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David Blaine wraps up high-voltage stunt in NYC Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Daredevil David Blaine has finished what could be called his most electrifying stunt.

The magician emerged shortly before 9 p.m. Monday after spending three days and three nights standing in the middle of 1 million volts of electric currents at New York’s Pier 54.

A spokesman says Blaine was able to walk with assistance, speak and kiss fiancée Alizee

Guinochet (ah-LEE’-zay gwee-noh-SHAY’) before being taken to a hospital to be examined.

The 39-year-old Blaine wore a chainmail bodysuit as a barrier between himself and the currents, emitted by Tesla coils. The stunt

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was called “Electrified: One Million Volts Always On.” It was streamed on YouTube, with help from Intel Corp.

Blaine’s past stunts include hanging upside down over Central Park and being encased in a block of ice.

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Tourism businesspeople reject utilization of mangrove forests

Magician David Blaine stands inside an apparatus surrounded by a million volts of electric currents streamed by tesla coils during his 72-hour “Electrified: 1 Million Volts Always On” stunt on Pier 54, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, in New York.

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Thriller “Taken 2” grabs movie box office crown

Bali Post DENPASAR - Tourism businesspeople coalesced into the Tourism Industry Association of Indonesia (GIPI) of Bali rejected the utilization of mangrove forest in the Grand Forest Park (Tahura) for the development of nature tourism. They worried the existence of tourist attraction to be completed with a number of facilities such as hotels and restaurants would only damage the environment.

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day through Sunday, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. Comedy LOS ANGELES - Liam Neeson thriller “Taken 2” captured the No. “Pitch Perfect” snagged the No. 3 slot 1 spot on movie box office charts over the weekend with a brawny $50 with $14.7 million.

North American (U.S. and Canadian) million take from theaters in the United States and Canada. sales for “Taken 2” were more than “Taken 2” stars Neeson as a former 20th Century Fox said. double the original film’s, which opened CIA agent kidnapped during a vacation The strong debut for “Taken 2” in January 2009 with $24.7 million and in Istanbul. The movie added $55 million pushed last weekend’s winner, family ultimately grossed a surprising $227 from some 50 international markets for a flick “Hotel Transylvania,” to second million around the world. The movie global opening of $117 million including place. The movie about a hotel run by lifted Neeson to the ranks of Hollywood Korea where it opened earlier, distributor Dracula earned $26.3 million from Fri- action stars, leading to roles in movies such as “Clash of the Titans” and “The Grey.”

“This so exceeded our expectations going in,” said Chris Aronson, president of domestic distribution at 20th Century Fox, noting that Fox had anticipated something “in the mid-30s range” after what he called a “sluggish market” since the summer.

“The come in at $50 million is really remarkable, and a testament to this character that Liam has created,” Aronson told Reuters.

The executive noted that the audience was almost evenly split male-female, and also played strongly across age groups, with more than half over the age of 25.

Fox co-financed the film with Europa Corp, the company run by “Taken” writer and director AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca Luc Besson, and contributed $36 This image released by Starpix shows actor Liam Neeson signing autographs million to its budget, Aronson at a special fan screening of his latest film, “Taken 2,” at the AMC Empire Times said. Reports have put the total Square, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 in New York. budget at about $50 million.

People enjoying their time at mangrove forest. Tourism businesspeople coalesced into the Tourism Industry Association of Indonesia (GIPI) of Bali rejected the utilization of mangrove forest in the Grand Forest Park (Tahura) for the development of nature tourism.

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In close race, Obama and Romney showing confidence

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MEXICO CITY — Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, exactly one month from Election Day, are both declaring they will win a race for the White House that remains anything but clear. Their trails cross again Tuesday in Ohio, the state that could decide the election,

and signs of urgency are emerging from each campaign.

Romney was set to campaign in Iowa and then Ohio, where Obama planned to rally support from students at Ohio State University on the last day for Ohioans to register to vote. Early voting is under way there and in many other states in one form or another.

The U.S. president is not chosen by

a nationwide popular vote but in stateby-state contests making battleground states like Ohio, which are neither reliably Republican nor Democratic, especially important in tight elections, as the Nov. 6 vote will be.

“I very much intend to win this election,” Obama told donors in San Francisco on Monday night.

“But we’re only going to do it if everybody is almost obsessive for

the next 29 days.”

Romney, speaking on a rainy day in Newport News, Virginia, joined the kind of die-hard supporters he needs for victory. “People wonder why it is I’m so confident we’re going to win,” he told them. “I’m confident because I see you here on a day like this. This is unbelievable.”

Based on the presumed outcome of the 41 non-battleground

states and Washington, D.C., Obama enters the final period banking on 237 electoral votes.

Romney is assured of 191.

On the road to 270, the battleground states account for the final 110 electoral votes: Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina and Colorado.

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JAKARTA – With the opening of the favehotel Braga – Bandung, Aston International brings a trendy, ultra modern and hip select service hotel to the historic heart of Bandung.

The favehotel Braga – Bandung sits in a supreme location in the heart of Bandung’s historic center on Jalan Braga, surrounded by an abundance of nearby night clubs, chic cafes, boutiques and restaurants and is connected to the Braga City Walk Mall and the Aston Braga Hotel & Residence bringing a wide range of shopping, entertaining and recreational facilities to the hotels front door.

The new favehotel, which is the 14th to open in Indonesia and the 2nd in Bandung, features 150 modern and functional rooms and a range of facilities and services usually found in more up-market hotels such as meeting rooms, an eclectic coffee shop and free high speed WiFi. Each room features the

Heterosexual stays to become the highest HIV transmission factor in Bali. Based on the data from the Bali Health Agency, the risk factor of heterosexual in Bali occurred to 4,788 cases out of 6,413 total cases recorded since 1987. Of the 4,788 cases, 1,422 of them were male and 1,064 were female.

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Suarsa driver of bus DK 9141 AR, I Made Sumaba driver of bus DK 9141 AJ, I Made Aryana driver of bus DK 9141 CT, Putu Sudita driver of bus DK 9141 AT and Ketut Sukrawan driver of Avanza DK 1988 DS. The six are now being investigated intensively. The incident happened on Sunday (7/10) at 7.45 am local time causing a total traffic jam. The first car in front was driven by Surujie who was along with 17 busses going towards Goa Lawah, Klungkung. AYamaha Mio motorcycle was passing through from the left side and cut his way in front of the bus to get to the other side of the road to do a U turn. (kmb21)

Severe traffic accident, six people arrested Severe traffic accident wounding 15 people involving five busses and one Toyota Avanza car around By Pass Ngurah Rai in front of Bali Mode Visa, Sanur, have brought witnesses each of the vehicle’s drivers becoming accused after a further investigation that resulted they have violated clause 310 paragraph 1, 2 and 3 as they are not careful and distance from each other were ignored.

“Every driver is an accused. There are six accused,” Head of Denpasar Traffic Police Accident Section, APC Rachmawati, stated last Monday (8/10).

The accused are Mohammad Surujie the driver of bus DK 9084 FA, I Made

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factors related to behavior that required self-awareness, of course the downstream handling was quite difficult.

To that end, added Suarjaya, the upstream handling was also done by taking measure in order the potential transmission of the risk factors could be reduced. For instance, the drug use by syringes had now been handled by the methadone clinic to diminish the rates of HIV infection through syringe.

Then, what about the heterosexual transmission? According to Suarjaya, if the upstream prevention was difficult to do, the upstream prevention should be taken by the use of condom. “At this time, the upstream prevention of heterosexual is through the use of condom,” said Suarjaya.

The use of condoms does not only minimize the potential of HIV transmission through heterosexual sex but also other STIs. As we have known, the medium of HIV transmission is through sexual fluids. Meanwhile, the role of condoms is to prevent the exposure to genital secretions during the intercourse so that minimize the risk of HIV transmission. (san)

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Aston opens Favehotel Braga

Heterosexual factor rises Use condom for HIV and STI prevention According to the WHO, the HIV transmission through heterosexual contact accounted for a very large portion, namely reaching 70-80 percent compared to other risk factors.

The Head of Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, when met some time ago explained that heterosexual risk factor was one of the HIV risk factors remaining difficult to be handled.

“Heterosexual is categorized into behavior. Therefore, to prevent the behavior, it requires self-awareness.

It is still difficult to be done by community,” he said.

Unhealthy heterosexual relationships such as premarital sexual relationship and promiscuity did not only have the potential to be infected by HIV but also by the other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

According to Suarjaya, the downstream handling of the HIV by minimizing the risky behavior was still difficult. For heterosexual, the downstream handling certainly prevented people from not having sex with multiple partners or having premarital sex relationship. Since the heterosexual

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fave trademark design and is edgy, crisp and while basic does present large LED TVs with a wide choice of local and international channels, top quality beds and cotton bed linens and safe deposit boxes. Bathrooms are functional and offer standing showers and a full range of amenities.

Aston International’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr. Norbert Vas, said: “Consistent with our favehotel concept, the favehotel Braga occupies a prime location, is functional and inexpensive yet fun, fresh and friendly, beats many 4 and 5 star hotels in areas such as WiFi speed and beddings and is runes by a dedicated and enthusiastic team that enjoys giving good service”.

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Seen in the image, ribbon cutting as an official sign of Soft Opening favehotel Braga – Bandung by Mr. Tjen Rudy Chandra (right) – Director of PT. Bangun Mitra Mandiri (Owning Company of favehotel Braga – Bandung) and Mr. John Flood (left) – President & CEO Aston International.

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Tourists are diving together in Penuktukan Beach, Tejakula, Buleleng

Fishermen at Penuktukan village

Save coral reefs, inaugurate diving site FISHERMEN at Penuktukan village, Tejakula subdistrict, are indeed praiseworthy in the efforts to rescue the coral reefs in the waters of the village. Various efforts made by fisherman to restore the damaged coral reefs since the 1970s have transformed them into beautiful undersea charms. As an impact, the sea of the village is now visited by many tourists to enjoy diving attraction while seeing the beauty of coral reefs.

As happened on Monday (Oct 8), about fifty divers mostly consisting of foreign tourists made diving en masse on the beach of Penuktukan. Such mass diving was also coupled with the introduction to the coastal region of Penuktukan as a diving site in North Bali. Inauguration of the diving site at Penuktukan was attended by the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana.

Ana, a tourist from Australia, said that after diving on the coast of Penuktukan, in fact the underwater charms were not inferior to other regions in Bali, even outside the region. Ana praised the condition of coral reefs and ornamental fish population that were well maintained. Even, Ana promised to promote the diving experiences in East Buleleng in her home country that it was a diving site worth visiting.

“I happen to work in a marine conservation company. I will disseminate my diving experiences at home so that many people will come to Buleleng and explore the diving site while seeing the beautiful coral reefs,” she said.

Group Head of the Taman Segara Penuktukan, Nyoman Wartawan, said that since 1970 the condition of coral reefs in the village had suffered significant

damage.

Such damage was triggered by the capture of ornamental fish by traditional fishermen using chemicals.

In addition, the widespread collection of rocks during the decade had caused the coral reefs at Penuktukan badly damaged. In response to such condition, Wartawan together with the residents and village officials made improvement to coral reefs. As a result, though by limited capabilities, the condition of coral reef began to improve.

Meanwhile, the capture of ornamental fishing activity with chemicals could be controlled. Similarly, the collection of coral reef processed into limestone could be minimized by degrees, so that condition of the coral reefs along 250 meters recovered. Since then, the group he managed was then focused on managing the waters of Penuktukan as marine protected areas (MPAs) as well as diving site.

“Thankfully, having been coached by the government and got advocacy from the NGO, our endeavor could maintain and preserve the coral reef. Afterward, it could provide many benefits because many guests are interested to dive here,” he said. According to Wartawan, to dive in the waters of Penuktukan, a diver did not need to use a boat to search for location. A diver was just enough to swim on the beach verge and move to the sea as far as about 12-15 meters, the park of coral reef belonging to three types could be found.

“Here, there are indeed three very interesting areas and to reach the diving site visitors do not need to use a boat because it is very close to the beach,” he explained. (kmb)

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Calendar Event for September 1 through October 17, 2012 1 Sep Saniscara Pon Dunggulan Pura Segara Jembrana Pura Dalem Gede Losan Klungkung 2 Sep Redite Wage Kuningan Pura Dalem Tegal Tamu Sekarmukti-Balubulan Pura Kubayan Umagunung Sempidi-Badung 3 Sep Soma Keliwon Kuningan Pura Dasar Gelgel-Klungkung Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Sawah/Selemadeg-Tabanan Pura Pemerajan Agung Benawah Kangin-Gianyar Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Pelapuhan-Busungbiu Buleleng Pura Kahyangan Tulus Desa Apuan.

8 Sep Saniscara Keliwon Kuningan Pura Taman Pule Mas-Ubud Pura Ularan Takmung-Klungkung Pura Bukitjati Gulingan-Kawan Bangli Pura Dalem Tegehe Pura Dalem Tahak Pura Dalem Batuaji Pura Dalem Tegaljaya-Batubulan Pura Jenengan Maspahit Cemenggaon-Sukawati Pura Dalem Guwang-Sukawati Pura Sadha Kapal Pura Sakenan Sakenan Serangan Pura Pekendungan Kediri-Tabanan Pura Pasek Gaduh Grokgak Gede Tabanan Pura Dalem Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Dalem Purnajati Tanjung Puri Tanjung Periuk Jakarta Pura Dalem Tenggaling Guliang-Bangli Mr. Dukuh Tetek Peguyangan-Denpasar Pura Agung Blambangan Banyuwangi Pura Dalem Agung Sri Nararya Kresna Kepakisan Gelgel -Klungkung Desa Adat Munggu (Mekotekan) Mengwi-Badung Pura Panti Paksebali-Klungkung (Perang Jempana) Pura Penataran Agung Margowening Desa Balong garut Sidoarjo, Jawa Timur 2 Oct Anggara Wage Pahang Pura Batu Madeg (Meru Tumpang Sanga) Besakih Pura Hyang Tibha i Batuan Sakah 3 Oct Buda Keliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Baturiti Tabanan Pura Silayukti Padangbai-Karangasem.

Pura Aer Jeruk Sukawati Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan-Sukawati Pura Penataran Batuyang-Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel-Sukawati Pura Pasek Bendesa Dukuh Kediri-Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati Gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng Pura Puseh Bebandem-Karangasem Merajan Pasek Kubayan-Gaji Merajan pasek Gelgel Jeroan Abang-Songan.

Merajan Pasek Subrata Temaga Temaga Merajan Pasek Gelgel Bungbungan Gelgel Bungbungan Sad Kahyangan Batu Medahu Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih-Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Nagasari Bebandem Karangasem Pura Pasek Bendesa Tagtag Paguyangan Pura Pulasari Sibang Gede Abiansemal Pura Batur Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati 8 Oct Soma Keliwon Krulut Pura Pasel Gelgel Kekeran Mngwi Badung Merajan Pasek Subadra Kramas-Gianyar 13 Oct Hari Tumpek Krurut Pura Pasek Gelgel Br Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Jelantik Tojan - Klungkung Pura Pedarmaan Bhujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Desa Gunungsari Penebel Tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan Bebalang Bangli Pura Benua Kangin Besakih Pura Merajan Kanginan Besakih 14 Oct Redite Umanis Merakih Pura Parangan Tengah Banjar Ceningan Kangin - Lembongan Pura Dalem Celuk Sukawati - Gianyar 17 Oct Buda Wage Merakih Pura Bendesa Mas Kepisah Pedungan Pura Natih Banjar Kalah - Batubulan Pura Desa Silakarang Singapadu Pura dalem Petitenget Kerobokan - Kuta Pura Dalem Pulasari Samplangan - Gianyar Pura Kubayan Kepisah Pedungan Denpasar Selatan Pura Pasek gelgel Banjar Tanahpegat - Tabanan Pr. Paibon Banjar Bengkel Sumerta - Denpasar Pura Pasek Lumintang Denpasar Pr. Panti Penyarikan Medahan Sanding - Tampaksiring Pr. Pasar Agung Banjar Dauh Peken Kaba-kaba - Tabanan

Balinese Temple Ceremony Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Auction for Einstein ‘God Letter’ Opens with Anonymous $3 Million Bid

Most Whale Deaths Since 1970 Were Human-Caused

Early Sunday (Oct. 7), a 50-foot fin whale was spotted belly-up in Boston Harbor. Biologists are still investigating the cause of death, but some scientists on the scene said they saw a lot of bruising and pressure lines on the whale’s body, according to WCBV-TV. Such markings could indicate the whale got tangled or wrapped in something, which might not come as a surprise. A report out this month found that humans might be to blame for most large whale deaths over the past 40 years in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, with entanglement in fishing gear the No. 1 killer.

The study looked at 1,762 known deaths and likely fatal injuries from 1970 to 2009 among eight species of big whales in the region, including the endangered fin whales, which reach up to 90 feet (27 meters) in length, making them the secondlargest living mammals after blue

whales. A cause of death had been determined in 750 of the cases (around 42 percent), and of those, nearly 67 percent of the fatalities were human related.

Getting ensnared in fishing gear was the leading cause of death across all species, killing 323 whales, while vessel strikes took the lives of 171 more. Meanwhile, 248 whales died of causes not directly related to humans, such as an infection, stranding or natural causes, the researchers said.

Since 2003, there has been a rise in efforts to cut down on accidents involving whales, such as a 2008 U.S. legislation known as the

Ship Strike Rule, which introduced restrictions on certain routes and speeds, aiming to reduce the number of vessel strikes on right whales.

However, the researchers noted that they saw no significant change in vessel-strike fatalities in light of these reforms.

“So far, regulatory efforts have not reduced the lethal effects of human activities to large whales on a population-range basis, although we do not exclude the possibility of success of targeted measures for specific local habitats that were not within the resolution of our analyses,” the authors wrote.

