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Harvey Keitel to play Meyer Lansky in gangster biopic CANNES - Veteran US actor Harvey Keitel is headlining a new biopic about Jewish mobster Meyer Lansky, who was a close friend and contemporary of notorious gangster Bugsy Siegel, the distributors said Saturday. Entitled “Lansky”, the film focuses on the latter part of his life when the now retired-boss of Murder Inc. was in his 70s and living anonymously in Florida’s Miami Beach, Voltage Pictures said. When Lansky takes on a journalist to tell his story, played by “Avatar” actor Sam Worthington, the FBI use him as bait to entrap the underworld kingpin whom they suspect of stashing away millions. The film is in pre-production with shooting due to start in August. Keitel is known for playing hard-boiled tough guys, taking on roles in cult classics such as Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs” (1992) and “Pulp Fiction” (1994), but also starring in Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning “The Piano” (1993). The picture is being directed by Eytan Rockaway, who wrote the script based on a story by Israeli director Ido Fluk and writer/producer Sharon Mashihi. Although the screenplay is partly fictional, Fluk’s story was partially based on interviews with Lansky by the director’s father, history professor Robert Rockaway. “He interviewed Lansky for his research spanning decades for classes that he teaches, and lectures that he gives around the world,” the director wrote in an email. In 1993, his father published a book called “But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters”. “Eytan’s fierce talent and unparalleled access to the psyche of Meyer Lansky will elevate ‘Lansky’ to genre-best status,” said Voltage’s chief operating officer and president Jonathan Deckter, describing it as a “mind-blowing story”. Born in 1902, Lansky moved to the United States with his parents at the age of nine and by his mid-teens, he was already running a gang with Siegel and went on to play a key role in liquor smuggling, gambling and guns for hire. With the FBI hot on his trail and fearing a grand jury summons and prosecution for tax fraud, he tried to flee to Israel in 1970 but after a year or so was deported back to the US. He died of lung cancer in 1983 and was buried in Miami after an Orthodox Jewish ceremony. (afp)
German actor August Diehl
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German star in Cannes a go-to actor for Hollywood
CANNES - He’s played an SS assassin for Quentin Tarantino and shared a bed with Angelina Jolie in a spy thriller. While you might not know his name, you’re about to hear an awful lot more about August Diehl. In his first starring role at Cannes, the German actor has stepped into the role of a lifetime as anti-Nazi martyr Franz Jaegerstaetter in “A Hidden Life”, a World War II truestory adaptation by Hollywood legend Terrence Malick. The notoriously reclusive Malick, who rarely gives interviews or shows his face on the red carpet, is expected to skip the Cannes limelight, leaving Diehl to play ambassador for the film. But the secretive director may
well be in town, with an apparent sighting of him walking down La Croisette late Friday in the company of two men. The picture is billed as a return to narrative form for Malick, the director of “Badlands” and “The Thin Red Line”, after the philosophical musings of recent films including his 2011 Cannes winner “The Tree of Life” starring Brad Pitt. In the film, Diehl portrays the Austrian conscientious objector Jaegerstaetter, who refused to serve in Hitler’s army on religious grounds and was sentenced to death at age 36.
As for most German-speaking actors with Hollywood dreams, World War II is rarely far away as a subject. Diehl, 43, burst onto the international scene with a small but iconic part in Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” next to Austria’s Christoph Waltz, who would win an Oscar for his portrayal of the erudite, vicious SS Colonel Hans Landa. At his side, Diehl played Landa’s brash counterpart Dieter Hellstrom, a Gestapo officer stationed in France. In a pivotal scene in a tavern, Hellstrom unmasks Michael Fassbender’s character as a British spy by the way he orders a round of drinks. (afp)
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In this file photo taken on March 27, 2019 employees work on Boeing 737 MAX airplanes at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington. Boeing said on May 16, 2019 that it completed its software update on the 737 MAX after two deadly crashes resulted in a global grounding of the aircraft. The proposed fix must now win approval from US and international regulators before the planes can return to service.
Boeing acknowledges flaw in 737 MAX simulator software
Boeing acknowledged Saturday it had to correct flaws in its 737 MAX flight simulator software used to train pilots, after two deadly crashes involving the aircraft that killed 346 people. “Boeing has made corrections to the 737 MAX simulator software and has provided additional information to device operators to ensure that the simulator experience is representative across different flight conditions,” it said in a statement. The company did not indicate
when it first became aware of the problem, and whether it informed regulators. Its statement marked the first time Boeing acknowledged there was a design flaw in software linked to the 737 MAX, whose MCAS anti-stall software has been blamed in large part for the Ethio-
pian Airlines tragedy. According to Boeing, the flight simulator software was incapable of reproducing certain flight conditions similar to those at the time of the Ethiopian Airlines crash in March or the Lion Air crash in October. The company said the latest “changes will improve the simulation of force loads on the manual trim wheel,” a rarely used manual wheel to control the plane’s angle.
“Boeing is working closely with the device manufacturers and regulators on these changes and improvements, and to ensure that customer training is not disrupted,” it added. Southwest Airlines, a major 737 MAX customer with 34 of the aircraft in its fleet, told AFP it expected to receive the first simulator “late this year.” The planes have been grounded around the world, awaiting ap-
proval from US and international regulators before they can return to service. (afp) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.
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Visiting Badung River
While looking at the condition of the river, Joko Widodo
greatly appreciated to the arrangement of the Badung River
bank. With such arrangement, it will be able to change the habits
of people previously dumping garbage into the river, but now it no longer exists. Besides, he hoped the water of Badung River needs to be cleared up. “The water must be clear,” said President Joko Widodo. He also immediately ordered
the Minister of Public Works and Housing to provide a water purifier. “The president has asked the Minister of Public Works and Housing to help us purify the water,” said the Mayor of Denpasar, Rai Mantra. (kmb)
Joko Widodo praises Kutuh village
A model of success story in village fund management much as IDR 50 billion. “Here is an example how the village funds can trigger the economy in the region. So, people can really enjoy the benefits,” said President Joko Widodo on Friday (May 17) when inspecting the construction of the Ketut Lotri Square at Kutuh village developed into sport tourism. The work visit is a review of the utilization of village funds at Kutuh village in 2018, which was used for the development of sport tourism at Gunung Payung Cultural Park area, which collaborates
with the Kutuh customary village. In his 30-minute visit, President Jokowi assessed that what was done by Kutuh village can actually be copied by other places having similarities, such as Sumatra, Java and other regions. Kutuh village is a success model of a village in managing village funds for the benefit of the community. “Now, it remains in the development stage and when this project has accomplished it will have very good prospects,” he concluded. He explained that Kutuh village
was once a poor village and has now succeeded to alleviate poverty line. For this reason, he explained that each village does not need to get trapped in the 4.0 industrial revolution because there are certain segments that can be worked on by the villages or regions that sometimes the segments have not many competitors and can even actually benefit the villages. The work visit of president was also accompanied by Ministry of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Areas and Transmigra-
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MANGUPURA - President Joko Widodo considered Kutuh village to be one of the villages having been succeeded in utilizing village funds for the welfare of its people. In 2018, the use of village funds at Kutuh village was concentrated on the development of sport tourism. For instance, it rented out square for international competition like paragliding which could produce IDR 800 million a year. So, such business contributed revenue to the village business as
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From the Sidewalk Stoops of Harlem to the Neon Night Market of Bangkok
Joko Widodo promises water purification machine DENPASAR - The arrival of the Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Denpasar was not only at the Badung Market. However, President Joko Widodo who was received by the Mayor of Denpasar IB Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra also had time to visit Kumbasari Park in the Badung River. Moreover, the president had time to sit casually on the edge of the river while chatting for a while with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Regional Secretary of the City of Denpasar.
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tion Eko Putro Sandjojo, Minister of Public Works and Housing Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister of State Pramono Anung, Governor of Bali Wayan Koster, Chief of Bali Police Petrus Reinhard Golose, Commander of the IX/ Udayana Military Region Benny Susianto, Regent of Badung Nyoman Giri Prasta, Deputy Regent of Badung Ketut Suiasa, Regional Secretary of Badung Wayan Adi Arnawa and ranks of the agencies in Badung district government. (kmb23)
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On the heels of its reimagined global design strategy, Renaissance Hotels, part of Marriott International, today announced its continued brand evolution with a new “Discover This Way” marketing campaign that reinforces the brand’s promise of delivering the unexpected. To celebrate, Renaissance Hotels helped guests uncover the soul of neighborhoods around the world with exclusive experiences and perks from the brand’s This Way partners on the 8th annual Global Day of Discovery that took place on Thursday, May 16. The brand will also begin to introduce a new visual identity for the first time in nearly eight years, which will reflect what Renaissance Hotels offers today: a sense of clever theatricality and an open invitation to experience something a little unexpected during guests’ travels. This year’s annual Global Day of Discovery celebration, which took place at 160 hotels in more than 35 countries, spotlighted the Renaissance Hotel Navigator, who – counter to a typical concierge – knows how to show guests how to
discover destinations like a local by handpicking discoveries that cannot be found in a guidebook. “We have been on a mission to continue to evolve what Renaissance Hotels offers today, and this year’s Global Day of Discovery and new “Discover This Way” campaign officially marks a new era for the brand,” said George Fleck, Vice President of Global Brand Marketing & Management, Renaissance Hotels. “Today’s travelers want to feel like they’ve experienced the DNA of the neighborhood in the destination they are visiting and make the most of their trip. With help from our This Way neighborhood partners, we are committed to giving travelers something a little bit unexpected every step along their journey.” Developed and produced by creative agency Venables Bell + Partners collaboratively with the Renaissance Hotels’ marketing team and based on consumer insights, the brand’s new “Discover This Way” campaign was inspired by the idea that every trip can be a tale. From the brand’s surprising
approach to design, to its original take on cocktails and its team of local Navigators, Renaissance Hotels will help its global travelers make the most of every stay. Directed by Jojo Zunke and tuned to Judith Hill’s yet-to-be released single “Upside,” which will premiere in this campaign, the :60 hero film centers on a hotel guest as he follows a bespoke path plotted by the Navigator using footprints, taking him on a spontaneous journey through Renaissance’s neighborhoods around the world. The guest moves rhythmically as he follows the sequence of footsteps – inspired by guided steps in a local dance class – discovering the neighborhood through playful, unexpected twists and turns. Led by the hero film that will premiere during Global Day of Discovery, shorter executions that showcase each of the brand’s pillars of evenings, theatrical design and neighborhood will roll out across a variety of platforms around the globe.
Navigators Uncover Local Haunts for Guests on Global Day of Discovery, with Experiences That Go Beyond the Convention of Travel Beginning on Global Day of Discovery and continuing regularly thereafter, Renaissance Hotels across the globe collaborate with a diverse group of local businesses and notable personalities who embody the soul of the neighborhood to serve as This Way partners. Each This Way partner will help give travelers a glimpse into Renaissance Hotels’ storied neighborhoods, highlighting the style, eats and beats of the destinations. Upon check-in, guests will be given a Navigator map leading travelers to hidden gems, along with a token for travelers to present to these local establishments in order to access exclusive perks. To punctuate the new “Discover This Way” campaign and 8th annual Global Day of Discovery, Renaissance Hotels shined a light
on New York City, where the brand is set to expand its footprint with openings in Chelsea in Fall 2019, as well as Flushing and Harlem in 2020. Renaissance New York Chelsea South Hotel, a new build on the former Antiques Garage Flea Market site, will give a winkand-nod to the neighboring floral district, while Renaissance Flushing LaGuardia Airport will be the brand’s first hotel in Queens and will underscore the brand’s commitment to re-imagining the staid airport hotel experience. Renaissance Harlem Hotel will restore and playfully reimagine the Loew’s Victoria Theater, which was at the center of the vibrant “Harlem Renaissance” era in the 1920s and 1930s when art began to flourish in northern Manhattan. Some of Renaissance Hotels’ most passionate future neighbors in Harlem will help give travelers a glimpse into this iconic neighborhood, highlighting its underground style, eats and beats.
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Travel guide to Charleston, South Carolina, USA
THE small city of Charleston in South Carolina oozes old-world charm, is rich in history and renowned for its ravishing mansions, culinary delights and southern hospitality. You’ll soon see why it’s called “the best mannered city in America”. In Charleston Spring is the season for romance: magnolias and azaleas are blooming and late spring evenings can be balmy enough for candlelit dinners al fresco. Autumn is a good time too. In the sultry summer you’ll want to escape to the beaches south of the city. In winter daytime temperatures hover at around 60F (though it can be chilly), the crowds subside and hotel prices fall. At any time of year the classic way of seeing the city is to hop on board a horse-drawn carriage and clip-clop your way along cobblestoned streets. It’s fun with entertaining commentary from your guide (more likely on infamous Charlestonians than historical data), but you will see far more on foot. Wherever you go, whether it’s merchants’ mansions, fortifications, museums or gardens, there are constant reminders of the city’s
past. Founded by English colonists in 1670 as Charles Towne, named after King Charles II, the city has a long and complex history. It was a key player in the country’s history from colonial times to the Civil War and by the mid-18th century had become hugely wealthy from the cultivation of rice and cotton. Around 40 per cent of the city was built on slave labour and South Carolina was a hotbed of secession. On 12 April 1861 Confederate soldiers fired on Union-occupied Fort Sumter, signalling the start of the Civil War. Charleston is a city for strolling
Historic Charleston’s leafy streets are lined by immaculatelyrestored houses, in Georgian, Italianate, Colonial and Victorian styles. The eight-acre Charleston Waterfront Park is a lovely spot where you can watch sailboats and schooners in the harbour or dip your toes in the cool waters of the iconic Pineapple Fountain. Incidentally, pineapples are a symbol of hospitality and you will see the carved motifs in art and architecture all over the city. The quarter known as South of
Broad (ie Broad Street), stretching to the southern tip of the peninsula, boasts palatial antebellum homes, some open to the public. Rainbow Row is named after the colourful and highly instagrammable row of Georgian houses on 83-107 East Bay Street. Stroll to the southern tip to admire the views from the Battery and peaceful White Point Gardens and visit the beautifully-preserved Edmondston-Alston House. The plantations
No trip to Charleston is complete without a visit to at least one of the plantations around Charleston. Middleton Place is a grand 18th-century rice Plantation, with gorgeous gardens spilling down to the Ashley River and huge oak trees hung with beard-like masses of Spanish moss. The restored house is full of family portraits, silver and furniture, while the Stableyards demonstrate skills of enslaved artisans. Eliza’s House, where slaves lived, shows a list of 2800 enslaved people who worked on Middleton plantations. The less showy McLeod Plantation, two miles from downtown
Charleston, offers the unvarnished truth of the lives of enslaved Africans who worked here. In the old French Quarter the Old Slave Mart, where the enslaved were auctioned, has further harrowing tales to tell. Eating out
Charleston has seen an explosion of restaurants, and foodies are flocking here in droves. Lowcountry cuisine owes a debt to West African and French culinary traditions and is based on rice and abundant seafood. International fare is increasingly available but it would be a shame not to indulge in southern signature dishes such as Shrimp and Grits and She-Crab Soup (a rich, creamy crab soup with a dash of dry sherry). Grits, made from corn that is ground and boiled, are a big deal in the south – and even appear at breakfast. Start the day at Millers for allday breakfast, a former pharmacy offering waffles drizzled with sorghum syrup, a daily grits bowl or steak and eggs. For fancy seafood head for The Ordinary, an oyster and seafood hall within a former bank. Carnivores will love the hog plates at Rodney
Scott’s BBQ; (8-10 pigs are smoked per night) or the best cuts in Charleston at Halls Chophouse. For romance and old-world charm opt for Circa 1886 serving Lowcountry cuisine in the lovely setting of the former carriage house in Wentworth Mansion. End the day with cocktails and live music at Prohibition jazz-age gastro pub. Or dance the shag (yes really, it’s the official state dance of South Carolina!), traditionally danced on the beach under the stars.
