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Nigeria’s Davido wins AFRIMA artist of the year

LAGOS - Nigeria’s Davido took home the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) trophy for artist of the year, leading a strong showing for the West African powerhouse famous for its roster of Afrobeats stars.

Musicians from across the continent came to the Accra International Conference Centre in Ghana’s capital on Saturday to walk the red carpet and celebrate a year of big hits.

Betty G from Ethiopia took home album of the year, while best African DJ went to Afrotronix, who has roots in Chad.

Nigerian rapper Falz took home the award for best African rapper after courting controversy this year when he released “This is Nigeria”, a cover of the Childish Gambino hit that skewered modern Nigeria.

“Akwaaba”, an infectious collaboration between GuiltyBeatz, Mr. Eazi, Patapaa and Pappy Kojo

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A migrant boy part of the Central American migrants - mostly from Honduras - moving towards the United States, plays with Mexico’s Federal police at El Chaparral port of entry on the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on November 22, 2018. US President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the judiciary on Thanksgiving Day Thursday, accusing judges of making the country unsafe as he fanned a bitter row over asylum seekers on the US-Mexico border.

won song of the year and best African collaboration.

Nigeria’s 2Baba won the award for best African pop, Ghana’s Stonebwoy for best reggae, and South Africa’s Sibusiso Mashiloane for best jazz.

Kuami Eugene, a Ghanaian crooner, was named the “most promising” artist in Africa.

AFRIMA has carved out a space as a platform to showcase the innovative and prolific African music industry that has exploded in the past decade. (afp)

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In this file photo taken on November 5, 2018 animator Raymond S. Persi arrives for the Disney premiere of “Ralph Breaks The Internet” at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood.

‘Ralph Breaks the Internet,’ and nearly a box-office record

LOS ANGELES - Disney’s new “Ralph Breaks the Internet” dominated North American box offices over the holiday weekend, pulling in an estimated $55.7 million for the Fridaythrough-Sunday stretch, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.

The animated sequel to “Wreck It Ralph” enjoyed the second-best debut ever for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, behind Disney’s “Frozen,” according to Variety. com, but will need staying power to make up for its $175 million production budget.

The film has title character Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) and friend Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) venturing into the wide world of the web, where they encounter some, well, not very Disney-like behavior.

The second spot this weekend went to another new release,

MGM’s “Creed II,” with a take of $35.3 million. This eighth chapter in the “Rocky” series stars Michael B. Jordan, Dolph Lundgren and, of course, Sylvester Stallone as the aging Rocky Balboa. Jordan plays Adonis Creed as he takes on the son of the boxer who killed Adonis’s father.

In third was Universal’s familyfriendly animation “The Grinch,” at $30.2 million. Benedict Cumberbatch voices the ill-tempered title character, with support from Rashida Jones and Angela Lansbury.

Sliding from first spot last week-

end to fourth was “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” from Warner Bros., at $29.7 million. The Harry Potter prequel stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander as he works with Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) to take down evil Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp).

In fifth was “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Fox’s foot-stomping biopic about Freddie Mercury and rock group Queen, at $13.9 million.

Rami Malek has drawn critical acclaim for his portrayal of the singer/songwriter, and the film has amassed over $150 million in North American receipts. (afp)

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Social media spreads hope and fear among Central America migrants

As a group of migrants prepare to form a new caravan to set out from El Salvador for the promised land of the United States, eager participants exchange messages over social media. How will they cross the border? What should they bring? Mothers and their children, youngsters fleeing violent gangs, men hoping to find a way to feed their families: the caravan attracts all sorts.

As soon as one caravan leaves, plans for the next one swamp social media. Hundreds of interested parties fire off questions, engage in discussions or share their hopes and fears.

“My aim is to reach the United States. In the caravan, no one will be able to touch me,” said one rasping voice in an audio post on a chat for the last caravan to leave El Salvador. The day before it departed, migrants spent the night on the El Salvador del Mundo square in the capital San Salvador, a place dominated by a huge column upon which Jesus stands atop a globe.

Since October, more than 5,000 central American migrants have set out on the long, arduous journey

of thousands of kilometers, either by foot, bus or hitch-hiking northwards towards the US. - ‘It’s safer in the caravan’ “I found out about the caravan on Facebook. Someone posted a link in a WhatsApp chat,” a 38-year-old widow with children aged 11 and 13, told AFP. “People exchange information, there are no leaders.” Her face shaded by a baseball cap, she refuses to give her name for fear that gangs will harass her. They might one day have their eyes on her eldest, a pretty brunette with long, curly hair.

These gangs strike fear across not just El Salvador but the whole central American region, whether

by murder, forcing boys to join them or raping girls.

The widow quit her $6-a-day job making corn tortillas to join the caravan. She has no other way of trying to reach the US. “We poor people, we don’t have the $8,000 that a coyote demands,” she says, referring to people smugglers.

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Operator continues to arrange Edelweiss Hut

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AMLAPURA - The Edelweiss Hut tourist object located at Temukus hamlet, Besakih, Rendang, has been known to the community. After being opened a year ago, the attraction offering natural beauty began to be visited. Other than from Karangasem, a number of visitors from outside the region also recognize the tourist attraction. In order to increase the number of visits, the operator continues to arrange the object so as to make it look more beautiful and charming. of edelweiss, edelweiss stage, edelweiss propellers, and edelweiss huts. A White Valley of Eternity is jargon given to the attraction as drawing millennial generation. “We are still continuing to arrange tourist objects to increase the number of visits. Even now, we are adding selfie spots including developing the main plantation area and structuring the culinary area,” he said.

He further added that in the future the management team will collaborate with some tourism strengthening. As has been done, it makes collaboration with Generation of Wonderful Indonesia (GenPi) Bali in relation to promo-

tion of the tourist areas. And this November, there is Edelweiss Market designed by GenPi Bali.

The activity is expected to attract visitors and develop tourist objects based on local wisdom so that they have a distinctive attraction.

“For promotion, we have done it by engaging in direct exhibitions, promotions through social networking and through collaboration with local government and tourism.

It also includes digital and direct promotions as well as participation in tourism-related exhibitions. The main thing is to improve excellent services for visitors,” said Sueca. (kmb41)

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Field of Research and Development Division of Edelweiss Hut, I Nengah Sueca, revealed that since the opening of the Edelweiss Hut tourist object a year ago, indeed quite crowded visitors come every day. On average, there are 100 visitors. They do not only come from Karangasem, but also from outside the region to enjoy natural beauty offered to the visitors. “Visitors are usually crowded on holiday like Galungan and Kuningan,” he said.

Sueca added the objects offer the beauty of natural panorama of Mount Agung, hills, edelweiss and marigold garden. Besides, there are edelweiss flowers, stretching

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Subak Padanggalak designed to be a school of nature

DENPASAR - Subak Padanggalak, Kesiman Kertalangu, East Denpasar, returns to be fully utilized. Previously it was equipped with a tourist area with the addition of jogging track, and now will be transformed into natural school, especially for schools around the local villages. At least, in early 2019, this program can be realized.

This was affirmed by headman of Kesiman Kertalangu, I Made Suena, when met at Tukad Bindu on Monday (Nov. 26). Actually, it had been used as a natural school previously. However, lately the activity was dormant but now the program is re-established and effective again.

As a matter of fact, the subak (irrigation cooperative) had been structured in 2016. The subak arrangement as an educational place for students is the first of its kind in Denpasar. Now, his village authority will re-arrange the subak by completing other facilities that will make it easier for students to recognize the tools used by farmers in subak. “Currently, we re-arrange the Subak Padanggalak by involv-

ing subak (pekaseh) officials,” he said.

Related to the subak system, students will be given knowledge about irrigation such as which one is called pundukan (embankment), dam, as well as tools used in cultivating rice fields so as to be ready for planting rice seeds.

On that account, students will get understanding about subak, and not just looking at it because they will be guided directly by the subak administrator.

Suena explained the entire subak area spreads across 80 hectares.

Currently, there are only 1.5 kilometers of jogging tracks. Along the edge of the jogging track, he will fill the irrigation system, so that while walking the tour guide of pekaseh can explain directly.

“At some points along the way, we will plant trees and plants usually found in paddy fields.

However, we’ll prioritize plants frequently used as supplementary materials. This also greatly affects students’ knowledge. In addition to theory, they can also directly see or practice,” he explained. (kmb12)

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Camera innovation captures UK cities in unique detail

LONDON - A new camera innovation from Leica that combines image capture with 3D laser mapping, is being used for the first time to capture UK cities in amazing detail.

Bluesky International has used the Leica CityMapper, the world’s first hybrid airborne sensor combining vertical and oblique imagery with 3D laser scanning, to capture major cities throughout the UK. Using the CityMapper, Bluesky has mapped parts of London, Manchester and Birmingham as well as Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Norwich, Nottingham and Oxford. It intends to increase its coverage by capturing additional towns and cities across the UK and Ireland in 2019.

It is the first time this technology has been used commercially in the UK to this level. The captured city data is currently available from Bluesky and Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, in its constituent components of vertical orthorectified aerial imagery, oblique photographs and LiDAR point cloud data. Plans are in place to also include the imagery in Hexagon’s HxGN Content Program in the near future.

“The combination of multiple survey grade cameras and LiDAR enables, for the first time, the simultaneous capture of data for the automatic creation of highly accurate and detailed citywide 3D models, with one sensor,” said Rachel Tidmarsh, managing director of Bluesky.

“Whilst 3D models have been around for a number of

years, they have either been prohibitively expensive for use across larger areas or of insufficient detail or accuracy.

Using the CityMapper sensor, we can achieve efficient, and therefore cost effective, capture of highly detailed and accurate data, making widespread use of 3D models a reality.”

CItyMapper includes a traditional vertical camera as well as survey-grade oblique cameras. Specially designed for 3D city modelling and urban mapping, the sensor also includes high performance LiDAR technology to accurately collect elevation data even into the shadows, which are common in urban environments and make photo-based data collection difficult.

The CityMapper sensor also collects colour infrared data, which can be used to aid greenspace mapping and vegetation studies.

Applications of the new Bluesky 3D models are expected to include urban planning, line of sight analysis, new development visualisations and environmental modelling, as well as potentially 3D fly throughs and virtual reality experiences. Early adopters of the data include architects, planning consultants and other map publishers.

“The CityMapper was designed for just this type of use – capturing the many layers of urban environments,” said Ron Roth, Leica Geosystems’ geospatial content solutions product manager of airborne topographic LiDAR. “We are IBP/net excited to see the high-quality data Bluesky has been able to produce with CityMapper, and we are sure many customers CityMapper has been used to capture parts of Lonwill benefit from this capture.” (IBP/net) don, including St Paul’s cathedral.

was modified using CRISPR, a technique which allows scientists to remove and replace a strand with pinpoint precision.

The development emerged Sunday in an article published by industry journal the MIT Technology Review, which referenced medical documents posted online by He’s research team at the Southern University of Science and Technology to recruit couples for the experiments.

He’s video then went online, prompting a heated debate among the scientific community, including

from experts who cast doubt over the claimed breakthrough, and others who decried it as a modern form of eugenics.

He said the babies, known as “Lulu” and “Nana” although they are not their real names, were born through regular IVF but using an egg which was specially modified before being inserted into the womb.

“Right after sending her husband’s sperm into her egg, an embryologist also sent in CRISPR/ Cas9 protein and instructions to perform a gene surgery intended to protect the girls from future HIV infection,” he said.

The claims come ahead of a conference of world experts in Hong Kong on Tuesday, where He is expected to reveal more details.

But there is as yet no independent verification of his claims, which have not been published in a peerreviewed journal -- an omission that the scientist’s critics have seized on.

- ‘Highly problematic’ -

Chinese university professor He Jiankui

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The MIT Technology Review warns that “the technology is ethically charged because changes to an embryo would be inherited by future generations and could eventually affect the entire gene pool.”

Other scientists have also sound-

ed caution.

Nicholas Evans, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, said on Twitter that the claims were “wild”.

“On a basic level, announcing the test through a YouTube video is a highly problematic form of scientific practice, as it steps aside the vetting processes on which a lot of scientific advance relies, such as peer review,” he told AFP. “We’ve been talking about genetic engineering of embryos for a while... what is a bit more revolutionary is that these children were allegedly engineered to provide resistance to a disease. That’s a new step forward, and where a lot of peril is.”

The issue of editing human DNA is extremely controversial, and only allowed in the US in laboratory research -- although US scientists said last year that they had successfully edited the genetic code of piglets to remove dormant viral infections.

But this is not the first time Chinese researchers have experimented with human embryo technology, and last September scientists at Sun Yat-sen University in China used an adapted version of gene-editing to correct a disease-causing mutation in human embryos.

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Tabanan govt holds Green City Festival to realize green city

China scientist claims world’s first gene-edited babies

HONG KONG - A scientist in China claims to have created the world’s first genetically-edited babies, in a potentially ground-breaking and controversial medical first.

Chinese university professor He Jiankui posted a video on YouTube saying that the twin girls, born a few weeks ago, had had their DNA altered to prevent them from contracting HIV. The professor, who was educated at Stanford in the US and works from a lab in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, said their DNA

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Sam Sternberg, assistant professor in biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Columbia University, questioned the whole premise of He’s research, noting that it was not aimed at fixing a life-threatening condition -- like a genetic disease for example.

“Missing from the video is the fact that edits were made to embryos that do NOT have HIV. Changes risk/benefit big-time,” he tweeted.

“This breaking news story sure is an absolute bombshell for the #GeneEditSummit in Hong Kong this week. No doubt countless speakers are scrambling to update slides as we speak.”

He Jiankui did not immediately respond to a request for comment from AFP. Neither was there any response from queries to the organisers of the Hong Kong conference, and it is not clear whether they were aware of He’s work.

In a pre-recorded video on the conference’s website, biologist and chair of the international summit David Baltimore said: “We have never done anything that will change the genes of the human race, and we have never done anything that will have effects that will go on through the generations.” (afp)

TABANAN — As a commitment of the Tabanan district government in realizing Tabanan into a Green City, the local government together with the Green Community Forum (Generasi Pelangi) conducted a series of action plans, where one of them is through the Green City festival with the theme of “Green Circle, Matching My City” held on Saturday (Nov. 24) in Garuda Wisnu Serasi City Park.

Committee Chairman of the activity and the Head of Research and Development Agency (Bapelitbang), Ida Bagus Wiratmaja, explained the Green City Festival is one of the several series of activities in the framework of the Green City Development Program (P2KH). The event is intended to improve the quality and quantity of green open space and change the conceptual paradigm from open space to urban green space. “Green components are not only parks, but all urban spaces that ecologically fulfill the definition of green. Green open space in a city must meet 30 percent of the total existing city land area, with details of 20 percent of public open space and 10 percent private open space,” he explained.

