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LOS ANGELES — Every year about this time, millions of turkeys are fattened up so American households can chow them down. But in “Free Birds,” two brave turkeys make it their mission to travel back in time and get their breed off the Thanksgiving menu.

In this amusing but occasionally distasteful animated feature from visual effects studio Reel FX, turkeys Reggie (Owen Wilson) and Jake (Woody Harrelson) strive for heroism and bank some notably kooky buddy comedy along the way.

We’re introduced to Reggie, a rather astute turkey living on a farm with his lackadaisical flock. With Thanksgiving on the way, he attempts to warn the other birds, with whom he desperately wants to fit in, that they’ll soon be dinner if they don’t wise up. As a result, his flock deems him the “anti-corn.”

However, they soon discover Reggie is right, then toss him out of the coop to be slaughtered. To his luck, he is scooped up by a peppy little redhead who convinces her father, the president of the United States (who sounds a lot like a Bill Clinton), that Reggie will be the year’s “pardoned turkey.”

Off in a helicopter to Camp David, Reggie begins to settle into his new life filled with channel surfing and pizza when he’s abruptly snatched by a fellow turkey, the

buff and buoyant Jake. Jake believes it’s their destiny to find a time machine for a trip back to the first Thanksgiving to ensure turkeys don’t become the main dish.

Their dynamic is instantly amusing: Jake lacks the brains, but is equipped with the brawn, while the quick-witted Reggie approaches things logically. Still, Jake manages to coax Reggie into a large, egg-shaped time machine. But before they travel back through time, Jake leads Reggie in a victory dance and the two lock feathers. The groove is a bit homoerotic, which prompts Reggie to crassly brand Jake “weird.”

Once in the time machine, appropriately voiced by “Star Trek” vet George Takei, they’re off to Plymouth Colony, November 1621, where they are welcomed by guntoting colonists looking to feast.

The two escape just in time, saved by Jenny (Amy Poehler), a pretty young female turkey and the sassy daughter of the head of the local flock. The groundwork is thus laid for Reggie and Jenny’s love story, with Jenny set up as a strong female charac-

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This image released by Relativity Media shows Reggie, voiced by Owen Wilson in a scene from the animated film “Free Birds.” ter for the little ladies in the audience.

After presenting their best arguments to rile up the local flock and change the course of history, Reggie and Jake successfully destroy the colonists’ weapons. During the battle that follows, we are taken on another journey through time, which results in a big cheer-raising climax.

‘Zombies’ swarm Tokyo Tower in Halloween stunt

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TOKYO — A zombie swarm in Tokyo? Why not, it’s Halloween. Led by a former sumo grand champion, about 1,000 beauty schools students and Halloween fun-seekers descended on Tokyo Tower — the Japanese capital’s most iconic landmark — on Thursday in a “zombie attack” organized by Fox International Channels, Japan, to mark the beginning in the country of Season 4 of the popular TV show “The Walking Dead.”

Replete with black eyes, bloodsoaked clothes and enough open wounds to fill several emergency rooms, the “zombies” covered the grounds of the tower in central Tokyo after making their way across town on buses and trains — much to the surprise of unsuspecting onlookers.

Halloween is popular in Japan, and Tokyo’s subways are often crowded with partygoers in full costume on Halloween night.

“Our only concern is that somebody might see all these zombies and have a heart attack,” said Dan Smith, a Fox producer who thought up the stunt.

Leading the zombie charge was Chad Rowan, who is famous in Japan under his sumo name, Akebono.

Governor must not deceive Balinese people Bali Post

DENPASAR - Statement of the Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, that the Decree No.1727 (the Decree on reclamation of volume 2) was automatically superseded and was unnecessary to be revoked after the issuance of the feasibility study result by the Udayana University declaring the reclamation in Benoa Bay unfit drew criticism of the Forum of Balinese People Rejecting Reclamation (ForBali) and Bali Dwipa Care Forum (FPBD). Governor was accused of breaking his promise and maneuvering again to deceive Balinese people by stating if the reclamation issue had been over but he did not want to revoke the Decree No.1727 as considered to automatically void.

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Former sumo grand champion Akebono, far left, and other participants wearing zombie makeups, perform during a Halloween event at Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013.

Rowan, who is now a pro wrestler, is the first foreigner to reach sumo’s highest rank and stands 203 centimeters tall (6-foot-8).

“It’s great to be doing this in To-

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kyo,” said Rowan, who was dressed in black and had his face made up to look like he had two large gashes on his forehead. “It’s so unusual to be able to do something like this here.”

“The governor may not break his promise and there should be no longer maneuver to deceive Balinese people by stating if the reclamation has been ended but he does not want to revoke the Decree No.1727 with the pretext it has automatically voided,” said ForBali Coordinator Wayan ‘Gendo’ Suardana and Chief of FPBD Gede Bangun Nusantara in Denpasar.