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Junior high school still holds graduation farewell NEGARA — Although the Jembrana Education Agency has appealed to the junior high schools and the equivalent schools in Jembrana not to hold a graduation ceremony, there are still those remaining to organize it.
Go shopping in the City Market
The bustling and atmospheric City Market is home to 150 vendors and artisans selling everything from stone-ground grits and feather bow ties to fashions, toys and joggling boards. It’s well-known for weavers of sweetgrass-baskets, originally made to winnow rice on local plantations. The craft originated in West Africa and dates back 300 years. Fashionable King Street is the main shopping thoroughfare: Lower King Street for antiques, Middle King for Fashion, Upper King for Design – with abundant eating and drinking opportunities all the way. (net)
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Jembrana Education Agency has appealed to the junior high schools and the equivalent schools in Jembrana not to hold a graduation ceremony.
For instance, it was held by one of the state junior high schools (SMP) in Jembrana on Friday (May 17). Meanwhile, the students in the farewell with such graduation ceremony concept must put on special attires and makeup. Photos of the activity were also widely disseminated on social media. For that purpose, students will have no choice but pay for makeup artist and prepare the attires. In accordance with the previous meeting, the farewell graduation should be organized simply in the form of a prayer together by using traditional attires to the temple, and not graduation. Responding to this matter, the Head of the Jembrana Education Agency, Ni Nengah Wartini, when asked for her confirmation said that since the beginning of last week, the agency already instructed schools, especially junior high schools, to hold a farewell in a simple manner and even if there are art performances they should comply with the potential owned by the school. And the matter was already agreed upon by all the schools. The agency did not know about the implementation of graduation ceremony held at one of the state junior high schools (SMPN). Actually, the agency has appealed to the schools in order to prevent any complaints later on. “We convey this appeal in response to what is happening in the community, we do not just pursue the trend,” she affirmed. The agency admitted to be summoning the principal to follow up on this matter. (kmb26)
Pigsty to spread fertilizers sued at IDR 2.9 billion GIANYAR — Breeding and gardening become the daily life of I Nyoman Suastawa after retiring from his profession as high school teacher a few months ago. However, when starting to raise pigs on his own land, this 60-year-old man was surprised by a lawsuit of the hotel located adjacent to his land whereas the pigsty he made is for the spread of fertilizer. The lawsuit related to the pigsty reaches IDR 5 billion, but after mediation the hotel demanded compensation of IDR 2.9 billion. “Of course, I was surprised at first, the price of my land is not comparable to demand,” said I Nyoman Suastawa on Friday (May 17). Suastawa told that from his grandmother he has used to raise pigs on the land of around 0.40 hectare near the hotel. Moreover, since his childhood, he was taken to raise cattle and pigs around the land area. “In the past, we made pigsty by using wooden fences, while others only tied their livestock. Now, I make a semi-permanent pigsty measuring 2.5x3 meters, where the floor is made from concrete and fenced with iron that can be moved. The poles are using bamboo and the roof is zinc sheet,” he said. Nestled on the land area, there are a number of scattered pigsty, where the upper part has two
pigsties, a cowshed, and beneath there is a pigsty. Well, one of the pigsties containing two pigs is what the hotel complained about. When asked about the reason for the scattered pigsties, Suastawa admitted that other than raising livestock, he also farms. The waste of livestock manure is taken advantage as fertilizer for his banana garden. With such scattered locations of the pigsties, it facilitates him to access manure for the banana garden. “So, I just need to spread this manure around the pigsties, in the upper and lower corner like that as well,” he explained. He added the garden around the pigsties complained about by the hotel is indeed drying out so it needs more fertilizers. He said that currently fertilizers from pigs and cattle are considered good for his banana garden. “This fertilizer is good for my garden, as proven by the results of my garden. My seedy banana garden indeed needs this fertilizer, maybe it’s different from vegetable gardens that are less resistant to fertilizer,” he said after gardening accompanied by his wife Ni Nyoman Retiani. He said that his garden is just harvested for the leaves. They are routinely taken by collectors every three or four weeks. The leaves are then distributed to a number
of public markets in Gianyar and Denpasar. “From all of my land, the harvest is done every three weeks with the current prices in the range of over two million. But it also depends on the season, if in dry season the harvest may be carried out in four weeks. Right now, the harvest is carried out every three weeks,” he said. Well, from all those processes, this father of two sons also stressed that he has no intention to make a pigsty to disturb the hotel-owned restaurant. Suastawa deliberately made a pigsty just to fertilize his banana garden. “Intentionally disturbing the hotel is not my intention,” said this grandfather of three grandchildren. The sudden lawsuit filed by hotel management made him surprised because the pigsty is considered disturbing tourists at hotel. However, between his garden and the restaurant is just limited with bamboo planted by the hotel itself. Besides, between these two fields is also limited by footpaths. “All this time, I have also tried to spread fertilizer away from the hotel, even I’ve drained the water away from the hotel with the hope it will not disturb there,” he said. Meanwhile, Head the Panel of Judges, A.F.S. Dewantoro, justified there is a lawsuit against a farmer
to the Gianyar District Court. The trial process for the case of No. 424 / Pdt.G / 2018 / PN Gin had already been carried out several times. “Earlier (Thursday of May 16) a hearing was the reading of the defendant, while the trial for the plaintiff will be held next week,” he said. He added that after receiving the lawsuit, he had also checked the location at Buahan village,
Payangan. The pigsty measuring 2,5x3 meters was just built earlier this year on private land owned by I Nyoman Suastawa, while the hotel’s restaurant has been around since 2005. “The distance of the pigsty from the hotel’s restaurant is around 7 meters, so it’s pretty close,” explained the judge who is also Deputy Head of the Gianyar District Court. (kmb35)
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It is the pigsty of I Nyoman Suastawa sued billions of rupiahs by a hotel at Buahan village, Payangan subdistrict.
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Bangli to be installed with two earthquake sensors
BANGLI — Two units of earthquake sensor devices (seismographs) are planned to be installed by National Weather Service (BMKG) in Bangli district this year. Installation of the sensor devices aims to increase the speed and accuracy of the early information about earthquakes. Chief Executive of the Bangli Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Wayan Karmawan, said on Friday (May 17) that pursuant to the result of the meeting he attended in relation to the preparation of the installation of the earthquake sensor devices at the BPBD Bali on Thursday, the BMKG planned to install earthquake sensor devices at two points. The temporary point is determined by BMKG, namely at Mengani village and Lembean village, Kintamani. For the installation of the sensor devices, it respectively requires a land area of 100 square meters. “Today, we will report to the leadership (regent) regarding the needs for land, whether to use the land of district government or other lands,” said Karmawan. He will also make coordination with the local village development agencies regarding this plan whether the land in the village area can be used or not. Karmawan added that other than
the two units of sensor devices, the BMKG will also install several additional devices named cellmeter at several other points. The devise serves to read earthquake vibrations. “Those in Mengani and Lembean serve as the main device. The cellmeter is spread, like in the office of BPBD located at Tamanbali village office, Pengotan and Pengiangan, there are about 9 points,” he said. The installation of earthquake sensor devices in Bangli will certainly be carried out this year. As soon as possible, it is carried out after the land survey process is complete and the land status is certain. “In terms of the BMKG, the land status is borrowing and using,” he said. Karmawan said the installation of the earthquake sensor equipment is the program of BMKG which had been carried out continuously. In addition to Bangli district, similar device will also be installed in Klungkung district this year. (kmb40)
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Suciani has innovation to make perforated coins into placard
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Ni Ketut Pujantika Suciani shows placard made from perforated coins or pis bolong.
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Ecstatic Australian conservatives bask in election glory
SYDNEY - Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday basked in the glow of a “miracle” election victory that sparked praise from the US president, soul searching on the left and speculation about what policies he will pursue.
Armed with hobby of plaiting
GIANYAR - Armed with a hobby of plaiting and weaving, Ni Ketut Pujantika Suciani got an idea of making placard from perforated coins or pis bolong in Balinese language. Today, this woman from Sukawati village, Sukawati, also received many orders of placards for student activities and services such as seminars, training, graduation day, competitions, change of management and so on. She explained that perforated coins are complement to the Hindu religious ceremonies in Bali. Arrangement of the perforated coins is not far away from the complementary ornaments of religious ceremonies. The finished product is usually in the form of lamak, festoon, tapakan, and others. “So this perforated coins are actually dominant for ceremonies,” she said when met on Friday (May 17). Suci said that she first tried to make this placard on the event of Mahasabha KMHDI held in Bali. The idea emerged when she thought of offering a special placard to the country’s leaders; one of them was the Chairperson of the Indonesian House of Representatives Marzuki
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Ali and several well-known figures in Bali. With capital of vivacity, she finally determined to arrange perforated coins into padma or octagonal shapes. “In the midst of it, I put on a carved gold-colored cowhide logo. Having been finished, I was very satisfied, and there was a desire to develop it into a business,” she explained. Sure enough, when the placard was handed over at the event, a positive response emerged from her friends consisting of campus activists at that time, so the order began to be received. But over time, her obligations as a student made this business stop for more than a year. Now, after graduating, Suci will return to pioneer this business. “Since the past 2 years the business has been running again and already has a Micro Small Business permit,” said the woman nominated into the top 10 in the independent youth entrepreneurship competition held by the Bali Education Agency 2015. At present, her business can have been successful in opening employment opportunities for young people around her home try-
ing to expand the network beyond the campuses such as student and youth organizations, schools, customary village organization and village youth club.”Until now, the placard enthusiasts of perforated coin souvenir including few organizations have used our products. In addition, several schools, art studio, customary youth organization and village youth clubs in Denpasar, Gianyar and Badung have ordered placards from us,” she said. Today, this perforated coin placard with the brand name Pancadatu has been marketed in Yogyakarta. Being an entrepreneur is recognized to require a courage and creativity. Suci claimed that she was required to always be able to create new works that could attract consumer interest. “Running a business is not just an effort to gain profit, but also a form of application of hobbies. I highly uphold the expression of doing business because of hobbies. When everything is run because of hobbies, every process that goes through will be very pleasant, even when experiencing difficulties,” she concluded. (kmb35)
Morrison’s Liberal-National coalition bucked the polls to secure a victory for the ages, but it remained unclear if he would garner enough votes to have a parliamentary majority or need to govern with the help of independents. The latest incomplete projections from the Australian Electoral Commission on Sunday showed his party at six short of the 76 seats needed for a majority in parliament. Projections by national broadcaster ABC showed the coalition with 73 seats, and leading in the count in four others. The 51-year-old Morrison may yet have to depend on ecologicallyminded independents to pass legislation and manage deep divisions within his fractious coalition with no room for defections. As awed Australian pundits declared Morrison a campaigning “legend”, US President Donald Trump got in on the act, sending a congratulatory tweet. The two men spoke by phone after the results came in, vowing “close cooperation on shared priorities”, according to White House account of the call. Trump’s allies will be quick to claim Morrison’s win as another victory in the global march of populism.
But the results showed a more mixed message from an electorate that appears increasingly split on the significant issues of the day. Brash billionaire Clive Palmer -- who explicitly styled himself on Trump in a free-spending countrywide campaign that promised to “Make Australia Great” -- appears to have failed to win a single parliamentary seat. Ex-prime minister Tony Abbott -- the poster boy for the right wing of the Liberal party -- was unceremoniously turfed out of office after 25 years holding the same seat, with voters opting for a green independent. - Challenging economic outlook Despite his high political stock, Morrison may face a rocky threeyear term. First, he will have to contend with a challenging economic outlook and figure out how to pay for a budget based on improbable growth forecasts. After almost three decades of robust economic growth, Australia’s economy is showing signs of stalling. The central bank is widely expected to cut interest rates when it meets next month, in a bid to counter a housing market dip, stagnant wages and a weakening
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Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison (2R) waves to his supporters following a victory speech with his family after winning the Australia’s general election in Sydney on May 18, 2019. labour market. Morrison finds himself in the unusual position of having made few promises to the electorate beyond extending tax cuts. His campaign was relentless and disciplined -- appearing on the stump before voters day-after-day to warn that the main opposition Labor party would tax voters into oblivion and that its chief, former trade union leader Bill Shorten,
could not be trusted. Enough Australians agreed, offering a clear rebuke of Shorten and his policies. But it is less clear what they voted for. In coal-rich Queensland, voters backed new mining projects that would bring jobs, but which are fiercely opposed in much of the rest of the country. The divisions within Morrison’s Liberals were already clear
to see Sunday, with right and centrist factions racing to fill the policy void. Some demanded an immediate loosening of rules on fossil fuel exploration, while moderates hinted at a rethink of the party’s climate scepticism. “I have to say to you on climate change, it is real. We take it very seriously,” said Morrison’s deputy, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. (afp)
Rahul Gandhi: destiny’s child or an ‘empty suit’?
NEW DELHI - Rahul Gandhi, vying to become the latest prime minister from India’s most famous dynasty, has worked hard
to shed his image as an entitled footloose princeling and political lightweight. But the great-grandson, grand-
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Indian National Congress president Rahul Gandhi
son and son of three past premiers of the world’s biggest democracy still faces a tough task beating Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the elections. No relation to independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, Rahul was born in 1970 when his grandmother Indira Gandhi -- daughter of India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru -- was premier. In 1984, Indira was shot dead by her Sikh bodyguards and she was succeeded by her son Rajiv Gandhi, Rahul’s father. Rajiv was himself assassinated in 1991 by a Tamil suicide bomber when Rahul was 20. Rahul was enrolled at Harvard but dropped out after a year, following his father’s death. He later graduated from Rollins College, Florida and in 1994 earned a master’s degree from Cambridge. While in his 20s, he lived in London, where he worked at a man-
agement consultancy for a time. His Italian-born mother Sonia Gandhi, widow of Rajiv, took charge of the Congress party in 1998 before handing over the reins to Rahul, her first-born, in 2017.
- ‘Empty suit’ Ten years earlier, in 2007, leaked US diplomatic cables said Rahul was viewed as an “empty suit” and “lightweight”, with little known about his political beliefs -- if he had any. But by 2009, the US assessment was now that Gandhi sounded like a “practiced politician who knew how to get his message across and... was comfortable with the nuts and bolts of party organization and vote counting”. “He was precise and articulate and demonstrated a mastery that belied the image some have of Gandhi as a dilettante,” a leaked
cable by senior US diplomat Peter Burleigh said. After Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) crushed Congress at the 2014 election, Gandhi set about reviving and rejuvenating the party, while keeping older hands onside. A speech in the lower house last year drew widespread applause and forced political pundits to take notice. He ended it by giving an uncomfortable-looking Modi a surprise hug. He has also, in contrast to the Hindu nationalist Modi, reached out to Muslim voters and stressed his secular credentials, and also to women, promising to bring legislation setting aside seats in parliament for them. Last December, Congress secured victory in three key state elections, including in Modi’s northern Indian “cow belt” heartland, suddenly making Gandhi look like a serious contender. (afp)
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BUSINESS Oil producers meet to discuss output amid Iran tension
Major crude producers are set to meet Sunday to discuss how to stabilise a volatile oil market amid rising US-Iran tensions in the Gulf, which threaten to disrupt supply. Key OPEC members and other major suppliers including Russia will assess the oil market and examine compliance to production cuts agreed late last year. But the subject of Iran, which is not present, will dominate the one-day meeting of the OPEC+ group. It comes days after sabotage attacks against tankers in highly sensitive Gulf waters and the bombing of a Saudi pipeline by Iran-aligned Yemen rebels. The meeting also comes as the full impact of re-instated US sanctions against Tehran kicks in, slashing the Islamic republic’s crude exports. Hours before the meeting in Jeddah, host Saudi Arabia said it does not seek war with Iran, but is ready to defend its interests. The meeting is set to make recommendations ahead of a key OPEC summit in late June, to be attended by Iran. President Donald Trump said last month Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members had agreed to his request to boost oil production in order to tamp down rising prices. Massive drops in exports by Iran and Venezuela plus output cuts of 1.2 million barrels per day, implemented by the OPEC+ group since January, have cut supply. But UAE Energy Minister Suheil al-Mazrouei said inventories were still building up. He told reporters Saturday that the job of balancing the market was not yet complete, a hint that any ramp-up in production could send prices crashing as they did in late 2018. - Iran exports tumble OPEC and the International Energy Agency said earlier this month that global oil supply fell in April due to US sanctions on Iran tightened and OPEC+ production cuts. The IEA said Iranian crude production fell in April to 2.6 million bpd, down from 3.9 million before Washington announced in May 2018 it would withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions. Iran’s output is already at its lowest level in over five years, but could tumble in May to levels not seen since the devastating 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. (afp)
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks with the media following his signing of HB 1638 at Vancouver City Hall on Friday, May 10, 2019. Parents in Washington state will no longer be able to claim a personal or philosophical exemption for their children from receiving the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine before attending a day care center or school under a measure signed Friday by Inslee.
