countries would do just fine. We have a lot of trade, a lot of reasons to trade,” he said. One person close to the process said there was now a real possibility that negotiations to modernize NAFTA, which underpins some $1.2 trillion in annual trade between the three countries, could collapse.

Any termination decision would now be postponed until March 2018, by which time Trump could be distracted by other developments such as his tax reform plan, said Gary Hufbauer, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

But it remained unclear how the talks regain momentum. “Staggering talks could be the right description in the meantime,” Hufbauer said.

The Trump administration has also set out proposals that could impose fresh restrictions on long-haul trucking from Mexico, according to a person familiar with the matter. That too is likely to meet stiff resistance, Mexican officials say.

U.S. opposition to NAFTA’s dispute resolution mechanisms, plans to restrict outside access to government contracts and attacks on Canadian dairy and softwood lumber producers are all causing friction behind the scenes, officials say. (rtr)

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Use of Animal Flesh in Ritual, To Fill in Offerings and Iber-iber in Clockwise Procession

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

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

Ida Bagus Alit said that poultry are usually used as an iber-iber where this animal will be released or thrown alive. After that, it will walk away shortly after it has been spinning around for three times. This procession is meant to determine the direction or point out the direction which path should be taken by the Atma in order to reach heaven.

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

“The duck itself functions as a controller and represents satvika (goodness, constructive, harmony) aspect, while chicken is a symbol of creation or rajas (passion, active,

confused) and the body. Meanwhile, the white and yellow rice seeds have significance of prosperity and happiness,” he said.

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

Similar opinion was conveyed

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

cow rectangle containing silver and others can be stepped on.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

mosphere, happiness and full of togetherness. Space and time seem to have no limit to perform activities.

Nature and environment of paddies are very friendly providing various tools and means for them to play.

Children did not only entertain

by seeing the festival alone, but were also given the opportunity to participate.

Everything served on the show is not to be watched, but to be enjoyed together. The children, are mostly from Ole hamlet, coalesced into Buratwangi Studio and Wintang Rare Studio, those from other areas such as Geluntung village, Kukuh and Penebel (Tabanan), Mengwi (Badung), Denpasar, Karangasem and Buleleng. “We designed a participative festival, where visitors can participate in the activity not just serve as spectator,” said the Coordinator, I Putu Edi Novalia Artha.

Festival ke Uma presents various types of traditional games divided into two categories namely exhibition and competition. The exhibition shows megandu, medempul, mapoh-pohan, kancing lait, obek-obek uang, colek-colek tain belek, tangklak-tingklik and gala-gala. The kinds of game contested include metimbang, nyuun sigih, matulupan, paid upih and megandong di nyanyad (mud).

The second day was flushed by rain, but no children complained and protested against nature, no one thought about the rain-stopper

or the cloud-breaking laser beam.

Players of the show looked like farmers, receiving abundant water and sunshine with gratitude. The children faithfully waited for the rain to stop. When the rain subsided, they returned to play happily even though the paddy fields that had previously been dried as the arena had really been back like paddy fields.

In addition to traditional games, it was also filled with yoga workshop

by IGS Raka Panji Tisna, herbal medicine workshop by Bagus Arya (Padma Herbal) and workshop of making kites from Buratwangi art studio. The workshop involved the community from children to adults.

“This festival also has a vision to invite children and society to cultivate a clean and healthy life by reducing the use of materials from plastic,” said Putu Edi. In the evening, the Festival ke Uma was also enlivened with the art performance such as Monolog

by Putu Satria, musicalization by Mahima Community, Tantric Tales

by Bumi Bajra Sandhi, Monolog of Cupak Gerantang by a student of the ISI Denpasar, Kambing Takutin Macan art and music by Jalan Air Community. (kmb)

Festival ke Uma, Children Play Traditional Games

Hundreds of children played so cheerfully, shouted and even clapped their friends to encourage. Not afraid of being muddy, exposed to rain and sunlight, they were always happy and laughing so happily. It is the atmosphere of

the Festival ke Uma held for two days (Jun. 24-25) at Subak Uma Ole, Ole, Marga Dauh Puri village, Marga, Tabanan.

