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Monday, May 21, 2018
A Bob Dylan guitar fetches $495,000 at auction
NEW YORK - A guitar that played a key role in Bob Dylan’s artistic evolution from folk music to rock fetched a half million at auction on Saturday. The guitar, a 1965 Fender Telecaster that belonged to Robbie Robertson, Dylan’s guitarist, was used by Dylan, Eric Clapton and George Harrison, Julien’s Auctions said Saturday. It had been expected to fetch between $400,000 and $600,000. The guitar marked the singer’s path from folk stylings like “The Times They Are A-Changin’” (1964), to electric rock, like his 1965 hit “Like a Rolling Stone.” Other famous guitars went under the hammer on Saturday: George Harrison’s first electric guitar, a $40,000 Hofner Club 40, and a Fender Telecaster rosewood guitar made for Elvis Presley in 1968, priced at a cool $115,200. More than 40 years after his death, Elvis items still fetch a handsome price. A heavily decorated Elvis belt, which he wore during a concert in Hawaii in 1972, sold for $354,400. A star-shaped diamond ring donated by Elvis to an admirer at a concert in 1975 brought in a sparkly $100,000. The sale also included show costumes that belonged to artists from Elton John, to Britney Spears and Michael Jackson. A leather jacket and pants suit from the late “Thriller” singer, with a yellow shirt, brought in $217,600, Julien said. (afp)
Monday, May 21, 2018
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British actress Thandie Newton (R) and US actor Donald Glover pose as they leave the Festival Palace on May 15, 2018.
Childish Gambino: America’s new favorite Donald?
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood’s latest sensation Donald Glover, eyebrow arched with the detached insouciance of a rockstar but the poise of a chess grandmaster, is trying to guess which surname Google auto-suggests when his first name is typed. “Trump? Glover? I mean, are we going in order? Trump, Duck and then Glover,” he asks. Whisper it in Alabama, Kentucky or Oklahoma -shout it in his home state of Georgia -- but the answer is Glover, not Trump, and entertainment’s latest Renaissance man looks pleasantly surprised. An accomplished actor, Glover is better known to rapt teenagers the world over as US hip hop phenomenon Childish Gambino.
“Oh, wow. I did it,” he laughs, practicing the ear-to-ear grin he’ll need if he ever adds an Oscar or a Tony to a trophy cabinet already groaning under the weight of Emmys, Golden Globes and a Grammy Award. It has been quite a week for the 34year-old actor, writer, producer, director, rapper, singer, DJ and comedian as he sits down with AFP to discuss his role as a young Lando Calrissian in “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”
At the time of the interview, Glover’s latest graphic music video “This is America” had racked up 100 million views in a week on YouTube, with its powerful takes on gun violence, racism and police brutality. Every entertainment publication worth its salt has contributed to the white noise on what the enigmatic Glover could possibly have meant and how to interpret his edgy imagery. (afp)
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Lava from a Kilauea volcano fissure erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island on May 19, 2018 in Kapoho, Hawaii. The U.S. Geological Survey said the volcano erupted explosively on May 17 launching a plume about 30,000 feet into the sky.
Rural Hawaii communities face various volcano threats
PAHOA - In the weeks since Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano began erupting, dozens of homes have burned from oozing lava, people have fled their homes and plumes of steam from the summit have shot skyward, prompting officials to distribute face masks to protect against ash particles. Lava flows have grown more vigorous in recent days and there’s concern more homes may burn and more evacuations may be ordered. Still, scientists can’t say whether lava flows from nearly two dozen fissures will continue to advance, or stop. “We have no way of knowing whether this is really the beginning or toward the end of this eruption,” said Tom Shea, a volcanologist at the University of Hawaii. “We’re kind of all right now in this world of uncertainty.” In addition to ash fallout from explosions and the threat of lava crossing main highways, officials warned of another hazard Saturday as a flow advanced southeast to the ocean: Laze. “Laze is when hot lava hits the ocean sending hydrochloric acid
and steam with fine glass particles in the air,” the Hawaii County Civil Defense agency said in an update to the public. The area affected by lava and ash is small compared to the Big Island, which is about 4,000 square miles (10,360 square kilometers). Most of the island and the rest of the Hawaiian chain is unaffected by the volcanic activity on Kilauea. State and local officials have been reminding tourists that flights in and out of the entire state, including the Big Island, have not been impacted. Even on the Big Island, most tourist activities are still available and businesses are open. Evacuation orders for two neighborhoods with nearly 2,000 people were given after a first fissure opened on May 3. Officials have been warning neighboring commu-
nities to be prepared to evacuate. A handful of people were trapped when a flow crossed a road Friday. Some had to be airlifted to safety. “They shouldn’t be in that area,” said County Managing Director Wil Okabe. Lava flows have become faster as fresher magma mixed with decades-old magma. The change is attributed to new magma mixing with 1955-era magma in the ground, creating hotter and more fluid flows, scientists said. By Saturday morning, two of 22 fissures had merged, creating a wide flow advancing at rates of up to 300 yards (274 meters) per hour. Aerial footage from the USGS showed fast-moving lava advancing to the southeast. The flow was 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) from the
ocean, scientists said. In the background, the footage showed lava fountaining 328 feet (100 meters) high at one of the fissures. The fountains are created by vents closing, forcing magma to burst through a single outpoint, Stovall said. Civil Defense Administrator Talmadge Magno said a man suffered a “serious” leg injury Saturday when he was hit with a lava spatter while sitting on his porch near the Lanipuna Garden subdivision, the Star-Advertiser reported. Edwin Montoya, who lives with his daughter on her farm near the site where lava crossed the road and cut off access, said the fissure opened and grew quickly. “It was just a little crack in the ground, with a little lava coming out,” he said. “Now it’s a big crater that opened up where the small little crack in the ground was.” The Big Island volcano released a small explosion at its summit just
before midnight Friday, sending an ash cloud 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) into the sky. The USGS’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said eruptions that create even minor amounts of ashfall could occur at any time. This follows the more explosive eruption Thursday, which emitted ash and rocks thousands of feet into the sky. No one was injured and there were no reports of damaged property. It came two weeks after the volcano began sending lava flows into neighborhoods 25 miles (40 kilometers) to the east of the summit. (ap) 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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Apuan village sets Kecak Dance to unite youths
BANGLI - Kecak dance is still preserved by people of Apuan village, Susut. For people at the local village, kecak dance is not just a cultural heritage to be preserved. More than that, kecak dance is a means or medium to unite the youths.
Not long ago, the kecak dance was displayed by hundreds of youths of Apuan village in the Captain Mudita Square of Bangli coinciding with the 814th anniversary of Bangli. The kecak dance performed at that time featured the Ramayana epic story. The kecak dance performance by the art troupe of Apuan village managed to attract the attention of hundreds of spectators. Chief of customary youth club of Apuan Kelod hamlet, Apuan, Ketut Ardana, said the kecak dance at Apuan village has existed for a long time. However, the dance is quite rarely performed. At the initiative of the local figures at Apuan village, the dance performed by tens to hundreds of male dancers is currently revived. “The kecak dance is revived based on the initiative of village figures,” he said recently. Ardana said that in addition to preserving traditional arts, the efforts to revive the kecak dance are carried
Kecak Dance in Apuan Village, Bangli
out to strengthen the unity of the youth at Apuan village. Through the staging of kecak dance in Captain Mudita Square, the youth of four hamlets namely the Apuan Kaja, Apuan Kelod, Bangun Lemah Kangin and Bangun Lemah Kawan can be united through the performance of attractive kecak dance. Meanwhile, headman of Apuan, Made Cerita, who was interviewed separately, said that the main goal of the village to revive the kecak dance is to preserve the Balinese traditional dance as rarely staged in recent times. In addition, the revival of the kecak dance is meant to unite the youth from all the hamlets of Apuan village. “Although they have united all this time, we want to further strengthen the sense of unity,” said Carita. To present the kecak dance performance in the Bangli anniversary recently, they took about ten days to do the exercise. Moreover, the exercise was only held at night. He told that although the kecak dance performance was not maximal, to him it does not matter. The most important thing is to unite the youth and come up with the name of Apuan village. He admitted to be continuously encouraging the youth and preserving kecak dance, so the dance can still exist in the community. (kmb40)
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The fife fighters are putting out the flame on Labrita Adinda Vessel
70 percent belongs to used ships
NEGARA - Fire incident exposed to Labitra Adinda passenger motor vessel in Bali Strait added to a series of sea accidents at the crossing line connecting Java Island to Bali Island. Within the past ten years, it has been recorded several sea accidents and some of them even claimed casualties. From the record of Bali Post, the most terrible incident occurred in 2016 where the Rafelia 2 drowned in the Bali Strait. The sea crash killed six people and dozens of vehicles sank. Two of the victims were a mother and her baby. Two years after the sea crash, a number of evaluations were made. One of them is by requiring all passengers to fill in the identity to complete the manifest. Besides, it is equipped with weighbridge in each counter, especially for cars and freight vehicles. Thus, it can be ascertained the weight of vehicle freight that will go to the ship. Currently, the crossing with an inter-island distance range of about seven miles is one of the most crowded crossing lines in Indonesia. A total of 56 ships are ready to use, but to anticipate the crowded crossing, only 32 ships are maximally operated. This crossing line is also susceptible to ship dragged by sea currents as the strait has the characteristics of strong sea currents both in the Ketapang and Gilimanuk Harbor. Not infrequently, almost every month there is an incident of ship dragged by sea current to ship running aground. Executive Manager of Gilimanuk Harbor (UPP), Nyoman Suryantha, when met on Friday (May 18) justified that natural factors often trigger the problems where one of them is foundered ship. “In the Bali Strait, the weather is fast changing. Yesterday when the incident (of ship fire) the crossing was shrouded in fog,” he explained.
So, according to him, the skipper must be observant when the strong current occurs. Suryantha admitted that almost 70 percent of the ships operated are second-hand ships imported from overseas. “It looks new, but in truth it is just newly painted. Actually, it’s a used item whose year of production is before 2000. However, all ships have already owned a permit,” he added. Related to the year of manufacture, the UPP did not record but each ship holds the document. Strict checking or supervision whether related to physical checking of the ships or ship administration that will sail has even been made. Associated with the fire incident to Labitra Adinda owned by PT Karya Maritim Indonesia, according to him, based on the coordination it was alleged to have been triggered by electric short circuit in the rear engine of the ship. He said that it is just an allegation because the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) will conduct an investigation. Meanwhile, based on the record of UPP Post at Gilimanuk Harbor, the Labitra Adinda was on fire in the second trip. Based on the results of checking by the officers in accordance with the SOP before sailing both administration and physical condition of the vessel have been declared feasible. The vessel has also got sailing approval document (SPB) at 14:30. The ship was on fire after sailing for an hour or when it was about to anchoring at Ketapang Harbor. Of the several times of incidents in the Bali Strait, according to him, they were dominantly caused by natural factors. As reported earlier, the Labitra Adinda was on fire in the waters of the Ketapang Harbor. It carried five units of large trucks, a small car, five units of tronton truck, two motorcycles and 25 passengers. (kmb)
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Ramadhan Kareem! A perfect month to spread the kindness and reach His blessing.Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center unveiled a Ramadan promotion. “Start from Ramadan Special, it consisting of Ta’jil menu, we have prepared it for those who would like to have breakfasting together with their family, friends, and colleagues but would not be missed maghrib and tarawih prayer. Our kitchen team provided a tempting menu like date fruits, green ba-
nana ice, cendol ice, coconut ice, variant of layer cakes, green tea cake, spring rolls, samosa, grilled chicken wing, and etc. It cost IDR 50.000 nett/ pax with minimum order 25 pax.” Said Ady Suardy – Assistant Restaurant Manager at Jempiring Restaurant on Ramadan Launches. The hotel also provides the breakfasting buffet, beside ta’jil menu included, staring from the selections of local soups such as oxtail soup, fish ball soup, and
soto Bandung. The wide variety of main course; Asian crispy, dabudabu grilled fish, balado grilled chicken, beef tongseng, garlic steam fish, and etc. Those dishes are complemented with variety of sambal, pickles, and crackers. Your breakfasting moment will be completed with sliced of seasonal fruits, traditional sweets, and pudding. Beside food promotion, the hotel also offers room package during the holy month at Studio
Room and 1-Bedroom Suite, which is included sahur & ta’jil for 2 pax. For small family is advisable to choose 2- Bedroom Suite, because the living room and bedroom are separate for their convenience, and inclusive sahur and ta’jil for 4 pax. Period of stay until 14 June 2018. For the families who have planned to spend their holiday in Bali, Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center offers Lebaran Package – 3 days 2 nights stay.