2020 hopeful Inslee says $9T climate plan will boost economy
Biden has pushed back on those reports and Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee is pitching a $9 trillion-plus climate action plan that he touts as an economic renaissance and scientific necessity, put- promises to unveil his climate-change platform ting the Washington governor at the forefront of White House hopefuls pushing in the coming days, the first of what his aides say will be a series of major policy proposals. for sweeping action to combat the causes and effects of a warming planet. Inslee compares his “Evergreen Economy” plan, which combines public and private spending, to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the mobilization of the U.S. manufacturing base during World War II and the 1960s NASA mission to reach the moon. “We didn’t go to the moon because it was easy, but because it was hard,” Inslee told The Associated Press ahead of the release of his 38page plan on Thursday. “We need a common purpose ... that meets the scientific necessity.” Inslee’s proposal comes as some Democrats on Capitol Hill push a Green New Deal with a similar focus, but the former congressman, who has spent decades as a leading advocate for combating rising carbon levels, is seeking to carve out his own path on the issue. The plan would marshal 28 new or existing programs to shift U.S energy markets from fossil fuel dependence to renewable sources; transform U.S. automobile manufacturing and construction practices; and remake the nation’s infrastructure from public transit to municipal water and rural electric cooperatives. Inslee projects about $300 billion in annual government spending over the first decade of the plan, with incentives he says will generate about $600 billion in matching private-sector investment in such areas as expanding solar energy and rebuilding dilapidated water systems like the Flint, Michigan, infrastructure that has garnered national headlines. Among Inslee’s ideas are a ReBuild
America program that would help retrofit existing public and private structures to meet new energy standards and a new version of the post-World War II “G.I. Bill” targeted to help coal industry workers who lose jobs in a transition to renewable energy. The coal worker aid would include guarantees for health insurance and pension benefits, in addition to funds for career training. Inslee and his aides note that many of the ideas stem from public and private initiatives already being undertaken in cities and states around the country. Aides say Inslee plans a series of events highlighting some of those efforts. He appeared Thursday at a wastewater treatment plant in Washington, D.C., that uses thermal hydrolysis to convert wastewater into electricity. Inslee already had called for setting standards that would require the nation’s entire electrical grid and all new vehicles and buildings to be carbon pollution free by 2030, while phasing out all coal-fired power by 2035. His latest proposal adds additional goals, attaches a price tag and details how the federal government would meet them. “There is no middle ground on climate,” Inslee said, alluding to recent reports that former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential front-runner, might pursue a more limited approach to combat the effects of increasing carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere.
Another 2020 presidential candidate, former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, has offered a climate policy that calls for $5 trillion of public and private spending over a decade. O’Rourke does not call for as aggressive a timeline as Inslee has for reducing carbon emissions. Inslee acknowledges that getting such sweeping proposals through the existing Congress is a near impossibility. Inslee’s own historical references — FDR’s New Deal and World War II mobilization, John F. Kennedy’s NASA investments — all occurred when Democrats had controlling majorities in Congress. In FDR’s case, New Deal programs were passed using large Democratic advantages. Democrats today must contend with a Republican Senate, and they face an uphill battle to flip enough seats in 2020 to reclaim the majority. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, meanwhile, has declared himself “the Grim Reaper” and promised to block policies he dismisses as socialist. Even Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is an open skeptic of the Green New Deal resolution pushed by progressive favorite and freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Inslee says combating those dynamics requires electing more Democrats and eliminating the Senate filibuster, but also approaching the climate discussion without getting caught up in ideological labels. “We need a president guided by science,” he said. “We need a president who uses the bully pulpit.” (ap)
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Philosophical Messages in Kertha Gosa Paintings
Kertha Gosa in Klungkung has been known as a heritage of the royal period. Until now it remains well maintained. The building features a classic atmosphere. There are a number of stories contained in the paintings mounted on the ceiling. What are they? The name of Kertha Gosa has been very famous not only in Balinese society, but also overseas. The historical heritage located in the south of Puputan Klungkung Monument becomes one of the tourist destinations in Klungkung.
When coming in, the classic atmosphere can be felt intensely. The Kertha Gosa building in the northeast corner still shows its taksu or divine vibration. Its foundation is made from hard sand stone. The poles of the building with a palm fiber roof covered with carvings give the impression of the past time. Gold leaf color of some painting has looked to fade but still looks beautiful. They are no less beautiful when compared to the carvings of today. In the center of the building, there are carved table and chairs. According to the story, during the kingdom era it is believed to be the venue for discussion on everything related to security situation, prosperity and justice of kingdom region in Bali. Besides, this pavilion served as a venue of meeting for the subordinate kings throughout Bali held every full moon of the fourth month in Balinese calendar (October). Here the royal officials provided direction and decisions based on considerations of the circumstances and needs. When observed further, the ceiling of this building is filled with paintings. They have very distinc-
tive colors. Additionally, they look natural with a touch of color of the rocks. Aside from offering very classic nuance, it contains meaningful philosophy. All of them are displayed in plots. Its beauty and uniqueness can draw the attention of many visiting tourists. They are quite curious about the meaning contained therein. A tour guide, I Putu Gede Alex Sanjaya Putra, said the paintings have existed since the beginning of the building. One by one is explained based on the existing references. At the bottom plot, the story tells about Tantri Kandaka, the 1001-night stories whose essence is about all the deceit in society. The
second and third plots carry about the Atma Presangsa, depicting the suffering of the souls in Hell found by Bima Sena (second son of the Pandavas) on his way to find out the souls of his father and mother. The fourth plot is about the eagle seeking amrita (holy water of life), taken from Adi Parwa, a story that illustrates how difficult it is to earn a living in the world. Meanwhile, the fifth plot tells about palelindon (forecast and meaning of earthquakes). The sixth and seventh plots tell about Bima Sena when meeting with divine and celestial deities and fighting to save the souls of his father and mother. Meanwhile, the eighth plot tells
about the heaven of the souls and the ninth plot about the god who serves as the keeper of the balance of the four points of the compass of the world. “This painting becomes one of the tourist attractions,” explained Sanjaya Putra, not long ago. Right in the middle of this building area is the Taman Gili. Local community is more familiar with the name of Balai Kambang (literally means ‘the floating pavilion’) surrounded by a fish pond with water lilies. To get there, visitors should explore some steps that also show the old impression. This building has many poles. The carving is similar to the ones in the
Kertha Gosa. This also draws the attention of visitors as intrigued by the story of the paintings on the ceiling. Near the brick-using foundation building, there is a small note explaining the meaning of the paintings. The first plot from below tells the story about the destiny of a person predetermined by the day of birth. The second plot depicts the story of Pan Berayut, a fairy tale about the couple having 18 children. As for the third to sixth plot tell about the story of Sutasoma, the work of renowned poet, Mpu Tantular during the reign of King Hayam Wuruk in Majapahit in 1365. (kmb)
Mount Agung belches ash 2,000 meters skywards in new eruption DENPASAR - Gunung Agung in Karangasem District, Bali, erupted again on Saturday (May 18) at 2:09 a.m. local time, spewing ash two thousand meters into the air from its peak, which is 5,142 meters above sea level. Made Rentin, the head of Bali’s Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Chief, stated in Denpasar on Saturday morning that according to data obtained from the Agung volcano monitoring post, the volcanic ash column was thick and gray and leaning in the east and southeast
directions. The seismogram recorded this eruption as having a maximum amplitude of 25 mm and lasting for two minutes and 57 seconds. Rentin further noted that along with data on the eruption of the highest mountain on the Island of the Gods obtained from the Agung volcano monitoring post in Rendang, it also received a report from volunteers of Pasebayan, District of Karangasem. Rentin noted that Pesebayan volunteers had reported at 5:10 a.m. local time that Desa Ban, Kubu Subdistrict, Karangasem
and its surroundings, including Cutcut Hamlets, Tongtongan, Bonyoh, and Temakung, were the areas exposed to the Mount Agung eruption. The PVMBG has also called on people living around Mount Agung as well as climbers, visitors, and tourists to not conduct any activities in the demarcated danger zone, specifically in all areas within a four-kilometer radius from Mount Agung’s peak. The estimated danger zone is dynamic and under constant evaluation and can be
changed at any time in line with the developments related to the most current or the latest Mount Agung observation data. Moreover, people residing and conducting activities along the river banks around the Gunung Agung have been urged to maintain vigil in case of possible secondary danger arising from lava rains that can occur particularly in the rainy season and if the eruption material is still exposed in the peak area. The land area of the lava rain follows the rivers upstream of Mount Agung. (ant)
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Supporters of Malawian Vice President and United Transformation Movement presidential candidate Saulos Chilima listen to his address during the last Presidential Campaign Rally on May 18, 2019 in Lilongwe.
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walked away from a pump carrying a heavy bucket of water. Amos dropped out of school as her parents could not afford the fees, before marrying early and taking on domestic chores. “If Doctor Chakwera wins, people will be able to start their own business,” she said, loyal to the village’s prominent son. - Village son -
A few brown-brick huts are scattered around a clearing where young men rest under a tree in the midday sun. Pigs lie in the mud near the water pump, and goats roam freely searching for small leaves to eat. Four older women sit under a thatched shelter nearby, removing corn from cobs harvested earlier that week. In Tuesday’s election, Chakwera hopes to unseat President Peter Mutharika after being narrowly defeated in the last election in 2014. The result looks in the balance but Chakwera, a former senior pastor in Malawi, can certainly count on the support of his home village. Relatives see him as the coun-
try’s salvation from corruption, poverty and lack of development. “I have total confidence in my brother-in-law that he’s going to take over the government,” Patricia Chakwera, Lazarus’s outspoken sister-in-law, told AFP. “He will serve all the people in the whole country, because that’s what he was doing when he was a church pastor. He worked for everybody, and I’m sure he will do the same once he is president.” His older sister Polina Chakwera says he has not changed from the boy he was growing up. “He was always smart and always number one -- he still is,” she said, adding that he would conduct school lessons for fellow pupils. Chakwera has campaigned on an anti-graft platform, and has been credited with reviving the MCP, which ruled Malawi from 1964 to 1994 under Hastings Banda’s one-party rule but has since been in opposition. “It has been a great campaign across the country and our message has been well received,” he told AFP at his final rally, predicting “nothing less than victory -- we are winning.” (afp)
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Mineral misery: Vietnam salt farmers battered by imports, climate HON KHOI - The salt farmers of Hon Khoi rise before dawn as they have for generations, fanning out across shallow seawater pools in southern Vietnam to harvest the precious mineral, hoping for a better season than the last. The work is punishing and the incomes unstable, subject to seesawing demand swayed by foreign imports, and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. Many people in the sleepy seaside town in Khanh Hoa province have worked much of their lives in the salt fields -- an Instagram hotspot where workers wearing conical hats ferry mountains of the saline crystals in bamboo baskets along reflective ponds against a setting sun. They shuffle carefully along narrow ledges separating the rectangular plots that are pumped full of salty seawater. But the farmers say life is tough on the fields where they toil during the annual harvesting season from January to June. “This job is no fun at all, we have to work so hard in the sun
and then during the cool season we are off,” said Nguyen Thanh Lai, his tan skin weathered from nearly four decades working in the fields. He sells his harvest to local traders who pass it up the value chain until it reaches dining tables or factories around Vietnam, where it is used to preserve fish, concoct Southeast Asia’s popular, pungent fish sauce, or make soda water. Lai has long struggled to raise his five kids, but he says both demand and market price used to be more reliable. “In the past we didn’t make losses in salt production, now there are losses,” the 60-yearold told AFP, wearing two hats to shield from the searing morning sun. As technical supervisor, he typically earns around $360 a month during the harvesting season -- more than double what most salt workers take home. But his income zigzags depending on demand, which itself fluctuates based on imports from abroad. (afp)
CHAKWERA - The tiny village of Chakwera is typical of thousands of settlements across Malawi -- life is tough, families rely on subsistence farming, and food, education and work are all scarce. But flags featuring the black rooster of the Malawi Congress Party hang in the trees, a clue that this is the former home of a man who could be the next president. Opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera, 64, lived in the village, 40 kilometres (25 miles) outside Lilongwe city, until he left secondary school. Three generations of the family have lived there since the early 1950s, and his relatives still populate the village. Home to only about 50 people, it is situated at the end of a rough path leading through a thick forest, and has no mains electricity, one water pump and virtually no infrastructure. It is the reality of life for many people in Malawi, which is ranked by the World Bank as one of the poorest countries in the world. Over half of Malawi’s population live below the poverty line, and just 11 percent have access to electricity. “Malawi lacks many things -- there are no businesses,” said Margaret Amos, a thin and glassyeyed 20-year-old wearing cloth wrapped around her waist, as she
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Indonesia arrests dozens of terror suspects ahead of poll results
Indonesian police said Friday that they have arrested dozens of Islamic-State linked terror suspects, including some who planned to detonate bombs at political demonstrations when election results are announced next week.
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This picture taken on May 16, 2019 shows Indonesian prison officers inspecting the damages after prisoners fled from the jail for narcotics convicts in Langkat, North Sumatra province, starting a fire in response to complaints about the treatment of a fellow prisoner. At least 100 prisoners are on the run from an Indonesian jail, authorities said, after the Southeast Asian nation’s second mass prison escape in less than a week.
Indonesia hunts scores of inmates after jailbreak
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This photograph taken on April 22, 2019 shows workers carrying harvested salt in bamboo baskets in southern Vietnam’s Hon Khoi salt fields.
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At least 100 prisoners are on the run from an Indonesian jail, authorities said Thursday, after the Southeast Asian nation’s second mass prison escape in less than a week. Prisoners fled the from the jail for narcotics convicts in North Sumatra province Thursday after starting a fire in response to complaints about the treatment of a fellow prisoner, authorities said. “They were angry and burned prison officers’ motorbikes,” said Solden, a local resident who like many Indonesians goes by one name. Hundreds of inmates intially escaped from the detention centre, but most were soon recaptured. At least 100 others are still at large. “They should surrender and serve the remainder of their sentences,” North Sumatra police chief Agus Andrianto said.
“Running away won’t solve the problem -- it will only create more problems,” he added. Thursday’s jailbreak comes after more than 100 inmates escaped Saturday from another jail in Sumatra following a riot that broke out after guards beat several inmates who were caught using methamphetamine. Three detainees suffered stab wounds and a policeman was shot during the rioting, the local health office told AFP. Some prisoners were recaptured but dozens are still on the run, authorities said. Jailbreaks are not uncommon in Indonesia where inmates are often held in crowded, unsanitary conditions. There was a spate of breakouts in 2013, including one where about 150 prisoners -- including terror convicts -- escaped from a jail. (afp)
Some 29 suspects were rounded up this month alone, with 60 in all detained since the start of the year in raids across the Southeast Asian nation, they said. Eight other suspects had been killed in confrontations with authorities, police said, including the wife of a militant who blew up herself and a child following a dramatic standoff at their home in March. Some arrested suspects were skilled bomb makers and had fought alongside the jihadist group in Syria, as well as members of local extremist network Jemaah Anshurat Daulah (JAD), police said. JAD has pledged allegiance to IS and was blamed for a wave of suicide bombings at churches in Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya last year.