ForBali asked for the promise of Pastika to revoke all the permits associated with the Benoa Bay reclamation when the results of the feasibility study by the Udayana University stated that it was not worth reclaiming. “If the decree is not

revoked means the governor has no goodwill to end the Benoa Bay reclamation plan although he has said to have ended after results of the feasibility study by the Udayana University was issued. Even, he requested there must be no longer rejection and demonstration. We in the ForBali do not want to be deceived to the umpteenth time,” Gendo said.

Similarly, his party did not want any maneuvers made by Governor Pastika either the maneuver of issues or maneuver of policy giving impression as if the reclamation was over whereas the Decree No.1727 had not been revoked. “What

happening today is maneuver of issues, there is a reversal issue as if the governor is willing to discontinue the reclamation process so he hoped there would be no more demonstrations on the rejection.

Legally, there is no written evidence if the reclamation has been really closed. As long as the Decree No.1727 has not been revoked, it means the reclamation plan can still continue. We do no longer want to be ridiculed like the revocation of the Decree No.2138 but it was then issued a new decree (Decree No.1727) which gives the same opportunity to reclamation,” he said.

According to Gendo, when Governor Pastika said to stop the reclamation process but there was no revocation to the Decree No.1727 it was far more hazardous. Since the decree lasted for two years, and during which it was not revoked, it meant the decree remained in force.

“The governor could not say if the decree was automatically voided and did not need to be revoked. When he insisted on saying if the decree was automatically voided, it could be true. However, there should be the material in the form of revocation in legal manner. Otherwise, the decree is still formally valid for two years,” he concluded.

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Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan must be arranged more seriously Singaraja (Bali Post)—

As a conservation area as well as the area frequented by tourists, the arrangement of Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan must be done more seriously. This was revealed when the Regent of Buleleng Putu Agus Suradnyana and leadership of the regional working units (SKPD) in Buleleng County conducted a joint visit to the two lakes, Wednesday (Oct 30).

In the joint visit, the regent and leadership of the regional working units had a closer look at the two lakes located side by side. Condition of the two lakes was still not organized properly in terms of environmental sanitation and facilities. For example, ubiquitous plastic waste was found at Lake Tamblingan. A number of trees formerly submerged in the lake water when it overflowed had been died and cut by local residents.

At Lake Buyan was also found some garbage and the resort area had not been nicely arranged. Moreover, at the edge of the lake was found a lot of dried mosses and water hyacinths that had not been cleaned up.

The Regent of Buleleng Putu

Agus Suradnyana said his party should indeed organize the area of Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan more seriously. Moreover, an imbalance currently occurred between the tourism at Lake Tamblingan and Lake Buyan in Buleleng County compared to Lake Beratan in Tabanan County whereas the three lakes were located in the same tourism line.

To excite the arrangement of the two lakes, his party planned to organize a Lake Buyan Festival in May 2014. It would be filled with various activities like trekking, tourism, agribusiness, arts and culture as well as nature and environmental conservation. (kmb15)

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A fisherman is looking for fish in Lake Buyan

Mangupura (Bali Post)—

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In November, Mangupura as the capital of Badung County will enter the fourth year. But until now, the ‘look’ of Mangupura itself remains unclear. Infrastructure including the icon of the capital with the highest revenue in Bali remains very minimal.

“How the Mangupura Town looks like is not clear. There are no special features or icon indicating that we are entering the town area,” said Putu Parwata, a legislator in the Badung House.

This Secretary of Commission C admitted to appreciate the seriousness of the Badung government to arrange the territory, both in the construction of roads, sidewalks and arrangement of tourist attraction. Similar effort was also made to boost the economic growth of

the Badung community such as by raising investment, trade and other services, as well as the agricultural development in the broadest sense.

But according to him, arrangement of the Mangupura Town should also become the focus of Badung government. In this regard, the executive was requested to arrange the look of Mangupura in more details consisting of nine villages in Mengwi subdistrict. According to Parwata, an urban area should ideally have supporting facilities such as town parks, commercial centers, public areas for recreation and vacation as well as residential areas.

“This matter must be studied seriously.

The look of Mangupura Town should be studied carefully so that later on it has a city icon and people can really feel the urban atmosphere,” he said. (kmb25)

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Bali Dynasty Resort will hold their annual temple ceremony (known as “Odalan” on the 17th November 2013 with an elaborate religious ceremony. It is being held in accordance to the Balinese lunar calendar on the day of the full moon, which is considered an auspicious time for any type of ceremonial blessing or purification rite. The ceremony will be a lively occasion featuring offerings of fruit and flowers as well as colourful decorations. A Hindu priest will lead the proceedings with sacred chants, smoky wafts of incense and splashes of holy water. Participating staff members, dressed in their finest traditional attire, will partake in a session of communal prayers seeking peaceful times ahead and ongoing success for the Bali Dynasty Resort all about maintaining a harmonious balance between all of the forces of the physical, spiritual and unseen worlds. Therefore, offerings and prayers are an essential part of any Balinese ceremonial ritual.

