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Wednesday, November 23, 2016 Actor Eddie Redmayne (L) poses with writer J.K. Rowling as they arrive for the European premiere of the film “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” at Cineworld Imax, Leicester Square in London, Britain November 15, 2016.

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‘Fantastic Beasts’ Debuts to Magical $75 Million

LOS ANGELES - “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” dominated the weekend box office, debuting to a boisterous $75 million and launching a new cinematic franchise.

It confirms Warner Bros.’ high hopes for the property and its decision to back five installments in the fantasy series. “Fantastic Beasts” is a spinoff of the Harry Potter films, but instead of Hogwarts, it unfolds in 1920s New York City and features an entirely new cast of wizards and mythical creatures.

The studio spent $180 million to make the picture, enlisting Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling to write the screenplay and bringing back David Yates, the director of several previous boy wizard outings. Eddie Redmayne stars as Newt Scamander, a textbook writer and collector

of the titular beasts.

“This is dead on what we were looking for,” said Jeff Goldstein, president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros. “Jo Rowling brilliantly told a story that inspired her fanbase to come out in a big way.”

It was a softer opening than any of the previous Potter films, but Warner Bros. argues that comparisons aren’t fair. Those movies were based on global best-sellers, whereas “Fantastic Beasts” is largely an original work.

“It’s not the same,” said Goldstein. “It’s apples and kumquats.”

Audiences may have embraced the return to Potter-dom, but they gave the cold shoulder to several new films, among them the boxing drama “Bleed for This” and the Iraq War drama “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.” Both pictures bombed, with “Bleed for This” eking out $2.4 million and “Billy Lynn’s” mustering $930,000 after expanding from four to 1,176 theaters. It has earned $1.1 million since opening in limited release a week ago, a disastrous result for a film that was expected to be a major Oscar contender.

Open Road is distributing “Bleed for This,” which chronicles Vinny Pazienza’s efforts to get back into the ring after a car accident. It has a $6 million budget, which cushions the box office blow. (rtr)

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Christmas holiday lights hang from trees to illuminate Champs Elysees avenue in Paris as rush hour traffic fills the avenue leading down to the Giant Ferris Wheel at place de la Concorde in Paris, France, November 21, 2016.

US warns of terrorism risk at Christmas markets across Europe WASHINGTON - American citizens are warned to avoid large crowds and be vigilant when visiting tourist sites over the holiday season. The US State Department is warning its citizens in Europe to be alert over the Christmas period because of a “heightened risk” of terror attacks.

It said it had “credible information” that Islamic State, al Qaeda and other militant groups were continuing to plan attacks in Europe. “US citizens should exercise caution at holiday festivals, events, and outdoor markets,” it added.

The advisory comes a day after France said it had arrested seven terror suspects in Strasbourg and Marseilles who had been plotting an attack for months.

Officials did not reveal the potential targets, but the arrests rattled nerves in Strasbourg, where a famed Christmas market opens in a few days.

The market, which attracts tourists from across the world, was the target of a failed extremist plot in 2000 by Algerian and French militants who had trained in Afghanistan. In its advisory, the State Department pointed out that extremists

had carried out attacks in Belgium, France, Germany and Turkey during the past year, and said it was still concerned about the potential for more attacks throughout Europe.

It said “extremist sympathisers or self-radicalised extremists” might try to carry out attacks.

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Number of tourist who visited Tanah Lot exceeded 2016 target

TABANAN —

As of the beginning of November some 3 million people visited the Tanah Lot tourist attraction. Operations Manager of Tanah Lot, I Ketut Toya Adnyana, said on Monday (Nov. 21) that between January and November 20 the tourist attraction received 3,074,633 domestic and foreign visitors. This number exceeded the 3 million visitors that was the target for 2016.

Toya added that the average number of both foreingn and domestic visitors to Tanah Lot per month was 290,771 people. The total of three million people, consisted of 1,589,629 foreign travelers (52 percent) and 1,485,004 domestic travelers (48 percent).

Most of the foreign visitors were form China , Taiwan, Australia and Japan. Last year there were slightly less visitors will a total of 3,179,617 people who came to Tanah Lot. In order to attract visitors, the management prioritizes the comfort and safety of those who visit. The management also continues to make improvements to

infrastructure. In December, for example the management will renovate some of the kiosks on site and will install paving blocks in the central lane. “We aim to have this completed by the end of the year”, he added.

For the safety of visitors to Tanah Lot, dozens of pecalang (customary security guard), security guards and six lifesguards are also on site. There are also 24 CCTVs that oversee strategic parts of the tourist attraction.. “Through such efforts, we hope to continuously increase the number of tourists who visit Tanah Lot”m concluded Toya. (kmb24)

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Night Safari Bali Safari & Marine Park, home for more than 60 different species of animals, continues to develop its facilities for the pleasure of its visitors. After 2 years of successful operations, the Night Safari has become a signature at the park along with the Safari Journey, Bali Agung Show, Elephant Safari, Tsavo Lion Restaurant, Mara River Safari Lodge, Funzone and Waterpark.

Another uplifting programs have been added to enhance the existing Night Safari package and make this fun excursion much more memorable. From Walking Safari around the park, continue with Night Safari through the African Savannah, get up close and personal with the animals at animal encounter, watching the fire dance, drumming, and puppet show named Afrika! Rhythm of Fire Show,

to enjoying the barbeque dinner at Nkuchiro Bar. Went too quick! Very well organized. Kids loved feeding zebra, elephant and cow. Tigers and lions so close you can touch them! Dinner not well liked by 6 & 8 year old. Adults loved it. Lioness roaring while we were eating was amazing. Buy 1 cocktail get 1 free .... omg so strong we giggled the whole way home.

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Guliang Kangin tourism village draws visitors by using local wisdom

BANGLI —

Guliang Kangin tourism village in Tamanbali has just strated to develop tourism over the past few years. In an effort to increase the

number of visitors to this village, not only is the natural beauty of Guliang Kangin promoted, but there local wisdom is also taken advantage of with drama perfor-

Guliang Village

mances that tell the story of the founding of the village.

Chief of Guliang Kangin customary village, Ngakan Putu Suarsana, said on Monday (Nov.

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21) that since its establishment as a tourism village in 2014, thre have been a fair number of visitors thanks to efforst made by the village’S tourism management.

Rahter than simply relying on the natural beauty of the village, local wisdom is used to ensure that visitors are not bored. “Our local wisdom is our selling point”, he explained.

A dramatic performance that tells the story of the formatio of the village, was staged in Satruday Saturday (Nov. 19) to an audience of people taking part in an Outbound Adventure and was entitled: “Life is a Journey for Deutsche Bank.” The perfomance not only involves local residents but foreign travellers as well.

“Not only is it important in terms of passing on the story of this village but also in terms of improving relations between local residents and visitor who happen to have a different culture”, said village Chief Suarsana.

We plan to continue holdoing such activities and offering this

experience to visitors. Prior to performing the drama, the tourism village bordering with Gianyar district was already sharing there local wisdom related to agriculture, such as plowing and cultivating land in traditional techniques by means of cattle. Punding rice and making oblations are two other activities that visitors can take part in.

“We need to be abel to read travel trends and see what travellers are interested in . Currently, they mostly prefer activities that allow them to get in touch with with nature and local wisdom”, he said.

Suarsana added that another unique aspect of Guliang Kangin is the eleven spouts of water located here that are abel to cure various diseases. Both foregin and domestic visitors come here to bathe in them. “When scrutinizing the brief history of the formation of Guliang Kangin hamlet, our ancestors asked to maintain the showers. Which we have done so far. Then travellers started to come to enjoy them too”, he affirmed. (kmb45)

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WEEKLY EVENTS and FARMERS MARKETS EVERY SATURDAY Meditation class by Mangku Budi Dharma 14-16:30 Bona, Blahbatuh meet at Ubud Cocomarket at 13:00 Saturday Market Oldman’s Cafe Canggu, Batu Bolong Beach, pottery fresh produce, clothing Sand Beach Club and Restaurant, Sanur Every second Saturday Biasa Art Space, Jl. Raya Seminyak 24, Seminyak, Fresh produce, potted plants, meat pie, sshie, coffee and more.

Every Saturday 9AM-2PM OrganIc Farmer’s Market Pizza Bagus (Jl. Pengosekan), Ubud EVERY SUNDAY Soul to soul spirituall dialogue Anand Ashram, Ubud Jl Sri Wedari KM 3 Mantra chanting 6-6:30pm Navaraha Arati 6:30-6:45pm Meditation, Satsang and celebration 6:45-8:30pm www.ubudashram.org

SUNDAY MARKETS 10AM 1PM Sunday Market at Batu Jimbar Jl. Danau Tablingan , Sanur

9AM-2PM Wednesday and Sunday Ubud Organik Market Jl. Raya Pengosekan across from Zens Hotel Tebesaya, Ubud

10AM-4PM The Sands Beach Club and Restaurant Sunday MArket Jl. Danau Tamblingan, No 27, Sanur

12PM-10PM Sunday Food Festival & Bazaar Byrdhouse Beach Club, Sanur

9:30AM-1PM Sunday Market @ Warung Sopa Jl. Sugriwas no36, Padang Tegal, Ubud

10AM-6PM, Mercure,last sunday of every month, jl. ,Mertasari, Sanur, fashion food and and kids activities

9AM-2PM Samadi Sunday Market Jalan. Padang Linjong 39, Canggu,

The Coffee Spot, Jalan Peigenet 888X,Seminyak, last Sunday of every month, garage sale clothing, books, and hand-made jewellery

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Hedge in the cloud: funds outsourcing computing power step into unknown

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In this Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, an Apple employee, right, instructs a journalist on the use of the fingerprint scanner technology built into the company’s iPhone 5S during a media event in Beijing.

Why fingers make handy, if not foolproof, digital keys

LONDON - Tucked into the attic of a Georgian building in London’s West End, seven people run a $200 million hedge fund following artificial intelligence formulas. But the supercomputers that process their complex algorithms are nowhere to be seen.

While most established hedge funds keep their trading systems at close quarters, Piquant Technologies outsources all its IT to third parties via the cloud, where multiple computing resources are shared by multiple and often unrelated users.

Moving data off-site to cloud providers may be physically safer than storing servers in an office in Mayfair and may even provide security in anonymity.

Piquant co-founders James Holloway, 32, and Iain Buchanan, 36, say putting their trading and back office systems on external platforms halves hardware costs and means one less person to hire for maintenance.

“Do not burgle Piquant - it’s not worth it,” said Holloway, the fund’s Chief Investment Officer. “In our office we have really no hardware except for a mouse, a keyboard and a screen.”

But risks lurk if data is not properly protected.

Technology provider RFA, which has 576 hedge fund clients globally, said 20 percent - or 115 - of them funds moved some operations to the cloud last year.

The likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft are winning new customers - asset managers who gain access to the latest supercomputers without having to buy any hardware, helping them cut costs.

Regulators are trying to keep up, raising concerns about how well the risks are monitored.

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority spelled out in guidelines earlier this year that use of the cloud must not “erode, impair or worsen the firms operational risk”.

It said “some respondents” wrote in to challenge that prerequisite.

The regulator also asked funds to actively supervise and test arrangements. The Monetary Authority of Singapore added the topic to its guidelines.

Regulators in Germany, Spain, Italy and the United States have put out no guidelines specifically on cloud usage, though many address outsourcing generally. They declined to comment on whether they might provide future guidelines. (rtr)

SAN FRANCISCO — It sounds like a great idea: Forget passwords, and instead lock your phone or computer with your fingerprint. It’s a convenient form of security — though it’s also perhaps not as safe as you’d think.

In their rush to do away with problematic passwords, Apple, Microsoft and other tech companies are nudging consumers to use their own fingerprints, faces and eyes as digital keys. Smartphones and other devices increasingly feature scanners that can verify your identity via these “biometric” signatures in order to unlock a gadget, sign into web accounts and authorize electronic payments.

But there are drawbacks: Hackers could still steal your fingerprint — or its digital representation. Police may have broader legal powers to make you unlock your phone. And so-called “biometric” systems are so convenient they could lull users into a false sense of security.

“We may expect too much from

biometrics. No security systems are perfect,” said Anil Jain, a computer science professor at Michigan State University who helped police unlock a smartphone by using a digitally enhanced ink copy of the owner’s fingerprints.

BYPASSING THE PASSWORD Biometric security seems like a natural solution to well-known problems with passwords. Far too many people choose weak and easilyguessed passwords like “123456” or “password.” Many others reuse a single password across online accounts, all of which could be hacked if the password is compromised. And of course some use no password at all when they can get away with it, as many phones allow.

As electronic sensors and microprocessors have grown cheaper and more powerful, gadget makers have started adding biometric sensors to familiar products.

Apple’s iPhone 5S, launched in 2013, introduced fingerprint scanners to a mass audience, and rival phone makers quickly followed suit. Microsoft built biometric capabilities into the latest version of its Windows 10 software, so you can unlock your PC by briefly looking at the screen. Samsung is now touting an iris-scanning system in its latest Galaxy Note devices.

All those systems are based on the notion that each user’s fingerprint — or face, or iris — is unique.

But that doesn’t mean they can’t be reproduced. (ap)

Give coaching on importance of education

SEMARAPURA — The government of Klungkung has made a comitment to elimintating child labour in Klunkung so that children can receive education as is appropriate to their age. In order to reducde the dropout rate, the Klungkung Social Service and Manpower Agency will be exploring every village to make sure that children can return to school.

