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The Cranberries honour Dolores O’Riordan with song from final album In The End

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THE Cranberries have marked the first anniversary of Dolores O’Riordan’s death with the new single from what will be their final album.

The band say their forthcoming eighth album In The End will be their last, bringing a 30-year career to “a fitting and powerful closure”.

O’Riordan, 46, died after being found unconscious in the bath at a hotel in Park Lane, London, on 15 January 2018. Her vocals feature on the new 11-track record, including first single All Over Now, which the band have shared one year on from her death.

The singer’s mother, Eileen O’Riordan, has shown her support for the release, saying in a statement: “I can’t think of a more fitting way to commemorate the first anniversary of Dolores’ passing and to celebrate her life than to announce to the world the release of her final album with the band.”

The Cranberries formed in Limerick, Ireland, in 1989 and rose to international fame in the 1990s, selling more than 40 million records worldwide - with hits including Zombie, Linger and Dreams.

After five albums, the group took a break in 2003 before reforming in 2009. O’Riordan’s bandmates, Mike and Noel Hogan and Fergal Lawler said they had planned to complete the new album in early 2018, and that the singer had been “energised” about the prospect of the record before her sudden death.

In a post on Instagram, they said were dedicating the new album “to our dear friend and bandmate Dolores. She will always be with us in her music”. (net)

Dolores O’Riordan died on 15 January 2018.

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Ant is back: Emotional star reunited with Dec on Britain’s Got Talent

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McPartlin (left) stepped away from his TV work last year after a drink-driving charge.

ANT McPartlin has made an emotional return to Britain’s Got Talent after almost a year away from the limelight.

He was reunited with his longtime on-screen partner Declan Donnelly for the first day of auditions at the London Palladium.

On Twitter before the show, the pair posted a photo captioned: “#BGT 2019. Audition day 1. The boys are back in town!”

It comes after McPartlin stepped away from his TV work in March last year following a drink-driving charge, leaving Donnelly to front the Britain’s Got Talent live shows alone.

McPartlin also missed the most recent series of I’m A Celebrity...

Get Me Out Of Here! - with Holly Willoughby taking his place.

Introducing the first audition show on Friday, Donnelly told the audience: “We’ve got the judges back, the golden buzzer is back, and someone else is back. My co-host for the series, would you please welcome... Mr Ant McPartlin.”

McPartlin, 43, appeared on stage and said: “Hello everyone. Oh God, I’m really, really emotional now.

I’ve missed you all.”

He then turned to his co-host, also 43, and said: “As for you, I’ve missed you. Thank you very much,

what a warm welcome. What a great show to come back to, I’m thrilled, I’m over the moon. Shall we move on before I cry?”

The audience cheered as the presenters hugged.

Simon Cowell, the show’s head judge, said: “Ant welcome back.

We missed you; it wasn’t the same.

“I mean even though Dec was brilliant, it still wasn’t the same.

It would be like me not being with David [Walliams], I would be happy, but not happy - if that makes sense. So on behalf of all of us, welcome back, we’re family.” (net)

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Firefighters stand at the scene of a massive blaze trigerred by a leaky pipeline in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo state, Mexico on January 18, 2019.

Death toll from Mexico fuel explosion rises to 85

The death toll from a fiery explosion in central Mexico rose to 85 on Sunday as authorities vowed to hold accountable those responsible for a deliberate fuel-line puncture that drew hundreds of people looking to gather gasoline before it ignited.

The search for human remains at the site of the explosion in the state of Hidalgo ended late Saturday.

While families began to bury the dead, officials indicated the death toll could still rise.

Health Minister Jorge Alcocer said 85 deaths were confirmed and that another 58 people were hospitalized in Hidalgo, while others in worse conditions had been moved to Mexico City for specialized treatment. Family members of the victims have called on the government to continue looking for remains and to bring back forensic experts for that purpose. Funerals already have begun, but the handover of remains has been slow because many

of the victims were burned beyond recognition.

The Hidalgo state prosecutor said 54 of the dead could not be readily identified, and require DNA analysis.

Mourners began arriving little by little at the home of one of the victims, while in the adjacent street a hearse carried another corpse.

“He’s gone forever,” sobbed a woman as the remains of Cesar Jimenez were transferred to a church for a funeral mass attended by dozens of relatives and friends.

At a cultural center, loved ones publicly displayed pictures of the missing.

“We are sick and tired of searching around in every hospital,” said Moises Mejia, trying to find his missing wife Karina Ugalde and her sister Angelica.

“We gave some DNA from their dad to see if they are in (nearby) Tula. We want them to search more (near the blast and fire). Why did they go and move all that dirt over there?” he asked.

Another man, Antonio Garcia, wandered about searching for his nephew Lupillo, 17.

“I don’t know what he was thinking going over there,” he said. “I would always see him buying his gas (at stations). I don’t understand

why he’d go over there to steal it.”

- A torrent of fuel Hundreds of people had been drawn to the place where suspected fuel thieves tapped into a pipeline in the town of Tlahuelilpan.

Images captured by local media showed a torrent of fuel escaping from a pipeline as people converged on the site with buckets and jerrycans to collect gasoline.

A massive explosion engulfed the area in flames, and local media showed images of people screaming as they fled, their clothes in flames, some with severe burns.

Asked whether those hospitalized would be considered suspects, Attorney General Alejandro Gertz said investigators do not seek to “victimize the communities.”

“We are going to find those responsible for actions that generated this tragedy,” he said. “Victimizing the whole population is not (the investigation’s) function nor is it established in the law.”

The disaster came during a crackdown by the new government of President Manuel Lopez Obrador on the lucrative illegal business of fuel thefts, which triggered shortages of gasoline.

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Four Seasons Hotel Seoul Set to Open a New Contemporary Japanese Restaurant, Akira Back This March

Pilgrims throng peak of Panca Bali Krama at Lempuyang Temple

AMLAPURA —The pilgrims thronged to worship in a series of the Panca Bali Krama ritual at Lempuyang Temple, Purwayu customary village, Tribuana, Abang, on Sunday (Jan. 20).

Moreover, the vehicles of the pilgrims fully occupied the parking area. To get to the temple, they must be boarded with a bus prepared by the Transportation Agency of Karangasem because it was only invited guests allowed to go up.

Chief of Purwayu customary village, I Nyoman Jati, who is also Executive Chairman of the Panca Bali Krama, said the on day before the peak of the Bali Krama Karya was held various processions such as Pemben, Segara Kertih Mras Segara (Melasti), Maguru Piduka Segara

Kertih and Mepedada. He added that series of the ceremonies on the Peak of Panca Bali Krama was commenced with dance performances such as the Rejang Dewa, Baris Gede, and Topeng Panca followed by Ida Bhatara Tedun and joint worship.

Regent of Karangasem, I Gusti

Ayu Mas Sumatri, expressed her gratitude especially to the committee of the Panca Bali Krama of Sad Kahyangan Luhur Temple, having been able to unite their thoughts based on sincerity and together collected funds to implement the ceremony.

“As the Karangasem district government, we hope this ceremony will run smoothly and after this procession has ended, I hope we can establish better sense of brotherhood to Karangasem,” he hoped.

Meanwhile, Committee Chairperson of the Panca Bali Krama, Wayan Artha Dipa, said the ceremony serves to clean up ritual belonging to the Dewa Yadnya and Bhuta Yadnya which has a function as an offering to God as the Creator with his manifestations as Dewa

GIANYAR —A number of residents at Peliatan village built a community intensively chasing after plastic waste. The community named the Peliatan Ngogo (Pego) hunts for plastic waste in sacred areas such as temples to graves. This effort is expected to be able to make wider community understand so that they will not use plastic waste when going to temple.

Pego Coordinator, I Wayan Sugiarta, said that his community also collected plastic waste on Sunday (Jan. 20) by choosing the location at Dalem Puri Temple and local cemeter-

ies. Aside from young people, village officials to local community leaders also took part. “This time, we choose the location at the Dalem Puri Temple of Peliatan by taking advantage of the moment of presenting Calonarang performance held every six months. We want this movement to be more widespread and most importantly becomes a tradition in each household,” he said.

He said the Pego Community is a medium for residents of Peliatan village, especially young people, to improve environmental conditions.

Besides, it serves as solution to the problem of social concern. “We are

moving to take collective and sustainable actions for the creation of a sustainable village environment,” he explained.

He admitted that in the past ten years the river condition at the local village is quite alarming. Apart from household liquid waste, it is also mixed with solid waste, namely plastic waste. “Hopefully, with this movement the citizens can grow the sense of shame to those who have been throwing waste into the river. We’d just like to grow collective awareness,” he explained.

Chief of Peliatan customary vil-

lage, I Ketut Sandi, also admitted that other than in urban areas, the river water conditions in Peliatan also begin to result in concern. This condition makes local people move with the action of searching for waste in the river. Through Pego community, they regularly target the river flowing at the local village so as to be sustainable.

“After the river, Pego also ensures that the sacred area should be sterile from plastic. On that account, we always support and issue appendix to customary village bylaw (perarem) so that prayer activities to invoke holy water are prohibited from using plastic

and Bhuta who controls the points of the compass.

“It aims to request blessing of purification for the universe (macrocosm) and the human self (microcosm). At the same time, it also begs to be blessed with peace, well-being and harmony for the universe along with all the contents. This is the implementation of the Tri Hita Karana concept that we often talk about and disseminate today. Hopefully, this ceremony can run smoothly,” he added. (kmb41)

bags,” he explained.

As a result, in the past few months, it has been quite effective to raise awareness about the importance of maintaining environmental cleanliness from an early age. As evidence, the Pego Community dominated by young people is used as a creative forum for environmental sustainability. “This community is also used as a medium of information for young people related to environmental issues. Besides, it is also educating citizens to care for the environment chiefly through their real actions to save the environment,” he said proudly. (kmb35)

Residents of Peliatan collect plastic waste

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Four Seasons Hotel Seoul is set to open a new contemporary Japanese restaurant, Akira Back this March. Akira Back at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul will be a stylish 12th floor destination that will take diners on an unforgettable culinary journey showcasing celebrity chef Akira Back’s award-winning modern Japanese fare with a Korean essence inspired by his sense of adventure and boundless creativity.

Akira Back is a Korean-born and American-raised chef who continues to redefine Asian cuisine to create unique dining experiences around the world. For over 24 years, Chef Back has impressed the culinary world with his bold interpretations of Asian fare that combines classic Japanese cuisine with other international flavors. His adventurous approach to cooking was shaped by his early years playing extreme sports as a professional snowboarder, bringing the same level of thrill and challenge to the kitchen for inventive and leading-edge masterpieces.

“Having been a professional snowboarder for seven years, I found myself feeling the exact same thrill in the kitchen as when I’m racing down snow covered blankets in Aspen, Colorado. That spurred me on to pursue my fulltime culinary career and to widen my possibilities in creating complementing unique fusion food”, says Chef Akira Back.

Throughout his career, Chef

Akira Back has received numerous accolades and recognitions including “Rising Star” by Restaurant Hospitality (2008) and “Best Chef in Las Vegas” by Las Vegas Weekly (2008). Chef Back has also participated in some of the culinary world’s most prestigious events and had the distinct honor of hosting the prestigious James Beard House dinners for six years.

Chef Akira Back now owns a portfolio of restaurants worldwide including Kumi Japanese Restaurant +Bar by Akira Back at Mandalay Bay and the famed Yellowtail Japanese Restaurant & Lounge by Akira Back at Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, both part of the prestigious Hakkasan Group portfolio where he is Executive Chef and Partner. Additionally, Chef Akira Back opened his namesake brand, Akira Back Restaurants in Singapore, Hanoi, New Delhi and Jakarta with additional locations opening in Toronto, Dubai and Bangkok, as well as DOSA in Seoul Korea, which opened in May 2016 and was awarded one star by The 2018 Michelin Guide Seoul.

In March, Akira Back at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul will introduce a new kind of Japanese cuisine offering gastronomic indulgence never seen before in Seoul. “We are very excited to announce the opening of Akira Back at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul in March,” says Alejandro Bernabé, General Manager

of Four Seasons Hotel Seoul. “The dining scene in Seoul is dynamic and with Akira Back, we strive to bring a new dimension of Japanese cuisine to the city by offering an unforgettable experience with innovative culinary creations in a stylish and energetic setting, perfect for both private, intimate gatherings and social get-together events.”

The menu at Akira Back at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul will focus on modern Japanese dishes with Korean accents and culinary influences from around the world boasting unexpected flavors, high level of craftsmanship and innovative presentation all using only fresh, high quality ingredients.

Combined with world-class Four Seasons Service and stylish and energetic atmosphere, diners can look forward to a memorable dining experience that stimulates and excites with each visit.

“Everyone can get the best produce but the biggest difference at Akira Back will be the experience of discovering the flavours that I put together. My cooking reflects my personality and the influences around me, and it will never be at a standstill because I’m always exploring, and I hope to bring everyone with me on this exciting journey of innovation and discovery,” says Chef Akira Back.

Akira Back at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul is scheduled to open on March 7, 2019.

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The Aedes aegypti mosquito can transmit viral diseases like Zika and dengue. Molecules produced by an insect-killing bacteria appear to keep these mosquitoes at bay as effectively as DEET.

WISCONSIN - Molecules made by bacteria keep mosquitoes at bay. The compounds are a newfound potential stand-in for DEET, a ubiquitous chemical used in most commercially available mosquito repellents in the United States.

In lab tests, the molecules were as effective as DEET in stopping Aedes aegypti mosquitos, which can carry Zika, dengue and yellow fever, from snacking on artificial blood, researchers report January 16 in Science Advances. Tests suggest the compounds also deter two other mosquito species: Anopheles gambiae, a major malaria carrier, and Culex pipiens, which can carry the West Nile virus.

Though DEET is considered safe for human use and effective against mosquitoes, it doesn’t hurt to have more lines of defense against the disease-transmitting insects, says

coauthor Susan Paskewitz, an entomologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

The molecules in question are metabolic by-products of Xenorhabdus budapestensis, a bacterium that has a symbiotic relationship with a species of soil nematode. When the nematode finds an insect host such as a caterpillar, it burrows in and defecates the bacteria into its host’s bloodstream. The bacteria weaken the host’s immune system and turn its insides to mush — a sort of “bacteria-insect milkshake” — which rapidly kills the host, says Adler Dillman, a nematologist at the

University of California, Riverside who wasn’t part of the study.

Scientists have found other insect-killing compounds made by other bacteria in the same genus, but this is the first time bacterial compounds have been shown to ward off adult mosquitoes.

The repelling molecules might be aimed at preventing other insects from stealing nematodes’ kills, Dillman says. It’s interesting that those compounds work against mosquitoes, because the soil-dwelling nematodes that the microbes call home would probably never interact with mosquitoes in the wild.

Paskewitz’s colleague Que Lan, also at UW–Madison, had been hunting for microbes that might generate insect-killing molecules, and these bacteria were one candidate.

In one experiment, Lan’s team tried to get mosquitoes to feed from cotton balls dipped in extracts from the X. budapestensis bacteria, to test whether the bacteria-made molecules worked as an insecticide.

But “the mosquitoes wouldn’t go near the cotton balls,” Paskewitz says. Something seemed to repel the insects before they even got a taste. “That was fascinating.” When Lan died unexpectedly, Paskewitz inherited the project.

She and her colleagues cultured more of the bacteria, extracted molecules that the bacteria pro-

duced, then added those extracts to artificial blood brews and watched mosquitoes feed in the lab. (The team created different extracts by separating the molecules by their physical characteristics.) Extracts most effective in putting mosquitoes off their food were rich in molecules called fabclavines.

Paskewitz and her colleagues plan next to grow bacteria missing the genes to make fabclavines to test whether those compounds are truly responsible. Even if that’s successful, it would be a long time before the molecules are packaged and available for your next camping trip. Researchers need to test for toxicity and confirm that the molecules are effective outside of the lab in a real-world context. (net)

This rediscovered Bolivian frog species survived deadly chytrid fungus

TEXAS - Save for one “lonely” survivor in captivity, the Sehuencas water frog hadn’t been seen in the wild since 2008.

