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‘Fantastic Beasts’ enchants North American box office

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LOS ANGELES - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s new movie “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” enchanted the North American box office over the weekend, taking in around $62.2 million, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said Monday.

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Andreas Ahrens, curator and museum director of the Disgusting Food Museum, poses for a picture with Natto, fermented soybeans from Japan, presented in the Disgusting Food Museum on November 7, 2018 in Malmo, Sweden.

Maggots, licorice and cobra hearts at Sweden’s ‘Disgusting Food Museum’ MALMO - Cheese teeming with squirming maggots, sheep’s eye juice and mouse wine: the “Disgusting Food Museum” explores why a dish seems delicious to some, but for others is stomachchurning.

On show for three months at an old slaughterhouse in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, the exhibit -- created by Samuel West, who previously served up the Museum of Failure -- promises to shock the senses.

“Disgust is always subjective because it comes with what we grew up with. It’s kind of an indoctrination,” says museum director Andreas Ahrens.

“If we grew up with something, we don’t find it disgusting,” he says.

To highlight the point, the exhibition puts foods from around the world on an equal footing, so

lobster and foie gras are presented in the same way as chewy kiddie sweets and rabbits’ heads.

Gastronomic explorers are warned on entry: the exhibit is not for the squeamish. But, conveniently, the entry ticket is -- a sickness bag.

Bag in hand then, visitors venture off on a world tour of specialities, some of which may seem to a Western palate like ingredients in a witch’s brew but are considered delicacies.

“The Disgusting Food Museum exists to let people explore the world of food and to see both their own food and (other food) from the lens of another culture,” says Ahrens.

Its founder “began by thinking of other museums that don’t exist that he would like to visit, and that led to the Disgusting Food Museum,” he adds cheerfully. (afp)

This second Harry Potter prequel came in slightly behind the first “Fantastic Beasts” movie, which earned $74.4 million in its opening three-day weekend, but it has already scored an impressive $253.2 million overseas. Warner Bros. plans three more “Beasts” movies.

Written by Rowling and directed by David Yates, “Grindelwald” stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander as he works with Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) to take down the evil Gellert Grindelwald, played with typical panache by Johnny Depp.

In a rare weekend when neither horror

nor superhero movies dominated, second place went to family-friendly “The Grinch” from Universal, which tallied $38.6 million.

The ever-popular Dr. Seuss tale has Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the ill-tempered green title character, with support from Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson and Angela Lansbury.

In third spot, with $16 million in ticket

sales, was Fox’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the foot-stomping biopic about Freddie Mercury and rock group Queen. Rami Malek has drawn strong reviews for his portrayal of the British singer/songwriter.

Fourth went to new Paramount release “Instant Family,” starring Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne as a married couple who take in three foster kids over the holidays. It earned $14.5 million and has drawn an “A” rating from audiences polled

by CinemaScore.

In fifth was Fox’s “Widows,” at $12.4 million. Directed by Steve McQueen of “12 Years a Slave” fame, it stars Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki as a group of women who try to pull off a heist after their husbands are killed in a botched robbery. (afp)

Thousands evacuated as Guatemala volcano erupts, then stops

Guatemalan authorities declared a red alert and evacuated around 4,000 people Monday after the Fuego volcano erupted for the fifth time this year, sending bursts of ash and lava down the mountain before its activity decreased and then stopped.

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Memories are still painfully fresh of the volcano’s eruption in June, which swept away villages and left nearly 200 people dead and 235 missing. The Institute of Volcanology’s director Pablo Oliva said the volcano’s activity level had dropped significantly by late Monday.

A spokesman for Guatemala’s disaster management agency CONRED had earlier said it decided to evacuate the municipality

of Escuintla and two other districts.

Some 4,000 people were taken to temporary shelters as a precaution.

The spokesman, David de Leon, said the eruption became increasingly violent after it began Sunday morning, leading to fears for the safety of the thousands of people who live on the slopes of the 3,763 meter-high (12,246 feet) mountain.

A column of ash rose about

1,000 meters above the crater and areas west of the volcano -- 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Guatemala City -- were under a barrage of gas ash and fiery rocks, CONRED said. As the volcano’s activity fell back to normal parameters, evacuees were asked for the sake of cautiousness to return home on Tuesday by bus.

A previous eruption on October 12-13 was characterized by increasingly loud booms and lava

flow. On that occasion, 62 people were evacuated from their homes as a precaution and a highway around the mountain was closed. Many of those evacuated on Monday said they had feared a repeat of the deadly June eruption.

“We were scared and that’s why we evacuated,” said Miriam Garcia, from the village of El Rodeo which was largely spared the deadly eruption.

Oscar Juarez from El Rodeo said: “You have to get out as soon as possible because when that (volcanic material) comes close, you no longer have time to leave,

even if you run, because it comes very fast.”

Activity inside Guatemala’s two other volcanoes, Pacaya and Santiaguito, has increased in recent months but they have not entered the eruptive phase. (afp) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Denpasar - Nationally, the Minister of Tourism Arief Yahya launched at least 100 digital destinations established throughout Indonesia. In Bali, there are three digital destinations namely the Tukad Bindu, Edelweiss Park in Karangasem. These two digital destinations have been launched, but another has not been launched. in the future there are several things to be concerned about the development of tourist destination of Tukad Bindu. Behind it all, his foundation still prioritizes environmental cleanliness in that location.

All this time, a lot has been done at Tukad Bindu starting from education related to the mindset of the community to be more able to preserve nature, including provision of comfort for visitors after seeing the beauty around the Tukad Bindu.

Various things offered are in fact able to trigger a total of visits, in which every weekend the number of visitors coming here can reach 500 or even 1,000 people.

Peken Nusantara is one of the interesting events so the visits to digital destination increase. Chairperson of Research and Development (R & D) of GenPI (Generation of Wonderful Indonesian) of Bali who

One of the digital tourism destinations in Bali

is the executor of Peken Nusantara, Bobby Andalan, said that GenPi as an extension of the Ministry of Tourism made Tukad Bindu one of the digital destinations. It is meant to optimize the hidden attractiveness of Tukad Bindu.

He continued that digital destination is realized through the Peken Nusantara event. Through the Peken Nusantara, he hoped that visitors will not only take selfie, but also enjoy a variety of unique dishes from the Island of the Gods sold on the banks of Tukad Bindu.

“So, digital destination is an eye catching destination and really instagrammable. Well, the GenPI, as the locomotive of the Ministry of Tourism through creative, millennial and young people is driven by the Ministry of Tourism to establish the digital destinations,” he explained. (kmb42)

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Bollywood Superstar Anushka Sharma unveils first-ever interactive wax figure in Madame Tussauds Singapore

Bali has three digital destinations Rivers are usually identified as dirty and slum. However, the Tukad Bindu or Bindu River located in Kesiman Village, East Denpasar, is transformed into beautiful and magnificent. So that it can become a digital destination in accordance with the target of minister of tourism. Moreover, a total of 150 delegates of the IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meeting 2018 were interested in the beautiful atmosphere of the tourist attraction.

Initiator of the Tukad Bindu Foundation, I Gusti Rai Ari Temaja, in the Peken Nusantara event at Tukad Bindu said the Tukad Bindu can optimize the potential of local community, such as the existence of Peken Nusantara (Archipelagic Market). “We also get a positive impact from what the ministry itself has done,” he said on Sunday (Nov. 18).

Ari Temaja acknowledged that

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The officers of Klungkung Regency are inspecting the Lumangan Beach.

Lumangan Beach needs arrangement

SEMARAPURA - Lumangan Beach at Bunga Mekar village adds to the list of alluring tourist attractions in the Nusa Penida Islands. The existence can provide attractive choices, among the wellknown objects such as the Kelingking Beach, Angel Billabong and Pasih Uwug (Broken Beach).

Lumangan Beach needs further arrangement, especially related to road access and the addition of public facilities.

Headman of Bunga Mekar, Wayan Yasa, recently conveyed that Lumangan Beach tourist object belongs to Penangkidan hamlet.

This area has a very good tourist attraction. One of the advantages is the presence of dive sites in the vicinity or called the manta points.

Evidently, many boats every day come to bring tourists to this region.

He hoped that regional government can help structuring the location. At the same time, together he introduces this tourist attraction in order to be thronged by domestic and foreign tourists. Moreover, it is adjacent to the Kelingking Beach destination, Angel Billabong and Pasih Uwug having been well-known among domestic and foreign tourists.

Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, has long realized the potential of Lumangan Beach. So, he came down directly to location recently with the Tourism Office Nusa Penida subdistrict. Regent Suwirta admitted the Lumangan Beach object has not been known and not many visited.

So, seeing such conditions, he said to be making arrangements.

He hoped Lumangan Beach can become the next destination after Kelingking Beach, Angel Billa-

bong and Pasih Uwug, located nearby. Regarding the lack of access to the beach, this regent from Nusa Ceningan asked the local community not to react and use it to damage the image of Nusa Penida.

“It is exaggerated if the lack of the region is actually used to damage the potential of its own territory. What should be done is we keep the natural beauty and slowly arrange the area. We want to emphasize there must be a process to be passed,” he said.

Therefore, the regent Suwirta admitted to have come specifically to look closely what can be done now and in the long term. “I come here today to see and think of it.

Firstly, we see the urgent access to the road. We will make this road better,” he said.

The regent also took action to clean up around Lumangan Beach by involving the local community.

He did it to make the beach environment always clean, especially the location will be promoted as a new tourist destination in Nusa Penida.

When asked about the highlight of law enforcement officials on tourism management fees by customary villages, Regent Suwirta requested administrative and customary village not to immediately collect fees. According to him, this is not good applied in managing an object. The most important is that the tourist attraction proceeds, guests come and of course it will be regulated by local government through regional regulations (Perda) and the management agency.

So, what is produced by object management should also be able to be enjoyed by the village, without having to violate the rule of law. (kmb31)

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SINGAPORE - With the launch of her new interactive wax figure, renowned Bollywood actress, producer and entrepreneur Anushka Sharma joined the IIFA Awards Experience at Madame Tussauds Singapore for the official unveiling ceremony, providing media and fans with the experience of a lifetime.

With over ten years in the industry, the award-winning actress is highly regarded as one of the most popular and finest stars in Indian cinema, receiving accolades for her cinematic contributions both on screen and as a producer. Anushka’s figure is the latest addition to the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards Experience at Madame Tussauds Singapore, an interactive zone where you can surround yourself with A-list Bollywood stars and experience stardom.

As Madame Tussauds Singapore’s first-ever talking wax figure, Anushka’s likeness represents the attraction’s commitment to delivering immersive interactive experiences through technology. Her life-like figure holds a phone personally inviting visitors to snap a selfie with her, which can be digitally shared with friends and family.

“I am glad that my wax figure is the first ever talking and interactive wax figure in Madame Tussauds Singapore. I had a special fan take over my Instagram page today to capture the Madame Tussauds experience and I am thankful for the love and support that they are constantly give me. My fans who visit Madame Tussauds Singapore can engage with my interactive figure and also take a selfie” said Anushka.

Bollywood enthusiasts were given the opportunity to get up close and personal with the actress, as Anushka gave one of her followers the ultimate fan experience by being her personal ‘Instagrammer’ for the launch.

The lucky fan was given a very special task -- to capture key moments of the event and broadcast it over Anushka’s personal Instagram stories to her 20.5 million followers.

“Anushka Sharma is a big star, and she is so nice to work with. We were thrilled to welcome her personally to Singapore for the unveiling of her wax figure. Anushka’s new interactive figure will be a great addition for our visitors and we will continue to grow our attraction in 2019. With much more interactives and Indian Film stars coming to Singapore”, said Alex Ward, General Manager, Madame Tussauds Singapore.

Anushka’s figure joins other Bollywood stars including Kajol, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor in the IIFA Awards Experience where you can re-live the glamour of the Bollywood awards ceremony. Walk the green carpet, snap selfies and dance with your own back up dancers on the big screen, or star on the cover of the IIFA Magazine and shine on stage where you receive your own award. Your time is now to take the spotlight.

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NASA picks ancient Martian river delta for 2020 rover touchdown

TAMPA - NASA has picked an ancient river delta as the landing site for its uncrewed Mars 2020 rover, to hunt for evidence of past life on Earth’s neighboring planet, officials said Monday.

Even though the Red Planet is now cold and dry, the landing site, Jezero Crater, was filled with a 1,600-foot (500-meter) deep lake that opened to a network of rivers some 3.5 to 3.9 billion years ago.

“The delta is a good place for evidence of life to be deposited and then preserved for the billions of years that have elapsed since this lake was present,” Ken Farley, Mars 2020 project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told reporters on a conference call.

Experts believe the 28-mile (45-kilometer) wide basin could have collected and preserved ancient organic molecules and other signs of microbial life.

At least five different kinds of rocks, including “clays and carbonates that have high potential to preserve signatures of past life,” are believed to lie in the crater, just north of the Martian equator, the US space agency said in a statement.

Carbonate rock is produced by the interaction of water, atmospheric gases and rock, and leaves clues about habitable environments, said Farley.

Scientists have debated where to land the rover for the past four years, and whittled down their decision from more than 60 possible sites.

The $2.5 billion rover is planned to launch in July 2020, and land in February 2021.

Mars 2020 is designed to land inside the crater and collect samples that will eventually be returned to Earth for further analysis, perhaps by the later 2020s.

- Perilous landing -

But first, the rover has to make it to the surface intact and upright, dodging a field of boulders, sand traps and the edges of the delta.

Mars 2020 will use the same sky crane landing that successfully delivered NASA’s unmanned Curiosity rover to a location called Gale Crater on Mars back in 2012.

Gale Crater, with its many layers of sediment, was chosen to tell the story of how Mars transitioned from a warm, wet planet to the frigid and dusty one it is today.

The landing site of Jezero Crater is different because of its abundant carbonate rocks and what they can hopefully reveal about early habitability on Mars, NASA said.

Instead of having an analytical laboratory on board -- like Curiosity has -- Mars 2020 is designed to look at rocks on a finer scale, seeing what biosignatures are preserved.

It will then pile them in a cache for further study back on Earth. A separate mission, yet to be defined, would bring the rocks back to Earth.

“Mars had conditions more similar to Earth early on -- in the first billion years -- so what may have been happening in our solar system that allowed life to start on this planet may also be evident on Mars itself.”

Certain features of the Earth -- such as plate tectonics which roil the terrain periodically -- and flowing water which washes away ancient artifacts, actually make the search to understand early

microbial life easier on Mars than on Earth.

“Because there are so many ancient rocks on the surface of Mars, this information is more accessible,” said Meyer.

Robotic rover missions are an important part of human space exploration because these tools also help inform NASA’s efforts to send people to the surface of Mars sometime in the coming decades.

“Mars is really the obvious place, after the Moon, to go and expand our presence in deep space,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s science mission directorate.

NASA has vowed to send people to Mars by the 2030s, but industry experts say it could take longer -- at least 25 years from now -- before humans could survive on the Red Planet. (afp)

- ‘Expand our presence’ -

Knowing more about the ability for life to exist on Mars in the distant past could inform us about how life evolved on Earth.

“Mars is one of four terrestrial planets in the solar system and it actually has the best record of what was going on in the first billion years of planetary formation,” said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program.

“During the same time that life started on Earth, life could have started on Mars,” he added.

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TABANAN — The plan to build the Yeh Otan River Bridge shortcut connecting Bajera village, Selemadeg sub-district to Antosari village, West Selemadeg sub-district, having rolled out since 2016 continues to be finalized. This year, the land acquisition process will even begin to be done. Later on, the bridge as the shortcut will have a length of 600 meters with a width of about 16 meters and is planned to be running in 2019.