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3 unmissable places to visit in Zimbabwe HARARE - Following the removal of Mugabe, Zimbabwe is opening its doors to tourism. We visit the Matobo National Park, the stone city of Great Zimbabwe and Victoria Falls. Matobo National Park
We are in the Matobo National Park in South West Zimbabwe where science and technology are combining with traditional knowledge not only to protect the rhino but to enable visitors to get close to them on foot. We manage in the early morning light to find and walk to within 20 metres of a “bachelor’” herd of three young males and a younger female who eye us cautiously but not with any apparent hostility. Then, perhaps inevitably, someone stumbles or steps on a twig and the herd takes off, but fortunately not in our direction. We have the obligatory armed ranger alongside us but no-one wants to put his skills to the test. Back at the vehicle Norman tells us more about the preservation projects including a de-horning programme, a shoot-to-kill policy to tackle poaching and the involvement of the local community. Guest donations, for example, are given to the village every month but not if any animals have “disappeared” in the meantime. The stone city of Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has much to offer, both natural and man-made. An example of the latter is Great Zimbabwe near Masvingo in the South East, the ruins of an extraordinary stone city created by the Bantu civilisation between the 11th and 15th centuries, once home to kings, their 200 wives and up to 20,000 of their subjects. The word Zimbabwe is a combination of Zi (big), mba (house) and bwe (stone); the designation “great” is to distinguish it from the 250 other “big houses of stone” scattered around the country. So significant is the place to the people’s sense of their history that the word was an almost automatic choice for the country’s name after independence in 1980. They say its scale – the site covers 200 acres – and its architectural achievements – the valley enclosure has 11 metre high walls of 15,000 tons of stone all built without mortar – should rank it only a little lower than other giant stone structures like the Pyramids and Angkor Wat. The difference is that although this too is a UNESCO World Heritage Site it is relatively unknown outside the country. Victoria Falls
Our trip culminated in Victoria Falls for which no TV or any other medium can properly prepare you. Known to the locals as Mosi oa Tunya, “the smoke that thunders”, the sound and the spray can be seen and heard even as you drive into the village. Close up the sight is staggering. At the end of the wet season in March and April an unimaginable 500 million litres of the Zambezi river cascade over the rocks every minute along six differently named sections. At some points, the spray which can rise to over 1600 ft is so voluminous you can barely see through it. Even the full length hooded raincoats you’re provided with cannot stop you getting soaking wet. An unexpected enchantment are all the rainbows which suddenly appear and as suddenly vanish. You can bungee jump off the bridge which spans the river and links Zimbabwe to Zambia or zipwire across it or swing out over it or edge along the walkway which runs underneath. Or you can just be there – for me the place was more than enough of an adrenaline rush though I did splurge on a 13 minute helicopter flight for another dazzling perspective. (net)
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Radicalism unable to evolve well
DENPASAR - Radicalism is not a new ‘stuff.’ It has existed even since the Soeharto’s era. However, radicalism is not able to evolve well in Indonesia because Indonesian citizens have a high nationalism. “It has been proved until these days that our country is still standing rigidly. In other words, the people having radicalism are not able to grow because all components of Indonesian societies go hand in hand in defending the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI),” he Dr. Gede Wirata, the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Ngurah Rai University (UNR) on Saturday (May 19). The Indonesian fighters had defended the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia with their last drop of blood. Now, it is time for the next generation to defend it. Although there are still a small number of people who embrace such radicalism, the percentage is not in a critical condition because the NKRI is proved to have been firmly established to date. “The presence of small ripples in state’s living is fair. Surely, this also occurs in any country,” he said. Although being in non-critical situation, the public must still increase vigilance to ward off radicalism as happened to the bomb terror in Surabaya. Though some people still have different understandings and re-surfaced. The actions of a handful of these people must always be alerted by reinforcing a sense of unity. Although committed by a handful of people, it can potentially break the NKRI if abandoned. The idea of radicalism with the peak in the Surabaya bomb action resurfaced after the Sarinah terror in 2016. The bomb terror precisely occurred ahead of the election of regional leaders and president. The growing issue in social media associated that Surabaya bomb terror had something to do with political interests. However, this was denied by Wirata. According to him, the
Dr. Gede Wirata
bomb terror due to political interests is certainly different from the bomb terror because of the prevailing radicalism. “I think it will make people have antipathy. They (the politicians concerned) do not take care of such things as having a different struggle,” he concluded. Bomb terror may be linked to political interests considering it approaches the election of president and regional leaders. “I think the interests are different. In my analysis, everything may have its own interest, but the bomb is unlikely to be of political interest so far,” he added. The bomb terror due to the influence of radicalism aims to show off itself at the national and international level that there is radicalism in Indonesia. Radicalism followers want to build an image in Indonesia because during Soeharto’s era it was eradicated. After the reform order, such understanding re-appeared because of democracy with excessive freedom. “This is the time for them to show off that they are not dead and still exist,” he said. During Suharto’s era, there was Petrus or mysterious shooter policy. At that time, bodies were found everywhere but were not exposed. It happened because the press was silenced. “But now, the freedom is excessive,” he said. Therefore, in this reform order the press is expected to publicize something balanced. If people do not understand, they will be consumed by the news in the media. The press plays an important role to inform and provide balanced information so that people can understand. In addition, some people still have limited knowledge so that not all of them can accept. Although having entered globalization era, not all Indonesian people know it. In the mountainous areas, people are still very poor with information. Moreover, the Internet connection has not reached the entire regions of Bali. (kmb42)
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Barong brutuk of Terunyan village
Cultural heritage of Pejukutan village similar to barong brutuk Listibya seeks to revitalize
SEMARAPURA - Cultural Advisory and Development Assembly (Listibya) of Klungkung district seeks to revitalize the unique cultural heritage owned by Pejukutan village, Nusa Penida. The cultural heritage is in the form of barong brutuk like the one found at Terunyan village, Kintamani. If the barong brutuk of Terunyan village has costume made from dry banana leaves or keraras (Balinese), the barong of Pejukutan village in Nusa Penida uses young coconut leaves. This cultural heritage estimated to have existed since the 1890s also has a similar function to the barong brutuk at Terunyan, namely as a sacred dance to neutralize disease outbreaks in the community or commonly known as nangkluk merana. Chief of Listibya Klungkung, I Dewa Gede Alit Saputra, when interviewed recently revealed that to revitalize the cultural heritage, he and the team had already come down directly to the Pejukutan village. He had time to interview the local headman who happens to be the artist involved. From the results of interviews, it is known if the cultural heritage remains to be stored in a temple at Pejukutan village. “The shape is similar to rangda. Actually, he does not have the term of barong brutuk,” he said. To dance the barong locally known as Durga, he said the prospective dancers have to go through the ritual process first. Prospective dancers should wait in the grave before wearing costume of young coconut
leaf and given offerings. Until now, this barong called Durga is often danced every Tumpek Kandang (ritual for cattle). Usually, people will come while bringing their cattle in order to get the sprinkles of holy water of the barong danced. Thus, people believe their cattle will survive from the plague. “We call this barongshaped dance Barong Brutuk of Nusa Penida version. It is also performed on Kuningan Day,” he said. Since it is still often staged on certain days, Dewa Alit had confidence if the cultural heritage will not become extinct. He just quite regretted as the shape of the barong is changed. Formerly, the costumes of the barong brutuk of Nusa Penida version used young coconut leaves, but now it has been changed with other materials such leaf fiber of prasok or Balinese pandan. When asked why the costumes are not returned to the original ones? The informant answered simply because almost no one wanted to continue it because of ignorance and the difficulty of generation to understand about the heritage. With more practical consideration, then they made the hair ornaments and others from the prasok. To prevent the shape change from not going further, Listibya also has offered to local headman the reconstruction of the cultural heritage. To be able to reconstruct, it must pass through the village meeting because the existence of barong is related to the local belief. “Listibiya has the capacity to provide consideration and coaching. Such an authority absolutely lies in the local community. Listibiya keeps trying to convince people in order to be returned to the original one,” he added. (kmb40)
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Agricultural problems and obstacles in Bali unresolved
DENPASAR - The problems and obstacles of agriculture in Bali have not been resolved yet. It’s no wonder if the agriculture has not been able to prosper farmers in Bali. The Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) Bali formulated a number of problems and causes. Chairman of HKTI Bali, Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Suparta, said that Bali remains an agricultural area other than tourism area. Based on the data in 2017 of the Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS) the wetland area only amounts to 79,526 hectares (14.11 percent). With the increasing reduction in agricultural land area, there are opportunities for agricultural products from outside to come in. The growing number of agricultural products from outside entering Bali, whether the raw, semi-finished or finished products, has met the consumer’s choice. Meanwhile, the anticipation and protection of Balinese people to their own agricultural products stay low. “If this is not immediately done by government regulation, it will potentially marginalize Balinese farmers,” he said recently. Implementation of technology has not been maximized. So, the productivity of some commodities has not been maximized although the physical infrastructure and facilities of Bali’s agriculture have better conditions and agricultural production technology is quite available. Unfortunately, not all of them are well utilized. Increased flow of agricultural land conversion tends to be out of control because the government is indecision in applying the Regional
Regulation on the Bali Regional Spatial Planning (RTRWP). He also noticed the increasingly weak subak (irrigation cooperative) existence. The sale and purchase transactions of land in his territory have led to the release of land rights, and the land conversion is increasingly uncontrolled whereas subak has proved tough in advancing Bali’s agricultural business. Young people have low interest in pursuing the agricultural sector because it is considered less able to provide assurance of changes in the living standards and better social status in the future. Government policy in agricultural sector remains considered to be inadequate to side in farmers. Therefore, the agricultural sector seems to have been marginalized. “Poor innovation and lack of specific community orientation towards agricultural sector are believed to be closely related to the case of marginalized agriculture,” he said, while adding that the economic progress in the tourism sector has not immediately brought in a direct and tangible positive impact to the progress of farmers and agriculture of Bali. Marketing system of Bali’s agricultural products is less clear and the institutions are less patterned. Market institution is less easily accessible to producing farmers. Consequently, farmers still have difficulties in marketing their farming products. This happens due to the synergy and integration between the agricultural sector and the tourism sector has not been materialized significantly. (kmb42)
Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Suparta
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Officers ‘did what they could’ in Texas killings: chief
SANTA FE - Two officers “did what they could” when a teenager opened fire and killed 10 inside a Texas school, their chief said Saturday, tight-lipped about a probe into the latest US mass shooting.
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Tektekan constitutes a simple musical instrument made of bamboo sticks combined with a number of other traditional musical instruments.
Calonarang of Penarukan village presented on temple festival
TABANAN — The people of Tabanan district have surely been familiar with the art of tektekan. As one of the traditional arts of Kerambitan subdistrict, it is often displayed recently in the festival activities such as the Kerambitan Festival regularly held every year. Tektekan itself constitutes a simple musical instrument made of bamboo sticks combined with a number of other traditional musical instruments. Nevertheless, it is capable of presenting a beautiful art performance, a noble culture developing well and still well maintained until now. Originally, this tektekan in particular served to repel bhuta kala when people consider if the village was stricken by plague and paraded one day before Nyepi Day. In keeping with the progress of time, it increasingly accentuates on the creativity of the art, slowly tektekan gamelan itself develops to have different functions or additional use. Tektekan originally functioned to neutralize plague now becomes a gamelan accompaniment to drama theatrical art known as Tektekan Calonarang. At one of the villages in Kerambitan sub-district, namely Penarukan village, the tradition of Tektekan Calonarang is displayed on piodalan or temple festival at Dalem and Puseh Temple at local village. Besides, the staging of tektekan can also be used to pay vows of the
community. “Tektekan Calonarang does not use alive human as corpse, but more focuses on the anger or the mother Ratna Manggali who sees her daughter being treated badly. Ultimately, she takes advantage of her supernatural power to spread diseases. This can be neutralized with tektekan sounds,” said headman of Penarukan, I Putu Rai Suteja, on Saturday (May 19). Tektekan Calonarang is performed every festival at Puseh and Dalem Temple for one hour. He said that in 1967, Kerambitan subdistrict area was attacked by disease outbreaks so that people had the initiative to sound the potluck tools either split bamboo drum or kentongan. After that, the epidemic of the disease subsided, and it is believed the ngerebeg tradition is efficacious to eliminate the plague. A figure of Puri Anyar Palace also sees that it has the potential to be promoted into the art, and sustains the royal tourism. Then, all the art figures were summoned and they established an art troupe collaborated with staging
of Calonarang along with Rangda and Barong. “Forerunner in the formation of the Tektekan Calonarang at Penarukan involves three villages namely Kerambitan (for the dancers), Celuk hamlet, Sudimara (gamelan players) and Penarukan village (rangda and barong),” he explained. Since at that time Celuk village and Sudimara village was separated by a river without a bridge, so when rainy season arrived, a flood in the river made them unable to cross. As a result, the order to make a performance was submitted to Penarukan and Kerambitan. At that time, the art troupe had about 70 members. In the next development, because the dancers in Kerambitan have been old, finally the art troupe was bequeathed to Penarukan covering the dancers, gamelan players as well as barong and rangda. At the end in 1967 was then established the tektekan troupe at Penarukan Kaja under dancer coordinator of Ketut Kamijana, the former headman of local village. (kmb28)
Friday’s massacre in the rural community of Santa Fe wounded 13 more, including a school police officer who is in critical condition. Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old student at the same Santa Fe High School, is being held on two charges: aggravated assault to a public servant and capital murder, which means he could face the death penalty. The FBI raised the number of wounded to 13, from 10 earlier. Walter Braun, chief of the Sante Fe Independent School District police, told reporters that one of his officers was in a critical but stable condition. He and another officer had “engaged” the shooter, Braun said. “We drill all of the time with the students and staff and they’re prepared to go into action. That was reflected by the two officers that engaged him right away,” Braun said, declining to give further details. “Our officers went in there and did what they could.” Braun refused to discuss any investigative matters, such as how many rounds his officers may have fired, deferring to the FBI and Texas Rangers, a statewide law enforcement agency. The two agencies are leading the probe. Galveston County Judge Mark Henry, who found “probable cause” to deny bond for the suspect Friday, told reporters that the wounded school officer “ran toward danger... He’s a hero in my book.” Henry noted that the suspect “said in his statement he acted alone,” and the case will go before another judge on Monday. The gunman apparently carried out the attack with a shotgun and a .38 revolver that were legally owned by his father, according to Governor Greg Abbott. (afp)
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Santa Fe High School students gather at a mekeshift memorial during a community dinner put on by voluteers to help residents begin healing on May 19, 2018 in Santa Fe, Texas.
Erdogan to hold controversial election rally in Bosnia
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A child plays with pigeons as he carries a Turkish flag at the Bascarsija main square in Sarajevo, on May 19, 2018. Erdogan will hold on May 20, the only election rally outside of Turkey in Sarajevo prior to the June 24 presidential and parliamentary vote.
SARAJEVO - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold an election rally in Sarajevo Sunday for expatriate Turks, an event that has stirred controversy in Bosnia. Sarajevo was chosen for the rally after several European Union countries, including Germany, banned such rallies in the campaign for last year’s referendum on a new system enhancing the powers of the Turkish presidency. The decision sparked tension between Ankara and Brussels. Turkey heads to presidential and parliamentary polls on June 24. Erdogan has previously drawn controversy for electioneering in Europe, where there are some three million Turks eligible to vote in Turkish elections, including 1.4 million in Germany. According to Bosnian media, around 20,000 people are expected
for the rally in Sarajevo’s largest sports venue Zetra. Two giant portraits of Erdogan and Turkey’s first president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, were placed in the hall on Saturday. - Brother parties In April, Austria and the Netherlands also said they would ban any campaigning by Turkish politicians on their soil for the June elections. A similar ban was seen as unlikely in Sarajevo, however, given that Bosnian Muslim leader Bakir Izetbegovic attended the marriage of Erdogan’s daughter in 2016. His SDA party is seen as close to Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) which, according to Bosnian media, is planning to open a representative office in Bosnia soon. “We will show that he (Erdo-
gan) has friends and that there are those who are proud of him,” Izetbegovic, the Muslim member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, told his supporters last week. The Turkish leader “is not liked in the West and there are many frustrated Bosniak (Muslims) who do not like him in this country”, Izetbegovic said. “What is the problem? The problem is that he is a powerful Muslim leader that we have not had for a long time.” A Facebook group supporting Erdogan’s arrival voiced “welcome to the protector of Muslims in the world”. But the support is not unanimous. Another Facebook group of Sarajevans called on citizens of Bosnia to raise their voices “against the meeting ... and say no to Turkish foreign policy and its interference in Bosnia’s politics”. (afp)
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WASHINGTON — Women in the United States gave birth last year at the lowest rate in 30 years, a trend that could weigh on economic growth in the coming decades. upgraded its short-term economic growth forecast to about 2.7 percent for this year and 2.4 percent in 2019, partly because of the Trump administration’s tax cuts. But the Fed kept its longer-run annual growth forecast at just 1.8 percent, reflecting the demographic headwinds. Aside from fewer workers, an aging society can hold back growth because fewer people are buying homes, cars and other costly purchases. Savings generally rise as people age and prepare for retirement. And as elderly people live longer, they also slow their spending while in retirement, Bostjancic noted. Most economists attribute the low interest rates and low inflation of the past decade, in the United States, Europe and Japan, at least in part to aging. In Japan, where adult diapers outsell those for children, the impact of fewer births has kept growth nearly nonexistent for more than two decades. The economy has picked up recently and enjoyed two straight years of growth, the longest such streak since the late 1980s, before contracting again in the first three months of this year. The U.S. accepts many more immigrants than does Japan, and that influx has boosted population growth. The Labor Department released separate data Thursday showing that last year, there were 27.4 million foreign-born workers in the United States, the most since records began in 2005. Immigrants now make up 17.1 percent of the U.S. workforce. Economic research earlier this year
TOKYO - Japan’s longest straight period of expansion in nearly three decades ended in the first quarter of this year as the economy shrank at an annualized rate of 0.6 percent. Growth for the previous quarter was also revised downward according to data released Wednesday that reflected weaker spending by consumers, businesses and the government. On a quarterly basis, Japan’s gross domestic product dipped
0.2 percent, the Cabinet Office reported. Analysts had expected a contraction, the first quarter pullback in two years. It ended the longest straight period of uninterrupted growth since the late 1980s. “There wasn’t any particular driver for the weakness — private consumption and public demand were flat while investment spending and net exports fell slightly,” Marcel Thieliant of Capital Economic said in a commentary.