The world’s biggest Muslim majority nation has seen a string of attacks by Islamist militants since the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed more than 200 people, including scores of tourists. National police spokesman Muhammad Iqbal on Friday described the latest arrests as a “preventative strike” before the official announcement of Indonesian elections, which were held on April 17. There are concerns about street demonstrations after presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto, a retired military general, warned that protests could erupt over his claims of massive electoral fraud. Subianto has vowed not to recognise next week’s results if they hand a re-election victory to president Joko Widodo, who has a
lead of about 12 percentage points, according to unofficial polls. Police said militants wanted to take advantage of any political unrest to spark chaos by using use WiFi to remotely detonate bomb-filled backpacks at crowded demonstrations. “So we’re urging the public not to go out on the streets on May 22 because it could be dangerous as they (the suspects) wanted to attack crowds and police officers,” he told reporters in the capital Jakarta. Some 32,000 security personnel are expected to fan out across the capital next week, including in front of the General Elections Commission. Subianto has attacked the Commission over allegations it was complicit in widespread electoral fraud. (afp)
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Anti-terror police officers carry evidence from a house at Nanggewer Mekar village, in Cibinong, West Java province on 18 May 2019. Indonesian police said that they have arrested dozens of Islamic-State linked terror suspects, including some who planned to detonate bombs at political demonstrations when election results are announced next week.
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Green triple-double fuels Warriors’ comeback win
Gili Mimpang AMLAPURA - There is little doubt that Bali is one of the most beautiful islands in the world. Located in Indonesia, tourists from all over the world visit this wondrous island every year, exploring its beauty both above and below the ocean surface. For divers, one of the most impressive places in Bali to dive is Gili Mimpang which attracts thousands of divers each year to this unique location. The warm, inviting waters combined with the myriad of marine life make Gili Mimpang one of the prime locations for experienced scuba divers. Located near Amuk Bay where the seafloor
has not quite dropped off into much deeper Lombok Strait, Gili Mimpang is often called Batu Tiga or “Three Rocks” because from the surface it does appear as three separate rock structures. The strong currents of that area make it unsuitable for diving sometimes. The Marine Life of Gili Mimpang: The small caves and reefs of soft coral make Gili Mimpang one of the best places to see various fish that lives around Bali. There is the beautiful Ocean Sun Fish or Mola Mola which can be found during certain times of the year. Glass fish are also abundant right before the floor of the ocean drops off into the depths. You can also find banner fish, white tipped reef sharks, prionurus fish, and even the large whale sharks can be found from time to time. Bumpheads and eagle rays can also be seen in the area and you can find some spectacular nuidbranchs as well. There are also angelfish, crimson basslets and schools of yellowfish and many more. Diving Requirement & Experience Level: While the visibility is quite good and the diving location easy to reach at Gili Mimpang, the strong currents and jagged rocks makes this a location for the experienced to advanced diver. Novice and beginning divers should not try to dive in this area because of the turbulence of the currents. During Mola Mola season, Gili Mimpang becomes quite the popular place to dive, so you may want to consider coming in the off-season if you want more tranquility. However, the sight of this Mola Mola is certainly enough to make it worth the visit. (IBP/net)
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Deontay Wilder celebrates after his first round knockout of Dominic Breazeale who looks on in the first round during their bout for Wilder’s WBC heavyweight title at Barclays Center on May 18, 2019 in New York City.
Wilder retains WBC heavyweight title with brutal first round KO
LOS ANGELES - Draymond Green exploded for a seventh career playoff triple-double Saturday as the Golden State Warriors rallied for a 110-99 victory over the Trail Blazers in Portland and a 3-0 lead in the NBA Western Conference finals. The two-time defending champion Warriors trailed by 18 in the second quarter, but with Green driving them they produced another dominant third period to seize control of the contest and the series. No team has come back from an 0-3 deficit to win an NBA playoff series. The Trail Blazers will try to fend off elimination when they host game four on Monday. Green scored 20 points with 13 rebounds and 12 assists, keeping the Warriors afloat in the first half before superstar Stephen Curry came alive with 21 of his 36 points after the interval. “I don’t even know what to say about Draymond,” said coach Steve Kerr. “He was like a wrecking ball out there, destroying everything in his path.” His intensity was on display on both ends of the court, and on the sidelines as he exhorted teammates to keep pushing. Klay Thompson added 19 points for the Warriors, who were again without injured star Kevin Durant. “All my teammates, my coaches have been telling me, ‘Draymond, get to the hole, be aggressive’,” Green said of his mindset. “We’ve got guys out there, Steph, Klay and those guys who draw a lot of attention, so it’s on me to do my job and come through
for those guys.” CJ McCollum led Portland with 23 points. Damian Lillard, relentlessly double-teamed by the Warriors, added 19 points. Center Meyers Leonard, making just his third start of the season, finished with 16 points. “We’re going to give it our best effort on Monday. That’s all that matters,” Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. “We’re going to give it our best effort and whatever happen, happens.” Leonard made the most of his opportunity early, connecting on five of seven shots from the field in the first half on the way to 13 points. The Trail Blazers, energized in front of a rowdy home crowd at the Moda Center, quickly built a 10-point lead before the Warriors trimmed it to two -- 29-27 -- at the end of the first quarter. But the Blazers kept the pressure on, stretching the lead to 18 in the second quarter. A steal by Lillard produced a thunderous dunk from Leonard, then Portland’s Seth Curry stole the ball from his superstar brother Stephen and raced for a threepointer that made it 60-42 with 2:28 remaining in the first half. Portland took a 66-53 lead into the locker room, but the Warriors responded with a monster third quarter, using a 22-6 scoring run to take their first lead of the game, 77-76 on a lay-up by Kevin Looney -- assisted by Green. Golden State out-scored Portland 29-13 in the quarter to lead by three heading into the final frame and pushed the lead to 11 with 4:51 remaining. (afp)
NEW YORK - Undefeated Deontay Wilder brutally knocked out Dominic Breazeale in the first round of their grudge match Saturday night to retain his World Boxing Council heavyweight world title. Wilder, who has one of the most destructive right hands in heavyweight history, floored the challenger with a one-punch knockout with 43 seconds left in the opening round at Barclays Center arena. The vaunted knockout artist Wilder swarmed Breazeale from the opening bell, hurting him with a straight right hand then finishing him off later in the round with the devastating right to the chin that was set up by a left jab. “When I hit him with the right hand the first time his body language changed,” said Wilder. “When you been in there with so many different guys you learn to recognize body language. I knew
he was slowing down and opening up.” Breazeale barely landed a punch in the fight and his defence was non-existent as he walked right into the knockout blow. He lay motionless on his back, then got up at the count of 10 as the referee grabbed him and waved it off. Wilder was very focused, showing off his superior handspeed, conditioning and punching power in another one-sided victory. Wilder, 33, improved to 41-0-1 with 40 KOs in making the ninth defence of his title against heavy underdog Breazeale. Breazeale, who had lost just one previous fight to Anthony Joshua, dropped to 20-2 with 18 KOs.
There was bad blood between the two heading into the fight with the buildup marked by a series of macabre threats from Wilder, who had spoken of his willingness to cause a fatality in the ring. Threats of violence are a stockin-trade part of promoting fights, but Wilder’s gruesome pre-fight comments were condemned by many in the sport as going too far. Wilder’s comments have appalled many in boxing, while WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has vowed to hold a hearing into the remarks. Wilder backed off on his comments immediately after the knockout in the ring, making light of the death threats. (afp)
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Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors shoots the ball against Maurice Harkless #4 of the Portland Trail Blazers in game three of the NBA Western Conference Finals at Moda Center on May 18, 2019 in Portland, Oregon.
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‘Quakes’ Wondolowski becomes MLS all-time leading scorer
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Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian defender Thiago Silva holds the French L1 winner trophy as he celebrates with team mates at the end of the French Ligue 1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Dijon at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on May 18, 2019.
Chris Wondolowski became Major League Soccer’s all-time leading scorer Saturday, scoring four goals in the San Jose Earthquakes’ 4-1 victory over the Chicago Fire to eclipse Landon Donovan’s record. Wondolowski, 36, finished the day with 148 goals in 338 MLS appearances while Donovan took 340 games to reach the previous record of 145. “I always wanted to do it and be done with it,” Wondolowski said. “I didn’t picture a day like this.” Making his first start in a month and a half, Wondolowski equalled Donovan’s record when he opened the scoring in the 21st minute, slotting home a delivery from longtime teammate Shea Salinas. He broke the record in the 48th minute taking advantage when Fire goalkeeper David Ousted lost control of a seemingly harmless cross from Nick Lima to slot in a goal. “It’s a perfect way to break the record,” Salinas said. “He’s so vigilant around the box. The ball falls, and he’s right where he needs to be and he pokes it in.” However, Wondolowski admitted he’d imagined scoring the record goal on a long-range blast.
“I probably crashed in on every shot like that probably 1,000 times,” he said. “And 999 times he catches it and holds it and I have to run back.” Wondolowski did thrill the home crowd in San Jose with a blast into the top corner in the 74th, and barely two minutes later he added a fourth, finding space at the back post to side-foot home a feed from Jackson Yueill. When he was substituted off in injury time, he departed to a standing ovation. He not only broke Donovan for most MLS goals ever, he tied Donovan for the league record with his 41st game-winning goal. His 144 goals for the Earthquakes is the most by any player for a single team in league history. Nevertheless, Wondolowski called it “surreal” that Donovan offered his congratulations. “That he even knows my name still is crazy and boggles my mind,” Wondolowski said. Salinas wasn’t surprised by that response. “He’s such a sacrificial, humble guy,” Salinas said. “He does whatever’s best for the team, no matter if that benefits him or not.” (afp)
Monaco victory virtually ensures Ligue 1 safety, Mbappe hits 32nd goal
Monaco virtually made sure of their French Ligue 1 survival with a 2-0 win over Amiens on Saturday while champions PSG signed off their home campaign with Kylian Mbappe scoring his 32nd league goal of the season in a 4-0 win over Dijon. Radamel Falcao and Alexsander Golovin scored in either half at the Stade Louis II to take Monaco to 36 points and three above the drop zone with one match left to play. Monaco, the 2017 champions, are not mathematically safe but they have a three-point lead over Caen who occupy the relegation play-off spot with a goal difference of seven. While Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim was cutting a relieved figure, he found himself discussing the fact that Falcao was not wearing an anti-homophobia armband which had been distributed by the league. “I was using Falcao’s armband, I wore it,” said Jardim. “The most important thing that somebody from the club wore it and applied what was demanded of us by the league.” Guingamp were already relegated while Dijon were
pushed to the edge of the trap door when they lost 4-0 at PSG. French World Cup winner Mbappe, back from a threematch ban for a red card in the French Cup final, scored two of the goals to take his league tally to 32 with one game left. He is the first French player to reach that figure since Herve Revelli scored 31 for Saint-Etienne in the 1966/67 season. PSG were presented with the Ligue 1 trophy for the eighth time against a background of fireworks after a win which preserved their 16-point lead. Saturday’s result was never in doubt after Angel Di Maria and Edinson Cavani had given PSG a 2-0 lead inside the first four minutes. Suspended Neymar, the world’s most expensive footballer, watched the game from the stands before joining his teammates in a lap of honour in front of their fans at the Parc des Princes. “We wanted to leave behind a good image before the end of the season with the quality we have shown throughout the
campaign,” said PSG defender Thilo Kehrer. “We did that by winning 4-0, it was important for our supporters. It’s a great feeling to be league champions.” Elsewhere, Lille made sure of second place and a spot in the Champions League group stages with a 5-0 rout of Angers. Nicolas Pepe, who will leave the club in the summer, scored twice to take his season tally to 22. Lyon will finish third -- enough for a Champions League preliminary round place -- after a 3-0 win over Nice. After the game, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas confirmed that Brazil’s Sylvinho, who once played for Barcelona and Arsenal, will become the new coach to replace Bruno Genesio. The 45-year-old was hand-picked for the job by compatriot Juninho, a former Lyon star who will be the club’s new sporting director. Sylvinho had been working as right-hand man to Brazil coach Tite and had been preparing a team for the 2020 Olympics in Japan. (afp)
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San Jose Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski, left, gestures after the Earthquakes defeated the Chicago Fire in an MLS soccer match in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, May 18, 2019. Wondolowski scored four times to pass Landon Donovan for most career MLS goals.
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(Front row, L to R) Bayern Munich’s Dutch midfielder Arjen Robben, Bayern Munich’s Brazilian defender Rafinha and Bayern Munich’s French midfielder Franck Ribery lift the trophy as Bayern Munich players celebrate after the German First division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt in Munich, southern Germany, on May 18, 2019.
Robben and Ribery: End of an era as iconic duo depart
Bayern Munich marked the end of an era on Saturday, as iconic duo Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery both scored in their final Bundesliga game to secure a seventh straight league title for Bayern. Ribery, 36, and Robben, 35, will both leave the club at the end of this season after a decade of unprecedented success. Others such as Thomas Mueller, Manuel Neuer and Jerome Boateng have also been key figures in Bayern’s treble-winning golden generation, but it is Robben and Ribery who stand out. “Franck and Arjen are great players who shaped the most successful decade in Bayern’s history,” said club CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in May. Flying Dutchman Robben announced his departure in December, but remained injured for much of the season before returning to standing ovations against Hanover earlier this month. A day later, Ribery confirmed that he too would be leaving the club at the end of the season, ending a 12-year spell in which he has won 22 titles. Ribery, who has a close relationship with both the fans and club president Uli Hoeness, said in May that Munich would “always be my home”. Ten of his 12 years were spent playing alongside Robben, who joined Bayern from Real Madrid
in 2009. The Dutchman didn’t immediately know whether he would take to life in Munich. “At the time I was sceptical,” Robben told the club website last year. “Now I know that it was the best decision of my career.” For the following decade, Robben and Ribery electrified the Allianz Arena on opposing flanks, earning the joint nickname “Robbery”. “We clicked with each other from the first day,” said Robben last week. Together, they laid waste to dozens of defences in a pincer movement of pace and quick feet, the left-footed Robben cutting inside from the right flank while rightfooter Ribery did so from the left. - Bust-up and Wembley triumph -
Their relationship, though, was not always easy. In April 2012, Ribery punched Robben in the dressing room after a dispute over who would take a free-kick, and the Dutchman later admitted that he thought they would never play alongside each other again. A year later, they had buried the hatchet as Bayern won an historic treble and Ribery set up Robben for an 89th-minute winner over Borussia Dortmund in the 2013 Champions League final at Wembley. That season confirmed the lasting legacy of the “Robbery” era: Bayern’s return to the very top of
European football. When Robben joined the club in 2009, it was nearly a decade since Bayern had last reached the Champions League semi-finals. Since then, they have made the last four in seven of the last ten seasons, and appeared in the final in 2010, 2012 and 2013. After Saturday’s triumph, Robben and Ribery have now won eight Bundesliga titles together, and are aiming for a fifth German Cup next weekend. Ribery, who also won the double in 2008, is now the only player in Bundesliga history to have won nine league titles. In latter years, they have faced a constant battle with injury, with both of them having missed over 100 games for Bayern since 2013. Yet despite age and injuries, both Robben and Ribery have managed to stay at the highest level for a remarkably long time, and are only now making way for successors Kingsley Coman and Serge Gnabry. Ribery has become a mentor figure for fellow Frenchman Coman, just as he had been for his close friend David Alaba earlier in his career. “Kingsley and Serge are doing really well already, and I hope they can achieve the same success as me and Arjen,” said Ribery in May. It has been a golden decade for Bayern, but now, the curtain must fall on the age of Robbery. (afp)
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Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian defender Thiago Silva holds the French L1 winner trophy as he celebrates with team mates at the end of the French Ligue 1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Dijon at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on May 18, 2019.