Researchers have found trapped in amber a rare dinosaur-age scene of a spider attacking a wasp caught in its web. The piece of amber, which contains 15 intact strands of spider silk, provides the first fossil evidence of such an assault, the researchers said. It was excavated in a Burmese mine and dates back to the Early Cretaceous, between 97 million and 110 million years ago.

“This juvenile spider was going to make a meal out of a tiny parasitic wasp, but never quite got to it,” George Poinar, Jr., a zoology professor at Oregon State University, said in a

statement.

“This was a male wasp that suddenly found itself trapped in a spider web. This was the wasp’s worst nightmare, and it never ended. The wasp was watching the spider just as it was about to be attacked, when tree resin flowed over and captured both of them.”

Poinar and Ron Buckley, an amber collector from Kentucky, described the find in a paper published in the October issue of the journal Historical Biology. They wrote that while there are examples of amber-trapped insects caught in webs, “there is no previous

fossil record of a spider attacking its ensnared prey.”

The amber chunk also contains the body of another male spider in the same web, which might make the fossil the oldest known evidence of social behavior in spiders, according to the authors.

Both the spider and wasp species are today extinct. But the type of wasp (Cascoscelio incassus) belongs to a group that today is known to parasitize spider eggs, Poinor said. The attack on the wasp by the bristly orb-weaver spider, Geratonephila burmanica, might then be considered revenge.

An eBay auction for an original letter handwritten by Albert Einstein in which he expresses his views on the existence of God opened tonight (Oct. 8), and in about 10 minutes an anonymous bidder named o***h had placed the first offer at the opening price of $3 million.

In the letter, Einstein calls belief in religion and God “pretty childish” and ridicules the idea that the Jews are a chosen people.

“This is the most historic and significant piece we have listed on eBay,” Eric Gazin, president of Auction Cause, the agency managing the sale, told LiveScience in an email. “We are excited to offer a person or organization an opportunity to own perhaps one of the most intriguing 20th-century documents in existence. This personal letter from Einstein represents the nexus of science, theology, reason and culture.”

Einstein handwrote the letter in German to Jewish philosopher Eric B. Gutkind on Jan. 3, 1954, a year before Einstein’s death. The letter was a response to Gutkind’s book “Choose Life: The Biblical Call to Revolt” (1952, H. Schuman; 1st edition).

In part of his letter, Einstein writes, “For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything ‘chosen’ about them,” as translated from German by Joan Stambaugh. [Religious Mysteries: 8 Alleged Relics of Jesus] In his book, Gutkind suggested that unlike the mass hypnosis spoiling mankind at the time, “The soul of the Jewish people was never a mass-soul. Israel’s soul could not be hypnotized; it never succumbed to hypnotic assaults. … The soul of Israel is incorruptible.”

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A fledgling educational town

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Makepung lampit or makepung basah (wetland buffalo race) is an ancient art of Jembrana lately developed by a number of communities at Peh, Kaliakah, Negara subdistrict. Aside from functioning as an event of training the buffalos before the real race in circuit, the harrowing race also poses a tourist attraction which should be developed in Jembrana.

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JEMBRANA - Makepung lampit or makepung basah (wetland buffalo race) is an ancient art of Jembrana lately developed by a number of communities at Peh, Kaliakah, Negara subdistrict. Aside from functioning as an event of training the buffalos before the real race in circuit, the harrowing race also poses a tourist attraction which should be developed in Jembrana.

100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attack Found in Amber

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In a 1954 handwritten letter, Albert Einstein reveals his thoughts on God and religion. The original letter is going up for auction Oct. 8, 2012.

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Compared to conventional race using a two-wheeled cart in circuit, the makepung basah or wetland buffalo race takes place in the wet rice field during the growing season. According to the elders of Peh village, Kaliakah, the wetland race was the forerunner of makepung as widely known today organized on dry land circuit.

Since held in the watery and muddy rice field, the terrain is more difficult so that it will drain the energy of the buffalos when driven. The race was developed around 1920-1925 when farmers in subak territory began to grow rice. By utilizing some plots of rice fields, the pair of buffalos with a jockey competed against the other buffalos on a track along 200300 meters. A pair of buffaloes was tied together by harrow which has been made thinner and sloping. Clothes of the jockey were not absolutely complete as used in conventional race. Sometimes, they were only putting on sarong and shirtless. However, they still wore headdress of the racing typical style. Likewise, the pair of buffaloes driven was decorated with modest accessories, namely head accessories and a pennant.

One of the senior figures, Mangku

Ketut Lega, 70, said the race on wetland could only be held in the paddy soil whose texture was not too deep. Therefore, the buffalos could be freely driven and not easily sunk into the mud. The only appropriate wetland for the race was around Peh village, Kaliakah. The activity was routinely held by farmers and buffalo owners around the area of Peh and Manistutu as a tryout before the race, mainly before the rice planting season at the local subak territory. “The race is indeed frequently held, but only in the growing season,” he said. If the buffalo race on dry land (makepung) put more emphases on the speed, the harrowing race more highlighted the beauty of movement and jockeys of the buffalo. A pair of buffalos had to walk straight and so did the style of buffalo head and the jockey in the competition.

In fact, this ancient attraction also drew the attention of foreign tourists. As consequence, it spurred the vivacity of people at Manistutu and Peh to develop the unique agrarian art of Jembrana society. I Ketut Master, one of the initiators of the attraction, combined the attractions of wetland buffalo race with a number of art activities such as

Jegog and trail motor touring around Kaliakah and Manistutu. By teaming up with hotels and travel agencies, the racing community groups were especially empowered by organizing the wetland buffalo race.

“Indeed, we do not have a regular agenda like the buffalo race in circuit over the years. However, it can be held twice in a week if there are requests from travel agency,” said Master. As seen last Monday, the group of tourists from the People’s Republic of China witnessed the wetland buffalo race. A number of East Asian tourists were deeply satisfied to see the attraction despite being showered by drizzles. They were willing to be wet under the rain just to take pictures of the art they rarely encountered. The object of a pair of buffalos driven amidst the rice field was really different from the buffalo race in dry land circuit as commonly seen.

“We deliberately invite tourists to the harrowing race because it is one of the ancient and rare cultures. As one of the unique attractions in Jembrana, it is then developed by involving local community groups for tourist attraction,” said Gede Sukadana, one of the hoteliers in Jembrana. (olo)

Singaraja, a town located on the northern coas t of Bali has a long history of ups and downs during its course up to now. During the colonial era, it was the centre of the Dutch Colonial Administration of Bali with its Buleleng Harbour as Bali’s gateway. KPM, a Dutch shipping line’ served Bali to and from the outside world.

The legacies of this era can be seen in several places in town such as on the Buleleng Harbour, old concrete bridge which now stands side by side with a steel bridge, an ex office of KPM which has been converted just recently into an IMACO ( International Mask and Culture Organization ) Conference and Exhibition site, along the street of Ngurah Rai, the main venue for the town, several houses still can be found with distinct Dutch architecture.

After the independence Singaraja was the capital of Nusa Tenggara Province encompassing a chain of islands from Bali on the west and Timor on the east. Around 1959 the Province of Nusa Tenggara then was divided into three provinces namely the Province of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara. The capital of a new Province of Bali was no longer Singaraja but Denpasar instead which is located in the south coast of Bali. Consequently, all government administrative facilities gradually were moved to the new capital. As a result, Singaraja gradually was decreasing its role and eventually became a very quiet town. In contrast, Denpasar has been becoming more congested and crowded due to the centre of all kind of activities, government, education, commerce and military, just to mention a few.

With the opening of Ngurah Rai International Airport in a suburb of Denpasar, more people have been traveling by air instead of by sea and Buleleng Harbour is no longer used as a gateway for those travelling by sea.

In the tourism sector, tourism has been developing in the south very rapidly with the massive development of a new tourist designated resort, Nusa Dua, located not far from the airport beside the existing resorts, Sanur and Kuta.

On the northern part of Bali, most of the area belongs to the Regency of Buleleng that is divided from the south by a chain of rolling mountains, and is almost abandoned.

Singaraja was the centre of the Colonial Dutch Administration and then the capital of the Province of Nusa Tenggara but has lost its important role in Bali and gradually replaced by Denpasar, Singaraja even has been called a ghost town.

Due to the crowding of Denpasar followed by the rising of cost of living, ideas have been launched by some experts that activities in Bali should be dispersed throughout the island’ Education must be centred in Singaraja, military in Tabanan and tourism in other towns in Bali, as examples. In Singaraja itself, the Local Government of Buleleng has been trying hard to develop Singaraja as an educational town. Slogans promoting Singaraja as an educational town can be found in banners and billboards in several places in town and outside of town as well.

History shows that Singaraja used to be the centre of education. This fact can be proven by the existence of the State Senior High School (SMA Negeri), the first of its kind found in Bali.

The idea to develop Singaraja as an educational town is now not only considered a dream but convincingly it will become a reality. The conversion of the existing State Education Institute (IKIP) into Education University of Ganesha , in short called Undiksha, in line with construction of its new campus, strongly convinces all of us that Singaraja will be an educational town very soon. All of us keep our fingers crossed for this reality.

As a matter of fact, many Senior High School graduates residing outside of Bali are more attracted to continuing their studies in Singaraja considering that Singaraja is a preferable place to study due to its peaceful atmosphere and low cost of living. (IBP/Nyoman Suwela)

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Heavy rain flushing for half a day on Monday (Oct 8) caused a number of rooms to leak and be flooded. The most severe leakage happened in the archive room of the Bangli House. Tin roof in the façade of the Bangli Parliament Hall leaked, so the room was inundated with water.

Similarly, the room of the Honorary Agency of Bangli House was flooded so that the carpet had to be rolled. Drops of water due to a leaky roof also happened in the meeting room of the Bangli House. Water trickled down and made the table wet where the Chairman and Regent of Bangli usually presided over. Since the continued discussion on the amendment of Bangli Regional Budget 2012 happened to take place, the long table where the officials were presiding over the meeting was then shifted backward by a number of Bangli House staff.

As observation in the field, other than leaking at some points in the office of the Bangli Parliament Hall, similar condition also hit the room of the Bangli Public Relation and Regional Secretariat. In this office, the water even stagnated in the entrance hallway to west door. The water rushed in because the building roof had decayed and hollowed.

Several staff of the Bangli Government and Bangli House admitted if the flooding when it rained was a commonplace.

As consequence, the employees were forced to shift some office furniture, especially in the Archive Room of the Bangli Parliament Hall. Aside from storing many files, a number of electronic equipment such as computers were also kept in this room.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Honorary Council of the Bangli House, I Nyoman Adnyana, when asked for his confirmation said the leaks during the rainy season was possibly caused by a shifted or decayed roof as happened to his office. Water in large discharge came in and inundated the floor. Therefore, the employees took the initiative to roll up the carpets. (kmb17)

Safe forced open, IDR 26 million gone Denpasar (Bali Post) –

West Denpasar seemed to have been targeted by robbers a lot.

Previously a Fashion Market (FB) got its shop walls’ holed and it’s safe forced open while this time the same happen to Developer Griya Estate at Kargo Street No 171 B, Denpasar. Around IDR 26 million of cash were managed to be taken. The incident was known by Monday (8/10) morning where a number of workers were shocked their space is in a mess. The third floor was then the first place checked thoroughly knowing it’s the company’s director space and it’s safe is found totally damaged as stated by employee, Nyoman Sulastra.

“The wall holed has a diameter of 50 centimeters. It is not known what they have used as no evidences were found around the location by the Police who are investigating the crime scene,” Sulastra continued.

It was predicted that robbers took action between Saturday, Sunday and Monday early morning as on Saturday the office is open while Sunday is a holiday. The back of the office is an empty land and it seemed the robbers came from there, jumped off the fences wall and holed the building’s walls. This has been the fourth time his working place being robbed yet Sulastra didn’t specify when it happened. Head of the Police, APC Leo Martin Pasaribu, confirmed the incident and to have investigated the crime scene and checked several witnesses. What’s saddening, there were actually safety alarm placed yet this time it didn’t rang as its cable is not all connected. “It is planned to be fixed today,” Sulastra stated. (kmb21)

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Re-elected Chavez faces likely economic reckoning Associated Press

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In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, a refugee hired by the World Food Programme (WFP) to help distribute food shoulders a 50kg bag of sorghum onto a waiting truck, in Yida camp, South Sudan. The United Nations now says its 2009 headline-grabbing announcement that 1 billion people in the world were hungry was off-target and that the number is actually more like 870 million.

The flooded Parliament Hall of Bangli is seen on the picture

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Without clear limitation, towers must be disciplined Negara (Bali Post)-

The spreading provider towers being built everywhere seemed to worry Jembrana House of Representatives members and so government is demanded to take action as there are no limitation time and if the tower has to be re-registered when, these are needed to avoid any construction age out of date which could put people in danger. Head of Commission C representative member, IB Susrama, last Monday (8/10), stated based on the work visitation to Bekasi what can be implemented are those so that it

can be seen if these towers are suitable or not. “These construction are sensitively fracturing, what if it collapsed? There has to be action taken,” the Pendem originated member stated.

Susrama hoped that there is no camouflage way used to build the tower such as stating it is building a water or creating a living/praying place when actually it’s a provider tower. Susrama doesn’t want to see Jembrana became a tower field and so it is has to be anticipated as it is disadvantaging.

In other hand, Head of Commu-

nication, Information and Transportation Agency of the regency, IGN Putra Riyadi, confirmed that there has been 38 permits for provider towers that have been registered yet for those camouflaging his side can’t supervise it, a site plan where it is suitable being built has to be made.

Besides that, audit tower needs to be done to get retribution two percent from the object tax selling value (NJOP). Head of Jembrana Pemrit Agency, Komang Suparta, agreed to what Susrama have stated and so in the future there will be supervision and control. (kmb26)

Fuel rare, truck cannot run Semarapura (Bali Post) –

The rare solar petrol in Nusa Penida have caused trucks which usually uses it not operating or going strike. Commission B Klungkung House of Representatives member, Gita Gunawan, last Monday (8/10) stated the rarity have been going on since Sunday (7/10) as from then complains have been received from the people. The rarity

happened down to retails causing trucks couldn’t move at all. Nusa Penida solar needs usually filled by retailers who bought it on the petrol station located at Klungkung Bali island part such as in Kusamba in huge compartments yet lately they have no stocks anymore.

Head of Klungkung Cooperative, Small Business, Industrial and Trade Agency, Nengah Becik,

stated there hasn’t been any report on Nusa Penida’s rarity in solar and what have caused it. In Nusa Penida itself there are only two petrol stations completed with premium only and no solar so those using solar usually bought it from retailers.

The people of Nusa Penida hoped this situation will be solved soon so vehicles using solar can operate again. (kmb31)

UN says world hungry not 1 billion people Associated Press

ROME — The United Nations now says its 2009 headline-grabbing announcement that 1 billion people in the world were hungry was offtarget and that the number is actually more like 870 million.

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization blamed flawed methodology and poor data for the bum projection, and said it now uses a much more accurate set of parameters and statistics to calculate its annual estimate of the world’s hungry.

FAO issued its 2012 state of food insecurity report on Tuesday, and its core point was to set the record straight about the number of the world’s undernourished people, applying the more accurate data retroactively back to 1990.

And the good news, FAO said, is that the number of hungry people has actually been declining steadily — rather than increasing — over the past two decades, although progress has slowed since the 2007-2008 food crises and the global economic downturn.

FAO said that if the right action is taken now to boost economic growth

and invest in agriculture, particularly in poor countries, the U.N. goal of reducing by one-half the number of the world’s hungry people by 2015 is very much within reach.

To be sure, 870 million hungry people is still far too many hungry people, said the heads of the three U.N. food agencies in a forward to the report.

“In today’s world of unprecedented technical and economic opportunities, we find it entirely unacceptable that more than 100 million children under the age of five are underweight, and are therefore unable to realize their full socio-economic and human potential,” they wrote.

FAO made headlines in 2009 when it announced that 1 billion people — one-sixth of the world’s population — were undernourished.

A high-level summit was called at FAO headquarters in Rome. The

U.N. chief went on a daylong hunger strike to show solidarity with the 1 billion. The Group of Eight devoted much of its summit that year to pledging $20 billion for seeds, fertilizers and tools to help poor nations feed themselves.

It turns out, though, that the projections were wrong. They were calculated using figures from nonU.N. sources that were fed into the U.N.’s number-crunching model, because FAO was under pressure from governments to quickly come up with an estimate of how many people might go hungry from the dual crises of high food prices and the global downturn, said Kostas Stamoulis, director of FAO’s agricultural development economics division.

Already, in 2010 FAO said the number of the world’s hungry was down to 925 million, though it didn’t explain how it came to that figure. On Tuesday, FAO officials said the new number of hungry people for 2012 was 870 million, and the organization revised all of its figures from 1990 using a new methodology.

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CARACAS — During his reelection campaign, President Hugo Chavez promised to deepen the “21st century socialism” that has meant an ever-greater state role in the economy. That message won him a surprising 11-percentage point win in what many had thought would be a tight race.

Still, he’s set to start a fourth presidential term under challenging economic circumstances. The government’s free-spending ways, bankrolling the generous social programs that aided his re-election, may be seriously crimped.

Chavez faces immediate economic time bombs beginning with a rapidly expanding public debt, one of Latin America’s highest inflation rates and a weakening currency.

Many economists believe Chavez will have no choice but to devalue the currency, the bolivar, by about half early next year at the latest. That will make the money in people’s pockets suddenly worth a lot less and likely drive inflation while putting imported consumer goods out of reach for poorer Venezuelans.

“He’s going to have to deal with some very basic, mundane capitalist things, like reducing inflation,” which stands at 18 percent, said Eduardo Gamarra, a Latin American studies professor at Florida International University in Miami.