The activities carried out in this green city festival include tree planting, the exhibition of waste management with the 3R model (reuse, reduce and recycle), fragmentation of environmental management education by students of SDN 1 Mambang elementary school, East Selemadeg and exhibitions.

Assistant II of Tabanan government, I Wayan Miarsana, who represented the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti, said that

central government had launched P2KH in 2011 to address the challenges of climate change in Indonesia. Tabanan district is one of the cities having been set in the development to become a green city, where green cities are ecologically healthy by applying green city attributes. “Green city attributes include Green Building, Green Energy, Green Planning and Design, Green Open Space, Green Waste, Green Water, Green Transportation and Green Community,” he said.

He explained that Tabanan with the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (PUPR) in 2016 signed a green city charter, where the Green City festival is one of the realization of the commitment. The theme of My Green Environment, Harmonious City contains the meaning of inviting the Tabanan community to green the city towards Harmonious Tabanan. “I hope this Green City Festival can campaign activities in green open spaces, provide space for the expression of open green space arts, make the venue for interaction between groups of citizens and cultivation of activities in city park in the form of dance, music, painting, drama and other education,” he said .

He added that to meet the RTH requirements in urban areas by 30 percent according to Law 26/2007 concerning spatial planning, is certainly not an easy thing for Tabanan. At present, the achievement of the new Tabanan urban green open space reaches 22 percent. To improve, it cannot be handled partially but must be comprehensively by going hand in hand between the government and the community. (kmb24)

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Karangasem Water Police Unit led by its Chief I Made Wartama carried out the sea cleanup program located in the waters of Blue Lagoon Padang Bay.

Karangasem Water Police clean up sea from plastic waste

AMLAPURA — Karangasem Water Police Unit led by its Chief I Made Wartama carried out the sea cleanup program located in the waters of Blue Lagoon Padang Bay, sub-marine waters to the Tanah Ampo Pier. The activities carried out are in the framework of the 68th anniversary of the Water Police on December 1.

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The Green City festival with the theme of “Green Circle, Matching My City” held on Saturday (Nov. 24) in Garuda Wisnu Serasi City Park.

Chief of Karangasem Water Police, I Made Wartama, revealed the purpose of the activity is to clean up the sea from organic and nonorganic waste in order to preserve or maintain marine biota such as coral reef and marine animal. By that way, they can become a tourist attraction.

“From the activities carried out, we get organic waste such as tree trunks or twigs and two bags of non-organic waste (plastic), which are then taken to land and disposed of to landfill located on the Padangbay dock,” he said.

Wartama added that in the event it used a C2 Tanjung Muntik patrol

boat under organizing commander of I Gede Nuada, with six crew members. What having been done is expected to be able to make the sea clean and to preserve the underwater and its ecosystem so that it is still crowded with tourists that will enjoy the underwater beauty. (kmb41)

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Playground equipment in public spaces considered inadequate

This handout image released by NASA/JPLCaltech on November 26, 2018 and acquired

by NASA’s InSight Mars lander using its robotic arm-mounted, Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) shows a view from NASA’s InSight lander after it touched down on the surface of Mars.

NEGARA - Until now, the provision of playground equipment for children in public spaces is considered to be lacking. Some residents also questioned about the provision of recreational facilities for children in the public space.

They hoped that all green open spaces having been established and arranged can be equipped with children’s playgrounds. Made Kusuma, 29, from Mendoyo, stated the open space development is still not integrated, even though the government encourages the development of green open spaces. “Why are all facilities not built for children all at once? Moreover, the development at villages and urban areas should all be equally provided,” he said.

Budi Bangsawan, 43, a resident of Pekutatan, said there is a need for safe playground facilities for children in public spaces. According to him, it is very necessary for children to play, sports for parents and their children can play safely. “Now, there is only a place to play in the tower but still limited,” he explained.

Head of the Jembrana Public Works and Housing Agency (PUPRPKP), I Wayan Darwin, said that he knew only two locations of green open spaces having been equipped with children’s playground facilities. They are in Bung Karno Arts Building and in Gilimanuk Public Square. He admitted the provision of facilities for children is very important.

According to him, it must be provided because it is important to green open space also functioned as medium of recreation and education. The infrastructure must also be child-friendly. Admittedly, the availability of green open space or RTH in Jembrana is not yet optimal.

Necessarily, the district like Jembrana should have 40 percent of green open space. However, seeing the area of Jembrana, currently there has been 20 percent. He will complete the existing green open space with child-friendly facilities including playgrounds. In the future, it will be equipped with facilities for children in each green open space. Apart from being child-friendly, it must also be friendly to the disabled. (kmb)

Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet HO / NASA/JPL-CALTECH / AFP

PASADENA - Cheers and applause erupted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday as a waist-high unmanned lander, called InSight, touched down on Mars, capping a nearly seven-year journey from design to launch to landing.

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Until now, the provision of playground equipment for children in public spaces is considered to be lacking in Jembrana.

Construction of new shortcut stays under land acquisition

TABANAN - The plan to build the road shortcut 3 and 4 Singaraja, Buleleng-Mengwitani, Badung, will soon be realized. This route is touted to shorten the Buleleng

to Denpasar road section. Secretary of Public Works and Housing Agency (PUPR), I Gusti Agung Oka Kamasan, said that so far the development of shortcut 3

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This shortcut development is expected to reduce traffic accidents and break down traffic jams in the corn sculpture area, Candikuning.

and 4 for Singaraja-Mengwitani remains in land acquisition stage and preparation of Environmental Impact Analysis (AMDAL) stage.

“This is the latest information I’ve heard. To be clear to what extent, it can be asked to Road Development Division Head. Unfortunately, he is sick now,” he said on Monday (Nov. 26).

Nevertheless, from previous reports on the development of shortcuts 3 and 4 of SingarajaMengwitani, there are indeed several regions of Tabanan that will also be affected by land acquisition.

They are Taman Tanda hamlet, Batunya with Candikuning II and Candikuning II hamlet, Baturiti, Tabanan. “The shortcuts will cross the two regions,” he explained.

Land acquisition affecting the residents related to the construction of shortcut area amounts to 11,223 square meters. Meanwhile, the natural tourism forest area spreads across 14,093 square meters and land owned by the government of

Bali Province covering an area of 3,879 square meters.

“Construction of the shortcut 3 and 4 will shorten the path from Buleleng to Denpasar. Originally, the road section extended along 2,400 meters and after building the shortcut with a length of 1,576 meters, the distance can be shortened along 824 meters. This means the distance is shorter than before,” he said.

This shortcut development is expected to reduce traffic accidents and break down traffic jams in the corn sculpture area, Candikuning, occurring every Saturday, Sunday and during school holiday season.

“Besides, it is also meant to reduce the steep bends and inclines on the Singaraja-Denpasar route,” he said.

Land acquisition and AMDAL preparation phase perhaps can be worked on from August to December 2018. Meanwhile, the construction of shortcuts will be carried out from the beginning

of January to December 2019.

The plan of shortcut construction will cost IDR 230 billion.

Meanwhile, the AMDAL plan and land clearing are worth IDR 85 billion. All costs are sourced from the Regional Budget of Bali Province.

Meanwhile, Chairperson of the Tabanan House of Representatives, I Ketut Suryadi, once delivered the construction of shortcut will not affect the beauty of Lake Beratan.

“The area of the lake does not change. To make certain, the government must have considered the sustainability and beauty of the lake if the development of the shortcut will be done,” he said.

Moreover, this politician from Selemadeg asserted if persistently continuing to be trapped with various problems the congestion will not be overcome. “If we don’t dare to take a step and continuously get trapped and we don’t want to move, the car can’t move,” he said. (kmb28)

The dramatic arrival of the $993 million spacecraft -- designed to listen for quakes and tremors as a way to unveil the Red Planet’s inner mysteries, how it formed billions of years ago and, by extension, how other rocky planets like Earth took shape -- marked the eighth successful landing on Mars in NASA’s history.

“Touchdown confirmed,” a mission control operator at NASA said, as pent-up anxiety and excitement surged through the room, and dozens of scientists leapt from their seats to embrace each other.

“It was intense and you could feel the emotion,” said NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, in an interview on NASA television afterward.

Bridenstine also said President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had watched on television and called to congratulate the US space agency for its hard work.

“Ultimately, the day is coming when we land humans on Mars,” Bridenstine said, adding that the goal is to do so by the mid 2030s.

The vehicle appeared to be in good shape, according to the first communications received from the Martian surface.

But as expected, the dust kicked up during the landing obscured the first picture InSight sent back, which

was heavily flecked.

France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) made the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument, the key element for sensing quakes.

The principal investigator on the French seismometer, Philippe Lognonne, said he was “relieved and very happy” at the outcome.

“I’ve just received confirmation that there are no rocks in front of the lander,” he told AFP. And in a final crucial phase, NASA said InSight signaled to Earth that its solar panels -- twin solar arrays spanning seven feet (2.2 meters) in width -- had opened and were collecting sunlight on the surface of Mars.

“The InSight team can rest a little easier tonight now that we know the spacecraft solar arrays are deployed and recharging the batteries,” said Tom Hoffman, InSight’s project manager.

- Entry, descent, landing The spacecraft is NASA’s first to touch down on Earth’s neighboring planet since the Curiosity rover arrived in 2012.

More than half of 43 attempts to reach Mars with rovers, orbiters and probes by space agencies from

around the world have failed.

NASA is the only space agency to have made it, and is invested in these robotic missions as a way to prepare for the first Mars-bound human explorers in the 2030s.

“We never take Mars for granted.

Mars is hard,” Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator for the science mission directorate, said on Sunday.

The nail-biting entry, descent and landing phase began at 11:47 am (1940 GMT) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, home to mission control for Mars InSight, and ended one second before 1953 GMT. A carefully orchestrated sequence -- already fully preprogrammed on board the spacecraft -- unfolded over the following several minutes, coined “six and a half minutes of terror.”

Speeding faster than a bullet at 12,300 miles (19,800 kilometers) an hour, the heat-shielded spacecraft encountered scorching friction as it entered the Mars atmosphere.

The heat shield soared to a temperature of 2,700 Fahrenheit (about 1,500 Celsius) before it was discarded, the three landing legs deployed and the parachute popped out, easing InSight down to the Martian surface. (afp)

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Jack Ma, China’s richest man, is a Communist Party member

BEIJING - Jack Ma, founder of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is among the world’s richest people but he has now emerged as a member of another club: China’s 89million-strong Communist Party.

The billionaire’s Communist bona fides were revealed by the People’s Daily, the party’s official mouthpiece, in an article praising contributors to China’s development.

He is not the first nor likely the last Chinese super-rich capitalist to join the party, which counts property titan Xu Jiayin and Wanda Group founder Wang Jianlin among its billionaire members.

But Ma’s membership had not been known until now as China’s richest man had previously suggested that he preferred to stay out of politics.

In Monday’s article, the People’s Daily said Ma was a party member who has played an important role in pushing China’s Belt and Road global trade infrastructure initiative -- a pet project of President Xi Jinping.

He has also been honoured as one of the “outstanding builders of socialism with Chinese characteristics in Zhejiang Province,” where Alibaba is based, the daily said.

Joining the party can be helpful to private businessmen and women in the country as they navigate a complicated business environment where the state-led economy dominates many industries and private business can be unwelcome.

Xi has renewed a push to expand the Communist Party’s influence in private business, requiring any company with more than three party members to set up a party cell, or lacking numbers, join with

nearby firms.

Three in four private companies already host party organisations.

“We must do a good job in the education and management of party members and guide them to play an active role,” Xi told officials in Shanghai earlier this month, noting the increase in private employment and new types of employment.

Xi is pushing to further intertwine the party and business, with the latest rewrite to the rules for party organisations published Sunday by official news agency Xinhua.

In private companies party cells should “guide and supervise the enterprise to strictly abide by national laws and regulations,” the draft order says, according to Xinhua.

Ma did not reveal his Communist Party membership in paperwork filed for Alibaba’s 2014 initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. It is not known if Ma was a member at the time.

A spokeswoman for Alibaba declined to comment.

Ma -- who announced in September that he would step down as head of Alibaba next year -- has previously indicated he preferred to keep the Chinese state at arm’s length.

“My philosophy is to be in love with the government, but never marry them,” he said at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2007.

But party members must hold up their right fist and recite an oath upon joining.

“Be loyal to the party, work actively, fight for communism all one’s life, always be prepared to sacrifice everything for the party and people, and never betray the party,” they recite. (afp)

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This file photo taken on September 8, 2017 shows Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba group, dancing to a medley of Michael Jackson songs during the Alibaba Annual Party at the Huanglong sports centre in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province.

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Makincang-Kincung Tradition at Taro Village

There is always something unique in Bali. The Makincang-Kincung tradition was held in the area of ??Puseh Temple of Patas hamlet, Taro, Tegallalang, on Saturday night (Oct. 27). The annual tradition coinciding with the pujawali or temple festival in Puseh Bale Agung Temple was held as a reflection or description of the hard work performed by the local community to achieve prosperity.

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina had hoped to show off its newly marketfriendly economy to the world when the G-20 group of the world’s top economies begins its first South American summit this week. Instead it’s looking for help to avoid an all-out crisis.

The two-day meeting that starts Friday is meant to focus on development, infrastructure and food security, but most of the talk on the sidelines is expected to center on trade disputes between the U.S. and China and the signing of the new North American free trade deal.

Argentina, a darling of Wall Street just a year ago, finds itself hosting the summit while scrambling for international aid to fend off a collapse.

“The original vision for Argentina was to use the G-20 to showcase that it had transformed the economy, and instead it welcomes world leaders to the economic wreckage. So, the timing is inconvenient, to say the least,” said Benjamin Gedan, an Argentina expert at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

“Instead of a showcase, the G-20 is an opportunity to plead for international support.” Argentina was forced to obtain a record $56 billion credit line from the International Monetary Fund recently following a currency crisis and spiraling inflation. The peso has depreciated by more than half this year and consumer prices are estimated to have risen by about 45 percent. Growing frustration over massive layoffs and poverty has also stoked protests that are expected to re-ignite during the summit.

Still, President Mauricio Macri will want to show improvements in international relations during his three years in office after more than a decade of protectionist policies under the populist governments of President Cristina Fernandez and her late husband and predecessor, Nestor Kirchner.

Even with the economy in turmoil, Macri has resolved a longstanding legal dispute with creditors that gave Argentina renewed access to global credit markets for the first time a default in 2001-2002. He has also improved relations with the U.S. after years of animosity under his predecessors, keeping friendly ties both with U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

“Argentina is in a critical moment when it comes to international debt and it will seize on this moment to confirm international support from other G-20 countries” that are leading creditors of the IMF, said Julio Burdman, a Buenos Aires-based political analyst and pollster.

Macri is also expected to make a renewed push for Argentina’s membership into the

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Secretary of Patas customary village, I Ketut Wija, explained that in implementing the tradition, the participants are coming from the local customary village youth. The procession was begun by walking around the specially made penjor with more than 10 meters in height. The initial process of this ceremony was preceded by local customary apparatus. After making a circular movement around the penjor, all the participants have to work hard and try to climb the penjor in order to get the sampian penjor festoon as a symbol of fertility.

