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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: a tale of love at first sight

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Hollywood is falling back in love with the movie musical, seduced by the success of Oscar winner “La La Land” and buoyed by a wave of live-action Disney adaptations.

A musical resurgence has Hollywood changing its tune NEW YORK - Hollywood is falling back in love with the movie musical, seduced by the success of Oscar winner “La La Land” and buoyed by a wave of live-action Disney adaptations.

In a Tinseltown landscape largely dominated by superheroes, 2017 still saw “La La Land,” “The Greatest Showman” and “Beauty and the Beast” pull in more than $2.1 billion at the global box office.

Disney is the backbone of the revival, with a “Mary Poppins” sequel expected later this year -with Emily Blunt taking over the iconic role of the magical nanny -- and new live-action versions of “Aladdin,” “Dumbo” and “The Lion King” due in 2019.

But Universal’s “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” and a “West Side Story” remake from Steven Spielberg are also in the cards, along with an updated version of “A Star Is Born” starring Lady Gaga.

“There’s a whole generation of people who grew up watching animated musicals, and it kind of cultivated an audience for that,” says Andy Kirshner, a composer, performer and professor at the University of Michigan.

“There’s more of a tolerance for fantasy today.”

Before this renaissance of sorts, the movie musical had not completely vanished from Hollywood -- “Chicago” snagged a Best Picture Oscar in 2003, and films like “Grease” and “Mamma Mia!” opened to popular acclaim.

But those hits were exceptions: the genre more or less fell out of favor on the silver screen after 1965’s “The Sound of Music.”

In more recent decades, music and dance have taken precedence to singing, which was absent from classics including “Saturday Night Fever,” “Footloose” and “Flashdance.”

Kirshner balks at comparing today’s musical revival to the genre’s golden age that shaped Hollywood, kicking off around 1927 with “The Jazz Singer.”

During that heyday, studios “had these casts of stars on contract, composers, lyricists, production designers... that could kind of crank out musicals on a schedule,” he recalled.

“I don’t think we’ll ever really see that again just because of the way that movies are made now,” he added. (afp)

LONDON - It was love at first sight for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who both quickly sensed their brief encounter on a blind date could blossom into something much, much bigger.

They were set up by a mutual friend when US actress Markle was passing through London in July 2016, with the couple later revealing they knew little about each other. The speed of their relationship surprised them both.

“The fact that I fell in love with Meghan so incredibly quickly was a confirmation to me that all the stars were aligned. Everything was just perfect,” said Harry.

Less than two years later, they will tie the knot at Windsor Castle on May 19, sealing a relationship that rapidly grew outside of the media spotlight -- and survived when it went public in explosive fashion.

When the couple first met for a drink, both were taken aback.

She was 34 and a divorcee of three years; he 31 and with a few foundered relationships and his 10year army career recently behind him.

Harry had never heard of Markle or watched “Suits”, the US television legal drama series she had starred in since 2011.

“I was beautifully surprised when I walked into that room and saw her,” he recalled, and thought to himself: “I’m going to really have to up my game here!”

- Bonding in Botswana Bonding over their passion for the good causes they represented, they immediately set up a second date -- for the following day.

A few weeks later, he persuaded her to join him camping out for five days in Botswana, which Harry called a “huge leap” to

take so soon -- but one that paid off.

“We were really by ourselves, which was crucial to me to make sure that we had a chance to get to know each other,” he said.

As Markle continued filming “Suits” in Toronto, the pair never went longer than two weeks apart.

Their romance was under cover for the first five or six months, and largely conducted through nights in behind closed doors.

“We were able to really have so much time just to connect,” said Markle.

The prince said the royal family had been very supportive of the relationship, including his grandparents Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, his father Prince Charles, as well as his brother Prince William and his wife Kate.

Harry said they had frank conversations about what her future could entail and found it a “huge relief” to have finally found someone comfortable with the pressure and lifelong job that he comes attached with. (afp)

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This photograph taken on March 10, 2018 shows a Rohingya woman carrying a water jug in Shan Taung village on the outskirts of Mrauk U township in Rakhine State close to the Bangladesh border. The villagers are among some 500,000 Rohingya who remain in Myanmar, spared by wealth, commercial ties with their Rakhine neighbours, luck or just living isolated from the recent violence.

‘Race against time’ to save Rohingya refugees from monsoon season

Aid agencies are in a “race against time” to save thousands of Rohingya refugees from the dangers of the impending monsoon season.

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has identified 150,000 people at “high risk from mudslides and floods” due to the heavy rain, which is set to hit the eastern part of Bangladesh over the next few months.

The region is also vulnerable to tropical cyclones, as the funnelshaped northern section of the Bay of Bengal amplifies storm surges, making them devastating almost every year.

Refugees are still crossing over from Myanmar, though not in quite as large numbers as witnessed last year, with 7,400 people having journeyed into Bangladesh so far in 2018.

Firas Al-khateeb, UNHCR communications officer, told Sky News: “Though we cannot relocate the whole population, we are trying to minimise the risks by fortifying homes, using sandbags for pathways and making waterways to channel the excess water.” In 1991,

Cyclone Gorky killed 139,000 people in the cities of Cox’s Bazar and Chittagong, and rendered another 10 million people homeless.

While data shows the intensity of cyclones has been less severe in recent years, makeshift bamboo and tarpaulin homes still stand no chance against winds that could reach 90mph.

Shelly Thakral, of the World Food Programme (WFP), told Sky News it is a “race against time” to ensure the Rohingya are not left exposed to the potentially deadly conditions.She said: “We have to do everything possible. WFP is rac-

ing to finish a 123 acre plot so that we can relocate 12,000 of the most vulnerable before the rains hit, but then this is a small proposition.”

The Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar houses more than 700,000 Rohingya, making it the largest refugee settlement in the world. Humanitarian agencies are reliant on the Bangladeshi government to allocate land for any relocation, but the land provided is forested and hilly, requiring a lot of work in cutting, levelling and stabilising the ground before people can be moved there. Hundreds of thousands, including children, fled conflict

In addition, the repatriation process agreed by Bangladesh and Myanmar, which was to begin in January, has been a non-starter up until now. Bangladesh has provided 8,000 names for repatriation, but Myanmar has refused to take them back.

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The arts seems to still be abandoned

SEMARAPURA - Actually Klungkung district has various kinds of arts. However, local government is considered to pay less attention to this wealth lately. Along with the tourism development, it should be ‘revived’ and made into regional icon. “We expect the district government to pay serious attention to our art treasures. We in Klungkung do very less action to the inventory,” said a legislator of the Klungkung of House of Representatives, I Gde Artison Andarawata, on Wednesday (Apr. 18).

This Democrat Party politician admitted that so far the district government has not made the arts into regional asset. For instance, the Rejang Renteng Dance from Nusa Penida does not get ‘special’ treatment, so that it is taken over by other region into its mascot. “It remains to be assessed to run alone and still survive.

Basically, there is something missing, you know. At Koripan customary village, Banjarangkan, there is a janger dance, but has gone. Not to mention, in the matter of shadow puppet show we have been left behind by other regions. Actually, the dances originate from Klungkung and so does the painting. However, we even lose and should learn to other regions,” he said.

Amidst the rapid development of the age, the district government should have got up and moved to save the regional assets. Moreover, a very important thing is that every art should be documented properly. “The documentation is very important as it can be used as reference,” he said.

The presence of tourism is also considered to have not been able to accommodate local arts. Visiting tourists to Nusa Lembongan, for instance, are still limited to see the beauty of nature. This should also be addressed immediately. “Besides, tourism has not accommodated the arts as ‘merchandise’ to attract the interests of tourists. Tourism more relies on natural potential. It has indeed been boosted with Nusa Penida Festival, but I think it has not given a significant impact,” said the son of the late painting maestro, Nyoman Gunarsa.

He added that as a medium for the art development having become the ancestral heritage, the construction of stages in the region of Nusa Penida Islands is considered very necessary. This can be a place for people to express themselves. “Make a stage. After that, each

hamlet can use it continuously. People will also feel to get a place to show off their abilities. It must be synergized with tourism,” he said.

Division Head of the Arts at the Klungkung Culture and Sport Agency, Komang Sukarya, said the art in Klungkung reaches hundreds in the form of dances, literature and music. He claimed to be doing an inventory. One of them is wayang wong (human puppet) of Kamasan, Klungkung and barong brutuk of Pinginutan village, Nusa Penida. “The inventory has been running.

However, we have not made any reconstruction this year,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Klungkung Tourism Office, I Nengah Sukasta, did not dismiss if the art of culture has not been accommodated maximally by tourism. So far, the arts are just limited to be showed off in the festival, both in Semarapura and Nusa Penida.

“We’ve moved to get there in order that the arts can become a part of tourism. We have also proposed to central government for the construction of stage in Nusa Ceningan,” he added. (kmb45)

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Rejang Renteng Dance performed in Nusa Penida

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Foreigner sitting on padmasana shrine goes viral OM of Besakih claims it an old video

AMLAPURA - A video about Besakih Temple returned to go viral in social media on Wednesday (Apr. 18). This time, it does not have something to do with illegal levies by guides, temple sanitation, crowded pilgrims or even the pile of garbage. However, it is about a video displaying a desperate foreigner climbing up to the padmasana shrine and then sat on it like a king.

This video directly became viral amid many pilgrims performed prayers in a series of the Ida Batara Turun Kabeh ritual where it lasts until April 21.

Screenshot of the video on the European foreigner was first broadcast in Instagram social media by the account on behalf of @ gianyar_punya_cerita. In a snippet of the video is displayed a foreigner wearing a yellow-red scarf, climbing to the padmasana shrine. By the netizens, the high padmasana shrine is identified to be located at Gelap Temple in Besakih complex. The desperate foreigner climbed up and sat on it.

Definitely, such incident got highlight especially from the Hindus because it is considered to be harassment. Moreover, this incident received a strong reaction from Bali’s Senator, Arya Wedakarna. If this video is true in the Gelap Temple of Besakih, it will become a bad precedent for the Besakih region that has now been managed by the management and operational management body. Besides, some netizens even convinced that it happened to Gelap Temple of Besakih by seeing the shape of padmasana shrine and the surrounding environment. The Hindus urged immediately to present guru piduka (apologetic) ritual and mecaru or exorcism ceremony.

Operations Management of Besakih already knew if the video already went viral. Operations Man-

ager of Besakih, Mangku Ngawit, said on Wednesday that he was searching the source of the video.

However, seeing the pieces of the image in circulation, he guessed it is an old video. If the incident occurred in March up to yesterday, it seems impossible because since March the padmasana shrine has been installed with clothes in a series of Ida Batara Turun Kabeh ritual. Meanwhile, seeing the video in circulation, the padmasana shrine occupied by the foreigner is without clothes. “Probably, the incident happened at the time of Mount Agung erupted when residents were evacuating. After seeing the video, the condition is very quiet when the image was taken,” said Mangku Ngawit.

Whether the incident of foreigner climbing up to the padmasana shrine is new or not, the negative impact of tourism has occurred in the temple.

If it really happened at Gelap Temple of Besakih, Public Relation of Besakih Operation Management, Gusti Mangku Bagus Kariawan, said he will seek the truth of the information. He claimed to be tracking who first uploaded it, the authenticity of the video and ensure the details of the location. “Hopefully, it is an edited photo because the video does not record how he climbed up to the padmasana,” he said.

Chief of Besakih customary village, Jro Mangku Widiartha, when asked for his confirmation about the video preferred not to respond.

When contacted via WhatsApp and asked about how the customary village will follow up the incident alleged to have occurred at the Gelap Temple in Besakih, he did not give any answer. While the account @ gianyar_punya_cerita alleged to first upload the video and snippet of the image, seem to have been deleted after being checked. (kmb31)

Carved shrine craft becomes economic support to Jehem residents

BANGLI - All this time, Jehem village in Tembuku subdistrict has been the center for carved shrine handicraft in Bangli. Around 75 percent of the Jehem residents’ economy relies on this handicraft.

Marketing of the carved shrine products made by Jehem craftsmen is not just limited in Bali but also outside Bali, especially transmigration areas.

Headman of Jehem, Ida Bagus Made Rencana, when met at his village on Wednesday (Apr. 18) said that carved shrine craft at

Jehem village has existed since long time ago. The handicrafts cultivated by most of his residents keeps on growing. Such skills are inherited from generation to generation. “Carved shrine craft has become the economic support to local residents. It continues to be passed down through generations.

At our village, there is almost no unemployment because children have been taught to carve since elementary school,” he said.

He explained that marketing of the carved shrine products made by

Jehem residents is pretty good. The demand for handicraft never stops.

Marketing of their product is not just limited in Bali region but also to outside Bali. The carved shrine products are much in demand by Balinese people in transmigration areas such as Lampung, Sulawesi and others. “It is much demanded because the quality and carving products are considered typical and to have divine vibration,” he explained.

Craftsmen habitually use two kinds of wood materials for the

shrine namely jackfruit wood and champak wood. Quality difference between jackfruit wood and champak wood determines the price of the carved shrine sold by the artisans. “For instance, a unit of three-chambered shrine made from jackfruit wood is usually sold for IDR 9 million, while if using champak wood the price reaches around IDR 15 million per unit. It costs more expensive because the champak wood is better, stronger and anti-fungal,” he explained.

The increasing number of shrine

craftsmen at Jehem village, he admitted, has an impact on the availability of raw materials. Currently, the craftsmen are rather difficult to get wood supply.

He said that to support the existence and development of carved shrine craft at Jehem village, the village authority so far has taken part by introducing the products of the craftsmen. Besides, the village authority also helped facilitate the capital needs through the villageowned enterprise or BUMDes. (kmb40)

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Fresh and New Brunch Menu at Fresto& Bar

As an innovative and authentic artisan gourmet cuisine, Frestro& Bar always come up with brand new and fresh idea for the selection signature menu served every day, for best lunch and dinner experience. Welcoming summer this year, our new Executive Chef, Chef Gerry Nainggolan, will introduce the very brand new “Brunch Menu” at Frestro& Bar. This Brunch Menu has various selections of menu, from starter, soup until dessert.

Our Executive Chef, Chef Gerry, execute and deliver the food as how he cooks for himself ; carefully and conscientiously. Food is meant to nourish and he aiming to serve food that maintain as many nutrients as possible. Steaming and roasting vegetables, toasting and grinding spices, using fresh, hand-cut herbs in our dishes to enhance stocks, sauces and dressing.

From our brunch signature sandwich, Chef Gerry presents “Avocado Cured Salmon”, made by 24 hour cooked method, using only homemade cured and also using some caviar on it. We call the dish as ‘royal sandwich’ cause of its taste, ingredients and its cooking method. Besides “Avocado Cured Salmon”, there is “Homemade Mushroom Ravioli” as one of Chef Gerry’s signature pasta for this brunch menu selections.

As it named as ‘homemade’, we prepared our own pasta and all homemade ingredients in it. Last but not least, for the best dessert presents by our pastry team, is “Mango Cheesecake”. Made by best local mango in Bali, this dessert will melt once it comes into your mouth.

Frestro& Bar is located on Petitenget Street, Seminyak Bali.

Petitengetstreet at Seminyakis one

of famous street in Bali and become one of famous destination to find best dining experience. This street has various types of tourist and visitors, from all around Indonesia and all over the world. Through this “Brunch Menu”, Frestro& Bar aim to grab and get all tourist and visitors to have a dining experience here. We serve only the best quality food, with best ingredients and cooking method. Among all of that, our competitive price will give the guestbest experience of semi fine dining ambience for brunch.

The “Brunch” menu will available everyday, from 12pm to 5pm.

MEET THE TEAM Ayip Dzuhri

The man behind the concoctions at Frestro& Bar, AyipDzuhri, has been setting the bar high by bartending at some of the hottest venues across Indonesia with his

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19:30 PRANA music and dance performance Setia Darma House of MAsk & Puppets Jl. Raya Tegal Bingin

inventive cocktail creations. His friendly personality and natural talents in inventing creative cocktails and great beverages, ensures the highest expectations are met in delivering top-notch customer experiences.

