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Volume 13, Issue 663 13 Nov. - 19 Dec. 2019

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A Gym that Never Closes

“Anytime Fitness” 24-hour Gym Opens in Bali
Anytime Fitness, one of the world's largest gym franchises,
will open its first branch in Bali located on the third floor of
Eccos Plaza on Sunset Road in Kuta. The new gym is
scheduled to formally open its doors in January 2020.
Damian Santoro, Country Manager for Anytime Fitness in
Indonesia, says the Bali branch of his brand marks the
beginning of an extensive national expansion program
following the opening of 7 inaugural locations in Indonesia
during 2019.
“After opening our first club in Indonesia located in Jakarta's
Gajahmada Plaza in March of 2019, we successfully opened
a total of 7 clubs in 2019. In 2020 we are targeting to open 30
more branches including one in Denpasar, Bali that we will
open a large opportunity for our continuing expansion in
Indonesia,” said Santoro.
The “Anytime Fitness” Brand originated in Minnesota in the
USA with its concept of 24-hour-a-day access permitting
members to exercise at whatever time of the day best suits
them.
Members at one “Anytime Fitness” location are eligible for
access at more than 4,500 affiliate “Anytime Fitness” gyms
spread across 50 countries worldwide.
Damian also commented that he hoped the growing network
of gyms in Indonesia will help to raise the consciousness of
the Indonesian public of the importance of an active, healthy
lifestyle.
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New Laughing Stock at Bali Safari and Marine Park
Bali Safari and
M a r i n e P a r k
Welcomes Four
Striped Hyenas to its
Collection of more
than 100 Species.
Bali Safari Park proudly
announces another first
for Bali – a cackle of
Striped hyena! A much-
m a l i g n e d a n d
misunderstood animal, as
evidenced by their
portrayal in the animated
film "Lion King" by Disney.
The Park invites you to
visit Bali Safari Park, to get a
different, more rounded perception
and deeper understanding of these
fascinating and engaging animals.
There are 4 main types of hyenas:
namely Striped Hyenas, Spotted
Hyenas, Brown hyenas, and
Aardwolves. The image most
people have of the species is the
Spotted Hyena that is portrayed, not
altogether undeservedly, as an
aggressive pack hunter who kills
large-sized ungulates (hooved
animals) that are pursued to
exhaustion and disemboweled by a
cackle of hyenas. The Aardwolf is an
insectivore surviving on a diet of
termites. Meanwhile, the Striped
Hyena only occasionally kills for its
food, acting more as a clean-up
crew devouring the carcasses
abandoned by other animals.
The four Striped Hyenas now
happily ensconced at the Bali Safari
Park are comprised of two females –
Manama and Adliya, and two males
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– Hamad and Riffa. Preferring to live
in smaller groups of one male with
several females, the Striped Hyena
is quieter than its laughing spotted
cousin but still likes to howl and emit
a chattering laugh if it so suits his
mood. Typically monogamous, both
males and females participate
actively and jointly in the care of their
pups. Preferring to scavenge and
hunt at night, Striped Hyenas
usually hide in caves and dirt pits
during the day to avoid predators
and in order to shelter from the heat
and cold.
Are Hyenas more closely related to
cats or dogs? The answer is
somewhat confusing, although in
terms of scientific classification they
are closer to felines and viverrids –
the family of animals that include the
civet. Although seen as belonging to
the feliform category of “cat-like”
carnivores, hyenas are more “dog-
like” in their form and structure. Like
dogs and unlike cats, they do not live
in trees and have limbs made for
to help people achieve a healthy
lifestyle,” commented Damian.
“Anytime Fitness” Clubs are
equipped with the best range of
fitness equipment in Indonesia,
beginning from weight training,
cardio, functional training, free
weights, and group exercise.
Each club remains open 24-hours
each day.
Those wishing to know more about
“Anytime Fitness” are welcome to
visit an information desk in
operation from 10:00 am until 9:00
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running instead of climbing.
Showing a more dog-like
inclination, hyenas catch
and kill their prey with their
teeth rather than claws. But,
only serving to add to the
phylogenetic debate, the
way in which hyenas groom,
create scents, defecate,
mate and parent their young
is more consistent with
other feliforms or cats.
Hyenas possess several
interesting features, namely
the ability to digest parts of
their prey's body that cannot
be digested by other
animals - such as toenails, horns,
h a i r, a n d l i g a m e n t s . T h i s i s
facilitated by sharp teeth, strong
jaws, and highly potent stomach
acids. Possessing an acute sense of
hearing, hyenas can hear sounds
that cannot be heard by humans.
They also use secretions from their
anal glands to mark their territory.
Like both dogs and cats, hyenas are
subject to piloerection – the
phenomenon that sees the hair on
the center of the back become erect
when angered or threatened,
allowing them to look larger and
more intimidating in aggressive
situations.
The Bali Safari and Marine Park is
open daily until 5:00 pm with night
safari options available.
The Park's collection of well-cared-
for animals now numbers at more
than a thousand animals across
more than 100 species.
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pm daily at the Eccos Plaza
ground floor on Jalan Sunset
Road. The information kiosk will
remain in operation until the Club
formally opens in January 2020.
The “Anytime Fitness” brand dates
from 2002 and has become one of
the largest fitness franchises with
4,500 branches in 50 countries
worldwide. The franchise has won
recognition from Magazine 500 as
the #1 Top Global Franchise.
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Spiritual Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
Mass Purification
Ceremony at Ulun Danu
Bature Songan Temple
on Thursday, December
26, 2019
Hundreds of Hindu devotees in
Bali are expected to attend a
Pewintenan Massal (mass ritual
cleansing) Ceremony to be held
at the Ulun Danu Batur Songan
Temple in Bangli on Thursday,
December 26, 2019. The
Pewintenan Ceremony is
intended to cleanse the soul of
sin and past misdeeds and is an
obligatory “right of passage”
(Yadnya) ritual for all Balinese.