That’s when its numbers collapsed, primarily due to chytridiomycosis, a fungal disease that has devastated frog populations worldwide. Fearing the species might be extinct, some scientists spent 10 years searching the Bolivian mountain forests for the amphibians. Now, they’ve found a tiny population of five.

“It’s just incredible,” says herpetologist Robin Moore, communications director at Global Wildlife Conservation in Austin, Texas. He was among the scientists who announced the discovery on January 15.

With no current way to get rid of the lethal chytrid fungus in the wild, scientists are keen to

study the survivors, Moore says.

The five Sehuencas water frogs (Telmatobius yuracare) were found in their native habitat: the Bolivian mountain cloud forests, where the climate is moist and cool — and ideal for chytrid to grow. “It could be that this small population has immunity” or genetic resistance, Moore says.

“It could be an environmental factor,” such as an unusually warm microclimate.

It could also just be nature’s luck. “Many species of frogs that disappeared for years — decades in some cases — have been seen again later,” says ecologist Karen Lips of the University of Maryland in College Park. In December 2018, for example, researchers announced they had rediscovered Ecuador’s marsupial horned frog, more than 10 years

after the species disappeared.

Reappearances can occur for several reasons, including changes in the frogs, the fungus or the environment, Lips says.

“The simplest explanation is that once most of the frogs are gone, the fungus declines” from having fewer hosts to infect, and the frogs, in turn, slowly rebound until they’re seen years later.

These newly found frogs raise hopes that more populations exist in the wild, and also offer researchers a chance to help the species recover.

“Each case that we have a frog that we thought had succumbed to chytrid fungus but survived, it’s just an opportunity to understand a little more about how this pathogen works,” Moore says, “and the prospect for bringing these frogs back.” (net)

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After a decade in which people feared they were extinct, five Sehuencas water frogs have been discovered in Bolivia, including this female named Juliet.

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Regent Suwirta affirms seaweed still worth cultivating

SEMARAPURA — Seaweed has become an icon of Nusa Penida subdistrict. In its heyday, many products can be produced, ranging from cosmetic to various kinds of food. The assumption that seaweed is often attacked by diseases so that many residents switch professions drives the Klungkung district government to make a special study. As the result, Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta stated on Friday (Jan. 18) that seaweed is still feasible to be cultivated.

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This was conveyed by Regent Suwirta when meeting directly with the Lembongan community, Nusa Penida subdistrict on Friday. The results of the study, he said, will be

conveyed to all residents of Nusa Penida, so that they will rise again to preserve seaweed cultivation, which has always been the identity of the local community. “The results of

the study are clear that seaweed in Nusa Penida is still living normally and very feasible to be cultivated,” said the regent from Nusa Ceningan.

The other results of the study

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Seaweed has become an icon of Nusa Penida subdistrict. In its heyday, many products can be produced, ranging from cosmetic to various kinds of food.

also revealed the decline in seaweed production so far. It mostly happened due to people especially the younger generations tend to switch professions to pursue tourism sector. Due to the rapid development of Nusa Penida, local younger generations look more at tourism sector because it is considered to give more promising results. “However, some of them who are not involved in the tourism sector tend to re-plant seaweed,” he said.

With these results, he invited several related parties, from those dealing with seaweed in upstream and downstream, to re-develop seaweed cultivation. In addition, the cultivation of shrimp, crabs, abalone and groupers including hydroponics, are also requested to be further developed so as to meet the needs of the tourism sector in Nusa Penida.

“I have already ordered the headmen and related agencies to make exact data collection how many people are serious about returning to seaweed cultivation. If the results are indeed no more people wishing to do so, all the areas will be taken advantage for tourist attractions or water sports,” said Suwirta when establishing group for cultivation of shrimp, crabs and grouper.

Previously, I Wayan Suarbawa, a field officer of the Klungkung Fisheries and Marine Agency, explained about the results of the seaweed demonstration plot. The demonstration plot aims to test the results of seaweed production. The demonstration plot was centered in

three locations, including Semaya, Batununggul and Lembongan. It was made in April 2018. Meanwhile, the results are quite good because the seaweed are growing quite fertile and kept away from disease.

However, according to him, this process needs to be extended to find out the validity of the results so that they are more accurate based on the annual cycle of the seaweed, not monthly. “Diseases attacking seaweed often make farmers complain. We want to know more and at the same time find solutions to this disease and then disseminate it to farmers. Thus, they will continue to become seaweed farmers because seaweed is one of the Nusa Penida’s identities,” he said.

This ice-ice disease, according to him, is the main factor why seaweed production is decreasing coupled with the growing tourism development of Nusa Penida. Actually, the seaweed coastal areas are the main supporting livelihood of coastal residents. Supposedly, between tourism and seaweed farming should mutually collaborate, so that they are mutually beneficial as well.

Since seaweed continues to be attacked by the diseases, residents who are used to working as seaweed farmers increasingly shift to other profession. On the other hand, the tourism is Nusa Penida sub-district is growing rapidly so that residents who used to be seaweed farmers then switched into tourism workers or supporting tourism and construction workers. (kmb31)

Prevalence of non-communicable diseases stays high

MANGUPURA — The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that non-communicable diseases (PTM) are estimated to cause 73 percent of deaths in Indonesia.

Based on the results of the Basic Health Research in 2018 by the Ministry of Health, the prevalence of various non-communicable diseases such as cancer, stroke, chronic kidney disease and hypertension has increased.

According to an internist at Siloam Hospital, I Gede Pande Sastrawan, based on the data, hypertension rose from 25.8 percent to 34.1 percent, the prevalence of stroke rose from 7 percent to 10.9 percent, chronic kidney disease rose from 2 percent to 3, 8 percent and cancer prevalence rose from 1.4 percent to 1.8 percent.

He said that non-communicable diseases also has the potential to cause financial difficulties.

The study of the ASEAN Cost in

Oncology (ACTION) revealed that out of 9,513 cancer patients who were studied further, nearly 50 percent went bankrupt and 29 percent died. “This research was conducted from 2014 to 2015,” he said when met after the launch of PRUCritical Benefit 88 in Kuta on Friday (Jan. 18) According to President Director of Prudential Indonesia, Jens Reisch, the public must start paying attention because the impact of critical illness is not only death and disability, but also financial burden of hospital fees and living costs. Fighting against this critical illness can very much drain emotion and physical body of patients and their families as well as disrupt financial planning. On that account, PRUCritical Benefit 88 can be a solution for the people of Indonesia in anticipating and managing the financial impact of critical illness. (kmb23)

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According to an internist at Siloam Hospital that non-communicable diseases also has the potential to cause financial difficulties.

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Bali News

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

International

Tourism workers vulnerable to get affected by drugs DENPASAR - Bali is a tourist destination area, a gathering place for tourists from various parts of the world. Undeniably, this phenomenon also has an impact on the number of drug abuse cases in Bali and tourism players are vulnerable to exposure.

On that account, the Head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNNP) of Bali, I Putu Gede Suastawa, appealed to tourism players

to contribute to combating drugs.

“This morning I confirmed the management and employees of the Dedary Kriyamaha Hotel in Ubud, Gianyar, to be anti-narcotics volunteers. Hopefully, this is not limited to ceremonial event but must move in the community to disseminate the P4GN (prevention of drug abuse and trafficking),” said Suastawa.

According to him, this activity is one of the programs owned by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) to reduce the prevalence of drug abusers. “It is a good moment because this is the first time for me to inaugurate volunteers from tourism workers,” he said.

The volunteers are extension of the BNN in the community. They are agents of change as well playing an active role in

carrying out drug prevention activities at a minimum in the workplace and family environment.

“Why do we continuously disseminate?

It is very important and has the aim to provide provisions for participants to understand and care about drug problems in a tourism environment being very risky for drug abuse,” he concluded. (kmb36)

Extreme macro photography

Capturing the hidden beauty of small size objects

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

International

Saudi asylum case prods Thais towards reform of tough refugee policy

BANGKOK - On a television set in a grim, overcrowded Bangkok detention centre refugees closely followed Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s quest for resettlement, as the 18year-old asylum-seeker’s case spurred hopes of a major policy turn from Thailand -- a country that does not recognise refugees.

IN some of the past editions, macro photography has been discussed in general. It is a photography genre targeting objects with very close distance to get high detail on a small object such as insects, dew and other small objects. Generally, macro photos have a 1: 1 ratio or the resulting image is the same size as the original object. However, for this edition, we specialize in the discussion of extreme macro photography. As the name implies, the resulting photo is no longer limited to having a ratio of 1:1, but having 2:1, 3:1, 4:1 or 5:1 but even greater.

Considering the magnification of the photos wishing to be produced is higher, of course the level of difficulty in extreme macro photography also tends to be higher than the ordinary macro photography. Similarly, the camera settings and equipment in use also tend to be more complex. There are several types of equipment commonly used by a photographer to produce extreme macro photos. Among other things, we can combine a macro lens plus an extension tube and close up filter. There are also people that do it by reversing a lens such as a 24 mm or 35 mm lens by connecting it to an extension tube. To make easier without being charged with the matter of combining the equipment, you can buy a special lens for extreme macro photography that enlarges up to five times.

Definitely, the price of a special lens like this is very high.

Extreme macro photos are mostly in the form of close-up photos of certain objects or not to capture the overall shape or body of the object.

For example, we want to capture facet eye details of dragonflies, robberfly, wasps, flies and other small insects, including strands of hair or thorns on small insects that frequently do not appear clearly just by using a macro lens with magnification of 1: 1. In other words, extreme macro photography aims to capture the hidden beauty of very small size object that cannot be seen in plain view.

Crucial problems With extreme expansion, the crucial problem often faced in extreme macro photography is lighting problems. We can no longer just rely on the help of natural light or available light because it is less supportive. In other words,

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Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, addresses a press conference in Toronto at the offices of COSTI, a refugee resettling agency, on January 15, 2019. the use of assisted light or artificial light such as flash, speed lite and reflector is absolute. When the distance between the lens and the object is very close, the exposure will decrease and be susceptible to noise. The use of this light aid is able to produce prime details on the object recorded, even in the dark or no light conditions (night).

To reduce if there is over exposure, the use of this flash must be combined with a diffuser. Keep in mind, when shooting at 3: 1 magnification, our hands will vibrate very easily when pressing the camera shutter so that it tends to produce blurry or blurred images. To get around this condition, it is strongly recommended to use a monopod or

tripod to ensure the camera remains in a stable position when we press the camera shutter.

When all the equipment is ready, then pay attention to the camera settings in RAW format. This will be very useful during the editing process later on because we can make color correction on the photo.

To get maximum magnification, it is strongly recommended to use manual focus, setting the lens in manual focus and then use it at the closest focal point. Then, find the right focus by moving the lens in front of the object to get the right focus.

Furthermore, the camera settings with the aperture of F/11 to F/16 and speed at 1/100 second to 1/125 second to anticipate the movement of the objects, like when we are photographing insects. Use ISO 200 to 400 and avoid using higher ISO because it is very vulnerable to generate noise and grain that will damage the beauty and reduce the sharpness of the photos.

Have a good practice! (ian)

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Qunun fled her family to Bangkok, barricaded herself in an airport hotel room and staved off deportation with her Twitter feed, ultimately gaining refuge in Canada on January 12.

Thai authorities were initially caught flat-footed by the young Saudi’s bold social media campaign.

But in the days since they have promised to address some of the lingering issues of indefinite detention and deportation of asylum seekers.

On Monday Thai authorities signed an MoU to end the detention of all child refugees and asylum seekers.

It was welcomed by the UNHCR as a “positive example” of the kingdom’s increasingly humane approach to the issue.

Rights groups have for years condemned Thailand, which is not a signatory to the UN’s convention protecting refugees, for its hostility to asylum seekers -- often trapping them on a carousel between detention and work in the black economy.

An estimated 900 adults remain in grubby immigration detention centres (IDCs) hoping to be resettled like Qunun but fearing an endless extension to their months, or years, of limbo.

Nazir, a Pakistani-Christian in Bangkok’s biggest IDC, said he

watched Qunun’s case unfold on the news, discussing the twists and turns with his wife over the phone.

He shook his head in amazement at the “days” it took for Qunun’s refugee status to be determined by the UNHCR before Canada stepped in with the asylum offer, while he has been locked up for several months.

“My wife is alone with my daughter outside.. they are very sad,” Nazir, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, told AFP. Despite its hardline to asylum seekers, Thailand’s lax visa rules, multiple entry points and graftprone officials have made it an easy staging-post for those escaping conflict, persecution and poverty.

The kingdom wants that reputation to change.

But in the wake of Qunun’s case immigration police chief Surachate Hakparn has also vowed to recalibrate the detention policy, saying the kingdom will no longer deport anyone “involuntarily”.

Knocking the issue over to the UNHCR, which finds countries to resettle asylum seekers, Surachate says the agency must speed up its processes.

“Otherwise they have to live in anxiety and spend six to seven years (here).” (afp)

Piercings, incense, drumming: Malaysia marks Thaipusam festival

MALAYSIA - Hundreds of thousands of Malaysian Hindus, some piercing their skin with hooks and skewers to show their devotion, gathered in temples across the country on Monday to mark Thaipusam.

The annual Hindu festival sees believers carry offerings to places of worship to the deity Murugan and marks the day when his mother -- the goddess Parvathi -- gave him a powerful lance to fight demons.

It is observed mainly in countries with significant populations of ethnic Tamils -descended from people who originally came from southern India -- including Malaysia and neighbouring Singapore.

Massive crowds thronged the Batu Caves complex outside Kuala Lumpur as incense and drums filled the air.

Many had trekked for hours to reach the popular pilgrimage site before the final arduous climb up 272 steps to reach the temples set in caves.

A huge variety of offerings, known as “kavadi”, were on show -- from simple pots of milk balanced on pilgrims’ heads, to poles slung across shoulders, and large portable

altars decorated with feathers and flowers.

With a metal skewer piercing his tongue and a heavy wooden pole hoisted on his back, Kumaraguru Kunalan said he wanted to give thanks to the god Murugan.

“For me, it’s about asking for good health, my children’s education,” the 38year-old father-of-four told AFP. Prior to Thaipusam, devotees will typically hold daily prayer sessions, abstain from sex, refrain from cutting their hair and stick to a strict vegetarian diet for weeks.

Despite the extreme shows of devotion, the Thaipusam festival is very much a family affair, with elders joining their grandchildren as they make the annual pilgrimage.

There are no rules on what kind of kavadis devotees are required to carry on their pilgrimage, and the choice is a personal preference, Kumaraguru said.

Most of Malaysia’s roughly 32 million people are Muslim Malays, but the country is also home to more than two million Indians, most of whom are descendants of labourers brought from southern India during British colonial rule. (afp)

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This picture taken on January 20, 2019 shows Kumaraguru Kunalan, 38, making his religious pilgrimage to a Batu Caves temple by carrying “kavadi” offerings on his shoulders with his tongue pierced with a steel skewer during Thaipusam festival celebrations at a complex of temples outside Kuala Lumpur.

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China slump squeezes workers, hammers consumer spending

BEIJING - Yu Mingang had a good job helping Chinese manufacturers prepare to sell shares to the public until the cooling economy derailed those plans.

As demand for auditing services sank, the 25-year-old accountant in the eastern city of Hangzhou was laid off in December. Yu tightened his belt: No more movies or eating out. He put off buying a computer.

“I pay rent out of my savings,” Yu said.

The downturn is squeezing urban workers and entrepreneurs the ruling Communist Party is counting on to help transform China from a low-wage factory into a prosperous consumer market.

Headline economic numbers still look healthy. Growth in 2019 is forecast at more than 6 percent, down only slightly from about 6.5 percent last year. But it is propped up by higher government spending, which masks sharp declines in other areas. Those are spooking the public and discouraging spending, which could make the downturn worse. A tariff war with Washington over Beijing’s technology ambitions is adding to anxiety over job losses and tumbling sales of cars, real estate and consumer goods.

“I am worried about my job security and have cut spending on everything including clothes, vacations and changing smartphones,” said He Siying, who works for an investment consulting firm in Beijing.

He, 32, was rattled when friends were laid off. One found a new job but the employer wanted her to work six days a week.

“I really dare not spend much,” said He, who has a 1-year-old son.

That anxiety is hitting China’s trading partners and global companies that increasingly count on Chinese consumers.

