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Gang charged over burglaries at LA homes of Rihanna and other stars

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LOS ANGELES - Ten alleged gang members have been charged in connection with a series of burglaries at the homes of celebrities including Rihanna in Los Angeles, court documents show.

Investigators say the addresses of basketball superstar LeBron James and actor Matt Damon were also found on a list of potential targets for break-ins.

Officials say the victims were chosen when their social media postings and schedules indicated they would be away from home.

Southern California’s City News Service has reported that the 10 men have been charged with conspiracy and several other counts, including burglary and home-invasion robbery.

According to the AP news agency,

court documents show the homes of baseball star Yasiel Puig and American football player Robert Woods, as well as Rihanna, were among those hit in the raids.

Police announced four arrests at a news conference in October, where they displayed recovered items including handbags, jewellery and mobile phones.

Three of those four were released pending further investigation. Two were then re-arrested and are among those charged. (IBP/net)

SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg dies aged 57

Stephen Hillenburg was diagnosed with MND last year.

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CALIFORNIA - SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg has died aged 57 after suffering from motor neurone disease.

Children’s television network Nickelodeon said in a statement: “We are sad to share the news of the passing of Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants.

“Today, we are observing a moment of silence to honour his life and work.”

Hillenburg announced he had been diagnosed with the degenerative illness in March 2017.

He conceived, wrote, produced and directed the animated series

that began in 1999 and won multiple awards, produced a series of spin-off books, two Hollywood movies and a Broadway musical.

Hillenburg was a marine biology teacher in Southern California when he started creating sea creatures as teaching tools.

“Steve imbued SpongeBob SquarePants with a unique sense of humour and innocence that has brought joy to generations of kids and families everywhere,” the statement added.

“His utterly original characters and the world of Bikini Bottom will long stand as a reminder of the value of optimism, friendship

and the limitless power of imagination.

“He was a beloved friend and long-time creative partner to everyone at Nickelodeon, and our hearts go out to his entire family.”

Hollywood director Brad Bird paid tribute to Hillenburg, tweeting: “I first discovered Spongebob through my sons, who were loudly singing along with the dopey and memorable theme song downstairs.

“I came down to see what the ruckus was about and ended up watching my first episode. Many laughs. Many thanks, Steve Hillenburg. May you Rest In Peace.”

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2018 temperatures set to be among hottest on record: UN

Global temperatures in 2018 are set to be the fourth highest on record, the UN said Thursday, stressing the urgent need for action to rein in runaway warming of the planet.

In a report released ahead of the COP 24 climate summit in Poland, the World Meteorological Organization pointed out that the 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, and that “2018 is on course to be the 4th warmest year on record.”

“This would mean that the past four years – 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 – are also the four warmest years in the series,” the UN agency said in its provisional report on the state of the climate this year.

The “warming trend is obvi-

ous and continuing,” WMO chief Petteri Taalas told reporters in Geneva.

The report shows that the global average temperature for the first 10 months of the year was nearly 1.0-degree Celsius above the preindustrial era (1850-1900).

- ‘Last generation’ “It is worth repeating once again that we are the first generation to fully understand climate change and the last generation to be able to do something about it,” Taalas

warned.

With levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, at a record high, “we may see temperature increase of 3-5C by the end of the century,” Taalas said.

“If we exploit all known fossil fuel resources, the temperature rise will be considerably higher.”

Delegations from nearly 200 countries are due in Poland next week for the latest COP24 climate summit, aimed at renewing and building on the Paris deal and limiting global warming.

World leaders have been trying to breathe new life into the 195nation agreement amid backslid-

ing from several nations -- most notably the United States -- over commitments made when it was signed in December 2015.

It is to take effect in 2020 and calls for limiting global warming to less than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

But experts warn that global warming is on track to surpass three degrees by 2100 and urge governments to do more than first planned to rein it in.

“Every fraction of a degree of warming makes a difference to human health and access to food and fresh water, to the extinction of animals and plants, to the survival of coral reefs and marine life,” WMO

deputy chief Elena Manaenkova stressed in a statement.

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Coconut shell crafts pursue raw materials to Sulawesi

COCONUT can in fact be processed into various kinds of crafts. Through creative hands of Negari villagers, Banjarangkan subdistrict, coconut is processed into various souvenirs. These handicraft products are quite attractive, even have been exported to a number of countries.

However, lately it is very difficult to fulfill the raw materials.

One of the centers for coconut shell crafts is the Yande Batok, at Sari Merta hamlet, Negari. On the floor of the business owner’s house, Gede Suryawan, there are 15 employees working on the coconut crafts. Every day, at least a thousand pieces of coconuts are transformed into various unique souvenirs.

However, the process is not easy.

At first, the coconut must be really old. Then, the fiber is peeled out while the flesh is removed. Next, it is refined and shaped according to the desired shape of the craft. For example, he produces bowls, dipper, table decorations, dolls, candle holders, and various other art crafts according to the market demand for art shops to this craftsman as the production location. “Here, we have to be sensitive and see the market interest. So the design of our craft must be adjusted,” said the business owner of Yande Batok, Gede Suryawan, when met at his business premises last Wednesday (Nov. 27).

At the moment, he admitted

the market response to the craft is sluggish because the tourist arrivals at the end of this year are also sluggish. By and large, he said that high demand during high season of tourist visits lasts from June to October. His production targets the art shops throughout Bali.

When asked about the obstacles, Suryawan admitted it lies in the procurement of coconut raw material itself, not in the marketing.

The price of coconut raw material continues to fluctuate. Sometimes the price is cheap, normal to soaring. At normal price, he is relieved because coconut can be obtained at IDR 3,000 to 4,000 per piece.

However, when prices rise, it can reach IDR 9,000 per piece. “When the price of coconut increased, I have time to look for raw materials to Sulawesi. It happened because when the price of coconuts in Bali was expensive, the supply was rare. At that time, we looked for to remote villages such as Rendang and Pidpid (Karangasem), it was absolutely not available,” said Suryawan.

When the coconut price rose, he and his employees were finally inspired to process the coconut milk into cooking oil and the flesh into saur (fried-grated coconut). Moreover, he had developed to make nata de coco and sagon. “Thankfully, now the price of coconut returns to normal. So, my production can run normally again,” he said.

The scarcity of raw materials also made a number of similar businesses in Klungkung finally goes bankrupt. At present, the only one remaining to survive in this field of business is the Yande Batok.

Suryawan himself is accustomed to experience the ups and downs in this business having been carried out since 1996 and run formally since 2008.

According to him, the motivation of regional government is also quite large. He admitted to have been greatly helped by various facilitations, both participation in the exhibition and others because this coconut shell craft is actually one of distinctive identities of Klungkung and still survives until now. (gik)

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Floods besiege Negara town

NEGARA - Heavy rains flushing Negara town on Tuesday night (Nov. 27) caused floods in a number of locations. In addition to the high intensity of rain, a number of waterways were clogged so that some settlements rarely flooded were also affected. The worst happened to Kampung Tinggi, Pendem village and East Loloan village.

In densely populated areas, the water even reached the height of an adult’s waist. Until 22:30, the water was still pooling and residents whose homes were flooded remained alert. At Kampung Tinggi, the water overflowed to flood dozens of homes. Moreover, the access of Jalan WR Supratman was cut off due to high water levels. Vehicles passing from the Jalan Sudirman to Jalan Ngurah Rai were asked to divert by residents. “This flood is of the first time. It is said the dam floodgate at the market was stuck.

So, the water overflowed here,” said Wisnu, one of the residents.

Other than at Kampung Tinggi, the water from the north side of the Jembrana Civic Center was also heavy. Moreover, the access of Jalan Sudirman to the Civic Center was broken off and the vehicles from Gilimanuk were diverted by the officers. The water level flooding the road is quite high. So, the vehicles remaining to passing are feared to be stuck. Besides, the flood canal surrounding the Soekarno Cultural Hall had overflowed.

On East Loloan, floods inundated dozens of homes.

Chief of East Loloan hamlet, Mustahidin, said the floods inundated the East Loloan village, namely the neighborhood association or RT 01, RT 03, RT 04 and RT 06. “The water is as high as an adult’s waist, we are still waiting to recede,” said Mustahidin on Tuesday night. In addition to inundating the houses, floods also caused the dam floodgate at Loloan to collapse. The fence wall of SDN 1 East Loloan elementary school was also broken.

Meanwhile, until Wednesday morning (Nov. 28), the officers from Jembrana Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and disaster preparedness cadet (Tagana) were still alerted around the flood site. The officers helped residents clean up their flooded house.

Office of Electoral Commission and Waterworks

The coconut shells rae made into wonderful handicrafts

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Aside from people’s settlements, a number of agency offices in Negara town were also hit by floods. Moreover, up to Wednesday morning (Nov. 28), the water was still inundating the office so the

employees could not enter.

The waterlogged office is on the north side of Jalan Udayana, Negara. Position of the office that is lower than the highway has caused water to inundate two offices, namely the Jembrana Electoral Commission (KPU) and Municipal Waterworks (PDAM). In addition, the water from irrigation channel on the north side overflowed. In the office of Jembrana Electoral Commission, a number of officers have been on standby in the office since Tuesday night. They secured important documents or equipment in the north and east buildings. Both circular buildings were submerged in water that also flooded the office grounds.

Meanwhile, the west side building is located higher, so remains safe.

However, most of the staff rooms are in the flooded building.

Other than the Jembrana Electoral Commission, the office of PDAM and Jembrana regional government-owned enterprise were also inundated. The water even filled the office parking lot so the vehicles cannot enter. A number of employees entering the office finally parked on the road side. The height of water reached up to the legs of an adult’s calf.

Director of the PDAM Jembrana, Ida Bagus Kertanegara, stated the company received information on rising water on Tuesday night when heavy rain occurred. The peak occurred around 01:00 in the morning. Until Wednesday morning, the officers were still on guard and waiting for the water to recede.

Employees could not carry out activities due to these conditions.

Meanwhile, the Head of Public Works and Settlement Agency (PUPRPKP) of Jembrana, I Wayan Darwin, said a number of flood points in urban areas include at Pendem, Dauhwaru and Loloan Timur Wednesday afternoon had begun to recede. He admitted that several floodgates (dams) were not opened so the water overflowed.

“The one at Loloan has subsided after the door of the Mertasari dam was opened,” he explained.

According to Darwin, to open the door, there is a mechanism and cannot be immediately opened.

Meanwhile, the puddles remaining to occur at the office of PDAM were caused by broken walls. Thus, the water from the irrigation canal in the north of the office spilled into the office yard. “In addition, most of them have subsided. Other than the door having not been opened, there is also a blocked channel,” he added. But the main cause is the high rainfall. (kmb26)

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Ayodya Resort Bali Launches Professional Golf Tournament

Set to become the first ever Ayodya Resort Bali national golfing event in Bali - Indonesia, on 3rd November 2018, Ayodya Resort Bali launched its “Stay & Play” Ayodya Professional Golf Tournament 2018 at the Bali National Golf Course – Nusa Dua. The tournament attracted professional golfers from across Indonesia to take part in a number of different challenges, including ‘Longest Drive’ and ‘Nearest to the Pin’, with winners announced and awarded at a special gala dinner at

Ayodya Resort Bali.

More than 100 golfers and attendees from both Jakarta and Bali joined the tournament, and as a result, Ayodya Resort Bali plans to roll out annual tournaments in the near future, with tours around the island and across Indonesia on the horizon.

“We are delighted by the turnout for our first ever Stay & Play Professional Golf Tournament.

Following such great feedback, we plan to take the tournament to other parts of Bali and across the

country - even bigger, bolder and better than before.” Said Dady Primady Muljadi, Asst Director of PR

& Marketing Communications at Ayodya Bali Resort. “We hope that, like Bali National Golf – Nusa Dua, other courses across Indonesia will welcome us, partner with us and support this event so that we can continue to grow and share the joys of golfing in paradise, both professionally and as a leisurely pastime” Said Iman Ardiansyah, Deputy Event Program Coordinator.

Designed to not only attract avid golfers from around the region, the Stay & Play Golf Tournament was pioneered to introduce and promote golf in Bali as a new pillar for tourism. Combining key aspects of Bali’s global appeal – a fusion of sun, sea, food, culture and golf – the tournament is an attractive proposition to both avid golfers and holidaymakers alike.

Tripadvisor - the world’s most influential travel platform - listed Bali as a top travel destination in 2018, and the island is renowned globally for its vibrant food, culture and pristine landscapes. Now, thanks to Ayodya Resort Bali and Bali National Golf Course – Nusa Dua, professional golfing joins the ever-growing list of attractions on the island.

About Ayodya Resort Bali

The beachfront five-star Ayodya Resort Bali is located on 11.5 hectares of landscaped gardens complete with beautiful lagoon pools, within the secure gated resort community of Nusa Dua, Bali. Designed as a Balinese water palace, the 537-rooms resort was built to resemble the residence of King Rama and Queen Shinta from the Ramayana epic. Within the resort, The Ayodya Palace is an exclusive “resort within the resort” where guests will find an exclusive private atmosphere including their own pool, direct beach access and around-the-clock butler service. In each of the seven restaurants and bars, guests can eat Spa by Mandara’s wellness-haven offer luxurious rejuvenation and energy- boosting treatments. Tailored for international meetings and weddings, the versatile 12 meeting rooms including the Grand Ballroom and the large garden areas are ideal for events and conferences. For more information and reservations, please contact a travel professional or access our website at www.ayodyaresortbali.com.

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Fashion

Marc Jacobs Just Resurrected These Iconic 1993 Pieces

MARC Jacobs has churned out many a memorable collection, but there’s one, in particular, that’s firmly embedded in every fashion girl’s memory: the 1993 grunge collection he designed during his tenure at Perry Ellis.

“The ‘Grunge’ collection epitomized the first time in my professional career I was unwavering in my determination to see my vision come to life on the runway, without creative compromise,” Jacobs said in a statement. The press release also reminded us of the fact that Jacobs was famously fired when critics panned the 1993 show. Of course, his career trajectory speaks for itself.

Perry Ellis International was also on board with the resurrection and congratulated Jacobs for his “first of its kind collection that changed the direction of contemporary womenswear.”

Scroll down to shop the new pieces in all of their ‘90s glory, from plaid flannel to ultra-thin spaghetti straps. (IBP/net)

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The New $10 Underwear NYC Girls Are Buying in Bulk

IN the luxury designer sphere, basic pieces can, frustratingly, come along with very non-basic prices. But Alexander Wang’s upcoming Uniqlo collaboration is not here to trick you into buying overpriced essentials. Refreshingly, the designer’s new collection of bodysuits, leggings, bras, underwear, and T-shirts starts at $10 and caps out at $40.

The collab uses Uniqlo’s legendary Heattech fabric, which is meant to be your first layer of clothing because it absorbs and retains heat. It’s already a staple for fashion girls in cold climates, so the addition of Alexander Wang’s cachet practically guarantees sellout status. The collection is now available on Uniqlo’s website, but we have a feeling it will be gone ASAP. Scroll down to shop our favorite pieces from the collab, and be prepared: You’ll want to wear them all winter long. (IBP/net)

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Bali workforce highly demanded in various industries in Japan

DENPASAR - Significant reduction in population numbers makes Japan currently face serious labor shortages. Almost all occupations experience a shortage of workers, where one of them in the field of caregiver services.

“At present, Japan really needs nursing staff in the field of caregiver services to parents,” said a representative of the KSG Promotion Cooperative Association, Akinori Okabayashi, as the agency’s recipient of foreign internships in Japan during a matching interview, at the Bali Japan Academy office, recently.

To meet the needs of such workforce, he claimed to have opened the opportunities for foreign workers to work in Japan. The number of local Japanese workers available is no longer able to meet the needs of workers in various industries. However, there are indeed a number of qualifications to be complied with by prospective foreign workers so that they can be accepted as interns or work in the Sakura country.

“Almost all industrial sectors need.

