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Avril Lavigne, Bruno Mars named ‘most dangerous’ in online searches

LOS ANGELES - Pop singers Avril Lavigne and Bruno Mars topped a list of celebrities on Tuesday ranked the most dangerous to search for online because of results that could expose fans to malicious websites.

Cyber security company McAfee said singers Carly Rae Jepsen, Zayn Malik and Celine Dion were also in the top five of their annual list because searches for their names can lead fans to click on suspicious links that expose them to malware.

It said that searching for “Avril Lavigne free mp3” results in a 22 percent chance of landing on a malicious website.

Lavigne, 32, who found fame in 2002 with the hit single “Complicated,” has been off the celebrity scene for a number of years because of Lyme disease which

she has said left her bedridden.

However, she said in 2016 that she is planning to release a new album in 2017 - her first in four years - apparently leading to increased searches for news about her music.

The 2017 McAfee study was dominated by musicians but actors who made the top 25 list included “Pitch Perfect” star Anna Kendrick, Jennifer Lopez and rising star Hailee Steinfeld.

“In today’s digital world, we want the latest hit albums, videos, movies and more immediately available on our devices,” Gary Davis, McAfee’s vice president of global consumer marketing, said in a statement.

He said consumers should slow down and consider the risks.

“Thinking before clicking goes a long way to stay safe online,” he said. (rtr)

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Singer Avril Lavigne

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Emma Stone

Emma Stone honed dance skills to play tennis great Billie Jean King

LOS ANGELES - Emma Stone admits she’s never been a sports player, so when she was asked to play former world tennis No. 1 Billie Jean King in the movie “Battle of the Sexes,” the Oscar-winning actress approached it from a different direction - dancing.

King, by contrast, who pioneered the fight for equal pay in tennis more than 40 years ago, pictured herself in Stone’s position as she worked with the actress to portray her character.

“I tried to put myself in Emma’s shoes. That’s really taking a risk portraying someone who is still alive. I’m like, ‘God, that’s a little pressure,” King said.

Stone, 28, and the 73-year-old tennis legend became good friends while making the movie that tells the story behind King’s 1973 exhibition match against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) to fight sexism in the sport and society at large. It opens in U.S. movie theaters on Friday.

Stone, who won an Oscar in February for song and dance musical “La La Land,” had never played tennis so her early sessions with King focused on footwork and choreography.

“I danced, so footwork was good. (And) I had been on stage

before and when Billie Jean went out onto the tennis court it felt like her stage, so she really keyed in on that,” Stone said.

Later came weeks of practice on serves and cross-court backhands, but for Stone, even the simplest things were tough.

“We went to the U.S. Open ... and I was sitting next to Billie Jean, and Sloane Stephens was catching balls and tucking them in her skirt and bouncing them with the racquet.

“It’s just little in-between stuff but that took me months to learn!”

Stone said.

Professional players were hired to reproduce the shots in the match against Riggs, which was watched by more than 50 million on television.

For her part, King worked for weeks with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy recalling her experience in the early 1970s, when she not only established the break-away Women’s Tennis Association and took on Riggs but also was wrestling with her own sexual identity.

She came out as gay in 1981.

More than 40 years after beating Riggs, women are still fighting for equal pay and rights on and off the tennis court, not that it comes as any surprise to King. (rtr)

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A rescue dog and his trainer work on the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake hit Mexico City, Mexico September 20, 2017.

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Mexico searches for earthquake survivors against increasing odds

MEXICO CITY - Rescuers labored against long odds into the dawn on Thursday to save a 12-year-old schoolgirl and untold other survivors who may be trapped beneath crumpled buildings in central Mexico following the country’s deadliest earthquake in 32 years. More than 50 survivors have been plucked from several disaster sites since Tuesday afternoon’s 7.1-magnitude quake, leading to impassioned choruses of “Yes we can!” from the first responders, volunteers and spectators gathered around the ruins.

At least 237 others have died and 1,900 were injured. As the odds of survival lengthened with each pass-

ing hour, officials vowed to continue with search-and-rescue efforts such as the one at a collapsed school in

southern Mexico City where Navyled rescuers could communicate with the 12-year-old girl but were still unable to dig her free.

Eleven other children were rescued from the Enrique Rebsamen School, where the students are aged roughly six to 15 but 21 students and four adults there were killed.

Rescuers previously had seen a hand protruding from the debris and the girl wiggled her fingers when asked if she was still alive, according to broadcaster Televisa, whose cameras and reporters had special access to the scene to provide nonstop live coverage.

But some 15 hours into the effort, Admiral Jose Luis Vergara said rescuers still could not pinpoint her location. “There’s a girl alive in there, we’re pretty sure of that, but we still don’t know how to get to her,” Vergara told Televisa. “The hours that have passed complicate the chances of finding alive or in good health the person who might be trapped,” he said.

As Vergara spoke, a human chain of hard-hatted rescuers removed a large chunk of concrete from the floodlit scene. Rescuers periodically demanded “total silence” from bystanders, who would

freeze in place and stay quiet to better hear any calls for help As with other disaster sites throughout central Mexico, officials dared not employ heavy lifting equipment for fear of crushing anyone below.

Throughout the capital, crews were joined by volunteers and bystanders who used dogs, cameras, motion detectors and heat-seeking equipment to detect victims who may still be alive. Some 52 buildings collapsed in Mexico City alone and more in the surrounding states. The quake killed 102 people in Mexico City and the remaining 135 from five surrounding states, officials said late on Wednesday.

At least nine Latin American countries pledged to rush in searchand-rescue teams or technical assistance, with crews from Panama and El Salvador already on the job, as did the United States, Spain, Japan and Israel. The Panamanian team of 32 rescue workers dressed in orange jumpsuits and helmets and two dogs arrived with seven days’ worth of food, water and supplies and prepared to work around the clock, said Cesar Lange, leader of the Panamanian Civil Protection unit.

The earthquake struck about

150 km (90 miles) southeast of Mexico City on Tuesday afternoon, shattering glass, shearing off sides of buildings and leaving others in dusty piles of destruction. It came on the same date as a 1985 tremor that killed thousands and still resonates in Mexico. Annual September 19 earthquake drills were being held a few hours before the nation got rocked once again. Mexico was still recovering from another powerful quake less than two weeks ago that killed nearly 100 people in the south of the country.

The epicenter was a mere 31 km (32 miles) beneath the surface, sending major shockwaves through the metropolitan area of some 20 million people. Much of the capital is built upon an ancient lake bed that shakes like jelly during a quake. (rtr) Continued to page 6 News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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On alert for Mount Agung, Concern about homes and livestock in case of evacuation

AMLAPURA - A recent earthquake in Karangasem caused many local residents to flee to safety and many others thought of doing the same. Following the increasing intensity of the earthquakes in the region, people have started considering the worst: a full eruption of Gunung Agung. Many people have also become concerned about the security of their homes in the case of an evacuation which could be used as opportunity for thieves.

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The civil police is dismantling illegal billboard in Denpasar

Regional bylaw needed for ambient ads

DENPASAR - As time progresses the way that companies advertise is becoming more creative. Whereas in the past ads were mostly restricted to billboards and the like, nowadays outdoor ambient media are being used. This new form of advertising should be contributing to the local governments’ regionally generated revenue (PAD). Apparently Bali’s local government is not well versed in the developments of advertising as there are no rules and thus no taxes on ambient ads.

IN fact there are already many companies using ambient advertising in Bali, as Chairman of Media-Based Standing Creative Industry Committee of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Indonesia, Roy Wicaksono, said on Sunday (Sep. 17).

Wicaksono who is also does advertising, explained that advertising has moved away from simple brand awareness to more active forms of persuading people to buy. “ Ads no longer simply introduce products but are now more aggressive seeking consumers”, he said.

Outdoor media such as billboards and videotron are still being used, however outdoor ads have evolved in to the exciting creative media of ambient advertising.

Ambient ads are a form of adverstising that seeks to get closer to the public by installing company logos in public spaces such as public benches and the like. Traveloka recently placed their logo on seats on Sanur Beach and a bank combined their CSR contribution of pots for plants with ambient advertising by having their logo on all the pots in an urban park. Ads that are integrated into urban facilities like bus stops are also considered to be ambient ads.

A lot of advertisers are requesting to have ambient ads in Bali, said Wicaksono, however this has yet ot be widely applied because the regulations regarding this matter remain unclear. Greater Jakart has already created regulations regarding ambient ads within its jurisdiction. As a result advertisers are generated tax revenue for the local government. “Jakarta’S government has set forth regulations. For instance any company wanting to advertise at the National Monument has to provide compensation to the site in the form of renovations or maintenance and also pay an advertising tax”, he explained. Ambient ads are thought to be able to make an area more beautiful, promote specific products and promote the region where the ad is placed Considering these developments in advertising, Wicaksono hopes that regional regulations (PERDA) regarding billboards can be expanded to accommodate contemporary circumstances. Further more ambient advertising is very appealing to companies because of its effects on consumers, so regulations should be set forth as soon as possible. Right now, Greater Jakarta is the only region in Indonesia to have set forth such regulations. In Bali, Badung, Denpasar, Gianyar, Tabanan and Buleleng have a lot of potential for ambient media advertisements because of the large volume of tourists that pass through these places. (kmb42)

Unrest amongst people in the region was expresses when customary village chiefs and headmen throughout Karangasem gathered at the UKM Center Building in Amlapura on Tuesday (Sep. 19) to infor the public about local regulations.

They also took the opportunity to inform people about the increased alert leels of Gungun Agung. Community leader form the sub-distirct of Selat, Komang Sujana told the regent of Karangasem and the other leaders that as Chief of Customary Village Small Assembly (MADP) of Selat subdistrict, he has held several meetings with Selat community figures to follow up on the regent’s instructions, saying prayers together and offering pejatian oblation in each house compound.

However, his community is not ready to deal with evacuation.

After the earthquake followed by volcanic ash occurred on Monday night (Sep18), some local residents decided to immediately evacuate their homes. “But there is

confusion about security issues. If eeyone leaves their homes empty, we are worried that thieves could take advantage of such conditions” he said.

People are also concerned about the fate of their livestock. On Monday, for example, many people decided not to flee for fear that their livestock would go missing, others simply took their livestock with them to safety in Rendang square.

“Many people fled with their livestock that night. They were afraid of losing their cattle. The residents who were mostly from Lebih village, Sebudi, returned ot their homes at 05:00 this morning”, said Agung Aditya one of the residents at the refugee camp, on Tuesday morning (Sep. 18).

A community figure of Rendang subdistrict, Eka Mulyawan, said last Monday (Sep. 19) that those raising chicken are particularly worried about what to do in the case of evacuation as they would not be able to feed their livestock -or worse yet in the case of an eruption.

If the case of an eruption certainly they would suffer huge losses as

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seen in Sukan hamlet, Menanga where the light ash caused some losses. IN the case of the eruptin of Mount Sinabung not long ago, breeders received compensation for their losses form the government.

Mulyawan however admitted that he did not know whether this would be also be true for Karangasem in the case of a volcanic eruption.

“The breeders are confused.

I am being asked to help find a solution. How will we resolve this problem? Hopefully, the government can also pay attention to this problem”, he said.

Responding to concernes about thieves in the case of an evacuation, Chief of Karangasem Police, I Gede Ardana, said that his officers will intensify patrols. Patrols will be conducted more frequently in villages that have been abandoned. “ According to instructions from the Governor of Bali, in the case of evacuations, abandoned villages must be patrolled”, he said.

The local governemnt has yet to assuage worries about the fate of farmers who breed livestock. (kmb31)

The third and final event of the Billabong Bloodlines Series – Bali 2017 saw grommets descend on the famous right-hander at the Rivermouth of Pereranan Beach on Sunday, and were greeted with small but near perfect conditions. Each division was not only competing for the bragging rights of the first Canggu event winner, but also the highest place competitor for the three-part

series - who would be crowned the series champion, and walk away with a brand new Channel Islands Surfboard.

With the early morning low tide, and not enough water on the reef for the right-hander, the Push-In division heats were up first. Having the luxury of a couple of different options on the Pereranan stretch, the micro groms, with a bit of help from

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their parents, entered the water at the Sandbar, just to the south of the Rivermouth. Always a crowd favourite, the free surfers already in the water, and the early starters sipping on their coconuts enjoyed the battle between Surya Ratif and Natan Bontje. Both seemed unstoppable on their way to the final, placing first in each heat they surfed; though there could be only one winner, and it was Natan who ultimately came out on top.

With the tide on the rise and the swell filling in, the event headed back to right-hander, with the U/14 boys and U/16 boys completing their early rounds.

There were upsets galore with Canggu local and Billabong team rider, Kian Martin, unfortunately not progressing through his quarter final heat in the U/16s, and young Indonesian charger

Bronson Meidy bowing out in his semifinal.

The girls got to sleep in, with their rounds not starting until after lunch. And even though the southerly winds threatened conditions, there was little effect on the contest site. The girl’s division was one to watch, with the final going down to the wire.

Taina Izquerdo took the win, whilst Australian Zahlia Short close in second place. Dhea Natasya locked down the 3rd position, and this was enough for her to claim the series championship, on a countback, from Taina.

Wi t h t h e o c e a n m o v i n g around, and the tide swinging back to low, the boys Finals rounded out the competition at the right-hander. Kuta’s Ketut Agus surfed all day with a brace on his foot (an injury he sustained in the series’ Padma

finals) and edged out series 1 winner Danny Widianto in second place. Danny’s consistent surfing across the three contests proved too good, and he walked away the series champion with a win and two second places to his name. The Widianto family had a lot to celebrate this season, as Danny’s older sister is Dhea, the series winner for the U/16 Girls.

The boys U/14 finalists impressed not only the judges but also the crowd on the sand, with less than a point deciding first and second place. Once again it was Kona Eru taking win after his exciting display at the previous event in Padma. Made Joi claimed second place, with Varun Tandjung in third and Made Deva fourth. Two consecutive event wins ensured Kona claimed the overall series.

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Nakashima’s zip it up, zip it down creations open Milan Fashion Week MILAN - Japanese designer Atsushi Nakashima showcased a casual collection for men and women featuring zippers which allow the wearer to create their own stylings at the opening of Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday.

Panelled coats, tops, skirts, capes in earthy greens merged with bright yellow, cobalt blue and fuchsia ones.

“Zippers are the main inspiration, you can take off one piece and put another one, so that you can make your own clothes,” said the designer, the former creative head of French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier Nakashima, who launched his own brand in 2011, said he wanted the concept of putting clothes

together to extend to people.

“I would like the world to connect, be together, understand each other and have more communication,” he told reporters after the show.

Gucci, French luxury giant Kering’s biggest brand, showed off its eclectic collection in the group’s headquarters to a backdrop of giant replicas of statues of myths and gods from Ancient Egypt and Greece, with arches over the catwalk.

Models wore glittery pieces, fur coats, long ruffled skirts, adorned with bum bags, purses, glasses, hats and bonnets and jewellery, in a splash of textures and colours.

“Creation is a poetic act, an eruptive process, an explosion in which vital strengths are finally released,” a style note said.

The verve of Alessandro Michele, director since January 2015, has been key to the brand’s revival, based on a bold aesthetic

which has quickly gained great popularity, particularly among younger customers.

Its strong identity and a geekyyet-chic look has led to growth, up 48.3 percent in the first quarter of 2017.

“Alessandro has the capacity of evolving though maintaining a clear line in his designs, he doesn’t change his aesthetics and remains coherent,” Gucci Chief Executive Marco Bizzarri told Reuters at the end of the show.

Designers and luxury brands, including Prada, Armani, Cavalli, Versace and Dolce & Gabbana, will showcase a total of almost

160 collections, for spring and summer 2018 during the six-day extravaganza.

Revenues for Italy’s fashion industry are expected to rise 3 per cent this year to 86 billion euros, data from the Italian national fashion association, CNMI, showed.

“Italy continues to perform well, even outside the country, through strong exports,” chairman Carlo Capasa said.

Italy is the largest single producer of fashion -– comprising textiles, clothing and accessories -- with 41 percent of Europe’s total production, Capasa said. (rtr)

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Young generation hard to hear strains of preret

ASIDE from wayang wong of Anyar hamlet, the art in the form of traditional musical instrument developing at Batuagung, Jembrana subdistrict, is preret art. But over the past few years, this wind instrument is getting more difficult to find. In addition to few enthusiasts, a number of elder artists having engaged in this art have passed away.