Price controls and government subsidies for basic foodstuffs have eased inflationary pressures but a major devaluation would drive prices higher and could worsen scarcities, economists say.

“Investment in social issues is great, but he needs to do other things as well that are going to make that economy more productive,” said

Gamarra.

Venezuela’s economy grew by 5 percent this year but only because of government spending, primarily on raising salaries for many of the country’s at least 2.4 million public employees and paying for thousands of new homes that Chavez is giving away, said Joao Pedro Ribeiro, an economist at Roubini Global Economics in New York.

“We think the outlook for the short term is very bleak,” he said, with economic growth at about 2 percent next year and “inflation spiking to 30 percent.”

The black market value of the Venezuelan bolivar, whose official value is set by the government, was double the official rate in July. It is now triple the official rate.

At the heart of Chavez’s economic challenges is declining productivity in the oil industry, which accounts for 95 percent of exports and funds Chavez’s social programs. Governing the country with the world’s largest proven oil reserves has so far insulated Chavez from the fallout of his confrontational polices, including a drop in foreign investment.

But economist David Rees of London-based Capital Economics said the government has relatively few dollars left, “having utilized them to fund an import binge ahead of the ballot. That will add to the reduction in imports and increase in shortages.”

Some experts say oil production has stagnated due to insufficient investment and management problems in the state-run oil company.

One measure of investor confidence in Venezuela, the price of its bonds, took a hit Monday as they fell 5 percent to 7 percent, said Russell Dallen, a managing partner of the brokerage firm Caracas Capital Markets.

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Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez waves a Venezuelan flag as he greets supporters at the Miraflores presidential palace balcony in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012.

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China options limited as U.S. panel outcasts Huawei, ZTE BEIJING/HONG KONG China’s leading telecom equipment makers accused in a U.S. congressional report of being a potential security risk may face fresh scrutiny in other markets, while American firms operating in China could be vulnerable to retaliation.

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee on Monday warned that China could use equipment made by Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp - the world’s second- and fifth-largest makers of routers and telecoms gear - for cyber-espionage through software embedded in Chinesemade network equipment.

In its 52-page report, the committee noted that “China’s military and intelligence services, recognizing the technological superiority of the U.S. military, are actively searching for asymmetrical advantages that could be exploited in any future conflict with the United States. ... Malicious implants in the components of critical infrastructure, such as power grids or financial networks, would also be a tremendous weapon in China’s arsenal,” it stated.

China’s official People’s Daily newspaper accused the committee on Tuesday of acting on a “presumption of guilt” against Huawei and ZTE. “This

foolhardy political step ... will impede the healthy development of Sino-American trade cooperation,” said a commentary in the newspaper, which generally reflects government thinking.

It added that the committee had produced “not an iota” of evidence to back its accusation that Huawei and ZTE products were used for espionage in the United States. “This report, which spurns the facts and is suffused with prejudice, is a vicious expansion of trade protectionism,” it said.

The blow-up - a Xinhua English-language commentary spoke of “a Cold War mentality” in the United States - comes at a sensitive time for U.S.-China relations, ahead of U.S. presidential and congressional elections and a leadership transition in China.

Tensions have ratcheted higher with a series of trade actions against China by President Barack Obama, including his blocking of a privately owned Chinese firm from building wind turbines close to a U.S. military site, and his challenge of Chinese auto and auto-parts subsidies in a World Trade Organization (WTO) case.

His Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, says if elected he will label China a currency manipulator from day one.

Similarly, few felt China would have much of a case if it went to the WTO, which arbitrates in major trade spats.

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People visit the Huawei booth at a communication technologies exhibition in Beijing, September 19, 2012. China’s telecom companies ZTE and Huawei have denied allegations that their products could threaten U.S. state security, accusing them of obstructing Chinese ICT companies from entering the overseas market, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken September 19, 2012.

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DENPASAR - An Indonesian court in the resort island of Bali charged a British woman Monday with cocaine possession, an offence punishable by life imprisonment.

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A banner of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group is displayed at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo October 9, 2012. The IMF said the global economic slowdown is worsening as it cut its growth forecasts for the second time since April and warned U.S. and European policymakers that failure to fix their economic ills would prolong the slump.

IMF cuts Asian growth forecast as West’s crises bite Agence France-Presse

HONG KONG - The IMF on Tuesday cut its growth forecasts for developing Asia, blaming a slowdown in Europe and the United States, and warned that China’s attempts to boost its economy had not taken hold.

It also cut the outlook on Japan, saying disaster reconstruction spending would tail off and lead to weaker growth next year. The International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook comes at the beginning of a week that will see it and the World Bank hold their annual meetings in Japan, ahead of a meeting of the Group of Seven.

It also reinforces concerns expressed by the World Bank on Monday and Asian Development Bank last week as they cut their regional forecasts, citing global weaknesses.

The IMF said growth for developing Asia would come in at 6.7 percent this year and 7.2 percent in 2013. That compares with July’s estimate of 7.1 percent this year and 7.5 percent next year.

“Compared with the region’s

growth performance in recent years, the near- and medium-term outlooks are less buoyant,” the report said.

“This view reflects weaker anticipated external demand resulting from the tepid growth prospects in major advanced economies and a downshift in China’s and India’s growth prospects.”

It warned a worsening of the eurozone debt crisis and failure by US lawmakers to avert a possible “fiscal cliff” could fuel problems.

China’s economy, a key driver of regional growth, will see just 7.8 percent expansion this year, the IMF warned, but 8.2 percent next year as easing measures kick in.

Both figures are lower than the July forecasts of 8.0 percent and 8.5

percent. The numbers are well down from the 9.3 percent surge in 2011 and 10.4 percent in 2010.

Beijing has tried to spur growth by slashing interest rates twice this year and cutting the amount of funds banks must keep in reserve.

“This easing, however, has not yet gained the traction expected earlier in the year,” the IMF said.

Japan is tipped to see 2.2 percent growth this year owing to spending on post-tsunami work, but that would ease to 1.2 percent next year. In July the IMF forecast 2012 growth of 2.4 percent and 1.5 percent in 2013.

The Fund did say monetary easing would support the economy but further measures would be needed to fight painful deflation.

There are also growing fears about the impact on the world economy of a territorial feud between China and Japan. Earlier this month IMF chief Christine Lagarde said the dispute could not be allowed to fester.

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Rachel Dougall, 39, was arrested in May at her luxury villa for alleged involvement in a plot to smuggle 4.79 kilograms (10.6 pounds) of cocaine.

Rachel Dougall, 39, was arrested in May at her luxury villa for alleged involvement in a plot to smuggle 4.79 kilograms (10.6 pounds) of cocaine.

Two other Britons facing multiple charges in the case could face the death penalty. But prosecutors only charged Dougall with possession of nearly fifty grams of cocaine.

“In a police raid at the defendant’s villa, police found a cigarette package containing 48.94 grams of cocaine in her bag,” one of the prosecutors, Putu Astawa, told Denpasar district court.

The charge carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

Astawa said that “no evidence” was found that Dougall had ordered five kg of cocaine as mentioned earlier by British woman Lindsay June Sandiford.

Sandiford is one of the two Britons facing a possible death sentence if convicted, after being arrested in May at the island’s airport.

In total, four Britons and an Indian were detained in May in connection with the alleged cocaine plot.

Indonesia enforces stiff penalties for drug trafficking.

Two members of an Australian drug smuggling gang known as the “Bali Nine”, who were arrested in 2005, are on death row, while seven others face lengthy jail terms.

Another Australian, Schapelle Corby, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for smuggling 4.1 kg of marijuana in 2005. She recently had her term slashed by five years after a clemency appeal to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Denpasar govenment tourism office watches illegal money changer Bali Post

DENPASAR - The Denpasar Government Tourism Office continues to conduct a field observation following the increasing operations of illegal money changers in tourism area. Proliferation of the illegal foreign exchange traders should be immediately found out a solution in order they will not tarnish the image of Bali tourism, especially that of Denpasar.

The Head of Denpasar Government Tourism Office, Putu Budiasa, said to have involved the community for the monitoring at a number of tourism areas becoming the target of illegal money changers. “Together with the community, especially with the Sanur Development Foundation, we continue to monitor the operation of illegal money changers,” said Putu Budiasa in Denpasar on Monday (Oct 8).

He said that active participation of the community would make the moving space of illegal money changers became very narrow. Community through the Sanur Development Foundation would make coordination with relevant agencies to take action directly to illegal money changers.

“This makes the number of illegal money changer operating in tourism areas of Denpasar was not so much,” he said.

According to him, the illegal practices of money changer were very detrimental to Bali tourism sector. The image of Bali tourism would be damaged by such dishonest behavior committed by money changer services by means of deceiving customers, mainly tourists.

“If this is allowed to flourish, it will make travelers reluctant to visit Bali. Therefore, the municipality government with the people in tourist areas continues to monitor and take action against those illegal money changers,” he said.

Chairman of the Foreign Exchange Traders Association (APVA) of Bali, Made Sudarsa, also admitted that illegal money changers had proliferated again in Bali. Such condition was considered to be very detrimental to legal money changers. Foreign exchange trading through legal money changers in Bali dropped 30 percent in recent years.

“Apart from the issue of crisis, the presence of illegal money changers also has an impact.

Hundreds of illegal money changers are now free without the obligation of reporting their business to regulator. Indeed, it is not a new issue, but the matter remains unresolved until now,” he added.

He explained the number of foreign tourist arrivals continuing to grow became an anomaly.

The number of tourist arrivals increased, but the turnover of money changer lived through a correction. “Purchasing power of this market also weakened. If the number of tourist visits and their purchasing power go down, we are definitely affected,” he said. (kmb27) Tourists stand near authorized money changer in tourism object in Bali Island. The Denpasar Government Tourism Office continues to conduct a field observation following the increasing operations of illegal money changers in tourism area.

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ISLAMABAD - A brain-eating amoeba has killed at least 10 people in Pakistan’s most populous city since May, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday.

Naegleria fowleri has a fatality rate of more than 98 percent. It is transmitted when contaminated water enters the body through the nose and cannot be passed person-to-person.

The 10 confirmed cases have all occurred in the southern port city of Karachi, said Dr Musa Khan, head of the WHO’s Disease Early Warning System in Pakistan.

It is unclear if all cases have been reported as residents may not be familiar with the disease and Pakistan’s hospitals are severely overstretched.

The amoeba travels from the nasal membranes to the brain. Symptoms are initially very mild, including a headache, stiff neck, fever and stomach pain. Death usually occurs five to seven days after infection.

Authorities are planning a campaign to raise awareness among health workers and the public, Khan said. Most health centres had already been alerted, he said.

“People should avoid getting water too deep into their nostrils and make sure their water supply is properly treated,” he said. “Those with symptoms should seek help immediately.”

Victims commonly catch it through swimming in infected water, but Khan said most of those who died did not have a history of swimming. Authorities were testing water from various parts of the city, he said.

The disease first surfaced in Karachi, a city of 18 million people, in 2006.

This year’s outbreak has been the first since then and the most recent deaths occurred last week.

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In this April 15, 2012 file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying what appears to be a new missile passes by during a mass military parade in the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.

Isolated North Korea says its rockets can hit U.S. mainland Reuters

SEOUL - Isolated North Korea has rockets that can hit the U.S. mainland, it said on Tuesday, two days after South Korea struck a deal with the United States to extend the range of its ballistic missiles.

North and South Korea have been technically at war since their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, and regional powers have for years been trying to rein in the North’s nuclear weapons programme.

North Korea is believed to be developing a long-range missile with a range of 6,700 km (4,160) miles) or more aimed at hitting the United States, but two recent rocket tests both failed.

Its neighbours fear the North is using rocket launches to perfect technology to build a missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to the United States.

North Korea’s National Defence Commission said in a statement

that the North was prepared to counter any U.S. military threats, its KCNA news agency said.

“We do not hide (the fact) that the revolutionary armed forces ... including the strategic rocket forces are keeping within the scope of strike not only the bases of the puppet forces and the U.S. imperialist aggression forces’ bases in the inviolable land of Korea, but also Japan, Guam and the U.S. mainland,” KCNA said.

South Korea on Sunday unveiled an agreement with the United States that extends the range of its ballistic missiles by more than twice its current limit to 800 km (497 miles) as a deterrent against the North.

North Korea is under heavy U.N. sanctions that have cut off its previously lucrative arms trade and further isolated the state after its failed 2009 missile test drew sharp rebukes, even from its one major ally, China.

The United States has denied it has any intention to strike North Korea. It has more than 20,000 troops stationed in the South in defence of its ally against the North.

In April, under its new leader Kim Jong-un, North Korea again launched a rocket that flew just a few minutes covering a little over 100 km (60 miles) before blowing up over the sea between South Korea and China.

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In close race...

From page 1 Both Democrats and Republicans say internal campaign surveys following last week’s debate show Romney cut into the lead Obama had built up in many key battleground states. But they say Obama still has an advantage in most of them.

A lack of independent polling makes it difficult to know whether that’s true. Romney pulled ahead of Obama, 49 to 45 percent nationally, among likely voters in a Pew Research Center poll conducted after the debate.

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From page 1 “We do not agree if the mangrove forests are used as tourist attraction that will later on destroy the existing ecosystem. Moreover, the mangroves serve to protect the coast from erosion and sea waves,” said Chairman of the GIPI Bali, Ngurah Wijaya, when asked for his confirmation.

Despite not knowing exactly about the utilization of mangrove forest spreading across 102 hectares in the region of the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park, Suwung Kauh, South Denpasar by investors, Ngurah Wijaya asked the government to reconsider the efforts by making a more comprehensive studies.

“We hope the government reviews the plan and takes into account the existence of mangrove forests as well as think twice regarding the impacts on the environmental damage,” he said.

He said the government and society had to protect the prone areas of mangrove forest seriously. In other words, protecting the area from the exploitation as it might cause major negative impacts, such as the emergence of saltwater intrusion, abrasion, erosion, flooding and others.

“To make a tourist attraction, it is not necessarily damaging the environment. There are still other alternatives without harming the environment,” he said.

As known, the mangrove forest in Bali spreads across multiple locations with a total area of 3,067.71 hectares, consisting of 2,177.5 hectares located in forest area and 890.21 hectares outside forest area. There are three locations where the largest mangrove forest occurred, namely in the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (1,373.5 hectares), Nusa Lembongan (202 hectares) and the West Bali National Park (602 hectares). (kmb29/kmb27)

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President Susilo Yudhoyono has ordered the settlement of the corruption case allegedly involving police inspector general Djoko Susilo by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

President orders simulator case’s settlement by KPK Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Yudhoyono has ordered the settlement of the corruption case allegedly involving police inspector general Djoko Susilo by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

The order was issued at a press conference here on Monday following a dispute between the two agencies over authority to tackle the case.

Yudhoyono held the press conference following an incident on October 5 when several

police officers came to the KPK headquarters in an attempt to seize a KPK investigator, police commissioner Novel Baswedan, who is investigating the simulator case triggering protests from several quarters.

“The alleged corruption case

in the procurement of driving simulators should be tackled by KPK and it must not be divided,” he said.

Yudhoyono specifically ordered the police to tackle other cases which are not directly connected with the simulator case.

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the Banda Sea 139 km (86 miles) southeast of the town of Ambon, the USGS reported. It took place at a depth of 34 km.

“There was no tsunami warning issued. It was felt moderately in Ambon city and Banda island,” Agung Utomo from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency told AFP. He said there were no reports of

damage so far.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where continental plates collide, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.

An 8.7 earthquake that struck west of Indonesia in April was the biggest of its kind ever recorded and confirms suspicions that a giant tectonic plate is breaking up, scientists said last month.

MOYO ISLAND - The seaplane taxiing over a coral reef to deliver tourists to a remote luxury resort may soon become a more familiar sight in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands and only 183 airports.

At the moment, seaplanes in Indonesia are limited to niche charter flights for high-end tourism and mining, but their use could spread to serve the needs of a fast-growing economy and to beat the lack of transport infrastructure.

State-owned domestic carrier PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines aims to start the first scheduled public seaplane services in the country since the Dutch colonial period, when seaplanes regularly hopped across the main island Java. It is in talks with Canada-based planemaker Dornier to buy 20 seaplanes in a $120 million deal.

“There is no way infrastructure development can fully service Indonesians ... We’re talking about a lot of islands that have no airports but need government attention. The only logical way is using amphibious planes,” said Rudy Setyopurnomo, Merpati’s CEO. Seaplanes ferry passengers from Bali’s airport east to the Moyo island hideaway, where Oliver Stone filmed ‘Savages’ earlier this year, in about an hour - less than half the time it would take on a helicopter.

The planes splash to a gentle landing on turquoise water and jettison excited passengers right onto the resort’s jetty.

“That was amazing - even smoother than a normal landing. And so convenient - much more comfortable than a helicopter,” said Anna, a tourist from Moscow, as she fed bread to the parrotfish swimming under the seaplane’s tail. “It will make a lot of places more accessible. A jumbo jet can’t do a water landing.”

Operator Travira Air also runs seaplanes from Bali and Lombok for staff at Newmont Mining Corp’s massive copper and gold mine on nearby Sumbawa island, saving executives a four hour journey to the airport and cutting costs for the company.

Renting the plane for 100 hours flying time a month costs around $140,000, versus over $200,000 for a helicopter carrying less people, Travira says.

Seaplanes symbolised the romanticism of early flight but were killed off by the jet age as regular scheduled transport. The prospect of a renaissance in Asia reflects not only the unique geography of places like Indonesia but also the sheer pace of Asia’s growth in demand for planes.

Indonesia’s government aims to finance 15 new airports in 2013, but is also relying on attracting billions in private financing for infrastructure.

Progress so far has been slow, leaving Merpati looking at a solution not requiring runways - the 20 seaplanes.