Beritabali.com reports the ritual
is sponsored by the Siddha Swati
Educational Council (kepedulian
Pesraman Pemangku
Pedukuhan Siddha Swati) an
organization that helps Hindus
fulfill their religious obligations.
One of the organizers of the
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ceremony, Jero Mangku Artana,
e x p l a i n e d o n We d n e s d a y,
November 27, 2019: “The
Ceremony helps to reduce the
expense of the ceremony without
reducing in any way the sacred
quality of the Pewintenan
Ceremony (Rsi Yadnya). We
wish to educate the public that
obligatory ceremonies of the
Hindu faith need not be
expensive. What's important is
that the ceremony be carried out
in accordance with religious
protocols (plutuk) and that the
person leading the ceremony
has the proper authority to do so
(matur tur patut).”
The coming Pewintenan Massal
Ceremony is divided into three
sections or groupings:
Pewintenan Dasa Guna,
Ganapati, and Panca Rsi. The
Pewintenan Dasa Guna is
dedicated to those charged with
leading or guiding religious rites,
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Can Intolerance be Tolerated in Indonesia?
creating religious paraphernalia, President Called BEFORE the police succumbed to
preparing corpses for burial or Upon to Take Firm the wishes of the
religiously intolerant
cremation, or traditional healers. and Definitive Stand
Pewintenan Ganapati is the villages demanding the
Against Groups end of a Hindu religious
second grouping reserved for
Opposing Religious ceremony in honor of
religious leaders, those who
prepare offerings (banten), and Tolerance in familial ancestors and
Indonesia called on the 40 or so
healers (Balian). Finally, the third
A seminar held in the Hindu's in attending the
grouping Pewintenan Panca Rsi
Javanese Kingdom of ceremony to abandon
is for religious leaders who are the service.
guardians of the three temples Yo g y a k a r t a w i t h t h e
theme of “A Critical and According to government
found in all villages: Pura Desa, authorities, some 150
Pura Puseh, and Pura Dalem. Constructive Dialogue on
Hindus make their home
Cross Religious
The Pewintenan Massal on in the Regency of Bantul.
Cooperation to Make are very bad signals from society
December 26, 2019, is limited to In the recent past, the Regent of
Indonesia Better, Peaceful and as a whole. “Events held in
150 participants and will Tolerant” called on Indonesian accordance with the law must be Bantul has refused to issue
commence at 10:00 am. P r e s i d e n t J o k o W i d o d o t o protected without condition. The permits for the erection of non-
The ceremony will be conducted resolutely confront and end every people must know that tolerance is Muslim places of worship, most
by three Hindu Priests: Ida form of intolerance occurring in protected under the law, and recently ordering the destruction of
Pandita Dukuh Celagi Dhaksa Indonesia. official action will be taken against a Christian Church building site.
Dharma Kerti, Ida Bhagawan Suseno, an 83-year-old Jesuit acts of intolerance,” said Suseno. If officials in Yogyakarta, and
Viveka Dharma, and Ida priest, said that he had witnessed Franz Mangnis Suseno, SJ, said Indonesia as a whole, fail to step
Pedanda Sikara. the incidents of intolerance grow in the State philosophy of Pancasila forward to aggressively defend the
recent years. Those incidents, is a matter of national consensus State Philosophy of Pancasila and
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The Seoul of Connectivity with ASEAN.
Indonesian
President Calls
for Visa-Free
Facilities to
Between ASEAN
and South
Korea.
The State News
A g e n c y A N TA R A
quotes Indonesian
President Joko
Widodo, speaking at
the Summit commemorating the
30th Anniversary of ASEAN and
South Korean cooperation, said
connectivity between the people of
ASEAN and South Korea needs to
be supported by a policy allowing
visa-free visits.
“In the future, we will promote
greater connectivity between the
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Indonesia's Foreign Minister
Retno Marsudo, who was
accompanying President Joko
Widodo at the Summit in Busan,
South Korea, told the press that
issues of “hard connectivity” such
as improving infrastructure and
“soft connectivity” must both be
addressed in the years ahead.
“Soft connectivity,” on the other
hand, addresses people-to-
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the Christmas – New
Year's Holidays
The Jakarta Post reports that
Garuda Indonesia will add
2,495 seats on main air routes
to meet anticipated additional
demand over the Christmas
and New Year's Holidays.
The additional seats in the form
of larger planes on existing
routes or additional flight
frequencies will be available
between December 20, 2019, the larger aircraft.
and January 6, 2020. Most Despite declining passenger
additional seats, according to numbers on domestic flights
Garuda's commercial director, and Surabaya-Denpasar. nationwide, Garuda Indonesia
Pikri Ilham Kurniansyah, would The ability to deploy larger is estimating an increase in
be achieved by utilizing wide- wide-body aircraft was limited holiday traffic for the coming
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Missing Chinese and Domestic Tourists in Bali
Bali By The Numbers:
Foreign Tourist Arrivals
to Bali increased 9.69%
in October 2019.
D o m e s t i c To u r i s m
Arrivals to Bali Remain
Depressed.
The number of foreign
tourist visiting Bali in
October 2019 represented
the highest number of
recorded foreign visitors for
the same month over the past four
years. October 2019 saw 568,067
foreign tourist land in Bali, an
increase of 9.69% when
compared to the 517,889 tourists
who came to the island in October
2018. Looking back to earlier
years, October 2017 recorded
465,085 foreign tourist arrivals;
October 2016 counted 432,215
foreign tourists.