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A temple anniversary is a religious festival that not only commemorates the founding date of a new shrine but also appeases the Gods and the other elements that influence the very existence of mankind. Hinduism is

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6 Oct Saniscara Pon Julungwangi Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Kayuputih Buleleng 8 Oct Anggarkasih Julungwangi Pura Tirtaharum Tegalwangi Bangli Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit Buleleng Pura Dalem Waturenggong Taro Tegalalang Pura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanasari Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup Pura manik Bingin Sidemen 9 Oct Buda Umanis Julungwangi Pura Penetaran Gana Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande Bangli Pura Puncaksari Pdi Sangeh Abiansemal Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi Sidan Gianyar Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Jakatebel Merajan Pasek Prateka Batusesa Merajan Jeroan Dauh Cemenggon Cemenggon Pura Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan Singaraja.

Merajan Pasek Subadra Kramas-Gianyar Pura Dalem Maya Blahbatuh Gianyar Linggih Bhatara Kayu Selem Besakih 17 Oct Wraspati Wage Sungsang Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Pura Siang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Petemon Merajan Pasek Gelgel Melinggih Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih 19 Oct Purnama Sasih Kapat Bathara Tiga Sakti Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Meru Cakra Lombok Pura Lempuyang Madya Karangasem Pura Penerejon Kintamani Pura Pulaki Buleleng Pura Tirta Empul Tampak Siring Pura Puseh, Pura Desa, Pura Penataran, Pura

Luhuring Akasa, Bhatara Hyang Basukih Desa Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Tirta Negari Singapadu Pura Puseh, Desa, Penataran Tangsub Sukawati Pura Penataran Agung Tegallalang Pura Desa Denjalan, Tegaltamu, Tegehe, Batu Yang lan Batuaji Batubulan Pura Puseh Singakerta Ubud Pura Nataran Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Bakuang Ceningan Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Getas Kawan Kedewataan Ubud Pura Agung Dukuh Sakti Pangku Subami Braban Pura Pasek Gelgel Carik Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Klanting Dukuh Krambitan Pura Pasek Bendesa Mas Gadungan Selemadeg Pura Agung Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Selemadeg Pura Penataran Pasek Kayu Putih Bandem Karangasem Pura Puseh Werdi Agung Bolang Mangondow Sulut Pura Dukuh Segening Wangsiang Karangasem Pura Dalem Khayangan Arya Gajahpara Sukaluwih Tejakula Buleleng Pura Pasraman Suci Renon Denpasar Pura Penataran Agung Kertabumi Taman Mini Indonesia Indah Jakarta Pura Luhur Waisnawa Asah Badung Sepang Buleleng Pura Ulun Danu Batur Songan Kintamani Pura Agung Bhuwana Skyline Jayapura Papua Pura Dalem Bengkel Banjar Benoh Ubung Denpasar Merajan Suci Geriya Penataran Banjar Gemeh Denpasar Pura Pejengaji Tegalalang Pura Panti PasekGelgel Desa Meliling Kerambitan Pura Pejenengan Dukuh Ogan Desa Sangkan Gunung Rendang Karangasem Pura Dadia Dukuh Segening Desa Swastika Buana Saputih Banyak Lampung Tengah Pura Dukuh Sakti Belatung Kukuh Kerambitan Pura Gumang (Bukit Juru) Desa Bugbug Karangasem Pura Kawitan Arya Samping Banjar Langon Kapal Pura Pejenengan Pule Sari Desa Dukuh Sidemen Karangasem Pura Segara Penimbangan Banjar Galiran Desa Bakti Seraga Buleleng Pura Puseh Yeh Ulakan Desa Suana Nusa Penida Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah Desa Batur Kintamani

Pura Pasek Tangkas Kori Agung Kukuh kerambitan Pura Penataran Ubud Pura Luhur Giri Kusuma Dauh Peken Blahbatuh Pemerajan Agung Jambe Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Sari Busungbiu Busungbiu Buleleng Pura Giri Jagat Nata Ketewel Sukawati Pura Dang Khayangan Penataran Agung BaturningMambal Abiansemal 22 Oct Penampahan Galungan

23 Oct Hari Raya Galungan Pura Wakika Kupang, NTT Pura Agung Girinatha Sumbawa Besar NTB Pura Dukuh Sakti Dukuh Kediri-Tabanan Pura Atambuananta Kutamba NTT Pura Webananta Kupang, NTT Pura Giripati Mulawarman Pontianak Pura Mustika Dharma Cijantung I Jakarta Timur Pura Mustika Dharma Kompleks Kopassus Cijantung Jakarta Timur.

24 Oct Wraspati Umanis Dungulan Pura Watukaru Tabanan Pura Lempuyang Luhur Karangasem Pura Kentel Gumi Klungkung Pura Pasek Gaduh Umadesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Kubayan Wangaya Gede Penebel Tabanan Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Tiyingan Merajan Pasek Gaduh Umadesa.