Gerry Nainggolan

Known for his bubbly and dynamic personality, Gerry Nainggolan is a well-travelled chef with a wealth of international experience.

Gerry headed to Dubai in 2008 and took on the role of Chef De Cuisine and win several prestigious culinary medal . With his obvious love of travel which is a big part of who he is, Gerry has found that his food style is largely influenced by world cuisine. It’s also very important for Gerry to work in an open kitchen as he will sail from the kitchen to your table’s to deliver a different culinary experience.

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From bondage to flowers, a fashion bonanza at Coachella INDIO - Coachella became one of the world’s premier music festivals not only for the A-list performers. The two-weekend party in the California desert has become a major event in its own right for the fashion.

While designers have heavily marketed their brands to Coachella, the fans who draw the most notice often do so by embracing their own sartorial flair, driven by a sense of innovation and, among revelers in the searing heat, of inhibition.

While the flowers are artificial, Osgood said she found inspiration as she lives in the flower district of Los Angeles and works at a tiki bar.

“It’s a way to exemplify the Coachella lifestyle. It’s not every day that you find a safe place to project some of your style,” she said.

- ‘Graduation’ in a vintage dress -

They dress in green from head to toe, or at least when they dress at all.

Tiana Tuttle and T.J. Sonnier covered their bodies with green nets over matching swimsuits, with caps to top it off.

The pair from Los Angeles have been coordinating their festival outfits for several years. Tuttle, 23, said that this year, they wanted to explore the fashion possibilities of bondage.

“We wanted to be that slutty, sexy thing in the corner that you can look at when you’re bored at the show,” said Sonnier, 22.

Aquiel Hayden has been on the festival circuit for the past two weeks and threw her clothes into a suitcase, choosing the day’s wardrobe at the last minute.

The purple-haired 21-year-old sported a floor-length, sparkling red dress that she found in a vintage store in her home of Santa Barbara, California, paired with thick maroon sunglasses and a golden belt.

Hayden however said she was disappointed in the changing musical direction of ever-expanding Coachella and may not come back.

“I thought I should go all out for my last one. It’s sort of like my graduation,” she said.

- A passion for flowers -

- Recycled fashion -

- Fun with bondage -

Hillary Osgood, 31, has been heading to festivals, especially Coachella, for 12 years.

One thing she never forgets and has never lost -- her light purple umbrella that both shields her from the sun and highlights her signature style.

This year, she decked herself out in matching flowers draped like a turban on her head.

Chanel Twyman and Auzunay Watkins were looking for something different for Coachella and found it -- short, and largely revealing, dresses made entirely from the tops of soft drink cans.

The pair from Philadelphia bought the unique outfits from the New York designer Gypsy Sport and matched them with equally shiny half-masks with rabbit ears.

Twyman, 23, said that she and Watkins, 25, considered themselves “very fashionforward” -- and found the cans to be comfortable.

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Provincial and central govt

Asked to get involved in addressing Lake Batur problem

puffy red scrunchies with which to hold up her hair. (afp)

- All about the sunglasses -

For Genevieve Paish of Christchurch, New Zealand, who is attending Coachella for the first time, the initial accessory was a pair of orange-red, heart-shaped sunglasses.

Paish, 21, said she picked the rest of her outfit to match, including her impromptu dress of drooping red strings.

She dyed her hair a similar color and used a key chain to make

BANGLI — The water overflow of Lake Batur in Kintamani that soaks houses, farming area and road facilities at some villages on the edge of the lake adequately disrupts the activities of residents. Related to this issue, Deputy Chairman of the Bangli House of Representatives, Komang Carles, said the problem handling cannot be fully charged to the Bangli district. Provincial and central government is urged to participate in overcoming the water overflow of Lake Batur.

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Both foreign citizens did not have any injuries in the incident.

Out of control when riding, foreign couple falls into ravine

GIANYAR — Two foreign citizens were found sinking in the left ravine of Jalan Nyuh Kuning, Ubud, on Wednesday (Apr. 18).

Both citizens were sinking with Yamaha Mio motorcycle with license plate of DK 4181 LN in the ravine as deep as three meters in the location. Allegedly, the incident occurred due to out of control.

Initially, the two foreigners who rode Yamaha Mio motorcycle would like to go eastward to Ubud.

Condition of the road from the intersection of Tebongkan Ubud towards the center of Ubud is winding. Well, when passing through the winding road section the unidentified foreign citizens were mired into the ravine on the left side of the road.

Prior to entering into the ravine, their motorcycle had crashed into a stake on the road side. By chance, between the highway and the ravine there is no roadblock. The road position is also cornering and narrow.

After crashing into the roadside stake, they suddenly slid into the ravine. Location of the ravine has flowing water with a depth of approximately three meters from the

highway. Both foreigners then fell down along with their motorcycle.

Both are soaking wet, while the position of the motorcycle was upside down, where the handlebars were below and tires were facing up. Not long after, passing residents then helped them raise their motorcycle. “I was shocked when hearing people shouting for help in English.

After I see on the left side, in fact, there are tourists in the ravine,” said Wayan Ari, one of Ubud residents.

Fortunately, both foreign citizens did not have any injuries in the incident. Since the ravine terrain is not too difficult, their motorcycle can be brought up from the ravine as there is a sloping position in the eastern side with the help or local residents.

On arriving in the highway, the motorcycle was tried to be ignited by the people who helped them.

Well, it could be ignited, but the rim was bent due to collision impact. After the incident, the foreign couple waited for the owner of motorcycle rental. Having no injuries and causing not much harm, this case is not reported to police station. (kmb35)

Carles said the water overflow of Lake Batur has affected some villages. The affected villages are Kedisan, Buahan and Terunyan including Abang Batudinding.

In addition to soaking the house, the overflow of lake reaching the height of some one meter also soaks the farmland and road facilities.

Carles explained the submergence of the farm land has forced many farmers to switch jobs. Similarly, the inundated road facilities at Kedisan make residents difficult to bring the body to local cemetery. He added

that local residents of Kedisan have a habit to go to cemetery through a special road on the edge of the lake instead of the main road. “Residents are forced to break through the water to bring the bodies to local cemetery,” he explained.

According to this Democratic politician, to handle the water overflow of Lake Batur the district government cannot move on alone. It needs the help of provincial and central government to deal with it together. Since the overflow of Lake Batur has caused many people to lose their jobs, the government is expected to provide assistance for the residents. In addition to basic food assistance, farmers should also be provided with a net so as to turn profession into fishermen.

As for the long-term handling for the water overflow of Lake Batur, Carles said the government must conduct in-depth study. According to him, one of the efforts that can be carried out to handle the Lake Batur is by dredging. So far, the dredging effort has been a discourse only, but there is no follow-up. “Hopefully, it should not be just a discourse but can be really implemented,” he hoped. (kmb40)

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The water overflow of Lake Batur in Kintamani that soaks houses, farming area and road facilities at some villages on the edge of the lake adequately disrupts the activities of residents.

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Mater of the Oleg Tamuliligan dance passes away Many sincere condolences have been going out to the family of dearly departed dance master I Gusti Ayu Raka Rasmi who passed earlier this week at the age of 79.

Ayu Raka who was known for her grace and mastery of the Oleh Tamulilingan dance breathed her last in her residence at Abiansemal Palace, Keraman hamlet, Abiansemal subdistrict, on Tuesday (Apr. 17) around 11:30.

Ayu Raka was born on March 10, 1939 in Peliatan Ubud and her body now lays in Mangusada Hospital, Kapal, Mengwi. Raka’s second son, A.A. Bagus Wira Teja, said he was shocked about the death of his mother who left behind four sons, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren because she appeared to be in good health and had just finished enjoying her morning coffee as was her habit when she suddenly passed away.

We would make her a coffee every morning and on Tuesday, she even went ot the market in front of the palace. However she returned home rather quickly and looked restless when she got home holding her chest. My mother then

went to her room to rest. When I went to check on her, she did not respond and when I felt her arm it was cold”, he said.

A. A Wira Teja, immediately rushed his mother to Abiansemal 1 public health center, in Blahkiuh where the medical team declared the women to be dead. “My mother had planned to go visit her sister (A.A Wirati) in Peliatan”, he said.

A.A. Wira Teja explained that his late mother had a history of high blood pressure. “We already miss our mother very much, She raised us with a lot of affection. My mother has been staying with me for the last three years. Sometimes she would visit her other sons in Peliatan and Dalung”, he explained. Her cremation is planned for April 24th after being brought to the Mumbul crematorium, Nusa Dua, South Kuta at 7 am.

Based on the results of village meeting held March 31, Abiansemal village will carry out a ngusaba ritual at the Dalem Temple on May 16, 2018. On that account, her body is currently entrusted in the Mangusada Hospital, Kapal. (kmb27)

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Japan female mayor battles men-only sumo rule

TOKYO - A female mayor at the centre of a fierce debate over allowing women into the sumo ring vowed Thursday never to back down as she lodged a formal protest.

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The Monkey Forest Ubud is ranked first in terms of tourist visit reaching 1.3 million people throughout 2017.

Tourist visit to Gianyar reaches 3.8 million

Monkey Forest Ubud ranked first

GIANYAR — Tourist visits to a number of destinations in Gianyar district continue to increase every year. Such increase is recorded based on the destinations managed by Gianyar government and private companies. Meanwhile, the Monkey Forest Ubud is ranked first in terms of tourist visit reaching 1.3 million people throughout 2017.

Division Head of Tourist Destination at the Gianyar Tourism Office, Ni Ketut Mariatni Sukadawi, said that tourist visit to Gianyar district increases every year. “On average, there is an increase in tourist visit every year,” she said with permission from the Head of the Gianyar Tourism Office, A.A. Bagus Ari Brahmanta, on Wednesday (Apr. 18).

Pursuant to data collection conducted by the Gianyar Tourism Office to 23 favorite destinations in Gianyar district, the total tourist visit to this region in 2017 reached 3,842,663 people, consisting of 3,180,778 foreign tourists and 661,885 domestic tourists.

Of the total visits reaching 3.8 million, the highest is indeed recorded by Monkey Forest Sanctuary, Ubud. The visit to the monkey forest reached 1,343,152 foreign tourists during 2017. “Last year, the visit to Monkey Forest reached 1.3 million tourists,” he said.

He said the visit to other tourist attraction managed by private companies is also no less crowded. For instance, Bali Safari and Marine Park drew 391,037 visitors consisting of 209,573 foreign tourists and

181,464 domestic tourists. “Meanwhile, the other attractions such as a number of museums to rafting respectively reached thousands to tens of thousands of tourist visit throughout 2017,” he said.

When asked about the Mount Agung disaster, she said that Mount Agung disaster had no significant impact on tourist visit to a number of destinations in Gianyar district.

“Related to Mount Agung disaster, the greatest impact may be experienced by tourism industry management, especially restaurants to hotels,” he said.

Operations Manager of Monkey Forest Ubud, Nyoman Buana, admitted there was indeed an increase in tourist arrival throughout 2017 reaching 10 percent. It increased from 1.1 million visits in 2016 to 1.3 million visits in 2017. “If we see as per April 2018, the tourist visit has increased 5 percent from the same period in 2017,” he said. He said the tourist visits to the monkey forest attraction can reach 3,000 to 4,000 tourists per day on normal days from January to June.

Furthermore, in July to August the visit can rise above 4,000 tourists.

“After that, the visit will usually be back to normal again. Well, entering December it increases again to 4,000 visits,” he said.

He added that on particular days during high session the tourist visits can touch around 5,000 tourists.

His management is overwhelmed when serving tourists of such number. “Handling such number of guests makes us overwhelmed, let alone the monkeys. They become less comfortable, so they will climb a tree when seeing many visiting tourists,” he said Seeing such condition, he also considered the need to conduct a study regarding the capacity of tourist visits to the area of 12.5 hectares inhabited by 749 monkeys.

“Indeed, it needs to be assessed how many people are ideal to make a visit because it has something to do with nature in relation to living beings,” he said.

This tourist attraction is opened from 08:30 to 18:00, with admission ticket of IDR 50,000 for adults and IDR 40,000 for children. “In the afternoon, the tourist attraction is closed as we’d like to give the opportunity to the monkeys to have a rest at night,” he said. (kmb35)

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Tomoko Nakagawa (R), the mayor of the western Japanese city of Takarazuka, answers questions during a press briefing after submitting her request to the Japan Sumo Association in Tokyo on April 19, 2018.

“I won’t give up this time around... I’m determined to make a petition every six months,” Tomoko Nakagawa told AFP before taking her case to the sumo authorities in Tokyo.

“I want them never to leave this issue vague. I want the association to hear this voice clearly and start a debate on a review” of the practice of not allowing women into the sumo ring.

Nakagawa later held a 30-minute meeting with senior sumo officials to urge them to treat men and women equally at ceremonies and events.

The officials told her the ban on women entering the ring was “tradition but not discrimination” but promised to discuss the issue at a meeting of executive officials, Nakagawa told reporters after the closed-door meeting.

Nakagawa said the officials were “sincere” and “gentle” but she also felt a “strong” determination to respect the status quo”.

The association was not immediately available for comment.

The issue hit the headlines nationally and internationally when women, including at least one nurse, were shooed out of a sumo ring as they tried to help a man during a medical emergency.

In footage that was widely broadcast on national news bulletins, several women rushed into the ring in Maizuru, northwest of Kyoto, after a local mayor col-

lapsed while giving a speech.

But as the women attempted to help the mayor, multiple announcements were made over loudspeakers asking them to leave the ring.

The rings where sumo is practised, known as sumo dohyo, are seen as sacred places.

Sumo is closely interlinked with the native Shinto faith, which considers women to be ritually unclean, meaning they are barred from stepping into the ring.

But Nakagawa, the administrative head of the western city of Takarazuka, described this as “discrimination”.

“While emphasising sumo’s prestige and its being the ‘national’ sport, they are ousting women to promote nationalism,” she told AFP. She has been battling for the right to make a speech from the sumo ring, something her male counterparts have regularly done.

Earlier this month, Nakagawa lost her fight to speak from a sumo ring but slammed the ban as she delivered a speech from a podium outside the ring.

“I’m a female mayor but I am a human being ... but because I am a woman, despite being a mayor, I cannot make a speech in the ring.”

“It is regrettable and mortifying,” she said, drawing cheers from the crowd.

Two days later, a male mayor delivered a speech from a ring. (afp)

New role for wife of North Korea’s Kim: First Lady

SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has given his young, stylish wife the title of First Lady in what analysts say is a major boost to her status ahead of back-to-back summits with South Korea and the United States.

Ri Sol Ju has often accompanied Kim to official events but made her first solo public appearance last weekend at a ballet performance by a visiting Chinese troupe.

The North’s state media reported the outing referring to her as the “respected First Lady” -- the first time the title has been used in more than 40 years, and with the addition of an adjective usually reserved for the country’s leaders.

North Korea’s elderly star anchorwoman Ri Chun Hee -- who is often drafted in for major announcements -- delivered the news of her attendance on television, further enhancing Ri’s standing.

Dressed in a dusty pink two-piece skirt suit, Ri was accompanied by senior North Korean officials often seen with the leader, including Kim’s younger

sister, Yo Jong.

Ri, a former star singer, emerged in 2012 and has been regarded as one of the most high-profile women in the isolated, deeply patriarchal nation, but with a limited role as Kim’s stylish, coy wife.

Analysts say her promotion is likely to be part of an effort to paint North Korea as a “normal state” as it prepares for summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in next Friday and later with US President Donald Trump.

It also gives her a title matching that of their wives Kim Jung-sook and Melania.

“Promoting Ri Sol Ju is the most effective marketing strategy,” An Chan-il, a defector researcher who runs the World Institute for North Korea Studies, told AFP. “The summit is being held as equals, so if Melania Trump attends, Ri will attend,” he said, noting that the North Korean leader’s wife accompanied him when he went to Beijing last month on his first overseas trip since inheriting power. (afp)

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In this undated file photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via the Korea News Service (KNS) on July 26, 2012 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (L), accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-Ju (R), visiting a wading pool at the Rungna People’s Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang.