Head of the Klungkung Social Service and Manpower Agency, I.B. Anom Adnyana, said that this year his agency has returned 61 child workers to school. According to him, the child workers are now studying at various levels such as package A, B and C as well at in public schools. Before being returned to school, the working children had been during routine seraches of villages and the children were first given counciling. “We coach the kids first so that they are not surprised when they go to scholl”, he said on Monday (Nov. 21).

The child workers then had help applying to the Klungkung Education Agency for scholarships. According to Adnyana, there are a variety of reasons that these children had dropped out of school. Other than economic conditions, lack of awareness about the importance of school education in the family environment also causes children to be directed to work rather than learning at school.

The role of the agency and companion agencies is very much required in order teach people about the imprtance of education. After successfully returning 61 working children to school, Klungkung Social Service and Manpower Agency will continue to search other villages in 2017. Undeniably there are still children who quit school in order to work, and so it is important that they be given the chance to go to school as a a way to improve their fate. (dwa)

Deputy Regent wants traditional markets to always be clean The process of making Ravana Statue

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Ravana and Sita statue made by Denpasar artist

The construction of a Ravana and Sita statue at the intersection of Pelaga village, Petang, has been started by an artist from Denpasar. The budget allocated for this intersection garden project is IDR 629,295,500.

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Social Services investigate child labor

MANGUPURA —

A exterior view of Equinox data center where many hedge funds outsource data security to cloud providers, in Slough, Britain October 25, 2016. Picture taken October 25, 2016.

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Head of the Badung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), Putu Eka Merthawan, when contacted on Monday (Nov. 21) confirmed that the the statue in Regent of Badun’S hometwom of Petang will be worked on by an artist from Denpasar. “ Ye s , t h e s t a t u e w i l l b e made by sculptor Nyoman Sudawa from Denpasar. This is not because we doubt the ability of artists form Badung. He was chosen simply because he fit the criteria”,he said.

As Merthawan explained, making a sculpture of large

size requires precise calculations and experience, so determining the sculptor cannot be done arbitrarily. “Not all sculptors have this experise.

He (Nyoman Sudawa—Ed) has experience in making large scale sculptures. The winner of the bid for the project appointed him”, he added.

He also ensured that the project will be completed before the end of the year. “On December 20, it should be submitted to us”, he said.

This official also explained that the statue will be four meters high and will be or-

namented with lighting and plants in the garden under the statue.

Previously, the government of Badung allocated the remaining funds obtained from the regional incentive fund to build a number of gardens at intersections in some other villages in North Badung. Three gardens will be built with the budget of IDR 2,194,618,175; one in Dauh Yeh Cani village (Abiansemal), one at the intersection of Pelaga (Petang) and a garden on the border of Badung and Bangli at Belok Sidan village (Petang). (kmb27)

NEGARA — A number of traditional markets in Jembrana have been renovated as a way to encourage people to want to shop in them. However, the problem of garbage needs to be a prioroty in order to ensure comfort and adequate sanitation, said Deputy Regent of Jembrana, I Made Kembang Hartawan while inspecting the morning market at Tengah hamlet, in Negara on Monday (Nov.21).

This newly revitalized market with new stalls and an open style layout has started to operate again. However, while inspecting the conditions of the market, Deputy Regent Kembang still found rubbush scattered about.

He said that this was most regrettable as comfort and cleaniness impacts on people’s desire to want to shop there.

According to Regent Kembang, transactions that take place in a clean and comfortable market will become increasingly smoother and shoppers will be encourage to make purchases. Merchants, he added will therefor benefit from more sales.

“I want this market’s management to copy the concept of modern markets that are clean always clean. Celaning staff are always on hand to keep things clean – not just after the market closes. As soon as there is any garbage, it chould be swept by by the cleaning staff”, said Kembang to the Managing Director of Perusda Jembrana, IGK Kusuma Wijaya, and his staff.

After being renovated, this market that is located in a residential area, can now accommodate 20 open space merchants, 42 kiosks and a special open space for 20 fish mongers. Kembang also assessed that the open space for the fish mongers could be provided with a a cold sotrage space in the futur so that there fish will remian fresh for a loneger period of time.

Also this would allow the area aroudn the market to become clean and odor-less. “We want the management of this market in Tengah hamlet to become a role model for the arrangement of other traditional markets in Jembrana”, said Kembang.

Acting Head of the Jembrana Commerce and Cooperative Agency, I Made Sudantra, said that there Tengah hamlet market will continue to be renovated and should be finished by next year. The revitlzation of the market that was done by creating this open space with a IDR. 1.4 billion budget will be followed by renovations of merchant facilities and the fish mongers’ open sapce using funds allocated from the regional budget. (kmb26)

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SMI still faced with capital and equipment issues

BANGLI - The number of small and medium industries (SMI) in Bali has been increasing every year as prospects look promising.

However the progroess of these businesses is not smooth. Access to capital and lack of equipment remain major constraints that a number of industry plaeyrs face.

Secretary of the Bali Commerce and Industry Agency, IGA Andari, conveyed this matter during a visit to a herbal medicine business in Demulih village, Susut, on Monday (Nov. 21).

Andari said that the growth of this industry in Bali between 2011 and 2015 increased as herbal medicines products were much in demand by consumers. Not only does this provide income to the business owners but also provides jobs for others. “The potential this industrty in Bali is still very large. But access to capital and equipment are still obstacles faced by many samll businesses. This has become a classic problem” said Andari accompanied by Head of the Bangli Commerce and Industry Agency, I Nengah Sudibia.

To overcome issues related to capital, the previous government had been working to facilitate requests for assistance from the central government. However not all businesses could be assisted.. Nonetheless, the opportunity to get capital can still be accessed through financial institutions offering low interest rates. “Now, there is a soft loan with quite a low interest rate. This can be one of the solutions to overcome the capital issues”, said Andari.

When asked about the matter of packaging and the quality of products, this official that is also a member of Bali handicraft council said that on average they are quite good. Nonetheless, there still needs to be some coaching especially by the district government. “Most of the marketing is doen online, this is very good and should be continued”, she said.

Head of the Bangli Commerce and Industry Agency, I Nengah Sudibia, also recognized that capital and equipment remain major constraints for a number of industry players in Bangli. Amid such conditions, he expressed his readiness to facilitate requests for help from the central government. But related to direct grants, he said that this is not possible. “IN order to obtain a grant, businesses must be a legal entity. So far no industry on Bangli qualifies as such. We are only able to facilitate requests from the central government”, he explained.

Sudibia said that he would continue to provide coaching and training.

A budget for this has been allocated in the regional budget 2017. Later, development will be more focused on improving product quality. “If the quality is good, it will automatically tranalste into icreased sales”, nhe concluded. (kmb45)

The traditional Balinese medicine made in Bangli

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China’s Xi calls on HK leader to maintain stability

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The giant mushroom

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Large mushroom shocks residents of Selat

AMLAPURA - A large mushroom is growing in the home yard area of 46 year old I Nyoman Widiastra, in Geriana Kangin hamlet, North Duda, Selat. News of the emergence of the large mushroom three weeks ago that was spread by word of mouth shocked residents of Selat. Many have com eto see for themselves.

As seen on Sunday (Nov. 20), a number of residents had come to see the unique mushroom. Widiastra and his neighbor Ketut Berata said that initially the mushroom was about as large as a soup bowl or about 15 cm in diamete. Since the mushroom was growing in the yard of his home, it was accidently stepped on. The broekn off piece of the mushroom was then placed next to the mushroom that continued to grow. As of Sunday, the mushroom had reached a diameter of 50 cm

and a height of 30 cm.

Widiastra’s 22 year old son Wayan Darma, said that since the head of the bluish white mushroom is so big, many neighbours have come to visit to see the mushroom firsthand.

The mushroom is growing at the base of a gnemon tree, as if emmerging from the root of the tree between some rocks. A number of people have come to take a small part of the mushroom head in order to make healing oil.

One of Widiastra’s neighbours,

50 year old Nyoman Nyeri, 50, said that about three years ago a similar mushroom grew in the same location as this large wonder, but that it had grown much smaller. Neither Widiastra nor Nyeri aknow what type of mushroom this is.

Residents of Selat said that a few years ago a similar large enough mushroom grew in the cemetery near the Dalem Temple of Selat customary village. Also another similar mushroom is known to have grown in Tukad Sabuh, approximately three km from the location of the current mushroom, about two years ago. The temperature in the region of Selat is indeed quite cool and it frequently rains so the humidity is quite high making for ideal conditions for mushrooms to grow. (013)

Kadin encourages craftsmen to grab online market

GIANYAR - The marketing of handicraft products should be further developed to reach the global marketplace, particularly through online marketing. This trend however has yet to be considered by many crafters people in Gianyar, either, SMEs and SMIs. Whereas al that is needed to reach this market is a smartphone so that they can reach customers 24

hours a day.

Chairman of the Gianyar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), Wayan Gede Arsania, said on Monday (Nov. 21) that online market opportunity should be taken advantage of by artisans in Gianyar because the world is currently moving towards online sales. “Through this online system, there is no distance between

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prodcuts and people, so this opportunity should really be used”, he said.

Arsania explained there are many advantages of utilizing online markets, such as the fact that they do not need to rent a shop, not hire employees to mind it, not display any merchandise. “As long as they have a smartphone, they are ready to communicate 24 hours a day. The

online market is ready to be played in the hand”, he explained.

Besides, by taking advanttage of an online business opportunities, he added, people can work on their own time and do not need a lot of capital.

Arsania added however that the most important thing about sellling crafts online is that the quality of products not be deceptive. “Overall, the

method of delivery is very efficient”, he added.

Arsania also appealed to the younger generation, especially crafts poeople, to not only create great works but also to market them to the world. “This is a golden opportunity and anyone can sell products via the online marketplace using all the existing social media” he said.(kmb)

People crowd the entrance of the State Bank of India branch to deposit or exchange their old high denomination banknotes in Beawar city in the desert state of Rajasthan, India, November 21, 2016.

Stranded trucks, unpaid workers: India Inc counts cost of cash crunch

MUMBAI - Like millions of Indians fed up with corruption and counterfeiting, Vimal Somani cheered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shock move to replace all high-value banknotes.

Two weeks on, his business is being hammered by the ensuing cash crunch.

Sales at Somani’s aluminium foil maker, Rockdude Impex, have fallen by roughly a quarter in the past week, and the cash shortage that followed the “demonetisation” drive has left his supply chain in tatters: his trucks are stranded with no money for fuel, workers won’t load goods for free, and distributors can’t pay up.

Modi’s move on Nov. 8 was aimed at cracking down on corruption and flushing out funds stashed away in India’s “black economy”.

But the cancellation of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes ($7.3 and $14.7), more than 80 percent of currency in circulation, threatens to push Asia’s third-largest economy into a liquidity crisis.

Consumer spending makes up 56 percent of India’s $2 trillion economy. But with just the small stock of smaller denomination notes available and a struggle to get hold of new bills, consumers are holding back.

The government has acknowledged that the disruption would last weeks because of delays in note printing and technical problems with ATM machines, but Modi has made a plea for patience until Dec. 30. The government said it could not have printed new notes or recalibrated cash machines in advance for fear of the move leaking out.

Meanwhile, supply chains at small, medium and even larger companies are breaking down, underlining just how much corporate India - not just the shadow economy - relies on hard cash.

“The entire supply chain has broken,” said Somani, who employs 150 people across India from his base outside Mumbai.

Problems at Rockdude go from its network of suppliers to its 1,500 distributors and 150 stockists. Its sales team, spread from Delhi to Nagaland in the east and all the way to the south, is rapidly running

short of cash to promote a planned new product, even for the rickshaw rides they use to travel.

Revenues have frozen, Somani says, but fixed costs continue, including wages. These are paid online, but his staff cannot get access without being given time off to queue at the bank.

“We are cutting production,” he added. “If this goes on for two more months, then it will hit us very badly.”

An executive at a mid-sized hair oil manufacturer, a beauty staple in India, said sales had crumpled as consumers simply stopped buying shampoos and lotions. Wholesale markets, which operate in cash, are shut. Distributors have no cash.

“We are planning to extend some discounts to the distributors so that they at least replenish the amount of stocks they are selling, instead of not buying from us at all,” he said.

“We are cutting production every day,” he added.

Like many of the businessmen interviewed by Reuters, he declined to be named, given the sensitivity of the issue. (rtr)

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to uphold national unity and maintain social and political stability, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday.

A meeting of the two political leaders on the sidelines of the APEC summit in the Peruvian capital Lima comes amid deepening concerns in Beijing over a fledgling independence movement in Hong Kong and recent street protests in the city.

Xi said he hopes that Leung “resolutely upholds national unity and maintains social and political stability”, said Xinhua, adding Xi offered Leung and his government full support.

His remarks echoed comments the Chinese president made in Beijing last week when he said China will never allow any part of its territory to break off.

Hong Kong leader Leung told reporters Xi made “forceful” comments on the issue of Hong Kong independence.

“Very simply put and very forcefully, the president said there is no room whatsoever for Hong Kong independence under the ‘one country, two systems’ arrangement,” Leung said, adding they did not discuss the issue in length during the meeting that lasted 45 minutes.

Hong Kong’s High Court last week backed a government demand to bar two recently elected lawmakers from the city’s legislature, after the court and Beijing both ruled they had insulted China when taking their oath of office.

Before the ruling, about 2,000 lawyers protested against Beijing stepping in and interpreting the city’s mini-constitution in the middle of the lawsuit, a move they said interfered with Hong Kong’s judicial independence.