The 568,067 foreign tourists who
came to Bali in October 2019
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Chinese (PRC) visitors to
Bali in October 2018 totaled
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25.66% in October 2019 to
only 87,819 visitors.
A s r e p o r t e d b y
Balipost.com, for the period
January – October 2019,
visitors from Asia (not
including ASEAN) to Bali
totaled 1.9 million, Europe
comprised a 41.94% share of all totaled 1.2 million, Oceania
foreign arrivals nationally. 1.1 million and ASEAN 484,000.
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October 2019 foreign visitors to Bureau (BPS), starred hotels in
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Aromatherapy for Millennials?
New Rubbish Dumps to
Be Opened in Mengwi
and Canggu Areas of
South Bali
Nusa Bali reports that in order to
handle the enormous amounts of
rubbish that is overwhelming the
TPA Suwung Site adjacent to the
Port of Benoa, the Regency of
Badung is preparing a 3-hectare
site adjacent to the Mengwi
Transportation Terminal. In the
near future, the Regency says an
additional TPA (rubbish tip) will be
built in Canggu, North Kuta.
The Head of the Environmental
and Hygiene Service (LHK) for
Badung Regency, I Putu Eka
Merthawan, said that based on a
joint agreement, the massive TPA
Suwung will no longer receive
rubbish after November 29, 2019.
“Badung has committed that
effective November 29, 2019,
trash will no longer be accepted at
T PA S u w u n g . B e g i n n i n g
November 30th Badung Regency
will independently manage its
rubbish,” said Eka Merthawan on
Wednesday, November 27, 2019.
Merthawan told the press that the
Regency of Badung
Administration and members of
the community have mobilized in
creating an Integrated Waste
Management System (TPST) in
every community while
simultaneously establishing
Independent Trash Banks (Bank
Sampah Mandiri - BSM) that will
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s e p a r a t e
categories of
trash as the first
s t e p t o
recycling.
A W a s t e
R e s i d u e
Management
Sites will be set
up near the
M e n g w i
Terminal that
will focus on
reducing,
reusing, and
recycling
waste.
of operations.
Merthawan confirmed that the
Meanwhile, a plan has been put
Regency of Bandung would
forth to build a Rubbish Tip (TPA)
contract the management,
in the Village of Canggu. The
operation, and maintenance of
large-scale operation that will be
waste management systems to
named the Badung Recycling
third parties while local
Park (BRP) will cover a 2.8-
government units will have the
hectare site. The Regency of
responsibility of licensing,
Badung will pay the Village of
controlling the volume of trash in
Canggu Rp. 2.5 billion for the site.
accordance with pre-agreed limits, The Canggu complex will also
and providing secure walled areas include a fire station, a technical
for rubbish collection. center (UPT) for the management
Current plans are to use of waste in North Kuta, and a
incinerators powered by wood garden area.
chips, a method seen to be more While the new TPA Canggu is still
environmentally friendly. “Each only a proposal, Merthawan
day there will be around 300 tons claims it is already in a stage of
of rubbish that will be transported advance planning. These
by LHK Badung for processing at preparations include coordination
the new handling site,” said with the Provincial Administration
Merthawan. of Bali who owns the site. The LHK
Eka Merthawan estimates that the Chief said plans are to begin
cost of the new processing center building the TPA Canggu in 2020 in
will be Rp. 9 billion for its first year order to meet plans to make Bali
self-sufficient in how it handles
trash before 2021.
The local chief of the Public Works
and Public Housing Department
(PUPR) for Badung, IB Surya
Suamba, said the incinerator
using wood chips at the site near
the Mengwi Terminal will have a
capacity to handle 5 tons per hour.
Other forms of rubbish that can be
composted or recycle will be
separated out of the incineration
process.
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Just a Touch of Christmas
B a l i
Communit
y Choir
Christmas
Concert
M o n d a y,
December
16, 2019
T h e B a l i
Community Choir, comprised of
enthusiastic choristers from
Indonesia and around the word
world will hold its 10th Christmas
Concert on Monday, December
16, 2019, in the Jimbar Room of
the Swiss-Belresort Watu Jimbar
in Sanur Bali.
The Concert dubbed “Just a Touch
of Christmas” will open with a
number of new songs and
selections ranging from the choir's
extensive repertoire of musical
numbers presented in several
languages. The highlight of the
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evening, however, will be a timely
salute to the holiday season with
carols and musical anthems
celebrating the joys of Christmas.
The choir is led by Brendan
O'Donnell a former director of
“Sing Australia.”
The concert begins at 7:00 pm. As
a courtesy to the performers,
please arrive in time to be seated
prior to 7:00 pm.
Seating is limited with tickets
available at the door for Rp,
50,000 each with children/student
admission tickets for only Rp.
20,000. Reservations can be
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made in advance by
including attendees'
n a m e s a n d
handphone number
in an Email .
A cash refreshment
bar will be in
operation at the
concert venue.
Door prizes and
attractive raffle
prizes will form part of the evening.
The Bali Community Choir's
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F1 braced for demands of record 22 races in 2020
More races, more
'wear and tear': F1
braced for demands
of longest ever
season
When Formula One
returns in 2020, there will
be a record 22 races on
the schedule with
renewed concerns about
the demands being
placed on those who
keep the travelling circus on the
road.
The schedule has lost Germany
but is expanding with the
addition of Vietnam and the
return after a long absence of
Dutch circuit Zandvoort.
Commercial rights holders
Liberty Media want to structure
the calendar so they can
accommodate a maximum of
25 races.
Over the last decade F1 has
spread its wings far beyond its
European heartland and added
lucrative races in Asia and the
Middle East.
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Race weekends are set
to be shortened by a day
from 2021, running from
Friday to Sunday instead
of the current Thursday
start.