Head of the Tabanan Administration Affairs, A.A. Ngurah Agung Satria Tenaya, stated on Friday (Nov. 16) that Tabanan government has carried out the task of determining the location containing the stages of land acquisition affected by the shortcut IV. After completion of the location determination phase issued on October 3, the next stage will be continued by the Working Unit for Region III of the Bali Public Works and Housing Agency (PUPR) regarding the assessment process of compensation and appraisal (land acquisition).

“Obviously, we are in the Tabanan district government as the preparatory team is just responsible for the making of the Location Determination Decree and this has been completed. The task of seeking appraisal and compensation payment will be carried out

by Working Unit for Region III,”

he said.

When asked about the existence of residents’ land affected by this shortcut bridge project, Agung stated that for the time being the location determination stage finds no problem. The compensation will be reviewed first by the appraisal team.

“The compensation ranging from the development to ritual inauguration (pemelaspasan) ceremony is the authority of the appraisal team which also determines the price of the land there,” he explained.

Certainly, having carried out various stages, there is possibility if the development of the Otan River bridge shortcut will begin to be worked on in 2019.

To be noted, construction of the fourth shortcut poses a central government project that will be fully funded through the national budget (APBN). The existence of this Otan River shortcut is believed to be able to facilitate transportation access from Denpasar to Gilimanuk and vice versa. The road section known to have the most hazardous route often causes traffic accidents because of sharp turns and downhill roads.

“With this shortcut, hopefully the traffic will run smoothly, and minimize the number of traffic accidents,” he hoped. (kmb28)

Bricklaying robot’s ‘quantum leap’ for construction

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Mounted on the back of a truck, Hadrian X is simply driven onto a building.

refinements ahead of bringing both Hadrian X robots back to our High Wycombe facility for demonstration to key commercial stakeholders.

“We now begin the next exciting phase for the Company, as we execute our global commercialisation strategy to capitalise on the significant demand for our technology.

“What we have achieved here is a quantum leap for the construction industry.” (IBP/net)

Bali Distribution PLN notes that subsidized electricity consumption in Bali is declining.

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Electricity consumption increases

Tariff of subsidized household customers decrease

DENPASAR - Bali Distribution PLN notes that subsidized electricity consumption in Bali is declining. This happens because the level of electricity consumption in Bali is increasing, so that people have to increase their electricity classification.

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Robotics said the structure met verified building standards set by a civil and structural engineering consultancy group.

Mike Pivac, Fastbrick Robotics chief executive, said: “We now have the world’s only fully automated, end-to-end bricklaying solution, with a massive market waiting for it.

“We will now take everything we’ve learned to date in the Hadrian X programme and make some

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New Bajera-Antosari shortcut in land acquisition phase

This NASA file image released on November 19, 2018 shows on ancient Mars, water carved channels and transported sediments formING fans and deltas within lake basins. Examination of spectral data acquired from orbit show that some of these sediments have minerals that indicate chemical alteration by water.

SYDNEY - A bricklaying robot named Hadrian was described in 2015 by Australian firm Fastbrick Robotics as capable of building the brick shell of a house in a matter of days, and it has now managed to complete the task.

The 180 sq m, three-bedroom, two-bathroom structure was completed in under three days by Hadrian X, a new version of the robot.

After completion, Fastbrick

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The plan to build the Yeh Otan River Bridge shortcut connecting Bajera village, Selemadeg sub-district to Antosari village, West Selemadeg sub-district, having rolled out since 2016 continues to be finalized.

Deputy Manager of Communications and Environment Development of the Bali Distribution PLN, Nyoman Swiranata, stated the number of household customers with subsidized tariff up to November 2018 reached 299,373 people or 26.4 percent of the total household customers in Bali amounting to 1,134,138.

This figure has decreased from the beginning of 2018 recorded to reach 304,023 customers or 27.97 percent. The number of subsidized electricity users also declined from the mid-year record of 300,783 customers. Meanwhile, based on the TNP2K data, only 47,193 households are entitled to receive subsidized electricity.

He said the decline in the number of subsidized customers happens because the community has upgraded to a higher class. For example, they upgrade to 1,300 volt amperes (VA). “With the in-

crease in electricity demand, people included in the BTP TNP2K can upgrade from 450 VA to 900 VA by still using subsidized tariff. However, if they upgrade to 1,300 VA, their subsidies are automatically revoked,” he explained in Denpasar on Friday (Nov. 16).

People entitled to get subsidies are those who are registered as underprivileged families and included in the integrated database (BTP) of the national team for the Acceleration of Poverty Alleviation (TNP2K). He further explained there are two categories of subsidized electricity users, namely R1 with 450 volt ampere (VA) with 221,558 customers and 900 VA with 77,815 customers. The 900 VA customers are also divided in two, namely the subsidized customers and nonsubsidized customers.

At present, the number of nonsubsidized electricity users belong-

ing to R1 with 900 VA is recorded at 331,045 customers. Furthermore, the 1,300 VA power users totally reach 318,139 customers and the 2,200 VA reaches 121,298 customers. R2 customers are those with a power class of 3,500-5,500 VA with 67,293 customers. R3 customers are those with 6,600 VA and above amounting to 16,990 customers.

Based on the data of PLN, the electricity consumption is in line with the data of the Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS) indicating the level of electricity and gas consumption in Bali in the third quarter of 2018 increased by 0.50 percent (yoy). This was conveyed by the Head of BPS Bali, Adi Nugroho, during the official BPS release recently. The contribution of electricity and gas consumption to the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) is IDR 0.11 trillion. This figure contributes 0.23 percent to GDP. (kmb42)

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Tourism needs information management reau as the mouthpiece of the local government plays an important role in reporting and promoting Bali tourism. “Under the Public Relations Bureau there are media and so on. It is to help promote,” he explained.

Aside from Chief of Public Relations and Protocol Bureau, there are 5 agency leaders within the Bali provincial government that makes innovations or change projects. Respectively, the Head of the Bali Cooperative and MSME Agency, I Gede Indra Dewa Putra, came with the innovation entitled Collaboration on Penta Helix Plus Strengthens Regional Competitiveness of Cooperative and MSME Products in Bali Province; Bureau Chief of Law and Human Rights Secretariat of the Bali Province, I Gusti Agung Ketut Kartika Jaya Seputera, came with the innovation entitled Legal Consultation Network System; and Bureau Chief of Regional Secretariat of the Bali Province, I Wayan Serinah, came with the innovation entitled Sword ASN SMART: Touch Screen Job Description.”

Secretary of the Bali Public Housing and Settlement Agency, Gede Pramana, came with the innovation entitled Peri Lan Nu Bali (Saving-Land Housing with

Balinese Culture; and Secretary of BPSDM Bali, Putu Yupi Wahyundari, come with innovation entitled Quality Edutourism.

When separately interviewed, the Head of BPSDM Bali, Ida Bagus Sedhawa, said the change projects made by six heads and secretaries to local agencies or reformers must continue. In other words, the change project must continue to the long term after they have finished the training.

Therefore, it will assist and control the implementation after the PIM II Training.

“After the training they must continue. For example, if the long term has not been achieved, at the latest a year our long-term expectation can be realized. We control it every year through the innovation competition named the Wikia (Widia Kusuma Innovation Award),” he said.

According to Sedhawa, the innovative works having been completed 100 percent are contested again to find the best work.

Thus, PIM Education and Training participants really produce something and make a change so that they can be called change leaders.

“Later, after graduating they are called a change leader and they must dare to make changes. It is

MELBOURNE - Three men who allegedly plotted “chilling” terror attacks in Melbourne were charged early Tuesday, less than two weeks after a stabbing rampage inspired by the Islamic State group left two dead in Australia’s second city, police said.

I Dewa Gede Mahendra Putra

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the beginning, maybe later on after carrying out the task they will have another innovation, if the make changes again, it is even better,” he explained.

Regarding the theme of tourism, continued Sedhawa, it cannot

be separated from Bali’s economy supported by the sector. The regional apparatus which is a public servant must have a mindset about tourism. Aside from the Tourism Office, the other agencies must also understand. (kmb32)

has the potential to be reversed backwards. “That’s the hazards, so that we ask if wishing to build an access to a building, please also involve the people with disability, or the architect who can measure the height,” he explained.

Other than building entrance access, people with disabilities ask for a toilet for wheelchair users. Admittedly so far, there is a narrow toilet door so their seat cannot enter the toilet. Regarding this request, Sukadana claimed there is no intention or desire to be spoiled. But he only wants a little facilitation in infrastructure so that people with disabilities can be more independent in their activities.

Sukadana added, in Gianyar, wheelchair users are approximately 80 people. Of that number, not many people with disabilities can leave freely. However, if facilities for people with disabilities are given a large space, there will be many disabilities out. “So far, it doesn’t

come out a lot because the facilities are minimal,” he explained.

Head of the Gianyar Social Service, Made Watha, when asked for his confirmation in responding to such complaint stated that in general the facilities already existed in several buildings. He said the preparation of the facility is carried out by the Public Works Agency. “Likewise at the office of Social Service there has been toilet and the entrance into the office has provided with such access,” he explained.

Watha added that for offices having not provided such disability facilities will be coordinated with the relevant local agencies (OPD).

His agency has routinely held this matter. Responding to the too high access into the buildings, the Social Service promised to re-coordinate with the Gianyar Public Works.

“This happens because all physical activities lie in the Public Works as the leading sector,” he said. (kmb35)

The trio, all Australian nationals of Turkish descent, were detained by counter-terror police in overnight raids as they escalated preparations to attack crowded areas of Melbourne, according to police.

The three, two brothers aged 31 and 26 and 21-year-old, were later charged with planning a terrorist action, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, officials said.

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said the men were “certainly inspired by ISIS”, the Islamic State group, but had no known links to a specific organisation.

They had been under investigation since March but had become “more energised” since the ISinspired stabbing attack in Melbourne on November 9, he said.

The men had sought to purchase semi-automatic .22 calibre rifles and police were concerned they could target upcoming Christmas season events that will see huge crowds gathering in the city.

“There was a view towards a crowded place, a place where maximum people would be attend-

ing, to be able to kill, we allege, as maximum an amount of people as possible,” Ashton told reporters.

The group had not yet picked a specific target or time for the attack, and Ashton added that police were confident Tuesday’s arrests had “neutralised any threat to the... community from this group”.

In the November 9 attack, a Somali-born Australian, Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, stabbed and killed one man and wounded two others in a central shopping area before being shot dead by police.

Coincidentally, the victim of that attack, Sisto Malaspina, 74, was honoured by a state funeral in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Hundreds of Melbournians and dignitaries attended a service at Melbourne’s St Patrick’s Cathedral to bid farewell to Malaspina, the beloved owner of a local Italian cafe and a well-known figure on the city’s vibrant restaurant scene.

- ‘Potential loss of life’ The three arrested men were identified by local media as Ertunc and Samed Eriklioglu, aged 30 and 26 respectively, and Hanifi Halis,

People with disabilities complain as lacking of facilities

GIANYAR - People with disabilities deserve to get support from all parties, especially the government. So far, not all office

access, public toilets and sidewalks are pro to their needs. There are even offices that do not support it at all, making it difficult for people

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People with disabilities deserve to get support from all parties, especially the government.

with disabilities. This was revealed by the Chairperson of the Bhakti Senang Hati Gianyar Foundation, I Nyoman Sukadana, representing people with disabilities on Sunday (Nov. 18).

Sukadana said the facilities for people with disabilities in Gianyar district remain relatively minimal.

He gave an example of the access to buildings having not paid attention to people with disabilities. “These people with disabilities have the right to get support from all parties, both private and the government,” he said.

Admittedly, in several offices, especially government offices, there is access to disabilities for entering the building. However, the access is considered too steep.

“There is less sloping access in terms of wheelchair users. If the altitude is very high, we object to going up (carrying our own wheelchair—Ed),” he said.

If the access is too steep, they worry if the two-wheeled chair

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DENPASAR - Information management is important for creating accurate information.

Moreover, the information will then become public consumption. In government, information management also supports Bali as a world tourist destination.

“Our innovation is one-gate information, one-door information to create effective and efficient information management,” said Chief of Public Relations and Regional Secretariat of Bali Province, I Dewa Gede Mahendra Putra, while presenting the innovation entitled “Jubir Bali Wangun Sakti Dukung Destinasi Wisata Bali” in the launching of the PIM Education and Training XXII for Tourism Thematic 2018 in BPSDM Bali on Sunday (Nov.18).

According to Mahendra, information management is still not optimal. However, with the onedoor information, the information is managed systematically, massively and structurally. One-door information is also supported by regulations as well as coordination with all the stakeholders. “At the Public Relations and Protocol Bureau, we carry out public services with the synergy of all stakeholders to create accurate information that will be consumed by the public,” he explained.

Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, said that tourism has become a leading sector, not only in Bali but also in Indonesia. Therefore, promotional efforts must continue.

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Police stand guard as a woman leaves a house raided by police in the Melbourne suburb of Dallas on November 20, 2018.

21. Court officials could not immediately confirm their identities.

“If we had not acted early in preventing this attack, we’ll allege the consequences would have been chilling, with... a potential significant loss of human life,” said Ian Mccartney, a federal counter-terror police spokesman, in announcing

the arrests.

Australian police have charged 90 people in relation to 40 counterterrorism investigations since 2014, when the country’s terror alert level was raised to “probable”.

Melbourne has been the target for a number of attacks and plots.

In addition to the November 9

knife rampage, a 28-year-old man was convicted on six counts of murder last week for mowing down dozens of people in the same street in January 2017, and Shire Ali’s brother is in jail awaiting trial for a plot to cause mass casualties last New Year’s in the city’s Federation Square. (afp)

Xi visits Philippines to cozy up to historical US ally

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) walks past honour guard along with Philipine military chief Carlito Galvez (R) shortly after arriving at Manila international airport on November 20, 2018 Xi is on his first state visit to the Philippines, a traditional US ally that is a key prize as Beijing and Washington jostle for supremacy in the Pacific.

MANILA - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Philippines Tuesday for a key state visit to a long-time US ally, aiming to boost blossoming ties with potentially billions in backing for megaprojects.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has proven a willing recipient of Beijing’s attentions, declaring shortly after his election in 2016 his nation’s “separation” from former colonial master the US. Since then Beijing has promised billions of dollars in investment and loans for major infrastructure that the developing nation of 105 million deeply needs, but over two years later nearly none of it has arrived.

Xi landed in Manila to a red-carpet welcome at the airport for the first visit from a Chinese president in 13 years, which Manila hopes will finally net those investment deals.

China has dispersed tens of billions of dollars in loans since 2013 as it expands its political influence globally, countering the American hegemony that characterised the post-World War II order, especially in Asia.

However, even before Xi’s expected arrival,

hundreds of protestors descended on the Chinese embassy to voice opposition to closer ties with Beijing.

“Philippines is not for sale,” the marchers chanted, as some brandished signs saying “China out of Philippine waters” in reference to a long-running dispute over the South China Sea. Duterte has enthusiastically embraced Xi, even setting aside a key 2016 ruling from an international tribunal that declared as without basis Beijing’s expansive claim over the waterway.

At the same time, the mercurial leader has declared an end to what he characterised as the Philippines’ submissive relationship with the US, even calling then-US president Barack Obama a “son of a whore”.

But relations have been warmer since Donald Trump became president and dropped American criticism of Duterte’s anti-drug crackdown that has killed thousands.