They initially did not know each other, but after joining the game, they came into intimate at-

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Life of refugees at Sinduwati

Hillary Clinton says U.S. threats of war with N.Korea “dangerous, short-sighted”

Tired of instant noodles, they make basket to buy side dish

AMLAPURA — The threat of Mount Agung eruption indirectly shows the identity of Balinese residents. The refugees are not silent when facing the current situation, but still struggling to survive with the creativity provision of weaving to make ritual paraphernalia to be sold. Residents of Peringsari village, Selat, evacuating to Sinduwati village, Sidemen, for instance, every day make bamboo basket, spring rolls to fruit basket (to hold snakefruit). They do it in order to still have income to simply buy side dishes.

Luckily, the skill of making such handicrafts has been commonly practiced since still living at Peringsari. This has become a hereditary skill of Peringsari villagers, so they have no trouble what to do when they are in refugee camp.

A refugee, Desak Ayu Ariani, said last Sunday (Oct. 15) that in one day she can produce five small to medium size basket with the capacity of 5 kg. A bamboo basked is sold of IDR 3,000 to IDR 4,000.

“For the bamboo materials, we buy here. We work from morning to night while taking care of my children,” said Desak from Taman Dharma hamlet, Peringsari.

This craft is made in group where a group may consist of five to eight members. There is a member specially assigned to cut bamboo, then halve and slice it thin, in order to be worked on.

Before being processed, the bamboo pieces are smoothed to result in better products. Residents are quite enthusiastic about making this craft. Therefore, collectors also continue to look for because the price is cheap. Every day col-

lectors coming in turn to transport the handicrafts to be further sold to traditional markets in Klungkung, Bangli and Gianyar. Once sold, the proceeds will be shared equally with housewives in the group.

Residents realize that making this craft does not result in too much. However, making this bamboo craft is not solely oriented in the results. At least, they still have activities to avoid saturation and stress in refugee camp.

Another resident, Dayu Putu Arti, said with the result of making webbing works, at least people can buy their own side dishes during their life in refugee camps. It is considering the logistics from local government and donors only provide rice and instant noodles.

Of course, eating instant noodles continuously is not good for health.

“We are tired of eating instant noodles and fearing if the health of children is disturbed, so that we make this plaited works to buy side dishes for daily consumption,” he said.

The Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs sees this as a positive

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(Front row, L to R) Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Zhang Dejiang, former Chinese President Hu Jintao, Chinese President Xi Jinping, former President Jiang Zemin, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, are seen during the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 18, 2017.

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The skill of making such handicrafts has been commonly practiced since still living at Peringsari. This has become a hereditary skill of Peringsari villagers. way of surviving for Balinese citizens. If the bamboo webbing works has been in demand of collectors what is needed is improving their skill at refugee camp in order that their production has better quality.

So, the selling value of their work can also be appreciated higher.

“Now, it needs to direct them to be more professional so the sale

of their works is more valuable even though they are in evacuation. Some government agencies can do coaching, such as Dekranasda,” said the wife of Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs, Bintang Puspayoga, while delivering aids to refugees at Sinduwati Market refugee camp, Sidemen, last Sunday (Oct. 15).

Sidemen subdistrict head, A.A. Surya Jaya, said his authority has prepared the steps. The training activities are being designed. After they have craft products, the most urgent is to market their products in the market. “We are planning it and prepare the making of other crafts with the same materials so as to be more varied,” he said. (gik)

Hoping Mt. Agung not to erupt

Some people pray at Mt. Agung observation post

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The joint prayer was done to pray in order the Mt. Agung currently on warning status will not erupt.

AMLAPURA — Dozens of Balinese people held a joint prayer in the Mt. Agung Observation Post at Rendang village, on Monday (Oct. 16). Guided by Ida Pedanda Putra Beluwangan from Griya Gede Delod Peken, Denpasar, the joint prayer was done to pray in order the Mt. Agung currently on warning status will not erupt.

When interviewed after the prayer, Ida Pedanda Putra Beluwangan revealed the joint prayer he did was his initiative to invoke in order Balinese people especially the citizens of Karangasem could be given salvation by God abiding on Mt. Agung.

As a sulinggih (Brahmin priest), he did not want to precede the will of the Almighty when the mountain with the altitude of 3,142 meters above sea level will erupt because he admitted it is a secret of nature.