But this time we come to select prospective trainees from Bali for internships in the field of caregiver services as well as hotel / building maintenance,” he said.

He revealed that so far his agency has brought thousands of workers from the Philippines and Vietnam. This time, he wanted to bring it from Indonesia, especially from Bali. “We have long heard

about the natural beauty and friendliness of Balinese people. Bali is very famous in Japan. However, all this time we haven’t found the right partner. We are grateful to be able to partner with Bali Japan Academy, a new educational and training institution that we consider progressive and prospective,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, Director of Bali Japan Academy, Made Sukadana Antara, revealed that his party is proud to see the enthusiasm of the youth to take part in the matching interview selection held by the institution he chairs with the users from Japan. “As a new and very young institution, we are happy and proud of the people’s trust in our institution. Some even deliberately flew from outside the island like Jogjakarta and Lombok to take part in this selection,” he said.

In addition to earning more income, through the apprenticeship mechanism, he hoped that they will also be able to learn something for the future to be implemented in Indonesia. “We call this a skill transfer process,” said Sukadana who also serves as the Managing Director of PT Dipta Widya Saraswati.

Nevertheless, he said that Bali Japan Academy cannot dispatch all participants to work in the internships to Japan. Of the total 56 participants participating in the matching interview selection, only 24 people passed. (kmb23)

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Bali starling is an animal included in the Appendix I (species of wild plants and animals prohibited in all forms of international trade).

Breeding results of Bali starling can be sold overseas

NEGARA — Breeders of Bali starling have now had a wide market. Other than having the opportunity to sell at home legally, they can also sell in overseas markets (exports). However, breeders must be recorded in the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Bali starling is an animal included in the Appendix I (species of wild plants and animals prohibited in all forms of international trade).

At present, Japan really needs nursing staff.

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Director of Biodiversity Conservation at the KSDAE Directorate General, Indra Exploitasia, stated that Bali starling from captive breeding is possible to be sold overseas as long as the breeders comply with the rules and is registered at the CITES Secretariat. “All the trade conditions (animals) are set forth in CITES. There is one of the breeders having been registered at CITES. So, it is possible to sell it overseas,” he explained.

Captivity encourages people to earn income including the people around the area of West Bali National Park (TNBB) which is the original habitat of this bird. The most important thing at this time is that there will be no more poaching, especially for the Bali starling. “It is important to ensure the preservation of natural habitats, protect them from extinction, and can be

used by the surrounding community, so that people get the results and the birds can be sustainable,” he said.

Director General even encouraged the community to carry out captivity so that it can also get income. “Selling animals from captive breeding is allowed. We will provide guidance for breeders,” said Indra accompanied by the Head of the National Park Office, Agus Ngurah Krisna.

Today, the selling price of this beautiful bird in the market lies in the range of IDR 5 million to IDR 7 million. Indeed, it is far below compared to the 1990s when the condition was still rare due to poaching. So, at that time the price of Bali starling in the black market even reached tens of millions of rupiahs. But now, the bird has started to grow a lot in keeping with the

emergence of captivity.

Head of the TNBB, Agus Ngurah Krisna, said that based on the results of monitoring against Bali starling in 2018, there were 141 heads remaining to live wild in nature. There has been much improved compared to the previous ten years. In the past five years, the size of the Bali starling population has increased in nature and in breeding centers. Released birds have developed naturally in their habitat.

Bali starling (Leucopsar rothschildi) is an endemic species of Bali whose natural habitat is in the National Park. Bali starling has a distinctive feather color dominated by white with a combination of black on the wing tips and tail end.

Another distinctive feature is bright blue in the area around the eyes. (kmb26)

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Bali govt to provide ambulance to each village

DENPASAR — To improve public access in health sector, the Bali government through the Bali Health Agency will procure ambulance for each village. This ambulance procurement will be held in stages. Hopefully, all villages will have village ambulance by 2021.

Dr. I Ketut Suarjaya

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“Whole village will be provided with village ambulances. However, I direct this village ambulance to increase access so that sick people, emergencies and disasters can be quickly helped,” said Dr. I Ketut Suarjaya, the Head of the Bali Health Agency, recently.

Other than health facilities, its human resources will also be prepared. Later on the ambulance team will be prepared from public health experts (public health) and health promotion. “I have designed the ambulance team consisting of paramedics and health workers (environmental health) so that they also make environmental health efforts. We maintain the environment of Bali in accordance with the mission and vision of

Governor of Bali, namely Nangun Sat Kerti Loka Bali,” he said.

With the existence of health promotion and health workers at villages, he hoped that more prevention efforts can be made although there are also paramedics. “If people are sick, they will be helped by paramedics,” he added.

Procurement of ambulances is carried out in stages starting from 2019 because it is only budgeted in 2019 for the recruitment and procurement of ambulances. Based on current e-catalog prices, an ambulance is estimated to cost IDR 585 million.

It is an emergency ambulance that can be used for emergency and disaster.

“We will connect this in the public safe-

ty center, disaster will also be included, especially Bali is prone to disasters both natural and social disasters so that we will also establish it,” he explained.

In Bali, there are 716 villages, while in Badung district at total of 68 villages have owned village ambulance.

Other than Badung, Buleleng district also has several village ambulances.

So, the procurement of ambulances is estimated to reach 600 units. The ambulance team’s recruitment and training will begin in 2019. Procurement of ambulances starts in 2020. “Maybe in 2020, 100 ambulances first, followed by 200 ambulances and so on. Then, the remaining will be completed in 2021,” he explained. (kmb42)

Lack of young entrepreneurs in creative economy

DENPASAR - Based on statistical data and the survey results of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) and Bekraf in 2017, creative economic in 2017 approximately 78.53 percent of creative economy entrepreneurs lie in the age range of 30-59 years. Meanwhile, young entrepreneurs (under 30 years) in the creative economy sector are relatively small, around 10.68 percent of the total number of creative economic entrepreneurs.

With the potential demographic bonus that Indonesia will enjoy, it is appropriate to encourage more young people to become creative industry entrepreneurs, especially crafts and fashion. This was conveyed by the Director General of Medium-Scale Industries (IKM), Gati Wibawaningsih, in the Best Designers Award on Monday (Nov. 26) at BCIC, Tohpati, Denpasar.

Moreover, the creative economic contribution to GDP (gross domestic product) in 2016 amounted to IDR 922.59 trillion. This figure grew by 4.95 percent from the previous year. Meanwhile, the export value of creative economy in 2016 reached USD 20 billion and contributed 13.77 percent to national exports. The largest exports of craft and fashion sectors in 2016 gave contribution to 54.54 percent or 39.01 percent of total creative economy exports.

To answer the challenges against the lack of young entrepreneurs, Director General of Small and Medium Industry implemented the Indonesia Fashion and Craft Awards (IFCA) to attract young designers into the field of crafts and fashion.

She hoped the best young designers

of IFCA winners will spearhead the creative craft and fashion industries in the future with innovative and global design works.

In addition to the IFCA event, the Directorate General of Small and Medium Industry through BCIC also carried out creative business incubator activities in collaboration with Prasetya Mulya University. Through this program, creative arts and fashion as well as Small and Medium Industry players will be given training and assistance to develop business (scaling up). In addition, a laboratory design program was carried out to increase the capacity of craft and fashion players in the IKM center. This is done to collaborate between designers and IKM centers to produce innovative craft and fashion products.

He admitted the annual contribution of fashion and craft industry to the GDP increases. Therefore from 2019, the target is more than 2018. Next year with more exciting activities from IFCA, he hoped that creative industries, especially fashion and crafts, will not only increase the GDP contribution but also increase exports. To be able to fulfill the target increase, his division will facilitate the award and productions.

Of the several winners, the product will be mass produced. To be accepted by the market, their products must be adjusted with craftsmen. “They make only one sample, but in 2019 there will be more. So, they really produce from their work so that they are marketable,” he said.

So far, their products have not

been tried for mass production. But in 2019, his agency will facilitate so that it can be produced en masse through cooperation with the craftsmen. “They will be looking for the centers where their products can be produced. Then, we give assistance to the small and medium industry so that the goods produced are

in accordance with the examples given by the designers. Because the designer must pay attention to the final results of the designer, it is necessary to come back and forth to the small and medium entrepreneurs. To that end, it will also be facilitated,” he explained.

In terms of capital, they will

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be funded through people’s business loan (KUR). If wishing the products to be mass-produced, he will partner with Bank Himbara, so that the designer will be prioritized.

Then, in December, the winners will be asked to create a business plan for the development of their business. (kmb42)

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Huge Tutankhamun show set to tour world

PARIS - Four decades after the boy pharaoh caused a sensation in the US and Europe, treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamun are to tour the world again -- many for the first time.

More than 50 of the 150 artworks from his tomb in the show will only ever leave Cairo once, say the Egyptian authorities, who are organising the tour in the run-up to the 2020 opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza.

“Treasures of the Golden Pharoah” -- which opened in Los Angeles in March -- will go on show in Paris next March at the giant la Villette arts complex. It is the show’s only stop in continental Europe.

The organisers have yet to unveil the other nine cities on the world tour.

Previous exhibitions about the boy pharaoh have been record-breaking blockbusters, setting off “Tut-mania” around the globe.

More than eight million people attended a 1973 show, “The Treasures of Tutankhamun”, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Another 1.2 million people queued to see a smaller exhibition six years earlier at the Petit Palais in Paris in what was called “the show of the century”.

Dr Mostafa Waziry of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities said the tour was also to “celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of the boy king”.

“The discovery of Tutankhamun’s unplundered tomb revived our fascination with Egypt and its buried treasure,” said Vincent Rondot, head of the Egypt department at the Louvre museum. The Louvre is lending one of its masterpieces, a statue of the god Amun protecting Tutankhamun, to the show. The Paris show will run from March 23 until MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP September 15, 2019.

The Los Angeles show at the California Science Center In this file photo taken on November 28, 2017 the Golden Mask of King Tutankhamun is displayed at closes in January. (afp) Cairo’s Egyptian Museum.

‘Divine punishment’: ancient Ninja oath unveiled in Japan

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TOKYO - Japanese researchers have uncovered a rare, centuriesold, Ninja oath pledging never to divulge the secrets of their spying and sabotage skills -- on pain of divine retribution for generations.

Written in cursive calligraphy, the oath contains six promises and was signed some 300 years ago by “Inosuke Kizu”.

Kizu was a Ninja from a clan in Iga, a mountain-shrouded town near the ancient imperial capital of Kyoto. Expressing gratitude to his superior for passing on “ninjutsu” or “the art of the Ninja”, Kizu pledged he would never pass the knowledge on -- even to his children or brothers -- and would never use it to steal unless so ordered.

In his oath, the Ninja acknowledges that if he broke the promises even by a little, he’d be punished by “big and small gods in more than 60 provinces across Japan” for generations.

The rare document shows how strict Ninjas were about keeping their skills and techniques secret,

said Yoshiki Takao, associate professor at the state-run Mie University’s International Ninja Research Center.

“Thieves and Ninjas did the same thing -- sneaking into other people’s houses -- but Ninjas prized morality highly,” Takao said.

“Ninjas were ‘public servants’ in today’s terms, providing security services and collecting information,” added the expert.

Also of interest to scholars was a vow in the oath to report to his superiors any new skills, tools or firearms that were not in the “Bansenshukai”, a secretive 17thcentury text considered to be somewhat of a Ninja encyclopedia.

Kizu noted he could show only three chapters of the “Bansenshukai” to top-ranking samurais who employed ninjas and vowed not to disclose the book’s contents in other writings.

This interests scholars because “it shows that Bansenshukai was actually becoming used as a textbook,” Takao said, even though it

left crucial points vague.

The contents of the multi-volume book are now known to the public but many Ninja traditions remain hidden as important secrets were passed on by word of mouth.

The oath was among some 130 ancient documents left to the university by the 16th head of the Kizu family.

The existence of the oath was unveiled five decades ago in Japan but its whereabouts were unknown until now, according to Takao.

Inosuke, who submitted the oath, was the fifth head and last Ninja from the Kizu family.

The oath document was believed to have been returned to his family after his death, Takao said.

The research centre is also based in Iga, some 350 kilometres (220 miles) southwest of Tokyo.

Cooperating with engineering and science departments of Mie University, the institute has been trying to reproduce Ninjas’ legacy including their food and tools. (afp)

Handout / International Ninja Research Center / AFP

This undated handout picture released by the International Ninja Research Center on November 29, 2018 in Mie prefecture shows an ancient Ninja oath written in cursive calligraphy containing six promises and signed some 300 years ago by “Inosuke Kizu”.

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Shoppers Report Record High Spending NEW YORK - The ninth annual Small Business Saturday, held on November 24, 2018, kicked off the holiday shopping season for consumers and small, independently owned businesses with record levels of reported spending. Total reported spending among U.S. consumers who said they shopped at independent retailers and restaurants on the day reached a record high of an estimated $17.8 billion, according to data released today from the 2018 Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey from American Express (NYSE:AXP) and the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). Based on this annual survey over the years, Small Business Saturday spending has now reached a reported estimate of $103 billion since the day began in 2010 1.

Communities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico celebrated this Small Business Saturday with special events and activities. From lighting up the Empire State Building blue in New York to crafting a life-sized Shop Small ® gingerbread shop in San Diego, to block parties featuring local jazz and salsa bands in San Juan, businesses and neighborhoods showed what makes their communities unique and vibrant. An estimated 104 million U.S. consumers reported shopping or dining at local independently owned businesses on Small Business Saturday, according to the same survey.

“Millions of shoppers came together to show their support for small, independently owned businesses this Small Business Saturday,” said Elizabeth Rutledge, Chief Marketing Officer at American Express. “The Shop Small movement has become a national celebration – people all around the country are turning out to back the small businesses that make our neighborhoods and communities thrive.”

The survey also found that an estimated seven in ten (70%) American adults are aware of Small Business Saturday. Among consumers who said they shopped small on the day, 42% reported shopping with family and friends at independently owned businesses, and 83% reported encouraging others to also shop or dine small.

Shoppers also turned out for online small businesses – among consumers who said they participated on the day, 41% reported that they shopped small online on November 24.

SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS DEPEND ON THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON In a separate, new survey of small business owners with storefronts, American Express and the NFIB explored the importance of the holiday shopping season. Small business owners expect an average of 29% of their total annual sales to take place during the holiday shopping season, and 59% said Small Business Saturday contributes significantly to their holiday sales each year, according to the 2018 Small Business Owner Insights Survey from American

Express and the NFIB. The survey took place November 5-12, in advance of Small Business Saturday, and two-thirds of small business owners surveyed (66%) said they were planning promotions, sales or activities during the shopping days following Thanksgiving (i.e., Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday) to take advantage of the holiday shopping season. Among companies that were planning promotions on Small Business Saturday, 92% said the day helps their business stand out during the busy holiday shopping season and that the benefits of participating include bringing in more and new customers (74%), improved sales (70%), raised awareness of small businesses in their community (69%) and the day helps their local neighborhood and community prosper (66%).

Looking at the full shopping period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, small business owners are optimistic about the holiday shopping season. More than eight-in-ten (83%) said they have a positive outlook on their business’s holiday sales this year, and more than two-thirds (69%) of those surveyed expect their holiday sales to be stronger than in 2017.

To meet the holiday demand, half (51%) of surveyed business owners reported they will extend their store hours beyond the normal business hours and more than one third (36%) of respondents plan to hire more staff for the holiday season.

“Small and independent businesses depend on holiday sales and the shoppers that Small Business Saturday brings into their stores and online shops,” said NFIB President and CEO Juanita D. Duggan. “Small businesses contribute so much to the economy and unique character of our communities, and we’re proud to join American Express to support them on Small Business Saturday and throughout the year.”

A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT DRIVEN BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES Small Business Saturday is fueled each year at the local level by Neighborhood Champions, the small businesses, business associations,

local Chambers of Commerce, and other community organizers who rally their communities to celebrate Small Business Saturday. This year, more than 7,500 Neighborhood Champions (a 4% increase from 2017) in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories celebrated Small Business Saturday on November 24. In total they engaged an estimated 2.2 million small businesses to get shoppers out into their communities to Shop Small with events and activities like holiday pop-up markets, shopping passport programs, sleigh rides through town and more.