According to Wija, there are about eight series of the ceremonies performed before all the participants compete in order to be able to climb to the end between the penjor’s wing boundaries.

I Wayan Buda, one of the participants of the Makincangkincung, admitted to struggle among the temptations of his friends with the slippery penjor bamboo pole to finally reach the top and get a sampian penjor festoon. “It is quite hard to climb as having to compete against all the friends and the bamboo pole is also very slippery,” he said with a rushing breath due to exhaustion.

Nevertheless, he claimed to be proud of being able to climb up and get a symbol of welfare in the form of sampian penjor. “I’m very happy to be able to participate in this ceremony,” he said. (kmb)

Polygamy Area, Manifestation of Respect to Women AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File

In this Aug. 30, 2018 file photo, people walk past an exchange house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina had hoped to show off its newly market-friendly economy to the world when the G-20 group of the world’s top economies begins its first South American summit in late November, but instead it’s looking for help to avoid an all-out crisis.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Meanwhile, neighboring Brazil and the other Latin American member, Mexico, are both in political flux, with one veering to further right and the other left.

Brazilian President Michel Temer will be replaced on Jan. 1 by rightist Jair Bolsonaro, who has often expressed admiration for Trump, criticized multilateralism and vowed to renegotiate or scrap trade deals.

Like Trump, he has also been skeptical of Chinese investment, saying “the Chinese are not buying in Brazil. They are buying Brazil itself.”

Monica de Bolle, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said Brazil will be focused more on relations with the U.S. and less on regional integration with Mexico or the South American trade bloc Mercosur.

“I think that agenda is now out the window, at least it’s dropped from the Brazilian perspective,” she said.

For Mexico, there are questions about

whether “there really is any interest in engaging with the region or if the interest lies elsewhere given that Brazil is going to have an antagonistic, I think, administration with respect to Mexico given the ultra-conservative right-wing politics that Bolsonaro espouses.”

Mexico and Canada recently reached agreement with the Trump administration on a revamped version of the North American Free Trade Agreement between the two nations, and the deal may be signed during the G-20 summit, though it won’t take effect until approval by the countries’ legislatures.

There’s also uncertainty about the potential policies of Mexican President-elect President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who will skip the summit because he’s being sworn in on Saturday.

The left-leaning leader has tried to ease concerns among the business community, but he upset many when he recently canceled a partly built, $13 billion new airport on the outskirts of Mexico City. He has vowed, however, to avoid tax hikes and to adopt tight

budget austerity.

Argentina’s Pedro Villagra Delgado, the lead organizer for the G-20 acknowledged last week that it might not be possible to reach a consensus on a final statement.

“Everything might fall through if there is no agreement on the trade issue,” he said.

“It would be a shame because there is a huge amount of issues where we do have an agreement.”

While the U.S.-China trade conflict is far from being the only issue at the G-20, analysts said it is likely to cast a cloud over the summit.

“The U.S.-China dynamic has poisoned all multilateral forums. There’s basically nothing you can do but you know hope for a miracle and even a miracle looks modest,” said Gedan of the Wilson Center.

“What is unthinkable is any progress at the G-20 itself. As I said recently on Twitter, quoting an Argentine official I spoke to, they would be satisfied with a communique that did nothing but compliment the weather in Buenos Aires.” (afp)

How unique it is. Penglipuran village in Bangli district can be said as the only anti-polygamy village in Bali. The men at the local village are strictly forbidden from having more than one wife. If they insist on taking polygamy, they must be willing to be ostracized in a vacant land located in the south of local village, known as karang memadu or polygamy area.

The polygamy area is vacant land measuring approximately 9×21 meters. It is located in the southern of people’s residence. Local residents consider it spiritually impure (leteh). As being impure, any fruits cultivated in the area like bananas cannot to be taken advantage as a means of ritual oblation, but should only be consumed.

A signboard reading ‘Polygamy Area’ is installed to mark this land and indeed made special by residents. Any residents daring to violate the rules set forth in the customary bylaw or awig-awig of Penglipuran, they must consequently be willing to be ostracized and occupy the area with their wife. Not only that, they will also be subject to some other social sanctions. They are not allowed to cross the number of certain roads

in the village area. One of them is the main intersection at the village next to the local meeting hall. They are only allowed to exit through the road to the south of the polygamy area.

Headman of Penglipuran, Wayan Supat, when met recently said that the prohibition from polygamy has been passed down from generation to generation. “People committing polygamy are not allowed to pass northwards to the village intersection or catus pata. It includes visiting the entire village temple of Penglipuran because they are considered in impure state,” he explained. In addition, the validity of the couple’s marriage will also never be approved by customary village.

He said the impact of social sanctions is severe enough so that until now the polygamy area remains vacant without any buildings. No people dare to occupy the area. According to Supat, the existence of prohibition for men to have polygamy indicates that the ancestors of local communities very much respect to women from time immemorial. Indirectly the rules also educate men to be faithful to one partner only. (kmb)

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Putin warns against ‘reckless’ moves after Ukraine declares martial law

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine against any “reckless acts” on Tuesday after Kiev declared martial law in response to Moscow’s seizure of three of its navy vessels.

The Ukrainian parliament late on Monday voted in favour of President Petro Poroshenko’s request for the introduction of martial law in parts of the country for 30 days.

The decision came as Ukraine and Russia face their most dangerous crisis in years after Russian forces fired on, boarded and captured Kiev’s ships on Sunday off the coast of Crimea.

The incident was the first major confrontation at sea in the long-running conflict pitting Ukraine against Moscow and Russian-backed separatists in the country’s east.

It has raised fears of a wider escalation -- in a conflict that has killed more than 10,000 people since 2014 -- and prompted international calls for restraint and offers of mediation.

Martial law gives Ukrainian authorities the power to mobilise citizens with military experience, regulate the media and restrict public rallies in affected areas.

Moscow has accused Kiev of planning Sunday’s confrontation as a provocation aimed at drumming up support for Poroshenko ahead of elections next year and convincing Western governments to impose further sanctions on Russia.

In a phone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Putin expressed “serious concern” over the introduction of martial law, the Kremlin said in a statement.

Putin said Kiev’s actions were “clearly taken in view of the election campaign in Ukraine”.

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“It’s also safer in the caravan,” she adds. Another mother was forced to abandon her house under threats from gangsters who had already kidnapped her husband.

The 39-year-old said the caravan offered an opportunity to give her 12- and 14-year-old sons “a better future.” On the El Salvador del Mundo square, families gathered with children in tow to witness the official decorating of the city’s Christmas tree amid fireworks and singing. Few people took any interest in the migrants, easily recognizable among the throng by their meagre backpacks.

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He said he hoped Berlin could intervene with Ukrainian authorities “to dissuade them from further reckless acts”.

- Dramatic television footage -

Sunday’s incident has been playing out on Russian and Ukrainian television screens, with dramatic footage of Russian ships chasing down a Ukrainian tugboat that was trying to pass through the Kerch Strait from the Black Sea into the Sea of Azov.

Ukraine has accused Russian border patrol vessels of ramming the tugboat, which was accompanied by two small warships, and of firing on the Ukrainian vessels.

Russia’s FSB security service, which oversees border forces, confirmed weapons had been fired and the vessels seized, but accused Ukrainian ships of crossing illegally into Russian waters and of ignoring warnings.

Tensions have been building for months over the Kerch Strait, especially after Russia built a new bridge across the waterway that gives it a land connection to Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014.

Moscow has so far resisted calls to release the three ships or the 24 sailors it has detained, suggesting they could face criminal action.

In a move sure to further anger Kiev, Russian state television late on Monday aired footage of some of the captured sailors being questioned by Moscow’s security services.

One of the sailors is heard saying “the actions of the Ukrainian armed vessels in the Kerch Strait had a provocatory character” -- parroting the version of events put forward by Russian authorities.

Western governments have rallied behind Kiev in the dispute, accusing Russia of illegally blocking access to the Sea of Azov and of taking military action without justification.

A 43-year-old mother and her sons aged 16 and 20 told AFP they were arrested and detained in Mexico. She is another who withheld her name out of fear of the MS-13 criminal gang that originated in California but has since spread its tentacles throughout Central America.

It’s a group that US President Donald Trump frequently claims has infiltrated the migrant caravans as he pushes a tough stance on border security. MS-13 made her nephew disappear and then harassed her after she went looking for him. It also tried to recruit her youngest son when he was only 11.

Getting away from the gangs is proving tough. After leaving home, she received death threats

Kiev urged the United States and European Union to impose more sanctions on Russia over the latest incident.

Britain, Canada, France, Germany and others expressed support for Kiev on Monday, with EU President Donald Tusk calling for Russia to return the Ukrainian sailors and ships and “refrain from further provocations”.

The United Nations Security Council met in an emergency session on the crisis on Monday, where US envoy Nikki Haley called the seizure of the ships an “outra-

geous violation of sovereign Ukrainian territory” and slammed “yet another reckless Russian escalation”.

She did not, however, threaten further sanctions on Russia and President Donald Trump suggested it was up to European governments to handle the crisis.

“We don’t like what’s happening and hopefully it will get straightened out. I know Europe is not -- they are not thrilled.

They’re working on it too. We’re all working on it together,” Trump told reporters at the White House. (afp)

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (C) followed by Singapore’s President Halimah Yacob (back) inspect a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Istana presidential palace in Singapore on November 13, 2018.

when exiled in Guatemala, forcing her to move on. Even at the Mexican detention center, she came across gang members. “We landed in something even more dangerous, worse,” she said.

After her travails, she opted to be sent home and now stays at Migrant House, an establishment run

by Catholic missionaries in San Salvador. She plans to relocate to one of the few regions of the country not beleaguered by gangs “for my sons’ safety, no matter how far away or isolated it is.”

One thing she’s sure she’ll never do again, though, is try to emigrate. Despite such difficulties, another group is active on social media, preparing to head out from El Salvador on January 2.

Within minutes, 200 people

have connected to the group and the messages multiply. Without revealing his identity, #StarLord announces himself as the group’s administrator. He decides who gets to stay in the group, deletes messages and dishes out advice.

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On average 300 to 400 people leave El Salvador every day. The caravans have proved hugely tempting, in particular for those who cannot afford to pay the sums demanded by “coyotes.”

Authorities have even snared people smugglers who managed to infiltrate caravans.

“Three people were arrested in the first two caravans in the act of trafficking people,” El Salvador’s minister of justice and

public security, Mauricio Ramirez Landaverde said. The presidents of Guatemala, Jimmy Morales, and Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, have hit out at the caravans, claiming they’ve been manipulated politically in order to “violate borders.”

Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega and Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela have been accused of encouraging caravans to deflect attention from the crises in their countries.

For Benjamin Cuellar, a Salvadoran human rights expert, those accusations have “no objective foundation.” He says attention should be turned instead to solving the problems that motivate people to migrate. “People live in hell. They’re fleeing... hunger and blood.” (afp)

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Indonesian workers in Taiwan win Mandarin speech contest BEIJING - Three Indonesian workers in Taiwan have won awards in the Mandarin speech contest in Taipei.

In addition to receiving the trophy, the three migrant workers were also entitled to the main prize worth millions of rupiah, according to a statement from the Indonesian Economic and Trade Office (KDEI) in Taipei received by Antara here Monday.

The three Indonesian workers winning the contest are Dessy Riana, who came first, as well as Ucik Prasetyaningsih and Herpianti Togatorop, who stood second and third respectively.

They defeated more than 50 other foreign labor participants from Vietnam and the Philippines.

At the competition, Riana delivered a speech titled “My Village” that described the acculturation of Indonesian and Chinese cultures in Palembang, South Sumatra.

“There are many cultures in Palembang influenced by Chinese cultures, from culinary, clothing, to places of worship,” the migrant worker from Palembang, who has been working in Taiwan for eight years, stated.

The woman, who works as a nurse, completed her speech with supporting images about Palembang`s cultures with Chinese cultural touches. Riana`s appearance enthralled the judges, who deemed her a worthy recipient of a trophy and cash prize of NTD20 thousand, or some Rp9.4 million.

Meanwhile, Prasetyaningsih gave a speech on batik. “Batik in my eyes is like a very beautiful painting,” she noted, adding that the cash prize of NTD15 thousand, or some Rp7.05 million, would be used to buy a new television for her parents in her hometown in Ponorogo District, East Java.

Togatorop, who stood third, appeared in a Toba Batak outfit that was in accordance with the theme of his speech on Lake Toba

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in North Sumatra. “I want to introduce how vast Indonesia is,” stated Togatorop, who won a trophy and NTD12 thousand, or some Rp5.64 million.

Head of the Labor Division at KDEI Sri Indah Wijayanti expressed pride over the achievements of Indonesian workers.

“Hopefully, these achievements would

inspire other migrant workers. We also express our gratitude to Taiwan`s government and all parties for organizing this event,” she noted. (ant)

Indonesian village yanks WiFi Presence of women in politics over porn-surfing pupils important: Researcher

A village in a conservative region of Indonesia is pulling the plug on wireless Internet after children were caught accessing porn sites instead of going to Koran study class, officials said Monday.

Aceh province -- the only region in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country that imposes Islamic law -- has drawn fire in the past for publicly whipping people found guilty of a range of offences including homosexuality, gambling and drinking alcohol.

Curee Baroh village has ordered half a dozen local cafes to shut their cheap WiFi service immediately.

It is located in the district of Bireun, which made headlines this year when it banned men

and women from dining together unless they were married or related. Officials defended the new edict by saying the service, which cost the equivalent of 21 US cents for five hours’ use, was damaging local children’s morals.

“In the past, kids would recite the Koran after evening prayers but since WiFi has become available, they’re hanging out in these shops instead,” village head Helmiadi Mukhtaruddin told AFP. “They’re accessing pornographic images and other sites, which is very damaging to their morals.”

The village of 900 people has not yet decided on a punishment for cafe owners who refuse to comply with the order, which was announced on Friday. (afp)

YOGYAKARTA - Amid the emergence of political currents that want to undermine unity in nation and state, the presence of women in national politics is considered important, according to a researcher from Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Prof R Siti Zuhro.

“Women have the rights in constitution and democracy as citizens to participate in national politics,” Zuhro remarked at an international seminar on the Role of Women in National Education and Politics at Aisyiyah University in Yogyakarta on Sunday.

She said that as the state assets, women must be given an equal place as as men in politics, because according to her, the number

of population of women and men is relatively the same.

Zuhro said that of a total population of 265 million in 2018 in Indonesia, there are 133.17 million men and 131.88 million women. Hence, 49.77 percent of the total population is women.

On that basis, women must build national political power as an expression of their partiality to the interests of the people. The struggle of women in the public world has a long history, and representation of Indonesian women in parliament experiences ups and downs.