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Economic crisis forces slowdown at Venezuela universities

Teachers unable to pay the bus fare to get to class, students stuck in long supermarket lines in the quest for affordable food: Venezuela’s academics say the deep economic crisis is paralyzing the country’s universities. Venezuela’s universities have long ranked as among Latin America’s best. But the acute economic and political crisis has forced students to drop out in droves, and teachers are following them out of the country.

Last month, the University of Zulia (LUZ) in northwestern city of Maracaibo cut courses to three days a week to try to ease the problems that students, professors and employees are facing just to turn up each day. “We are working every day, but we are organizing ourselves so that every teacher, student or employee comes about three times a week,” said Judith Aular, the LUZ’s rector. Lectures and study material are given out over the internet the rest of the time.

It’s an attempt to curb Venezuela’s growing brain-drain, as teachers and students seek to leave the crisis-torn country, said Aular.

“We allow teachers to look for another source of income. With what they earn, they can’t support their families.”

Universities across the oil-rich Latin American country are facing the same problem. Since 2016, when the crisis sparked by the fall in the price of oil began to deepen, 25 percent of teaching staff, and 40 percent of the students at Oriente University in the eastern city of Cumana have packed their bags and emigrated, according to the university’s director Milena Bravo.

The country’s most experienced professors, working full time, earn 3.9 million bolivars a month, equivalent to $10 on the black market -- only enough at current rates to buy five kilos of meat.

Danilo Fuenmayor, fresh from completing his economics studies at LUZ, said he was relieved that he only had to turn up for lectures three days a week during his last month. “I had to walk three kilometers because I didn’t have cash for the bus,” he said.

“Fifteen professors have left my faculty, and my tutor’s car has broken down and she can’t have it repaired. Transportation doesn’t work,” the 23-year-old told AFP. - Budget devoured Venezuelans struggle with cash shortages because the government can’t print new bills fast enough to keep pace with the world’s highest rate of inflation, estimated to reach a staggering 13,000 percent this year by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). President Nicolas Maduro, whose government is widely blamed for mismanaging the economy after oil prices plummeted, said new bills will be issued in June that lop three zeroes off current values in a bid to ease pressure on the public.

The crisis is also causing shortages of food, medicine and essential products like auto-parts, the lack of which has left 80 percent of the bus fleet paralyzed, according to the public transport union.

Caracas engineering student Daniela Garcia said she often misses classes because she has to join her mother to queue for hours

Kartini and artists at official opening of Oka Kartini Art Association and Culture Center on April 8th, 2018

New space for art to flourish in Ubud Oka Kartini Art Association and Culture Center

to buy essential foodstuffs in the supermarket.

Teachers, too, are struggling, said Amalio Belmonte, head of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV). “For a teacher, getting around can be an Odyssey, because he cannot get his car repaired or he spends all his income on food.”

- Surging campus violence UCV, which is nearly 300 years old and has 43,000 students, also plans to reduce classes to three days a week, according to Belmonte.

His main problem is a huge budget shortfall, after UCV received only one-third of what he requested for the academic year. “Most of it goes on wages. Money for research is about enough to buy five tires,” he said.

Belmonte said he signs some 3,000 certificates every week for graduates who are leaving the country, as opposed to around 100 a week on average in previous years.

Violence on campus is surging, a reflection of the country’s rising lawlessness. At UCV, no employ-

ees are visible by late afternoon for fear of being attacked.

“People run away before nightfall. There is no lighting and they can be mugged,” said Professor Gabriela Rojas. Added to this is a lack of gasoline, and in some states, electricity rationing.

Danilo Fuenmayor said he has had enough and is thinking of only one thing, emigration. “I have been robbed several times at the university. I earn the minimum wage and that’s just enough to buy a kilo of cheese. (afp)

Zimbabwe warns strikes threaten economic recovery Zimbabwe warned Thursday that a string of strikes threatened efforts to revive the economy after the ousting of Robert Mugabe, as a stand-off with striking nurses deepened. The government on Tuesday sacked the majority of 15,000 nurses who started industrial action this week shortly after doctors ended their month-long strike.

Public wages suck up more than 90 percent of government revenue in Zimbabwe,

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where the economy suffered decades of decline under Mugabe’s rule. His successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has vowed to tackle the country’s dire economic crisis that created mass unemployment, emigration and a severe shortage of banknotes.

“Government is working extra hard to recover and improve the economy,” George Charamba, Mnangagwa’s spokesman, said in the state-owned Herald

newspaper. “Unreasonable wage demands, or worse, obdurate industrial action will hurt this recovery process.” He added that the government would not “succumb to blackmail.”

Teachers have threatened to strike next month when the school term opens over low salaries. Zimbabwe is due to hold elections in July or August, the first since Mugabe’s shock fall from power in November. Despite the government’s

hardline approach, the nurses struck a defiant note, saying they would approach the courts if the decision to sack them was not reversed.

“We embarked on a lawful collective job action,” the Zimbabwe Nurses Association said. Mugabe, now 94, ruled Zimbabwe from 1980 until he was ousted last year when the military took over briefly and ruling ZANU-PF lawmakers turned against him. (afp)

Ubud has become a world famous tourist destination, known for art and culture and more recently yoga, gourmet food and shopping. In the 1950/s Ubud was still a dirt road village, with farmlands and gardens lining what is now downtown. Anak Agung Oka Kartini was raised on once of these dirt roads -known today as Jalan Raya Ubud, where she opened a small stall in the 1960’s when, as she said : “the hippies started coming here”. Tourists were few and far between at that time though, When AA Oka Kartini was just 17 years old she worked as a tour guide at Museum Puri Lukisan where she would explain to tour groups about art in Bali in the little English she spoke. There she learned to talk to foreigners and how interesting her ordinary life seemed to these visitors and perhaps most importantly about Bali’s art scene. She soon expanded her small stall into a slightly larger art shop with paintings from many of Ubud’s most illustrious painters.

She later opened her family’s home to visitors needing a place to stay.

The homestay, like her small shop attracted many visitors and within a few years, she was able to build a bungalow out back for visitors to be more comfortable.

Kartini enjoyed chatting with the foreigners who visited but she soon became busy raising here own family. When a Dutch tourist approached her one day about starting a business together, Kartini tried to decline the offer saying she had enough on her hands already. The Dutch tourist was however persistent and eventually Kartini took

up the foreign woman’s offer to go to Holland to learn how to make wigs. After a few months of training in this craft, Kartini returned and taught a couple of neighbours how to weave these blond wigs.

The orders kept coming and before long, Kartini had to find another space to make the wigs, eventually employing some 350 people from her village of Ubud. Most of her employees were housewives, who Kartini supported in becoming financially independent.

Much to her surprise, one day Kartini -who had married a military man, was asked to represent the Association of Military Wives in Gianyar’s parliament. Although she was deeply honoured by the offer that was the envy of many, she finally declined the offer on the grounds that if she had to go to work in Gianyar everyday, she would not be able to care for her family and her now booming businesses. Many other offers came to her to work with foreigners in other businesses which she also declined on the same grounds. When asked why it was that so many people

wanted to work with her Kartini explained “I feel very lucky indeed, I have never done anything special that would warrant so many people offering me opportunities. But you know, I was raised by my aunty in her Brahmin family’s simple home and didn’t know that I was part of the Royal family of Peliatan until i was much older. I feel like my aunty has always watched over me”.

For more than thirty years, AA Oka Kartini ran her wig business with great success and her gallery and homestay also expanded. Once her children were grown up and had children of their own, Kartini thought it was time to take it easy, so she sold the wig business and focused on taking care of her home businesses. Sitting pretty in her old age however was not in the cards for this dynamic jovial woman. A few months ago a young painter a from Ubud approached Anak Agung Oka Kartini with an offer.

This time it was not an offer to run a business but something that is much dearer to her heart.

Having witnessed the many

changes that have shaped Ubud over the years, art and culture remain a strong force in this international village and AA Oka Kartini feels called to support this ancestral wealth. “Many people come to Ubud because they have heard about the art here. We have a very long history of creating great works of art here and in my own lifetime, interactions with foreign artists have enhanced this artistic wealth, but today it is not always easy for people to find this art nor the artists who create it. I want to make this accessible to people first hand -not just the art but the process. I also think it is important for artists in Ubud to have a space where they can gather and exchange ideas, to create something together”, explained Kartini.

Oka Kartini has therefor teamed up with a small group of artists and opened the the Oka Kartini Art Association and Culture Center.

The official opening took place on Friday April 8th, with the opening of an exhibition featuring the works of the artists who make up the Oka Kartini Art Association: I Wayan Pendet, I Made Kartika, I Wayan Januariawan, Kamon Komatsu, I Kadel Suartika, Tatiana Efimova, I Made Suaka and Yori Amarah.

Each of these artists has their own unique style but all of find their inspiration from the art, culture and

nature of Bali.

Opening words were presented by artists and art lecturer I Wayan Karja who emphasized the importance of having a space for artist from Bali and from overseas to exchange ideas. Honoured guests included founder of Arma Museum and Resort Agung Rai, Founder of Neka Museum and Komaneka Gallery, Pak Neka, art researcher and Prof. Bandem, Peliatan Royal family dancer, musician and poet AA Gede Bagus Mandera Erawan.

Many other art lovers and culture along with many other art lovers including Art Exchange Project founder and coordinator Antonius Kho and art philosopher Sri Rahayu.

Along with routine exhibitions, weekly film screenings, thrice weekly shadow puppet shows and providing an open space for artists to gather and exchange ideas, Oka Kartini Art Association and Culture Center also offers classes in painting, sculpting, batiking, silver-making, woodcut printing, water-color painting, traditional dancing and more.

The current exhibition will remain on display until May 18th, 2018. Oka Kartini Art Association and Culture Center will then be presenting Ida Bagus Indra’s solo exhibition which will open on May 20th, 2018. (kmb)

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End of era in Cuba as Castro hands torch to Diaz-Canel

HAVANA - Cuba is poised for the end of an era on Thursday as President Raul Castro steps down, formally handing power to his long-time deputy Miguel Diaz-Canel -- and thereby ending his family’s six-decade grip on the island.

The silver-haired Diaz-Canel, 57 -- a top Communist Party figure who has served as first vice president since 2013 -- will become the island’s first leader born after the 1959 revolution, and the first in 60 years who is not named Castro.

Between them, father of the nation Fidel and his younger brother Raul made the Caribbean island a key player in the Cold War and helped keep communism afloat despite the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Raul, now 86, has been in power since 2006, when he took over after illness sidelined Fidel, who seized power in the revolution.

Diaz-Canel, who has spent years climbing the party ranks, was named the sole candidate for the presidency on Wednesday.

He will formally be confirmed as the country’s leader at roughly 9:00 am (1300 GMT) Thursday -- the anniversary of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, when Fidel Castro’s forces defeated 1,400 US-backed rebels seeking to overthrow him.

Havana has long hailed the showdown as American im-

perialism’s first great defeat in Latin America.

It is also the day before the new president’s 58th birthday.

- In Raul’s footsteps -

Diaz-Canel, who some say bears a passing resemblance to American actor Richard Gere, is a fan of The Beatles whose penchant for wearing jeans has set him apart in Havana’s corridors of power.

Although he has advocated fewer restrictions on the press and a greater openness to the internet, he also has a ruthless streak, with harsh words for Cuba’s dissidents and the United States.

Crucially, he will remain under the watchful eye of Castro, who will continue to serve as the head of Cuba’s all-powerful Communist Party.

Once sworn in, Diaz-Canel will be tasked with pursuing reforms begun by Castro to open up Cuba’s economy to small private entrepreneurs and reach a rapprochement with its Cold War arch-enemy, the United States.

In 2015, Havana and Washington renewed diplomatic ties, with then president Barack Obama making a historic visit to the island a year later.

But, steps towards a normalization of ties have been severely curtailed since Donald Trump arrived in the White House last year. (afp)

SpaceX blasts off NASA’s new planet-hunter, TESS

TAMPA - NASA on Wednesday blasted off its newest planethunting spacecraft, TESS, a $337 million satellite that aims to scan 85 percent of the skies for cosmic bodies where life may exist.

“Three, two, one and liftoff!” said NASA commentator Mike Curie as the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) soared into the cloudless, blue sky atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 6:51 pm (2251 GMT).

The washing machine-sized spacecraft is built to search out-

side the solar system, scanning the nearest, brightest stars for signs of periodic dimming. These so-called “transits” may mean that planets are in orbit around them.

TESS is expected to reveal 20,000 planets beyond our solar system, including more than 50 Earth-sized planets and up to 500 planets less than twice the size of the Earth, NASA said.

Its discoveries will be studied further by ground- and space-based telescopes for signs of habitability, including a rocky terrain, a size similar to Earth and a distance

from their sun -- neither too close nor too far -- that allows the right temperature for liquid water.

“The stories of these planets will continue on, long after their detection,” Martin Still, TESS program scientist, said on Wednesday.

- Four eyes on the sky -

“It was incredible. It was so emotional,” said Natalia Guerrero, a TESS researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in an interview on NASA TV after the launch.

She was part of a team that

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This NASA handout photograph shows NASA’s next planet-hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), successfully launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on April 18, 2018 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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In this file handout picture released by Cuban official website www.cubadebate.cu on July 8, 2016, Cuban President Raul Castro (L) talks with First Vice-Presidente Miguel Diaz-Canel during the First Annual Session of the Cuban Parliament at the Convention Palace in Havana.

built four cameras that serve as the spacecraft’s eyes.

“TESS’s four cameras are tiny but mighty,” she said.

“They are only about four inches (10 centimeters) across, the lenses.

They could fit in a mailbox. But they are so powerful. You could have an entire constellation, like Orion, in the field of view of one of these cameras.”

TESS will survey far more cosmic terrain than its predecessor, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, which launched in 2009.

Both use the same system of detecting planetary transits, or shadows cast as they pass in front of their star.

The new spacecraft will focus on nearby exoplanets, those in the range of 30 to 300 light-years away.

Kepler’s trove of more than 2,300 confirmed planets outside our solar was impressive, but most were too distant and dim to be examined further.

“One of the many amazing things that Kepler told us is that planets are everywhere and there are all kinds of planets out there,” said Patricia “Padi” Boyd, director of the TESS guest investigator program at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center.

“So TESS takes the next step.

If planets are everywhere, then it is time for us to find the planets that are closest to us orbiting bright nearby stars, because these will be the touchstone system.” (afp)

‘Race against time’...

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At a gathering in London on Tuesday, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said: “The international community needs to put more pressure on Myanmar so that they take back their own people and ensure their security.”

On Saturday, Myanmar officials said they repatriated a family of five who had returned to western Rakhine. The Muslim family was photographed with Myanmar officials receiving their national verification cards.

But Bangladeshi home minister Asaduzzaman Khan said it was “nothing but a farce”, claiming that the family never even reached Bangladesh “as they used to live on noman’s land and had never crossed into our territory”.The Bangladeshi government is also developing the remote Bhasan Char island, which is about 21 miles off the mainland, to shift 100,000 refugees.

It grew out of the sediments just two decades ago and is being developed as an alternative, but the island often gets flooded for many months of the year. Mr Al-khateeb told Sky News the UNHCR had not been consulted on the project.”We were not consulted at any stage, nor were our engineers or safety inspectors consulted while making any structures on that island,” he said. “But we reiterate that any relocation of refugees must be voluntarily, safe and dignified.” (afp)

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Indonesia says Panama-flagged ship caused major oil spill

Indonesia on Wednesday blamed a Panama-flagged ship for causing a major oil spill off Borneo island that killed five and sparked its worst environmental disaster in years.

The Southeast Asian nation’s navy said the nearly 230-metre long cargo ship MV Ever Judger was the only cargo vessel in the area at the time of the accident last

month, adding that the ship’s 12-ton anchor was likely what ruptured an undersea pipe. Divers found a nearly 500-metre-long gash torn into the seabed which resembles the

vessel’s anchor, investigators said.

“We suspect the undersea pipe rupture was caused by the ship’s anchor,” Harjo Susmoro, head of the Indonesian navy’s oceanography and hydrography centre, said Wednesday.