Apple Inc., General Motors Co., jeweler Tiffany & Co. and others say sales are down.

Auto purchases shrank in 2018 for the first time in three decades. Japan and South Korea report lower exports of components for smartphones and other electronics sold in China. The decline in economic growth that peaked above 14 percent in 2007 is partly intentional. Regulators clamped down on lending in late 2017 to cool a debt boom. But the downturn was sharper than expected.

The private sector has been hit hard.

“Many people have been laid off. People are having a hard time finding a new job and are panicking,” said Summer Li, a 28year-old product manager for an electronics company.

Yu, the Hangzhou accountant, said he lost his 100,000-yuan-a-year ($14,000-a-year) job after demand for auditing services fell by one-third. Clients put off plans for stock market listings after profits sank below the

Foreign Tourists Like Monkey Attraction at Alas Kedaton

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In this Jan. 1, 2019, photo, a worker monitors rolls of fabric at a dyeing factory in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province. China’s slowing economy is squeezing the urban workers and entrepreneurs the ruling Communist Party is counting on to help transform this country from a low-wage factory floor into a prosperous consumer market. level required by regulators.

“It happened due to the bad economic situation,” he said.

The ruling party promised in 2013 to support entrepreneurs who create China’s new jobs and wealth. But reform advocates complain President Xi Jinping’s government has instead focused on expanding state-owned companies that dominate oil, banking and other industries.

Jolted by the deepening slump, Xi and other leaders have pledged to help private business by cutting taxes and regulation.

Premier Li Keqiang, the top economic official, met with bankers in December and told them to make 30 percent of new loans to private business, state media reported. The central bank announced a 100 billion yuan ($14 billion) loan fund on Dec. 19 for small companies.

Exports to the United States held up through late 2018 despite President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes. But sales shrank 3.5 percent in December compared with a year earlier as those penalties started to hurt demand. Jittery companies and consumers already were putting off investments and big purchases.

“Consumer confidence is weaker and uncertainty has increased. The U.S.-China

trade war is feeding into that,” said Rajiv Biswas, chief Asia-Pacific economist for IHS Markit. “That is obviously a risk to the growth outlook for 2019.”

The slowdown is adding to pressure from wrenching changes in jobs and industry that already were under way.

The ruling party has wiped out millions of steel and coal mining jobs in a marathon campaign to shrink those bloated state-owned industries. Since 2017, Beijing, Shanghai and other big cities have forced out migrant workers who lack official permission to live there. Local leaders say they want to reduce crowding, but restaurants, retailers and other companies depend on migrants as employees and increasingly as customers.

The sales manager at a Beijing dealership for one of China’s biggest automakers said purchases have fallen by half. He blamed the departure of migrants who buy lower-priced models starting at 50,000 yuan ($7,000).

“Many such customers returned to their hometowns because there wasn’t much work for them,” said the manager, who asked that he and his employer not be identified by name. “Sales of high-end cars also plunged because the buyers own businesses serving migrant workers.”

Overall, disposable consumer income

rose by a relatively healthy 5.7 percent in the first three quarters of 2018, but that was down from 2017’s 6.6 percent. Retail sales growth fell to a lower-than-expected 8.6 percent from a year earlier in November, its weakest rate in five months.

Construction, the industry that powered China’s boom in past decades, also is struggling. Some cash-strapped developers in China’s northwest have resorted to paying contractors by giving them apartments, according to Anne Stevenson-Yang of J Capital Research, a financial research firm.

The contractors hope to sell later, but some developments are three-quarters vacant, said Stevenson-Yang.

The owner of a Cantonese restaurant in southwestern Beijing said she wants to give up and return to her hometown near Shanghai but can’t find a buyer for the business.

“I am making a profit but can’t earn a lot from it,” said the owner, who would give only her surname, Yue. Economists expect the downturn to bottom out this year as government stimulus gains traction. But cautious spenders like Paige Fu, an assistant to the general manager of a company in the film industry, are wary.

“I worry the economy will keep sliding,” Fu said. (ap)

Both domestic and foreign tourists love the action of monkeys when invited to take a pictures or selfie. The four-legged animal has an extraordinary style when being faced with camera. As requirements, the must be given to eat nuts, so they want to be quiet while chewing snacks like tubers. Besides, it must also be guided by a handler or local guide. Don’t try to do it by yourself!

Alas Kedaton attraction located at Kukuh village, Marga, Tabanan, or about 8 km North West of Denpasar City is indeed a tourist idol for traveling. They come in the afternoon or evening to continue watching sunset at Tanah Lot. “Tourists really like the attraction of this monkey,” said Ni Putu Marani, one of the local officers.

This forest does not only has

monkeys as an attraction, but also giant bats (flying foxes) and tropical forests with various types of plants. Every day, this object is opened from 8:30 until 15:30.

The admission ticket for adults costs IDR 20,000 and IDR 15,000 for child.

Meanwhile, the admission ticket for foreign adults is IDR 30,000 and IDR 20,000 for child. “Espe-

cially for Galungan, Kuningan and New Year’s Day specifically for local people, the admission ticket will be charged at IDR 5,000,” said Ni Putu Marani.

Tourists having held a ticket will be accompanied by a local guide who is also a souvenir merchant. The ticket is then presented to the officer at the lobby of the tourist attraction, then heading

Challenging Swing at Bongkasa Village Tourist visit, especially by foreign tourists during the Christmas and New Year long holiday experienced a significant increase. At Bongkasa tourism village, foreign tourist visits have increased since last November.

At this tourism village, tourists can explore the countryside, take rafting adventure or enjoy-

ing swing tours. According to the swing tourism manager of Bongkasa vllage, Putu Gede Raka Pariana, the number of tourist visits is currently high.

Daily tourist visit to the swing attraction averagely reaches 200 people. Moreover, on particular days it can reach 400 people. “Most tourists come from China, India

and Europe,” he said recently.

Especially for Chinese tourists, he admitted the case of Bali being sold cheaply had made tourist visits from the country plummeted.

Moreover, the decline reaches 60 percent. But thanks to government efforts so that Chinese tourist visits have returned to normal. (kmb)

for the monkey attraction. Under direction of local guide, visitors walk to the middle of the forest through a pathway to the right side of Dalem Kahyangan Kedaton Temple.

On the way, the atmosphere is cool because the area is rich in large plants. At each wall visitors will come across forest dwellers that can be invited to take pictures.

Local guide continues to explain the uniqueness of the temple, the attraction of the fruit bat show and snake show. “We invite tourists to witness the attraction of taking

pictures with flying fox and snakes using Balinese customary clothes,” he added.

Formerly, the flying fox and snake show were located on the west side of the tourist attraction, but it has now been moved to the east of forest area, to the right of the temple. To take pictures with snakes, visitors must pay IDR 70,000 and IDR 60,000 for taking pictures with flying fox. After that, the local guide will direct you to their shops to browse or buy various kinds of souvenirs on offer. (kmb)

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Israel says strikes Iranian targets in Syria after rocket

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From page 1 On Friday, when authorities heard that fuel traffickers had punctured the pipeline, about 25 soldiers arrived and attempted to block off the area, Defense Secretary Luis Crescencio Sandoval told reporters.

But the soldiers were unable to contain the estimated 700 civilians -- including entire families -- who swarmed in to collect the spilled gasoline, witnesses said.

The armed soldiers had been moved away from the pipeline to avoid any risk of confrontation with the crowd when the blast occurred,

about two hours after the pipeline was first breached, Sandoval said.

Lopez Obrador, a leftist who took office only weeks ago, traveled to the scene on Saturday.

He did not fault the soldiers, saying: “The attitude of the army was correct. It is not easy to impose order on a crowd.” He vowed to continue fighting the growing problem of fuel theft.

“I am deeply saddened by the suffering in Tlahuelilpan,” Lopez Obrador wrote on Twitter.

He called on his “whole government” to extend assistance.(afp)

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JERUSALEM - Israel struck what it said were Iranian targets in Syria early Monday in response to rocket fire it blamed on Iran, sparking concerns of an escalation after a monitor reported 11 fighters killed.

Israel openly claimed responsibility for the strikes against facilities it said belonged to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, continuing its recent practice of speaking more openly about such raids.

It said the strikes were in response to a surface-to-surface rocket the Quds Force fired from Syria at the Golan Heights on Sunday, which Israeli air defences intercepted.

“Yesterday, Iranian Quds forces operating in Syrian territory launched a surface-to-surface rocket from Syrian territory aimed at the northern Golan Heights,” the Israeli military said in a statement.

“In response to the attack, during the night (Israeli military) fighter jets struck Iranian Quds Forces military targets in Syria in addition to Syrian aerial defence batteries.”

It said targets included munitions stores, a site at Damascus International Airport, an Iranian intelligence installation and an Iranian military training camp.

It said it had also hit Syrian air defence batteries in response to fire from them.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said at least 11 pro-regime fighters including two Syrians were killed.

Russia, which like Iran is a key backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country’s war, said the Israeli strikes killed four Syrian soldiers and wounded six, while also damaging Damascus airport infrastructure.

- Hezbollah ‘also targeted’ The Observatory said air strikes and ground-to-ground missiles hit several targets around the capital including near the Damascus airport, as well as near the Thaala military airport to the south of the capital.

The targets included weapons depots belonging to the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah and Iranian fighters, it added.

Israel’s interception of the rocket on Sunday came after Damascus accused Israel of carrying out air raids in the country’s south.

As Israel announced its strikes early Monday, Syrian state news agency SANA said its country’s air-defence systems had responded to “enemy” fire.

Israel has pledged to stop its main enemy Iran from entrenching itself militarily in neighbouring Syria.

It has carried out hundreds of air strikes there against what it says are Iranian military targets and advanced arms deliveries to Tehranbacked Hezbollah.

Its fighter planes have faced anti-aircraft fire during such raids, but it has rarely faced surface-to-surface rocket fire in response.

On Sunday, SANA quoted a military source saying Syria’s air defences went into action after Israel earlier in the day launched air strikes on the south of the country.

In those strikes, the Russian army said Syrian air defences had destroyed seven Israeli projectiles, after four of the Jewish state’s F-16 military planes “fired rockets into Syrian territory”. (afp)

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ELECTION 2019 Presidential candidate incumbent President Joko Widodo (L) and his running mate Maruf Amin (R) speak during the live nationwide television debate in Jakarta on January 17, 2019.

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The moon is seen during a lunar eclipse, referred to as the super blue blood moon, in Buenos Aires early on January 21, 2019.

Total lunar eclipse woos sky watchers

WASHINGTON - An unusual set of celestial circumstances came together over Sunday night and the wee hours of Monday for sky watchers in Europe, Africa and the Americas, where the moon was fully obscured before lighting up again with a faint red glow.

In the streets of Mexico City, Los Angeles and Paris and in the Moroccan desert, moon gazers turned to the sky to observe the phenomenon, around midnight in the Americas, and shortly before dawn in Europe and Africa.

The eclipse lasted about three hours: during the first hour the full moon was gradually swallowed up by the shadow of the Earth, then an hour of total eclipse where it was not invisible but instead appeared tinted in hues of red, orange and pink, followed finally by its full reemergence, bright and shining.

The full Moon appeared bigger than normal because it was closer to the Earth -- about 222,000 miles (358,000 kilometers) away -- earning it the nickname “super Moon.”

Other monikers include a “Wolf Moon,” a traditional way of coining an eclipse in the month of January, and a “Blood Moon” because of its rusty, red color. Hence the name for

this year’s event: a “super blood wolf Moon.”

At its peak, where night skies were clear of clouds, Venus and Jupiter shone brightly in the night sky.

Not everyone was fortunate: in London, for example, astronomy enthusiasts hopes were dashed by a cloudy night.

- Why red? During a lunar eclipse, the Moon appears red because the light of the Sun no longer directly illuminates it, since Earth is passing in between the Moon and Sun. “The color is due to Rayleigh scattering -- where the Sun’s blue light is scattered off molecules in Earth’s atmosphere -- which also happens at sunsets,” explained the Royal Astronomical Society of Britain.

“The Sun’s red light is scattered much less by air, and is bent by Earth’s atmosphere in a process

called refraction, traveling all the way through it to light up the Moon’s surface.”

- Last eclipse this decade Total or partial lunar eclipses happen at least twice a year on average, Florent Deleflie, an astronomer at the Observatory of Paris-PSL told AFP. It’s just that they are not visible everywhere.

It’s a rare event when a total lunar eclipse is visible on so many parts of the Earth’s land mass, as is the case Monday.

Europeans last saw a total lunar eclipse in July 2018. The next chance for a glimpse at a lunar eclipse will be in 2022, but the entire continent won’t be able to see the totality of a lunar eclipse again until 2029.

North Americans may get their next glimpse of a blood moon in 2021 along the West coast and 2022 on the East coast. (afp)

Jokowi satisfied with his appearance in presidential debate

GARUT - Incumbent presidential candidate Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said on Friday that he was satisfied with his appearance in the first round of the presidential debate held in Jakarta the previous day.

“Satisfied. Actually, we only talked about what we had done,” he said after inspecting a free electricity connection program in

Cibatu, Garut district, West Java, on Friday, Jan 18. However, he also admitted some shortcomings in his appearance.

He said the shortcomings would help in evaluating his appearance in the first round of the presidential debate and improve his appearance in the next round.

He said what his political rival delivered in the first round of the debate also served as an input. “If there are shortcomings, we will

JAKARTA - Some 89.1 percent of the millennial generation are optimistic about diversity in Indonesia based on the Indonesia Millennial Report 2019.

“We generate a momentum of optimism to join hands and work together to make Indonesia better in future,” Founder and Chief Executive Officer of IDN Times Winston Utomo stated during the Indonesia Millennial Summit 2019 here on Saturday.

Millennial Summit 2019 is an independent meeting aimed at shaping a better future for Indonesia by involving various stakehold-

ers or related parties, including the government, industry players, and the community, Utomo remarked.

During the presentation of Indonesia Millennial Report 2019, Utomo pointed out that Indonesia has 63.4 million millennials.

The millennials belong to the age group of 20 to 35 years. Millennials constitute some 24 percent of Indonesia`s population, and they are the future leaders of the Indonesian nation.

The report revealed the optimism of millennials about Indonesia`s condition in the next year. As many as 83.4 percent of

millennials are optimistic about the condition of Indonesia`s security, while 83.6 percent of the millennials expressed optimism towards democracy in Indonesia.

Meanwhile, 86.7 percent are optimistic about the integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.

Some 79.2 percent of millennials expressed optimism about eradicating corruption in Indonesia, 76.6 percent of millennials are optimistic about Indonesia`s economic condition, 76.3 percent of those are optimistic about Indonesia`s political conditions,

improve upon them,” he said.

The first round of the 2019 presidential debate carried the theme of Law, Human Rights, Corruption, and Terrorism. This debate is one of the five presidential debates to be carried out based on Law No.7 of the 2017 elections. The law mandated the

presidential debate to be widely broadcast to the people of Indonesia.

The 2019 presidential election is a rematch for both Indonesian presidential candidates, Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, who had previously competed in the 2014 presidential election.(ant)

and 75.4 percent of millennials are optimistic about Indonesian law enforcement.

Utomo said only 23.4 percent of millennials kept abreast of news and political issues, while 79 percent of millennials checked their smartphones within a minute after having woken up. “Only one of those follow the latest or political news,” Utomo remarked.

Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto had earlier stated that the government is encouraging the empowerment of the millennial generation`s human resources considered to be important in implementing

industry 4.0.

“Industry 4.0 encourages the government to empower human talent.

Hence, it is encouraged to focus on strengthening our young generation with technology and innovation,” Hartarto emphasized.

On the occasion, Hartarto remarked that the millennial generation plays a vital role in industry 4.0, especially considering that Indonesia will also enjoy a demographic bonus period until 2030. This means as many as 130 million people of the productive age group can seize new opportunities to develop business in the digital era.(ant)

Report indicates 89.1 percent of millennials optimistic about Indonesian diversity

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

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Rose and Towns combine as ‘Wolves edge Suns

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Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates his victory against Switzerland’s Roger Federer during their men’s singles match on day seven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 20, 2019.