The mandatory curfew,
during which team
personnel who work on
the car are not allowed to
enter the circuit, is set to
get longer.
McLaren driver Carlos
Of the 17 races in the 2000
Sainz said he was against
season, only six were outside
further expansion, when asked
Europe. Next year, 13 of the 22
about the move to a three-day
races will be long-haul
weekend.
“flyaways”.
“That last extra day that we
“We care deeply about it,”
take off doesn't fully
Formula One Chief Executive
compensate those 22/25 races
Chase Carey told reporters in
that we want to have in the
Abu Dhabi when asked about
future,” said the Spaniard.
the toll taken by such a long
season.
“We need to make the sport
healthy but try to do it in a way
that is very cognisant of the
pressure and the wear and
tear,” the American said.
MARLEE
LAMB
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Tiger Woods is going to be playing a whole lot of golf
in Australia
Australian fans are going to
see plenty of Tiger Woods
with the American team
captain hinting he may play
more than the minimum two
matches at next week's
Presidents Cup in
Melbourne.
Sources inside the 15-time major
winner's camp have suggested he will
play up to four matches at Royal
Melbourne.
The four are believed to be the
Thursday (four ball) and Friday
(foursomes) sessions, as well as
Saturday morning (four ball) before all
players contest the Sunday singles.
The US PGA Tour, who runs the
biennial teams event, tweaked the
rules for this edition and reduced the
minimum number of matches outside
the singles from two to one.
Some feared Woods, who missed
large portions of the US PGA Tour
season this year with injury, would
only play the mandatory two.
But given Woods has shown flashes
of his brilliant best this year, winning a
fifth Masters green jacket in April and
t h e U S To u r ' s r e c e n t Z o z o
Patrick Reed explained in great detail why he's not a cheat
Patrick Reed has again
refuted claims of
c h e a t i n g i n a
r e m a r k a b l y
dispassionate press
conference ahead of
the Presidents Cup in
Melbourne.
Reed repeatedly deconstructs
the notion of cheating in
professional golf, leaning on
the “intent” of one's actions as the
determining factor of foul play.
The American, who's on Tiger Woods
team for this week's tournament,
denies he cheated at Woods' event in
the Bahamas last week. He was
penalised two shots for using club to
move sand from behind the ball in a
bunker.
Reed's esoteric defence of the claims
levelled at him, including by golfers
like Australia's Cameron Smith,
invoked the laws of golf and a
dispassionate view of intent.
13 Nov. - 19 Dec. 2019
Championship in Japan,
it's believed Woods has
a green light to play as
much as he wants.
The soon-to-be 44-year-
old is currently in
contention at his
charity's event in the
Bahamas, the Hero
World Challenge.
Woods and the American
team will leave the
Bahamas on Saturday
night and arrive in
Australia on Monday
morning.
The tournament began a day earlier
than usual to accommodate golfers
travelling to Australia and the field
included all but one member of the 12-
player US team that will compete at
Royal Melbourne.
He was asked by reporters how many
matches he would play, Woods joked:
“Yeah, I'm playing a minimum of two.
Does that help you?
“We have game plans for next week.
We've got guys that haven't played.
DJ (Dustin Johnson) is coming off an
injury, a surgery. We're going to take it
day by day, see how guys feel.
“It (cheat) is not the right word to use,”
Reed said Tuesday.
“At the end of the day, if you do
something unintentionally that breaks
the rules, it's not considered cheating
and at the end of the day that's what it
is.
“If you're intentionally trying to do
something, that would be considered
cheating, but I wasn't intentionally
trying to improve a lie or anything like
that, because if it was, it would have
been a really good lie and I would
have hit it really close.
“I didn't feel like it was intentional or
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“We're going to
communicate with
one another and
work through it.”
Woods equalled
the US PGA Tour's
winning record with
his 82nd title in
Japan and said the
arthroscopic
s u r g e r y h e
underwent on his
knee in August had
improved his
mobility.
“I can drive the ball a little bit better
because I can rotate,” Woods said.
“I can putt the ball better because I
can get down and read putts again.”
Woods began the second round of the
Hero six shots behind overnight
leaders Patrick Reed and Gary
Woodland.
His six-under-par 66 matched Reed
and Jon Rahm for the day's low score
and left him in a share of fifth place
with Justin Thomas (69) and Rickie
Fowler (69).
He's six shots behind Reed, who
holds the outright lead after the
second round at the Albany Golf Club.
anything, and if I would have
saw the sand move, I would
knew immediately if it did, that's
a penalty.”
Pressed again, Reed returned
to the notion of intent within the
rules.
“It's just wrong, it's just not right
(calling me a cheat),” he added.
“Especially afterwards when I
saw it, and when I talked with
Slugger immediately, both of us
knew that it wasn't from intent
or anything like that.
“If you intentionally try to do
something, then it is considered
cheating but if you're not intentionally
trying to give yourself a good lie or
intentionally breaking a rule or
something like that, that's not
considered cheating. It's just
considered breach of rule.”
This is a topic that's likely to follow
Reed around on golf courses for some
time, even if it's his intention to put this
all behind him by winning the
Presidents Cup.
Kuta Weekly
Only one team can stop Liverpool now. Five days will
decide if they can really do it
Two key games in five days Divock Origi role – a player who the final third we might have
will decide if Leicester City effortlessly slots in when a starter scored more goals, but that would
will do it is withdrawn and very little have been greedy. It's a brilliant
Much like last season, this Premier
League campaign was expected
to be a two-horse race, and that's
exactly what it is now. And that's
because Manchester City has
been knocked out of it.
In losing to Manchester United –
and offering very little to convince
against the argument they
deserved to lose by a lot more than
the one goal – the champions from
the last two seasons are set to be
dethroned.