Chris Wondolowski became Major League Soccer’s all-time leading scorer Saturday, scoring four goals in the San Jose Earthquakes’ 4-1 victory over the Chicago Fire to eclipse Landon Donovan’s record. Wondolowski, 36, finished the day with 148 goals in 338 MLS appearances while Donovan took 340 games to reach the previous record of 145. “I always wanted to do it and be done with it,” Wondolowski said. “I didn’t picture a day like this.” Making his first start in a month and a half, Wondolowski equalled Donovan’s record when he opened the scoring in the 21st minute, slotting home a delivery from longtime teammate Shea Salinas. He broke the record in the 48th minute taking advantage when Fire goalkeeper David Ousted lost control of a seemingly harmless cross from Nick Lima to slot in a goal. “It’s a perfect way to break the record,” Salinas said. “He’s so vigilant around the box. The ball falls, and he’s right where he needs to be and he pokes it in.” However, Wondolowski admitted he’d imagined scoring the record goal on a long-range blast.
“I probably crashed in on every shot like that probably 1,000 times,” he said. “And 999 times he catches it and holds it and I have to run back.” Wondolowski did thrill the home crowd in San Jose with a blast into the top corner in the 74th, and barely two minutes later he added a fourth, finding space at the back post to side-foot home a feed from Jackson Yueill. When he was substituted off in injury time, he departed to a standing ovation. He not only broke Donovan for most MLS goals ever, he tied Donovan for the league record with his 41st game-winning goal. His 144 goals for the Earthquakes is the most by any player for a single team in league history. Nevertheless, Wondolowski called it “surreal” that Donovan offered his congratulations. “That he even knows my name still is crazy and boggles my mind,” Wondolowski said. Salinas wasn’t surprised by that response. “He’s such a sacrificial, humble guy,” Salinas said. “He does whatever’s best for the team, no matter if that benefits him or not.” (afp)
Monaco victory virtually ensures Ligue 1 safety, Mbappe hits 32nd goal
Monaco virtually made sure of their French Ligue 1 survival with a 2-0 win over Amiens on Saturday while champions PSG signed off their home campaign with Kylian Mbappe scoring his 32nd league goal of the season in a 4-0 win over Dijon. Radamel Falcao and Alexsander Golovin scored in either half at the Stade Louis II to take Monaco to 36 points and three above the drop zone with one match left to play. Monaco, the 2017 champions, are not mathematically safe but they have a three-point lead over Caen who occupy the relegation play-off spot with a goal difference of seven. While Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim was cutting a relieved figure, he found himself discussing the fact that Falcao was not wearing an anti-homophobia armband which had been distributed by the league. “I was using Falcao’s armband, I wore it,” said Jardim. “The most important thing that somebody from the club wore it and applied what was demanded of us by the league.” Guingamp were already relegated while Dijon were
pushed to the edge of the trap door when they lost 4-0 at PSG. French World Cup winner Mbappe, back from a threematch ban for a red card in the French Cup final, scored two of the goals to take his league tally to 32 with one game left. He is the first French player to reach that figure since Herve Revelli scored 31 for Saint-Etienne in the 1966/67 season. PSG were presented with the Ligue 1 trophy for the eighth time against a background of fireworks after a win which preserved their 16-point lead. Saturday’s result was never in doubt after Angel Di Maria and Edinson Cavani had given PSG a 2-0 lead inside the first four minutes. Suspended Neymar, the world’s most expensive footballer, watched the game from the stands before joining his teammates in a lap of honour in front of their fans at the Parc des Princes. “We wanted to leave behind a good image before the end of the season with the quality we have shown throughout the
campaign,” said PSG defender Thilo Kehrer. “We did that by winning 4-0, it was important for our supporters. It’s a great feeling to be league champions.” Elsewhere, Lille made sure of second place and a spot in the Champions League group stages with a 5-0 rout of Angers. Nicolas Pepe, who will leave the club in the summer, scored twice to take his season tally to 22. Lyon will finish third -- enough for a Champions League preliminary round place -- after a 3-0 win over Nice. After the game, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas confirmed that Brazil’s Sylvinho, who once played for Barcelona and Arsenal, will become the new coach to replace Bruno Genesio. The 45-year-old was hand-picked for the job by compatriot Juninho, a former Lyon star who will be the club’s new sporting director. Sylvinho had been working as right-hand man to Brazil coach Tite and had been preparing a team for the 2020 Olympics in Japan. (afp)
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San Jose Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski, left, gestures after the Earthquakes defeated the Chicago Fire in an MLS soccer match in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, May 18, 2019. Wondolowski scored four times to pass Landon Donovan for most career MLS goals.
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(Front row, L to R) Bayern Munich’s Dutch midfielder Arjen Robben, Bayern Munich’s Brazilian defender Rafinha and Bayern Munich’s French midfielder Franck Ribery lift the trophy as Bayern Munich players celebrate after the German First division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt in Munich, southern Germany, on May 18, 2019.
Robben and Ribery: End of an era as iconic duo depart
Bayern Munich marked the end of an era on Saturday, as iconic duo Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery both scored in their final Bundesliga game to secure a seventh straight league title for Bayern. Ribery, 36, and Robben, 35, will both leave the club at the end of this season after a decade of unprecedented success. Others such as Thomas Mueller, Manuel Neuer and Jerome Boateng have also been key figures in Bayern’s treble-winning golden generation, but it is Robben and Ribery who stand out. “Franck and Arjen are great players who shaped the most successful decade in Bayern’s history,” said club CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in May. Flying Dutchman Robben announced his departure in December, but remained injured for much of the season before returning to standing ovations against Hanover earlier this month. A day later, Ribery confirmed that he too would be leaving the club at the end of the season, ending a 12-year spell in which he has won 22 titles. Ribery, who has a close relationship with both the fans and club president Uli Hoeness, said in May that Munich would “always be my home”. Ten of his 12 years were spent playing alongside Robben, who joined Bayern from Real Madrid
in 2009. The Dutchman didn’t immediately know whether he would take to life in Munich. “At the time I was sceptical,” Robben told the club website last year. “Now I know that it was the best decision of my career.” For the following decade, Robben and Ribery electrified the Allianz Arena on opposing flanks, earning the joint nickname “Robbery”. “We clicked with each other from the first day,” said Robben last week. Together, they laid waste to dozens of defences in a pincer movement of pace and quick feet, the left-footed Robben cutting inside from the right flank while rightfooter Ribery did so from the left. - Bust-up and Wembley triumph -
Their relationship, though, was not always easy. In April 2012, Ribery punched Robben in the dressing room after a dispute over who would take a free-kick, and the Dutchman later admitted that he thought they would never play alongside each other again. A year later, they had buried the hatchet as Bayern won an historic treble and Ribery set up Robben for an 89th-minute winner over Borussia Dortmund in the 2013 Champions League final at Wembley. That season confirmed the lasting legacy of the “Robbery” era: Bayern’s return to the very top of
European football. When Robben joined the club in 2009, it was nearly a decade since Bayern had last reached the Champions League semi-finals. Since then, they have made the last four in seven of the last ten seasons, and appeared in the final in 2010, 2012 and 2013. After Saturday’s triumph, Robben and Ribery have now won eight Bundesliga titles together, and are aiming for a fifth German Cup next weekend. Ribery, who also won the double in 2008, is now the only player in Bundesliga history to have won nine league titles. In latter years, they have faced a constant battle with injury, with both of them having missed over 100 games for Bayern since 2013. Yet despite age and injuries, both Robben and Ribery have managed to stay at the highest level for a remarkably long time, and are only now making way for successors Kingsley Coman and Serge Gnabry. Ribery has become a mentor figure for fellow Frenchman Coman, just as he had been for his close friend David Alaba earlier in his career. “Kingsley and Serge are doing really well already, and I hope they can achieve the same success as me and Arjen,” said Ribery in May. It has been a golden decade for Bayern, but now, the curtain must fall on the age of Robbery. (afp)
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Green triple-double fuels Warriors’ comeback win
Gili Mimpang AMLAPURA - There is little doubt that Bali is one of the most beautiful islands in the world. Located in Indonesia, tourists from all over the world visit this wondrous island every year, exploring its beauty both above and below the ocean surface. For divers, one of the most impressive places in Bali to dive is Gili Mimpang which attracts thousands of divers each year to this unique location. The warm, inviting waters combined with the myriad of marine life make Gili Mimpang one of the prime locations for experienced scuba divers. Located near Amuk Bay where the seafloor
has not quite dropped off into much deeper Lombok Strait, Gili Mimpang is often called Batu Tiga or “Three Rocks” because from the surface it does appear as three separate rock structures. The strong currents of that area make it unsuitable for diving sometimes. The Marine Life of Gili Mimpang: The small caves and reefs of soft coral make Gili Mimpang one of the best places to see various fish that lives around Bali. There is the beautiful Ocean Sun Fish or Mola Mola which can be found during certain times of the year. Glass fish are also abundant right before the floor of the ocean drops off into the depths. You can also find banner fish, white tipped reef sharks, prionurus fish, and even the large whale sharks can be found from time to time. Bumpheads and eagle rays can also be seen in the area and you can find some spectacular nuidbranchs as well. There are also angelfish, crimson basslets and schools of yellowfish and many more. Diving Requirement & Experience Level: While the visibility is quite good and the diving location easy to reach at Gili Mimpang, the strong currents and jagged rocks makes this a location for the experienced to advanced diver. Novice and beginning divers should not try to dive in this area because of the turbulence of the currents. During Mola Mola season, Gili Mimpang becomes quite the popular place to dive, so you may want to consider coming in the off-season if you want more tranquility. However, the sight of this Mola Mola is certainly enough to make it worth the visit. (IBP/net)
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Deontay Wilder celebrates after his first round knockout of Dominic Breazeale who looks on in the first round during their bout for Wilder’s WBC heavyweight title at Barclays Center on May 18, 2019 in New York City.
Wilder retains WBC heavyweight title with brutal first round KO
LOS ANGELES - Draymond Green exploded for a seventh career playoff triple-double Saturday as the Golden State Warriors rallied for a 110-99 victory over the Trail Blazers in Portland and a 3-0 lead in the NBA Western Conference finals. The two-time defending champion Warriors trailed by 18 in the second quarter, but with Green driving them they produced another dominant third period to seize control of the contest and the series. No team has come back from an 0-3 deficit to win an NBA playoff series. The Trail Blazers will try to fend off elimination when they host game four on Monday. Green scored 20 points with 13 rebounds and 12 assists, keeping the Warriors afloat in the first half before superstar Stephen Curry came alive with 21 of his 36 points after the interval. “I don’t even know what to say about Draymond,” said coach Steve Kerr. “He was like a wrecking ball out there, destroying everything in his path.” His intensity was on display on both ends of the court, and on the sidelines as he exhorted teammates to keep pushing. Klay Thompson added 19 points for the Warriors, who were again without injured star Kevin Durant. “All my teammates, my coaches have been telling me, ‘Draymond, get to the hole, be aggressive’,” Green said of his mindset. “We’ve got guys out there, Steph, Klay and those guys who draw a lot of attention, so it’s on me to do my job and come through
for those guys.” CJ McCollum led Portland with 23 points. Damian Lillard, relentlessly double-teamed by the Warriors, added 19 points. Center Meyers Leonard, making just his third start of the season, finished with 16 points. “We’re going to give it our best effort on Monday. That’s all that matters,” Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. “We’re going to give it our best effort and whatever happen, happens.” Leonard made the most of his opportunity early, connecting on five of seven shots from the field in the first half on the way to 13 points. The Trail Blazers, energized in front of a rowdy home crowd at the Moda Center, quickly built a 10-point lead before the Warriors trimmed it to two -- 29-27 -- at the end of the first quarter. But the Blazers kept the pressure on, stretching the lead to 18 in the second quarter. A steal by Lillard produced a thunderous dunk from Leonard, then Portland’s Seth Curry stole the ball from his superstar brother Stephen and raced for a threepointer that made it 60-42 with 2:28 remaining in the first half. Portland took a 66-53 lead into the locker room, but the Warriors responded with a monster third quarter, using a 22-6 scoring run to take their first lead of the game, 77-76 on a lay-up by Kevin Looney -- assisted by Green. Golden State out-scored Portland 29-13 in the quarter to lead by three heading into the final frame and pushed the lead to 11 with 4:51 remaining. (afp)
NEW YORK - Undefeated Deontay Wilder brutally knocked out Dominic Breazeale in the first round of their grudge match Saturday night to retain his World Boxing Council heavyweight world title. Wilder, who has one of the most destructive right hands in heavyweight history, floored the challenger with a one-punch knockout with 43 seconds left in the opening round at Barclays Center arena. The vaunted knockout artist Wilder swarmed Breazeale from the opening bell, hurting him with a straight right hand then finishing him off later in the round with the devastating right to the chin that was set up by a left jab. “When I hit him with the right hand the first time his body language changed,” said Wilder. “When you been in there with so many different guys you learn to recognize body language. I knew
he was slowing down and opening up.” Breazeale barely landed a punch in the fight and his defence was non-existent as he walked right into the knockout blow. He lay motionless on his back, then got up at the count of 10 as the referee grabbed him and waved it off. Wilder was very focused, showing off his superior handspeed, conditioning and punching power in another one-sided victory. Wilder, 33, improved to 41-0-1 with 40 KOs in making the ninth defence of his title against heavy underdog Breazeale. Breazeale, who had lost just one previous fight to Anthony Joshua, dropped to 20-2 with 18 KOs.
There was bad blood between the two heading into the fight with the buildup marked by a series of macabre threats from Wilder, who had spoken of his willingness to cause a fatality in the ring. Threats of violence are a stockin-trade part of promoting fights, but Wilder’s gruesome pre-fight comments were condemned by many in the sport as going too far. Wilder’s comments have appalled many in boxing, while WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has vowed to hold a hearing into the remarks. Wilder backed off on his comments immediately after the knockout in the ring, making light of the death threats. (afp)
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Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors shoots the ball against Maurice Harkless #4 of the Portland Trail Blazers in game three of the NBA Western Conference Finals at Moda Center on May 18, 2019 in Portland, Oregon.
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Supporters of Malawian Vice President and United Transformation Movement presidential candidate Saulos Chilima listen to his address during the last Presidential Campaign Rally on May 18, 2019 in Lilongwe.