The dispute over the resource-rich South China Sea, a key transit route for billions in trade, led to a freeze in Manila-Beijing relations, which thawed with Duterte’s pivot. (afp)

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BUSINESS Greece: Bailout lenders agree to scrap 2019 budget cuts

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek officials say lenders have agreed to scrap a major round of government funding cuts planned for next year after the country outperformed budget targets set to help protect public finances.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (L) talks with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov (R) during the Thessaloniki Summit 2018 in Thessaloniki on November 15, 2018. The two-day summit will focus on issues such as regional cooperation in the context of European integration, geopolitical developments associated with Russia, Turkey and the Western Balkans and Greek debt and growth among others, according to organisers.

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Tanah Pegat Villagers Create Rural Tourism Park of Tanah Pegat Tourism Park,” he explained.

After having involved in the stage and decoration business for almost 14 years, he sees that in Tabanan in particular there are still a few locations for recreation featuring a beautiful, comfortable and calm atmosphere. Moreover, the land being arranged for this tourism park, chiefly the river flow, was formerly a recreational place after celebrating major religious holiday. “According to the elders, this river was a recreation place to ride a boat on festival day.

That’s why I attempt to develop, even though it was originally designed for a fishing ground but new ideas continued to come. So far, the completion has reached 60 percent,” he said.

Regarding the Pegat Tanah Tourism Park, Gusti Putu Susila has proposed to local village authority in order it can become a hamlet tourist attraction utilizing the natural environment of the local river because it is very suitable for fishing activities. “If this has been completed, we also plan to make

collaboration with the Tanah Pegat community group to provide typical culinary delights. Here, there are typical menus such as snail soup, snail satay and squeezed eels.

Essentially, we also want to highlight the potential at the village,”

he concluded.

The making of the Pegat Tanah Tourism Park is intended for people wishing to relax and take shelter while doing fishing activities. In fact, this attraction has been awaited by visitors. “Many visi-

tors said they want to come here, especially because there are many places suitable for meditation and yoga activities. However, since it remains in the arrangement stage, we have not yet opened it,” he added. (kmb)

I Made Supena Solo Exhibition at Gallery Santrian, Sanur Germany, France propose euro budget to bolster currency zone

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Italian Minister of Economy and Finance Giovanni Tria (L) talks with Mario Centeno, President of the Eurogroup during a Eurogroup meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Novembre 19, 2018.

FRANKFURT - A top eurozone official says the 19 countries that use the euro will push ahead with discussions on a eurozone budget proposed by France and Germany to make the currency union more resistant to crises.

Mario Centeno, president of the eurozone finance ministers’ group, said that ministers had a “very good discussion” of the proposal at their meeting Monday in Brussels and that “the topic will remain on our agenda” for further discussion.

“Everyone is aware of the necessity of reinforcing the eurozone,” said French Finance Minister Bruno Le Mair.

A separate eurozone budget

within the overall EU budget could help countries in difficulty stabilize their economies.

Le Maire said in response to a journalist’s question that even if discussions for now were of relatively small amounts such as 20-25 billion euros ($23-29 billion) “you need a starting point and a framework.” Those figures would be only around 0.2 percent of eurozone annual economic output.

The budget proposal is the result of months of negotiations between French and German officials. A eurozone fiscal fund has been a goal of French President Emmanuel Macron as a way

to strengthen the euro currency union, which has one currency but 19 separate governments.

It lacks steady spending from a central authority to even out recessions that hit one member worse than others, as the federal budget does in the United States when individual states endure downturns.

The 2010-2012 eurozone debt crisis made people more aware of the currency union’s shortcomings but Germany has resisted proposals for sharing financial burdens with other countries, fearing taxpayers there will be put on the hook for bad policies by fiscally irresponsible governments. (ap)

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Private land originally an empty field has now been transformed into an attractive place to be visited. Surely, this has been cultivated vivaciously and with the touch of artistic creativity. It is done by a resident of Tanah Pegat hamlet, Tabanan subdistrict, I Gusti Putu Susila. His private land spreading across the area of 1,200 square meters near Yeh Empas River has been conjured up into a tourism park with a natural concept.

When entering this tourism park, visitors will be pampered with a beautiful atmosphere that does not change much from the genuine atmosphere. So far, a number of workers are still arranging the area because this tourism park has just been worked on since 1.5 months ago, and the opening is scheduled to be made this midNovember.

After going further into the park area, visitors will find selfie spots deliberately made to pamper selfie lovers. Besides, there are a number of appropriate points to make prewedding photography. The rocks in the river are also given colorful shades adding to the impression of an attractive, unique and special recreation place.

The area is also equipped with two rubber boats that can be used later for rafting activities. “In the future, we’ll prepare an extreme swing attraction to test your adrenaline. Frankly speaking, the original concept was actually to make a recreational place that offers natural nuances, and attract people to have recreation to village under the name

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the government received “very positive news from Brussels” on Thursday, when bailout creditor representatives met to discuss Greece’s draft 2019 budget.

Greece exited its third successive international bailout in August but had committed to creditors’ demands for more austerity measures in 2019 and 2020, including pension cuts.

Tsipras’ left-wing Syriza party is trailing conservatives in opinion polls ahead of a general election next October and is keen to avoid unpopular measures following years of hardship for many Greeks. (ap)

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Abstract painting can arise out of any number of intentions, including a desire to explore the formal qualities of the medium of painting itself, to free oneself from

the meaning of specific forms, to extend the limits of what is needed to recognize a given object or subject or even to allow colors to convey their own message.

In the case of I Made Supena, although there is an element of each of these intentions his ultimate intention in creating abstract works is to allow his feelings to

be expressed unfettered by any preconceived ideas or judgments For Supena feelings are both fleeting and yet extremely powerful, a source of inspiration and yet can also be rather troubling.

The influence of feelings on Supena as a person have been so profound that after many and varied experiences he chose to share something of their essence with others through his art works as a way to shed light on feelings as a shared human experience. Instead of being overtaken by feelings as a deeply personal experience, Supena has taken up the challenge of focusing on allowing them to be what they are and focus instead on trying to interpret the message that feelings convey in visual form.

However rather than conveying any specific feelings in his paintings, Supena has created powerful works that invite us the viewer to interpret the feelings elicited from the forms and colors of his works.

Even after almost a hundred years, abstract painting still evokes a sense of confusion is many people who are challenged by the lack of specified objects in such works.

While the value of any painting is determined by many factors – clarity of form being the least of them, abstract painting remains the most often misunderstood genre of painting.

Here Supena gently invites us approach this genre in general and his paintings in particular with the freedom that abstraction generally intends, freedom from the need to evaluate based on mental constructs or specified criteria. Instead -as art generally intends, we are invited to move away from evaluating feelings altogether and instead allow the judgment-free space of the heart to guide us towards increased appreciation for life in general and art in particular. In so doing we are also invited to allow the space of our hearts to do as it is intended to: interpret feelings. (kmb)

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PNG police, soldiers storm parliament over unpaid APEC bonuses the floor and broken glass and furniture.

PNG police spokesman Dominic Kakas confirmed the incident and told AFP they were “dealing with it”. He did not yet know how many police and soldiers were involved.

A witness outside parliament told AFP “hundreds of police and troops” had been standing on the building’s front steps complaining that they had not been paid the special APEC duty allowance of 350 kina (US$104).

“The scene outside parliament is very tense. There are dozens of police cars and army vehicles,” the witness said, adding that a nearby hotel was in lockdown and the protesters were blocking traffic.

The group later marched down the street towards a nearby stadium.

The chief executive of PNG’s

APEC Secretariat Chris Hawkins said the payment would “normally take a week to process at the end of a major event”.

“The meeting ended two days ago and the security operation is now winding down,” he added in a statement to Australian national broadcaster ABC. “The payment of individual allowances has already commenced and individual security force members should check with their banks as payments are made.”

Some locals in PNG, the poorest member of APEC, had expressed anger with the government’s lavish expense for the summit, which came at a time when the developing nation of eight million people is battling a polio outbreak and the resurgence of malaria, while struggling to pay its teachers. (afp)

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Papua New Guinea police and soldiers (C) are pictured outside the front of the country’s parliament in Port Moresby on November 20, 2018.

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Dead whale had 115 plastic cups, 2 flip-flops in its stomach

PORT MORESBY - Papua New Guinea police and soldiers stormed the country’s parliament Tuesday, assaulting staff, smashing windows and demanding unpaid APEC bonuses just days after the international summit wrapped up, police and witnesses said.

The impoverished Pacific nation had rolled out the red carpet for visiting world leaders during the two-day conference and bought 40 Maseratis to ferry the dignitaries around.

The officers headed to parliament in the capital Port Moresby to express their dissatisfaction following a meeting with the police commissioner and the police minister over the allowances, PNG MP Bryan Kramer said in a video posted on Facebook.

Kramer said “numerous staff of parliament were assaulted during this confrontation” before the group left the building and gathered outside demanding an answer from the government.

A Facebook video he posted of the scene showed smashed pot plants, photo frames knocked to

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Central American migrants -mostly Hondurans- moving in a caravan towards the United States in hopes of a better life, walk along the metal fence on the border between Mexicali in Mexico’s Baja California State, and Calexico, in California, US, on November 19, 2018.

New barricades at US-Mexico border as migrant caravan arrives TIJUANA - Huge metal or concrete barricades and walls of concertina wire went up Monday on both sides of a bustling US-Mexico border crossing as a caravan of USbound Central American migrants pours into Tijuana, the last stop before California.

US authorities went so far as to briefly close the San Ysidro Port of Entry altogether -- it is one of the busiest land border crossings in the world -- as the new barriers were set up, triggering total gridlock for vehicles and pedestrians going from Tijuana across into San Diego.

“It was as if time stopped.

Nothing is moving. Neither cars, nor people, nor my business,” said Armando Lopez, who sells newspapers, cigarettes and candy on the Mexican side.

US Customs and Border Protection “suspended operations to safely place impediments at the port of entry that would restrict access to a large group attempting to run through the border crossing,” the agency said in a statement, referring to the migrant caravan.

President Donald Trump has characterized the caravan’s journey as an invasion, making it a central plank of his anti-immigrant platform.

The thousands-strong group set out more than a month ago from Honduras, fleeing poverty and gang violence and sometimes forcing its way across borders as the migrants head toward the US. Some 3,500 migrants have arrived so far in Tijuana and another 3,000 are expected to start flowing in as of Tuesday. Most of those

making the trek are Hondurans.

The big question is whether, once they are all together, they will try to cross over as they did from Guatemala into Mexico -- by force -- or opt instead for the long and tedious process of requesting asylum in the US. - Economy in danger -

After putting the new barriers in place at the border crossing, the authorities reopened it partially to northbound traffic.

On the Mexican side, too, metal barricades and concertina wire were put up. Federal police and soldiers patrolled the area.

“I am OK with these defenses,” said Arturo Gonzalez, a 35-year-old American who was losing his patience as he sat in his black pickup truck waiting to get into California.

He works as a janitor in a school in the US but lives in Mexico because the rent is cheaper here.

“Because of those Hondurans, we are paying the price. They should be thrown out,” Gonzalez said.

Walking swiftly through the pedestrian conduit toward California, Ana Maria Gutierrez, who is Mexican, was in a hurry to get to her job as a nurse in a psychiatric facility in San Diego.

“They do not realize the impact of closing the border,” she told AFP. “It is not just the economy that is in danger of dying out. We are talking about the lives of people and families,” Gutierrez said before showing her papers to the US border authorities and entering California. (afp)

JAKARTA - A dead whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia had a large lump of plastic waste in its stomach, including drinking cups and flip-flops, a park official said Tuesday, causing concern among environmentalists and government officials in one of the world’s largest plastic polluting countries.

Rescuers from Wakatobi National Park found the rotting carcass of the 9.5-meter (31-foot) sperm whale late Monday near the park in Southeast Sulawesi province after receiving a report from environmentalists that villagers had surrounded the dead whale and were beginning to butcher the rotting carcass, park chief Heri Santoso said.

Santoso said researchers from wildlife conservation group WWF and the park’s conservation academy found about 5.9 kilograms (13 pounds) of plastic waste in the animal’s stomach containing 115 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, 2 flip-flops, a nylon sack and more than 1,000 other assorted pieces of plastic.

“Although we have not been able to deduce the cause of death, the facts that we see are truly awful,” said Dwi Suprapti, a marine species conservation coordinator at WWF Indonesia.

She said it was not possible to determine if the plastic had caused

the whale’s death because of the animal’s advanced state of decay.

Indonesia, an archipelago of 260 million people, is the world’s second-largest plastic polluter after China, according to a study published in the journal Science in January. It produces 3.2 million tons of mismanaged plastic waste a year, of which 1.29 million tons ends up in the ocean, the study said.

Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesia’s coordinating minister of maritime affairs, said the whale’s discovery should raise public awareness about the need to reduce plastic use, and had spurred the government to take tougher measures to protect the ocean.

“I’m so sad to hear this,” said Pandjaitan, who recently has campaigned for less use of plastic. “It is possible that many other marine animals are also contaminated with plastic waste and this is very dangerous for our lives.”

He said the government is making efforts to reduce the use of plastic, including urging shops not to provide plastic bags for customers and teaching about the problem in schools nationwide to meet a government target of reducing plastic use by 70 percent by 2025.

“This big ambition can be achieved if people learn to understand that plastic waste is a common enemy,” he told The Associated Press. (ap)

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In this photo taken on October 10, 2018, Indonesian villagers perform congregational prayers in isolated Lambonga village in Donggala, following the September 28 earthquake and tsunami.

Indonesia mosques spreading radicalism to government workers: official

Dozens of Indonesian mosques that cater to government workers are spreading radicalism and calling for violence against non-Muslims, the country’s intelligence agency said Monday.

Its findings come six months after Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya was rocked by a wave of suicide bombings at several churches during Sunday services, killing a dozen people.

They were the deadliest terror attacks in about a decade and once again put religious tolerance in the world’s biggest Muslim majority in the spotlight.

The Indonesian State Intelligence Agency said Monday it has probed about one thousand mosques across the Southeast Asian archipelago since July and found that imams at some 41 places of worship in one Jakarta neighbourhood alone were preaching extremism to worshippers -- mostly civil servants who work at nearby government ministries.

The Agency found about 17 clerics expressed support or sympathy for Islamic State and encouraged parishioners to fight for the jihadist group in Syria and Marawi, the Philippine city overrun by foreign IS fighters last year.

Some clerics also called on the faithful to commit violence on

behalf of IS -- which claimed the May bombing attacks in Surabaya -- and spread hatred or vilify Indonesia’s minority religions, which include Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism.

“The majority of people who go to these mosques are government workers so that’s why this is alarming,” intelligence agency spokesman Wawan Purwanto told AFP. “These are people who are running the country.” The agency did not release details about what it found at hundreds of other mosques covered by its probe.

But it said that it also found worrying signs of radicalism at seven university campuses among several hundred it spot checked as part of the probe. The spy agency’s investigation was sparked by an independent anti-terrorism expert’s report last year that found imams at dozens of mosques across Indonesia were expressing intolerance and

support for IS. “We have to avoid this because we don’t want people in Indonesia fighting against each other -- that will lead to (bad) things,” Purwanto said. Indonesia has beefed up its anti-terror law to give authorities more power to arrest suspects in the wake of the Surabaya attacks.

But Purwanto said the agency would take a soft approach to dealing with radical imams by trying to convince them to spread a more peaceful message.