It is not clear if the Chinese captain or any of the 22 crew will

be charged. Vessels are allowed to sail in the area but they’re prohibited from dropping anchor to avoid damaging the undersea pipes. The accident led to a huge oil spill and prompted local authorities to declare a state of emergency.

The leakage started in waters near Balikpapan city and spread

more than two dozen kilometres (16 miles), coating large areas of the coast in thick black sludge.

Five fishermen died in a fire sparked by workers who were trying to clear the spill by burning it off the water’s surface. The oil pipe belonged to Indonesia’s national oil company Pertamina. (afp)

Fuzzy crab, shiny-eyed shrimp discovered on Java expedition

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This undated handout photo released by South Java Deep Sea Biodiversity Expedition 2018 on April 19, 2018 shows a yet-to-be-named spider crab species found in the waters of southwestern Java. A hermit crab, a shiny-eyed shrimp and a crab with fuzzy spines are among over a dozen new species discovered in a deep-sea expedition off the Indonesian island of Java, scientists said. The team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) carried out the expedition for 14 days between March and early April.

A hermit crab, a shinyeyed shrimp and a crab with fuzzy spines are among over a dozen new species discovered in a deepsea expedition off the Indonesian island of Java, scientists said. The team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) carried out the expedition for 14 days between March and early April.

The area covered included a long stretch of the Indian Ocean off Java’s southern coast as well as the Sunda Strait that separates the island from Sumatra. “This is a part of the Indian Ocean that has been never been sampled for deep-sea animals so we really didn’t know what to find,” said Peter Ng, a crab expert and head of the Lee Kong

Chian Natural History Museum at NUS. “We were very surprised by the findings,” he told AFP on Thursday, adding that the team had expected to discover creatures from the Indian Ocean and the surrounding areas already known to scientists.

But the discovery of species entirely new to science “tells us that there are things happening in that part of Indonesia that we don’t know,” said Ng, who co-led the expedition.

The researchers examined 63 sites as they sailed from Jakarta to Cilacap town in southern Java and back.

Three new species of spider crabs were discovered during the expedition, the scientists said in a statement. One of them had a plate protecting its eyes which resembled oversized ears while another was

bright orange in colour.

Another discovery was a new species of hermit crab with bright green eyes, according to Indonesian scientist Dwi Listyo Rahayu, also a crab expert and the expedition’s coleader. One new species of shrimp had shiny eyes that reflect light, the scientists said.

Ng, the NUS professor, said the scientists will carry out a detailed study of the more than 12,000 creatures from 800 species they had picked up on the expedition and publish their findings in 2020. They expect to discover more new species as they go along, he said. The reason they immediately identified the new species of crabs, prawns and lobsters is that the scientists involved are experts in this field, he added. (afp)

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James’ epic start helps Cavs even series with Pacers

LOS ANGELES - LeBron James crystalized his reputation as one of the best playoff performers in NBA history on Wednesday as the Cleveland Cavaliers rebounded from a game one rout with a 100-97 win over the Indiana Pacers.

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LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers goes to the basket against the Indiana Pacers in Game Two of Round One of the 2018 NBA Playoffs on April 18, 2018 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

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James scored 20 of his 46 points in the opening quarter, getting off to a torrid start in which he singlehandedly outscored the Pacers 13-0 and 16-1 to start game two of the first round Eastern Conference series.

“My mentality was we got to go back to Indiana tied 1-1,” James said.

“We hadn’t scored like we are accustomed to doing so far so I wanted to see if I had a good hand to start.

“My guys kept coming to me and I was able to make a few buckets.”

Cleveland bounced back from an embarrassing 98-80 loss in game one and the mighty James set the tone early Wednesday, giving credence to coach Tyronn Lue’s pre-game prediction that if he showed up, the Cavs would level the series.

He did exactly that, shooting 17 of 24 field goals and delivering 12 rebounds and five assists as the Cavs had to survive a late fourth-quarter charge by the Pacers.

“He did a great job of just being aggressive and attacking the basket for our team. LeBron did a great job setting tone offensively,” Lue said.

The 33-year-old James also helped put the game away with two clutch free throws with 18 seconds left to make it 99-92.

Pacers star Victor Oladipo made a 26 foot jumper at the buzzer to close out the scoring.

Oladipo finished with a team high 22 points in the loss.

The series now shifts to Indiana for game three on Friday.

James’ teams have never lost a first round series and being down 0-1 marked another first for James, whose teams have always managed to come out firing on all cylinders before.

Game one was so one-sided the Cavs recorded the second-fewest points of their season.

But these are not normal times for Cleveland as the highs and lows have become more acute, leaving fans wondering which version will show up on any given night.

James’ consistency has kept it together as he enjoyed one of his best seasons, averaging 29.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 10.0 assists during the regular season.

Even in the loss in game one, he still managed a triple double with 24 points, 10 boards and 12 assists. (afp)

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MONTE CARLO - Novak Djokovic said it was “great” to deal with the emotions of a “real battle” again, after saving 10 match points to beat Borna Coric at the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday, while Rafael Nadal made a “positive” return to the ATP Tour by thrashing Aljaz Bedene.

Djokovic, playing only his fourth tournament since Wimbledon last July after struggling with a right elbow injury, overcame some late nerves to win 7-6 (7/2), 7-5 in the second-round clash.

“It was a real battle. I mean, I could have won the match earlier definitely, but it was great to deal with these kind of emotions again,” said the 12-time Grand Slam champion.

Djokovic is working with long-time former coach Marian Vajda for the first time in almost a year after splitting from Andre Agassi, and the 30-year-old has looked rejuvenated in Monaco after early exits in Indian Wells and Miami.

The Serbian will next face Austrian fifth seed Dominic Thiem with a possible quarter-final against defending champion Nadal, who plays Karen Khachanov in the last 16 on Thursday, up for grabs.

But Djokovic insisted he wasn’t looking past the clash with Thiem, a French

Open semi-finalist in each of the last two years.

“It’s disrespectful towards Dominic and Dominic’s tennis... To think about and talk about potentially a match-up with Nadal,” Djokovic added.

“Last year in Roland Garros he beat me in straight sets. He’s definitely (a) topthree player in the world on clay.”

Djokovic came through a tight first set in a tie-break and moved a break clear in the second, before late drama as he missed nine chances to close out the match.

The ninth seed rediscovered his composure, though, to finally complete the job at the 10th time of asking as the 39th-ranked Coric sent a backhand flying long.

Two-time Monte Carlo winner Djokovic said that he has gained power since changing to a lighter racquet to try and take pressure off his troublesome elbow.

“It feels like I gained more power, especially on the serve. I gained more angle,” he said.

“The racquet is the most important tool that we have, but it’s not more important than our body and our mind, our movements. So it is a tool that helps, but it doesn’t play for you.” (afp)

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Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Croatia’s Borna Coric during their men’s single match at the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament on April 18, 2018 in Monaco.

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Underwhelming Real held to draw at home

by Athletic Bilbao Real Madrid may the favourites for the Champions League but a 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday will hardly have struck fear into Bayern Munich. Zinedine Zidane’s side started complacently at the Santiago Bernabeu and ended frantically, with Cristiano Ronaldo’s 87th-minute equaliser cancelling out a delightful early chip from Athletic’s Inaki Williams in between.

Barcelona’s commanding lead at the top of La Liga, which now stands at 12 points over Atletico Madrid and 15 on Real, means these matches carry reduced significance and inevitably lack a certain edge. But Zidane may at least be concerned by a loss of momentum, particularly given this side is likely to be very close to the one that starts the semi-final first leg at the Allianz Arena in a week’s time.

Real have managed to hit a different gear in the Champions League knock-out stages but this draw means they have now won only once in their last four matches, having strung together 11 victories from their previous 12.

“The result wasn’t what we wanted today and mentally also, we were a little off,” Zidane said. “What we have to do is rest, we have five days before the game on Wednesday, we will prepare well and then we will give everything. We have a semi-final and we will fight to the death to defend our title.” Ronaldo’s late flick was his 22nd goal in 12 games and with the Portuguese in this sort of form, almost any performance can be salvaged.

But Real’s night was better summed up by one moment in the second half when Sergio Ramos repeatedly failed to clear and then turned to face the crowd’s jeers with his arms outstretched. The jeers grew louder. If the Real team that faced Malaga on Sunday was aimed at resting players ahead of Bayern, this looked more like a dress rehearsal.

Ronaldo, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Raphael Varane and Marcelo all returned but there was no place for Gareth Bale, who had also been left out against Malaga. His preserved energy was deemed only valuable enough for 30 minutes off the bench. “There is no problem with Gareth,” Zidane said. “I have 25 players and I have to be attentive to everyone, Bale is one of them. There are others who play and do well too.”

Despite the strong picks, Real were sloppy from the outset, full of heavy touches and misplaced passes while Athletic delivered an early warning for what was to come when Mikel San Jose skipped in behind but was denied

by Keylor Navas.

Ronaldo’s bullet header rattled the bar from a Dani Carvajal cross but Athletic were slipping through Real’s midfield with ease and in the 14th minute they took the lead. Inigo Cordoba received the ball on the half turn and with nobody near him, threaded the ball inside Ramos.

Williams was onto it in a flash before lifting an expert finish over Navas. Real improved as the half wore on but the biggest cheer came from a passage of individual brilliance from Marco Asensio. He chased the ball down in the corner, then slalomed past three Athletic defenders.

Only the right hand of Kepa prevented a stunning goal.

Ronaldo was unlucky not to be awarded a penalty midway through the second half after being bundled over

by Unai Nunez but Real were even luckier not to fall two behind moments later, when Cordoba’s finish at the back post hit Carvajal and Raul Garcia’s follow-up struck the bar. Bale and Isco came on with just over 20 minutes left, the latter receiving the warmer welcome, but it was not until the 87th minute that Real finally found an equaliser.

Modric’s shot from 25 yards was helped into the corner by a Ronaldo flick. Real will surely be better against Bayern. (afp)

JAVIER SORIANO / AFP

Athletic Bilbao’s Spanish defender Unai Nunez (L) vies with Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo during the Spanish league football match Real Madrid CF against Athletic Club Bilbao at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in adrid on April 18, 2018.

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Napoli keep Serie A title hopes alive as Juventus held Napoli kept their title hopes alive with a 4-2 win over Udinese on Wednesday as champions Juventus’ path to a seventh consecutive Serie A title was stalled 1-1 at Crotone. Nigerian forward Simy grabbed the equaliser for relegation-threatened Crotone after 65 minutes with a spectacular overhead bicycle kick with shades of that scored by Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League in Turin last month.

“We didn’t do so well tonight, even though the guys did everything possible,” said Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri. “To-

night was decisive for the Scudetto.

“These are the games you need to bring home. The thing to do is stay calm, and play this championship until the end.”

Napoli came from behind twice to cut the gap on Juventus to four points with five games remaining including next Sunday’s top of the table clash between the two teams in Turin. Maurizio Sarri’s side were given an early scare at home with Czech Jakub Jankto putting Udinese ahead after 41 minutes.

Lorenzo Insigne pulled Napoli back just before the break only for Swedish midfielder Svante Ingels-

son to again give Udinese the advantage ten minutes into the second half.

But Raul Albiol, Arkadiusz Milik and Lorenzo Tonelli all scored in a ten-minute spree in the second half to condemn Udinese to their 20th defeat of the season -- and tenth in a row. “We are mathematically second, the goal is reached, now we can have fun,” said Sarri. “Obviously it’s difficult to go to Turin and try to get the victory, as in terms of strength in depth, I think Juventus are the most complete team in Europe. “We’ll give it our best shot.”

Napoli had fallen six points

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Manchester City’s English midfielder Raheem Sterling shoots over the bar with this attempt during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium in London, on April 14, 2018.

Sterling hungry for more after Man City Premier League win Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling says he is hungry to win the Premier League again, warning the champions against complacency as they chase more glory. Pep Guardiola’s men were confirmed as champions with five matches still to play on Sunday when Manchester United were beaten by West Brom. “This is my first Premier League title so who cares how you win it, whether it was on the pitch or on my sofa, I’m just delighted to win the title,” said the England international.

“It’s been a dream ever since I was a kid growing up playing football with my mates and winning it means everything. “It’s important we don’t get complacent though.

It’s amazing to win it, but now it’s about the next one.” The England international, who joined City from Liverpool in 2015, has progressed rapidly this season and Guardiola said at the weekend the 23-year-old could become one of the best players in the world.

Sterling, who has scored 22 goals, 17 in the Premier League, is relishing the opportunity to work with the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss. “It’s all about

the basics with him. He pushes you to be better at the small things and that improves your performance,” said Sterling. “It’s been great for me to learn in this environment and improve as a player under him.

He’s one of the best managers in the world. It’s special to be part of.”

Guardiola’s transfer policy addressed the need to bring down the average age of the squad, with Leroy Sane one of those bought in the summer of 2016 to do just that.

The Germany international has provided a cutting edge on the opposite flank to Sterling while also chipping in with 13 goals. With his first title now in the bag the 22-year-old is looking forward to a period of sustained success. “We have a young team but also a lot of experience within the squad as well. It’s a good mix,” he said.

“It’s been a great season, but we can still always improve. I hope we can win many more trophies. The team is ambitious and we want to compete for everything. “We didn’t win everything we wanted this season, and this is something to motivate us when we start again in the summer.” (afp)

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Napoli’s Italian striker Lorenzo Insigne celebrates after scoring a goal during the Italian Serie A football match SSC Napoli vs Udinese Calcio on April 18, 2018 at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples.

Chelsea’s Alonso handed three-match ban

Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso has been banned for three matches for his challenge on Southampton’s Shane Long, the Football Association announced on Thursday. The left wing-back appeared to stand on the back of Long’s leg during their Premier League game on Saturday and the incident went unpunished by referee Mike Dean.

Alonso was found guilty at a

hearing on Wednesday. He is ruled out of Thursday’s Premier League game at Burnley, Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final against Southampton and the league trip to Swansea on April 28.

“Marcos Alonso will miss Chelsea’s next three matches after an Independent Regulatory Commission ruled he had committed an act of violent conduct against Southampton’s Shane Long,” the

FA said in a statement.

“Alonso denied the charge and further submitted that if found proven the suspension would be excessive. However, this was rejected following Wednesday’s hearing.”

The 27-year-old defender was this week named in the Professional Footballers’ Association’s Premier League team of the year, the only representative from Chelsea. (afp)

adrift of the leaders after last weekend’s goalless draw at AC Milan with the champions closing in on the title. Gianluigi Buffon was rested ahead of Sunday’s game with Wojciech Szczesny in goal and Juventus looked to be on track after Alex Sandro headed in a Douglas Costa cross after 16 minutes in Calabria. But Simy struck on 65 minutes to earn a precious point for the southerners -- third from bottom of the table with 57 points fewer than Juventus’ 85.

- ‘Remarkable Lazio’ -

Behind the leading duo the race for Champions League football next season continues with AS Roma -- already through to the semi-finals of this year’s competition -- remaining third after a 2-1 win in Genoa. Lazio put their Europa League exit behind them and remain fourth with the same number of points as their city rivals, after coming back from two goals down to beat Fiorentina 4-3, ending the Tuscan side’s eight-match unbeaten run.

In a crazy first half in Tuscany both sides were reduced to ten men after Marco Sportiello and Alessandro Murgia were sent off within the first 15 minutes. Jordan Veretout scored all three goals for Fiorentina. Luis Alberto added a brace for Lazio with Martin Caceres and Felipe Anderson completing the scoreline in the Romans’ favour.

“We showed heart and clearheadedness in the key moments,” said Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi, who was also banished from the sidelines. “This was our 50th competitive game of the season, but the lads are in good physical shape and continue to do remarkable things.

“This victory was probably our biggest win of the season.”

Inter Milan remain fifth onepoint outside the Champions League places after easily seeing off Cagliari 4-0 on Tuesday. In the fight for Europa League spots AC Milan are sixth after a 1-1 draw at Torino with Atalanta seventh after a 3-0 win over rock bottom Benevento who could be relegated at the weekend. (afp)

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Underwhelming Real held to draw at home

by Athletic Bilbao Real Madrid may the favourites for the Champions League but a 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday will hardly have struck fear into Bayern Munich. Zinedine Zidane’s side started complacently at the Santiago Bernabeu and ended frantically, with Cristiano Ronaldo’s 87th-minute equaliser cancelling out a delightful early chip from Athletic’s Inaki Williams in between.