Since tens of years, even supposedly before the struggle for the independence, this trumpet-like instrument already existed at this old village of Jembrana. Unfortunately, in harmony with the passage of time, preret began to dim and was abandoned by younger generation.

Unlike the other musical instruments, when blowing the preret flute the player indeed must have a strong stamina and always practice it regularly.

With a distinctive wafting sound, this wind instrument has different characteristic when compared to flute or trumpet.

A number of artists met some time ago did not know for sure when this traditional musical instrument began to emerge. However, preret began to reach its heyday around the 1950s. After 1965, it developed well. During the reign of Ida Bagus Indugosa as the regent of Jembrana in the period of 1990-2000, preret art was accommodated by the government marked with establishment of a number of art troupes. As noted, there are dozens of preret art troupes, but they are dominated by the elderly.

The uniqueness of preret lies in its trumpet-like sound and shape but having a different tone. It sounds magical and heart-wrenching. Moreover, according to the stories of the elder figures, the strains of preret can be used to win the heart of women. It is said that when a youth want to lure a woman across the street, he can do it by blowing preret from house courtyard. Surely, it will attract the opposite sex. She even will seek (get interested) to look for the source of the preret sound.

Adequately strong sound of preret even though without loud speaker can reach the radius of up to one kilometer. This music is commonly sounded from higher places, such as from the top of a tree.

Physically, this ethnic musical instrument is similar to trumpet, made of small bamboo joined with different size. In the body, the bamboo has seven holes and can generate a heart-wrenching sound. Body of the preret also contains a metal element shaping like a car’s bell. During its heyday, this instrument was used to welcome foreign guests at hotels.

The strains of song produced are still missed by society. From the search to dozen of art troupes flourishing in the 1990s, today they have almost become extinct. Lastly, there is a preret art troupe named the Swara Wana Gita Batuagung founded by Ida Bagus Gede Tama from Petanahan hamlet.

Today, Tama has passed away, while other artists have preceded him such as the late Dewa Aji Dandra. As a result, it is now very difficult to hear this Jembrana musical instrument.

The song played with this preret instrument is dominated by Sewagati songs, featuring the theme of the romanticism of sacrifices to a woman.

Other common songs include the Ginada and Jaya Prana. Other than played in solo performance, the preret can also be collaborated with other musical instruments such as kendang or traditional drum. Besides, it is also suitable to be played with tambourine musical instrument. (olo)

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This trumpet-like instrument already existed at this old village of Jembrana.

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The conditions of the Mount Agung entered the alert level.

If Mount Agung erupts

Puputan square and stadium functioned as refugee camp SEMARAPURA — Alert level of Mount Agung in Karangasem district remains a concern of the government of Klungkung. The measures taken do not only coordinate the current situation to be submitted to the community. However, it also determines the refugee handling measures in case of eruption. This was discussed in the disaster coordination meeting with related agencies on Tuesday (Sep. 19).

In the meeting held around 09:00 Local Time, the matter discussed did not only related to the coordination of the current situation of Mount Agung. However, it also determined the measures to be taken if an eruption occurs. The main refugee camps are located in Puputan Klungkung Square and Suecapura Stadium at Gelgel village, Klungkung. In addition, the need for clean water has also been coordinated with municipality waterworks (PDAM). Similarly, it also included the needs of vehicles used to transport residents from the affected areas.

Klungkung Regent, I Nyoman Suwirta, who led the meeting directly explained that refugees who can be accommodated at the location specified are not only from Klungkung, but also from Karangasem,

especially those from border area.

“This is a precautionary measure.

Determination of the location of refuge will also see the situation,” he explained. Facing the worst possibilities of the activities of the largest mountain in Bali, the budget handling also got the attention from the district government. Unexpected fund previously allocated as much as IDR 1 billion was added IDR 500 million sourcing from the shift of social assistance funds in the amended regional budget plan 2017. “This fund will be allocated to meet the needs. The shift has been approved by the parliament,” he said.

In the meantime, the Head of the Klungkung Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), I Putu Widiada, said the meeting was resumed with the installation of

two emergency tents in Puputan Klungkung Square. It is used as a location of refugee data collection and reception. “We have prepared logistics for refugees. Other than food, there are dozens of tents and thousands of masks,” he said.

In accordance with the disaster map of Mount Agung, the Klungkung area being prone to get affected by eruption lies on the banks of Unda River. However, amid the conditions of the mountain having entered the alert level, his agency has not taken refuge measures against the 13 hamlets and urban villages with the inhabitants of about 52,000 people. “Later if there are signs of eruption, it will be immediately followed up with evacuation. Now, we keep monitoring the current condition,” he said. (kmb45)

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Congenital Minamata disease patient Shinobu Sakamoto, 61, and her mother Fujie sit in a car as they head for a hospital in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, September 14, 2017.

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A number of traditional pond ponds in dry Kombading due to river water discharge decreased.

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The river dries up

Farmers unable to sow seeds

NEGARA - The water debit of a number of rivers in Jembrana falls. Some rivers even dry up due to the dry season. This condition also affects the farmers of traditional shrimp ponds that rely on brackish water.

“When it’s dry season, the stream is small. Surely there is no water entering the pond, “said Nasirin, owner of ponds in Kombading, Pengambengan Village to Bali Post Thursday (21/9).

Like other traditional tambak farmers, Nasirin can not do much and let a pool of dry pools be filled without seeds. Farmers generally delay the distribution of seeds until there is usable water. While the Nasirin farm was not operated since several months ago, because the river water discharge decreased. This month the pond is completely dry.

Similar conditions experienced by Abdul Ghoni. A number of ponds that he owned is now dry due to the dry season. Pond farmers are unable to provide drilling

wells for alternatives. Because the operational costs for it is large enough that it depends only from the river flow.

“If there is a borehole aid, yes we accept to keep going,” he explained. In the coastal areas, such ponds are found in many areas Lelateng, Pengambengan and Cupel. Traditional fish farmers are highly dependent on surface water, especially in brackish watersheds. In contrast to intensive ponds or super intensive with equipment (water mills) are many and use a well drill. (kmb26)

Tilmeter tool installed in Pura Pengubengan

AMLAPURA - Mount Agung’s earthquake activity continues to increase. On that condition, PVMBG again add one monitoring tool that is tilmeter. The tool installed in Pura Pengubengan, Besakih is to monitor the development of Mount Agung.

“We are installing one more tool, installing it as an additional tool,” said the head of Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) Kasbani, Thursday (21/9). Kasbani added,

the installation of the tool is still being done. Still running tool setting process. Remember, to set the tool must look for data comparison before. “We hope the tool can be functioned immediately, and we try today that the tools can be used,” he hoped.

Head of Volcano Mitigation Field PVMBG / BG KSDM I Gede Suartika states, if the tool is installed, it can monitor the development of Mount Agung activity.

So the data obtained from the tool

can be more accurate.

Based on data obtained in PVMBG at Rendang monitoring post, if the intensity of the earthquake continued to increase from before.

On September 19, 2017 a deep and shallow volcanic earthquake was 460 times. Then September 20, 2017 the deep and shallow volcanic earthquake increased to 571 times.

And September 21, 2017 from (00-06 AM) of deep and shallow volcanic earthquakes is already 135 times. (kmb41)

MINAMATA - Shinobu Sakamoto was just 15 when she left her home in the southern Japanese fishing village of Minamata to go to Stockholm and tell the world of the horrors of mercury poisoning.

Forty-five years on, she is travelling again, this time to Geneva, to attend from Sunday a gathering of signatories to the first global pact to rein in mercury pollution.

Sakamoto is one of a shrinking group of survivors from a 1950s industrial disaster in which tens of thousands of people were poisoned after waste water from a chemical plant seeped into the Minamata bay. (Graphic link http:// reut.rs/2jIdmUS) The waste contained a toxic organic compound, methylmercury, which can cause severe damage to the brain and nervous system, leading to a condition called Minamata disease. It gives its name to the U.N.-backed treaty that took effect last month.

Symptoms worsen with age, leaving some victims grappling with the question of who will care for them after the death of siblings and parents, while others face legal disputes.

“If I don’t say something, no one will know about Minamata disease,” said Sakamoto, who is one of the few born with the disease who is still able to talk.

“There are still so many problems, and I want people to know.”

FEW SURVIVORS

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PVMBG re-install a tool Tilmeter to monitor the activity of Mount Agung.

Just 528 people survive from among the 3,000 certified victims of Minamata disease, environment ministry data shows. More than 20,000 people have sought to be designated victims, hoping for legal compensation.

“We need to take seriously the fact that there are still many people raising their hands,” said ministry official Koji Sasaki, referring to

victims’ efforts to win recognition.

Born in a family of shipbuilders whose home overlooks the Minamata bay, Jitsuko Tanaka, 64, used to play on the beach with her older sister, picking and eating shellfish, unaware it was contaminated with mercury.

She was almost three, and her sister five, when they lost the ability to move their hands freely and walk properly, becoming the first to be identified as disease sufferers.

Tanaka’s older sister died at age eight. Tanaka survived, but the poisoning left her too weak to walk without support. A few years ago, her family says, even that became impossible.

As she lay motionless in bed, her brother-in-law, a fellow sufferer, said he worried about the patients left behind when family members die.

“After I die, who will take care of her?” asked Yoshio Shimoda, 69.

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Thousands rally in Philippines to warn of Duterte ‘dictatorship’

MANILA - Left-wing activists and political opponents of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte held rallies on Thursday to warn against what they see as the emergence of a dictatorship under the no-nonsense but hugely popular leader.

Politicians, indigenous people, church leaders, businessmen, and leftists marched, staged rallies and attended masses to denounce Duterte, accusing him of abuses and authoritarianism similar to that of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

The events were to mark the 45th anniversary of the declaration of martial law under Marcos, which lasted nine years and is remembered by many Filipinos as brutal and oppressive.

Vice President Leni Robredo appeared at a mass at the University of the Philippines, traditionally a hotbed of political activism, and was due to appear at a rally of the opposition Liberal Party she leads.

Robredo, who was not Duterte’s running mate, said Filipinos born after the Marcos era should not be complacent and should recognise signs of “rising tyranny”.

“If we do not remember the past, we are condemned to repeat it,” she said in a statement. “Sadly those who are deceived do not even know that they are walking a doomed path.”

Marcos declared martial law in 1972, a year ahead of elections in which he was ineligible to run, and held power for 14 years until his removal in a bloodless, army-backed “people’s power” uprising.

He abolished democratic institutions and was accused of killing, torturing and “disappearing” thousands of opponents.

Duterte has expressed admiration for Marcos sev-

eral times and his fiercest critics are alarmed by the former mayor’s autocratic rhetoric and his disdain for those who oppose him.

However, many millions are drawn to Duterte’s down-to-earth style, his decisiveness and his imperfections, and see him as a champion of ordinary Filipinos and the country’s best hope for the long overdue change that presidents from the political elite failed to bring.

Duterte declared Thursday a holiday for government workers and schools to give them a chance to protest against him. Several thousand demonstrators took the opportunity to gather separately to show their support for him.

The anti-Duterte demonstrators were not rallying in the same place or around a single issue. Some denounced his ferocious war on drugs that has killed thousands of Filipinos, while others railed against what they see as his cosy relationship with the still-powerful Marcos family.

Others complained about his pro-China stance, his threats to impose martial law nationwide and destruction in southern Marawi City by air strikes targeting Islamist militants, using U.S. military bombs and technical support.

“The people have not forgotten and will not allow a repeat of Marcosian rule,” said Renato Reyes, leader of the leftist Bayan (Nation) group.

Reyes decried widespread human rights violations under the government’s “fascist” war on drugs, and for letting the U.S. military involvement in Philippine security issues.

Demonstrators also planned to burn an effigy of Duterte on a throne, modeled on the evil character “Night King” in the popular television series “Game of Thrones”. (rtr)

TIME NO HEALER

Sixty-one years since Minamata disease was identified in 1956, the grim struggles have eased for only a few.

Before the government named methylmercury as its cause in 1968, disease sufferers faced discrimination over fears it was contagious, which deterred many from seeking legal recognition.

People still send in decades-old umbilical cords to be checked for contamination, hoping for evidence to support their claims to be designated as victims, said Hirokatsu Akagi, director of Minamata’s International Mercury Laboratory.

Sakamoto, poisoned while still in the womb, considers it her duty to tell the world about the dangers of mercury.

“Minamata disease isn’t over; it’s not a thing of the past.” (rtr)

REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Protesters burn a effigy with a skull face during a National Day of Protest outside the presidential palace in metro Manila, Philippines September 21, 2017.

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Friday, September 22, 2017

BUSINESS Mongolia’s tiny stock market soars on coal trade renaissance

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The FIFA headquarters are seen during a snowfall in Zurich, Switzerland, January 10, 2017.

free Swiss economy set for worst performance in eight years

ZURICH - Switzerland’s economy will fall short of 1 percent growth this year, the government forecast on Thursday, the weakest performance in eight years at least partly the result of a lack of global sporting events.

Sluggish growth in the services sector was another factor in the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) downgrade of its full-year growth forecast to 0.9 percent from June’s forecast of 1.4 percent.

It would be the lowest growth figure since the economy shrank 2.2 percent in 2009 during the global financial crisis.

Events like the Olympics or major international soccer tournaments -- absent from this year’s calendar -- fill the coffers of Swiss-based organisations such as the International Olympic Committee or FIFA, and boost the country’s GDP accordingly.

The lower value added from sporting events -- and the base effect from global galas in 2016 -- already triggered a downward revision of 0.2 percentage points for first-quarter growth.

More than half of Thursday’s reduced annual forecast was attributed to a revision of SECO’s figures for the end of 2016 and start of 2017, which will reduce overall GDP growth for 2017 as a whole.

The downgrade at least in part reflected lower income for sporting bodies in the final quarter of 2016 after picking up revenue such as from TV licences in the first half for events the Euro 2016 soccer tournament and the Rio Olympics.

Overall, meanwhile, the Swiss economy is only gradually returning to a dynamic growth path, SECO said.

Manufacturing and the hotel and catering industry continued to recover from the slump of the last few years, but sluggish growth in most other service sectors offset this, it said. The Swiss National Bank and Credit Suisse had already cut their 2017 forecasts.

SECO said it expected GDP growth to accelerate to 2 percent next year, citing stronger global growth and a pickup in Swiss exports, aided by recent weakening of the Swiss franc.

In a bright spot, exports increased 3.9 percent in August, with the country’s embattled watch sector also logging a 4.2 percent increase.

“There is no reason for alarm,” said SECO’s Indergand.

“We expect growth to accelerate in the third quarter and to be closer to 0.5 or 0.6 percent as opposed to the 0.3 percent in the second quarter.”

SPORTS COSTS

No figure has been calculated for how much a lack of sports-related revenue will reduce economic growth this year, but SECO expected a similar level to 2015, when it cut GDP growth by 0.2 percentage points. Sporting events added 0.3 percentage points to GDP in 2016.

“These sporting bodies are important contributors to Swiss GDP, especially in years which have big events like the Olympics or the soccer world championships,” said SECO economist Ronald Indergand.

“But these events are cyclical and we don’t want to put too much emphasis on them from an economic point of view because they don’t employ tens of thousands of people in Switzerland and don’t affect the general direction of the economy.” (rtr)

ULAANBAATAR - A boom in the coal trade in Mongolia has helped elevate the country’s benchmark stock index and pump the tiny exchange’s market capitalisation to five-year highs as optimism about the economy grows following a bailout deal.

Coal miners in the landlocked north Asian country are set to increase production on the back of improved market conditions as demand grows from top trade partner China. Mongolia has helped fill a supply gap following Beijing’s ban on imports from North Korea and some smaller ports, as well as the closure in China of mines from tougher environmental regulations.

A $5.5 billion bailout approved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this year has also helped underpin positive market sentiment, although the disbursement of funds was delayed earlier this month when the government was toppled in a parliamentary no-confidence vote.