Jakarta-based terrorism expert Sidney Jones said the agency should go beyond just talking with clerics about their sermons.

“Generally it’s not enough to talk to the preacher -- you have to get to the mosque development committee and look at (who is behind) the financing,” she said.

“And you have to understand why there is support from the local community.” (afp)

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Penglipuran Village Well-Preserved Traditional Village in East Bali

BANGLI - Penglipuran village is a beautiful highland village in the regency of Bangli in East Bali, best known for its well-preserved culture and village layout. While most of its residents have embraced modernity, its individual compounds are wellkept to look traditional with visitors in mind, with manicured gardens lining its single linear stone-paved

street that runs through the centre of the village toward the village temple, and age-old arched entrance gates and walls that conceal their houses within. Throughout the years Penglipuran village has evolved into a community based tourism site. Some villagers even run shops inside, and ‘donations’ are customary but not in any way mandatory.

Nevertheless, tickets, purchased at the village’s front entrance, are IDR 30,000 and 25,000 (USD 2 and 1.85) for adults and children respectively. The village is a highlight on tours to the island’s eastern region, conveniently along the same course with the scenic rim of the Mount Batur crater and the village of Kintamani.

The village offers a cool mountain atmosphere at around 700m above sea level, and spans over a hundred hectares, comprising bamboo forests (with trails that are popular among trekking and mountain biking tours), farming land and the main village neighbourhood site. The majestic Pura Desa or village temple that overlooks the village at the end of the stone road is worth a visit, where you can admire its striking elemental architecture.

Enter any of the houses through

their arched gates, and you are welcomed by friendly residents who willingly show you around their compound. Old bricks still stand in their place, traditional kitchens are covered in soot from the billowing wood fire hearths, and the compounds are uniquely laid out, each

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Pacquiao teases Mayweather rematch after January bout

NEW YORK - Filipino veteran Manny Pacquiao revealed Monday he has spoken with Floyd Mayweather about a possible sequel to their 2015 superfight, but said no decision would be taken on a rematch until the New Year.

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Manny Pacquiao (L) and Adrien Broner face off during a press conference at Gotham Hall in preparation for their upcoming match on November 19, 2018 in New York City. The match is set to take place on January 19, 2019 in Las Vegas.

following old Balinese spatial and architectural set of rules. Best time to visit is during the Galungan day celebrations, which occurs every six months, when ornate ‘penjor’ are erected in front of each house and line the street, creating a spectacular sight. (IBP/net)

Speaking in New York to confirm details of his January 19 fight against Adrien Broner, Pacquiao said he had discussed a rematch with Mayweather during a recent trip to Japan.

“When I met up with Floyd in Japan, we talked and he said he wants to come out of retirement to challenge me,” Pacquiao said.

“All I know is fighting in the ring and entertaining people. That’s my job. Floyd has come out of retirement and we’ll see after this fight.”

Mayweather scored a unanimous victory over Pacquiao in 2015’s “Fight of the Century”, which was largely regarded as a let-down despite being the highest-grossing fight of all time.

Since then, speculation about a possible rematch between the two welterweights has flickered, with Mayweather saying in September he was ready to fight Pacquiao.

“I’m coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year another 9 figure pay day on the way,” Mayweather wrote on Instagram.

Meanwhile Pacquiao, who will be fighting in the United States for the first time in two years in Janu-

ary’s bout, said Monday he remained solely focused on Broner before any return with Mayweather.

“We cannot underestimate Broner and this fight,” Pacquiao said. “We will discuss anything with Floyd Mayweather after that.”

Pacquiao, 39, will face Broner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao holds the World Boxing Association’s regular welterweight crown, a step below US unbeaten WBA ‘super champion’ Keith Thurman, after stopping Argentina’s Lucas Matthysse in July at Kuala Lumpur.

“I have missed fighting in Las Vegas. It has been a second home to me,” Pacquiao said. “Returning to the MGM Grand Garden Arena to defend my world title against Adrien Broner is an exciting way to stage my homecoming.”

Pacquiao, 60-7 with two drawn and 39 knockouts in a career that began in 1995, turns 40 in December while American Broner is 33-3 with one drawn and 24 knockouts.

Pacquiao, the only fighter to win world titles in eight different weight

divisions, has continued fighting after reversing a decision to retire in 2016.

- Early Manny retirement? Broner, however, said Monday he planned to send Pacquiao into permanent retirement.

“I have paid my dues in this sport, and now it’s time for me to get mine,” Broner said. “I get more views than everybody when I fight. A lot of people are going to see me pack off Pacquiao into retirement, and without his belt.”

Last month, Pacquiao signed with adviser Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions group after being promoted by Top Rank’s Bob Arum, Haymon’s main rival, for the past 14 years.

The move ensures Pacquiao will have chances to fight the best in the welterweight division as Haymon’s fighters include Americans Thurman, 28-0 with 22 knockouts; World Boxing Council champion Shawn Porter, 29-2 with one drawn and 17 knockouts, and International Boxing Federation champion Errol Spence Jr., 24-0 with 21 knockouts. (afp)

HONG KONG - The 17-yearold driver who survived a terrifying crash at the Macau Grand Prix was recovering on Tuesday after a “frightening” spinal operation which took hours longer than expected and was fraught with the risk of paralysis.

Germany’s Sophia Floersch, whose Formula Three car was catapulted airborne over safety barriers and into a hut during Sunday’s race, needed a bone graft from her hip to fix a spinal fracture.

Doctors said the Van Amersfoort Racing driver spent seven hours in surgery on Monday, much longer than the expected four to five hours, because of the bone graft and the need to set up neurological monitoring.

Clinical director Lei Wai-seng told reporters that Floersch can move her limbs freely but is expected to remain in Macau’s Conde S. Januario Hospital for one or two weeks.

He added that Japanese racer Sho Tsuboi, who was apparently protected by his safety arc or halo when Floersch’s car hurtled into him, had been discharged, along with a photographer.

Another photographer, who suffered a lacerated liver, and a marshal with a broken jaw remain under observation, Lei said.

After a collision near the end of a high-speed straight, Floersch’s machine bounced off a kerb, clipping the top Tsuboi’s TOM’s Racing car and flying backwards into a hut housing media and officials.

Team principle Frits Van Amersfoort told Motorsport. com that he received a picture of a smiling Floersch after the operation.

“The operation was frightening because it is known as a risky operation. She will have to stay there for a while, but let’s hope we see her again soon where she belongs: in a racing car,” he said.

He also described his panic immediately after the crash on Sunday, as the team tried in vain to get updates on the young driver’s condition.

“The worst thing was the twenty minutes in which we did not know anything, I will not forget that my whole life,” he said, adding: “(She) had an angel on the shoulder,

because it could have been much worse.”

Three people have died in recent years on the Chinese gambling enclave’s tight and hilly street circuit, which has been graced

by Formula One greats including Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna.

British rider Daniel Hegarty died last year after hitting a barrier during the feature motorcycle race.

In 2012, Portugal’s Luis Carreira and Hong Kong’s Phillip Yau were killed within two days of each other during the Macau Grand Prix. (afp)

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Van Dijk hails Dutch draw to reach Nations League semis

Virgil van Dijk hailed the Netherlands’ belief as his 91st-minute equaliser fired them into the semi-finals of the Nations League after their dramatic 2-2 draw with Germany. The point in Gelsenkirchen was enough for the Dutch to advance to the last four at the expense of world champions France after scoring twice in the final six minutes in a dramatic finish.

Liverpool defender Van Dijk volleyed home a cross in added time to complete the Dutch fight back after Quincy Promes had scored their first goal on 85 minutes. Germany, who led 2-0 after only 20 minutes through goals by

Timo Werner and Leroy Sane, were punished for not being clinical enough in the second half.

Van Dijk said it was “a fantastic feeling” to finish top of Group One ahead of European powerhouses France and the Germans. “We

should all be proud of ourselves. I know I am,” he said after the Dutch join England, Switzerland and Portugal in the Nations League’s last four. “We worked so hard every game and to get rewards for that is fantastic.”

After missing out on qualifying for the finals of both Euro 2016 and this year’s World Cup, Van Dijk said the priority is to get the Dutch to the Euro 2020 finals. “If we can win the Nations League, fantastic, but we all want to make sure we’re at the European Championships

and do very well there to make our country proud,” he added.

Netherlands head coach Ronald Koeman praised his team for turning two of their three late chances into goals. “It was very difficult for us, the Germans were sharper and faster in the first half,” admitted Koeman. “We fought to come back in the second half and pressed.

“They had their chances to finish it off, but the fight and belief we showed was enough for the point.

“We didn’t play great football, it wasn’t our best performance, but it was enough. “No one expected Holland to win the group.

“Of course, we did not want to go down to League ‘B’, but winning the group was a dream.”

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Netherlands’ defender Virgil van Dijk celebrates after scoring during the UEFA Nations League football match Germany v the Netherlands in Gelsenkirchen on November 19, 2018.

After Germany missed several second-half chances, head coach Joachim Loew rued the victory that got away from his inexperienced side. “That’s the price you pay for having a young side, we have to learn to close a game down,” said Loew, who started only three 2014 World Cup winners in Mats Hummels, Toni Kroos and Manuel Neuer.

“They risked everything and were rewarded. “This is a learning experience for us and we will have to analyse our performance in the last 10 minutes.

“We showed for 80 minutes that we are strong and they hardly had a chance to score, which says a lot

for our team.

Thomas Mueller reached the milestone of 100 Germany appearances as a second-half replacement, but the future belongs to the likes of Manchester City’s German winger Sane, who was outstanding. “The result is annoying,” Sane said. “We went ahead and then let them off the hook. “We should have scored the third goal, then you run the game down, but it didn’t work out like that.” Fellow goal-scorer Werner, who ended his eight-game goal drought, agreed.

“It’s a pity, we had everything under control until the 85th minute and could have gone 3-0 up,” said Werner. “At the end, we weren’t rewarded and everything fell apart again.”

Despite finishing the year with a 3-0 win over Russia last Thursday and a draw with the Dutch, 2018 has been a nightmare year for the Germans. They have suffered a record six defeats in the last 12 months, exited the World Cup bottom of their group and are relegated to the ‘B’ division of the Nations League.

Yet Loew, who has a contract until the 2022 World Cup, has kept his job and looks safe until the Euro 2020 finals. “It’s been a very disappointing year after the World Cup didn’t go the way we wanted it to.

“However, I have the feeling we are on a good path with these players and will be successful again with this young team.” (afp)

England rises again, Belgium slumps in Nations League drama GENEVA — England surged into the UEFA Nations League finals tournament on Sunday, and Belgium threw away its place in a stunning 5-2 loss at Switzerland.

On a day of come-from-behind wins and twisting fortunes for the World Cup’s beaten semifinalists, England edged Croatia 2-1 to avenge defeat when the teams met in Russia in July.

England had to beat Croatia to advance over group leader Spain and trailed late, before Jesse Lingard leveled in the 78th and captain Harry Kane got the decisive goal in the 85th.

Belgium, which finished third in Russia, seemed certain to join England and host Portugal in the inaugural Final Four of world soccer’s newest tournament in June.

The top-ranked team still needs a trophy to back up its status and eased into a quick 2-0 lead against Switzerland.

Needing to score at least four to advance, the Swiss got three by halftime and added two more later

to shock the Belgians.

“Too many individual errors. I have no words,” Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld said.

The group was settled on a headto-head tiebreaker with both teams on nine points. Switzerland’s threegoal margin outweighed Belgium’s 2-1 win in Brussels last month.

Sunday’s dramatic games between top 10-ranked teams added to the strong impression made by the first Nations League.

UEFA created the competition — amid some skepticism given the busy soccer calendar — to replace mostly meaningless and unpopular international friendly games.

It gives unheralded national teams in the lower tiers a route to qualify for the European Championship through a subsequent playoff round.

At the top, the best national teams get guaranteed games against each other and fight for a trophy in the odd-numbered years between World Cups and Euros.

Portugal, England and Switzer-

land will be joined in the Final Four by either France or the Netherlands.

The Dutch will advance if they get at least a draw on Monday in Germany, which has already been relegated to the second tier.

The Nations League Final Four draw takes place Dec. 3 in Dublin.

Belgian marking.

Defender Nico Elvedi scored to make up for a bad mistake gifting Hazard his early opener, and Seferovic clinched his first international hat trick in the 84th, winning over home fans who are often criticizing him.

BELGIUM COLLAPSE

ENGLAND RISING

Beaten by France in the World Cup semifinals, Belgium won the third-place game against England in Russia and made a smooth start to the Nations League.

Many thought an overdue trophy could come next year for the so-called golden generation led by Eden Hazard, though missing the injured Kevin De Bruyne on Sunday.

Not now.

Thorgan Hazard scored after 66 seconds and 17 minutes in Lucerne but, by halftime, Ricardo Rodriguez scored a penalty and forward Haris Seferovic struck twice to bring the Swiss within one goal of advancing. They got two more, both from headers gifted by poor

Carrasco wounds Dalian team-mate in training bust-up

Belgian international Yannick Carrasco left a Dalian Yifang team-mate needing hospital treatment for a nose injury after the pair scuffled in training at the Chinese Super League (CSL) club. The 25-year-old winger, who scored to help save his side from relegation on the last day of the season, apologised in a video released by Dalian on social media on Tuesday.

Carrasco, who joined Dalian from Atletico Madrid in February, said that he offered Jin Pengxiang 10,000 euros compensation after the bust-up.

“It was at a training session, because of a collision we had some small conflicts that eventually caused his nose to be injured,” said Carrasco, who scored seven goals and made nine assists in 25 CSL games for Dalian. “From my point of view, I think Jin Pengxiang is a good player and a very good person.

“I also want to apologise to him because sometimes in football, including during training, there are many times when an unfortunate collision like this could happen.

“I also hope that he can recover as soon as possible.”

He gave no further details. The exact nature of Jin’s injuries was unclear. The incident happened in early August but has only emerged now -- more than a week after the Chinese season ended -- possibly because Dalian did not want it to overshadow their relegation fight.

The 28-year-old Jin, who was on loan from Beijing Guoan, played just once for Dalian, prior to the fracas, but did not appear again for the rest of the campaign. Carrasco featured for Belgium at the World Cup and has 34 caps for his country. (afp)

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England’s Harry Kane walks next to Croatia’s Luka Modric, left, after scoring his side’s second goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between England and Croatia at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018.

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England started a tough threeteam group with a home loss against Spain, and trailed again at Wembley Stadium on Sunday when Andrej Kramaric scored in the 57th. That result would have been enough for Croatia to advance, despite its opening 6-0 rout by Spain in September.

Things can change fast in the rapid-fire Nations League groups, and England scored twice late on to win the group and condemn Croatia to relegation into the second tier.

“I’ve never seen (Wembley) like this in an England shirt,” said Kane, captain of an England team riding a wave of acclaim and affection at home under coach Gareth Southgate.

BELARUS ADVANCES

In League D, Belarus sealed winning Group 2 with a sixth straight shutout in a 2-0 win at San Marino, making Luxembourg’s 1-1 draw at Moldova immaterial.

Belarus joins Georgia in being promoted to League C in two years’ time, and taking their places in the League D playoffs in March 2020.

Those playoffs featuring the four fourth-tier group winners will send one of Europe’s lowest-ranked teams to the 2020 European Championship tournament.

The other two playoff entries are decided Monday and Tuesday, with Macedonia and Kosovo currently leading their groups.