Barcelona’s commanding lead at the top of La Liga, which now stands at 12 points over Atletico Madrid and 15 on Real, means these matches carry reduced significance and inevitably lack a certain edge. But Zidane may at least be concerned by a loss of momentum, particularly given this side is likely to be very close to the one that starts the semi-final first leg at the Allianz Arena in a week’s time.

Real have managed to hit a different gear in the Champions League knock-out stages but this draw means they have now won only once in their last four matches, having strung together 11 victories from their previous 12.

“The result wasn’t what we wanted today and mentally also, we were a little off,” Zidane said. “What we have to do is rest, we have five days before the game on Wednesday, we will prepare well and then we will give everything. We have a semi-final and we will fight to the death to defend our title.” Ronaldo’s late flick was his 22nd goal in 12 games and with the Portuguese in this sort of form, almost any performance can be salvaged.

But Real’s night was better summed up by one moment in the second half when Sergio Ramos repeatedly failed to clear and then turned to face the crowd’s jeers with his arms outstretched. The jeers grew louder. If the Real team that faced Malaga on Sunday was aimed at resting players ahead of Bayern, this looked more like a dress rehearsal.

Ronaldo, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Raphael Varane and Marcelo all returned but there was no place for Gareth Bale, who had also been left out against Malaga. His preserved energy was deemed only valuable enough for 30 minutes off the bench. “There is no problem with Gareth,” Zidane said. “I have 25 players and I have to be attentive to everyone, Bale is one of them. There are others who play and do well too.”

Despite the strong picks, Real were sloppy from the outset, full of heavy touches and misplaced passes while Athletic delivered an early warning for what was to come when Mikel San Jose skipped in behind but was denied

by Keylor Navas.

Ronaldo’s bullet header rattled the bar from a Dani Carvajal cross but Athletic were slipping through Real’s midfield with ease and in the 14th minute they took the lead. Inigo Cordoba received the ball on the half turn and with nobody near him, threaded the ball inside Ramos.

Williams was onto it in a flash before lifting an expert finish over Navas. Real improved as the half wore on but the biggest cheer came from a passage of individual brilliance from Marco Asensio. He chased the ball down in the corner, then slalomed past three Athletic defenders.

Only the right hand of Kepa prevented a stunning goal.

Ronaldo was unlucky not to be awarded a penalty midway through the second half after being bundled over

by Unai Nunez but Real were even luckier not to fall two behind moments later, when Cordoba’s finish at the back post hit Carvajal and Raul Garcia’s follow-up struck the bar. Bale and Isco came on with just over 20 minutes left, the latter receiving the warmer welcome, but it was not until the 87th minute that Real finally found an equaliser.

Modric’s shot from 25 yards was helped into the corner by a Ronaldo flick. Real will surely be better against Bayern. (afp)

JAVIER SORIANO / AFP

Athletic Bilbao’s Spanish defender Unai Nunez (L) vies with Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo during the Spanish league football match Real Madrid CF against Athletic Club Bilbao at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in adrid on April 18, 2018.

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Napoli keep Serie A title hopes alive as Juventus held Napoli kept their title hopes alive with a 4-2 win over Udinese on Wednesday as champions Juventus’ path to a seventh consecutive Serie A title was stalled 1-1 at Crotone. Nigerian forward Simy grabbed the equaliser for relegation-threatened Crotone after 65 minutes with a spectacular overhead bicycle kick with shades of that scored by Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League in Turin last month.

“We didn’t do so well tonight, even though the guys did everything possible,” said Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri. “To-

night was decisive for the Scudetto.

“These are the games you need to bring home. The thing to do is stay calm, and play this championship until the end.”

Napoli came from behind twice to cut the gap on Juventus to four points with five games remaining including next Sunday’s top of the table clash between the two teams in Turin. Maurizio Sarri’s side were given an early scare at home with Czech Jakub Jankto putting Udinese ahead after 41 minutes.

Lorenzo Insigne pulled Napoli back just before the break only for Swedish midfielder Svante Ingels-

son to again give Udinese the advantage ten minutes into the second half.

But Raul Albiol, Arkadiusz Milik and Lorenzo Tonelli all scored in a ten-minute spree in the second half to condemn Udinese to their 20th defeat of the season -- and tenth in a row. “We are mathematically second, the goal is reached, now we can have fun,” said Sarri. “Obviously it’s difficult to go to Turin and try to get the victory, as in terms of strength in depth, I think Juventus are the most complete team in Europe. “We’ll give it our best shot.”

Napoli had fallen six points

Ian KINGTON / AFP

Manchester City’s English midfielder Raheem Sterling shoots over the bar with this attempt during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium in London, on April 14, 2018.

Sterling hungry for more after Man City Premier League win Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling says he is hungry to win the Premier League again, warning the champions against complacency as they chase more glory. Pep Guardiola’s men were confirmed as champions with five matches still to play on Sunday when Manchester United were beaten by West Brom. “This is my first Premier League title so who cares how you win it, whether it was on the pitch or on my sofa, I’m just delighted to win the title,” said the England international.

“It’s been a dream ever since I was a kid growing up playing football with my mates and winning it means everything. “It’s important we don’t get complacent though.

It’s amazing to win it, but now it’s about the next one.” The England international, who joined City from Liverpool in 2015, has progressed rapidly this season and Guardiola said at the weekend the 23-year-old could become one of the best players in the world.

Sterling, who has scored 22 goals, 17 in the Premier League, is relishing the opportunity to work with the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss. “It’s all about

the basics with him. He pushes you to be better at the small things and that improves your performance,” said Sterling. “It’s been great for me to learn in this environment and improve as a player under him.

He’s one of the best managers in the world. It’s special to be part of.”

Guardiola’s transfer policy addressed the need to bring down the average age of the squad, with Leroy Sane one of those bought in the summer of 2016 to do just that.

The Germany international has provided a cutting edge on the opposite flank to Sterling while also chipping in with 13 goals. With his first title now in the bag the 22-year-old is looking forward to a period of sustained success. “We have a young team but also a lot of experience within the squad as well. It’s a good mix,” he said.

“It’s been a great season, but we can still always improve. I hope we can win many more trophies. The team is ambitious and we want to compete for everything. “We didn’t win everything we wanted this season, and this is something to motivate us when we start again in the summer.” (afp)

CARLO HERMANN / AFP

Napoli’s Italian striker Lorenzo Insigne celebrates after scoring a goal during the Italian Serie A football match SSC Napoli vs Udinese Calcio on April 18, 2018 at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples.

Chelsea’s Alonso handed three-match ban

Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso has been banned for three matches for his challenge on Southampton’s Shane Long, the Football Association announced on Thursday. The left wing-back appeared to stand on the back of Long’s leg during their Premier League game on Saturday and the incident went unpunished by referee Mike Dean.

Alonso was found guilty at a

hearing on Wednesday. He is ruled out of Thursday’s Premier League game at Burnley, Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final against Southampton and the league trip to Swansea on April 28.

“Marcos Alonso will miss Chelsea’s next three matches after an Independent Regulatory Commission ruled he had committed an act of violent conduct against Southampton’s Shane Long,” the

FA said in a statement.

“Alonso denied the charge and further submitted that if found proven the suspension would be excessive. However, this was rejected following Wednesday’s hearing.”

The 27-year-old defender was this week named in the Professional Footballers’ Association’s Premier League team of the year, the only representative from Chelsea. (afp)

adrift of the leaders after last weekend’s goalless draw at AC Milan with the champions closing in on the title. Gianluigi Buffon was rested ahead of Sunday’s game with Wojciech Szczesny in goal and Juventus looked to be on track after Alex Sandro headed in a Douglas Costa cross after 16 minutes in Calabria. But Simy struck on 65 minutes to earn a precious point for the southerners -- third from bottom of the table with 57 points fewer than Juventus’ 85.

- ‘Remarkable Lazio’ -

Behind the leading duo the race for Champions League football next season continues with AS Roma -- already through to the semi-finals of this year’s competition -- remaining third after a 2-1 win in Genoa. Lazio put their Europa League exit behind them and remain fourth with the same number of points as their city rivals, after coming back from two goals down to beat Fiorentina 4-3, ending the Tuscan side’s eight-match unbeaten run.

In a crazy first half in Tuscany both sides were reduced to ten men after Marco Sportiello and Alessandro Murgia were sent off within the first 15 minutes. Jordan Veretout scored all three goals for Fiorentina. Luis Alberto added a brace for Lazio with Martin Caceres and Felipe Anderson completing the scoreline in the Romans’ favour.

“We showed heart and clearheadedness in the key moments,” said Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi, who was also banished from the sidelines. “This was our 50th competitive game of the season, but the lads are in good physical shape and continue to do remarkable things.

“This victory was probably our biggest win of the season.”

Inter Milan remain fifth onepoint outside the Champions League places after easily seeing off Cagliari 4-0 on Tuesday. In the fight for Europa League spots AC Milan are sixth after a 1-1 draw at Torino with Atalanta seventh after a 3-0 win over rock bottom Benevento who could be relegated at the weekend. (afp)

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James’ epic start helps Cavs even series with Pacers

LOS ANGELES - LeBron James crystalized his reputation as one of the best playoff performers in NBA history on Wednesday as the Cleveland Cavaliers rebounded from a game one rout with a 100-97 win over the Indiana Pacers.

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Vue Beach Club is ideally positioned for sunset gazing over the Indian Ocean while sipping a cold drink or enjoying dinner off the international menu. Try the prime beef burger to satisfy a serious hunger or order the onion ring tower for lighter snacking. The venue hosts regular live music events and rents out whimsical floaties for the pool. There is no minimum order for the beanbag chairs and tables, but a IDR 100,000 (USD 7.50) charge applies if you want to use the pool. The minimum spend for the sun beds and gazebos starts at IDR 350,000 (USD 26). There’s also a sunset BBQ buffet, from 16:00 to 18:00. (net)

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James scored 20 of his 46 points in the opening quarter, getting off to a torrid start in which he singlehandedly outscored the Pacers 13-0 and 16-1 to start game two of the first round Eastern Conference series.

“My mentality was we got to go back to Indiana tied 1-1,” James said.

“We hadn’t scored like we are accustomed to doing so far so I wanted to see if I had a good hand to start.

“My guys kept coming to me and I was able to make a few buckets.”

Cleveland bounced back from an embarrassing 98-80 loss in game one and the mighty James set the tone early Wednesday, giving credence to coach Tyronn Lue’s pre-game prediction that if he showed up, the Cavs would level the series.

He did exactly that, shooting 17 of 24 field goals and delivering 12 rebounds and five assists as the Cavs had to survive a late fourth-quarter charge by the Pacers.

“He did a great job of just being aggressive and attacking the basket for our team. LeBron did a great job setting tone offensively,” Lue said.

The 33-year-old James also helped put the game away with two clutch free throws with 18 seconds left to make it 99-92.

Pacers star Victor Oladipo made a 26 foot jumper at the buzzer to close out the scoring.

Oladipo finished with a team high 22 points in the loss.

The series now shifts to Indiana for game three on Friday.

James’ teams have never lost a first round series and being down 0-1 marked another first for James, whose teams have always managed to come out firing on all cylinders before.

Game one was so one-sided the Cavs recorded the second-fewest points of their season.

But these are not normal times for Cleveland as the highs and lows have become more acute, leaving fans wondering which version will show up on any given night.

James’ consistency has kept it together as he enjoyed one of his best seasons, averaging 29.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 10.0 assists during the regular season.

Even in the loss in game one, he still managed a triple double with 24 points, 10 boards and 12 assists. (afp)

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MONTE CARLO - Novak Djokovic said it was “great” to deal with the emotions of a “real battle” again, after saving 10 match points to beat Borna Coric at the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday, while Rafael Nadal made a “positive” return to the ATP Tour by thrashing Aljaz Bedene.

Djokovic, playing only his fourth tournament since Wimbledon last July after struggling with a right elbow injury, overcame some late nerves to win 7-6 (7/2), 7-5 in the second-round clash.

“It was a real battle. I mean, I could have won the match earlier definitely, but it was great to deal with these kind of emotions again,” said the 12-time Grand Slam champion.

Djokovic is working with long-time former coach Marian Vajda for the first time in almost a year after splitting from Andre Agassi, and the 30-year-old has looked rejuvenated in Monaco after early exits in Indian Wells and Miami.

The Serbian will next face Austrian fifth seed Dominic Thiem with a possible quarter-final against defending champion Nadal, who plays Karen Khachanov in the last 16 on Thursday, up for grabs.

But Djokovic insisted he wasn’t looking past the clash with Thiem, a French

Open semi-finalist in each of the last two years.

“It’s disrespectful towards Dominic and Dominic’s tennis... To think about and talk about potentially a match-up with Nadal,” Djokovic added.

“Last year in Roland Garros he beat me in straight sets. He’s definitely (a) topthree player in the world on clay.”

Djokovic came through a tight first set in a tie-break and moved a break clear in the second, before late drama as he missed nine chances to close out the match.

The ninth seed rediscovered his composure, though, to finally complete the job at the 10th time of asking as the 39th-ranked Coric sent a backhand flying long.

Two-time Monte Carlo winner Djokovic said that he has gained power since changing to a lighter racquet to try and take pressure off his troublesome elbow.

“It feels like I gained more power, especially on the serve. I gained more angle,” he said.

“The racquet is the most important tool that we have, but it’s not more important than our body and our mind, our movements. So it is a tool that helps, but it doesn’t play for you.” (afp)

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Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Croatia’s Borna Coric during their men’s single match at the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament on April 18, 2018 in Monaco.

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End of era in Cuba as Castro hands torch to Diaz-Canel

HAVANA - Cuba is poised for the end of an era on Thursday as President Raul Castro steps down, formally handing power to his long-time deputy Miguel Diaz-Canel -- and thereby ending his family’s six-decade grip on the island.

The silver-haired Diaz-Canel, 57 -- a top Communist Party figure who has served as first vice president since 2013 -- will become the island’s first leader born after the 1959 revolution, and the first in 60 years who is not named Castro.

Between them, father of the nation Fidel and his younger brother Raul made the Caribbean island a key player in the Cold War and helped keep communism afloat despite the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Raul, now 86, has been in power since 2006, when he took over after illness sidelined Fidel, who seized power in the revolution.

Diaz-Canel, who has spent years climbing the party ranks, was named the sole candidate for the presidency on Wednesday.

He will formally be confirmed as the country’s leader at roughly 9:00 am (1300 GMT) Thursday -- the anniversary of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, when Fidel Castro’s forces defeated 1,400 US-backed rebels seeking to overthrow him.

Havana has long hailed the showdown as American im-

perialism’s first great defeat in Latin America.

It is also the day before the new president’s 58th birthday.

- In Raul’s footsteps -

Diaz-Canel, who some say bears a passing resemblance to American actor Richard Gere, is a fan of The Beatles whose penchant for wearing jeans has set him apart in Havana’s corridors of power.

Although he has advocated fewer restrictions on the press and a greater openness to the internet, he also has a ruthless streak, with harsh words for Cuba’s dissidents and the United States.

Crucially, he will remain under the watchful eye of Castro, who will continue to serve as the head of Cuba’s all-powerful Communist Party.

Once sworn in, Diaz-Canel will be tasked with pursuing reforms begun by Castro to open up Cuba’s economy to small private entrepreneurs and reach a rapprochement with its Cold War arch-enemy, the United States.

In 2015, Havana and Washington renewed diplomatic ties, with then president Barack Obama making a historic visit to the island a year later.

But, steps towards a normalization of ties have been severely curtailed since Donald Trump arrived in the White House last year. (afp)

SpaceX blasts off NASA’s new planet-hunter, TESS

TAMPA - NASA on Wednesday blasted off its newest planethunting spacecraft, TESS, a $337 million satellite that aims to scan 85 percent of the skies for cosmic bodies where life may exist.