“We’re going to buy them now. We expect next year to be the first delivery,” said Setyopurnomo, adding the planes could be built locally under a partnership with local planemaker PT Dirgantara Indonesia.

6.3 quake strikes off Indonesia coast, no tsunami alert JAKARTA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 struck off the eastern Indonesian coast Monday evening, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami alert was issued and no damage was reported.

The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 6:43 pm Monday (1143 GMT), was located in

REUTERS/Neil Chatterjee

A seaplane arrives at the jetty of the Amanwana resort on Moyo island in eastern Indonesia September 20, 2012. The seaplane taxiing over a coral reef to deliver tourists to a remote luxury resort may soon become a more familiar sight in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands and only 183 airports.

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Trunyan

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The village of Trunyan is squeezed tightly between the lake and the outer crater rim of Batur, an almighty volcano in Kintamani. This is a Bali Aga village, inhabited by descendants of the original Balinese, the people who predate the arrival of the Hindu Majapahit kingdom in the 16th century.

It is famous for the Pura Pancering Jagat temple, but unfortunately visitors are not allowed inside. There are also a couple of traditional Bali Aga-style dwellings, and a large banyan tree, which is said to be more than 1,100 years old. At Kuban subvillage close to Trunyan is a mysterious cemetery that is separated by the lake and accessible only by boat - there is no path along the steep walls of the crater rim.

The village of Trunyan itself is situated at the edge of Batur Lake. This location is inaccessible except by boat, and it takes around half an hour across the calm waters. Getting to Lake Batur takes around two hours drive to the northeast of Denpasar along the main road to Buleleng and through Bangli Regency.

Unlike the Balinese people, the people of Trunyan do not cremate or bury their dead, but just lay them out in bamboo cages to decompose, although strangely there is no stench. A macabre collection of skulls and bones lies on the stone platform and the surrounding areas.

The dead bodies don’t produce bad smells because of the perfumed scents from a huge Taru Menyan tree growing nearby.

Taru means ‘tree’ and Menyan means ‘nice smell’. The name of Terunyan was also derived from these two words.

The women from Trunyan are prohibited from going to the cemetery when a dead body is carried there. This follows the deeply rooted belief that if a woman comes to the cemetery while a corpse is being carried there, there will be a disaster in the village, for example a landslide or a volcanic eruption. Such events have been frequent in the village’s history, but whether women had anything to do with it is a matter of opinion...

You can visit both the village of Trunyan and the Kuban cemetery by chartered boat from Kedisan. Sadly, nowadays the boat trips are now blatant tourist traps, as touts and guides strongly urge you to donate your cash to the temple project or leave a donation for the dead. These touts ruin an otherwise fascinating experience.

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Reuters

KIEV - The Western-style liberal party of heavyweight boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko has surged in popularity to second place behind President Viktor Yanukovich’s party ahead of Ukraine’s Oct. 28 parliamentary election, polls showed on Monday. Klitschko, a relative political novice, has been highly critical of Yanukovich’s leadership and is focusing his party’s campaign on fighting high-level corruption in the former Soviet republic of 46 million people.

Yanukovich’s Party of the Re- emerging force to challenge the the “financial-industrial” elite. He gions and its allies are seeking to re- establishment Regions and the ruled out any coalition with the Retain a majority in Ukraine’s 450-seat Batkivshchyna opposition. gions after the election. “The Party parliament to cement his leadership The two-metre-tall, reigning of the Regions has lost its reputation and the interests of industrialists and heavyweight champion, nearing and we consider any links with this big business who support him. the end of his boxing career and party impossible,” he said.

They are opposed by Klitschko’s running for parliament for the first A previous survey by the DemoUDAR (Punch) and a combined bloc time, said on Monday that ratings of cratic Initiatives Foundation pubwhich includes the Batkivshchyna 16 percent for UDAR could mean a lished on Sept. 27 had put support (Fatherland) party of jailed former parliament split of 50-50. for the Regions at 28.1 percent, prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

“It would not be telling the truth if I United Opposition at 25.6 percent A survey published by the Dem- said I was not satisfied with this. I am and UDAR 11.5 percent. ocratic Initiatives Foundation on satisfied that the curve of our support is But another pollster, marketMonday indicated that UDAR had being maintained and, with three weeks ing firm GfK, last week flagged a the support of 16.0 percent of the left, that we will be able to increase our sudden rise in UDAR’s popularity, voters, while the Regions stood at electoral support even more,” he told putting it at 17 percent against 25 23.3 percent. It showed UDAR had Reuters in an interview. percent for the Regions and 15 perovertaken the United Opposition cent for the United Opposition. bloc, which includes Batkivsh- DR. IRONFIST In the interview on Monday, chyna, whose support had slipped Klitschko, who won 41 of his Klitschko, who trained in Germany to 15.1 percent.

45 victories on knockouts and is for much of his professional boxing The poll seemed to confirm the known as Dr. Ironfist because he career, said UDAR remained comtowering 41-year-old Klitschko as also holds a doctorate in sports mitted to “open politics” in Ukraine a powerful newcomer to Ukraine’s science, has accused the Regions based on European democratic political scene with his UDAR an of representing only the interests of standards.

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Big-hitting Klitschko surges in polls before Ukraine election

Tsonga to warm up for Australian Open at Hopman Cup

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will make his Hopman Cup debut in Perth at the end of the year in what or-

ganisers boast will be the strongest ever field assembled for the mixed international tournament. The Frenchman, who reached the Australian Open final in 2008, will join

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France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga hits a return shot against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their men’s singles final match of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Tsonga 7-6, 6-2.

world number two Novak Djokovic, Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic for the tournament at the new Perth Arena from Dec. 29 to Jan. 5.

“It’s really good because I will arrive really early to Australia (and) I will be able to play three matches to prepare for the Australian Open,” the world number six, who will partner Mathilde Johansson, said in a release from the organisers.

“I heard that they built a new arena similar to Rod Laver Arena, so it’s going to be just perfect for me to play, it’s going to be fun.”

The Serbian pair of Djokovic and Ivanovic are the top seeds, ahead of the U.S. team comprising multiple grand slam winner Williams and John Isner.

“I’ve played Hopman Cup three times in the last five years and I love the competition there; I love the atmosphere,” three-time Australian Open champion Djokovic said.

“I’ve reached the finals on two previous occasions so I sincerely hope that now this time, with Ana, we can actually win a trophy.”

AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov

Ukrainian boxer and Chairman of the Ukrainian UDAR Party, Vitali Klitschko, answers questions during a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.

McIlroy determined to finish Europe’s No. 1 Associated Press Writer

BELEK, Turkey — World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has set his sights on ending his best-ever season on a high by finishing the year as European No. 1. Despite four weeks of competition in the United States ahead of the Ryder Cup, McIlroy continues to lead the Race to Dubai despite now being under serious threat from South Africa’s Branden Grace.

McIlroy returns to Europe at this week’s Turkish Airlines World Golf Final, which also features Tiger Woods. However he will not return to regular European Tour competition until the Asian Masters in Shanghai later this month. Grace captured his fourth European Tour win this year when he led from start-tofinish to win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Sunday at St. Andrews.

The win propelled Grace into third place on the European money list behind second placed Justin Rose of England and McIlroy, with some six weeks remaining in the season. The trio will compete at Shanghai before contesting the HSBC Champions title at Mission Hills in Shenzhen.

After a season in which he’s won a second Major and set the

world alight in winning three other events on the PGA Tour, including two within the space of three events in the FedEx Cup Play Off Series, McIlroy is determined to end his fifth full year in the pro ranks on a high by being crowned European No. 1.

“The big goal for me in what is left in the season is to keep the level up and try to win the Race to Dubai,” he said. “I have a little bit of a lead at the moment and I came so close in ‘09 finishing second behind Lee (Westwood) and then came close again by finishing third last year behind Luke (Donald).

“But if I can play the next few weeks the way I have been and finish off the Race to Dubai successfully it would be a great way to cap off my great season.” Grace said Sunday at St. Andrews that he now has McIlroy in his sights.

Northern Irishman responded by saying Grace has played great golf this year to win four times, “so he’s playing great.”

“But we still have some big events coming up with some big prize money, so there’s a lot can happen and all I am focused on doing is finishing off the season as well as I can,” McIlroy said.

“And if I can play as good as I can hopefully I can wrap-up the Race to Dubai title.”

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Cole free for England after personal apology to FA boss Reuters

LONDON - Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has apologised to English Football Association chairman David Bernstein for a Twitter insult he aimed at the FA last week and is free to play for England against San Marino on Friday. Whether or not he earns his 99th cap in the World Cup qualifier at Wembley is up to coach Roy Hodgson but Bernstein said on Tuesday that Cole was free for selection.

The FA charged the 31-year-old with misconduct on Monday following Cole’s offensive tweet after the governing body’s independent commission had queried what they described as his “evolving” evidence in the John Terry racial abuse verdict.

Terry was found guilty of racially insulting Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand and banned for four matches. Cole gave evidence on his Chelsea team mate’s behalf.

Cole deleted the tweet a few hours after it was posted on Friday.

Bernstein, speaking to BBC ra-

dio before the official opening of England’s new national coaching centre at St George’s Park in Burton, revealed that Cole had followed his apology to the FA on Friday with a personal apology to the chairman.

“He apologised immediately on Friday and he came to see me last night and apologised to me personally,” Bernstein said.

“He showed real contrition. He said he was really sorry. He is free to play for England over the coming matches. It is up to the manager to decide whether he plays or not.”

Cole has until 1600 (1500 GMT)

on Thursday to respond to the FA charge, that deadline falling just over 24 hours before the England match.

He is also facing disciplinary action from his club.

Despite his apology, Hodgson may decide to rest Cole for the San Marino game to keep him fresh for the tougher qualifier against Poland in Warsaw next week.

Newcomers

Liverpool’s uncapped midfielder Jonjo Shelvey and Chelsea’s leftsided player Ryan Bertrand have been added to the England squad for

the World Cup qualifiers with San Marino and Poland.

The English FA said in a statement that left back Kieran Gibbs had been ruled out of the squad with injury, prompting Bertrand’s callup following two previous caps.

Regular left back Ashley Cole, charged with misconduct by the FA on Monday for a foul-mouthed Twitter comment about the organisation,

joined up with the squad as normal ahead of the San Marino game at Wembley on Friday and the Oct. 16 trip to Poland.

England coach Roy Hodgson raised eyebrows when calling up uncapped duo Raheem Sterling of Liverpool and Adam Lallana of Southampton for last month’s Group H qualifier against Ukraine and Shelvey’s addition this time is another surprise.

Ronaldo to play for Portugal with hurt shoulder Associated Press Writer

MADRID — Cristiano Ronaldo has been cleared to play for Portugal in its upcoming World Cup qualifiers despite injuring his left shoulder in Real Madrid’s 2-2 draw at Barcelona.

After examining the forward on Monday, team doctors determined that Ronaldo’s injury would not prevent him from taking part in international duty. Ronaldo arrived at Portugal’s training camp Monday, and team doctor Henrique Jones said the shoulder injury was “slight.”

“We’ll do everything we can to get him ready (for the game at Russia on Friday),” Jones said. “We think that’s possible, but we’ll be checking up on him every day.”

Portugal also plays at home against Northern Ireland on Oct. 16. Ronaldo scored both of Madrid’s goals on Sunday to match Lionel Messi’s two as the teams split the points. However, he fell hard on his left shoulder after attempting an overhead kick in the second half.

AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

AP Photo/POLFOTO, Jens Dresling

FC Nordsjallands Nicolai Stokholm and Chelsea FC’s Ashley Cole clash as FC Nordsjalland plays Chelsea in a Group E Champions League soccer match played at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal gestures during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012.

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Prandelli almost left Balotelli out of Italy squad Associated Press Writer

FLORENCE, Italy — Italy coach Cesare Prandelli was close to leaving Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli out of his squad for upcoming 2014 World Cup qualifying matches. Prandelli said Monday that he was annoyed Balotelli chose to undergo eye surgery just before the last two qualifiers, ruling him out of the matches against Bulgaria and Malta.

“I admit, I was upset about the fact that Balotelli chose to have his eye operation when there were two international games,” Prandelli said. “I thought about it for a bit, but then I thought of the games he has played for his country and I was comforted. It will be yet another chance to see if he wants to be a champion.”

Italy plays in Armenia on Friday before entertaining Denmark in Milan, four days later. The Italy coach left out Antonio Cassano despite his solid start to the season, but insists it is not the end of the Inter Milan striker’s international career.

“In the last two years I won my bet on him when no-one thought he could give us a hand,” Prandelli

said. “Now I want to see something different. But it’s not the end of his Italy career.

“I just preferred to look at younger lads as I know perfectly what Cassano can give us. I’ve made the same choice with (Antonio) Di Natale, knowing that I could always call on him to resolve any problems.” Despite his desire to focus on youth, Prandelli has recalled Alberto Gilardino, who at 30 is the same age as Cassano.

“Alberto knows perfectly what is his role now, which is to be the fifth or sixth striker,” Prandelli said. “If I call up Cassano it’s to play him from the start.” Prandelli has also called up Stephan El Shaarawy after the teenage striker’s impressive start to the season.

El Shaarawy made his debut in a friendly against England but this is his first squad inclusion for a competitive international fixture. El Shaarawy heads a group of young players that Prandelli has been including in his squads since Italy’s loss to World Cup winner Spain in the European Championship final.

“I’m focusing on a nice little group of them, without naming any names so as not to put too much

responsibility on them,” Prandelli said. “I spoke with (Spain coach Vicente) Del Bosque 20 days ago, and he also told me that after the World Cup he changed 50 percent of the players.

“They then went to the next European Championship and won again. Renewing the team is the only possible route.” Torino defender Angelo Ogbonna withdrew from the squad on Monday afternoon after worsening problems with his prostate gland.

AC Milan defender Ignazio Abate failed to take part in training and remains in bed with the flu, but is expected to recover for Friday’s match.

AP Photo/Clint Hughes

Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli celebrates after scoring the first goal of the game for his side from the penalty spot during their Champions League Group D soccer match against Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012.

Ref! Ghost goals making football look dumb

Associated Press Writer

Hey, referee! That was a goal!

Or it was very, very close. To be fair to Howard Webb and his team of touchline assistants, it wasn’t humanly possible for them to judge whether it was or wasn’t.

It all happened in the blink of an eye.

The ball thudded off Manchester United’s crossbar, down onto the turf and back up to head-height with Papiss Cisse. The Newcastle United striker from Senegal, not particularly tall but plenty quick, then head-butted it as hard as he possibly could at United’s goal.

Newcastle was 2-0 down at this point. A score from Cisse could have put his team back in the game.

B u t U n i t e d ’s y o u n g Spanish ‘keeper, David De Gea, got a gloved hand to it. Diving acrobatically to his left, he scooped the ball away — either as it was crossing, or after it had crossed, United’s goal-line. Which was it? We’ll never know.

Machines exist that could have told us. But they’re still not being used in football— making the sport and people who run it look it silly.

Because this is silly. In years to come, we’ll look back on this era when technology could have solved a glaring problem but wasn’t quickly deployed and wonder how this was possible.

How could administrators of the world’s most popular game have been so boneheaded and sluggish?

Did-it-or-didn’t-it-cross-theline incidents are a serious but treatable disease for football.

Medicines are there to vaccinate against it, in the shape of detection systems with cameras or sensors to tell referees when a goal is a goal. The medicine should have been administered long ago.

FIFA is getting there, slowly and proceeding with extreme caution and lashings of red tape. Like those who took so long to accept that the Earth revolves around the Sun, FIFA boss Sepp Blatter won’t be remembered for his U-turn in 2010 when he finally recognized the need for goal-line technology but for the amount of time and evidence it took for him

to reach that conclusion.

After rounds of testing over months and in different countries, proposed goal-line systems from eight companies have been whittled down to two: HawkEye, using multiple cameras, and GoalRef, employing magnetic sensors. There’ll be yet more testing, in competition this time, at FIFA’s Club World Cup in Japan in December. That should clear the way for the use of these technologies at FIFA’s Confederations Cup in Brazil next June and then for one or both to be used at Brazilian stadiums staging the World Cup in 2014.

Too late, in other words, to have helped Webb referee Newcastle against United on Sunday.

Even television replays and magnified freeze-frames couldn’t provide a conclusive answer as to whether all of the ball crossed the line before de Gea slapped it away. In real time, at that speed, and without the benefit of replays, Webb’s assistant can’t be expected to have seen it, either.

United manager Alex Ferguson was honest enough to admit that it wouldn’t have been an injustice if Webb had awarded a goal, “because I thought enough of the

ball’s over” the line.

“It’s inconclusive to be honest with you. The whole ball’s not over but I would be disappointed if we didn’t get a goal ourselves in that situation,” he said.

The Newcastle perspective from manager Alan Pardew was: “It’s so close to call. I’ve looked at it about seven times and I still can’t make out whether it went in or didn’t.”

How absurd. Respected man-

agers like Ferguson and Pardew and referees like Webb having to guess about the trajectory of a ball in the era of space travel.

It’s unfair on them. It makes football look foolish. And it happens every season, at every major tournament — with England’s disallowed goal against Germany at the 2010 World Cup followed by what should have been a goal for Ukraine against England at Euro 2012.

AC Milan fined for supporters’ behavior at derby Associated Press Writer

MILAN — AC Milan has been fined €8,000 ($10,000) for the behavior of its supporters during Sunday’s controversial 1-0 derby loss to Inter Milan.

Milan was punished after supporters threw five plastic bottles onto and near the field

and displayed an insulting banner against former player Antonio Cassano, who left to join Inter in August.

Milan captain Massimo Ambrosini has also been banned for one match for complaining to the referee. Ambrosini got off the bench and went onto the field of play to fiercely contest a decision in stoppage time.