Liverpool is the champion-in-
waiting now. Eight
points clear, only
dropping two points
all season, with the
most fearsome
attack in the world
and a plethora of
understudies who
know all the lines and
stage directions to fill
in for the main
protagonists.
B u t n o w, n o t s o
quietly hunting
behind, is Leicester
City, on a relentless
winning run even more impressive
than Liverpool's.
The Foxes recorded their eighth
consecutive victory on Monday
morning (AEDT) with the 4-1
thumping of Aston Villa, a team on
somewhat of a high after strong
performances against Manchester
United and Chelsea.
And it was the usual suspects who
put Villa to the sword.
James Maddison assisted twice,
Jamie Vardy scored twice, Caglar
Soyuncu and Jonny Evans
controlled the back four (Evans
even scored) and Youri Tielemans
kept everything ticking in the
middle.
Kelechi Iheanacho has even come
into the squad in recent weeks and
provided key goals and assists in
what is increasingly known as the
13 Nov. - 19 Dec. 2019
changes. The same was evident
with Soyuncu and how he has
made Harry Maguire's absence go
completely unnoticed.
It's easy to see why, yet again,
Brendan Rodgers finds himself as
one of the most coveted managers
in the league, and why the Foxes
have just tied him down to a fresh
five-year deal.
In his 26 Premier League games in
charge, Jamie Vardy has scored
25 times himself – 16 of which
coming this season – and he has
now broken the win record set in
the famous 2015/16 season.
“It's a real historic day for the club,”
Rodgers said after the win at Villa
Park. “We had all types of goals
today, we had a long period of
possession for the second one,
two counter-attacks, a set-piece
and other chances. We kept going
until the very end to try and score
goals so it was an absolutely
outstanding performance.
“The team that were in the
Leicester history books [for the
longest winning top-flight run]
were called the 'Ice Kings' and
they were a very famous team so
to go on and break that record in
the top flight is a real historical
achievement by the players.
“I thought we had a lot of quality
and played with a real hunger.
With a few more quality passes in
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win for us and an important three
points.”
In total, Rodgers has won 17
games and lost just five since
taking over at the end of February
to give himself a win percentage of
65.3%.
Only Liverpool and Manchester
United – at Anfield and Old Trafford
respectfully – have beaten the
Foxes, while the King Power
Stadium has become a fortress,
with only Wolves, on the opening
day of the season, stopping them
from winning.
They have the best
defence in the
league and the third
best attack and,
going into the busiest
time of the season,
they don't have
European games or
an eight-hour flight to
Qatar for the Club
World Cup to worry
about.
While Liverpool has
been dodging
defeats with Jurgen
Klopp's calculated gambles with
his team selection – he has rested
Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah,
Roberto Firmino, Jordan
Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum
and Trent Alexander-Arnold in the
last week – Rodgers has been
able to focus on consistency with
his starting XIs.
The real acid test come either side
of Christmas Day, when Leicester
travels to the Etihad to face
Manchester City before
welcoming Liverpool to the King
Power for a Boxing Day bonanza.
That's when we will know whether
Leicester is here for a good time,
or for a long time this season. It will
be the most defining five days of
the title race.
Kuta Weekly 13 Nov. - 19 Dec. 2019 Sports Corner
Patrick Reed doesn't seem to know he's a cheat.
Tiger Woods should tell him
lifts. Ordinariness is a rare thing among great
athletes and, for those of us with a handicap like
Smith's batting average, we like it when we see
it.
There are not many who like Patrick Reed. At
Tiger Woods' tournament in the Bahamas on
Saturday, Reed confirmed what the golfing
world has known for years. At best, he's a
troubled guy. At
worst, he's a
pathological cheat.
Reed stepped up to
Watching Matt Jones
a routine fairway
stroll around The drive on the 11th
Australian Golf Club on and but pulled it low
Sunday, you were struck
and left into a sand
by his ordinariness. trap.
As he walked from green to tee,
Jones clutched the hand of his
tiny blonde daughter, listening
intently to her words while
opponents bent their ears to
caddies on the matters of wind
direction or whether to use a lob
or a gap wedge.
Taking your kids to work, we all
k n o w, c a n b e a f r a u g h t
business.
Try doing it in the last round of
the Australian Open, at the top
of the leaderboard with Louis
Oosthuizen coming for you in
the shadows of Sunday
afternoon.
But even as his game wobbled,
Jones never let go of the hand
of his tiny blonde daughter. This
is a man who doesn't need a
trophy to tell him he's a winner.
Having righted himself at the
18th – a perfect chip to the
green with a lead of just one –
he turned to his wife and
daughters and said: 'You
coming girls?' This was a family
that could have been at
Westfield knocking over the
Christmas shopping before
setting off to find the Tarago dad
swore he'd left on L4 next to the
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Shades of Don Bradman. George Bailey bowled for a
golden duck in his final innings
Kuta Weekly R e t i r i n g
Tasmania
needed just four
runs to average 100
in Test cricket.
champion Bailey scored
George Bailey 10,072 runs in 160
followed in first class games at
an average of 38.59
D o n with 24 centuries
Bradman's and 52 half
footsteps in centuries.
being bowled The 37-year-old
played five Tests in
for a duck in Australia's 2014
his final first Ashes series sweep
class innings. of England,
Bailey came to the You wouldn't credit it. averaging 26.14
crease at 2-28 in his side's second “After so after many years of grand Bailey was recently named an
innings on the third day of the service and brilliant innings', Australian selector, after replacing
Sheffield Shield clash between George Bailey's last innings for Greg Chappell as part of the
Tasmania and South Australia at Tasmania is a duck after he lets selection panel in an
Bludstone Arena. one go.” unprecedented move.