“Coal exports into China were growing very quickly in the first half of this year,” said Dashdorj Bilguun, director of capital markets at Golomt Capital in Ulaanbaatar. “That’s translated into higher than expected GDP growth.”

Foreign interest remains limited and the market is thinly traded but the market’s headline performance has nonetheless been impressive.

The Mongolia Stock Exchange Top 20 Index has soared more than 45 percent since the start of the year to highs not seen since March 2012.

Total capitalisation of the market, meanwhile, for the first time surpassed the 2 trillion tugrik ($812.35 million) mark on Monday.

That’s an increase of more than 40 percent over last year and the highest - in local currency terms - since 2012, when the economy grew 12.3 percent. In dollar terms, however, market cap is smaller than it was five year ago because the tugrik has nearly halved in value against the dollar.

Mongolia reported 5.3 percent growth in the first half of 2017 with coal exports more than quadrupling over the same period the year before. Leading the share market charge is Tavantolgoi JSC , a partially stateowned coal company in the Gobi Desert.

Drink maker APU JSC, another heavyweight, was also up on news of its planned merger with Heineken’s beer and vodka business in Mongolia, which was announced in July. Tavantolgoi’s share price has risen by nearly five times over the past 12 months, while APU’s is up more than 50 percent.

Combined, both companies account for close to half of Mongolia’s entire market capitalisation. There are risks to the rally. Political uncertainty has returned with the ousting of the prime minister and cabinet by lawmakers this month.

And coal exports may face troubles in the coming months as bottlenecks at the Chinese border slow trade.

But the domestic market is now likely to find more persistent support with a new government tax on savings interest giving local investors cause to look for places other than the bank to park their money. “The money is flowing to corporate bonds and stocks,” Bilguun said.(rtr)

Bali News

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Friday, September 22, 2017

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Religion, art, healing, The changing face of tourism in Ubud

Ubud has become a world famous tourist destination based on its wealth of cultural and religious customs and the artistic renaissance that was born from these. The face of tourism in Ubud has certainly changed over the years. At first, foreign visitors were attracted by the elaborate religious ceremonies and associated customs supported by the local kingdom. The incredible displays of colour, sound, scent, carvings, dances and other aspects of what in the west is called art, used to be created solely for religious purposes. Under the influence of foreign artists, access to more varied materials, and a developing market for art through tourism, secular artistic practices began to emerge and soon flourished in Ubud.

This in turn attracted more foreign visitors who came to Ubud to see the vast array of art being produced here and to try their hand at some of the local craft techniques. Ubud became then became known as a hotbed of creativity with artists from all over the world being drawn to the general atmosphere that encouraged artistic expression rooted in deeper spiritual meaning. In recent years, it is this spiritual meaning that has come to the forefront of tourism in Ubud.

Now yoga and all manner of healing modalities old and new are what many people seek on their journey to this international village. Art and local ceremonies remain important and great food and shopping also play rather central roles in Ubud’s current tourism landscape.

Wayan Arka is a 65 year old native to Ubud who has witnessed these changes first hand. Pak Arka grew up in a a family of farmers who could not afford to send him to school past grade 5. So at 9 years old, Wayan started to study art with his neighbour. He soon met Arie Smit a Dutch painter who had settled in Ubud and who had taken to teaching european style painting to the local youth eventually giving birth to The Young Artist Style.

After learning basic painting techniques from Mr. Smit, Wayan diligently worked to perfect these technics and after some months presented his first finished painting to the foreign artist. Smit was impressed and offered to buy it from the young boy. Wayan had not imagined selling his art work, he was simply presenting it to the foreigner in thanks for the skills and materials that the foreign artist had provided.

After some insistence, Wayan finally agreed to take a sum of money in exchange for this painting. Wayan explained that he had trouble sleeping for some weeks after that, as he had never seen that much money before and was confused about what he should do with it. He ended up buying some art materials and so began his career as a “modern traditional Balinese painter”.

Pak Arka has spent the better part of his life painting and bringing artist together (Suamba Artist Group) to sell their

works in art shops and taking part in the regular exhibitions that Puri Lukisan organized to support local talent. In the 1980’s, the local government provided very low interest loans to artist groups so that they could buy the materials needed to create their world renown works of art. Traditional Balinese Style Painting flourished in Ubud with many artists and artists groups earning a living from their art works. Puri Lukisan Ubud played and continues to play a central role in supporting artists from Ubud and surrounding villages (Mas, Batuan, Pengosekan, Keliki etc) by presenting their works to a wider public.

In the 1980’s Mr. Arka, was sent to Jakarta to represent young Balinese artists and eventually served in various community leadership roles associated with art and other customary activities. As the art market started to flail in the early 2000s, Arka and other artists returned to more agricultural based businesses like raising ducks though a few art shops still manage to survive. In the last few years as tourists have become less interested in buying art and more interested in personal experiences, Mr. Arka and his son decided to turn their home on Jl. Suweta into a home stay.

Mr. Arka’s son who grew up in rather different conditions than his father helped to design these accommodations to suite to the needs of contemporary travellers. They still have an incredible collection of Modern Traditional Balinese paintings in their small gallery but Mr. Arka no longer paints as he has become busy tending to their guests.

The religious customs from which Balinese painting was born is still a strong attractive force for tourism, but today many tourists come to Ubud for peace of mind rather than to collect or create art. There is however also a new generation of

Balinese painters creating works that are strongly influenced by the aesthetic style of their ancestors and also strongly responding to contemporary situations and challenges.

How Balinese painting and the market that contributed to its flourishing will evolve remains for time to tell. What is clear is that even though many tourists come to Ubud to shop and enjoy the vast array of culinary delights on offer, the main things that attracts visitors to Ubud are still intimately related to the healing power of religious based art and other associated customs.

How the people of Ubud experience and react to the changing demands of tourism is varied, though most would agree that promoting and maintaining harmony remains fundamental. For Mr. Akra, these changes mean that he spends more time telling stories about Bali’s rich cultural heritage and arranging for visitors to experience some of these first hand, than he does creating paintings than depict this heritage.

His son is more interested in the practical aspects of how to provide general comfort to visitors and is perhaps still grappling with how to balance providing creature comforts while simultaneously inviting people to step outside of their comfort zone into a way of being in the world that has kept Ubud so harmonious that people from all over the world seek refuge here.

There is little question that the art and culture of Ubud has tremendous value both socially and economically. What is in question is how the art and culture of Ubud can remain firmly rooted in the spiritual harmony that made it famous as the next generation becomes increasingly focused on short term profits. (kmb)

Buleleng Siobak a Very Delicious Food Foodies may already be familiar with this delicacy made of boiled pork in thick gravy that is called siobak. The district of Buleleng is well known for its rich varety of culutre – including its special foods. In fact a visit to Buleleng would not be complete without indulging in some of its culinary treasures such as its popular Siobak.

Siobak can be found in a variety of places in Buleleng ranging

from street vendors to fine restaurant. Aye Syobak is the name of one of the street stalls that is quite popular in Buleleng. Manager Ketut Utama explained that he inherited his Siobka recipes from his biological grandmother and that he grew up learning how to run a the family food stall, so when Ketut got married, he dicided to continue the family business.

Ketut also explained that they

always use selected pork and in order to eliminate the pungent odor of pork they first boil the meat with spieces and soy sauce. This boiling process also yields the tasty gravy for which they are famous while the sauce soy sauce gives that special sweetness. They also use pork skin, fatty meat, offal and head of pork. “ Actually it is easy to make siobak, you just need meat and seasoning” he added.

People from all over Buleleng

and other parts of Bali come to enjoy this 62 year old man’s special siobak. “We often have customaers from Malaysia and other foreign countries who stop by when visitiing Buleleng”, said Ketut. The distinctives foods of Buleleng are clearly not just popular with locals but with people from all over.

Since siobak there are more and more people serving siobak in Bulelelng, Ketut needs to keep

his recipie fine tuned in order to remain competitive. “Since my mother’S time our flavour has remained the same. It feels original without adding extra ingredients” he said. According to Ketut Utama, it is important to keep the authenticity of Buleleng siobaks’ flavour. Aye Syobak which was first established in 1975 is located near the former harbor of Buleleng, at 38 Jalan Surapati. (kmb)

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International

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From new tax office, Catalonia hopes to grab billions from Madrid

BARCELONA - In a glass building overlooking Barcelona’s port, empty desks and computers wait for new workers of Catalonia’s tax agency. As in other Spanish regions, the agency already collects some taxes on wealth, inheritance, gambling and transport.

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Marine Le Pen (L), then French National Front (FN) political party leader and Member of the European Parliament, and fellow MEP and FN vice-president Florian Philippot attend the election of the new President of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, January 17, 2017.

France’s National Front number two quits; far-right opposition in turmoil PARIS - The right-hand man of French National Front chief Marine Le Pen quit the party on Thursday, a split that opens the way for policy changes in the far-right party and shows the depth of internal feuding after Le Pen’s presidential election defeat.

The departure of Florian Philippot, for years Le Pen’s closest aide and a key architect of efforts to detoxify the party’s image while campaigning against the euro, had looked increasingly inevitable as the party bickered over who was to blame for a damaging electoral cycle.

His exit is expected to allow Le Pen to refocus on core policies around immigration and French national identity, while perhaps softening her anti-euro tone, which many say contributed to Le Pen’s resounding defeat in the presidential election run-off.

While Philippot’s departure is likely to increase turmoil in the party at first and others have already said they would follow him out the door, the FN has survived similar crises in the past and analysts expect it to do the same this time. Philippot is seen as too divisive within the far-right to create a party that would be a serious threat.

Le Pen, who has shown a sometimes ruthless determination to hold on to power in the National Front, having already pushed out her father Jean-Marie, the founder of the party, withdrew Philippot’s responsibilities within the movement late on Wednesday, leaving him with little choice about his future.

“I’m not into being ridiculed, I’m not into having nothing to do.

And so yes, of course, I’m quitting the National Front,” Philippot, 35 and a graduate of France’s elite administrative school ENA, told France 2 television.

Le Pen, who just last year spoke of having an “intellectual crush” on Philippot, responded tersely that the FN would have no problems of getting over his departure.

“One should stop trying to bury the National Front,” she told LCP television. “Every time people have tried to do it, it came out better-structured, stronger and more powerful.”

The National Front, which has made major inroads in local, regional and European elections over the past decade without winning any major constituency, will hold a congress in March where internal differences since its defeat to Emmanuel Macron and his new party will come to a head.

The far-right party has tried to portray itself as the main voice of opposition against Macron. But that mantle has so far been assumed by Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leader of the far-left France Insoumise (France Unbowed), who is calling for mass demonstrations against the president’s economic reforms. (rtr)

But the regional government has spent 18 million euros expanding the agency in the hope that it will gain independence from Madrid in an Oct. 1 vote that the Spanish government considers illegal.

From the shiny port office with a 20 year lease, it is hoping to wrestle control of the rest of the region’s finances, claiming billions of euros of income tax and corporate revenue currently going to the Spanish government.

Catalonia has increased the agency’s staff by 75 percent to 700 since January and plans to fill the empty desks by the end of the year if the vote goes through. It has also opened a dozen new regional offices.

This is Catalonia’s most tangible investment in the institutional infrastructure needed for a fledgling state and highlights its government’s determination to secede. It says it will declare independence within 48 hours of a “yes” vote.

It also shows that they are likely to keep pushing for independence, even if they lose the vote.

“In a future transition, it would not be acceptable for them to keep our taxes, because they are ours and they keep a lot,” said Catalan Treasury Secretary Josep Lluis Salvado.

Madrid has declared the vote unconstitutional so there are widespread doubts about whether Catalonia can even stage a credible vote.

It may also not go in the Catalonian government’s favour. Polls show less than half of Catalonia’s 5.5 million voters want self-rule although most want the chance to vote on the issue.

It is also not clear that companies would pay up: Barcelona’s business lobby says no private firms would obey Catalan tax demands unless approved by Madrid.

But the Spanish government appears to be rattled.

On Wednesday police entered the Catalonia tax office as part of a raid on regional government offices, seizing documents and cutting off phone lines, according to a department official. Police also arrested Catalonia’s junior economy minister Josep Maria Jove. It was the latest step in Madrid’s campaign to prevent the referendum from going ahead.

Catalonia’s resolve also worries some investors in Spanish bonds and the tax agency’s expansion suggests an early post-independence flashpoint with Madrid could be a financial one.

OLD GRIEVANCE Catalonia, with an economy larger than Portugal’s, says it receives an unfair redistribution of tax revenues from Madrid.

Each year, it pays about 10 billion euros ($12 billion) more in taxes to Madrid than it gets back, or around 5 percent of regional economic output,

according to data from the Spanish Treasury. In contrast, Spain’s poorest region, Andalusia, receives almost 8 billion euros more than it pays in.

“The money issue is one of the roots of the problem, the feeling that Catalonia is being ripped off,” said Angel Talavera, a Catalan economist at consultancy Oxford Economics.

If its agency took over all forms of taxation, it would also collect income, company and value-added taxes, bringing total receipts to 42 billion euros, Salvado said. The agency collected about 3 billion euros last year, according to a spokeswoman for the Catalan economy and budget department.

To avoid financial collapse, an independent Catalonia would need those tax revenues, economists say. It has 75 billion euros in public debt, 35 percent of its economic output, one of the highest of all Spain’s regions, and its government bonds are already classified as “junk” by credit rating agencies.

Investors are growing nervous as the referendum nears: the additional yield that Catalan bonds pay over Spanish short-term debt is at close to a nine-month high of about 300 basis points.

The Catalan government last issued a bond in 2012, two years ahead of a previous failed independence referendum. It is not currently considering any bond issues, a spokeswoman said. (rtr)

Friday, September 22, 2017

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Media play role in strengthening Indonesia, Malaysia ties: Journalist

JAKARTA - Mass media have played a crucial role in maintaining the harmonious relations between Indonesia and Malaysia, the senior journalist said during the discussion on the conflict resolution here on Tuesday.

“In order to protect the robust relations between Indonesia and Malaysia, mass media in the two countries should control their publications, mainly amid the volatile situations now occurring in the region,” the former director of Indonesian News Agency, ANTARA, Aat Surya Safaat, said in Jakarta.

Although the two countries have a close diplomatic relations, Indonesia and its neighboring country were once involved in several disputes, mainly in term of migrant workers issue.

“Apart from the problem, Indonesian and Malaysian government had debated on the ownership of the traditional Batik fabric, the Reog performance, and the Rasa Sayange - Mollucans folk traditional song,” he stated, while adding, the two countries also had disputes on Sipadan and Ligitan islands, as well as the illegal fishing in the border areas.

The latest conflict two countries had was the inverted Indonesian flag showcased by the Malaysian government during the Sea Games 2017 in Kuala Lumpur.

However, the incidents, according to the speaker, occurred not based on the sentiments, but only the miscommunication among the officials of the two countries.

“Some publications appear to be provocative and sensational, but the actual fact may just accidentally occurred,” he reiterated.

He further explained, not all news published by the Malaysian media were incorrect, and not all appropriate.

“Hence, we should take the mass media as an important influence to not only the people, but also the authority,” Safaat remarked.

He also added, in order to strengthen the close relations of Indonesia and Malaysia, the mass-media in both countries should cover both sides the fact, while being concerned to the further impact of the news.

“Therefore, journalists of the two countries should increase their collaborations and networks, for example in the Malaysian and Indonesian Reporters Solidarity (ISWAMI) group, and the Confederation of ASEAN Journalists (CAF).

In addition to talk on the mass-media in Indonesia and Malaysia, the discussion also launched a book comprised of several essays written by the doctoral students of Sahid University, Jakarta.

Initiated by the universitys professor of communication and conflict resolution, the book features some essays on the local election in Salatiga by Agus Triyono and “The Politicians in Social Media”.(ant)

Ancient statue in Larantuka smuggled into Australia

KUPANG - An ancient bronze statue, with historical value and a cultural heritage for the indigenous people of Larantuka, East Flores District, has been smuggled into Australia, East Nusa Tenggara Cultural Office Chief Sinun Petrus Manuk stated.

“The bronze statue is now in Canberra, but the East Nusa Tenggara provincial government does not yet know exactly how the statue was smuggled into Australia,” Manuk informed Antara here on Wednesday.