Air Sanih SINGARAJA - Air Sanih is one of renowned tourist destination in the north of Bali, in the eastern part of Buleleng. The location of Air Sanih is in Sanih Village, Kubutambahan District, Buleleng regency. Air Sanih also has another name, its called “Yeh Sanih” which is Yeh and Air means Water (Yeh is a Balinese language and Air is Indonesian Language). Air Sanih is a natural swimming pool that the water comes from the groundwater source and it’s coming from the Batur Lake that located more than 100 kilometers from Air Sanih. And the water is free of chlorine. There is a story about why the groundwater source comes from Batur Lake.

There was a grandfather who took off a few ducks in Batur Lake, then one of the ducks released. But strangely, a few days later the duck appeared of the fountain in the pool of Air Sanih. From then on, people around the swimming pool of Air Sanih confident that the source of water in the pool came from lake water in the lake Batur.

Air Sanih has two swimming pools. The first one is for adult with the depth around 1,5 meters.

And the second one is for children with depth are

until adult thighs. Besides of that, there is a long small pool that flaw around Sanih area.

After you have done swimming to in the clear water of Air Sanih, you can enjoy the waves of the beach that is in the east of the pool of Air Sanih.

You can sit back and relax with your friends while eating snacks or cup noodles that you can buy in the stalls that are provided in the pool area Air Sanih. You also can see beautiful scenery around the Sanih pool area which is still protected and well maintained by the local government.

What is making different among Air Sanih with other swimming pool? The differences come from the water. The water in Air Sanih is really natural that all the water comes from the groundwater source that called by Yeh Kelebutan. This spring is come from the south of the adult pool, in the bottom of Kamboja Tree near a temple for Vishnu Lord. The water that comes from this source make the water in Air Sanih looks so clear and will still clear. The water in Air Sanih wills always flowing because that water will continue and emptying on the beach. (IBP/net)

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LOS ANGELES - Derrick Rose nailed a three pointer from 18 feet with just 0.6 seconds left to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 116114 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday.

“It was about damn time I hit a shot like that,” said Rose.

Rose and Karl-Anthony Towns took turns carrying the ‘Wolves on their backs as they combined for 61 points.

Towns scored 28 of his 30 points in the first half and Rose scored 29 of his 31 points in the second half for the Timberwolves, who had to overcome an 11-point deficit.

The Suns decided to double team Towns in the second half which opened the door for Rose to then take charge.

“I got to get back into the rhythm of things. I believe in myself and I work on this all the time,” Rose said, who shot 11-of-18 in the second half.

T.J. Warren scored 21 points and Devin Booker and Kelly Oubre each added 18 for Phoenix, who lost all four games on their road trip to drop to 4-20 overall on the road this season.

Elsewhere, Tobias Harris scored 27 points and flirted with a triple double as the Los Angeles Clippers

snapped a five-game losing skid with a 103-95 win over the red-hot San Antonio Spurs.

Harris also had nine assists and nine rebounds and Patrick Beverly finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers in front of a crowd of 18,300 at the AT&T Center arena.

The Clippers led the contest for all but 14 seconds as Beverley helped seal the victory with two late free throws.

San Antonio, who suffered their second consecutive loss at home, took the lead, 101-95, with 31 seconds to go on Aldridge’s final basket of the game but the Clippers were able to execute down the stretch.

“It was a great win,” said Harris.

“Every single guy that got out here and played was effective.

“We knew tonight we were going to need everybody’s effort.”

LaMarcus Aldridge had 30 points and 14 rebounds and a banged up leading scorer DeMar DeRozan returned from a onegame absence to finish with eight points on a dismal four of 16 shooting.

Rudy Gay had 19 points and Marco Belinelli added 12 points for San Antonio. (afp)

MELBOURNE - At the start of every year the talk at the Australian Open is of the “new kids on the block”, the “NextGen”, the “young guns”.

And every 12 months as the first Grand Slam heralds a fresh season they come... and they go.

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic’s stranglehold on the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup has been interrupted just twice since the Swiss master first lifted it in Melbourne in 2004.

Marat Safin (2005) and Stan Wawrinka (2014) managed to interlope into the trio’s private sanctum -- and they were 25 and 28 years old respectively at the time, hardly fresh-faced youths.

But this year seems different.

The simple truth is the big three cannot halt Old Father Time and one day soon will retire from slugging it out around the world. We may have already seen the last of stricken Andy Murray.

So when young Stefanos Tsitsipas sent third seed Federer packing Sunday at the tender age of 20, after giant-killer Frances Tiafoe also reached the last eight, it seemed the tennis world may at last be shifting on its axis.

- Fed’s not going away Trouble is, to do it at least one of them will need to find a way to stop the raging bull that is Nadal if they

are to win a maiden Grand Slam with the American up first against the Spanish giant in a quarter-final on Tuesday.

Tiafoe -- who at the age of 20 had already caused the shock of the first round in stunning fifth seed Kevin Anderson -- registered a second notable scalp on his 21st birthday.

This time it was against Grigor Dimitrov, now 27, who was nicknamed “Baby Fed” in his early twenties and himself tipped as the next big thing.

But “Daddy Fed”, Roger himself, is tired of the constant chatter “about a changing of the old guard”.

“I’ve heard that story the last 10 years. From that standpoint, nothing new there,” Federer said.

And the great man signalled that, at the age of 37, he was not going away by announcing he would play on clay at the French Open this year for the first time since 2015.

- The next level Federer did concede that his young conqueror, the exciting Greek who appears to have all the gifts, was beginning to establish himself.

“About Stefanos, I think he’s definitely done a really nice job now the last year and a half,” said the 20-time Grand Slam champion.

“I mean before that, too, obviously. But beating Novak in Toronto, the likes of Anderson and (Alexander) Zverev, now me here.

That’s what you need to do to get to the next level. He’s doing that.”

The popular Tiafoe plays with a smile on his face, a roar in his voice and has plenty of admirers too.

“It’s so nice to see somebody new, somebody fresh,” said Dimitrov.

“I mean, everybody in the locker room likes him, everybody is laughing. He’s going to be amazing. He can only get better from now on, for sure.”

But the Bulgarian, who has not yet fulfilled his own huge potential, sounded a cautionary note.

“I know how it is to break grounds on those first tournaments, especially a Slam,” he said.

“He really needs to just stay calm and make sure he follows the right path.

“I mean, one thing is to do well at one tournament, but another thing to do it progressively.” (afp)

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Derrick Rose #25 of the Minnesota Timberwolves celebrates after hitting game winning shot against the Phoenix Suns on January 20, 2019 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

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Napoli beat Lazio to keep sight of Juventus

ROMAIN LAFABREGUE / AFP

Lyon’s Portuguese goalkeeper Anthony Lopes (2nd L) celebrates with Lyon’s Brazilian defender Marcelo Guedes Filho (C) during the French L1 football match between Saint-Etienne (ASSE) and Lyon (OL) on January 20, 2019, at the Geoffroy Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne, central-eastern France.

Last-gasp Dembele wins derby for Lyon as Marseille halt slide

Moussa Dembele grabbed a stoppage-time winner for Lyon in a 2-1 victory over bitter foes Saint-Etienne on Sunday, while Marseille snapped a wretched run of nine games without a win as they beat Caen 1-0 in Ligue 1.

Romain Hamouma headed Saint-Etienne into the lead on 21 minutes at the Stade Geoffroy Guichard, but Nabil Fekir converted a second-half penalty to haul Lyon level following a handball by Loic Perrin.

An unmarked Dembele headed over in the dying stages after coming on as a substitute, but the forward made no mistake with another chance moments later to floor the hosts in the 95th minute.

“We do this job for this kind of feeling,” said Lyon coach Bruno Genesio. “It was an excellent derby.

Both teams got properly into it.”

Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes had earlier pulled off a stunning triple save to keep the visitors in the

game, twice denying the in-form Wahbi Khazri before tipping away Hamouma’s follow-up.

Saint-Etienne again had a chance to win the match in a frantic goalmouth scramble but Remy Cabella was thwarted by Lopes and Leo Dubois produced a vital block to repel Lois Diony’s subsequent effort.

“Honestly, I knew this job was cruel but today was a bit of a knockout blow,” said Saint-Etienne coach Jean-Louis Gasset. “We gave everything. Both teams had chances and would have each deserved a point.”

A pitch invasion by angry home fans caused a lengthy stoppage when Lyon won 5-0 last season,

and tempers again briefly threatened to boil over following the final whistle on Sunday.

Lyon climbed back above their rivals into third place after dealing Saint-Etienne a first home loss of the season.

Earlier, Marseille recorded a first win since late November despite losing the influential Dimitri Payet to a knee injury after just 24 minutes.

Morgan Sanson, on as a substitute for Payet, guided home a header from a Kevin Strootman cross two minutes after the interval to earn Marseille a welcome three points.

Caen played most of the second half with 10 men after Frederic

Guilbert was dismissed for a second booking.

- Garcia ‘not relieved’ Marseille had faced angry supporters in heated exchanges following last weekend’s 1-1 home draw with Monaco, the culmination of a dismal run that included a humiliating French Cup defeat by fourth-tier amateurs Andrezieux at the start of the month.

“I’m not relieved. I’m happy for the players because it confirms the good things we’d done in the last two matches against Monaco and Saint-Etienne,” said Marseille coach Rudi Garcia, who again faced calls to resign from Marseille fans in the away section.

He also provided an update on Payet, saying he was unsure whether he would be available for next week’s visit of Lille. “I don’t know.

It’s never good when it’s the knee,” said Garcia.

“He felt it all of a sudden... I think it was a Caen player who fell on top of him, or something like that, when he was on the ground.”

Marseille moved up to seventh and to within six points of the Champions League spots after inflicting a fifth home defeat in six outings on a Caen outfit with just three wins all season.

Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani both scored hat-tricks on Saturday as Paris Saint-Germain romped to their biggest-ever home win with a 9-0 thrashing of bottom side Guingamp.

Meanwhile, Thierry Henry’s nightmare spell in charge of Monaco took another turn for the worse as Cesc Fabregas gifted Strasbourg a goal and fellow new signing Naldo was shown a seventh-minute red card in a 5-1 home humbling.(afp)

Napoli beat 10-man Lazio 2-1 on Sunday to close the gap on leaders Juventus to six points and consolidate second place in Serie A. First-half goals from Jose Callejon and Arkadiusz Milik ensured all three points for the southerners before champions Juventus host bottom club Chievo on Monday.

Napoli have 47 points from 20 games and are now seven ahead of third-placed Inter Milan who were held to a goalless draw at home by Sassuolo on Saturday.

But it was a damaging defeat for Lazio who drop out of the Champions League places into fifth at the expense of city rivals Roma.

Eusebio Di Francesco’s Roma are one point ahead of Lazio who host seven-time reigning champions Juventus next weekend. Napoli were without suspended defender Kalidou Koulibaly, captain Marek Hamsik and forward Lorenzo Insigne.

But Carlo Ancelotti’s side could have won by a larger margin with Milik and Fabian Ruiz both hitting the woodwork early.

Spanish forward Callejon scored his first Serie A goal this season after 34 minutes with forward Milik’s superb free-kick three minutes later giving the Pole his seventh goal in eight games.

Ciro Immobile pulled one back for Lazio after 65 minutes at the San Paolo stadium, but the visitors were struggling as they played the last 20 minutes a man down after Francesco Acerbi was sent off for a second yellow card.

“We were missing a lot of players, but you really couldn’t tell at all, which shows our strength in depth,” said Ancelotti.

“We had moments of difficulty, some of which we could have dealt with better and there were some naive errors, but overall there was a lot of quality.”

Earlier Colombian forward Duvan Zapata scored four goals as ambitious northerners Atalanta thrashed struggling Frosinone 5-0 to bring his tally to 13 in the last seven league games.

The side from Bergamo are just two points off the final Champions League berth.

In Florence, Sampdoria held 10-man Fiorentina 3-3 in a game between Europa League hopefuls.

Colombian forward Luis Muriel bagged a brace on his first appearance for Fiorentina since his loan move from Sevilla, with Fabio Quagliarella getting a double to join Cristiano Ronaldo on top of the goal scoring charts with 14 this season.

The side from Genoa are eighth -- one point off the Europa League berths, with Fiorentina three points behind in tenth.

Juventus -- fresh from winning a record eighth Italian Super Cup trophy in midweek against AC Milan thanks to Ronaldo’s goal in Saudi Arabia -- take on lowly Chievo on Monday as Gennaro Gattuso’s AC Milan travel to Genoa.(afp)

Carlo Hermann / AFP

Napoli’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti (R) and Lazio’s Italian coach Simone Inzaghi (2ndL) react during the Italian Serie A football match Napoli vs Lazio Roma on January 20, 2019 at the San Paolo stadium in Naples.

Josep LAGO / AFP

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring during the Spanish League football match between Barcelona and Leganes at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on January 20, 2019.

Dembele sparkles but Messi needed off bench to rescue Barca Ousmane Dembele gave Barcelona a glimpse into the future but Barcelona still needed Lionel Messi to beat Leganes 3-1 on Sunday and restore their five-point lead at the top of La Liga.

Messi had started on the bench, rested by coach Ernesto Valverde, and for just over an hour at the Camp Nou, Dembele filled the void by scoring the opening goal in a sparkling individual display.

The 21-year-old, however, limped off with a sprained ankle in the 69th minute, shortly after Leganes had equalised through Martin Braithwaite and Valverde responded by introducing Messi.

He needed only seven minutes to make an impact as his bending shot was followed up by Luis Suarez, who poked the ball in ahead of Leganes goalkeeper Pichu Cuellar.

Messi then rounded off the win by scoring himself in injury-time.

Leganes had protested against Suarez’s finish, convinced that Pichu had been fouled by a high foot.

“It was a clear foul,” coach Mauricio Pellegrino said. “Barca don’t need these kind of decisions to help them.”

But VAR disagreed and Barca advanced to what was, in truth, a fully deserved victory. It means they regain their hefty advantage over Atletico Madrid at the top of the table, with the difference ahead of Real Madrid also back to 10 points.

Leganes had beaten Barcelona at home in September but that re-

mains the high point of their season. They stay 14th.

Valverde was accused of failing to rest key players last term, to the detriment of their progress in the Champions League, and his gamble to spare his star player just about paid off.

“There are lots of games,” Valverde said. “We talk to the players and decide when it may be good for them to rest.” “It was difficult with and without Messi,” Pellegrino said.

Barcelona needed him in the end but for a while, Dembele, and the 21-year-old Carles Alena in midfield, had shown there may yet be life after Messi, who turns 32 in June.

Dembele will undergo tests on Monday. “We will miss him a lot,” Valverde said. “We hope it is not too long.”

He was at the heart of everything in the first half, his hips slaloming through the hapless Leganes defence, who swarmed around him in numbers but always seemed a step behind.

A cheeky nutmeg was followed by an audacious scoop, which found Suarez but he poked wide. It was a classy finish for the opener too, although the goal owed more to the collective than individual.

- Messi swoops Gerard Pique started it, driving from deep in defence down the wing. Alena took over and found Dembele, who spread the ball wide

to Jordi Alba. When the ball came back, Dembele opened up his body and his right foot, guiding the ball first-time into the bottom corner.

After half-time, Philippe Coutinho fired over after another Dembele flick and it felt like only a matter of time before another goal would come.

It did, but Leganes scored it, with their second shot on target.

Alba was caught out and Youssef En-Neysri nipped in. His fizzing cross found Braithwaite, who darted ahead of Pique to prod home.

Messi had been warming up and was quickly introduced.

Alena made way and shortly after Dembele followed, his brilliant night cut short. Malcom came on.

Seven minutes passed between Messi’s substitution and Suarez’s goal. Messi cut in from the right and curled a shot towards the top corner, where Pichu dived to meet it and palmed the ball into the air.

As it dropped, Suarez got there first, stabbing in the rebound at around hip-height before clattering into the keeper’s chest. VAR checked and Leganes protested.

The goal stood.

Suarez should have scored again but shot straight at Pichu, who gathered, rushed out and barged into the shoulder of the Uruguayan.

