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Vine, HQ Trivia cofounder dead at 34

NEW YORK - US tech star Colin Kroll, who co-founded Vine and popular gaming app HQ Trivia, was found dead Sunday in New York of an apparent drug overdose.

Police found Kroll, 34, unconscious and unresponsive in a bedroom of his Manhattan apartment, a New York police spokesman told NBC television.

A drug overdose is the suspected cause of death, police said, and an investigation is underway.

Kroll co-founded Vine, the popular short-form video service acquired in 2012 by Twitter that is now defunct.

In September, he was named the chief executive of HQ Trivia, a smartphone-based trivia platform.

HQ Trivia confirmed his death in a statement.

“We learned today of the passing of our friend and founder, Colin Kroll, and it’s with deep sadness that we say goodbye,” it said.

“Our thoughts go out to his family, friends and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.”

HQ Trivia, launched in August 2017, was a b l o c k b u s t e r, hitting a March milestone of two million concurrent players.

But by November, the number of users plunged from millions to hundreds of thousands, according to tech news site Recode.

Time magazine said

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Kroll, who was reportedly fired from Twitter over poor management behavior, was facing allegations he had acted inappropriately at HQ Trivia. (afp)

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(L-R) Actors Luna Lauren Velez, Jake Johnson, Kathryn Hahn and Shameik Moore attend the Spider-Man “Into The Spider Verse” AR experience on December 11, 2018 in New York City.

Latest Spider-Man spin-off scales box office heights

LOS ANGELES - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” snared North American viewers in its web this weekend, earning $35.4 million in ticket sales, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations estimated Sunday.

Sony’s action-packed animation sees Peter Parker make way for Miles Morales as Spider-Man -- a black, Latino character new to theater-goers, but not comic book enthusiasts.

The Spider-Man of his dimension, Morales, voiced by Shameik Moore, joins forces with Spideys from parallel realities to stop a threat menacing all of them.

In at second was Warner Bros’ crime film “The Mule,” which earned $17.2 million. Clint East-

wood both directed and took the lead as a destitute 90-year-old who turns to transporting cocaine through Illinois for a Mexican drug cartel.

“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” dropped one place to third, earning $11.6 million over the weekend. Benedict Cumberbatch voices the grouchy title character as he plots to steal Christmas.

Fourth place went to “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” which took in $9.6 million after spending three

weeks at the top of the box office.

The animated film, a sequel to 2012’s “Wreck It Ralph,” has sold $154 million in domestic tickets since it opened.

In at fifth was Universal’s newly-released “Mortal Engines,” whose ticket sales stalled at $7.5 million. The post-apocalyptic sci-fi sees Hera Hilmar star as the only person who can stop the city of London -- now a colossal wheeled predator -- from chomping up all in its path. (afp)

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Vice-chairman of ‘Momentum’ party Anna Donath lifts a smoke-candle in front of the parliament building as members and sympathisers of several trade unions, political parties and civil organisations protest against changes to the labour code proposed by the Prime Minister’s party in downtown Budapest on December 16, 2018.

Hungary public broadcaster hit by wave of protests

Anti-government protests in Hungary hit the country’s public broadcaster on Monday, with the opposition galvanised by the furious reaction to a controversial new labour law.

Several thousand demonstrators gathered in the evening outside the Budapest offices of the MTVA broadcaster after two opposition MPs broadcast footage of themselves being thrown out of the building earlier in the day.

One of the lawmakers had called for people to gather under the slogan: “If they throw us out the door, we’ll come back in through the window”. The MPs had demanded access to the studios to read out a petition against the government and what they call its “slave” labour law.

MTVA security guards forcibly ejected independent MPs Akos Hadhazy and Bernadett Szel. The two MPs filed a complaint with police posted in front of the building and said as MPs they had a right to enter a public establishment.

“This is not a private television station for Fidesz,” the party of rightwing nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, “but the television of the Hungarian people, financed by the people’s taxes,” said the MPs, who streamed the altercation live on Facebook. An anti-government protest on Sunday

evening drew 15,000 people.

The petition the lawmakers wanted to broadcast includes a demand to overturn the labour law - which has stirred protests by relaxing restrictions on overtime and by providing for delayed payments.

A third MP was taken to hospital on Monday after another altercation with security at the building.

The rallies were the latest in a wave of protests that has seen opposition parties join forces against Orban’s nationalist government.

A fierce nationalist, Orban has riled his EU opponents and domestic critics with a tough antiimmigration stance and populist rhetoric.

- ‘We are fighting the Orban regime’ The new legislation has triggered days of protests -- backed by the opposition -- since it was adopted on Wednesday. Demonstrators have clashed with police over the law, which they say undermines workers’ rights.

The opposition petition also demanded the annulment of another controversial law adopted on the same day, which paves the way for new “administrative courts” to oversee cases concerning matters such as public procurement or electoral disputes.

Justice Minister Laszlo Trocsanyi, a close Orban ally, will oversee the courts. That

prompted opposition warnings the premier could have neartotal political influence over the judicial system.

The petition also calls for more independence and objectivity in public media outlets and also demands that Hungary join an EU public prosecutor’s office, a move the government has rejected.

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Develop other sectors being in line with tourism

“Extreme examples during the fourth quarter of 2017 is the eruption of Mount Agung, and the airport was closed for several days. Bali’s economic growth usually averages around 6 percent or even more to 4.01 percent,” said Azka

A. Subhan, Deputy Director of Bank Indonesia for Bali Representative Office on Monday (Dec. 17).

In 2017, the economic growth is below 6 percent. Even for the past five years, it has always been above 6 percent. So, with this experience, Bali should develop other potential sectors, especially those that support and synchronize with the main sector of tourism.

Azka said that Bali can develop the agricultural and plantation sectors, such as coffee and cacao which are potential for export. Bali can also develop the sector of creative industry.

Both sectors are certainly in line with tourism. “It is not recommended that Bali build large industries having the

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potential to disrupt the environment,” he concluded.

Previously an economic observer from Udayana University, Prof. I Wayan Ramantha, stated that other sectors outside tourism such as agriculture can be developed to meet tourism needs. However, when tourism is quiet, the agricultural products can be exported either overseas or outside Bali.

However, these agricultural products need a touch to make them have a value-added both in processing and in packaging. Management of agricultural products from upstream to downstream must be carried out and accompanied. Farmers need current industrial technology and market. (kmb42)

To prevent corruption, dozens of CCTVs installed in parliament building BANGLI - Dozens of surveillance cameras (CCTV) are now installed in the building of the Bangli House of Representatives. The CCTV installation is carried out to prevent corruption in the people’s representative building.

Regional Secretary of Bangli government, Anak Agung Panji Awatarayana, stated on Monday (Dec. 17) there were 16 CCTVs installed in the Building of the Bangli House of Representatives.

The rooms installed with the CCTV include the leadership room, commission room and courtroom with respectively two units, the Honorary Board room (BK), and the expert staff room. In addition, the

CCTV installation is also carried out in the lobby and on the front page of the Bangli parliament office. Currently, the installation process has been completed. Procurement of the 16 CCTV units in the parliament building absorbed a budget of IDR 105 million.

Panji Awatarayana explained the installation of CCTV is carried out by his commission as a follow-up of the direction of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

The aim is to prevent corruption in the people’s representative building. “We are following the direction of the KPK to prevent or anticipate corruption,” he said.

In addition to preventing the oc-

currence of corrupt practices, the installation of the 16 CCTVs in the parliament building is also carried out simultaneously to improve the security of the office environment.

With the installation, it is expected the parliament building will be protected from undesirable things

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such as theft. “To that end, we place a unit of CCTV outside to secure the office environment,” he explained.

Meanwhile, a member of the Bangli House of Representatives, Made Sudiasa, who was asked for his response to the installation of dozens of CCTVs in the parliament building, said the installation of surveillance cameras in all the offices is a good thing. According to him, the CCTV is part of the instrument for supervision. “In my opinion, CCTV is very good. In addition to preventing corrupt practices, it is also good for monitoring the employee discipline. With the CCTV in the parliament building,

employees must be disciplined and more orderly,” he explained.

However, according to Sudiasa, the installation of CCTV should not only be done in the parliament building but also in all other government offices. Especially, it is intended to agencies managing large finances and prone to corruption. “Other than in the parliament building, similar camera must also be installed in the office of the regent, deputy regent and agencies that are prone to corruption, especially policy makers, should also be fitted with CCTV. It should not only be installed in the parliament building,” said this Democratic politician. (kmb40)

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The latest test flight by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic successfully rocketed to the edge of space and back.

Branson’s Virgin Galactic reaches edge of space

It marked the plane’s fourth test flight and followed earlier setbacks in the firm’s space programme. Sir Richard is in a race with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to send the first fee-paying passengers into space. He founded the commercial spaceflight company in 2004, shortly after Mr Musk started SpaceX and Jeff Bezos established Blue Origin.

In 2008, Virgin Galactic first promised sub-orbital spaceflight trips for tourists would be taking place “within 18 months”. It has since regularly made similar promises to have space flights airborne in the near future. But delays and a fatal crash in 2014 prevented Sir Richard’s original ambitions. On Thursday, the SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship took off from the Mojave Desert in California.

The company said the space ship’s motor burned for 60 seconds, travelling at 2.9 times the speed of sound as it gained height.

The rocket carried two pilots and a mannequin named Annie as a stand-in passenger, as well as four research experiments for NASA. “Today we have shown Virgin Galactic can open space to the world,” Sir Richard said.

BANGLI — Water puddles as high as adult’s calves soaked the main road at Kedisan village, Kintamani. According to local residents, such condition regularly occurs every rainy season.

The depth of puddle caused many passing vehicles to break down in the middle of the road.

The US government has awarded astronaut wings to pilots who ventured farther than roughly 80km beyond earth’s surface. But Thursday’s flight did not breach the 100km Karman Line, which many organisations use to resolve debates about where space begins.

While the trip marked a milestone for Virgin Galactic, the firm’s rivals have already ventured farther - albeit without humans on board. SpaceX, in partnership with NASA, is planning crewed missions for early next year. Mr Bezos has also said Blue Origin plans to send its first crew to space in 2019.

Virgin Galactic, which is charging $250,000 for a 90-minute flight, has said more than 600 people have bought tickets or put down deposits for an eventual voyage. (net)

Bloodhound supersonic car project saved YORKSHIRE - A 1,000mph race car project has been saved after an entrepreneur stepped in to buy the business. The Bloodhound supersonic vehicle - built with a jet engine bolted to a rocket - is all but finished.

Its future was in jeopardy amid a failure to secure investment which forced the firm financing it into administration.

But Yorkshire-based entrepreneur Ian Warhurst has bought the project for an “undisclosed amount”. Administrator Andrew Sheridan, said: “Ian has a strong background in managing highly successful businesses in the automotive engineering sector and he will bring considerable expertise to bear in taking the project forward.

“He will be outlining his plans for the project in detail early in the New Year.”

Mr Sheridan said the Ministry of Defence and Rolls Royce had both backed the buyout.

Mr Warhurst is the managing director of Barnsley engineering firm Melett, which specialises in turbochargers, repair kits and turbo parts.

The firm said he had an “interest in engines from an early age due to his family’s garage and haulage company business”. The Bristol-

based team behind the Bloodhound project aims to beat the existing land speed world record of 763mph (1,228km/h).

It is due to attempt to reach a record-breaking speed in South

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Africa, where a 18km-long (11mile), 1,500m-wide (4,921ft) track at Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape has been prepared. Previous test runs at Newquay Airport in 2017 saw Bloodhound reach speeds

of 200mph (320km/h). The project planned on running on Hakskeen Pan towards the end of 2019, when the water in the lakebed evaporated and the ground had become dry.

The Bloodhound, using a Rolls-

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Every rainy season, road at Kedisan turns into puddles

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NEW MEXICO - The latest test flight by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic successfully rocketed to the edge of space and back. The firm’s SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship reached a height of 82.7km, beyond the altitude at which US agencies have awarded astronaut wings.

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Royce Eurofighter engine alongside a rocket, was then due to be tested at 500-600mph (800-965km/ h) before approaching its top speed in further test runs during 2020 or 2021. (net)

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Aside from carvings, Marga sub-district also has a center for bamboo wall craft, precisely at Tegal hamlet, Kukuh village.

Bamboo wall crafts at Kukuh village mostly worked on by housewives

TABANAN — Aside from carvings, Marga sub-district also has a center for bamboo wall craft, precisely at Tegal hamlet, Kukuh village. Today, those who are still pursuing the craft sector are on average consisting of housewives stepping on the age of the elderly.

One of the bamboo wall makers, Ni Made Garis, 50, revealed that she and Ni Nyoman Nyambrug, 60, have almost been engaged in the bamboo wall craft making for almost 20 years. The result is quite good to help the family’s economy.

“The current price of bamboo wall with a size of 3 times 2, totaling 5 pieces, reaches IDR 230,000. Each piece is sold for IDR 50,000,” he said.

She usually delivers the results of the craft works to the hamlet cooperative. After that, the crafts are marketed to areas in Bali. But lately, he admitted that someone has ordered, and just taken to place of the order giver. “A day I can only accomplish two pieces from splitting bamboo to weaving,” he said.

She admitted that due to her conditions of getting elder, she cannot

catch up on orders, even though market demand began to rise.

Similar condition was also revealed by Ni Nyoman Karmi, 60. At Tegal hamlet there are at least 150 members of bamboo wall craftsmen. Most of them are housewives. Material of the wall is tali bamboo. The raw materials are directly obtained from local village.

If finding difficulty in obtaining the material, it will be brought in from outside the region.

“For materials, we do not purchase bamboo in retail. However, we purchase in the form of one bundle of bamboo containing 30 pieces sold at the price of IDR 500,000,” he admitted.

He said that 30 bamboos are able to produce 20 pieces of bamboo wall at a price of IDR 920,000.

Our profit is around IDR 420,000 but as much as IDR 20,000 goes into cooperative cash. He told that at a glance the method of making bamboo wall does require a long process. Firstly, the bamboo is split into several sizes and then dried for one day before it will be woven. (kmb28)

As seen on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 15), after a few hours of rain, two road points in the local village suddenly turned into a puddle. Some cars were forced to cross in the puddle broke down in the middle of the road because of the engine conceding water. To avoid this condition, a number of motorbikes and cars were forced to go through small alternative roads at the village.