Manuk said that based on information available with the government of East Nusa Tenggara, the bronze statue of a woman weaving

and breastfeeding her infant in Larantuka was a replica created in Yogyakarta.

“The original bronze statue is now in Canberra, while the current one in East Flores is a replica,” Manuk remarked, adding that the bronze statue of cultural significance belonging to Indonesia was on display at the Australian National Gallery several years ago.

Manuk asserted that the East Nusa Tenggara government will coordinate with the central government to ensure that the artefact is brought back to the province.

“The item of cultural interest has been smuggled out of the country, so the central government has the authority to oversee the process of getting it back to Indonesia,” Manuk noted.(ant)

notice not only the aircrafts instrument but also the visual condition at the airbase, both during take-off and landing.

The pilots, moreover, need to learn not only the technical information but also the knowledge on flight safety. “Hence, we would like to cooperate with the US government, because they have a problem similar to ours in Alaska,” he stated. “(We hope) the cooperation would increase the connectivity and accessibility in the province. Therefore, in the future, the distribution cost to and from the region could be decreased,”

Santoso noted.

During the similar occasion, the Ambassador of United States of America to Indonesia, Joseph R Donovan, remarked that the cooperation was part of the strategic partnership between the two countries, mainly in terms of developing the navigation infrastructure in the Indonesias eastern region. “We take the issue on flight safety and security in Indonesia very seriously,” Donovan remarked.

The ambassador further explained that the US government has delivered US$1 million aid to the Indonesian Transportation Ministry. The grant

would be allocated for researches on the flight safety in Maluku and Papua provinces, which are already being conducted partly by the USbased aircraft manufacturer, Boeing.

Apart from Boeing, at least about 40 companies are involved in the two countries cooperation.

“These companies have been qualified to resolve all the flight issues in Papua (province),” Donovan noted, while adding that the US government will also support the air navigation technical infrastructure in the selected provinces in Indonesia.(ant)

Indonesia, US to improve flight safety in Papua

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People sit in a room of the Catalan Tax Agency in Barcelona, Spain, September 18, 2017.

DENPASAR - The Air Transportation Directorate General and the Embassy of United States of America to Indonesia will cooperate to improve the flight safety in the latter countrys eastern region, mainly in Papua province. Since the province is mostly covered by mountainous regions, the weather in the area sometimes becomes hard to predict, the Transportation Ministrys Air Transportation Directorate General, Agus Santoso, said in his speech during a discussion in Denpasar, Bali, on Tuesday.

Therefore, the safety issue during

flight remains the top concern of the authority, Santoso remarked during the talk on “Aviation Development and Safety in Eastern Indonesia.”

“The Indonesian government has to ensure the safety and security of flights in the countrys eastern region by strengthening infrastructures in the air navigation sector,” he remarked.

Apart from the high-technology infrastructure, Santoso added that the pilots competency has also become the authoritys top concern over safety issue. Since the province is situated in the steep region, the pilots should

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Destination

Friday, September 22, 2017

Pinge Village TABANAN - Pinge hamlet has a very beautiful natural panorama.

The air is cool and comfortable as being free from pollution. Along the country road leading to the hamlet, we can see the neat courtyard, while the neighborhood is clean enough.

Each telajakan (public area) is

planted with flowers so that butterflies and birds can play and dance intimately in a peaceful rural atmosphere. Afternoon atmosphere will be comfortable. Small animals such as dog-day cicadas give a nuance of beautiful village. ‘Arrogant’ crows of roosters make our journey more

comfortable. Then, familiar smile of the locals leads us to a convenient ambience to be here.

Pinge hamlet is about 1 km from the center of Tua village office, about 8 km from the Marga subdistrict town or 18 km from Tabanan town.

The village is located at an altitude of 500-750 meters above sea level with a relatively flat topography and fertile land suitable for farming rice and vegetables. It has a number of unique cultural potential.

There is Natar Jemeng temple

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that stores some objects of the archaeological heritage in the form of Ganesha statue, lingam-yoni and Kiranti with the status as cultural heritage. At this hamlet lie some temples such as the Subak Pinge temple, Puseh temple, Penataran temple, Melanting temple and Dalem temple. This reflects if the hamlet has had high civilization. It is said, the Jemeng temple was the origin of Pinge hamlet.

House of local residents is built in a row facing the road, where

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International

McGregor could address Congress in rights campaign for fighters

each is restricted by a compound wall and angkul-angkul (traditional gates). On average, each house compound has some buildings such as the bale daja (northern pavilion), bale dangin (eastern pavilion) and other buildings that have function associated with the local traditions and customs. Another unique element is that each house compound has a connecting door to adjacent neighbor. It is intended to maintain the familial relationship and togetherness. (IBP/net)

OKLAHOMA - Mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor could speak in the United States Congress to help with a campaign to extend the legal protections enjoyed by boxers to MMA fighters, according to Congressman Markwayne Mullin.

NTB Scanpix/Marit Hommedal via REUTERS

Silver medalist Primoz Roglic of Slovenia, gold medalist Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Chris Froome of Britain react on the podium.

Dumoulin crushes opposition to win maiden time trial title

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BERGEN - Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands crushed his rivals to claim a maiden individual time trial title at the road cycling world championships on Wednesday, crowning a superb season after winning the Giro d’Italia in May. Despite the rain that hurt the chances of the late starters, Dumoulin clocked 44 minutes 41 seconds on the 31km course in Bergen, cheered on by massive flag-waving crowds.

He beat second-placed Primoz Roglic of Slovenia by 57.79 seconds, while Briton Chris Froome finished third, 1:21.25 slower.

Dumoulin came close to overtaking Tour de France champion Froome after starting 1:30 behind him.

Germany’s defending champion Tony Martin lost too much ground in two passages of a brutal 3.4km climb at an average gradient of 9.1 percent to have a chance of adding to his four titles.

“I can’t believe it, wow, it’s really amazing. I had such a good day I felt really, really good,” said Dumoulin.

“Then it started raining and I had to take the corners really slow especially in the climb.”

Dumoulin, whose previous best result was third in 2014, also won the team time trial with Sunweb last Sunday.

Some riders switched from their time trial bikes to climbing bikes just before the second passage on the ascent, at the top of which the finish line was drawn, but Dumoulin did not.

“At first I thought I would (change bikes) but then I felt I could do well with my TT bike,” he said.

Froome stayed on his time trial bike as well, but the Briton was never going to beat Dumoulin, possibly too exhausted after winning a brutal Vuelta 10 days ago.

Roglic switched bikes and was the fastest on the last climb, taking almost five seconds off Dumoulin’s lead, but the Dutchman already had the title in the bag.

Froome only managed the ninth best time in that section.

Frenchman Alexis Gougeard lost a podium chance when he suffered a mechanical on the last climb while he was still in the mix and finished 13th. (rtr)

Mullin, a former fighter, is trying to get a bill passed which would extend the “Ali Act” - which protects the rights of boxers - to MMA. He says McGregor, who lost a multi-million dollar boxing bout against Floyd Mayweather last month after switching fighting codes, may help him to do it.

“We have been told by his team that he (McGregor) was going to come to the (Capitol) Hill to talk about this,” Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, told Reuters in an interview.

Enacted in 2000, the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act is intended to protect the rights of boxers and to help U.S. states to regulate the sport and maintain its integrity.

Among the safeguards offered to boxers by the Act are protection from “coercive contracts”, the establishment of an independent ranking system and the banning of promoters from having a “direct or indirect financial interest” in the management of fighters.

Mullin is pressing for another hearing on the Ali Extension Act in September or October, yet as both a de facto governing body and a promoter, the UFC, the most high-profile and lucrative MMA organisation, is resisting the move.

UFC’s chief operating officer Lawrence Epstein told Reuters that the body was already “exceeding the requirements when it comes to health and safety and contracts”.

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

While the UFC treats all of its fighters as “indepen-

dent contractors” rather than employees, they are not free to fight for other promotions.

Nor can they undertake certain commercial activities related to their fighting careers without the UFC’s permission, a situation many critics say is too restrictive in what can be a short and very tough career.

McGregor, for example, still had to get the go-ahead from the UFC and agree to share revenue with the body before signing to fight Mayweather in one of the richest boxing bouts of all time.

MMA fighters often complain that their UFC contracts limit their earnings, pointing to the exclusive outfitting deal with Reebok, which prevents them from wearing equipment from any other manufacturer when fighting.

They are also not allowed to include logos from other sponsors on their clothing or to display banners in their corners, as is normal in other promotions.

This has led to a considerable drop in income for many fighters, with former women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate estimating in a 2015 interview that the terms of the Reebok apparel deal caused her to lose 80 to 90 percent of what she previously earned in sponsorships.

There have also been complaints about lowerranked UFC fighters being awarded title bouts simply based on their ability to sell television pay-per-view subscriptions, which is a core element of the UFC’s income in the United States.

Despite losing in the 10th round against Mayweather, McGregor has indicated that he may box again, and a handful of other UFC fighters have expressed an interest in lucrative one-off boxing bouts.

Legal experts have been discussing in the media whether McGregor is now a boxer in the eyes of the law, and thus entitled to the protection of the Act, or if he will lose that protection when he returns to the UFC. (rtr)

REUTERS/Steve Marcus

UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor of Ireland arrives for a post-fight news conference at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. August 26, 2017.

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Friday, September 22, 2017

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VAR in focus as Bundesliga wrestles with technology

Napoli storm back at Lazio to top Serie A Napoli struck three times in five minutes after the break as they beat Lazio 4-1 away to move top of Serie A on Wednesday. Stefan de Vrij had given Lazio a halftime lead but Kalidou Koulibaly, Jose Callejon and Dries Mertens with a stunner turned the match on its head as Napoli roared back.

Jorginho rounded things off with a stoppage-time penalty.

Napoli have a maximum 15 points from five games, the same as Juventus who beat Fiorentina 1-0 thanks to Mario Mandzukic’s 53rd-minute header. Fiorentina had Milan Badelj sent off.

“Napoli have grown a lot and will fight for the title,” Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri said.

Both Napoli and champions Juve moved two points above Inter Milan who drew with Bologna on Tuesday.

AC Milan are fourth after beating SPAL 2-0 -- Ricardo Rodriguez and Franck Kessie both converting penalties.

Edin Dzeko continued his rich vein of form as he scored twice for Roma in a 4-0 thrashing of bottom club Benevento 4-0 -- their ninth consecutive away victory in Serie A. Benevento’s Fabio Lucioni and Lorenzo Venuti also scored own goals. Dzeko, top scorer in Serie A last season, already has five goals to his name from Roma’s four games.

Roma are seventh with nine points, although they have played a game less than all the sides ahead of them. Torino are up to fifth after a 3-2 win at Udinese.

Napoli have won their opening five games of a Serie A season for the first time since 1987-88 when they were reigning champions and their attack featured Diego Maradona.

They were second best in the first half though against Lazio who took the lead when Ciro Immobile burst down the right and cut back for De Vrij to fire home from close range. Lazio were stunned when the game turned upside down in two minutes after the break. Koulibaly levelled after 54 minutes before Marek Hamsik set up Callejon to score from 12 yards.

Napoli were running riot and Mertens scored an incredible third, hooking the ball home from a tight angle having been forced wide

by Lazio keeper Thomas Strakosha.

“I would not be uncomfortable with the comparison with Maradona,” Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri said.

Atalanta Bergamo were the night’s biggest winners, beating Crotone 5-1 with Alejandro Gomez scoring twice.(rtr)

Real Betis’ Antonio Sanabria celebrates after scoring their first goal

REUTERS/Sergio Perez

Zidane laments Madrid’s home form as Betis stun Bernabeu

MADRID - Zinedine Zidane lamented Real Madrid’s home woes as the Spanish and European champions slipped to a surprise 1-0 defeat to Real Betis on Wednesday. The result means Real are without a win in their three league games at the Bernabeu this season, having also drawn with Valencia and Levante.

REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

Jose Callejon celebrates scoring their second goal

They now sit seven points behind pace setters Barcelona, who are the only side left in La Liga with a perfect record after five games. Madrid enjoyed 60 per cent possession and had 27 efforts at goal to their visitors 12, however their dominance was of no consolation to the Frenchman.

“The ball just didn’t want to go in for us,” Zidane told reporters. “If you score one chance its a totally different game, but when it doesn’t want to go in, results like this can happen. “We need to remain calm, but its just two points from nine at home.

“I feel for the players, the effort they’ve put in. When the opponent scores like that at the

end it hurts.

“Next time we have a game at home we have to ensure that we do everything we can to win and change this bad run.”

It was the first time in 73 matches Real had not scored as former Madrid goalkeeper Antonio Adan ensured his boyhood club went away empty handed and captain Sergio Ramos was also frustrated.

“It’s not normal in these matches at home against sides who on paper would normally be leaving the Bernabeu with a different result,” Ramos said.

“We need to be self-critical and turn the page.

“Hopefully it’s just a problem

with being clinical. We did everything we could, but there’s not been a ruthless side to our finishing. “Another day it finishes 4-0 or 4-1 and everything is ok.”

News did not get better for Zidane as fullback Marcelo limped off with a hamstring problem.

“It might well be the muscle has gone but it needs to be tested, Zidane said. “We played better than Betis but the result is what matters. I would prefer to play badly and take the three points.

“We had possession, chances.

“Last year we won some games we didn’t deserve to and this year it looks like the opposite but we can’t go mad about it.”(rtr)

BERLIN - The video assistant referee (VAR) was devised as a means to minimise controversy and provide more accurate decision-making but the introduction of the system in Germany has so far struggled to receive universal backing.

VAR’s trial run in this season’s Bundesliga has left some clubs claiming the use of technology remains flawed and the mechanism will come under close scrutiny once more when the sixth round of matches kick off on Friday.

Cologne will be especially vigilant after they felt a strong sense of injustice in their 5-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund last week when the opposition’s second goal should never have stood despite the referee using the VAR. The side were equally as incredulous on Wednesday when Eintracht Frankfurt were awarded a contentious penalty and the VAR was not even consulted despite protests from Cologne’s players.

Cologne should later have been awarded what appeared to be a clear penalty but the VAR was once again not deployed as the home side went on to lose 1-0.

“I have no idea how such decisions are taken,” Cologne sporting director Joerg Schmadtke said. “I can understand it on the pitch but not when I see the replays on TV. I don’t want to play the chief ref every week but everyone saw the scenes.”

Cologne, bottom of the table, will now be hoping technology will not be a talking point at Hanover 96 on Sunday when they look to snap their five-game losing streak.

Schalke 04 also complained about the VAR following their 3-0 loss to champions Bayern Munich, while Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voller accused referees overseeing the system of “falling asleep” after last month’s game against Hoffenheim. There have also been some matches played without the VAR due to a system mal-

function.

Despite not enjoying the universal approval the German Football Association (DFB) had hoped for, the authority has called for patience during the trial period of a system still hated by many soccer traditionalists.

“I have always been in favour of remaining calm,” DFB boss Reinhard Grindel said. “That is the point for this model project.

To evaluate technical and content questions over an entire season.”

Grindel is not alone, however, with Dortmund president Reinhard Rauball, who also heads the German football league (DFL) that oversees the top two divisions, saying the technology would help make more impartial calls.

“VAR is about serving fairness and that was shown in several situations in the past match days,” Rauball said this week.

“The technology works but obviously all stakeholders -players, referee teams and fans -- still have to get used to it. That will take some time.”(rtr)

Liverpool, Premier League agree compensation in ‘tapping up’ case Liverpool and the Premier League said they have agreed on a compensation settlement with the family of an unnamed 13-year-old victim to finally resolve the ‘tapping up’ scandal.

Liverpool were fined 100,000 pounds ($135,040) and banned from signing academy players from the English league teams in April after breaching rules governing the transfer of youth players.

A joint statement from the club and the Premier League confirmed a deal had been reached with the 13-year-old involved to continue his current school and join another academy.

“The Premier League and Liverpool FC have reached a constructive agreement regarding the future education of a young player who was unable to register with the club,” the statement said.

“Under the terms of the agreement, the player will be able to continue his education at his current school.