“I do not want to precede the will of God. Let’s wait what He will predestine,” he said while shedding tears.

The joint prayer, said Ida Pedanda, has been done previously at Penataran Agung and Batumadeg Temple on October 13. Then, on October 19, he will return to hold joint prayer at the same location.

“The joint prayer to be held will be the second time,” he explained.

In the meantime, a resident from Tamanbali, Bangli district, I Gusti Ngurah M. Sujana, who also attended the joint prayer at the monitoring post, said it is intended to pray so that Mt. Agung will not erupt and all Balinese people could be given salvation. He told the joint prayer has nothing to do with mystical things or revelation, but the effort is an initiative of Hindus in Bali.

“We also pray in order that our relatives will be given health, peace, tranquility and safety,” said Ngurah M while expressing that nature has given code like this to remind people of always remembering God. (kmb41)

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China’s Xi pledges to build “modern socialist country”

SEOUL - Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that “cavalier” threats to start war on the Korean peninsula are “dangerous and shortsighted”, urging the United States to get all parties to the negotiating table.

Clinton also called on China to take a “more outfront role” in enforcing sanctions against North Korea aimed at curbing its missile and nuclear development.

“There is no need for us to be bellicose and aggressive (over North Korea),” said Clinton at a forum in the South Korean capital Seoul, stressing the need for greater pressure on North Korea and diplomacy to bring Pyongyang to talks.

Tensions between Pyongyang and Washington have soared following a series of weapons tests

by North Korea and a string of increasingly bellicose exchanges between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Picking fights with Kim Jong Un puts a smile on his face,” Clinton said, without mentioning Trump by name.

Clinton also indirectly referred to Trump’s comments towards

North Korea on social media, saying “the insults on Twitter have benefited North Korea, I don’t think they’ve benefited the United States”.

The war of words has seen Trump call the North Korean leader “little rocket man” on a suicide mission, and vowed to destroy North Korea if it threatens the United States or its allies. North Korea has in turn called Trump “mentally deranged” and a “mad dog”.

Talks between the adversaries have long been urged by China in particular, but Washington and its ally Japan have been reluctant to sit down at the table while Pyongyang continues to pursue a goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States.

On Tuesday, Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan said the United States didn’t rule out the eventual possibility of direct talks with North Korea.

North Korea’s Deputy U.N. Ambassador Kim In Ryong told a U.N. General Assembly committee on Monday that the situation on the Korean peninsula was now touch-and-go point “and a nuclear war may break out any moment”. (rtr)

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a critical Communist Party Congress on Wednesday with a pledge to build a “modern socialist country” that will never copy the political systems of others and will remain open to the world.

Xi’s wide-ranging speech kicked off the twice-a-decade congress, a week-long, mostly closed-door conclave that will culminate with the selection of a new Politburo Standing Committee that will rule China’s 1.4 billion people for the next five years.

He set out his vision as he addressed more than 2,000 delegates in Beijing’s cavernous Great Hall of the People, including 91-yearold former president Jiang Zemin.

“Through a long period of hard work, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, this is a new historical direction in our country’s development,” Xi said in a speech carried live across the nation on state television.

China will relax market access for foreign investment and expand access to its services sector, as well as deepen market-oriented reform of its exchange rate and financial system, while at the same time strengthening state firms, he said.

China’s political system is the broadest, most genuine, and most

effective way to safeguard the fundamental interests of the people, Xi said.

“We should not just mechanically copy the political systems of other countries,” he said.

FIRM ON GRAFT, TAIWAN Xi praised the party’s successes, particularly his high-profile antigraft campaign.

“The fight against corruption has formed an overwhelming posture and strengthened in development,” he said.

Xi has waged a relentless fight against deep-rooted graft since assuming power five years ago, with more than a million officials punished and dozens of former senior officials jailed. He also said China had firmly opposed and prevented independence for self-ruled Taiwan, claimed by Beijing as its own, over the past five years.

While the speech was high on aspiration and short on policy specifics, its language will be parsed for signals or policy directives, in-

cluding on the direction of reforms for the world’s second-largest economy.

Xi has consolidated power swiftly since assuming the party leadership in 2012, locking up political rivals for corruption, restructuring the military and asserting China’s rising might on the world stage. Focus at the congress will be on how Xi plans to put his expanded authority to use.