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Lowest US birth rate in 3 decades could pose risk to economy
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics said Thursday that the number of U.S. babies born last year fell 2 percent from 2016 to 3.85 million, also a 30-year low. Births have fallen for three straight years. The fertility rate dropped 3 percent last year to 60.2 births per 1,000 women ages 15 through 44. An aging society has already weighed on economic growth in the United States in the past decade, with the vast baby boom generation retiring and fewer young people replacing them. Thursday’s data suggests that the trend is likely to continue. Economic growth is generally driven by population growth and worker efficiency, both of which have slowed in the past decade in the United States. Kathy Bostjancic, an economist at Oxford Economics, a consulting firm, said that roughly 10 years ago, the number of Americans working or looking for work was growing about 1 percent annually. With birthrates declining, that figure has since fallen to about a 0.3 percent growth rate. That essentially acts as a 0.7 percentage point drag on the United States’ long-run growth. “Demographics have a really powerful impact on the economy,” Bostjancic said. The U.S. economy has grown at a 3 percent average annual rate since World War II. Yet it hasn’t reached that pace for a full calendar year since 2005. The baby boomers first reached retirement age in 2008. The Federal Reserve in March
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FILE - This Feb. 16, 2017 file photo shows newborn babies in the nursery of a postpartum recovery center in upstate New York. Women in the United States gave birth last year at the lowest rate in three decades, a trend that could weigh on economic growth in future decades. The number of babies born in the U.S. has fallen for three straight years, and as births decline and the population ages, fewer Americans are available to work or start businesses, thereby slowing the economy. found that U.S. fertility fell sharply roughly nine months before the past three recessions. That suggests that such declines could signal economic downturns. But Kasey Buckles, an economics professor at Notre Dame who conducted the research with two colleagues, said that recent such declines aren’t sharp enough to point to a recession.
Instead, she noted that fertility declines over the past three years have occurred mostly among women under 30. Birth rates among older women have risen or held steady. That suggests that the fertility declines largely reflect a drop in unwanted pregnancies since the 2008-2009 recession. Fertility among women of all ages fell sharply in 2008 and 2009, Buckles said, but rebounded quickly
for women 30 and over. Separate data from the Guttmacher Institute, a policy organization that tracks reproductive health, shows that unwanted pregnancies have fallen since the Great Recession, Buckles said. “It’s possible that the Great Recession may have been something of a triggering event that caused people to be more intentional about their fertility,” she said. (ap)
He forecasts that growth will slip to 1.2 percent this year from 1.7 percent in 2017. Under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the world’s third-largest economy has picked up steam through a deflation-fighting stimulus program driven mainly by asset purchases by the central bank that are injecting billions of dollars into the economy each year. The aim has been to keep credit cheap and push prices higher to compel businesses and consumers
to spend more. But with wage increases lagging inflation, consumer spending has remained flat, the latest data showed. Given Japan’s reliance on exportled growth, trade friction brought on by President Donald Trump’s efforts to trim the perennial U.S. trade deficit has raised uncertainty over the outlook for the economy. Antagonisms between Washington and Beijing over trade also threaten to hurt the economy indirectly given Japan’s importance as a source of
parts and technology for products made or assembled in China. Abe’s own domestic political problems also could upend his “Abenomics” growth strategy. The prime minister has held office for much longer than most of his predecessors. But his government is contending with scandals over cronyism and sexual harassment that have set off speculation he may be replaced as head of the ruling Liberal Democrats in their next party election. (ap)
Japan’s economy contracts in Jan-March, as spending lags
Ancient cultures honoured in party-like atmosphere
Bali is no stranger to monumental performances, whether for religious ceremonies, cultural events like Pancer Langit’s monumental production of Nusantara heritage dances last year, shows designed for tourists, international festivals or just for the fun of it (as witnessed by the 5000 strong Kecak performance a few months back). Also, Indonesia no stranger to performances involving traditional dances from across the archipelago that are often staged for a variety of audiences ranging from school groups to visiting dignitaries. What took place last weekend at Arma Museum and Resort however was truly impressive and entirely unprecedented. Indigenous Celebration Bali 2018 (Mai 11-13) brought together 200 participants from 32 different indigenous groups from Indonesia and 6 other countries for 3 days and nights of workshops, films, seminars, stories, demonstrations and performances by indigenous peoples who travelled great distances to share a glimpse of their culture with the international audience and other indigenous peoples. This first of its kind event was thought provoking, educational, entertaining, deeply touching, somewhat troubling and altogether groundbreaking. Although strictly speaking, every human is indigenous to somewhere, indigenous peoples can be defined as those who live on and care for the same land as their ancestors have for millennia through an unbroken lineage of wisdom practices – both material and non- material, that strengthen ties to the natural world, the community and the unseen life force. Clearly everyone who stepped onto the stage did so with the intention of honoring and sharing something essential about their ancestral heritage out of a desire to unify without erasing differences- to reach across boundaries of culture and language to create a space for genuine sharing not just entertainment. As one audience member from Europe named Sophia said: “I am not sure what this event is all about, but I am feel touched to be able to learn so much about all these different cultures, I feel like we are not strangers we just have different styles”. Organiser and co-founder of Indigenous Celebration, David Metcalf explained: “I had the idea of putting this event together when I realized that so many indigenous peoples don’t know that there are many other peoples facing the same struggles and who also share similar values and thought how amazing it would be to bring them together in one place to share. After discussing the idea with the owner of Arma
Museum and Resort, Agung Rai, I understood how important it is to also share some of the wisdom that these indigenous groups carry with them with people who have lost contact with these values”. Over the course of the three day event, amongst the many, many things that were shared, the following are a few examples. Elders from the Dayak Maanyan opened the event with a traditional ritual ceremony involving many elements of their culture including a mantra spoken in their language, invoking peace and well-being. The dance that followed was beautiful but the power of their ancestral heritage was most deeply felt by the clear words spoken by the elder who made a rare trip out of his forest village to attend this unifying event. During one of the daytime workshops, a Dayak Sungai Utik elder shared a story about how their people first received music from a young man who found a fish playing a bamboo flute with it’s nose causing all the other fish to dance in joy and copied this technique of blowing a flute using one’s nose bringing music to their village. Workshop participants were then invited to try playing the flute this way. The Balinese representatives performed on the gigantic bamboo xylophones known as Jegog that are not as well known as other Balinese musical forms. This performance was quite timely as a great Jegog Maestro passed away just one day earlier. The exuberance of the youth who played was a comforting reminder that his memory and mastery will live on. The representatives from West Timor shared a ceremony of friendship, explanations about the many varied meanings associated with their weaving traditions including how in the past only royalty could wear patterned cloth but eventually stripes were permitted and finally patterns but how to this day when walking in front of the royal homes one must lower ones scarf from
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Some indigenous representatives who participated in collaborative performance together at Indigenous Celebration Bali 2018 their shoulders and tie it around their waist and lift their sarong as they pass (in the past failing to do so would result in having your sarong cut in half on the spot) and also shared some traditional dance moves with a random group of people on the sidelines of the event. The Minahasa people explained that the monkey skulls they now wear on their dance outfits for the warrior dance used to be human skulls and the dance was only performed when warriors came home from battle, but now it is used as a welcome dance for important visitors to their village. Sharing with the Indigenous Mexican representative about how both of their peoples begin every important event with a honouring of fire as a representation of the life giving sun, they spontaneously created a collaborative dance in honor of this shared tradition. The Mentawe people explained that their tattoos were made from the burned sap of a certain tree that has great significance to their lives in the forest and the patterns they draw on the tattoos also have specific meanings and functions that have however changed with time. Since tattooing was outlawed in the 1950’s this important tradition almost disappeared altogether, so now many tattoo motifs are shared openly as a way to honour the tradition and keep it alive. The Dayak Iban also shared
stories and demonstrations of their unique tattooing traditions as well as several dances and songs that lulled all present into state of harmonious awe. Combining traditional dance movements and musical style with more contemporary choreographies performed with great expertise, they awed the audience with the beauty and power of their ancestral heritage. The Gayo people shared about their dance and how to embody the spirit in movement in their workshop and deeply impressed the audience with the intense emotion of their music and stamina of their dancers during their stage performance that spoke clearly of the various influences that inform their culture. The Maori representatives shared about the legends of how tattooing came to their people from a mysterious woman from far away long ago and how the instruments they use in their ceremonies represent different forces of nature depending on the materials they are made with and the sounds they produce, They also performed a solemn song of tribute to recent victims of violence based on intolerance that occurred in Indonesia during this celebration. Dayak youths shared about the detailed meanings of the different shapes and colors used to compose their traditional paintings in their workshop and one of their female elders performed a simple yet powerful singing of a story about the
fate of their people that was then translated into Indonesian and English – as were all of the stories that were shared in the various native tongues of the participants. The people from Papua shared about how they are using film to tell their stories of struggle –despite having been banned from using cameras for a time and also the depth of their traditional customs and relationship to the land. Their dance performance also spoke in powerful gestural poetry about their valuing of togetherness. The aboriginal Australians shared about how they tell their stories though painting and sound and demonstrated how something essential about their ancestral heritage can be beautifully translated into contemporary dance forms. On the last night of Indigenous Celebration all the participants performed collaborative dances between different indigenous groups, which finally culminated in all the participants and the audience dancing together on the giant open air stage of the Arma Museum- a truly living museum. There is no doubt that everyone left this event with a new way of understanding their place in the world, a feeling that we all share a deep love for life that is expressed in myriad forms and hopefully a commitment to caring for those things that are truly valuable for us as human beings on planet earth. (kmb)
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US, China agree to abandon trade war: Beijing
Almost every week Asih Widodo attends a vigil outside Indonesia’s presidential palace, seeking justice for his son who died in an orgy of violence after the fall of dictator Suharto. Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the former general’s 1998 resignation at the height of the Asian economic crisis as Indonesia was paralysed by riots, food shortages, a plunging rupiah currency and mass unemployment. More than 1,000 people are estimated to have been killed in riots and protests shortly before and in the months after Suharto’s autocratic regime collapsed. Widodo’s son, engineering student Sigit Prasetyo, died in a hail of army gunfire aimed at protesters. “I was at work when I got a phone call that my son was in a hospital -- I knew immediately in my heart he was gone,” Widodo told AFP at a recent vigil alongside other bereaved parents demanding answers over the death of protesting students.”My son was murdered by the army.” In the past two decades the country of 260 million has undergone what many see as a remarkable transition to democracy but Southeast Asia’s biggest economy still grapples
China’s Vice-Premier Liu He and US President Donald Trump.
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BEIJING - Washington and Beijing have agreed to abandon any trade war and back off from imposing tariffs on each other, Chinese state media reported Sunday. The announcement came after high-level talks in the US capital and followed months of tensions over what President Donald Trump has blasted as an unfair commercial relationship between the two economic giants. Vice-Premier Liu He, who led Chinese negotiators in Washington said: “The two sides reached a consensus, will not fight a trade war, and will stop increasing tariffs on each other,” state-run news agency Xinhua reported Sunday. Liu called the agreement a “necessity”, but added: “At the same time it must be realised that unfreezing the ice cannot be done in a day, solving the structural problems of the economic and trade relations between the two countries will take time.” An earlier joint statement issued in Washington said Beijing would “significantly” increase its purchases of American goods, but offered few details. The apparent detente comes after months of increasing tensions that have set markets on edge over fears of a damaging trade war. Trump has repeatedly railed against his country’s trade deficit with China, describing it as a danger to US national security and threatening to impose tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese goods. US levies on $50 billion of Chinese imports could have come into effect as early as next week. The talks in Washington were between delegations led by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Liu, who also met Thursday with Trump. The sides had met earlier in Beijing. “There was a consensus on taking effective measures to substantially reduce the United States trade deficit in goods with China,” the joint statement said. “To meet the growing consumption needs of the Chinese people and the need for high-quality economic development, China will significantly increase purchases of United States goods and services.” (afp)
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with rampant corruption and inequality. Suharto -- who grabbed power in 1967 following the massacre in 1965-6 of hundreds of thousands of alleged communist sympathisers and ethnic Chinese -- died in 2008. He was never held to account for the suspected looting of billions of dollars from state coffers or rights abuses during his three-decade rule, which became a byword for corruption and cronyism. And the violence linked to his government’s collapse is another dark chapter which Indonesia has yet to address in any meaningful way. - ‘I’ll keep fighting’ -
Ethnic Chinese Indonesians bore the brunt of the bloodshed in the last days of Suharto, with women cowering in their homes for days as rape squads -- purportedly led by army thugs -- roamed Jakarta’s streets. Many died trapped in burning buildings as angry mobs -- resentful of their relative financial success -- ransacked Chinese-owned stores, smashed windows and set fire to cars as the government teetered on the verge of collapse. Ayu Puspita was 30 when crowds stormed through the capital targeting Chinese-owned shops. “It was so chaotic. Cars were being burned, motorcycles were toppled over -- it
was just so scary,” said Puspita at her restaurant in Glodok, known as Jakarta’s Chinatown. Subianto, a 67-year-old parking attendant who has worked in Chinatown for some five decades, said he watched in shock as parts of the city went up in flames. “There were no police, no soldiers. People were looting everywhere. Trucks were coming to steal things,” he said. Hundreds of Chinese-owned homes and businesses were looted and razed during the unrest, which unfolded under the noses of the security forces. Their failure to intervene has fuelled suspicions of military involvement ever since. Some buildings in Jakarta’s Chinatown remain damaged even decades later. “The sound of sirens scare me. I’m terrified every time I see a large group of people approaching,” Puspita said. “I didn’t choose where I was born or what my ethnicity is.” Efforts to hold members of the then-government and military accountable for the death of ethnic Chinese and others have gone nowhere. But Widodo, who rides a motorbike emblazoned with the words “My son was murdered by the army”, will keep demanding answers. “This country does not care, but I do,” the 67-year-old said. “I’ll keep fighting as long as I am still alive.” (afp)
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Cuba in mourning after deadliest air crash in nearly 30 years
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Relatives of the victims of the plane that crashed shortly after taking off from Jose Marti airport killing 110 people, arrive at the Institute of Legal Medicine in Havana, to identify the corpses, on May 19, 2018.