In other games Sunday, Austria won 2-1 at Northern Ireland in a League B group already won by Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In a League C group, Finland had already won promotion and Estonia was already relegated before the final round of games Sunday ended with Hungary beating Finland 2-0, and Greece losing 1-0 at home to Estonia. (ap)

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Van Dijk hails Dutch draw to reach Nations League semis

Virgil van Dijk hailed the Netherlands’ belief as his 91st-minute equaliser fired them into the semi-finals of the Nations League after their dramatic 2-2 draw with Germany. The point in Gelsenkirchen was enough for the Dutch to advance to the last four at the expense of world champions France after scoring twice in the final six minutes in a dramatic finish.

Liverpool defender Van Dijk volleyed home a cross in added time to complete the Dutch fight back after Quincy Promes had scored their first goal on 85 minutes. Germany, who led 2-0 after only 20 minutes through goals by

Timo Werner and Leroy Sane, were punished for not being clinical enough in the second half.

Van Dijk said it was “a fantastic feeling” to finish top of Group One ahead of European powerhouses France and the Germans. “We

should all be proud of ourselves. I know I am,” he said after the Dutch join England, Switzerland and Portugal in the Nations League’s last four. “We worked so hard every game and to get rewards for that is fantastic.”

After missing out on qualifying for the finals of both Euro 2016 and this year’s World Cup, Van Dijk said the priority is to get the Dutch to the Euro 2020 finals. “If we can win the Nations League, fantastic, but we all want to make sure we’re at the European Championships

and do very well there to make our country proud,” he added.

Netherlands head coach Ronald Koeman praised his team for turning two of their three late chances into goals. “It was very difficult for us, the Germans were sharper and faster in the first half,” admitted Koeman. “We fought to come back in the second half and pressed.

“They had their chances to finish it off, but the fight and belief we showed was enough for the point.

“We didn’t play great football, it wasn’t our best performance, but it was enough. “No one expected Holland to win the group.

“Of course, we did not want to go down to League ‘B’, but winning the group was a dream.”

- Germans rue wasted chances -

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Netherlands’ defender Virgil van Dijk celebrates after scoring during the UEFA Nations League football match Germany v the Netherlands in Gelsenkirchen on November 19, 2018.

After Germany missed several second-half chances, head coach Joachim Loew rued the victory that got away from his inexperienced side. “That’s the price you pay for having a young side, we have to learn to close a game down,” said Loew, who started only three 2014 World Cup winners in Mats Hummels, Toni Kroos and Manuel Neuer.

“They risked everything and were rewarded. “This is a learning experience for us and we will have to analyse our performance in the last 10 minutes.

“We showed for 80 minutes that we are strong and they hardly had a chance to score, which says a lot

for our team.

Thomas Mueller reached the milestone of 100 Germany appearances as a second-half replacement, but the future belongs to the likes of Manchester City’s German winger Sane, who was outstanding. “The result is annoying,” Sane said. “We went ahead and then let them off the hook. “We should have scored the third goal, then you run the game down, but it didn’t work out like that.” Fellow goal-scorer Werner, who ended his eight-game goal drought, agreed.

“It’s a pity, we had everything under control until the 85th minute and could have gone 3-0 up,” said Werner. “At the end, we weren’t rewarded and everything fell apart again.”

Despite finishing the year with a 3-0 win over Russia last Thursday and a draw with the Dutch, 2018 has been a nightmare year for the Germans. They have suffered a record six defeats in the last 12 months, exited the World Cup bottom of their group and are relegated to the ‘B’ division of the Nations League.

Yet Loew, who has a contract until the 2022 World Cup, has kept his job and looks safe until the Euro 2020 finals. “It’s been a very disappointing year after the World Cup didn’t go the way we wanted it to.

“However, I have the feeling we are on a good path with these players and will be successful again with this young team.” (afp)

England rises again, Belgium slumps in Nations League drama GENEVA — England surged into the UEFA Nations League finals tournament on Sunday, and Belgium threw away its place in a stunning 5-2 loss at Switzerland.

On a day of come-from-behind wins and twisting fortunes for the World Cup’s beaten semifinalists, England edged Croatia 2-1 to avenge defeat when the teams met in Russia in July.

England had to beat Croatia to advance over group leader Spain and trailed late, before Jesse Lingard leveled in the 78th and captain Harry Kane got the decisive goal in the 85th.

Belgium, which finished third in Russia, seemed certain to join England and host Portugal in the inaugural Final Four of world soccer’s newest tournament in June.

The top-ranked team still needs a trophy to back up its status and eased into a quick 2-0 lead against Switzerland.

Needing to score at least four to advance, the Swiss got three by halftime and added two more later

to shock the Belgians.

“Too many individual errors. I have no words,” Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld said.

The group was settled on a headto-head tiebreaker with both teams on nine points. Switzerland’s threegoal margin outweighed Belgium’s 2-1 win in Brussels last month.

Sunday’s dramatic games between top 10-ranked teams added to the strong impression made by the first Nations League.

UEFA created the competition — amid some skepticism given the busy soccer calendar — to replace mostly meaningless and unpopular international friendly games.

It gives unheralded national teams in the lower tiers a route to qualify for the European Championship through a subsequent playoff round.

At the top, the best national teams get guaranteed games against each other and fight for a trophy in the odd-numbered years between World Cups and Euros.

Portugal, England and Switzer-

land will be joined in the Final Four by either France or the Netherlands.

The Dutch will advance if they get at least a draw on Monday in Germany, which has already been relegated to the second tier.

The Nations League Final Four draw takes place Dec. 3 in Dublin.

Belgian marking.

Defender Nico Elvedi scored to make up for a bad mistake gifting Hazard his early opener, and Seferovic clinched his first international hat trick in the 84th, winning over home fans who are often criticizing him.

BELGIUM COLLAPSE

ENGLAND RISING

Beaten by France in the World Cup semifinals, Belgium won the third-place game against England in Russia and made a smooth start to the Nations League.

Many thought an overdue trophy could come next year for the so-called golden generation led by Eden Hazard, though missing the injured Kevin De Bruyne on Sunday.

Not now.

Thorgan Hazard scored after 66 seconds and 17 minutes in Lucerne but, by halftime, Ricardo Rodriguez scored a penalty and forward Haris Seferovic struck twice to bring the Swiss within one goal of advancing. They got two more, both from headers gifted by poor

Carrasco wounds Dalian team-mate in training bust-up

Belgian international Yannick Carrasco left a Dalian Yifang team-mate needing hospital treatment for a nose injury after the pair scuffled in training at the Chinese Super League (CSL) club. The 25-year-old winger, who scored to help save his side from relegation on the last day of the season, apologised in a video released by Dalian on social media on Tuesday.

Carrasco, who joined Dalian from Atletico Madrid in February, said that he offered Jin Pengxiang 10,000 euros compensation after the bust-up.

“It was at a training session, because of a collision we had some small conflicts that eventually caused his nose to be injured,” said Carrasco, who scored seven goals and made nine assists in 25 CSL games for Dalian. “From my point of view, I think Jin Pengxiang is a good player and a very good person.

“I also want to apologise to him because sometimes in football, including during training, there are many times when an unfortunate collision like this could happen.

“I also hope that he can recover as soon as possible.”

He gave no further details. The exact nature of Jin’s injuries was unclear. The incident happened in early August but has only emerged now -- more than a week after the Chinese season ended -- possibly because Dalian did not want it to overshadow their relegation fight.

The 28-year-old Jin, who was on loan from Beijing Guoan, played just once for Dalian, prior to the fracas, but did not appear again for the rest of the campaign. Carrasco featured for Belgium at the World Cup and has 34 caps for his country. (afp)

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England’s Harry Kane walks next to Croatia’s Luka Modric, left, after scoring his side’s second goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between England and Croatia at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018.

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England started a tough threeteam group with a home loss against Spain, and trailed again at Wembley Stadium on Sunday when Andrej Kramaric scored in the 57th. That result would have been enough for Croatia to advance, despite its opening 6-0 rout by Spain in September.

Things can change fast in the rapid-fire Nations League groups, and England scored twice late on to win the group and condemn Croatia to relegation into the second tier.

“I’ve never seen (Wembley) like this in an England shirt,” said Kane, captain of an England team riding a wave of acclaim and affection at home under coach Gareth Southgate.

BELARUS ADVANCES

In League D, Belarus sealed winning Group 2 with a sixth straight shutout in a 2-0 win at San Marino, making Luxembourg’s 1-1 draw at Moldova immaterial.

Belarus joins Georgia in being promoted to League C in two years’ time, and taking their places in the League D playoffs in March 2020.

Those playoffs featuring the four fourth-tier group winners will send one of Europe’s lowest-ranked teams to the 2020 European Championship tournament.

The other two playoff entries are decided Monday and Tuesday, with Macedonia and Kosovo currently leading their groups.

In other games Sunday, Austria won 2-1 at Northern Ireland in a League B group already won by Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In a League C group, Finland had already won promotion and Estonia was already relegated before the final round of games Sunday ended with Hungary beating Finland 2-0, and Greece losing 1-0 at home to Estonia. (ap)

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Penglipuran Village Well-Preserved Traditional Village in East Bali

BANGLI - Penglipuran village is a beautiful highland village in the regency of Bangli in East Bali, best known for its well-preserved culture and village layout. While most of its residents have embraced modernity, its individual compounds are wellkept to look traditional with visitors in mind, with manicured gardens lining its single linear stone-paved

street that runs through the centre of the village toward the village temple, and age-old arched entrance gates and walls that conceal their houses within. Throughout the years Penglipuran village has evolved into a community based tourism site. Some villagers even run shops inside, and ‘donations’ are customary but not in any way mandatory.

Nevertheless, tickets, purchased at the village’s front entrance, are IDR 30,000 and 25,000 (USD 2 and 1.85) for adults and children respectively. The village is a highlight on tours to the island’s eastern region, conveniently along the same course with the scenic rim of the Mount Batur crater and the village of Kintamani.

The village offers a cool mountain atmosphere at around 700m above sea level, and spans over a hundred hectares, comprising bamboo forests (with trails that are popular among trekking and mountain biking tours), farming land and the main village neighbourhood site. The majestic Pura Desa or village temple that overlooks the village at the end of the stone road is worth a visit, where you can admire its striking elemental architecture.

Enter any of the houses through

their arched gates, and you are welcomed by friendly residents who willingly show you around their compound. Old bricks still stand in their place, traditional kitchens are covered in soot from the billowing wood fire hearths, and the compounds are uniquely laid out, each

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NEW YORK - Filipino veteran Manny Pacquiao revealed Monday he has spoken with Floyd Mayweather about a possible sequel to their 2015 superfight, but said no decision would be taken on a rematch until the New Year.

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Manny Pacquiao (L) and Adrien Broner face off during a press conference at Gotham Hall in preparation for their upcoming match on November 19, 2018 in New York City. The match is set to take place on January 19, 2019 in Las Vegas.

following old Balinese spatial and architectural set of rules. Best time to visit is during the Galungan day celebrations, which occurs every six months, when ornate ‘penjor’ are erected in front of each house and line the street, creating a spectacular sight. (IBP/net)

Speaking in New York to confirm details of his January 19 fight against Adrien Broner, Pacquiao said he had discussed a rematch with Mayweather during a recent trip to Japan.

“When I met up with Floyd in Japan, we talked and he said he wants to come out of retirement to challenge me,” Pacquiao said.

“All I know is fighting in the ring and entertaining people. That’s my job. Floyd has come out of retirement and we’ll see after this fight.”

Mayweather scored a unanimous victory over Pacquiao in 2015’s “Fight of the Century”, which was largely regarded as a let-down despite being the highest-grossing fight of all time.

Since then, speculation about a possible rematch between the two welterweights has flickered, with Mayweather saying in September he was ready to fight Pacquiao.

“I’m coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year another 9 figure pay day on the way,” Mayweather wrote on Instagram.

Meanwhile Pacquiao, who will be fighting in the United States for the first time in two years in Janu-

ary’s bout, said Monday he remained solely focused on Broner before any return with Mayweather.

“We cannot underestimate Broner and this fight,” Pacquiao said. “We will discuss anything with Floyd Mayweather after that.”

Pacquiao, 39, will face Broner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao holds the World Boxing Association’s regular welterweight crown, a step below US unbeaten WBA ‘super champion’ Keith Thurman, after stopping Argentina’s Lucas Matthysse in July at Kuala Lumpur.

“I have missed fighting in Las Vegas. It has been a second home to me,” Pacquiao said. “Returning to the MGM Grand Garden Arena to defend my world title against Adrien Broner is an exciting way to stage my homecoming.”

Pacquiao, 60-7 with two drawn and 39 knockouts in a career that began in 1995, turns 40 in December while American Broner is 33-3 with one drawn and 24 knockouts.

Pacquiao, the only fighter to win world titles in eight different weight

divisions, has continued fighting after reversing a decision to retire in 2016.

- Early Manny retirement? Broner, however, said Monday he planned to send Pacquiao into permanent retirement.

“I have paid my dues in this sport, and now it’s time for me to get mine,” Broner said. “I get more views than everybody when I fight. A lot of people are going to see me pack off Pacquiao into retirement, and without his belt.”

Last month, Pacquiao signed with adviser Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions group after being promoted by Top Rank’s Bob Arum, Haymon’s main rival, for the past 14 years.

The move ensures Pacquiao will have chances to fight the best in the welterweight division as Haymon’s fighters include Americans Thurman, 28-0 with 22 knockouts; World Boxing Council champion Shawn Porter, 29-2 with one drawn and 17 knockouts, and International Boxing Federation champion Errol Spence Jr., 24-0 with 21 knockouts. (afp)

HONG KONG - The 17-yearold driver who survived a terrifying crash at the Macau Grand Prix was recovering on Tuesday after a “frightening” spinal operation which took hours longer than expected and was fraught with the risk of paralysis.

Germany’s Sophia Floersch, whose Formula Three car was catapulted airborne over safety barriers and into a hut during Sunday’s race, needed a bone graft from her hip to fix a spinal fracture.

Doctors said the Van Amersfoort Racing driver spent seven hours in surgery on Monday, much longer than the expected four to five hours, because of the bone graft and the need to set up neurological monitoring.

Clinical director Lei Wai-seng told reporters that Floersch can move her limbs freely but is expected to remain in Macau’s Conde S. Januario Hospital for one or two weeks.

He added that Japanese racer Sho Tsuboi, who was apparently protected by his safety arc or halo when Floersch’s car hurtled into him, had been discharged, along with a photographer.

Another photographer, who suffered a lacerated liver, and a marshal with a broken jaw remain under observation, Lei said.

After a collision near the end of a high-speed straight, Floersch’s machine bounced off a kerb, clipping the top Tsuboi’s TOM’s Racing car and flying backwards into a hut housing media and officials.

Team principle Frits Van Amersfoort told Motorsport. com that he received a picture of a smiling Floersch after the operation.

“The operation was frightening because it is known as a risky operation. She will have to stay there for a while, but let’s hope we see her again soon where she belongs: in a racing car,” he said.

He also described his panic immediately after the crash on Sunday, as the team tried in vain to get updates on the young driver’s condition.

“The worst thing was the twenty minutes in which we did not know anything, I will not forget that my whole life,” he said, adding: “(She) had an angel on the shoulder,

because it could have been much worse.”

Three people have died in recent years on the Chinese gambling enclave’s tight and hilly street circuit, which has been graced

by Formula One greats including Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna.

British rider Daniel Hegarty died last year after hitting a barrier during the feature motorcycle race.

In 2012, Portugal’s Luis Carreira and Hong Kong’s Phillip Yau were killed within two days of each other during the Macau Grand Prix. (afp)

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PNG police, soldiers storm parliament over unpaid APEC bonuses the floor and broken glass and furniture.