Key questions include whether Xi ally and top corruption-buster Wang Qishan will stay on past traditional retirement age and to what extent Xi will promote allies to senior positions.

Close attention will also be paid to any moves that would enable Xi to stay on in a leadership capacity after his second term ends in 2022.

That could include resurrecting the position of party chairman, a title that would put him on par with Mao Zedong. One of the most important signals for that would be whether - or how often - Xi is referred to as “lingxiu”, or leader. (rtr)

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Former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton speaks during an interview with Mariella Frostrup at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in Cheltenham, Britain October 15, 2017.

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Should donor sex influence blood transfusion practices?

STOCKHOLM - Sick or injured men who receive blood transfusions may be more likely to die if their donor was a woman who has been pregnant in the past, a new study suggests.

The reasons are unclear, and the study wasn’t focused on explaining them, but senior author Rutger Middelburg of Leiden University Medical Center in The Netherlands and colleagues write in JAMA that it’s possible antibodies women develop during pregnancy to protect their growing baby might later trigger dangerous reactions in some male recipients of blood from previously pregnant donors.

“During pregnancy, the mother is exposed to her child’s blood, and can, therefore, develop antibodies that she will have for life, which will be carried in her donated blood,” said Dr. Henrik Bjursten a researcher at Lund University and Skane University Hospital in Sweden who wasn’t involved in the study.

“These antibodies can be one explanation for the finding,” Bjursten said by email. “But no definitive mechanism has been found.”

The study team examined data on 31,118 patients who received a total of 59,320 red blood cell transfusions at six Dutch hospitals from 2005 to 2015. The majority of the blood donors were men; just 6 percent were women who had been pregnant in the past, and another 6 percent were women without a history of pregnancy.

Overall, 3,969 blood recipients, or 13 percent, died during the study.

When men got transfusions from previously pregnant female donors, the mortality rate was 101 fatalities for every 1,000 recipients per year, compared to 80 fatalities per 1,000 recipients with male donors and 78 per 1,000 recipients with never-pregnant female donors, the study found.

Women didn’t appear to have an increased risk of death when they received blood from a previously pregnant female donor, however.

Research to date on sex-mismatched blood donations has been inconclusive, and the current findings would need to be verified in other patient populations before considering any changes to current transfusion practices that don’t consider sex in matching donors with recipients, said Gustaf Edgren, a researcher at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm who wasn’t involved in the study.

“The largest study to date with almost a million patients did not find an association between donor sex and patient survival,” Edgren said by email. “Another fairly large Canadian study did find such an association, but neither of these studies did look specifically at donor pregnancy status.”

The most common cause of death in the study was what’s known as transfusion-related acute lung injury, which has been linked to transfusions from female donors with a history of pregnancy. (rtr)

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It’s possible antibodies women develop during pregnancy to protect their growing baby might later trigger dangerous reactions in some male recipients of blood from previously pregnant donors.

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Russian market potential for Bali’s farming commodities

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A Johnson & Johnson building is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., January 24, 2017.

New cancer drugs help Johnson & Johnson top profit estimates CALIFORNIA - Johnson & Johnson posted better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, raising its full-year forecast due to growth from new cancer drugs and highmargin treatments picked up in its $30 billion acquisition of Actelion earlier this year.

Shares of J&J, part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, rose 3.4 percent to $140.79 on Tuesday.

The shares have traded at or near record levels for much of the year. Guggenheim Securities analyst Tony Butler said the stock has historically done well when its high-margin pharmaceuticals business is the main driver of growth, rather than its consumer segment.

Sales at J&J’s pharmaceuticals segment rose 15.4 percent to $9.7 billion in the third quarter. Around half of that growth came from the Actelion deal.

Higher demand for J&J’s blood cancer drugs, Darzalex and Imbruvica, and Actelion’s rare diseases treatments are expected to boost earnings going forward.

The two cancer drugs should continue to capture market share, Guggenheim Securities’ Butler said.

“The oncology business is do-

ing exceptionally well,” he said.

“It’s really hard to figure out where that stops for both Darzalex and Imbruvica.”

Still, sales of J&J’s diabetes drug, Invokana, slipped around 10 percent from the second quarter.