Leung said Xi affirmed that the legal interpretation was “necessary.”

Democratically elected Yau Wai-ching, 25, and Baggio Leung, 30, sparked controversy last month when they displayed a banner declaring “Hong Kong is not China” and substituted derogatory terms for “China” while taking their oaths.

Demonstrators angry at Beijing’s rulings clashed with riot police in early November, unfurling umbrellas to block pepper spray in scenes reminiscent of the 2014 pro-democracy protests, dubbed the “Umbrella Movement”, that brought key intersections to a halt for weeks on end.

Hong Kong, a former British colony, returned to China in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” agreement that ensured its freedoms and wide-ranging autonomy, including a separate legal system. But Communist Party rulers in Beijing have ultimate control, stepping in to interpret the Basic Law, and some Hong Kong people are concerned they are increasingly interfering to head off dissent. (rtr)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) attend a meeting of the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Business Advisory Council in Lima, Peru, November 19, 2016.

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Australia, Indonesia help farmers to overcome climate change

Sneakers show limits of trade policy in reviving jobs for Trump

CALIFORNIA - American companies from appliance makers to auto parts suppliers have lined up to offer a quiet caution to President-elect Donald Trump as he considers pulling the United States from trade deals: most lost manufacturing jobs aren’t coming back, but higher costs for consumers could.

Consider the sneaker industry, one of the first to move to Asia because of the sharply lower cost of production in China and Vietnam.

Nike Inc. and its smaller, privately held rival New Balance Shoes Inc. split over the question of whether the United States should back the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. But if Trump and a Republicancontrolled Congress nix that trade deal as expected, both companies and the analysts who track them agree Asia is poised to keep its dominance as the in the industry’s manufacturing hub.

Companies like Nike have invested too much in those lower-wage economies to consider moving factories, even if tariffs rise and push up costs for American consumers, analysts say. Any new hiring in the United States will be years down the road and depend on refining production technologies like 3-D printing that could make it profitable to hire relatively small numbers of American production staff. The same dynamic applies to other industries, like auto parts, which have moved production to Mexico over the past two decades, executives say.

That suggests a problem that the Trump administration will bump against if it tries to pursue a harder line on trade agreements from NAFTA to TPP. Shoe companies, like other manufacturers, could be forced to pass on higher costs to consumers, but few executives see a serious case for new hiring in the United States because of a change in tariffs on imports.

“The idea of moving shoe manufacturing to advanced countries is a little bit of a farce,” says Ed Van Wezel the CEO of Hi-tech International Holdings BV, an Amsterdam-based shoemaker that sells about 30 percent of its shoes in the U.S. The U.S. imports about 98 percent of its footwear 2.5 billion pairs last year, or nearly eight pair for every man, woman and child. Shoemaking went offshore decades ago, mainly to China, because the process is so labor intensive. Making a single pair of running shoes can require up to 80 production steps.

The average shoe worker in Vietnam earns about $245 a month, while shoe tariffs can range from zero up to 48 percent, according the U.S. International Trade Commission. The average is just over 13 percent.

“The ones that stand to lose out here are consumers, because if we start to eliminate trade deals, they’ll be paying a lot more for shoes,” says Matt Priest, president of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America, which represents the industry in Washington.

The same dynamic is seen in other industries. Ford Motor Co CEO Mark Fields said last week that big tariffs on cars and trucks imported from Mexico would hurt the auto industry and the U.S. economy. But he remained committed to making small cars in Mexico because the profits on making those cars in the U.S. are so low. (rtr)

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JAKARTA - Australia is working together with Indonesian forestry and agriculture industries to prevent forest and peat fires as part of broader efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts.

A press release from the Australian Embassy in Jakarta received

by Antara here on Sunday stated Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has announced the Australian Land Maintenance Package to support countries in the Indo-Pacific region, including Indonesia, to meet emissions reduction targets.

“Australia will provide 10 million Australian dollars to help Indonesia reduce carbon emission and to more efficiently develop the agriculture and forestry sectors which are the largest sources of emissions,” Minister Bishop said.

The land maintenance package will involve the Australian expertise in the field agriculture.

Australian farmers who are environmentalists apply agricultural practices and the latest technology in order to deal with climate change impacts, Bishop explained.

In 2015, Australia cooperated with Indonesia in addressing forest and peat fires with water bombers sent to Sumatra.

In addition, Australia provided medical equipment for people in Riau, East Kalimantan and West Kalimantan who suffered from respiratory irregularities and other diseases caused by haze. (ant)

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A French farmer drives a tractor as he ploughs a field in front of power-generating windmill turbines on a wind park in Vauvillers, near Amiens, in France, November 23, 2015.

Politics may trigger shift in European economic policy

BERLIN - Slowly but surely, the economic policy tide in Europe is turning, and it may only be a matter of time before Germany is swept up.

By adding its voice this week to the long list of institutions pressing Germany to spend more, the European Commission left Berlin looking more isolated and out-of-step than at any time since the outbreak of the global financial crisis nearly a decade ago.

Predictably, the Commission’s call for a “significantly more positive fiscal stance” in the euro area was shot down

by Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and the conservative media establishment in Germany.

On Friday, Schaeuble accused the Commission of overstepping its mandate and urged it to focus its energies on enforcing the EU’s fiscal rules.

But by this time next year, the episode may be looked back upon as the first step towards a broader change in Europe’s economic approach, away from the austerity-first stance pushed successfully

by Berlin for many years.

This could be fuelled by a range of factors: the pressures arising from Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. election and the arrival of new governments in France

and Germany in 2017.

“We expect that the German position will gradually lose influence,” Marco Protopapa of JPMorgan said this week.

Trump’s win is especially significant.

On the one hand, it is likely to increase pressure on Germany to spend more public money on defence and security.

On the other, it sends a powerful signal to the German political establishment about the dangers of ignoring an increasingly frustrated underclass, buffeted by the forces of globalisation, that has shown a readiness to vent its anger at the ballot box.

GRAND BARGAIN The looming French election will be crucial. Centre-right frontrunner Alain Juppe, and his top conservative rivals Francois Fillon and Nicolas Sarkozy, are all promising radical economic reform if they are elected in May of next year.

That could open the door to the sort of “grand bargain”, or reforms-for-stimulus compromise between France and Germany, that has been talked about for years but was impossible with a weak, unpopular Francois Hollande in the Elysee and the French economy languishing.

“We are very much in the grand bargain game,” an adviser to Juppe told Reuters.

The real game changer could be the German election in the autumn of next year and the fate of Schaeuble, the personification of Germany’s rule-based restrictive approach to fiscal policy.

The most likely outcome of that vote looks like another “grand coalition” between Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD). Schaeuble, 74, has already said that he plans to run for a seat in the Bundestag again, a signal to many that he would like to continue to play an important role in the next cabinet.

But the SPD, which would probably have first choice of ministries in such a constellation, could claim the finance ministry this time around, as they did in 2005 in Merkel’s first term. That would push Schaeuble into another ministry, blunting his role as a guardian of fiscal rectitude.

One senior official who served in both grand coalitions said the lessons of the past years would push Merkel’s next coalition partner to take the finance ministry instead of the foreign ministry, the traditional first choice.

“Regardless of who that partner is, everyone has understood that the finance ministry has a great deal more value than the foreign ministry,” the official said. (rtr)

ANTARA/Ampelsa

Workers completed the infrastructure construction of road bridges on the national road track, Krueng Cut, Aceh Besar, Aceh, Sunday (Nov. 06, 2016). The Government through the Ministry of Finance to make sure the infrastructure expenditure in 2017 is set at Rp387,3 trillion, among others earmarked for the construction of bridges and roads.

Acceleration of infrastructure development is today’s catchword

JAKARTA - The key to success in transforming backwardness into modernity is infrastructure. Indeed civilization is often gauged by the condition and availability of infrastructure.

The past glory of the ancient Hinduism and Buddhist kingdoms in Indonesia is marked by traditional irrigation system and many temples and other artifacts in Java.

Even the heyday of the Dutch colonization had a legacy in Indonesia in the form of infrastructure.

Most of the countrys railways and highways date back to the Dutch colonial time.

Poor infrastructure has often been the complaint of investors and prospective investors in the country. Indonesia is one of the favorite investment destinations in the world but many investors think twice before embarking on big ventures because of inadequate infrastructure.

The country with a population of around 260 million or the fourth largest in the world would need around Rp150 trillion a year to modernize its basic infrastructure including roads and bridges, irrigation systems and water reservoirs or dams.

A much larger budget would be needed for power plants, ports, airports and other modern infrastructure.

Official data at the National Development Planning Board said in the 2014-2019 period the country would need a budget of Rp5,000 trillion for infrastructure development, while the state budget could put up only Rp600 trillion. That means the govern-

ment has to find way to plug up the big deficit.

Observers and economists in Indonesia have often attributed the countrys weak competitiveness to inadequate infrastructure, poor bureaucracy and corruption.

According to data from World Economic Forum (WEF) 2016, Indonesia was the 37th among 144 countries in competitiveness.

Among the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) Indonesia is the largest economy but only the fourth in competitiveness after Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

In competitiveness and quality of infrastructure the country was ranked the 82 among 142 countries, Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono has been quoted as saying. (ant)

Prambanan to launch Banyunibo kampong tourism promotion in December

SLEMAN - The Prambanan sub-district administration will launch Banyunibo kampong tourism promotion in Cepit, Bokoharjo village, Sleman District, Yogyakarta, on December 10, 2016.

“The launch will be highlighted with an exhibition promoting tourism potential of Prambanan sub-district,” Prambanan Sub-district Head Abu Bakar said here, Sunday.

Among tourism attractions to be promoted are Banyunibo Temple and Banyunibo waterfall.

“There are many other cultural heritage sites such as the temples of Ijo, Barong, Banyunibo, Miri, and Boko Queen. Besides, there are many nature-based tourism destinations. Natural scenery seen from hilly area is also fantastic here,” he noted.

“Spot Riyadi” tour agencys owner, Riyadi said the number of domestic and foreign tourists have increased significantly.

“We have operated since two years ago, and its always full particularly during fine weather as tourists want to enjoy views of sunset and sunrise,” he said. (ant)

ANTARA/Aditya Pradana Putra

Photo document of travelers visiting the temple Banyunibo in Bokoharjo, Sleman, Yogyakarta (DIY). Buddhist-style temple that has one main temple and six ancillary temple was built in the ninth century, and was rediscovered in 1940 and then completely refurbished in the parent section in 1978.

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Burdened but unbowed, Merkel faces biggest test in tilt at 4th term

BERLIN - Announcing on Sunday she will seek a fourth term in office, Germany’s Angela Merkel faces perhaps the biggest test of her career: defending the European and transatlantic status quo amid huge uncertainty for both.

Already chancellor for 11 years, she must now anchor a western alliance shaken by Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory, and bind together a European Union in

which Germany has forged its post-war identity but which now risks breaking apart.

What is more, with the imminent departure of U.S. President

Barack Obama, Merkel alone stands as the West’s last great hope for liberal democracy - a mantle she must assume from a position of diminished standing

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It added: “US citizens should exercise vigilance when attending large holiday events, visiting tourist sites, using public transportation, and frequenting places of worship, restaurants, hotels, etc.”

The alert will stay in place until 20 February next year.

Arrest French anti-terrorism police have arrested seven men in Strasbourg and Marseille who had links to Syria and had been plotting an attack on France for several months, the interior minister said Monday.

A series of arrests in June and this past Sunday put an end to the plot and “allowed us to thwart a terrorist act that had been envisaged for a long time on our soil,” Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters in Paris. France remains under a state of emergency imposed after deadly Islamic State attacks on

Paris last year.

The suspects are believed to have initially wanted to target the Euro 2016 European soccer tournament earlier this year but later focused on another target, possibly in Paris or Marseille, according to a security official. The official was not authorized to be publicly named speaking about ongoing investigations.

The June arrests involved people behind financing the alleged attack plot, while the Sunday arrests targeted the operational team â?? and both groups were under orders from unidentified commanders in Syria, the official said. Weapons were also seized in Sunday’s arrests, the official said.

Cazeneuve said investigators are studying whether the thwarted attack was part of a larger plot to attack multiple sites simultaneously.

Five of the suspects are French, one is Moroccan and the other Afghan, and they are between 29 and 37 years old, the security official said. Cazeneuve said six of them

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a news conference, to announce that she will run again for the Chancellorship in the next year general elections, at the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU) headquarters in Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2016.

hadn’t been known to intelligence services.

The Moroccan had apparently been living in Portugal. Portuguese police said Monday that they had flagged a 26-year-old Moroccan residing in Aveiro in northern Portugal to other European authorities, warning that he was part of a terrorist group. In statement, the police said they had been watching him since 2015, and he was arrested by French police over the weekend.

One of the suspects worked for the Strasbourg city government on special events, Strasbourg metropolitan area president Robert Hermann said, according to his office.

The arrests rattled nerves in Strasbourg because they came just five days before the opening of the city’s famed Christmas market, which attracts tourists from across Europe and was the target of a failed extremist plot in 2000 by Algerian and French militants who had trained in Afghanistan. (ap/rtr)

at home, and which may prove too much.

“If she chooses to continue, she will have big burdens,” Obama told reporters during a farewell visit to Berlin last week. “I wish I could be there to lighten her load somewhat, but she is tough.”

She will need to be. To succeed on the international stage in a fourth term, Merkel must first heal divisions over her open-door refugee policy that has alienated the Bavarian wing of her nation-wide conservative alliance.