Any doubt was dispelled, however, as Messi exchanged with Alba in injury-time. A swoop of the Argentinian’s right foot was all it needed.(afp)

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

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Napoli beat Lazio to keep sight of Juventus

ROMAIN LAFABREGUE / AFP

Lyon’s Portuguese goalkeeper Anthony Lopes (2nd L) celebrates with Lyon’s Brazilian defender Marcelo Guedes Filho (C) during the French L1 football match between Saint-Etienne (ASSE) and Lyon (OL) on January 20, 2019, at the Geoffroy Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne, central-eastern France.

Last-gasp Dembele wins derby for Lyon as Marseille halt slide

Moussa Dembele grabbed a stoppage-time winner for Lyon in a 2-1 victory over bitter foes Saint-Etienne on Sunday, while Marseille snapped a wretched run of nine games without a win as they beat Caen 1-0 in Ligue 1.

Romain Hamouma headed Saint-Etienne into the lead on 21 minutes at the Stade Geoffroy Guichard, but Nabil Fekir converted a second-half penalty to haul Lyon level following a handball by Loic Perrin.

An unmarked Dembele headed over in the dying stages after coming on as a substitute, but the forward made no mistake with another chance moments later to floor the hosts in the 95th minute.

“We do this job for this kind of feeling,” said Lyon coach Bruno Genesio. “It was an excellent derby.

Both teams got properly into it.”

Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes had earlier pulled off a stunning triple save to keep the visitors in the

game, twice denying the in-form Wahbi Khazri before tipping away Hamouma’s follow-up.

Saint-Etienne again had a chance to win the match in a frantic goalmouth scramble but Remy Cabella was thwarted by Lopes and Leo Dubois produced a vital block to repel Lois Diony’s subsequent effort.

“Honestly, I knew this job was cruel but today was a bit of a knockout blow,” said Saint-Etienne coach Jean-Louis Gasset. “We gave everything. Both teams had chances and would have each deserved a point.”

A pitch invasion by angry home fans caused a lengthy stoppage when Lyon won 5-0 last season,

and tempers again briefly threatened to boil over following the final whistle on Sunday.

Lyon climbed back above their rivals into third place after dealing Saint-Etienne a first home loss of the season.

Earlier, Marseille recorded a first win since late November despite losing the influential Dimitri Payet to a knee injury after just 24 minutes.

Morgan Sanson, on as a substitute for Payet, guided home a header from a Kevin Strootman cross two minutes after the interval to earn Marseille a welcome three points.

Caen played most of the second half with 10 men after Frederic

Guilbert was dismissed for a second booking.

- Garcia ‘not relieved’ Marseille had faced angry supporters in heated exchanges following last weekend’s 1-1 home draw with Monaco, the culmination of a dismal run that included a humiliating French Cup defeat by fourth-tier amateurs Andrezieux at the start of the month.

“I’m not relieved. I’m happy for the players because it confirms the good things we’d done in the last two matches against Monaco and Saint-Etienne,” said Marseille coach Rudi Garcia, who again faced calls to resign from Marseille fans in the away section.

He also provided an update on Payet, saying he was unsure whether he would be available for next week’s visit of Lille. “I don’t know.

It’s never good when it’s the knee,” said Garcia.

“He felt it all of a sudden... I think it was a Caen player who fell on top of him, or something like that, when he was on the ground.”

Marseille moved up to seventh and to within six points of the Champions League spots after inflicting a fifth home defeat in six outings on a Caen outfit with just three wins all season.

Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani both scored hat-tricks on Saturday as Paris Saint-Germain romped to their biggest-ever home win with a 9-0 thrashing of bottom side Guingamp.

Meanwhile, Thierry Henry’s nightmare spell in charge of Monaco took another turn for the worse as Cesc Fabregas gifted Strasbourg a goal and fellow new signing Naldo was shown a seventh-minute red card in a 5-1 home humbling.(afp)

Napoli beat 10-man Lazio 2-1 on Sunday to close the gap on leaders Juventus to six points and consolidate second place in Serie A. First-half goals from Jose Callejon and Arkadiusz Milik ensured all three points for the southerners before champions Juventus host bottom club Chievo on Monday.

Napoli have 47 points from 20 games and are now seven ahead of third-placed Inter Milan who were held to a goalless draw at home by Sassuolo on Saturday.

But it was a damaging defeat for Lazio who drop out of the Champions League places into fifth at the expense of city rivals Roma.

Eusebio Di Francesco’s Roma are one point ahead of Lazio who host seven-time reigning champions Juventus next weekend. Napoli were without suspended defender Kalidou Koulibaly, captain Marek Hamsik and forward Lorenzo Insigne.

But Carlo Ancelotti’s side could have won by a larger margin with Milik and Fabian Ruiz both hitting the woodwork early.

Spanish forward Callejon scored his first Serie A goal this season after 34 minutes with forward Milik’s superb free-kick three minutes later giving the Pole his seventh goal in eight games.

Ciro Immobile pulled one back for Lazio after 65 minutes at the San Paolo stadium, but the visitors were struggling as they played the last 20 minutes a man down after Francesco Acerbi was sent off for a second yellow card.

“We were missing a lot of players, but you really couldn’t tell at all, which shows our strength in depth,” said Ancelotti.

“We had moments of difficulty, some of which we could have dealt with better and there were some naive errors, but overall there was a lot of quality.”

Earlier Colombian forward Duvan Zapata scored four goals as ambitious northerners Atalanta thrashed struggling Frosinone 5-0 to bring his tally to 13 in the last seven league games.

The side from Bergamo are just two points off the final Champions League berth.

In Florence, Sampdoria held 10-man Fiorentina 3-3 in a game between Europa League hopefuls.

Colombian forward Luis Muriel bagged a brace on his first appearance for Fiorentina since his loan move from Sevilla, with Fabio Quagliarella getting a double to join Cristiano Ronaldo on top of the goal scoring charts with 14 this season.

The side from Genoa are eighth -- one point off the Europa League berths, with Fiorentina three points behind in tenth.

Juventus -- fresh from winning a record eighth Italian Super Cup trophy in midweek against AC Milan thanks to Ronaldo’s goal in Saudi Arabia -- take on lowly Chievo on Monday as Gennaro Gattuso’s AC Milan travel to Genoa.(afp)

Carlo Hermann / AFP

Napoli’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti (R) and Lazio’s Italian coach Simone Inzaghi (2ndL) react during the Italian Serie A football match Napoli vs Lazio Roma on January 20, 2019 at the San Paolo stadium in Naples.

Josep LAGO / AFP

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring during the Spanish League football match between Barcelona and Leganes at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on January 20, 2019.

Dembele sparkles but Messi needed off bench to rescue Barca Ousmane Dembele gave Barcelona a glimpse into the future but Barcelona still needed Lionel Messi to beat Leganes 3-1 on Sunday and restore their five-point lead at the top of La Liga.

Messi had started on the bench, rested by coach Ernesto Valverde, and for just over an hour at the Camp Nou, Dembele filled the void by scoring the opening goal in a sparkling individual display.

The 21-year-old, however, limped off with a sprained ankle in the 69th minute, shortly after Leganes had equalised through Martin Braithwaite and Valverde responded by introducing Messi.

He needed only seven minutes to make an impact as his bending shot was followed up by Luis Suarez, who poked the ball in ahead of Leganes goalkeeper Pichu Cuellar.

Messi then rounded off the win by scoring himself in injury-time.

Leganes had protested against Suarez’s finish, convinced that Pichu had been fouled by a high foot.

“It was a clear foul,” coach Mauricio Pellegrino said. “Barca don’t need these kind of decisions to help them.”

But VAR disagreed and Barca advanced to what was, in truth, a fully deserved victory. It means they regain their hefty advantage over Atletico Madrid at the top of the table, with the difference ahead of Real Madrid also back to 10 points.

Leganes had beaten Barcelona at home in September but that re-

mains the high point of their season. They stay 14th.

Valverde was accused of failing to rest key players last term, to the detriment of their progress in the Champions League, and his gamble to spare his star player just about paid off.

“There are lots of games,” Valverde said. “We talk to the players and decide when it may be good for them to rest.” “It was difficult with and without Messi,” Pellegrino said.

Barcelona needed him in the end but for a while, Dembele, and the 21-year-old Carles Alena in midfield, had shown there may yet be life after Messi, who turns 32 in June.

Dembele will undergo tests on Monday. “We will miss him a lot,” Valverde said. “We hope it is not too long.”

He was at the heart of everything in the first half, his hips slaloming through the hapless Leganes defence, who swarmed around him in numbers but always seemed a step behind.

A cheeky nutmeg was followed by an audacious scoop, which found Suarez but he poked wide. It was a classy finish for the opener too, although the goal owed more to the collective than individual.

- Messi swoops Gerard Pique started it, driving from deep in defence down the wing. Alena took over and found Dembele, who spread the ball wide

to Jordi Alba. When the ball came back, Dembele opened up his body and his right foot, guiding the ball first-time into the bottom corner.

After half-time, Philippe Coutinho fired over after another Dembele flick and it felt like only a matter of time before another goal would come.

It did, but Leganes scored it, with their second shot on target.

Alba was caught out and Youssef En-Neysri nipped in. His fizzing cross found Braithwaite, who darted ahead of Pique to prod home.

Messi had been warming up and was quickly introduced.

Alena made way and shortly after Dembele followed, his brilliant night cut short. Malcom came on.

Seven minutes passed between Messi’s substitution and Suarez’s goal. Messi cut in from the right and curled a shot towards the top corner, where Pichu dived to meet it and palmed the ball into the air.

As it dropped, Suarez got there first, stabbing in the rebound at around hip-height before clattering into the keeper’s chest. VAR checked and Leganes protested.

The goal stood.

Suarez should have scored again but shot straight at Pichu, who gathered, rushed out and barged into the shoulder of the Uruguayan.

Any doubt was dispelled, however, as Messi exchanged with Alba in injury-time. A swoop of the Argentinian’s right foot was all it needed.(afp)

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

International

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

International

Rose and Towns combine as ‘Wolves edge Suns

Jewel SAMAD / AFP

Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates his victory against Switzerland’s Roger Federer during their men’s singles match on day seven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 20, 2019.

Air Sanih SINGARAJA - Air Sanih is one of renowned tourist destination in the north of Bali, in the eastern part of Buleleng. The location of Air Sanih is in Sanih Village, Kubutambahan District, Buleleng regency. Air Sanih also has another name, its called “Yeh Sanih” which is Yeh and Air means Water (Yeh is a Balinese language and Air is Indonesian Language). Air Sanih is a natural swimming pool that the water comes from the groundwater source and it’s coming from the Batur Lake that located more than 100 kilometers from Air Sanih. And the water is free of chlorine. There is a story about why the groundwater source comes from Batur Lake.

There was a grandfather who took off a few ducks in Batur Lake, then one of the ducks released. But strangely, a few days later the duck appeared of the fountain in the pool of Air Sanih. From then on, people around the swimming pool of Air Sanih confident that the source of water in the pool came from lake water in the lake Batur.

Air Sanih has two swimming pools. The first one is for adult with the depth around 1,5 meters.

And the second one is for children with depth are

until adult thighs. Besides of that, there is a long small pool that flaw around Sanih area.

After you have done swimming to in the clear water of Air Sanih, you can enjoy the waves of the beach that is in the east of the pool of Air Sanih.

You can sit back and relax with your friends while eating snacks or cup noodles that you can buy in the stalls that are provided in the pool area Air Sanih. You also can see beautiful scenery around the Sanih pool area which is still protected and well maintained by the local government.

What is making different among Air Sanih with other swimming pool? The differences come from the water. The water in Air Sanih is really natural that all the water comes from the groundwater source that called by Yeh Kelebutan. This spring is come from the south of the adult pool, in the bottom of Kamboja Tree near a temple for Vishnu Lord. The water that comes from this source make the water in Air Sanih looks so clear and will still clear. The water in Air Sanih wills always flowing because that water will continue and emptying on the beach. (IBP/net)

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Rise of Tsitsipas and Tiafoe -- new era or false dawn?

LOS ANGELES - Derrick Rose nailed a three pointer from 18 feet with just 0.6 seconds left to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 116114 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday.

“It was about damn time I hit a shot like that,” said Rose.

Rose and Karl-Anthony Towns took turns carrying the ‘Wolves on their backs as they combined for 61 points.

Towns scored 28 of his 30 points in the first half and Rose scored 29 of his 31 points in the second half for the Timberwolves, who had to overcome an 11-point deficit.

The Suns decided to double team Towns in the second half which opened the door for Rose to then take charge.

“I got to get back into the rhythm of things. I believe in myself and I work on this all the time,” Rose said, who shot 11-of-18 in the second half.

T.J. Warren scored 21 points and Devin Booker and Kelly Oubre each added 18 for Phoenix, who lost all four games on their road trip to drop to 4-20 overall on the road this season.

Elsewhere, Tobias Harris scored 27 points and flirted with a triple double as the Los Angeles Clippers

snapped a five-game losing skid with a 103-95 win over the red-hot San Antonio Spurs.

Harris also had nine assists and nine rebounds and Patrick Beverly finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers in front of a crowd of 18,300 at the AT&T Center arena.

The Clippers led the contest for all but 14 seconds as Beverley helped seal the victory with two late free throws.

San Antonio, who suffered their second consecutive loss at home, took the lead, 101-95, with 31 seconds to go on Aldridge’s final basket of the game but the Clippers were able to execute down the stretch.

“It was a great win,” said Harris.

“Every single guy that got out here and played was effective.

“We knew tonight we were going to need everybody’s effort.”

LaMarcus Aldridge had 30 points and 14 rebounds and a banged up leading scorer DeMar DeRozan returned from a onegame absence to finish with eight points on a dismal four of 16 shooting.

Rudy Gay had 19 points and Marco Belinelli added 12 points for San Antonio. (afp)

MELBOURNE - At the start of every year the talk at the Australian Open is of the “new kids on the block”, the “NextGen”, the “young guns”.

And every 12 months as the first Grand Slam heralds a fresh season they come... and they go.

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic’s stranglehold on the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup has been interrupted just twice since the Swiss master first lifted it in Melbourne in 2004.

Marat Safin (2005) and Stan Wawrinka (2014) managed to interlope into the trio’s private sanctum -- and they were 25 and 28 years old respectively at the time, hardly fresh-faced youths.

But this year seems different.

The simple truth is the big three cannot halt Old Father Time and one day soon will retire from slugging it out around the world. We may have already seen the last of stricken Andy Murray.

So when young Stefanos Tsitsipas sent third seed Federer packing Sunday at the tender age of 20, after giant-killer Frances Tiafoe also reached the last eight, it seemed the tennis world may at last be shifting on its axis.

- Fed’s not going away Trouble is, to do it at least one of them will need to find a way to stop the raging bull that is Nadal if they

are to win a maiden Grand Slam with the American up first against the Spanish giant in a quarter-final on Tuesday.

Tiafoe -- who at the age of 20 had already caused the shock of the first round in stunning fifth seed Kevin Anderson -- registered a second notable scalp on his 21st birthday.

This time it was against Grigor Dimitrov, now 27, who was nicknamed “Baby Fed” in his early twenties and himself tipped as the next big thing.

But “Daddy Fed”, Roger himself, is tired of the constant chatter “about a changing of the old guard”.

“I’ve heard that story the last 10 years. From that standpoint, nothing new there,” Federer said.

And the great man signalled that, at the age of 37, he was not going away by announcing he would play on clay at the French Open this year for the first time since 2015.

- The next level Federer did concede that his young conqueror, the exciting Greek who appears to have all the gifts, was beginning to establish himself.

“About Stefanos, I think he’s definitely done a really nice job now the last year and a half,” said the 20-time Grand Slam champion.

“I mean before that, too, obviously. But beating Novak in Toronto, the likes of Anderson and (Alexander) Zverev, now me here.

That’s what you need to do to get to the next level. He’s doing that.”

The popular Tiafoe plays with a smile on his face, a roar in his voice and has plenty of admirers too.

“It’s so nice to see somebody new, somebody fresh,” said Dimitrov.

“I mean, everybody in the locker room likes him, everybody is laughing. He’s going to be amazing. He can only get better from now on, for sure.”

But the Bulgarian, who has not yet fulfilled his own huge potential, sounded a cautionary note.

“I know how it is to break grounds on those first tournaments, especially a Slam,” he said.