The company this year was required to add new warnings about the risk of foot and leg amputations and also has had to contend with competition from Eli Lilly and Co’s Jardiance.

Its rheumatoid arthritis drug, Remicade, also had weaker sales in the quarter.

J&J said adjusted earnings, excluding one-time items, rose 13 percent to $1.90 per share. Analysts on average were expecting an adjusted profit of $1.80 per share , according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Sales at J&J’s consumer products segment, which makes BandAids, Neutrogena beauty products and Tylenol, rose 2.9 percent to $3.4 billion.

The company’s net earnings fell to $3.76 billion, or $1.37 per share, in the quarter from $4.27 billion, or $1.53 per share, a year earlier.

The company said it was hurt by amortization and deal-related expenses. (rtr)

DENPASAR — Bali has a potential export market especially for agricultural commodities. After participating in Festival Indonesia (FI) for two times in Moscow, Russia, in fact the fruit products especially tropical fruits are greatly favored and the trade increased by 33 percent.

Similarly, in terms of tourism, it is more exciting because from January to July 2017, the Russian tourist visit showed the highest percentage.

This was disclosed by the Indonesian Ambassador in Russia, M. Wahid Supriyadi, on Monday (Oct. 16) after meeting with Chief of Bank Indonesia for Bali Representative Office with entrepreneurs from Bali. Therefore, he encouraged Balinese businessmen to participate in the FI 2018 (Aug. 3-5).

Other than tropical fruits, the commodities of Bali demanded in the Russian market are coffee, furniture, fish, wood product, dairy products, clothing, fabrics and right angle iron.

“In Russia, a piece of rambutan is sold for IDR 20,000, one mango for IDR 150,000 - IDR 200,000 and mangosteen for IDR 48,000,” he explained.

He also revealed that many shops in Russia sell products from Bali.

So, the Indonesian Ambassador in Russia wants to facilitate Indonesian entrepreneurs to reach the Russian market. “The market is still widely open,” he said.

However, Bali is still experiencing difficulties in distribution. There are no direct flights to Russia. By sea, it will take 40 days and the fruit will perish. On that account, his association is still negotiating with Garuda to open direct flights from Bali to Russia.

Fruits are in great demand because the European Union (EU) is no longer supplying fruits for Russia. There is a potential market worth USD 13.5 billion left by the EU in the form of food and fruit products. Since Russia has winter during December-January, no fruit trees can grow. After the FI event, it is expected to increase trade, tourism and investment transactions in Indonesia, especially Bali.

Head of Bank Indonesia for Bali Representative Office, Causa Iman Karana, said that although the number of Russian tourists visiting Bali is ranked fifteenth down, their spending

money is ranked fourth per person per day in Bali. One of the tasks of BI is to encourage the economy of Bali to be more developed. After that, it must be attempted to open market diversification for Balinese businessmen. One of them is the potential market of Russia.

Russians are also interested in investing in Bali. Economy of Russia having slumped in the period of 2015-2016, now begins to show improvement in 2017. “Russian trade relations at the beginning show an improvement,” he said.

The value of Bali’s exports to Russia reached USD 1.7 million in 2015 and downed to USD 924,000 in 2016.

However, Russian exports began to show off a progress with the export value during the period of JanuaryAugust 2017 reaching USD 726,417, an increase of 5.1 percent compared to the period of January-August 2016.

The main export commodities are timber products where until August 2017 already reached the value of USD 376 million, fish and its processed products (USD 106 million), garments and clothes (USD 45.3 million), furniture (USD 80.8 million) and right angle iron (USD 3.7 million).

Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali, Anak Agung Ngurah Alit Wiraputra, said that Russians have the characteristic of daring to buy expensive for an art product. According to him, the spending money of Russians is ranked second after the Europeans.

On that account, Russian market must be worked on maximally. “Russia and Bali equally have a high artistic talent so that they highly appreciate to our ancient culture,” he said.

Russia is a potential market if wishing to develop Bali in all respects, both exports and quality tourism. However, there is one obstacle namely the absence of direct flight and language still becomes a constraint.

Likewise, the availability of Russian guides remains a few.

In order to be able to grow consistently, all the business players in Bali should be compact. “When all of us are compact, we make the rules of the game. Thus, I think we will grow,” he said. (kmb42)

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The fruit products especially tropical fruits are greatly favored and the trade increased by 33 percent.