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walked away from a pump carrying a heavy bucket of water. Amos dropped out of school as her parents could not afford the fees, before marrying early and taking on domestic chores. “If Doctor Chakwera wins, people will be able to start their own business,” she said, loyal to the village’s prominent son. - Village son -
A few brown-brick huts are scattered around a clearing where young men rest under a tree in the midday sun. Pigs lie in the mud near the water pump, and goats roam freely searching for small leaves to eat. Four older women sit under a thatched shelter nearby, removing corn from cobs harvested earlier that week. In Tuesday’s election, Chakwera hopes to unseat President Peter Mutharika after being narrowly defeated in the last election in 2014. The result looks in the balance but Chakwera, a former senior pastor in Malawi, can certainly count on the support of his home village. Relatives see him as the coun-
try’s salvation from corruption, poverty and lack of development. “I have total confidence in my brother-in-law that he’s going to take over the government,” Patricia Chakwera, Lazarus’s outspoken sister-in-law, told AFP. “He will serve all the people in the whole country, because that’s what he was doing when he was a church pastor. He worked for everybody, and I’m sure he will do the same once he is president.” His older sister Polina Chakwera says he has not changed from the boy he was growing up. “He was always smart and always number one -- he still is,” she said, adding that he would conduct school lessons for fellow pupils. Chakwera has campaigned on an anti-graft platform, and has been credited with reviving the MCP, which ruled Malawi from 1964 to 1994 under Hastings Banda’s one-party rule but has since been in opposition. “It has been a great campaign across the country and our message has been well received,” he told AFP at his final rally, predicting “nothing less than victory -- we are winning.” (afp)
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Mineral misery: Vietnam salt farmers battered by imports, climate HON KHOI - The salt farmers of Hon Khoi rise before dawn as they have for generations, fanning out across shallow seawater pools in southern Vietnam to harvest the precious mineral, hoping for a better season than the last. The work is punishing and the incomes unstable, subject to seesawing demand swayed by foreign imports, and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. Many people in the sleepy seaside town in Khanh Hoa province have worked much of their lives in the salt fields -- an Instagram hotspot where workers wearing conical hats ferry mountains of the saline crystals in bamboo baskets along reflective ponds against a setting sun. They shuffle carefully along narrow ledges separating the rectangular plots that are pumped full of salty seawater. But the farmers say life is tough on the fields where they toil during the annual harvesting season from January to June. “This job is no fun at all, we have to work so hard in the sun
and then during the cool season we are off,” said Nguyen Thanh Lai, his tan skin weathered from nearly four decades working in the fields. He sells his harvest to local traders who pass it up the value chain until it reaches dining tables or factories around Vietnam, where it is used to preserve fish, concoct Southeast Asia’s popular, pungent fish sauce, or make soda water. Lai has long struggled to raise his five kids, but he says both demand and market price used to be more reliable. “In the past we didn’t make losses in salt production, now there are losses,” the 60-yearold told AFP, wearing two hats to shield from the searing morning sun. As technical supervisor, he typically earns around $360 a month during the harvesting season -- more than double what most salt workers take home. But his income zigzags depending on demand, which itself fluctuates based on imports from abroad. (afp)
CHAKWERA - The tiny village of Chakwera is typical of thousands of settlements across Malawi -- life is tough, families rely on subsistence farming, and food, education and work are all scarce. But flags featuring the black rooster of the Malawi Congress Party hang in the trees, a clue that this is the former home of a man who could be the next president. Opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera, 64, lived in the village, 40 kilometres (25 miles) outside Lilongwe city, until he left secondary school. Three generations of the family have lived there since the early 1950s, and his relatives still populate the village. Home to only about 50 people, it is situated at the end of a rough path leading through a thick forest, and has no mains electricity, one water pump and virtually no infrastructure. It is the reality of life for many people in Malawi, which is ranked by the World Bank as one of the poorest countries in the world. Over half of Malawi’s population live below the poverty line, and just 11 percent have access to electricity. “Malawi lacks many things -- there are no businesses,” said Margaret Amos, a thin and glassyeyed 20-year-old wearing cloth wrapped around her waist, as she
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Indonesia arrests dozens of terror suspects ahead of poll results
Indonesian police said Friday that they have arrested dozens of Islamic-State linked terror suspects, including some who planned to detonate bombs at political demonstrations when election results are announced next week.
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This picture taken on May 16, 2019 shows Indonesian prison officers inspecting the damages after prisoners fled from the jail for narcotics convicts in Langkat, North Sumatra province, starting a fire in response to complaints about the treatment of a fellow prisoner. At least 100 prisoners are on the run from an Indonesian jail, authorities said, after the Southeast Asian nation’s second mass prison escape in less than a week.
Indonesia hunts scores of inmates after jailbreak
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This photograph taken on April 22, 2019 shows workers carrying harvested salt in bamboo baskets in southern Vietnam’s Hon Khoi salt fields.
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At least 100 prisoners are on the run from an Indonesian jail, authorities said Thursday, after the Southeast Asian nation’s second mass prison escape in less than a week. Prisoners fled the from the jail for narcotics convicts in North Sumatra province Thursday after starting a fire in response to complaints about the treatment of a fellow prisoner, authorities said. “They were angry and burned prison officers’ motorbikes,” said Solden, a local resident who like many Indonesians goes by one name. Hundreds of inmates intially escaped from the detention centre, but most were soon recaptured. At least 100 others are still at large. “They should surrender and serve the remainder of their sentences,” North Sumatra police chief Agus Andrianto said.
“Running away won’t solve the problem -- it will only create more problems,” he added. Thursday’s jailbreak comes after more than 100 inmates escaped Saturday from another jail in Sumatra following a riot that broke out after guards beat several inmates who were caught using methamphetamine. Three detainees suffered stab wounds and a policeman was shot during the rioting, the local health office told AFP. Some prisoners were recaptured but dozens are still on the run, authorities said. Jailbreaks are not uncommon in Indonesia where inmates are often held in crowded, unsanitary conditions. There was a spate of breakouts in 2013, including one where about 150 prisoners -- including terror convicts -- escaped from a jail. (afp)
Some 29 suspects were rounded up this month alone, with 60 in all detained since the start of the year in raids across the Southeast Asian nation, they said. Eight other suspects had been killed in confrontations with authorities, police said, including the wife of a militant who blew up herself and a child following a dramatic standoff at their home in March. Some arrested suspects were skilled bomb makers and had fought alongside the jihadist group in Syria, as well as members of local extremist network Jemaah Anshurat Daulah (JAD), police said. JAD has pledged allegiance to IS and was blamed for a wave of suicide bombings at churches in Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya last year.
The world’s biggest Muslim majority nation has seen a string of attacks by Islamist militants since the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed more than 200 people, including scores of tourists. National police spokesman Muhammad Iqbal on Friday described the latest arrests as a “preventative strike” before the official announcement of Indonesian elections, which were held on April 17. There are concerns about street demonstrations after presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto, a retired military general, warned that protests could erupt over his claims of massive electoral fraud. Subianto has vowed not to recognise next week’s results if they hand a re-election victory to president Joko Widodo, who has a
lead of about 12 percentage points, according to unofficial polls. Police said militants wanted to take advantage of any political unrest to spark chaos by using use WiFi to remotely detonate bomb-filled backpacks at crowded demonstrations. “So we’re urging the public not to go out on the streets on May 22 because it could be dangerous as they (the suspects) wanted to attack crowds and police officers,” he told reporters in the capital Jakarta. Some 32,000 security personnel are expected to fan out across the capital next week, including in front of the General Elections Commission. Subianto has attacked the Commission over allegations it was complicit in widespread electoral fraud. (afp)
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Anti-terror police officers carry evidence from a house at Nanggewer Mekar village, in Cibinong, West Java province on 18 May 2019. Indonesian police said that they have arrested dozens of Islamic-State linked terror suspects, including some who planned to detonate bombs at political demonstrations when election results are announced next week.
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BUSINESS Oil producers meet to discuss output amid Iran tension
Major crude producers are set to meet Sunday to discuss how to stabilise a volatile oil market amid rising US-Iran tensions in the Gulf, which threaten to disrupt supply. Key OPEC members and other major suppliers including Russia will assess the oil market and examine compliance to production cuts agreed late last year. But the subject of Iran, which is not present, will dominate the one-day meeting of the OPEC+ group. It comes days after sabotage attacks against tankers in highly sensitive Gulf waters and the bombing of a Saudi pipeline by Iran-aligned Yemen rebels. The meeting also comes as the full impact of re-instated US sanctions against Tehran kicks in, slashing the Islamic republic’s crude exports. Hours before the meeting in Jeddah, host Saudi Arabia said it does not seek war with Iran, but is ready to defend its interests. The meeting is set to make recommendations ahead of a key OPEC summit in late June, to be attended by Iran. President Donald Trump said last month Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members had agreed to his request to boost oil production in order to tamp down rising prices. Massive drops in exports by Iran and Venezuela plus output cuts of 1.2 million barrels per day, implemented by the OPEC+ group since January, have cut supply. But UAE Energy Minister Suheil al-Mazrouei said inventories were still building up. He told reporters Saturday that the job of balancing the market was not yet complete, a hint that any ramp-up in production could send prices crashing as they did in late 2018. - Iran exports tumble OPEC and the International Energy Agency said earlier this month that global oil supply fell in April due to US sanctions on Iran tightened and OPEC+ production cuts. The IEA said Iranian crude production fell in April to 2.6 million bpd, down from 3.9 million before Washington announced in May 2018 it would withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions. Iran’s output is already at its lowest level in over five years, but could tumble in May to levels not seen since the devastating 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. (afp)
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks with the media following his signing of HB 1638 at Vancouver City Hall on Friday, May 10, 2019. Parents in Washington state will no longer be able to claim a personal or philosophical exemption for their children from receiving the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine before attending a day care center or school under a measure signed Friday by Inslee.
2020 hopeful Inslee says $9T climate plan will boost economy
Biden has pushed back on those reports and Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee is pitching a $9 trillion-plus climate action plan that he touts as an economic renaissance and scientific necessity, put- promises to unveil his climate-change platform ting the Washington governor at the forefront of White House hopefuls pushing in the coming days, the first of what his aides say will be a series of major policy proposals. for sweeping action to combat the causes and effects of a warming planet. Inslee compares his “Evergreen Economy” plan, which combines public and private spending, to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the mobilization of the U.S. manufacturing base during World War II and the 1960s NASA mission to reach the moon. “We didn’t go to the moon because it was easy, but because it was hard,” Inslee told The Associated Press ahead of the release of his 38page plan on Thursday. “We need a common purpose ... that meets the scientific necessity.” Inslee’s proposal comes as some Democrats on Capitol Hill push a Green New Deal with a similar focus, but the former congressman, who has spent decades as a leading advocate for combating rising carbon levels, is seeking to carve out his own path on the issue. The plan would marshal 28 new or existing programs to shift U.S energy markets from fossil fuel dependence to renewable sources; transform U.S. automobile manufacturing and construction practices; and remake the nation’s infrastructure from public transit to municipal water and rural electric cooperatives. Inslee projects about $300 billion in annual government spending over the first decade of the plan, with incentives he says will generate about $600 billion in matching private-sector investment in such areas as expanding solar energy and rebuilding dilapidated water systems like the Flint, Michigan, infrastructure that has garnered national headlines. Among Inslee’s ideas are a ReBuild
America program that would help retrofit existing public and private structures to meet new energy standards and a new version of the post-World War II “G.I. Bill” targeted to help coal industry workers who lose jobs in a transition to renewable energy. The coal worker aid would include guarantees for health insurance and pension benefits, in addition to funds for career training. Inslee and his aides note that many of the ideas stem from public and private initiatives already being undertaken in cities and states around the country. Aides say Inslee plans a series of events highlighting some of those efforts. He appeared Thursday at a wastewater treatment plant in Washington, D.C., that uses thermal hydrolysis to convert wastewater into electricity. Inslee already had called for setting standards that would require the nation’s entire electrical grid and all new vehicles and buildings to be carbon pollution free by 2030, while phasing out all coal-fired power by 2035. His latest proposal adds additional goals, attaches a price tag and details how the federal government would meet them. “There is no middle ground on climate,” Inslee said, alluding to recent reports that former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential front-runner, might pursue a more limited approach to combat the effects of increasing carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere.
Another 2020 presidential candidate, former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, has offered a climate policy that calls for $5 trillion of public and private spending over a decade. O’Rourke does not call for as aggressive a timeline as Inslee has for reducing carbon emissions. Inslee acknowledges that getting such sweeping proposals through the existing Congress is a near impossibility. Inslee’s own historical references — FDR’s New Deal and World War II mobilization, John F. Kennedy’s NASA investments — all occurred when Democrats had controlling majorities in Congress. In FDR’s case, New Deal programs were passed using large Democratic advantages. Democrats today must contend with a Republican Senate, and they face an uphill battle to flip enough seats in 2020 to reclaim the majority. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, meanwhile, has declared himself “the Grim Reaper” and promised to block policies he dismisses as socialist. Even Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is an open skeptic of the Green New Deal resolution pushed by progressive favorite and freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Inslee says combating those dynamics requires electing more Democrats and eliminating the Senate filibuster, but also approaching the climate discussion without getting caught up in ideological labels. “We need a president guided by science,” he said. “We need a president who uses the bully pulpit.” (ap)
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Philosophical Messages in Kertha Gosa Paintings
Kertha Gosa in Klungkung has been known as a heritage of the royal period. Until now it remains well maintained. The building features a classic atmosphere. There are a number of stories contained in the paintings mounted on the ceiling. What are they? The name of Kertha Gosa has been very famous not only in Balinese society, but also overseas. The historical heritage located in the south of Puputan Klungkung Monument becomes one of the tourist destinations in Klungkung.