“That is all she wrote for George The heartbreaking final innings It was the first time a player has
Bailey and the Tasmanian tigers. from Bailey brought back been named a selector, after he
“The master script writer couldn't memories of Bradman's infamous joined Justin Langer and Trevor
come up with something like that. final innings for Australia where he Hohns on the panel.

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Anthony Joshua is a changed man ... and a hypocrite
Anthony Joshua
is a changed man
– and it might not
be great for
boxing fans
It's not all about the
devastating knockout
for Anthony Joshua
anymore.
He's not going to go
desperately chasing
Deontay Wilder for the elusive
belt in his heavyweight
collection, either. This is Joshua
2.0.
After what he describes as a
“roller coaster” year, the British
boxing star is back as the
multiple world heavyweight
champion after beating Andy
Ruiz Jr in a unanimous points
decision in their rematch in
Saudi Arabia early Sunday.
Listening to Joshua after the
fight, there's a sense he is about
to embark on a new path to
domination of the marquee
division. The drastic change to
his fighting style and mindset is
an indication of that.
Against Ruiz, Joshua
overhauled his approach – “I
took it back to the old school,
13 Nov. - 19 Dec. 2019
'70s style,” he said – and used
dancing feet instead of his
traditional power-punching to
break down his opponent.
“Boxing's a sweet science,”
Joshua said with a grin. “Hit and
don't get hit. That's the name of
the game.”
For a heavyweight who made
his name as a knockout
merchant, Joshua has only won
one of his last five fights by
knocking his opponent to the
canvas, in a period stretching
back two years. He is becoming
more cautious, more of a
student of boxing..
Expect that to continue in his
second reign as champ after
regaining the WBA, WBO and
IBF belts.
Joshua said he has learned his
lesson after not preparing
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properly for his first
fight against Ruiz in
June, which went
badly wrong when he
was knocked down
four times before
being stopped in the
seventh round at
Madison Square
Garden.
He told the BBC on
Sunday that he had an
“issue with my health” before
that fight that led to him putting
his head in a bucket of ice
because he felt “tired and
drained.” Joshua gave no
precise details about the issue.
When asked if his fans might
have expected more from
Joshua in the controversial
rematch in the Middle East,
where avoiding Ruiz played as
big a part in the game plan as
punching him, the Briton said:
“If I box for the crowd and
people's opinion, I might not
have been victorious. I trusted
my own process and now I am
the champion. I'm going to
follow my own instincts while
I'm boxing.”
It's a far cry from the tune he
was singing only two years ago
when comparing his knockout
of Wladimir Klitschko to Tyson
Fury's points win against the
former long-reigning champ.
“Fury boxed twelve rounds and
ran,” Joshua said. “I don't
respect that. If I'm the King of
Dubai in the olden days and a
different empire comes to take
my territory, you don't come and
steal my treasure. That's what
Fury's done, he stole the belts
from Klitschko in the sense that
he just boxed and moved. I
know it's the 'art of boxing' but I
always said you come to slay
the king. You look him in the
face and you take what's his.”
Kuta Weekly
Fighter's lip explodes in final seconds of UFC war
A l i s t a i r
Overeem's lip
explodes in
c l o s i n g
seconds of bout
a g a i n s t
J a i r z i n h o
Rozenstruik
J a i r z i n h o
Rozenstruik
secured a shock
TKO win after
defeating Alistair Overeem in
the dying seconds of the fifth
round during their highly-
anticipated main card UFC boat
on Sunday.
With only eleven seconds left
on the clock, Rozenstruik's
brutal right hook knocked
Overeem into the netting,
exploding his lip in the process.
It was a Hail Mary swing that
gifted the Surinamese fighter
AUSSIE READY TO TACKLE HOLLOWAY IN LAS VEGAS
Alex Volkanovksi has
declared he is more
than ready to beat
Hawaiian superstar
Max Holloway and
bring the UFC
featherweight title to
Australia.
The NSW South Coast
fighter has headed to Las
Vegas just over a week
before his December 15
appearance on a stacked
UFC 245 card, including three
world title fights.
Volkanovski has had the longest
fight preparation of his career,
having been working since
before Holloway's last title
defence against Frankie Edgar
back in late July, as he was on
standby as a replacement if
either man got injured and had to
pull out.
13 Nov. - 19 Dec. 2019
his tenth consecutive mixed
martial arts win.
Social media erupted when
footage emerged of Overeem's
damaged upper lip, the skin
tearing away and exposing his
teeth.
31-year-old Rozenstruik
refused to touch gloves before
the fight, leaving his opposer
with outstretched arms.
The bout proceeded at a slow
pace, with Overeem slowly
“I've been preparing for Max for a
long time,” Volkanovski told AAP.
“I've been visualising being
across the cage from him for a
long time now.
“I'm in good nick, doing
everything right, doing all the one
per cent-ers and I'm more than
ready.”
Volkanovski, who has a 20-1
MMA record, is on a 17-fight
winning streak spanning six
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compiling points — it
was revealed after
the fight he had won
the first four rounds
on all three official
scorecards.
Overeem fatigued in
the final round, and
only needing the
survive until the final
buzzer, was
eventually rattled by
an explosive
Rozenstruik in the dying
seconds.
After managing to get back onto
his feet, by referee Dan
Miragliotta rushed in to end the
fight with four seconds
remaining.
Rozenstruik's impressive
record now stands at 10-0, with
four wins in the Octagon, all via
knockout.
years.
The 31-year-old fighter is
remaining composed just
over a week out from the
biggest and most
significant bout of his
career, on a show that is
certain to attract a
massive worldwide
audience.
“I'm always calm, I don't
get too excited,”
Volkanovski said.
“In my head, I know this
is the biggest fight of my life so
the motivation in training is
boosted up a lot.
“I'm really putting in the hard
yards, but at the same time I'm
not getting over excited.