Through the Small Business Saturday Coalition, comprised of national, state and local associations that help coordinate activities for Small Business Saturday with small business owners and consumers, more than 615 organizations helped spread the Shop Small message this year. The Coalition was created in 2011 with the goal of helping amplify Small Business Saturday and is led by Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP).

In addition to the Neighborhood Champion Program and the Small Business Saturday Coalition, corporations, consumers and businesses across the country brought their communities together for Small Business Saturday.

American Express enlisted the support of nearly 100 large companies, known as Corporate Supporters, to help drive excitement for and promote Small Business Saturday.

Small business owners successfully used the Shop Small Studio nearly 120,000 times for customizable and ready-to-use marketing materials and/or merchandise to help promote their businesses on Small Business Saturday. Downloadable marketing materials were also offered in Spanish, and 13% of Studio visitors requested assets in Spanish.From November 1 through November 24, there were more than 715,000 social media posts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using #ShopSmall and/ or #SmallBizSat, an increase of 18% over 2017. Posts included consumers showing off their favorite small businesses, business owners hosting events with promotions and activities taking place on Small Business

Penglipuran, an Exotic Traditional Village in Bangli

Saturday, as well as government officials and celebrities, including Ariana Grande, Justin Timberlake, and Venus Williams, showing their support for the day and their favorite small businesses.

COMMUNITY OFFICIALS AT EVERY LEVEL SUPPORTED THE MOVEMENT Elected officials in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories championed Small Business Saturday.A total of 289 federal officials and agencies showed support for Small Business Saturday through posts on Facebook and Twitter.The United States Senate unanimously passed a resolution designating November 24, 2018, as Small Business Saturday.659 city proclamations in support of Small Business Saturday were issued by mayors and other elected officials covering all 50 states and Washington, D.C.13 public service announcements encouraging the public to Shop Small were recorded by government officials across the nation.

SHOP SMALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Small Business Saturday benefits communities beyond just one day.

According to the 2018 Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey, 96% of consumers who reported shopping on Small Business Saturday said the day makes them want to Shop Small all year long, not just during the holiday season.

In addition to products and services, American Express offers resources for small businesses yearround through the American Express Small Business Resource Center,

an online hub where American Express® Card-accepting merchants can learn about free marketing opportunities available including how to get recommended to Card Members and add or update their information on our Shop Small Map, signage, events, programs, and more.

Small business owners can continue to create customizable Shop Small marketing materials at ShopSmall. com year round. Mark your calendar for the tenth annual Small Business Saturday next year, which will be celebrated on November 30, 2019!

1 This spend statistic is an aggregate of the average spend as reported by consumers in surveys commissioned by American Express reporting spend habits on Small Business Saturday of consumers who were aware of the day. It does not reflect actual receipts or sales. Each such survey was conducted among a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults. The surveys had an overall margin of error of between +/- 2.0% and +/- 5.47%, at the 95% level of confidence. The data was projected from the samples based on then-current U.S. Census estimates of the U.S. adult population (18+).

ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY November 24 was the ninth annual Small Business Saturday.

Dedicated to supporting the diverse range of local businesses that help to create jobs, boost the economy, and enhance neighborhoods around the country, Small Business Saturday was created by American Express in 2010 in response to small business owners’ most pressing need: getting more customers. (ap)

Penglipuran tourism village is one of the prideful tourism villages owned by Bangli. Exotic natural beauty accompanied by strong customs makes the village in Bangli district indeed appropriate to be included in the itinerary of the traveling lovers. To reach the location, it only takes 1.5 hours from Denpasar. On arriving at the entrance, cool atmosphere of surrounding nature can have been felt. Left and right sides are decorated with green leaves of trees.

As soon as arriving at the location, the curiosity of its beauty will soon be relieved. Your eyes will be immediately drawn to the allure of the whole row of houses along with the angkul-angkul roofed with bamboo Wrapped in brown color with traditional image will not make visitors get bored. Existing anxiety due to daily bustles immediately vanishes and precisely regains the atmosphere of the1990s.

In addition to the exterior, the

home yard of local people is also equipped with traditional building.

Roof and walls are made of bamboo, while the floor is still made of earth.

Nevertheless, it precisely becomes one of the photo objects for visitors.

If you’re still curious about this unique village, simply come to the memorial monument located in the south. Right next to the memorial, visitors can also see the karang memadu. Polygamous husbands will be isolated in this area.

Operations Manager of Penglipuran attraction, Nengah Moneng, said not long ago that the high tourist visit to Penglipuran usually happens during holidays associated with religious feast like Christmas. Daily visits can reach 650 people. Domestic travelers are dominated by those from Bali and outside Bali. Then, foreign traveler is not so much, approximately 60 people. “Tourist visit increased about 10 percent. Hopefully, in the

future it can continue to increase,” said Moneng accompanied by his colleague, I Nengah Sudibia.

Aside from the layout of traditional settlement, visitors will also see the bamboo forests in the northern part of the village. Besides, some visitors are trying to taste the typical culinary products of Penglipuran, namely herbal drinks like loloh cemcem, loloh kunyit and klepon made of purple yam. To increase the number of visitors, a festival is held coinciding with the holiday season where the current one is the third year. In addition to jazzing up, the village festival is also organized to evoke the culture, such as dance performances and the development

of industrial sector and the SMEs into the wider realm.

Since 2015, the Penglipuran community has been concerned with the environmental arrangement. Telajakan or space between road section and people’s house compound is planted with various kinds of ornamental flowers. This will indirectly increase the beauty of the object and tourist visit to the village. “We also raised potential of the region through festival activities. It is also intended to increase the number of visits,” he said.

He added that the admission ticket to the Penglipuran village for domestic travelers is IDR 10,000 per person and foreign travelers IDR 30,000 per person. (kmb)

Kamasan Painting Comes with a Message of Life

Kamasan painting has been familiar in the ears of Balinese people.

This artwork has long been a wealth of Klungkung district. Apart from its classical appearance, this painting

is rich in puppet and animal stories.

It is really meaningful. At Kamasan village can be found many centers of the painting activities. There are also galleries where a number of

works created by the artists have been displayed since several years ago. It applies classic colors of red and brownish perfectly combined.

Some paintings offer a jungle feel following a pre-established pattern.

They look very lively and beautiful to look at.

The work is not just an expression of the art but there is a message of life.

What is scratched is not a common thing. It presents a series of pictures depicting a number of characters contained in the story. One of the themes is heroic attractions on the battlefield.

It’s like giving a moral message. It is adopted from various stories, such as Mahabharata and Ramayana epic.

Occasionally, the artists also express his idea inspired by animal or tantric tales.

The painter Mangku Muriati Mura said that in the midst of the

art development, the appearance of other paintings is very possible.

Nevertheless, he does not get dissolved in that situation. His great desire to maintain the art is believed to have emerged since the kingdom era that will not fade over the times.

The norms are not neglected. Everything is still followed. “We still preserve them all,” he said, not long ago.

This painting is not solely concerned with aesthetics but more than it, where it also offers strong philosophical values. His work is combined with religious elements or teachings quoted from the palm-leaf manuscripts. “We must understand the meaning, not just some scratches,” he said.

Another painter, Kadek Natha, explained that in harmony with the development of times, Kamasan paint

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coloring began to use acrylic because natural materials are increasingly difficult to obtain. However, the classic impression never fades. It remains to looks sharp and has divine inspiration. “Pere is one of natural dyes, a kind of stone obtained from Sakenan.

Its color is yellowish brown, but now many painters have switched from this color,” he explained.

Profession as painter has been pursued since he was in elementary school. His works have been widely sold. The price is fantastic and comparable to the complexity. “There is a painting sold for IDR 9 million, even more. The cheaper is also available,” he said. His paintings are no longer just scratched on canvas, but many of them have been used as hotel room ornaments. “Many hotels ask me to paint in classical style,” said Natha. (kmb)

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Putin defends ‘lawful’ seizure of Ukrainian ships members including Germany to send naval vessels to the region to back his country in the standoff.

“Germany is one of our closest allies, and we hope that states within NATO are now ready to relocate naval ships to the Sea of Azov in order to assist Ukraine and provide security,” he said in comments published Thursday by Germany’s Bild daily.

Western governments have rallied behind Kiev, accusing Russia of illegally blocking access to the Sea of Azov, used by both countries, and of using force without justification.

Trump on Tuesday threatened to cancel planned talks with Putin at this week’s G20 summit in Buenos Aires over the incident.

The White House on Wednesday said Trump and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the Ukraine-Russia incident by telephone and “the two leaders expressed deep concern about the incident in the Kerch Strait and the continued detainment of Ukraine’s vessels and crew members”.

- ‘Bring our boys home’ -

The Kremlin said it still expect-

ed the Putin-Trump meeting to take place and played down the threat of cancellation, with foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov saying: “The meeting is equally needed by both sides.”

The Ukrainian vessels -- a tug and two gunboats -- were trying to pass through the Kerch Strait from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov, but were refused access and chased into international waters by 10 Russian vessels.

Kiev has demanded the return of its ships and the release of 24 sailors taken prisoner during the confrontation.

The sailors have been put before a court in Simferopol, the main city in Russian-annexed Crimea, and ordered to be held in pre-trial detention for two months.

Detention orders were made against 15 of them on Tuesday, including three still in hospital, and nine more on Wednesday.

“We condemn this demonstration of barbarism and are multiplying our efforts to bring our boys home,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on Twitter after the court rulings. (afp)

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Ukrainian far-right group activist sets a placard reading “Down with Russian business from Ukraine!” during a blockade of huge shopping mall “Ocean Plaza” in Kiev on November 27, 2018.

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Ensuring Indonesia`s support for Palestine remains unchanged

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin has insisted that Russian forces were in the right to seize three Ukrainian ships last weekend, but President Donald Trump expressed “deep concern” at Moscow’s actions against a US ally.

In his first extensive remarks since the confrontation at sea on Sunday, Putin said it had been orchestrated by Kiev as a “provocation”.

He said the Ukrainian ships had entered Russian territorial waters and refused to respond to requests to stop from Russian patrol boats.

“What were they (Russian forces) supposed to do?” Putin said on Wednesday, when asked about the incident at an international investment forum in Moscow.

“They were fulfilling their military duty. They were fulfilling their lawful functions in protecting Russia’s borders. They would do the same in your country.”

Moscow and Kiev have traded angry accusations since Russian navy vessels fired on, boarded and captured the three Ukrainian ships off the coast of Crimea.

After warning of the threat of “full-scale war”, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday signed an act imposing martial law for 30 days in regions bordering Russia, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

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Renault 4L cars are stacked at Elyse Rakotondrakonona’s workshop in Antananarivo’s Antoamadikina neighbourhood, on November 6, 2018.

Rusting on the roads, Madagascar’s classic cars trundle on.. and on

ANTANANARIVO - Once a common sight across Europe, much-loved French cars from a bygone era rattle along the streets of Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, doing their duty as private vehicle, taxis or even police cars.

The Renault 4L and the Citroen 2CV, which have made way for sleek younger models elsewhere, are still part of daily life on the Indian Ocean island, battling up its steep hills and wheezing towards top speed on its dusty main roads.

“There’s no question of a car chase,” admitted one uniformed police officer sitting in his white 4L, complete with a rooftop beacon and police signage, parked on guard close to the presidential palace.

“But it does have the advantage of not consuming much petrol,” he added.

Nearby, in the shade of jacaranda trees, several other 4Ls and 2CVs serve as taxis waiting for customers.

The two models are celebrated worldwide as masterpieces of design, representing Europe’s postwar boom and the explosion of car ownership -- but their heyday has long passed.

Rijason Randrianantoanina, a 37-year-old taxi driver, is proud of his “magnificent” 2CV, which he has owned for 16 years.

“It was made in 1978, but it’s a solid car,” he said.

The body is suffering from some patches of deep rust and the fuel gauge does not work anymore.

The 2CV tank contains only 28 litres, and its driver must be a good

judge of petrol usage.

“I have a gauge in my head, you just have to get used to it,” he said.

- The ‘go-to’ mechanic -

Starting from the 1960s, 2CVs and 4Ls were imported into Madagascar from France and Belgium, while models were also assembled on the island until the 1980’s.

It was while working at the Somacoa plant that Elysee Rakotondrakolona learnt to dismantle and erect the quirky 4L. He is now the go-to 4L mechanic in Antananarivo, in the busy, working-class district of Antoamadinika.

“The 4L can go where even modern 4x4s cannot go -- because it takes only three people to lift it,” he said dryly.

In his open-air garage, squeezed between an “aesthetic hairstyle” salon and a donut stand, the chassis of old 4Ls are piled on top of each other.

Here, resourcefulness reigns supreme.

“I take parts from Renault 5s for the front axle unit of the 4L,” said Rakotondrakolona, wearing blue work overalls almost as old as some of his wrecks.

“Our national speciality as Madagascans is that when you see two pieces that look alike, we know how to adapt them. It is the ‘makedo-and-mend’ system.”

The only problem that is unsolvable is a broken gearbox. “Then, there is nothing to do,” he said.

Easy to repair, almost unbreakable and fuel efficient, the 2CV and 4L are well-adapted to survive in Madagascar. (afp)

BOGOR - The Palestinian issue has emerged as a major concern amid rising competition between the camps of the Joko WidodoMa`ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno pairs in the wake of the 2019 Presidential Elections.

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto`s statement on the Australian Embassy being moved to Jerusalem might have been misinterpreted by certain members of community and has brought him into the spotlight of the mainstream media in Indonesia and Australia.

Prabowo, whose presidential candidacy is backed by the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), National Mandate Party (PAN), and Berkarya Party, made his recent statement at the Indonesia Economic Forum in Jakarta.

Prabowo`s national campaigning body to help him win the 2019 Presidential Elections observed that Prabowo`s statement on the moving of the Australian Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem had been misinterpreted by several parties.

Regarding this issue, Irawan Ronodipuro, the director of international relations in the camp of the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno pair, deplored certain parties` comments on and responses to Prabowo`s statement on the moving of the Australian embassy.

Ronodipuro noted that Prabowo formed his opinion after speaking at the Indonesia Economic Forum on Nov 21 in response to a foreign journalist`s question on his stance on Australia`s plan to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

“I was present at the Indonesia Economic Forum. Prabowo`s statement on the moving of the Australian Embassy was misunderstood. Moreover, some media intentionally framed the statement in their news,” he stated.

What made him more deplorable was the move of a figure, who had supported the Prabowo-Sandiaga pair in the past, in which he attempted to drag Prabowo`s statement into a polemic and also made an offensive opinion.

Ronodipuro said Prabowo`s struggle for the Palestinian cause need not be questioned, as the Palestinians have also held him in high regard for his sincere help to Palestine since a long time.

Prabowo`s statement was quoted by The Sydney Morning Herald`s (SMH`s) correspondents in Jakarta -- James Massola and Karuni Rompies -- for their story titled “Presidential candidate says Indonesia should respect Australian sovereignty on embassy move.”

“Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto says Indonesia should respect Australia`s sovereign right to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem - while expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and indicating disagreement with the potential shift,” The SMH wrote on Nov 22.

“Regarding the moving of the embassy, I have not read about Australia`s (final) decision on moving its embassy to Jerusalem.

As Palestine`s supporter, we, of course, have our own opinion.

However, Australia is also an independent and sovereign state, so we must respect their sovereignty,” Prabowo was quoted by The SMH as saying. (ant)

Korean envoy lauds Indonesia for creating peace in Korean Peninsula

JAKARTA - South Korea Ambassador to Indonesia Kim Chang-beom has praised Indonesia for its role in the process of creating peace in the Korean Peninsula.