25 Oct Sukra Paing Dungulan Pura Ulun Suwi Jimbaran, Badung Pura Luhur Cemenggon, Sukawati Pura Pasek Ubung Denpasar 26 Oct Saniscara Pon Dungulan Pura Segara Jembrana Pura Dalem Gede Losan Klungkung 27 Oct Redite Paing Kuningan Pura Dalem Tegal Tamu Sekar Mukti Batubulan Pura Kubayan Umagunung Sempidi Badung 28 Oct Soma Kliwon Kuningan Pura Desa Gelgel Klungkung Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Sawah Selemadeg Pura Pemerajan Agung Benawah Kangin Gianyar Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Pelapuan Busungbiu Pura Kahyangan Tulus Desa Apuan

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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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and morbid fascination with black culture, said Eric Lott, a visiting American studies professor at City University of New York’s graduate center. Among the most prominent examples: Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor.

“It’s constantly a form of entertainment that backs itself into all kinds of trouble, whether political trouble around slavery or a kind of mental trouble having to do with fantasizing about black people,” said Lott, who wrote the 1993 book “Love & Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy & the American Working Class.”

As for Hough, he said: “It’s just a stupid thing to do. It’s a racist thing to do. What blackface does is give the white people privilege of representing black people, of taking black images and treating them as a thing owned.”

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This 1920s image shows comedian Eddie Cantor wearing blackface while performing “If You Knew Susie.” Historically, blackface emerged in the mid-19th century, representing a combination of put-down, fear and morbid fascination with black culture.

Olympic Team USA uniforms get Made in USA label Associated Press Writer

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by Ralph Lauren shows an American flag sweater, part of the official gear of the U.S. Olympic team.

NEW YORK — Team USA will now wear the Made in the USA label. Every article of clothing made by Ralph Lauren for the U.S. Winter Olympic athletes in Sochi, including their opening and closing ceremony uniforms and their Olympic Village gear, has been made by domestic craftsman and manufacturers.

During the 2012 games in London, it was a flashpoint in the media and among Washington politicians that much of the U.S. apparel was made overseas, especially in China.

Ralph Lauren Corp., which has been making most of the athletes’ clothes since 2008 when it took over from Canadian clothier Roots, got the message.

“We have worked incredibly hard as a company to go across America to find the best partners to help us produce the Olympic uniforms at the highest quality for the best athletes in the world,” said David Lauren, the company’s executive vice president of advertising, marketing and corporate communications.

They used more than 40 vendors, from ranchers in the rural West to yarn spinners in Pennsylvania to sewers in New York’s Garment District for the closing ceremony outfits unveiled Tuesday. The ensemble includes a navy peacoat with a red stripe, a classic ski

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NEW YORK — Is donning blackface to dress up as a favorite TV character ever OK for Halloween? How about a bloody hoodie and blackface for a costume riff on the slain teen Trayvon Martin, or full-on minstrel at a splashy Africa-themed party for the fashion elite in Milan? or demeaning to anyone in any way. I realize my costume hurt and offended people and I truly apologize.”

There’s a fine line between mockery and tribute — and it’s a line that blackface has the power to obliterate, said Marita Sturken, professor of media, culture and communication at New York University.

“It’s never something very simple, and if you’re going to don a costume and put on a black face there’s no possibility of nuance there,” she said. “It doesn’t matter that it was a character from a TV show. That doesn’t get her off the hook. If she’s going to put some substance on her face, that constitutes blackface and this incredibly complicated history gets evoked.”

Historically, blackface emerged in the mid-19th century, representing a combination of put-down, fear

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Blackface costumes revive controversy at Halloween Each of those costumes made headlines this Halloween season.

And the answer to each, African studies and culture experts said, is never.

“The painful history of minstrelsy is not that long ago for us to think that now, somehow, we can do it differently or do it better,” said Yaba Blay, co-director of Africana Studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Julianne Hough found that out the hard way. She apologized on Twitter over the weekend amid criticism for darkening her skin for a costume as Crazy Eyes from “Orange is the New Black” at a Hollywood bash.

Hough explained on Twitter: “I am a huge fan of the show Orange is the New black, actress Uzo Aduba, and the character she has created. It certainly was never my intention to be disrespectful

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sweater with a reindeer motif and a hand-sewn American flag, and a tasseled chunky-knit hat.

(Individual clothes for competition are made by different, mostly athletic-gear brands, depending on the sport, technical aspects and sponsorship deals. Those outfits didn’t seem part of the earlier overseas outcry, but some companies, such as The North Face, which is making the freeskiing uniforms, have committed to U.S. manufacturing, too.)

Figure skater Evan Lysacek, who won gold in Vancouver in 2010, said the ceremonial uniforms make the athletes stand a little prouder.

“As an athlete, the clothing means even more than you’d think. The training, the sacrifices, the lifestyle, which is not glamorous and can be grueling and trying at times, all seem to come together in the moment when you realize you are part of the Olympic team,” he said. “The moment you put on those first pieces of the American team clothes, you feel like it’s real.”

Moving production to the U.S., though, was a lesson in the state of American manufacturing. It was hard to come by facilities that could create the quantity and quality needed for the Olympic uniforms and the versions that will be sold to the public, David Lauren said. As a result, there are fewer pieces in the collection for 2014.