A local resident, Jro Mangku Kocap, revealed that such a scene had routinely occurred every rainy season. He admitted the high level of puddles on the main road at Kedisan village often caused crossing vehicles to stop in the middle of the road. “From years to years, the condition is like this every time it rains. Those who are inundated just walk, did not get into people’s home,” he said According to him, the emergence of puddles was caused by the absence of a good drainage system on the road. Disposal of water on the road only relies on one pipe measuring 7.6 cm. Such small drainage results in new puddles to recede a few hours later. Another resident, Jro Mangku Kocap, hoped the road conditions can be imme-

diately handled by the government considering the road is the main route to several other villages, Buahan and Terunyan.

Headman of Kedisan, Nyoman Gamayana, when confirmed separately, acknowledged such condition. He explained the water inundating the road came from a flood that flowed from the slope of the forest. The water is pooled on the road because the road surface is slightly concave or lower than other road surfaces.

Regarding the condition, he claimed to have repeatedly submitted it to the provincial government through a proposal to the subdistrict authorities. Unfortunately, until now there has been no followup. “So, the road is the authority of the provincial government. We just proposed it. Since it is not the authority of village, if we handle by using village funds, certainly it is not permissible,” he explained.

He continued that to eliminate puddles on the road points, his side had only been able to install a small pipe as a drainage channel to Lake Batur.

According to Gamayana, to overcome such condition, the provincial government should make a

water reservoir. It is functioned to accommodate the water descending from the forest slope into a reservoir before being discharged or streamed into the lake through sewers or drainage channels. “All this time, the flood flows with sand.

Over time, the drainage channel became full like the one in the Tjunction. So, it turns useless. If the reservoir is made, the sand can be filtered first,” he said.

To overcome this problem, the government, according to him, does not need to raise the body of the road to the point frequently inundated by floods. If the road is elevated, it will actually cause the people’s houses to be flooded because the position of their houses is lower than the road.

“Hopefully, the District Public Works Agency can facilitate this proposal to provincial government.

At the village, we have conveyed from the subdistrict development plan meeting. All proposals are recorded by the sub-district to be submitted to the district. Furthermore, since this is the authority of the province, we expect the district to follow up and submit it to the provincial government,” he hoped. (kmb40)

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Water puddles as high as adult’s calves soaked the main road at Kedisan village, Kintamani.

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To overcome clean water crisis every dry season

RIO DE JANEIRO - When doctors told her that the sixmonth-old fetus she was carrying had severe brain damage caused by the Zika virus, Thamires Ferreira da Silva tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a bus in Rio de Janeiro.

AMLAPURA - The issue on clean water crisis experienced by residents in Amerta Bhuana village, Selat, for years when dry season comes will soon be overcome. At this time, the village has established hydropande pump to overcome the water problem so far.

The village has established hydropande pump to overcome the water problem so far.

Village funds directed to waste management

Made Subur

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SINGARAJA - Villages in Buleleng receive annual village funds (DD) from the government every year. If in the past years this fund was used for infrastructure development, right now the villages are instructed to use it to accelerate waste management at the village. In addition to maintaining the environmental sanitation, the community is also involved in waste management through a labor-intensive program is believed to give positive support in the community’s economy.

Buleleng received village fund disbursements for 2019 worth IDR 124,026,738,000. The fund is allocated to 129 villages. The highest allocation of fund is received by Lokapaksa village, Seririt subdistrict, amounting to IDR 1,628

billion. Meanwhile, the lowest is received by Tampekan village, Banjar subdistrict worth IDR 769,467,000. Based on technical guidelines for managing the village fund, 30 percent of the total village funds received by each village must be directed to labor intensive programs.

Head of the Village Community Empowerment Office (PMD), Made Subur, stated last weekend that cash labor-intensive programs at each village had previously focused on infrastructure development. This allocation of funds has not touched empowerment.

For this reason, in 2019 the utilization is directed to waste management. Some villages already have garbage processing sites, and then

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‘We’ve been forgotten’: Brazil’s Zika generation

Amerta Bhuana builds hydropande pump

To raise clean water from a spring so that it can be channeled to people’s homes, local residents use a hydropande pump. Uniquely, this pump does not need electricity or fuel. This pump is created by a resident named Pande Mangku Nyoman Merdana who is also a retired domestic and foreign agricultural expert through the Sanggraha Dibia Tohlangkir Foundation. After the experiment, the pump can now take out water to a height of 150 meters with water discharge of one to three liters per second. The water pumped out is the accommodated in a reservoir. After that, the water is distributed to residents’ home by using gravity system.

Creator of the hydropande pump, Pande Mangku Nyoman Merdana, said the working method is utilizing water hammer power.

So, the tube will push the water upward with the open-close system so the water cannot return, but will be pushed towards the top. “The ability of this hydropande pump with a single elevation meter can lift a water level of 25 meters per second. Meanwhile, with a height of five meters, it can lift 150 meters of water,” he said.

In the meantime, Head of Amerta Bhuana, I Wayan Suara Arsana, explained that with the availability of an appropriate pump, the residents’ worries about water crisis every dry season has been resolved. Previously, every dry season residents always buy clean water using tank truck at high prices. It happens because the rainwater stored in the cistern has run out, thus forcing residents to buy clean water to meet their daily needs. “So, we hope that with this hydropande pump, the years of clean water crisis people experience every year can be overcome,” said Suara.

Suara explained that installation of hydropande pump spent around IDR 200 million. He told the pump can last two to five years without special treatment. “This pump is very good because it is eco-friendly and does not use electricity and fuel. So, the presence of this pump is the most appropriate solution to overcome the clean water crisis here. This pump has been installed in 20 points in Bali. Hopefully, the pump can overcome the clean water crisis in all regions in Bali,” he explained. (kmb41)

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the Buleleng district government itself has a local regulation on waste management, so it is certain that labor intensive programs in the field of management will run optimally. “The empowerment pattern is carried out where the waste is processed, and then what has been processed can be sold and used as fertilizer. So, it can help alleviate poverty,” he said.

According to him, with this pattern of empowerment, village government can provide salaries for the community for waste processing workers. “They are asked to work on the activities in the village whose sources are from village funds. The salary received can be used to finance his daily life,” he said. (kmb28)

“I just wanted to finish it,” said the 29-year-old Brazilian, crying.

But the bus driver braked in time and more than two years later, she is raising her son Miguel with the help of her husband Wallace, their families and medical specialists.

Miguel was the first child in Brazil to be diagnosed with the mosquito-borne illness, which at the time was an unremarked phenomenon but which soon grew to be the focus of a global health alert.

“I feel that we’ve been totally forgotten,” Ferreira da Silva said.

Her son, aged two years and four months, suffers from microcephaly -- a condition in which the brain does not develop properly and results in a smaller than normal head.

He also has lissencephaly, where parts of the brain appear smooth, the rare Dandy-Walker syndrome that is characterized by deformation of the part of the brain that controls movement, kidney problems and epilepsy.

Despite being cross-eyed, the toddler can see, and he reacts to family voices. But he is unable to walk, sit or lift his head.

His parents follow a strict and costly regime that involves giving him six medicines every 12 hours and regular hospitalizations.

“It’s difficult and it costs a lot.

Families hide their child so society doesn’t see it. But us, we want to be part of society,” Wallace said.

He works at night as a computer technician to help pay the countless bills racked up for Miguel’s care, including for his pediatrician, kidney doctor, physiotherapist and

psychomotor specialist, spread across three different hospitals.

- Absent parents The Zika epidemic in Brazil that started in 2015 caused an exponential increase in the number of babies with microcephaly and other neurological defects, particularly in the northeast, the country’s poorest region.

Between November 2015 and May 2018, the health ministry registered more than 3,000 cases linked to Zika infections during pregnancy.

The government has taken several measures to assist mothers raising Zika-affected children, such as priority access to public housing and minimum-wage payments for the poorest families.

But often they still face difficulties getting access to municipal services because of a lack of information or the complicated bureaucracy.

“They do everything so you don’t come back. There is a lot of bureaucracy so you just give up because you are overwhelmed with so many things,” Ferreira da Silva said.

Initially, she and her husband contacted other families in the same situation to swap information and lobby authorities to make sure their rights were respected, such as the house they have just moved into in Rio. But their standard of living and the attention they have managed to provide for Miguel is not the rule, they say -- and especially not for single mothers who have been abandoned by their partners.

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In this file picture taken on November 30, 2018 Brazilian Thamires Cristina dos Santos Ferreira da Silva, 29, touches two-year-old son Matheus Silva, who was born with microcephaly, as her husband Wallace da Silva Cruz, 35, holds him at their apartment in Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

“Miguel makes us fight, not only for him but also for the families.

Because we know how difficult it is. We know that many families have an absent father,” said Wallace.

Paradoxically, the biggest difficulty they faced was not receiving complex medical treatments but basic pediatric attention.

“In the public health system, doctors generally don’t know the congenital syndrome (of Zika). So they don’t manage to give basic pediatric care,” Wallace said.

“Yet this same baby who has a congenital syndrome, who has microcephaly and other illnesses too

will have, for instance, tooth pain and all those other normal problems other babies have.”

- ‘Live for today’ -The parents say they would like to have more children. But they are all too aware of the constant attention and resources Miguel requires. So they are putting that off until Thamires completes a nursing course she had to give up and is able to work again.

For now, Miguel is their sole focus. When they can, they take him to children’s parties, and to the beach. For his last birthday, they invited other mothers with infants

with microcephaly.

But there are many low moments. In Miguel’s short life so far, he has already been admitted into intensive care eight times.

They find succor in the advice they first received from doctors: never give up.

“Live for today. Miguel could live for 10, 20 years -- or two or three. But if you don’t live, you will feel frustrated in the future for all you didn’t experience, they told me,” Thamires said.

“So I will bathe him, kiss him, take in his smell. Because at any moment they could put him in hospital.” (afp)

New Zealand to hold ‘reeferendum’ on legal pot

WELLINGTON - New Zealand will hold a referendum on legalising recreational marijuana when the South Pacific nation votes in its next general election in 2020, the government announced Tuesday.

The ballot was among the demands the Green Party made during talks to join Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s progressive coalition government after the 2017 election.

Justice Minister Andrew Little said the government had agreed to

the timetable, and the result of the referendum would be binding.

“It will be held at the 2020 general election,” he told reporters, adding “there is a bit of detail still to work through.”

Ardern’s government has already moved to legalise medicinal cannabis, with legislation on the issue working its way through parliament.

An opinion poll last year found 65 percent of New Zealanders also supported legalising the drug for

recreational use. Pro-reform campaign group New Zealand Drug Foundation welcomed the vote, with its chief Ross Bell saying the current approach to regulating marijuana was outdated and it was time for a change.

“Cannabis is New Zealand’s most common illegal drug, 50 percent of the country have tried it,” he said.

“We’re still trying to address the problem through a law enforcement approach. We’re still criminalising

people and not providing help to people who have a cannabis dependency.”

The conservative National Party opposition leader Simon Bridges said he would be voting against legalisation and accused the government of trying to deflect voters’ attention from issues such as the economy and the rising cost of living.

“I’m pretty cynical that you’ve got a government here that wants to distract from the core issues of a

general election,” he said.

Ardern strongly supported legalising medical pot but has not revealed her personal views on recreational marijuana, saying only she does not believe cannabis users should be jailed.

The debate in New Zealand comes as New York governor Andrew Cuomo called Monday for the drug to be made legal for recreational use in his state, including America’s most populous city. (afp)

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Come on … See Sunset at Batu Bolong Temple of Tanah Lot

BUSINESS World stocks slip as traders brace for Fed rate increase SINGAPORE - World markets were mostly lower on Tuesday, tracking losses on Wall Street as traders braced for an interest rate hike by Federal Reserve.

KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, Germany’s DAX was 0.1 percent lower at 10,765.49 and France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.4 percent to 4,781.19.

Britain’s FTSE 100 index fell 0.6 percent to 6,732.66.

WALL STREET SELL-OFF: On Monday, broad selling knocked U.S. indexes to their lowest levels in over a year. Investors sold almost everything, from technology and retail stocks to steadier high-dividend companies. Less than 40 of the 500 stocks in the broad S&P 500 index finished the day higher. Stocks were set to recover slightly on Tuesday. S&P 500 futures gained 0.3 percent to 2,562.00. Dow futures rose 0.4 percent to 23,767.00.

FED MEETING: The Federal Open Market Committee begins a two-day meeting on Tuesday. It is expected to raise its short-term interest rate by a modest quarter-point, to a range of 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent a day later. The rate is used as a benchmark for many consumer and business loans. Investors fear more monetary tightening would weigh on U.S. growth, and eventually, the global economy, which is already expected to slow in 2019 because of trade tensions. President Donald Trump tweeted that it was “incredible” the Fed was considering another rate hike, with “a very strong dollar and virtually no inflation.”

The central bank forecasts three more rate hikes in 2019.

ANALYST’S TAKE: “Despite Donald Trump’s recent overture, the Fed looks set to hike rates again on Wednesday with market players anxious to see if the economy can handle more policy tightening given expectations for slowing growth,” ING economists Nicholas Mapa and Prakash Sakpal said in a commentary.

ASIA’S DAY: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was 1.8 percent lower at 21,115.45 and the Kospi in South Korea dropped 0.4 percent to 2,062.11.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slid 1.1 percent to 25,814.25. The Shanghai Composite index dipped 0.8 percent to 2,576.65. Australia’s S&P ASX 200 was down 1.2 percent at 5,589.50.

Shares were lower in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

ENERGY: Oil prices tumbled on worries about oversupply and softening growth in China, which could hit demand. Benchmark U.S. crude shed 85 cents to $49.03 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract dropped $1.32 to $49.88 in New York on Monday. Brent crude, used to price international oils, gave up $1.03 to $58.58 a barrel. It lost 67 cents to settle at $59.61 a barrel in London.

CURRENCIES: The dollar weakened to 112.46 yen from 112.83 yen in late trading Monday. The euro rose to $1.1374 from $1.1349. (ap)

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Tanah Lot attraction indeed deserves to be the most favorite tourist destination.