PNG police spokesman Dominic Kakas confirmed the incident and told AFP they were “dealing with it”. He did not yet know how many police and soldiers were involved.

A witness outside parliament told AFP “hundreds of police and troops” had been standing on the building’s front steps complaining that they had not been paid the special APEC duty allowance of 350 kina (US$104).

“The scene outside parliament is very tense. There are dozens of police cars and army vehicles,” the witness said, adding that a nearby hotel was in lockdown and the protesters were blocking traffic.

The group later marched down the street towards a nearby stadium.

The chief executive of PNG’s

APEC Secretariat Chris Hawkins said the payment would “normally take a week to process at the end of a major event”.

“The meeting ended two days ago and the security operation is now winding down,” he added in a statement to Australian national broadcaster ABC. “The payment of individual allowances has already commenced and individual security force members should check with their banks as payments are made.”

Some locals in PNG, the poorest member of APEC, had expressed anger with the government’s lavish expense for the summit, which came at a time when the developing nation of eight million people is battling a polio outbreak and the resurgence of malaria, while struggling to pay its teachers. (afp)

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Papua New Guinea police and soldiers (C) are pictured outside the front of the country’s parliament in Port Moresby on November 20, 2018.

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PORT MORESBY - Papua New Guinea police and soldiers stormed the country’s parliament Tuesday, assaulting staff, smashing windows and demanding unpaid APEC bonuses just days after the international summit wrapped up, police and witnesses said.

The impoverished Pacific nation had rolled out the red carpet for visiting world leaders during the two-day conference and bought 40 Maseratis to ferry the dignitaries around.

The officers headed to parliament in the capital Port Moresby to express their dissatisfaction following a meeting with the police commissioner and the police minister over the allowances, PNG MP Bryan Kramer said in a video posted on Facebook.

Kramer said “numerous staff of parliament were assaulted during this confrontation” before the group left the building and gathered outside demanding an answer from the government.

A Facebook video he posted of the scene showed smashed pot plants, photo frames knocked to

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Central American migrants -mostly Hondurans- moving in a caravan towards the United States in hopes of a better life, walk along the metal fence on the border between Mexicali in Mexico’s Baja California State, and Calexico, in California, US, on November 19, 2018.

New barricades at US-Mexico border as migrant caravan arrives TIJUANA - Huge metal or concrete barricades and walls of concertina wire went up Monday on both sides of a bustling US-Mexico border crossing as a caravan of USbound Central American migrants pours into Tijuana, the last stop before California.

US authorities went so far as to briefly close the San Ysidro Port of Entry altogether -- it is one of the busiest land border crossings in the world -- as the new barriers were set up, triggering total gridlock for vehicles and pedestrians going from Tijuana across into San Diego.

“It was as if time stopped.

Nothing is moving. Neither cars, nor people, nor my business,” said Armando Lopez, who sells newspapers, cigarettes and candy on the Mexican side.

US Customs and Border Protection “suspended operations to safely place impediments at the port of entry that would restrict access to a large group attempting to run through the border crossing,” the agency said in a statement, referring to the migrant caravan.

President Donald Trump has characterized the caravan’s journey as an invasion, making it a central plank of his anti-immigrant platform.

The thousands-strong group set out more than a month ago from Honduras, fleeing poverty and gang violence and sometimes forcing its way across borders as the migrants head toward the US. Some 3,500 migrants have arrived so far in Tijuana and another 3,000 are expected to start flowing in as of Tuesday. Most of those

making the trek are Hondurans.

The big question is whether, once they are all together, they will try to cross over as they did from Guatemala into Mexico -- by force -- or opt instead for the long and tedious process of requesting asylum in the US. - Economy in danger -

After putting the new barriers in place at the border crossing, the authorities reopened it partially to northbound traffic.

On the Mexican side, too, metal barricades and concertina wire were put up. Federal police and soldiers patrolled the area.

“I am OK with these defenses,” said Arturo Gonzalez, a 35-year-old American who was losing his patience as he sat in his black pickup truck waiting to get into California.

He works as a janitor in a school in the US but lives in Mexico because the rent is cheaper here.

“Because of those Hondurans, we are paying the price. They should be thrown out,” Gonzalez said.

Walking swiftly through the pedestrian conduit toward California, Ana Maria Gutierrez, who is Mexican, was in a hurry to get to her job as a nurse in a psychiatric facility in San Diego.

“They do not realize the impact of closing the border,” she told AFP. “It is not just the economy that is in danger of dying out. We are talking about the lives of people and families,” Gutierrez said before showing her papers to the US border authorities and entering California. (afp)

JAKARTA - A dead whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia had a large lump of plastic waste in its stomach, including drinking cups and flip-flops, a park official said Tuesday, causing concern among environmentalists and government officials in one of the world’s largest plastic polluting countries.

Rescuers from Wakatobi National Park found the rotting carcass of the 9.5-meter (31-foot) sperm whale late Monday near the park in Southeast Sulawesi province after receiving a report from environmentalists that villagers had surrounded the dead whale and were beginning to butcher the rotting carcass, park chief Heri Santoso said.

Santoso said researchers from wildlife conservation group WWF and the park’s conservation academy found about 5.9 kilograms (13 pounds) of plastic waste in the animal’s stomach containing 115 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, 2 flip-flops, a nylon sack and more than 1,000 other assorted pieces of plastic.

“Although we have not been able to deduce the cause of death, the facts that we see are truly awful,” said Dwi Suprapti, a marine species conservation coordinator at WWF Indonesia.

She said it was not possible to determine if the plastic had caused

the whale’s death because of the animal’s advanced state of decay.

Indonesia, an archipelago of 260 million people, is the world’s second-largest plastic polluter after China, according to a study published in the journal Science in January. It produces 3.2 million tons of mismanaged plastic waste a year, of which 1.29 million tons ends up in the ocean, the study said.

Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesia’s coordinating minister of maritime affairs, said the whale’s discovery should raise public awareness about the need to reduce plastic use, and had spurred the government to take tougher measures to protect the ocean.

“I’m so sad to hear this,” said Pandjaitan, who recently has campaigned for less use of plastic. “It is possible that many other marine animals are also contaminated with plastic waste and this is very dangerous for our lives.”

He said the government is making efforts to reduce the use of plastic, including urging shops not to provide plastic bags for customers and teaching about the problem in schools nationwide to meet a government target of reducing plastic use by 70 percent by 2025.

“This big ambition can be achieved if people learn to understand that plastic waste is a common enemy,” he told The Associated Press. (ap)

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In this photo taken on October 10, 2018, Indonesian villagers perform congregational prayers in isolated Lambonga village in Donggala, following the September 28 earthquake and tsunami.

Indonesia mosques spreading radicalism to government workers: official

Dozens of Indonesian mosques that cater to government workers are spreading radicalism and calling for violence against non-Muslims, the country’s intelligence agency said Monday.

Its findings come six months after Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya was rocked by a wave of suicide bombings at several churches during Sunday services, killing a dozen people.

They were the deadliest terror attacks in about a decade and once again put religious tolerance in the world’s biggest Muslim majority in the spotlight.

The Indonesian State Intelligence Agency said Monday it has probed about one thousand mosques across the Southeast Asian archipelago since July and found that imams at some 41 places of worship in one Jakarta neighbourhood alone were preaching extremism to worshippers -- mostly civil servants who work at nearby government ministries.

The Agency found about 17 clerics expressed support or sympathy for Islamic State and encouraged parishioners to fight for the jihadist group in Syria and Marawi, the Philippine city overrun by foreign IS fighters last year.

Some clerics also called on the faithful to commit violence on

behalf of IS -- which claimed the May bombing attacks in Surabaya -- and spread hatred or vilify Indonesia’s minority religions, which include Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism.

“The majority of people who go to these mosques are government workers so that’s why this is alarming,” intelligence agency spokesman Wawan Purwanto told AFP. “These are people who are running the country.” The agency did not release details about what it found at hundreds of other mosques covered by its probe.

But it said that it also found worrying signs of radicalism at seven university campuses among several hundred it spot checked as part of the probe. The spy agency’s investigation was sparked by an independent anti-terrorism expert’s report last year that found imams at dozens of mosques across Indonesia were expressing intolerance and

support for IS. “We have to avoid this because we don’t want people in Indonesia fighting against each other -- that will lead to (bad) things,” Purwanto said. Indonesia has beefed up its anti-terror law to give authorities more power to arrest suspects in the wake of the Surabaya attacks.

But Purwanto said the agency would take a soft approach to dealing with radical imams by trying to convince them to spread a more peaceful message.

Jakarta-based terrorism expert Sidney Jones said the agency should go beyond just talking with clerics about their sermons.

“Generally it’s not enough to talk to the preacher -- you have to get to the mosque development committee and look at (who is behind) the financing,” she said.

“And you have to understand why there is support from the local community.” (afp)

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BUSINESS Greece: Bailout lenders agree to scrap 2019 budget cuts

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek officials say lenders have agreed to scrap a major round of government funding cuts planned for next year after the country outperformed budget targets set to help protect public finances.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (L) talks with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov (R) during the Thessaloniki Summit 2018 in Thessaloniki on November 15, 2018. The two-day summit will focus on issues such as regional cooperation in the context of European integration, geopolitical developments associated with Russia, Turkey and the Western Balkans and Greek debt and growth among others, according to organisers.

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Tanah Pegat Villagers Create Rural Tourism Park of Tanah Pegat Tourism Park,” he explained.

After having involved in the stage and decoration business for almost 14 years, he sees that in Tabanan in particular there are still a few locations for recreation featuring a beautiful, comfortable and calm atmosphere. Moreover, the land being arranged for this tourism park, chiefly the river flow, was formerly a recreational place after celebrating major religious holiday. “According to the elders, this river was a recreation place to ride a boat on festival day.

That’s why I attempt to develop, even though it was originally designed for a fishing ground but new ideas continued to come. So far, the completion has reached 60 percent,” he said.

Regarding the Pegat Tanah Tourism Park, Gusti Putu Susila has proposed to local village authority in order it can become a hamlet tourist attraction utilizing the natural environment of the local river because it is very suitable for fishing activities. “If this has been completed, we also plan to make

collaboration with the Tanah Pegat community group to provide typical culinary delights. Here, there are typical menus such as snail soup, snail satay and squeezed eels.

Essentially, we also want to highlight the potential at the village,”

he concluded.

The making of the Pegat Tanah Tourism Park is intended for people wishing to relax and take shelter while doing fishing activities. In fact, this attraction has been awaited by visitors. “Many visi-

tors said they want to come here, especially because there are many places suitable for meditation and yoga activities. However, since it remains in the arrangement stage, we have not yet opened it,” he added. (kmb)

I Made Supena Solo Exhibition at Gallery Santrian, Sanur Germany, France propose euro budget to bolster currency zone

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Italian Minister of Economy and Finance Giovanni Tria (L) talks with Mario Centeno, President of the Eurogroup during a Eurogroup meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Novembre 19, 2018.

FRANKFURT - A top eurozone official says the 19 countries that use the euro will push ahead with discussions on a eurozone budget proposed by France and Germany to make the currency union more resistant to crises.

Mario Centeno, president of the eurozone finance ministers’ group, said that ministers had a “very good discussion” of the proposal at their meeting Monday in Brussels and that “the topic will remain on our agenda” for further discussion.

“Everyone is aware of the necessity of reinforcing the eurozone,” said French Finance Minister Bruno Le Mair.

A separate eurozone budget

within the overall EU budget could help countries in difficulty stabilize their economies.

Le Maire said in response to a journalist’s question that even if discussions for now were of relatively small amounts such as 20-25 billion euros ($23-29 billion) “you need a starting point and a framework.” Those figures would be only around 0.2 percent of eurozone annual economic output.

The budget proposal is the result of months of negotiations between French and German officials. A eurozone fiscal fund has been a goal of French President Emmanuel Macron as a way

to strengthen the euro currency union, which has one currency but 19 separate governments.

It lacks steady spending from a central authority to even out recessions that hit one member worse than others, as the federal budget does in the United States when individual states endure downturns.

The 2010-2012 eurozone debt crisis made people more aware of the currency union’s shortcomings but Germany has resisted proposals for sharing financial burdens with other countries, fearing taxpayers there will be put on the hook for bad policies by fiscally irresponsible governments. (ap)

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Private land originally an empty field has now been transformed into an attractive place to be visited. Surely, this has been cultivated vivaciously and with the touch of artistic creativity. It is done by a resident of Tanah Pegat hamlet, Tabanan subdistrict, I Gusti Putu Susila. His private land spreading across the area of 1,200 square meters near Yeh Empas River has been conjured up into a tourism park with a natural concept.

When entering this tourism park, visitors will be pampered with a beautiful atmosphere that does not change much from the genuine atmosphere. So far, a number of workers are still arranging the area because this tourism park has just been worked on since 1.5 months ago, and the opening is scheduled to be made this midNovember.

After going further into the park area, visitors will find selfie spots deliberately made to pamper selfie lovers. Besides, there are a number of appropriate points to make prewedding photography. The rocks in the river are also given colorful shades adding to the impression of an attractive, unique and special recreation place.

The area is also equipped with two rubber boats that can be used later for rafting activities. “In the future, we’ll prepare an extreme swing attraction to test your adrenaline. Frankly speaking, the original concept was actually to make a recreational place that offers natural nuances, and attract people to have recreation to village under the name

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the government received “very positive news from Brussels” on Thursday, when bailout creditor representatives met to discuss Greece’s draft 2019 budget.

Greece exited its third successive international bailout in August but had committed to creditors’ demands for more austerity measures in 2019 and 2020, including pension cuts.

Tsipras’ left-wing Syriza party is trailing conservatives in opinion polls ahead of a general election next October and is keen to avoid unpopular measures following years of hardship for many Greeks. (ap)

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Abstract painting can arise out of any number of intentions, including a desire to explore the formal qualities of the medium of painting itself, to free oneself from

the meaning of specific forms, to extend the limits of what is needed to recognize a given object or subject or even to allow colors to convey their own message.

In the case of I Made Supena, although there is an element of each of these intentions his ultimate intention in creating abstract works is to allow his feelings to

be expressed unfettered by any preconceived ideas or judgments For Supena feelings are both fleeting and yet extremely powerful, a source of inspiration and yet can also be rather troubling.

The influence of feelings on Supena as a person have been so profound that after many and varied experiences he chose to share something of their essence with others through his art works as a way to shed light on feelings as a shared human experience. Instead of being overtaken by feelings as a deeply personal experience, Supena has taken up the challenge of focusing on allowing them to be what they are and focus instead on trying to interpret the message that feelings convey in visual form.

However rather than conveying any specific feelings in his paintings, Supena has created powerful works that invite us the viewer to interpret the feelings elicited from the forms and colors of his works.

Even after almost a hundred years, abstract painting still evokes a sense of confusion is many people who are challenged by the lack of specified objects in such works.

While the value of any painting is determined by many factors – clarity of form being the least of them, abstract painting remains the most often misunderstood genre of painting.

Here Supena gently invites us approach this genre in general and his paintings in particular with the freedom that abstraction generally intends, freedom from the need to evaluate based on mental constructs or specified criteria. Instead -as art generally intends, we are invited to move away from evaluating feelings altogether and instead allow the judgment-free space of the heart to guide us towards increased appreciation for life in general and art in particular. In so doing we are also invited to allow the space of our hearts to do as it is intended to: interpret feelings. (kmb)

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Tourism needs information management reau as the mouthpiece of the local government plays an important role in reporting and promoting Bali tourism. “Under the Public Relations Bureau there are media and so on. It is to help promote,” he explained.