During a discussion on the latest situation in the Korean Peninsula held in Jakarta on Tuesday, Kim highlighted Indonesian President Joko Widodo`s (Jokowi`s) initiative to invite North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the commemoration of 30 years of ASEAN-South Korea partnership in 2019.

President Jokowi proposed the invitation to South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit held in Singapore recently and at meetings with ASEAN leaders President Moon pledged to follow up on the suggestion, the ambassador remarked at the seminar organized by the South Korean Embassy and the Habibie Center.

As a country sharing sound friendship with South Korea and bilateral relations with North Korea for over five decades, Indonesia supported the creation of a sustainable peaceful situation in the Korean Peninsula.

Although the creation of peace will take a long time and be a lengthy process, it is believed to be able to support stability, security, and common prosperity.

The joint communiqu? of ASEAN leaders issued after the ASEAN Summit also highlighted North Korea`s commitment to work toward the full denuclearization of the peninsula and to stop guided missile and nuclear tests.

“These steps affirm the role

and contribution of ASEAN members, particularly Indonesia, to the process of creating peace in the region,” Kim noted.

Through the various efforts, Kim expressed hope that all the relevant parties would build understanding with regard to the latest progress in the peninsula and explore the possibility of cooperation in creating global peace and stability.

Meanwhile, Executive Director of the Habibie Center Rahimah Abdulrahim noted that President Jokowi`s offer to invite Kim Jongun to the ASEAN-South Korea

meeting should be taken into account seriously.

Abdulrahim reminded Indonesia that it should play a concrete role in the process of creating peace in the peninsula rather than playing a passive role.

“I think Indonesia or other ASEAN member states having good relations with the two Koreas could use moderate tactical diplomacy to build relations among communities.

The ASEAN could also promote its dialog culture in the communication between the two Korean leaders,” he added.(ant)

Three turtles found dead off Pari island due to litter

J A K A RTA - T h e J a k a r t a Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has confirmed the deaths of three turtles in the waters of Pari Island in the Seribu Islands District apparently due to plastic litter and crude oil spill.

“It is true that three turtles were found dead on Nov 27.

Since they had decomposed, they were not moved to land.

They were covered in mucus, and plastic litter was found in their mouths and front claws,” Chief of Conservation Section of the BKSDA Office in Hajarta Ida Harwati stated on Wednesday.

The exact cause of the turtles` mortality is yet to be ascertained,

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as no surgery was conducted on them, she noted. However, she believed they died due to exposure to plastic litter and oil spill.

The agency did not receive any report on the turtle mortality between January and October 2018.

“We were informed of the turtles` deaths only on Tues-

day. They likely died yesterday (Monday) because they had been found in a decomposed state,” she revealed.

The turtles were found dead some 150 meters off Pari Island.

The BKSDA Office and Forestry Police`s Partner Community in Pari Island let the turtle carcasses float in the sea owing to being

decomposed.

Chief of the Environment Office of Seribu Islands District Yusen Hardiman alleged the oil spill and plastic litter off Pari Island, which once went viral on social media, came from other areas.

Yusen stated that the agency had gotten rid of marine litter that reached 40 tons. (afp)

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Ubud Royal Palace (Puri Saren Ubud) A Royal Palace and Cultural Repository in Ubud GIANYAR - The Ubud Royal Palace is one of the most prominent places in Ubud, as it is smack-dab on the main Jalan Raya Ubud road and intersection. The palace can also be regarded as the focal landmark of Ubud. The Ubud palace was built during the lordship of the late Ida Tjokorda Putu Kandel (1800-1823), and is well-kept by his successive heirs. A visit to the Puri Saren is on many of the itineraries to the Ubud area. It has well-preserved Balinese architecture and charming garden settings, and is best known among lovers of Balinese arts as one of the main sites to view dramatic evening dance performances.

The palace is very beautiful with artistically traditional building and contains the high esthetics value. It is situated in the good temperature which can give the ruthless and freshness for every visitor. Some world class painters from Europe have lived in Ubud like Rudolf Bonnet, Walter Spies, Arie Smith,

Antonio Blanko, Hans Snell and others. These entire world class painters through its painting masterpiece have indirectly followed to promote Bali Tourism because theme or their painting objects are about the culture and nature of Bali.

The collection of masterpieces are now can be seen at Puri Lukisan or Ubud Painting Museum where it is just 200 meter west side of this palace. Ida Tjokorda Agung Sukawati has exploited his palace as lodge place for his entire respectable guest.

Puri Saren Ubud is reachable after an approximate hour’s drive north from the provincial capital of Denpasar. Many visitors find the palace a convenient stopover, as it is strategically the focal point of Ubud, with the Ubud Art Market, various local and international restaurants just steps away along the main Jalan Raya Ubud. The community meeting hall or bale banjar is just across the road, with the famous Babi Guling Bu Oka

warung, serving acclaimed spit roast pig, alongside. The sacred monkey forest of Padangtegal is just down the southern intersection, following through the Jalan Monkey Forest Road.

The performance stage, with a backdrop of ornate angkul-angkul traditional gate and guardian statues, hosts nightly dance performances with gamelan orchestras. The palace provides a great setting with a gorgeous entrances and exotic architectural elements. Tickets to these performances usually start to be sold in the afternoon. The front section of the palace is open to the public. Walkthroughs for viewing and photos during the day are complimentary. A local guide can be occasionally met around the wantilan pavilions, who will be able to assist with visitors’ inquiries about the history and features of the palace.

boasting historical significance prefixed with the word Puri, literally Balinese ‘royal palaces’. Puri in general is a house of nobility in Bali especially of Balinese rajas and their kin. The Puri Saren Ubud Palace currently also serves as a

Puri Saren Ubud While in Bali you will frequently encounter palatial structures

Place Your Add Here

It is for Job Vacancy, Property, Selling or Buying Please contact Gugiek : 08123840500

cultural repository of arts, dance and literature. The palace’s stage and meeting halls are also host international events, such as the opening ceremonies of the annual Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

(IBP/net)

Tolga AKMEN / AFP

World chess champion Norway’s Magnus Carlsen poses with the FIDE world chess championship trophy after beating challenger, US player Fabiano Caruana (not pictured) in the tie-break matches of the 2018 World Chess Championship in London on November 28, 2018.

Norway’s Carlsen beats US hopeful in chess title decider

LOS ANGELES - Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook celebrated another tripledouble milestone and an NBA victory Wednesday, while Houston star James Harden’s first tripledouble of the season spelled only frustration in a loss to the Dallas Mavericks.

Westbrook’s 23 points, 19 rebounds and 15 assists propelled the Thunder to a 100-83 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

With the 107th triple-double of his career Westbrook tied for third on the all-time list with Jason Kidd, the former Dallas Mavericks star who needed 1,247 games to reach 107 while Westbrook reached the mark in just 760 games.

Westbrook, who seized the single-season record for triple-doubles from Oscar Robertson with 42 in the 2016-17 campaign, remains a long way from Robertson’s record career total of 181.

Former Los Angeles Lakers great Magic Johnson is second on the list with 138.

Westbrook said he continues to relish every opportunity to chase the greats who came before him, saying the triple-doubles -- the achievement of double-digit totals in three key statistical categories

-- are something to celebrate “as long as we win.”

For Harden, a superb all-around effort of 25 points, 17 assists and 11 rebounds -- along with six steals -wasn’t enough in a 128-108 home loss to the Dallas Mavericks.

Dallas took full advantage of the injury absence of Houston point guard Chris Paul, leading by as many as 21 in the third quarter before the Rockets cut the deficit to five late in the period.

Dallas, who had 20 points each from rookie Luka Doncic and reserve Devin Harris, opened the fourth quarter on a 10-2 scoring run to regain full control.

The Mavericks notched just their second road win of the season while the Rockets, who led the league with 65 victories last season, endured a fourth straight defeat.

“It’s really good,” said Harris.

“We haven’t really had too much success against this team in the last couple of years. We haven’t really been playing well on the road this year. So it’s good to get a win and play the way we did tonight.”

The Los Angeles Clippers, the surprising Western Conference leaders, survived 21 turnovers to beat the Phoenix Suns 115-99. (afp)

LONDON - Norwegian chess superstar Magnus Carlsen on Wednesday cemented his reputation as the game’s greatest player after demolishing US hopeful Fabiano Caruana in a winnertake-all world championship decider.

The 27-year-old won three successive rapid-chess tiebreakers in a display of intuition and guile that overwhelmed the 26-year-old American in London. Carlsen was gracious after his thumping win put an exclamation point on a defensively-minded series that saw the original series of 12 matches played since November 9 end in a dozen draws.

“Fabiano was the strongest opponent I’ve played so far in the world championships,” Carlsen said after his triumph. “It was hard.”

Caruana’s loss will crush American fans who had hoped to see the coveted crown come home for the first time since Bobby Fischer defeated the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky in a 1972 Cold War-era thriller.

“I had a bad day,” a dejected Caruana said. “I didn’t even put up a fight.”

- Vindication The fearless performance will go

a long way to cementing Carlson’s claim to be the best the “King’s Game” has ever seen -- a title some still bestow on Soviet-Russian legend Garry Kasparov.

Kasparov himself appeared in awe of Carlsen’s performance in a rapid-chess format that has seen many grandmasters before him wilt under the mental strain.

“Carlsen’s consistent level of play in rapid chess is phenomenal,” Kasparov tweeted.

“We all play worse as we play faster and faster, but his ratio may be the smallest ever, perhaps only a 15 percent drop off. Huge advantage in this format.”

The games marked a complete departure from the string of regularseries draws that saw both players too fearful of the others’ prowess to mount any risky attacks.

Those tense tugs of war were a testament to the prodigious talent of the up-and-coming American Italian.

Caruana entered the series as the game’s second-ranked player and just three points in the rankings behind Carlsen’s massive 2,835.

Chess experts said Carlsen appeared to be rattled by the Miamiborn yoga lover in a memorable game 10.

Carlsen was only too happy to agree to draws in the final two matches -- the last one from a winning position that saw Kasparov shake his head in disbelief.

“In light of this shocking draw offer from Magnus in a superior position with more time, I reconsider my evaluation of him being the favourite in rapids,” Kasparov tweeted after Monday’s match.

“Tiebreaks require tremendous nerves and he seems to be losing his.”

Russian chess master Vladimir Kramnik said he thought Carlsen “might be tired of tension, fighting; maybe even of chess itself to a certain degree”. (afp)

Copyright 2018 NBAE Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP

Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma City Thunder shoots the ball against the Cleveland Cavaliers on November 28, 2018 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Atletico Paranaense reaches first Copa Sudamericana final

RIO DE JANEIRO — Atletico Paranaense reached the Copa Sudamericana final for the first time after beating fellow Brazilian side Fluminense 2-0 on Wednesday and

4-0 on aggregate.

Nikao scored in the first half and Bruno Guimaraes in the second at Maracana Stadium, prompting upset fans of Rio de Janeiro giant

Fluminense to riot against police and Atletico fans.

Atletico will face a Colombian team in the final on Dec. 5 and 12.

Junior Barranquilla will host Santa Fe on Thursday with a comfortable a 2-0 advantage.

The winner of Copa Sudamericana will qualify for next year’s Copa Libertadores. (ap)

William, Kate pay tribute to UK soccer team owner

PARIS — With its Champions League campaign in danger, Paris Saint-Germain finally showed the grit and fighting spirit that is supposedly the hallmark of a proud English side like Liverpool.

PSG beat Liverpool 2-1 in a tense match on Wednesday to move above the five-time European champion and into second place behind Napoli in a hard-fought Group C. Coach Thomas Tuchel’s side had drawn twice with Napoli and lost away to Liverpool, a draw would have put PSG in serious danger of not qualifying.

But now it’s Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool side that is under big pressure heading into the last round of games.

Napoli, which beat Red Star Belgrade 3-1 at home, is one point ahead of PSG and three clear of Liverpool, leaving the three teams fighting for two spots in the knockout stage.

“It was our last chance to show that we are capable of fighting against a team like Liverpool and Liverpool has an incredible mentality,” Tuchel said. “It was very important to show today we can fight against them. We defended incredibly well. Everyone was ready to suffer for

everyone else.”

Liverpool lost last year’s final, while PSG has never reached one and in the past two seasons has not even been in the quarterfinals. Tuchel is banking on an improved team spirit to turn that around.

“We have to work hard to conserve this spirit and attitude,” he said. “The players are exhausted in the dressing room.”

Klopp’s side must beat Napoli at home on Dec. 11, while PSG travels to last-place Red Star.

“We need Anfield again, we need a great atmosphere,” Klopp said. “We have to make a special night of it if we want to go through.”

Left-back Juan Bernat and Neymar gave PSG a deserved 2-0 lead against a static Liverpool side, whose only attacks in the first half were predictable and slow forays down the right.

Liverpool was given a lifeline on the stroke of halftime when forward Sadio Mane was clumsily tripped by Angel Di Maria and veteran midfielder James Milner coolly sent Gianluigi Buffon the wrong way from the penalty spot.

Liverpool had the better of the second half but failed to create clear scoring chances, with Mohamed Salah particularly ineffective.

Klopp was quick to criticize referee Szymon Marciniak and took a swipe at Neymar and other PSG players for what he considered to be play-acting.

“There was a little hurdle with the 500,000 interruptions in the second half, and the referee did nothing. In England we are high up in the fair play table, but tonight we looked like butchers,” Klopp said. “It was clever of PSG, Neymar — especially him — but a lot of players went down as if it was really serious.”

Klopp wanted PSG’s players to be pun-

ished more often.

“You act like you die and the next moment you get up. It could be a yellow card. You could do that,” Klopp said. “But I don’t want to say ‘Paris didn’t deserve it.’ We were not calm enough.”

Tuchel wasn’t drawn into the argument.

“If we lose a big match I’m also in a bad mood, I know him very well so I don’t take this personally,” Tuchel said. “I didn’t feel like it was such a big issue.”

PSG celebrated the win almost as if it had won a title, with Neymar jumping over the advertising hoardings and leading the rest of the team into jubilant dancing in front of the fans. It was a clear sign of PSG’s relief.

Tuchel got his choices right and his players responded to his request for more intensity.

PSG’s 13th-minute opener had a touch of luck as Kylian Mbappe’s mis-hit pass was poorly cleared by Virgil van Dijk and Bernat lashed the ball into the bottom corner.

PSG’s second goal came after another Liverpool move on the right broke down. PSG charged down the left and Dejan Lovren’s lack of pace was exposed by the electrifying speed of Mbappe. Alisson did well to stop Mbappe’s cross from the left reaching Edinson Cavani, but Neymar picked his spot from the rebound.

Liverpool’s goal arrived with a timely shift down the left flank, as Mane got behind the defense and forced Di Maria into a panicky error.

Liverpool upped the tempo in the second half. The mobile Mane was getting considerably more involved and PSG started to give the ball away carelessly.

But as the pressure rose at a tense Parc des Princes, Liverpool failed to capitalize. (ap)

Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League Group C football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Liverpool FC at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, on November 28, 2018.

LONDON — Prince William and Kate have paid tribute to Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others who died with him in an Oct. 27 helicopter crash outside the soccer team’s stadium.

Vichai’s family welcomed them Wednesday to a tribute site covered

with flowers. Kate left a bouquet as William stood beside her.

The prince said at King Power Stadium that in a time when soccer clubs have become huge global enterprises, the fans showed that community mattered, coming out to thank Vichai for making them “the true owners of this

club.”

William said the fans showed “that sport — when played with passion, but also with humility and respect — can bring us all together.”

Vichai became known to British royal family members through horse racing and polo. (ap) AP Photo/Leo Correa

A security guard, center, separates two fans of Brazil’s Fluminense who face at the end of a Copa Sudamericana second leg semifinal match against Brazil’s Atletico Paranaense at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Atletico Paranaense won 4-0 and qualified for the final.

Arthur Edwards/Pool via AP

Britain’s Prince William speaks to Leicester City’s goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel during a visit to pay tribute to those who were killed in an helicopter crash at Leicester City Football Club’s King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018.