“Three, two, one and liftoff!” said NASA commentator Mike Curie as the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) soared into the cloudless, blue sky atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 6:51 pm (2251 GMT).

The washing machine-sized spacecraft is built to search out-

side the solar system, scanning the nearest, brightest stars for signs of periodic dimming. These so-called “transits” may mean that planets are in orbit around them.

TESS is expected to reveal 20,000 planets beyond our solar system, including more than 50 Earth-sized planets and up to 500 planets less than twice the size of the Earth, NASA said.

Its discoveries will be studied further by ground- and space-based telescopes for signs of habitability, including a rocky terrain, a size similar to Earth and a distance

from their sun -- neither too close nor too far -- that allows the right temperature for liquid water.

“The stories of these planets will continue on, long after their detection,” Martin Still, TESS program scientist, said on Wednesday.

- Four eyes on the sky -

“It was incredible. It was so emotional,” said Natalia Guerrero, a TESS researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in an interview on NASA TV after the launch.

She was part of a team that

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This NASA handout photograph shows NASA’s next planet-hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), successfully launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on April 18, 2018 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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In this file handout picture released by Cuban official website www.cubadebate.cu on July 8, 2016, Cuban President Raul Castro (L) talks with First Vice-Presidente Miguel Diaz-Canel during the First Annual Session of the Cuban Parliament at the Convention Palace in Havana.

built four cameras that serve as the spacecraft’s eyes.

“TESS’s four cameras are tiny but mighty,” she said.

“They are only about four inches (10 centimeters) across, the lenses.

They could fit in a mailbox. But they are so powerful. You could have an entire constellation, like Orion, in the field of view of one of these cameras.”

TESS will survey far more cosmic terrain than its predecessor, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, which launched in 2009.

Both use the same system of detecting planetary transits, or shadows cast as they pass in front of their star.

The new spacecraft will focus on nearby exoplanets, those in the range of 30 to 300 light-years away.

Kepler’s trove of more than 2,300 confirmed planets outside our solar was impressive, but most were too distant and dim to be examined further.

“One of the many amazing things that Kepler told us is that planets are everywhere and there are all kinds of planets out there,” said Patricia “Padi” Boyd, director of the TESS guest investigator program at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center.

“So TESS takes the next step.

If planets are everywhere, then it is time for us to find the planets that are closest to us orbiting bright nearby stars, because these will be the touchstone system.” (afp)

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At a gathering in London on Tuesday, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said: “The international community needs to put more pressure on Myanmar so that they take back their own people and ensure their security.”

On Saturday, Myanmar officials said they repatriated a family of five who had returned to western Rakhine. The Muslim family was photographed with Myanmar officials receiving their national verification cards.

But Bangladeshi home minister Asaduzzaman Khan said it was “nothing but a farce”, claiming that the family never even reached Bangladesh “as they used to live on noman’s land and had never crossed into our territory”.The Bangladeshi government is also developing the remote Bhasan Char island, which is about 21 miles off the mainland, to shift 100,000 refugees.

It grew out of the sediments just two decades ago and is being developed as an alternative, but the island often gets flooded for many months of the year. Mr Al-khateeb told Sky News the UNHCR had not been consulted on the project.”We were not consulted at any stage, nor were our engineers or safety inspectors consulted while making any structures on that island,” he said. “But we reiterate that any relocation of refugees must be voluntarily, safe and dignified.” (afp)

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Indonesia says Panama-flagged ship caused major oil spill

Indonesia on Wednesday blamed a Panama-flagged ship for causing a major oil spill off Borneo island that killed five and sparked its worst environmental disaster in years.

The Southeast Asian nation’s navy said the nearly 230-metre long cargo ship MV Ever Judger was the only cargo vessel in the area at the time of the accident last

month, adding that the ship’s 12-ton anchor was likely what ruptured an undersea pipe. Divers found a nearly 500-metre-long gash torn into the seabed which resembles the

vessel’s anchor, investigators said.

“We suspect the undersea pipe rupture was caused by the ship’s anchor,” Harjo Susmoro, head of the Indonesian navy’s oceanography and hydrography centre, said Wednesday.

It is not clear if the Chinese captain or any of the 22 crew will

be charged. Vessels are allowed to sail in the area but they’re prohibited from dropping anchor to avoid damaging the undersea pipes. The accident led to a huge oil spill and prompted local authorities to declare a state of emergency.

The leakage started in waters near Balikpapan city and spread

more than two dozen kilometres (16 miles), coating large areas of the coast in thick black sludge.

Five fishermen died in a fire sparked by workers who were trying to clear the spill by burning it off the water’s surface. The oil pipe belonged to Indonesia’s national oil company Pertamina. (afp)

Fuzzy crab, shiny-eyed shrimp discovered on Java expedition

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This undated handout photo released by South Java Deep Sea Biodiversity Expedition 2018 on April 19, 2018 shows a yet-to-be-named spider crab species found in the waters of southwestern Java. A hermit crab, a shiny-eyed shrimp and a crab with fuzzy spines are among over a dozen new species discovered in a deep-sea expedition off the Indonesian island of Java, scientists said. The team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) carried out the expedition for 14 days between March and early April.

A hermit crab, a shinyeyed shrimp and a crab with fuzzy spines are among over a dozen new species discovered in a deepsea expedition off the Indonesian island of Java, scientists said. The team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) carried out the expedition for 14 days between March and early April.

The area covered included a long stretch of the Indian Ocean off Java’s southern coast as well as the Sunda Strait that separates the island from Sumatra. “This is a part of the Indian Ocean that has been never been sampled for deep-sea animals so we really didn’t know what to find,” said Peter Ng, a crab expert and head of the Lee Kong

Chian Natural History Museum at NUS. “We were very surprised by the findings,” he told AFP on Thursday, adding that the team had expected to discover creatures from the Indian Ocean and the surrounding areas already known to scientists.

But the discovery of species entirely new to science “tells us that there are things happening in that part of Indonesia that we don’t know,” said Ng, who co-led the expedition.

The researchers examined 63 sites as they sailed from Jakarta to Cilacap town in southern Java and back.

Three new species of spider crabs were discovered during the expedition, the scientists said in a statement. One of them had a plate protecting its eyes which resembled oversized ears while another was

bright orange in colour.

Another discovery was a new species of hermit crab with bright green eyes, according to Indonesian scientist Dwi Listyo Rahayu, also a crab expert and the expedition’s coleader. One new species of shrimp had shiny eyes that reflect light, the scientists said.

Ng, the NUS professor, said the scientists will carry out a detailed study of the more than 12,000 creatures from 800 species they had picked up on the expedition and publish their findings in 2020. They expect to discover more new species as they go along, he said. The reason they immediately identified the new species of crabs, prawns and lobsters is that the scientists involved are experts in this field, he added. (afp)

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Mater of the Oleg Tamuliligan dance passes away Many sincere condolences have been going out to the family of dearly departed dance master I Gusti Ayu Raka Rasmi who passed earlier this week at the age of 79.

Ayu Raka who was known for her grace and mastery of the Oleh Tamulilingan dance breathed her last in her residence at Abiansemal Palace, Keraman hamlet, Abiansemal subdistrict, on Tuesday (Apr. 17) around 11:30.

Ayu Raka was born on March 10, 1939 in Peliatan Ubud and her body now lays in Mangusada Hospital, Kapal, Mengwi. Raka’s second son, A.A. Bagus Wira Teja, said he was shocked about the death of his mother who left behind four sons, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren because she appeared to be in good health and had just finished enjoying her morning coffee as was her habit when she suddenly passed away.

We would make her a coffee every morning and on Tuesday, she even went ot the market in front of the palace. However she returned home rather quickly and looked restless when she got home holding her chest. My mother then

went to her room to rest. When I went to check on her, she did not respond and when I felt her arm it was cold”, he said.

A. A Wira Teja, immediately rushed his mother to Abiansemal 1 public health center, in Blahkiuh where the medical team declared the women to be dead. “My mother had planned to go visit her sister (A.A Wirati) in Peliatan”, he said.

A.A. Wira Teja explained that his late mother had a history of high blood pressure. “We already miss our mother very much, She raised us with a lot of affection. My mother has been staying with me for the last three years. Sometimes she would visit her other sons in Peliatan and Dalung”, he explained. Her cremation is planned for April 24th after being brought to the Mumbul crematorium, Nusa Dua, South Kuta at 7 am.

Based on the results of village meeting held March 31, Abiansemal village will carry out a ngusaba ritual at the Dalem Temple on May 16, 2018. On that account, her body is currently entrusted in the Mangusada Hospital, Kapal. (kmb27)

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Japan female mayor battles men-only sumo rule

TOKYO - A female mayor at the centre of a fierce debate over allowing women into the sumo ring vowed Thursday never to back down as she lodged a formal protest.

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The Monkey Forest Ubud is ranked first in terms of tourist visit reaching 1.3 million people throughout 2017.

Tourist visit to Gianyar reaches 3.8 million

Monkey Forest Ubud ranked first

GIANYAR — Tourist visits to a number of destinations in Gianyar district continue to increase every year. Such increase is recorded based on the destinations managed by Gianyar government and private companies. Meanwhile, the Monkey Forest Ubud is ranked first in terms of tourist visit reaching 1.3 million people throughout 2017.

Division Head of Tourist Destination at the Gianyar Tourism Office, Ni Ketut Mariatni Sukadawi, said that tourist visit to Gianyar district increases every year. “On average, there is an increase in tourist visit every year,” she said with permission from the Head of the Gianyar Tourism Office, A.A. Bagus Ari Brahmanta, on Wednesday (Apr. 18).

Pursuant to data collection conducted by the Gianyar Tourism Office to 23 favorite destinations in Gianyar district, the total tourist visit to this region in 2017 reached 3,842,663 people, consisting of 3,180,778 foreign tourists and 661,885 domestic tourists.

Of the total visits reaching 3.8 million, the highest is indeed recorded by Monkey Forest Sanctuary, Ubud. The visit to the monkey forest reached 1,343,152 foreign tourists during 2017. “Last year, the visit to Monkey Forest reached 1.3 million tourists,” he said.

He said the visit to other tourist attraction managed by private companies is also no less crowded. For instance, Bali Safari and Marine Park drew 391,037 visitors consisting of 209,573 foreign tourists and

181,464 domestic tourists. “Meanwhile, the other attractions such as a number of museums to rafting respectively reached thousands to tens of thousands of tourist visit throughout 2017,” he said.

When asked about the Mount Agung disaster, she said that Mount Agung disaster had no significant impact on tourist visit to a number of destinations in Gianyar district.

“Related to Mount Agung disaster, the greatest impact may be experienced by tourism industry management, especially restaurants to hotels,” he said.

Operations Manager of Monkey Forest Ubud, Nyoman Buana, admitted there was indeed an increase in tourist arrival throughout 2017 reaching 10 percent. It increased from 1.1 million visits in 2016 to 1.3 million visits in 2017. “If we see as per April 2018, the tourist visit has increased 5 percent from the same period in 2017,” he said. He said the tourist visits to the monkey forest attraction can reach 3,000 to 4,000 tourists per day on normal days from January to June.

Furthermore, in July to August the visit can rise above 4,000 tourists.

“After that, the visit will usually be back to normal again. Well, entering December it increases again to 4,000 visits,” he said.

He added that on particular days during high session the tourist visits can touch around 5,000 tourists.

His management is overwhelmed when serving tourists of such number. “Handling such number of guests makes us overwhelmed, let alone the monkeys. They become less comfortable, so they will climb a tree when seeing many visiting tourists,” he said Seeing such condition, he also considered the need to conduct a study regarding the capacity of tourist visits to the area of 12.5 hectares inhabited by 749 monkeys.

“Indeed, it needs to be assessed how many people are ideal to make a visit because it has something to do with nature in relation to living beings,” he said.

This tourist attraction is opened from 08:30 to 18:00, with admission ticket of IDR 50,000 for adults and IDR 40,000 for children. “In the afternoon, the tourist attraction is closed as we’d like to give the opportunity to the monkeys to have a rest at night,” he said. (kmb35)

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Tomoko Nakagawa (R), the mayor of the western Japanese city of Takarazuka, answers questions during a press briefing after submitting her request to the Japan Sumo Association in Tokyo on April 19, 2018.

“I won’t give up this time around... I’m determined to make a petition every six months,” Tomoko Nakagawa told AFP before taking her case to the sumo authorities in Tokyo.

“I want them never to leave this issue vague. I want the association to hear this voice clearly and start a debate on a review” of the practice of not allowing women into the sumo ring.

Nakagawa later held a 30-minute meeting with senior sumo officials to urge them to treat men and women equally at ceremonies and events.

The officials told her the ban on women entering the ring was “tradition but not discrimination” but promised to discuss the issue at a meeting of executive officials, Nakagawa told reporters after the closed-door meeting.

Nakagawa said the officials were “sincere” and “gentle” but she also felt a “strong” determination to respect the status quo”.

The association was not immediately available for comment.

The issue hit the headlines nationally and internationally when women, including at least one nurse, were shooed out of a sumo ring as they tried to help a man during a medical emergency.

In footage that was widely broadcast on national news bulletins, several women rushed into the ring in Maizuru, northwest of Kyoto, after a local mayor col-

lapsed while giving a speech.

But as the women attempted to help the mayor, multiple announcements were made over loudspeakers asking them to leave the ring.

The rings where sumo is practised, known as sumo dohyo, are seen as sacred places.

Sumo is closely interlinked with the native Shinto faith, which considers women to be ritually unclean, meaning they are barred from stepping into the ring.

But Nakagawa, the administrative head of the western city of Takarazuka, described this as “discrimination”.

“While emphasising sumo’s prestige and its being the ‘national’ sport, they are ousting women to promote nationalism,” she told AFP. She has been battling for the right to make a speech from the sumo ring, something her male counterparts have regularly done.

Earlier this month, Nakagawa lost her fight to speak from a sumo ring but slammed the ban as she delivered a speech from a podium outside the ring.

“I’m a female mayor but I am a human being ... but because I am a woman, despite being a mayor, I cannot make a speech in the ring.”

“It is regrettable and mortifying,” she said, drawing cheers from the crowd.

Two days later, a male mayor delivered a speech from a ring. (afp)

New role for wife of North Korea’s Kim: First Lady

SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has given his young, stylish wife the title of First Lady in what analysts say is a major boost to her status ahead of back-to-back summits with South Korea and the United States.

Ri Sol Ju has often accompanied Kim to official events but made her first solo public appearance last weekend at a ballet performance by a visiting Chinese troupe.

The North’s state media reported the outing referring to her as the “respected First Lady” -- the first time the title has been used in more than 40 years, and with the addition of an adjective usually reserved for the country’s leaders.

North Korea’s elderly star anchorwoman Ri Chun Hee -- who is often drafted in for major announcements -- delivered the news of her attendance on television, further enhancing Ri’s standing.

Dressed in a dusty pink two-piece skirt suit, Ri was accompanied by senior North Korean officials often seen with the leader, including Kim’s younger

sister, Yo Jong.

Ri, a former star singer, emerged in 2012 and has been regarded as one of the most high-profile women in the isolated, deeply patriarchal nation, but with a limited role as Kim’s stylish, coy wife.

Analysts say her promotion is likely to be part of an effort to paint North Korea as a “normal state” as it prepares for summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in next Friday and later with US President Donald Trump.

It also gives her a title matching that of their wives Kim Jung-sook and Melania.

“Promoting Ri Sol Ju is the most effective marketing strategy,” An Chan-il, a defector researcher who runs the World Institute for North Korea Studies, told AFP. “The summit is being held as equals, so if Melania Trump attends, Ri will attend,” he said, noting that the North Korean leader’s wife accompanied him when he went to Beijing last month on his first overseas trip since inheriting power. (afp)

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In this undated file photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via the Korea News Service (KNS) on July 26, 2012 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (L), accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-Ju (R), visiting a wading pool at the Rungna People’s Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang.