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Farmers assume the use of eco-friendly fertilizers has a slower impact on rice growth. Unlike the case with chemical fertilizers.

Farmers have low interest to use organic fertilizer

SEMARAPURA — The interest of farmers in Klungkung district in using organic fertilizer in general remains low. The main reason is that it can trigger the growth of weeds on the land and give a more slow impact, unlike the case of organic fertilizer giving more instant impact. Actually, the use of a relatively high fertilizer can adversely affect the structure of the soil. This was conveyed by the Head of the Klungkung Agriculture Agency, Ida Bagus Gde Juanida, on Monday (Oct. 16).

This year, Bali provincial government disburses organic fertilizer subsidy for 2,355 hectares of land with the volume of 500 kg per hectare. Distribution to all subak members has already run on schedule. However, the use by farmers stays relatively low. “They argue it can trigger the growth of weeds. In terms of price, it is very cheap. Farmers should only pay at IDR 150 per kg while provincial government subsidizes as much as IDR 800,” he explained.

In addition, farmers also assume the use of ecofriendly fertilizers has a slower impact on rice growth.

Unlike the case with chemical fertilizers, they are faster and able to reduce the growth of weeds. “Actually it can give the same results as long as the use is according to SOP. Moreover, for organic, the impact is not only good on plants, but also on soil. It is different from chemical fertilizer. Plants are indeed fertile, but soil is losing its nutrients,” he said.

He admitted that inviting farmers to use organic fertilizer is quite difficult. However, the district government continues to make efforts, one of which is by providing continuous dissemination for subak organizations. In 2018, it is planned to make a demonstration plot of 50 hectares.

“In the past, when suggested to use chemical fertilizer from organic fertilizer was also difficult. Right now, to stimulate them, we dare not just tell. But we make a demonstration plot so that farmers know the results,” he said.

Especially for chemical fertilizer subsidies this year, Juanida conveyed that urea amounts to 1,920 tons, SP36 (65 tons), ZA (180 tons) and NPK (1,100 tons). “We do not know how the supply of this fertilizer in future. There is possibility to be reduced. So, we hope farmers can use organic fertilizers from now,” he added.

In the meantime, one of the farmers at Subak Pegatepan, Gelgel village, Nyoman Sudiarsana, did not dismiss if farmers are still more dependent on chemical fertilizers. Organic fertilizers having been distributed are left dormant until the packaging is torn. “I personally have used organic, but many others have not. They just apply for them, but do not take,” he said.

He stated the use of organic fertilizer gives better results for his chili plants now being cultivated. It causes him to re-apply in order to be able to obtain the other supply. “Moreover, I’ve applied the next one, but has not been coming,” he said. (kmb45)

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Crew Was ‘Hysterical’, Set Off Panic: Passengers On Plane’s Rapid Descent

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Passengers aboard an Indonesia AirAsia flight to Bali said the actions of the crew sent those on board into a state of panic after the plane experienced a problem midflight. What the budget airline described as a “technical issue” occurred about a half-hour after Flight QZ 535 left from Perth, Australia, on Sunday morning en route to the island of Bali. Oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling as the plane rapidly descended tens of thousands of feet in what is being investigated as a potential depressurization, USA Today reported.

But the flight crew made the situation even more terrifying, passengers said, according to news reports.

One passenger, Mark Bailey, described the crew as “hysterical.”

“Hostesses started screaming: ‘Emergency, emergency,’” Bailey told Australia’s Seven News.”There was no real panic before that, then everyone panicked.”

Another passenger, Clare Askew, told reporters that the panic escalated “because of the behavior of staff who were screaming, looked tearful and shocked.” “Now, I get it,” she added. “But we looked to them for reassurance and we didn’t get any. We were more worried because of how panicked they were.”

In a statement, the regional carrier - an affiliate of Malaysia-based AirAsia Group - apologized to passengers for “any inconvenience” caused. “We commend our pilots for landing the aircraft safely and complying with standard operating procedure,” Ling Liong Tien, head of safety for AirAsia Group, said in a statement.

“We are fully committed to the safety of our guests and crew and we will continue to ensure that we adhere to

the highest safety standards.”