When making a visit, tourists can witness uniqueness. The attraction located at Beraban village, Kediri, Tabanan, has attractive places to visit. All are interesting to take pictures with fun. One of them is the Batu Bolong Temple located in the west of Tanah Lot Temple.

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In this Dec. 12, 2018 photo, Venezuelan breakdancers Maria Molina, right, Alex Beltran, on the ground, and Miguel Angel Flores perform for tips from commuters in Lima, Peru. With a captive audience of pedestrians and commuters, the dancers’ headstands, spins and steps on a good day net up to $20 in pocket change, nearly three times the monthly minimum wage in Venezuela.

Venezuelan migrants hit Peru’s street, dancing to survive

LIMA - The three Venezuelan migrants eke out a living 90 seconds at a time in a busy intersection of Peru’s capital. When the traffic light flashes red, the acrobatics and break dancing starts.

With a captive audience of pedestrians and commuters packed inside city buses, the dancers’ headstands, dizzying spins and fast-paced steps on a good day net up to $20 in pocket change — nearly three times the monthly minimum wage in Venezuela.

It also earned them a brush with a Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie.

“You never know how it will go in the street,” said dancer Karin Rojas. “One day it’s good and the next day it’s bad.”

The trio is just part of a flood of Venezuelans fighting for survival after fleeing their homeland and the worst economic crisis anybody in Latin America can remember.

Most Venezuelan migrants head to neighboring Colombia, overwhelming

border towns. They hawk their valuables on the street, sell hotdogs or repair shoes. Farther-off Peru is the second-most-common destination. Rojas, 25, and her husband, Francisco Diaz, arrived in Lima in 2016, leaving behind their mountainous home in the Venezuelan state of Merida, where they ran a break dancing collective.

In Peru, they met the third partner, Angel Fernandez, a short and stout 22-year-old from their home state. The three settled on a busy intersection in Lima to perform.

Six days a week, they bound into the intersection with each red light — an exhausting 80 times over a 13-hour workday.

They end some days just $5 richer, and hurting physically.

The sun cooks the asphalt. Their palms are covered in calluses and fingers sometimes bleed. Rojas says her bones ache and her head throbs. Still, Rojas said, their life is better than in Venezuela, where she would go two days in a row without eating. Now, she can afford three meals a day.

Their dancing also caught the attention of Jolie in October, when the American actress visited Lima as a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Their moves impressed Jolie, and she told them not to give up their dreams.

Rojas and Diaz hope to parlay earnings from their street dancing into buying a three-wheel motorcycle taxi, a common form of transportation in Lima’s poor outskirts.

“We’re never going to stop dancing,” Rojas said. “Dancing helps us forget all of our sorrows.” (ap)

The temple is located on one of the capes at Segara Kidul of Tanah Lot. This rock cliff has a hollow in the middle, so that Balinese people call it Njung Batu Bolong (literally means perforated stone cape).

The shape of the hole is like ardha candra (crescent moon), so that if photographed from Njung Galuh (east of Batu Bolong Temple) it creates a unique and beautiful panorama.

Moreover, coupled with the crashing waves against the others coming from the beach, it is truly a unique natural attraction. This temple is the second most visited by tourists other than Tanah Lot Temple. “This temple is very popular among tourists as a location to enjoy sunset because it lies jutting into the middle of the sea and not blocked by anything. If you go there, it is better to come in the afternoon,” said Made Sulindera, person in charge of Batu Bolong Temple.

Hindu communities usually use this temple to hold melasti ceremo-

nies or other religious ceremonies.

When holding a pakelem ceremony using sacrificed animals (wewalungan), it is held around the Njung Batu Bolong Temple. Pujawali or festival of the Batu Bolong Temple falls on Buda (Wednesday) Wage Langkir (the nearest on January 9, 2019), held for three days. “This temple is a favorite location to enjoy sunset for tourists visiting this place,” he explained.

Made Sulindera stated that ahead of the afternoon both domestic and foreign tourists begin to shift to the west while waiting for the sun to return to Heaven. The tourists relax by sitting in the shady Njung Galuh area. “When the sunset moment comes, tourists immediately capture the beauty of nature through the camera. Not a few of them use mobile phones, too,” he said.

Mr. Aldrich, a British tour-

ist making a visit with his wife claimed to be amazed by the place (the location of the Batu Bolong Temple). The natural scenery is very unique, so that it makes him interested in visiting Tanah Lot. Many places are available to dance in this object area. “We are very happy and want to linger and relax here,” he smiled.

Similarly, Dewi Rejeki, a mother of three sons, intentionally came

from the city of Surabaya where she lived in order to be able to see the beauty of the Tanah Lot. Her presence in this tourist spot is indeed not for the first time, so that she knows the beautiful moment to be immortalized. “At first, we are curious about the story of a friend who said the beauty of Tanah Lot. We then travel after holidays. Apparently, it’s right and addicted he … he …,” she said happily. (kmb)

Jaja Laklak Also Preferred by Tourists

Jaja laklak (cake) is served with grated coconut together with brown sugar topping. When biting carefully, this cake feels soft and delicious. It is made by Balinese people utilizing rice flour. This cake has

circular shape with a diameter of 3 cm and is made with clay mold.

It tastes good and is perfect for sitting in the morning, moreover, if coupled with warm Balinese coffee or tea. Laklak is white because it

is not using food coloring, there is also a green one coming from the extract water of suji leaves. Jaja laklak is very easy to carry everywhere, so it’s good for food gift.

This cake is usually sold at food stalls at villages in the morning.

This traditional cake is also sold in traditional markets and cake shops as well as has been taken advantage as appetizer at hotels. At the same time, it is often adopted as menu of option for citizens at wedding receptions or opening menu for participants of meetings, seminars and other gathering events at hotels or restaurants.

In cake shops, jaja laklak has been packed in plastic boxes with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. But lately, the plastic packaging has begun to be abandoned because it causes a lot of plastic waste which is difficult to decom-

pose. Unlike the cake traders at villagers, they use banana leaves to wrap the cakes.

This jaja laklak is usually sold for IDR 5,000 per wrap containing 5 or 4 pieces. The top appearance of this cake is usually added with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. In addition to local people, this cake is also favored by domestic and foreign tourists. So naturally, it has become a hotel cake commonly served as an appetizer or welcome cake.

The ingredients of jaja laklak consist of rice flour, coconut (to be made into coconut milk), suji leaves, salt, brown sugar, granulated sugar and water. Preparation: put rice flour into a container and then pour hot water little by little while stirring until finely blended.

Then, pour the coconut milk little by little as well, while continuing

to stir. Then, added suji leaf water to create a distinctive aroma, add salt to taste and then stir until all the ingredients are evenly mixed.

Ultimately, prepare the mold and preheat it first. After that, pour the batter of laklak with a spoon in accordance with the mold hole. Cover the mold and then wait for it to get cooked. Next, make brown sugar sauce by dissolving brown sugar and granulated sugar in boiled water. Simultaneously, stir it until boiling and then lifted and filtered.

Boil it back until it thickens. Coconut is shredded and mixed with salt according to taste.

How to present? First of all, put some pieces of jaja laklak on a plate or banana leaf in such away so as to look nice. Then, sprinkle them with grated coconut and pour the brown sugar sauce on top. Now, it is ready to taste! (kmb)

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‘No place for a mother’: S. Korea battles to raise birth rate

SEOUL - When Ashley Park started her marketing job at a Seoul drugmaker she had a near-perfect college record, flawless English, and got on well with her colleagues -- none of which mattered to her employer once she fell pregnant.

Nine months after she joined, Park said, “They said to my face that there is no place in the company for a woman with a child, so I needed to quit.”

All the women working at the firm were single or childless, she suddenly realised, and mostly below 40.

Park’s case exemplifies why so many South Korean women are put off marriage and childbirth, pushing the country’s birth rate -- one of the world’s lowest -- ever further down.

Earlier this month Seoul announced its latest set of measures to try to stem the decline, but critics say they will have little to no effect in the face of deep-seated underlying causes.

Many South Korean firms are reluctant to employ mothers, doubting their commitment to the company and fearing that they will not put in the long hours that are standard in

the country -- as well as to avoid paying for their legallyentitled birth leave.

When Park refused to quit, her boss relentlessly bullied her -- banning her from attending business meetings and ignoring her at the office “like I was an invisible ghost” -- and management threatened to fire her husband, who worked at the same company.

After fighting for about six months, she finally relented and offered her resignation, giving birth to a daughter a month later. Aside from a brief stint at an IT start-up that did not keep its promise of flexible working hours, she has been a stay-at-home mother ever since.

“I studied and worked so hard for years to get a job when youth unemployment was so high, and enjoyed my work so much... and look what happened to me,” Park told AFP. Now 27, she has been rejected at several job interviews as soon as she revealed she had a child, and has given up seeking employment, trying to set up her own trading business instead.

“The government kept telling women to have more children... but how, in a country like this?” she asked.

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This photo taken on September 22, 2018 shows a man carrying a baby on a train platform at the Seoul railway station. South Korea’s fertility rate -- the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime -- fell to 0.95 in the third quarter of 2018.

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After the TV station refused to broadcast the petition on Sunday evening, some protesters threw smoke bombs at police, who responded with tear gas. Around 10 MPs from various opposition parties stayed within the MTVA building for much of Monday, pressing staff to

read out the petition.

They later left the building at the police’s request, emerging to cheers from protestors. One of those who was inside the building, MEP Peter Niedermueller from the liberal DK party, said the protest aimed was at “restoring the freedom of the press”.

“It’s ridiculous that the majority of the country doesn’t even know what’s happening in Budapest be-

cause public TV, on all its channels, is only talking about preparations for Christmas,” he said. “Today we are not just fighting the two controversial laws but the whole of the Orban regime,” ex-Prime Minister and DK leader Ferenc Gyurscany told the private Klubradio station.

- Opposition unity -

Apart from the opposiotion,

- Working women The South’s fertility rate -- the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime -- fell to 0.95 in the third quarter of 2018, the first time it has dropped below 1 and far short of the 2.1 needed to maintain stability.

As a result of the trend, which has been dubbed a “birth strike” by women, the population of the world’s 11th largest economy, currently 51 million, is expected to start falling in 2028.

Many cite reasons ranging from the expense of childrearing, high youth unemployment, long working hours and limited daycare to career setbacks for working mothers.

Even if women hold on to their jobs, they bear a double burden of carrying out the brunt of household chores.

Patriarchal values remain deeply ingrained in the South: nearly 85 percent of South Korean men back the idea of women working, according to a state survey, but that plummets to 47 percent when asked whether they would support their own wives having a job.

Employment rates for married men and women are dramatically different -- 82 percent and 53 percent respectively.

Now nearly three-quarters of South Korean women aged 20-40 see marriage as unnecessary, an opinion poll by a financial magazine and a recruitment website showed. But almost all children in the South are born in wedlock.

- ‘Harsh conditions’ Against that backdrop, the South’s government has spent a whopping 136 trillion won ($121 billion) since 2005 to try to boost the birth rate, mostly through campaigns to encourage more young people to wed and reproduce, without success.

Earlier this month it announced yet another round of measures.

They included expanding child subsidies of up to 300,000 won ($270) a month, and allowing parents with children younger than eight to work an hour less each day to take care of their offspring.

More daycare centres and kindergartens will be built, and men will be allowed -- but not obliged -- to take 10 days of paid birth leave, up from the current three.

But many measures were not legally binding and carried no punishment for firms that denied their workers the promised benefits, and the package met a disdainful response.

“The government policies are based on this simplistic assumption that ‘if we give more money, people would have more children’,” the Korea Women Workers Association said in a statement.

Seoul should first address “relentless sexual discrimination at work and the double burden of work and housechores” for women, it added.

The centrist Korea Times newspaper also questioned whether such “lacklustre” state policies would bring in real change unless the government tackled the real drivers of women shunning marriage and childbirth.

“Unless these harsh conditions for women change, no amount of government subsidies will convince women having children is a happy choice.” (afp)

unions have also backed the demonstrations against the reforms, which hike the annual overtime hours that employers can demand from 250 to 400 hours and allow payment to be delayed by up to three years.

Tamas Szekely from Hungary’s main confederation of trade unions told the rally on Monday that they would organise a general strike if the reforms are signed into law.

The government says the changes are needed by employers short of manpower and will benefit those wanting to work extra hours.

Over the weekend protestors also gathered in other parts of the country.

In the third-biggest city Szeged, the socialist mayor called on businesses not to comply with the new overtime law. (afp)

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Jakub Fabian Skrzypski (L) from Poland sits in a court with another prisoner in Wamena on December 17, 2018. An Indonesian court on December 17 delayed the trial of a Polish man who faces up to 20 years’ jail for alleged links to Papuan separatists because he did not have access to a translator.

Trial of Pole charged for links to Papuan separatists postponed

An Indonesian court Monday delayed the trial of a Polish man who faces up to 20 years’ jail for alleged links to Papuan separatists because he did not have access to a translator.

Jakub Fabian Skrzypski was detained and charged in August after meeting suspected rebels in the restive province of Papua, according to prosecutors, who said he made contact with them in a bid to spread information about their fight for independence.

Jakarta is deeply sensitive about Papua, where a low-level insurgency against the central government has simmered for decades, and routinely blames separatists for violence in the region.

The Indonesian island region shares a border with independent Papua New Guinea (PNG), just north of Australia.

Skrzypski was due to stand trial with a Papuan man on Monday in Wamena, where he was arrested, but proceedings were called off because the court failed to book a flight for a translator, the town’s prosecutor Ricarda Arsenius said. The trial will resume on January 8.

Skrzypski faces a range of charges under Indonesia’s criminal code, including a plot to overthrow the government and joining an outlawed rebel group, according to a copy of the indictment seen by AFP. Prosecutors said the Pole had met with leaders of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) and was found with documents and video detailing the Papuan struggle for independence.

It is also alleged that Skrzypski and his co-defendant discussed the possibility of procuring arms from Poland.

Police previously said they had confiscated from Skrzypski and three Indonesians more than 130 rounds of ammunition, but no mention of that was made in the indictment.