KUTA - Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Hassanal Bolkiah and Timor Leste’s President Taur Matan Ruak have confirmed their participation in the Sixth Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) to be held in Nusa Dua, Bali, on November 7-8, 2013.

The two neighboring countries’ leaders and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono are scheduled to land at Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, on November 6, the airport’s operational head, Major Eko Adi Nugroho, said Wednesday.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to officially open the Forum.

This year, the theme of the Forum is “Consolidating Democracy in Pluralistic Society”.

The BDF sessions will include a general debate and interactive sessions presenting two ministers as the panelists to discuss two sub-themes of BDF VI, namely “Conducting Free and Fair Elections” and “Building and Strengthening Democratic Institutions”.

BDF aims to develop and intensify dialogs on democracy for improving mutual understanding and appreciation among various nations.

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Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Hassanal Bolkiah during APEC Summit dinner on Island of Bali early October 2013. Bolkiah and Timor Leste’s President Taur Matan Ruak have confirmed their participation in the Sixth Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) to be held in Nusa Dua, Bali, on November 7-8, 2013.

Investment must not be directed to tourism Bali Post

DENPASAR - Unavoidably tourism still becomes a reliable investment prospect in Bali, but the potential in the agricultural, horticultural and maritime

sector are also worth becoming a mainstay. A number of economists and agricultural experts judge that it will be very nice if the future investments are directed to combine the tourism,

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Tourists enjoying ricefield scenery while riding bike in Bali Island. Unavoidably tourism still becomes a reliable investment prospect in Bali, but the potential in the agricultural, horticultural and maritime sector are also worth becoming a mainstay.

agricultural, plantation and maritime sector through a synergy.

An economic observer, Viraguna Bagoes Oka, for example, when contacted said that Bali had been transformed into one of the world’s icons or main destinations of various foreign industries (businesses). It was no longer just for tourism, but it had rapidly expanded into the world of fantastic investment destination in line with the free market currently becoming the ‘tourism and beyond’ in the field of MICE, entertainment, automotive, airlines, education, brokerage, financial derivative, senior citizen wellness, property, super/mini market and restaurant within the past 3 to 4 years.

He recognized it was reflected in some indicators such as the number of foreign tourist arrival reaching 4.5 to 6 million in 2010 to 2012, domestic travelers at the average of 8 million and sharp population increase reaching up to 4 million in 2012.

“In line with that, the investment coming into Bali is increasingly unstoppable emerging in several purposes such as business-based investment (long term), speculation-based

investment (short-term), suspicious transaction-based investment or money laundering and old age destinationbased investment,” he explained.

To make Bali remain with the holistic branding, local wisdom and peace according to Tri Hita Karana concept and not due to the elements of greed and violation against the values to save Bali, it was required to do several things including the strategic and tactical commitment of the authorized parties over the policy, mandate holders and decision makers concretely based on vision, values and courage. “The leader is expected to be an example or role model who is qualified for the wider community leading to the real sustainable Bali, not just in the discourse seeking for power in the political situation,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the economic analyst from Udayana University, Dr. I Gusti Wayan Murjana Yasa, said that so far the development of investment in Bali seemed without control, especially in the three most populous regions such as Denpasar, Badung and Gianyar.

Seeing the condition of Bali starting to be invaded by investors, he considered the future investment should

be directed to develop the agriculture in broader sense to support the tourism development so that it could result in a mutually reinforcing synergy between the agriculture and tourism.

“However, it must be noted, the agricultural products in this qualification must meet international standards.

The agricultural products that can be worked on by foreign investors in Bali are such as orange, snakefruit, grape, durian, mango, mangosteen and strawberries,” he said.

Their investment could be directed to the increase of cultivation and marketing. It could be an advantage if the investors were building a fruit processing company because the fruit production would be abundant during harvest season. In addition to fruits, the agricultural investment in vegetable sector was also quite prospective.

“Strengthening the investment in the agriculture and plantation will create a strong foundation for the economy of Bali,” he said. Thus, if there was something undesirable happened to Bali tourism, the economy of Bali could rely on the sectors other than tourism. (kmb28)

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Customary village does it well but no one cares at tourist attraction

Limited garbage trucks

Two days ago, two wheelie bins filled with garbage were placed at the exit door of Karangasem Hospital from the morning until the afternoon.

Meanwhile, from the observation on Wednesday (Oct 30), a wheelie bin was still left until the afternoon by garbage collector.

Apparently, the officers of the Karangasem Sanitation and Landscaping Agency were quite overwhelmed to bring the garbage to Butus landfill (TPA) at Bebandem.

It was the only landfill owned by Karangasem. The landfill had been overloaded since a few years ago.

However, since there was no other landfill, the Head of Karangasem Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), Made Suama, said in Karangasem that his party had attempted to move the garbage having become compost. The compost was given to the public. “Many people are asking the garbage or compost to be used in their field or to backfill the former quarry,” he said.

However, added Suama from Kubu, the community who wished to ask for the compost should take by themselves to location of the landfill.