Polls put her Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) on around 33 percent, down some 10 percentage points from summer last year.

Merkel will campaign for next September’s election in an increasingly fractured political landscape, in which the farright Alternative for Germany (AfD) is likely to enter the national parliament for the first time next year.

Her likely coalition partners are the Social Democrats

(SPD), who are some 10 points behind her conservatives and with whom she now rules. But the AfD’s rise makes coalition building more complicated and voters also risk becoming tired of her.

“Boredom weakens you, even makes for ridicule, just as it did in Kohl’s fourth and final term,” said Josef Joffe, editor of German weekly Die Zeit, with reference to Merkel’s mentor, former longtime Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

Named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2015, Merkel oversaw Europe’s absorption last year of the biggest influx of migrants to the continent since World War Two, having only just steered the bloc through the euro zone crisis.

“She is someone who finds satisfaction in all these challenges,” one official close to Merkel, speaking on condition of anonymity, said of Lutheran pastor ’s daughter who grew up in communist East Germany. (rtr)

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Natar Sari Temple, balancer of the world TABANAN - Once a year, customary villagers of Apuan, Baturiti subdistrict, Tabanan, organize a grandiose temple anniversary in the Natar Sari Temple. It coincides with Tumpek Krulut. At this time, the temple anniversary or pujawali falls on Saturday (Aug 20). It has become a tradition that every pujawali will be attended by dozens of sanctified effigies in the form of Barong. The barong effigies sanctified by Hindu devotees in the five regencies such as Tabanan, Gianyar, Badung, Bangli and Jembrana are escorted to attend the ritual procession in this temple known as penyejeg bhuana or katuran. The ceremony takes place at midnight and then is followed by ngendag kalang. In the procession, the whole sanctified effigies of Ratu Gede touch the ground.

Then, deities abiding in the Natar Sari temple consisting of the Lord Sakti Nawa Sanga and all Ratu Gede effigies are taken down from the Assembly Pavilion, Nine-poled Pavilion and Pemayasan Pavilion to touch the ground.

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Johnson joins Petty, Earnhardt as 7-time NASCAR champ

MIAMI - Jimmie Johnson won the Ford EcoBoost 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season-finale on Sunday, claiming his seventh series championship, tying NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most all-time.

heshvara. Meanwhile, Singanana in red color is the symbol of Lord Brahma; Sugriva in red color symbolizes Lord Rudra; Sangut or Ratu Ngurah Ketut is yellow symbolizing the Lord Mahadev, Anila in green color is the symbol of Lord Shankar; Delem or Ratu Ngurah

Made in blackish color is the embodiment of Lord Vishnu; Sempati in gray color symbolizes the Lord Sambu; and Ravana or Ratu Ngurah Sakti Ngawa Rat in multicolor is the embodiment of Lord Shiva.

Those puppetry symbols represent the manifestation of Lord Shiva

Pasupati (God Almighty).

The temple area sitting at the same location as Puseh Temple and Jelantik Temple of Apuan has a number of shrines. Then, the shrine used to venerate the greatness of God is Padmasana shrine.

The large and tall Padmasana shrine is facing south, adjacent to the Gedong Simpen used to store ritual paraphernalia. On the Padmasana shrine is put a black stone containing a palm (kara tala). In the innermost courtyard of the temple also lies the Padma Tiga shrine, representative shrines of Dalem Peed Temple, Batu Bolong Temple, Pucak Padang Dawa Temple, Ulun Danu Temple, Jati Temple and so on. Meanwhile, some other shrines consist of Papelik, Gedong Simpen, Pawedan Pavilion, Pemayasan Pavilion, three-tiered Meru shrine, Panglurah and a number of Assembly Pavilions. (IBP/net)

Kyle Larson was the race leader on an overtime restart for a two-lap, green-flag sprint to the finish, but Johnson struck quickly, overtaking him for his first and only lead on the final restart of the race. Larson finished second.

It was Johnson’s fifth win of the season. Carl Edwards was in position to claim his first Sprint Cup after taking second from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate and fellow-championship contender Kyle Busch with 24 laps to go.

As Larson led, Edwards maintained his second position in the running order until the yellow flag waved for a Dylan Lupton spin with 15 laps remaining.

But when the race restarted with 10 laps to go, Edwards and another Chaser, Joey Logano, made contact that resulted in a larger multi-car wreck that collected the cars of Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski, Kasey Kahne, Chase Elliott and Regan Smith. Truex’s car burst into flames.

Afterward, Edwards accepted blame for the incident.

On the restart, Logano made a run and Edwards attempted to block him. Edwards retired from the race, but Logano was able to

continue with significant damage to his car after NASCAR red-flagged the race for nearly 31 minutes for track clean-up.

When the race restarted, the yellow flag waved, again, within a lap for a Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wreck.

In the short time the race ran green, Johnson got up to second, and Logano moved from eighth to third with the four new tires he took during the previous caution.

Larson took his first lead of the race when he got by Edwards on lap 118 and took command from lap 144. He led most of the remaining laps over the course of the 267-lap race.

The four Championship Four drivers -- Busch, Edwards, Logano and Johnson -- ran inside the top-10 for most of the race, primarily occupying most of the spots inside the top-five of the running order.

Johnson started the race in the back, despite qualifying 14th, because of an unapproved body modification. He passed 10 cars on the first lap and was inside the top-10 by lap 30.

Kevin Harvick finished third, Logano was fourth and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top-five.

Busch finished sixth. (rtr)

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jimmie Johnson celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship and the Ford Ecoboost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Rangers center Zibanejad suffers broken leg

NEW YORK - New York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad will miss up to two months after suffering a broken leg during a game against the Florida Panthers on Sunday.

The 23-year-old Swede incurred a fractured left fibula when his foot jammed into the boards and caused his leg to buckle after he had tangled with Panthers forward Reilly Smith.

New York goalie Henrik Lundqvist said he felt the injury was bad after he heard Zibanejad scream.

“He was in a lot of pain,” Lundqvist said of his countryman

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and team mate. “You could tell the way they make the sound, the noise, if a guy is in pain or not.”

The incident happened during overtime, before the Panthers won 3-2 in a shootout at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Earlier, Zibanejad scored his fifth goal of the season, in the second period. He has 15 points in 19 games.

Rangers coach Alain Vigneault expects to be without Zibanejad from six-to-eight weeks.

“Every team has injuries and we don’t expect to be any different than anybody else,” he said. (rtr)

New York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad (93) and Calgary Flames left wing Johnny Gaudreau (13) battle for the puck during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome.

New York Rangers won 4-1.

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West Brom thrashes Burnley 4-0 in Premier League Injured Neuer ruled out of

WEST BROMWICH — West Bromwich Albion secured back-to-back wins in the Premier League for the first time this season by beating Burnley 4-0 on Monday.

Three Scottish players — Matt Phillips, James Morrison and Darren Fletcher — scored in the first half before Venezuela striker Salomon Rondon capped a dominant individual display by swiveling in the area to fire home a deflected fourth goal in the 64th minute.

It was the biggest win of the season for West Brom, which beat champion Leicester 2-1 away before the recent international break.

Tony Pulis’ side climbed to ninth in the standings after

FILE - In this June 25, 2016, file photo, United States head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, left, argues with officials during the second half of the Copa America Centenario third-place soccer match against Colombia,in Glendale, Ariz.

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NEW YORK — In a sign of just how much American soccer has grown up, U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann was fired after a pair of losses in the final round World Cup qualifying. the group and determine the best way forward to ensure a successful journey to qualify for our eighth consecutive World Cup.” A former star forward for Germany who has lived mostly in Orange County with his American wife since his retirement as a player in 1998, Klinsmann replaced Bob Bradley in July 2011. He led the team to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup title and the second round of the 2014 World Cup, where the Americans lost to Belgium in extra time.

The USSF announced in December 2013 a four-year contract extension through 2018, but the successful World Cup was followed by poor performances. The U.S. was knocked out by Jamaica in last year’s Gold Cup semifinals and lost to Mexico in a playoff for a Confederations Cup berth. The team rebounded to reach this year’s Copa America semifinals before losing to Argentina 4-0. But this month Mexico beat the Americans 2-1 at Columbus, Ohio, in the first home qualifying loss for the U.S.

Bayern’s clash in Rostov

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West Bromwich Albion’s Jose Salomon Rondon, right, has a shot on target during the English Premier League soccer match between West Bromwich Albion and Burnley at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, England, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016.

12 games.

Burnley had more possession at The Hawthorns but struggled to create clear-cut chances and was picked off easily on the counterattack.

It was Burnley’s fourth loss in its five away games since returning to the Premier League. The only point on its travels came from a 0-0 draw at Manchester United.(ap)

Buoyant City seek knockout spot at struggling Gladbach

Klinsmann fired as US soccer coach; Arena could return Six days after a 4-0 loss at Costa Rica dropped the Americans to 0-2, Klinsmann was terminated after nearly 5 1/2 years during a meeting Monday at a Los Angeles hotel with U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati and Secretary General Dan Flynn.

Los Angeles Galaxy coach Bruce Arena is the favorite to succeed Klinsmann, and his hiring could be announced as early as Tuesday.

Arena coached the national team from 1998 to 2006. Gone are the days when U.S. coaches were immune to the win-now mentality that permeates soccer. Qualifying resumes when the U.S. hosts Honduras on March 24 and plays four days later at Panama, and the USSF is expecting a quick turnaround.

“While we remain confident that we have quality players to help us advance to Russia 2018, the form and growth of the team up to this point left us convinced that we need to go in a different direction,” Gulati said in a statement. “With the next qualifying match in late March, we have several months to refocus

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since 2001.

And last week in Costa Rica, the Americans were stunned by their largest margin of defeat in qualifying since 1980. They dropped to 0-2 for the first time in the hexagonal, as the final round of qualifying in North and Central America and the Caribbean is known.

While there is time to recover, given the top three teams qualify for the 2018 tournament in Russia and the fourth-place finisher advances to a playoff against Asia’s No. 5 team, players seemed confused by Klinsmann’s tactics, such as a 3-4-1-2 formation used at the start against the Mexicans.

“Today we made the difficult decision of parting ways with Jurgen Klinsmann,” Gulati said. “There were considerable achievements along the way ... but there were also lesser publicized efforts behind the scenes. He challenged everyone in the U.S. Soccer community to think about things in new ways, and thanks to his efforts we have grown as an organization and expect there will be benefits from his work for

years to come.”

Gulati planned a Tuesday telephone news conference to discuss the switch. The U.S. had not changed coaches in the middle of qualifying since the USSF made the position a full-time job and hired Bob Gansler in 1989 to replace Lothar Osiander, who also at the time was a waiter at a San Francisco restaurant.

Klinsmann made controversial decisions, such as dropping Landon Donovan from the 2014 World Cup roster while taking along relatively inexperienced players such as John Brooks, Julian Green and DeAndre Yedlin. Brooks and Green were among five German-Americans on the 23-man U.S. World Cup roster, which drew criticism from some in the American soccer community.

He went 55-27-16, including a U.S.-record 12-game winning streak and victories in exhibitions at Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. He has worked in the past year to integrate more young players into the lineup, such as teen midfield sensation Christian Pulisic, Bobby Wood and Jordan Morris.

Arena, a 65-year-old wisecracking Brooklynite known for blunt

talk and sarcasm, was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2010. He coached the University of Virginia from 197895, then coached D.C. United to titles in Major League Soccer’s first two seasons before losing in the 1998 final. As U.S. coach, he led the Americans to the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals in the team’s best finish since 1930.

He was let go after the team’s first-round elimination in 2006.

Gulati unsuccessfully courted Klinsmann, who won the 1990 World Cup with West Germany and the 1996 European Championship with Germany, then coached his nation to the 2006 World Cup semifinals.

When Gulati and Klinsmann couldn’t reach an agreement, the USSF hired Bradley, who coached the team to the second round of the 2010 World Cup. A year later, the Americans stumbled in the Gold Cup, and Klinsmann replaced Bradley.

Arena coached the New York Red Bulls of MLS from July 2006 to November 2007, then was hired the following August by the Galaxy. He led the team to MLS titles in 2011, ‘12 and ‘14.(ap)

BERLIN - Manchester City, buoyed by the return of Yaya Toure, will look to seal a spot in the Champions League knockout stage when they travel to Borussia Moenchengladbach on Wednesday to play a team struggling for form.

Toure, banned by coach Pep Guardiola following comments by his agent about the manager, returned from a three-month exile to score both goals in City’s 2-1 Premier League win at Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Guardiola’s decision to restore the Ivorian has further boosted spirits, already high with the team just a point behind leaders Chelsea in the Premier League. “His personality and his quality are there to see,” Guardiola said. “He can play many positions. We now have one more man that can help us achieve our targets this season.”

“With this intensity, we’re going to play in the Champions League,” said the Spaniard, whose team will advance with a win or a draw.

City, who crushed Gladbach 4-0 at home in September, are in second place in the group on

Reuters / Hannah McKay

Manchester City’s Yaya Toure celebrates scoring their second goal seven points, three ahead of the Germans, and can wrap up qualification with victory in Germany. A draw will be enough if Celtic lose at home to Barcelona in the other Group C fixture.

Barcelona are top on nine, with Celtic in last place on two. The Germans, who also lost at home to City last season, will secure third spot and Europa League action if they draw and Celtic lose.

They still have an outside chance for a top two finish but their last group match is at Barcelona.

Gladbach, however, are stuck in a rut, having failed to win any of their last six league matches in which they have scored just one goal. Their last victory in any competition dates back to October in the German Cup.