“The low representation of women in parliament can be an indicator of the low role of women in political parties,” she said.(ant)

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Khabib adds fire to Mayweather bout flame

MOSCOW - Reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov said on Monday his potential fight with undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. would be twice as interesting as Conor McGregor’s bout with the American.

Nungnung Waterfall

BADUNG - Bali Island is well featured by nature heritage that most appointed as the places of interest for tourists who visit the

island. Nungnung waterfall is one of wonderful Bali nature heritages located in Banjar Nungnung, Pelaga Village, Petang Distric, in

north part of Badung Regency. It is about 45 kilometers or one and a half hours drive from Denpasar city passing Sangeh Monkey Forest and some of beautiful rice field.

Nungnung Waterfall is a beautiful waterfall secluded in the river valley with wild natures of rain forest, fresh atmosphere and surrounded by unique sound of natures. Splash sound of waterfall is blended with pretty sound of jungle making this place a very wonderful site you must visit when traveling to Bali.

Exploring the wonderful scenery of Bali nature heritage is right to be done here. Your trip will be exciting to discover wonderful waterfall to make your holiday memorable. Walking through the freshly atmosphere and step down 500 stairs will remove your tiredness until discovering this wonderful waterfall. The waterfall is well blessed by the sound of nature and splash of waterfall

voice can be heard after passing the lush green rice field and plantation. Nungnung waterfall is continuously flowed by fresh of water from 70 meters high. It will give the impressive journey experiences for those of you who love with natures and trekking adventures where we can enjoy this wonderful scenery easily.

There is an entrance fee of 10,000 Rupiah ($1) that you will have to pay at a small ticket office before making your way down to Nungnung Waterfall. The hike down to Nungnung Waterfall takes approximately 20 minutes. The track is clear and you will also have to attack a steep set of concrete stairs that will without a doubt give your legs a good workout. It is all worth it when you make it down to the base of Air Terjun Nungnung!

Of all the incredible waterfalls that I have explored in Bali, Nungnung Waterfall makes my top 3 list of the

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It is possible to swim in the rock pool beneath the 50-meter waterfall though do so at your own risk. The water discharge is one of the most powerful ones I have seen. The best time to visit Nungnung Waterfall (Air Terjun Nungnung) is in the morning between 10am-12pm for the best lighting from the sun.

There are several angles to shoot this waterfall from, my personal favourite is with the bamboo bridge in the foreground. The spray in the amphitheatre beneath the falls can soak your camera lens, so be prepared with a lens wiper. I always tend to pack a lunch and plenty of drinking water on my daily adventures throughout Bali, however, you can always find warungs (local restaurants) at basically every waterfall location. A local dish of nasi goreng or mie goreng will cost you $2.50 and bottled water for $1.

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Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov gives a press conference in Moscow on November 26, 2018.

“Our fight will be twice as interesting.

Two unbeaten fighters, it will be interesting to see which one falls or takes a step back,” he said in a press conference in Moscow to launch his autobiography.

The Russian widely known as simply “Khabib” called out Mayweather in October but the UFC’s president Dana White has said they could only face off in a mixed martial arts fight and not inside a boxing ring as was the case with McGregor.

Mayweather beat the Irishman by knock-out after 10 rounds in August 2017.

Khabib is undefeated in 27 UFC bouts including October’s submission of McGregor.

The pair are serving bans from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) for their roles in a post-fight brawl between their entourages at UFC 229 in Las Vegas. NSAC will hold an official disciplinary hearing for Khabib and McGregor on December 10 before they can fight again. (afp)

Wizards overcome Harden’s 54 points, Durant explodes for 49

LOS ANGELES - John Wall scored six of his 36 points in overtime as the Washington Wizards outlasted the Houston Rockets 135-131 in overtime on Monday despite James Harden’s seasonhigh 54 points.

Bradley Beal equaled his season-best with 32 points and Markieff Morris finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Wall had two baskets in overtime and dished out 11 assists.

Harden scored 12 points in the first quarter, 11 in the second and 21 points in the third quarter. His career high is 60 points.

He started the fourth quarter on the bench then added six more as the teams remained deadlocked 125-125 at the end of regulation.

Harden missed five of his seven shots in the fourth. In overtime, Harden was one of two from the field and had two free throws. He had 11 turnovers, including three in overtime.

“It’s not even about myself,” Harden said. “It’s about our entire team. We had a really good start to the game and kind of let our guard down.”

Harden played a season-high 47

minutes and Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni said he knows he is asking a lot of his superstar.

“We’re asking you know what?

Play (47) minutes, make every play,” D’Antoni said. “There are going to be periods where he’s just gassed.”

Wall said Beal enjoys the challenge of facing Harden.

“It’s what you dream of,” Wall said. “It’s what you live for, to be on the big stage, a big moment, going against a guy like that.”

Eric Gordon scored a seasonhigh 36 for the short-handed Rockets, who played without Chris Paul for the second straight game.

Washington’s Otto Porter opened the scoring in overtime with 4:47 to play and the Wizards maintained the lead the rest of the way.

Elsewhere, Kevin Durant continued his hot streak, scoring a season-high 49 points Monday as the two-time defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors beat the Orlando Magic 116-110.

Durant’s explosive evening came just two nights after he torched the Sacramento Kings for 44 in a 117-116 Warrior victory.

“You not born with anything,

you have to craft your skill and your game,” said Durant. “I feel like I am relaxed in those moments and it is all about getting the best shot I can get.

“If I focus on getting the best shot from the start of the game to the end of the game then I feel comfortable in the fourth quarter when my team needs me.

“Tonight one of my favorite shots came to me at the end I was able to knock it down.”

On Monday, Durant gave the Warriors the lead on a three-point play with 79 seconds remaining before nailing another from beyond the arc with 22 seconds to go.

- Deep talent pool Golden State’s deep talent pool was on display as they were without stars Stephen Curry and Draymond Green.

Durant got help from his supporting cast. Klay Thompson finished with 29 points, including six three pointers and 19 points in the fourth quarter.

The past three games, Durant has scored 125 points and Thompson 91. They were the only two Warriors in double figures on

Monday.

Durant became the seventh player in franchise history to post consecutive 40-point games, joining Curry, Thompson, Rick Barry, Wilt Chamberlain, Antawn Jamison and Purvis Short.

Nikola Vucevic had 30 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for the

Magic, who are coming off a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Warriors now embark on a five-game road trip that begins Thursday against the league-leading Toronto Raptors in which they hope to have Curry back in the lineup. (afp)

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John Wall #2 of the Washington Wizards drives to the basket against Eric Gordon #10 of the Houston Rockets in the second half at Capital One Arena on November 26, 2018 in Washington, DC.

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Time for Liverpool to show Champions League teeth away from Anfield

Paris Saint-Germain’s struggles to avoid an embarrassing group stage exit in the Champions League began when they fell victim to the aura of Anfield and Roberto Firmino’s stoppage time winner for Liverpool in September.

But with the roles reversed and the Premier League side headed to the Parc des Princes on Wednesday with PSG needing to win to keep qualification for the last 16 in their own hands, the French champions can take solace in the fact Liverpool pack a far weaker punch on the road in the Champions League.

Anfield has long been credited as the extra man for the five-time European champions, but rarely has the contrast between Liverpool’s highs and lows in the Champions League

been as stark as in the past few months.

Roma were reeling 5-0 down after just over an hour of last season’s semi-final first leg, PSG were outclassed this season despite the narrow margin of the dramatic 3-2 victory and Red Star Belgrade were dismissed serenely 4-0 in October.

Indeed, so easily were the Serbs swept aside that concerns were raised about the growing gulf in resources between European football’s elite and once great powers now relegated to also-rans by the geographical lottery that leaves them outside the continent’s top five leagues.

Last season Liverpool only secured victory on the road twice in Europe and were left hanging on for a 4-2 defeat in Rome that edged Jurgen Klopp’s men through by the odd goal on aggregate. They were then beaten 3-1 by Real Madrid

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In this file photo taken on September 18, 2018 Liverpool’s Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (L) vies with Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian striker Neymar during the UEFA Champions League group C football match between Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield in Liverpool, northwest England. Paris Saint-Germain will face Liverpool in their Champions League Group C football match at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris on November 28, 2018.

in the final in Kiev.

Two colossal errors by Loris Karius in that final pushed Liverpool to splash out a then world record fee for a goalkeeper in Alisson Becker as part of a £160 million ($205 million, 181 million euros) summer spending spree that also brought in Fabinho, Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri.

And while an upturn in fortunes, particularly defensively, has been seen in an unbeaten start to the Premier League season, it has not yet cured Liverpool’s travel sickness in the Champions League.

- Investment raises expectation -

The visitors failed to muster a single shot on target in losing 1-0 to Napoli on matchday two and Red Star enjoyed their biggest night since winning the European Cup in 1991 when the Serbs beat Liverpool 2-0 in their first Champions League victory for 26 years.

“I have only 10 fingers,” Klopp quipped when asked to put his finger on what went wrong in Belgrade.

Unless the German finds a way to stop the rot extending to five straight European defeats away from Anfield, Liverpool will likely need to beat Napoli by two goals to progress to the last 16.

That would not be an impossible task. It would rekindle memories of a Steven Gerrard-inspired 3-1 win over Olympiakos with a two-goal margin of victory needed in the final group game of the 2004/05 season -- the last time Liverpool won the Champions League.

Yet the investment in the summer to back up a run to last season’s final was intended to secure Liverpool’s position among the potential Champions League winners, and that means not just relying on the galvanising effect of an Anfield crowd.

“I don’t think there is any game in the world where you would say beforehand, ‘No chance Liverpool,’” Klopp admitted before his side beat PSG on home soil.

“It is a different club to the club I joined. We got a lot of respect because of the way we played last season.”

Klopp has restored Liverpool to their place among the heavyweights of the Champions League.

But with that status comes the demand to land a knockout blow, even against another contender furnished with a near 500-million-euro forward line of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edison Cavani. (afp)

Borussia Dortmund’s struggling Kagawa eyes Spain move

Attacking midfielder Shinji Kagawa, one of Japan’s most successful footballing exports, on Tuesday made a passionate plea for a transfer to Spain as he struggles with German outfit Borussia Dortmund.

Kagawa was a key part of the celebrated Dortmund side that won back-to-back Bundesliga titles at the start of the decade but has found himself unable to get regular firstteam football under Lucian Favre.

And the 29-year-old told Nikkan Sports: “Over the past two to three years, I have always been thinking

about what I can do to go to Spain.

“I cannot end my career as a football player without going to Spain. I absolutely want to achieve that.”

The Japan international had a brief spell at Old Trafford but also found himself on the fringes so returned to Dortmund in 2014 hoping to rebuild his confidence.

But injuries and an influx of younger talent have left him out of favour at the high-flying west German side, which sits on top of the Bundesliga table unbeaten with

nine wins out of 12.

“I want to find a solution to this situation. One is to change teams,” Kagawa said.

“I have this growing sense of wishing to change my environment and take on new challenges,” he said.

“I have nothing to lose. I am confident that I can shine in the next stage of my career,” he said of a possible transfer to Spain, adding that a spell in La Liga would be “the biggest challenge of my career.” (afp)

Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP

In this file photo taken on September 18, 2018, Dortmund’s Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa (L) fights for the ball with Club Brugge’s Belgian defender Dion Cools during their UEFA Champions League Group C football match at the Jan Breydel stadium in Bruges.

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Kane, Icardi ready for Euro shoot-out Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi will stage a do-or-die duel as two of the most prolific strikers in the Champions League go head to head at Wembley on Wednesday.

Both Kane and Icardi have humble origins after surviving rejection and self-doubt to reach the top.

Now well established as talismanic figures for their clubs, these unlikely heroes have become two of the sport’s hottest properties.

Both have been linked with European champions Real Madrid this season and this week’s vital clash between Tottenham and Inter provides another chance to celebrate their rags to riches rise and marvel at their predatory instincts.

Born in Argentina, Icardi moved to Spain when he was nine and was one of the most sought-after players in Europe when Barcelona, Real Madrid, Arsenal and Liverpool fought for the teenager’s signature in 2007.

Icardi eventually chose Barcelona, but his time with the Spanish giants went surprisingly sour.

He never broke into the first team after being written off as lacking the technical quality shine at the Camp Nou. A loan spell in Italy with Sampdoria proved the making of Icardi, who stepped up to the big time when he joined Inter in 2013.

Icardi has scored 106 league goals in 167 appearances for Inter, twice finishing as the joint highest scorer in Serie A and taking over as the club captain three years ago.

It is a success story that would strike a chord with Kane, who also had to endure rejection before proving his doubters wrong.

While some English stars are ear-marked for success years in advance such is their obvious potential, Kane was written off time and again as a schoolboy, with Arsenal, Tottenham and Watford all deciding he didn’t have the right qualities to make it.

Tottenham eventually recognised the goal-scoring potential Kane possessed, but even then it took loan spells at Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester before he was finally given his

chance as a regular on the Premier League stage in 2014.

A barrage of goals followed as Kane made up for lost time in stun-

ning style.

Now 25, Kane has amassed a host of goal records, scoring more than 100 times for Tottenham and

Miguel MEDINA / AFP

Inter Milan’s Argentine forward Mauro Icardi controls the ball during the Italian Serie A football match Inter Milan vs Frosinone on November 24, 2018 at the San Siro stadium in Milan.

becoming only the second England player to finish as the World Cup’s top scorer.

Kane has 11 goals in all competitions this season, with his late brace against PSV Eindhoven in Tottenham’s last Champions League tie especially important as it clinched the 2-1 win that kept their last 16 hopes alive.

Those crucial goals extended Kane’s remarkable Champions League record to 12 goals in 14 appearances. Icardi has been equally dynamic in Europe’s elite club competition.

The 25-year-old scored the late goal that gave Inter a 2-1 win over Tottenham in the opening game of the group stage.

The Argentina international also netted in Inter’s victory at PSV and bagged a priceless last-gasp equaliser in the 1-1 draw with Barcelona earlier this month.

That strike against Group B leaders Barca allowed second placed Inter to keep a three-point lead over third placed Tottenham in the race to qualify for the last 16.

With only two games remaining, Luciano Spalletti’s side are in pole position to make the knockout stages as they host PSV in their last game, while Tottenham have the daunting task of a trip to Barcelona.

An Inter victory at Wembley would book their last 16 berth, while Tottenham must win to send the battle to the last round of matches.

Inter have won eight of their last nine Serie A matches to climb to third in the table, with Spurs in fine form as well after defeating previously unbeaten Chelsea 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday.

Spalletti expects Tottenham to come out all guns blazing, but he won’t make special plans for Kane.

“We rate whichever opposition we come up against. However, Inter always inspire the opposition,” Spalletti said.