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Atletico Paranaense reaches first Copa Sudamericana final

RIO DE JANEIRO — Atletico Paranaense reached the Copa Sudamericana final for the first time after beating fellow Brazilian side Fluminense 2-0 on Wednesday and

4-0 on aggregate.

Nikao scored in the first half and Bruno Guimaraes in the second at Maracana Stadium, prompting upset fans of Rio de Janeiro giant

Fluminense to riot against police and Atletico fans.

Atletico will face a Colombian team in the final on Dec. 5 and 12.

Junior Barranquilla will host Santa Fe on Thursday with a comfortable a 2-0 advantage.

The winner of Copa Sudamericana will qualify for next year’s Copa Libertadores. (ap)

William, Kate pay tribute to UK soccer team owner

PARIS — With its Champions League campaign in danger, Paris Saint-Germain finally showed the grit and fighting spirit that is supposedly the hallmark of a proud English side like Liverpool.

PSG beat Liverpool 2-1 in a tense match on Wednesday to move above the five-time European champion and into second place behind Napoli in a hard-fought Group C. Coach Thomas Tuchel’s side had drawn twice with Napoli and lost away to Liverpool, a draw would have put PSG in serious danger of not qualifying.

But now it’s Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool side that is under big pressure heading into the last round of games.

Napoli, which beat Red Star Belgrade 3-1 at home, is one point ahead of PSG and three clear of Liverpool, leaving the three teams fighting for two spots in the knockout stage.

“It was our last chance to show that we are capable of fighting against a team like Liverpool and Liverpool has an incredible mentality,” Tuchel said. “It was very important to show today we can fight against them. We defended incredibly well. Everyone was ready to suffer for

everyone else.”

Liverpool lost last year’s final, while PSG has never reached one and in the past two seasons has not even been in the quarterfinals. Tuchel is banking on an improved team spirit to turn that around.

“We have to work hard to conserve this spirit and attitude,” he said. “The players are exhausted in the dressing room.”

Klopp’s side must beat Napoli at home on Dec. 11, while PSG travels to last-place Red Star.

“We need Anfield again, we need a great atmosphere,” Klopp said. “We have to make a special night of it if we want to go through.”

Left-back Juan Bernat and Neymar gave PSG a deserved 2-0 lead against a static Liverpool side, whose only attacks in the first half were predictable and slow forays down the right.

Liverpool was given a lifeline on the stroke of halftime when forward Sadio Mane was clumsily tripped by Angel Di Maria and veteran midfielder James Milner coolly sent Gianluigi Buffon the wrong way from the penalty spot.

Liverpool had the better of the second half but failed to create clear scoring chances, with Mohamed Salah particularly ineffective.

Klopp was quick to criticize referee Szymon Marciniak and took a swipe at Neymar and other PSG players for what he considered to be play-acting.

“There was a little hurdle with the 500,000 interruptions in the second half, and the referee did nothing. In England we are high up in the fair play table, but tonight we looked like butchers,” Klopp said. “It was clever of PSG, Neymar — especially him — but a lot of players went down as if it was really serious.”

Klopp wanted PSG’s players to be pun-

ished more often.

“You act like you die and the next moment you get up. It could be a yellow card. You could do that,” Klopp said. “But I don’t want to say ‘Paris didn’t deserve it.’ We were not calm enough.”

Tuchel wasn’t drawn into the argument.

“If we lose a big match I’m also in a bad mood, I know him very well so I don’t take this personally,” Tuchel said. “I didn’t feel like it was such a big issue.”

PSG celebrated the win almost as if it had won a title, with Neymar jumping over the advertising hoardings and leading the rest of the team into jubilant dancing in front of the fans. It was a clear sign of PSG’s relief.

Tuchel got his choices right and his players responded to his request for more intensity.

PSG’s 13th-minute opener had a touch of luck as Kylian Mbappe’s mis-hit pass was poorly cleared by Virgil van Dijk and Bernat lashed the ball into the bottom corner.

PSG’s second goal came after another Liverpool move on the right broke down. PSG charged down the left and Dejan Lovren’s lack of pace was exposed by the electrifying speed of Mbappe. Alisson did well to stop Mbappe’s cross from the left reaching Edinson Cavani, but Neymar picked his spot from the rebound.

Liverpool’s goal arrived with a timely shift down the left flank, as Mane got behind the defense and forced Di Maria into a panicky error.

Liverpool upped the tempo in the second half. The mobile Mane was getting considerably more involved and PSG started to give the ball away carelessly.

But as the pressure rose at a tense Parc des Princes, Liverpool failed to capitalize. (ap)

Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League Group C football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Liverpool FC at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, on November 28, 2018.

LONDON — Prince William and Kate have paid tribute to Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others who died with him in an Oct. 27 helicopter crash outside the soccer team’s stadium.

Vichai’s family welcomed them Wednesday to a tribute site covered

with flowers. Kate left a bouquet as William stood beside her.

The prince said at King Power Stadium that in a time when soccer clubs have become huge global enterprises, the fans showed that community mattered, coming out to thank Vichai for making them “the true owners of this

club.”

William said the fans showed “that sport — when played with passion, but also with humility and respect — can bring us all together.”

Vichai became known to British royal family members through horse racing and polo. (ap) AP Photo/Leo Correa

A security guard, center, separates two fans of Brazil’s Fluminense who face at the end of a Copa Sudamericana second leg semifinal match against Brazil’s Atletico Paranaense at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Atletico Paranaense won 4-0 and qualified for the final.

Arthur Edwards/Pool via AP

Britain’s Prince William speaks to Leicester City’s goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel during a visit to pay tribute to those who were killed in an helicopter crash at Leicester City Football Club’s King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018.

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Westbrook triple-double fuels Thunder, Harden fires but Rockets fall

Ubud Royal Palace (Puri Saren Ubud) A Royal Palace and Cultural Repository in Ubud GIANYAR - The Ubud Royal Palace is one of the most prominent places in Ubud, as it is smack-dab on the main Jalan Raya Ubud road and intersection. The palace can also be regarded as the focal landmark of Ubud. The Ubud palace was built during the lordship of the late Ida Tjokorda Putu Kandel (1800-1823), and is well-kept by his successive heirs. A visit to the Puri Saren is on many of the itineraries to the Ubud area. It has well-preserved Balinese architecture and charming garden settings, and is best known among lovers of Balinese arts as one of the main sites to view dramatic evening dance performances.

The palace is very beautiful with artistically traditional building and contains the high esthetics value. It is situated in the good temperature which can give the ruthless and freshness for every visitor. Some world class painters from Europe have lived in Ubud like Rudolf Bonnet, Walter Spies, Arie Smith,

Antonio Blanko, Hans Snell and others. These entire world class painters through its painting masterpiece have indirectly followed to promote Bali Tourism because theme or their painting objects are about the culture and nature of Bali.

The collection of masterpieces are now can be seen at Puri Lukisan or Ubud Painting Museum where it is just 200 meter west side of this palace. Ida Tjokorda Agung Sukawati has exploited his palace as lodge place for his entire respectable guest.

Puri Saren Ubud is reachable after an approximate hour’s drive north from the provincial capital of Denpasar. Many visitors find the palace a convenient stopover, as it is strategically the focal point of Ubud, with the Ubud Art Market, various local and international restaurants just steps away along the main Jalan Raya Ubud. The community meeting hall or bale banjar is just across the road, with the famous Babi Guling Bu Oka

warung, serving acclaimed spit roast pig, alongside. The sacred monkey forest of Padangtegal is just down the southern intersection, following through the Jalan Monkey Forest Road.

The performance stage, with a backdrop of ornate angkul-angkul traditional gate and guardian statues, hosts nightly dance performances with gamelan orchestras. The palace provides a great setting with a gorgeous entrances and exotic architectural elements. Tickets to these performances usually start to be sold in the afternoon. The front section of the palace is open to the public. Walkthroughs for viewing and photos during the day are complimentary. A local guide can be occasionally met around the wantilan pavilions, who will be able to assist with visitors’ inquiries about the history and features of the palace.

boasting historical significance prefixed with the word Puri, literally Balinese ‘royal palaces’. Puri in general is a house of nobility in Bali especially of Balinese rajas and their kin. The Puri Saren Ubud Palace currently also serves as a

Puri Saren Ubud While in Bali you will frequently encounter palatial structures

Place Your Add Here

It is for Job Vacancy, Property, Selling or Buying Please contact Gugiek : 08123840500

cultural repository of arts, dance and literature. The palace’s stage and meeting halls are also host international events, such as the opening ceremonies of the annual Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

(IBP/net)

Tolga AKMEN / AFP

World chess champion Norway’s Magnus Carlsen poses with the FIDE world chess championship trophy after beating challenger, US player Fabiano Caruana (not pictured) in the tie-break matches of the 2018 World Chess Championship in London on November 28, 2018.

Norway’s Carlsen beats US hopeful in chess title decider

LOS ANGELES - Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook celebrated another tripledouble milestone and an NBA victory Wednesday, while Houston star James Harden’s first tripledouble of the season spelled only frustration in a loss to the Dallas Mavericks.

Westbrook’s 23 points, 19 rebounds and 15 assists propelled the Thunder to a 100-83 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

With the 107th triple-double of his career Westbrook tied for third on the all-time list with Jason Kidd, the former Dallas Mavericks star who needed 1,247 games to reach 107 while Westbrook reached the mark in just 760 games.

Westbrook, who seized the single-season record for triple-doubles from Oscar Robertson with 42 in the 2016-17 campaign, remains a long way from Robertson’s record career total of 181.

Former Los Angeles Lakers great Magic Johnson is second on the list with 138.

Westbrook said he continues to relish every opportunity to chase the greats who came before him, saying the triple-doubles -- the achievement of double-digit totals in three key statistical categories

-- are something to celebrate “as long as we win.”

For Harden, a superb all-around effort of 25 points, 17 assists and 11 rebounds -- along with six steals -wasn’t enough in a 128-108 home loss to the Dallas Mavericks.

Dallas took full advantage of the injury absence of Houston point guard Chris Paul, leading by as many as 21 in the third quarter before the Rockets cut the deficit to five late in the period.

Dallas, who had 20 points each from rookie Luka Doncic and reserve Devin Harris, opened the fourth quarter on a 10-2 scoring run to regain full control.

The Mavericks notched just their second road win of the season while the Rockets, who led the league with 65 victories last season, endured a fourth straight defeat.

“It’s really good,” said Harris.

“We haven’t really had too much success against this team in the last couple of years. We haven’t really been playing well on the road this year. So it’s good to get a win and play the way we did tonight.”

The Los Angeles Clippers, the surprising Western Conference leaders, survived 21 turnovers to beat the Phoenix Suns 115-99. (afp)

LONDON - Norwegian chess superstar Magnus Carlsen on Wednesday cemented his reputation as the game’s greatest player after demolishing US hopeful Fabiano Caruana in a winnertake-all world championship decider.

The 27-year-old won three successive rapid-chess tiebreakers in a display of intuition and guile that overwhelmed the 26-year-old American in London. Carlsen was gracious after his thumping win put an exclamation point on a defensively-minded series that saw the original series of 12 matches played since November 9 end in a dozen draws.

“Fabiano was the strongest opponent I’ve played so far in the world championships,” Carlsen said after his triumph. “It was hard.”

Caruana’s loss will crush American fans who had hoped to see the coveted crown come home for the first time since Bobby Fischer defeated the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky in a 1972 Cold War-era thriller.

“I had a bad day,” a dejected Caruana said. “I didn’t even put up a fight.”

- Vindication The fearless performance will go

a long way to cementing Carlson’s claim to be the best the “King’s Game” has ever seen -- a title some still bestow on Soviet-Russian legend Garry Kasparov.

Kasparov himself appeared in awe of Carlsen’s performance in a rapid-chess format that has seen many grandmasters before him wilt under the mental strain.

“Carlsen’s consistent level of play in rapid chess is phenomenal,” Kasparov tweeted.

“We all play worse as we play faster and faster, but his ratio may be the smallest ever, perhaps only a 15 percent drop off. Huge advantage in this format.”

The games marked a complete departure from the string of regularseries draws that saw both players too fearful of the others’ prowess to mount any risky attacks.

Those tense tugs of war were a testament to the prodigious talent of the up-and-coming American Italian.

Caruana entered the series as the game’s second-ranked player and just three points in the rankings behind Carlsen’s massive 2,835.

Chess experts said Carlsen appeared to be rattled by the Miamiborn yoga lover in a memorable game 10.

Carlsen was only too happy to agree to draws in the final two matches -- the last one from a winning position that saw Kasparov shake his head in disbelief.

“In light of this shocking draw offer from Magnus in a superior position with more time, I reconsider my evaluation of him being the favourite in rapids,” Kasparov tweeted after Monday’s match.

“Tiebreaks require tremendous nerves and he seems to be losing his.”

Russian chess master Vladimir Kramnik said he thought Carlsen “might be tired of tension, fighting; maybe even of chess itself to a certain degree”. (afp)

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Putin defends ‘lawful’ seizure of Ukrainian ships members including Germany to send naval vessels to the region to back his country in the standoff.

“Germany is one of our closest allies, and we hope that states within NATO are now ready to relocate naval ships to the Sea of Azov in order to assist Ukraine and provide security,” he said in comments published Thursday by Germany’s Bild daily.

Western governments have rallied behind Kiev, accusing Russia of illegally blocking access to the Sea of Azov, used by both countries, and of using force without justification.

Trump on Tuesday threatened to cancel planned talks with Putin at this week’s G20 summit in Buenos Aires over the incident.

The White House on Wednesday said Trump and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the Ukraine-Russia incident by telephone and “the two leaders expressed deep concern about the incident in the Kerch Strait and the continued detainment of Ukraine’s vessels and crew members”.

- ‘Bring our boys home’ -

The Kremlin said it still expect-

ed the Putin-Trump meeting to take place and played down the threat of cancellation, with foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov saying: “The meeting is equally needed by both sides.”

The Ukrainian vessels -- a tug and two gunboats -- were trying to pass through the Kerch Strait from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov, but were refused access and chased into international waters by 10 Russian vessels.

Kiev has demanded the return of its ships and the release of 24 sailors taken prisoner during the confrontation.

The sailors have been put before a court in Simferopol, the main city in Russian-annexed Crimea, and ordered to be held in pre-trial detention for two months.

Detention orders were made against 15 of them on Tuesday, including three still in hospital, and nine more on Wednesday.

“We condemn this demonstration of barbarism and are multiplying our efforts to bring our boys home,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on Twitter after the court rulings. (afp)

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Ukrainian far-right group activist sets a placard reading “Down with Russian business from Ukraine!” during a blockade of huge shopping mall “Ocean Plaza” in Kiev on November 27, 2018.

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Ensuring Indonesia`s support for Palestine remains unchanged

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin has insisted that Russian forces were in the right to seize three Ukrainian ships last weekend, but President Donald Trump expressed “deep concern” at Moscow’s actions against a US ally.

In his first extensive remarks since the confrontation at sea on Sunday, Putin said it had been orchestrated by Kiev as a “provocation”.

He said the Ukrainian ships had entered Russian territorial waters and refused to respond to requests to stop from Russian patrol boats.

“What were they (Russian forces) supposed to do?” Putin said on Wednesday, when asked about the incident at an international investment forum in Moscow.

“They were fulfilling their military duty. They were fulfilling their lawful functions in protecting Russia’s borders. They would do the same in your country.”

Moscow and Kiev have traded angry accusations since Russian navy vessels fired on, boarded and captured the three Ukrainian ships off the coast of Crimea.

After warning of the threat of “full-scale war”, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday signed an act imposing martial law for 30 days in regions bordering Russia, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

He also appealed to NATO

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Renault 4L cars are stacked at Elyse Rakotondrakonona’s workshop in Antananarivo’s Antoamadikina neighbourhood, on November 6, 2018.

Rusting on the roads, Madagascar’s classic cars trundle on.. and on

ANTANANARIVO - Once a common sight across Europe, much-loved French cars from a bygone era rattle along the streets of Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, doing their duty as private vehicle, taxis or even police cars.