Skrzypski’s lawyer Latifah Anum Siregar said the Pole, who was living in Switzerland before his arrest, denied any wrongdoing.

In a letter sent to the Swiss newspaper Le Temps in September, Skrzypski said he was merely a tourist in Papua.

“They (the investigators) are telling stories about ammunitions, but I’ve never seen or possessed any.

“They are trying to accuse me of an attempted coup, but all I’ve done was meeting some indigenous Papuans, who

were not armed,” he said in the letter.

Papua, a former Dutch colony, declared itself independent in 1961, but neighbouring Indonesia took control of the region two years later on the condition it hold an independence referendum.

About 1,000 handpicked Papuans unanimously chose to be part of Indonesia in the UN-backed referendum, which is widely considered a sham.

The region, one of Indonesia’s poorest, has been the site of a long-running insurgency ever since, and has experienced several spasms of violence this month.

At least 16 employees of a state-owned company, who were building bridges in a major infrastructure push for the impoverished region, were killed by separatist rebels in early December.

At least four more workers remain missing, while a soldier was also killed by the rebels, authorities said.

Indonesian security forces have long been accused of rights abuses against Papua’s ethnic Melanesian population including extrajudicial killings of activists and peaceful protestors. (afp)

Indonesian people in Czech declare supports for Jokowi

LONDON - The Indonesian community, that called themselves Czech for Joko Widodo (Jokowi), living in Prague, declared their support to win the presidential and vice presidential candidates Jokowi-Ma`ruf.

The declaration event was carried out in the Wenceslav Square as the historical area in the Czech Republic over the weekend.

The Jokowi-volunteer declaration in the Prague was read by Ayu Setia along with Widya Sykorova

representing the Indonesian community named ?Ceko for Jokowi? that arrived from several locations inside and outside the capital of Prague.

Widya Sykorova explained, following the declaration, they

also conducted a discussion about the step and initial Czech work program for the Jokowi-Ma`ruf pair.

“The Indonesian friends are still coming to join as the Jokowi`s volunteers despite the declaration

reading is over,” Widya pointed out.

Two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates namely Jokowi-Ma`ruf and Prabowo-Sandi will contest in presidential election on April 17, 2019. (ant)

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Durant, Curry lead Warriors over Grizzlies

Tenganan Village Bali Aga Village near Candidasa KARANGASEM - Tenganan Village in East Bali is one of the Bali Aga (original Balinese) communities in Bali and it is famous for its well-preserved village layout and the ongoing survival of its traditional crafts. The village is only an 8-minute drive from the main resort hub of Candidasa, East Bali. It comprises two sub-villages: Dauh Tukad (loosely, “west of the river”) and Pegringsingan. Pegringsingan is best known for its traditional gringsing tie-dyed ‘double ikat’ cloth. The annual Perang Pandan war dance, featuring friendly duels among village males, is definitely worth seeing if your visit coincides with this event.

Visiting Tenganan Village A visit to Tenganan Village can be a highlight of your trip to the East Bali region any time of year.

The village retains much of its ages-old layout and architecture.

Even though television antennae

and electrical wiring are now visible here and there, most of the stone and earth brick walls, bamboo and thatch roofing are reminiscent of earlier times. Almost all the house compounds welcome visitors, each offering something different for the curious visitor to see. Inside, you will see craftsmen at work weaving a gringsing, carving wooden masks, or making various baskets. Throughout the village streets home stalls sell arts and handicrafts. Here, you can directly bargain with the stall owners.

Some generic Balinese items, such as sashes, batiks, and wayang puppets, you can find almost anywhere in Bali. However, there are some handicrafts that are original to the village and are worth looking at.

These items include hanging wall decorations in the style of lontar palm leaf manuscripts. These come displaying images of everything from a map of Bali, an annual calendar, to Barong and Legong

dancers. Most don’t bear price tags – start negotiations at half of the initially offered price.

Original gringsing double ikat weavings are heirloom items. Producing a single length is a painstaking process that requires intricate weaving and dying processes to produce the final product. The natural dyes are also unique, sourced from various indigenous tree barks, plants, and herbs. There are several types of gringsing and some very rare specimens are believed by the Tenganan villagers to have mystical powers. This is your opportunity to have your own exotic piece of ‘magic’ from one of Bali’s oldest villages. The simplest versions range from IDR 500,000 (USD 40), while the most intricate ones can reach IDR 25 million apiece. Entrance to Tenganan Village is based on “a donation” at the ticket booth near the village entrance. Expect to pay around IDR 15,000 (a dollar) per person. (IBP/net)

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This photo taken on December 17, 2018 shows Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte (C) attending the 40th birthday celebration of boxer Manny Pacquiao (4th L) in General Santos City on the southern island of Mindanao.

‘Stronger, faster’ Pacquiao turns 40 with lavish birthday bash

GENERAL SANTOS - Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao said he is “stronger and faster” than ever ahead of his world title defence as he threw a lavish party with thousands of guests and a mass giveaway to mark his 40th birthday.

A car, pickup trucks and appliances were raffled off and President Rodrigo Duterte and celebrities were among the well-wishers at the all-night event, held at a sprawling shopping mall in his home city of General Santos.

“I feel stronger and faster, and

by God’s grace I am wiser at 40, feeling 25,” Pacquiao said, making clear he’s looking forward to facing American Adrien Broner next month.

“I believe the best is yet to come.

You have not yet seen the best of Manny Pacquiao,” he added.

The Filipino southpaw, 60-7 with two draws and 39 knockouts in a career that began in 1995, is to stake his World Boxing Association’s regular welterweight crown against Broner on January 19 in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao, winner of an unprecedented eight world titles in as many weight classes, has continued fighting after reversing a decision to retire in 2016.

The rags-to-riches Pacquiao, who quit school and hawked food in the streets and later took up boxing in his teens to support his mother and his younger siblings, is also an elected Philippine senator.

“Boxing is my passion and public service is my mission,” he said, wearing a dark suit and fedora hat.

The Filipino won his last title by stopping Argentina’s Lucas Matthysse in July at Kuala Lumpur.

Speculation remains high that the Broner bout could be a warmup for a sequel to 2015’s “Fight of the Century”, that Pacquiao lost to undefeated Floyd Mayweather

on points. A sedan and two pickup trucks as well as dozens of smaller prizes, like refrigerators, were raffled off at the party, which included a section that was open to the general public.

Entertainers put on a shadow play recounting the rise of the “people’s champ” from abject poverty to becoming a multi-millionaire who doled out free housing to the poor and visited sick people in hospital.

Rock bands and gospel singers provided the music, children danced, and Pacquiao’s wife, Jinky, serenaded him with a ballad.

“We are so thankful. He never forgets to help us, his poor constituents,” said Sarah Bagas, a middleaged street sweeper who lined up for her raffle ticket and food stub in mid-morning. (afp)

LOS ANGELES - Kevin Durant scored 23 points as the Golden State Warriors kept the pressure on the Denver Nuggets with a 110-93 defeat of the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday.

Durant was one of five Warriors players to make double figures as the depth of the NBA champions proved too much for Memphis at Oakland’s Oracle Arena.

Stephen Curry had 20 points and Klay Thompson 16 in a win which left the Warriors with a record of 21-10, just behind Western Conference leaders Denver who are 20-9.

Curry’s points haul took him past 15,000 for his career, making him the fifth player in Warriors franchise history to reach the milestone.

“It’s a really cool milestone, an unbelievable journey so far,” Curry said. “But it’s just more motivation to keep doing what I’m doing. I’m blessed to play this game, with great team-mates. We can all accomplish great things if we stay in the moment.”

Memphis’s scoring was led from the bench by former Warrior Omri Casspi, who finished with 20 points and was a constant threat to his exteammates.

Elsewhere Monday, LaMarcus Aldridge bagged a double-double as the San Antonio Spurs handed the Philadelphia 76ers a chastening loss in a 123-96 blowout.

Aldridge spearheaded a fine allround offensive display from San Antonio as the Spurs improved to 16-15 at the ATT Center in Texas.

Rudy Gay had 21 points while DeMar DeRozan also had 20 on a night when the Spurs dominated the Sixers in all departments.

The Sixers slipped to 20-12 following the loss.

Ben Simmons and J.J. Redick

had 16 points apiece for the Sixers, but Joel Embiid was restricted to 13 points while Jimmy Butler suffered an off-target night, making just three of 13 field goal attempts.

- Harden fires Rockets In Houston, James Harden exploded for 47 points as the Rockets overpowered the Utah Jazz 102-97 to extend their winning streak to four games.

Reigning NBA MVP Harden produced a dazzling display of scoring to delight the home fans at the Toyota Center with a win that took the Rockets above .500 for the season.

Houston are now 15-14 for the season while Utah have slipped to 14-17, one place off the bottom in the Western Conference.

Harden’s virtuoso display included six rebounds and five assists. Three other Houston players made double figures, with P.J. Tucker finishing with 16 points and Eric Gordon adding 12 points.

Clint Capela hauled down 14 rebounds to dominate the boards.

But it was Harden’s eye-catching display that dominated the postgame discussion, with coach Mike D’Antoni leading the plaudits.

Harden has averaged just over 38 points per game in his last five games.

“This level, the last three or four games are as good as he ever played,” D’Antoni said.

“It’s just the determination that he has. He cares. Every big shot.

Every big play. This is an MVP level. He’s been that way the past week and for the right reasons.

He’s been playing this way for a little bit.”

Donovan Mitchell led the Utah scoring with 23 points while Rudy Gobert finished with 18 points. (afp)

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Kevin Durant #35 of the Golden State Warriors dunks the ball against the Memphis Grizzlies on December 17, 2018 at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California.

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Manchester United sack Jose Mourinho: club

Manchester United have sacked manager Jose Mourinho after the club made their worst start to a season in almost 30 years, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday.

The 55-year-old Portuguese’s last match in charge was the 3-1 defeat by league leaders Liverpool on Sunday which left them 19 points behind their opponents.

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In this file photo taken on November 27, 2018 Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho leaves the pitch following the UEFA Champions League group H football match between Manchester United and Young Boys at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west.

It is United’s worst start in the league since 1990 and even his ambition of reaching the top four and a Champions League qualification spot is in danger with the club 11 points adrift of those places.

Despite the club having reached the Champions League knockout stages -- they face an intimidating last-16 tie with Paris Saint-Germain -- a mix of the results, dressing-room discord and criticism of the board’s transfer policy proved potent factors in the decision to dismiss him.

“Manchester United announces that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect,” a club statement said. “The club would like to thank Jose for his work during his time at Manchester United and to wish him success in the future.

“A new caretaker manager will be appointed until the end of the current season, while the club conducts a thorough recruitment process for a new, full-time manager.”

This also will end the speculation of the future of Paul Pogba. He was soccer’s most expensive player two years ago. He was lifting the World Cup with France only five months ago.

So how has it gotten to the stage where, Manchester Uniton Sunday, one of the world’s most talented ed’s Paul Pogba midfielders didn’t even get off the bench for Manchester United in one of its biggest warms up prior to the matches of the season against Liverpool?

English Premier League With a few minutes left of United’s 3-1 loss at Anfield, cameras panned to Pogba sitsoccer match between ting on the bench, his arms folded, the hood Liverpool and Manchester of his training top shielding his face from the driving rain on a bitterly cold day in northwest United at Anfield in Liverpool, England. Put simply, Pogba wasn’t trusted to England, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. be on the field. (afp)

Atalanta beats Lazio 1-0 to boost Champions League hopes ROME (AP) — The VAR disallowed a stoppage-time equalizer by Lazio in a 1-0 loss at Atalanta in Serie A on Monday, leaving the Roman club just outside the Champions Atalanta’s Duvan Zapata, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring his team’s opening goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Atalanta and Lazio at the Atleti Azzurri d’Italia stadium in Bergamo, Italy, Monday, Dec. 17 2018.

League places and letting Atalanta into contention for the elite European competition.

Lazio remained one point behind fourth-placed AC Milan while Atalanta moved into sixth, one point further back.

The top four clubs qualify for the Champions League.

Francesco Acerbi met a cross from Luis Alberto with a leaping header that appeared to have drawn Lazio level but video reviews appeared to show Acerbi was slightly offside.

Duvan Zapata put Atalanta ahead one minute into the match from close range. (ap)

Tottenham Hotspur’s French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris leaves after giving a press conference at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on December 10, 2018 on the eve of the UEFA Champions League group B football match FC Barcelona against Tottenham Hotspur.

Lloris ready for Tottenham’s revenge mission

Hugo Lloris has warned Arsenal that Tottenham are determined to avenge their recent north London derby despair when the rivals clash again in the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side make the short trip the Emirates Stadium just over two weeks after crashing to a 4-2 defeat at the hands of their bitterest of neighbours in the Premier League.

Tottenham led 2-1 on that occasion but fell apart in the second half as Arsenal hit back to claim their second successive home win in the north London derby following last season’s 2-0 success.

The fiery encounter featured a brawl between players from both teams after Tottenham’s

Eric Dier enraged Arsenal with a provocative goal celebration.

Tottenham fans were also in trouble after a banana skin was thrown at Arsenal’s Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as he celebrated his goal in front of the away end.

Adding to the toxic mood around the clash, Arsenal’s stars weren’t shy about taking to social media to brag about their victory, with Gunners goalkeeper Bernd Leno’s post of a picture of the team celebrating brand disrespectful by Pochettino.

Pochettino insists Tottenham’s improvement during his reign means they no longer need to be obsessed about making derby victories the highlight of their season.

But Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris insists his team would love

to make amends for their painful loss earlier this month.

“Maybe it’s a good thing that we lost the Premier League game a few weeks ago because it is more motivation for us,” Lloris said. “There are no more bad feelings than when you get a defeat. It is another opportunity and we will try our best to go through.

“Every game that you lose it hurts, but of course when you lead 2-1 it’s worse. “It’s true Arsenal are playing very well and are a difficult team to beat, but I think we have the quality to do it.”

Pochettino and Arsenal manager Unai Emery may be tempted to field under-strength teams to rest their key players ahead of a hectic Christmas schedule. (afp)

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Manchester United have sacked manager Jose Mourinho after the club made their worst start to a season in almost 30 years, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday.