“That means they have to go up a level compared to their normal performances. “With us, we have no specific approach for one team or another. We have got to perform as Inter Milan.” (afp)

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Time for Liverpool to show Champions League teeth away from Anfield

Paris Saint-Germain’s struggles to avoid an embarrassing group stage exit in the Champions League began when they fell victim to the aura of Anfield and Roberto Firmino’s stoppage time winner for Liverpool in September.

But with the roles reversed and the Premier League side headed to the Parc des Princes on Wednesday with PSG needing to win to keep qualification for the last 16 in their own hands, the French champions can take solace in the fact Liverpool pack a far weaker punch on the road in the Champions League.

Anfield has long been credited as the extra man for the five-time European champions, but rarely has the contrast between Liverpool’s highs and lows in the Champions League

been as stark as in the past few months.

Roma were reeling 5-0 down after just over an hour of last season’s semi-final first leg, PSG were outclassed this season despite the narrow margin of the dramatic 3-2 victory and Red Star Belgrade were dismissed serenely 4-0 in October.

Indeed, so easily were the Serbs swept aside that concerns were raised about the growing gulf in resources between European football’s elite and once great powers now relegated to also-rans by the geographical lottery that leaves them outside the continent’s top five leagues.

Last season Liverpool only secured victory on the road twice in Europe and were left hanging on for a 4-2 defeat in Rome that edged Jurgen Klopp’s men through by the odd goal on aggregate. They were then beaten 3-1 by Real Madrid

Paul ELLIS / AFP

In this file photo taken on September 18, 2018 Liverpool’s Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (L) vies with Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian striker Neymar during the UEFA Champions League group C football match between Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield in Liverpool, northwest England. Paris Saint-Germain will face Liverpool in their Champions League Group C football match at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris on November 28, 2018.

in the final in Kiev.

Two colossal errors by Loris Karius in that final pushed Liverpool to splash out a then world record fee for a goalkeeper in Alisson Becker as part of a £160 million ($205 million, 181 million euros) summer spending spree that also brought in Fabinho, Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri.

And while an upturn in fortunes, particularly defensively, has been seen in an unbeaten start to the Premier League season, it has not yet cured Liverpool’s travel sickness in the Champions League.

- Investment raises expectation -

The visitors failed to muster a single shot on target in losing 1-0 to Napoli on matchday two and Red Star enjoyed their biggest night since winning the European Cup in 1991 when the Serbs beat Liverpool 2-0 in their first Champions League victory for 26 years.

“I have only 10 fingers,” Klopp quipped when asked to put his finger on what went wrong in Belgrade.

Unless the German finds a way to stop the rot extending to five straight European defeats away from Anfield, Liverpool will likely need to beat Napoli by two goals to progress to the last 16.

That would not be an impossible task. It would rekindle memories of a Steven Gerrard-inspired 3-1 win over Olympiakos with a two-goal margin of victory needed in the final group game of the 2004/05 season -- the last time Liverpool won the Champions League.

Yet the investment in the summer to back up a run to last season’s final was intended to secure Liverpool’s position among the potential Champions League winners, and that means not just relying on the galvanising effect of an Anfield crowd.

“I don’t think there is any game in the world where you would say beforehand, ‘No chance Liverpool,’” Klopp admitted before his side beat PSG on home soil.

“It is a different club to the club I joined. We got a lot of respect because of the way we played last season.”

Klopp has restored Liverpool to their place among the heavyweights of the Champions League.

But with that status comes the demand to land a knockout blow, even against another contender furnished with a near 500-million-euro forward line of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edison Cavani. (afp)

Borussia Dortmund’s struggling Kagawa eyes Spain move

Attacking midfielder Shinji Kagawa, one of Japan’s most successful footballing exports, on Tuesday made a passionate plea for a transfer to Spain as he struggles with German outfit Borussia Dortmund.

Kagawa was a key part of the celebrated Dortmund side that won back-to-back Bundesliga titles at the start of the decade but has found himself unable to get regular firstteam football under Lucian Favre.

And the 29-year-old told Nikkan Sports: “Over the past two to three years, I have always been thinking

about what I can do to go to Spain.

“I cannot end my career as a football player without going to Spain. I absolutely want to achieve that.”

The Japan international had a brief spell at Old Trafford but also found himself on the fringes so returned to Dortmund in 2014 hoping to rebuild his confidence.

But injuries and an influx of younger talent have left him out of favour at the high-flying west German side, which sits on top of the Bundesliga table unbeaten with

nine wins out of 12.

“I want to find a solution to this situation. One is to change teams,” Kagawa said.

“I have this growing sense of wishing to change my environment and take on new challenges,” he said.

“I have nothing to lose. I am confident that I can shine in the next stage of my career,” he said of a possible transfer to Spain, adding that a spell in La Liga would be “the biggest challenge of my career.” (afp)

Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP

In this file photo taken on September 18, 2018, Dortmund’s Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa (L) fights for the ball with Club Brugge’s Belgian defender Dion Cools during their UEFA Champions League Group C football match at the Jan Breydel stadium in Bruges.

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Kane, Icardi ready for Euro shoot-out Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi will stage a do-or-die duel as two of the most prolific strikers in the Champions League go head to head at Wembley on Wednesday.

Both Kane and Icardi have humble origins after surviving rejection and self-doubt to reach the top.

Now well established as talismanic figures for their clubs, these unlikely heroes have become two of the sport’s hottest properties.

Both have been linked with European champions Real Madrid this season and this week’s vital clash between Tottenham and Inter provides another chance to celebrate their rags to riches rise and marvel at their predatory instincts.

Born in Argentina, Icardi moved to Spain when he was nine and was one of the most sought-after players in Europe when Barcelona, Real Madrid, Arsenal and Liverpool fought for the teenager’s signature in 2007.

Icardi eventually chose Barcelona, but his time with the Spanish giants went surprisingly sour.

He never broke into the first team after being written off as lacking the technical quality shine at the Camp Nou. A loan spell in Italy with Sampdoria proved the making of Icardi, who stepped up to the big time when he joined Inter in 2013.

Icardi has scored 106 league goals in 167 appearances for Inter, twice finishing as the joint highest scorer in Serie A and taking over as the club captain three years ago.

It is a success story that would strike a chord with Kane, who also had to endure rejection before proving his doubters wrong.

While some English stars are ear-marked for success years in advance such is their obvious potential, Kane was written off time and again as a schoolboy, with Arsenal, Tottenham and Watford all deciding he didn’t have the right qualities to make it.

Tottenham eventually recognised the goal-scoring potential Kane possessed, but even then it took loan spells at Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester before he was finally given his

chance as a regular on the Premier League stage in 2014.

A barrage of goals followed as Kane made up for lost time in stun-

ning style.

Now 25, Kane has amassed a host of goal records, scoring more than 100 times for Tottenham and

Miguel MEDINA / AFP

Inter Milan’s Argentine forward Mauro Icardi controls the ball during the Italian Serie A football match Inter Milan vs Frosinone on November 24, 2018 at the San Siro stadium in Milan.

becoming only the second England player to finish as the World Cup’s top scorer.

Kane has 11 goals in all competitions this season, with his late brace against PSV Eindhoven in Tottenham’s last Champions League tie especially important as it clinched the 2-1 win that kept their last 16 hopes alive.

Those crucial goals extended Kane’s remarkable Champions League record to 12 goals in 14 appearances. Icardi has been equally dynamic in Europe’s elite club competition.

The 25-year-old scored the late goal that gave Inter a 2-1 win over Tottenham in the opening game of the group stage.

The Argentina international also netted in Inter’s victory at PSV and bagged a priceless last-gasp equaliser in the 1-1 draw with Barcelona earlier this month.

That strike against Group B leaders Barca allowed second placed Inter to keep a three-point lead over third placed Tottenham in the race to qualify for the last 16.

With only two games remaining, Luciano Spalletti’s side are in pole position to make the knockout stages as they host PSV in their last game, while Tottenham have the daunting task of a trip to Barcelona.

An Inter victory at Wembley would book their last 16 berth, while Tottenham must win to send the battle to the last round of matches.

Inter have won eight of their last nine Serie A matches to climb to third in the table, with Spurs in fine form as well after defeating previously unbeaten Chelsea 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday.

Spalletti expects Tottenham to come out all guns blazing, but he won’t make special plans for Kane.

“We rate whichever opposition we come up against. However, Inter always inspire the opposition,” Spalletti said.

“That means they have to go up a level compared to their normal performances. “With us, we have no specific approach for one team or another. We have got to perform as Inter Milan.” (afp)

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Khabib adds fire to Mayweather bout flame

MOSCOW - Reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov said on Monday his potential fight with undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. would be twice as interesting as Conor McGregor’s bout with the American.

Nungnung Waterfall

BADUNG - Bali Island is well featured by nature heritage that most appointed as the places of interest for tourists who visit the

island. Nungnung waterfall is one of wonderful Bali nature heritages located in Banjar Nungnung, Pelaga Village, Petang Distric, in

north part of Badung Regency. It is about 45 kilometers or one and a half hours drive from Denpasar city passing Sangeh Monkey Forest and some of beautiful rice field.

Nungnung Waterfall is a beautiful waterfall secluded in the river valley with wild natures of rain forest, fresh atmosphere and surrounded by unique sound of natures. Splash sound of waterfall is blended with pretty sound of jungle making this place a very wonderful site you must visit when traveling to Bali.

Exploring the wonderful scenery of Bali nature heritage is right to be done here. Your trip will be exciting to discover wonderful waterfall to make your holiday memorable. Walking through the freshly atmosphere and step down 500 stairs will remove your tiredness until discovering this wonderful waterfall. The waterfall is well blessed by the sound of nature and splash of waterfall

voice can be heard after passing the lush green rice field and plantation. Nungnung waterfall is continuously flowed by fresh of water from 70 meters high. It will give the impressive journey experiences for those of you who love with natures and trekking adventures where we can enjoy this wonderful scenery easily.

There is an entrance fee of 10,000 Rupiah ($1) that you will have to pay at a small ticket office before making your way down to Nungnung Waterfall. The hike down to Nungnung Waterfall takes approximately 20 minutes. The track is clear and you will also have to attack a steep set of concrete stairs that will without a doubt give your legs a good workout. It is all worth it when you make it down to the base of Air Terjun Nungnung!

Of all the incredible waterfalls that I have explored in Bali, Nungnung Waterfall makes my top 3 list of the

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It is possible to swim in the rock pool beneath the 50-meter waterfall though do so at your own risk. The water discharge is one of the most powerful ones I have seen. The best time to visit Nungnung Waterfall (Air Terjun Nungnung) is in the morning between 10am-12pm for the best lighting from the sun.

There are several angles to shoot this waterfall from, my personal favourite is with the bamboo bridge in the foreground. The spray in the amphitheatre beneath the falls can soak your camera lens, so be prepared with a lens wiper. I always tend to pack a lunch and plenty of drinking water on my daily adventures throughout Bali, however, you can always find warungs (local restaurants) at basically every waterfall location. A local dish of nasi goreng or mie goreng will cost you $2.50 and bottled water for $1.

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Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov gives a press conference in Moscow on November 26, 2018.

“Our fight will be twice as interesting.

Two unbeaten fighters, it will be interesting to see which one falls or takes a step back,” he said in a press conference in Moscow to launch his autobiography.

The Russian widely known as simply “Khabib” called out Mayweather in October but the UFC’s president Dana White has said they could only face off in a mixed martial arts fight and not inside a boxing ring as was the case with McGregor.

Mayweather beat the Irishman by knock-out after 10 rounds in August 2017.

Khabib is undefeated in 27 UFC bouts including October’s submission of McGregor.

The pair are serving bans from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) for their roles in a post-fight brawl between their entourages at UFC 229 in Las Vegas. NSAC will hold an official disciplinary hearing for Khabib and McGregor on December 10 before they can fight again. (afp)

Wizards overcome Harden’s 54 points, Durant explodes for 49

LOS ANGELES - John Wall scored six of his 36 points in overtime as the Washington Wizards outlasted the Houston Rockets 135-131 in overtime on Monday despite James Harden’s seasonhigh 54 points.

Bradley Beal equaled his season-best with 32 points and Markieff Morris finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Wall had two baskets in overtime and dished out 11 assists.

Harden scored 12 points in the first quarter, 11 in the second and 21 points in the third quarter. His career high is 60 points.

He started the fourth quarter on the bench then added six more as the teams remained deadlocked 125-125 at the end of regulation.

Harden missed five of his seven shots in the fourth. In overtime, Harden was one of two from the field and had two free throws. He had 11 turnovers, including three in overtime.

“It’s not even about myself,” Harden said. “It’s about our entire team. We had a really good start to the game and kind of let our guard down.”

Harden played a season-high 47

minutes and Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni said he knows he is asking a lot of his superstar.

“We’re asking you know what?

Play (47) minutes, make every play,” D’Antoni said. “There are going to be periods where he’s just gassed.”

Wall said Beal enjoys the challenge of facing Harden.

“It’s what you dream of,” Wall said. “It’s what you live for, to be on the big stage, a big moment, going against a guy like that.”

Eric Gordon scored a seasonhigh 36 for the short-handed Rockets, who played without Chris Paul for the second straight game.

Washington’s Otto Porter opened the scoring in overtime with 4:47 to play and the Wizards maintained the lead the rest of the way.

Elsewhere, Kevin Durant continued his hot streak, scoring a season-high 49 points Monday as the two-time defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors beat the Orlando Magic 116-110.

Durant’s explosive evening came just two nights after he torched the Sacramento Kings for 44 in a 117-116 Warrior victory.

“You not born with anything,

you have to craft your skill and your game,” said Durant. “I feel like I am relaxed in those moments and it is all about getting the best shot I can get.

“If I focus on getting the best shot from the start of the game to the end of the game then I feel comfortable in the fourth quarter when my team needs me.

“Tonight one of my favorite shots came to me at the end I was able to knock it down.”

On Monday, Durant gave the Warriors the lead on a three-point play with 79 seconds remaining before nailing another from beyond the arc with 22 seconds to go.

- Deep talent pool Golden State’s deep talent pool was on display as they were without stars Stephen Curry and Draymond Green.

Durant got help from his supporting cast. Klay Thompson finished with 29 points, including six three pointers and 19 points in the fourth quarter.

The past three games, Durant has scored 125 points and Thompson 91. They were the only two Warriors in double figures on

Monday.

Durant became the seventh player in franchise history to post consecutive 40-point games, joining Curry, Thompson, Rick Barry, Wilt Chamberlain, Antawn Jamison and Purvis Short.

Nikola Vucevic had 30 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for the

Magic, who are coming off a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Warriors now embark on a five-game road trip that begins Thursday against the league-leading Toronto Raptors in which they hope to have Curry back in the lineup. (afp)

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John Wall #2 of the Washington Wizards drives to the basket against Eric Gordon #10 of the Houston Rockets in the second half at Capital One Arena on November 26, 2018 in Washington, DC.