When coming in, the classic atmosphere can be felt intensely. The Kertha Gosa building in the northeast corner still shows its taksu or divine vibration. Its foundation is made from hard sand stone. The poles of the building with a palm fiber roof covered with carvings give the impression of the past time. Gold leaf color of some painting has looked to fade but still looks beautiful. They are no less beautiful when compared to the carvings of today. In the center of the building, there are carved table and chairs. According to the story, during the kingdom era it is believed to be the venue for discussion on everything related to security situation, prosperity and justice of kingdom region in Bali. Besides, this pavilion served as a venue of meeting for the subordinate kings throughout Bali held every full moon of the fourth month in Balinese calendar (October). Here the royal officials provided direction and decisions based on considerations of the circumstances and needs. When observed further, the ceiling of this building is filled with paintings. They have very distinc-
tive colors. Additionally, they look natural with a touch of color of the rocks. Aside from offering very classic nuance, it contains meaningful philosophy. All of them are displayed in plots. Its beauty and uniqueness can draw the attention of many visiting tourists. They are quite curious about the meaning contained therein. A tour guide, I Putu Gede Alex Sanjaya Putra, said the paintings have existed since the beginning of the building. One by one is explained based on the existing references. At the bottom plot, the story tells about Tantri Kandaka, the 1001-night stories whose essence is about all the deceit in society. The
second and third plots carry about the Atma Presangsa, depicting the suffering of the souls in Hell found by Bima Sena (second son of the Pandavas) on his way to find out the souls of his father and mother. The fourth plot is about the eagle seeking amrita (holy water of life), taken from Adi Parwa, a story that illustrates how difficult it is to earn a living in the world. Meanwhile, the fifth plot tells about palelindon (forecast and meaning of earthquakes). The sixth and seventh plots tell about Bima Sena when meeting with divine and celestial deities and fighting to save the souls of his father and mother. Meanwhile, the eighth plot tells
about the heaven of the souls and the ninth plot about the god who serves as the keeper of the balance of the four points of the compass of the world. “This painting becomes one of the tourist attractions,” explained Sanjaya Putra, not long ago. Right in the middle of this building area is the Taman Gili. Local community is more familiar with the name of Balai Kambang (literally means ‘the floating pavilion’) surrounded by a fish pond with water lilies. To get there, visitors should explore some steps that also show the old impression. This building has many poles. The carving is similar to the ones in the
Kertha Gosa. This also draws the attention of visitors as intrigued by the story of the paintings on the ceiling. Near the brick-using foundation building, there is a small note explaining the meaning of the paintings. The first plot from below tells the story about the destiny of a person predetermined by the day of birth. The second plot depicts the story of Pan Berayut, a fairy tale about the couple having 18 children. As for the third to sixth plot tell about the story of Sutasoma, the work of renowned poet, Mpu Tantular during the reign of King Hayam Wuruk in Majapahit in 1365. (kmb)
Mount Agung belches ash 2,000 meters skywards in new eruption DENPASAR - Gunung Agung in Karangasem District, Bali, erupted again on Saturday (May 18) at 2:09 a.m. local time, spewing ash two thousand meters into the air from its peak, which is 5,142 meters above sea level. Made Rentin, the head of Bali’s Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Chief, stated in Denpasar on Saturday morning that according to data obtained from the Agung volcano monitoring post, the volcanic ash column was thick and gray and leaning in the east and southeast
directions. The seismogram recorded this eruption as having a maximum amplitude of 25 mm and lasting for two minutes and 57 seconds. Rentin further noted that along with data on the eruption of the highest mountain on the Island of the Gods obtained from the Agung volcano monitoring post in Rendang, it also received a report from volunteers of Pasebayan, District of Karangasem. Rentin noted that Pesebayan volunteers had reported at 5:10 a.m. local time that Desa Ban, Kubu Subdistrict, Karangasem
and its surroundings, including Cutcut Hamlets, Tongtongan, Bonyoh, and Temakung, were the areas exposed to the Mount Agung eruption. The PVMBG has also called on people living around Mount Agung as well as climbers, visitors, and tourists to not conduct any activities in the demarcated danger zone, specifically in all areas within a four-kilometer radius from Mount Agung’s peak. The estimated danger zone is dynamic and under constant evaluation and can be
changed at any time in line with the developments related to the most current or the latest Mount Agung observation data. Moreover, people residing and conducting activities along the river banks around the Gunung Agung have been urged to maintain vigil in case of possible secondary danger arising from lava rains that can occur particularly in the rainy season and if the eruption material is still exposed in the peak area. The land area of the lava rain follows the rivers upstream of Mount Agung. (ant)
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Bangli to be installed with two earthquake sensors
BANGLI — Two units of earthquake sensor devices (seismographs) are planned to be installed by National Weather Service (BMKG) in Bangli district this year. Installation of the sensor devices aims to increase the speed and accuracy of the early information about earthquakes. Chief Executive of the Bangli Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Wayan Karmawan, said on Friday (May 17) that pursuant to the result of the meeting he attended in relation to the preparation of the installation of the earthquake sensor devices at the BPBD Bali on Thursday, the BMKG planned to install earthquake sensor devices at two points. The temporary point is determined by BMKG, namely at Mengani village and Lembean village, Kintamani. For the installation of the sensor devices, it respectively requires a land area of 100 square meters. “Today, we will report to the leadership (regent) regarding the needs for land, whether to use the land of district government or other lands,” said Karmawan. He will also make coordination with the local village development agencies regarding this plan whether the land in the village area can be used or not. Karmawan added that other than
the two units of sensor devices, the BMKG will also install several additional devices named cellmeter at several other points. The devise serves to read earthquake vibrations. “Those in Mengani and Lembean serve as the main device. The cellmeter is spread, like in the office of BPBD located at Tamanbali village office, Pengotan and Pengiangan, there are about 9 points,” he said. The installation of earthquake sensor devices in Bangli will certainly be carried out this year. As soon as possible, it is carried out after the land survey process is complete and the land status is certain. “In terms of the BMKG, the land status is borrowing and using,” he said. Karmawan said the installation of the earthquake sensor equipment is the program of BMKG which had been carried out continuously. In addition to Bangli district, similar device will also be installed in Klungkung district this year. (kmb40)
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Suciani has innovation to make perforated coins into placard
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Ni Ketut Pujantika Suciani shows placard made from perforated coins or pis bolong.
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Ecstatic Australian conservatives bask in election glory
SYDNEY - Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday basked in the glow of a “miracle” election victory that sparked praise from the US president, soul searching on the left and speculation about what policies he will pursue.
Armed with hobby of plaiting
GIANYAR - Armed with a hobby of plaiting and weaving, Ni Ketut Pujantika Suciani got an idea of making placard from perforated coins or pis bolong in Balinese language. Today, this woman from Sukawati village, Sukawati, also received many orders of placards for student activities and services such as seminars, training, graduation day, competitions, change of management and so on. She explained that perforated coins are complement to the Hindu religious ceremonies in Bali. Arrangement of the perforated coins is not far away from the complementary ornaments of religious ceremonies. The finished product is usually in the form of lamak, festoon, tapakan, and others. “So this perforated coins are actually dominant for ceremonies,” she said when met on Friday (May 17). Suci said that she first tried to make this placard on the event of Mahasabha KMHDI held in Bali. The idea emerged when she thought of offering a special placard to the country’s leaders; one of them was the Chairperson of the Indonesian House of Representatives Marzuki
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Ali and several well-known figures in Bali. With capital of vivacity, she finally determined to arrange perforated coins into padma or octagonal shapes. “In the midst of it, I put on a carved gold-colored cowhide logo. Having been finished, I was very satisfied, and there was a desire to develop it into a business,” she explained. Sure enough, when the placard was handed over at the event, a positive response emerged from her friends consisting of campus activists at that time, so the order began to be received. But over time, her obligations as a student made this business stop for more than a year. Now, after graduating, Suci will return to pioneer this business. “Since the past 2 years the business has been running again and already has a Micro Small Business permit,” said the woman nominated into the top 10 in the independent youth entrepreneurship competition held by the Bali Education Agency 2015. At present, her business can have been successful in opening employment opportunities for young people around her home try-
ing to expand the network beyond the campuses such as student and youth organizations, schools, customary village organization and village youth club.”Until now, the placard enthusiasts of perforated coin souvenir including few organizations have used our products. In addition, several schools, art studio, customary youth organization and village youth clubs in Denpasar, Gianyar and Badung have ordered placards from us,” she said. Today, this perforated coin placard with the brand name Pancadatu has been marketed in Yogyakarta. Being an entrepreneur is recognized to require a courage and creativity. Suci claimed that she was required to always be able to create new works that could attract consumer interest. “Running a business is not just an effort to gain profit, but also a form of application of hobbies. I highly uphold the expression of doing business because of hobbies. When everything is run because of hobbies, every process that goes through will be very pleasant, even when experiencing difficulties,” she concluded. (kmb35)
Morrison’s Liberal-National coalition bucked the polls to secure a victory for the ages, but it remained unclear if he would garner enough votes to have a parliamentary majority or need to govern with the help of independents. The latest incomplete projections from the Australian Electoral Commission on Sunday showed his party at six short of the 76 seats needed for a majority in parliament. Projections by national broadcaster ABC showed the coalition with 73 seats, and leading in the count in four others. The 51-year-old Morrison may yet have to depend on ecologicallyminded independents to pass legislation and manage deep divisions within his fractious coalition with no room for defections. As awed Australian pundits declared Morrison a campaigning “legend”, US President Donald Trump got in on the act, sending a congratulatory tweet. The two men spoke by phone after the results came in, vowing “close cooperation on shared priorities”, according to White House account of the call. Trump’s allies will be quick to claim Morrison’s win as another victory in the global march of populism.
But the results showed a more mixed message from an electorate that appears increasingly split on the significant issues of the day. Brash billionaire Clive Palmer -- who explicitly styled himself on Trump in a free-spending countrywide campaign that promised to “Make Australia Great” -- appears to have failed to win a single parliamentary seat. Ex-prime minister Tony Abbott -- the poster boy for the right wing of the Liberal party -- was unceremoniously turfed out of office after 25 years holding the same seat, with voters opting for a green independent. - Challenging economic outlook Despite his high political stock, Morrison may face a rocky threeyear term. First, he will have to contend with a challenging economic outlook and figure out how to pay for a budget based on improbable growth forecasts. After almost three decades of robust economic growth, Australia’s economy is showing signs of stalling. The central bank is widely expected to cut interest rates when it meets next month, in a bid to counter a housing market dip, stagnant wages and a weakening
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Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison (2R) waves to his supporters following a victory speech with his family after winning the Australia’s general election in Sydney on May 18, 2019. labour market. Morrison finds himself in the unusual position of having made few promises to the electorate beyond extending tax cuts. His campaign was relentless and disciplined -- appearing on the stump before voters day-after-day to warn that the main opposition Labor party would tax voters into oblivion and that its chief, former trade union leader Bill Shorten,
could not be trusted. Enough Australians agreed, offering a clear rebuke of Shorten and his policies. But it is less clear what they voted for. In coal-rich Queensland, voters backed new mining projects that would bring jobs, but which are fiercely opposed in much of the rest of the country. The divisions within Morrison’s Liberals were already clear
to see Sunday, with right and centrist factions racing to fill the policy void. Some demanded an immediate loosening of rules on fossil fuel exploration, while moderates hinted at a rethink of the party’s climate scepticism. “I have to say to you on climate change, it is real. We take it very seriously,” said Morrison’s deputy, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. (afp)
Rahul Gandhi: destiny’s child or an ‘empty suit’?
NEW DELHI - Rahul Gandhi, vying to become the latest prime minister from India’s most famous dynasty, has worked hard
to shed his image as an entitled footloose princeling and political lightweight. But the great-grandson, grand-
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Indian National Congress president Rahul Gandhi
son and son of three past premiers of the world’s biggest democracy still faces a tough task beating Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the elections. No relation to independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, Rahul was born in 1970 when his grandmother Indira Gandhi -- daughter of India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru -- was premier. In 1984, Indira was shot dead by her Sikh bodyguards and she was succeeded by her son Rajiv Gandhi, Rahul’s father. Rajiv was himself assassinated in 1991 by a Tamil suicide bomber when Rahul was 20. Rahul was enrolled at Harvard but dropped out after a year, following his father’s death. He later graduated from Rollins College, Florida and in 1994 earned a master’s degree from Cambridge. While in his 20s, he lived in London, where he worked at a man-
agement consultancy for a time. His Italian-born mother Sonia Gandhi, widow of Rajiv, took charge of the Congress party in 1998 before handing over the reins to Rahul, her first-born, in 2017.
- ‘Empty suit’ Ten years earlier, in 2007, leaked US diplomatic cables said Rahul was viewed as an “empty suit” and “lightweight”, with little known about his political beliefs -- if he had any. But by 2009, the US assessment was now that Gandhi sounded like a “practiced politician who knew how to get his message across and... was comfortable with the nuts and bolts of party organization and vote counting”. “He was precise and articulate and demonstrated a mastery that belied the image some have of Gandhi as a dilettante,” a leaked
cable by senior US diplomat Peter Burleigh said. After Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) crushed Congress at the 2014 election, Gandhi set about reviving and rejuvenating the party, while keeping older hands onside. A speech in the lower house last year drew widespread applause and forced political pundits to take notice. He ended it by giving an uncomfortable-looking Modi a surprise hug. He has also, in contrast to the Hindu nationalist Modi, reached out to Muslim voters and stressed his secular credentials, and also to women, promising to bring legislation setting aside seats in parliament for them. Last December, Congress secured victory in three key state elections, including in Modi’s northern Indian “cow belt” heartland, suddenly making Gandhi look like a serious contender. (afp)
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Travel guide to Charleston, South Carolina, USA
THE small city of Charleston in South Carolina oozes old-world charm, is rich in history and renowned for its ravishing mansions, culinary delights and southern hospitality. You’ll soon see why it’s called “the best mannered city in America”. In Charleston Spring is the season for romance: magnolias and azaleas are blooming and late spring evenings can be balmy enough for candlelit dinners al fresco. Autumn is a good time too. In the sultry summer you’ll want to escape to the beaches south of the city. In winter daytime temperatures hover at around 60F (though it can be chilly), the crowds subside and hotel prices fall. At any time of year the classic way of seeing the city is to hop on board a horse-drawn carriage and clip-clop your way along cobblestoned streets. It’s fun with entertaining commentary from your guide (more likely on infamous Charlestonians than historical data), but you will see far more on foot. Wherever you go, whether it’s merchants’ mansions, fortifications, museums or gardens, there are constant reminders of the city’s
past. Founded by English colonists in 1670 as Charles Towne, named after King Charles II, the city has a long and complex history. It was a key player in the country’s history from colonial times to the Civil War and by the mid-18th century had become hugely wealthy from the cultivation of rice and cotton. Around 40 per cent of the city was built on slave labour and South Carolina was a hotbed of secession. On 12 April 1861 Confederate soldiers fired on Union-occupied Fort Sumter, signalling the start of the Civil War. Charleston is a city for strolling
Historic Charleston’s leafy streets are lined by immaculatelyrestored houses, in Georgian, Italianate, Colonial and Victorian styles. The eight-acre Charleston Waterfront Park is a lovely spot where you can watch sailboats and schooners in the harbour or dip your toes in the cool waters of the iconic Pineapple Fountain. Incidentally, pineapples are a symbol of hospitality and you will see the carved motifs in art and architecture all over the city. The quarter known as South of
Broad (ie Broad Street), stretching to the southern tip of the peninsula, boasts palatial antebellum homes, some open to the public. Rainbow Row is named after the colourful and highly instagrammable row of Georgian houses on 83-107 East Bay Street. Stroll to the southern tip to admire the views from the Battery and peaceful White Point Gardens and visit the beautifully-preserved Edmondston-Alston House. The plantations
No trip to Charleston is complete without a visit to at least one of the plantations around Charleston. Middleton Place is a grand 18th-century rice Plantation, with gorgeous gardens spilling down to the Ashley River and huge oak trees hung with beard-like masses of Spanish moss. The restored house is full of family portraits, silver and furniture, while the Stableyards demonstrate skills of enslaved artisans. Eliza’s House, where slaves lived, shows a list of 2800 enslaved people who worked on Middleton plantations. The less showy McLeod Plantation, two miles from downtown
Charleston, offers the unvarnished truth of the lives of enslaved Africans who worked here. In the old French Quarter the Old Slave Mart, where the enslaved were auctioned, has further harrowing tales to tell. Eating out
Charleston has seen an explosion of restaurants, and foodies are flocking here in droves. Lowcountry cuisine owes a debt to West African and French culinary traditions and is based on rice and abundant seafood. International fare is increasingly available but it would be a shame not to indulge in southern signature dishes such as Shrimp and Grits and She-Crab Soup (a rich, creamy crab soup with a dash of dry sherry). Grits, made from corn that is ground and boiled, are a big deal in the south – and even appear at breakfast. Start the day at Millers for allday breakfast, a former pharmacy offering waffles drizzled with sorghum syrup, a daily grits bowl or steak and eggs. For fancy seafood head for The Ordinary, an oyster and seafood hall within a former bank. Carnivores will love the hog plates at Rodney
Scott’s BBQ; (8-10 pigs are smoked per night) or the best cuts in Charleston at Halls Chophouse. For romance and old-world charm opt for Circa 1886 serving Lowcountry cuisine in the lovely setting of the former carriage house in Wentworth Mansion. End the day with cocktails and live music at Prohibition jazz-age gastro pub. Or dance the shag (yes really, it’s the official state dance of South Carolina!), traditionally danced on the beach under the stars.
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Junior high school still holds graduation farewell NEGARA — Although the Jembrana Education Agency has appealed to the junior high schools and the equivalent schools in Jembrana not to hold a graduation ceremony, there are still those remaining to organize it.
Go shopping in the City Market
The bustling and atmospheric City Market is home to 150 vendors and artisans selling everything from stone-ground grits and feather bow ties to fashions, toys and joggling boards. It’s well-known for weavers of sweetgrass-baskets, originally made to winnow rice on local plantations. The craft originated in West Africa and dates back 300 years. Fashionable King Street is the main shopping thoroughfare: Lower King Street for antiques, Middle King for Fashion, Upper King for Design – with abundant eating and drinking opportunities all the way. (net)
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Jembrana Education Agency has appealed to the junior high schools and the equivalent schools in Jembrana not to hold a graduation ceremony.