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Cole free for England after personal apology to FA boss Reuters

LONDON - Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has apologised to English Football Association chairman David Bernstein for a Twitter insult he aimed at the FA last week and is free to play for England against San Marino on Friday. Whether or not he earns his 99th cap in the World Cup qualifier at Wembley is up to coach Roy Hodgson but Bernstein said on Tuesday that Cole was free for selection.

The FA charged the 31-year-old with misconduct on Monday following Cole’s offensive tweet after the governing body’s independent commission had queried what they described as his “evolving” evidence in the John Terry racial abuse verdict.

Terry was found guilty of racially insulting Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand and banned for four matches. Cole gave evidence on his Chelsea team mate’s behalf.

Cole deleted the tweet a few hours after it was posted on Friday.

Bernstein, speaking to BBC ra-

dio before the official opening of England’s new national coaching centre at St George’s Park in Burton, revealed that Cole had followed his apology to the FA on Friday with a personal apology to the chairman.

“He apologised immediately on Friday and he came to see me last night and apologised to me personally,” Bernstein said.

“He showed real contrition. He said he was really sorry. He is free to play for England over the coming matches. It is up to the manager to decide whether he plays or not.”

Cole has until 1600 (1500 GMT)

on Thursday to respond to the FA charge, that deadline falling just over 24 hours before the England match.

He is also facing disciplinary action from his club.

Despite his apology, Hodgson may decide to rest Cole for the San Marino game to keep him fresh for the tougher qualifier against Poland in Warsaw next week.

Newcomers

Liverpool’s uncapped midfielder Jonjo Shelvey and Chelsea’s leftsided player Ryan Bertrand have been added to the England squad for

the World Cup qualifiers with San Marino and Poland.

The English FA said in a statement that left back Kieran Gibbs had been ruled out of the squad with injury, prompting Bertrand’s callup following two previous caps.

Regular left back Ashley Cole, charged with misconduct by the FA on Monday for a foul-mouthed Twitter comment about the organisation,

joined up with the squad as normal ahead of the San Marino game at Wembley on Friday and the Oct. 16 trip to Poland.

England coach Roy Hodgson raised eyebrows when calling up uncapped duo Raheem Sterling of Liverpool and Adam Lallana of Southampton for last month’s Group H qualifier against Ukraine and Shelvey’s addition this time is another surprise.

Ronaldo to play for Portugal with hurt shoulder Associated Press Writer

MADRID — Cristiano Ronaldo has been cleared to play for Portugal in its upcoming World Cup qualifiers despite injuring his left shoulder in Real Madrid’s 2-2 draw at Barcelona.

After examining the forward on Monday, team doctors determined that Ronaldo’s injury would not prevent him from taking part in international duty. Ronaldo arrived at Portugal’s training camp Monday, and team doctor Henrique Jones said the shoulder injury was “slight.”

“We’ll do everything we can to get him ready (for the game at Russia on Friday),” Jones said. “We think that’s possible, but we’ll be checking up on him every day.”

Portugal also plays at home against Northern Ireland on Oct. 16. Ronaldo scored both of Madrid’s goals on Sunday to match Lionel Messi’s two as the teams split the points. However, he fell hard on his left shoulder after attempting an overhead kick in the second half.

AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

AP Photo/POLFOTO, Jens Dresling

FC Nordsjallands Nicolai Stokholm and Chelsea FC’s Ashley Cole clash as FC Nordsjalland plays Chelsea in a Group E Champions League soccer match played at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal gestures during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012.

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Prandelli almost left Balotelli out of Italy squad Associated Press Writer

FLORENCE, Italy — Italy coach Cesare Prandelli was close to leaving Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli out of his squad for upcoming 2014 World Cup qualifying matches. Prandelli said Monday that he was annoyed Balotelli chose to undergo eye surgery just before the last two qualifiers, ruling him out of the matches against Bulgaria and Malta.

“I admit, I was upset about the fact that Balotelli chose to have his eye operation when there were two international games,” Prandelli said. “I thought about it for a bit, but then I thought of the games he has played for his country and I was comforted. It will be yet another chance to see if he wants to be a champion.”

Italy plays in Armenia on Friday before entertaining Denmark in Milan, four days later. The Italy coach left out Antonio Cassano despite his solid start to the season, but insists it is not the end of the Inter Milan striker’s international career.

“In the last two years I won my bet on him when no-one thought he could give us a hand,” Prandelli

said. “Now I want to see something different. But it’s not the end of his Italy career.

“I just preferred to look at younger lads as I know perfectly what Cassano can give us. I’ve made the same choice with (Antonio) Di Natale, knowing that I could always call on him to resolve any problems.” Despite his desire to focus on youth, Prandelli has recalled Alberto Gilardino, who at 30 is the same age as Cassano.

“Alberto knows perfectly what is his role now, which is to be the fifth or sixth striker,” Prandelli said. “If I call up Cassano it’s to play him from the start.” Prandelli has also called up Stephan El Shaarawy after the teenage striker’s impressive start to the season.

El Shaarawy made his debut in a friendly against England but this is his first squad inclusion for a competitive international fixture. El Shaarawy heads a group of young players that Prandelli has been including in his squads since Italy’s loss to World Cup winner Spain in the European Championship final.

“I’m focusing on a nice little group of them, without naming any names so as not to put too much

responsibility on them,” Prandelli said. “I spoke with (Spain coach Vicente) Del Bosque 20 days ago, and he also told me that after the World Cup he changed 50 percent of the players.

“They then went to the next European Championship and won again. Renewing the team is the only possible route.” Torino defender Angelo Ogbonna withdrew from the squad on Monday afternoon after worsening problems with his prostate gland.

AC Milan defender Ignazio Abate failed to take part in training and remains in bed with the flu, but is expected to recover for Friday’s match.

AP Photo/Clint Hughes

Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli celebrates after scoring the first goal of the game for his side from the penalty spot during their Champions League Group D soccer match against Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012.

Ref! Ghost goals making football look dumb

Associated Press Writer

Hey, referee! That was a goal!

Or it was very, very close. To be fair to Howard Webb and his team of touchline assistants, it wasn’t humanly possible for them to judge whether it was or wasn’t.

It all happened in the blink of an eye.

The ball thudded off Manchester United’s crossbar, down onto the turf and back up to head-height with Papiss Cisse. The Newcastle United striker from Senegal, not particularly tall but plenty quick, then head-butted it as hard as he possibly could at United’s goal.

Newcastle was 2-0 down at this point. A score from Cisse could have put his team back in the game.

B u t U n i t e d ’s y o u n g Spanish ‘keeper, David De Gea, got a gloved hand to it. Diving acrobatically to his left, he scooped the ball away — either as it was crossing, or after it had crossed, United’s goal-line. Which was it? We’ll never know.

Machines exist that could have told us. But they’re still not being used in football— making the sport and people who run it look it silly.

Because this is silly. In years to come, we’ll look back on this era when technology could have solved a glaring problem but wasn’t quickly deployed and wonder how this was possible.

How could administrators of the world’s most popular game have been so boneheaded and sluggish?

Did-it-or-didn’t-it-cross-theline incidents are a serious but treatable disease for football.

Medicines are there to vaccinate against it, in the shape of detection systems with cameras or sensors to tell referees when a goal is a goal. The medicine should have been administered long ago.

FIFA is getting there, slowly and proceeding with extreme caution and lashings of red tape. Like those who took so long to accept that the Earth revolves around the Sun, FIFA boss Sepp Blatter won’t be remembered for his U-turn in 2010 when he finally recognized the need for goal-line technology but for the amount of time and evidence it took for him

to reach that conclusion.

After rounds of testing over months and in different countries, proposed goal-line systems from eight companies have been whittled down to two: HawkEye, using multiple cameras, and GoalRef, employing magnetic sensors. There’ll be yet more testing, in competition this time, at FIFA’s Club World Cup in Japan in December. That should clear the way for the use of these technologies at FIFA’s Confederations Cup in Brazil next June and then for one or both to be used at Brazilian stadiums staging the World Cup in 2014.

Too late, in other words, to have helped Webb referee Newcastle against United on Sunday.

Even television replays and magnified freeze-frames couldn’t provide a conclusive answer as to whether all of the ball crossed the line before de Gea slapped it away. In real time, at that speed, and without the benefit of replays, Webb’s assistant can’t be expected to have seen it, either.

United manager Alex Ferguson was honest enough to admit that it wouldn’t have been an injustice if Webb had awarded a goal, “because I thought enough of the

ball’s over” the line.

“It’s inconclusive to be honest with you. The whole ball’s not over but I would be disappointed if we didn’t get a goal ourselves in that situation,” he said.

The Newcastle perspective from manager Alan Pardew was: “It’s so close to call. I’ve looked at it about seven times and I still can’t make out whether it went in or didn’t.”

How absurd. Respected man-

agers like Ferguson and Pardew and referees like Webb having to guess about the trajectory of a ball in the era of space travel.

It’s unfair on them. It makes football look foolish. And it happens every season, at every major tournament — with England’s disallowed goal against Germany at the 2010 World Cup followed by what should have been a goal for Ukraine against England at Euro 2012.

AC Milan fined for supporters’ behavior at derby Associated Press Writer

MILAN — AC Milan has been fined €8,000 ($10,000) for the behavior of its supporters during Sunday’s controversial 1-0 derby loss to Inter Milan.

Milan was punished after supporters threw five plastic bottles onto and near the field

and displayed an insulting banner against former player Antonio Cassano, who left to join Inter in August.

Milan captain Massimo Ambrosini has also been banned for one match for complaining to the referee. Ambrosini got off the bench and went onto the field of play to fiercely contest a decision in stoppage time.

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The village of Trunyan is squeezed tightly between the lake and the outer crater rim of Batur, an almighty volcano in Kintamani. This is a Bali Aga village, inhabited by descendants of the original Balinese, the people who predate the arrival of the Hindu Majapahit kingdom in the 16th century.

It is famous for the Pura Pancering Jagat temple, but unfortunately visitors are not allowed inside. There are also a couple of traditional Bali Aga-style dwellings, and a large banyan tree, which is said to be more than 1,100 years old. At Kuban subvillage close to Trunyan is a mysterious cemetery that is separated by the lake and accessible only by boat - there is no path along the steep walls of the crater rim.

The village of Trunyan itself is situated at the edge of Batur Lake. This location is inaccessible except by boat, and it takes around half an hour across the calm waters. Getting to Lake Batur takes around two hours drive to the northeast of Denpasar along the main road to Buleleng and through Bangli Regency.

Unlike the Balinese people, the people of Trunyan do not cremate or bury their dead, but just lay them out in bamboo cages to decompose, although strangely there is no stench. A macabre collection of skulls and bones lies on the stone platform and the surrounding areas.

The dead bodies don’t produce bad smells because of the perfumed scents from a huge Taru Menyan tree growing nearby.

Taru means ‘tree’ and Menyan means ‘nice smell’. The name of Terunyan was also derived from these two words.

The women from Trunyan are prohibited from going to the cemetery when a dead body is carried there. This follows the deeply rooted belief that if a woman comes to the cemetery while a corpse is being carried there, there will be a disaster in the village, for example a landslide or a volcanic eruption. Such events have been frequent in the village’s history, but whether women had anything to do with it is a matter of opinion...

You can visit both the village of Trunyan and the Kuban cemetery by chartered boat from Kedisan. Sadly, nowadays the boat trips are now blatant tourist traps, as touts and guides strongly urge you to donate your cash to the temple project or leave a donation for the dead. These touts ruin an otherwise fascinating experience.

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KIEV - The Western-style liberal party of heavyweight boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko has surged in popularity to second place behind President Viktor Yanukovich’s party ahead of Ukraine’s Oct. 28 parliamentary election, polls showed on Monday. Klitschko, a relative political novice, has been highly critical of Yanukovich’s leadership and is focusing his party’s campaign on fighting high-level corruption in the former Soviet republic of 46 million people.

Yanukovich’s Party of the Re- emerging force to challenge the the “financial-industrial” elite. He gions and its allies are seeking to re- establishment Regions and the ruled out any coalition with the Retain a majority in Ukraine’s 450-seat Batkivshchyna opposition. gions after the election. “The Party parliament to cement his leadership The two-metre-tall, reigning of the Regions has lost its reputation and the interests of industrialists and heavyweight champion, nearing and we consider any links with this big business who support him. the end of his boxing career and party impossible,” he said.

They are opposed by Klitschko’s running for parliament for the first A previous survey by the DemoUDAR (Punch) and a combined bloc time, said on Monday that ratings of cratic Initiatives Foundation pubwhich includes the Batkivshchyna 16 percent for UDAR could mean a lished on Sept. 27 had put support (Fatherland) party of jailed former parliament split of 50-50. for the Regions at 28.1 percent, prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

“It would not be telling the truth if I United Opposition at 25.6 percent A survey published by the Dem- said I was not satisfied with this. I am and UDAR 11.5 percent. ocratic Initiatives Foundation on satisfied that the curve of our support is But another pollster, marketMonday indicated that UDAR had being maintained and, with three weeks ing firm GfK, last week flagged a the support of 16.0 percent of the left, that we will be able to increase our sudden rise in UDAR’s popularity, voters, while the Regions stood at electoral support even more,” he told putting it at 17 percent against 25 23.3 percent. It showed UDAR had Reuters in an interview. percent for the Regions and 15 perovertaken the United Opposition cent for the United Opposition. bloc, which includes Batkivsh- DR. IRONFIST In the interview on Monday, chyna, whose support had slipped Klitschko, who won 41 of his Klitschko, who trained in Germany to 15.1 percent.

45 victories on knockouts and is for much of his professional boxing The poll seemed to confirm the known as Dr. Ironfist because he career, said UDAR remained comtowering 41-year-old Klitschko as also holds a doctorate in sports mitted to “open politics” in Ukraine a powerful newcomer to Ukraine’s science, has accused the Regions based on European democratic political scene with his UDAR an of representing only the interests of standards.

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ganisers boast will be the strongest ever field assembled for the mixed international tournament. The Frenchman, who reached the Australian Open final in 2008, will join

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France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga hits a return shot against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their men’s singles final match of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Tsonga 7-6, 6-2.

world number two Novak Djokovic, Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic for the tournament at the new Perth Arena from Dec. 29 to Jan. 5.

“It’s really good because I will arrive really early to Australia (and) I will be able to play three matches to prepare for the Australian Open,” the world number six, who will partner Mathilde Johansson, said in a release from the organisers.

“I heard that they built a new arena similar to Rod Laver Arena, so it’s going to be just perfect for me to play, it’s going to be fun.”

The Serbian pair of Djokovic and Ivanovic are the top seeds, ahead of the U.S. team comprising multiple grand slam winner Williams and John Isner.

“I’ve played Hopman Cup three times in the last five years and I love the competition there; I love the atmosphere,” three-time Australian Open champion Djokovic said.

“I’ve reached the finals on two previous occasions so I sincerely hope that now this time, with Ana, we can actually win a trophy.”

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Ukrainian boxer and Chairman of the Ukrainian UDAR Party, Vitali Klitschko, answers questions during a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.

McIlroy determined to finish Europe’s No. 1 Associated Press Writer

BELEK, Turkey — World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has set his sights on ending his best-ever season on a high by finishing the year as European No. 1. Despite four weeks of competition in the United States ahead of the Ryder Cup, McIlroy continues to lead the Race to Dubai despite now being under serious threat from South Africa’s Branden Grace.

McIlroy returns to Europe at this week’s Turkish Airlines World Golf Final, which also features Tiger Woods. However he will not return to regular European Tour competition until the Asian Masters in Shanghai later this month. Grace captured his fourth European Tour win this year when he led from start-tofinish to win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Sunday at St. Andrews.

The win propelled Grace into third place on the European money list behind second placed Justin Rose of England and McIlroy, with some six weeks remaining in the season. The trio will compete at Shanghai before contesting the HSBC Champions title at Mission Hills in Shenzhen.

After a season in which he’s won a second Major and set the

world alight in winning three other events on the PGA Tour, including two within the space of three events in the FedEx Cup Play Off Series, McIlroy is determined to end his fifth full year in the pro ranks on a high by being crowned European No. 1.

“The big goal for me in what is left in the season is to keep the level up and try to win the Race to Dubai,” he said. “I have a little bit of a lead at the moment and I came so close in ‘09 finishing second behind Lee (Westwood) and then came close again by finishing third last year behind Luke (Donald).

“But if I can play the next few weeks the way I have been and finish off the Race to Dubai successfully it would be a great way to cap off my great season.” Grace said Sunday at St. Andrews that he now has McIlroy in his sights.

Northern Irishman responded by saying Grace has played great golf this year to win four times, “so he’s playing great.”

“But we still have some big events coming up with some big prize money, so there’s a lot can happen and all I am focused on doing is finishing off the season as well as I can,” McIlroy said.

“And if I can play as good as I can hopefully I can wrap-up the Race to Dubai title.”

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ISLAMABAD - A brain-eating amoeba has killed at least 10 people in Pakistan’s most populous city since May, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday.

Naegleria fowleri has a fatality rate of more than 98 percent. It is transmitted when contaminated water enters the body through the nose and cannot be passed person-to-person.

The 10 confirmed cases have all occurred in the southern port city of Karachi, said Dr Musa Khan, head of the WHO’s Disease Early Warning System in Pakistan.

It is unclear if all cases have been reported as residents may not be familiar with the disease and Pakistan’s hospitals are severely overstretched.

The amoeba travels from the nasal membranes to the brain. Symptoms are initially very mild, including a headache, stiff neck, fever and stomach pain. Death usually occurs five to seven days after infection.

Authorities are planning a campaign to raise awareness among health workers and the public, Khan said. Most health centres had already been alerted, he said.

“People should avoid getting water too deep into their nostrils and make sure their water supply is properly treated,” he said. “Those with symptoms should seek help immediately.”