The Renault 4L and the Citroen 2CV, which have made way for sleek younger models elsewhere, are still part of daily life on the Indian Ocean island, battling up its steep hills and wheezing towards top speed on its dusty main roads.

“There’s no question of a car chase,” admitted one uniformed police officer sitting in his white 4L, complete with a rooftop beacon and police signage, parked on guard close to the presidential palace.

“But it does have the advantage of not consuming much petrol,” he added.

Nearby, in the shade of jacaranda trees, several other 4Ls and 2CVs serve as taxis waiting for customers.

The two models are celebrated worldwide as masterpieces of design, representing Europe’s postwar boom and the explosion of car ownership -- but their heyday has long passed.

Rijason Randrianantoanina, a 37-year-old taxi driver, is proud of his “magnificent” 2CV, which he has owned for 16 years.

“It was made in 1978, but it’s a solid car,” he said.

The body is suffering from some patches of deep rust and the fuel gauge does not work anymore.

The 2CV tank contains only 28 litres, and its driver must be a good

judge of petrol usage.

“I have a gauge in my head, you just have to get used to it,” he said.

- The ‘go-to’ mechanic -

Starting from the 1960s, 2CVs and 4Ls were imported into Madagascar from France and Belgium, while models were also assembled on the island until the 1980’s.

It was while working at the Somacoa plant that Elysee Rakotondrakolona learnt to dismantle and erect the quirky 4L. He is now the go-to 4L mechanic in Antananarivo, in the busy, working-class district of Antoamadinika.

“The 4L can go where even modern 4x4s cannot go -- because it takes only three people to lift it,” he said dryly.

In his open-air garage, squeezed between an “aesthetic hairstyle” salon and a donut stand, the chassis of old 4Ls are piled on top of each other.

Here, resourcefulness reigns supreme.

“I take parts from Renault 5s for the front axle unit of the 4L,” said Rakotondrakolona, wearing blue work overalls almost as old as some of his wrecks.

“Our national speciality as Madagascans is that when you see two pieces that look alike, we know how to adapt them. It is the ‘makedo-and-mend’ system.”

The only problem that is unsolvable is a broken gearbox. “Then, there is nothing to do,” he said.

Easy to repair, almost unbreakable and fuel efficient, the 2CV and 4L are well-adapted to survive in Madagascar. (afp)

BOGOR - The Palestinian issue has emerged as a major concern amid rising competition between the camps of the Joko WidodoMa`ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno pairs in the wake of the 2019 Presidential Elections.

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto`s statement on the Australian Embassy being moved to Jerusalem might have been misinterpreted by certain members of community and has brought him into the spotlight of the mainstream media in Indonesia and Australia.

Prabowo, whose presidential candidacy is backed by the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), National Mandate Party (PAN), and Berkarya Party, made his recent statement at the Indonesia Economic Forum in Jakarta.

Prabowo`s national campaigning body to help him win the 2019 Presidential Elections observed that Prabowo`s statement on the moving of the Australian Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem had been misinterpreted by several parties.

Regarding this issue, Irawan Ronodipuro, the director of international relations in the camp of the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno pair, deplored certain parties` comments on and responses to Prabowo`s statement on the moving of the Australian embassy.

Ronodipuro noted that Prabowo formed his opinion after speaking at the Indonesia Economic Forum on Nov 21 in response to a foreign journalist`s question on his stance on Australia`s plan to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

“I was present at the Indonesia Economic Forum. Prabowo`s statement on the moving of the Australian Embassy was misunderstood. Moreover, some media intentionally framed the statement in their news,” he stated.

What made him more deplorable was the move of a figure, who had supported the Prabowo-Sandiaga pair in the past, in which he attempted to drag Prabowo`s statement into a polemic and also made an offensive opinion.

Ronodipuro said Prabowo`s struggle for the Palestinian cause need not be questioned, as the Palestinians have also held him in high regard for his sincere help to Palestine since a long time.

Prabowo`s statement was quoted by The Sydney Morning Herald`s (SMH`s) correspondents in Jakarta -- James Massola and Karuni Rompies -- for their story titled “Presidential candidate says Indonesia should respect Australian sovereignty on embassy move.”

“Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto says Indonesia should respect Australia`s sovereign right to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem - while expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and indicating disagreement with the potential shift,” The SMH wrote on Nov 22.

“Regarding the moving of the embassy, I have not read about Australia`s (final) decision on moving its embassy to Jerusalem.

As Palestine`s supporter, we, of course, have our own opinion.

However, Australia is also an independent and sovereign state, so we must respect their sovereignty,” Prabowo was quoted by The SMH as saying. (ant)

Korean envoy lauds Indonesia for creating peace in Korean Peninsula

JAKARTA - South Korea Ambassador to Indonesia Kim Chang-beom has praised Indonesia for its role in the process of creating peace in the Korean Peninsula.

During a discussion on the latest situation in the Korean Peninsula held in Jakarta on Tuesday, Kim highlighted Indonesian President Joko Widodo`s (Jokowi`s) initiative to invite North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the commemoration of 30 years of ASEAN-South Korea partnership in 2019.

President Jokowi proposed the invitation to South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit held in Singapore recently and at meetings with ASEAN leaders President Moon pledged to follow up on the suggestion, the ambassador remarked at the seminar organized by the South Korean Embassy and the Habibie Center.

As a country sharing sound friendship with South Korea and bilateral relations with North Korea for over five decades, Indonesia supported the creation of a sustainable peaceful situation in the Korean Peninsula.

Although the creation of peace will take a long time and be a lengthy process, it is believed to be able to support stability, security, and common prosperity.

The joint communiqu? of ASEAN leaders issued after the ASEAN Summit also highlighted North Korea`s commitment to work toward the full denuclearization of the peninsula and to stop guided missile and nuclear tests.

“These steps affirm the role

and contribution of ASEAN members, particularly Indonesia, to the process of creating peace in the region,” Kim noted.

Through the various efforts, Kim expressed hope that all the relevant parties would build understanding with regard to the latest progress in the peninsula and explore the possibility of cooperation in creating global peace and stability.

Meanwhile, Executive Director of the Habibie Center Rahimah Abdulrahim noted that President Jokowi`s offer to invite Kim Jongun to the ASEAN-South Korea

meeting should be taken into account seriously.

Abdulrahim reminded Indonesia that it should play a concrete role in the process of creating peace in the peninsula rather than playing a passive role.

“I think Indonesia or other ASEAN member states having good relations with the two Koreas could use moderate tactical diplomacy to build relations among communities.

The ASEAN could also promote its dialog culture in the communication between the two Korean leaders,” he added.(ant)

Three turtles found dead off Pari island due to litter

J A K A RTA - T h e J a k a r t a Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has confirmed the deaths of three turtles in the waters of Pari Island in the Seribu Islands District apparently due to plastic litter and crude oil spill.

“It is true that three turtles were found dead on Nov 27.

Since they had decomposed, they were not moved to land.

They were covered in mucus, and plastic litter was found in their mouths and front claws,” Chief of Conservation Section of the BKSDA Office in Hajarta Ida Harwati stated on Wednesday.

The exact cause of the turtles` mortality is yet to be ascertained,

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as no surgery was conducted on them, she noted. However, she believed they died due to exposure to plastic litter and oil spill.

The agency did not receive any report on the turtle mortality between January and October 2018.

“We were informed of the turtles` deaths only on Tues-

day. They likely died yesterday (Monday) because they had been found in a decomposed state,” she revealed.

The turtles were found dead some 150 meters off Pari Island.

The BKSDA Office and Forestry Police`s Partner Community in Pari Island let the turtle carcasses float in the sea owing to being

decomposed.

Chief of the Environment Office of Seribu Islands District Yusen Hardiman alleged the oil spill and plastic litter off Pari Island, which once went viral on social media, came from other areas.

Yusen stated that the agency had gotten rid of marine litter that reached 40 tons. (afp)

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Shoppers Report Record High Spending NEW YORK - The ninth annual Small Business Saturday, held on November 24, 2018, kicked off the holiday shopping season for consumers and small, independently owned businesses with record levels of reported spending. Total reported spending among U.S. consumers who said they shopped at independent retailers and restaurants on the day reached a record high of an estimated $17.8 billion, according to data released today from the 2018 Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey from American Express (NYSE:AXP) and the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). Based on this annual survey over the years, Small Business Saturday spending has now reached a reported estimate of $103 billion since the day began in 2010 1.

Communities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico celebrated this Small Business Saturday with special events and activities. From lighting up the Empire State Building blue in New York to crafting a life-sized Shop Small ® gingerbread shop in San Diego, to block parties featuring local jazz and salsa bands in San Juan, businesses and neighborhoods showed what makes their communities unique and vibrant. An estimated 104 million U.S. consumers reported shopping or dining at local independently owned businesses on Small Business Saturday, according to the same survey.

“Millions of shoppers came together to show their support for small, independently owned businesses this Small Business Saturday,” said Elizabeth Rutledge, Chief Marketing Officer at American Express. “The Shop Small movement has become a national celebration – people all around the country are turning out to back the small businesses that make our neighborhoods and communities thrive.”

The survey also found that an estimated seven in ten (70%) American adults are aware of Small Business Saturday. Among consumers who said they shopped small on the day, 42% reported shopping with family and friends at independently owned businesses, and 83% reported encouraging others to also shop or dine small.

Shoppers also turned out for online small businesses – among consumers who said they participated on the day, 41% reported that they shopped small online on November 24.

SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS DEPEND ON THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON In a separate, new survey of small business owners with storefronts, American Express and the NFIB explored the importance of the holiday shopping season. Small business owners expect an average of 29% of their total annual sales to take place during the holiday shopping season, and 59% said Small Business Saturday contributes significantly to their holiday sales each year, according to the 2018 Small Business Owner Insights Survey from American

Express and the NFIB. The survey took place November 5-12, in advance of Small Business Saturday, and two-thirds of small business owners surveyed (66%) said they were planning promotions, sales or activities during the shopping days following Thanksgiving (i.e., Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday) to take advantage of the holiday shopping season. Among companies that were planning promotions on Small Business Saturday, 92% said the day helps their business stand out during the busy holiday shopping season and that the benefits of participating include bringing in more and new customers (74%), improved sales (70%), raised awareness of small businesses in their community (69%) and the day helps their local neighborhood and community prosper (66%).

Looking at the full shopping period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, small business owners are optimistic about the holiday shopping season. More than eight-in-ten (83%) said they have a positive outlook on their business’s holiday sales this year, and more than two-thirds (69%) of those surveyed expect their holiday sales to be stronger than in 2017.

To meet the holiday demand, half (51%) of surveyed business owners reported they will extend their store hours beyond the normal business hours and more than one third (36%) of respondents plan to hire more staff for the holiday season.

“Small and independent businesses depend on holiday sales and the shoppers that Small Business Saturday brings into their stores and online shops,” said NFIB President and CEO Juanita D. Duggan. “Small businesses contribute so much to the economy and unique character of our communities, and we’re proud to join American Express to support them on Small Business Saturday and throughout the year.”

A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT DRIVEN BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES Small Business Saturday is fueled each year at the local level by Neighborhood Champions, the small businesses, business associations,

local Chambers of Commerce, and other community organizers who rally their communities to celebrate Small Business Saturday. This year, more than 7,500 Neighborhood Champions (a 4% increase from 2017) in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories celebrated Small Business Saturday on November 24. In total they engaged an estimated 2.2 million small businesses to get shoppers out into their communities to Shop Small with events and activities like holiday pop-up markets, shopping passport programs, sleigh rides through town and more.

Through the Small Business Saturday Coalition, comprised of national, state and local associations that help coordinate activities for Small Business Saturday with small business owners and consumers, more than 615 organizations helped spread the Shop Small message this year. The Coalition was created in 2011 with the goal of helping amplify Small Business Saturday and is led by Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP).

In addition to the Neighborhood Champion Program and the Small Business Saturday Coalition, corporations, consumers and businesses across the country brought their communities together for Small Business Saturday.

American Express enlisted the support of nearly 100 large companies, known as Corporate Supporters, to help drive excitement for and promote Small Business Saturday.

Small business owners successfully used the Shop Small Studio nearly 120,000 times for customizable and ready-to-use marketing materials and/or merchandise to help promote their businesses on Small Business Saturday. Downloadable marketing materials were also offered in Spanish, and 13% of Studio visitors requested assets in Spanish.From November 1 through November 24, there were more than 715,000 social media posts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using #ShopSmall and/ or #SmallBizSat, an increase of 18% over 2017. Posts included consumers showing off their favorite small businesses, business owners hosting events with promotions and activities taking place on Small Business

Penglipuran, an Exotic Traditional Village in Bangli

Saturday, as well as government officials and celebrities, including Ariana Grande, Justin Timberlake, and Venus Williams, showing their support for the day and their favorite small businesses.

COMMUNITY OFFICIALS AT EVERY LEVEL SUPPORTED THE MOVEMENT Elected officials in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories championed Small Business Saturday.A total of 289 federal officials and agencies showed support for Small Business Saturday through posts on Facebook and Twitter.The United States Senate unanimously passed a resolution designating November 24, 2018, as Small Business Saturday.659 city proclamations in support of Small Business Saturday were issued by mayors and other elected officials covering all 50 states and Washington, D.C.13 public service announcements encouraging the public to Shop Small were recorded by government officials across the nation.

SHOP SMALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Small Business Saturday benefits communities beyond just one day.

According to the 2018 Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey, 96% of consumers who reported shopping on Small Business Saturday said the day makes them want to Shop Small all year long, not just during the holiday season.

In addition to products and services, American Express offers resources for small businesses yearround through the American Express Small Business Resource Center,

an online hub where American Express® Card-accepting merchants can learn about free marketing opportunities available including how to get recommended to Card Members and add or update their information on our Shop Small Map, signage, events, programs, and more.

Small business owners can continue to create customizable Shop Small marketing materials at ShopSmall. com year round. Mark your calendar for the tenth annual Small Business Saturday next year, which will be celebrated on November 30, 2019!

1 This spend statistic is an aggregate of the average spend as reported by consumers in surveys commissioned by American Express reporting spend habits on Small Business Saturday of consumers who were aware of the day. It does not reflect actual receipts or sales. Each such survey was conducted among a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults. The surveys had an overall margin of error of between +/- 2.0% and +/- 5.47%, at the 95% level of confidence. The data was projected from the samples based on then-current U.S. Census estimates of the U.S. adult population (18+).

ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY November 24 was the ninth annual Small Business Saturday.

Dedicated to supporting the diverse range of local businesses that help to create jobs, boost the economy, and enhance neighborhoods around the country, Small Business Saturday was created by American Express in 2010 in response to small business owners’ most pressing need: getting more customers. (ap)

Penglipuran tourism village is one of the prideful tourism villages owned by Bangli. Exotic natural beauty accompanied by strong customs makes the village in Bangli district indeed appropriate to be included in the itinerary of the traveling lovers. To reach the location, it only takes 1.5 hours from Denpasar. On arriving at the entrance, cool atmosphere of surrounding nature can have been felt. Left and right sides are decorated with green leaves of trees.

As soon as arriving at the location, the curiosity of its beauty will soon be relieved. Your eyes will be immediately drawn to the allure of the whole row of houses along with the angkul-angkul roofed with bamboo Wrapped in brown color with traditional image will not make visitors get bored. Existing anxiety due to daily bustles immediately vanishes and precisely regains the atmosphere of the1990s.

In addition to the exterior, the

home yard of local people is also equipped with traditional building.

Roof and walls are made of bamboo, while the floor is still made of earth.

Nevertheless, it precisely becomes one of the photo objects for visitors.

If you’re still curious about this unique village, simply come to the memorial monument located in the south. Right next to the memorial, visitors can also see the karang memadu. Polygamous husbands will be isolated in this area.