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Economic crisis forces slowdown at Venezuela universities

Teachers unable to pay the bus fare to get to class, students stuck in long supermarket lines in the quest for affordable food: Venezuela’s academics say the deep economic crisis is paralyzing the country’s universities. Venezuela’s universities have long ranked as among Latin America’s best. But the acute economic and political crisis has forced students to drop out in droves, and teachers are following them out of the country.

Last month, the University of Zulia (LUZ) in northwestern city of Maracaibo cut courses to three days a week to try to ease the problems that students, professors and employees are facing just to turn up each day. “We are working every day, but we are organizing ourselves so that every teacher, student or employee comes about three times a week,” said Judith Aular, the LUZ’s rector. Lectures and study material are given out over the internet the rest of the time.

It’s an attempt to curb Venezuela’s growing brain-drain, as teachers and students seek to leave the crisis-torn country, said Aular.

“We allow teachers to look for another source of income. With what they earn, they can’t support their families.”

Universities across the oil-rich Latin American country are facing the same problem. Since 2016, when the crisis sparked by the fall in the price of oil began to deepen, 25 percent of teaching staff, and 40 percent of the students at Oriente University in the eastern city of Cumana have packed their bags and emigrated, according to the university’s director Milena Bravo.

The country’s most experienced professors, working full time, earn 3.9 million bolivars a month, equivalent to $10 on the black market -- only enough at current rates to buy five kilos of meat.

Danilo Fuenmayor, fresh from completing his economics studies at LUZ, said he was relieved that he only had to turn up for lectures three days a week during his last month. “I had to walk three kilometers because I didn’t have cash for the bus,” he said.

“Fifteen professors have left my faculty, and my tutor’s car has broken down and she can’t have it repaired. Transportation doesn’t work,” the 23-year-old told AFP. - Budget devoured Venezuelans struggle with cash shortages because the government can’t print new bills fast enough to keep pace with the world’s highest rate of inflation, estimated to reach a staggering 13,000 percent this year by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). President Nicolas Maduro, whose government is widely blamed for mismanaging the economy after oil prices plummeted, said new bills will be issued in June that lop three zeroes off current values in a bid to ease pressure on the public.

The crisis is also causing shortages of food, medicine and essential products like auto-parts, the lack of which has left 80 percent of the bus fleet paralyzed, according to the public transport union.

Caracas engineering student Daniela Garcia said she often misses classes because she has to join her mother to queue for hours

Kartini and artists at official opening of Oka Kartini Art Association and Culture Center on April 8th, 2018

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to buy essential foodstuffs in the supermarket.

Teachers, too, are struggling, said Amalio Belmonte, head of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV). “For a teacher, getting around can be an Odyssey, because he cannot get his car repaired or he spends all his income on food.”

- Surging campus violence UCV, which is nearly 300 years old and has 43,000 students, also plans to reduce classes to three days a week, according to Belmonte.

His main problem is a huge budget shortfall, after UCV received only one-third of what he requested for the academic year. “Most of it goes on wages. Money for research is about enough to buy five tires,” he said.

Belmonte said he signs some 3,000 certificates every week for graduates who are leaving the country, as opposed to around 100 a week on average in previous years.

Violence on campus is surging, a reflection of the country’s rising lawlessness. At UCV, no employ-

ees are visible by late afternoon for fear of being attacked.

“People run away before nightfall. There is no lighting and they can be mugged,” said Professor Gabriela Rojas. Added to this is a lack of gasoline, and in some states, electricity rationing.

Danilo Fuenmayor said he has had enough and is thinking of only one thing, emigration. “I have been robbed several times at the university. I earn the minimum wage and that’s just enough to buy a kilo of cheese. (afp)

Zimbabwe warns strikes threaten economic recovery Zimbabwe warned Thursday that a string of strikes threatened efforts to revive the economy after the ousting of Robert Mugabe, as a stand-off with striking nurses deepened. The government on Tuesday sacked the majority of 15,000 nurses who started industrial action this week shortly after doctors ended their month-long strike.

Public wages suck up more than 90 percent of government revenue in Zimbabwe,

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where the economy suffered decades of decline under Mugabe’s rule. His successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has vowed to tackle the country’s dire economic crisis that created mass unemployment, emigration and a severe shortage of banknotes.

“Government is working extra hard to recover and improve the economy,” George Charamba, Mnangagwa’s spokesman, said in the state-owned Herald

newspaper. “Unreasonable wage demands, or worse, obdurate industrial action will hurt this recovery process.” He added that the government would not “succumb to blackmail.”

Teachers have threatened to strike next month when the school term opens over low salaries. Zimbabwe is due to hold elections in July or August, the first since Mugabe’s shock fall from power in November. Despite the government’s

hardline approach, the nurses struck a defiant note, saying they would approach the courts if the decision to sack them was not reversed.

“We embarked on a lawful collective job action,” the Zimbabwe Nurses Association said. Mugabe, now 94, ruled Zimbabwe from 1980 until he was ousted last year when the military took over briefly and ruling ZANU-PF lawmakers turned against him. (afp)

Ubud has become a world famous tourist destination, known for art and culture and more recently yoga, gourmet food and shopping. In the 1950/s Ubud was still a dirt road village, with farmlands and gardens lining what is now downtown. Anak Agung Oka Kartini was raised on once of these dirt roads -known today as Jalan Raya Ubud, where she opened a small stall in the 1960’s when, as she said : “the hippies started coming here”. Tourists were few and far between at that time though, When AA Oka Kartini was just 17 years old she worked as a tour guide at Museum Puri Lukisan where she would explain to tour groups about art in Bali in the little English she spoke. There she learned to talk to foreigners and how interesting her ordinary life seemed to these visitors and perhaps most importantly about Bali’s art scene. She soon expanded her small stall into a slightly larger art shop with paintings from many of Ubud’s most illustrious painters.

She later opened her family’s home to visitors needing a place to stay.

The homestay, like her small shop attracted many visitors and within a few years, she was able to build a bungalow out back for visitors to be more comfortable.

Kartini enjoyed chatting with the foreigners who visited but she soon became busy raising here own family. When a Dutch tourist approached her one day about starting a business together, Kartini tried to decline the offer saying she had enough on her hands already. The Dutch tourist was however persistent and eventually Kartini took

up the foreign woman’s offer to go to Holland to learn how to make wigs. After a few months of training in this craft, Kartini returned and taught a couple of neighbours how to weave these blond wigs.

The orders kept coming and before long, Kartini had to find another space to make the wigs, eventually employing some 350 people from her village of Ubud. Most of her employees were housewives, who Kartini supported in becoming financially independent.

Much to her surprise, one day Kartini -who had married a military man, was asked to represent the Association of Military Wives in Gianyar’s parliament. Although she was deeply honoured by the offer that was the envy of many, she finally declined the offer on the grounds that if she had to go to work in Gianyar everyday, she would not be able to care for her family and her now booming businesses. Many other offers came to her to work with foreigners in other businesses which she also declined on the same grounds. When asked why it was that so many people

wanted to work with her Kartini explained “I feel very lucky indeed, I have never done anything special that would warrant so many people offering me opportunities. But you know, I was raised by my aunty in her Brahmin family’s simple home and didn’t know that I was part of the Royal family of Peliatan until i was much older. I feel like my aunty has always watched over me”.

For more than thirty years, AA Oka Kartini ran her wig business with great success and her gallery and homestay also expanded. Once her children were grown up and had children of their own, Kartini thought it was time to take it easy, so she sold the wig business and focused on taking care of her home businesses. Sitting pretty in her old age however was not in the cards for this dynamic jovial woman. A few months ago a young painter a from Ubud approached Anak Agung Oka Kartini with an offer.

This time it was not an offer to run a business but something that is much dearer to her heart.

Having witnessed the many

changes that have shaped Ubud over the years, art and culture remain a strong force in this international village and AA Oka Kartini feels called to support this ancestral wealth. “Many people come to Ubud because they have heard about the art here. We have a very long history of creating great works of art here and in my own lifetime, interactions with foreign artists have enhanced this artistic wealth, but today it is not always easy for people to find this art nor the artists who create it. I want to make this accessible to people first hand -not just the art but the process. I also think it is important for artists in Ubud to have a space where they can gather and exchange ideas, to create something together”, explained Kartini.

Oka Kartini has therefor teamed up with a small group of artists and opened the the Oka Kartini Art Association and Culture Center.

The official opening took place on Friday April 8th, with the opening of an exhibition featuring the works of the artists who make up the Oka Kartini Art Association: I Wayan Pendet, I Made Kartika, I Wayan Januariawan, Kamon Komatsu, I Kadel Suartika, Tatiana Efimova, I Made Suaka and Yori Amarah.

Each of these artists has their own unique style but all of find their inspiration from the art, culture and

nature of Bali.

Opening words were presented by artists and art lecturer I Wayan Karja who emphasized the importance of having a space for artist from Bali and from overseas to exchange ideas. Honoured guests included founder of Arma Museum and Resort Agung Rai, Founder of Neka Museum and Komaneka Gallery, Pak Neka, art researcher and Prof. Bandem, Peliatan Royal family dancer, musician and poet AA Gede Bagus Mandera Erawan.

Many other art lovers and culture along with many other art lovers including Art Exchange Project founder and coordinator Antonius Kho and art philosopher Sri Rahayu.

Along with routine exhibitions, weekly film screenings, thrice weekly shadow puppet shows and providing an open space for artists to gather and exchange ideas, Oka Kartini Art Association and Culture Center also offers classes in painting, sculpting, batiking, silver-making, woodcut printing, water-color painting, traditional dancing and more.

The current exhibition will remain on display until May 18th, 2018. Oka Kartini Art Association and Culture Center will then be presenting Ida Bagus Indra’s solo exhibition which will open on May 20th, 2018. (kmb)

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From bondage to flowers, a fashion bonanza at Coachella INDIO - Coachella became one of the world’s premier music festivals not only for the A-list performers. The two-weekend party in the California desert has become a major event in its own right for the fashion.

While designers have heavily marketed their brands to Coachella, the fans who draw the most notice often do so by embracing their own sartorial flair, driven by a sense of innovation and, among revelers in the searing heat, of inhibition.

While the flowers are artificial, Osgood said she found inspiration as she lives in the flower district of Los Angeles and works at a tiki bar.

“It’s a way to exemplify the Coachella lifestyle. It’s not every day that you find a safe place to project some of your style,” she said.

- ‘Graduation’ in a vintage dress -

They dress in green from head to toe, or at least when they dress at all.

Tiana Tuttle and T.J. Sonnier covered their bodies with green nets over matching swimsuits, with caps to top it off.

The pair from Los Angeles have been coordinating their festival outfits for several years. Tuttle, 23, said that this year, they wanted to explore the fashion possibilities of bondage.

“We wanted to be that slutty, sexy thing in the corner that you can look at when you’re bored at the show,” said Sonnier, 22.

Aquiel Hayden has been on the festival circuit for the past two weeks and threw her clothes into a suitcase, choosing the day’s wardrobe at the last minute.

The purple-haired 21-year-old sported a floor-length, sparkling red dress that she found in a vintage store in her home of Santa Barbara, California, paired with thick maroon sunglasses and a golden belt.

Hayden however said she was disappointed in the changing musical direction of ever-expanding Coachella and may not come back.

“I thought I should go all out for my last one. It’s sort of like my graduation,” she said.

- A passion for flowers -

- Recycled fashion -

- Fun with bondage -

Hillary Osgood, 31, has been heading to festivals, especially Coachella, for 12 years.

One thing she never forgets and has never lost -- her light purple umbrella that both shields her from the sun and highlights her signature style.

This year, she decked herself out in matching flowers draped like a turban on her head.

Chanel Twyman and Auzunay Watkins were looking for something different for Coachella and found it -- short, and largely revealing, dresses made entirely from the tops of soft drink cans.

The pair from Philadelphia bought the unique outfits from the New York designer Gypsy Sport and matched them with equally shiny half-masks with rabbit ears.

Twyman, 23, said that she and Watkins, 25, considered themselves “very fashionforward” -- and found the cans to be comfortable.

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Asked to get involved in addressing Lake Batur problem

puffy red scrunchies with which to hold up her hair. (afp)

- All about the sunglasses -

For Genevieve Paish of Christchurch, New Zealand, who is attending Coachella for the first time, the initial accessory was a pair of orange-red, heart-shaped sunglasses.

Paish, 21, said she picked the rest of her outfit to match, including her impromptu dress of drooping red strings.

She dyed her hair a similar color and used a key chain to make

BANGLI — The water overflow of Lake Batur in Kintamani that soaks houses, farming area and road facilities at some villages on the edge of the lake adequately disrupts the activities of residents. Related to this issue, Deputy Chairman of the Bangli House of Representatives, Komang Carles, said the problem handling cannot be fully charged to the Bangli district. Provincial and central government is urged to participate in overcoming the water overflow of Lake Batur.

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Both foreign citizens did not have any injuries in the incident.

Out of control when riding, foreign couple falls into ravine

GIANYAR — Two foreign citizens were found sinking in the left ravine of Jalan Nyuh Kuning, Ubud, on Wednesday (Apr. 18).

Both citizens were sinking with Yamaha Mio motorcycle with license plate of DK 4181 LN in the ravine as deep as three meters in the location. Allegedly, the incident occurred due to out of control.

Initially, the two foreigners who rode Yamaha Mio motorcycle would like to go eastward to Ubud.

Condition of the road from the intersection of Tebongkan Ubud towards the center of Ubud is winding. Well, when passing through the winding road section the unidentified foreign citizens were mired into the ravine on the left side of the road.

Prior to entering into the ravine, their motorcycle had crashed into a stake on the road side. By chance, between the highway and the ravine there is no roadblock. The road position is also cornering and narrow.

After crashing into the roadside stake, they suddenly slid into the ravine. Location of the ravine has flowing water with a depth of approximately three meters from the

highway. Both foreigners then fell down along with their motorcycle.

Both are soaking wet, while the position of the motorcycle was upside down, where the handlebars were below and tires were facing up. Not long after, passing residents then helped them raise their motorcycle. “I was shocked when hearing people shouting for help in English.

After I see on the left side, in fact, there are tourists in the ravine,” said Wayan Ari, one of Ubud residents.

Fortunately, both foreign citizens did not have any injuries in the incident. Since the ravine terrain is not too difficult, their motorcycle can be brought up from the ravine as there is a sloping position in the eastern side with the help or local residents.

On arriving in the highway, the motorcycle was tried to be ignited by the people who helped them.

Well, it could be ignited, but the rim was bent due to collision impact. After the incident, the foreign couple waited for the owner of motorcycle rental. Having no injuries and causing not much harm, this case is not reported to police station. (kmb35)

Carles said the water overflow of Lake Batur has affected some villages. The affected villages are Kedisan, Buahan and Terunyan including Abang Batudinding.

In addition to soaking the house, the overflow of lake reaching the height of some one meter also soaks the farmland and road facilities.

Carles explained the submergence of the farm land has forced many farmers to switch jobs. Similarly, the inundated road facilities at Kedisan make residents difficult to bring the body to local cemetery. He added

that local residents of Kedisan have a habit to go to cemetery through a special road on the edge of the lake instead of the main road. “Residents are forced to break through the water to bring the bodies to local cemetery,” he explained.

According to this Democratic politician, to handle the water overflow of Lake Batur the district government cannot move on alone. It needs the help of provincial and central government to deal with it together. Since the overflow of Lake Batur has caused many people to lose their jobs, the government is expected to provide assistance for the residents. In addition to basic food assistance, farmers should also be provided with a net so as to turn profession into fishermen.

As for the long-term handling for the water overflow of Lake Batur, Carles said the government must conduct in-depth study. According to him, one of the efforts that can be carried out to handle the Lake Batur is by dredging. So far, the dredging effort has been a discourse only, but there is no follow-up. “Hopefully, it should not be just a discourse but can be really implemented,” he hoped. (kmb40)

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The water overflow of Lake Batur in Kintamani that soaks houses, farming area and road facilities at some villages on the edge of the lake adequately disrupts the activities of residents.