HAVANA - Cuba observed a weekend of national mourning for victims of its worst crash in nearly three decades that killed 110 passengers and crew. An investigation has been launched into Friday’s crash of the nearly 40-year-old Boeing 737200 leased to the national carrier Cubana de Aviacion by a Mexican company. Three women pulled alive from the mangled wreckage and in hospital in critical condition were the only survivors. One of them was conscious and asked for something to drink, the hospital treating them said. The Boeing crashed shortly after taking off from Havana, coming
down in a field near the airport and sending a thick column of acrid smoke into the air. The circumstances echoed those of Cubana de Aviacion’s worst air disaster nearly 30 years ago, in September 1989, when an Ilyushin 62 plane crashed on takeoff from Havana as it was headed to Italy. That disaster killed all 126 people on the plane, mainly Italian tourists, as well as around 45 people on the ground. In Friday’s crash, the plane was on a domestic flight from Havana to the eastern city of Holguin. Most of the 104 passengers were Cuban, with five foreigners, including two Argentines, among them. The plane was almost complete-
ly destroyed in the crash and subsequent fire. What appeared to be one of the aircraft’s wings was wedged among scorched tree trunks, but almost nothing remained of the main fuselage. Cuba’s Transport Minister Adel Yzquierdo told reporters one of the plane’s two black boxes had been recovered in “good condition,” and the other was likely to be found within hours. Their data will be key to determining what happened. Among the dead were 99 Cubans, six Mexican crewmembers, and five foreign tourists: two from Western Sahara, a Mexican tourist and an Argentine couple. A previous toll counted three survivors out of 110 passengers. (afp)
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This file photo taken on May 20, 1998 shows Indonesian students gathering in front and on top of the Split Dome of the Assembly Hall of Parliament in Jakarta. May 21, 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of Indonesia’s former dictator Suharto 1998 resignation at the height of the Asian economic crisis as Indonesia was paralysed by riots, food shortages, a plunging rupiah currency and mass unemployment.
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Cavs school Celtics, trim deficit in Eastern Conference finals
LOS ANGELES - LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers thrashed the Boston Celtics 116-86 on Saturday, powering their way back into the NBA Eastern Conference finals.
The Cavaliers trimmed the deficit in the best-of-seven series to 2-1 -- avoiding the 0-3 hole from which no NBA team has returned to win a series. They’ll try to even things up when they host game four on Monday. The Cavaliers, trying to return to the NBA Finals for a fourth straight year, insisted after two double-digit defeats in Boston that things would be different on their home floor. They wasted no time in making it so, racing to a 12-4 lead midway through the first quarter, which they ended leading 32-17. By then, James and George Hill had already scored more than 10 points apiece, and half a dozen Cavaliers players finished by scoring in double digits. James led the way with 27 points, 12 rebounds and five assists along with two steals and two blocked shots. James made eight of his 12 shots from the floor, including all three of his three-pointers, and went 8-of-10 at the free-throw line. But James, whose 42-point triple double was in vain in game two, got plenty of support in a game in which Cleveland never trailed. Kyle Korver scored 14 points off the bench. Hill and Kevin Love scored 13 apiece, Gregory Shamus/Getty Images/AFP JR Smith chipped in 11 and Tristan ThompLeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers dunks the ball in the second half against the Boston Celtics during Game son scored 10. Cleveland out-rebounded Boston 45-34, Three of the 2018 NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on May 19, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. holding the Celtics to 39.2 percent shooting. two games, had three apiece and the Cavs points and five fouls. He didn’t score at all things broke down, we just covered for “We were really good,” James said. “We drained a total of 17 from beyond the arc. until the second quarter. Terry Rozier scored one another,” James said. “We made them had our focus and offensively and defenJayson Tatum led the Celtics with 18 13, but connected on just five of 12 shots make extra passes, we made them make sively we made plays.” points. from the floor as the Cavaliers stepped up extra dribbles. So we were flying around. I Hill and Smith, who were a combined Jaylen Brown, who scored 23 points in their defensive effort. just happened to be one of the guys on the 1-for-11 from three-point range in the first each of the first two games, finished with 10 “I think tonight as a group, even when floor.” (afp)
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LOS ANGELES - Five-time Olympic swimming champion Katie Ledecky capped her first meet as a professional with a dominant victory in the 800m freestyle at the Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis. Ledecky, who opened the meet with a world record in the 1,500m free on Wednesday, was never challenged en route to a victory in 8min 07.27sec. Erica Sullivan, 17, was a distant second in a personal best of 8:30.15. “I couldn’t be happier with how this meet Katie Ledecky prepares for the women’s 400 meter freestyle final during the TYR Pro Swim Series at Indiana University Natatorium on May 17, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
went,” said Ledecky, the 21-year-old who won at 800m at the 2012 Olympics and followed that up with four golds and a silver at Rio in 2016. She finished the four-day meet with wins in the 1,500m, 800m, 400m and 200m freestyles and a third place in the 400m individual medley. Ledecky, who turned professional after the NCAA collegiate championships in March, then sounded a warning to her rivals in a 2018 season highlighted by the PanPacific Championships at Tokyo in August. “I think the times are a little deceiving,” she said. “We’re in pretty hard training right now, so to be going these times is a great feeling and gives me a lot of confidence moving forward for the rest of the summer. “I think I’m in the best spot I can be at this point in the season.” (afp)
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Uncertainty shrouds Chelsea despite FA Cup win over United
LONDON — Chelsea’s players saved their season but maybe not their manager. Collecting the FA Cup, after beating Manchester United 1-0 on Saturday, is looking like Antonio Conte’s final act with Chelsea. “After two years, the club knows me very well,” Conte said. “And if they continue to want to work with me they know I can’t change. My way is always the same.” Having won three Serie A titles at Juventus before capturing the English Premier League trophy for Chelsea, Conte reminded the Chelsea hierarchy: “I’m a serial winner.” It was a bullish sign-off to a lackluster season that saw the Italian’s relationship with Chelsea’s leadership become increasingly strained as the team went from champions to fifth in the Premier League. “Our job is not simple,” Conte said. “I understand that the club can make a decision.” Wembley match-winner Eden Hazard also has a decision to make: Whether to pursue a transfer. After raising doubts about his Chelsea future ahead of the final — demanding “good players” are signed in the offseason — Hazard produced the only goal from the penalty spot in the 22nd minute. On the pitch, amid the celebrations, Hazard said nothing to demonstrate his commitment to the club. “I’m just happy,” Hazard said. “You see the fans celebrating with the trophy. We didn’t play a great season but at least we finished well.” Although not in the style craved by Hazard. “If we want to win a lot of games we have to play better,” Hazard said, “because today we played defensively.”
Such was the focus on the gloomy Premier League campaign and looming offseason of uncertainty in the post-match interviews, it was easy to forget Chelsea had just picked up a trophy. “This was to save our season,” Chelsea captain Gary Cahill said. “I’m not saying we’ve had a magnificent season by any stretch. But we are used to winning, not in an arrogant way, but we have to try to win things.” Conte’s first cup final victory in coaching meant former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho finished his second season at United empty-handed, paying the price for an insipid first-half display and coming to life only after the break. United took until the 56th minute to register a shot on target when Marcus Rashford struck at goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who later rushed off his line to block the forward. United’s deficiencies were encapsulated by another patchy performance from midfielder Paul Pogba, who squandered a late chance to equalize by heading wide. Mourinho, though, couldn’t find any faults. “I don’t think (Chelsea) deserved to win,” said Mourinho, who won the League Cup and Europa League last year. “I am quite curious because if my team played like Chelsea did I can imagine what everyone would be saying.” Conte seemed unfamiliar with the 2016 change to the “triple punishment” law, reducing the type of incidents that result in a penalty kick, a red card and suspension. Conte remonstrated to the officials after Phil Jones was only booked, not sent off for bringing down Hazard for the penalty. Referee Michael Oliver was right because a “genuine attempt has been made to play the ball,” as football laws state. (ap)
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Chelsea’s Italian head coach Antonio Conte (R) sprays champagne as his Chelsea players celebrate with the trophy after their victory in the English FA Cup final football match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Wembley stadium in London on May 19, 2018. Chelsea won the game 1-0.
Mourinho bemoans losing at his own game to Chelsea’s Conte
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In this Friday, May 11, 2018 photo, players of the soccer national team of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh run during a training session, in Stepanakert, the capital of the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The ethnic Armenian team has the shirts and the shoes, and even practices five days each week on an artificial field a short distance from the center of Stepanakert. The reason for the lack of opponents has nothing to do with sports and everything to do with politics. UEFA and FIFA have a general policy of not allowing teams into competition if they don’t represent an internationally recognized country or territory.
As World Cup approaches, a budding team has no opponents
STEPANAKERT — With the World Cup less than a month away, there is a budding national team in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh with no one to play against. The ethnic Armenian team in the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh has the shirts and the shoes, and even practices five days each week on an artificial field a short distance from the center of Stepanakert, the territory’s capital. But that’s about as far as the team goes. “UEFA doesn’t let us participate anywhere,” said Artsakh defender Aram Kostandyan, who wishes he could inspire the younger generation of players and show them “why they are playing football.” The reason for the lack of opponents has nothing to do with sports and everything to do with politics. The Nagorno-Karabakh region, as it’s known by its Soviet name, is considered part of neighboring Azerbaijan by the international community, located just north of Iran in the South Caucasus region. But since a six-year separatist war ended in 1994, it has been controlled by the local ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia. Living in a state of frozen conflict, the de facto Republic of Artsakh — in reference to the name of the region before Soviet times — is
unrecognized by international institutions and the people of the region are prohibited from taking part in most international activities under their national flag. UEFA and FIFA have a general policy of not allowing teams into competition if they don’t represent an internationally recognized country or territory. That policy was weakened when Gibraltar and Kosovo joined FIFA in 2016 despite being only partially recognized. The Artsakh national team has made several unsuccessful requests for UEFA membership, the last time in 2017. Compounding political sensitivities is an Azerbaijani team playing under the name of Qarabag which made it to the Champions League this year. The team was previously based in Agdam, a town in occupied territory adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh that was entirely destroyed during the 1988-94 war. Today, they are based in Baku, supported financially by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s government and with a fan base of refugees and their descendants. “They represent one country, we represent another,” Artsakh coach Slavik Gabrielyan. “We see them using this name as a political statement.” (ap)
Manchester United Jose Mourinho bemoaned old foe Antonio Conte’s tactics as his side failed to breakdown Chelsea’s defensive wall in losing the FA Cup final 1-0 on Saturday. Eden Hazard’s 22nd minute penalty proved the difference between the teams to ensure Mourinho’s second season at Old Trafford ends without a trophy. United enjoyed a far better Premier League season than Chelsea as Conte’s men failed to even qualify for the Champions League by finishing fifth just a year after claiming the title. However, despite finishing second in the league to a record-breaking Manchester City side, Mourinho’s approach has been much-criticised this season for lacking the flair and invention displayed by City and Champions League finalists Liverpool. “I congratulate them because they won but I don’t think they deserved to win,” said Mourinho. “I’m curious to read today and tomorrow, to watch, to listen (to) your (the media’s) opinions.” Mourinho and Conte have consistently clashed since the latter arrived in England just under two years ago. But tactically they have plenty in common as despite Mourinho’s protestations, Chelsea’s defensive resistence inspired by Conte’s organisation is exactly what Mourinho has made his own trademark in a trophyladen career. Mourinho claimed on the eve of the game that he didn’t understand the media’s interpretation of “entertaining”. In the Portuguese’s estimations, racking up 6-0 victories is not as exciting as “emotion until the end, the game open, everyone on the edge of their seats, both dug-outs nervous and tense with the result in doubt.” The final did deliver on that promise as Chelsea ‘keeper Thibaut Courtois saved brilliantly from Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba headed wide as United tried in vein to force the game to extra time.
Chelsea capitalised on a fast start, and a fine individual display by Hazard. The diminutive Belgian excelled in the space between United’s defence and midfield despite Mourinho’s best efforts to man mark him with Ander Herrera. Hazard pounced on indecision by Phil Jones to burst clear on goal and was then brought down by the England international as he prepared to shoot before converting the spot-kick himself. “They only play long ball,” insisted Mourinho. “When you play against a team so predictable, it is quite easy to adapt to it. But of course Hazard is a very good player and of course he created a penalty.” (afp)
- Lukaku backlash -
Mourinho hasn’t been afraid to publicly criticise his players this season, most notably lambasting his squad after winning their Cup quarter-final against Brighton in March. However, one of two exceptions that night along with Nemanja Matic was Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian striker has scored 27 goals in all competitions in his debut season at Old Trafford. But even he bore the brunt of Mourinho’s frustration for only declaring himself fit enough for a late cameo appearance from the bench due to an ankle injury. “When a player tells you he is not ready to play, not ready to start, then the question is how many minutes you think you can? How can you convince a player?,” he added. “Chelsea are not stupid. They know our team without Lukaku does not have a presence, so putting eight or nine players in front of the box they knew they would be dominant in that direct football. “We tried everything by other ways but they had a huge block of compacted players.” The damage at the other end was done early on when
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Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho (R) and Manchester United’s English defender Phil Jones (L) react after Manchester United lost the English FA Cup final football match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Wembley stadium in London on May 19, 2018.
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Villa strikes twice in NYCFC 4-0 MLS romp over Colorado
David Villa celebrated “David Villa Day” with two goals on Saturday as New York City FC trounced Colorado 4-0, handing the Rapids their fifth straight Major League Soccer defeat. The New York mayor’s office had proclaimed “David Villa Day” in honor of the Spaniard’s 400th goal in all competitions -- achieved on April 29. With NYCFC back home at Yankee Stadium for the first time since, Villa put up numbers 403 and 404. In between, Ronald Matarrita celebrated his World Cup call-up for Costa Rica with his first goal of the season and Maxi Moralez delivered his fifth goal of the campaign. City came out strong and were denied an early goal by Colorado keeper Tim Howard’s sprawling save of a shot by Ismael Tajouri-Shradi. Howard could do nothing about Villa’s opener in the 22nd, a sidefooted finish of Moralez’s pass. New York doubled the advantage five minutes into the second half when Jo Inge Berget’s shot was parried by Howard and Matarrita then headed
the ball home. Five minutes later, Moralez made it 3-0 with a strike from the edge of the penalty area, and Villa completed the scoring with another cool finish. It was a much-needed boost for New York, who were humbled at New York Red Bulls earlier this month then held to a 2-2 draw at Los Angeles FC last Sunday. “It was a really, really important day for me and for the club,” Villa said. “But we need to keep going. We have a tough game on Friday in Houston.” With the win, Patrick Vieira’s team kept the pressure on Eastern Conference leaders Atlanta, whom they trail by one point. The Portland Timbers continued their strong play in the West, edging LAFC 2-1 at home. Portland opened the scoring early in the second half after midfielder Diego Valeri struck a free kick from the top of the box through the LA wall that goalkeeper Tyler Miller saved, but could not clear from danger. Cristhian Paredes put away the rebound to celebrate his 20th birthday a day late -- with his first MLS goal. (afp)
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Uncertainty shrouds Chelsea despite FA Cup win over United
LONDON — Chelsea’s players saved their season but maybe not their manager. Collecting the FA Cup, after beating Manchester United 1-0 on Saturday, is looking like Antonio Conte’s final act with Chelsea. “After two years, the club knows me very well,” Conte said. “And if they continue to want to work with me they know I can’t change. My way is always the same.” Having won three Serie A titles at Juventus before capturing the English Premier League trophy for Chelsea, Conte reminded the Chelsea hierarchy: “I’m a serial winner.” It was a bullish sign-off to a lackluster season that saw the Italian’s relationship with Chelsea’s leadership become increasingly strained as the team went from champions to fifth in the Premier League. “Our job is not simple,” Conte said. “I understand that the club can make a decision.” Wembley match-winner Eden Hazard also has a decision to make: Whether to pursue a transfer. After raising doubts about his Chelsea future ahead of the final — demanding “good players” are signed in the offseason — Hazard produced the only goal from the penalty spot in the 22nd minute. On the pitch, amid the celebrations, Hazard said nothing to demonstrate his commitment to the club. “I’m just happy,” Hazard said. “You see the fans celebrating with the trophy. We didn’t play a great season but at least we finished well.” Although not in the style craved by Hazard. “If we want to win a lot of games we have to play better,” Hazard said, “because today we played defensively.”