“He really needs to just stay calm and make sure he follows the right path.

“I mean, one thing is to do well at one tournament, but another thing to do it progressively.” (afp)

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Derrick Rose #25 of the Minnesota Timberwolves celebrates after hitting game winning shot against the Phoenix Suns on January 20, 2019 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Israel says strikes Iranian targets in Syria after rocket

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From page 1 On Friday, when authorities heard that fuel traffickers had punctured the pipeline, about 25 soldiers arrived and attempted to block off the area, Defense Secretary Luis Crescencio Sandoval told reporters.

But the soldiers were unable to contain the estimated 700 civilians -- including entire families -- who swarmed in to collect the spilled gasoline, witnesses said.

The armed soldiers had been moved away from the pipeline to avoid any risk of confrontation with the crowd when the blast occurred,

about two hours after the pipeline was first breached, Sandoval said.

Lopez Obrador, a leftist who took office only weeks ago, traveled to the scene on Saturday.

He did not fault the soldiers, saying: “The attitude of the army was correct. It is not easy to impose order on a crowd.” He vowed to continue fighting the growing problem of fuel theft.

“I am deeply saddened by the suffering in Tlahuelilpan,” Lopez Obrador wrote on Twitter.

He called on his “whole government” to extend assistance.(afp)

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JERUSALEM - Israel struck what it said were Iranian targets in Syria early Monday in response to rocket fire it blamed on Iran, sparking concerns of an escalation after a monitor reported 11 fighters killed.

Israel openly claimed responsibility for the strikes against facilities it said belonged to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, continuing its recent practice of speaking more openly about such raids.

It said the strikes were in response to a surface-to-surface rocket the Quds Force fired from Syria at the Golan Heights on Sunday, which Israeli air defences intercepted.

“Yesterday, Iranian Quds forces operating in Syrian territory launched a surface-to-surface rocket from Syrian territory aimed at the northern Golan Heights,” the Israeli military said in a statement.

“In response to the attack, during the night (Israeli military) fighter jets struck Iranian Quds Forces military targets in Syria in addition to Syrian aerial defence batteries.”

It said targets included munitions stores, a site at Damascus International Airport, an Iranian intelligence installation and an Iranian military training camp.

It said it had also hit Syrian air defence batteries in response to fire from them.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said at least 11 pro-regime fighters including two Syrians were killed.

Russia, which like Iran is a key backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country’s war, said the Israeli strikes killed four Syrian soldiers and wounded six, while also damaging Damascus airport infrastructure.

- Hezbollah ‘also targeted’ The Observatory said air strikes and ground-to-ground missiles hit several targets around the capital including near the Damascus airport, as well as near the Thaala military airport to the south of the capital.

The targets included weapons depots belonging to the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah and Iranian fighters, it added.

Israel’s interception of the rocket on Sunday came after Damascus accused Israel of carrying out air raids in the country’s south.

As Israel announced its strikes early Monday, Syrian state news agency SANA said its country’s air-defence systems had responded to “enemy” fire.

Israel has pledged to stop its main enemy Iran from entrenching itself militarily in neighbouring Syria.

It has carried out hundreds of air strikes there against what it says are Iranian military targets and advanced arms deliveries to Tehranbacked Hezbollah.

Its fighter planes have faced anti-aircraft fire during such raids, but it has rarely faced surface-to-surface rocket fire in response.

On Sunday, SANA quoted a military source saying Syria’s air defences went into action after Israel earlier in the day launched air strikes on the south of the country.

In those strikes, the Russian army said Syrian air defences had destroyed seven Israeli projectiles, after four of the Jewish state’s F-16 military planes “fired rockets into Syrian territory”. (afp)

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ELECTION 2019 Presidential candidate incumbent President Joko Widodo (L) and his running mate Maruf Amin (R) speak during the live nationwide television debate in Jakarta on January 17, 2019.

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The moon is seen during a lunar eclipse, referred to as the super blue blood moon, in Buenos Aires early on January 21, 2019.

Total lunar eclipse woos sky watchers

WASHINGTON - An unusual set of celestial circumstances came together over Sunday night and the wee hours of Monday for sky watchers in Europe, Africa and the Americas, where the moon was fully obscured before lighting up again with a faint red glow.

In the streets of Mexico City, Los Angeles and Paris and in the Moroccan desert, moon gazers turned to the sky to observe the phenomenon, around midnight in the Americas, and shortly before dawn in Europe and Africa.

The eclipse lasted about three hours: during the first hour the full moon was gradually swallowed up by the shadow of the Earth, then an hour of total eclipse where it was not invisible but instead appeared tinted in hues of red, orange and pink, followed finally by its full reemergence, bright and shining.

The full Moon appeared bigger than normal because it was closer to the Earth -- about 222,000 miles (358,000 kilometers) away -- earning it the nickname “super Moon.”

Other monikers include a “Wolf Moon,” a traditional way of coining an eclipse in the month of January, and a “Blood Moon” because of its rusty, red color. Hence the name for

this year’s event: a “super blood wolf Moon.”

At its peak, where night skies were clear of clouds, Venus and Jupiter shone brightly in the night sky.

Not everyone was fortunate: in London, for example, astronomy enthusiasts hopes were dashed by a cloudy night.

- Why red? During a lunar eclipse, the Moon appears red because the light of the Sun no longer directly illuminates it, since Earth is passing in between the Moon and Sun. “The color is due to Rayleigh scattering -- where the Sun’s blue light is scattered off molecules in Earth’s atmosphere -- which also happens at sunsets,” explained the Royal Astronomical Society of Britain.

“The Sun’s red light is scattered much less by air, and is bent by Earth’s atmosphere in a process

called refraction, traveling all the way through it to light up the Moon’s surface.”

- Last eclipse this decade Total or partial lunar eclipses happen at least twice a year on average, Florent Deleflie, an astronomer at the Observatory of Paris-PSL told AFP. It’s just that they are not visible everywhere.

It’s a rare event when a total lunar eclipse is visible on so many parts of the Earth’s land mass, as is the case Monday.

Europeans last saw a total lunar eclipse in July 2018. The next chance for a glimpse at a lunar eclipse will be in 2022, but the entire continent won’t be able to see the totality of a lunar eclipse again until 2029.

North Americans may get their next glimpse of a blood moon in 2021 along the West coast and 2022 on the East coast. (afp)

Jokowi satisfied with his appearance in presidential debate

GARUT - Incumbent presidential candidate Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said on Friday that he was satisfied with his appearance in the first round of the presidential debate held in Jakarta the previous day.

“Satisfied. Actually, we only talked about what we had done,” he said after inspecting a free electricity connection program in

Cibatu, Garut district, West Java, on Friday, Jan 18. However, he also admitted some shortcomings in his appearance.

He said the shortcomings would help in evaluating his appearance in the first round of the presidential debate and improve his appearance in the next round.

He said what his political rival delivered in the first round of the debate also served as an input. “If there are shortcomings, we will

JAKARTA - Some 89.1 percent of the millennial generation are optimistic about diversity in Indonesia based on the Indonesia Millennial Report 2019.

“We generate a momentum of optimism to join hands and work together to make Indonesia better in future,” Founder and Chief Executive Officer of IDN Times Winston Utomo stated during the Indonesia Millennial Summit 2019 here on Saturday.

Millennial Summit 2019 is an independent meeting aimed at shaping a better future for Indonesia by involving various stakehold-

ers or related parties, including the government, industry players, and the community, Utomo remarked.

During the presentation of Indonesia Millennial Report 2019, Utomo pointed out that Indonesia has 63.4 million millennials.

The millennials belong to the age group of 20 to 35 years. Millennials constitute some 24 percent of Indonesia`s population, and they are the future leaders of the Indonesian nation.

The report revealed the optimism of millennials about Indonesia`s condition in the next year. As many as 83.4 percent of

millennials are optimistic about the condition of Indonesia`s security, while 83.6 percent of the millennials expressed optimism towards democracy in Indonesia.

Meanwhile, 86.7 percent are optimistic about the integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.

Some 79.2 percent of millennials expressed optimism about eradicating corruption in Indonesia, 76.6 percent of millennials are optimistic about Indonesia`s economic condition, 76.3 percent of those are optimistic about Indonesia`s political conditions,

improve upon them,” he said.

The first round of the 2019 presidential debate carried the theme of Law, Human Rights, Corruption, and Terrorism. This debate is one of the five presidential debates to be carried out based on Law No.7 of the 2017 elections. The law mandated the

presidential debate to be widely broadcast to the people of Indonesia.

The 2019 presidential election is a rematch for both Indonesian presidential candidates, Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, who had previously competed in the 2014 presidential election.(ant)

and 75.4 percent of millennials are optimistic about Indonesian law enforcement.

Utomo said only 23.4 percent of millennials kept abreast of news and political issues, while 79 percent of millennials checked their smartphones within a minute after having woken up. “Only one of those follow the latest or political news,” Utomo remarked.

Minister of Industry Airlangga Hartarto had earlier stated that the government is encouraging the empowerment of the millennial generation`s human resources considered to be important in implementing

industry 4.0.

“Industry 4.0 encourages the government to empower human talent.

Hence, it is encouraged to focus on strengthening our young generation with technology and innovation,” Hartarto emphasized.

On the occasion, Hartarto remarked that the millennial generation plays a vital role in industry 4.0, especially considering that Indonesia will also enjoy a demographic bonus period until 2030. This means as many as 130 million people of the productive age group can seize new opportunities to develop business in the digital era.(ant)

Report indicates 89.1 percent of millennials optimistic about Indonesian diversity

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China slump squeezes workers, hammers consumer spending

BEIJING - Yu Mingang had a good job helping Chinese manufacturers prepare to sell shares to the public until the cooling economy derailed those plans.

As demand for auditing services sank, the 25-year-old accountant in the eastern city of Hangzhou was laid off in December. Yu tightened his belt: No more movies or eating out. He put off buying a computer.

“I pay rent out of my savings,” Yu said.

The downturn is squeezing urban workers and entrepreneurs the ruling Communist Party is counting on to help transform China from a low-wage factory into a prosperous consumer market.

Headline economic numbers still look healthy. Growth in 2019 is forecast at more than 6 percent, down only slightly from about 6.5 percent last year. But it is propped up by higher government spending, which masks sharp declines in other areas. Those are spooking the public and discouraging spending, which could make the downturn worse. A tariff war with Washington over Beijing’s technology ambitions is adding to anxiety over job losses and tumbling sales of cars, real estate and consumer goods.

“I am worried about my job security and have cut spending on everything including clothes, vacations and changing smartphones,” said He Siying, who works for an investment consulting firm in Beijing.

He, 32, was rattled when friends were laid off. One found a new job but the employer wanted her to work six days a week.

“I really dare not spend much,” said He, who has a 1-year-old son.

That anxiety is hitting China’s trading partners and global companies that increasingly count on Chinese consumers.

Apple Inc., General Motors Co., jeweler Tiffany & Co. and others say sales are down.

Auto purchases shrank in 2018 for the first time in three decades. Japan and South Korea report lower exports of components for smartphones and other electronics sold in China. The decline in economic growth that peaked above 14 percent in 2007 is partly intentional. Regulators clamped down on lending in late 2017 to cool a debt boom. But the downturn was sharper than expected.

The private sector has been hit hard.

“Many people have been laid off. People are having a hard time finding a new job and are panicking,” said Summer Li, a 28year-old product manager for an electronics company.

Yu, the Hangzhou accountant, said he lost his 100,000-yuan-a-year ($14,000-a-year) job after demand for auditing services fell by one-third. Clients put off plans for stock market listings after profits sank below the

Foreign Tourists Like Monkey Attraction at Alas Kedaton

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In this Jan. 1, 2019, photo, a worker monitors rolls of fabric at a dyeing factory in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province. China’s slowing economy is squeezing the urban workers and entrepreneurs the ruling Communist Party is counting on to help transform this country from a low-wage factory floor into a prosperous consumer market. level required by regulators.

“It happened due to the bad economic situation,” he said.

The ruling party promised in 2013 to support entrepreneurs who create China’s new jobs and wealth. But reform advocates complain President Xi Jinping’s government has instead focused on expanding state-owned companies that dominate oil, banking and other industries.

Jolted by the deepening slump, Xi and other leaders have pledged to help private business by cutting taxes and regulation.

Premier Li Keqiang, the top economic official, met with bankers in December and told them to make 30 percent of new loans to private business, state media reported. The central bank announced a 100 billion yuan ($14 billion) loan fund on Dec. 19 for small companies.

Exports to the United States held up through late 2018 despite President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes. But sales shrank 3.5 percent in December compared with a year earlier as those penalties started to hurt demand. Jittery companies and consumers already were putting off investments and big purchases.

“Consumer confidence is weaker and uncertainty has increased. The U.S.-China

trade war is feeding into that,” said Rajiv Biswas, chief Asia-Pacific economist for IHS Markit. “That is obviously a risk to the growth outlook for 2019.”

The slowdown is adding to pressure from wrenching changes in jobs and industry that already were under way.

The ruling party has wiped out millions of steel and coal mining jobs in a marathon campaign to shrink those bloated state-owned industries. Since 2017, Beijing, Shanghai and other big cities have forced out migrant workers who lack official permission to live there. Local leaders say they want to reduce crowding, but restaurants, retailers and other companies depend on migrants as employees and increasingly as customers.

The sales manager at a Beijing dealership for one of China’s biggest automakers said purchases have fallen by half. He blamed the departure of migrants who buy lower-priced models starting at 50,000 yuan ($7,000).

“Many such customers returned to their hometowns because there wasn’t much work for them,” said the manager, who asked that he and his employer not be identified by name. “Sales of high-end cars also plunged because the buyers own businesses serving migrant workers.”

Overall, disposable consumer income

rose by a relatively healthy 5.7 percent in the first three quarters of 2018, but that was down from 2017’s 6.6 percent. Retail sales growth fell to a lower-than-expected 8.6 percent from a year earlier in November, its weakest rate in five months.

Construction, the industry that powered China’s boom in past decades, also is struggling. Some cash-strapped developers in China’s northwest have resorted to paying contractors by giving them apartments, according to Anne Stevenson-Yang of J Capital Research, a financial research firm.

The contractors hope to sell later, but some developments are three-quarters vacant, said Stevenson-Yang.

The owner of a Cantonese restaurant in southwestern Beijing said she wants to give up and return to her hometown near Shanghai but can’t find a buyer for the business.

“I am making a profit but can’t earn a lot from it,” said the owner, who would give only her surname, Yue. Economists expect the downturn to bottom out this year as government stimulus gains traction. But cautious spenders like Paige Fu, an assistant to the general manager of a company in the film industry, are wary.

“I worry the economy will keep sliding,” Fu said. (ap)

Both domestic and foreign tourists love the action of monkeys when invited to take a pictures or selfie. The four-legged animal has an extraordinary style when being faced with camera. As requirements, the must be given to eat nuts, so they want to be quiet while chewing snacks like tubers. Besides, it must also be guided by a handler or local guide. Don’t try to do it by yourself!

Alas Kedaton attraction located at Kukuh village, Marga, Tabanan, or about 8 km North West of Denpasar City is indeed a tourist idol for traveling. They come in the afternoon or evening to continue watching sunset at Tanah Lot. “Tourists really like the attraction of this monkey,” said Ni Putu Marani, one of the local officers.

This forest does not only has

monkeys as an attraction, but also giant bats (flying foxes) and tropical forests with various types of plants. Every day, this object is opened from 8:30 until 15:30.

The admission ticket for adults costs IDR 20,000 and IDR 15,000 for child.

Meanwhile, the admission ticket for foreign adults is IDR 30,000 and IDR 20,000 for child. “Espe-

cially for Galungan, Kuningan and New Year’s Day specifically for local people, the admission ticket will be charged at IDR 5,000,” said Ni Putu Marani.

Tourists having held a ticket will be accompanied by a local guide who is also a souvenir merchant. The ticket is then presented to the officer at the lobby of the tourist attraction, then heading

Challenging Swing at Bongkasa Village Tourist visit, especially by foreign tourists during the Christmas and New Year long holiday experienced a significant increase. At Bongkasa tourism village, foreign tourist visits have increased since last November.