Indonesia AirAsia has drawn increased scrutiny since Singapore-bound Flight QZ 8501 crashed into the Java Sea in 2014, killing all 162 people on board In June, an AirAsia X flight from Perth turned back because of what was reported as a problem with one of its engines. Passengers described what felt like an explosion on board followed by “washing machine”like shaking that lasted about 90 minutes.

A crew member on that flight was criticized for encouraging passengers to pray. After Sunday’s midair incident, the Bali-bound plane was met by emergency service workers when it returned safely to Perth about an hour and a half after it had taken off. Passengers were transferred to other flights and given “all necessary assistance,” the airline said.

Videos taken aboard the flight and broadcast on Nine Network’s website show oxygen masks dangling inside the cabin. “Fasten your seat belts!” a crew member shouts repeatedly. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said it was investigating the depressurization, according to reports.

The plane descended to about 10,000 feet from a height of more than 34,000 feet over the course of about 10 minutes, according to data from the flighttracking website FlightAware. “I actually picked up my phone and sent a text message to my family, just hoping that they would get it,” a passenger who gave her name as Leah told Nine Network. “We were all pretty much saying goodbye to each other. It was really upsetting.”

Another passenger, Norman Pearce, said the crew told the passengers to assume crash positions - “and that was it.” “Nothing for about five minutes,” he told Seven News. “And then the oxygen fell down.” (ant)

no has been ‘baking’ the sediments beneath Lusi, causing pressure to build beneath the surface until it erupts.

‘It’s just a matter of reactivating or opening these faults and whatever overpressure you have gathered in the subsurface will inevitably want to escape and come to the surface, and you have a manifestation on the surface, and that is Lusi,’ Mazzini said.

After years studying the site, the authors installed a network of 31 seismometers in the region two years ago, to create 3D images of the subsurface network.

With 10 months of data, the researchers were able to map out the area below Lusi and the nearby volcanoes. This revealed a tunnel protruding from the northernmost magma chamber into Lusi’s sedimentary basin.

The reactions caused by the magma and hydrothermal fluids interacting with the sediments create gas trapped beneath the surface, which builds to extremely high pressures. Then all it takes is a disturbance, such as an earthquake, to cause an eruption.

The researchers suspect a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck the island just two days before the first mud eruption set off the strange phenomenon.

This earthquake likely reactivated the fault system, they say. While it’s not yet clear how long Lusi will continue to erupt, the experts say it doesn’t look like it will cease anytime soon. (ant)

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Just over 10 years ago, an explosive natural phenomenon sent many residents of the Indonesian island Java fleeing their homes.

Mud first began erupting from several sites on May 29, 2006, spewing from the ground in jets of hot rocks and gas – and, by September of that year, it was spilling enough to fill 72 Olympic-sized swimming pools every day. In a new study, researchers have found evidence to suggest the eruption, dubbed Lusi, is connected deep underground to the magma chambers of the nearby Arjuno-Welirang volcanic complex.

A team led by researchers at the University of Oslo used geophysics to map the area beneath the eruption, known as Lusi. Since it began, the mud has buried some villages as much as 40 feet deep (130 feet), and forced nearly 60,000 people to leave. It continues to spew mud periodically, and now leaks roughly 80,000 cubic meters (3 million cubic feet) of mud each day – or, enough to fill 32 Olympic-sized pools.

‘We clearly show the evidence that the two systems are connected at depth,’ said lead author Adriano Mazzini, a geoscientist at CEED – University of Oslo. ‘What our new study shows is that the whole system was already existing there – everything was charged and ready to be triggered.’ The study found Lusi is connected to the ArjunoWelirang complex by a system of faults 6 kilometers (4 miles) underground.

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Harvey Weinstein resigns from Weinstein Co board LOS ANGELES - Harvey Weinstein has resigned from the board of The Weinstein Company, it said on Tuesday, as he faces allegations that he sexually harassed or assaulted a number of women over three decades in the film business.

In a statement, the board said it also ratified its Oct. 8 decision to fire Weinstein as chief executive of the award-winning movie and television company he co-founded with his brother.

A source close to Weinstein confirmed that he had resigned from the board and had no further comment. Weinstein has denied having non-consensual sex with anyone.