“He will also be free to join another club in the academy system without that club being required to pay compensation, which has been settled with his former club, Stoke City FC.” A league investigation found Liverpool guilty of offering prohibited inducements in an attempt to recruit a schoolboy from Stoke City.(rtr)

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Friday, September 22, 2017

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VAR in focus as Bundesliga wrestles with technology

Napoli storm back at Lazio to top Serie A Napoli struck three times in five minutes after the break as they beat Lazio 4-1 away to move top of Serie A on Wednesday. Stefan de Vrij had given Lazio a halftime lead but Kalidou Koulibaly, Jose Callejon and Dries Mertens with a stunner turned the match on its head as Napoli roared back.

Jorginho rounded things off with a stoppage-time penalty.

Napoli have a maximum 15 points from five games, the same as Juventus who beat Fiorentina 1-0 thanks to Mario Mandzukic’s 53rd-minute header. Fiorentina had Milan Badelj sent off.

“Napoli have grown a lot and will fight for the title,” Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri said.

Both Napoli and champions Juve moved two points above Inter Milan who drew with Bologna on Tuesday.

AC Milan are fourth after beating SPAL 2-0 -- Ricardo Rodriguez and Franck Kessie both converting penalties.

Edin Dzeko continued his rich vein of form as he scored twice for Roma in a 4-0 thrashing of bottom club Benevento 4-0 -- their ninth consecutive away victory in Serie A. Benevento’s Fabio Lucioni and Lorenzo Venuti also scored own goals. Dzeko, top scorer in Serie A last season, already has five goals to his name from Roma’s four games.

Roma are seventh with nine points, although they have played a game less than all the sides ahead of them. Torino are up to fifth after a 3-2 win at Udinese.

Napoli have won their opening five games of a Serie A season for the first time since 1987-88 when they were reigning champions and their attack featured Diego Maradona.

They were second best in the first half though against Lazio who took the lead when Ciro Immobile burst down the right and cut back for De Vrij to fire home from close range. Lazio were stunned when the game turned upside down in two minutes after the break. Koulibaly levelled after 54 minutes before Marek Hamsik set up Callejon to score from 12 yards.

Napoli were running riot and Mertens scored an incredible third, hooking the ball home from a tight angle having been forced wide

by Lazio keeper Thomas Strakosha.

“I would not be uncomfortable with the comparison with Maradona,” Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri said.

Atalanta Bergamo were the night’s biggest winners, beating Crotone 5-1 with Alejandro Gomez scoring twice.(rtr)

Real Betis’ Antonio Sanabria celebrates after scoring their first goal

REUTERS/Sergio Perez

Zidane laments Madrid’s home form as Betis stun Bernabeu

MADRID - Zinedine Zidane lamented Real Madrid’s home woes as the Spanish and European champions slipped to a surprise 1-0 defeat to Real Betis on Wednesday. The result means Real are without a win in their three league games at the Bernabeu this season, having also drawn with Valencia and Levante.

REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

Jose Callejon celebrates scoring their second goal

They now sit seven points behind pace setters Barcelona, who are the only side left in La Liga with a perfect record after five games. Madrid enjoyed 60 per cent possession and had 27 efforts at goal to their visitors 12, however their dominance was of no consolation to the Frenchman.

“The ball just didn’t want to go in for us,” Zidane told reporters. “If you score one chance its a totally different game, but when it doesn’t want to go in, results like this can happen. “We need to remain calm, but its just two points from nine at home.

“I feel for the players, the effort they’ve put in. When the opponent scores like that at the

end it hurts.

“Next time we have a game at home we have to ensure that we do everything we can to win and change this bad run.”

It was the first time in 73 matches Real had not scored as former Madrid goalkeeper Antonio Adan ensured his boyhood club went away empty handed and captain Sergio Ramos was also frustrated.

“It’s not normal in these matches at home against sides who on paper would normally be leaving the Bernabeu with a different result,” Ramos said.

“We need to be self-critical and turn the page.

“Hopefully it’s just a problem

with being clinical. We did everything we could, but there’s not been a ruthless side to our finishing. “Another day it finishes 4-0 or 4-1 and everything is ok.”

News did not get better for Zidane as fullback Marcelo limped off with a hamstring problem.

“It might well be the muscle has gone but it needs to be tested, Zidane said. “We played better than Betis but the result is what matters. I would prefer to play badly and take the three points.

“We had possession, chances.

“Last year we won some games we didn’t deserve to and this year it looks like the opposite but we can’t go mad about it.”(rtr)

BERLIN - The video assistant referee (VAR) was devised as a means to minimise controversy and provide more accurate decision-making but the introduction of the system in Germany has so far struggled to receive universal backing.

VAR’s trial run in this season’s Bundesliga has left some clubs claiming the use of technology remains flawed and the mechanism will come under close scrutiny once more when the sixth round of matches kick off on Friday.

Cologne will be especially vigilant after they felt a strong sense of injustice in their 5-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund last week when the opposition’s second goal should never have stood despite the referee using the VAR. The side were equally as incredulous on Wednesday when Eintracht Frankfurt were awarded a contentious penalty and the VAR was not even consulted despite protests from Cologne’s players.

Cologne should later have been awarded what appeared to be a clear penalty but the VAR was once again not deployed as the home side went on to lose 1-0.

“I have no idea how such decisions are taken,” Cologne sporting director Joerg Schmadtke said. “I can understand it on the pitch but not when I see the replays on TV. I don’t want to play the chief ref every week but everyone saw the scenes.”

Cologne, bottom of the table, will now be hoping technology will not be a talking point at Hanover 96 on Sunday when they look to snap their five-game losing streak.

Schalke 04 also complained about the VAR following their 3-0 loss to champions Bayern Munich, while Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voller accused referees overseeing the system of “falling asleep” after last month’s game against Hoffenheim. There have also been some matches played without the VAR due to a system mal-

function.

Despite not enjoying the universal approval the German Football Association (DFB) had hoped for, the authority has called for patience during the trial period of a system still hated by many soccer traditionalists.

“I have always been in favour of remaining calm,” DFB boss Reinhard Grindel said. “That is the point for this model project.

To evaluate technical and content questions over an entire season.”

Grindel is not alone, however, with Dortmund president Reinhard Rauball, who also heads the German football league (DFL) that oversees the top two divisions, saying the technology would help make more impartial calls.

“VAR is about serving fairness and that was shown in several situations in the past match days,” Rauball said this week.

“The technology works but obviously all stakeholders -players, referee teams and fans -- still have to get used to it. That will take some time.”(rtr)

Liverpool, Premier League agree compensation in ‘tapping up’ case Liverpool and the Premier League said they have agreed on a compensation settlement with the family of an unnamed 13-year-old victim to finally resolve the ‘tapping up’ scandal.

Liverpool were fined 100,000 pounds ($135,040) and banned from signing academy players from the English league teams in April after breaching rules governing the transfer of youth players.

A joint statement from the club and the Premier League confirmed a deal had been reached with the 13-year-old involved to continue his current school and join another academy.

“The Premier League and Liverpool FC have reached a constructive agreement regarding the future education of a young player who was unable to register with the club,” the statement said.

“Under the terms of the agreement, the player will be able to continue his education at his current school.

“He will also be free to join another club in the academy system without that club being required to pay compensation, which has been settled with his former club, Stoke City FC.” A league investigation found Liverpool guilty of offering prohibited inducements in an attempt to recruit a schoolboy from Stoke City.(rtr)

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Friday, September 22, 2017

Pinge Village TABANAN - Pinge hamlet has a very beautiful natural panorama.

The air is cool and comfortable as being free from pollution. Along the country road leading to the hamlet, we can see the neat courtyard, while the neighborhood is clean enough.

Each telajakan (public area) is

planted with flowers so that butterflies and birds can play and dance intimately in a peaceful rural atmosphere. Afternoon atmosphere will be comfortable. Small animals such as dog-day cicadas give a nuance of beautiful village. ‘Arrogant’ crows of roosters make our journey more

comfortable. Then, familiar smile of the locals leads us to a convenient ambience to be here.

Pinge hamlet is about 1 km from the center of Tua village office, about 8 km from the Marga subdistrict town or 18 km from Tabanan town.

The village is located at an altitude of 500-750 meters above sea level with a relatively flat topography and fertile land suitable for farming rice and vegetables. It has a number of unique cultural potential.

There is Natar Jemeng temple

International

that stores some objects of the archaeological heritage in the form of Ganesha statue, lingam-yoni and Kiranti with the status as cultural heritage. At this hamlet lie some temples such as the Subak Pinge temple, Puseh temple, Penataran temple, Melanting temple and Dalem temple. This reflects if the hamlet has had high civilization. It is said, the Jemeng temple was the origin of Pinge hamlet.

House of local residents is built in a row facing the road, where

Friday, September 22, 2017

International

McGregor could address Congress in rights campaign for fighters

each is restricted by a compound wall and angkul-angkul (traditional gates). On average, each house compound has some buildings such as the bale daja (northern pavilion), bale dangin (eastern pavilion) and other buildings that have function associated with the local traditions and customs. Another unique element is that each house compound has a connecting door to adjacent neighbor. It is intended to maintain the familial relationship and togetherness. (IBP/net)

OKLAHOMA - Mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor could speak in the United States Congress to help with a campaign to extend the legal protections enjoyed by boxers to MMA fighters, according to Congressman Markwayne Mullin.

NTB Scanpix/Marit Hommedal via REUTERS

Silver medalist Primoz Roglic of Slovenia, gold medalist Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Chris Froome of Britain react on the podium.

Dumoulin crushes opposition to win maiden time trial title

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Looking Receptionist,Housekeeping Puri Asih Htl.Jl.Pantai Kuta40 Kuta

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BERGEN - Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands crushed his rivals to claim a maiden individual time trial title at the road cycling world championships on Wednesday, crowning a superb season after winning the Giro d’Italia in May. Despite the rain that hurt the chances of the late starters, Dumoulin clocked 44 minutes 41 seconds on the 31km course in Bergen, cheered on by massive flag-waving crowds.

He beat second-placed Primoz Roglic of Slovenia by 57.79 seconds, while Briton Chris Froome finished third, 1:21.25 slower.

Dumoulin came close to overtaking Tour de France champion Froome after starting 1:30 behind him.

Germany’s defending champion Tony Martin lost too much ground in two passages of a brutal 3.4km climb at an average gradient of 9.1 percent to have a chance of adding to his four titles.

“I can’t believe it, wow, it’s really amazing. I had such a good day I felt really, really good,” said Dumoulin.

“Then it started raining and I had to take the corners really slow especially in the climb.”

Dumoulin, whose previous best result was third in 2014, also won the team time trial with Sunweb last Sunday.

Some riders switched from their time trial bikes to climbing bikes just before the second passage on the ascent, at the top of which the finish line was drawn, but Dumoulin did not.

“At first I thought I would (change bikes) but then I felt I could do well with my TT bike,” he said.

Froome stayed on his time trial bike as well, but the Briton was never going to beat Dumoulin, possibly too exhausted after winning a brutal Vuelta 10 days ago.

Roglic switched bikes and was the fastest on the last climb, taking almost five seconds off Dumoulin’s lead, but the Dutchman already had the title in the bag.

Froome only managed the ninth best time in that section.

Frenchman Alexis Gougeard lost a podium chance when he suffered a mechanical on the last climb while he was still in the mix and finished 13th. (rtr)

Mullin, a former fighter, is trying to get a bill passed which would extend the “Ali Act” - which protects the rights of boxers - to MMA. He says McGregor, who lost a multi-million dollar boxing bout against Floyd Mayweather last month after switching fighting codes, may help him to do it.

“We have been told by his team that he (McGregor) was going to come to the (Capitol) Hill to talk about this,” Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, told Reuters in an interview.

Enacted in 2000, the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act is intended to protect the rights of boxers and to help U.S. states to regulate the sport and maintain its integrity.

Among the safeguards offered to boxers by the Act are protection from “coercive contracts”, the establishment of an independent ranking system and the banning of promoters from having a “direct or indirect financial interest” in the management of fighters.

Mullin is pressing for another hearing on the Ali Extension Act in September or October, yet as both a de facto governing body and a promoter, the UFC, the most high-profile and lucrative MMA organisation, is resisting the move.

UFC’s chief operating officer Lawrence Epstein told Reuters that the body was already “exceeding the requirements when it comes to health and safety and contracts”.

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

While the UFC treats all of its fighters as “indepen-

dent contractors” rather than employees, they are not free to fight for other promotions.

Nor can they undertake certain commercial activities related to their fighting careers without the UFC’s permission, a situation many critics say is too restrictive in what can be a short and very tough career.

McGregor, for example, still had to get the go-ahead from the UFC and agree to share revenue with the body before signing to fight Mayweather in one of the richest boxing bouts of all time.

MMA fighters often complain that their UFC contracts limit their earnings, pointing to the exclusive outfitting deal with Reebok, which prevents them from wearing equipment from any other manufacturer when fighting.

They are also not allowed to include logos from other sponsors on their clothing or to display banners in their corners, as is normal in other promotions.

This has led to a considerable drop in income for many fighters, with former women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate estimating in a 2015 interview that the terms of the Reebok apparel deal caused her to lose 80 to 90 percent of what she previously earned in sponsorships.

There have also been complaints about lowerranked UFC fighters being awarded title bouts simply based on their ability to sell television pay-per-view subscriptions, which is a core element of the UFC’s income in the United States.

Despite losing in the 10th round against Mayweather, McGregor has indicated that he may box again, and a handful of other UFC fighters have expressed an interest in lucrative one-off boxing bouts.

Legal experts have been discussing in the media whether McGregor is now a boxer in the eyes of the law, and thus entitled to the protection of the Act, or if he will lose that protection when he returns to the UFC. (rtr)

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UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor of Ireland arrives for a post-fight news conference at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. August 26, 2017.

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From new tax office, Catalonia hopes to grab billions from Madrid

BARCELONA - In a glass building overlooking Barcelona’s port, empty desks and computers wait for new workers of Catalonia’s tax agency. As in other Spanish regions, the agency already collects some taxes on wealth, inheritance, gambling and transport.

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Marine Le Pen (L), then French National Front (FN) political party leader and Member of the European Parliament, and fellow MEP and FN vice-president Florian Philippot attend the election of the new President of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, January 17, 2017.

France’s National Front number two quits; far-right opposition in turmoil PARIS - The right-hand man of French National Front chief Marine Le Pen quit the party on Thursday, a split that opens the way for policy changes in the far-right party and shows the depth of internal feuding after Le Pen’s presidential election defeat.

The departure of Florian Philippot, for years Le Pen’s closest aide and a key architect of efforts to detoxify the party’s image while campaigning against the euro, had looked increasingly inevitable as the party bickered over who was to blame for a damaging electoral cycle.

His exit is expected to allow Le Pen to refocus on core policies around immigration and French national identity, while perhaps softening her anti-euro tone, which many say contributed to Le Pen’s resounding defeat in the presidential election run-off.

While Philippot’s departure is likely to increase turmoil in the party at first and others have already said they would follow him out the door, the FN has survived similar crises in the past and analysts expect it to do the same this time. Philippot is seen as too divisive within the far-right to create a party that would be a serious threat.

Le Pen, who has shown a sometimes ruthless determination to hold on to power in the National Front, having already pushed out her father Jean-Marie, the founder of the party, withdrew Philippot’s responsibilities within the movement late on Wednesday, leaving him with little choice about his future.

“I’m not into being ridiculed, I’m not into having nothing to do.

And so yes, of course, I’m quitting the National Front,” Philippot, 35 and a graduate of France’s elite administrative school ENA, told France 2 television.

Le Pen, who just last year spoke of having an “intellectual crush” on Philippot, responded tersely that the FN would have no problems of getting over his departure.

“One should stop trying to bury the National Front,” she told LCP television. “Every time people have tried to do it, it came out better-structured, stronger and more powerful.”

The National Front, which has made major inroads in local, regional and European elections over the past decade without winning any major constituency, will hold a congress in March where internal differences since its defeat to Emmanuel Macron and his new party will come to a head.

The far-right party has tried to portray itself as the main voice of opposition against Macron. But that mantle has so far been assumed by Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leader of the far-left France Insoumise (France Unbowed), who is calling for mass demonstrations against the president’s economic reforms. (rtr)

But the regional government has spent 18 million euros expanding the agency in the hope that it will gain independence from Madrid in an Oct. 1 vote that the Spanish government considers illegal.