At this tourism village, tourists can explore the countryside, take rafting adventure or enjoy-

ing swing tours. According to the swing tourism manager of Bongkasa vllage, Putu Gede Raka Pariana, the number of tourist visits is currently high.

Daily tourist visit to the swing attraction averagely reaches 200 people. Moreover, on particular days it can reach 400 people. “Most tourists come from China, India

and Europe,” he said recently.

Especially for Chinese tourists, he admitted the case of Bali being sold cheaply had made tourist visits from the country plummeted.

Moreover, the decline reaches 60 percent. But thanks to government efforts so that Chinese tourist visits have returned to normal. (kmb)

for the monkey attraction. Under direction of local guide, visitors walk to the middle of the forest through a pathway to the right side of Dalem Kahyangan Kedaton Temple.

On the way, the atmosphere is cool because the area is rich in large plants. At each wall visitors will come across forest dwellers that can be invited to take pictures.

Local guide continues to explain the uniqueness of the temple, the attraction of the fruit bat show and snake show. “We invite tourists to witness the attraction of taking

pictures with flying fox and snakes using Balinese customary clothes,” he added.

Formerly, the flying fox and snake show were located on the west side of the tourist attraction, but it has now been moved to the east of forest area, to the right of the temple. To take pictures with snakes, visitors must pay IDR 70,000 and IDR 60,000 for taking pictures with flying fox. After that, the local guide will direct you to their shops to browse or buy various kinds of souvenirs on offer. (kmb)

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Tourism workers vulnerable to get affected by drugs DENPASAR - Bali is a tourist destination area, a gathering place for tourists from various parts of the world. Undeniably, this phenomenon also has an impact on the number of drug abuse cases in Bali and tourism players are vulnerable to exposure.

On that account, the Head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNNP) of Bali, I Putu Gede Suastawa, appealed to tourism players

to contribute to combating drugs.

“This morning I confirmed the management and employees of the Dedary Kriyamaha Hotel in Ubud, Gianyar, to be anti-narcotics volunteers. Hopefully, this is not limited to ceremonial event but must move in the community to disseminate the P4GN (prevention of drug abuse and trafficking),” said Suastawa.

According to him, this activity is one of the programs owned by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) to reduce the prevalence of drug abusers. “It is a good moment because this is the first time for me to inaugurate volunteers from tourism workers,” he said.

The volunteers are extension of the BNN in the community. They are agents of change as well playing an active role in

carrying out drug prevention activities at a minimum in the workplace and family environment.

“Why do we continuously disseminate?

It is very important and has the aim to provide provisions for participants to understand and care about drug problems in a tourism environment being very risky for drug abuse,” he concluded. (kmb36)

Extreme macro photography

Capturing the hidden beauty of small size objects

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

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Saudi asylum case prods Thais towards reform of tough refugee policy

BANGKOK - On a television set in a grim, overcrowded Bangkok detention centre refugees closely followed Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s quest for resettlement, as the 18year-old asylum-seeker’s case spurred hopes of a major policy turn from Thailand -- a country that does not recognise refugees.

IN some of the past editions, macro photography has been discussed in general. It is a photography genre targeting objects with very close distance to get high detail on a small object such as insects, dew and other small objects. Generally, macro photos have a 1: 1 ratio or the resulting image is the same size as the original object. However, for this edition, we specialize in the discussion of extreme macro photography. As the name implies, the resulting photo is no longer limited to having a ratio of 1:1, but having 2:1, 3:1, 4:1 or 5:1 but even greater.

Considering the magnification of the photos wishing to be produced is higher, of course the level of difficulty in extreme macro photography also tends to be higher than the ordinary macro photography. Similarly, the camera settings and equipment in use also tend to be more complex. There are several types of equipment commonly used by a photographer to produce extreme macro photos. Among other things, we can combine a macro lens plus an extension tube and close up filter. There are also people that do it by reversing a lens such as a 24 mm or 35 mm lens by connecting it to an extension tube. To make easier without being charged with the matter of combining the equipment, you can buy a special lens for extreme macro photography that enlarges up to five times.

Definitely, the price of a special lens like this is very high.

Extreme macro photos are mostly in the form of close-up photos of certain objects or not to capture the overall shape or body of the object.

For example, we want to capture facet eye details of dragonflies, robberfly, wasps, flies and other small insects, including strands of hair or thorns on small insects that frequently do not appear clearly just by using a macro lens with magnification of 1: 1. In other words, extreme macro photography aims to capture the hidden beauty of very small size object that cannot be seen in plain view.

Crucial problems With extreme expansion, the crucial problem often faced in extreme macro photography is lighting problems. We can no longer just rely on the help of natural light or available light because it is less supportive. In other words,

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Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, addresses a press conference in Toronto at the offices of COSTI, a refugee resettling agency, on January 15, 2019. the use of assisted light or artificial light such as flash, speed lite and reflector is absolute. When the distance between the lens and the object is very close, the exposure will decrease and be susceptible to noise. The use of this light aid is able to produce prime details on the object recorded, even in the dark or no light conditions (night).

To reduce if there is over exposure, the use of this flash must be combined with a diffuser. Keep in mind, when shooting at 3: 1 magnification, our hands will vibrate very easily when pressing the camera shutter so that it tends to produce blurry or blurred images. To get around this condition, it is strongly recommended to use a monopod or

tripod to ensure the camera remains in a stable position when we press the camera shutter.

When all the equipment is ready, then pay attention to the camera settings in RAW format. This will be very useful during the editing process later on because we can make color correction on the photo.

To get maximum magnification, it is strongly recommended to use manual focus, setting the lens in manual focus and then use it at the closest focal point. Then, find the right focus by moving the lens in front of the object to get the right focus.

Furthermore, the camera settings with the aperture of F/11 to F/16 and speed at 1/100 second to 1/125 second to anticipate the movement of the objects, like when we are photographing insects. Use ISO 200 to 400 and avoid using higher ISO because it is very vulnerable to generate noise and grain that will damage the beauty and reduce the sharpness of the photos.

Have a good practice! (ian)

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Qunun fled her family to Bangkok, barricaded herself in an airport hotel room and staved off deportation with her Twitter feed, ultimately gaining refuge in Canada on January 12.

Thai authorities were initially caught flat-footed by the young Saudi’s bold social media campaign.

But in the days since they have promised to address some of the lingering issues of indefinite detention and deportation of asylum seekers.

On Monday Thai authorities signed an MoU to end the detention of all child refugees and asylum seekers.

It was welcomed by the UNHCR as a “positive example” of the kingdom’s increasingly humane approach to the issue.

Rights groups have for years condemned Thailand, which is not a signatory to the UN’s convention protecting refugees, for its hostility to asylum seekers -- often trapping them on a carousel between detention and work in the black economy.

An estimated 900 adults remain in grubby immigration detention centres (IDCs) hoping to be resettled like Qunun but fearing an endless extension to their months, or years, of limbo.

Nazir, a Pakistani-Christian in Bangkok’s biggest IDC, said he

watched Qunun’s case unfold on the news, discussing the twists and turns with his wife over the phone.

He shook his head in amazement at the “days” it took for Qunun’s refugee status to be determined by the UNHCR before Canada stepped in with the asylum offer, while he has been locked up for several months.

“My wife is alone with my daughter outside.. they are very sad,” Nazir, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, told AFP. Despite its hardline to asylum seekers, Thailand’s lax visa rules, multiple entry points and graftprone officials have made it an easy staging-post for those escaping conflict, persecution and poverty.

The kingdom wants that reputation to change.

But in the wake of Qunun’s case immigration police chief Surachate Hakparn has also vowed to recalibrate the detention policy, saying the kingdom will no longer deport anyone “involuntarily”.

Knocking the issue over to the UNHCR, which finds countries to resettle asylum seekers, Surachate says the agency must speed up its processes.

“Otherwise they have to live in anxiety and spend six to seven years (here).” (afp)

Piercings, incense, drumming: Malaysia marks Thaipusam festival

MALAYSIA - Hundreds of thousands of Malaysian Hindus, some piercing their skin with hooks and skewers to show their devotion, gathered in temples across the country on Monday to mark Thaipusam.

The annual Hindu festival sees believers carry offerings to places of worship to the deity Murugan and marks the day when his mother -- the goddess Parvathi -- gave him a powerful lance to fight demons.

It is observed mainly in countries with significant populations of ethnic Tamils -descended from people who originally came from southern India -- including Malaysia and neighbouring Singapore.

Massive crowds thronged the Batu Caves complex outside Kuala Lumpur as incense and drums filled the air.

Many had trekked for hours to reach the popular pilgrimage site before the final arduous climb up 272 steps to reach the temples set in caves.

A huge variety of offerings, known as “kavadi”, were on show -- from simple pots of milk balanced on pilgrims’ heads, to poles slung across shoulders, and large portable

altars decorated with feathers and flowers.

With a metal skewer piercing his tongue and a heavy wooden pole hoisted on his back, Kumaraguru Kunalan said he wanted to give thanks to the god Murugan.

“For me, it’s about asking for good health, my children’s education,” the 38year-old father-of-four told AFP. Prior to Thaipusam, devotees will typically hold daily prayer sessions, abstain from sex, refrain from cutting their hair and stick to a strict vegetarian diet for weeks.

Despite the extreme shows of devotion, the Thaipusam festival is very much a family affair, with elders joining their grandchildren as they make the annual pilgrimage.

There are no rules on what kind of kavadis devotees are required to carry on their pilgrimage, and the choice is a personal preference, Kumaraguru said.

Most of Malaysia’s roughly 32 million people are Muslim Malays, but the country is also home to more than two million Indians, most of whom are descendants of labourers brought from southern India during British colonial rule. (afp)

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This picture taken on January 20, 2019 shows Kumaraguru Kunalan, 38, making his religious pilgrimage to a Batu Caves temple by carrying “kavadi” offerings on his shoulders with his tongue pierced with a steel skewer during Thaipusam festival celebrations at a complex of temples outside Kuala Lumpur.

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The Aedes aegypti mosquito can transmit viral diseases like Zika and dengue. Molecules produced by an insect-killing bacteria appear to keep these mosquitoes at bay as effectively as DEET.

WISCONSIN - Molecules made by bacteria keep mosquitoes at bay. The compounds are a newfound potential stand-in for DEET, a ubiquitous chemical used in most commercially available mosquito repellents in the United States.

In lab tests, the molecules were as effective as DEET in stopping Aedes aegypti mosquitos, which can carry Zika, dengue and yellow fever, from snacking on artificial blood, researchers report January 16 in Science Advances. Tests suggest the compounds also deter two other mosquito species: Anopheles gambiae, a major malaria carrier, and Culex pipiens, which can carry the West Nile virus.

Though DEET is considered safe for human use and effective against mosquitoes, it doesn’t hurt to have more lines of defense against the disease-transmitting insects, says

coauthor Susan Paskewitz, an entomologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

The molecules in question are metabolic by-products of Xenorhabdus budapestensis, a bacterium that has a symbiotic relationship with a species of soil nematode. When the nematode finds an insect host such as a caterpillar, it burrows in and defecates the bacteria into its host’s bloodstream. The bacteria weaken the host’s immune system and turn its insides to mush — a sort of “bacteria-insect milkshake” — which rapidly kills the host, says Adler Dillman, a nematologist at the

University of California, Riverside who wasn’t part of the study.

Scientists have found other insect-killing compounds made by other bacteria in the same genus, but this is the first time bacterial compounds have been shown to ward off adult mosquitoes.

The repelling molecules might be aimed at preventing other insects from stealing nematodes’ kills, Dillman says. It’s interesting that those compounds work against mosquitoes, because the soil-dwelling nematodes that the microbes call home would probably never interact with mosquitoes in the wild.

Paskewitz’s colleague Que Lan, also at UW–Madison, had been hunting for microbes that might generate insect-killing molecules, and these bacteria were one candidate.

In one experiment, Lan’s team tried to get mosquitoes to feed from cotton balls dipped in extracts from the X. budapestensis bacteria, to test whether the bacteria-made molecules worked as an insecticide.

But “the mosquitoes wouldn’t go near the cotton balls,” Paskewitz says. Something seemed to repel the insects before they even got a taste. “That was fascinating.” When Lan died unexpectedly, Paskewitz inherited the project.

She and her colleagues cultured more of the bacteria, extracted molecules that the bacteria pro-

duced, then added those extracts to artificial blood brews and watched mosquitoes feed in the lab. (The team created different extracts by separating the molecules by their physical characteristics.) Extracts most effective in putting mosquitoes off their food were rich in molecules called fabclavines.

Paskewitz and her colleagues plan next to grow bacteria missing the genes to make fabclavines to test whether those compounds are truly responsible. Even if that’s successful, it would be a long time before the molecules are packaged and available for your next camping trip. Researchers need to test for toxicity and confirm that the molecules are effective outside of the lab in a real-world context. (net)

This rediscovered Bolivian frog species survived deadly chytrid fungus

TEXAS - Save for one “lonely” survivor in captivity, the Sehuencas water frog hadn’t been seen in the wild since 2008.

That’s when its numbers collapsed, primarily due to chytridiomycosis, a fungal disease that has devastated frog populations worldwide. Fearing the species might be extinct, some scientists spent 10 years searching the Bolivian mountain forests for the amphibians. Now, they’ve found a tiny population of five.

“It’s just incredible,” says herpetologist Robin Moore, communications director at Global Wildlife Conservation in Austin, Texas. He was among the scientists who announced the discovery on January 15.

With no current way to get rid of the lethal chytrid fungus in the wild, scientists are keen to

study the survivors, Moore says.

The five Sehuencas water frogs (Telmatobius yuracare) were found in their native habitat: the Bolivian mountain cloud forests, where the climate is moist and cool — and ideal for chytrid to grow. “It could be that this small population has immunity” or genetic resistance, Moore says.

“It could be an environmental factor,” such as an unusually warm microclimate.

It could also just be nature’s luck. “Many species of frogs that disappeared for years — decades in some cases — have been seen again later,” says ecologist Karen Lips of the University of Maryland in College Park. In December 2018, for example, researchers announced they had rediscovered Ecuador’s marsupial horned frog, more than 10 years

after the species disappeared.

Reappearances can occur for several reasons, including changes in the frogs, the fungus or the environment, Lips says.

“The simplest explanation is that once most of the frogs are gone, the fungus declines” from having fewer hosts to infect, and the frogs, in turn, slowly rebound until they’re seen years later.

These newly found frogs raise hopes that more populations exist in the wild, and also offer researchers a chance to help the species recover.

“Each case that we have a frog that we thought had succumbed to chytrid fungus but survived, it’s just an opportunity to understand a little more about how this pathogen works,” Moore says, “and the prospect for bringing these frogs back.” (net)

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After a decade in which people feared they were extinct, five Sehuencas water frogs have been discovered in Bolivia, including this female named Juliet.

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Regent Suwirta affirms seaweed still worth cultivating

SEMARAPURA — Seaweed has become an icon of Nusa Penida subdistrict. In its heyday, many products can be produced, ranging from cosmetic to various kinds of food. The assumption that seaweed is often attacked by diseases so that many residents switch professions drives the Klungkung district government to make a special study. As the result, Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta stated on Friday (Jan. 18) that seaweed is still feasible to be cultivated.

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This was conveyed by Regent Suwirta when meeting directly with the Lembongan community, Nusa Penida subdistrict on Friday. The results of the study, he said, will be

conveyed to all residents of Nusa Penida, so that they will rise again to preserve seaweed cultivation, which has always been the identity of the local community. “The results of

the study are clear that seaweed in Nusa Penida is still living normally and very feasible to be cultivated,” said the regent from Nusa Ceningan.

The other results of the study

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Seaweed has become an icon of Nusa Penida subdistrict. In its heyday, many products can be produced, ranging from cosmetic to various kinds of food.

also revealed the decline in seaweed production so far. It mostly happened due to people especially the younger generations tend to switch professions to pursue tourism sector. Due to the rapid development of Nusa Penida, local younger generations look more at tourism sector because it is considered to give more promising results. “However, some of them who are not involved in the tourism sector tend to re-plant seaweed,” he said.