Victims commonly catch it through swimming in infected water, but Khan said most of those who died did not have a history of swimming. Authorities were testing water from various parts of the city, he said.

The disease first surfaced in Karachi, a city of 18 million people, in 2006.

This year’s outbreak has been the first since then and the most recent deaths occurred last week.

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In this April 15, 2012 file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying what appears to be a new missile passes by during a mass military parade in the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.

Isolated North Korea says its rockets can hit U.S. mainland Reuters

SEOUL - Isolated North Korea has rockets that can hit the U.S. mainland, it said on Tuesday, two days after South Korea struck a deal with the United States to extend the range of its ballistic missiles.

North and South Korea have been technically at war since their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, and regional powers have for years been trying to rein in the North’s nuclear weapons programme.

North Korea is believed to be developing a long-range missile with a range of 6,700 km (4,160) miles) or more aimed at hitting the United States, but two recent rocket tests both failed.

Its neighbours fear the North is using rocket launches to perfect technology to build a missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to the United States.

North Korea’s National Defence Commission said in a statement

that the North was prepared to counter any U.S. military threats, its KCNA news agency said.

“We do not hide (the fact) that the revolutionary armed forces ... including the strategic rocket forces are keeping within the scope of strike not only the bases of the puppet forces and the U.S. imperialist aggression forces’ bases in the inviolable land of Korea, but also Japan, Guam and the U.S. mainland,” KCNA said.

South Korea on Sunday unveiled an agreement with the United States that extends the range of its ballistic missiles by more than twice its current limit to 800 km (497 miles) as a deterrent against the North.

North Korea is under heavy U.N. sanctions that have cut off its previously lucrative arms trade and further isolated the state after its failed 2009 missile test drew sharp rebukes, even from its one major ally, China.

The United States has denied it has any intention to strike North Korea. It has more than 20,000 troops stationed in the South in defence of its ally against the North.

In April, under its new leader Kim Jong-un, North Korea again launched a rocket that flew just a few minutes covering a little over 100 km (60 miles) before blowing up over the sea between South Korea and China.

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From page 1 Both Democrats and Republicans say internal campaign surveys following last week’s debate show Romney cut into the lead Obama had built up in many key battleground states. But they say Obama still has an advantage in most of them.

A lack of independent polling makes it difficult to know whether that’s true. Romney pulled ahead of Obama, 49 to 45 percent nationally, among likely voters in a Pew Research Center poll conducted after the debate.

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From page 1 “We do not agree if the mangrove forests are used as tourist attraction that will later on destroy the existing ecosystem. Moreover, the mangroves serve to protect the coast from erosion and sea waves,” said Chairman of the GIPI Bali, Ngurah Wijaya, when asked for his confirmation.

Despite not knowing exactly about the utilization of mangrove forest spreading across 102 hectares in the region of the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park, Suwung Kauh, South Denpasar by investors, Ngurah Wijaya asked the government to reconsider the efforts by making a more comprehensive studies.

“We hope the government reviews the plan and takes into account the existence of mangrove forests as well as think twice regarding the impacts on the environmental damage,” he said.

He said the government and society had to protect the prone areas of mangrove forest seriously. In other words, protecting the area from the exploitation as it might cause major negative impacts, such as the emergence of saltwater intrusion, abrasion, erosion, flooding and others.

“To make a tourist attraction, it is not necessarily damaging the environment. There are still other alternatives without harming the environment,” he said.

As known, the mangrove forest in Bali spreads across multiple locations with a total area of 3,067.71 hectares, consisting of 2,177.5 hectares located in forest area and 890.21 hectares outside forest area. There are three locations where the largest mangrove forest occurred, namely in the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (1,373.5 hectares), Nusa Lembongan (202 hectares) and the West Bali National Park (602 hectares). (kmb29/kmb27)

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President Susilo Yudhoyono has ordered the settlement of the corruption case allegedly involving police inspector general Djoko Susilo by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

President orders simulator case’s settlement by KPK Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Yudhoyono has ordered the settlement of the corruption case allegedly involving police inspector general Djoko Susilo by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

The order was issued at a press conference here on Monday following a dispute between the two agencies over authority to tackle the case.

Yudhoyono held the press conference following an incident on October 5 when several

police officers came to the KPK headquarters in an attempt to seize a KPK investigator, police commissioner Novel Baswedan, who is investigating the simulator case triggering protests from several quarters.

“The alleged corruption case

in the procurement of driving simulators should be tackled by KPK and it must not be divided,” he said.

Yudhoyono specifically ordered the police to tackle other cases which are not directly connected with the simulator case.

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the Banda Sea 139 km (86 miles) southeast of the town of Ambon, the USGS reported. It took place at a depth of 34 km.

“There was no tsunami warning issued. It was felt moderately in Ambon city and Banda island,” Agung Utomo from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency told AFP. He said there were no reports of

damage so far.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where continental plates collide, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.

An 8.7 earthquake that struck west of Indonesia in April was the biggest of its kind ever recorded and confirms suspicions that a giant tectonic plate is breaking up, scientists said last month.

MOYO ISLAND - The seaplane taxiing over a coral reef to deliver tourists to a remote luxury resort may soon become a more familiar sight in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands and only 183 airports.

At the moment, seaplanes in Indonesia are limited to niche charter flights for high-end tourism and mining, but their use could spread to serve the needs of a fast-growing economy and to beat the lack of transport infrastructure.

State-owned domestic carrier PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines aims to start the first scheduled public seaplane services in the country since the Dutch colonial period, when seaplanes regularly hopped across the main island Java. It is in talks with Canada-based planemaker Dornier to buy 20 seaplanes in a $120 million deal.

“There is no way infrastructure development can fully service Indonesians ... We’re talking about a lot of islands that have no airports but need government attention. The only logical way is using amphibious planes,” said Rudy Setyopurnomo, Merpati’s CEO. Seaplanes ferry passengers from Bali’s airport east to the Moyo island hideaway, where Oliver Stone filmed ‘Savages’ earlier this year, in about an hour - less than half the time it would take on a helicopter.

The planes splash to a gentle landing on turquoise water and jettison excited passengers right onto the resort’s jetty.

“That was amazing - even smoother than a normal landing. And so convenient - much more comfortable than a helicopter,” said Anna, a tourist from Moscow, as she fed bread to the parrotfish swimming under the seaplane’s tail. “It will make a lot of places more accessible. A jumbo jet can’t do a water landing.”

Operator Travira Air also runs seaplanes from Bali and Lombok for staff at Newmont Mining Corp’s massive copper and gold mine on nearby Sumbawa island, saving executives a four hour journey to the airport and cutting costs for the company.

Renting the plane for 100 hours flying time a month costs around $140,000, versus over $200,000 for a helicopter carrying less people, Travira says.

Seaplanes symbolised the romanticism of early flight but were killed off by the jet age as regular scheduled transport. The prospect of a renaissance in Asia reflects not only the unique geography of places like Indonesia but also the sheer pace of Asia’s growth in demand for planes.

Indonesia’s government aims to finance 15 new airports in 2013, but is also relying on attracting billions in private financing for infrastructure.

Progress so far has been slow, leaving Merpati looking at a solution not requiring runways - the 20 seaplanes.

“We’re going to buy them now. We expect next year to be the first delivery,” said Setyopurnomo, adding the planes could be built locally under a partnership with local planemaker PT Dirgantara Indonesia.

6.3 quake strikes off Indonesia coast, no tsunami alert JAKARTA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 struck off the eastern Indonesian coast Monday evening, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami alert was issued and no damage was reported.

The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 6:43 pm Monday (1143 GMT), was located in

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A seaplane arrives at the jetty of the Amanwana resort on Moyo island in eastern Indonesia September 20, 2012. The seaplane taxiing over a coral reef to deliver tourists to a remote luxury resort may soon become a more familiar sight in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands and only 183 airports.

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China options limited as U.S. panel outcasts Huawei, ZTE BEIJING/HONG KONG China’s leading telecom equipment makers accused in a U.S. congressional report of being a potential security risk may face fresh scrutiny in other markets, while American firms operating in China could be vulnerable to retaliation.

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee on Monday warned that China could use equipment made by Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp - the world’s second- and fifth-largest makers of routers and telecoms gear - for cyber-espionage through software embedded in Chinesemade network equipment.

In its 52-page report, the committee noted that “China’s military and intelligence services, recognizing the technological superiority of the U.S. military, are actively searching for asymmetrical advantages that could be exploited in any future conflict with the United States. ... Malicious implants in the components of critical infrastructure, such as power grids or financial networks, would also be a tremendous weapon in China’s arsenal,” it stated.

China’s official People’s Daily newspaper accused the committee on Tuesday of acting on a “presumption of guilt” against Huawei and ZTE. “This

foolhardy political step ... will impede the healthy development of Sino-American trade cooperation,” said a commentary in the newspaper, which generally reflects government thinking.

It added that the committee had produced “not an iota” of evidence to back its accusation that Huawei and ZTE products were used for espionage in the United States. “This report, which spurns the facts and is suffused with prejudice, is a vicious expansion of trade protectionism,” it said.

The blow-up - a Xinhua English-language commentary spoke of “a Cold War mentality” in the United States - comes at a sensitive time for U.S.-China relations, ahead of U.S. presidential and congressional elections and a leadership transition in China.

Tensions have ratcheted higher with a series of trade actions against China by President Barack Obama, including his blocking of a privately owned Chinese firm from building wind turbines close to a U.S. military site, and his challenge of Chinese auto and auto-parts subsidies in a World Trade Organization (WTO) case.

His Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, says if elected he will label China a currency manipulator from day one.

Similarly, few felt China would have much of a case if it went to the WTO, which arbitrates in major trade spats.

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People visit the Huawei booth at a communication technologies exhibition in Beijing, September 19, 2012. China’s telecom companies ZTE and Huawei have denied allegations that their products could threaten U.S. state security, accusing them of obstructing Chinese ICT companies from entering the overseas market, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken September 19, 2012.

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DENPASAR - An Indonesian court in the resort island of Bali charged a British woman Monday with cocaine possession, an offence punishable by life imprisonment.

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A banner of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group is displayed at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo October 9, 2012. The IMF said the global economic slowdown is worsening as it cut its growth forecasts for the second time since April and warned U.S. and European policymakers that failure to fix their economic ills would prolong the slump.

IMF cuts Asian growth forecast as West’s crises bite Agence France-Presse

HONG KONG - The IMF on Tuesday cut its growth forecasts for developing Asia, blaming a slowdown in Europe and the United States, and warned that China’s attempts to boost its economy had not taken hold.

It also cut the outlook on Japan, saying disaster reconstruction spending would tail off and lead to weaker growth next year. The International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook comes at the beginning of a week that will see it and the World Bank hold their annual meetings in Japan, ahead of a meeting of the Group of Seven.

It also reinforces concerns expressed by the World Bank on Monday and Asian Development Bank last week as they cut their regional forecasts, citing global weaknesses.

The IMF said growth for developing Asia would come in at 6.7 percent this year and 7.2 percent in 2013. That compares with July’s estimate of 7.1 percent this year and 7.5 percent next year.

“Compared with the region’s

growth performance in recent years, the near- and medium-term outlooks are less buoyant,” the report said.

“This view reflects weaker anticipated external demand resulting from the tepid growth prospects in major advanced economies and a downshift in China’s and India’s growth prospects.”

It warned a worsening of the eurozone debt crisis and failure by US lawmakers to avert a possible “fiscal cliff” could fuel problems.

China’s economy, a key driver of regional growth, will see just 7.8 percent expansion this year, the IMF warned, but 8.2 percent next year as easing measures kick in.

Both figures are lower than the July forecasts of 8.0 percent and 8.5

percent. The numbers are well down from the 9.3 percent surge in 2011 and 10.4 percent in 2010.

Beijing has tried to spur growth by slashing interest rates twice this year and cutting the amount of funds banks must keep in reserve.

“This easing, however, has not yet gained the traction expected earlier in the year,” the IMF said.

Japan is tipped to see 2.2 percent growth this year owing to spending on post-tsunami work, but that would ease to 1.2 percent next year. In July the IMF forecast 2012 growth of 2.4 percent and 1.5 percent in 2013.

The Fund did say monetary easing would support the economy but further measures would be needed to fight painful deflation.

There are also growing fears about the impact on the world economy of a territorial feud between China and Japan. Earlier this month IMF chief Christine Lagarde said the dispute could not be allowed to fester.

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Rachel Dougall, 39, was arrested in May at her luxury villa for alleged involvement in a plot to smuggle 4.79 kilograms (10.6 pounds) of cocaine.

Rachel Dougall, 39, was arrested in May at her luxury villa for alleged involvement in a plot to smuggle 4.79 kilograms (10.6 pounds) of cocaine.

Two other Britons facing multiple charges in the case could face the death penalty. But prosecutors only charged Dougall with possession of nearly fifty grams of cocaine.

“In a police raid at the defendant’s villa, police found a cigarette package containing 48.94 grams of cocaine in her bag,” one of the prosecutors, Putu Astawa, told Denpasar district court.

The charge carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

Astawa said that “no evidence” was found that Dougall had ordered five kg of cocaine as mentioned earlier by British woman Lindsay June Sandiford.

Sandiford is one of the two Britons facing a possible death sentence if convicted, after being arrested in May at the island’s airport.

In total, four Britons and an Indian were detained in May in connection with the alleged cocaine plot.

Indonesia enforces stiff penalties for drug trafficking.

Two members of an Australian drug smuggling gang known as the “Bali Nine”, who were arrested in 2005, are on death row, while seven others face lengthy jail terms.

Another Australian, Schapelle Corby, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for smuggling 4.1 kg of marijuana in 2005. She recently had her term slashed by five years after a clemency appeal to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Denpasar govenment tourism office watches illegal money changer Bali Post

DENPASAR - The Denpasar Government Tourism Office continues to conduct a field observation following the increasing operations of illegal money changers in tourism area. Proliferation of the illegal foreign exchange traders should be immediately found out a solution in order they will not tarnish the image of Bali tourism, especially that of Denpasar.

The Head of Denpasar Government Tourism Office, Putu Budiasa, said to have involved the community for the monitoring at a number of tourism areas becoming the target of illegal money changers. “Together with the community, especially with the Sanur Development Foundation, we continue to monitor the operation of illegal money changers,” said Putu Budiasa in Denpasar on Monday (Oct 8).

He said that active participation of the community would make the moving space of illegal money changers became very narrow. Community through the Sanur Development Foundation would make coordination with relevant agencies to take action directly to illegal money changers.

“This makes the number of illegal money changer operating in tourism areas of Denpasar was not so much,” he said.

According to him, the illegal practices of money changer were very detrimental to Bali tourism sector. The image of Bali tourism would be damaged by such dishonest behavior committed by money changer services by means of deceiving customers, mainly tourists.

“If this is allowed to flourish, it will make travelers reluctant to visit Bali. Therefore, the municipality government with the people in tourist areas continues to monitor and take action against those illegal money changers,” he said.

Chairman of the Foreign Exchange Traders Association (APVA) of Bali, Made Sudarsa, also admitted that illegal money changers had proliferated again in Bali. Such condition was considered to be very detrimental to legal money changers. Foreign exchange trading through legal money changers in Bali dropped 30 percent in recent years.

“Apart from the issue of crisis, the presence of illegal money changers also has an impact.

Hundreds of illegal money changers are now free without the obligation of reporting their business to regulator. Indeed, it is not a new issue, but the matter remains unresolved until now,” he added.

He explained the number of foreign tourist arrivals continuing to grow became an anomaly.

The number of tourist arrivals increased, but the turnover of money changer lived through a correction. “Purchasing power of this market also weakened. If the number of tourist visits and their purchasing power go down, we are definitely affected,” he said. (kmb27) Tourists stand near authorized money changer in tourism object in Bali Island. The Denpasar Government Tourism Office continues to conduct a field observation following the increasing operations of illegal money changers in tourism area.

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Heavy rain flushing for half a day on Monday (Oct 8) caused a number of rooms to leak and be flooded. The most severe leakage happened in the archive room of the Bangli House. Tin roof in the façade of the Bangli Parliament Hall leaked, so the room was inundated with water.

Similarly, the room of the Honorary Agency of Bangli House was flooded so that the carpet had to be rolled. Drops of water due to a leaky roof also happened in the meeting room of the Bangli House. Water trickled down and made the table wet where the Chairman and Regent of Bangli usually presided over. Since the continued discussion on the amendment of Bangli Regional Budget 2012 happened to take place, the long table where the officials were presiding over the meeting was then shifted backward by a number of Bangli House staff.

As observation in the field, other than leaking at some points in the office of the Bangli Parliament Hall, similar condition also hit the room of the Bangli Public Relation and Regional Secretariat. In this office, the water even stagnated in the entrance hallway to west door. The water rushed in because the building roof had decayed and hollowed.

Several staff of the Bangli Government and Bangli House admitted if the flooding when it rained was a commonplace.

As consequence, the employees were forced to shift some office furniture, especially in the Archive Room of the Bangli Parliament Hall. Aside from storing many files, a number of electronic equipment such as computers were also kept in this room.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Honorary Council of the Bangli House, I Nyoman Adnyana, when asked for his confirmation said the leaks during the rainy season was possibly caused by a shifted or decayed roof as happened to his office. Water in large discharge came in and inundated the floor. Therefore, the employees took the initiative to roll up the carpets. (kmb17)

Safe forced open, IDR 26 million gone Denpasar (Bali Post) –

West Denpasar seemed to have been targeted by robbers a lot.

Previously a Fashion Market (FB) got its shop walls’ holed and it’s safe forced open while this time the same happen to Developer Griya Estate at Kargo Street No 171 B, Denpasar. Around IDR 26 million of cash were managed to be taken. The incident was known by Monday (8/10) morning where a number of workers were shocked their space is in a mess. The third floor was then the first place checked thoroughly knowing it’s the company’s director space and it’s safe is found totally damaged as stated by employee, Nyoman Sulastra.