Coach Andre Schubert, who still has the backing of club bosses but faced was jeered following Saturday’s 2-1 home loss to Cologne, will be without suspended Christoph Kramer and Julian Korb as well as injured Patrick Herrmann.

“We are just not scoring goals,” captain Lars Stindl said. “We are missing the final touch up front and some luck.

But we must forget everything, put everything behind us and keep together so that we can improve.”

“Wednesday’s match is completely different under different conditions,” he said. “We want to play a good home game, secure third place early. That is our big goal and we believe in our chances. We know what we are capable of.”(rtr)

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has been ruled out of Bayern Munich’s trip to Russia to face Rostov in the Champions League on Wednesday, the German champions said in a statement.

The 30-year-old Neuer has a tight calf and will stay in Munich for treatment, with either Tom Starke or Sven Ulreich taking his place.

Bayern, who were beaten 1-0 by domestic rivals Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Saturday, have already qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League and are second in Group D on nine points from four games.

Spain’s Atletico Madrid lead the group with 12 points, while both Rostov and Dutch side PSV Eindhoven have one point each with two games to play.(rtr)

REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Munich’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in action.

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West Brom thrashes Burnley 4-0 in Premier League Injured Neuer ruled out of

WEST BROMWICH — West Bromwich Albion secured back-to-back wins in the Premier League for the first time this season by beating Burnley 4-0 on Monday.

Three Scottish players — Matt Phillips, James Morrison and Darren Fletcher — scored in the first half before Venezuela striker Salomon Rondon capped a dominant individual display by swiveling in the area to fire home a deflected fourth goal in the 64th minute.

It was the biggest win of the season for West Brom, which beat champion Leicester 2-1 away before the recent international break.

Tony Pulis’ side climbed to ninth in the standings after

FILE - In this June 25, 2016, file photo, United States head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, left, argues with officials during the second half of the Copa America Centenario third-place soccer match against Colombia,in Glendale, Ariz.

AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File

NEW YORK — In a sign of just how much American soccer has grown up, U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann was fired after a pair of losses in the final round World Cup qualifying. the group and determine the best way forward to ensure a successful journey to qualify for our eighth consecutive World Cup.” A former star forward for Germany who has lived mostly in Orange County with his American wife since his retirement as a player in 1998, Klinsmann replaced Bob Bradley in July 2011. He led the team to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup title and the second round of the 2014 World Cup, where the Americans lost to Belgium in extra time.

The USSF announced in December 2013 a four-year contract extension through 2018, but the successful World Cup was followed by poor performances. The U.S. was knocked out by Jamaica in last year’s Gold Cup semifinals and lost to Mexico in a playoff for a Confederations Cup berth. The team rebounded to reach this year’s Copa America semifinals before losing to Argentina 4-0. But this month Mexico beat the Americans 2-1 at Columbus, Ohio, in the first home qualifying loss for the U.S.

Bayern’s clash in Rostov

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West Bromwich Albion’s Jose Salomon Rondon, right, has a shot on target during the English Premier League soccer match between West Bromwich Albion and Burnley at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, England, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016.

12 games.

Burnley had more possession at The Hawthorns but struggled to create clear-cut chances and was picked off easily on the counterattack.

It was Burnley’s fourth loss in its five away games since returning to the Premier League. The only point on its travels came from a 0-0 draw at Manchester United.(ap)

Buoyant City seek knockout spot at struggling Gladbach

Klinsmann fired as US soccer coach; Arena could return Six days after a 4-0 loss at Costa Rica dropped the Americans to 0-2, Klinsmann was terminated after nearly 5 1/2 years during a meeting Monday at a Los Angeles hotel with U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati and Secretary General Dan Flynn.

Los Angeles Galaxy coach Bruce Arena is the favorite to succeed Klinsmann, and his hiring could be announced as early as Tuesday.

Arena coached the national team from 1998 to 2006. Gone are the days when U.S. coaches were immune to the win-now mentality that permeates soccer. Qualifying resumes when the U.S. hosts Honduras on March 24 and plays four days later at Panama, and the USSF is expecting a quick turnaround.

“While we remain confident that we have quality players to help us advance to Russia 2018, the form and growth of the team up to this point left us convinced that we need to go in a different direction,” Gulati said in a statement. “With the next qualifying match in late March, we have several months to refocus

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since 2001.

And last week in Costa Rica, the Americans were stunned by their largest margin of defeat in qualifying since 1980. They dropped to 0-2 for the first time in the hexagonal, as the final round of qualifying in North and Central America and the Caribbean is known.

While there is time to recover, given the top three teams qualify for the 2018 tournament in Russia and the fourth-place finisher advances to a playoff against Asia’s No. 5 team, players seemed confused by Klinsmann’s tactics, such as a 3-4-1-2 formation used at the start against the Mexicans.

“Today we made the difficult decision of parting ways with Jurgen Klinsmann,” Gulati said. “There were considerable achievements along the way ... but there were also lesser publicized efforts behind the scenes. He challenged everyone in the U.S. Soccer community to think about things in new ways, and thanks to his efforts we have grown as an organization and expect there will be benefits from his work for

years to come.”

Gulati planned a Tuesday telephone news conference to discuss the switch. The U.S. had not changed coaches in the middle of qualifying since the USSF made the position a full-time job and hired Bob Gansler in 1989 to replace Lothar Osiander, who also at the time was a waiter at a San Francisco restaurant.

Klinsmann made controversial decisions, such as dropping Landon Donovan from the 2014 World Cup roster while taking along relatively inexperienced players such as John Brooks, Julian Green and DeAndre Yedlin. Brooks and Green were among five German-Americans on the 23-man U.S. World Cup roster, which drew criticism from some in the American soccer community.

He went 55-27-16, including a U.S.-record 12-game winning streak and victories in exhibitions at Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. He has worked in the past year to integrate more young players into the lineup, such as teen midfield sensation Christian Pulisic, Bobby Wood and Jordan Morris.

Arena, a 65-year-old wisecracking Brooklynite known for blunt

talk and sarcasm, was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2010. He coached the University of Virginia from 197895, then coached D.C. United to titles in Major League Soccer’s first two seasons before losing in the 1998 final. As U.S. coach, he led the Americans to the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals in the team’s best finish since 1930.

He was let go after the team’s first-round elimination in 2006.

Gulati unsuccessfully courted Klinsmann, who won the 1990 World Cup with West Germany and the 1996 European Championship with Germany, then coached his nation to the 2006 World Cup semifinals.

When Gulati and Klinsmann couldn’t reach an agreement, the USSF hired Bradley, who coached the team to the second round of the 2010 World Cup. A year later, the Americans stumbled in the Gold Cup, and Klinsmann replaced Bradley.

Arena coached the New York Red Bulls of MLS from July 2006 to November 2007, then was hired the following August by the Galaxy. He led the team to MLS titles in 2011, ‘12 and ‘14.(ap)

BERLIN - Manchester City, buoyed by the return of Yaya Toure, will look to seal a spot in the Champions League knockout stage when they travel to Borussia Moenchengladbach on Wednesday to play a team struggling for form.

Toure, banned by coach Pep Guardiola following comments by his agent about the manager, returned from a three-month exile to score both goals in City’s 2-1 Premier League win at Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Guardiola’s decision to restore the Ivorian has further boosted spirits, already high with the team just a point behind leaders Chelsea in the Premier League. “His personality and his quality are there to see,” Guardiola said. “He can play many positions. We now have one more man that can help us achieve our targets this season.”

“With this intensity, we’re going to play in the Champions League,” said the Spaniard, whose team will advance with a win or a draw.

City, who crushed Gladbach 4-0 at home in September, are in second place in the group on

Reuters / Hannah McKay

Manchester City’s Yaya Toure celebrates scoring their second goal seven points, three ahead of the Germans, and can wrap up qualification with victory in Germany. A draw will be enough if Celtic lose at home to Barcelona in the other Group C fixture.

Barcelona are top on nine, with Celtic in last place on two. The Germans, who also lost at home to City last season, will secure third spot and Europa League action if they draw and Celtic lose.

They still have an outside chance for a top two finish but their last group match is at Barcelona.

Gladbach, however, are stuck in a rut, having failed to win any of their last six league matches in which they have scored just one goal. Their last victory in any competition dates back to October in the German Cup.

Coach Andre Schubert, who still has the backing of club bosses but faced was jeered following Saturday’s 2-1 home loss to Cologne, will be without suspended Christoph Kramer and Julian Korb as well as injured Patrick Herrmann.

“We are just not scoring goals,” captain Lars Stindl said. “We are missing the final touch up front and some luck.

But we must forget everything, put everything behind us and keep together so that we can improve.”

“Wednesday’s match is completely different under different conditions,” he said. “We want to play a good home game, secure third place early. That is our big goal and we believe in our chances. We know what we are capable of.”(rtr)

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has been ruled out of Bayern Munich’s trip to Russia to face Rostov in the Champions League on Wednesday, the German champions said in a statement.

The 30-year-old Neuer has a tight calf and will stay in Munich for treatment, with either Tom Starke or Sven Ulreich taking his place.

Bayern, who were beaten 1-0 by domestic rivals Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Saturday, have already qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League and are second in Group D on nine points from four games.

Spain’s Atletico Madrid lead the group with 12 points, while both Rostov and Dutch side PSV Eindhoven have one point each with two games to play.(rtr)

REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Munich’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in action.

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Natar Sari Temple, balancer of the world TABANAN - Once a year, customary villagers of Apuan, Baturiti subdistrict, Tabanan, organize a grandiose temple anniversary in the Natar Sari Temple. It coincides with Tumpek Krulut. At this time, the temple anniversary or pujawali falls on Saturday (Aug 20). It has become a tradition that every pujawali will be attended by dozens of sanctified effigies in the form of Barong. The barong effigies sanctified by Hindu devotees in the five regencies such as Tabanan, Gianyar, Badung, Bangli and Jembrana are escorted to attend the ritual procession in this temple known as penyejeg bhuana or katuran. The ceremony takes place at midnight and then is followed by ngendag kalang. In the procession, the whole sanctified effigies of Ratu Gede touch the ground.

Then, deities abiding in the Natar Sari temple consisting of the Lord Sakti Nawa Sanga and all Ratu Gede effigies are taken down from the Assembly Pavilion, Nine-poled Pavilion and Pemayasan Pavilion to touch the ground.

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Johnson joins Petty, Earnhardt as 7-time NASCAR champ

MIAMI - Jimmie Johnson won the Ford EcoBoost 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season-finale on Sunday, claiming his seventh series championship, tying NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most all-time.

heshvara. Meanwhile, Singanana in red color is the symbol of Lord Brahma; Sugriva in red color symbolizes Lord Rudra; Sangut or Ratu Ngurah Ketut is yellow symbolizing the Lord Mahadev, Anila in green color is the symbol of Lord Shankar; Delem or Ratu Ngurah

Made in blackish color is the embodiment of Lord Vishnu; Sempati in gray color symbolizes the Lord Sambu; and Ravana or Ratu Ngurah Sakti Ngawa Rat in multicolor is the embodiment of Lord Shiva.

Those puppetry symbols represent the manifestation of Lord Shiva

Pasupati (God Almighty).

The temple area sitting at the same location as Puseh Temple and Jelantik Temple of Apuan has a number of shrines. Then, the shrine used to venerate the greatness of God is Padmasana shrine.

The large and tall Padmasana shrine is facing south, adjacent to the Gedong Simpen used to store ritual paraphernalia. On the Padmasana shrine is put a black stone containing a palm (kara tala). In the innermost courtyard of the temple also lies the Padma Tiga shrine, representative shrines of Dalem Peed Temple, Batu Bolong Temple, Pucak Padang Dawa Temple, Ulun Danu Temple, Jati Temple and so on. Meanwhile, some other shrines consist of Papelik, Gedong Simpen, Pawedan Pavilion, Pemayasan Pavilion, three-tiered Meru shrine, Panglurah and a number of Assembly Pavilions. (IBP/net)

Kyle Larson was the race leader on an overtime restart for a two-lap, green-flag sprint to the finish, but Johnson struck quickly, overtaking him for his first and only lead on the final restart of the race. Larson finished second.

It was Johnson’s fifth win of the season. Carl Edwards was in position to claim his first Sprint Cup after taking second from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate and fellow-championship contender Kyle Busch with 24 laps to go.

As Larson led, Edwards maintained his second position in the running order until the yellow flag waved for a Dylan Lupton spin with 15 laps remaining.

But when the race restarted with 10 laps to go, Edwards and another Chaser, Joey Logano, made contact that resulted in a larger multi-car wreck that collected the cars of Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski, Kasey Kahne, Chase Elliott and Regan Smith. Truex’s car burst into flames.

Afterward, Edwards accepted blame for the incident.

On the restart, Logano made a run and Edwards attempted to block him. Edwards retired from the race, but Logano was able to

continue with significant damage to his car after NASCAR red-flagged the race for nearly 31 minutes for track clean-up.

When the race restarted, the yellow flag waved, again, within a lap for a Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wreck.

In the short time the race ran green, Johnson got up to second, and Logano moved from eighth to third with the four new tires he took during the previous caution.

Larson took his first lead of the race when he got by Edwards on lap 118 and took command from lap 144. He led most of the remaining laps over the course of the 267-lap race.

The four Championship Four drivers -- Busch, Edwards, Logano and Johnson -- ran inside the top-10 for most of the race, primarily occupying most of the spots inside the top-five of the running order.