Such was the focus on the gloomy Premier League campaign and looming offseason of uncertainty in the post-match interviews, it was easy to forget Chelsea had just picked up a trophy. “This was to save our season,” Chelsea captain Gary Cahill said. “I’m not saying we’ve had a magnificent season by any stretch. But we are used to winning, not in an arrogant way, but we have to try to win things.” Conte’s first cup final victory in coaching meant former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho finished his second season at United empty-handed, paying the price for an insipid first-half display and coming to life only after the break. United took until the 56th minute to register a shot on target when Marcus Rashford struck at goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who later rushed off his line to block the forward. United’s deficiencies were encapsulated by another patchy performance from midfielder Paul Pogba, who squandered a late chance to equalize by heading wide. Mourinho, though, couldn’t find any faults. “I don’t think (Chelsea) deserved to win,” said Mourinho, who won the League Cup and Europa League last year. “I am quite curious because if my team played like Chelsea did I can imagine what everyone would be saying.” Conte seemed unfamiliar with the 2016 change to the “triple punishment” law, reducing the type of incidents that result in a penalty kick, a red card and suspension. Conte remonstrated to the officials after Phil Jones was only booked, not sent off for bringing down Hazard for the penalty. Referee Michael Oliver was right because a “genuine attempt has been made to play the ball,” as football laws state. (ap)
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Chelsea’s Italian head coach Antonio Conte (R) sprays champagne as his Chelsea players celebrate with the trophy after their victory in the English FA Cup final football match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Wembley stadium in London on May 19, 2018. Chelsea won the game 1-0.
Mourinho bemoans losing at his own game to Chelsea’s Conte
AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis
In this Friday, May 11, 2018 photo, players of the soccer national team of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh run during a training session, in Stepanakert, the capital of the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The ethnic Armenian team has the shirts and the shoes, and even practices five days each week on an artificial field a short distance from the center of Stepanakert. The reason for the lack of opponents has nothing to do with sports and everything to do with politics. UEFA and FIFA have a general policy of not allowing teams into competition if they don’t represent an internationally recognized country or territory.
As World Cup approaches, a budding team has no opponents
STEPANAKERT — With the World Cup less than a month away, there is a budding national team in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh with no one to play against. The ethnic Armenian team in the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh has the shirts and the shoes, and even practices five days each week on an artificial field a short distance from the center of Stepanakert, the territory’s capital. But that’s about as far as the team goes. “UEFA doesn’t let us participate anywhere,” said Artsakh defender Aram Kostandyan, who wishes he could inspire the younger generation of players and show them “why they are playing football.” The reason for the lack of opponents has nothing to do with sports and everything to do with politics. The Nagorno-Karabakh region, as it’s known by its Soviet name, is considered part of neighboring Azerbaijan by the international community, located just north of Iran in the South Caucasus region. But since a six-year separatist war ended in 1994, it has been controlled by the local ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia. Living in a state of frozen conflict, the de facto Republic of Artsakh — in reference to the name of the region before Soviet times — is
unrecognized by international institutions and the people of the region are prohibited from taking part in most international activities under their national flag. UEFA and FIFA have a general policy of not allowing teams into competition if they don’t represent an internationally recognized country or territory. That policy was weakened when Gibraltar and Kosovo joined FIFA in 2016 despite being only partially recognized. The Artsakh national team has made several unsuccessful requests for UEFA membership, the last time in 2017. Compounding political sensitivities is an Azerbaijani team playing under the name of Qarabag which made it to the Champions League this year. The team was previously based in Agdam, a town in occupied territory adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh that was entirely destroyed during the 1988-94 war. Today, they are based in Baku, supported financially by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s government and with a fan base of refugees and their descendants. “They represent one country, we represent another,” Artsakh coach Slavik Gabrielyan. “We see them using this name as a political statement.” (ap)
Manchester United Jose Mourinho bemoaned old foe Antonio Conte’s tactics as his side failed to breakdown Chelsea’s defensive wall in losing the FA Cup final 1-0 on Saturday. Eden Hazard’s 22nd minute penalty proved the difference between the teams to ensure Mourinho’s second season at Old Trafford ends without a trophy. United enjoyed a far better Premier League season than Chelsea as Conte’s men failed to even qualify for the Champions League by finishing fifth just a year after claiming the title. However, despite finishing second in the league to a record-breaking Manchester City side, Mourinho’s approach has been much-criticised this season for lacking the flair and invention displayed by City and Champions League finalists Liverpool. “I congratulate them because they won but I don’t think they deserved to win,” said Mourinho. “I’m curious to read today and tomorrow, to watch, to listen (to) your (the media’s) opinions.” Mourinho and Conte have consistently clashed since the latter arrived in England just under two years ago. But tactically they have plenty in common as despite Mourinho’s protestations, Chelsea’s defensive resistence inspired by Conte’s organisation is exactly what Mourinho has made his own trademark in a trophyladen career. Mourinho claimed on the eve of the game that he didn’t understand the media’s interpretation of “entertaining”. In the Portuguese’s estimations, racking up 6-0 victories is not as exciting as “emotion until the end, the game open, everyone on the edge of their seats, both dug-outs nervous and tense with the result in doubt.” The final did deliver on that promise as Chelsea ‘keeper Thibaut Courtois saved brilliantly from Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba headed wide as United tried in vein to force the game to extra time.
Chelsea capitalised on a fast start, and a fine individual display by Hazard. The diminutive Belgian excelled in the space between United’s defence and midfield despite Mourinho’s best efforts to man mark him with Ander Herrera. Hazard pounced on indecision by Phil Jones to burst clear on goal and was then brought down by the England international as he prepared to shoot before converting the spot-kick himself. “They only play long ball,” insisted Mourinho. “When you play against a team so predictable, it is quite easy to adapt to it. But of course Hazard is a very good player and of course he created a penalty.” (afp)
- Lukaku backlash -
Mourinho hasn’t been afraid to publicly criticise his players this season, most notably lambasting his squad after winning their Cup quarter-final against Brighton in March. However, one of two exceptions that night along with Nemanja Matic was Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian striker has scored 27 goals in all competitions in his debut season at Old Trafford. But even he bore the brunt of Mourinho’s frustration for only declaring himself fit enough for a late cameo appearance from the bench due to an ankle injury. “When a player tells you he is not ready to play, not ready to start, then the question is how many minutes you think you can? How can you convince a player?,” he added. “Chelsea are not stupid. They know our team without Lukaku does not have a presence, so putting eight or nine players in front of the box they knew they would be dominant in that direct football. “We tried everything by other ways but they had a huge block of compacted players.” The damage at the other end was done early on when
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Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho (R) and Manchester United’s English defender Phil Jones (L) react after Manchester United lost the English FA Cup final football match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Wembley stadium in London on May 19, 2018.
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Villa strikes twice in NYCFC 4-0 MLS romp over Colorado
David Villa celebrated “David Villa Day” with two goals on Saturday as New York City FC trounced Colorado 4-0, handing the Rapids their fifth straight Major League Soccer defeat. The New York mayor’s office had proclaimed “David Villa Day” in honor of the Spaniard’s 400th goal in all competitions -- achieved on April 29. With NYCFC back home at Yankee Stadium for the first time since, Villa put up numbers 403 and 404. In between, Ronald Matarrita celebrated his World Cup call-up for Costa Rica with his first goal of the season and Maxi Moralez delivered his fifth goal of the campaign. City came out strong and were denied an early goal by Colorado keeper Tim Howard’s sprawling save of a shot by Ismael Tajouri-Shradi. Howard could do nothing about Villa’s opener in the 22nd, a sidefooted finish of Moralez’s pass. New York doubled the advantage five minutes into the second half when Jo Inge Berget’s shot was parried by Howard and Matarrita then headed
the ball home. Five minutes later, Moralez made it 3-0 with a strike from the edge of the penalty area, and Villa completed the scoring with another cool finish. It was a much-needed boost for New York, who were humbled at New York Red Bulls earlier this month then held to a 2-2 draw at Los Angeles FC last Sunday. “It was a really, really important day for me and for the club,” Villa said. “But we need to keep going. We have a tough game on Friday in Houston.” With the win, Patrick Vieira’s team kept the pressure on Eastern Conference leaders Atlanta, whom they trail by one point. The Portland Timbers continued their strong play in the West, edging LAFC 2-1 at home. Portland opened the scoring early in the second half after midfielder Diego Valeri struck a free kick from the top of the box through the LA wall that goalkeeper Tyler Miller saved, but could not clear from danger. Cristhian Paredes put away the rebound to celebrate his 20th birthday a day late -- with his first MLS goal. (afp)
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Cavs school Celtics, trim deficit in Eastern Conference finals
LOS ANGELES - LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers thrashed the Boston Celtics 116-86 on Saturday, powering their way back into the NBA Eastern Conference finals.
The Cavaliers trimmed the deficit in the best-of-seven series to 2-1 -- avoiding the 0-3 hole from which no NBA team has returned to win a series. They’ll try to even things up when they host game four on Monday. The Cavaliers, trying to return to the NBA Finals for a fourth straight year, insisted after two double-digit defeats in Boston that things would be different on their home floor. They wasted no time in making it so, racing to a 12-4 lead midway through the first quarter, which they ended leading 32-17. By then, James and George Hill had already scored more than 10 points apiece, and half a dozen Cavaliers players finished by scoring in double digits. James led the way with 27 points, 12 rebounds and five assists along with two steals and two blocked shots. James made eight of his 12 shots from the floor, including all three of his three-pointers, and went 8-of-10 at the free-throw line. But James, whose 42-point triple double was in vain in game two, got plenty of support in a game in which Cleveland never trailed. Kyle Korver scored 14 points off the bench. Hill and Kevin Love scored 13 apiece, Gregory Shamus/Getty Images/AFP JR Smith chipped in 11 and Tristan ThompLeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers dunks the ball in the second half against the Boston Celtics during Game son scored 10. Cleveland out-rebounded Boston 45-34, Three of the 2018 NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on May 19, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. holding the Celtics to 39.2 percent shooting. two games, had three apiece and the Cavs points and five fouls. He didn’t score at all things broke down, we just covered for “We were really good,” James said. “We drained a total of 17 from beyond the arc. until the second quarter. Terry Rozier scored one another,” James said. “We made them had our focus and offensively and defenJayson Tatum led the Celtics with 18 13, but connected on just five of 12 shots make extra passes, we made them make sively we made plays.” points. from the floor as the Cavaliers stepped up extra dribbles. So we were flying around. I Hill and Smith, who were a combined Jaylen Brown, who scored 23 points in their defensive effort. just happened to be one of the guys on the 1-for-11 from three-point range in the first each of the first two games, finished with 10 “I think tonight as a group, even when floor.” (afp)
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Ledecky cruises to 800m free victory in Indianapolis
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LOS ANGELES - Five-time Olympic swimming champion Katie Ledecky capped her first meet as a professional with a dominant victory in the 800m freestyle at the Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis. Ledecky, who opened the meet with a world record in the 1,500m free on Wednesday, was never challenged en route to a victory in 8min 07.27sec. Erica Sullivan, 17, was a distant second in a personal best of 8:30.15. “I couldn’t be happier with how this meet Katie Ledecky prepares for the women’s 400 meter freestyle final during the TYR Pro Swim Series at Indiana University Natatorium on May 17, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
went,” said Ledecky, the 21-year-old who won at 800m at the 2012 Olympics and followed that up with four golds and a silver at Rio in 2016. She finished the four-day meet with wins in the 1,500m, 800m, 400m and 200m freestyles and a third place in the 400m individual medley. Ledecky, who turned professional after the NCAA collegiate championships in March, then sounded a warning to her rivals in a 2018 season highlighted by the PanPacific Championships at Tokyo in August. “I think the times are a little deceiving,” she said. “We’re in pretty hard training right now, so to be going these times is a great feeling and gives me a lot of confidence moving forward for the rest of the summer. “I think I’m in the best spot I can be at this point in the season.” (afp)
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US, China agree to abandon trade war: Beijing
Almost every week Asih Widodo attends a vigil outside Indonesia’s presidential palace, seeking justice for his son who died in an orgy of violence after the fall of dictator Suharto. Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the former general’s 1998 resignation at the height of the Asian economic crisis as Indonesia was paralysed by riots, food shortages, a plunging rupiah currency and mass unemployment. More than 1,000 people are estimated to have been killed in riots and protests shortly before and in the months after Suharto’s autocratic regime collapsed. Widodo’s son, engineering student Sigit Prasetyo, died in a hail of army gunfire aimed at protesters. “I was at work when I got a phone call that my son was in a hospital -- I knew immediately in my heart he was gone,” Widodo told AFP at a recent vigil alongside other bereaved parents demanding answers over the death of protesting students.”My son was murdered by the army.” In the past two decades the country of 260 million has undergone what many see as a remarkable transition to democracy but Southeast Asia’s biggest economy still grapples
China’s Vice-Premier Liu He and US President Donald Trump.