“The wall holed has a diameter of 50 centimeters. It is not known what they have used as no evidences were found around the location by the Police who are investigating the crime scene,” Sulastra continued.

It was predicted that robbers took action between Saturday, Sunday and Monday early morning as on Saturday the office is open while Sunday is a holiday. The back of the office is an empty land and it seemed the robbers came from there, jumped off the fences wall and holed the building’s walls. This has been the fourth time his working place being robbed yet Sulastra didn’t specify when it happened. Head of the Police, APC Leo Martin Pasaribu, confirmed the incident and to have investigated the crime scene and checked several witnesses. What’s saddening, there were actually safety alarm placed yet this time it didn’t rang as its cable is not all connected. “It is planned to be fixed today,” Sulastra stated. (kmb21)

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Re-elected Chavez faces likely economic reckoning Associated Press

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In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, a refugee hired by the World Food Programme (WFP) to help distribute food shoulders a 50kg bag of sorghum onto a waiting truck, in Yida camp, South Sudan. The United Nations now says its 2009 headline-grabbing announcement that 1 billion people in the world were hungry was off-target and that the number is actually more like 870 million.

The flooded Parliament Hall of Bangli is seen on the picture

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Without clear limitation, towers must be disciplined Negara (Bali Post)-

The spreading provider towers being built everywhere seemed to worry Jembrana House of Representatives members and so government is demanded to take action as there are no limitation time and if the tower has to be re-registered when, these are needed to avoid any construction age out of date which could put people in danger. Head of Commission C representative member, IB Susrama, last Monday (8/10), stated based on the work visitation to Bekasi what can be implemented are those so that it

can be seen if these towers are suitable or not. “These construction are sensitively fracturing, what if it collapsed? There has to be action taken,” the Pendem originated member stated.

Susrama hoped that there is no camouflage way used to build the tower such as stating it is building a water or creating a living/praying place when actually it’s a provider tower. Susrama doesn’t want to see Jembrana became a tower field and so it is has to be anticipated as it is disadvantaging.

In other hand, Head of Commu-

nication, Information and Transportation Agency of the regency, IGN Putra Riyadi, confirmed that there has been 38 permits for provider towers that have been registered yet for those camouflaging his side can’t supervise it, a site plan where it is suitable being built has to be made.

Besides that, audit tower needs to be done to get retribution two percent from the object tax selling value (NJOP). Head of Jembrana Pemrit Agency, Komang Suparta, agreed to what Susrama have stated and so in the future there will be supervision and control. (kmb26)

Fuel rare, truck cannot run Semarapura (Bali Post) –

The rare solar petrol in Nusa Penida have caused trucks which usually uses it not operating or going strike. Commission B Klungkung House of Representatives member, Gita Gunawan, last Monday (8/10) stated the rarity have been going on since Sunday (7/10) as from then complains have been received from the people. The rarity

happened down to retails causing trucks couldn’t move at all. Nusa Penida solar needs usually filled by retailers who bought it on the petrol station located at Klungkung Bali island part such as in Kusamba in huge compartments yet lately they have no stocks anymore.

Head of Klungkung Cooperative, Small Business, Industrial and Trade Agency, Nengah Becik,

stated there hasn’t been any report on Nusa Penida’s rarity in solar and what have caused it. In Nusa Penida itself there are only two petrol stations completed with premium only and no solar so those using solar usually bought it from retailers.

The people of Nusa Penida hoped this situation will be solved soon so vehicles using solar can operate again. (kmb31)

UN says world hungry not 1 billion people Associated Press

ROME — The United Nations now says its 2009 headline-grabbing announcement that 1 billion people in the world were hungry was offtarget and that the number is actually more like 870 million.

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization blamed flawed methodology and poor data for the bum projection, and said it now uses a much more accurate set of parameters and statistics to calculate its annual estimate of the world’s hungry.

FAO issued its 2012 state of food insecurity report on Tuesday, and its core point was to set the record straight about the number of the world’s undernourished people, applying the more accurate data retroactively back to 1990.

And the good news, FAO said, is that the number of hungry people has actually been declining steadily — rather than increasing — over the past two decades, although progress has slowed since the 2007-2008 food crises and the global economic downturn.

FAO said that if the right action is taken now to boost economic growth

and invest in agriculture, particularly in poor countries, the U.N. goal of reducing by one-half the number of the world’s hungry people by 2015 is very much within reach.

To be sure, 870 million hungry people is still far too many hungry people, said the heads of the three U.N. food agencies in a forward to the report.

“In today’s world of unprecedented technical and economic opportunities, we find it entirely unacceptable that more than 100 million children under the age of five are underweight, and are therefore unable to realize their full socio-economic and human potential,” they wrote.

FAO made headlines in 2009 when it announced that 1 billion people — one-sixth of the world’s population — were undernourished.

A high-level summit was called at FAO headquarters in Rome. The

U.N. chief went on a daylong hunger strike to show solidarity with the 1 billion. The Group of Eight devoted much of its summit that year to pledging $20 billion for seeds, fertilizers and tools to help poor nations feed themselves.

It turns out, though, that the projections were wrong. They were calculated using figures from nonU.N. sources that were fed into the U.N.’s number-crunching model, because FAO was under pressure from governments to quickly come up with an estimate of how many people might go hungry from the dual crises of high food prices and the global downturn, said Kostas Stamoulis, director of FAO’s agricultural development economics division.

Already, in 2010 FAO said the number of the world’s hungry was down to 925 million, though it didn’t explain how it came to that figure. On Tuesday, FAO officials said the new number of hungry people for 2012 was 870 million, and the organization revised all of its figures from 1990 using a new methodology.

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CARACAS — During his reelection campaign, President Hugo Chavez promised to deepen the “21st century socialism” that has meant an ever-greater state role in the economy. That message won him a surprising 11-percentage point win in what many had thought would be a tight race.

Still, he’s set to start a fourth presidential term under challenging economic circumstances. The government’s free-spending ways, bankrolling the generous social programs that aided his re-election, may be seriously crimped.

Chavez faces immediate economic time bombs beginning with a rapidly expanding public debt, one of Latin America’s highest inflation rates and a weakening currency.

Many economists believe Chavez will have no choice but to devalue the currency, the bolivar, by about half early next year at the latest. That will make the money in people’s pockets suddenly worth a lot less and likely drive inflation while putting imported consumer goods out of reach for poorer Venezuelans.

“He’s going to have to deal with some very basic, mundane capitalist things, like reducing inflation,” which stands at 18 percent, said Eduardo Gamarra, a Latin American studies professor at Florida International University in Miami.

Price controls and government subsidies for basic foodstuffs have eased inflationary pressures but a major devaluation would drive prices higher and could worsen scarcities, economists say.

“Investment in social issues is great, but he needs to do other things as well that are going to make that economy more productive,” said

Gamarra.

Venezuela’s economy grew by 5 percent this year but only because of government spending, primarily on raising salaries for many of the country’s at least 2.4 million public employees and paying for thousands of new homes that Chavez is giving away, said Joao Pedro Ribeiro, an economist at Roubini Global Economics in New York.

“We think the outlook for the short term is very bleak,” he said, with economic growth at about 2 percent next year and “inflation spiking to 30 percent.”

The black market value of the Venezuelan bolivar, whose official value is set by the government, was double the official rate in July. It is now triple the official rate.

At the heart of Chavez’s economic challenges is declining productivity in the oil industry, which accounts for 95 percent of exports and funds Chavez’s social programs. Governing the country with the world’s largest proven oil reserves has so far insulated Chavez from the fallout of his confrontational polices, including a drop in foreign investment.

But economist David Rees of London-based Capital Economics said the government has relatively few dollars left, “having utilized them to fund an import binge ahead of the ballot. That will add to the reduction in imports and increase in shortages.”

Some experts say oil production has stagnated due to insufficient investment and management problems in the state-run oil company.

One measure of investor confidence in Venezuela, the price of its bonds, took a hit Monday as they fell 5 percent to 7 percent, said Russell Dallen, a managing partner of the brokerage firm Caracas Capital Markets.

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Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez waves a Venezuelan flag as he greets supporters at the Miraflores presidential palace balcony in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012.

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Auction for Einstein ‘God Letter’ Opens with Anonymous $3 Million Bid

Most Whale Deaths Since 1970 Were Human-Caused

Early Sunday (Oct. 7), a 50-foot fin whale was spotted belly-up in Boston Harbor. Biologists are still investigating the cause of death, but some scientists on the scene said they saw a lot of bruising and pressure lines on the whale’s body, according to WCBV-TV. Such markings could indicate the whale got tangled or wrapped in something, which might not come as a surprise. A report out this month found that humans might be to blame for most large whale deaths over the past 40 years in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, with entanglement in fishing gear the No. 1 killer.

The study looked at 1,762 known deaths and likely fatal injuries from 1970 to 2009 among eight species of big whales in the region, including the endangered fin whales, which reach up to 90 feet (27 meters) in length, making them the secondlargest living mammals after blue

whales. A cause of death had been determined in 750 of the cases (around 42 percent), and of those, nearly 67 percent of the fatalities were human related.

Getting ensnared in fishing gear was the leading cause of death across all species, killing 323 whales, while vessel strikes took the lives of 171 more. Meanwhile, 248 whales died of causes not directly related to humans, such as an infection, stranding or natural causes, the researchers said.

Since 2003, there has been a rise in efforts to cut down on accidents involving whales, such as a 2008 U.S. legislation known as the

Ship Strike Rule, which introduced restrictions on certain routes and speeds, aiming to reduce the number of vessel strikes on right whales.

However, the researchers noted that they saw no significant change in vessel-strike fatalities in light of these reforms.

“So far, regulatory efforts have not reduced the lethal effects of human activities to large whales on a population-range basis, although we do not exclude the possibility of success of targeted measures for specific local habitats that were not within the resolution of our analyses,” the authors wrote.

Researchers have found trapped in amber a rare dinosaur-age scene of a spider attacking a wasp caught in its web. The piece of amber, which contains 15 intact strands of spider silk, provides the first fossil evidence of such an assault, the researchers said. It was excavated in a Burmese mine and dates back to the Early Cretaceous, between 97 million and 110 million years ago.

“This juvenile spider was going to make a meal out of a tiny parasitic wasp, but never quite got to it,” George Poinar, Jr., a zoology professor at Oregon State University, said in a

statement.

“This was a male wasp that suddenly found itself trapped in a spider web. This was the wasp’s worst nightmare, and it never ended. The wasp was watching the spider just as it was about to be attacked, when tree resin flowed over and captured both of them.”

Poinar and Ron Buckley, an amber collector from Kentucky, described the find in a paper published in the October issue of the journal Historical Biology. They wrote that while there are examples of amber-trapped insects caught in webs, “there is no previous

fossil record of a spider attacking its ensnared prey.”

The amber chunk also contains the body of another male spider in the same web, which might make the fossil the oldest known evidence of social behavior in spiders, according to the authors.

Both the spider and wasp species are today extinct. But the type of wasp (Cascoscelio incassus) belongs to a group that today is known to parasitize spider eggs, Poinor said. The attack on the wasp by the bristly orb-weaver spider, Geratonephila burmanica, might then be considered revenge.

An eBay auction for an original letter handwritten by Albert Einstein in which he expresses his views on the existence of God opened tonight (Oct. 8), and in about 10 minutes an anonymous bidder named o***h had placed the first offer at the opening price of $3 million.

In the letter, Einstein calls belief in religion and God “pretty childish” and ridicules the idea that the Jews are a chosen people.

“This is the most historic and significant piece we have listed on eBay,” Eric Gazin, president of Auction Cause, the agency managing the sale, told LiveScience in an email. “We are excited to offer a person or organization an opportunity to own perhaps one of the most intriguing 20th-century documents in existence. This personal letter from Einstein represents the nexus of science, theology, reason and culture.”

Einstein handwrote the letter in German to Jewish philosopher Eric B. Gutkind on Jan. 3, 1954, a year before Einstein’s death. The letter was a response to Gutkind’s book “Choose Life: The Biblical Call to Revolt” (1952, H. Schuman; 1st edition).

In part of his letter, Einstein writes, “For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything ‘chosen’ about them,” as translated from German by Joan Stambaugh. [Religious Mysteries: 8 Alleged Relics of Jesus] In his book, Gutkind suggested that unlike the mass hypnosis spoiling mankind at the time, “The soul of the Jewish people was never a mass-soul. Israel’s soul could not be hypnotized; it never succumbed to hypnotic assaults. … The soul of Israel is incorruptible.”

Singaraja

A fledgling educational town

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Makepung lampit or makepung basah (wetland buffalo race) is an ancient art of Jembrana lately developed by a number of communities at Peh, Kaliakah, Negara subdistrict. Aside from functioning as an event of training the buffalos before the real race in circuit, the harrowing race also poses a tourist attraction which should be developed in Jembrana.

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An ancient art revived for Jembrana tourism Bali Post

JEMBRANA - Makepung lampit or makepung basah (wetland buffalo race) is an ancient art of Jembrana lately developed by a number of communities at Peh, Kaliakah, Negara subdistrict. Aside from functioning as an event of training the buffalos before the real race in circuit, the harrowing race also poses a tourist attraction which should be developed in Jembrana.

100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attack Found in Amber

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In a 1954 handwritten letter, Albert Einstein reveals his thoughts on God and religion. The original letter is going up for auction Oct. 8, 2012.

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Compared to conventional race using a two-wheeled cart in circuit, the makepung basah or wetland buffalo race takes place in the wet rice field during the growing season. According to the elders of Peh village, Kaliakah, the wetland race was the forerunner of makepung as widely known today organized on dry land circuit.

Since held in the watery and muddy rice field, the terrain is more difficult so that it will drain the energy of the buffalos when driven. The race was developed around 1920-1925 when farmers in subak territory began to grow rice. By utilizing some plots of rice fields, the pair of buffalos with a jockey competed against the other buffalos on a track along 200300 meters. A pair of buffaloes was tied together by harrow which has been made thinner and sloping. Clothes of the jockey were not absolutely complete as used in conventional race. Sometimes, they were only putting on sarong and shirtless. However, they still wore headdress of the racing typical style. Likewise, the pair of buffaloes driven was decorated with modest accessories, namely head accessories and a pennant.

One of the senior figures, Mangku

Ketut Lega, 70, said the race on wetland could only be held in the paddy soil whose texture was not too deep. Therefore, the buffalos could be freely driven and not easily sunk into the mud. The only appropriate wetland for the race was around Peh village, Kaliakah. The activity was routinely held by farmers and buffalo owners around the area of Peh and Manistutu as a tryout before the race, mainly before the rice planting season at the local subak territory. “The race is indeed frequently held, but only in the growing season,” he said. If the buffalo race on dry land (makepung) put more emphases on the speed, the harrowing race more highlighted the beauty of movement and jockeys of the buffalo. A pair of buffalos had to walk straight and so did the style of buffalo head and the jockey in the competition.

In fact, this ancient attraction also drew the attention of foreign tourists. As consequence, it spurred the vivacity of people at Manistutu and Peh to develop the unique agrarian art of Jembrana society. I Ketut Master, one of the initiators of the attraction, combined the attractions of wetland buffalo race with a number of art activities such as

Jegog and trail motor touring around Kaliakah and Manistutu. By teaming up with hotels and travel agencies, the racing community groups were especially empowered by organizing the wetland buffalo race.

“Indeed, we do not have a regular agenda like the buffalo race in circuit over the years. However, it can be held twice in a week if there are requests from travel agency,” said Master. As seen last Monday, the group of tourists from the People’s Republic of China witnessed the wetland buffalo race. A number of East Asian tourists were deeply satisfied to see the attraction despite being showered by drizzles. They were willing to be wet under the rain just to take pictures of the art they rarely encountered. The object of a pair of buffalos driven amidst the rice field was really different from the buffalo race in dry land circuit as commonly seen.

“We deliberately invite tourists to the harrowing race because it is one of the ancient and rare cultures. As one of the unique attractions in Jembrana, it is then developed by involving local community groups for tourist attraction,” said Gede Sukadana, one of the hoteliers in Jembrana. (olo)

Singaraja, a town located on the northern coas t of Bali has a long history of ups and downs during its course up to now. During the colonial era, it was the centre of the Dutch Colonial Administration of Bali with its Buleleng Harbour as Bali’s gateway. KPM, a Dutch shipping line’ served Bali to and from the outside world.

The legacies of this era can be seen in several places in town such as on the Buleleng Harbour, old concrete bridge which now stands side by side with a steel bridge, an ex office of KPM which has been converted just recently into an IMACO ( International Mask and Culture Organization ) Conference and Exhibition site, along the street of Ngurah Rai, the main venue for the town, several houses still can be found with distinct Dutch architecture.

After the independence Singaraja was the capital of Nusa Tenggara Province encompassing a chain of islands from Bali on the west and Timor on the east. Around 1959 the Province of Nusa Tenggara then was divided into three provinces namely the Province of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara. The capital of a new Province of Bali was no longer Singaraja but Denpasar instead which is located in the south coast of Bali. Consequently, all government administrative facilities gradually were moved to the new capital. As a result, Singaraja gradually was decreasing its role and eventually became a very quiet town. In contrast, Denpasar has been becoming more congested and crowded due to the centre of all kind of activities, government, education, commerce and military, just to mention a few.

With the opening of Ngurah Rai International Airport in a suburb of Denpasar, more people have been traveling by air instead of by sea and Buleleng Harbour is no longer used as a gateway for those travelling by sea.

In the tourism sector, tourism has been developing in the south very rapidly with the massive development of a new tourist designated resort, Nusa Dua, located not far from the airport beside the existing resorts, Sanur and Kuta.

On the northern part of Bali, most of the area belongs to the Regency of Buleleng that is divided from the south by a chain of rolling mountains, and is almost abandoned.