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Putin warns against ‘reckless’ moves after Ukraine declares martial law

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine against any “reckless acts” on Tuesday after Kiev declared martial law in response to Moscow’s seizure of three of its navy vessels.

The Ukrainian parliament late on Monday voted in favour of President Petro Poroshenko’s request for the introduction of martial law in parts of the country for 30 days.

The decision came as Ukraine and Russia face their most dangerous crisis in years after Russian forces fired on, boarded and captured Kiev’s ships on Sunday off the coast of Crimea.

The incident was the first major confrontation at sea in the long-running conflict pitting Ukraine against Moscow and Russian-backed separatists in the country’s east.

It has raised fears of a wider escalation -- in a conflict that has killed more than 10,000 people since 2014 -- and prompted international calls for restraint and offers of mediation.

Martial law gives Ukrainian authorities the power to mobilise citizens with military experience, regulate the media and restrict public rallies in affected areas.

Moscow has accused Kiev of planning Sunday’s confrontation as a provocation aimed at drumming up support for Poroshenko ahead of elections next year and convincing Western governments to impose further sanctions on Russia.

In a phone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Putin expressed “serious concern” over the introduction of martial law, the Kremlin said in a statement.

Putin said Kiev’s actions were “clearly taken in view of the election campaign in Ukraine”.

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“It’s also safer in the caravan,” she adds. Another mother was forced to abandon her house under threats from gangsters who had already kidnapped her husband.

The 39-year-old said the caravan offered an opportunity to give her 12- and 14-year-old sons “a better future.” On the El Salvador del Mundo square, families gathered with children in tow to witness the official decorating of the city’s Christmas tree amid fireworks and singing. Few people took any interest in the migrants, easily recognizable among the throng by their meagre backpacks.

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He said he hoped Berlin could intervene with Ukrainian authorities “to dissuade them from further reckless acts”.

- Dramatic television footage -

Sunday’s incident has been playing out on Russian and Ukrainian television screens, with dramatic footage of Russian ships chasing down a Ukrainian tugboat that was trying to pass through the Kerch Strait from the Black Sea into the Sea of Azov.

Ukraine has accused Russian border patrol vessels of ramming the tugboat, which was accompanied by two small warships, and of firing on the Ukrainian vessels.

Russia’s FSB security service, which oversees border forces, confirmed weapons had been fired and the vessels seized, but accused Ukrainian ships of crossing illegally into Russian waters and of ignoring warnings.

Tensions have been building for months over the Kerch Strait, especially after Russia built a new bridge across the waterway that gives it a land connection to Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014.

Moscow has so far resisted calls to release the three ships or the 24 sailors it has detained, suggesting they could face criminal action.

In a move sure to further anger Kiev, Russian state television late on Monday aired footage of some of the captured sailors being questioned by Moscow’s security services.

One of the sailors is heard saying “the actions of the Ukrainian armed vessels in the Kerch Strait had a provocatory character” -- parroting the version of events put forward by Russian authorities.

Western governments have rallied behind Kiev in the dispute, accusing Russia of illegally blocking access to the Sea of Azov and of taking military action without justification.

A 43-year-old mother and her sons aged 16 and 20 told AFP they were arrested and detained in Mexico. She is another who withheld her name out of fear of the MS-13 criminal gang that originated in California but has since spread its tentacles throughout Central America.

It’s a group that US President Donald Trump frequently claims has infiltrated the migrant caravans as he pushes a tough stance on border security. MS-13 made her nephew disappear and then harassed her after she went looking for him. It also tried to recruit her youngest son when he was only 11.

Getting away from the gangs is proving tough. After leaving home, she received death threats

Kiev urged the United States and European Union to impose more sanctions on Russia over the latest incident.

Britain, Canada, France, Germany and others expressed support for Kiev on Monday, with EU President Donald Tusk calling for Russia to return the Ukrainian sailors and ships and “refrain from further provocations”.

The United Nations Security Council met in an emergency session on the crisis on Monday, where US envoy Nikki Haley called the seizure of the ships an “outra-

geous violation of sovereign Ukrainian territory” and slammed “yet another reckless Russian escalation”.

She did not, however, threaten further sanctions on Russia and President Donald Trump suggested it was up to European governments to handle the crisis.

“We don’t like what’s happening and hopefully it will get straightened out. I know Europe is not -- they are not thrilled.

They’re working on it too. We’re all working on it together,” Trump told reporters at the White House. (afp)

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (C) followed by Singapore’s President Halimah Yacob (back) inspect a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Istana presidential palace in Singapore on November 13, 2018.

when exiled in Guatemala, forcing her to move on. Even at the Mexican detention center, she came across gang members. “We landed in something even more dangerous, worse,” she said.

After her travails, she opted to be sent home and now stays at Migrant House, an establishment run

by Catholic missionaries in San Salvador. She plans to relocate to one of the few regions of the country not beleaguered by gangs “for my sons’ safety, no matter how far away or isolated it is.”

One thing she’s sure she’ll never do again, though, is try to emigrate. Despite such difficulties, another group is active on social media, preparing to head out from El Salvador on January 2.

Within minutes, 200 people

have connected to the group and the messages multiply. Without revealing his identity, #StarLord announces himself as the group’s administrator. He decides who gets to stay in the group, deletes messages and dishes out advice.

- ‘Fleeing hunger and blood’ -

On average 300 to 400 people leave El Salvador every day. The caravans have proved hugely tempting, in particular for those who cannot afford to pay the sums demanded by “coyotes.”

Authorities have even snared people smugglers who managed to infiltrate caravans.

“Three people were arrested in the first two caravans in the act of trafficking people,” El Salvador’s minister of justice and

public security, Mauricio Ramirez Landaverde said. The presidents of Guatemala, Jimmy Morales, and Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, have hit out at the caravans, claiming they’ve been manipulated politically in order to “violate borders.”

Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega and Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela have been accused of encouraging caravans to deflect attention from the crises in their countries.

For Benjamin Cuellar, a Salvadoran human rights expert, those accusations have “no objective foundation.” He says attention should be turned instead to solving the problems that motivate people to migrate. “People live in hell. They’re fleeing... hunger and blood.” (afp)

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Indonesian workers in Taiwan win Mandarin speech contest BEIJING - Three Indonesian workers in Taiwan have won awards in the Mandarin speech contest in Taipei.

In addition to receiving the trophy, the three migrant workers were also entitled to the main prize worth millions of rupiah, according to a statement from the Indonesian Economic and Trade Office (KDEI) in Taipei received by Antara here Monday.

The three Indonesian workers winning the contest are Dessy Riana, who came first, as well as Ucik Prasetyaningsih and Herpianti Togatorop, who stood second and third respectively.

They defeated more than 50 other foreign labor participants from Vietnam and the Philippines.

At the competition, Riana delivered a speech titled “My Village” that described the acculturation of Indonesian and Chinese cultures in Palembang, South Sumatra.

“There are many cultures in Palembang influenced by Chinese cultures, from culinary, clothing, to places of worship,” the migrant worker from Palembang, who has been working in Taiwan for eight years, stated.

The woman, who works as a nurse, completed her speech with supporting images about Palembang`s cultures with Chinese cultural touches. Riana`s appearance enthralled the judges, who deemed her a worthy recipient of a trophy and cash prize of NTD20 thousand, or some Rp9.4 million.

Meanwhile, Prasetyaningsih gave a speech on batik. “Batik in my eyes is like a very beautiful painting,” she noted, adding that the cash prize of NTD15 thousand, or some Rp7.05 million, would be used to buy a new television for her parents in her hometown in Ponorogo District, East Java.

Togatorop, who stood third, appeared in a Toba Batak outfit that was in accordance with the theme of his speech on Lake Toba

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in North Sumatra. “I want to introduce how vast Indonesia is,” stated Togatorop, who won a trophy and NTD12 thousand, or some Rp5.64 million.

Head of the Labor Division at KDEI Sri Indah Wijayanti expressed pride over the achievements of Indonesian workers.

“Hopefully, these achievements would

inspire other migrant workers. We also express our gratitude to Taiwan`s government and all parties for organizing this event,” she noted. (ant)

Indonesian village yanks WiFi Presence of women in politics over porn-surfing pupils important: Researcher

A village in a conservative region of Indonesia is pulling the plug on wireless Internet after children were caught accessing porn sites instead of going to Koran study class, officials said Monday.

Aceh province -- the only region in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country that imposes Islamic law -- has drawn fire in the past for publicly whipping people found guilty of a range of offences including homosexuality, gambling and drinking alcohol.

Curee Baroh village has ordered half a dozen local cafes to shut their cheap WiFi service immediately.

It is located in the district of Bireun, which made headlines this year when it banned men

and women from dining together unless they were married or related. Officials defended the new edict by saying the service, which cost the equivalent of 21 US cents for five hours’ use, was damaging local children’s morals.

“In the past, kids would recite the Koran after evening prayers but since WiFi has become available, they’re hanging out in these shops instead,” village head Helmiadi Mukhtaruddin told AFP. “They’re accessing pornographic images and other sites, which is very damaging to their morals.”

The village of 900 people has not yet decided on a punishment for cafe owners who refuse to comply with the order, which was announced on Friday. (afp)

YOGYAKARTA - Amid the emergence of political currents that want to undermine unity in nation and state, the presence of women in national politics is considered important, according to a researcher from Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Prof R Siti Zuhro.

“Women have the rights in constitution and democracy as citizens to participate in national politics,” Zuhro remarked at an international seminar on the Role of Women in National Education and Politics at Aisyiyah University in Yogyakarta on Sunday.

She said that as the state assets, women must be given an equal place as as men in politics, because according to her, the number

of population of women and men is relatively the same.

Zuhro said that of a total population of 265 million in 2018 in Indonesia, there are 133.17 million men and 131.88 million women. Hence, 49.77 percent of the total population is women.

On that basis, women must build national political power as an expression of their partiality to the interests of the people. The struggle of women in the public world has a long history, and representation of Indonesian women in parliament experiences ups and downs.

“The low representation of women in parliament can be an indicator of the low role of women in political parties,” she said.(ant)

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Makincang-Kincung Tradition at Taro Village

There is always something unique in Bali. The Makincang-Kincung tradition was held in the area of ??Puseh Temple of Patas hamlet, Taro, Tegallalang, on Saturday night (Oct. 27). The annual tradition coinciding with the pujawali or temple festival in Puseh Bale Agung Temple was held as a reflection or description of the hard work performed by the local community to achieve prosperity.

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina had hoped to show off its newly marketfriendly economy to the world when the G-20 group of the world’s top economies begins its first South American summit this week. Instead it’s looking for help to avoid an all-out crisis.

The two-day meeting that starts Friday is meant to focus on development, infrastructure and food security, but most of the talk on the sidelines is expected to center on trade disputes between the U.S. and China and the signing of the new North American free trade deal.

Argentina, a darling of Wall Street just a year ago, finds itself hosting the summit while scrambling for international aid to fend off a collapse.

“The original vision for Argentina was to use the G-20 to showcase that it had transformed the economy, and instead it welcomes world leaders to the economic wreckage. So, the timing is inconvenient, to say the least,” said Benjamin Gedan, an Argentina expert at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

“Instead of a showcase, the G-20 is an opportunity to plead for international support.” Argentina was forced to obtain a record $56 billion credit line from the International Monetary Fund recently following a currency crisis and spiraling inflation. The peso has depreciated by more than half this year and consumer prices are estimated to have risen by about 45 percent. Growing frustration over massive layoffs and poverty has also stoked protests that are expected to re-ignite during the summit.

Still, President Mauricio Macri will want to show improvements in international relations during his three years in office after more than a decade of protectionist policies under the populist governments of President Cristina Fernandez and her late husband and predecessor, Nestor Kirchner.

Even with the economy in turmoil, Macri has resolved a longstanding legal dispute with creditors that gave Argentina renewed access to global credit markets for the first time a default in 2001-2002. He has also improved relations with the U.S. after years of animosity under his predecessors, keeping friendly ties both with U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

“Argentina is in a critical moment when it comes to international debt and it will seize on this moment to confirm international support from other G-20 countries” that are leading creditors of the IMF, said Julio Burdman, a Buenos Aires-based political analyst and pollster.

Macri is also expected to make a renewed push for Argentina’s membership into the

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Secretary of Patas customary village, I Ketut Wija, explained that in implementing the tradition, the participants are coming from the local customary village youth. The procession was begun by walking around the specially made penjor with more than 10 meters in height. The initial process of this ceremony was preceded by local customary apparatus. After making a circular movement around the penjor, all the participants have to work hard and try to climb the penjor in order to get the sampian penjor festoon as a symbol of fertility.

According to Wija, there are about eight series of the ceremonies performed before all the participants compete in order to be able to climb to the end between the penjor’s wing boundaries.

I Wayan Buda, one of the participants of the Makincangkincung, admitted to struggle among the temptations of his friends with the slippery penjor bamboo pole to finally reach the top and get a sampian penjor festoon. “It is quite hard to climb as having to compete against all the friends and the bamboo pole is also very slippery,” he said with a rushing breath due to exhaustion.

Nevertheless, he claimed to be proud of being able to climb up and get a symbol of welfare in the form of sampian penjor. “I’m very happy to be able to participate in this ceremony,” he said. (kmb)

Polygamy Area, Manifestation of Respect to Women AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File

In this Aug. 30, 2018 file photo, people walk past an exchange house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina had hoped to show off its newly market-friendly economy to the world when the G-20 group of the world’s top economies begins its first South American summit in late November, but instead it’s looking for help to avoid an all-out crisis.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Meanwhile, neighboring Brazil and the other Latin American member, Mexico, are both in political flux, with one veering to further right and the other left.

Brazilian President Michel Temer will be replaced on Jan. 1 by rightist Jair Bolsonaro, who has often expressed admiration for Trump, criticized multilateralism and vowed to renegotiate or scrap trade deals.

Like Trump, he has also been skeptical of Chinese investment, saying “the Chinese are not buying in Brazil. They are buying Brazil itself.”

Monica de Bolle, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said Brazil will be focused more on relations with the U.S. and less on regional integration with Mexico or the South American trade bloc Mercosur.

“I think that agenda is now out the window, at least it’s dropped from the Brazilian perspective,” she said.

For Mexico, there are questions about

whether “there really is any interest in engaging with the region or if the interest lies elsewhere given that Brazil is going to have an antagonistic, I think, administration with respect to Mexico given the ultra-conservative right-wing politics that Bolsonaro espouses.”

Mexico and Canada recently reached agreement with the Trump administration on a revamped version of the North American Free Trade Agreement between the two nations, and the deal may be signed during the G-20 summit, though it won’t take effect until approval by the countries’ legislatures.

There’s also uncertainty about the potential policies of Mexican President-elect President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who will skip the summit because he’s being sworn in on Saturday.

The left-leaning leader has tried to ease concerns among the business community, but he upset many when he recently canceled a partly built, $13 billion new airport on the outskirts of Mexico City. He has vowed, however, to avoid tax hikes and to adopt tight

budget austerity.