The 55-year-old Portuguese’s last match in charge was the 3-1 defeat by league leaders Liverpool on Sunday which left them 19 points behind their opponents.

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In this file photo taken on November 27, 2018 Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho leaves the pitch following the UEFA Champions League group H football match between Manchester United and Young Boys at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west.

It is United’s worst start in the league since 1990 and even his ambition of reaching the top four and a Champions League qualification spot is in danger with the club 11 points adrift of those places.

Despite the club having reached the Champions League knockout stages -- they face an intimidating last-16 tie with Paris Saint-Germain -- a mix of the results, dressing-room discord and criticism of the board’s transfer policy proved potent factors in the decision to dismiss him.

“Manchester United announces that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect,” a club statement said. “The club would like to thank Jose for his work during his time at Manchester United and to wish him success in the future.

“A new caretaker manager will be appointed until the end of the current season, while the club conducts a thorough recruitment process for a new, full-time manager.”

This also will end the speculation of the future of Paul Pogba. He was soccer’s most expensive player two years ago. He was lifting the World Cup with France only five months ago.

So how has it gotten to the stage where, Manchester Uniton Sunday, one of the world’s most talented ed’s Paul Pogba midfielders didn’t even get off the bench for Manchester United in one of its biggest warms up prior to the matches of the season against Liverpool?

English Premier League With a few minutes left of United’s 3-1 loss at Anfield, cameras panned to Pogba sitsoccer match between ting on the bench, his arms folded, the hood Liverpool and Manchester of his training top shielding his face from the driving rain on a bitterly cold day in northwest United at Anfield in Liverpool, England. Put simply, Pogba wasn’t trusted to England, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. be on the field. (afp)

Atalanta beats Lazio 1-0 to boost Champions League hopes ROME (AP) — The VAR disallowed a stoppage-time equalizer by Lazio in a 1-0 loss at Atalanta in Serie A on Monday, leaving the Roman club just outside the Champions Atalanta’s Duvan Zapata, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring his team’s opening goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Atalanta and Lazio at the Atleti Azzurri d’Italia stadium in Bergamo, Italy, Monday, Dec. 17 2018.

League places and letting Atalanta into contention for the elite European competition.

Lazio remained one point behind fourth-placed AC Milan while Atalanta moved into sixth, one point further back.

The top four clubs qualify for the Champions League.

Francesco Acerbi met a cross from Luis Alberto with a leaping header that appeared to have drawn Lazio level but video reviews appeared to show Acerbi was slightly offside.

Duvan Zapata put Atalanta ahead one minute into the match from close range. (ap)

Tottenham Hotspur’s French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris leaves after giving a press conference at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on December 10, 2018 on the eve of the UEFA Champions League group B football match FC Barcelona against Tottenham Hotspur.

Lloris ready for Tottenham’s revenge mission

Hugo Lloris has warned Arsenal that Tottenham are determined to avenge their recent north London derby despair when the rivals clash again in the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side make the short trip the Emirates Stadium just over two weeks after crashing to a 4-2 defeat at the hands of their bitterest of neighbours in the Premier League.

Tottenham led 2-1 on that occasion but fell apart in the second half as Arsenal hit back to claim their second successive home win in the north London derby following last season’s 2-0 success.

The fiery encounter featured a brawl between players from both teams after Tottenham’s

Eric Dier enraged Arsenal with a provocative goal celebration.

Tottenham fans were also in trouble after a banana skin was thrown at Arsenal’s Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as he celebrated his goal in front of the away end.

Adding to the toxic mood around the clash, Arsenal’s stars weren’t shy about taking to social media to brag about their victory, with Gunners goalkeeper Bernd Leno’s post of a picture of the team celebrating brand disrespectful by Pochettino.

Pochettino insists Tottenham’s improvement during his reign means they no longer need to be obsessed about making derby victories the highlight of their season.

But Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris insists his team would love

to make amends for their painful loss earlier this month.

“Maybe it’s a good thing that we lost the Premier League game a few weeks ago because it is more motivation for us,” Lloris said. “There are no more bad feelings than when you get a defeat. It is another opportunity and we will try our best to go through.

“Every game that you lose it hurts, but of course when you lead 2-1 it’s worse. “It’s true Arsenal are playing very well and are a difficult team to beat, but I think we have the quality to do it.”

Pochettino and Arsenal manager Unai Emery may be tempted to field under-strength teams to rest their key players ahead of a hectic Christmas schedule. (afp)

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Tenganan Village Bali Aga Village near Candidasa KARANGASEM - Tenganan Village in East Bali is one of the Bali Aga (original Balinese) communities in Bali and it is famous for its well-preserved village layout and the ongoing survival of its traditional crafts. The village is only an 8-minute drive from the main resort hub of Candidasa, East Bali. It comprises two sub-villages: Dauh Tukad (loosely, “west of the river”) and Pegringsingan. Pegringsingan is best known for its traditional gringsing tie-dyed ‘double ikat’ cloth. The annual Perang Pandan war dance, featuring friendly duels among village males, is definitely worth seeing if your visit coincides with this event.

Visiting Tenganan Village A visit to Tenganan Village can be a highlight of your trip to the East Bali region any time of year.

The village retains much of its ages-old layout and architecture.

Even though television antennae

and electrical wiring are now visible here and there, most of the stone and earth brick walls, bamboo and thatch roofing are reminiscent of earlier times. Almost all the house compounds welcome visitors, each offering something different for the curious visitor to see. Inside, you will see craftsmen at work weaving a gringsing, carving wooden masks, or making various baskets. Throughout the village streets home stalls sell arts and handicrafts. Here, you can directly bargain with the stall owners.

Some generic Balinese items, such as sashes, batiks, and wayang puppets, you can find almost anywhere in Bali. However, there are some handicrafts that are original to the village and are worth looking at.

These items include hanging wall decorations in the style of lontar palm leaf manuscripts. These come displaying images of everything from a map of Bali, an annual calendar, to Barong and Legong

dancers. Most don’t bear price tags – start negotiations at half of the initially offered price.

Original gringsing double ikat weavings are heirloom items. Producing a single length is a painstaking process that requires intricate weaving and dying processes to produce the final product. The natural dyes are also unique, sourced from various indigenous tree barks, plants, and herbs. There are several types of gringsing and some very rare specimens are believed by the Tenganan villagers to have mystical powers. This is your opportunity to have your own exotic piece of ‘magic’ from one of Bali’s oldest villages. The simplest versions range from IDR 500,000 (USD 40), while the most intricate ones can reach IDR 25 million apiece. Entrance to Tenganan Village is based on “a donation” at the ticket booth near the village entrance. Expect to pay around IDR 15,000 (a dollar) per person. (IBP/net)

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This photo taken on December 17, 2018 shows Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte (C) attending the 40th birthday celebration of boxer Manny Pacquiao (4th L) in General Santos City on the southern island of Mindanao.

‘Stronger, faster’ Pacquiao turns 40 with lavish birthday bash

GENERAL SANTOS - Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao said he is “stronger and faster” than ever ahead of his world title defence as he threw a lavish party with thousands of guests and a mass giveaway to mark his 40th birthday.

A car, pickup trucks and appliances were raffled off and President Rodrigo Duterte and celebrities were among the well-wishers at the all-night event, held at a sprawling shopping mall in his home city of General Santos.

“I feel stronger and faster, and

by God’s grace I am wiser at 40, feeling 25,” Pacquiao said, making clear he’s looking forward to facing American Adrien Broner next month.

“I believe the best is yet to come.

You have not yet seen the best of Manny Pacquiao,” he added.

The Filipino southpaw, 60-7 with two draws and 39 knockouts in a career that began in 1995, is to stake his World Boxing Association’s regular welterweight crown against Broner on January 19 in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao, winner of an unprecedented eight world titles in as many weight classes, has continued fighting after reversing a decision to retire in 2016.

The rags-to-riches Pacquiao, who quit school and hawked food in the streets and later took up boxing in his teens to support his mother and his younger siblings, is also an elected Philippine senator.

“Boxing is my passion and public service is my mission,” he said, wearing a dark suit and fedora hat.

The Filipino won his last title by stopping Argentina’s Lucas Matthysse in July at Kuala Lumpur.

Speculation remains high that the Broner bout could be a warmup for a sequel to 2015’s “Fight of the Century”, that Pacquiao lost to undefeated Floyd Mayweather

on points. A sedan and two pickup trucks as well as dozens of smaller prizes, like refrigerators, were raffled off at the party, which included a section that was open to the general public.

Entertainers put on a shadow play recounting the rise of the “people’s champ” from abject poverty to becoming a multi-millionaire who doled out free housing to the poor and visited sick people in hospital.

Rock bands and gospel singers provided the music, children danced, and Pacquiao’s wife, Jinky, serenaded him with a ballad.

“We are so thankful. He never forgets to help us, his poor constituents,” said Sarah Bagas, a middleaged street sweeper who lined up for her raffle ticket and food stub in mid-morning. (afp)

LOS ANGELES - Kevin Durant scored 23 points as the Golden State Warriors kept the pressure on the Denver Nuggets with a 110-93 defeat of the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday.

Durant was one of five Warriors players to make double figures as the depth of the NBA champions proved too much for Memphis at Oakland’s Oracle Arena.

Stephen Curry had 20 points and Klay Thompson 16 in a win which left the Warriors with a record of 21-10, just behind Western Conference leaders Denver who are 20-9.

Curry’s points haul took him past 15,000 for his career, making him the fifth player in Warriors franchise history to reach the milestone.

“It’s a really cool milestone, an unbelievable journey so far,” Curry said. “But it’s just more motivation to keep doing what I’m doing. I’m blessed to play this game, with great team-mates. We can all accomplish great things if we stay in the moment.”

Memphis’s scoring was led from the bench by former Warrior Omri Casspi, who finished with 20 points and was a constant threat to his exteammates.

Elsewhere Monday, LaMarcus Aldridge bagged a double-double as the San Antonio Spurs handed the Philadelphia 76ers a chastening loss in a 123-96 blowout.

Aldridge spearheaded a fine allround offensive display from San Antonio as the Spurs improved to 16-15 at the ATT Center in Texas.

Rudy Gay had 21 points while DeMar DeRozan also had 20 on a night when the Spurs dominated the Sixers in all departments.

The Sixers slipped to 20-12 following the loss.

Ben Simmons and J.J. Redick

had 16 points apiece for the Sixers, but Joel Embiid was restricted to 13 points while Jimmy Butler suffered an off-target night, making just three of 13 field goal attempts.

- Harden fires Rockets In Houston, James Harden exploded for 47 points as the Rockets overpowered the Utah Jazz 102-97 to extend their winning streak to four games.

Reigning NBA MVP Harden produced a dazzling display of scoring to delight the home fans at the Toyota Center with a win that took the Rockets above .500 for the season.

Houston are now 15-14 for the season while Utah have slipped to 14-17, one place off the bottom in the Western Conference.

Harden’s virtuoso display included six rebounds and five assists. Three other Houston players made double figures, with P.J. Tucker finishing with 16 points and Eric Gordon adding 12 points.

Clint Capela hauled down 14 rebounds to dominate the boards.

But it was Harden’s eye-catching display that dominated the postgame discussion, with coach Mike D’Antoni leading the plaudits.

Harden has averaged just over 38 points per game in his last five games.

“This level, the last three or four games are as good as he ever played,” D’Antoni said.

“It’s just the determination that he has. He cares. Every big shot.

Every big play. This is an MVP level. He’s been that way the past week and for the right reasons.

He’s been playing this way for a little bit.”

Donovan Mitchell led the Utah scoring with 23 points while Rudy Gobert finished with 18 points. (afp)

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Kevin Durant #35 of the Golden State Warriors dunks the ball against the Memphis Grizzlies on December 17, 2018 at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California.

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‘No place for a mother’: S. Korea battles to raise birth rate

SEOUL - When Ashley Park started her marketing job at a Seoul drugmaker she had a near-perfect college record, flawless English, and got on well with her colleagues -- none of which mattered to her employer once she fell pregnant.

Nine months after she joined, Park said, “They said to my face that there is no place in the company for a woman with a child, so I needed to quit.”

All the women working at the firm were single or childless, she suddenly realised, and mostly below 40.

Park’s case exemplifies why so many South Korean women are put off marriage and childbirth, pushing the country’s birth rate -- one of the world’s lowest -- ever further down.

Earlier this month Seoul announced its latest set of measures to try to stem the decline, but critics say they will have little to no effect in the face of deep-seated underlying causes.

Many South Korean firms are reluctant to employ mothers, doubting their commitment to the company and fearing that they will not put in the long hours that are standard in

the country -- as well as to avoid paying for their legallyentitled birth leave.

When Park refused to quit, her boss relentlessly bullied her -- banning her from attending business meetings and ignoring her at the office “like I was an invisible ghost” -- and management threatened to fire her husband, who worked at the same company.

After fighting for about six months, she finally relented and offered her resignation, giving birth to a daughter a month later. Aside from a brief stint at an IT start-up that did not keep its promise of flexible working hours, she has been a stay-at-home mother ever since.

“I studied and worked so hard for years to get a job when youth unemployment was so high, and enjoyed my work so much... and look what happened to me,” Park told AFP. Now 27, she has been rejected at several job interviews as soon as she revealed she had a child, and has given up seeking employment, trying to set up her own trading business instead.

“The government kept telling women to have more children... but how, in a country like this?” she asked.

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This photo taken on September 22, 2018 shows a man carrying a baby on a train platform at the Seoul railway station. South Korea’s fertility rate -- the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime -- fell to 0.95 in the third quarter of 2018.

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After the TV station refused to broadcast the petition on Sunday evening, some protesters threw smoke bombs at police, who responded with tear gas. Around 10 MPs from various opposition parties stayed within the MTVA building for much of Monday, pressing staff to

read out the petition.

They later left the building at the police’s request, emerging to cheers from protestors. One of those who was inside the building, MEP Peter Niedermueller from the liberal DK party, said the protest aimed was at “restoring the freedom of the press”.

“It’s ridiculous that the majority of the country doesn’t even know what’s happening in Budapest be-

cause public TV, on all its channels, is only talking about preparations for Christmas,” he said. “Today we are not just fighting the two controversial laws but the whole of the Orban regime,” ex-Prime Minister and DK leader Ferenc Gyurscany told the private Klubradio station.