Singaraja was the centre of the Colonial Dutch Administration and then the capital of the Province of Nusa Tenggara but has lost its important role in Bali and gradually replaced by Denpasar, Singaraja even has been called a ghost town.

Due to the crowding of Denpasar followed by the rising of cost of living, ideas have been launched by some experts that activities in Bali should be dispersed throughout the island’ Education must be centred in Singaraja, military in Tabanan and tourism in other towns in Bali, as examples. In Singaraja itself, the Local Government of Buleleng has been trying hard to develop Singaraja as an educational town. Slogans promoting Singaraja as an educational town can be found in banners and billboards in several places in town and outside of town as well.

History shows that Singaraja used to be the centre of education. This fact can be proven by the existence of the State Senior High School (SMA Negeri), the first of its kind found in Bali.

The idea to develop Singaraja as an educational town is now not only considered a dream but convincingly it will become a reality. The conversion of the existing State Education Institute (IKIP) into Education University of Ganesha , in short called Undiksha, in line with construction of its new campus, strongly convinces all of us that Singaraja will be an educational town very soon. All of us keep our fingers crossed for this reality.

As a matter of fact, many Senior High School graduates residing outside of Bali are more attracted to continuing their studies in Singaraja considering that Singaraja is a preferable place to study due to its peaceful atmosphere and low cost of living. (IBP/Nyoman Suwela)

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JAKARTA – With the opening of the favehotel Braga – Bandung, Aston International brings a trendy, ultra modern and hip select service hotel to the historic heart of Bandung.

The favehotel Braga – Bandung sits in a supreme location in the heart of Bandung’s historic center on Jalan Braga, surrounded by an abundance of nearby night clubs, chic cafes, boutiques and restaurants and is connected to the Braga City Walk Mall and the Aston Braga Hotel & Residence bringing a wide range of shopping, entertaining and recreational facilities to the hotels front door.

The new favehotel, which is the 14th to open in Indonesia and the 2nd in Bandung, features 150 modern and functional rooms and a range of facilities and services usually found in more up-market hotels such as meeting rooms, an eclectic coffee shop and free high speed WiFi. Each room features the

Heterosexual stays to become the highest HIV transmission factor in Bali. Based on the data from the Bali Health Agency, the risk factor of heterosexual in Bali occurred to 4,788 cases out of 6,413 total cases recorded since 1987. Of the 4,788 cases, 1,422 of them were male and 1,064 were female.

Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Suarsa driver of bus DK 9141 AR, I Made Sumaba driver of bus DK 9141 AJ, I Made Aryana driver of bus DK 9141 CT, Putu Sudita driver of bus DK 9141 AT and Ketut Sukrawan driver of Avanza DK 1988 DS. The six are now being investigated intensively. The incident happened on Sunday (7/10) at 7.45 am local time causing a total traffic jam. The first car in front was driven by Surujie who was along with 17 busses going towards Goa Lawah, Klungkung. AYamaha Mio motorcycle was passing through from the left side and cut his way in front of the bus to get to the other side of the road to do a U turn. (kmb21)

Severe traffic accident, six people arrested Severe traffic accident wounding 15 people involving five busses and one Toyota Avanza car around By Pass Ngurah Rai in front of Bali Mode Visa, Sanur, have brought witnesses each of the vehicle’s drivers becoming accused after a further investigation that resulted they have violated clause 310 paragraph 1, 2 and 3 as they are not careful and distance from each other were ignored.

“Every driver is an accused. There are six accused,” Head of Denpasar Traffic Police Accident Section, APC Rachmawati, stated last Monday (8/10).

The accused are Mohammad Surujie the driver of bus DK 9084 FA, I Made

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factors related to behavior that required self-awareness, of course the downstream handling was quite difficult.

To that end, added Suarjaya, the upstream handling was also done by taking measure in order the potential transmission of the risk factors could be reduced. For instance, the drug use by syringes had now been handled by the methadone clinic to diminish the rates of HIV infection through syringe.

Then, what about the heterosexual transmission? According to Suarjaya, if the upstream prevention was difficult to do, the upstream prevention should be taken by the use of condom. “At this time, the upstream prevention of heterosexual is through the use of condom,” said Suarjaya.

The use of condoms does not only minimize the potential of HIV transmission through heterosexual sex but also other STIs. As we have known, the medium of HIV transmission is through sexual fluids. Meanwhile, the role of condoms is to prevent the exposure to genital secretions during the intercourse so that minimize the risk of HIV transmission. (san)

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Heterosexual factor rises Use condom for HIV and STI prevention According to the WHO, the HIV transmission through heterosexual contact accounted for a very large portion, namely reaching 70-80 percent compared to other risk factors.

The Head of Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, when met some time ago explained that heterosexual risk factor was one of the HIV risk factors remaining difficult to be handled.

“Heterosexual is categorized into behavior. Therefore, to prevent the behavior, it requires self-awareness.

It is still difficult to be done by community,” he said.

Unhealthy heterosexual relationships such as premarital sexual relationship and promiscuity did not only have the potential to be infected by HIV but also by the other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

According to Suarjaya, the downstream handling of the HIV by minimizing the risky behavior was still difficult. For heterosexual, the downstream handling certainly prevented people from not having sex with multiple partners or having premarital sex relationship. Since the heterosexual

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fave trademark design and is edgy, crisp and while basic does present large LED TVs with a wide choice of local and international channels, top quality beds and cotton bed linens and safe deposit boxes. Bathrooms are functional and offer standing showers and a full range of amenities.

Aston International’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr. Norbert Vas, said: “Consistent with our favehotel concept, the favehotel Braga occupies a prime location, is functional and inexpensive yet fun, fresh and friendly, beats many 4 and 5 star hotels in areas such as WiFi speed and beddings and is runes by a dedicated and enthusiastic team that enjoys giving good service”.

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Seen in the image, ribbon cutting as an official sign of Soft Opening favehotel Braga – Bandung by Mr. Tjen Rudy Chandra (right) – Director of PT. Bangun Mitra Mandiri (Owning Company of favehotel Braga – Bandung) and Mr. John Flood (left) – President & CEO Aston International.

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Tourists are diving together in Penuktukan Beach, Tejakula, Buleleng

Fishermen at Penuktukan village

Save coral reefs, inaugurate diving site

FISHERMEN at Penuktukan village, Tejakula subdistrict, are indeed praiseworthy in the efforts to rescue the coral reefs in the waters of the village. Various efforts made by fisherman to restore the damaged coral reefs since the 1970s have transformed them into beautiful undersea charms. As an impact, the sea of the village is now visited by many tourists to enjoy diving attraction while seeing the beauty of coral reefs.

As happened on Monday (Oct 8), about fifty divers mostly consisting of foreign tourists made diving en masse on the beach of Penuktukan. Such mass diving was also coupled with the introduction to the coastal region of Penuktukan as a diving site in North Bali. Inauguration of the diving site at Penuktukan was attended by the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana.

Ana, a tourist from Australia, said that after diving on the coast of Penuktukan, in fact the underwater charms were not inferior to other regions in Bali, even outside the region. Ana praised the condition of coral reefs and ornamental fish population that were well maintained. Even, Ana promised to promote the diving experiences in East Buleleng in her home country that it was a diving site worth visiting.

“I happen to work in a marine conservation company. I will disseminate my diving experiences at home so that many people will come to Buleleng and explore the diving site while seeing the beautiful coral reefs,” she said.

Group Head of the Taman Segara Penuktukan, Nyoman Wartawan, said that since 1970 the condition of coral reefs in the village had suffered significant

damage.

Such damage was triggered by the capture of ornamental fish by traditional fishermen using chemicals.

In addition, the widespread collection of rocks during the decade had caused the coral reefs at Penuktukan badly damaged. In response to such condition, Wartawan together with the residents and village officials made improvement to coral reefs. As a result, though by limited capabilities, the condition of coral reef began to improve.

Meanwhile, the capture of ornamental fishing activity with chemicals could be controlled. Similarly, the collection of coral reef processed into limestone could be minimized by degrees, so that condition of the coral reefs along 250 meters recovered. Since then, the group he managed was then focused on managing the waters of Penuktukan as marine protected areas (MPAs) as well as diving site.

“Thankfully, having been coached by the government and got advocacy from the NGO, our endeavor could maintain and preserve the coral reef. Afterward, it could provide many benefits because many guests are interested to dive here,” he said. According to Wartawan, to dive in the waters of Penuktukan, a diver did not need to use a boat to search for location. A diver was just enough to swim on the beach verge and move to the sea as far as about 12-15 meters, the park of coral reef belonging to three types could be found.

“Here, there are indeed three very interesting areas and to reach the diving site visitors do not need to use a boat because it is very close to the beach,” he explained. (kmb)

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Calendar Event for September 1 through October 17, 2012 1 Sep Saniscara Pon Dunggulan Pura Segara Jembrana Pura Dalem Gede Losan Klungkung 2 Sep Redite Wage Kuningan Pura Dalem Tegal Tamu Sekarmukti-Balubulan Pura Kubayan Umagunung Sempidi-Badung 3 Sep Soma Keliwon Kuningan Pura Dasar Gelgel-Klungkung Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Sawah/Selemadeg-Tabanan Pura Pemerajan Agung Benawah Kangin-Gianyar Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Pelapuhan-Busungbiu Buleleng Pura Kahyangan Tulus Desa Apuan.

8 Sep Saniscara Keliwon Kuningan Pura Taman Pule Mas-Ubud Pura Ularan Takmung-Klungkung Pura Bukitjati Gulingan-Kawan Bangli Pura Dalem Tegehe Pura Dalem Tahak Pura Dalem Batuaji Pura Dalem Tegaljaya-Batubulan Pura Jenengan Maspahit Cemenggaon-Sukawati Pura Dalem Guwang-Sukawati Pura Sadha Kapal Pura Sakenan Sakenan Serangan Pura Pekendungan Kediri-Tabanan Pura Pasek Gaduh Grokgak Gede Tabanan Pura Dalem Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Dalem Purnajati Tanjung Puri Tanjung Periuk Jakarta Pura Dalem Tenggaling Guliang-Bangli Mr. Dukuh Tetek Peguyangan-Denpasar Pura Agung Blambangan Banyuwangi Pura Dalem Agung Sri Nararya Kresna Kepakisan Gelgel -Klungkung Desa Adat Munggu (Mekotekan) Mengwi-Badung Pura Panti Paksebali-Klungkung (Perang Jempana) Pura Penataran Agung Margowening Desa Balong garut Sidoarjo, Jawa Timur 2 Oct Anggara Wage Pahang Pura Batu Madeg (Meru Tumpang Sanga) Besakih Pura Hyang Tibha i Batuan Sakah 3 Oct Buda Keliwon Pahang Pura Luhur Puncak Padang Dawa Baturiti Tabanan Pura Silayukti Padangbai-Karangasem.

Pura Aer Jeruk Sukawati Pura Dangin Pasar Batuan-Sukawati Pura Penataran Batuyang-Batubulan Pura Desa Lembeng Ketewel-Sukawati Pura Pasek Bendesa Dukuh Kediri-Tabanan Pura Kawitan Dalem Sukawati Gianyar Pura Kresek Banyuning Buleleng Pura Puseh Bebandem-Karangasem Merajan Pasek Kubayan-Gaji Merajan pasek Gelgel Jeroan Abang-Songan.

Merajan Pasek Subrata Temaga Temaga Merajan Pasek Gelgel Bungbungan Gelgel Bungbungan Sad Kahyangan Batu Medahu Swana Nusa Penida Pura Buda Kliwon Penatih-Denpasar Pura Penataran Dukuh Nagasari Bebandem Karangasem Pura Pasek Bendesa Tagtag Paguyangan Pura Pulasari Sibang Gede Abiansemal Pura Batur Sari Ubud Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati 8 Oct Soma Keliwon Krulut Pura Pasel Gelgel Kekeran Mngwi Badung Merajan Pasek Subadra Kramas-Gianyar 13 Oct Hari Tumpek Krurut Pura Pasek Gelgel Br Tengah Buleleng Pura Dalem Pemuteran Jelantik Tojan - Klungkung Pura Pedarmaan Bhujangga Waisnawa Besakih Pura Taman Sari Desa Gunungsari Penebel Tabanan Pura Dalem Tarukan Bebalang Bangli Pura Benua Kangin Besakih Pura Merajan Kanginan Besakih 14 Oct Redite Umanis Merakih Pura Parangan Tengah Banjar Ceningan Kangin - Lembongan Pura Dalem Celuk Sukawati - Gianyar 17 Oct Buda Wage Merakih Pura Bendesa Mas Kepisah Pedungan Pura Natih Banjar Kalah - Batubulan Pura Desa Silakarang Singapadu Pura dalem Petitenget Kerobokan - Kuta Pura Dalem Pulasari Samplangan - Gianyar Pura Kubayan Kepisah Pedungan Denpasar Selatan Pura Pasek gelgel Banjar Tanahpegat - Tabanan Pr. Paibon Banjar Bengkel Sumerta - Denpasar Pura Pasek Lumintang Denpasar Pr. Panti Penyarikan Medahan Sanding - Tampaksiring Pr. Pasar Agung Banjar Dauh Peken Kaba-kaba - Tabanan

Balinese Temple Ceremony Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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NEW YORK — Daredevil David Blaine has finished what could be called his most electrifying stunt.

The magician emerged shortly before 9 p.m. Monday after spending three days and three nights standing in the middle of 1 million volts of electric currents at New York’s Pier 54.

A spokesman says Blaine was able to walk with assistance, speak and kiss fiancée Alizee

Guinochet (ah-LEE’-zay gwee-noh-SHAY’) before being taken to a hospital to be examined.

The 39-year-old Blaine wore a chainmail bodysuit as a barrier between himself and the currents, emitted by Tesla coils. The stunt

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was called “Electrified: One Million Volts Always On.” It was streamed on YouTube, with help from Intel Corp.

Blaine’s past stunts include hanging upside down over Central Park and being encased in a block of ice.

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Tourism businesspeople reject utilization of mangrove forests

Magician David Blaine stands inside an apparatus surrounded by a million volts of electric currents streamed by tesla coils during his 72-hour “Electrified: 1 Million Volts Always On” stunt on Pier 54, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, in New York.

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Thriller “Taken 2” grabs movie box office crown

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Tourism businesspeople coalesced into the Tourism Industry Association of Indonesia (GIPI) of Bali rejected the utilization of mangrove forest in the Grand Forest Park (Tahura) for the development of nature tourism. They worried the existence of tourist attraction to be completed with a number of facilities such as hotels and restaurants would only damage the environment.

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day through Sunday, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. Comedy LOS ANGELES - Liam Neeson thriller “Taken 2” captured the No. “Pitch Perfect” snagged the No. 3 slot 1 spot on movie box office charts over the weekend with a brawny $50 with $14.7 million.

North American (U.S. and Canadian) million take from theaters in the United States and Canada. sales for “Taken 2” were more than “Taken 2” stars Neeson as a former 20th Century Fox said. double the original film’s, which opened CIA agent kidnapped during a vacation The strong debut for “Taken 2” in January 2009 with $24.7 million and in Istanbul. The movie added $55 million pushed last weekend’s winner, family ultimately grossed a surprising $227 from some 50 international markets for a flick “Hotel Transylvania,” to second million around the world. The movie global opening of $117 million including place. The movie about a hotel run by lifted Neeson to the ranks of Hollywood Korea where it opened earlier, distributor Dracula earned $26.3 million from Fri- action stars, leading to roles in movies such as “Clash of the Titans” and “The Grey.”

“This so exceeded our expectations going in,” said Chris Aronson, president of domestic distribution at 20th Century Fox, noting that Fox had anticipated something “in the mid-30s range” after what he called a “sluggish market” since the summer.

“The come in at $50 million is really remarkable, and a testament to this character that Liam has created,” Aronson told Reuters.

The executive noted that the audience was almost evenly split male-female, and also played strongly across age groups, with more than half over the age of 25.

Fox co-financed the film with Europa Corp, the company run by “Taken” writer and director AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca Luc Besson, and contributed $36 This image released by Starpix shows actor Liam Neeson signing autographs million to its budget, Aronson at a special fan screening of his latest film, “Taken 2,” at the AMC Empire Times said. Reports have put the total Square, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 in New York. budget at about $50 million.

People enjoying their time at mangrove forest. Tourism businesspeople coalesced into the Tourism Industry Association of Indonesia (GIPI) of Bali rejected the utilization of mangrove forest in the Grand Forest Park (Tahura) for the development of nature tourism.

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In close race, Obama and Romney showing confidence

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, exactly one month from Election Day, are both declaring they will win a race for the White House that remains anything but clear. Their trails cross again Tuesday in Ohio, the state that could decide the election,

and signs of urgency are emerging from each campaign.

Romney was set to campaign in Iowa and then Ohio, where Obama planned to rally support from students at Ohio State University on the last day for Ohioans to register to vote. Early voting is under way there and in many other states in one form or another.

The U.S. president is not chosen by

a nationwide popular vote but in stateby-state contests making battleground states like Ohio, which are neither reliably Republican nor Democratic, especially important in tight elections, as the Nov. 6 vote will be.

“I very much intend to win this election,” Obama told donors in San Francisco on Monday night.

“But we’re only going to do it if everybody is almost obsessive for

the next 29 days.”

Romney, speaking on a rainy day in Newport News, Virginia, joined the kind of die-hard supporters he needs for victory. “People wonder why it is I’m so confident we’re going to win,” he told them. “I’m confident because I see you here on a day like this. This is unbelievable.”

Based on the presumed outcome of the 41 non-battleground

states and Washington, D.C., Obama enters the final period banking on 237 electoral votes.

Romney is assured of 191.

On the road to 270, the battleground states account for the final 110 electoral votes: Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina and Colorado.

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