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BEIJING - Washington and Beijing have agreed to abandon any trade war and back off from imposing tariffs on each other, Chinese state media reported Sunday. The announcement came after high-level talks in the US capital and followed months of tensions over what President Donald Trump has blasted as an unfair commercial relationship between the two economic giants. Vice-Premier Liu He, who led Chinese negotiators in Washington said: “The two sides reached a consensus, will not fight a trade war, and will stop increasing tariffs on each other,” state-run news agency Xinhua reported Sunday. Liu called the agreement a “necessity”, but added: “At the same time it must be realised that unfreezing the ice cannot be done in a day, solving the structural problems of the economic and trade relations between the two countries will take time.” An earlier joint statement issued in Washington said Beijing would “significantly” increase its purchases of American goods, but offered few details. The apparent detente comes after months of increasing tensions that have set markets on edge over fears of a damaging trade war. Trump has repeatedly railed against his country’s trade deficit with China, describing it as a danger to US national security and threatening to impose tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese goods. US levies on $50 billion of Chinese imports could have come into effect as early as next week. The talks in Washington were between delegations led by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Liu, who also met Thursday with Trump. The sides had met earlier in Beijing. “There was a consensus on taking effective measures to substantially reduce the United States trade deficit in goods with China,” the joint statement said. “To meet the growing consumption needs of the Chinese people and the need for high-quality economic development, China will significantly increase purchases of United States goods and services.” (afp)
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with rampant corruption and inequality. Suharto -- who grabbed power in 1967 following the massacre in 1965-6 of hundreds of thousands of alleged communist sympathisers and ethnic Chinese -- died in 2008. He was never held to account for the suspected looting of billions of dollars from state coffers or rights abuses during his three-decade rule, which became a byword for corruption and cronyism. And the violence linked to his government’s collapse is another dark chapter which Indonesia has yet to address in any meaningful way. - ‘I’ll keep fighting’ -
Ethnic Chinese Indonesians bore the brunt of the bloodshed in the last days of Suharto, with women cowering in their homes for days as rape squads -- purportedly led by army thugs -- roamed Jakarta’s streets. Many died trapped in burning buildings as angry mobs -- resentful of their relative financial success -- ransacked Chinese-owned stores, smashed windows and set fire to cars as the government teetered on the verge of collapse. Ayu Puspita was 30 when crowds stormed through the capital targeting Chinese-owned shops. “It was so chaotic. Cars were being burned, motorcycles were toppled over -- it
was just so scary,” said Puspita at her restaurant in Glodok, known as Jakarta’s Chinatown. Subianto, a 67-year-old parking attendant who has worked in Chinatown for some five decades, said he watched in shock as parts of the city went up in flames. “There were no police, no soldiers. People were looting everywhere. Trucks were coming to steal things,” he said. Hundreds of Chinese-owned homes and businesses were looted and razed during the unrest, which unfolded under the noses of the security forces. Their failure to intervene has fuelled suspicions of military involvement ever since. Some buildings in Jakarta’s Chinatown remain damaged even decades later. “The sound of sirens scare me. I’m terrified every time I see a large group of people approaching,” Puspita said. “I didn’t choose where I was born or what my ethnicity is.” Efforts to hold members of the then-government and military accountable for the death of ethnic Chinese and others have gone nowhere. But Widodo, who rides a motorbike emblazoned with the words “My son was murdered by the army”, will keep demanding answers. “This country does not care, but I do,” the 67-year-old said. “I’ll keep fighting as long as I am still alive.” (afp)
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Cuba in mourning after deadliest air crash in nearly 30 years
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Relatives of the victims of the plane that crashed shortly after taking off from Jose Marti airport killing 110 people, arrive at the Institute of Legal Medicine in Havana, to identify the corpses, on May 19, 2018.
HAVANA - Cuba observed a weekend of national mourning for victims of its worst crash in nearly three decades that killed 110 passengers and crew. An investigation has been launched into Friday’s crash of the nearly 40-year-old Boeing 737200 leased to the national carrier Cubana de Aviacion by a Mexican company. Three women pulled alive from the mangled wreckage and in hospital in critical condition were the only survivors. One of them was conscious and asked for something to drink, the hospital treating them said. The Boeing crashed shortly after taking off from Havana, coming
down in a field near the airport and sending a thick column of acrid smoke into the air. The circumstances echoed those of Cubana de Aviacion’s worst air disaster nearly 30 years ago, in September 1989, when an Ilyushin 62 plane crashed on takeoff from Havana as it was headed to Italy. That disaster killed all 126 people on the plane, mainly Italian tourists, as well as around 45 people on the ground. In Friday’s crash, the plane was on a domestic flight from Havana to the eastern city of Holguin. Most of the 104 passengers were Cuban, with five foreigners, including two Argentines, among them. The plane was almost complete-
ly destroyed in the crash and subsequent fire. What appeared to be one of the aircraft’s wings was wedged among scorched tree trunks, but almost nothing remained of the main fuselage. Cuba’s Transport Minister Adel Yzquierdo told reporters one of the plane’s two black boxes had been recovered in “good condition,” and the other was likely to be found within hours. Their data will be key to determining what happened. Among the dead were 99 Cubans, six Mexican crewmembers, and five foreign tourists: two from Western Sahara, a Mexican tourist and an Argentine couple. A previous toll counted three survivors out of 110 passengers. (afp)
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This file photo taken on May 20, 1998 shows Indonesian students gathering in front and on top of the Split Dome of the Assembly Hall of Parliament in Jakarta. May 21, 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of Indonesia’s former dictator Suharto 1998 resignation at the height of the Asian economic crisis as Indonesia was paralysed by riots, food shortages, a plunging rupiah currency and mass unemployment.
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WASHINGTON — Women in the United States gave birth last year at the lowest rate in 30 years, a trend that could weigh on economic growth in the coming decades. upgraded its short-term economic growth forecast to about 2.7 percent for this year and 2.4 percent in 2019, partly because of the Trump administration’s tax cuts. But the Fed kept its longer-run annual growth forecast at just 1.8 percent, reflecting the demographic headwinds. Aside from fewer workers, an aging society can hold back growth because fewer people are buying homes, cars and other costly purchases. Savings generally rise as people age and prepare for retirement. And as elderly people live longer, they also slow their spending while in retirement, Bostjancic noted. Most economists attribute the low interest rates and low inflation of the past decade, in the United States, Europe and Japan, at least in part to aging. In Japan, where adult diapers outsell those for children, the impact of fewer births has kept growth nearly nonexistent for more than two decades. The economy has picked up recently and enjoyed two straight years of growth, the longest such streak since the late 1980s, before contracting again in the first three months of this year. The U.S. accepts many more immigrants than does Japan, and that influx has boosted population growth. The Labor Department released separate data Thursday showing that last year, there were 27.4 million foreign-born workers in the United States, the most since records began in 2005. Immigrants now make up 17.1 percent of the U.S. workforce. Economic research earlier this year
TOKYO - Japan’s longest straight period of expansion in nearly three decades ended in the first quarter of this year as the economy shrank at an annualized rate of 0.6 percent. Growth for the previous quarter was also revised downward according to data released Wednesday that reflected weaker spending by consumers, businesses and the government. On a quarterly basis, Japan’s gross domestic product dipped
0.2 percent, the Cabinet Office reported. Analysts had expected a contraction, the first quarter pullback in two years. It ended the longest straight period of uninterrupted growth since the late 1980s. “There wasn’t any particular driver for the weakness — private consumption and public demand were flat while investment spending and net exports fell slightly,” Marcel Thieliant of Capital Economic said in a commentary.
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Lowest US birth rate in 3 decades could pose risk to economy
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics said Thursday that the number of U.S. babies born last year fell 2 percent from 2016 to 3.85 million, also a 30-year low. Births have fallen for three straight years. The fertility rate dropped 3 percent last year to 60.2 births per 1,000 women ages 15 through 44. An aging society has already weighed on economic growth in the United States in the past decade, with the vast baby boom generation retiring and fewer young people replacing them. Thursday’s data suggests that the trend is likely to continue. Economic growth is generally driven by population growth and worker efficiency, both of which have slowed in the past decade in the United States. Kathy Bostjancic, an economist at Oxford Economics, a consulting firm, said that roughly 10 years ago, the number of Americans working or looking for work was growing about 1 percent annually. With birthrates declining, that figure has since fallen to about a 0.3 percent growth rate. That essentially acts as a 0.7 percentage point drag on the United States’ long-run growth. “Demographics have a really powerful impact on the economy,” Bostjancic said. The U.S. economy has grown at a 3 percent average annual rate since World War II. Yet it hasn’t reached that pace for a full calendar year since 2005. The baby boomers first reached retirement age in 2008. The Federal Reserve in March
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FILE - This Feb. 16, 2017 file photo shows newborn babies in the nursery of a postpartum recovery center in upstate New York. Women in the United States gave birth last year at the lowest rate in three decades, a trend that could weigh on economic growth in future decades. The number of babies born in the U.S. has fallen for three straight years, and as births decline and the population ages, fewer Americans are available to work or start businesses, thereby slowing the economy. found that U.S. fertility fell sharply roughly nine months before the past three recessions. That suggests that such declines could signal economic downturns. But Kasey Buckles, an economics professor at Notre Dame who conducted the research with two colleagues, said that recent such declines aren’t sharp enough to point to a recession.
Instead, she noted that fertility declines over the past three years have occurred mostly among women under 30. Birth rates among older women have risen or held steady. That suggests that the fertility declines largely reflect a drop in unwanted pregnancies since the 2008-2009 recession. Fertility among women of all ages fell sharply in 2008 and 2009, Buckles said, but rebounded quickly
for women 30 and over. Separate data from the Guttmacher Institute, a policy organization that tracks reproductive health, shows that unwanted pregnancies have fallen since the Great Recession, Buckles said. “It’s possible that the Great Recession may have been something of a triggering event that caused people to be more intentional about their fertility,” she said. (ap)
He forecasts that growth will slip to 1.2 percent this year from 1.7 percent in 2017. Under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the world’s third-largest economy has picked up steam through a deflation-fighting stimulus program driven mainly by asset purchases by the central bank that are injecting billions of dollars into the economy each year. The aim has been to keep credit cheap and push prices higher to compel businesses and consumers
to spend more. But with wage increases lagging inflation, consumer spending has remained flat, the latest data showed. Given Japan’s reliance on exportled growth, trade friction brought on by President Donald Trump’s efforts to trim the perennial U.S. trade deficit has raised uncertainty over the outlook for the economy. Antagonisms between Washington and Beijing over trade also threaten to hurt the economy indirectly given Japan’s importance as a source of
parts and technology for products made or assembled in China. Abe’s own domestic political problems also could upend his “Abenomics” growth strategy. The prime minister has held office for much longer than most of his predecessors. But his government is contending with scandals over cronyism and sexual harassment that have set off speculation he may be replaced as head of the ruling Liberal Democrats in their next party election. (ap)
Japan’s economy contracts in Jan-March, as spending lags
Ancient cultures honoured in party-like atmosphere
Bali is no stranger to monumental performances, whether for religious ceremonies, cultural events like Pancer Langit’s monumental production of Nusantara heritage dances last year, shows designed for tourists, international festivals or just for the fun of it (as witnessed by the 5000 strong Kecak performance a few months back). Also, Indonesia no stranger to performances involving traditional dances from across the archipelago that are often staged for a variety of audiences ranging from school groups to visiting dignitaries. What took place last weekend at Arma Museum and Resort however was truly impressive and entirely unprecedented. Indigenous Celebration Bali 2018 (Mai 11-13) brought together 200 participants from 32 different indigenous groups from Indonesia and 6 other countries for 3 days and nights of workshops, films, seminars, stories, demonstrations and performances by indigenous peoples who travelled great distances to share a glimpse of their culture with the international audience and other indigenous peoples. This first of its kind event was thought provoking, educational, entertaining, deeply touching, somewhat troubling and altogether groundbreaking. Although strictly speaking, every human is indigenous to somewhere, indigenous peoples can be defined as those who live on and care for the same land as their ancestors have for millennia through an unbroken lineage of wisdom practices – both material and non- material, that strengthen ties to the natural world, the community and the unseen life force. Clearly everyone who stepped onto the stage did so with the intention of honoring and sharing something essential about their ancestral heritage out of a desire to unify without erasing differences- to reach across boundaries of culture and language to create a space for genuine sharing not just entertainment. As one audience member from Europe named Sophia said: “I am not sure what this event is all about, but I am feel touched to be able to learn so much about all these different cultures, I feel like we are not strangers we just have different styles”. Organiser and co-founder of Indigenous Celebration, David Metcalf explained: “I had the idea of putting this event together when I realized that so many indigenous peoples don’t know that there are many other peoples facing the same struggles and who also share similar values and thought how amazing it would be to bring them together in one place to share. After discussing the idea with the owner of Arma
Museum and Resort, Agung Rai, I understood how important it is to also share some of the wisdom that these indigenous groups carry with them with people who have lost contact with these values”. Over the course of the three day event, amongst the many, many things that were shared, the following are a few examples. Elders from the Dayak Maanyan opened the event with a traditional ritual ceremony involving many elements of their culture including a mantra spoken in their language, invoking peace and well-being. The dance that followed was beautiful but the power of their ancestral heritage was most deeply felt by the clear words spoken by the elder who made a rare trip out of his forest village to attend this unifying event. During one of the daytime workshops, a Dayak Sungai Utik elder shared a story about how their people first received music from a young man who found a fish playing a bamboo flute with it’s nose causing all the other fish to dance in joy and copied this technique of blowing a flute using one’s nose bringing music to their village. Workshop participants were then invited to try playing the flute this way. The Balinese representatives performed on the gigantic bamboo xylophones known as Jegog that are not as well known as other Balinese musical forms. This performance was quite timely as a great Jegog Maestro passed away just one day earlier. The exuberance of the youth who played was a comforting reminder that his memory and mastery will live on. The representatives from West Timor shared a ceremony of friendship, explanations about the many varied meanings associated with their weaving traditions including how in the past only royalty could wear patterned cloth but eventually stripes were permitted and finally patterns but how to this day when walking in front of the royal homes one must lower ones scarf from
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Some indigenous representatives who participated in collaborative performance together at Indigenous Celebration Bali 2018 their shoulders and tie it around their waist and lift their sarong as they pass (in the past failing to do so would result in having your sarong cut in half on the spot) and also shared some traditional dance moves with a random group of people on the sidelines of the event. The Minahasa people explained that the monkey skulls they now wear on their dance outfits for the warrior dance used to be human skulls and the dance was only performed when warriors came home from battle, but now it is used as a welcome dance for important visitors to their village. Sharing with the Indigenous Mexican representative about how both of their peoples begin every important event with a honouring of fire as a representation of the life giving sun, they spontaneously created a collaborative dance in honor of this shared tradition. The Mentawe people explained that their tattoos were made from the burned sap of a certain tree that has great significance to their lives in the forest and the patterns they draw on the tattoos also have specific meanings and functions that have however changed with time. Since tattooing was outlawed in the 1950’s this important tradition almost disappeared altogether, so now many tattoo motifs are shared openly as a way to honour the tradition and keep it alive. The Dayak Iban also shared
stories and demonstrations of their unique tattooing traditions as well as several dances and songs that lulled all present into state of harmonious awe. Combining traditional dance movements and musical style with more contemporary choreographies performed with great expertise, they awed the audience with the beauty and power of their ancestral heritage. The Gayo people shared about their dance and how to embody the spirit in movement in their workshop and deeply impressed the audience with the intense emotion of their music and stamina of their dancers during their stage performance that spoke clearly of the various influences that inform their culture. The Maori representatives shared about the legends of how tattooing came to their people from a mysterious woman from far away long ago and how the instruments they use in their ceremonies represent different forces of nature depending on the materials they are made with and the sounds they produce, They also performed a solemn song of tribute to recent victims of violence based on intolerance that occurred in Indonesia during this celebration. Dayak youths shared about the detailed meanings of the different shapes and colors used to compose their traditional paintings in their workshop and one of their female elders performed a simple yet powerful singing of a story about the
fate of their people that was then translated into Indonesian and English – as were all of the stories that were shared in the various native tongues of the participants. The people from Papua shared about how they are using film to tell their stories of struggle –despite having been banned from using cameras for a time and also the depth of their traditional customs and relationship to the land. Their dance performance also spoke in powerful gestural poetry about their valuing of togetherness. The aboriginal Australians shared about how they tell their stories though painting and sound and demonstrated how something essential about their ancestral heritage can be beautifully translated into contemporary dance forms. On the last night of Indigenous Celebration all the participants performed collaborative dances between different indigenous groups, which finally culminated in all the participants and the audience dancing together on the giant open air stage of the Arma Museum- a truly living museum. There is no doubt that everyone left this event with a new way of understanding their place in the world, a feeling that we all share a deep love for life that is expressed in myriad forms and hopefully a commitment to caring for those things that are truly valuable for us as human beings on planet earth. (kmb)
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Agricultural problems and obstacles in Bali unresolved
DENPASAR - The problems and obstacles of agriculture in Bali have not been resolved yet. It’s no wonder if the agriculture has not been able to prosper farmers in Bali. The Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) Bali formulated a number of problems and causes. Chairman of HKTI Bali, Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Suparta, said that Bali remains an agricultural area other than tourism area. Based on the data in 2017 of the Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS) the wetland area only amounts to 79,526 hectares (14.11 percent). With the increasing reduction in agricultural land area, there are opportunities for agricultural products from outside to come in. The growing number of agricultural products from outside entering Bali, whether the raw, semi-finished or finished products, has met the consumer’s choice. Meanwhile, the anticipation and protection of Balinese people to their own agricultural products stay low. “If this is not immediately done by government regulation, it will potentially marginalize Balinese farmers,” he said recently. Implementation of technology has not been maximized. So, the productivity of some commodities has not been maximized although the physical infrastructure and facilities of Bali’s agriculture have better conditions and agricultural production technology is quite available. Unfortunately, not all of them are well utilized. Increased flow of agricultural land conversion tends to be out of control because the government is indecision in applying the Regional
Regulation on the Bali Regional Spatial Planning (RTRWP). He also noticed the increasingly weak subak (irrigation cooperative) existence. The sale and purchase transactions of land in his territory have led to the release of land rights, and the land conversion is increasingly uncontrolled whereas subak has proved tough in advancing Bali’s agricultural business. Young people have low interest in pursuing the agricultural sector because it is considered less able to provide assurance of changes in the living standards and better social status in the future. Government policy in agricultural sector remains considered to be inadequate to side in farmers. Therefore, the agricultural sector seems to have been marginalized. “Poor innovation and lack of specific community orientation towards agricultural sector are believed to be closely related to the case of marginalized agriculture,” he said, while adding that the economic progress in the tourism sector has not immediately brought in a direct and tangible positive impact to the progress of farmers and agriculture of Bali. Marketing system of Bali’s agricultural products is less clear and the institutions are less patterned. Market institution is less easily accessible to producing farmers. Consequently, farmers still have difficulties in marketing their farming products. This happens due to the synergy and integration between the agricultural sector and the tourism sector has not been materialized significantly. (kmb42)
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Officers ‘did what they could’ in Texas killings: chief
SANTA FE - Two officers “did what they could” when a teenager opened fire and killed 10 inside a Texas school, their chief said Saturday, tight-lipped about a probe into the latest US mass shooting.