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The arts seems to still be abandoned

SEMARAPURA - Actually Klungkung district has various kinds of arts. However, local government is considered to pay less attention to this wealth lately. Along with the tourism development, it should be ‘revived’ and made into regional icon. “We expect the district government to pay serious attention to our art treasures. We in Klungkung do very less action to the inventory,” said a legislator of the Klungkung of House of Representatives, I Gde Artison Andarawata, on Wednesday (Apr. 18).

This Democrat Party politician admitted that so far the district government has not made the arts into regional asset. For instance, the Rejang Renteng Dance from Nusa Penida does not get ‘special’ treatment, so that it is taken over by other region into its mascot. “It remains to be assessed to run alone and still survive.

Basically, there is something missing, you know. At Koripan customary village, Banjarangkan, there is a janger dance, but has gone. Not to mention, in the matter of shadow puppet show we have been left behind by other regions. Actually, the dances originate from Klungkung and so does the painting. However, we even lose and should learn to other regions,” he said.

Amidst the rapid development of the age, the district government should have got up and moved to save the regional assets. Moreover, a very important thing is that every art should be documented properly. “The documentation is very important as it can be used as reference,” he said.

The presence of tourism is also considered to have not been able to accommodate local arts. Visiting tourists to Nusa Lembongan, for instance, are still limited to see the beauty of nature. This should also be addressed immediately. “Besides, tourism has not accommodated the arts as ‘merchandise’ to attract the interests of tourists. Tourism more relies on natural potential. It has indeed been boosted with Nusa Penida Festival, but I think it has not given a significant impact,” said the son of the late painting maestro, Nyoman Gunarsa.

He added that as a medium for the art development having become the ancestral heritage, the construction of stages in the region of Nusa Penida Islands is considered very necessary. This can be a place for people to express themselves. “Make a stage. After that, each

hamlet can use it continuously. People will also feel to get a place to show off their abilities. It must be synergized with tourism,” he said.

Division Head of the Arts at the Klungkung Culture and Sport Agency, Komang Sukarya, said the art in Klungkung reaches hundreds in the form of dances, literature and music. He claimed to be doing an inventory. One of them is wayang wong (human puppet) of Kamasan, Klungkung and barong brutuk of Pinginutan village, Nusa Penida. “The inventory has been running.

However, we have not made any reconstruction this year,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Klungkung Tourism Office, I Nengah Sukasta, did not dismiss if the art of culture has not been accommodated maximally by tourism. So far, the arts are just limited to be showed off in the festival, both in Semarapura and Nusa Penida.

“We’ve moved to get there in order that the arts can become a part of tourism. We have also proposed to central government for the construction of stage in Nusa Ceningan,” he added. (kmb45)

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Rejang Renteng Dance performed in Nusa Penida

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Foreigner sitting on padmasana shrine goes viral OM of Besakih claims it an old video

AMLAPURA - A video about Besakih Temple returned to go viral in social media on Wednesday (Apr. 18). This time, it does not have something to do with illegal levies by guides, temple sanitation, crowded pilgrims or even the pile of garbage. However, it is about a video displaying a desperate foreigner climbing up to the padmasana shrine and then sat on it like a king.

This video directly became viral amid many pilgrims performed prayers in a series of the Ida Batara Turun Kabeh ritual where it lasts until April 21.

Screenshot of the video on the European foreigner was first broadcast in Instagram social media by the account on behalf of @ gianyar_punya_cerita. In a snippet of the video is displayed a foreigner wearing a yellow-red scarf, climbing to the padmasana shrine. By the netizens, the high padmasana shrine is identified to be located at Gelap Temple in Besakih complex. The desperate foreigner climbed up and sat on it.

Definitely, such incident got highlight especially from the Hindus because it is considered to be harassment. Moreover, this incident received a strong reaction from Bali’s Senator, Arya Wedakarna. If this video is true in the Gelap Temple of Besakih, it will become a bad precedent for the Besakih region that has now been managed by the management and operational management body. Besides, some netizens even convinced that it happened to Gelap Temple of Besakih by seeing the shape of padmasana shrine and the surrounding environment. The Hindus urged immediately to present guru piduka (apologetic) ritual and mecaru or exorcism ceremony.

Operations Management of Besakih already knew if the video already went viral. Operations Man-

ager of Besakih, Mangku Ngawit, said on Wednesday that he was searching the source of the video.

However, seeing the pieces of the image in circulation, he guessed it is an old video. If the incident occurred in March up to yesterday, it seems impossible because since March the padmasana shrine has been installed with clothes in a series of Ida Batara Turun Kabeh ritual. Meanwhile, seeing the video in circulation, the padmasana shrine occupied by the foreigner is without clothes. “Probably, the incident happened at the time of Mount Agung erupted when residents were evacuating. After seeing the video, the condition is very quiet when the image was taken,” said Mangku Ngawit.

Whether the incident of foreigner climbing up to the padmasana shrine is new or not, the negative impact of tourism has occurred in the temple.

If it really happened at Gelap Temple of Besakih, Public Relation of Besakih Operation Management, Gusti Mangku Bagus Kariawan, said he will seek the truth of the information. He claimed to be tracking who first uploaded it, the authenticity of the video and ensure the details of the location. “Hopefully, it is an edited photo because the video does not record how he climbed up to the padmasana,” he said.

Chief of Besakih customary village, Jro Mangku Widiartha, when asked for his confirmation about the video preferred not to respond.

When contacted via WhatsApp and asked about how the customary village will follow up the incident alleged to have occurred at the Gelap Temple in Besakih, he did not give any answer. While the account @ gianyar_punya_cerita alleged to first upload the video and snippet of the image, seem to have been deleted after being checked. (kmb31)

Carved shrine craft becomes economic support to Jehem residents

BANGLI - All this time, Jehem village in Tembuku subdistrict has been the center for carved shrine handicraft in Bangli. Around 75 percent of the Jehem residents’ economy relies on this handicraft.

Marketing of the carved shrine products made by Jehem craftsmen is not just limited in Bali but also outside Bali, especially transmigration areas.

Headman of Jehem, Ida Bagus Made Rencana, when met at his village on Wednesday (Apr. 18) said that carved shrine craft at

Jehem village has existed since long time ago. The handicrafts cultivated by most of his residents keeps on growing. Such skills are inherited from generation to generation. “Carved shrine craft has become the economic support to local residents. It continues to be passed down through generations.

At our village, there is almost no unemployment because children have been taught to carve since elementary school,” he said.

He explained that marketing of the carved shrine products made by

Jehem residents is pretty good. The demand for handicraft never stops.

Marketing of their product is not just limited in Bali region but also to outside Bali. The carved shrine products are much in demand by Balinese people in transmigration areas such as Lampung, Sulawesi and others. “It is much demanded because the quality and carving products are considered typical and to have divine vibration,” he explained.

Craftsmen habitually use two kinds of wood materials for the

shrine namely jackfruit wood and champak wood. Quality difference between jackfruit wood and champak wood determines the price of the carved shrine sold by the artisans. “For instance, a unit of three-chambered shrine made from jackfruit wood is usually sold for IDR 9 million, while if using champak wood the price reaches around IDR 15 million per unit. It costs more expensive because the champak wood is better, stronger and anti-fungal,” he explained.

The increasing number of shrine

craftsmen at Jehem village, he admitted, has an impact on the availability of raw materials. Currently, the craftsmen are rather difficult to get wood supply.

He said that to support the existence and development of carved shrine craft at Jehem village, the village authority so far has taken part by introducing the products of the craftsmen. Besides, the village authority also helped facilitate the capital needs through the villageowned enterprise or BUMDes. (kmb40)

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Fresh and New Brunch Menu at Fresto& Bar

As an innovative and authentic artisan gourmet cuisine, Frestro& Bar always come up with brand new and fresh idea for the selection signature menu served every day, for best lunch and dinner experience. Welcoming summer this year, our new Executive Chef, Chef Gerry Nainggolan, will introduce the very brand new “Brunch Menu” at Frestro& Bar. This Brunch Menu has various selections of menu, from starter, soup until dessert.

Our Executive Chef, Chef Gerry, execute and deliver the food as how he cooks for himself ; carefully and conscientiously. Food is meant to nourish and he aiming to serve food that maintain as many nutrients as possible. Steaming and roasting vegetables, toasting and grinding spices, using fresh, hand-cut herbs in our dishes to enhance stocks, sauces and dressing.

From our brunch signature sandwich, Chef Gerry presents “Avocado Cured Salmon”, made by 24 hour cooked method, using only homemade cured and also using some caviar on it. We call the dish as ‘royal sandwich’ cause of its taste, ingredients and its cooking method. Besides “Avocado Cured Salmon”, there is “Homemade Mushroom Ravioli” as one of Chef Gerry’s signature pasta for this brunch menu selections.

As it named as ‘homemade’, we prepared our own pasta and all homemade ingredients in it. Last but not least, for the best dessert presents by our pastry team, is “Mango Cheesecake”. Made by best local mango in Bali, this dessert will melt once it comes into your mouth.

Frestro& Bar is located on Petitenget Street, Seminyak Bali.

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of famous street in Bali and become one of famous destination to find best dining experience. This street has various types of tourist and visitors, from all around Indonesia and all over the world. Through this “Brunch Menu”, Frestro& Bar aim to grab and get all tourist and visitors to have a dining experience here. We serve only the best quality food, with best ingredients and cooking method. Among all of that, our competitive price will give the guestbest experience of semi fine dining ambience for brunch.

The “Brunch” menu will available everyday, from 12pm to 5pm.

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The man behind the concoctions at Frestro& Bar, AyipDzuhri, has been setting the bar high by bartending at some of the hottest venues across Indonesia with his

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inventive cocktail creations. His friendly personality and natural talents in inventing creative cocktails and great beverages, ensures the highest expectations are met in delivering top-notch customer experiences.

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Known for his bubbly and dynamic personality, Gerry Nainggolan is a well-travelled chef with a wealth of international experience.

Gerry headed to Dubai in 2008 and took on the role of Chef De Cuisine and win several prestigious culinary medal . With his obvious love of travel which is a big part of who he is, Gerry has found that his food style is largely influenced by world cuisine. It’s also very important for Gerry to work in an open kitchen as he will sail from the kitchen to your table’s to deliver a different culinary experience.

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Hollywood is falling back in love with the movie musical, seduced by the success of Oscar winner “La La Land” and buoyed by a wave of live-action Disney adaptations.

A musical resurgence has Hollywood changing its tune NEW YORK - Hollywood is falling back in love with the movie musical, seduced by the success of Oscar winner “La La Land” and buoyed by a wave of live-action Disney adaptations.

In a Tinseltown landscape largely dominated by superheroes, 2017 still saw “La La Land,” “The Greatest Showman” and “Beauty and the Beast” pull in more than $2.1 billion at the global box office.

Disney is the backbone of the revival, with a “Mary Poppins” sequel expected later this year -with Emily Blunt taking over the iconic role of the magical nanny -- and new live-action versions of “Aladdin,” “Dumbo” and “The Lion King” due in 2019.

But Universal’s “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” and a “West Side Story” remake from Steven Spielberg are also in the cards, along with an updated version of “A Star Is Born” starring Lady Gaga.

“There’s a whole generation of people who grew up watching animated musicals, and it kind of cultivated an audience for that,” says Andy Kirshner, a composer, performer and professor at the University of Michigan.

“There’s more of a tolerance for fantasy today.”

Before this renaissance of sorts, the movie musical had not completely vanished from Hollywood -- “Chicago” snagged a Best Picture Oscar in 2003, and films like “Grease” and “Mamma Mia!” opened to popular acclaim.

But those hits were exceptions: the genre more or less fell out of favor on the silver screen after 1965’s “The Sound of Music.”

In more recent decades, music and dance have taken precedence to singing, which was absent from classics including “Saturday Night Fever,” “Footloose” and “Flashdance.”

Kirshner balks at comparing today’s musical revival to the genre’s golden age that shaped Hollywood, kicking off around 1927 with “The Jazz Singer.”

During that heyday, studios “had these casts of stars on contract, composers, lyricists, production designers... that could kind of crank out musicals on a schedule,” he recalled.

“I don’t think we’ll ever really see that again just because of the way that movies are made now,” he added. (afp)

LONDON - It was love at first sight for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who both quickly sensed their brief encounter on a blind date could blossom into something much, much bigger.

They were set up by a mutual friend when US actress Markle was passing through London in July 2016, with the couple later revealing they knew little about each other. The speed of their relationship surprised them both.

“The fact that I fell in love with Meghan so incredibly quickly was a confirmation to me that all the stars were aligned. Everything was just perfect,” said Harry.

Less than two years later, they will tie the knot at Windsor Castle on May 19, sealing a relationship that rapidly grew outside of the media spotlight -- and survived when it went public in explosive fashion.

When the couple first met for a drink, both were taken aback.

She was 34 and a divorcee of three years; he 31 and with a few foundered relationships and his 10year army career recently behind him.

Harry had never heard of Markle or watched “Suits”, the US television legal drama series she had starred in since 2011.

“I was beautifully surprised when I walked into that room and saw her,” he recalled, and thought to himself: “I’m going to really have to up my game here!”

- Bonding in Botswana Bonding over their passion for the good causes they represented, they immediately set up a second date -- for the following day.

A few weeks later, he persuaded her to join him camping out for five days in Botswana, which Harry called a “huge leap” to

take so soon -- but one that paid off.

“We were really by ourselves, which was crucial to me to make sure that we had a chance to get to know each other,” he said.

As Markle continued filming “Suits” in Toronto, the pair never went longer than two weeks apart.

Their romance was under cover for the first five or six months, and largely conducted through nights in behind closed doors.

“We were able to really have so much time just to connect,” said Markle.

The prince said the royal family had been very supportive of the relationship, including his grandparents Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, his father Prince Charles, as well as his brother Prince William and his wife Kate.

Harry said they had frank conversations about what her future could entail and found it a “huge relief” to have finally found someone comfortable with the pressure and lifelong job that he comes attached with. (afp)

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This photograph taken on March 10, 2018 shows a Rohingya woman carrying a water jug in Shan Taung village on the outskirts of Mrauk U township in Rakhine State close to the Bangladesh border. The villagers are among some 500,000 Rohingya who remain in Myanmar, spared by wealth, commercial ties with their Rakhine neighbours, luck or just living isolated from the recent violence.

‘Race against time’ to save Rohingya refugees from monsoon season

Aid agencies are in a “race against time” to save thousands of Rohingya refugees from the dangers of the impending monsoon season.

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has identified 150,000 people at “high risk from mudslides and floods” due to the heavy rain, which is set to hit the eastern part of Bangladesh over the next few months.

The region is also vulnerable to tropical cyclones, as the funnelshaped northern section of the Bay of Bengal amplifies storm surges, making them devastating almost every year.

Refugees are still crossing over from Myanmar, though not in quite as large numbers as witnessed last year, with 7,400 people having journeyed into Bangladesh so far in 2018.

Firas Al-khateeb, UNHCR communications officer, told Sky News: “Though we cannot relocate the whole population, we are trying to minimise the risks by fortifying homes, using sandbags for pathways and making waterways to channel the excess water.” In 1991,

Cyclone Gorky killed 139,000 people in the cities of Cox’s Bazar and Chittagong, and rendered another 10 million people homeless.

While data shows the intensity of cyclones has been less severe in recent years, makeshift bamboo and tarpaulin homes still stand no chance against winds that could reach 90mph.

Shelly Thakral, of the World Food Programme (WFP), told Sky News it is a “race against time” to ensure the Rohingya are not left exposed to the potentially deadly conditions.She said: “We have to do everything possible. WFP is rac-

ing to finish a 123 acre plot so that we can relocate 12,000 of the most vulnerable before the rains hit, but then this is a small proposition.”

The Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar houses more than 700,000 Rohingya, making it the largest refugee settlement in the world. Humanitarian agencies are reliant on the Bangladeshi government to allocate land for any relocation, but the land provided is forested and hilly, requiring a lot of work in cutting, levelling and stabilising the ground before people can be moved there. Hundreds of thousands, including children, fled conflict

In addition, the repatriation process agreed by Bangladesh and Myanmar, which was to begin in January, has been a non-starter up until now. Bangladesh has provided 8,000 names for repatriation, but Myanmar has refused to take them back.

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