Suama admitted the officers were quite overwhelmed and so were

the garbage trucks of Karangasem.

Actually, the waste production in Karangasem had increased. In the past, the daily waste production reached 150 cubic meters. Lately, it had increased to approximately 160 cubic meters.

The garbage truck available was limited and so was the officer hauling the garbage. Meanwhile, added Suama, the garbage truck owned by his party was only four units, some had been old. On the other hand, other than serving three villages in town, villages outside the town also asked to be served for the garbage transportation whose volume kept on increasing. As a result, the officers were overwhelmed. “As a result, we transport the garbage late and please do apologize and be patient. We are not keeping silent but attempting to deploy the officers to work in three shifts a day,” he said.

He said that to cope with the overflowing or mounting garbage at Butus landfill, Bebandem, his party had proposed to request financial assistance to central government for the establishment of integrated waste treatment (TPST) at village.

Afterward, the assistance had been obtained for two villages. A unit was completed at Culik village.

Meanwhile, another was under construction at Tulamben village.

Suama, the former Spokesperson of Karangasem government, said the construction was deliberately proposed for the two villages because they belonged to tourist area. Many hotels existed in the area and their waste production was also quite high. Hotels provided contribution for their garbage collection, while so far the hotel hired people. Unluckily, the garbage transported by private collector was then disposed haphazardly at illegal landfill such as in the gutter, ravine on the river bank like at Batang river bank as well as a number of river banks in Kubu subdistrict.

“With the two landfills, hopefully there would be no more private garbage truck disposing garbage into the ravine or watershed that is ultimately drifting into the sea,” said Suama. (bud)

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Two Japanese tecnicians wait inside a train for the inauguration of the tunnel called the Marmaray in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013.

Istanbul’s new rail tunnel links Europe and Asia Associated Press Writer

The garbage is placed nest to the hospital entrance in Karangasem.

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Pergung residents worry to be toppled over by tower Negara (Bali Post)—

Cellular tower located near Pergung Square, Mendoyo, reaped a protest. It happened because the tower having been erected in 1996 was always coupled with transmitter attached to the tower. Adjacent residents worried if the transmitters in the tower would fell down. Even, some time ago people prevented the technicians who were about to install new equipment in the tower.

They requested the tower management to bring down the device.

Ketut Suwetra, one of the adjacent residents to the tower claimed that his party was never asked for any approval. Moreover, the dozen of years-old-tower was always added with communication devices.

Previously, only one device was attached, but later on it continued to be added so residents worried if the devices would fall down.

They worried if the tower would collapse and topple over their homes due to heavy burden. Moreover, the tower has long been established.

Suwentra claimed his roof tiles often broke due to falling object from the tower. As exasperated with the addition of device to the tower, not long ago people stopped the installation.

Even, a tension once occurred between the adjacent residents and the workers. Such incident could finally be mediated by a legislator of Jembrana House, I Putu Kamawijaya, who happened to be around

the location. They requested to stop the device addition before reaching an agreement with the adjacent residents. According to the plan, the meeting was held last Monday (Oct 28). However, so far the meeting had not been held. “Until now, there has been no meeting,” said Suwetra.

On the other hand, the management of the tower, Putu Gede Sulantara, said his party wanted the issue would not drag on. His party scheduled a meeting with local residents on Monday (Oct 28) but the residents did not come. Thus, the meeting was postponed until next Wednesday. He wanted the problem could be resolved quickly and well. (kmb26)

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Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge defendants deny charges Associated Press Writer

WASTE production increasingly soars. The Regent of Karangasem, I Wayan Geredeg, some time ago had to speak loudly. It happened because the waste management had been started by customary village in Karangasem. In contrast, no one cared about the waste at tourist attractions as he saw in one of the locations at Candidasa. Plastic waste overflowed and huddled in a banana garden even it was situated in front of and next to a hotel.

From observation, the plastic waste indeed overflowed. Lately, the location of garbage disposal looked to be installed with a banner containing the prohibition of littering.

However, the garbage had not been cleared and was still piling up.

Garbage disposed beyond the proper location could also be seen at the edge of main road section in the area of Kubu and Abang subdistrict.

At Culik village, there were two locations of illegal waste disposal under bamboo clusters in the north of local market as well as at Batang riverbank. Village authority had posted a notice banning residents from disposing garbage at both locations.

However, garbage still looked to spill there. At the edge of main road in Kubu, garbage was disposed into the ravine by the river, precisely near or in front of the existing school.

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ISTANBUL — Turkey has opened an underwater railway tunnel linking Europe and Asia, and the two sides of Istanbul, realizing a plan initially proposed by an Ottoman sultan about 150 years ago. The Marmaray tunnel runs under the Bosporus, the strait that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and divides Istanbul between Asia and Europe. The tunnel is 13.6 kilometers (8.5 miles) long, including an underwater stretch of 1.4 kilometers (4,593 feet).

It is among a number of large infrastructure projects under the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that have helped boost the economy but also have provoked a backlash of public protest. “I wish from God that the Marmaray that we are inaugurating will be a benefit to our Istanbul, to our country, to all of humanity,” Erdogan said at the opening ceremony.