From the shiny port office with a 20 year lease, it is hoping to wrestle control of the rest of the region’s finances, claiming billions of euros of income tax and corporate revenue currently going to the Spanish government.

Catalonia has increased the agency’s staff by 75 percent to 700 since January and plans to fill the empty desks by the end of the year if the vote goes through. It has also opened a dozen new regional offices.

This is Catalonia’s most tangible investment in the institutional infrastructure needed for a fledgling state and highlights its government’s determination to secede. It says it will declare independence within 48 hours of a “yes” vote.

It also shows that they are likely to keep pushing for independence, even if they lose the vote.

“In a future transition, it would not be acceptable for them to keep our taxes, because they are ours and they keep a lot,” said Catalan Treasury Secretary Josep Lluis Salvado.

Madrid has declared the vote unconstitutional so there are widespread doubts about whether Catalonia can even stage a credible vote.

It may also not go in the Catalonian government’s favour. Polls show less than half of Catalonia’s 5.5 million voters want self-rule although most want the chance to vote on the issue.

It is also not clear that companies would pay up: Barcelona’s business lobby says no private firms would obey Catalan tax demands unless approved by Madrid.

But the Spanish government appears to be rattled.

On Wednesday police entered the Catalonia tax office as part of a raid on regional government offices, seizing documents and cutting off phone lines, according to a department official. Police also arrested Catalonia’s junior economy minister Josep Maria Jove. It was the latest step in Madrid’s campaign to prevent the referendum from going ahead.

Catalonia’s resolve also worries some investors in Spanish bonds and the tax agency’s expansion suggests an early post-independence flashpoint with Madrid could be a financial one.

OLD GRIEVANCE Catalonia, with an economy larger than Portugal’s, says it receives an unfair redistribution of tax revenues from Madrid.

Each year, it pays about 10 billion euros ($12 billion) more in taxes to Madrid than it gets back, or around 5 percent of regional economic output,

according to data from the Spanish Treasury. In contrast, Spain’s poorest region, Andalusia, receives almost 8 billion euros more than it pays in.

“The money issue is one of the roots of the problem, the feeling that Catalonia is being ripped off,” said Angel Talavera, a Catalan economist at consultancy Oxford Economics.

If its agency took over all forms of taxation, it would also collect income, company and value-added taxes, bringing total receipts to 42 billion euros, Salvado said. The agency collected about 3 billion euros last year, according to a spokeswoman for the Catalan economy and budget department.

To avoid financial collapse, an independent Catalonia would need those tax revenues, economists say. It has 75 billion euros in public debt, 35 percent of its economic output, one of the highest of all Spain’s regions, and its government bonds are already classified as “junk” by credit rating agencies.

Investors are growing nervous as the referendum nears: the additional yield that Catalan bonds pay over Spanish short-term debt is at close to a nine-month high of about 300 basis points.

The Catalan government last issued a bond in 2012, two years ahead of a previous failed independence referendum. It is not currently considering any bond issues, a spokeswoman said. (rtr)

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Media play role in strengthening Indonesia, Malaysia ties: Journalist

JAKARTA - Mass media have played a crucial role in maintaining the harmonious relations between Indonesia and Malaysia, the senior journalist said during the discussion on the conflict resolution here on Tuesday.

“In order to protect the robust relations between Indonesia and Malaysia, mass media in the two countries should control their publications, mainly amid the volatile situations now occurring in the region,” the former director of Indonesian News Agency, ANTARA, Aat Surya Safaat, said in Jakarta.

Although the two countries have a close diplomatic relations, Indonesia and its neighboring country were once involved in several disputes, mainly in term of migrant workers issue.

“Apart from the problem, Indonesian and Malaysian government had debated on the ownership of the traditional Batik fabric, the Reog performance, and the Rasa Sayange - Mollucans folk traditional song,” he stated, while adding, the two countries also had disputes on Sipadan and Ligitan islands, as well as the illegal fishing in the border areas.

The latest conflict two countries had was the inverted Indonesian flag showcased by the Malaysian government during the Sea Games 2017 in Kuala Lumpur.

However, the incidents, according to the speaker, occurred not based on the sentiments, but only the miscommunication among the officials of the two countries.

“Some publications appear to be provocative and sensational, but the actual fact may just accidentally occurred,” he reiterated.

He further explained, not all news published by the Malaysian media were incorrect, and not all appropriate.

“Hence, we should take the mass media as an important influence to not only the people, but also the authority,” Safaat remarked.

He also added, in order to strengthen the close relations of Indonesia and Malaysia, the mass-media in both countries should cover both sides the fact, while being concerned to the further impact of the news.

“Therefore, journalists of the two countries should increase their collaborations and networks, for example in the Malaysian and Indonesian Reporters Solidarity (ISWAMI) group, and the Confederation of ASEAN Journalists (CAF).

In addition to talk on the mass-media in Indonesia and Malaysia, the discussion also launched a book comprised of several essays written by the doctoral students of Sahid University, Jakarta.

Initiated by the universitys professor of communication and conflict resolution, the book features some essays on the local election in Salatiga by Agus Triyono and “The Politicians in Social Media”.(ant)

Ancient statue in Larantuka smuggled into Australia

KUPANG - An ancient bronze statue, with historical value and a cultural heritage for the indigenous people of Larantuka, East Flores District, has been smuggled into Australia, East Nusa Tenggara Cultural Office Chief Sinun Petrus Manuk stated.

“The bronze statue is now in Canberra, but the East Nusa Tenggara provincial government does not yet know exactly how the statue was smuggled into Australia,” Manuk informed Antara here on Wednesday.

Manuk said that based on information available with the government of East Nusa Tenggara, the bronze statue of a woman weaving

and breastfeeding her infant in Larantuka was a replica created in Yogyakarta.

“The original bronze statue is now in Canberra, while the current one in East Flores is a replica,” Manuk remarked, adding that the bronze statue of cultural significance belonging to Indonesia was on display at the Australian National Gallery several years ago.

Manuk asserted that the East Nusa Tenggara government will coordinate with the central government to ensure that the artefact is brought back to the province.

“The item of cultural interest has been smuggled out of the country, so the central government has the authority to oversee the process of getting it back to Indonesia,” Manuk noted.(ant)

notice not only the aircrafts instrument but also the visual condition at the airbase, both during take-off and landing.

The pilots, moreover, need to learn not only the technical information but also the knowledge on flight safety. “Hence, we would like to cooperate with the US government, because they have a problem similar to ours in Alaska,” he stated. “(We hope) the cooperation would increase the connectivity and accessibility in the province. Therefore, in the future, the distribution cost to and from the region could be decreased,”

Santoso noted.

During the similar occasion, the Ambassador of United States of America to Indonesia, Joseph R Donovan, remarked that the cooperation was part of the strategic partnership between the two countries, mainly in terms of developing the navigation infrastructure in the Indonesias eastern region. “We take the issue on flight safety and security in Indonesia very seriously,” Donovan remarked.

The ambassador further explained that the US government has delivered US$1 million aid to the Indonesian Transportation Ministry. The grant

would be allocated for researches on the flight safety in Maluku and Papua provinces, which are already being conducted partly by the USbased aircraft manufacturer, Boeing.

Apart from Boeing, at least about 40 companies are involved in the two countries cooperation.

“These companies have been qualified to resolve all the flight issues in Papua (province),” Donovan noted, while adding that the US government will also support the air navigation technical infrastructure in the selected provinces in Indonesia.(ant)

Indonesia, US to improve flight safety in Papua

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People sit in a room of the Catalan Tax Agency in Barcelona, Spain, September 18, 2017.

DENPASAR - The Air Transportation Directorate General and the Embassy of United States of America to Indonesia will cooperate to improve the flight safety in the latter countrys eastern region, mainly in Papua province. Since the province is mostly covered by mountainous regions, the weather in the area sometimes becomes hard to predict, the Transportation Ministrys Air Transportation Directorate General, Agus Santoso, said in his speech during a discussion in Denpasar, Bali, on Tuesday.

Therefore, the safety issue during

flight remains the top concern of the authority, Santoso remarked during the talk on “Aviation Development and Safety in Eastern Indonesia.”

“The Indonesian government has to ensure the safety and security of flights in the countrys eastern region by strengthening infrastructures in the air navigation sector,” he remarked.

Apart from the high-technology infrastructure, Santoso added that the pilots competency has also become the authoritys top concern over safety issue. Since the province is situated in the steep region, the pilots should

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BUSINESS Mongolia’s tiny stock market soars on coal trade renaissance

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The FIFA headquarters are seen during a snowfall in Zurich, Switzerland, January 10, 2017.

free Swiss economy set for worst performance in eight years

ZURICH - Switzerland’s economy will fall short of 1 percent growth this year, the government forecast on Thursday, the weakest performance in eight years at least partly the result of a lack of global sporting events.

Sluggish growth in the services sector was another factor in the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) downgrade of its full-year growth forecast to 0.9 percent from June’s forecast of 1.4 percent.

It would be the lowest growth figure since the economy shrank 2.2 percent in 2009 during the global financial crisis.

Events like the Olympics or major international soccer tournaments -- absent from this year’s calendar -- fill the coffers of Swiss-based organisations such as the International Olympic Committee or FIFA, and boost the country’s GDP accordingly.

The lower value added from sporting events -- and the base effect from global galas in 2016 -- already triggered a downward revision of 0.2 percentage points for first-quarter growth.

More than half of Thursday’s reduced annual forecast was attributed to a revision of SECO’s figures for the end of 2016 and start of 2017, which will reduce overall GDP growth for 2017 as a whole.

The downgrade at least in part reflected lower income for sporting bodies in the final quarter of 2016 after picking up revenue such as from TV licences in the first half for events the Euro 2016 soccer tournament and the Rio Olympics.

Overall, meanwhile, the Swiss economy is only gradually returning to a dynamic growth path, SECO said.

Manufacturing and the hotel and catering industry continued to recover from the slump of the last few years, but sluggish growth in most other service sectors offset this, it said. The Swiss National Bank and Credit Suisse had already cut their 2017 forecasts.

SECO said it expected GDP growth to accelerate to 2 percent next year, citing stronger global growth and a pickup in Swiss exports, aided by recent weakening of the Swiss franc.

In a bright spot, exports increased 3.9 percent in August, with the country’s embattled watch sector also logging a 4.2 percent increase.

“There is no reason for alarm,” said SECO’s Indergand.

“We expect growth to accelerate in the third quarter and to be closer to 0.5 or 0.6 percent as opposed to the 0.3 percent in the second quarter.”

SPORTS COSTS

No figure has been calculated for how much a lack of sports-related revenue will reduce economic growth this year, but SECO expected a similar level to 2015, when it cut GDP growth by 0.2 percentage points. Sporting events added 0.3 percentage points to GDP in 2016.

“These sporting bodies are important contributors to Swiss GDP, especially in years which have big events like the Olympics or the soccer world championships,” said SECO economist Ronald Indergand.

“But these events are cyclical and we don’t want to put too much emphasis on them from an economic point of view because they don’t employ tens of thousands of people in Switzerland and don’t affect the general direction of the economy.” (rtr)

ULAANBAATAR - A boom in the coal trade in Mongolia has helped elevate the country’s benchmark stock index and pump the tiny exchange’s market capitalisation to five-year highs as optimism about the economy grows following a bailout deal.

Coal miners in the landlocked north Asian country are set to increase production on the back of improved market conditions as demand grows from top trade partner China. Mongolia has helped fill a supply gap following Beijing’s ban on imports from North Korea and some smaller ports, as well as the closure in China of mines from tougher environmental regulations.

A $5.5 billion bailout approved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this year has also helped underpin positive market sentiment, although the disbursement of funds was delayed earlier this month when the government was toppled in a parliamentary no-confidence vote.

“Coal exports into China were growing very quickly in the first half of this year,” said Dashdorj Bilguun, director of capital markets at Golomt Capital in Ulaanbaatar. “That’s translated into higher than expected GDP growth.”

Foreign interest remains limited and the market is thinly traded but the market’s headline performance has nonetheless been impressive.

The Mongolia Stock Exchange Top 20 Index has soared more than 45 percent since the start of the year to highs not seen since March 2012.

Total capitalisation of the market, meanwhile, for the first time surpassed the 2 trillion tugrik ($812.35 million) mark on Monday.

That’s an increase of more than 40 percent over last year and the highest - in local currency terms - since 2012, when the economy grew 12.3 percent. In dollar terms, however, market cap is smaller than it was five year ago because the tugrik has nearly halved in value against the dollar.

Mongolia reported 5.3 percent growth in the first half of 2017 with coal exports more than quadrupling over the same period the year before. Leading the share market charge is Tavantolgoi JSC , a partially stateowned coal company in the Gobi Desert.

Drink maker APU JSC, another heavyweight, was also up on news of its planned merger with Heineken’s beer and vodka business in Mongolia, which was announced in July. Tavantolgoi’s share price has risen by nearly five times over the past 12 months, while APU’s is up more than 50 percent.

Combined, both companies account for close to half of Mongolia’s entire market capitalisation. There are risks to the rally. Political uncertainty has returned with the ousting of the prime minister and cabinet by lawmakers this month.

And coal exports may face troubles in the coming months as bottlenecks at the Chinese border slow trade.

But the domestic market is now likely to find more persistent support with a new government tax on savings interest giving local investors cause to look for places other than the bank to park their money. “The money is flowing to corporate bonds and stocks,” Bilguun said.(rtr)

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Religion, art, healing, The changing face of tourism in Ubud

Ubud has become a world famous tourist destination based on its wealth of cultural and religious customs and the artistic renaissance that was born from these. The face of tourism in Ubud has certainly changed over the years. At first, foreign visitors were attracted by the elaborate religious ceremonies and associated customs supported by the local kingdom. The incredible displays of colour, sound, scent, carvings, dances and other aspects of what in the west is called art, used to be created solely for religious purposes. Under the influence of foreign artists, access to more varied materials, and a developing market for art through tourism, secular artistic practices began to emerge and soon flourished in Ubud.

This in turn attracted more foreign visitors who came to Ubud to see the vast array of art being produced here and to try their hand at some of the local craft techniques. Ubud became then became known as a hotbed of creativity with artists from all over the world being drawn to the general atmosphere that encouraged artistic expression rooted in deeper spiritual meaning. In recent years, it is this spiritual meaning that has come to the forefront of tourism in Ubud.

Now yoga and all manner of healing modalities old and new are what many people seek on their journey to this international village. Art and local ceremonies remain important and great food and shopping also play rather central roles in Ubud’s current tourism landscape.

Wayan Arka is a 65 year old native to Ubud who has witnessed these changes first hand. Pak Arka grew up in a a family of farmers who could not afford to send him to school past grade 5. So at 9 years old, Wayan started to study art with his neighbour. He soon met Arie Smit a Dutch painter who had settled in Ubud and who had taken to teaching european style painting to the local youth eventually giving birth to The Young Artist Style.

After learning basic painting techniques from Mr. Smit, Wayan diligently worked to perfect these technics and after some months presented his first finished painting to the foreign artist. Smit was impressed and offered to buy it from the young boy. Wayan had not imagined selling his art work, he was simply presenting it to the foreigner in thanks for the skills and materials that the foreign artist had provided.

After some insistence, Wayan finally agreed to take a sum of money in exchange for this painting. Wayan explained that he had trouble sleeping for some weeks after that, as he had never seen that much money before and was confused about what he should do with it. He ended up buying some art materials and so began his career as a “modern traditional Balinese painter”.

Pak Arka has spent the better part of his life painting and bringing artist together (Suamba Artist Group) to sell their

works in art shops and taking part in the regular exhibitions that Puri Lukisan organized to support local talent. In the 1980’s, the local government provided very low interest loans to artist groups so that they could buy the materials needed to create their world renown works of art. Traditional Balinese Style Painting flourished in Ubud with many artists and artists groups earning a living from their art works. Puri Lukisan Ubud played and continues to play a central role in supporting artists from Ubud and surrounding villages (Mas, Batuan, Pengosekan, Keliki etc) by presenting their works to a wider public.