For instance, it was held by one of the state junior high schools (SMP) in Jembrana on Friday (May 17). Meanwhile, the students in the farewell with such graduation ceremony concept must put on special attires and makeup. Photos of the activity were also widely disseminated on social media. For that purpose, students will have no choice but pay for makeup artist and prepare the attires. In accordance with the previous meeting, the farewell graduation should be organized simply in the form of a prayer together by using traditional attires to the temple, and not graduation. Responding to this matter, the Head of the Jembrana Education Agency, Ni Nengah Wartini, when asked for her confirmation said that since the beginning of last week, the agency already instructed schools, especially junior high schools, to hold a farewell in a simple manner and even if there are art performances they should comply with the potential owned by the school. And the matter was already agreed upon by all the schools. The agency did not know about the implementation of graduation ceremony held at one of the state junior high schools (SMPN). Actually, the agency has appealed to the schools in order to prevent any complaints later on. “We convey this appeal in response to what is happening in the community, we do not just pursue the trend,” she affirmed. The agency admitted to be summoning the principal to follow up on this matter. (kmb26)
Pigsty to spread fertilizers sued at IDR 2.9 billion GIANYAR — Breeding and gardening become the daily life of I Nyoman Suastawa after retiring from his profession as high school teacher a few months ago. However, when starting to raise pigs on his own land, this 60-year-old man was surprised by a lawsuit of the hotel located adjacent to his land whereas the pigsty he made is for the spread of fertilizer. The lawsuit related to the pigsty reaches IDR 5 billion, but after mediation the hotel demanded compensation of IDR 2.9 billion. “Of course, I was surprised at first, the price of my land is not comparable to demand,” said I Nyoman Suastawa on Friday (May 17). Suastawa told that from his grandmother he has used to raise pigs on the land of around 0.40 hectare near the hotel. Moreover, since his childhood, he was taken to raise cattle and pigs around the land area. “In the past, we made pigsty by using wooden fences, while others only tied their livestock. Now, I make a semi-permanent pigsty measuring 2.5x3 meters, where the floor is made from concrete and fenced with iron that can be moved. The poles are using bamboo and the roof is zinc sheet,” he said. Nestled on the land area, there are a number of scattered pigsty, where the upper part has two
pigsties, a cowshed, and beneath there is a pigsty. Well, one of the pigsties containing two pigs is what the hotel complained about. When asked about the reason for the scattered pigsties, Suastawa admitted that other than raising livestock, he also farms. The waste of livestock manure is taken advantage as fertilizer for his banana garden. With such scattered locations of the pigsties, it facilitates him to access manure for the banana garden. “So, I just need to spread this manure around the pigsties, in the upper and lower corner like that as well,” he explained. He added the garden around the pigsties complained about by the hotel is indeed drying out so it needs more fertilizers. He said that currently fertilizers from pigs and cattle are considered good for his banana garden. “This fertilizer is good for my garden, as proven by the results of my garden. My seedy banana garden indeed needs this fertilizer, maybe it’s different from vegetable gardens that are less resistant to fertilizer,” he said after gardening accompanied by his wife Ni Nyoman Retiani. He said that his garden is just harvested for the leaves. They are routinely taken by collectors every three or four weeks. The leaves are then distributed to a number
of public markets in Gianyar and Denpasar. “From all of my land, the harvest is done every three weeks with the current prices in the range of over two million. But it also depends on the season, if in dry season the harvest may be carried out in four weeks. Right now, the harvest is carried out every three weeks,” he said. Well, from all those processes, this father of two sons also stressed that he has no intention to make a pigsty to disturb the hotel-owned restaurant. Suastawa deliberately made a pigsty just to fertilize his banana garden. “Intentionally disturbing the hotel is not my intention,” said this grandfather of three grandchildren. The sudden lawsuit filed by hotel management made him surprised because the pigsty is considered disturbing tourists at hotel. However, between his garden and the restaurant is just limited with bamboo planted by the hotel itself. Besides, between these two fields is also limited by footpaths. “All this time, I have also tried to spread fertilizer away from the hotel, even I’ve drained the water away from the hotel with the hope it will not disturb there,” he said. Meanwhile, Head the Panel of Judges, A.F.S. Dewantoro, justified there is a lawsuit against a farmer
to the Gianyar District Court. The trial process for the case of No. 424 / Pdt.G / 2018 / PN Gin had already been carried out several times. “Earlier (Thursday of May 16) a hearing was the reading of the defendant, while the trial for the plaintiff will be held next week,” he said. He added that after receiving the lawsuit, he had also checked the location at Buahan village,
Payangan. The pigsty measuring 2,5x3 meters was just built earlier this year on private land owned by I Nyoman Suastawa, while the hotel’s restaurant has been around since 2005. “The distance of the pigsty from the hotel’s restaurant is around 7 meters, so it’s pretty close,” explained the judge who is also Deputy Head of the Gianyar District Court. (kmb35)
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It is the pigsty of I Nyoman Suastawa sued billions of rupiahs by a hotel at Buahan village, Payangan subdistrict.
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Visiting Badung River
While looking at the condition of the river, Joko Widodo
greatly appreciated to the arrangement of the Badung River
bank. With such arrangement, it will be able to change the habits
of people previously dumping garbage into the river, but now it no longer exists. Besides, he hoped the water of Badung River needs to be cleared up. “The water must be clear,” said President Joko Widodo. He also immediately ordered
the Minister of Public Works and Housing to provide a water purifier. “The president has asked the Minister of Public Works and Housing to help us purify the water,” said the Mayor of Denpasar, Rai Mantra. (kmb)
Joko Widodo praises Kutuh village
A model of success story in village fund management much as IDR 50 billion. “Here is an example how the village funds can trigger the economy in the region. So, people can really enjoy the benefits,” said President Joko Widodo on Friday (May 17) when inspecting the construction of the Ketut Lotri Square at Kutuh village developed into sport tourism. The work visit is a review of the utilization of village funds at Kutuh village in 2018, which was used for the development of sport tourism at Gunung Payung Cultural Park area, which collaborates
with the Kutuh customary village. In his 30-minute visit, President Jokowi assessed that what was done by Kutuh village can actually be copied by other places having similarities, such as Sumatra, Java and other regions. Kutuh village is a success model of a village in managing village funds for the benefit of the community. “Now, it remains in the development stage and when this project has accomplished it will have very good prospects,” he concluded. He explained that Kutuh village
was once a poor village and has now succeeded to alleviate poverty line. For this reason, he explained that each village does not need to get trapped in the 4.0 industrial revolution because there are certain segments that can be worked on by the villages or regions that sometimes the segments have not many competitors and can even actually benefit the villages. The work visit of president was also accompanied by Ministry of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Areas and Transmigra-
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MANGUPURA - President Joko Widodo considered Kutuh village to be one of the villages having been succeeded in utilizing village funds for the welfare of its people. In 2018, the use of village funds at Kutuh village was concentrated on the development of sport tourism. For instance, it rented out square for international competition like paragliding which could produce IDR 800 million a year. So, such business contributed revenue to the village business as
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Joko Widodo promises water purification machine DENPASAR - The arrival of the Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Denpasar was not only at the Badung Market. However, President Joko Widodo who was received by the Mayor of Denpasar IB Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra also had time to visit Kumbasari Park in the Badung River. Moreover, the president had time to sit casually on the edge of the river while chatting for a while with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Regional Secretary of the City of Denpasar.
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On the heels of its reimagined global design strategy, Renaissance Hotels, part of Marriott International, today announced its continued brand evolution with a new “Discover This Way” marketing campaign that reinforces the brand’s promise of delivering the unexpected. To celebrate, Renaissance Hotels helped guests uncover the soul of neighborhoods around the world with exclusive experiences and perks from the brand’s This Way partners on the 8th annual Global Day of Discovery that took place on Thursday, May 16. The brand will also begin to introduce a new visual identity for the first time in nearly eight years, which will reflect what Renaissance Hotels offers today: a sense of clever theatricality and an open invitation to experience something a little unexpected during guests’ travels. This year’s annual Global Day of Discovery celebration, which took place at 160 hotels in more than 35 countries, spotlighted the Renaissance Hotel Navigator, who – counter to a typical concierge – knows how to show guests how to
discover destinations like a local by handpicking discoveries that cannot be found in a guidebook. “We have been on a mission to continue to evolve what Renaissance Hotels offers today, and this year’s Global Day of Discovery and new “Discover This Way” campaign officially marks a new era for the brand,” said George Fleck, Vice President of Global Brand Marketing & Management, Renaissance Hotels. “Today’s travelers want to feel like they’ve experienced the DNA of the neighborhood in the destination they are visiting and make the most of their trip. With help from our This Way neighborhood partners, we are committed to giving travelers something a little bit unexpected every step along their journey.” Developed and produced by creative agency Venables Bell + Partners collaboratively with the Renaissance Hotels’ marketing team and based on consumer insights, the brand’s new “Discover This Way” campaign was inspired by the idea that every trip can be a tale. From the brand’s surprising
approach to design, to its original take on cocktails and its team of local Navigators, Renaissance Hotels will help its global travelers make the most of every stay. Directed by Jojo Zunke and tuned to Judith Hill’s yet-to-be released single “Upside,” which will premiere in this campaign, the :60 hero film centers on a hotel guest as he follows a bespoke path plotted by the Navigator using footprints, taking him on a spontaneous journey through Renaissance’s neighborhoods around the world. The guest moves rhythmically as he follows the sequence of footsteps – inspired by guided steps in a local dance class – discovering the neighborhood through playful, unexpected twists and turns. Led by the hero film that will premiere during Global Day of Discovery, shorter executions that showcase each of the brand’s pillars of evenings, theatrical design and neighborhood will roll out across a variety of platforms around the globe.
Navigators Uncover Local Haunts for Guests on Global Day of Discovery, with Experiences That Go Beyond the Convention of Travel Beginning on Global Day of Discovery and continuing regularly thereafter, Renaissance Hotels across the globe collaborate with a diverse group of local businesses and notable personalities who embody the soul of the neighborhood to serve as This Way partners. Each This Way partner will help give travelers a glimpse into Renaissance Hotels’ storied neighborhoods, highlighting the style, eats and beats of the destinations. Upon check-in, guests will be given a Navigator map leading travelers to hidden gems, along with a token for travelers to present to these local establishments in order to access exclusive perks. To punctuate the new “Discover This Way” campaign and 8th annual Global Day of Discovery, Renaissance Hotels shined a light
on New York City, where the brand is set to expand its footprint with openings in Chelsea in Fall 2019, as well as Flushing and Harlem in 2020. Renaissance New York Chelsea South Hotel, a new build on the former Antiques Garage Flea Market site, will give a winkand-nod to the neighboring floral district, while Renaissance Flushing LaGuardia Airport will be the brand’s first hotel in Queens and will underscore the brand’s commitment to re-imagining the staid airport hotel experience. Renaissance Harlem Hotel will restore and playfully reimagine the Loew’s Victoria Theater, which was at the center of the vibrant “Harlem Renaissance” era in the 1920s and 1930s when art began to flourish in northern Manhattan. Some of Renaissance Hotels’ most passionate future neighbors in Harlem will help give travelers a glimpse into this iconic neighborhood, highlighting its underground style, eats and beats.
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Harvey Keitel to play Meyer Lansky in gangster biopic CANNES - Veteran US actor Harvey Keitel is headlining a new biopic about Jewish mobster Meyer Lansky, who was a close friend and contemporary of notorious gangster Bugsy Siegel, the distributors said Saturday. Entitled “Lansky”, the film focuses on the latter part of his life when the now retired-boss of Murder Inc. was in his 70s and living anonymously in Florida’s Miami Beach, Voltage Pictures said. When Lansky takes on a journalist to tell his story, played by “Avatar” actor Sam Worthington, the FBI use him as bait to entrap the underworld kingpin whom they suspect of stashing away millions. The film is in pre-production with shooting due to start in August. Keitel is known for playing hard-boiled tough guys, taking on roles in cult classics such as Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs” (1992) and “Pulp Fiction” (1994), but also starring in Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning “The Piano” (1993). The picture is being directed by Eytan Rockaway, who wrote the script based on a story by Israeli director Ido Fluk and writer/producer Sharon Mashihi. Although the screenplay is partly fictional, Fluk’s story was partially based on interviews with Lansky by the director’s father, history professor Robert Rockaway. “He interviewed Lansky for his research spanning decades for classes that he teaches, and lectures that he gives around the world,” the director wrote in an email. In 1993, his father published a book called “But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters”. “Eytan’s fierce talent and unparalleled access to the psyche of Meyer Lansky will elevate ‘Lansky’ to genre-best status,” said Voltage’s chief operating officer and president Jonathan Deckter, describing it as a “mind-blowing story”. Born in 1902, Lansky moved to the United States with his parents at the age of nine and by his mid-teens, he was already running a gang with Siegel and went on to play a key role in liquor smuggling, gambling and guns for hire. With the FBI hot on his trail and fearing a grand jury summons and prosecution for tax fraud, he tried to flee to Israel in 1970 but after a year or so was deported back to the US. He died of lung cancer in 1983 and was buried in Miami after an Orthodox Jewish ceremony. (afp)
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German star in Cannes a go-to actor for Hollywood
CANNES - He’s played an SS assassin for Quentin Tarantino and shared a bed with Angelina Jolie in a spy thriller. While you might not know his name, you’re about to hear an awful lot more about August Diehl. In his first starring role at Cannes, the German actor has stepped into the role of a lifetime as anti-Nazi martyr Franz Jaegerstaetter in “A Hidden Life”, a World War II truestory adaptation by Hollywood legend Terrence Malick. The notoriously reclusive Malick, who rarely gives interviews or shows his face on the red carpet, is expected to skip the Cannes limelight, leaving Diehl to play ambassador for the film. But the secretive director may
well be in town, with an apparent sighting of him walking down La Croisette late Friday in the company of two men. The picture is billed as a return to narrative form for Malick, the director of “Badlands” and “The Thin Red Line”, after the philosophical musings of recent films including his 2011 Cannes winner “The Tree of Life” starring Brad Pitt. In the film, Diehl portrays the Austrian conscientious objector Jaegerstaetter, who refused to serve in Hitler’s army on religious grounds and was sentenced to death at age 36.
As for most German-speaking actors with Hollywood dreams, World War II is rarely far away as a subject. Diehl, 43, burst onto the international scene with a small but iconic part in Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” next to Austria’s Christoph Waltz, who would win an Oscar for his portrayal of the erudite, vicious SS Colonel Hans Landa. At his side, Diehl played Landa’s brash counterpart Dieter Hellstrom, a Gestapo officer stationed in France. In a pivotal scene in a tavern, Hellstrom unmasks Michael Fassbender’s character as a British spy by the way he orders a round of drinks. (afp)
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In this file photo taken on March 27, 2019 employees work on Boeing 737 MAX airplanes at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington. Boeing said on May 16, 2019 that it completed its software update on the 737 MAX after two deadly crashes resulted in a global grounding of the aircraft. The proposed fix must now win approval from US and international regulators before the planes can return to service.
Boeing acknowledges flaw in 737 MAX simulator software
Boeing acknowledged Saturday it had to correct flaws in its 737 MAX flight simulator software used to train pilots, after two deadly crashes involving the aircraft that killed 346 people. “Boeing has made corrections to the 737 MAX simulator software and has provided additional information to device operators to ensure that the simulator experience is representative across different flight conditions,” it said in a statement. The company did not indicate
when it first became aware of the problem, and whether it informed regulators. Its statement marked the first time Boeing acknowledged there was a design flaw in software linked to the 737 MAX, whose MCAS anti-stall software has been blamed in large part for the Ethio-
pian Airlines tragedy. According to Boeing, the flight simulator software was incapable of reproducing certain flight conditions similar to those at the time of the Ethiopian Airlines crash in March or the Lion Air crash in October. The company said the latest “changes will improve the simulation of force loads on the manual trim wheel,” a rarely used manual wheel to control the plane’s angle.
“Boeing is working closely with the device manufacturers and regulators on these changes and improvements, and to ensure that customer training is not disrupted,” it added. Southwest Airlines, a major 737 MAX customer with 34 of the aircraft in its fleet, told AFP it expected to receive the first simulator “late this year.” The planes have been grounded around the world, awaiting ap-
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