“The training we do I don't need
to worry about that.
“Fighting is the easy part, the
preparation we put ourselves
through is no joke.”
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Mason Elephant Park: Where Love of Elephants
Reigns Supreme
Bali's Mason Elephant Park sustainable future for the critically- Adventures have invested into their
in Ubud Cited for Highest endangered Sumatran elephants. park and elephants, and this
Standard of Elephant Care Commenting on the accreditation a ccreditation is very much
from ACES, Nigel Mason, the deserved”.
Bali's Mason Elephant Park & Lodge
founder of Mason Adventures, said: The Sumatran elephant is counted
has become the first elephant park
“This is a big step in the right among the world's top 10 most
in Asia to be awarded Gold
direction. Sadly there are still too endangered species, together with
Certification from Asian Captive
many elephant camps across Asia the Sumatran rhino, Sumatran tiger,
Elephants Standards (ACES).
that mistreat and brutalize the and orangutan. The situation for
Asian Captive Elephants Standards
elephants supposedly under their these endangered creatures still
(ACES) is an independent
care, and consequently, this has set living in the wild is in rapid decline in
enterprise providing elephant
a false precedent (sic) that Indonesia to which experts give the
camps with the methodology,
generalizes all elephant parks to be dubious distinction of being the
guidance, and on-site support to
the same and inhumane.” nation considered to have the
ensure all captive elephants
fastest and still escalating rate
are receiving the highest level
of deforestation in the world.
of care possible. ACES works
Wild Sumatran elephants
with camps, parks,
numbers are currently
governments, local
estimated at less than 800, and
communities and industry
at the current rate of extinction,
bodies to provide the best
experts warn that there may no
outcome for elephants living in
longer be any elephants left in
captive circumstances.
the wild within the next ten
Monitoring and evaluation is
years. Wild elephants in
Instead of directing all your energy outward and dominating the Be careful of letting your erratic, willful nature dominate the scene. carried out through a rigorous
Sumatra that aren't poached or
conversation with your ideas, consider listening. Let ideas flow Go with the flow and be more sensitive to the people around you. assessment and audit process
your way. Be receptive to opinions and ideas. A wonderful mental Stay grounded, focused, and aware of your emotions. This may killed off by farmers protecting
conducted by an experienced
and emotional expansion occurs when you receive instead of be easier said than done, but this kind of behavior is key to making their crops are often herded
Mar 21 being so concerned about projecting out. Be more focused on the most of today. There's opportunity in doing things in a slightly
team of elephant specialists,
Sept 24 into miserable local holding
Apr 20 what's happening on the inside instead of so worried about events Oct 23 different way than you have been. veterinarians, researchers,
on the outside. camps, where reports of
and conservationists.
i n s u ff i c i e n t n o u r i s h m e n t ,
Things will be moving more in your favor as the day wears on. An You may be scolded for something you failed to take care of ACES assess elephant camps
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Apr 21 Oct 24 reduced the average life
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Nov 22
nitpicky details? 119 mandatory criteria to
May 21 expectancy to between 2 – 7
obtain a pass, and meet even
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attain the success and good fortune you deserve. Jan 20 growth in all the different parts of your world. camp care.
Commenting on the certification, the its successful natural breeding
For the last 2 years, Mason
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Denpasar Police to be Out in Force During Holiday Period
More than 1,000
Police and Military
Personnel to
Guarantee Silent
Nights and Peace
on Earth
The State News
Agency Antara reports
that the Denpasar, Bali
Police Precinct will
deploy 1,069 officers
together with
Indonesian Armed
Forces members (TNI) and other
stakeholders to help keep the
peace in the run-up to Christmas
and News Years 2019-2020.
The Head of the Denpasar Police,
Ruddi Setiawan said on
Wednesday, December 4, 2019,
“In order to safeguard the New
Year and Christmas period, the
Denpasar Police, Armed Forces
(TNI), and stakeholders will
monitor and prepare command
posts at all places of worship and
undertake daily patrols across
New Man in Charge at Garuda
Fuad Rozal Named
Interim President
Director of Garuda
Indonesia to Replace
Disgraced Ari
Askhara
The Board of Directors of
Garuda Indonesia on
Thursday, December 5,
2019, issued a formal
decision appointing
Fuadd Rizal as interim
President Director of the
National Flag Carrier in
addition to his current
responsibilities as Financial and
Risk Manager at the Airline.
As reported by the State News
Agency Antara, the appointment of
Fuad Rizal follows the sudden
dismissal of Ari Askhara as
President Director on the same
day.
Announcing the Board of
Director's decision, Garuda's Vice-
president for Corporate
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Denpasar.”
He said that plainclothes officers
would be stationed at selected
command posts, such as the
Ubung Bus Station, the Airport,
Seaport, Kuta and other areas
where foreign tourists congregate.
Setiawan said the placement of
plainclothes officers will enhance
the monitoring and shorten the
response time by the police in the
event of any unwanted incidents.
The Chief of the Denpasar Police
said preparations are underway
Communications, Ikhsan Rosan,
said that the interim appointment
of Rizal will remain in effect until an
extraordinary meeting of
shareholders can be convened in
the near future. According to
Rosan, the appointment of an
interim CEO guarantees that the
Airline continues to operate
according to established plans.
Meanwhile, the convening of an
extraordinary shareholder
meeting will be done in
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Connecting Digitally While Flying in Indonesia
Down Batik Air Launches Free
WiFi Service on
1. Bird of prey (6)
Selected Routes
2. Meaning (5) Batik Air – the full-fare
3. Country (6) subsidiary of the Lion Air Group
4. Desert plants (5) has launched an on-board
5. Perplexed (7) wireless WiFi entertainment on
6. Connect (6) some of its flights.
8. Respond (5) Speaking on the new service
13. Forbidding (7) enhancement, the CEO of Batik
Air, Captain Achmad Luthfie,
15. Let in (5) told Kompas.com: “In the initial
16. Veer (6)
stages, Batik Air has installed
17. Dissertation (6) free WiFi for trial operations on
18. Rubbed out (6)
three Airbus A320-200 Aircraft.”