Johnson started the race in the back, despite qualifying 14th, because of an unapproved body modification. He passed 10 cars on the first lap and was inside the top-10 by lap 30.

Kevin Harvick finished third, Logano was fourth and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top-five.

Busch finished sixth. (rtr)

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jimmie Johnson celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship and the Ford Ecoboost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Rangers center Zibanejad suffers broken leg

NEW YORK - New York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad will miss up to two months after suffering a broken leg during a game against the Florida Panthers on Sunday.

The 23-year-old Swede incurred a fractured left fibula when his foot jammed into the boards and caused his leg to buckle after he had tangled with Panthers forward Reilly Smith.

New York goalie Henrik Lundqvist said he felt the injury was bad after he heard Zibanejad scream.

“He was in a lot of pain,” Lundqvist said of his countryman

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and team mate. “You could tell the way they make the sound, the noise, if a guy is in pain or not.”

The incident happened during overtime, before the Panthers won 3-2 in a shootout at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Earlier, Zibanejad scored his fifth goal of the season, in the second period. He has 15 points in 19 games.

Rangers coach Alain Vigneault expects to be without Zibanejad from six-to-eight weeks.

“Every team has injuries and we don’t expect to be any different than anybody else,” he said. (rtr)

New York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad (93) and Calgary Flames left wing Johnny Gaudreau (13) battle for the puck during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome.

New York Rangers won 4-1.

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Burdened but unbowed, Merkel faces biggest test in tilt at 4th term

BERLIN - Announcing on Sunday she will seek a fourth term in office, Germany’s Angela Merkel faces perhaps the biggest test of her career: defending the European and transatlantic status quo amid huge uncertainty for both.

Already chancellor for 11 years, she must now anchor a western alliance shaken by Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory, and bind together a European Union in

which Germany has forged its post-war identity but which now risks breaking apart.

What is more, with the imminent departure of U.S. President

Barack Obama, Merkel alone stands as the West’s last great hope for liberal democracy - a mantle she must assume from a position of diminished standing

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It added: “US citizens should exercise vigilance when attending large holiday events, visiting tourist sites, using public transportation, and frequenting places of worship, restaurants, hotels, etc.”

The alert will stay in place until 20 February next year.

Arrest French anti-terrorism police have arrested seven men in Strasbourg and Marseille who had links to Syria and had been plotting an attack on France for several months, the interior minister said Monday.

A series of arrests in June and this past Sunday put an end to the plot and “allowed us to thwart a terrorist act that had been envisaged for a long time on our soil,” Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters in Paris. France remains under a state of emergency imposed after deadly Islamic State attacks on

Paris last year.

The suspects are believed to have initially wanted to target the Euro 2016 European soccer tournament earlier this year but later focused on another target, possibly in Paris or Marseille, according to a security official. The official was not authorized to be publicly named speaking about ongoing investigations.

The June arrests involved people behind financing the alleged attack plot, while the Sunday arrests targeted the operational team â?? and both groups were under orders from unidentified commanders in Syria, the official said. Weapons were also seized in Sunday’s arrests, the official said.

Cazeneuve said investigators are studying whether the thwarted attack was part of a larger plot to attack multiple sites simultaneously.

Five of the suspects are French, one is Moroccan and the other Afghan, and they are between 29 and 37 years old, the security official said. Cazeneuve said six of them

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a news conference, to announce that she will run again for the Chancellorship in the next year general elections, at the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU) headquarters in Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2016.

hadn’t been known to intelligence services.

The Moroccan had apparently been living in Portugal. Portuguese police said Monday that they had flagged a 26-year-old Moroccan residing in Aveiro in northern Portugal to other European authorities, warning that he was part of a terrorist group. In statement, the police said they had been watching him since 2015, and he was arrested by French police over the weekend.

One of the suspects worked for the Strasbourg city government on special events, Strasbourg metropolitan area president Robert Hermann said, according to his office.

The arrests rattled nerves in Strasbourg because they came just five days before the opening of the city’s famed Christmas market, which attracts tourists from across Europe and was the target of a failed extremist plot in 2000 by Algerian and French militants who had trained in Afghanistan. (ap/rtr)

at home, and which may prove too much.

“If she chooses to continue, she will have big burdens,” Obama told reporters during a farewell visit to Berlin last week. “I wish I could be there to lighten her load somewhat, but she is tough.”

She will need to be. To succeed on the international stage in a fourth term, Merkel must first heal divisions over her open-door refugee policy that has alienated the Bavarian wing of her nation-wide conservative alliance.

Polls put her Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) on around 33 percent, down some 10 percentage points from summer last year.

Merkel will campaign for next September’s election in an increasingly fractured political landscape, in which the farright Alternative for Germany (AfD) is likely to enter the national parliament for the first time next year.

Her likely coalition partners are the Social Democrats

(SPD), who are some 10 points behind her conservatives and with whom she now rules. But the AfD’s rise makes coalition building more complicated and voters also risk becoming tired of her.

“Boredom weakens you, even makes for ridicule, just as it did in Kohl’s fourth and final term,” said Josef Joffe, editor of German weekly Die Zeit, with reference to Merkel’s mentor, former longtime Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

Named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2015, Merkel oversaw Europe’s absorption last year of the biggest influx of migrants to the continent since World War Two, having only just steered the bloc through the euro zone crisis.

“She is someone who finds satisfaction in all these challenges,” one official close to Merkel, speaking on condition of anonymity, said of Lutheran pastor ’s daughter who grew up in communist East Germany. (rtr)

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Sneakers show limits of trade policy in reviving jobs for Trump

CALIFORNIA - American companies from appliance makers to auto parts suppliers have lined up to offer a quiet caution to President-elect Donald Trump as he considers pulling the United States from trade deals: most lost manufacturing jobs aren’t coming back, but higher costs for consumers could.

Consider the sneaker industry, one of the first to move to Asia because of the sharply lower cost of production in China and Vietnam.

Nike Inc. and its smaller, privately held rival New Balance Shoes Inc. split over the question of whether the United States should back the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. But if Trump and a Republicancontrolled Congress nix that trade deal as expected, both companies and the analysts who track them agree Asia is poised to keep its dominance as the in the industry’s manufacturing hub.

Companies like Nike have invested too much in those lower-wage economies to consider moving factories, even if tariffs rise and push up costs for American consumers, analysts say. Any new hiring in the United States will be years down the road and depend on refining production technologies like 3-D printing that could make it profitable to hire relatively small numbers of American production staff. The same dynamic applies to other industries, like auto parts, which have moved production to Mexico over the past two decades, executives say.

That suggests a problem that the Trump administration will bump against if it tries to pursue a harder line on trade agreements from NAFTA to TPP. Shoe companies, like other manufacturers, could be forced to pass on higher costs to consumers, but few executives see a serious case for new hiring in the United States because of a change in tariffs on imports.

“The idea of moving shoe manufacturing to advanced countries is a little bit of a farce,” says Ed Van Wezel the CEO of Hi-tech International Holdings BV, an Amsterdam-based shoemaker that sells about 30 percent of its shoes in the U.S. The U.S. imports about 98 percent of its footwear 2.5 billion pairs last year, or nearly eight pair for every man, woman and child. Shoemaking went offshore decades ago, mainly to China, because the process is so labor intensive. Making a single pair of running shoes can require up to 80 production steps.

The average shoe worker in Vietnam earns about $245 a month, while shoe tariffs can range from zero up to 48 percent, according the U.S. International Trade Commission. The average is just over 13 percent.

“The ones that stand to lose out here are consumers, because if we start to eliminate trade deals, they’ll be paying a lot more for shoes,” says Matt Priest, president of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America, which represents the industry in Washington.

The same dynamic is seen in other industries. Ford Motor Co CEO Mark Fields said last week that big tariffs on cars and trucks imported from Mexico would hurt the auto industry and the U.S. economy. But he remained committed to making small cars in Mexico because the profits on making those cars in the U.S. are so low. (rtr)

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JAKARTA - Australia is working together with Indonesian forestry and agriculture industries to prevent forest and peat fires as part of broader efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts.

A press release from the Australian Embassy in Jakarta received

by Antara here on Sunday stated Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has announced the Australian Land Maintenance Package to support countries in the Indo-Pacific region, including Indonesia, to meet emissions reduction targets.

“Australia will provide 10 million Australian dollars to help Indonesia reduce carbon emission and to more efficiently develop the agriculture and forestry sectors which are the largest sources of emissions,” Minister Bishop said.

The land maintenance package will involve the Australian expertise in the field agriculture.

Australian farmers who are environmentalists apply agricultural practices and the latest technology in order to deal with climate change impacts, Bishop explained.

In 2015, Australia cooperated with Indonesia in addressing forest and peat fires with water bombers sent to Sumatra.

In addition, Australia provided medical equipment for people in Riau, East Kalimantan and West Kalimantan who suffered from respiratory irregularities and other diseases caused by haze. (ant)

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A French farmer drives a tractor as he ploughs a field in front of power-generating windmill turbines on a wind park in Vauvillers, near Amiens, in France, November 23, 2015.

Politics may trigger shift in European economic policy

BERLIN - Slowly but surely, the economic policy tide in Europe is turning, and it may only be a matter of time before Germany is swept up.

By adding its voice this week to the long list of institutions pressing Germany to spend more, the European Commission left Berlin looking more isolated and out-of-step than at any time since the outbreak of the global financial crisis nearly a decade ago.

Predictably, the Commission’s call for a “significantly more positive fiscal stance” in the euro area was shot down

by Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and the conservative media establishment in Germany.

On Friday, Schaeuble accused the Commission of overstepping its mandate and urged it to focus its energies on enforcing the EU’s fiscal rules.

But by this time next year, the episode may be looked back upon as the first step towards a broader change in Europe’s economic approach, away from the austerity-first stance pushed successfully

by Berlin for many years.

This could be fuelled by a range of factors: the pressures arising from Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. election and the arrival of new governments in France

and Germany in 2017.

“We expect that the German position will gradually lose influence,” Marco Protopapa of JPMorgan said this week.

Trump’s win is especially significant.

On the one hand, it is likely to increase pressure on Germany to spend more public money on defence and security.

On the other, it sends a powerful signal to the German political establishment about the dangers of ignoring an increasingly frustrated underclass, buffeted by the forces of globalisation, that has shown a readiness to vent its anger at the ballot box.

GRAND BARGAIN The looming French election will be crucial. Centre-right frontrunner Alain Juppe, and his top conservative rivals Francois Fillon and Nicolas Sarkozy, are all promising radical economic reform if they are elected in May of next year.

That could open the door to the sort of “grand bargain”, or reforms-for-stimulus compromise between France and Germany, that has been talked about for years but was impossible with a weak, unpopular Francois Hollande in the Elysee and the French economy languishing.

“We are very much in the grand bargain game,” an adviser to Juppe told Reuters.

The real game changer could be the German election in the autumn of next year and the fate of Schaeuble, the personification of Germany’s rule-based restrictive approach to fiscal policy.

The most likely outcome of that vote looks like another “grand coalition” between Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD). Schaeuble, 74, has already said that he plans to run for a seat in the Bundestag again, a signal to many that he would like to continue to play an important role in the next cabinet.

But the SPD, which would probably have first choice of ministries in such a constellation, could claim the finance ministry this time around, as they did in 2005 in Merkel’s first term. That would push Schaeuble into another ministry, blunting his role as a guardian of fiscal rectitude.

One senior official who served in both grand coalitions said the lessons of the past years would push Merkel’s next coalition partner to take the finance ministry instead of the foreign ministry, the traditional first choice.

“Regardless of who that partner is, everyone has understood that the finance ministry has a great deal more value than the foreign ministry,” the official said. (rtr)

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Workers completed the infrastructure construction of road bridges on the national road track, Krueng Cut, Aceh Besar, Aceh, Sunday (Nov. 06, 2016). The Government through the Ministry of Finance to make sure the infrastructure expenditure in 2017 is set at Rp387,3 trillion, among others earmarked for the construction of bridges and roads.

Acceleration of infrastructure development is today’s catchword

JAKARTA - The key to success in transforming backwardness into modernity is infrastructure. Indeed civilization is often gauged by the condition and availability of infrastructure.

The past glory of the ancient Hinduism and Buddhist kingdoms in Indonesia is marked by traditional irrigation system and many temples and other artifacts in Java.

Even the heyday of the Dutch colonization had a legacy in Indonesia in the form of infrastructure.

Most of the countrys railways and highways date back to the Dutch colonial time.

Poor infrastructure has often been the complaint of investors and prospective investors in the country. Indonesia is one of the favorite investment destinations in the world but many investors think twice before embarking on big ventures because of inadequate infrastructure.

The country with a population of around 260 million or the fourth largest in the world would need around Rp150 trillion a year to modernize its basic infrastructure including roads and bridges, irrigation systems and water reservoirs or dams.

A much larger budget would be needed for power plants, ports, airports and other modern infrastructure.

Official data at the National Development Planning Board said in the 2014-2019 period the country would need a budget of Rp5,000 trillion for infrastructure development, while the state budget could put up only Rp600 trillion. That means the govern-

ment has to find way to plug up the big deficit.

Observers and economists in Indonesia have often attributed the countrys weak competitiveness to inadequate infrastructure, poor bureaucracy and corruption.

According to data from World Economic Forum (WEF) 2016, Indonesia was the 37th among 144 countries in competitiveness.