Aside from Chief of Public Relations and Protocol Bureau, there are 5 agency leaders within the Bali provincial government that makes innovations or change projects. Respectively, the Head of the Bali Cooperative and MSME Agency, I Gede Indra Dewa Putra, came with the innovation entitled Collaboration on Penta Helix Plus Strengthens Regional Competitiveness of Cooperative and MSME Products in Bali Province; Bureau Chief of Law and Human Rights Secretariat of the Bali Province, I Gusti Agung Ketut Kartika Jaya Seputera, came with the innovation entitled Legal Consultation Network System; and Bureau Chief of Regional Secretariat of the Bali Province, I Wayan Serinah, came with the innovation entitled Sword ASN SMART: Touch Screen Job Description.”

Secretary of the Bali Public Housing and Settlement Agency, Gede Pramana, came with the innovation entitled Peri Lan Nu Bali (Saving-Land Housing with

Balinese Culture; and Secretary of BPSDM Bali, Putu Yupi Wahyundari, come with innovation entitled Quality Edutourism.

When separately interviewed, the Head of BPSDM Bali, Ida Bagus Sedhawa, said the change projects made by six heads and secretaries to local agencies or reformers must continue. In other words, the change project must continue to the long term after they have finished the training.

Therefore, it will assist and control the implementation after the PIM II Training.

“After the training they must continue. For example, if the long term has not been achieved, at the latest a year our long-term expectation can be realized. We control it every year through the innovation competition named the Wikia (Widia Kusuma Innovation Award),” he said.

According to Sedhawa, the innovative works having been completed 100 percent are contested again to find the best work.

Thus, PIM Education and Training participants really produce something and make a change so that they can be called change leaders.

“Later, after graduating they are called a change leader and they must dare to make changes. It is

MELBOURNE - Three men who allegedly plotted “chilling” terror attacks in Melbourne were charged early Tuesday, less than two weeks after a stabbing rampage inspired by the Islamic State group left two dead in Australia’s second city, police said.

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the beginning, maybe later on after carrying out the task they will have another innovation, if the make changes again, it is even better,” he explained.

Regarding the theme of tourism, continued Sedhawa, it cannot

be separated from Bali’s economy supported by the sector. The regional apparatus which is a public servant must have a mindset about tourism. Aside from the Tourism Office, the other agencies must also understand. (kmb32)

has the potential to be reversed backwards. “That’s the hazards, so that we ask if wishing to build an access to a building, please also involve the people with disability, or the architect who can measure the height,” he explained.

Other than building entrance access, people with disabilities ask for a toilet for wheelchair users. Admittedly so far, there is a narrow toilet door so their seat cannot enter the toilet. Regarding this request, Sukadana claimed there is no intention or desire to be spoiled. But he only wants a little facilitation in infrastructure so that people with disabilities can be more independent in their activities.

Sukadana added, in Gianyar, wheelchair users are approximately 80 people. Of that number, not many people with disabilities can leave freely. However, if facilities for people with disabilities are given a large space, there will be many disabilities out. “So far, it doesn’t

come out a lot because the facilities are minimal,” he explained.

Head of the Gianyar Social Service, Made Watha, when asked for his confirmation in responding to such complaint stated that in general the facilities already existed in several buildings. He said the preparation of the facility is carried out by the Public Works Agency. “Likewise at the office of Social Service there has been toilet and the entrance into the office has provided with such access,” he explained.

Watha added that for offices having not provided such disability facilities will be coordinated with the relevant local agencies (OPD).

His agency has routinely held this matter. Responding to the too high access into the buildings, the Social Service promised to re-coordinate with the Gianyar Public Works.

“This happens because all physical activities lie in the Public Works as the leading sector,” he said. (kmb35)

The trio, all Australian nationals of Turkish descent, were detained by counter-terror police in overnight raids as they escalated preparations to attack crowded areas of Melbourne, according to police.

The three, two brothers aged 31 and 26 and 21-year-old, were later charged with planning a terrorist action, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, officials said.

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said the men were “certainly inspired by ISIS”, the Islamic State group, but had no known links to a specific organisation.

They had been under investigation since March but had become “more energised” since the ISinspired stabbing attack in Melbourne on November 9, he said.

The men had sought to purchase semi-automatic .22 calibre rifles and police were concerned they could target upcoming Christmas season events that will see huge crowds gathering in the city.

“There was a view towards a crowded place, a place where maximum people would be attend-

ing, to be able to kill, we allege, as maximum an amount of people as possible,” Ashton told reporters.

The group had not yet picked a specific target or time for the attack, and Ashton added that police were confident Tuesday’s arrests had “neutralised any threat to the... community from this group”.

In the November 9 attack, a Somali-born Australian, Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, stabbed and killed one man and wounded two others in a central shopping area before being shot dead by police.

Coincidentally, the victim of that attack, Sisto Malaspina, 74, was honoured by a state funeral in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Hundreds of Melbournians and dignitaries attended a service at Melbourne’s St Patrick’s Cathedral to bid farewell to Malaspina, the beloved owner of a local Italian cafe and a well-known figure on the city’s vibrant restaurant scene.

- ‘Potential loss of life’ The three arrested men were identified by local media as Ertunc and Samed Eriklioglu, aged 30 and 26 respectively, and Hanifi Halis,

People with disabilities complain as lacking of facilities

GIANYAR - People with disabilities deserve to get support from all parties, especially the government. So far, not all office

access, public toilets and sidewalks are pro to their needs. There are even offices that do not support it at all, making it difficult for people

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People with disabilities deserve to get support from all parties, especially the government.

with disabilities. This was revealed by the Chairperson of the Bhakti Senang Hati Gianyar Foundation, I Nyoman Sukadana, representing people with disabilities on Sunday (Nov. 18).

Sukadana said the facilities for people with disabilities in Gianyar district remain relatively minimal.

He gave an example of the access to buildings having not paid attention to people with disabilities. “These people with disabilities have the right to get support from all parties, both private and the government,” he said.

Admittedly, in several offices, especially government offices, there is access to disabilities for entering the building. However, the access is considered too steep.

“There is less sloping access in terms of wheelchair users. If the altitude is very high, we object to going up (carrying our own wheelchair—Ed),” he said.

If the access is too steep, they worry if the two-wheeled chair

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DENPASAR - Information management is important for creating accurate information.

Moreover, the information will then become public consumption. In government, information management also supports Bali as a world tourist destination.

“Our innovation is one-gate information, one-door information to create effective and efficient information management,” said Chief of Public Relations and Regional Secretariat of Bali Province, I Dewa Gede Mahendra Putra, while presenting the innovation entitled “Jubir Bali Wangun Sakti Dukung Destinasi Wisata Bali” in the launching of the PIM Education and Training XXII for Tourism Thematic 2018 in BPSDM Bali on Sunday (Nov.18).

According to Mahendra, information management is still not optimal. However, with the onedoor information, the information is managed systematically, massively and structurally. One-door information is also supported by regulations as well as coordination with all the stakeholders. “At the Public Relations and Protocol Bureau, we carry out public services with the synergy of all stakeholders to create accurate information that will be consumed by the public,” he explained.

Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, said that tourism has become a leading sector, not only in Bali but also in Indonesia. Therefore, promotional efforts must continue.

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Police stand guard as a woman leaves a house raided by police in the Melbourne suburb of Dallas on November 20, 2018.

21. Court officials could not immediately confirm their identities.

“If we had not acted early in preventing this attack, we’ll allege the consequences would have been chilling, with... a potential significant loss of human life,” said Ian Mccartney, a federal counter-terror police spokesman, in announcing

the arrests.

Australian police have charged 90 people in relation to 40 counterterrorism investigations since 2014, when the country’s terror alert level was raised to “probable”.

Melbourne has been the target for a number of attacks and plots.

In addition to the November 9

knife rampage, a 28-year-old man was convicted on six counts of murder last week for mowing down dozens of people in the same street in January 2017, and Shire Ali’s brother is in jail awaiting trial for a plot to cause mass casualties last New Year’s in the city’s Federation Square. (afp)

Xi visits Philippines to cozy up to historical US ally

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) walks past honour guard along with Philipine military chief Carlito Galvez (R) shortly after arriving at Manila international airport on November 20, 2018 Xi is on his first state visit to the Philippines, a traditional US ally that is a key prize as Beijing and Washington jostle for supremacy in the Pacific.

MANILA - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Philippines Tuesday for a key state visit to a long-time US ally, aiming to boost blossoming ties with potentially billions in backing for megaprojects.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has proven a willing recipient of Beijing’s attentions, declaring shortly after his election in 2016 his nation’s “separation” from former colonial master the US. Since then Beijing has promised billions of dollars in investment and loans for major infrastructure that the developing nation of 105 million deeply needs, but over two years later nearly none of it has arrived.

Xi landed in Manila to a red-carpet welcome at the airport for the first visit from a Chinese president in 13 years, which Manila hopes will finally net those investment deals.

China has dispersed tens of billions of dollars in loans since 2013 as it expands its political influence globally, countering the American hegemony that characterised the post-World War II order, especially in Asia.

However, even before Xi’s expected arrival,

hundreds of protestors descended on the Chinese embassy to voice opposition to closer ties with Beijing.

“Philippines is not for sale,” the marchers chanted, as some brandished signs saying “China out of Philippine waters” in reference to a long-running dispute over the South China Sea. Duterte has enthusiastically embraced Xi, even setting aside a key 2016 ruling from an international tribunal that declared as without basis Beijing’s expansive claim over the waterway.

At the same time, the mercurial leader has declared an end to what he characterised as the Philippines’ submissive relationship with the US, even calling then-US president Barack Obama a “son of a whore”.

But relations have been warmer since Donald Trump became president and dropped American criticism of Duterte’s anti-drug crackdown that has killed thousands.

The dispute over the resource-rich South China Sea, a key transit route for billions in trade, led to a freeze in Manila-Beijing relations, which thawed with Duterte’s pivot. (afp)

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NASA picks ancient Martian river delta for 2020 rover touchdown

TAMPA - NASA has picked an ancient river delta as the landing site for its uncrewed Mars 2020 rover, to hunt for evidence of past life on Earth’s neighboring planet, officials said Monday.

Even though the Red Planet is now cold and dry, the landing site, Jezero Crater, was filled with a 1,600-foot (500-meter) deep lake that opened to a network of rivers some 3.5 to 3.9 billion years ago.

“The delta is a good place for evidence of life to be deposited and then preserved for the billions of years that have elapsed since this lake was present,” Ken Farley, Mars 2020 project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told reporters on a conference call.

Experts believe the 28-mile (45-kilometer) wide basin could have collected and preserved ancient organic molecules and other signs of microbial life.

At least five different kinds of rocks, including “clays and carbonates that have high potential to preserve signatures of past life,” are believed to lie in the crater, just north of the Martian equator, the US space agency said in a statement.

Carbonate rock is produced by the interaction of water, atmospheric gases and rock, and leaves clues about habitable environments, said Farley.

Scientists have debated where to land the rover for the past four years, and whittled down their decision from more than 60 possible sites.

The $2.5 billion rover is planned to launch in July 2020, and land in February 2021.

Mars 2020 is designed to land inside the crater and collect samples that will eventually be returned to Earth for further analysis, perhaps by the later 2020s.

- Perilous landing -

But first, the rover has to make it to the surface intact and upright, dodging a field of boulders, sand traps and the edges of the delta.

Mars 2020 will use the same sky crane landing that successfully delivered NASA’s unmanned Curiosity rover to a location called Gale Crater on Mars back in 2012.

Gale Crater, with its many layers of sediment, was chosen to tell the story of how Mars transitioned from a warm, wet planet to the frigid and dusty one it is today.

The landing site of Jezero Crater is different because of its abundant carbonate rocks and what they can hopefully reveal about early habitability on Mars, NASA said.

Instead of having an analytical laboratory on board -- like Curiosity has -- Mars 2020 is designed to look at rocks on a finer scale, seeing what biosignatures are preserved.

It will then pile them in a cache for further study back on Earth. A separate mission, yet to be defined, would bring the rocks back to Earth.

“Mars had conditions more similar to Earth early on -- in the first billion years -- so what may have been happening in our solar system that allowed life to start on this planet may also be evident on Mars itself.”

Certain features of the Earth -- such as plate tectonics which roil the terrain periodically -- and flowing water which washes away ancient artifacts, actually make the search to understand early

microbial life easier on Mars than on Earth.

“Because there are so many ancient rocks on the surface of Mars, this information is more accessible,” said Meyer.

Robotic rover missions are an important part of human space exploration because these tools also help inform NASA’s efforts to send people to the surface of Mars sometime in the coming decades.

“Mars is really the obvious place, after the Moon, to go and expand our presence in deep space,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s science mission directorate.

NASA has vowed to send people to Mars by the 2030s, but industry experts say it could take longer -- at least 25 years from now -- before humans could survive on the Red Planet. (afp)

- ‘Expand our presence’ -

Knowing more about the ability for life to exist on Mars in the distant past could inform us about how life evolved on Earth.

“Mars is one of four terrestrial planets in the solar system and it actually has the best record of what was going on in the first billion years of planetary formation,” said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program.

“During the same time that life started on Earth, life could have started on Mars,” he added.

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TABANAN — The plan to build the Yeh Otan River Bridge shortcut connecting Bajera village, Selemadeg sub-district to Antosari village, West Selemadeg sub-district, having rolled out since 2016 continues to be finalized. This year, the land acquisition process will even begin to be done. Later on, the bridge as the shortcut will have a length of 600 meters with a width of about 16 meters and is planned to be running in 2019.

Head of the Tabanan Administration Affairs, A.A. Ngurah Agung Satria Tenaya, stated on Friday (Nov. 16) that Tabanan government has carried out the task of determining the location containing the stages of land acquisition affected by the shortcut IV. After completion of the location determination phase issued on October 3, the next stage will be continued by the Working Unit for Region III of the Bali Public Works and Housing Agency (PUPR) regarding the assessment process of compensation and appraisal (land acquisition).

“Obviously, we are in the Tabanan district government as the preparatory team is just responsible for the making of the Location Determination Decree and this has been completed. The task of seeking appraisal and compensation payment will be carried out

by Working Unit for Region III,”

he said.

When asked about the existence of residents’ land affected by this shortcut bridge project, Agung stated that for the time being the location determination stage finds no problem. The compensation will be reviewed first by the appraisal team.

“The compensation ranging from the development to ritual inauguration (pemelaspasan) ceremony is the authority of the appraisal team which also determines the price of the land there,” he explained.

Certainly, having carried out various stages, there is possibility if the development of the Otan River bridge shortcut will begin to be worked on in 2019.

To be noted, construction of the fourth shortcut poses a central government project that will be fully funded through the national budget (APBN). The existence of this Otan River shortcut is believed to be able to facilitate transportation access from Denpasar to Gilimanuk and vice versa. The road section known to have the most hazardous route often causes traffic accidents because of sharp turns and downhill roads.

“With this shortcut, hopefully the traffic will run smoothly, and minimize the number of traffic accidents,” he hoped. (kmb28)

Bricklaying robot’s ‘quantum leap’ for construction

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Mounted on the back of a truck, Hadrian X is simply driven onto a building.

refinements ahead of bringing both Hadrian X robots back to our High Wycombe facility for demonstration to key commercial stakeholders.

“We now begin the next exciting phase for the Company, as we execute our global commercialisation strategy to capitalise on the significant demand for our technology.