With these results, he invited several related parties, from those dealing with seaweed in upstream and downstream, to re-develop seaweed cultivation. In addition, the cultivation of shrimp, crabs, abalone and groupers including hydroponics, are also requested to be further developed so as to meet the needs of the tourism sector in Nusa Penida.

“I have already ordered the headmen and related agencies to make exact data collection how many people are serious about returning to seaweed cultivation. If the results are indeed no more people wishing to do so, all the areas will be taken advantage for tourist attractions or water sports,” said Suwirta when establishing group for cultivation of shrimp, crabs and grouper.

Previously, I Wayan Suarbawa, a field officer of the Klungkung Fisheries and Marine Agency, explained about the results of the seaweed demonstration plot. The demonstration plot aims to test the results of seaweed production. The demonstration plot was centered in

three locations, including Semaya, Batununggul and Lembongan. It was made in April 2018. Meanwhile, the results are quite good because the seaweed are growing quite fertile and kept away from disease.

However, according to him, this process needs to be extended to find out the validity of the results so that they are more accurate based on the annual cycle of the seaweed, not monthly. “Diseases attacking seaweed often make farmers complain. We want to know more and at the same time find solutions to this disease and then disseminate it to farmers. Thus, they will continue to become seaweed farmers because seaweed is one of the Nusa Penida’s identities,” he said.

This ice-ice disease, according to him, is the main factor why seaweed production is decreasing coupled with the growing tourism development of Nusa Penida. Actually, the seaweed coastal areas are the main supporting livelihood of coastal residents. Supposedly, between tourism and seaweed farming should mutually collaborate, so that they are mutually beneficial as well.

Since seaweed continues to be attacked by the diseases, residents who are used to working as seaweed farmers increasingly shift to other profession. On the other hand, the tourism is Nusa Penida sub-district is growing rapidly so that residents who used to be seaweed farmers then switched into tourism workers or supporting tourism and construction workers. (kmb31)

Prevalence of non-communicable diseases stays high

MANGUPURA — The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that non-communicable diseases (PTM) are estimated to cause 73 percent of deaths in Indonesia.

Based on the results of the Basic Health Research in 2018 by the Ministry of Health, the prevalence of various non-communicable diseases such as cancer, stroke, chronic kidney disease and hypertension has increased.

According to an internist at Siloam Hospital, I Gede Pande Sastrawan, based on the data, hypertension rose from 25.8 percent to 34.1 percent, the prevalence of stroke rose from 7 percent to 10.9 percent, chronic kidney disease rose from 2 percent to 3, 8 percent and cancer prevalence rose from 1.4 percent to 1.8 percent.

He said that non-communicable diseases also has the potential to cause financial difficulties.

The study of the ASEAN Cost in

Oncology (ACTION) revealed that out of 9,513 cancer patients who were studied further, nearly 50 percent went bankrupt and 29 percent died. “This research was conducted from 2014 to 2015,” he said when met after the launch of PRUCritical Benefit 88 in Kuta on Friday (Jan. 18) According to President Director of Prudential Indonesia, Jens Reisch, the public must start paying attention because the impact of critical illness is not only death and disability, but also financial burden of hospital fees and living costs. Fighting against this critical illness can very much drain emotion and physical body of patients and their families as well as disrupt financial planning. On that account, PRUCritical Benefit 88 can be a solution for the people of Indonesia in anticipating and managing the financial impact of critical illness. (kmb23)

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According to an internist at Siloam Hospital that non-communicable diseases also has the potential to cause financial difficulties.

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Pilgrims throng peak of Panca Bali Krama at Lempuyang Temple

AMLAPURA —The pilgrims thronged to worship in a series of the Panca Bali Krama ritual at Lempuyang Temple, Purwayu customary village, Tribuana, Abang, on Sunday (Jan. 20).

Moreover, the vehicles of the pilgrims fully occupied the parking area. To get to the temple, they must be boarded with a bus prepared by the Transportation Agency of Karangasem because it was only invited guests allowed to go up.

Chief of Purwayu customary village, I Nyoman Jati, who is also Executive Chairman of the Panca Bali Krama, said the on day before the peak of the Bali Krama Karya was held various processions such as Pemben, Segara Kertih Mras Segara (Melasti), Maguru Piduka Segara

Kertih and Mepedada. He added that series of the ceremonies on the Peak of Panca Bali Krama was commenced with dance performances such as the Rejang Dewa, Baris Gede, and Topeng Panca followed by Ida Bhatara Tedun and joint worship.

Regent of Karangasem, I Gusti

Ayu Mas Sumatri, expressed her gratitude especially to the committee of the Panca Bali Krama of Sad Kahyangan Luhur Temple, having been able to unite their thoughts based on sincerity and together collected funds to implement the ceremony.

“As the Karangasem district government, we hope this ceremony will run smoothly and after this procession has ended, I hope we can establish better sense of brotherhood to Karangasem,” he hoped.

Meanwhile, Committee Chairperson of the Panca Bali Krama, Wayan Artha Dipa, said the ceremony serves to clean up ritual belonging to the Dewa Yadnya and Bhuta Yadnya which has a function as an offering to God as the Creator with his manifestations as Dewa

GIANYAR —A number of residents at Peliatan village built a community intensively chasing after plastic waste. The community named the Peliatan Ngogo (Pego) hunts for plastic waste in sacred areas such as temples to graves. This effort is expected to be able to make wider community understand so that they will not use plastic waste when going to temple.

Pego Coordinator, I Wayan Sugiarta, said that his community also collected plastic waste on Sunday (Jan. 20) by choosing the location at Dalem Puri Temple and local cemeter-

ies. Aside from young people, village officials to local community leaders also took part. “This time, we choose the location at the Dalem Puri Temple of Peliatan by taking advantage of the moment of presenting Calonarang performance held every six months. We want this movement to be more widespread and most importantly becomes a tradition in each household,” he said.

He said the Pego Community is a medium for residents of Peliatan village, especially young people, to improve environmental conditions.

Besides, it serves as solution to the problem of social concern. “We are

moving to take collective and sustainable actions for the creation of a sustainable village environment,” he explained.

He admitted that in the past ten years the river condition at the local village is quite alarming. Apart from household liquid waste, it is also mixed with solid waste, namely plastic waste. “Hopefully, with this movement the citizens can grow the sense of shame to those who have been throwing waste into the river. We’d just like to grow collective awareness,” he explained.

Chief of Peliatan customary vil-

lage, I Ketut Sandi, also admitted that other than in urban areas, the river water conditions in Peliatan also begin to result in concern. This condition makes local people move with the action of searching for waste in the river. Through Pego community, they regularly target the river flowing at the local village so as to be sustainable.

“After the river, Pego also ensures that the sacred area should be sterile from plastic. On that account, we always support and issue appendix to customary village bylaw (perarem) so that prayer activities to invoke holy water are prohibited from using plastic

and Bhuta who controls the points of the compass.

“It aims to request blessing of purification for the universe (macrocosm) and the human self (microcosm). At the same time, it also begs to be blessed with peace, well-being and harmony for the universe along with all the contents. This is the implementation of the Tri Hita Karana concept that we often talk about and disseminate today. Hopefully, this ceremony can run smoothly,” he added. (kmb41)

bags,” he explained.

As a result, in the past few months, it has been quite effective to raise awareness about the importance of maintaining environmental cleanliness from an early age. As evidence, the Pego Community dominated by young people is used as a creative forum for environmental sustainability. “This community is also used as a medium of information for young people related to environmental issues. Besides, it is also educating citizens to care for the environment chiefly through their real actions to save the environment,” he said proudly. (kmb35)

Residents of Peliatan collect plastic waste

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Four Seasons Hotel Seoul is set to open a new contemporary Japanese restaurant, Akira Back this March. Akira Back at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul will be a stylish 12th floor destination that will take diners on an unforgettable culinary journey showcasing celebrity chef Akira Back’s award-winning modern Japanese fare with a Korean essence inspired by his sense of adventure and boundless creativity.

Akira Back is a Korean-born and American-raised chef who continues to redefine Asian cuisine to create unique dining experiences around the world. For over 24 years, Chef Back has impressed the culinary world with his bold interpretations of Asian fare that combines classic Japanese cuisine with other international flavors. His adventurous approach to cooking was shaped by his early years playing extreme sports as a professional snowboarder, bringing the same level of thrill and challenge to the kitchen for inventive and leading-edge masterpieces.

“Having been a professional snowboarder for seven years, I found myself feeling the exact same thrill in the kitchen as when I’m racing down snow covered blankets in Aspen, Colorado. That spurred me on to pursue my fulltime culinary career and to widen my possibilities in creating complementing unique fusion food”, says Chef Akira Back.

Throughout his career, Chef

Akira Back has received numerous accolades and recognitions including “Rising Star” by Restaurant Hospitality (2008) and “Best Chef in Las Vegas” by Las Vegas Weekly (2008). Chef Back has also participated in some of the culinary world’s most prestigious events and had the distinct honor of hosting the prestigious James Beard House dinners for six years.

Chef Akira Back now owns a portfolio of restaurants worldwide including Kumi Japanese Restaurant +Bar by Akira Back at Mandalay Bay and the famed Yellowtail Japanese Restaurant & Lounge by Akira Back at Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, both part of the prestigious Hakkasan Group portfolio where he is Executive Chef and Partner. Additionally, Chef Akira Back opened his namesake brand, Akira Back Restaurants in Singapore, Hanoi, New Delhi and Jakarta with additional locations opening in Toronto, Dubai and Bangkok, as well as DOSA in Seoul Korea, which opened in May 2016 and was awarded one star by The 2018 Michelin Guide Seoul.

In March, Akira Back at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul will introduce a new kind of Japanese cuisine offering gastronomic indulgence never seen before in Seoul. “We are very excited to announce the opening of Akira Back at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul in March,” says Alejandro Bernabé, General Manager

of Four Seasons Hotel Seoul. “The dining scene in Seoul is dynamic and with Akira Back, we strive to bring a new dimension of Japanese cuisine to the city by offering an unforgettable experience with innovative culinary creations in a stylish and energetic setting, perfect for both private, intimate gatherings and social get-together events.”

The menu at Akira Back at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul will focus on modern Japanese dishes with Korean accents and culinary influences from around the world boasting unexpected flavors, high level of craftsmanship and innovative presentation all using only fresh, high quality ingredients.

Combined with world-class Four Seasons Service and stylish and energetic atmosphere, diners can look forward to a memorable dining experience that stimulates and excites with each visit.

“Everyone can get the best produce but the biggest difference at Akira Back will be the experience of discovering the flavours that I put together. My cooking reflects my personality and the influences around me, and it will never be at a standstill because I’m always exploring, and I hope to bring everyone with me on this exciting journey of innovation and discovery,” says Chef Akira Back.

Akira Back at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul is scheduled to open on March 7, 2019.

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The Cranberries honour Dolores O’Riordan with song from final album In The End

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THE Cranberries have marked the first anniversary of Dolores O’Riordan’s death with the new single from what will be their final album.

The band say their forthcoming eighth album In The End will be their last, bringing a 30-year career to “a fitting and powerful closure”.

O’Riordan, 46, died after being found unconscious in the bath at a hotel in Park Lane, London, on 15 January 2018. Her vocals feature on the new 11-track record, including first single All Over Now, which the band have shared one year on from her death.

The singer’s mother, Eileen O’Riordan, has shown her support for the release, saying in a statement: “I can’t think of a more fitting way to commemorate the first anniversary of Dolores’ passing and to celebrate her life than to announce to the world the release of her final album with the band.”

The Cranberries formed in Limerick, Ireland, in 1989 and rose to international fame in the 1990s, selling more than 40 million records worldwide - with hits including Zombie, Linger and Dreams.

After five albums, the group took a break in 2003 before reforming in 2009. O’Riordan’s bandmates, Mike and Noel Hogan and Fergal Lawler said they had planned to complete the new album in early 2018, and that the singer had been “energised” about the prospect of the record before her sudden death.

In a post on Instagram, they said were dedicating the new album “to our dear friend and bandmate Dolores. She will always be with us in her music”. (net)

Dolores O’Riordan died on 15 January 2018.

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Ant is back: Emotional star reunited with Dec on Britain’s Got Talent

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McPartlin (left) stepped away from his TV work last year after a drink-driving charge.

ANT McPartlin has made an emotional return to Britain’s Got Talent after almost a year away from the limelight.

He was reunited with his longtime on-screen partner Declan Donnelly for the first day of auditions at the London Palladium.

On Twitter before the show, the pair posted a photo captioned: “#BGT 2019. Audition day 1. The boys are back in town!”

It comes after McPartlin stepped away from his TV work in March last year following a drink-driving charge, leaving Donnelly to front the Britain’s Got Talent live shows alone.

McPartlin also missed the most recent series of I’m A Celebrity...

Get Me Out Of Here! - with Holly Willoughby taking his place.

Introducing the first audition show on Friday, Donnelly told the audience: “We’ve got the judges back, the golden buzzer is back, and someone else is back. My co-host for the series, would you please welcome... Mr Ant McPartlin.”

McPartlin, 43, appeared on stage and said: “Hello everyone. Oh God, I’m really, really emotional now.

I’ve missed you all.”

He then turned to his co-host, also 43, and said: “As for you, I’ve missed you. Thank you very much,

what a warm welcome. What a great show to come back to, I’m thrilled, I’m over the moon. Shall we move on before I cry?”

The audience cheered as the presenters hugged.

Simon Cowell, the show’s head judge, said: “Ant welcome back.

We missed you; it wasn’t the same.

“I mean even though Dec was brilliant, it still wasn’t the same.

It would be like me not being with David [Walliams], I would be happy, but not happy - if that makes sense. So on behalf of all of us, welcome back, we’re family.” (net)

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Firefighters stand at the scene of a massive blaze trigerred by a leaky pipeline in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo state, Mexico on January 18, 2019.

Death toll from Mexico fuel explosion rises to 85

The death toll from a fiery explosion in central Mexico rose to 85 on Sunday as authorities vowed to hold accountable those responsible for a deliberate fuel-line puncture that drew hundreds of people looking to gather gasoline before it ignited.

The search for human remains at the site of the explosion in the state of Hidalgo ended late Saturday.

While families began to bury the dead, officials indicated the death toll could still rise.

Health Minister Jorge Alcocer said 85 deaths were confirmed and that another 58 people were hospitalized in Hidalgo, while others in worse conditions had been moved to Mexico City for specialized treatment. Family members of the victims have called on the government to continue looking for remains and to bring back forensic experts for that purpose. Funerals already have begun, but the handover of remains has been slow because many

of the victims were burned beyond recognition.

The Hidalgo state prosecutor said 54 of the dead could not be readily identified, and require DNA analysis.

Mourners began arriving little by little at the home of one of the victims, while in the adjacent street a hearse carried another corpse.

“He’s gone forever,” sobbed a woman as the remains of Cesar Jimenez were transferred to a church for a funeral mass attended by dozens of relatives and friends.

At a cultural center, loved ones publicly displayed pictures of the missing.

“We are sick and tired of searching around in every hospital,” said Moises Mejia, trying to find his missing wife Karina Ugalde and her sister Angelica.

“We gave some DNA from their dad to see if they are in (nearby) Tula. We want them to search more (near the blast and fire). Why did they go and move all that dirt over there?” he asked.

Another man, Antonio Garcia, wandered about searching for his nephew Lupillo, 17.

“I don’t know what he was thinking going over there,” he said. “I would always see him buying his gas (at stations). I don’t understand

why he’d go over there to steal it.”

- A torrent of fuel Hundreds of people had been drawn to the place where suspected fuel thieves tapped into a pipeline in the town of Tlahuelilpan.

Images captured by local media showed a torrent of fuel escaping from a pipeline as people converged on the site with buckets and jerrycans to collect gasoline.

A massive explosion engulfed the area in flames, and local media showed images of people screaming as they fled, their clothes in flames, some with severe burns.

Asked whether those hospitalized would be considered suspects, Attorney General Alejandro Gertz said investigators do not seek to “victimize the communities.”

“We are going to find those responsible for actions that generated this tragedy,” he said. “Victimizing the whole population is not (the investigation’s) function nor is it established in the law.”

The disaster came during a crackdown by the new government of President Manuel Lopez Obrador on the lucrative illegal business of fuel thefts, which triggered shortages of gasoline.

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