Among the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) Indonesia is the largest economy but only the fourth in competitiveness after Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

In competitiveness and quality of infrastructure the country was ranked the 82 among 142 countries, Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono has been quoted as saying. (ant)

Prambanan to launch Banyunibo kampong tourism promotion in December

SLEMAN - The Prambanan sub-district administration will launch Banyunibo kampong tourism promotion in Cepit, Bokoharjo village, Sleman District, Yogyakarta, on December 10, 2016.

“The launch will be highlighted with an exhibition promoting tourism potential of Prambanan sub-district,” Prambanan Sub-district Head Abu Bakar said here, Sunday.

Among tourism attractions to be promoted are Banyunibo Temple and Banyunibo waterfall.

“There are many other cultural heritage sites such as the temples of Ijo, Barong, Banyunibo, Miri, and Boko Queen. Besides, there are many nature-based tourism destinations. Natural scenery seen from hilly area is also fantastic here,” he noted.

“Spot Riyadi” tour agencys owner, Riyadi said the number of domestic and foreign tourists have increased significantly.

“We have operated since two years ago, and its always full particularly during fine weather as tourists want to enjoy views of sunset and sunrise,” he said. (ant)

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Photo document of travelers visiting the temple Banyunibo in Bokoharjo, Sleman, Yogyakarta (DIY). Buddhist-style temple that has one main temple and six ancillary temple was built in the ninth century, and was rediscovered in 1940 and then completely refurbished in the parent section in 1978.

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SMI still faced with capital and equipment issues

BANGLI - The number of small and medium industries (SMI) in Bali has been increasing every year as prospects look promising.

However the progroess of these businesses is not smooth. Access to capital and lack of equipment remain major constraints that a number of industry plaeyrs face.

Secretary of the Bali Commerce and Industry Agency, IGA Andari, conveyed this matter during a visit to a herbal medicine business in Demulih village, Susut, on Monday (Nov. 21).

Andari said that the growth of this industry in Bali between 2011 and 2015 increased as herbal medicines products were much in demand by consumers. Not only does this provide income to the business owners but also provides jobs for others. “The potential this industrty in Bali is still very large. But access to capital and equipment are still obstacles faced by many samll businesses. This has become a classic problem” said Andari accompanied by Head of the Bangli Commerce and Industry Agency, I Nengah Sudibia.

To overcome issues related to capital, the previous government had been working to facilitate requests for assistance from the central government. However not all businesses could be assisted.. Nonetheless, the opportunity to get capital can still be accessed through financial institutions offering low interest rates. “Now, there is a soft loan with quite a low interest rate. This can be one of the solutions to overcome the capital issues”, said Andari.

When asked about the matter of packaging and the quality of products, this official that is also a member of Bali handicraft council said that on average they are quite good. Nonetheless, there still needs to be some coaching especially by the district government. “Most of the marketing is doen online, this is very good and should be continued”, she said.

Head of the Bangli Commerce and Industry Agency, I Nengah Sudibia, also recognized that capital and equipment remain major constraints for a number of industry players in Bangli. Amid such conditions, he expressed his readiness to facilitate requests for help from the central government. But related to direct grants, he said that this is not possible. “IN order to obtain a grant, businesses must be a legal entity. So far no industry on Bangli qualifies as such. We are only able to facilitate requests from the central government”, he explained.

Sudibia said that he would continue to provide coaching and training.

A budget for this has been allocated in the regional budget 2017. Later, development will be more focused on improving product quality. “If the quality is good, it will automatically tranalste into icreased sales”, nhe concluded. (kmb45)

The traditional Balinese medicine made in Bangli

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China’s Xi calls on HK leader to maintain stability

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The giant mushroom

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Large mushroom shocks residents of Selat

AMLAPURA - A large mushroom is growing in the home yard area of 46 year old I Nyoman Widiastra, in Geriana Kangin hamlet, North Duda, Selat. News of the emergence of the large mushroom three weeks ago that was spread by word of mouth shocked residents of Selat. Many have com eto see for themselves.

As seen on Sunday (Nov. 20), a number of residents had come to see the unique mushroom. Widiastra and his neighbor Ketut Berata said that initially the mushroom was about as large as a soup bowl or about 15 cm in diamete. Since the mushroom was growing in the yard of his home, it was accidently stepped on. The broekn off piece of the mushroom was then placed next to the mushroom that continued to grow. As of Sunday, the mushroom had reached a diameter of 50 cm

and a height of 30 cm.

Widiastra’s 22 year old son Wayan Darma, said that since the head of the bluish white mushroom is so big, many neighbours have come to visit to see the mushroom firsthand.

The mushroom is growing at the base of a gnemon tree, as if emmerging from the root of the tree between some rocks. A number of people have come to take a small part of the mushroom head in order to make healing oil.

One of Widiastra’s neighbours,

50 year old Nyoman Nyeri, 50, said that about three years ago a similar mushroom grew in the same location as this large wonder, but that it had grown much smaller. Neither Widiastra nor Nyeri aknow what type of mushroom this is.

Residents of Selat said that a few years ago a similar large enough mushroom grew in the cemetery near the Dalem Temple of Selat customary village. Also another similar mushroom is known to have grown in Tukad Sabuh, approximately three km from the location of the current mushroom, about two years ago. The temperature in the region of Selat is indeed quite cool and it frequently rains so the humidity is quite high making for ideal conditions for mushrooms to grow. (013)

Kadin encourages craftsmen to grab online market

GIANYAR - The marketing of handicraft products should be further developed to reach the global marketplace, particularly through online marketing. This trend however has yet to be considered by many crafters people in Gianyar, either, SMEs and SMIs. Whereas al that is needed to reach this market is a smartphone so that they can reach customers 24

hours a day.

Chairman of the Gianyar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), Wayan Gede Arsania, said on Monday (Nov. 21) that online market opportunity should be taken advantage of by artisans in Gianyar because the world is currently moving towards online sales. “Through this online system, there is no distance between

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prodcuts and people, so this opportunity should really be used”, he said.

Arsania explained there are many advantages of utilizing online markets, such as the fact that they do not need to rent a shop, not hire employees to mind it, not display any merchandise. “As long as they have a smartphone, they are ready to communicate 24 hours a day. The

online market is ready to be played in the hand”, he explained.

Besides, by taking advanttage of an online business opportunities, he added, people can work on their own time and do not need a lot of capital.

Arsania added however that the most important thing about sellling crafts online is that the quality of products not be deceptive. “Overall, the

method of delivery is very efficient”, he added.

Arsania also appealed to the younger generation, especially crafts poeople, to not only create great works but also to market them to the world. “This is a golden opportunity and anyone can sell products via the online marketplace using all the existing social media” he said.(kmb)

People crowd the entrance of the State Bank of India branch to deposit or exchange their old high denomination banknotes in Beawar city in the desert state of Rajasthan, India, November 21, 2016.

Stranded trucks, unpaid workers: India Inc counts cost of cash crunch

MUMBAI - Like millions of Indians fed up with corruption and counterfeiting, Vimal Somani cheered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shock move to replace all high-value banknotes.

Two weeks on, his business is being hammered by the ensuing cash crunch.

Sales at Somani’s aluminium foil maker, Rockdude Impex, have fallen by roughly a quarter in the past week, and the cash shortage that followed the “demonetisation” drive has left his supply chain in tatters: his trucks are stranded with no money for fuel, workers won’t load goods for free, and distributors can’t pay up.

Modi’s move on Nov. 8 was aimed at cracking down on corruption and flushing out funds stashed away in India’s “black economy”.

But the cancellation of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes ($7.3 and $14.7), more than 80 percent of currency in circulation, threatens to push Asia’s third-largest economy into a liquidity crisis.

Consumer spending makes up 56 percent of India’s $2 trillion economy. But with just the small stock of smaller denomination notes available and a struggle to get hold of new bills, consumers are holding back.

The government has acknowledged that the disruption would last weeks because of delays in note printing and technical problems with ATM machines, but Modi has made a plea for patience until Dec. 30. The government said it could not have printed new notes or recalibrated cash machines in advance for fear of the move leaking out.

Meanwhile, supply chains at small, medium and even larger companies are breaking down, underlining just how much corporate India - not just the shadow economy - relies on hard cash.

“The entire supply chain has broken,” said Somani, who employs 150 people across India from his base outside Mumbai.

Problems at Rockdude go from its network of suppliers to its 1,500 distributors and 150 stockists. Its sales team, spread from Delhi to Nagaland in the east and all the way to the south, is rapidly running

short of cash to promote a planned new product, even for the rickshaw rides they use to travel.

Revenues have frozen, Somani says, but fixed costs continue, including wages. These are paid online, but his staff cannot get access without being given time off to queue at the bank.

“We are cutting production,” he added. “If this goes on for two more months, then it will hit us very badly.”

An executive at a mid-sized hair oil manufacturer, a beauty staple in India, said sales had crumpled as consumers simply stopped buying shampoos and lotions. Wholesale markets, which operate in cash, are shut. Distributors have no cash.

“We are planning to extend some discounts to the distributors so that they at least replenish the amount of stocks they are selling, instead of not buying from us at all,” he said.

“We are cutting production every day,” he added.

Like many of the businessmen interviewed by Reuters, he declined to be named, given the sensitivity of the issue. (rtr)

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to uphold national unity and maintain social and political stability, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday.

A meeting of the two political leaders on the sidelines of the APEC summit in the Peruvian capital Lima comes amid deepening concerns in Beijing over a fledgling independence movement in Hong Kong and recent street protests in the city.

Xi said he hopes that Leung “resolutely upholds national unity and maintains social and political stability”, said Xinhua, adding Xi offered Leung and his government full support.

His remarks echoed comments the Chinese president made in Beijing last week when he said China will never allow any part of its territory to break off.

Hong Kong leader Leung told reporters Xi made “forceful” comments on the issue of Hong Kong independence.

“Very simply put and very forcefully, the president said there is no room whatsoever for Hong Kong independence under the ‘one country, two systems’ arrangement,” Leung said, adding they did not discuss the issue in length during the meeting that lasted 45 minutes.

Hong Kong’s High Court last week backed a government demand to bar two recently elected lawmakers from the city’s legislature, after the court and Beijing both ruled they had insulted China when taking their oath of office.

Before the ruling, about 2,000 lawyers protested against Beijing stepping in and interpreting the city’s mini-constitution in the middle of the lawsuit, a move they said interfered with Hong Kong’s judicial independence.

Leung said Xi affirmed that the legal interpretation was “necessary.”

Democratically elected Yau Wai-ching, 25, and Baggio Leung, 30, sparked controversy last month when they displayed a banner declaring “Hong Kong is not China” and substituted derogatory terms for “China” while taking their oaths.

Demonstrators angry at Beijing’s rulings clashed with riot police in early November, unfurling umbrellas to block pepper spray in scenes reminiscent of the 2014 pro-democracy protests, dubbed the “Umbrella Movement”, that brought key intersections to a halt for weeks on end.

Hong Kong, a former British colony, returned to China in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” agreement that ensured its freedoms and wide-ranging autonomy, including a separate legal system. But Communist Party rulers in Beijing have ultimate control, stepping in to interpret the Basic Law, and some Hong Kong people are concerned they are increasingly interfering to head off dissent. (rtr)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) attend a meeting of the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Business Advisory Council in Lima, Peru, November 19, 2016.

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Hedge in the cloud: funds outsourcing computing power step into unknown

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In this Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, an Apple employee, right, instructs a journalist on the use of the fingerprint scanner technology built into the company’s iPhone 5S during a media event in Beijing.

Why fingers make handy, if not foolproof, digital keys

LONDON - Tucked into the attic of a Georgian building in London’s West End, seven people run a $200 million hedge fund following artificial intelligence formulas. But the supercomputers that process their complex algorithms are nowhere to be seen.

While most established hedge funds keep their trading systems at close quarters, Piquant Technologies outsources all its IT to third parties via the cloud, where multiple computing resources are shared by multiple and often unrelated users.

Moving data off-site to cloud providers may be physically safer than storing servers in an office in Mayfair and may even provide security in anonymity.

Piquant co-founders James Holloway, 32, and Iain Buchanan, 36, say putting their trading and back office systems on external platforms halves hardware costs and means one less person to hire for maintenance.

“Do not burgle Piquant - it’s not worth it,” said Holloway, the fund’s Chief Investment Officer. “In our office we have really no hardware except for a mouse, a keyboard and a screen.”

But risks lurk if data is not properly protected.

Technology provider RFA, which has 576 hedge fund clients globally, said 20 percent - or 115 - of them funds moved some operations to the cloud last year.

The likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft are winning new customers - asset managers who gain access to the latest supercomputers without having to buy any hardware, helping them cut costs.

Regulators are trying to keep up, raising concerns about how well the risks are monitored.

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority spelled out in guidelines earlier this year that use of the cloud must not “erode, impair or worsen the firms operational risk”.

It said “some respondents” wrote in to challenge that prerequisite.

The regulator also asked funds to actively supervise and test arrangements. The Monetary Authority of Singapore added the topic to its guidelines.

Regulators in Germany, Spain, Italy and the United States have put out no guidelines specifically on cloud usage, though many address outsourcing generally. They declined to comment on whether they might provide future guidelines. (rtr)

SAN FRANCISCO — It sounds like a great idea: Forget passwords, and instead lock your phone or computer with your fingerprint. It’s a convenient form of security — though it’s also perhaps not as safe as you’d think.

In their rush to do away with problematic passwords, Apple, Microsoft and other tech companies are nudging consumers to use their own fingerprints, faces and eyes as digital keys. Smartphones and other devices increasingly feature scanners that can verify your identity via these “biometric” signatures in order to unlock a gadget, sign into web accounts and authorize electronic payments.