In the 1980’s Mr. Arka, was sent to Jakarta to represent young Balinese artists and eventually served in various community leadership roles associated with art and other customary activities. As the art market started to flail in the early 2000s, Arka and other artists returned to more agricultural based businesses like raising ducks though a few art shops still manage to survive. In the last few years as tourists have become less interested in buying art and more interested in personal experiences, Mr. Arka and his son decided to turn their home on Jl. Suweta into a home stay.

Mr. Arka’s son who grew up in rather different conditions than his father helped to design these accommodations to suite to the needs of contemporary travellers. They still have an incredible collection of Modern Traditional Balinese paintings in their small gallery but Mr. Arka no longer paints as he has become busy tending to their guests.

The religious customs from which Balinese painting was born is still a strong attractive force for tourism, but today many tourists come to Ubud for peace of mind rather than to collect or create art. There is however also a new generation of

Balinese painters creating works that are strongly influenced by the aesthetic style of their ancestors and also strongly responding to contemporary situations and challenges.

How Balinese painting and the market that contributed to its flourishing will evolve remains for time to tell. What is clear is that even though many tourists come to Ubud to shop and enjoy the vast array of culinary delights on offer, the main things that attracts visitors to Ubud are still intimately related to the healing power of religious based art and other associated customs.

How the people of Ubud experience and react to the changing demands of tourism is varied, though most would agree that promoting and maintaining harmony remains fundamental. For Mr. Akra, these changes mean that he spends more time telling stories about Bali’s rich cultural heritage and arranging for visitors to experience some of these first hand, than he does creating paintings than depict this heritage.

His son is more interested in the practical aspects of how to provide general comfort to visitors and is perhaps still grappling with how to balance providing creature comforts while simultaneously inviting people to step outside of their comfort zone into a way of being in the world that has kept Ubud so harmonious that people from all over the world seek refuge here.

There is little question that the art and culture of Ubud has tremendous value both socially and economically. What is in question is how the art and culture of Ubud can remain firmly rooted in the spiritual harmony that made it famous as the next generation becomes increasingly focused on short term profits. (kmb)

Buleleng Siobak a Very Delicious Food Foodies may already be familiar with this delicacy made of boiled pork in thick gravy that is called siobak. The district of Buleleng is well known for its rich varety of culutre – including its special foods. In fact a visit to Buleleng would not be complete without indulging in some of its culinary treasures such as its popular Siobak.

Siobak can be found in a variety of places in Buleleng ranging

from street vendors to fine restaurant. Aye Syobak is the name of one of the street stalls that is quite popular in Buleleng. Manager Ketut Utama explained that he inherited his Siobka recipes from his biological grandmother and that he grew up learning how to run a the family food stall, so when Ketut got married, he dicided to continue the family business.

Ketut also explained that they

always use selected pork and in order to eliminate the pungent odor of pork they first boil the meat with spieces and soy sauce. This boiling process also yields the tasty gravy for which they are famous while the sauce soy sauce gives that special sweetness. They also use pork skin, fatty meat, offal and head of pork. “ Actually it is easy to make siobak, you just need meat and seasoning” he added.

People from all over Buleleng

and other parts of Bali come to enjoy this 62 year old man’s special siobak. “We often have customaers from Malaysia and other foreign countries who stop by when visitiing Buleleng”, said Ketut. The distinctives foods of Buleleng are clearly not just popular with locals but with people from all over.

Since siobak there are more and more people serving siobak in Bulelelng, Ketut needs to keep

his recipie fine tuned in order to remain competitive. “Since my mother’S time our flavour has remained the same. It feels original without adding extra ingredients” he said. According to Ketut Utama, it is important to keep the authenticity of Buleleng siobaks’ flavour. Aye Syobak which was first established in 1975 is located near the former harbor of Buleleng, at 38 Jalan Surapati. (kmb)

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Congenital Minamata disease patient Shinobu Sakamoto, 61, and her mother Fujie sit in a car as they head for a hospital in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, September 14, 2017.

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A number of traditional pond ponds in dry Kombading due to river water discharge decreased.

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The river dries up

Farmers unable to sow seeds

NEGARA - The water debit of a number of rivers in Jembrana falls. Some rivers even dry up due to the dry season. This condition also affects the farmers of traditional shrimp ponds that rely on brackish water.

“When it’s dry season, the stream is small. Surely there is no water entering the pond, “said Nasirin, owner of ponds in Kombading, Pengambengan Village to Bali Post Thursday (21/9).

Like other traditional tambak farmers, Nasirin can not do much and let a pool of dry pools be filled without seeds. Farmers generally delay the distribution of seeds until there is usable water. While the Nasirin farm was not operated since several months ago, because the river water discharge decreased. This month the pond is completely dry.

Similar conditions experienced by Abdul Ghoni. A number of ponds that he owned is now dry due to the dry season. Pond farmers are unable to provide drilling

wells for alternatives. Because the operational costs for it is large enough that it depends only from the river flow.

“If there is a borehole aid, yes we accept to keep going,” he explained. In the coastal areas, such ponds are found in many areas Lelateng, Pengambengan and Cupel. Traditional fish farmers are highly dependent on surface water, especially in brackish watersheds. In contrast to intensive ponds or super intensive with equipment (water mills) are many and use a well drill. (kmb26)

Tilmeter tool installed in Pura Pengubengan

AMLAPURA - Mount Agung’s earthquake activity continues to increase. On that condition, PVMBG again add one monitoring tool that is tilmeter. The tool installed in Pura Pengubengan, Besakih is to monitor the development of Mount Agung.

“We are installing one more tool, installing it as an additional tool,” said the head of Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) Kasbani, Thursday (21/9). Kasbani added,

the installation of the tool is still being done. Still running tool setting process. Remember, to set the tool must look for data comparison before. “We hope the tool can be functioned immediately, and we try today that the tools can be used,” he hoped.

Head of Volcano Mitigation Field PVMBG / BG KSDM I Gede Suartika states, if the tool is installed, it can monitor the development of Mount Agung activity.

So the data obtained from the tool

can be more accurate.

Based on data obtained in PVMBG at Rendang monitoring post, if the intensity of the earthquake continued to increase from before.

On September 19, 2017 a deep and shallow volcanic earthquake was 460 times. Then September 20, 2017 the deep and shallow volcanic earthquake increased to 571 times.

And September 21, 2017 from (00-06 AM) of deep and shallow volcanic earthquakes is already 135 times. (kmb41)

MINAMATA - Shinobu Sakamoto was just 15 when she left her home in the southern Japanese fishing village of Minamata to go to Stockholm and tell the world of the horrors of mercury poisoning.

Forty-five years on, she is travelling again, this time to Geneva, to attend from Sunday a gathering of signatories to the first global pact to rein in mercury pollution.

Sakamoto is one of a shrinking group of survivors from a 1950s industrial disaster in which tens of thousands of people were poisoned after waste water from a chemical plant seeped into the Minamata bay. (Graphic link http:// reut.rs/2jIdmUS) The waste contained a toxic organic compound, methylmercury, which can cause severe damage to the brain and nervous system, leading to a condition called Minamata disease. It gives its name to the U.N.-backed treaty that took effect last month.

Symptoms worsen with age, leaving some victims grappling with the question of who will care for them after the death of siblings and parents, while others face legal disputes.

“If I don’t say something, no one will know about Minamata disease,” said Sakamoto, who is one of the few born with the disease who is still able to talk.

“There are still so many problems, and I want people to know.”

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PVMBG re-install a tool Tilmeter to monitor the activity of Mount Agung.

Just 528 people survive from among the 3,000 certified victims of Minamata disease, environment ministry data shows. More than 20,000 people have sought to be designated victims, hoping for legal compensation.

“We need to take seriously the fact that there are still many people raising their hands,” said ministry official Koji Sasaki, referring to

victims’ efforts to win recognition.

Born in a family of shipbuilders whose home overlooks the Minamata bay, Jitsuko Tanaka, 64, used to play on the beach with her older sister, picking and eating shellfish, unaware it was contaminated with mercury.

She was almost three, and her sister five, when they lost the ability to move their hands freely and walk properly, becoming the first to be identified as disease sufferers.

Tanaka’s older sister died at age eight. Tanaka survived, but the poisoning left her too weak to walk without support. A few years ago, her family says, even that became impossible.

As she lay motionless in bed, her brother-in-law, a fellow sufferer, said he worried about the patients left behind when family members die.

“After I die, who will take care of her?” asked Yoshio Shimoda, 69.

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Thousands rally in Philippines to warn of Duterte ‘dictatorship’

MANILA - Left-wing activists and political opponents of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte held rallies on Thursday to warn against what they see as the emergence of a dictatorship under the no-nonsense but hugely popular leader.

Politicians, indigenous people, church leaders, businessmen, and leftists marched, staged rallies and attended masses to denounce Duterte, accusing him of abuses and authoritarianism similar to that of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

The events were to mark the 45th anniversary of the declaration of martial law under Marcos, which lasted nine years and is remembered by many Filipinos as brutal and oppressive.

Vice President Leni Robredo appeared at a mass at the University of the Philippines, traditionally a hotbed of political activism, and was due to appear at a rally of the opposition Liberal Party she leads.

Robredo, who was not Duterte’s running mate, said Filipinos born after the Marcos era should not be complacent and should recognise signs of “rising tyranny”.

“If we do not remember the past, we are condemned to repeat it,” she said in a statement. “Sadly those who are deceived do not even know that they are walking a doomed path.”

Marcos declared martial law in 1972, a year ahead of elections in which he was ineligible to run, and held power for 14 years until his removal in a bloodless, army-backed “people’s power” uprising.

He abolished democratic institutions and was accused of killing, torturing and “disappearing” thousands of opponents.

Duterte has expressed admiration for Marcos sev-

eral times and his fiercest critics are alarmed by the former mayor’s autocratic rhetoric and his disdain for those who oppose him.

However, many millions are drawn to Duterte’s down-to-earth style, his decisiveness and his imperfections, and see him as a champion of ordinary Filipinos and the country’s best hope for the long overdue change that presidents from the political elite failed to bring.

Duterte declared Thursday a holiday for government workers and schools to give them a chance to protest against him. Several thousand demonstrators took the opportunity to gather separately to show their support for him.

The anti-Duterte demonstrators were not rallying in the same place or around a single issue. Some denounced his ferocious war on drugs that has killed thousands of Filipinos, while others railed against what they see as his cosy relationship with the still-powerful Marcos family.

Others complained about his pro-China stance, his threats to impose martial law nationwide and destruction in southern Marawi City by air strikes targeting Islamist militants, using U.S. military bombs and technical support.

“The people have not forgotten and will not allow a repeat of Marcosian rule,” said Renato Reyes, leader of the leftist Bayan (Nation) group.

Reyes decried widespread human rights violations under the government’s “fascist” war on drugs, and for letting the U.S. military involvement in Philippine security issues.

Demonstrators also planned to burn an effigy of Duterte on a throne, modeled on the evil character “Night King” in the popular television series “Game of Thrones”. (rtr)

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Sixty-one years since Minamata disease was identified in 1956, the grim struggles have eased for only a few.

Before the government named methylmercury as its cause in 1968, disease sufferers faced discrimination over fears it was contagious, which deterred many from seeking legal recognition.

People still send in decades-old umbilical cords to be checked for contamination, hoping for evidence to support their claims to be designated as victims, said Hirokatsu Akagi, director of Minamata’s International Mercury Laboratory.

Sakamoto, poisoned while still in the womb, considers it her duty to tell the world about the dangers of mercury.

“Minamata disease isn’t over; it’s not a thing of the past.” (rtr)

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Protesters burn a effigy with a skull face during a National Day of Protest outside the presidential palace in metro Manila, Philippines September 21, 2017.

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Nakashima’s zip it up, zip it down creations open Milan Fashion Week MILAN - Japanese designer Atsushi Nakashima showcased a casual collection for men and women featuring zippers which allow the wearer to create their own stylings at the opening of Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday.

Panelled coats, tops, skirts, capes in earthy greens merged with bright yellow, cobalt blue and fuchsia ones.

“Zippers are the main inspiration, you can take off one piece and put another one, so that you can make your own clothes,” said the designer, the former creative head of French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier Nakashima, who launched his own brand in 2011, said he wanted the concept of putting clothes

together to extend to people.

“I would like the world to connect, be together, understand each other and have more communication,” he told reporters after the show.

Gucci, French luxury giant Kering’s biggest brand, showed off its eclectic collection in the group’s headquarters to a backdrop of giant replicas of statues of myths and gods from Ancient Egypt and Greece, with arches over the catwalk.

Models wore glittery pieces, fur coats, long ruffled skirts, adorned with bum bags, purses, glasses, hats and bonnets and jewellery, in a splash of textures and colours.

“Creation is a poetic act, an eruptive process, an explosion in which vital strengths are finally released,” a style note said.

The verve of Alessandro Michele, director since January 2015, has been key to the brand’s revival, based on a bold aesthetic

which has quickly gained great popularity, particularly among younger customers.

Its strong identity and a geekyyet-chic look has led to growth, up 48.3 percent in the first quarter of 2017.

“Alessandro has the capacity of evolving though maintaining a clear line in his designs, he doesn’t change his aesthetics and remains coherent,” Gucci Chief Executive Marco Bizzarri told Reuters at the end of the show.

Designers and luxury brands, including Prada, Armani, Cavalli, Versace and Dolce & Gabbana, will showcase a total of almost

160 collections, for spring and summer 2018 during the six-day extravaganza.

Revenues for Italy’s fashion industry are expected to rise 3 per cent this year to 86 billion euros, data from the Italian national fashion association, CNMI, showed.

“Italy continues to perform well, even outside the country, through strong exports,” chairman Carlo Capasa said.

Italy is the largest single producer of fashion -– comprising textiles, clothing and accessories -- with 41 percent of Europe’s total production, Capasa said. (rtr)

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Young generation hard to hear strains of preret

ASIDE from wayang wong of Anyar hamlet, the art in the form of traditional musical instrument developing at Batuagung, Jembrana subdistrict, is preret art. But over the past few years, this wind instrument is getting more difficult to find. In addition to few enthusiasts, a number of elder artists having engaged in this art have passed away.

Since tens of years, even supposedly before the struggle for the independence, this trumpet-like instrument already existed at this old village of Jembrana. Unfortunately, in harmony with the passage of time, preret began to dim and was abandoned by younger generation.

Unlike the other musical instruments, when blowing the preret flute the player indeed must have a strong stamina and always practice it regularly.

With a distinctive wafting sound, this wind instrument has different characteristic when compared to flute or trumpet.

A number of artists met some time ago did not know for sure when this traditional musical instrument began to emerge. However, preret began to reach its heyday around the 1950s. After 1965, it developed well. During the reign of Ida Bagus Indugosa as the regent of Jembrana in the period of 1990-2000, preret art was accommodated by the government marked with establishment of a number of art troupes. As noted, there are dozens of preret art troupes, but they are dominated by the elderly.

The uniqueness of preret lies in its trumpet-like sound and shape but having a different tone. It sounds magical and heart-wrenching. Moreover, according to the stories of the elder figures, the strains of preret can be used to win the heart of women. It is said that when a youth want to lure a woman across the street, he can do it by blowing preret from house courtyard. Surely, it will attract the opposite sex. She even will seek (get interested) to look for the source of the preret sound.

Adequately strong sound of preret even though without loud speaker can reach the radius of up to one kilometer. This music is commonly sounded from higher places, such as from the top of a tree.

Physically, this ethnic musical instrument is similar to trumpet, made of small bamboo joined with different size. In the body, the bamboo has seven holes and can generate a heart-wrenching sound. Body of the preret also contains a metal element shaping like a car’s bell. During its heyday, this instrument was used to welcome foreign guests at hotels.

The strains of song produced are still missed by society. From the search to dozen of art troupes flourishing in the 1990s, today they have almost become extinct. Lastly, there is a preret art troupe named the Swara Wana Gita Batuagung founded by Ida Bagus Gede Tama from Petanahan hamlet.

Today, Tama has passed away, while other artists have preceded him such as the late Dewa Aji Dandra. As a result, it is now very difficult to hear this Jembrana musical instrument.

The song played with this preret instrument is dominated by Sewagati songs, featuring the theme of the romanticism of sacrifices to a woman.

Other common songs include the Ginada and Jaya Prana. Other than played in solo performance, the preret can also be collaborated with other musical instruments such as kendang or traditional drum. Besides, it is also suitable to be played with tambourine musical instrument. (olo)

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This trumpet-like instrument already existed at this old village of Jembrana.