20. Flowed back (5) The system is operation on Batik Air
22. Claw (5) A320s with the following tail
registrations: PK-LAZ, PK-LUH, and
PK-LUI.
The system has been put in place
under a technical agreement with
Batam Aero Technic (BAT) and has
been certified as airworthy by
Indonesian aviation regulators.
Captain Achmad emphasized that the
provision of AirFi Entertainment is part
of innovations being introduced by
Batik Air to supplement other
entertainment elements such as
magazines, and newspapers
available in airline seat pockets for
both economy and business seating.
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parking sequence.
Privacy features prevent
passengers from having their
private data accessed while
traveling on Batik Air.
Passengers wishing to access
AirFi (WiFi) only need to set
their cell phone to “airplane
mode” and adjust the WiFi
selection to “Batik
Entertainment.” Once
connected, the many features
of the new system become
instantly accessible.
The new system targets that by
The free WiFi system will allow
2020 the online AirFi system will allow
passenger connectivity while in flight
in-flight transactions where
via their handphones, tablets, and
passengers can book hotels, rental
laptops. The system also provides
cars, and undertake other online
audio-video on demand (avod).
transactions.
Onboard WiFi entertainment
Initially, the new service will be
available via the BAT System includes
available on flights from Jakarta
movies and TV shows, music videos,
destined to Makassar, Gorontolo,
and games. There is also special
Palembang, and Ternate. The service
programming for children, channels
will initially also be available on the
for lifestyle entertainment, Instagram
following routes: Makassar – Sorong;
access, messaging with people on
Sorong – Makassar; Makassar –
board the aircraft, news, and
Surabaya; Surabaya – Makassar;
electronic media.
Makassar – Kendari; and Kendari –
Batik Air will continue to require all
Jakarta.
passengers to turn off the
Once tested and proven, the service
handphones and internet connections
will be extended across the entire
during the take-off, landing and
Batik Air Network.
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Anandinii-Ayu Suciani - one of
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Anjasmara
Day one of the festival will highlight
sunrise yoga by Anjasmara, taking
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meditation by Bapak
Merta Ada from Bali
Usada.
A former model,
p r e s e n t e r, a n d
Jakarta, Medan, and Palembang.
Internationally, Marta Ada has
taught in the UK, Germany, and
New Zealand. Ada estimates he
has directly taught some 127,000
television star -
Anjasmara has
developed a
students via his classes and
seminars, and countless more via
TV and Radio broadcasts, the
successful “second Internet, and social media.
career” as a yogi He is the founder and principal
acquiring thousands
of fans and disciples
teacher of Bali Usada.
Ada is also well known as an
world-wide who participates in his
workshops held both in Indonesia
alternative medical practitioner.
His programs of achieving health
and overseas locations. through meditation is a holistic
Anjas discovered yoga 13 years
ago. He is an E-RYT200 with the
Yoga Alliance and Advanced RYT
based on meridians, chakra's,
thought, meditation and memory
that, according to Ada, are linked
500 with Yogamaze. Yoga has to ancient lontar books written in
taught him about acceptance, Bali. Merta Ada has help many
understanding, and love. His style deal with mental illness, asthma,
is fun, challenging and engaging. hepatitis, cancer, impotence,
His signature class is called Yoga diabetes, and other illnesses.
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Day two will start with a meet and “Relaxing Package” which
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followed by a Qigong session by Meditation Session and Yoga
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Kuta Weekly
Boosting Balinese Booze
Customs and Excise
Office Cooperates to
Bring Balinese Arak on to
the Mainstream Alcohol
Beverage Market
The Customs and Excise Office
for Bali, West Nusa Tenggara
(NTB), and East Nusa Tenggara
(NTT) in cooperation with the
Provincial Government of Bali
have given a “green light” on the
continuing efforts to legalize
“Arak” – the locally brewed
traditional alcoholic beverage of
Bali.
As reported by Beritabali.com, Bali
Governor Wayan Koster has publicly
declared his intent to bring Balinese
“arak” - a local alcohol drink distilled
from rice or palm flowers into the
mainstream range of alcoholic
beverages for consumption both in
Bali and abroad. In doing so, the
Governor is aiming to improve the
welfare of Balinese farmers.
A Custom's official, Sulaiman, told a
press conference that, “Our main aim
together with the provincial
government is to improve the welfare
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of indigenous farmers while elevating
arak Bali in the way local 'arak' is
celebrated in other countries, such a
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To this end, Customs and Excise
officials and the Provincial
Government of Bali are cooperating in
socializing the popularization of arak
to the general public and have made
more than 10 trips to the Regencies of
Karangasem and Buleleng.
Custom officers have explained that
on the average arak made in Bali has
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current rules, should incur
an excise tax of Rp. 80,000
per liter. Custom officials are
working to impose the
applicable tax at the factory
where the arak is produced.
Sulaiman said that farmers
are being encouraged to
form cooperatives with their
produce jointly sold to the
production factories. It is
hoped that farmers will
enjoy profits from producing
arak that are equal to twice
the minimum wage for the
Regency.
In Karangasem, officials estimate
there are 1,200 distilling farmers who
will benefit from the program that
hopes to sell arak to visiting tourists
and eventual export markets in
Australia, Japan, and Vietnam.
The Government's involvement in the
formal distribution process will ensure
that Balinese Arak bearing a
government excise seal is safe for
public consumption.
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