- Opposition unity -

Apart from the opposiotion,

- Working women The South’s fertility rate -- the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime -- fell to 0.95 in the third quarter of 2018, the first time it has dropped below 1 and far short of the 2.1 needed to maintain stability.

As a result of the trend, which has been dubbed a “birth strike” by women, the population of the world’s 11th largest economy, currently 51 million, is expected to start falling in 2028.

Many cite reasons ranging from the expense of childrearing, high youth unemployment, long working hours and limited daycare to career setbacks for working mothers.

Even if women hold on to their jobs, they bear a double burden of carrying out the brunt of household chores.

Patriarchal values remain deeply ingrained in the South: nearly 85 percent of South Korean men back the idea of women working, according to a state survey, but that plummets to 47 percent when asked whether they would support their own wives having a job.

Employment rates for married men and women are dramatically different -- 82 percent and 53 percent respectively.

Now nearly three-quarters of South Korean women aged 20-40 see marriage as unnecessary, an opinion poll by a financial magazine and a recruitment website showed. But almost all children in the South are born in wedlock.

- ‘Harsh conditions’ Against that backdrop, the South’s government has spent a whopping 136 trillion won ($121 billion) since 2005 to try to boost the birth rate, mostly through campaigns to encourage more young people to wed and reproduce, without success.

Earlier this month it announced yet another round of measures.

They included expanding child subsidies of up to 300,000 won ($270) a month, and allowing parents with children younger than eight to work an hour less each day to take care of their offspring.

More daycare centres and kindergartens will be built, and men will be allowed -- but not obliged -- to take 10 days of paid birth leave, up from the current three.

But many measures were not legally binding and carried no punishment for firms that denied their workers the promised benefits, and the package met a disdainful response.

“The government policies are based on this simplistic assumption that ‘if we give more money, people would have more children’,” the Korea Women Workers Association said in a statement.

Seoul should first address “relentless sexual discrimination at work and the double burden of work and housechores” for women, it added.

The centrist Korea Times newspaper also questioned whether such “lacklustre” state policies would bring in real change unless the government tackled the real drivers of women shunning marriage and childbirth.

“Unless these harsh conditions for women change, no amount of government subsidies will convince women having children is a happy choice.” (afp)

unions have also backed the demonstrations against the reforms, which hike the annual overtime hours that employers can demand from 250 to 400 hours and allow payment to be delayed by up to three years.

Tamas Szekely from Hungary’s main confederation of trade unions told the rally on Monday that they would organise a general strike if the reforms are signed into law.

The government says the changes are needed by employers short of manpower and will benefit those wanting to work extra hours.

Over the weekend protestors also gathered in other parts of the country.

In the third-biggest city Szeged, the socialist mayor called on businesses not to comply with the new overtime law. (afp)

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Jakub Fabian Skrzypski (L) from Poland sits in a court with another prisoner in Wamena on December 17, 2018. An Indonesian court on December 17 delayed the trial of a Polish man who faces up to 20 years’ jail for alleged links to Papuan separatists because he did not have access to a translator.

Trial of Pole charged for links to Papuan separatists postponed

An Indonesian court Monday delayed the trial of a Polish man who faces up to 20 years’ jail for alleged links to Papuan separatists because he did not have access to a translator.

Jakub Fabian Skrzypski was detained and charged in August after meeting suspected rebels in the restive province of Papua, according to prosecutors, who said he made contact with them in a bid to spread information about their fight for independence.

Jakarta is deeply sensitive about Papua, where a low-level insurgency against the central government has simmered for decades, and routinely blames separatists for violence in the region.

The Indonesian island region shares a border with independent Papua New Guinea (PNG), just north of Australia.

Skrzypski was due to stand trial with a Papuan man on Monday in Wamena, where he was arrested, but proceedings were called off because the court failed to book a flight for a translator, the town’s prosecutor Ricarda Arsenius said. The trial will resume on January 8.

Skrzypski faces a range of charges under Indonesia’s criminal code, including a plot to overthrow the government and joining an outlawed rebel group, according to a copy of the indictment seen by AFP. Prosecutors said the Pole had met with leaders of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) and was found with documents and video detailing the Papuan struggle for independence.

It is also alleged that Skrzypski and his co-defendant discussed the possibility of procuring arms from Poland.

Police previously said they had confiscated from Skrzypski and three Indonesians more than 130 rounds of ammunition, but no mention of that was made in the indictment.

Skrzypski’s lawyer Latifah Anum Siregar said the Pole, who was living in Switzerland before his arrest, denied any wrongdoing.

In a letter sent to the Swiss newspaper Le Temps in September, Skrzypski said he was merely a tourist in Papua.

“They (the investigators) are telling stories about ammunitions, but I’ve never seen or possessed any.

“They are trying to accuse me of an attempted coup, but all I’ve done was meeting some indigenous Papuans, who

were not armed,” he said in the letter.

Papua, a former Dutch colony, declared itself independent in 1961, but neighbouring Indonesia took control of the region two years later on the condition it hold an independence referendum.

About 1,000 handpicked Papuans unanimously chose to be part of Indonesia in the UN-backed referendum, which is widely considered a sham.

The region, one of Indonesia’s poorest, has been the site of a long-running insurgency ever since, and has experienced several spasms of violence this month.

At least 16 employees of a state-owned company, who were building bridges in a major infrastructure push for the impoverished region, were killed by separatist rebels in early December.

At least four more workers remain missing, while a soldier was also killed by the rebels, authorities said.

Indonesian security forces have long been accused of rights abuses against Papua’s ethnic Melanesian population including extrajudicial killings of activists and peaceful protestors. (afp)

Indonesian people in Czech declare supports for Jokowi

LONDON - The Indonesian community, that called themselves Czech for Joko Widodo (Jokowi), living in Prague, declared their support to win the presidential and vice presidential candidates Jokowi-Ma`ruf.

The declaration event was carried out in the Wenceslav Square as the historical area in the Czech Republic over the weekend.

The Jokowi-volunteer declaration in the Prague was read by Ayu Setia along with Widya Sykorova

representing the Indonesian community named ?Ceko for Jokowi? that arrived from several locations inside and outside the capital of Prague.

Widya Sykorova explained, following the declaration, they

also conducted a discussion about the step and initial Czech work program for the Jokowi-Ma`ruf pair.

“The Indonesian friends are still coming to join as the Jokowi`s volunteers despite the declaration

reading is over,” Widya pointed out.

Two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates namely Jokowi-Ma`ruf and Prabowo-Sandi will contest in presidential election on April 17, 2019. (ant)

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Come on … See Sunset at Batu Bolong Temple of Tanah Lot

BUSINESS World stocks slip as traders brace for Fed rate increase SINGAPORE - World markets were mostly lower on Tuesday, tracking losses on Wall Street as traders braced for an interest rate hike by Federal Reserve.

KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, Germany’s DAX was 0.1 percent lower at 10,765.49 and France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.4 percent to 4,781.19.

Britain’s FTSE 100 index fell 0.6 percent to 6,732.66.

WALL STREET SELL-OFF: On Monday, broad selling knocked U.S. indexes to their lowest levels in over a year. Investors sold almost everything, from technology and retail stocks to steadier high-dividend companies. Less than 40 of the 500 stocks in the broad S&P 500 index finished the day higher. Stocks were set to recover slightly on Tuesday. S&P 500 futures gained 0.3 percent to 2,562.00. Dow futures rose 0.4 percent to 23,767.00.

FED MEETING: The Federal Open Market Committee begins a two-day meeting on Tuesday. It is expected to raise its short-term interest rate by a modest quarter-point, to a range of 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent a day later. The rate is used as a benchmark for many consumer and business loans. Investors fear more monetary tightening would weigh on U.S. growth, and eventually, the global economy, which is already expected to slow in 2019 because of trade tensions. President Donald Trump tweeted that it was “incredible” the Fed was considering another rate hike, with “a very strong dollar and virtually no inflation.”

The central bank forecasts three more rate hikes in 2019.

ANALYST’S TAKE: “Despite Donald Trump’s recent overture, the Fed looks set to hike rates again on Wednesday with market players anxious to see if the economy can handle more policy tightening given expectations for slowing growth,” ING economists Nicholas Mapa and Prakash Sakpal said in a commentary.

ASIA’S DAY: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was 1.8 percent lower at 21,115.45 and the Kospi in South Korea dropped 0.4 percent to 2,062.11.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slid 1.1 percent to 25,814.25. The Shanghai Composite index dipped 0.8 percent to 2,576.65. Australia’s S&P ASX 200 was down 1.2 percent at 5,589.50.

Shares were lower in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

ENERGY: Oil prices tumbled on worries about oversupply and softening growth in China, which could hit demand. Benchmark U.S. crude shed 85 cents to $49.03 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract dropped $1.32 to $49.88 in New York on Monday. Brent crude, used to price international oils, gave up $1.03 to $58.58 a barrel. It lost 67 cents to settle at $59.61 a barrel in London.

CURRENCIES: The dollar weakened to 112.46 yen from 112.83 yen in late trading Monday. The euro rose to $1.1374 from $1.1349. (ap)

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Tanah Lot attraction indeed deserves to be the most favorite tourist destination.

When making a visit, tourists can witness uniqueness. The attraction located at Beraban village, Kediri, Tabanan, has attractive places to visit. All are interesting to take pictures with fun. One of them is the Batu Bolong Temple located in the west of Tanah Lot Temple.

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In this Dec. 12, 2018 photo, Venezuelan breakdancers Maria Molina, right, Alex Beltran, on the ground, and Miguel Angel Flores perform for tips from commuters in Lima, Peru. With a captive audience of pedestrians and commuters, the dancers’ headstands, spins and steps on a good day net up to $20 in pocket change, nearly three times the monthly minimum wage in Venezuela.

Venezuelan migrants hit Peru’s street, dancing to survive

LIMA - The three Venezuelan migrants eke out a living 90 seconds at a time in a busy intersection of Peru’s capital. When the traffic light flashes red, the acrobatics and break dancing starts.

With a captive audience of pedestrians and commuters packed inside city buses, the dancers’ headstands, dizzying spins and fast-paced steps on a good day net up to $20 in pocket change — nearly three times the monthly minimum wage in Venezuela.

It also earned them a brush with a Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie.

“You never know how it will go in the street,” said dancer Karin Rojas. “One day it’s good and the next day it’s bad.”

The trio is just part of a flood of Venezuelans fighting for survival after fleeing their homeland and the worst economic crisis anybody in Latin America can remember.

Most Venezuelan migrants head to neighboring Colombia, overwhelming

border towns. They hawk their valuables on the street, sell hotdogs or repair shoes. Farther-off Peru is the second-most-common destination. Rojas, 25, and her husband, Francisco Diaz, arrived in Lima in 2016, leaving behind their mountainous home in the Venezuelan state of Merida, where they ran a break dancing collective.

In Peru, they met the third partner, Angel Fernandez, a short and stout 22-year-old from their home state. The three settled on a busy intersection in Lima to perform.

Six days a week, they bound into the intersection with each red light — an exhausting 80 times over a 13-hour workday.

They end some days just $5 richer, and hurting physically.

The sun cooks the asphalt. Their palms are covered in calluses and fingers sometimes bleed. Rojas says her bones ache and her head throbs. Still, Rojas said, their life is better than in Venezuela, where she would go two days in a row without eating. Now, she can afford three meals a day.

Their dancing also caught the attention of Jolie in October, when the American actress visited Lima as a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Their moves impressed Jolie, and she told them not to give up their dreams.

Rojas and Diaz hope to parlay earnings from their street dancing into buying a three-wheel motorcycle taxi, a common form of transportation in Lima’s poor outskirts.

“We’re never going to stop dancing,” Rojas said. “Dancing helps us forget all of our sorrows.” (ap)

The temple is located on one of the capes at Segara Kidul of Tanah Lot. This rock cliff has a hollow in the middle, so that Balinese people call it Njung Batu Bolong (literally means perforated stone cape).

The shape of the hole is like ardha candra (crescent moon), so that if photographed from Njung Galuh (east of Batu Bolong Temple) it creates a unique and beautiful panorama.

Moreover, coupled with the crashing waves against the others coming from the beach, it is truly a unique natural attraction. This temple is the second most visited by tourists other than Tanah Lot Temple. “This temple is very popular among tourists as a location to enjoy sunset because it lies jutting into the middle of the sea and not blocked by anything. If you go there, it is better to come in the afternoon,” said Made Sulindera, person in charge of Batu Bolong Temple.

Hindu communities usually use this temple to hold melasti ceremo-

nies or other religious ceremonies.

When holding a pakelem ceremony using sacrificed animals (wewalungan), it is held around the Njung Batu Bolong Temple. Pujawali or festival of the Batu Bolong Temple falls on Buda (Wednesday) Wage Langkir (the nearest on January 9, 2019), held for three days. “This temple is a favorite location to enjoy sunset for tourists visiting this place,” he explained.

Made Sulindera stated that ahead of the afternoon both domestic and foreign tourists begin to shift to the west while waiting for the sun to return to Heaven. The tourists relax by sitting in the shady Njung Galuh area. “When the sunset moment comes, tourists immediately capture the beauty of nature through the camera. Not a few of them use mobile phones, too,” he said.

Mr. Aldrich, a British tour-

ist making a visit with his wife claimed to be amazed by the place (the location of the Batu Bolong Temple). The natural scenery is very unique, so that it makes him interested in visiting Tanah Lot. Many places are available to dance in this object area. “We are very happy and want to linger and relax here,” he smiled.

Similarly, Dewi Rejeki, a mother of three sons, intentionally came

from the city of Surabaya where she lived in order to be able to see the beauty of the Tanah Lot. Her presence in this tourist spot is indeed not for the first time, so that she knows the beautiful moment to be immortalized. “At first, we are curious about the story of a friend who said the beauty of Tanah Lot. We then travel after holidays. Apparently, it’s right and addicted he … he …,” she said happily. (kmb)

Jaja Laklak Also Preferred by Tourists

Jaja laklak (cake) is served with grated coconut together with brown sugar topping. When biting carefully, this cake feels soft and delicious. It is made by Balinese people utilizing rice flour. This cake has

circular shape with a diameter of 3 cm and is made with clay mold.