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Tektekan constitutes a simple musical instrument made of bamboo sticks combined with a number of other traditional musical instruments.
Calonarang of Penarukan village presented on temple festival
TABANAN — The people of Tabanan district have surely been familiar with the art of tektekan. As one of the traditional arts of Kerambitan subdistrict, it is often displayed recently in the festival activities such as the Kerambitan Festival regularly held every year. Tektekan itself constitutes a simple musical instrument made of bamboo sticks combined with a number of other traditional musical instruments. Nevertheless, it is capable of presenting a beautiful art performance, a noble culture developing well and still well maintained until now. Originally, this tektekan in particular served to repel bhuta kala when people consider if the village was stricken by plague and paraded one day before Nyepi Day. In keeping with the progress of time, it increasingly accentuates on the creativity of the art, slowly tektekan gamelan itself develops to have different functions or additional use. Tektekan originally functioned to neutralize plague now becomes a gamelan accompaniment to drama theatrical art known as Tektekan Calonarang. At one of the villages in Kerambitan sub-district, namely Penarukan village, the tradition of Tektekan Calonarang is displayed on piodalan or temple festival at Dalem and Puseh Temple at local village. Besides, the staging of tektekan can also be used to pay vows of the
community. “Tektekan Calonarang does not use alive human as corpse, but more focuses on the anger or the mother Ratna Manggali who sees her daughter being treated badly. Ultimately, she takes advantage of her supernatural power to spread diseases. This can be neutralized with tektekan sounds,” said headman of Penarukan, I Putu Rai Suteja, on Saturday (May 19). Tektekan Calonarang is performed every festival at Puseh and Dalem Temple for one hour. He said that in 1967, Kerambitan subdistrict area was attacked by disease outbreaks so that people had the initiative to sound the potluck tools either split bamboo drum or kentongan. After that, the epidemic of the disease subsided, and it is believed the ngerebeg tradition is efficacious to eliminate the plague. A figure of Puri Anyar Palace also sees that it has the potential to be promoted into the art, and sustains the royal tourism. Then, all the art figures were summoned and they established an art troupe collaborated with staging
of Calonarang along with Rangda and Barong. “Forerunner in the formation of the Tektekan Calonarang at Penarukan involves three villages namely Kerambitan (for the dancers), Celuk hamlet, Sudimara (gamelan players) and Penarukan village (rangda and barong),” he explained. Since at that time Celuk village and Sudimara village was separated by a river without a bridge, so when rainy season arrived, a flood in the river made them unable to cross. As a result, the order to make a performance was submitted to Penarukan and Kerambitan. At that time, the art troupe had about 70 members. In the next development, because the dancers in Kerambitan have been old, finally the art troupe was bequeathed to Penarukan covering the dancers, gamelan players as well as barong and rangda. At the end in 1967 was then established the tektekan troupe at Penarukan Kaja under dancer coordinator of Ketut Kamijana, the former headman of local village. (kmb28)
Friday’s massacre in the rural community of Santa Fe wounded 13 more, including a school police officer who is in critical condition. Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old student at the same Santa Fe High School, is being held on two charges: aggravated assault to a public servant and capital murder, which means he could face the death penalty. The FBI raised the number of wounded to 13, from 10 earlier. Walter Braun, chief of the Sante Fe Independent School District police, told reporters that one of his officers was in a critical but stable condition. He and another officer had “engaged” the shooter, Braun said. “We drill all of the time with the students and staff and they’re prepared to go into action. That was reflected by the two officers that engaged him right away,” Braun said, declining to give further details. “Our officers went in there and did what they could.” Braun refused to discuss any investigative matters, such as how many rounds his officers may have fired, deferring to the FBI and Texas Rangers, a statewide law enforcement agency. The two agencies are leading the probe. Galveston County Judge Mark Henry, who found “probable cause” to deny bond for the suspect Friday, told reporters that the wounded school officer “ran toward danger... He’s a hero in my book.” Henry noted that the suspect “said in his statement he acted alone,” and the case will go before another judge on Monday. The gunman apparently carried out the attack with a shotgun and a .38 revolver that were legally owned by his father, according to Governor Greg Abbott. (afp)
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Santa Fe High School students gather at a mekeshift memorial during a community dinner put on by voluteers to help residents begin healing on May 19, 2018 in Santa Fe, Texas.
Erdogan to hold controversial election rally in Bosnia
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A child plays with pigeons as he carries a Turkish flag at the Bascarsija main square in Sarajevo, on May 19, 2018. Erdogan will hold on May 20, the only election rally outside of Turkey in Sarajevo prior to the June 24 presidential and parliamentary vote.
SARAJEVO - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold an election rally in Sarajevo Sunday for expatriate Turks, an event that has stirred controversy in Bosnia. Sarajevo was chosen for the rally after several European Union countries, including Germany, banned such rallies in the campaign for last year’s referendum on a new system enhancing the powers of the Turkish presidency. The decision sparked tension between Ankara and Brussels. Turkey heads to presidential and parliamentary polls on June 24. Erdogan has previously drawn controversy for electioneering in Europe, where there are some three million Turks eligible to vote in Turkish elections, including 1.4 million in Germany. According to Bosnian media, around 20,000 people are expected
for the rally in Sarajevo’s largest sports venue Zetra. Two giant portraits of Erdogan and Turkey’s first president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, were placed in the hall on Saturday. - Brother parties In April, Austria and the Netherlands also said they would ban any campaigning by Turkish politicians on their soil for the June elections. A similar ban was seen as unlikely in Sarajevo, however, given that Bosnian Muslim leader Bakir Izetbegovic attended the marriage of Erdogan’s daughter in 2016. His SDA party is seen as close to Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) which, according to Bosnian media, is planning to open a representative office in Bosnia soon. “We will show that he (Erdo-
gan) has friends and that there are those who are proud of him,” Izetbegovic, the Muslim member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, told his supporters last week. The Turkish leader “is not liked in the West and there are many frustrated Bosniak (Muslims) who do not like him in this country”, Izetbegovic said. “What is the problem? The problem is that he is a powerful Muslim leader that we have not had for a long time.” A Facebook group supporting Erdogan’s arrival voiced “welcome to the protector of Muslims in the world”. But the support is not unanimous. Another Facebook group of Sarajevans called on citizens of Bosnia to raise their voices “against the meeting ... and say no to Turkish foreign policy and its interference in Bosnia’s politics”. (afp)
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3 unmissable places to visit in Zimbabwe HARARE - Following the removal of Mugabe, Zimbabwe is opening its doors to tourism. We visit the Matobo National Park, the stone city of Great Zimbabwe and Victoria Falls. Matobo National Park
We are in the Matobo National Park in South West Zimbabwe where science and technology are combining with traditional knowledge not only to protect the rhino but to enable visitors to get close to them on foot. We manage in the early morning light to find and walk to within 20 metres of a “bachelor’” herd of three young males and a younger female who eye us cautiously but not with any apparent hostility. Then, perhaps inevitably, someone stumbles or steps on a twig and the herd takes off, but fortunately not in our direction. We have the obligatory armed ranger alongside us but no-one wants to put his skills to the test. Back at the vehicle Norman tells us more about the preservation projects including a de-horning programme, a shoot-to-kill policy to tackle poaching and the involvement of the local community. Guest donations, for example, are given to the village every month but not if any animals have “disappeared” in the meantime. The stone city of Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has much to offer, both natural and man-made. An example of the latter is Great Zimbabwe near Masvingo in the South East, the ruins of an extraordinary stone city created by the Bantu civilisation between the 11th and 15th centuries, once home to kings, their 200 wives and up to 20,000 of their subjects. The word Zimbabwe is a combination of Zi (big), mba (house) and bwe (stone); the designation “great” is to distinguish it from the 250 other “big houses of stone” scattered around the country. So significant is the place to the people’s sense of their history that the word was an almost automatic choice for the country’s name after independence in 1980. They say its scale – the site covers 200 acres – and its architectural achievements – the valley enclosure has 11 metre high walls of 15,000 tons of stone all built without mortar – should rank it only a little lower than other giant stone structures like the Pyramids and Angkor Wat. The difference is that although this too is a UNESCO World Heritage Site it is relatively unknown outside the country. Victoria Falls
Our trip culminated in Victoria Falls for which no TV or any other medium can properly prepare you. Known to the locals as Mosi oa Tunya, “the smoke that thunders”, the sound and the spray can be seen and heard even as you drive into the village. Close up the sight is staggering. At the end of the wet season in March and April an unimaginable 500 million litres of the Zambezi river cascade over the rocks every minute along six differently named sections. At some points, the spray which can rise to over 1600 ft is so voluminous you can barely see through it. Even the full length hooded raincoats you’re provided with cannot stop you getting soaking wet. An unexpected enchantment are all the rainbows which suddenly appear and as suddenly vanish. You can bungee jump off the bridge which spans the river and links Zimbabwe to Zambia or zipwire across it or swing out over it or edge along the walkway which runs underneath. Or you can just be there – for me the place was more than enough of an adrenaline rush though I did splurge on a 13 minute helicopter flight for another dazzling perspective. (net)
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Radicalism unable to evolve well
DENPASAR - Radicalism is not a new ‘stuff.’ It has existed even since the Soeharto’s era. However, radicalism is not able to evolve well in Indonesia because Indonesian citizens have a high nationalism. “It has been proved until these days that our country is still standing rigidly. In other words, the people having radicalism are not able to grow because all components of Indonesian societies go hand in hand in defending the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI),” he Dr. Gede Wirata, the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Ngurah Rai University (UNR) on Saturday (May 19). The Indonesian fighters had defended the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia with their last drop of blood. Now, it is time for the next generation to defend it. Although there are still a small number of people who embrace such radicalism, the percentage is not in a critical condition because the NKRI is proved to have been firmly established to date. “The presence of small ripples in state’s living is fair. Surely, this also occurs in any country,” he said. Although being in non-critical situation, the public must still increase vigilance to ward off radicalism as happened to the bomb terror in Surabaya. Though some people still have different understandings and re-surfaced. The actions of a handful of these people must always be alerted by reinforcing a sense of unity. Although committed by a handful of people, it can potentially break the NKRI if abandoned. The idea of radicalism with the peak in the Surabaya bomb action resurfaced after the Sarinah terror in 2016. The bomb terror precisely occurred ahead of the election of regional leaders and president. The growing issue in social media associated that Surabaya bomb terror had something to do with political interests. However, this was denied by Wirata. According to him, the
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bomb terror due to political interests is certainly different from the bomb terror because of the prevailing radicalism. “I think it will make people have antipathy. They (the politicians concerned) do not take care of such things as having a different struggle,” he concluded. Bomb terror may be linked to political interests considering it approaches the election of president and regional leaders. “I think the interests are different. In my analysis, everything may have its own interest, but the bomb is unlikely to be of political interest so far,” he added. The bomb terror due to the influence of radicalism aims to show off itself at the national and international level that there is radicalism in Indonesia. Radicalism followers want to build an image in Indonesia because during Soeharto’s era it was eradicated. After the reform order, such understanding re-appeared because of democracy with excessive freedom. “This is the time for them to show off that they are not dead and still exist,” he said. During Suharto’s era, there was Petrus or mysterious shooter policy. At that time, bodies were found everywhere but were not exposed. It happened because the press was silenced. “But now, the freedom is excessive,” he said. Therefore, in this reform order the press is expected to publicize something balanced. If people do not understand, they will be consumed by the news in the media. The press plays an important role to inform and provide balanced information so that people can understand. In addition, some people still have limited knowledge so that not all of them can accept. Although having entered globalization era, not all Indonesian people know it. In the mountainous areas, people are still very poor with information. Moreover, the Internet connection has not reached the entire regions of Bali. (kmb42)
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Barong brutuk of Terunyan village
Cultural heritage of Pejukutan village similar to barong brutuk Listibya seeks to revitalize
SEMARAPURA - Cultural Advisory and Development Assembly (Listibya) of Klungkung district seeks to revitalize the unique cultural heritage owned by Pejukutan village, Nusa Penida. The cultural heritage is in the form of barong brutuk like the one found at Terunyan village, Kintamani. If the barong brutuk of Terunyan village has costume made from dry banana leaves or keraras (Balinese), the barong of Pejukutan village in Nusa Penida uses young coconut leaves. This cultural heritage estimated to have existed since the 1890s also has a similar function to the barong brutuk at Terunyan, namely as a sacred dance to neutralize disease outbreaks in the community or commonly known as nangkluk merana. Chief of Listibya Klungkung, I Dewa Gede Alit Saputra, when interviewed recently revealed that to revitalize the cultural heritage, he and the team had already come down directly to the Pejukutan village. He had time to interview the local headman who happens to be the artist involved. From the results of interviews, it is known if the cultural heritage remains to be stored in a temple at Pejukutan village. “The shape is similar to rangda. Actually, he does not have the term of barong brutuk,” he said. To dance the barong locally known as Durga, he said the prospective dancers have to go through the ritual process first. Prospective dancers should wait in the grave before wearing costume of young coconut
leaf and given offerings. Until now, this barong called Durga is often danced every Tumpek Kandang (ritual for cattle). Usually, people will come while bringing their cattle in order to get the sprinkles of holy water of the barong danced. Thus, people believe their cattle will survive from the plague. “We call this barongshaped dance Barong Brutuk of Nusa Penida version. It is also performed on Kuningan Day,” he said. Since it is still often staged on certain days, Dewa Alit had confidence if the cultural heritage will not become extinct. He just quite regretted as the shape of the barong is changed. Formerly, the costumes of the barong brutuk of Nusa Penida version used young coconut leaves, but now it has been changed with other materials such leaf fiber of prasok or Balinese pandan. When asked why the costumes are not returned to the original ones? The informant answered simply because almost no one wanted to continue it because of ignorance and the difficulty of generation to understand about the heritage. With more practical consideration, then they made the hair ornaments and others from the prasok. To prevent the shape change from not going further, Listibya also has offered to local headman the reconstruction of the cultural heritage. To be able to reconstruct, it must pass through the village meeting because the existence of barong is related to the local belief. “Listibiya has the capacity to provide consideration and coaching. Such an authority absolutely lies in the local community. Listibiya keeps trying to convince people in order to be returned to the original one,” he added. (kmb40)
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Apuan village sets Kecak Dance to unite youths
BANGLI - Kecak dance is still preserved by people of Apuan village, Susut. For people at the local village, kecak dance is not just a cultural heritage to be preserved. More than that, kecak dance is a means or medium to unite the youths.