But there are drawbacks: Hackers could still steal your fingerprint — or its digital representation. Police may have broader legal powers to make you unlock your phone. And so-called “biometric” systems are so convenient they could lull users into a false sense of security.

“We may expect too much from

biometrics. No security systems are perfect,” said Anil Jain, a computer science professor at Michigan State University who helped police unlock a smartphone by using a digitally enhanced ink copy of the owner’s fingerprints.

BYPASSING THE PASSWORD Biometric security seems like a natural solution to well-known problems with passwords. Far too many people choose weak and easilyguessed passwords like “123456” or “password.” Many others reuse a single password across online accounts, all of which could be hacked if the password is compromised. And of course some use no password at all when they can get away with it, as many phones allow.

As electronic sensors and microprocessors have grown cheaper and more powerful, gadget makers have started adding biometric sensors to familiar products.

Apple’s iPhone 5S, launched in 2013, introduced fingerprint scanners to a mass audience, and rival phone makers quickly followed suit. Microsoft built biometric capabilities into the latest version of its Windows 10 software, so you can unlock your PC by briefly looking at the screen. Samsung is now touting an iris-scanning system in its latest Galaxy Note devices.

All those systems are based on the notion that each user’s fingerprint — or face, or iris — is unique.

But that doesn’t mean they can’t be reproduced. (ap)

Give coaching on importance of education

SEMARAPURA — The government of Klungkung has made a comitment to elimintating child labour in Klunkung so that children can receive education as is appropriate to their age. In order to reducde the dropout rate, the Klungkung Social Service and Manpower Agency will be exploring every village to make sure that children can return to school.

Head of the Klungkung Social Service and Manpower Agency, I.B. Anom Adnyana, said that this year his agency has returned 61 child workers to school. According to him, the child workers are now studying at various levels such as package A, B and C as well at in public schools. Before being returned to school, the working children had been during routine seraches of villages and the children were first given counciling. “We coach the kids first so that they are not surprised when they go to scholl”, he said on Monday (Nov. 21).

The child workers then had help applying to the Klungkung Education Agency for scholarships. According to Adnyana, there are a variety of reasons that these children had dropped out of school. Other than economic conditions, lack of awareness about the importance of school education in the family environment also causes children to be directed to work rather than learning at school.

The role of the agency and companion agencies is very much required in order teach people about the imprtance of education. After successfully returning 61 working children to school, Klungkung Social Service and Manpower Agency will continue to search other villages in 2017. Undeniably there are still children who quit school in order to work, and so it is important that they be given the chance to go to school as a a way to improve their fate. (dwa)

Deputy Regent wants traditional markets to always be clean The process of making Ravana Statue

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Ravana and Sita statue made by Denpasar artist

The construction of a Ravana and Sita statue at the intersection of Pelaga village, Petang, has been started by an artist from Denpasar. The budget allocated for this intersection garden project is IDR 629,295,500.

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A exterior view of Equinox data center where many hedge funds outsource data security to cloud providers, in Slough, Britain October 25, 2016. Picture taken October 25, 2016.

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Head of the Badung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), Putu Eka Merthawan, when contacted on Monday (Nov. 21) confirmed that the the statue in Regent of Badun’S hometwom of Petang will be worked on by an artist from Denpasar. “ Ye s , t h e s t a t u e w i l l b e made by sculptor Nyoman Sudawa from Denpasar. This is not because we doubt the ability of artists form Badung. He was chosen simply because he fit the criteria”,he said.

As Merthawan explained, making a sculpture of large

size requires precise calculations and experience, so determining the sculptor cannot be done arbitrarily. “Not all sculptors have this experise.

He (Nyoman Sudawa—Ed) has experience in making large scale sculptures. The winner of the bid for the project appointed him”, he added.

He also ensured that the project will be completed before the end of the year. “On December 20, it should be submitted to us”, he said.

This official also explained that the statue will be four meters high and will be or-

namented with lighting and plants in the garden under the statue.

Previously, the government of Badung allocated the remaining funds obtained from the regional incentive fund to build a number of gardens at intersections in some other villages in North Badung. Three gardens will be built with the budget of IDR 2,194,618,175; one in Dauh Yeh Cani village (Abiansemal), one at the intersection of Pelaga (Petang) and a garden on the border of Badung and Bangli at Belok Sidan village (Petang). (kmb27)

NEGARA — A number of traditional markets in Jembrana have been renovated as a way to encourage people to want to shop in them. However, the problem of garbage needs to be a prioroty in order to ensure comfort and adequate sanitation, said Deputy Regent of Jembrana, I Made Kembang Hartawan while inspecting the morning market at Tengah hamlet, in Negara on Monday (Nov.21).

This newly revitalized market with new stalls and an open style layout has started to operate again. However, while inspecting the conditions of the market, Deputy Regent Kembang still found rubbush scattered about.

He said that this was most regrettable as comfort and cleaniness impacts on people’s desire to want to shop there.

According to Regent Kembang, transactions that take place in a clean and comfortable market will become increasingly smoother and shoppers will be encourage to make purchases. Merchants, he added will therefor benefit from more sales.

“I want this market’s management to copy the concept of modern markets that are clean always clean. Celaning staff are always on hand to keep things clean – not just after the market closes. As soon as there is any garbage, it chould be swept by by the cleaning staff”, said Kembang to the Managing Director of Perusda Jembrana, IGK Kusuma Wijaya, and his staff.

After being renovated, this market that is located in a residential area, can now accommodate 20 open space merchants, 42 kiosks and a special open space for 20 fish mongers. Kembang also assessed that the open space for the fish mongers could be provided with a a cold sotrage space in the futur so that there fish will remian fresh for a loneger period of time.

Also this would allow the area aroudn the market to become clean and odor-less. “We want the management of this market in Tengah hamlet to become a role model for the arrangement of other traditional markets in Jembrana”, said Kembang.

Acting Head of the Jembrana Commerce and Cooperative Agency, I Made Sudantra, said that there Tengah hamlet market will continue to be renovated and should be finished by next year. The revitlzation of the market that was done by creating this open space with a IDR. 1.4 billion budget will be followed by renovations of merchant facilities and the fish mongers’ open sapce using funds allocated from the regional budget. (kmb26)

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Number of tourist who visited Tanah Lot exceeded 2016 target

TABANAN —

As of the beginning of November some 3 million people visited the Tanah Lot tourist attraction. Operations Manager of Tanah Lot, I Ketut Toya Adnyana, said on Monday (Nov. 21) that between January and November 20 the tourist attraction received 3,074,633 domestic and foreign visitors. This number exceeded the 3 million visitors that was the target for 2016.

Toya added that the average number of both foreingn and domestic visitors to Tanah Lot per month was 290,771 people. The total of three million people, consisted of 1,589,629 foreign travelers (52 percent) and 1,485,004 domestic travelers (48 percent).

Most of the foreign visitors were form China , Taiwan, Australia and Japan. Last year there were slightly less visitors will a total of 3,179,617 people who came to Tanah Lot. In order to attract visitors, the management prioritizes the comfort and safety of those who visit. The management also continues to make improvements to

infrastructure. In December, for example the management will renovate some of the kiosks on site and will install paving blocks in the central lane. “We aim to have this completed by the end of the year”, he added.

For the safety of visitors to Tanah Lot, dozens of pecalang (customary security guard), security guards and six lifesguards are also on site. There are also 24 CCTVs that oversee strategic parts of the tourist attraction.. “Through such efforts, we hope to continuously increase the number of tourists who visit Tanah Lot”m concluded Toya. (kmb24)

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Night Safari Bali Safari & Marine Park, home for more than 60 different species of animals, continues to develop its facilities for the pleasure of its visitors. After 2 years of successful operations, the Night Safari has become a signature at the park along with the Safari Journey, Bali Agung Show, Elephant Safari, Tsavo Lion Restaurant, Mara River Safari Lodge, Funzone and Waterpark.

Another uplifting programs have been added to enhance the existing Night Safari package and make this fun excursion much more memorable. From Walking Safari around the park, continue with Night Safari through the African Savannah, get up close and personal with the animals at animal encounter, watching the fire dance, drumming, and puppet show named Afrika! Rhythm of Fire Show,

to enjoying the barbeque dinner at Nkuchiro Bar. Went too quick! Very well organized. Kids loved feeding zebra, elephant and cow. Tigers and lions so close you can touch them! Dinner not well liked by 6 & 8 year old. Adults loved it. Lioness roaring while we were eating was amazing. Buy 1 cocktail get 1 free .... omg so strong we giggled the whole way home.

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Guliang Kangin tourism village draws visitors by using local wisdom

BANGLI —

Guliang Kangin tourism village in Tamanbali has just strated to develop tourism over the past few years. In an effort to increase the

number of visitors to this village, not only is the natural beauty of Guliang Kangin promoted, but there local wisdom is also taken advantage of with drama perfor-

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mances that tell the story of the founding of the village.

Chief of Guliang Kangin customary village, Ngakan Putu Suarsana, said on Monday (Nov.

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21) that since its establishment as a tourism village in 2014, thre have been a fair number of visitors thanks to efforst made by the village’S tourism management.

Rahter than simply relying on the natural beauty of the village, local wisdom is used to ensure that visitors are not bored. “Our local wisdom is our selling point”, he explained.

A dramatic performance that tells the story of the formatio of the village, was staged in Satruday Saturday (Nov. 19) to an audience of people taking part in an Outbound Adventure and was entitled: “Life is a Journey for Deutsche Bank.” The perfomance not only involves local residents but foreign travellers as well.

“Not only is it important in terms of passing on the story of this village but also in terms of improving relations between local residents and visitor who happen to have a different culture”, said village Chief Suarsana.

We plan to continue holdoing such activities and offering this

experience to visitors. Prior to performing the drama, the tourism village bordering with Gianyar district was already sharing there local wisdom related to agriculture, such as plowing and cultivating land in traditional techniques by means of cattle. Punding rice and making oblations are two other activities that visitors can take part in.

“We need to be abel to read travel trends and see what travellers are interested in . Currently, they mostly prefer activities that allow them to get in touch with with nature and local wisdom”, he said.

Suarsana added that another unique aspect of Guliang Kangin is the eleven spouts of water located here that are abel to cure various diseases. Both foregin and domestic visitors come here to bathe in them. “When scrutinizing the brief history of the formation of Guliang Kangin hamlet, our ancestors asked to maintain the showers. Which we have done so far. Then travellers started to come to enjoy them too”, he affirmed. (kmb45)

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‘Fantastic Beasts’ Debuts to Magical $75 Million

LOS ANGELES - “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” dominated the weekend box office, debuting to a boisterous $75 million and launching a new cinematic franchise.

It confirms Warner Bros.’ high hopes for the property and its decision to back five installments in the fantasy series. “Fantastic Beasts” is a spinoff of the Harry Potter films, but instead of Hogwarts, it unfolds in 1920s New York City and features an entirely new cast of wizards and mythical creatures.

The studio spent $180 million to make the picture, enlisting Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling to write the screenplay and bringing back David Yates, the director of several previous boy wizard outings. Eddie Redmayne stars as Newt Scamander, a textbook writer and collector

of the titular beasts.

“This is dead on what we were looking for,” said Jeff Goldstein, president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros. “Jo Rowling brilliantly told a story that inspired her fanbase to come out in a big way.”

It was a softer opening than any of the previous Potter films, but Warner Bros. argues that comparisons aren’t fair. Those movies were based on global best-sellers, whereas “Fantastic Beasts” is largely an original work.

“It’s not the same,” said Goldstein. “It’s apples and kumquats.”

Audiences may have embraced the return to Potter-dom, but they gave the cold shoulder to several new films, among them the boxing drama “Bleed for This” and the Iraq War drama “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.” Both pictures bombed, with “Bleed for This” eking out $2.4 million and “Billy Lynn’s” mustering $930,000 after expanding from four to 1,176 theaters. It has earned $1.1 million since opening in limited release a week ago, a disastrous result for a film that was expected to be a major Oscar contender.

Open Road is distributing “Bleed for This,” which chronicles Vinny Pazienza’s efforts to get back into the ring after a car accident. It has a $6 million budget, which cushions the box office blow. (rtr)

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Christmas holiday lights hang from trees to illuminate Champs Elysees avenue in Paris as rush hour traffic fills the avenue leading down to the Giant Ferris Wheel at place de la Concorde in Paris, France, November 21, 2016.

US warns of terrorism risk at Christmas markets across Europe WASHINGTON - American citizens are warned to avoid large crowds and be vigilant when visiting tourist sites over the holiday season. The US State Department is warning its citizens in Europe to be alert over the Christmas period because of a “heightened risk” of terror attacks.

It said it had “credible information” that Islamic State, al Qaeda and other militant groups were continuing to plan attacks in Europe. “US citizens should exercise caution at holiday festivals, events, and outdoor markets,” it added.

The advisory comes a day after France said it had arrested seven terror suspects in Strasbourg and Marseilles who had been plotting an attack for months.

Officials did not reveal the potential targets, but the arrests rattled nerves in Strasbourg, where a famed Christmas market opens in a few days.

The market, which attracts tourists from across the world, was the target of a failed extremist plot in 2000 by Algerian and French militants who had trained in Afghanistan. In its advisory, the State Department pointed out that extremists

had carried out attacks in Belgium, France, Germany and Turkey during the past year, and said it was still concerned about the potential for more attacks throughout Europe.

It said “extremist sympathisers or self-radicalised extremists” might try to carry out attacks.

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