It tastes good and is perfect for sitting in the morning, moreover, if coupled with warm Balinese coffee or tea. Laklak is white because it

is not using food coloring, there is also a green one coming from the extract water of suji leaves. Jaja laklak is very easy to carry everywhere, so it’s good for food gift.

This cake is usually sold at food stalls at villages in the morning.

This traditional cake is also sold in traditional markets and cake shops as well as has been taken advantage as appetizer at hotels. At the same time, it is often adopted as menu of option for citizens at wedding receptions or opening menu for participants of meetings, seminars and other gathering events at hotels or restaurants.

In cake shops, jaja laklak has been packed in plastic boxes with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. But lately, the plastic packaging has begun to be abandoned because it causes a lot of plastic waste which is difficult to decom-

pose. Unlike the cake traders at villagers, they use banana leaves to wrap the cakes.

This jaja laklak is usually sold for IDR 5,000 per wrap containing 5 or 4 pieces. The top appearance of this cake is usually added with grated coconut and brown sugar sauce. In addition to local people, this cake is also favored by domestic and foreign tourists. So naturally, it has become a hotel cake commonly served as an appetizer or welcome cake.

The ingredients of jaja laklak consist of rice flour, coconut (to be made into coconut milk), suji leaves, salt, brown sugar, granulated sugar and water. Preparation: put rice flour into a container and then pour hot water little by little while stirring until finely blended.

Then, pour the coconut milk little by little as well, while continuing

to stir. Then, added suji leaf water to create a distinctive aroma, add salt to taste and then stir until all the ingredients are evenly mixed.

Ultimately, prepare the mold and preheat it first. After that, pour the batter of laklak with a spoon in accordance with the mold hole. Cover the mold and then wait for it to get cooked. Next, make brown sugar sauce by dissolving brown sugar and granulated sugar in boiled water. Simultaneously, stir it until boiling and then lifted and filtered.

Boil it back until it thickens. Coconut is shredded and mixed with salt according to taste.

How to present? First of all, put some pieces of jaja laklak on a plate or banana leaf in such away so as to look nice. Then, sprinkle them with grated coconut and pour the brown sugar sauce on top. Now, it is ready to taste! (kmb)

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To overcome clean water crisis every dry season

RIO DE JANEIRO - When doctors told her that the sixmonth-old fetus she was carrying had severe brain damage caused by the Zika virus, Thamires Ferreira da Silva tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a bus in Rio de Janeiro.

AMLAPURA - The issue on clean water crisis experienced by residents in Amerta Bhuana village, Selat, for years when dry season comes will soon be overcome. At this time, the village has established hydropande pump to overcome the water problem so far.

The village has established hydropande pump to overcome the water problem so far.

Village funds directed to waste management

Made Subur

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SINGARAJA - Villages in Buleleng receive annual village funds (DD) from the government every year. If in the past years this fund was used for infrastructure development, right now the villages are instructed to use it to accelerate waste management at the village. In addition to maintaining the environmental sanitation, the community is also involved in waste management through a labor-intensive program is believed to give positive support in the community’s economy.

Buleleng received village fund disbursements for 2019 worth IDR 124,026,738,000. The fund is allocated to 129 villages. The highest allocation of fund is received by Lokapaksa village, Seririt subdistrict, amounting to IDR 1,628

billion. Meanwhile, the lowest is received by Tampekan village, Banjar subdistrict worth IDR 769,467,000. Based on technical guidelines for managing the village fund, 30 percent of the total village funds received by each village must be directed to labor intensive programs.

Head of the Village Community Empowerment Office (PMD), Made Subur, stated last weekend that cash labor-intensive programs at each village had previously focused on infrastructure development. This allocation of funds has not touched empowerment.

For this reason, in 2019 the utilization is directed to waste management. Some villages already have garbage processing sites, and then

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‘We’ve been forgotten’: Brazil’s Zika generation

Amerta Bhuana builds hydropande pump

To raise clean water from a spring so that it can be channeled to people’s homes, local residents use a hydropande pump. Uniquely, this pump does not need electricity or fuel. This pump is created by a resident named Pande Mangku Nyoman Merdana who is also a retired domestic and foreign agricultural expert through the Sanggraha Dibia Tohlangkir Foundation. After the experiment, the pump can now take out water to a height of 150 meters with water discharge of one to three liters per second. The water pumped out is the accommodated in a reservoir. After that, the water is distributed to residents’ home by using gravity system.

Creator of the hydropande pump, Pande Mangku Nyoman Merdana, said the working method is utilizing water hammer power.

So, the tube will push the water upward with the open-close system so the water cannot return, but will be pushed towards the top. “The ability of this hydropande pump with a single elevation meter can lift a water level of 25 meters per second. Meanwhile, with a height of five meters, it can lift 150 meters of water,” he said.

In the meantime, Head of Amerta Bhuana, I Wayan Suara Arsana, explained that with the availability of an appropriate pump, the residents’ worries about water crisis every dry season has been resolved. Previously, every dry season residents always buy clean water using tank truck at high prices. It happens because the rainwater stored in the cistern has run out, thus forcing residents to buy clean water to meet their daily needs. “So, we hope that with this hydropande pump, the years of clean water crisis people experience every year can be overcome,” said Suara.

Suara explained that installation of hydropande pump spent around IDR 200 million. He told the pump can last two to five years without special treatment. “This pump is very good because it is eco-friendly and does not use electricity and fuel. So, the presence of this pump is the most appropriate solution to overcome the clean water crisis here. This pump has been installed in 20 points in Bali. Hopefully, the pump can overcome the clean water crisis in all regions in Bali,” he explained. (kmb41)

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the Buleleng district government itself has a local regulation on waste management, so it is certain that labor intensive programs in the field of management will run optimally. “The empowerment pattern is carried out where the waste is processed, and then what has been processed can be sold and used as fertilizer. So, it can help alleviate poverty,” he said.

According to him, with this pattern of empowerment, village government can provide salaries for the community for waste processing workers. “They are asked to work on the activities in the village whose sources are from village funds. The salary received can be used to finance his daily life,” he said. (kmb28)

“I just wanted to finish it,” said the 29-year-old Brazilian, crying.

But the bus driver braked in time and more than two years later, she is raising her son Miguel with the help of her husband Wallace, their families and medical specialists.

Miguel was the first child in Brazil to be diagnosed with the mosquito-borne illness, which at the time was an unremarked phenomenon but which soon grew to be the focus of a global health alert.

“I feel that we’ve been totally forgotten,” Ferreira da Silva said.

Her son, aged two years and four months, suffers from microcephaly -- a condition in which the brain does not develop properly and results in a smaller than normal head.

He also has lissencephaly, where parts of the brain appear smooth, the rare Dandy-Walker syndrome that is characterized by deformation of the part of the brain that controls movement, kidney problems and epilepsy.

Despite being cross-eyed, the toddler can see, and he reacts to family voices. But he is unable to walk, sit or lift his head.

His parents follow a strict and costly regime that involves giving him six medicines every 12 hours and regular hospitalizations.

“It’s difficult and it costs a lot.

Families hide their child so society doesn’t see it. But us, we want to be part of society,” Wallace said.

He works at night as a computer technician to help pay the countless bills racked up for Miguel’s care, including for his pediatrician, kidney doctor, physiotherapist and

psychomotor specialist, spread across three different hospitals.

- Absent parents The Zika epidemic in Brazil that started in 2015 caused an exponential increase in the number of babies with microcephaly and other neurological defects, particularly in the northeast, the country’s poorest region.

Between November 2015 and May 2018, the health ministry registered more than 3,000 cases linked to Zika infections during pregnancy.

The government has taken several measures to assist mothers raising Zika-affected children, such as priority access to public housing and minimum-wage payments for the poorest families.

But often they still face difficulties getting access to municipal services because of a lack of information or the complicated bureaucracy.

“They do everything so you don’t come back. There is a lot of bureaucracy so you just give up because you are overwhelmed with so many things,” Ferreira da Silva said.

Initially, she and her husband contacted other families in the same situation to swap information and lobby authorities to make sure their rights were respected, such as the house they have just moved into in Rio. But their standard of living and the attention they have managed to provide for Miguel is not the rule, they say -- and especially not for single mothers who have been abandoned by their partners.

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In this file picture taken on November 30, 2018 Brazilian Thamires Cristina dos Santos Ferreira da Silva, 29, touches two-year-old son Matheus Silva, who was born with microcephaly, as her husband Wallace da Silva Cruz, 35, holds him at their apartment in Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

“Miguel makes us fight, not only for him but also for the families.

Because we know how difficult it is. We know that many families have an absent father,” said Wallace.

Paradoxically, the biggest difficulty they faced was not receiving complex medical treatments but basic pediatric attention.

“In the public health system, doctors generally don’t know the congenital syndrome (of Zika). So they don’t manage to give basic pediatric care,” Wallace said.

“Yet this same baby who has a congenital syndrome, who has microcephaly and other illnesses too

will have, for instance, tooth pain and all those other normal problems other babies have.”

- ‘Live for today’ -The parents say they would like to have more children. But they are all too aware of the constant attention and resources Miguel requires. So they are putting that off until Thamires completes a nursing course she had to give up and is able to work again.

For now, Miguel is their sole focus. When they can, they take him to children’s parties, and to the beach. For his last birthday, they invited other mothers with infants

with microcephaly.

But there are many low moments. In Miguel’s short life so far, he has already been admitted into intensive care eight times.

They find succor in the advice they first received from doctors: never give up.

“Live for today. Miguel could live for 10, 20 years -- or two or three. But if you don’t live, you will feel frustrated in the future for all you didn’t experience, they told me,” Thamires said.

“So I will bathe him, kiss him, take in his smell. Because at any moment they could put him in hospital.” (afp)

New Zealand to hold ‘reeferendum’ on legal pot

WELLINGTON - New Zealand will hold a referendum on legalising recreational marijuana when the South Pacific nation votes in its next general election in 2020, the government announced Tuesday.

The ballot was among the demands the Green Party made during talks to join Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s progressive coalition government after the 2017 election.

Justice Minister Andrew Little said the government had agreed to

the timetable, and the result of the referendum would be binding.

“It will be held at the 2020 general election,” he told reporters, adding “there is a bit of detail still to work through.”

Ardern’s government has already moved to legalise medicinal cannabis, with legislation on the issue working its way through parliament.

An opinion poll last year found 65 percent of New Zealanders also supported legalising the drug for

recreational use. Pro-reform campaign group New Zealand Drug Foundation welcomed the vote, with its chief Ross Bell saying the current approach to regulating marijuana was outdated and it was time for a change.

“Cannabis is New Zealand’s most common illegal drug, 50 percent of the country have tried it,” he said.

“We’re still trying to address the problem through a law enforcement approach. We’re still criminalising

people and not providing help to people who have a cannabis dependency.”

The conservative National Party opposition leader Simon Bridges said he would be voting against legalisation and accused the government of trying to deflect voters’ attention from issues such as the economy and the rising cost of living.

“I’m pretty cynical that you’ve got a government here that wants to distract from the core issues of a

general election,” he said.

Ardern strongly supported legalising medical pot but has not revealed her personal views on recreational marijuana, saying only she does not believe cannabis users should be jailed.

The debate in New Zealand comes as New York governor Andrew Cuomo called Monday for the drug to be made legal for recreational use in his state, including America’s most populous city. (afp)

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The latest test flight by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic successfully rocketed to the edge of space and back.

Branson’s Virgin Galactic reaches edge of space

It marked the plane’s fourth test flight and followed earlier setbacks in the firm’s space programme. Sir Richard is in a race with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to send the first fee-paying passengers into space. He founded the commercial spaceflight company in 2004, shortly after Mr Musk started SpaceX and Jeff Bezos established Blue Origin.

In 2008, Virgin Galactic first promised sub-orbital spaceflight trips for tourists would be taking place “within 18 months”. It has since regularly made similar promises to have space flights airborne in the near future. But delays and a fatal crash in 2014 prevented Sir Richard’s original ambitions. On Thursday, the SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship took off from the Mojave Desert in California.

The company said the space ship’s motor burned for 60 seconds, travelling at 2.9 times the speed of sound as it gained height.

The rocket carried two pilots and a mannequin named Annie as a stand-in passenger, as well as four research experiments for NASA. “Today we have shown Virgin Galactic can open space to the world,” Sir Richard said.

BANGLI — Water puddles as high as adult’s calves soaked the main road at Kedisan village, Kintamani. According to local residents, such condition regularly occurs every rainy season.

The depth of puddle caused many passing vehicles to break down in the middle of the road.

The US government has awarded astronaut wings to pilots who ventured farther than roughly 80km beyond earth’s surface. But Thursday’s flight did not breach the 100km Karman Line, which many organisations use to resolve debates about where space begins.

While the trip marked a milestone for Virgin Galactic, the firm’s rivals have already ventured farther - albeit without humans on board. SpaceX, in partnership with NASA, is planning crewed missions for early next year. Mr Bezos has also said Blue Origin plans to send its first crew to space in 2019.

Virgin Galactic, which is charging $250,000 for a 90-minute flight, has said more than 600 people have bought tickets or put down deposits for an eventual voyage. (net)

Bloodhound supersonic car project saved YORKSHIRE - A 1,000mph race car project has been saved after an entrepreneur stepped in to buy the business. The Bloodhound supersonic vehicle - built with a jet engine bolted to a rocket - is all but finished.

Its future was in jeopardy amid a failure to secure investment which forced the firm financing it into administration.

But Yorkshire-based entrepreneur Ian Warhurst has bought the project for an “undisclosed amount”. Administrator Andrew Sheridan, said: “Ian has a strong background in managing highly successful businesses in the automotive engineering sector and he will bring considerable expertise to bear in taking the project forward.

“He will be outlining his plans for the project in detail early in the New Year.”

Mr Sheridan said the Ministry of Defence and Rolls Royce had both backed the buyout.

Mr Warhurst is the managing director of Barnsley engineering firm Melett, which specialises in turbochargers, repair kits and turbo parts.