Argentina’s Pedro Villagra Delgado, the lead organizer for the G-20 acknowledged last week that it might not be possible to reach a consensus on a final statement.

“Everything might fall through if there is no agreement on the trade issue,” he said.

“It would be a shame because there is a huge amount of issues where we do have an agreement.”

While the U.S.-China trade conflict is far from being the only issue at the G-20, analysts said it is likely to cast a cloud over the summit.

“The U.S.-China dynamic has poisoned all multilateral forums. There’s basically nothing you can do but you know hope for a miracle and even a miracle looks modest,” said Gedan of the Wilson Center.

“What is unthinkable is any progress at the G-20 itself. As I said recently on Twitter, quoting an Argentine official I spoke to, they would be satisfied with a communique that did nothing but compliment the weather in Buenos Aires.” (afp)

How unique it is. Penglipuran village in Bangli district can be said as the only anti-polygamy village in Bali. The men at the local village are strictly forbidden from having more than one wife. If they insist on taking polygamy, they must be willing to be ostracized in a vacant land located in the south of local village, known as karang memadu or polygamy area.

The polygamy area is vacant land measuring approximately 9×21 meters. It is located in the southern of people’s residence. Local residents consider it spiritually impure (leteh). As being impure, any fruits cultivated in the area like bananas cannot to be taken advantage as a means of ritual oblation, but should only be consumed.

A signboard reading ‘Polygamy Area’ is installed to mark this land and indeed made special by residents. Any residents daring to violate the rules set forth in the customary bylaw or awig-awig of Penglipuran, they must consequently be willing to be ostracized and occupy the area with their wife. Not only that, they will also be subject to some other social sanctions. They are not allowed to cross the number of certain roads

in the village area. One of them is the main intersection at the village next to the local meeting hall. They are only allowed to exit through the road to the south of the polygamy area.

Headman of Penglipuran, Wayan Supat, when met recently said that the prohibition from polygamy has been passed down from generation to generation. “People committing polygamy are not allowed to pass northwards to the village intersection or catus pata. It includes visiting the entire village temple of Penglipuran because they are considered in impure state,” he explained. In addition, the validity of the couple’s marriage will also never be approved by customary village.

He said the impact of social sanctions is severe enough so that until now the polygamy area remains vacant without any buildings. No people dare to occupy the area. According to Supat, the existence of prohibition for men to have polygamy indicates that the ancestors of local communities very much respect to women from time immemorial. Indirectly the rules also educate men to be faithful to one partner only. (kmb)

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Playground equipment in public spaces considered inadequate

This handout image released by NASA/JPLCaltech on November 26, 2018 and acquired

by NASA’s InSight Mars lander using its robotic arm-mounted, Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) shows a view from NASA’s InSight lander after it touched down on the surface of Mars.

NEGARA - Until now, the provision of playground equipment for children in public spaces is considered to be lacking. Some residents also questioned about the provision of recreational facilities for children in the public space.

They hoped that all green open spaces having been established and arranged can be equipped with children’s playgrounds. Made Kusuma, 29, from Mendoyo, stated the open space development is still not integrated, even though the government encourages the development of green open spaces. “Why are all facilities not built for children all at once? Moreover, the development at villages and urban areas should all be equally provided,” he said.

Budi Bangsawan, 43, a resident of Pekutatan, said there is a need for safe playground facilities for children in public spaces. According to him, it is very necessary for children to play, sports for parents and their children can play safely. “Now, there is only a place to play in the tower but still limited,” he explained.

Head of the Jembrana Public Works and Housing Agency (PUPRPKP), I Wayan Darwin, said that he knew only two locations of green open spaces having been equipped with children’s playground facilities. They are in Bung Karno Arts Building and in Gilimanuk Public Square. He admitted the provision of facilities for children is very important.

According to him, it must be provided because it is important to green open space also functioned as medium of recreation and education. The infrastructure must also be child-friendly. Admittedly, the availability of green open space or RTH in Jembrana is not yet optimal.

Necessarily, the district like Jembrana should have 40 percent of green open space. However, seeing the area of Jembrana, currently there has been 20 percent. He will complete the existing green open space with child-friendly facilities including playgrounds. In the future, it will be equipped with facilities for children in each green open space. Apart from being child-friendly, it must also be friendly to the disabled. (kmb)

Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet HO / NASA/JPL-CALTECH / AFP

PASADENA - Cheers and applause erupted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday as a waist-high unmanned lander, called InSight, touched down on Mars, capping a nearly seven-year journey from design to launch to landing.

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Until now, the provision of playground equipment for children in public spaces is considered to be lacking in Jembrana.

Construction of new shortcut stays under land acquisition

TABANAN - The plan to build the road shortcut 3 and 4 Singaraja, Buleleng-Mengwitani, Badung, will soon be realized. This route is touted to shorten the Buleleng

to Denpasar road section. Secretary of Public Works and Housing Agency (PUPR), I Gusti Agung Oka Kamasan, said that so far the development of shortcut 3

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This shortcut development is expected to reduce traffic accidents and break down traffic jams in the corn sculpture area, Candikuning.

and 4 for Singaraja-Mengwitani remains in land acquisition stage and preparation of Environmental Impact Analysis (AMDAL) stage.

“This is the latest information I’ve heard. To be clear to what extent, it can be asked to Road Development Division Head. Unfortunately, he is sick now,” he said on Monday (Nov. 26).

Nevertheless, from previous reports on the development of shortcuts 3 and 4 of SingarajaMengwitani, there are indeed several regions of Tabanan that will also be affected by land acquisition.

They are Taman Tanda hamlet, Batunya with Candikuning II and Candikuning II hamlet, Baturiti, Tabanan. “The shortcuts will cross the two regions,” he explained.

Land acquisition affecting the residents related to the construction of shortcut area amounts to 11,223 square meters. Meanwhile, the natural tourism forest area spreads across 14,093 square meters and land owned by the government of

Bali Province covering an area of 3,879 square meters.

“Construction of the shortcut 3 and 4 will shorten the path from Buleleng to Denpasar. Originally, the road section extended along 2,400 meters and after building the shortcut with a length of 1,576 meters, the distance can be shortened along 824 meters. This means the distance is shorter than before,” he said.

This shortcut development is expected to reduce traffic accidents and break down traffic jams in the corn sculpture area, Candikuning, occurring every Saturday, Sunday and during school holiday season.

“Besides, it is also meant to reduce the steep bends and inclines on the Singaraja-Denpasar route,” he said.

Land acquisition and AMDAL preparation phase perhaps can be worked on from August to December 2018. Meanwhile, the construction of shortcuts will be carried out from the beginning

of January to December 2019.

The plan of shortcut construction will cost IDR 230 billion.

Meanwhile, the AMDAL plan and land clearing are worth IDR 85 billion. All costs are sourced from the Regional Budget of Bali Province.

Meanwhile, Chairperson of the Tabanan House of Representatives, I Ketut Suryadi, once delivered the construction of shortcut will not affect the beauty of Lake Beratan.

“The area of the lake does not change. To make certain, the government must have considered the sustainability and beauty of the lake if the development of the shortcut will be done,” he said.

Moreover, this politician from Selemadeg asserted if persistently continuing to be trapped with various problems the congestion will not be overcome. “If we don’t dare to take a step and continuously get trapped and we don’t want to move, the car can’t move,” he said. (kmb28)

The dramatic arrival of the $993 million spacecraft -- designed to listen for quakes and tremors as a way to unveil the Red Planet’s inner mysteries, how it formed billions of years ago and, by extension, how other rocky planets like Earth took shape -- marked the eighth successful landing on Mars in NASA’s history.

“Touchdown confirmed,” a mission control operator at NASA said, as pent-up anxiety and excitement surged through the room, and dozens of scientists leapt from their seats to embrace each other.

“It was intense and you could feel the emotion,” said NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, in an interview on NASA television afterward.

Bridenstine also said President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had watched on television and called to congratulate the US space agency for its hard work.

“Ultimately, the day is coming when we land humans on Mars,” Bridenstine said, adding that the goal is to do so by the mid 2030s.

The vehicle appeared to be in good shape, according to the first communications received from the Martian surface.

But as expected, the dust kicked up during the landing obscured the first picture InSight sent back, which

was heavily flecked.

France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) made the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument, the key element for sensing quakes.

The principal investigator on the French seismometer, Philippe Lognonne, said he was “relieved and very happy” at the outcome.

“I’ve just received confirmation that there are no rocks in front of the lander,” he told AFP. And in a final crucial phase, NASA said InSight signaled to Earth that its solar panels -- twin solar arrays spanning seven feet (2.2 meters) in width -- had opened and were collecting sunlight on the surface of Mars.

“The InSight team can rest a little easier tonight now that we know the spacecraft solar arrays are deployed and recharging the batteries,” said Tom Hoffman, InSight’s project manager.

- Entry, descent, landing The spacecraft is NASA’s first to touch down on Earth’s neighboring planet since the Curiosity rover arrived in 2012.

More than half of 43 attempts to reach Mars with rovers, orbiters and probes by space agencies from

around the world have failed.

NASA is the only space agency to have made it, and is invested in these robotic missions as a way to prepare for the first Mars-bound human explorers in the 2030s.

“We never take Mars for granted.

Mars is hard,” Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator for the science mission directorate, said on Sunday.

The nail-biting entry, descent and landing phase began at 11:47 am (1940 GMT) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, home to mission control for Mars InSight, and ended one second before 1953 GMT. A carefully orchestrated sequence -- already fully preprogrammed on board the spacecraft -- unfolded over the following several minutes, coined “six and a half minutes of terror.”

Speeding faster than a bullet at 12,300 miles (19,800 kilometers) an hour, the heat-shielded spacecraft encountered scorching friction as it entered the Mars atmosphere.

The heat shield soared to a temperature of 2,700 Fahrenheit (about 1,500 Celsius) before it was discarded, the three landing legs deployed and the parachute popped out, easing InSight down to the Martian surface. (afp)

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Jack Ma, China’s richest man, is a Communist Party member

BEIJING - Jack Ma, founder of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is among the world’s richest people but he has now emerged as a member of another club: China’s 89million-strong Communist Party.

The billionaire’s Communist bona fides were revealed by the People’s Daily, the party’s official mouthpiece, in an article praising contributors to China’s development.

He is not the first nor likely the last Chinese super-rich capitalist to join the party, which counts property titan Xu Jiayin and Wanda Group founder Wang Jianlin among its billionaire members.

But Ma’s membership had not been known until now as China’s richest man had previously suggested that he preferred to stay out of politics.

In Monday’s article, the People’s Daily said Ma was a party member who has played an important role in pushing China’s Belt and Road global trade infrastructure initiative -- a pet project of President Xi Jinping.

He has also been honoured as one of the “outstanding builders of socialism with Chinese characteristics in Zhejiang Province,” where Alibaba is based, the daily said.

Joining the party can be helpful to private businessmen and women in the country as they navigate a complicated business environment where the state-led economy dominates many industries and private business can be unwelcome.

Xi has renewed a push to expand the Communist Party’s influence in private business, requiring any company with more than three party members to set up a party cell, or lacking numbers, join with

nearby firms.

Three in four private companies already host party organisations.

“We must do a good job in the education and management of party members and guide them to play an active role,” Xi told officials in Shanghai earlier this month, noting the increase in private employment and new types of employment.

Xi is pushing to further intertwine the party and business, with the latest rewrite to the rules for party organisations published Sunday by official news agency Xinhua.

In private companies party cells should “guide and supervise the enterprise to strictly abide by national laws and regulations,” the draft order says, according to Xinhua.

Ma did not reveal his Communist Party membership in paperwork filed for Alibaba’s 2014 initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. It is not known if Ma was a member at the time.

A spokeswoman for Alibaba declined to comment.

Ma -- who announced in September that he would step down as head of Alibaba next year -- has previously indicated he preferred to keep the Chinese state at arm’s length.

“My philosophy is to be in love with the government, but never marry them,” he said at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2007.

But party members must hold up their right fist and recite an oath upon joining.

“Be loyal to the party, work actively, fight for communism all one’s life, always be prepared to sacrifice everything for the party and people, and never betray the party,” they recite. (afp)

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This file photo taken on September 8, 2017 shows Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba group, dancing to a medley of Michael Jackson songs during the Alibaba Annual Party at the Huanglong sports centre in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province.

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Camera innovation captures UK cities in unique detail

LONDON - A new camera innovation from Leica that combines image capture with 3D laser mapping, is being used for the first time to capture UK cities in amazing detail.

Bluesky International has used the Leica CityMapper, the world’s first hybrid airborne sensor combining vertical and oblique imagery with 3D laser scanning, to capture major cities throughout the UK. Using the CityMapper, Bluesky has mapped parts of London, Manchester and Birmingham as well as Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Norwich, Nottingham and Oxford. It intends to increase its coverage by capturing additional towns and cities across the UK and Ireland in 2019.

It is the first time this technology has been used commercially in the UK to this level. The captured city data is currently available from Bluesky and Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, in its constituent components of vertical orthorectified aerial imagery, oblique photographs and LiDAR point cloud data. Plans are in place to also include the imagery in Hexagon’s HxGN Content Program in the near future.

“The combination of multiple survey grade cameras and LiDAR enables, for the first time, the simultaneous capture of data for the automatic creation of highly accurate and detailed citywide 3D models, with one sensor,” said Rachel Tidmarsh, managing director of Bluesky.

“Whilst 3D models have been around for a number of

years, they have either been prohibitively expensive for use across larger areas or of insufficient detail or accuracy.

Using the CityMapper sensor, we can achieve efficient, and therefore cost effective, capture of highly detailed and accurate data, making widespread use of 3D models a reality.”

CItyMapper includes a traditional vertical camera as well as survey-grade oblique cameras. Specially designed for 3D city modelling and urban mapping, the sensor also includes high performance LiDAR technology to accurately collect elevation data even into the shadows, which are common in urban environments and make photo-based data collection difficult.

The CityMapper sensor also collects colour infrared data, which can be used to aid greenspace mapping and vegetation studies.

Applications of the new Bluesky 3D models are expected to include urban planning, line of sight analysis, new development visualisations and environmental modelling, as well as potentially 3D fly throughs and virtual reality experiences. Early adopters of the data include architects, planning consultants and other map publishers.

“The CityMapper was designed for just this type of use – capturing the many layers of urban environments,” said Ron Roth, Leica Geosystems’ geospatial content solutions product manager of airborne topographic LiDAR. “We are IBP/net excited to see the high-quality data Bluesky has been able to produce with CityMapper, and we are sure many customers CityMapper has been used to capture parts of Lonwill benefit from this capture.” (IBP/net) don, including St Paul’s cathedral.

was modified using CRISPR, a technique which allows scientists to remove and replace a strand with pinpoint precision.