Officials hope that with up to 1.5 million passengers a day, the tunnel will ease some of Istanbul’s chronic traffic, particularly over the two bridges linking the two sides of the city. A more distant dream is that the tunnel may become part of a new train route for rail travel between Western Europe and China.

The underwater portion of

the tunnel wasn’t dug, but was dropped in sections to the sea bottom — the immersed-tube method used around the world.

Turkish officials say that at more than 55 meters (180 feet) deep, it is the world’s deepest railway tunnel of its type. Started in 2005 and scheduled to be completed in four years, the project was delayed by important archaeological finds, including a 4th century Byzantine port, as builders began digging under the city.

Rejecting any fears that the tunnel could be vulnerable to earthquakes in a region of high seismic activity, Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim said that it is designed to withstand a massive 9.0 magnitude quake. He calls it “the safest place in Istanbul.” The tube sections are joined by flexible

joints that can withstand shocks.

Ottoman Sultan Abdulmejid is said to have proposed the idea of a tunnel under the Bosporus about a century and a half ago. One of his successors, Abdulhamid, had architects submit proposals in 1891, but the plans were not carried out.

The tunnel is just one of Erdogan’s large-scale plans. They include a separate tunnel being built under the Bosporus for passenger cars, a third bridge over the strait, the world’s biggest airport, and a massive canal that would bypass the Bosporus.

The projects have provoked charges that the government is plunging ahead with citychanging plans without sufficient public consultation. The concern fueled protests that swept Turkey in June.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The last two surviving leaders of Cambodia’s radical Khmer Rouge regime still on trial for genocide and other war crimes issued their final defense Thursday, distancing themselves from the deaths of more than 1.7 million people who died during their rule.

Former head of state Khieu Samphan, 87, and 82-year-old Nuon Chea, the Khmer Rouge’s chief ideologist and No. 2 leader, both made lengthy closing statements at the U.N.-backed tribunal in the capital, Phnom Penh.

A verdict is not expected in the AP Photo/Extraordinary Chambers in the case until the first half of next year, Courts of Cambodia, Mark Peters more than two years after the trial Khieu Samphan. began.

Shortly after seizing Phnom Penh in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge forced an estimated 1 million people — even hospital patients — out of the capital, herding them en masse into the countryside in an effort to create a communist agrarian utopia.

By the time the bizarre experiment ended in 1979 with a Vietnamese invasion, close to 2 million people were dead, most from starvation, medical neglect, slave-like working conditions and execution. Their bodies were dumped in shallow mass graves that still dot the country today.

“It is easy to say that I should have known everything, I should have understood everything, and thus I could have intervened or rectified the situation at the time,” Khieu Samphan defiantly told the court. “Do you really think that that was what I wanted to happen to my people?” “The reality was that I did not have any power,” he said.

Nuon Chea also defended his actions, saying he never ordered Khmer Rouge cadres “to mistreat or kill people to deprive them of food or commit any genocide.” Unlike Khieu Samphan, however, Nuon Chea accepted “moral responsibility” for the deaths, repeating previous efforts to distance himself from actual crimes.

Bodies of 87 migrants found in Niger desert

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Niamey - Rescuers have found the decomposed bodies of 87 people stranded in the harsh Niger desert, most of them children and some eaten by jackals, in the world’s latest African migrant tragedy.

The victims, nearly all of them women and children, had been trying to reach neighbouring Algeria but are believed to have died of thirst when their trucks broke down, according to a senior security source in Niger.

Almoustapha Alhacen, from local aid organisation Aghir In’man, gave a graphic account of the grim discovery on Wednesday about a dozen kilometres (miles) from the Algerian border. “The corpses were decomposed; it was horrible,” he said.

“We found them in different locations in a 20-kilometre (12-mile) radius and in small groups, often under trees, or under the sun. Sometimes a mother and children, but some lone children too.”

Among the 87 bodies were 48 children, 32 women and seven men, the security official said, adding to the bodies of five women and young children found earlier. Some of the bodies were “devoured by jackals or other wild beasts,” said Alhacen. The discovery comes just weeks after a shipwreck disaster off the Italian island of Lampedusa on October 3, which saw 366 Africans perish when their boat caught fire and capsized.

All the Niger victims died in early October after a failed attempt to reach Algeria across the inhospitable Sahara desert that covers about 80 percent of the country, one of the world’s poorest.

The bodies were buried according to Muslim rites as and when they were found, added Alhacen. Nigerien officials had said on Monday that dozens of migrants, most of them women and children, had died of thirst in the desert.

Migrants stranded after vehicles broke down

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Baby Statue at Batuan

US 2013 deficit falls to half of 2009 peak

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WASHINGTON - The US budget deficit plunged 37.5 percent in fiscal 2013 to less than half its level four years ago on sharp spending cuts and surging revenues, the Treasury said Wednesday.