“What we have achieved here is a quantum leap for the construction industry.” (IBP/net)

Bali Distribution PLN notes that subsidized electricity consumption in Bali is declining.

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Electricity consumption increases

Tariff of subsidized household customers decrease

DENPASAR - Bali Distribution PLN notes that subsidized electricity consumption in Bali is declining. This happens because the level of electricity consumption in Bali is increasing, so that people have to increase their electricity classification.

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Robotics said the structure met verified building standards set by a civil and structural engineering consultancy group.

Mike Pivac, Fastbrick Robotics chief executive, said: “We now have the world’s only fully automated, end-to-end bricklaying solution, with a massive market waiting for it.

“We will now take everything we’ve learned to date in the Hadrian X programme and make some

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New Bajera-Antosari shortcut in land acquisition phase

This NASA file image released on November 19, 2018 shows on ancient Mars, water carved channels and transported sediments formING fans and deltas within lake basins. Examination of spectral data acquired from orbit show that some of these sediments have minerals that indicate chemical alteration by water.

SYDNEY - A bricklaying robot named Hadrian was described in 2015 by Australian firm Fastbrick Robotics as capable of building the brick shell of a house in a matter of days, and it has now managed to complete the task.

The 180 sq m, three-bedroom, two-bathroom structure was completed in under three days by Hadrian X, a new version of the robot.

After completion, Fastbrick

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The plan to build the Yeh Otan River Bridge shortcut connecting Bajera village, Selemadeg sub-district to Antosari village, West Selemadeg sub-district, having rolled out since 2016 continues to be finalized.

Deputy Manager of Communications and Environment Development of the Bali Distribution PLN, Nyoman Swiranata, stated the number of household customers with subsidized tariff up to November 2018 reached 299,373 people or 26.4 percent of the total household customers in Bali amounting to 1,134,138.

This figure has decreased from the beginning of 2018 recorded to reach 304,023 customers or 27.97 percent. The number of subsidized electricity users also declined from the mid-year record of 300,783 customers. Meanwhile, based on the TNP2K data, only 47,193 households are entitled to receive subsidized electricity.

He said the decline in the number of subsidized customers happens because the community has upgraded to a higher class. For example, they upgrade to 1,300 volt amperes (VA). “With the in-

crease in electricity demand, people included in the BTP TNP2K can upgrade from 450 VA to 900 VA by still using subsidized tariff. However, if they upgrade to 1,300 VA, their subsidies are automatically revoked,” he explained in Denpasar on Friday (Nov. 16).

People entitled to get subsidies are those who are registered as underprivileged families and included in the integrated database (BTP) of the national team for the Acceleration of Poverty Alleviation (TNP2K). He further explained there are two categories of subsidized electricity users, namely R1 with 450 volt ampere (VA) with 221,558 customers and 900 VA with 77,815 customers. The 900 VA customers are also divided in two, namely the subsidized customers and nonsubsidized customers.

At present, the number of nonsubsidized electricity users belong-

ing to R1 with 900 VA is recorded at 331,045 customers. Furthermore, the 1,300 VA power users totally reach 318,139 customers and the 2,200 VA reaches 121,298 customers. R2 customers are those with a power class of 3,500-5,500 VA with 67,293 customers. R3 customers are those with 6,600 VA and above amounting to 16,990 customers.

Based on the data of PLN, the electricity consumption is in line with the data of the Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS) indicating the level of electricity and gas consumption in Bali in the third quarter of 2018 increased by 0.50 percent (yoy). This was conveyed by the Head of BPS Bali, Adi Nugroho, during the official BPS release recently. The contribution of electricity and gas consumption to the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) is IDR 0.11 trillion. This figure contributes 0.23 percent to GDP. (kmb42)

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Denpasar - Nationally, the Minister of Tourism Arief Yahya launched at least 100 digital destinations established throughout Indonesia. In Bali, there are three digital destinations namely the Tukad Bindu, Edelweiss Park in Karangasem. These two digital destinations have been launched, but another has not been launched. in the future there are several things to be concerned about the development of tourist destination of Tukad Bindu. Behind it all, his foundation still prioritizes environmental cleanliness in that location.

All this time, a lot has been done at Tukad Bindu starting from education related to the mindset of the community to be more able to preserve nature, including provision of comfort for visitors after seeing the beauty around the Tukad Bindu.

Various things offered are in fact able to trigger a total of visits, in which every weekend the number of visitors coming here can reach 500 or even 1,000 people.

Peken Nusantara is one of the interesting events so the visits to digital destination increase. Chairperson of Research and Development (R & D) of GenPI (Generation of Wonderful Indonesian) of Bali who

One of the digital tourism destinations in Bali

is the executor of Peken Nusantara, Bobby Andalan, said that GenPi as an extension of the Ministry of Tourism made Tukad Bindu one of the digital destinations. It is meant to optimize the hidden attractiveness of Tukad Bindu.

He continued that digital destination is realized through the Peken Nusantara event. Through the Peken Nusantara, he hoped that visitors will not only take selfie, but also enjoy a variety of unique dishes from the Island of the Gods sold on the banks of Tukad Bindu.

“So, digital destination is an eye catching destination and really instagrammable. Well, the GenPI, as the locomotive of the Ministry of Tourism through creative, millennial and young people is driven by the Ministry of Tourism to establish the digital destinations,” he explained. (kmb42)

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Bollywood Superstar Anushka Sharma unveils first-ever interactive wax figure in Madame Tussauds Singapore

Bali has three digital destinations Rivers are usually identified as dirty and slum. However, the Tukad Bindu or Bindu River located in Kesiman Village, East Denpasar, is transformed into beautiful and magnificent. So that it can become a digital destination in accordance with the target of minister of tourism. Moreover, a total of 150 delegates of the IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meeting 2018 were interested in the beautiful atmosphere of the tourist attraction.

Initiator of the Tukad Bindu Foundation, I Gusti Rai Ari Temaja, in the Peken Nusantara event at Tukad Bindu said the Tukad Bindu can optimize the potential of local community, such as the existence of Peken Nusantara (Archipelagic Market). “We also get a positive impact from what the ministry itself has done,” he said on Sunday (Nov. 18).

Ari Temaja acknowledged that

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The officers of Klungkung Regency are inspecting the Lumangan Beach.

Lumangan Beach needs arrangement

SEMARAPURA - Lumangan Beach at Bunga Mekar village adds to the list of alluring tourist attractions in the Nusa Penida Islands. The existence can provide attractive choices, among the wellknown objects such as the Kelingking Beach, Angel Billabong and Pasih Uwug (Broken Beach).

Lumangan Beach needs further arrangement, especially related to road access and the addition of public facilities.

Headman of Bunga Mekar, Wayan Yasa, recently conveyed that Lumangan Beach tourist object belongs to Penangkidan hamlet.

This area has a very good tourist attraction. One of the advantages is the presence of dive sites in the vicinity or called the manta points.

Evidently, many boats every day come to bring tourists to this region.

He hoped that regional government can help structuring the location. At the same time, together he introduces this tourist attraction in order to be thronged by domestic and foreign tourists. Moreover, it is adjacent to the Kelingking Beach destination, Angel Billabong and Pasih Uwug having been well-known among domestic and foreign tourists.

Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, has long realized the potential of Lumangan Beach. So, he came down directly to location recently with the Tourism Office Nusa Penida subdistrict. Regent Suwirta admitted the Lumangan Beach object has not been known and not many visited.

So, seeing such conditions, he said to be making arrangements.

He hoped Lumangan Beach can become the next destination after Kelingking Beach, Angel Billa-

bong and Pasih Uwug, located nearby. Regarding the lack of access to the beach, this regent from Nusa Ceningan asked the local community not to react and use it to damage the image of Nusa Penida.

“It is exaggerated if the lack of the region is actually used to damage the potential of its own territory. What should be done is we keep the natural beauty and slowly arrange the area. We want to emphasize there must be a process to be passed,” he said.

Therefore, the regent Suwirta admitted to have come specifically to look closely what can be done now and in the long term. “I come here today to see and think of it.

Firstly, we see the urgent access to the road. We will make this road better,” he said.

The regent also took action to clean up around Lumangan Beach by involving the local community.

He did it to make the beach environment always clean, especially the location will be promoted as a new tourist destination in Nusa Penida.

When asked about the highlight of law enforcement officials on tourism management fees by customary villages, Regent Suwirta requested administrative and customary village not to immediately collect fees. According to him, this is not good applied in managing an object. The most important is that the tourist attraction proceeds, guests come and of course it will be regulated by local government through regional regulations (Perda) and the management agency.

So, what is produced by object management should also be able to be enjoyed by the village, without having to violate the rule of law. (kmb31)

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SINGAPORE - With the launch of her new interactive wax figure, renowned Bollywood actress, producer and entrepreneur Anushka Sharma joined the IIFA Awards Experience at Madame Tussauds Singapore for the official unveiling ceremony, providing media and fans with the experience of a lifetime.

With over ten years in the industry, the award-winning actress is highly regarded as one of the most popular and finest stars in Indian cinema, receiving accolades for her cinematic contributions both on screen and as a producer. Anushka’s figure is the latest addition to the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards Experience at Madame Tussauds Singapore, an interactive zone where you can surround yourself with A-list Bollywood stars and experience stardom.

As Madame Tussauds Singapore’s first-ever talking wax figure, Anushka’s likeness represents the attraction’s commitment to delivering immersive interactive experiences through technology. Her life-like figure holds a phone personally inviting visitors to snap a selfie with her, which can be digitally shared with friends and family.

“I am glad that my wax figure is the first ever talking and interactive wax figure in Madame Tussauds Singapore. I had a special fan take over my Instagram page today to capture the Madame Tussauds experience and I am thankful for the love and support that they are constantly give me. My fans who visit Madame Tussauds Singapore can engage with my interactive figure and also take a selfie” said Anushka.

Bollywood enthusiasts were given the opportunity to get up close and personal with the actress, as Anushka gave one of her followers the ultimate fan experience by being her personal ‘Instagrammer’ for the launch.

The lucky fan was given a very special task -- to capture key moments of the event and broadcast it over Anushka’s personal Instagram stories to her 20.5 million followers.

“Anushka Sharma is a big star, and she is so nice to work with. We were thrilled to welcome her personally to Singapore for the unveiling of her wax figure. Anushka’s new interactive figure will be a great addition for our visitors and we will continue to grow our attraction in 2019. With much more interactives and Indian Film stars coming to Singapore”, said Alex Ward, General Manager, Madame Tussauds Singapore.

Anushka’s figure joins other Bollywood stars including Kajol, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor in the IIFA Awards Experience where you can re-live the glamour of the Bollywood awards ceremony. Walk the green carpet, snap selfies and dance with your own back up dancers on the big screen, or star on the cover of the IIFA Magazine and shine on stage where you receive your own award. Your time is now to take the spotlight.

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‘Fantastic Beasts’ enchants North American box office

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LOS ANGELES - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s new movie “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” enchanted the North American box office over the weekend, taking in around $62.2 million, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said Monday.

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Andreas Ahrens, curator and museum director of the Disgusting Food Museum, poses for a picture with Natto, fermented soybeans from Japan, presented in the Disgusting Food Museum on November 7, 2018 in Malmo, Sweden.

Maggots, licorice and cobra hearts at Sweden’s ‘Disgusting Food Museum’ MALMO - Cheese teeming with squirming maggots, sheep’s eye juice and mouse wine: the “Disgusting Food Museum” explores why a dish seems delicious to some, but for others is stomachchurning.

On show for three months at an old slaughterhouse in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, the exhibit -- created by Samuel West, who previously served up the Museum of Failure -- promises to shock the senses.

“Disgust is always subjective because it comes with what we grew up with. It’s kind of an indoctrination,” says museum director Andreas Ahrens.

“If we grew up with something, we don’t find it disgusting,” he says.

To highlight the point, the exhibition puts foods from around the world on an equal footing, so

lobster and foie gras are presented in the same way as chewy kiddie sweets and rabbits’ heads.

Gastronomic explorers are warned on entry: the exhibit is not for the squeamish. But, conveniently, the entry ticket is -- a sickness bag.

Bag in hand then, visitors venture off on a world tour of specialities, some of which may seem to a Western palate like ingredients in a witch’s brew but are considered delicacies.

“The Disgusting Food Museum exists to let people explore the world of food and to see both their own food and (other food) from the lens of another culture,” says Ahrens.

Its founder “began by thinking of other museums that don’t exist that he would like to visit, and that led to the Disgusting Food Museum,” he adds cheerfully. (afp)

This second Harry Potter prequel came in slightly behind the first “Fantastic Beasts” movie, which earned $74.4 million in its opening three-day weekend, but it has already scored an impressive $253.2 million overseas. Warner Bros. plans three more “Beasts” movies.

Written by Rowling and directed by David Yates, “Grindelwald” stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander as he works with Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) to take down the evil Gellert Grindelwald, played with typical panache by Johnny Depp.

In a rare weekend when neither horror

nor superhero movies dominated, second place went to family-friendly “The Grinch” from Universal, which tallied $38.6 million.

The ever-popular Dr. Seuss tale has Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the ill-tempered green title character, with support from Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson and Angela Lansbury.

In third spot, with $16 million in ticket

sales, was Fox’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the foot-stomping biopic about Freddie Mercury and rock group Queen. Rami Malek has drawn strong reviews for his portrayal of the British singer/songwriter.

Fourth went to new Paramount release “Instant Family,” starring Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne as a married couple who take in three foster kids over the holidays. It earned $14.5 million and has drawn an “A” rating from audiences polled

by CinemaScore.

In fifth was Fox’s “Widows,” at $12.4 million. Directed by Steve McQueen of “12 Years a Slave” fame, it stars Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki as a group of women who try to pull off a heist after their husbands are killed in a botched robbery. (afp)

Thousands evacuated as Guatemala volcano erupts, then stops

Guatemalan authorities declared a red alert and evacuated around 4,000 people Monday after the Fuego volcano erupted for the fifth time this year, sending bursts of ash and lava down the mountain before its activity decreased and then stopped.

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Memories are still painfully fresh of the volcano’s eruption in June, which swept away villages and left nearly 200 people dead and 235 missing. The Institute of Volcanology’s director Pablo Oliva said the volcano’s activity level had dropped significantly by late Monday.

A spokesman for Guatemala’s disaster management agency CONRED had earlier said it decided to evacuate the municipality

of Escuintla and two other districts.

Some 4,000 people were taken to temporary shelters as a precaution.

The spokesman, David de Leon, said the eruption became increasingly violent after it began Sunday morning, leading to fears for the safety of the thousands of people who live on the slopes of the 3,763 meter-high (12,246 feet) mountain.

A column of ash rose about

1,000 meters above the crater and areas west of the volcano -- 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Guatemala City -- were under a barrage of gas ash and fiery rocks, CONRED said. As the volcano’s activity fell back to normal parameters, evacuees were asked for the sake of cautiousness to return home on Tuesday by bus.

A previous eruption on October 12-13 was characterized by increasingly loud booms and lava

flow. On that occasion, 62 people were evacuated from their homes as a precaution and a highway around the mountain was closed. Many of those evacuated on Monday said they had feared a repeat of the deadly June eruption.

“We were scared and that’s why we evacuated,” said Miriam Garcia, from the village of El Rodeo which was largely spared the deadly eruption.

Oscar Juarez from El Rodeo said: “You have to get out as soon as possible because when that (volcanic material) comes close, you no longer have time to leave,

even if you run, because it comes very fast.”

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