Operations Manager of Penglipuran attraction, Nengah Moneng, said not long ago that the high tourist visit to Penglipuran usually happens during holidays associated with religious feast like Christmas. Daily visits can reach 650 people. Domestic travelers are dominated by those from Bali and outside Bali. Then, foreign traveler is not so much, approximately 60 people. “Tourist visit increased about 10 percent. Hopefully, in the

future it can continue to increase,” said Moneng accompanied by his colleague, I Nengah Sudibia.

Aside from the layout of traditional settlement, visitors will also see the bamboo forests in the northern part of the village. Besides, some visitors are trying to taste the typical culinary products of Penglipuran, namely herbal drinks like loloh cemcem, loloh kunyit and klepon made of purple yam. To increase the number of visitors, a festival is held coinciding with the holiday season where the current one is the third year. In addition to jazzing up, the village festival is also organized to evoke the culture, such as dance performances and the development

of industrial sector and the SMEs into the wider realm.

Since 2015, the Penglipuran community has been concerned with the environmental arrangement. Telajakan or space between road section and people’s house compound is planted with various kinds of ornamental flowers. This will indirectly increase the beauty of the object and tourist visit to the village. “We also raised potential of the region through festival activities. It is also intended to increase the number of visits,” he said.

He added that the admission ticket to the Penglipuran village for domestic travelers is IDR 10,000 per person and foreign travelers IDR 30,000 per person. (kmb)

Kamasan Painting Comes with a Message of Life

Kamasan painting has been familiar in the ears of Balinese people.

This artwork has long been a wealth of Klungkung district. Apart from its classical appearance, this painting

is rich in puppet and animal stories.

It is really meaningful. At Kamasan village can be found many centers of the painting activities. There are also galleries where a number of

works created by the artists have been displayed since several years ago. It applies classic colors of red and brownish perfectly combined.

Some paintings offer a jungle feel following a pre-established pattern.

They look very lively and beautiful to look at.

The work is not just an expression of the art but there is a message of life.

What is scratched is not a common thing. It presents a series of pictures depicting a number of characters contained in the story. One of the themes is heroic attractions on the battlefield.

It’s like giving a moral message. It is adopted from various stories, such as Mahabharata and Ramayana epic.

Occasionally, the artists also express his idea inspired by animal or tantric tales.

The painter Mangku Muriati Mura said that in the midst of the

art development, the appearance of other paintings is very possible.

Nevertheless, he does not get dissolved in that situation. His great desire to maintain the art is believed to have emerged since the kingdom era that will not fade over the times.

The norms are not neglected. Everything is still followed. “We still preserve them all,” he said, not long ago.

This painting is not solely concerned with aesthetics but more than it, where it also offers strong philosophical values. His work is combined with religious elements or teachings quoted from the palm-leaf manuscripts. “We must understand the meaning, not just some scratches,” he said.

Another painter, Kadek Natha, explained that in harmony with the development of times, Kamasan paint

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coloring began to use acrylic because natural materials are increasingly difficult to obtain. However, the classic impression never fades. It remains to looks sharp and has divine inspiration. “Pere is one of natural dyes, a kind of stone obtained from Sakenan.

Its color is yellowish brown, but now many painters have switched from this color,” he explained.

Profession as painter has been pursued since he was in elementary school. His works have been widely sold. The price is fantastic and comparable to the complexity. “There is a painting sold for IDR 9 million, even more. The cheaper is also available,” he said. His paintings are no longer just scratched on canvas, but many of them have been used as hotel room ornaments. “Many hotels ask me to paint in classical style,” said Natha. (kmb)

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Bali govt to provide ambulance to each village

DENPASAR — To improve public access in health sector, the Bali government through the Bali Health Agency will procure ambulance for each village. This ambulance procurement will be held in stages. Hopefully, all villages will have village ambulance by 2021.

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“Whole village will be provided with village ambulances. However, I direct this village ambulance to increase access so that sick people, emergencies and disasters can be quickly helped,” said Dr. I Ketut Suarjaya, the Head of the Bali Health Agency, recently.

Other than health facilities, its human resources will also be prepared. Later on the ambulance team will be prepared from public health experts (public health) and health promotion. “I have designed the ambulance team consisting of paramedics and health workers (environmental health) so that they also make environmental health efforts. We maintain the environment of Bali in accordance with the mission and vision of

Governor of Bali, namely Nangun Sat Kerti Loka Bali,” he said.

With the existence of health promotion and health workers at villages, he hoped that more prevention efforts can be made although there are also paramedics. “If people are sick, they will be helped by paramedics,” he added.

Procurement of ambulances is carried out in stages starting from 2019 because it is only budgeted in 2019 for the recruitment and procurement of ambulances. Based on current e-catalog prices, an ambulance is estimated to cost IDR 585 million.

It is an emergency ambulance that can be used for emergency and disaster.

“We will connect this in the public safe-

ty center, disaster will also be included, especially Bali is prone to disasters both natural and social disasters so that we will also establish it,” he explained.

In Bali, there are 716 villages, while in Badung district at total of 68 villages have owned village ambulance.

Other than Badung, Buleleng district also has several village ambulances.

So, the procurement of ambulances is estimated to reach 600 units. The ambulance team’s recruitment and training will begin in 2019. Procurement of ambulances starts in 2020. “Maybe in 2020, 100 ambulances first, followed by 200 ambulances and so on. Then, the remaining will be completed in 2021,” he explained. (kmb42)

Lack of young entrepreneurs in creative economy

DENPASAR - Based on statistical data and the survey results of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) and Bekraf in 2017, creative economic in 2017 approximately 78.53 percent of creative economy entrepreneurs lie in the age range of 30-59 years. Meanwhile, young entrepreneurs (under 30 years) in the creative economy sector are relatively small, around 10.68 percent of the total number of creative economic entrepreneurs.

With the potential demographic bonus that Indonesia will enjoy, it is appropriate to encourage more young people to become creative industry entrepreneurs, especially crafts and fashion. This was conveyed by the Director General of Medium-Scale Industries (IKM), Gati Wibawaningsih, in the Best Designers Award on Monday (Nov. 26) at BCIC, Tohpati, Denpasar.

Moreover, the creative economic contribution to GDP (gross domestic product) in 2016 amounted to IDR 922.59 trillion. This figure grew by 4.95 percent from the previous year. Meanwhile, the export value of creative economy in 2016 reached USD 20 billion and contributed 13.77 percent to national exports. The largest exports of craft and fashion sectors in 2016 gave contribution to 54.54 percent or 39.01 percent of total creative economy exports.

To answer the challenges against the lack of young entrepreneurs, Director General of Small and Medium Industry implemented the Indonesia Fashion and Craft Awards (IFCA) to attract young designers into the field of crafts and fashion.

She hoped the best young designers

of IFCA winners will spearhead the creative craft and fashion industries in the future with innovative and global design works.

In addition to the IFCA event, the Directorate General of Small and Medium Industry through BCIC also carried out creative business incubator activities in collaboration with Prasetya Mulya University. Through this program, creative arts and fashion as well as Small and Medium Industry players will be given training and assistance to develop business (scaling up). In addition, a laboratory design program was carried out to increase the capacity of craft and fashion players in the IKM center. This is done to collaborate between designers and IKM centers to produce innovative craft and fashion products.

He admitted the annual contribution of fashion and craft industry to the GDP increases. Therefore from 2019, the target is more than 2018. Next year with more exciting activities from IFCA, he hoped that creative industries, especially fashion and crafts, will not only increase the GDP contribution but also increase exports. To be able to fulfill the target increase, his division will facilitate the award and productions.

Of the several winners, the product will be mass produced. To be accepted by the market, their products must be adjusted with craftsmen. “They make only one sample, but in 2019 there will be more. So, they really produce from their work so that they are marketable,” he said.

So far, their products have not

been tried for mass production. But in 2019, his agency will facilitate so that it can be produced en masse through cooperation with the craftsmen. “They will be looking for the centers where their products can be produced. Then, we give assistance to the small and medium industry so that the goods produced are

in accordance with the examples given by the designers. Because the designer must pay attention to the final results of the designer, it is necessary to come back and forth to the small and medium entrepreneurs. To that end, it will also be facilitated,” he explained.

In terms of capital, they will

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be funded through people’s business loan (KUR). If wishing the products to be mass-produced, he will partner with Bank Himbara, so that the designer will be prioritized.

Then, in December, the winners will be asked to create a business plan for the development of their business. (kmb42)

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Huge Tutankhamun show set to tour world

PARIS - Four decades after the boy pharaoh caused a sensation in the US and Europe, treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamun are to tour the world again -- many for the first time.

More than 50 of the 150 artworks from his tomb in the show will only ever leave Cairo once, say the Egyptian authorities, who are organising the tour in the run-up to the 2020 opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza.

“Treasures of the Golden Pharoah” -- which opened in Los Angeles in March -- will go on show in Paris next March at the giant la Villette arts complex. It is the show’s only stop in continental Europe.

The organisers have yet to unveil the other nine cities on the world tour.

Previous exhibitions about the boy pharaoh have been record-breaking blockbusters, setting off “Tut-mania” around the globe.

More than eight million people attended a 1973 show, “The Treasures of Tutankhamun”, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Another 1.2 million people queued to see a smaller exhibition six years earlier at the Petit Palais in Paris in what was called “the show of the century”.

Dr Mostafa Waziry of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities said the tour was also to “celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of the boy king”.

“The discovery of Tutankhamun’s unplundered tomb revived our fascination with Egypt and its buried treasure,” said Vincent Rondot, head of the Egypt department at the Louvre museum. The Louvre is lending one of its masterpieces, a statue of the god Amun protecting Tutankhamun, to the show. The Paris show will run from March 23 until MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP September 15, 2019.

The Los Angeles show at the California Science Center In this file photo taken on November 28, 2017 the Golden Mask of King Tutankhamun is displayed at closes in January. (afp) Cairo’s Egyptian Museum.

‘Divine punishment’: ancient Ninja oath unveiled in Japan

Gati Wibawaningsih

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TOKYO - Japanese researchers have uncovered a rare, centuriesold, Ninja oath pledging never to divulge the secrets of their spying and sabotage skills -- on pain of divine retribution for generations.

Written in cursive calligraphy, the oath contains six promises and was signed some 300 years ago by “Inosuke Kizu”.

Kizu was a Ninja from a clan in Iga, a mountain-shrouded town near the ancient imperial capital of Kyoto. Expressing gratitude to his superior for passing on “ninjutsu” or “the art of the Ninja”, Kizu pledged he would never pass the knowledge on -- even to his children or brothers -- and would never use it to steal unless so ordered.

In his oath, the Ninja acknowledges that if he broke the promises even by a little, he’d be punished by “big and small gods in more than 60 provinces across Japan” for generations.

The rare document shows how strict Ninjas were about keeping their skills and techniques secret,

said Yoshiki Takao, associate professor at the state-run Mie University’s International Ninja Research Center.

“Thieves and Ninjas did the same thing -- sneaking into other people’s houses -- but Ninjas prized morality highly,” Takao said.

“Ninjas were ‘public servants’ in today’s terms, providing security services and collecting information,” added the expert.

Also of interest to scholars was a vow in the oath to report to his superiors any new skills, tools or firearms that were not in the “Bansenshukai”, a secretive 17thcentury text considered to be somewhat of a Ninja encyclopedia.

Kizu noted he could show only three chapters of the “Bansenshukai” to top-ranking samurais who employed ninjas and vowed not to disclose the book’s contents in other writings.

This interests scholars because “it shows that Bansenshukai was actually becoming used as a textbook,” Takao said, even though it

left crucial points vague.

The contents of the multi-volume book are now known to the public but many Ninja traditions remain hidden as important secrets were passed on by word of mouth.

The oath was among some 130 ancient documents left to the university by the 16th head of the Kizu family.

The existence of the oath was unveiled five decades ago in Japan but its whereabouts were unknown until now, according to Takao.

Inosuke, who submitted the oath, was the fifth head and last Ninja from the Kizu family.

The oath document was believed to have been returned to his family after his death, Takao said.

The research centre is also based in Iga, some 350 kilometres (220 miles) southwest of Tokyo.

Cooperating with engineering and science departments of Mie University, the institute has been trying to reproduce Ninjas’ legacy including their food and tools. (afp)

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This undated handout picture released by the International Ninja Research Center on November 29, 2018 in Mie prefecture shows an ancient Ninja oath written in cursive calligraphy containing six promises and signed some 300 years ago by “Inosuke Kizu”.

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Fashion

Marc Jacobs Just Resurrected These Iconic 1993 Pieces

MARC Jacobs has churned out many a memorable collection, but there’s one, in particular, that’s firmly embedded in every fashion girl’s memory: the 1993 grunge collection he designed during his tenure at Perry Ellis.

“The ‘Grunge’ collection epitomized the first time in my professional career I was unwavering in my determination to see my vision come to life on the runway, without creative compromise,” Jacobs said in a statement. The press release also reminded us of the fact that Jacobs was famously fired when critics panned the 1993 show. Of course, his career trajectory speaks for itself.

Perry Ellis International was also on board with the resurrection and congratulated Jacobs for his “first of its kind collection that changed the direction of contemporary womenswear.”

Scroll down to shop the new pieces in all of their ‘90s glory, from plaid flannel to ultra-thin spaghetti straps. (IBP/net)

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The New $10 Underwear NYC Girls Are Buying in Bulk

IN the luxury designer sphere, basic pieces can, frustratingly, come along with very non-basic prices. But Alexander Wang’s upcoming Uniqlo collaboration is not here to trick you into buying overpriced essentials. Refreshingly, the designer’s new collection of bodysuits, leggings, bras, underwear, and T-shirts starts at $10 and caps out at $40.

The collab uses Uniqlo’s legendary Heattech fabric, which is meant to be your first layer of clothing because it absorbs and retains heat. It’s already a staple for fashion girls in cold climates, so the addition of Alexander Wang’s cachet practically guarantees sellout status. The collection is now available on Uniqlo’s website, but we have a feeling it will be gone ASAP. Scroll down to shop our favorite pieces from the collab, and be prepared: You’ll want to wear them all winter long. (IBP/net)

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Bali workforce highly demanded in various industries in Japan

DENPASAR - Significant reduction in population numbers makes Japan currently face serious labor shortages. Almost all occupations experience a shortage of workers, where one of them in the field of caregiver services.

“At present, Japan really needs nursing staff in the field of caregiver services to parents,” said a representative of the KSG Promotion Cooperative Association, Akinori Okabayashi, as the agency’s recipient of foreign internships in Japan during a matching interview, at the Bali Japan Academy office, recently.

To meet the needs of such workforce, he claimed to have opened the opportunities for foreign workers to work in Japan. The number of local Japanese workers available is no longer able to meet the needs of workers in various industries. However, there are indeed a number of qualifications to be complied with by prospective foreign workers so that they can be accepted as interns or work in the Sakura country.

“Almost all industrial sectors need.

But this time we come to select prospective trainees from Bali for internships in the field of caregiver services as well as hotel / building maintenance,” he said.

He revealed that so far his agency has brought thousands of workers from the Philippines and Vietnam. This time, he wanted to bring it from Indonesia, especially from Bali. “We have long heard

about the natural beauty and friendliness of Balinese people. Bali is very famous in Japan. However, all this time we haven’t found the right partner. We are grateful to be able to partner with Bali Japan Academy, a new educational and training institution that we consider progressive and prospective,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, Director of Bali Japan Academy, Made Sukadana Antara, revealed that his party is proud to see the enthusiasm of the youth to take part in the matching interview selection held by the institution he chairs with the users from Japan. “As a new and very young institution, we are happy and proud of the people’s trust in our institution. Some even deliberately flew from outside the island like Jogjakarta and Lombok to take part in this selection,” he said.

In addition to earning more income, through the apprenticeship mechanism, he hoped that they will also be able to learn something for the future to be implemented in Indonesia. “We call this a skill transfer process,” said Sukadana who also serves as the Managing Director of PT Dipta Widya Saraswati.