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The conditions of the Mount Agung entered the alert level.

If Mount Agung erupts

Puputan square and stadium functioned as refugee camp SEMARAPURA — Alert level of Mount Agung in Karangasem district remains a concern of the government of Klungkung. The measures taken do not only coordinate the current situation to be submitted to the community. However, it also determines the refugee handling measures in case of eruption. This was discussed in the disaster coordination meeting with related agencies on Tuesday (Sep. 19).

In the meeting held around 09:00 Local Time, the matter discussed did not only related to the coordination of the current situation of Mount Agung. However, it also determined the measures to be taken if an eruption occurs. The main refugee camps are located in Puputan Klungkung Square and Suecapura Stadium at Gelgel village, Klungkung. In addition, the need for clean water has also been coordinated with municipality waterworks (PDAM). Similarly, it also included the needs of vehicles used to transport residents from the affected areas.

Klungkung Regent, I Nyoman Suwirta, who led the meeting directly explained that refugees who can be accommodated at the location specified are not only from Klungkung, but also from Karangasem,

especially those from border area.

“This is a precautionary measure.

Determination of the location of refuge will also see the situation,” he explained. Facing the worst possibilities of the activities of the largest mountain in Bali, the budget handling also got the attention from the district government. Unexpected fund previously allocated as much as IDR 1 billion was added IDR 500 million sourcing from the shift of social assistance funds in the amended regional budget plan 2017. “This fund will be allocated to meet the needs. The shift has been approved by the parliament,” he said.

In the meantime, the Head of the Klungkung Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), I Putu Widiada, said the meeting was resumed with the installation of

two emergency tents in Puputan Klungkung Square. It is used as a location of refugee data collection and reception. “We have prepared logistics for refugees. Other than food, there are dozens of tents and thousands of masks,” he said.

In accordance with the disaster map of Mount Agung, the Klungkung area being prone to get affected by eruption lies on the banks of Unda River. However, amid the conditions of the mountain having entered the alert level, his agency has not taken refuge measures against the 13 hamlets and urban villages with the inhabitants of about 52,000 people. “Later if there are signs of eruption, it will be immediately followed up with evacuation. Now, we keep monitoring the current condition,” he said. (kmb45)

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On alert for Mount Agung, Concern about homes and livestock in case of evacuation

AMLAPURA - A recent earthquake in Karangasem caused many local residents to flee to safety and many others thought of doing the same. Following the increasing intensity of the earthquakes in the region, people have started considering the worst: a full eruption of Gunung Agung. Many people have also become concerned about the security of their homes in the case of an evacuation which could be used as opportunity for thieves.

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The civil police is dismantling illegal billboard in Denpasar

Regional bylaw needed for ambient ads

DENPASAR - As time progresses the way that companies advertise is becoming more creative. Whereas in the past ads were mostly restricted to billboards and the like, nowadays outdoor ambient media are being used. This new form of advertising should be contributing to the local governments’ regionally generated revenue (PAD). Apparently Bali’s local government is not well versed in the developments of advertising as there are no rules and thus no taxes on ambient ads.

IN fact there are already many companies using ambient advertising in Bali, as Chairman of Media-Based Standing Creative Industry Committee of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Indonesia, Roy Wicaksono, said on Sunday (Sep. 17).

Wicaksono who is also does advertising, explained that advertising has moved away from simple brand awareness to more active forms of persuading people to buy. “ Ads no longer simply introduce products but are now more aggressive seeking consumers”, he said.

Outdoor media such as billboards and videotron are still being used, however outdoor ads have evolved in to the exciting creative media of ambient advertising.

Ambient ads are a form of adverstising that seeks to get closer to the public by installing company logos in public spaces such as public benches and the like. Traveloka recently placed their logo on seats on Sanur Beach and a bank combined their CSR contribution of pots for plants with ambient advertising by having their logo on all the pots in an urban park. Ads that are integrated into urban facilities like bus stops are also considered to be ambient ads.

A lot of advertisers are requesting to have ambient ads in Bali, said Wicaksono, however this has yet ot be widely applied because the regulations regarding this matter remain unclear. Greater Jakart has already created regulations regarding ambient ads within its jurisdiction. As a result advertisers are generated tax revenue for the local government. “Jakarta’S government has set forth regulations. For instance any company wanting to advertise at the National Monument has to provide compensation to the site in the form of renovations or maintenance and also pay an advertising tax”, he explained. Ambient ads are thought to be able to make an area more beautiful, promote specific products and promote the region where the ad is placed Considering these developments in advertising, Wicaksono hopes that regional regulations (PERDA) regarding billboards can be expanded to accommodate contemporary circumstances. Further more ambient advertising is very appealing to companies because of its effects on consumers, so regulations should be set forth as soon as possible. Right now, Greater Jakarta is the only region in Indonesia to have set forth such regulations. In Bali, Badung, Denpasar, Gianyar, Tabanan and Buleleng have a lot of potential for ambient media advertisements because of the large volume of tourists that pass through these places. (kmb42)

Unrest amongst people in the region was expresses when customary village chiefs and headmen throughout Karangasem gathered at the UKM Center Building in Amlapura on Tuesday (Sep. 19) to infor the public about local regulations.

They also took the opportunity to inform people about the increased alert leels of Gungun Agung. Community leader form the sub-distirct of Selat, Komang Sujana told the regent of Karangasem and the other leaders that as Chief of Customary Village Small Assembly (MADP) of Selat subdistrict, he has held several meetings with Selat community figures to follow up on the regent’s instructions, saying prayers together and offering pejatian oblation in each house compound.

However, his community is not ready to deal with evacuation.

After the earthquake followed by volcanic ash occurred on Monday night (Sep18), some local residents decided to immediately evacuate their homes. “But there is

confusion about security issues. If eeyone leaves their homes empty, we are worried that thieves could take advantage of such conditions” he said.

People are also concerned about the fate of their livestock. On Monday, for example, many people decided not to flee for fear that their livestock would go missing, others simply took their livestock with them to safety in Rendang square.

“Many people fled with their livestock that night. They were afraid of losing their cattle. The residents who were mostly from Lebih village, Sebudi, returned ot their homes at 05:00 this morning”, said Agung Aditya one of the residents at the refugee camp, on Tuesday morning (Sep. 18).

A community figure of Rendang subdistrict, Eka Mulyawan, said last Monday (Sep. 19) that those raising chicken are particularly worried about what to do in the case of evacuation as they would not be able to feed their livestock -or worse yet in the case of an eruption.

If the case of an eruption certainly they would suffer huge losses as

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seen in Sukan hamlet, Menanga where the light ash caused some losses. IN the case of the eruptin of Mount Sinabung not long ago, breeders received compensation for their losses form the government.

Mulyawan however admitted that he did not know whether this would be also be true for Karangasem in the case of a volcanic eruption.

“The breeders are confused.

I am being asked to help find a solution. How will we resolve this problem? Hopefully, the government can also pay attention to this problem”, he said.

Responding to concernes about thieves in the case of an evacuation, Chief of Karangasem Police, I Gede Ardana, said that his officers will intensify patrols. Patrols will be conducted more frequently in villages that have been abandoned. “ According to instructions from the Governor of Bali, in the case of evacuations, abandoned villages must be patrolled”, he said.

The local governemnt has yet to assuage worries about the fate of farmers who breed livestock. (kmb31)

The third and final event of the Billabong Bloodlines Series – Bali 2017 saw grommets descend on the famous right-hander at the Rivermouth of Pereranan Beach on Sunday, and were greeted with small but near perfect conditions. Each division was not only competing for the bragging rights of the first Canggu event winner, but also the highest place competitor for the three-part

series - who would be crowned the series champion, and walk away with a brand new Channel Islands Surfboard.

With the early morning low tide, and not enough water on the reef for the right-hander, the Push-In division heats were up first. Having the luxury of a couple of different options on the Pereranan stretch, the micro groms, with a bit of help from

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their parents, entered the water at the Sandbar, just to the south of the Rivermouth. Always a crowd favourite, the free surfers already in the water, and the early starters sipping on their coconuts enjoyed the battle between Surya Ratif and Natan Bontje. Both seemed unstoppable on their way to the final, placing first in each heat they surfed; though there could be only one winner, and it was Natan who ultimately came out on top.

With the tide on the rise and the swell filling in, the event headed back to right-hander, with the U/14 boys and U/16 boys completing their early rounds.

There were upsets galore with Canggu local and Billabong team rider, Kian Martin, unfortunately not progressing through his quarter final heat in the U/16s, and young Indonesian charger

Bronson Meidy bowing out in his semifinal.

The girls got to sleep in, with their rounds not starting until after lunch. And even though the southerly winds threatened conditions, there was little effect on the contest site. The girl’s division was one to watch, with the final going down to the wire.

Taina Izquerdo took the win, whilst Australian Zahlia Short close in second place. Dhea Natasya locked down the 3rd position, and this was enough for her to claim the series championship, on a countback, from Taina.

Wi t h t h e o c e a n m o v i n g around, and the tide swinging back to low, the boys Finals rounded out the competition at the right-hander. Kuta’s Ketut Agus surfed all day with a brace on his foot (an injury he sustained in the series’ Padma

finals) and edged out series 1 winner Danny Widianto in second place. Danny’s consistent surfing across the three contests proved too good, and he walked away the series champion with a win and two second places to his name. The Widianto family had a lot to celebrate this season, as Danny’s older sister is Dhea, the series winner for the U/16 Girls.

The boys U/14 finalists impressed not only the judges but also the crowd on the sand, with less than a point deciding first and second place. Once again it was Kona Eru taking win after his exciting display at the previous event in Padma. Made Joi claimed second place, with Varun Tandjung in third and Made Deva fourth. Two consecutive event wins ensured Kona claimed the overall series.

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Avril Lavigne, Bruno Mars named ‘most dangerous’ in online searches

LOS ANGELES - Pop singers Avril Lavigne and Bruno Mars topped a list of celebrities on Tuesday ranked the most dangerous to search for online because of results that could expose fans to malicious websites.

Cyber security company McAfee said singers Carly Rae Jepsen, Zayn Malik and Celine Dion were also in the top five of their annual list because searches for their names can lead fans to click on suspicious links that expose them to malware.

It said that searching for “Avril Lavigne free mp3” results in a 22 percent chance of landing on a malicious website.

Lavigne, 32, who found fame in 2002 with the hit single “Complicated,” has been off the celebrity scene for a number of years because of Lyme disease which

she has said left her bedridden.

However, she said in 2016 that she is planning to release a new album in 2017 - her first in four years - apparently leading to increased searches for news about her music.

The 2017 McAfee study was dominated by musicians but actors who made the top 25 list included “Pitch Perfect” star Anna Kendrick, Jennifer Lopez and rising star Hailee Steinfeld.

“In today’s digital world, we want the latest hit albums, videos, movies and more immediately available on our devices,” Gary Davis, McAfee’s vice president of global consumer marketing, said in a statement.

He said consumers should slow down and consider the risks.

“Thinking before clicking goes a long way to stay safe online,” he said. (rtr)

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Emma Stone honed dance skills to play tennis great Billie Jean King

LOS ANGELES - Emma Stone admits she’s never been a sports player, so when she was asked to play former world tennis No. 1 Billie Jean King in the movie “Battle of the Sexes,” the Oscar-winning actress approached it from a different direction - dancing.

King, by contrast, who pioneered the fight for equal pay in tennis more than 40 years ago, pictured herself in Stone’s position as she worked with the actress to portray her character.

“I tried to put myself in Emma’s shoes. That’s really taking a risk portraying someone who is still alive. I’m like, ‘God, that’s a little pressure,” King said.

Stone, 28, and the 73-year-old tennis legend became good friends while making the movie that tells the story behind King’s 1973 exhibition match against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) to fight sexism in the sport and society at large. It opens in U.S. movie theaters on Friday.

Stone, who won an Oscar in February for song and dance musical “La La Land,” had never played tennis so her early sessions with King focused on footwork and choreography.

“I danced, so footwork was good. (And) I had been on stage

before and when Billie Jean went out onto the tennis court it felt like her stage, so she really keyed in on that,” Stone said.

Later came weeks of practice on serves and cross-court backhands, but for Stone, even the simplest things were tough.

“We went to the U.S. Open ... and I was sitting next to Billie Jean, and Sloane Stephens was catching balls and tucking them in her skirt and bouncing them with the racquet.

“It’s just little in-between stuff but that took me months to learn!”

Stone said.

Professional players were hired to reproduce the shots in the match against Riggs, which was watched by more than 50 million on television.

For her part, King worked for weeks with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy recalling her experience in the early 1970s, when she not only established the break-away Women’s Tennis Association and took on Riggs but also was wrestling with her own sexual identity.

She came out as gay in 1981.

More than 40 years after beating Riggs, women are still fighting for equal pay and rights on and off the tennis court, not that it comes as any surprise to King. (rtr)

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A rescue dog and his trainer work on the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake hit Mexico City, Mexico September 20, 2017.

REUTERS/Ginnette Riquelme

Mexico searches for earthquake survivors against increasing odds

MEXICO CITY - Rescuers labored against long odds into the dawn on Thursday to save a 12-year-old schoolgirl and untold other survivors who may be trapped beneath crumpled buildings in central Mexico following the country’s deadliest earthquake in 32 years. More than 50 survivors have been plucked from several disaster sites since Tuesday afternoon’s 7.1-magnitude quake, leading to impassioned choruses of “Yes we can!” from the first responders, volunteers and spectators gathered around the ruins.

At least 237 others have died and 1,900 were injured. As the odds of survival lengthened with each pass-

ing hour, officials vowed to continue with search-and-rescue efforts such as the one at a collapsed school in

southern Mexico City where Navyled rescuers could communicate with the 12-year-old girl but were still unable to dig her free.

Eleven other children were rescued from the Enrique Rebsamen School, where the students are aged roughly six to 15 but 21 students and four adults there were killed.

Rescuers previously had seen a hand protruding from the debris and the girl wiggled her fingers when asked if she was still alive, according to broadcaster Televisa, whose cameras and reporters had special access to the scene to provide nonstop live coverage.

But some 15 hours into the effort, Admiral Jose Luis Vergara said rescuers still could not pinpoint her location. “There’s a girl alive in there, we’re pretty sure of that, but we still don’t know how to get to her,” Vergara told Televisa. “The hours that have passed complicate the chances of finding alive or in good health the person who might be trapped,” he said.

As Vergara spoke, a human chain of hard-hatted rescuers removed a large chunk of concrete from the floodlit scene. Rescuers periodically demanded “total silence” from bystanders, who would

freeze in place and stay quiet to better hear any calls for help As with other disaster sites throughout central Mexico, officials dared not employ heavy lifting equipment for fear of crushing anyone below.

Throughout the capital, crews were joined by volunteers and bystanders who used dogs, cameras, motion detectors and heat-seeking equipment to detect victims who may still be alive. Some 52 buildings collapsed in Mexico City alone and more in the surrounding states. The quake killed 102 people in Mexico City and the remaining 135 from five surrounding states, officials said late on Wednesday.

At least nine Latin American countries pledged to rush in searchand-rescue teams or technical assistance, with crews from Panama and El Salvador already on the job, as did the United States, Spain, Japan and Israel. The Panamanian team of 32 rescue workers dressed in orange jumpsuits and helmets and two dogs arrived with seven days’ worth of food, water and supplies and prepared to work around the clock, said Cesar Lange, leader of the Panamanian Civil Protection unit.

The earthquake struck about

150 km (90 miles) southeast of Mexico City on Tuesday afternoon, shattering glass, shearing off sides of buildings and leaving others in dusty piles of destruction. It came on the same date as a 1985 tremor that killed thousands and still resonates in Mexico. Annual September 19 earthquake drills were being held a few hours before the nation got rocked once again. Mexico was still recovering from another powerful quake less than two weeks ago that killed nearly 100 people in the south of the country.

The epicenter was a mere 31 km (32 miles) beneath the surface, sending major shockwaves through the metropolitan area of some 20 million people. Much of the capital is built upon an ancient lake bed that shakes like jelly during a quake. (rtr) Continued to page 6 News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.