Not long ago, the kecak dance was displayed by hundreds of youths of Apuan village in the Captain Mudita Square of Bangli coinciding with the 814th anniversary of Bangli. The kecak dance performed at that time featured the Ramayana epic story. The kecak dance performance by the art troupe of Apuan village managed to attract the attention of hundreds of spectators. Chief of customary youth club of Apuan Kelod hamlet, Apuan, Ketut Ardana, said the kecak dance at Apuan village has existed for a long time. However, the dance is quite rarely performed. At the initiative of the local figures at Apuan village, the dance performed by tens to hundreds of male dancers is currently revived. “The kecak dance is revived based on the initiative of village figures,” he said recently. Ardana said that in addition to preserving traditional arts, the efforts to revive the kecak dance are carried
Kecak Dance in Apuan Village, Bangli
out to strengthen the unity of the youth at Apuan village. Through the staging of kecak dance in Captain Mudita Square, the youth of four hamlets namely the Apuan Kaja, Apuan Kelod, Bangun Lemah Kangin and Bangun Lemah Kawan can be united through the performance of attractive kecak dance. Meanwhile, headman of Apuan, Made Cerita, who was interviewed separately, said that the main goal of the village to revive the kecak dance is to preserve the Balinese traditional dance as rarely staged in recent times. In addition, the revival of the kecak dance is meant to unite the youth from all the hamlets of Apuan village. “Although they have united all this time, we want to further strengthen the sense of unity,” said Carita. To present the kecak dance performance in the Bangli anniversary recently, they took about ten days to do the exercise. Moreover, the exercise was only held at night. He told that although the kecak dance performance was not maximal, to him it does not matter. The most important thing is to unite the youth and come up with the name of Apuan village. He admitted to be continuously encouraging the youth and preserving kecak dance, so the dance can still exist in the community. (kmb40)
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The fife fighters are putting out the flame on Labrita Adinda Vessel
70 percent belongs to used ships
NEGARA - Fire incident exposed to Labitra Adinda passenger motor vessel in Bali Strait added to a series of sea accidents at the crossing line connecting Java Island to Bali Island. Within the past ten years, it has been recorded several sea accidents and some of them even claimed casualties. From the record of Bali Post, the most terrible incident occurred in 2016 where the Rafelia 2 drowned in the Bali Strait. The sea crash killed six people and dozens of vehicles sank. Two of the victims were a mother and her baby. Two years after the sea crash, a number of evaluations were made. One of them is by requiring all passengers to fill in the identity to complete the manifest. Besides, it is equipped with weighbridge in each counter, especially for cars and freight vehicles. Thus, it can be ascertained the weight of vehicle freight that will go to the ship. Currently, the crossing with an inter-island distance range of about seven miles is one of the most crowded crossing lines in Indonesia. A total of 56 ships are ready to use, but to anticipate the crowded crossing, only 32 ships are maximally operated. This crossing line is also susceptible to ship dragged by sea currents as the strait has the characteristics of strong sea currents both in the Ketapang and Gilimanuk Harbor. Not infrequently, almost every month there is an incident of ship dragged by sea current to ship running aground. Executive Manager of Gilimanuk Harbor (UPP), Nyoman Suryantha, when met on Friday (May 18) justified that natural factors often trigger the problems where one of them is foundered ship. “In the Bali Strait, the weather is fast changing. Yesterday when the incident (of ship fire) the crossing was shrouded in fog,” he explained.
So, according to him, the skipper must be observant when the strong current occurs. Suryantha admitted that almost 70 percent of the ships operated are second-hand ships imported from overseas. “It looks new, but in truth it is just newly painted. Actually, it’s a used item whose year of production is before 2000. However, all ships have already owned a permit,” he added. Related to the year of manufacture, the UPP did not record but each ship holds the document. Strict checking or supervision whether related to physical checking of the ships or ship administration that will sail has even been made. Associated with the fire incident to Labitra Adinda owned by PT Karya Maritim Indonesia, according to him, based on the coordination it was alleged to have been triggered by electric short circuit in the rear engine of the ship. He said that it is just an allegation because the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) will conduct an investigation. Meanwhile, based on the record of UPP Post at Gilimanuk Harbor, the Labitra Adinda was on fire in the second trip. Based on the results of checking by the officers in accordance with the SOP before sailing both administration and physical condition of the vessel have been declared feasible. The vessel has also got sailing approval document (SPB) at 14:30. The ship was on fire after sailing for an hour or when it was about to anchoring at Ketapang Harbor. Of the several times of incidents in the Bali Strait, according to him, they were dominantly caused by natural factors. As reported earlier, the Labitra Adinda was on fire in the waters of the Ketapang Harbor. It carried five units of large trucks, a small car, five units of tronton truck, two motorcycles and 25 passengers. (kmb)
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Ramadhan Kareem! A perfect month to spread the kindness and reach His blessing.Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center unveiled a Ramadan promotion. “Start from Ramadan Special, it consisting of Ta’jil menu, we have prepared it for those who would like to have breakfasting together with their family, friends, and colleagues but would not be missed maghrib and tarawih prayer. Our kitchen team provided a tempting menu like date fruits, green ba-
nana ice, cendol ice, coconut ice, variant of layer cakes, green tea cake, spring rolls, samosa, grilled chicken wing, and etc. It cost IDR 50.000 nett/ pax with minimum order 25 pax.” Said Ady Suardy – Assistant Restaurant Manager at Jempiring Restaurant on Ramadan Launches. The hotel also provides the breakfasting buffet, beside ta’jil menu included, staring from the selections of local soups such as oxtail soup, fish ball soup, and
soto Bandung. The wide variety of main course; Asian crispy, dabudabu grilled fish, balado grilled chicken, beef tongseng, garlic steam fish, and etc. Those dishes are complemented with variety of sambal, pickles, and crackers. Your breakfasting moment will be completed with sliced of seasonal fruits, traditional sweets, and pudding. Beside food promotion, the hotel also offers room package during the holy month at Studio
Room and 1-Bedroom Suite, which is included sahur & ta’jil for 2 pax. For small family is advisable to choose 2- Bedroom Suite, because the living room and bedroom are separate for their convenience, and inclusive sahur and ta’jil for 4 pax. Period of stay until 14 June 2018. For the families who have planned to spend their holiday in Bali, Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center offers Lebaran Package – 3 days 2 nights stay.
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A Bob Dylan guitar fetches $495,000 at auction
NEW YORK - A guitar that played a key role in Bob Dylan’s artistic evolution from folk music to rock fetched a half million at auction on Saturday. The guitar, a 1965 Fender Telecaster that belonged to Robbie Robertson, Dylan’s guitarist, was used by Dylan, Eric Clapton and George Harrison, Julien’s Auctions said Saturday. It had been expected to fetch between $400,000 and $600,000. The guitar marked the singer’s path from folk stylings like “The Times They Are A-Changin’” (1964), to electric rock, like his 1965 hit “Like a Rolling Stone.” Other famous guitars went under the hammer on Saturday: George Harrison’s first electric guitar, a $40,000 Hofner Club 40, and a Fender Telecaster rosewood guitar made for Elvis Presley in 1968, priced at a cool $115,200. More than 40 years after his death, Elvis items still fetch a handsome price. A heavily decorated Elvis belt, which he wore during a concert in Hawaii in 1972, sold for $354,400. A star-shaped diamond ring donated by Elvis to an admirer at a concert in 1975 brought in a sparkly $100,000. The sale also included show costumes that belonged to artists from Elton John, to Britney Spears and Michael Jackson. A leather jacket and pants suit from the late “Thriller” singer, with a yellow shirt, brought in $217,600, Julien said. (afp)
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Childish Gambino: America’s new favorite Donald?
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood’s latest sensation Donald Glover, eyebrow arched with the detached insouciance of a rockstar but the poise of a chess grandmaster, is trying to guess which surname Google auto-suggests when his first name is typed. “Trump? Glover? I mean, are we going in order? Trump, Duck and then Glover,” he asks. Whisper it in Alabama, Kentucky or Oklahoma -shout it in his home state of Georgia -- but the answer is Glover, not Trump, and entertainment’s latest Renaissance man looks pleasantly surprised. An accomplished actor, Glover is better known to rapt teenagers the world over as US hip hop phenomenon Childish Gambino.
“Oh, wow. I did it,” he laughs, practicing the ear-to-ear grin he’ll need if he ever adds an Oscar or a Tony to a trophy cabinet already groaning under the weight of Emmys, Golden Globes and a Grammy Award. It has been quite a week for the 34year-old actor, writer, producer, director, rapper, singer, DJ and comedian as he sits down with AFP to discuss his role as a young Lando Calrissian in “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”
At the time of the interview, Glover’s latest graphic music video “This is America” had racked up 100 million views in a week on YouTube, with its powerful takes on gun violence, racism and police brutality. Every entertainment publication worth its salt has contributed to the white noise on what the enigmatic Glover could possibly have meant and how to interpret his edgy imagery. (afp)
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Lava from a Kilauea volcano fissure erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island on May 19, 2018 in Kapoho, Hawaii. The U.S. Geological Survey said the volcano erupted explosively on May 17 launching a plume about 30,000 feet into the sky.
Rural Hawaii communities face various volcano threats
PAHOA - In the weeks since Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano began erupting, dozens of homes have burned from oozing lava, people have fled their homes and plumes of steam from the summit have shot skyward, prompting officials to distribute face masks to protect against ash particles. Lava flows have grown more vigorous in recent days and there’s concern more homes may burn and more evacuations may be ordered. Still, scientists can’t say whether lava flows from nearly two dozen fissures will continue to advance, or stop. “We have no way of knowing whether this is really the beginning or toward the end of this eruption,” said Tom Shea, a volcanologist at the University of Hawaii. “We’re kind of all right now in this world of uncertainty.” In addition to ash fallout from explosions and the threat of lava crossing main highways, officials warned of another hazard Saturday as a flow advanced southeast to the ocean: Laze. “Laze is when hot lava hits the ocean sending hydrochloric acid
and steam with fine glass particles in the air,” the Hawaii County Civil Defense agency said in an update to the public. The area affected by lava and ash is small compared to the Big Island, which is about 4,000 square miles (10,360 square kilometers). Most of the island and the rest of the Hawaiian chain is unaffected by the volcanic activity on Kilauea. State and local officials have been reminding tourists that flights in and out of the entire state, including the Big Island, have not been impacted. Even on the Big Island, most tourist activities are still available and businesses are open. Evacuation orders for two neighborhoods with nearly 2,000 people were given after a first fissure opened on May 3. Officials have been warning neighboring commu-
nities to be prepared to evacuate. A handful of people were trapped when a flow crossed a road Friday. Some had to be airlifted to safety. “They shouldn’t be in that area,” said County Managing Director Wil Okabe. Lava flows have become faster as fresher magma mixed with decades-old magma. The change is attributed to new magma mixing with 1955-era magma in the ground, creating hotter and more fluid flows, scientists said. By Saturday morning, two of 22 fissures had merged, creating a wide flow advancing at rates of up to 300 yards (274 meters) per hour. Aerial footage from the USGS showed fast-moving lava advancing to the southeast. The flow was 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) from the
ocean, scientists said. In the background, the footage showed lava fountaining 328 feet (100 meters) high at one of the fissures. The fountains are created by vents closing, forcing magma to burst through a single outpoint, Stovall said. Civil Defense Administrator Talmadge Magno said a man suffered a “serious” leg injury Saturday when he was hit with a lava spatter while sitting on his porch near the Lanipuna Garden subdivision, the Star-Advertiser reported. Edwin Montoya, who lives with his daughter on her farm near the site where lava crossed the road and cut off access, said the fissure opened and grew quickly. “It was just a little crack in the ground, with a little lava coming out,” he said. “Now it’s a big crater that opened up where the small little crack in the ground was.” The Big Island volcano released a small explosion at its summit just
before midnight Friday, sending an ash cloud 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) into the sky. The USGS’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said eruptions that create even minor amounts of ashfall could occur at any time. This follows the more explosive eruption Thursday, which emitted ash and rocks thousands of feet into the sky. No one was injured and there were no reports of damaged property. It came two weeks after the volcano began sending lava flows into neighborhoods 25 miles (40 kilometers) to the east of the summit. (ap) 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.