Nevertheless, he said that Bali Japan Academy cannot dispatch all participants to work in the internships to Japan. Of the total 56 participants participating in the matching interview selection, only 24 people passed. (kmb23)

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Bali starling is an animal included in the Appendix I (species of wild plants and animals prohibited in all forms of international trade).

Breeding results of Bali starling can be sold overseas

NEGARA — Breeders of Bali starling have now had a wide market. Other than having the opportunity to sell at home legally, they can also sell in overseas markets (exports). However, breeders must be recorded in the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Bali starling is an animal included in the Appendix I (species of wild plants and animals prohibited in all forms of international trade).

At present, Japan really needs nursing staff.

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Director of Biodiversity Conservation at the KSDAE Directorate General, Indra Exploitasia, stated that Bali starling from captive breeding is possible to be sold overseas as long as the breeders comply with the rules and is registered at the CITES Secretariat. “All the trade conditions (animals) are set forth in CITES. There is one of the breeders having been registered at CITES. So, it is possible to sell it overseas,” he explained.

Captivity encourages people to earn income including the people around the area of West Bali National Park (TNBB) which is the original habitat of this bird. The most important thing at this time is that there will be no more poaching, especially for the Bali starling. “It is important to ensure the preservation of natural habitats, protect them from extinction, and can be

used by the surrounding community, so that people get the results and the birds can be sustainable,” he said.

Director General even encouraged the community to carry out captivity so that it can also get income. “Selling animals from captive breeding is allowed. We will provide guidance for breeders,” said Indra accompanied by the Head of the National Park Office, Agus Ngurah Krisna.

Today, the selling price of this beautiful bird in the market lies in the range of IDR 5 million to IDR 7 million. Indeed, it is far below compared to the 1990s when the condition was still rare due to poaching. So, at that time the price of Bali starling in the black market even reached tens of millions of rupiahs. But now, the bird has started to grow a lot in keeping with the

emergence of captivity.

Head of the TNBB, Agus Ngurah Krisna, said that based on the results of monitoring against Bali starling in 2018, there were 141 heads remaining to live wild in nature. There has been much improved compared to the previous ten years. In the past five years, the size of the Bali starling population has increased in nature and in breeding centers. Released birds have developed naturally in their habitat.

Bali starling (Leucopsar rothschildi) is an endemic species of Bali whose natural habitat is in the National Park. Bali starling has a distinctive feather color dominated by white with a combination of black on the wing tips and tail end.

Another distinctive feature is bright blue in the area around the eyes. (kmb26)

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Bali News

Coconut shell crafts pursue raw materials to Sulawesi

COCONUT can in fact be processed into various kinds of crafts. Through creative hands of Negari villagers, Banjarangkan subdistrict, coconut is processed into various souvenirs. These handicraft products are quite attractive, even have been exported to a number of countries.

However, lately it is very difficult to fulfill the raw materials.

One of the centers for coconut shell crafts is the Yande Batok, at Sari Merta hamlet, Negari. On the floor of the business owner’s house, Gede Suryawan, there are 15 employees working on the coconut crafts. Every day, at least a thousand pieces of coconuts are transformed into various unique souvenirs.

However, the process is not easy.

At first, the coconut must be really old. Then, the fiber is peeled out while the flesh is removed. Next, it is refined and shaped according to the desired shape of the craft. For example, he produces bowls, dipper, table decorations, dolls, candle holders, and various other art crafts according to the market demand for art shops to this craftsman as the production location. “Here, we have to be sensitive and see the market interest. So the design of our craft must be adjusted,” said the business owner of Yande Batok, Gede Suryawan, when met at his business premises last Wednesday (Nov. 27).

At the moment, he admitted

the market response to the craft is sluggish because the tourist arrivals at the end of this year are also sluggish. By and large, he said that high demand during high season of tourist visits lasts from June to October. His production targets the art shops throughout Bali.

When asked about the obstacles, Suryawan admitted it lies in the procurement of coconut raw material itself, not in the marketing.

The price of coconut raw material continues to fluctuate. Sometimes the price is cheap, normal to soaring. At normal price, he is relieved because coconut can be obtained at IDR 3,000 to 4,000 per piece.

However, when prices rise, it can reach IDR 9,000 per piece. “When the price of coconut increased, I have time to look for raw materials to Sulawesi. It happened because when the price of coconuts in Bali was expensive, the supply was rare. At that time, we looked for to remote villages such as Rendang and Pidpid (Karangasem), it was absolutely not available,” said Suryawan.

When the coconut price rose, he and his employees were finally inspired to process the coconut milk into cooking oil and the flesh into saur (fried-grated coconut). Moreover, he had developed to make nata de coco and sagon. “Thankfully, now the price of coconut returns to normal. So, my production can run normally again,” he said.

The scarcity of raw materials also made a number of similar businesses in Klungkung finally goes bankrupt. At present, the only one remaining to survive in this field of business is the Yande Batok.

Suryawan himself is accustomed to experience the ups and downs in this business having been carried out since 1996 and run formally since 2008.

According to him, the motivation of regional government is also quite large. He admitted to have been greatly helped by various facilitations, both participation in the exhibition and others because this coconut shell craft is actually one of distinctive identities of Klungkung and still survives until now. (gik)

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Floods besiege Negara town

NEGARA - Heavy rains flushing Negara town on Tuesday night (Nov. 27) caused floods in a number of locations. In addition to the high intensity of rain, a number of waterways were clogged so that some settlements rarely flooded were also affected. The worst happened to Kampung Tinggi, Pendem village and East Loloan village.

In densely populated areas, the water even reached the height of an adult’s waist. Until 22:30, the water was still pooling and residents whose homes were flooded remained alert. At Kampung Tinggi, the water overflowed to flood dozens of homes. Moreover, the access of Jalan WR Supratman was cut off due to high water levels. Vehicles passing from the Jalan Sudirman to Jalan Ngurah Rai were asked to divert by residents. “This flood is of the first time. It is said the dam floodgate at the market was stuck.

So, the water overflowed here,” said Wisnu, one of the residents.

Other than at Kampung Tinggi, the water from the north side of the Jembrana Civic Center was also heavy. Moreover, the access of Jalan Sudirman to the Civic Center was broken off and the vehicles from Gilimanuk were diverted by the officers. The water level flooding the road is quite high. So, the vehicles remaining to passing are feared to be stuck. Besides, the flood canal surrounding the Soekarno Cultural Hall had overflowed.

On East Loloan, floods inundated dozens of homes.

Chief of East Loloan hamlet, Mustahidin, said the floods inundated the East Loloan village, namely the neighborhood association or RT 01, RT 03, RT 04 and RT 06. “The water is as high as an adult’s waist, we are still waiting to recede,” said Mustahidin on Tuesday night. In addition to inundating the houses, floods also caused the dam floodgate at Loloan to collapse. The fence wall of SDN 1 East Loloan elementary school was also broken.

Meanwhile, until Wednesday morning (Nov. 28), the officers from Jembrana Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and disaster preparedness cadet (Tagana) were still alerted around the flood site. The officers helped residents clean up their flooded house.

Office of Electoral Commission and Waterworks

The coconut shells rae made into wonderful handicrafts

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Aside from people’s settlements, a number of agency offices in Negara town were also hit by floods. Moreover, up to Wednesday morning (Nov. 28), the water was still inundating the office so the

employees could not enter.

The waterlogged office is on the north side of Jalan Udayana, Negara. Position of the office that is lower than the highway has caused water to inundate two offices, namely the Jembrana Electoral Commission (KPU) and Municipal Waterworks (PDAM). In addition, the water from irrigation channel on the north side overflowed. In the office of Jembrana Electoral Commission, a number of officers have been on standby in the office since Tuesday night. They secured important documents or equipment in the north and east buildings. Both circular buildings were submerged in water that also flooded the office grounds.

Meanwhile, the west side building is located higher, so remains safe.

However, most of the staff rooms are in the flooded building.

Other than the Jembrana Electoral Commission, the office of PDAM and Jembrana regional government-owned enterprise were also inundated. The water even filled the office parking lot so the vehicles cannot enter. A number of employees entering the office finally parked on the road side. The height of water reached up to the legs of an adult’s calf.

Director of the PDAM Jembrana, Ida Bagus Kertanegara, stated the company received information on rising water on Tuesday night when heavy rain occurred. The peak occurred around 01:00 in the morning. Until Wednesday morning, the officers were still on guard and waiting for the water to recede.

Employees could not carry out activities due to these conditions.

Meanwhile, the Head of Public Works and Settlement Agency (PUPRPKP) of Jembrana, I Wayan Darwin, said a number of flood points in urban areas include at Pendem, Dauhwaru and Loloan Timur Wednesday afternoon had begun to recede. He admitted that several floodgates (dams) were not opened so the water overflowed.

“The one at Loloan has subsided after the door of the Mertasari dam was opened,” he explained.

According to Darwin, to open the door, there is a mechanism and cannot be immediately opened.

Meanwhile, the puddles remaining to occur at the office of PDAM were caused by broken walls. Thus, the water from the irrigation canal in the north of the office spilled into the office yard. “In addition, most of them have subsided. Other than the door having not been opened, there is also a blocked channel,” he added. But the main cause is the high rainfall. (kmb26)

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Ayodya Resort Bali Launches Professional Golf Tournament

Set to become the first ever Ayodya Resort Bali national golfing event in Bali - Indonesia, on 3rd November 2018, Ayodya Resort Bali launched its “Stay & Play” Ayodya Professional Golf Tournament 2018 at the Bali National Golf Course – Nusa Dua. The tournament attracted professional golfers from across Indonesia to take part in a number of different challenges, including ‘Longest Drive’ and ‘Nearest to the Pin’, with winners announced and awarded at a special gala dinner at

Ayodya Resort Bali.

More than 100 golfers and attendees from both Jakarta and Bali joined the tournament, and as a result, Ayodya Resort Bali plans to roll out annual tournaments in the near future, with tours around the island and across Indonesia on the horizon.

“We are delighted by the turnout for our first ever Stay & Play Professional Golf Tournament.

Following such great feedback, we plan to take the tournament to other parts of Bali and across the

country - even bigger, bolder and better than before.” Said Dady Primady Muljadi, Asst Director of PR

& Marketing Communications at Ayodya Bali Resort. “We hope that, like Bali National Golf – Nusa Dua, other courses across Indonesia will welcome us, partner with us and support this event so that we can continue to grow and share the joys of golfing in paradise, both professionally and as a leisurely pastime” Said Iman Ardiansyah, Deputy Event Program Coordinator.

Designed to not only attract avid golfers from around the region, the Stay & Play Golf Tournament was pioneered to introduce and promote golf in Bali as a new pillar for tourism. Combining key aspects of Bali’s global appeal – a fusion of sun, sea, food, culture and golf – the tournament is an attractive proposition to both avid golfers and holidaymakers alike.

Tripadvisor - the world’s most influential travel platform - listed Bali as a top travel destination in 2018, and the island is renowned globally for its vibrant food, culture and pristine landscapes. Now, thanks to Ayodya Resort Bali and Bali National Golf Course – Nusa Dua, professional golfing joins the ever-growing list of attractions on the island.

About Ayodya Resort Bali

The beachfront five-star Ayodya Resort Bali is located on 11.5 hectares of landscaped gardens complete with beautiful lagoon pools, within the secure gated resort community of Nusa Dua, Bali. Designed as a Balinese water palace, the 537-rooms resort was built to resemble the residence of King Rama and Queen Shinta from the Ramayana epic. Within the resort, The Ayodya Palace is an exclusive “resort within the resort” where guests will find an exclusive private atmosphere including their own pool, direct beach access and around-the-clock butler service. In each of the seven restaurants and bars, guests can eat Spa by Mandara’s wellness-haven offer luxurious rejuvenation and energy- boosting treatments. Tailored for international meetings and weddings, the versatile 12 meeting rooms including the Grand Ballroom and the large garden areas are ideal for events and conferences. For more information and reservations, please contact a travel professional or access our website at www.ayodyaresortbali.com.

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Gang charged over burglaries at LA homes of Rihanna and other stars

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LOS ANGELES - Ten alleged gang members have been charged in connection with a series of burglaries at the homes of celebrities including Rihanna in Los Angeles, court documents show.

Investigators say the addresses of basketball superstar LeBron James and actor Matt Damon were also found on a list of potential targets for break-ins.

Officials say the victims were chosen when their social media postings and schedules indicated they would be away from home.

Southern California’s City News Service has reported that the 10 men have been charged with conspiracy and several other counts, including burglary and home-invasion robbery.

According to the AP news agency,

court documents show the homes of baseball star Yasiel Puig and American football player Robert Woods, as well as Rihanna, were among those hit in the raids.

Police announced four arrests at a news conference in October, where they displayed recovered items including handbags, jewellery and mobile phones.

Three of those four were released pending further investigation. Two were then re-arrested and are among those charged. (IBP/net)

SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg dies aged 57

Stephen Hillenburg was diagnosed with MND last year.

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CALIFORNIA - SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg has died aged 57 after suffering from motor neurone disease.

Children’s television network Nickelodeon said in a statement: “We are sad to share the news of the passing of Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants.

“Today, we are observing a moment of silence to honour his life and work.”

Hillenburg announced he had been diagnosed with the degenerative illness in March 2017.

He conceived, wrote, produced and directed the animated series

that began in 1999 and won multiple awards, produced a series of spin-off books, two Hollywood movies and a Broadway musical.

Hillenburg was a marine biology teacher in Southern California when he started creating sea creatures as teaching tools.

“Steve imbued SpongeBob SquarePants with a unique sense of humour and innocence that has brought joy to generations of kids and families everywhere,” the statement added.

“His utterly original characters and the world of Bikini Bottom will long stand as a reminder of the value of optimism, friendship

and the limitless power of imagination.

“He was a beloved friend and long-time creative partner to everyone at Nickelodeon, and our hearts go out to his entire family.”

Hollywood director Brad Bird paid tribute to Hillenburg, tweeting: “I first discovered Spongebob through my sons, who were loudly singing along with the dopey and memorable theme song downstairs.

“I came down to see what the ruckus was about and ended up watching my first episode. Many laughs. Many thanks, Steve Hillenburg. May you Rest In Peace.”

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This file photo taken on March 12, 2018 shows a view of the Perito Moreno glacier, at Parque Nacional Los Glaciares near El Calafate, in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz.

2018 temperatures set to be among hottest on record: UN

Global temperatures in 2018 are set to be the fourth highest on record, the UN said Thursday, stressing the urgent need for action to rein in runaway warming of the planet.

In a report released ahead of the COP 24 climate summit in Poland, the World Meteorological Organization pointed out that the 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, and that “2018 is on course to be the 4th warmest year on record.”

“This would mean that the past four years – 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 – are also the four warmest years in the series,” the UN agency said in its provisional report on the state of the climate this year.

The “warming trend is obvi-

ous and continuing,” WMO chief Petteri Taalas told reporters in Geneva.

The report shows that the global average temperature for the first 10 months of the year was nearly 1.0-degree Celsius above the preindustrial era (1850-1900).

- ‘Last generation’ “It is worth repeating once again that we are the first generation to fully understand climate change and the last generation to be able to do something about it,” Taalas

warned.

With levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, at a record high, “we may see temperature increase of 3-5C by the end of the century,” Taalas said.

“If we exploit all known fossil fuel resources, the temperature rise will be considerably higher.”

Delegations from nearly 200 countries are due in Poland next week for the latest COP24 climate summit, aimed at renewing and building on the Paris deal and limiting global warming.

World leaders have been trying to breathe new life into the 195nation agreement amid backslid-

ing from several nations -- most notably the United States -- over commitments made when it was signed in December 2015.

It is to take effect in 2020 and calls for limiting global warming to less than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

But experts warn that global warming is on track to surpass three degrees by 2100 and urge governments to do more than first planned to rein it in.

“Every fraction of a degree of warming makes a difference to human health and access to food and fresh water, to the extinction of animals and plants, to the survival of coral reefs and marine life,” WMO

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