The firm said he had an “interest in engines from an early age due to his family’s garage and haulage company business”. The Bristol-

based team behind the Bloodhound project aims to beat the existing land speed world record of 763mph (1,228km/h).

It is due to attempt to reach a record-breaking speed in South

Bloodhound supersonic car

Africa, where a 18km-long (11mile), 1,500m-wide (4,921ft) track at Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape has been prepared. Previous test runs at Newquay Airport in 2017 saw Bloodhound reach speeds

of 200mph (320km/h). The project planned on running on Hakskeen Pan towards the end of 2019, when the water in the lakebed evaporated and the ground had become dry.

The Bloodhound, using a Rolls-

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Every rainy season, road at Kedisan turns into puddles

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NEW MEXICO - The latest test flight by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic successfully rocketed to the edge of space and back. The firm’s SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship reached a height of 82.7km, beyond the altitude at which US agencies have awarded astronaut wings.

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Royce Eurofighter engine alongside a rocket, was then due to be tested at 500-600mph (800-965km/ h) before approaching its top speed in further test runs during 2020 or 2021. (net)

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Aside from carvings, Marga sub-district also has a center for bamboo wall craft, precisely at Tegal hamlet, Kukuh village.

Bamboo wall crafts at Kukuh village mostly worked on by housewives

TABANAN — Aside from carvings, Marga sub-district also has a center for bamboo wall craft, precisely at Tegal hamlet, Kukuh village. Today, those who are still pursuing the craft sector are on average consisting of housewives stepping on the age of the elderly.

One of the bamboo wall makers, Ni Made Garis, 50, revealed that she and Ni Nyoman Nyambrug, 60, have almost been engaged in the bamboo wall craft making for almost 20 years. The result is quite good to help the family’s economy.

“The current price of bamboo wall with a size of 3 times 2, totaling 5 pieces, reaches IDR 230,000. Each piece is sold for IDR 50,000,” he said.

She usually delivers the results of the craft works to the hamlet cooperative. After that, the crafts are marketed to areas in Bali. But lately, he admitted that someone has ordered, and just taken to place of the order giver. “A day I can only accomplish two pieces from splitting bamboo to weaving,” he said.

She admitted that due to her conditions of getting elder, she cannot

catch up on orders, even though market demand began to rise.

Similar condition was also revealed by Ni Nyoman Karmi, 60. At Tegal hamlet there are at least 150 members of bamboo wall craftsmen. Most of them are housewives. Material of the wall is tali bamboo. The raw materials are directly obtained from local village.

If finding difficulty in obtaining the material, it will be brought in from outside the region.

“For materials, we do not purchase bamboo in retail. However, we purchase in the form of one bundle of bamboo containing 30 pieces sold at the price of IDR 500,000,” he admitted.

He said that 30 bamboos are able to produce 20 pieces of bamboo wall at a price of IDR 920,000.

Our profit is around IDR 420,000 but as much as IDR 20,000 goes into cooperative cash. He told that at a glance the method of making bamboo wall does require a long process. Firstly, the bamboo is split into several sizes and then dried for one day before it will be woven. (kmb28)

As seen on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 15), after a few hours of rain, two road points in the local village suddenly turned into a puddle. Some cars were forced to cross in the puddle broke down in the middle of the road because of the engine conceding water. To avoid this condition, a number of motorbikes and cars were forced to go through small alternative roads at the village.

A local resident, Jro Mangku Kocap, revealed that such a scene had routinely occurred every rainy season. He admitted the high level of puddles on the main road at Kedisan village often caused crossing vehicles to stop in the middle of the road. “From years to years, the condition is like this every time it rains. Those who are inundated just walk, did not get into people’s home,” he said According to him, the emergence of puddles was caused by the absence of a good drainage system on the road. Disposal of water on the road only relies on one pipe measuring 7.6 cm. Such small drainage results in new puddles to recede a few hours later. Another resident, Jro Mangku Kocap, hoped the road conditions can be imme-

diately handled by the government considering the road is the main route to several other villages, Buahan and Terunyan.

Headman of Kedisan, Nyoman Gamayana, when confirmed separately, acknowledged such condition. He explained the water inundating the road came from a flood that flowed from the slope of the forest. The water is pooled on the road because the road surface is slightly concave or lower than other road surfaces.

Regarding the condition, he claimed to have repeatedly submitted it to the provincial government through a proposal to the subdistrict authorities. Unfortunately, until now there has been no followup. “So, the road is the authority of the provincial government. We just proposed it. Since it is not the authority of village, if we handle by using village funds, certainly it is not permissible,” he explained.

He continued that to eliminate puddles on the road points, his side had only been able to install a small pipe as a drainage channel to Lake Batur.

According to Gamayana, to overcome such condition, the provincial government should make a

water reservoir. It is functioned to accommodate the water descending from the forest slope into a reservoir before being discharged or streamed into the lake through sewers or drainage channels. “All this time, the flood flows with sand.

Over time, the drainage channel became full like the one in the Tjunction. So, it turns useless. If the reservoir is made, the sand can be filtered first,” he said.

To overcome this problem, the government, according to him, does not need to raise the body of the road to the point frequently inundated by floods. If the road is elevated, it will actually cause the people’s houses to be flooded because the position of their houses is lower than the road.

“Hopefully, the District Public Works Agency can facilitate this proposal to provincial government.

At the village, we have conveyed from the subdistrict development plan meeting. All proposals are recorded by the sub-district to be submitted to the district. Furthermore, since this is the authority of the province, we expect the district to follow up and submit it to the provincial government,” he hoped. (kmb40)

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Water puddles as high as adult’s calves soaked the main road at Kedisan village, Kintamani.

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Develop other sectors being in line with tourism

“Extreme examples during the fourth quarter of 2017 is the eruption of Mount Agung, and the airport was closed for several days. Bali’s economic growth usually averages around 6 percent or even more to 4.01 percent,” said Azka

A. Subhan, Deputy Director of Bank Indonesia for Bali Representative Office on Monday (Dec. 17).

In 2017, the economic growth is below 6 percent. Even for the past five years, it has always been above 6 percent. So, with this experience, Bali should develop other potential sectors, especially those that support and synchronize with the main sector of tourism.

Azka said that Bali can develop the agricultural and plantation sectors, such as coffee and cacao which are potential for export. Bali can also develop the sector of creative industry.

Both sectors are certainly in line with tourism. “It is not recommended that Bali build large industries having the

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potential to disrupt the environment,” he concluded.

Previously an economic observer from Udayana University, Prof. I Wayan Ramantha, stated that other sectors outside tourism such as agriculture can be developed to meet tourism needs. However, when tourism is quiet, the agricultural products can be exported either overseas or outside Bali.

However, these agricultural products need a touch to make them have a value-added both in processing and in packaging. Management of agricultural products from upstream to downstream must be carried out and accompanied. Farmers need current industrial technology and market. (kmb42)

To prevent corruption, dozens of CCTVs installed in parliament building BANGLI - Dozens of surveillance cameras (CCTV) are now installed in the building of the Bangli House of Representatives. The CCTV installation is carried out to prevent corruption in the people’s representative building.

Regional Secretary of Bangli government, Anak Agung Panji Awatarayana, stated on Monday (Dec. 17) there were 16 CCTVs installed in the Building of the Bangli House of Representatives.

The rooms installed with the CCTV include the leadership room, commission room and courtroom with respectively two units, the Honorary Board room (BK), and the expert staff room. In addition, the

CCTV installation is also carried out in the lobby and on the front page of the Bangli parliament office. Currently, the installation process has been completed. Procurement of the 16 CCTV units in the parliament building absorbed a budget of IDR 105 million.

Panji Awatarayana explained the installation of CCTV is carried out by his commission as a follow-up of the direction of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

The aim is to prevent corruption in the people’s representative building. “We are following the direction of the KPK to prevent or anticipate corruption,” he said.

In addition to preventing the oc-

currence of corrupt practices, the installation of the 16 CCTVs in the parliament building is also carried out simultaneously to improve the security of the office environment.

With the installation, it is expected the parliament building will be protected from undesirable things

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DENPASAR - Bali’s economic growth is driven by tourism at around 52.9 percent. Tourism continues to be developed and is very dominant in the Bali’s economy. So, if there are disturbances such as natural disasters, security issues, et cetera, it will be very vulnerable to economic growth.

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such as theft. “To that end, we place a unit of CCTV outside to secure the office environment,” he explained.

Meanwhile, a member of the Bangli House of Representatives, Made Sudiasa, who was asked for his response to the installation of dozens of CCTVs in the parliament building, said the installation of surveillance cameras in all the offices is a good thing. According to him, the CCTV is part of the instrument for supervision. “In my opinion, CCTV is very good. In addition to preventing corrupt practices, it is also good for monitoring the employee discipline. With the CCTV in the parliament building,

employees must be disciplined and more orderly,” he explained.

However, according to Sudiasa, the installation of CCTV should not only be done in the parliament building but also in all other government offices. Especially, it is intended to agencies managing large finances and prone to corruption. “Other than in the parliament building, similar camera must also be installed in the office of the regent, deputy regent and agencies that are prone to corruption, especially policy makers, should also be fitted with CCTV. It should not only be installed in the parliament building,” said this Democratic politician. (kmb40)

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Vine, HQ Trivia cofounder dead at 34

NEW YORK - US tech star Colin Kroll, who co-founded Vine and popular gaming app HQ Trivia, was found dead Sunday in New York of an apparent drug overdose.

Police found Kroll, 34, unconscious and unresponsive in a bedroom of his Manhattan apartment, a New York police spokesman told NBC television.

A drug overdose is the suspected cause of death, police said, and an investigation is underway.

Kroll co-founded Vine, the popular short-form video service acquired in 2012 by Twitter that is now defunct.

In September, he was named the chief executive of HQ Trivia, a smartphone-based trivia platform.

HQ Trivia confirmed his death in a statement.

“We learned today of the passing of our friend and founder, Colin Kroll, and it’s with deep sadness that we say goodbye,” it said.

“Our thoughts go out to his family, friends and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.”

HQ Trivia, launched in August 2017, was a b l o c k b u s t e r, hitting a March milestone of two million concurrent players.

But by November, the number of users plunged from millions to hundreds of thousands, according to tech news site Recode.

Time magazine said

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Kroll, who was reportedly fired from Twitter over poor management behavior, was facing allegations he had acted inappropriately at HQ Trivia. (afp)

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(L-R) Actors Luna Lauren Velez, Jake Johnson, Kathryn Hahn and Shameik Moore attend the Spider-Man “Into The Spider Verse” AR experience on December 11, 2018 in New York City.

Latest Spider-Man spin-off scales box office heights

LOS ANGELES - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” snared North American viewers in its web this weekend, earning $35.4 million in ticket sales, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations estimated Sunday.

Sony’s action-packed animation sees Peter Parker make way for Miles Morales as Spider-Man -- a black, Latino character new to theater-goers, but not comic book enthusiasts.

The Spider-Man of his dimension, Morales, voiced by Shameik Moore, joins forces with Spideys from parallel realities to stop a threat menacing all of them.

In at second was Warner Bros’ crime film “The Mule,” which earned $17.2 million. Clint East-

wood both directed and took the lead as a destitute 90-year-old who turns to transporting cocaine through Illinois for a Mexican drug cartel.

“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” dropped one place to third, earning $11.6 million over the weekend. Benedict Cumberbatch voices the grouchy title character as he plots to steal Christmas.

Fourth place went to “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” which took in $9.6 million after spending three

weeks at the top of the box office.

The animated film, a sequel to 2012’s “Wreck It Ralph,” has sold $154 million in domestic tickets since it opened.

In at fifth was Universal’s newly-released “Mortal Engines,” whose ticket sales stalled at $7.5 million. The post-apocalyptic sci-fi sees Hera Hilmar star as the only person who can stop the city of London -- now a colossal wheeled predator -- from chomping up all in its path. (afp)

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Vice-chairman of ‘Momentum’ party Anna Donath lifts a smoke-candle in front of the parliament building as members and sympathisers of several trade unions, political parties and civil organisations protest against changes to the labour code proposed by the Prime Minister’s party in downtown Budapest on December 16, 2018.

Hungary public broadcaster hit by wave of protests

Anti-government protests in Hungary hit the country’s public broadcaster on Monday, with the opposition galvanised by the furious reaction to a controversial new labour law.

Several thousand demonstrators gathered in the evening outside the Budapest offices of the MTVA broadcaster after two opposition MPs broadcast footage of themselves being thrown out of the building earlier in the day.

One of the lawmakers had called for people to gather under the slogan: “If they throw us out the door, we’ll come back in through the window”. The MPs had demanded access to the studios to read out a petition against the government and what they call its “slave” labour law.

MTVA security guards forcibly ejected independent MPs Akos Hadhazy and Bernadett Szel. The two MPs filed a complaint with police posted in front of the building and said as MPs they had a right to enter a public establishment.

“This is not a private television station for Fidesz,” the party of rightwing nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, “but the television of the Hungarian people, financed by the people’s taxes,” said the MPs, who streamed the altercation live on Facebook. An anti-government protest on Sunday

evening drew 15,000 people.

The petition the lawmakers wanted to broadcast includes a demand to overturn the labour law - which has stirred protests by relaxing restrictions on overtime and by providing for delayed payments.

A third MP was taken to hospital on Monday after another altercation with security at the building.

The rallies were the latest in a wave of protests that has seen opposition parties join forces against Orban’s nationalist government.

A fierce nationalist, Orban has riled his EU opponents and domestic critics with a tough antiimmigration stance and populist rhetoric.

- ‘We are fighting the Orban regime’ The new legislation has triggered days of protests -- backed by the opposition -- since it was adopted on Wednesday. Demonstrators have clashed with police over the law, which they say undermines workers’ rights.

The opposition petition also demanded the annulment of another controversial law adopted on the same day, which paves the way for new “administrative courts” to oversee cases concerning matters such as public procurement or electoral disputes.

Justice Minister Laszlo Trocsanyi, a close Orban ally, will oversee the courts. That

prompted opposition warnings the premier could have neartotal political influence over the judicial system.

The petition also calls for more independence and objectivity in public media outlets and also demands that Hungary join an EU public prosecutor’s office, a move the government has rejected.

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