Also on Tuesday, Toyota Motor Corp’s Lexus unit said it was evaluating its partnership with the Weinstein Co. Lexus, Toyota’s luxury brand, is a sponsor of reality TV show “Project Runway,” which Weinstein Co produces.

“Lexus does not condone any acts of sexual harassment, assault or discrimination. In light of recent allegations involving Harvey Wein-

stein, we are currently evaluating our partnership with The Weinstein Company, but have nothing to announce at this time,” Lexus said in a statement.

A&E Television Networks, which airs “Project Runway” on its Lifetime cable channel, is also exploring its options for the show, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.

Weinstein’s executive producer credit and the Weinstein Co logo were removed from “Project Runway” last week.

A&E wants to be respectful of women who say they were harmed

by Weinstein, the source said, and also is concerned about the livelihood of more than 200 cast and crew members who work on the series.

Weinstein Co is trying to chart a future without Weinstein, the aggressive dealmaker with a knack for managing Hollywood talent, money and egos. On Monday, it said it was in talks to sell the bulk of its assets to private equity firm Colony Capital. (rtr)

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Kenyan election board head not certain vote will be free and fair

NAIROBI - The head of Kenya’s election commission has said it will be “difficult” to guarantee that next week’s presidential election will be free and fair, citing divisions in the commission and interference from politicians. Wafula Chebukati said technical preparations for the poll were on course, but that conditions in the increasingly divided country would make it hard to conduct a credible vote on Oct. 26 - the rerun of an election that took place in August but was nullified.

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George Saunders, author of ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’, poses for photographers after winning the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2017 in London, Britain, October 17, 2017.

George Saunders’ ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ wins 2017 Man Booker prize

Chebukati issued a stern warning to politicians, saying: “Ironically the very people, political leaders, who are supposed to build the nations have become the greatest threat to the peace and stability of the nation.”

His remarks came after Roselyn Akombe, one of the election

board’s seven commissioners, quit and fled the country, saying the vote would not be credible. Incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta restated his commitment to the poll, while his main rival, opposition leader Raila Odinga, has already pulled out.

The opposition is likely to say

Akombe’s resignation is further evidence that the repeat election is illegitimate. The Supreme Court last month nullified the Aug. 8 vote on procedural grounds following a petition by Odinga.

In withdrawing his candidacy last week, Odinga said the election board had not carried out reforms

including the firing of key officials who he blames for the mistakes of Aug. 8. The resignation heightens uncertainty over a vote that some independent observers say Kenyatta looks set to win. The central bank sold dollars on Wednesday in the foreign exchange market after the Kenyan shilling weakened on news of Akombe’s resignation.

Kenya is East Africa’s richest country and a hub for diplomacy and security in a region struggling with conflict in Somalia and South Sudan. At least 37 people have died in violence since the August vote,

including four killed in confrontations between police and protesters in the past week. Young protesters have also broken up meetings by election officials in the opposition stronghold of western Kenya this week.(rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

LONDON - American author George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize, a highprofile literary award, for his first novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” - a fictional account of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln burying his young son.

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In his acceptance speech, Saunders, 58, noted that “we live in a strange time,” adding he saw the key question of the era being whether society responded to events with “exclusion and negative projection and violence,” or “with love/.”

Saunders was the second consecutive American writer to win the prize, after the rules were changed in 2014 to allow authors of any book written in English and published in the U.K. to compete.

His novel, set in 1862, a year into the American Civil war, is a

blend of historical accounts and imaginative fiction, which sees Lincoln’s son Willie, who died in the White House at age 11, in “Bardo” - a Tibetan form of purgatory.

The judging panel, led by author and member of Britain’s House of Lords Lola Young, praised the “deeply moving” book, saying it was “utterly original”.

Saunders was presented with his award by the Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Britain’s Prince William.

Last year, American Paul Be-

atty became the first American to win the award, for his novel “The Sellout,” a biting satire on race relations in the United States. Other previous winners have included this year’s Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, Salman Rushdie, Iris Murdoch and Canadian writer Margaret Atwood.

The award was previously open only to writers from Britain, Ireland, Zimbabwe or countries in the British Commonwealth. The winner receives a 50,000 pound ($65,000) cash prize. (rtr)

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