The development emerged Sunday in an article published by industry journal the MIT Technology Review, which referenced medical documents posted online by He’s research team at the Southern University of Science and Technology to recruit couples for the experiments.

He’s video then went online, prompting a heated debate among the scientific community, including

from experts who cast doubt over the claimed breakthrough, and others who decried it as a modern form of eugenics.

He said the babies, known as “Lulu” and “Nana” although they are not their real names, were born through regular IVF but using an egg which was specially modified before being inserted into the womb.

“Right after sending her husband’s sperm into her egg, an embryologist also sent in CRISPR/ Cas9 protein and instructions to perform a gene surgery intended to protect the girls from future HIV infection,” he said.

The claims come ahead of a conference of world experts in Hong Kong on Tuesday, where He is expected to reveal more details.

But there is as yet no independent verification of his claims, which have not been published in a peerreviewed journal -- an omission that the scientist’s critics have seized on.

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Chinese university professor He Jiankui

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The MIT Technology Review warns that “the technology is ethically charged because changes to an embryo would be inherited by future generations and could eventually affect the entire gene pool.”

Other scientists have also sound-

ed caution.

Nicholas Evans, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, said on Twitter that the claims were “wild”.

“On a basic level, announcing the test through a YouTube video is a highly problematic form of scientific practice, as it steps aside the vetting processes on which a lot of scientific advance relies, such as peer review,” he told AFP. “We’ve been talking about genetic engineering of embryos for a while... what is a bit more revolutionary is that these children were allegedly engineered to provide resistance to a disease. That’s a new step forward, and where a lot of peril is.”

The issue of editing human DNA is extremely controversial, and only allowed in the US in laboratory research -- although US scientists said last year that they had successfully edited the genetic code of piglets to remove dormant viral infections.

But this is not the first time Chinese researchers have experimented with human embryo technology, and last September scientists at Sun Yat-sen University in China used an adapted version of gene-editing to correct a disease-causing mutation in human embryos.

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China scientist claims world’s first gene-edited babies

HONG KONG - A scientist in China claims to have created the world’s first genetically-edited babies, in a potentially ground-breaking and controversial medical first.

Chinese university professor He Jiankui posted a video on YouTube saying that the twin girls, born a few weeks ago, had had their DNA altered to prevent them from contracting HIV. The professor, who was educated at Stanford in the US and works from a lab in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, said their DNA

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Sam Sternberg, assistant professor in biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Columbia University, questioned the whole premise of He’s research, noting that it was not aimed at fixing a life-threatening condition -- like a genetic disease for example.

“Missing from the video is the fact that edits were made to embryos that do NOT have HIV. Changes risk/benefit big-time,” he tweeted.

“This breaking news story sure is an absolute bombshell for the #GeneEditSummit in Hong Kong this week. No doubt countless speakers are scrambling to update slides as we speak.”

He Jiankui did not immediately respond to a request for comment from AFP. Neither was there any response from queries to the organisers of the Hong Kong conference, and it is not clear whether they were aware of He’s work.

In a pre-recorded video on the conference’s website, biologist and chair of the international summit David Baltimore said: “We have never done anything that will change the genes of the human race, and we have never done anything that will have effects that will go on through the generations.” (afp)

TABANAN — As a commitment of the Tabanan district government in realizing Tabanan into a Green City, the local government together with the Green Community Forum (Generasi Pelangi) conducted a series of action plans, where one of them is through the Green City festival with the theme of “Green Circle, Matching My City” held on Saturday (Nov. 24) in Garuda Wisnu Serasi City Park.

Committee Chairman of the activity and the Head of Research and Development Agency (Bapelitbang), Ida Bagus Wiratmaja, explained the Green City Festival is one of the several series of activities in the framework of the Green City Development Program (P2KH). The event is intended to improve the quality and quantity of green open space and change the conceptual paradigm from open space to urban green space. “Green components are not only parks, but all urban spaces that ecologically fulfill the definition of green. Green open space in a city must meet 30 percent of the total existing city land area, with details of 20 percent of public open space and 10 percent private open space,” he explained.

The activities carried out in this green city festival include tree planting, the exhibition of waste management with the 3R model (reuse, reduce and recycle), fragmentation of environmental management education by students of SDN 1 Mambang elementary school, East Selemadeg and exhibitions.

Assistant II of Tabanan government, I Wayan Miarsana, who represented the Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti, said that

central government had launched P2KH in 2011 to address the challenges of climate change in Indonesia. Tabanan district is one of the cities having been set in the development to become a green city, where green cities are ecologically healthy by applying green city attributes. “Green city attributes include Green Building, Green Energy, Green Planning and Design, Green Open Space, Green Waste, Green Water, Green Transportation and Green Community,” he said.

He explained that Tabanan with the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (PUPR) in 2016 signed a green city charter, where the Green City festival is one of the realization of the commitment. The theme of My Green Environment, Harmonious City contains the meaning of inviting the Tabanan community to green the city towards Harmonious Tabanan. “I hope this Green City Festival can campaign activities in green open spaces, provide space for the expression of open green space arts, make the venue for interaction between groups of citizens and cultivation of activities in city park in the form of dance, music, painting, drama and other education,” he said .

He added that to meet the RTH requirements in urban areas by 30 percent according to Law 26/2007 concerning spatial planning, is certainly not an easy thing for Tabanan. At present, the achievement of the new Tabanan urban green open space reaches 22 percent. To improve, it cannot be handled partially but must be comprehensively by going hand in hand between the government and the community. (kmb24)

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Karangasem Water Police Unit led by its Chief I Made Wartama carried out the sea cleanup program located in the waters of Blue Lagoon Padang Bay.

Karangasem Water Police clean up sea from plastic waste

AMLAPURA — Karangasem Water Police Unit led by its Chief I Made Wartama carried out the sea cleanup program located in the waters of Blue Lagoon Padang Bay, sub-marine waters to the Tanah Ampo Pier. The activities carried out are in the framework of the 68th anniversary of the Water Police on December 1.

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The Green City festival with the theme of “Green Circle, Matching My City” held on Saturday (Nov. 24) in Garuda Wisnu Serasi City Park.

Chief of Karangasem Water Police, I Made Wartama, revealed the purpose of the activity is to clean up the sea from organic and nonorganic waste in order to preserve or maintain marine biota such as coral reef and marine animal. By that way, they can become a tourist attraction.

“From the activities carried out, we get organic waste such as tree trunks or twigs and two bags of non-organic waste (plastic), which are then taken to land and disposed of to landfill located on the Padangbay dock,” he said.

Wartama added that in the event it used a C2 Tanjung Muntik patrol

boat under organizing commander of I Gede Nuada, with six crew members. What having been done is expected to be able to make the sea clean and to preserve the underwater and its ecosystem so that it is still crowded with tourists that will enjoy the underwater beauty. (kmb41)

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AMLAPURA - The Edelweiss Hut tourist object located at Temukus hamlet, Besakih, Rendang, has been known to the community. After being opened a year ago, the attraction offering natural beauty began to be visited. Other than from Karangasem, a number of visitors from outside the region also recognize the tourist attraction. In order to increase the number of visits, the operator continues to arrange the object so as to make it look more beautiful and charming. of edelweiss, edelweiss stage, edelweiss propellers, and edelweiss huts. A White Valley of Eternity is jargon given to the attraction as drawing millennial generation. “We are still continuing to arrange tourist objects to increase the number of visits. Even now, we are adding selfie spots including developing the main plantation area and structuring the culinary area,” he said.

He further added that in the future the management team will collaborate with some tourism strengthening. As has been done, it makes collaboration with Generation of Wonderful Indonesia (GenPi) Bali in relation to promo-

tion of the tourist areas. And this November, there is Edelweiss Market designed by GenPi Bali.

The activity is expected to attract visitors and develop tourist objects based on local wisdom so that they have a distinctive attraction.

“For promotion, we have done it by engaging in direct exhibitions, promotions through social networking and through collaboration with local government and tourism.

It also includes digital and direct promotions as well as participation in tourism-related exhibitions. The main thing is to improve excellent services for visitors,” said Sueca. (kmb41)

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Field of Research and Development Division of Edelweiss Hut, I Nengah Sueca, revealed that since the opening of the Edelweiss Hut tourist object a year ago, indeed quite crowded visitors come every day. On average, there are 100 visitors. They do not only come from Karangasem, but also from outside the region to enjoy natural beauty offered to the visitors. “Visitors are usually crowded on holiday like Galungan and Kuningan,” he said.

Sueca added the objects offer the beauty of natural panorama of Mount Agung, hills, edelweiss and marigold garden. Besides, there are edelweiss flowers, stretching

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Subak Padanggalak designed to be a school of nature

DENPASAR - Subak Padanggalak, Kesiman Kertalangu, East Denpasar, returns to be fully utilized. Previously it was equipped with a tourist area with the addition of jogging track, and now will be transformed into natural school, especially for schools around the local villages. At least, in early 2019, this program can be realized.

This was affirmed by headman of Kesiman Kertalangu, I Made Suena, when met at Tukad Bindu on Monday (Nov. 26). Actually, it had been used as a natural school previously. However, lately the activity was dormant but now the program is re-established and effective again.

As a matter of fact, the subak (irrigation cooperative) had been structured in 2016. The subak arrangement as an educational place for students is the first of its kind in Denpasar. Now, his village authority will re-arrange the subak by completing other facilities that will make it easier for students to recognize the tools used by farmers in subak. “Currently, we re-arrange the Subak Padanggalak by involv-

ing subak (pekaseh) officials,” he said.

Related to the subak system, students will be given knowledge about irrigation such as which one is called pundukan (embankment), dam, as well as tools used in cultivating rice fields so as to be ready for planting rice seeds.

On that account, students will get understanding about subak, and not just looking at it because they will be guided directly by the subak administrator.

Suena explained the entire subak area spreads across 80 hectares.

Currently, there are only 1.5 kilometers of jogging tracks. Along the edge of the jogging track, he will fill the irrigation system, so that while walking the tour guide of pekaseh can explain directly.

“At some points along the way, we will plant trees and plants usually found in paddy fields.

However, we’ll prioritize plants frequently used as supplementary materials. This also greatly affects students’ knowledge. In addition to theory, they can also directly see or practice,” he explained. (kmb12)

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Nigeria’s Davido wins AFRIMA artist of the year

LAGOS - Nigeria’s Davido took home the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) trophy for artist of the year, leading a strong showing for the West African powerhouse famous for its roster of Afrobeats stars.

Musicians from across the continent came to the Accra International Conference Centre in Ghana’s capital on Saturday to walk the red carpet and celebrate a year of big hits.

Betty G from Ethiopia took home album of the year, while best African DJ went to Afrotronix, who has roots in Chad.

Nigerian rapper Falz took home the award for best African rapper after courting controversy this year when he released “This is Nigeria”, a cover of the Childish Gambino hit that skewered modern Nigeria.

“Akwaaba”, an infectious collaboration between GuiltyBeatz, Mr. Eazi, Patapaa and Pappy Kojo

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A migrant boy part of the Central American migrants - mostly from Honduras - moving towards the United States, plays with Mexico’s Federal police at El Chaparral port of entry on the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on November 22, 2018. US President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the judiciary on Thanksgiving Day Thursday, accusing judges of making the country unsafe as he fanned a bitter row over asylum seekers on the US-Mexico border.

won song of the year and best African collaboration.

Nigeria’s 2Baba won the award for best African pop, Ghana’s Stonebwoy for best reggae, and South Africa’s Sibusiso Mashiloane for best jazz.

Kuami Eugene, a Ghanaian crooner, was named the “most promising” artist in Africa.

AFRIMA has carved out a space as a platform to showcase the innovative and prolific African music industry that has exploded in the past decade. (afp)

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In this file photo taken on November 5, 2018 animator Raymond S. Persi arrives for the Disney premiere of “Ralph Breaks The Internet” at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood.

‘Ralph Breaks the Internet,’ and nearly a box-office record

LOS ANGELES - Disney’s new “Ralph Breaks the Internet” dominated North American box offices over the holiday weekend, pulling in an estimated $55.7 million for the Fridaythrough-Sunday stretch, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.

The animated sequel to “Wreck It Ralph” enjoyed the second-best debut ever for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, behind Disney’s “Frozen,” according to Variety. com, but will need staying power to make up for its $175 million production budget.

The film has title character Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) and friend Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) venturing into the wide world of the web, where they encounter some, well, not very Disney-like behavior.

The second spot this weekend went to another new release,

MGM’s “Creed II,” with a take of $35.3 million. This eighth chapter in the “Rocky” series stars Michael B. Jordan, Dolph Lundgren and, of course, Sylvester Stallone as the aging Rocky Balboa. Jordan plays Adonis Creed as he takes on the son of the boxer who killed Adonis’s father.

In third was Universal’s familyfriendly animation “The Grinch,” at $30.2 million. Benedict Cumberbatch voices the ill-tempered title character, with support from Rashida Jones and Angela Lansbury.

Sliding from first spot last week-

end to fourth was “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” from Warner Bros., at $29.7 million. The Harry Potter prequel stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander as he works with Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) to take down evil Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp).

In fifth was “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Fox’s foot-stomping biopic about Freddie Mercury and rock group Queen, at $13.9 million.

Rami Malek has drawn critical acclaim for his portrayal of the singer/songwriter, and the film has amassed over $150 million in North American receipts. (afp)

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Social media spreads hope and fear among Central America migrants

As a group of migrants prepare to form a new caravan to set out from El Salvador for the promised land of the United States, eager participants exchange messages over social media. How will they cross the border? What should they bring? Mothers and their children, youngsters fleeing violent gangs, men hoping to find a way to feed their families: the caravan attracts all sorts.

As soon as one caravan leaves, plans for the next one swamp social media. Hundreds of interested parties fire off questions, engage in discussions or share their hopes and fears.

“My aim is to reach the United States. In the caravan, no one will be able to touch me,” said one rasping voice in an audio post on a chat for the last caravan to leave El Salvador. The day before it departed, migrants spent the night on the El Salvador del Mundo square in the capital San Salvador, a place dominated by a huge column upon which Jesus stands atop a globe.

Since October, more than 5,000 central American migrants have set out on the long, arduous journey

of thousands of kilometers, either by foot, bus or hitch-hiking northwards towards the US. - ‘It’s safer in the caravan’ “I found out about the caravan on Facebook. Someone posted a link in a WhatsApp chat,” a 38-year-old widow with children aged 11 and 13, told AFP. “People exchange information, there are no leaders.” Her face shaded by a baseball cap, she refuses to give her name for fear that gangs will harass her. They might one day have their eyes on her eldest, a pretty brunette with long, curly hair.

These gangs strike fear across not just El Salvador but the whole central American region, whether

by murder, forcing boys to join them or raping girls.

The widow quit her $6-a-day job making corn tortillas to join the caravan. She has no other way of trying to reach the US. “We poor people, we don’t have the $8,000 that a coyote demands,” she says, referring to people smugglers.

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