The shortfall for the year ended September 30 was $680 billion, down from $1.1 trillion last year and from more than $1.4 trillion in 2009, when the government spent heavily to battle recession.

Receipts rose 13.3 percent, to $2.77 trillion, helped more by personal income taxes while the corporate tax take lagged forecasts, the Treasury said.

Meanwhile, spending fell 2.4 percent to $3.45 trillion.

The $84 billion decrease was close to the amount required by the tough sequester spending cuts implemented in March.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew used the final data to call on Congress to restrain the next sequester cuts and allow a more expansive budget for the current year, to enhance economic growth, which remains sluggish.

“Under President (Barack) Obama, the nation’s deficit has fallen for the past four years, the fastest pace of decline over a sustained period since World War

II,” Lew said in a statement.

“Congress must build on this progress by crafting a projobs and pro-growth budget agreement that strengthens the economy while maintaining fiscal discipline.”

The US piled up huge deficits during and after the crisis, pumping money into teetering financial firms and US auto makers to keep a deep recession from becoming worse.

The figures “show that we are continuing to make significant progress in reducing the deficit,” said the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

“As a percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the deficit fell to 4.1 percent, representing a reduction of more than half from the deficit that the administration inherited when the president took office in 2009.”

The figures came out as Democrats and Republicans in Congress began talks on the next stage of funding the government

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In this Jan. 8, 2013 photo, a ship is loaded with cargo in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The US budget deficit plunged 37.5 percent in fiscal 2013 to less than half its level four years ago on sharp spending cuts and surging revenues, the Treasury said Wednesday.

for the current fiscal 2014, after a three-month stopgap budget was passed earlier this month.

Republicans are seeking more spending cuts, without added tax income, while the White House

argues that the sequester, slated to expand in the coming year, is too harsh and damages growth.

“Building on the $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction already locked in, the president’s plan

would replace the economically damaging sequester while achieving additional deficit reduction to put federal debt on a downward path as a share of the economy,” the OMB said.

Qantas, Japan Airlines up stakes in Jetstar Japan Agence France-Presse

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A Japan Airlines plane flies over the precision approach lighting system on its way to landing at Tokyo International Airport as fishing boats float in the water in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. Australian flag carrier Qantas and Japan Airlines on Thursday boosted their stakes in Jetstar Japan by injecting a combined Aus$120 million (US$113.6 million) into the budget carrier.

SYDNEY - Australian flag carrier Qantas and Japan Airlines on Thursday boosted their stakes in Jetstar Japan by injecting a combined Aus$120 million (US$113.6 million) into the budget carrier.

Since it began flying in July last year, Jetstar Japan has become the country’s largest budget airline and the money will help it expand further.

“The equity injection will support Jetstar Japan’s future fleet and infrastructure growth, enabling the carrier to capitalise on the significant potential of the low-cost carrier market in the world’s third largest economy,” Qantas said in a statement to the Australian stock exchange.

The combined equity injection, in the form of non-voting shares, will see Qantas’s and Japan Airlines’ stakes in the carrier increase from 41.7 percent each to 45.7 percent.

Mitsubishi Corporation and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation’s holdings decrease from 8.3 percent each to 4.3 percent.

Jetstar Japan started operations in July last year and now operates a fleet of 18 aircraft to nine domestic destinations. It expects to grow the fleet to 24 planes.

If you happen to travel to Ubud village through Batuan village, you will surely pass the intersection of Belah Tanah hamlet, Batuan Kaler village, Sukawati subdistrict, Gianyar.

Right in the midst of the intersection is established a statue of a giant baby. At the edges grows a large blackboard tree considered a sacred tree and commonly used to make sanctified barong mask.

According to Hindu community in Bali, the intersection is made sacred so that it is bordered with a fence. When people pass through the area, they will certainly pause to deliver an offering. Aside from being done by local community, such a practice is also carried out by other people wishing to travel to Gianyar, Bangli and Ubud.

Standing at this intersection will make you perceive different vibration. Its magical aura is strong. Based on stories of local people, bizarre incidents frequently happened at the location. Residents living around the baby statue believe that it will cry at mid-night on full moon.

A crying baby is often heard by non-native residents.

In addition, saying rude and behaving arrogant are not allowed at the location. Otherwise, undesired incident will occur to the violator. In the past, someone from Klungkung took his son to pass through the intersection leading to Denpasar. When arriving at the site, the old man said if his son was the same as the statue. As an impact, his son kept crying until he arrived home. Ultimately, the man then apologized to the statue by delivering an oblation. According to local people, before the statue establishment, several accidents occurred around the intersection.

However, after establishing and consecrating the statue, the accident diminished. According to a medium, the highway was formerly traversed by holy men, so that it was prone to be passed through specifically by people having bad intention. Meanwhile, some people said if the baby statue had something to do with the Hayang Tibha Temple located in the west of the statue.

Divine ray of Lord Hayang Tibha lay in the statue. It was confirmed by the testimony of local temple priest that always paid devotional works at the statue area. “Having established and made regular ritual, the hazards of accident can be avoided. Right in the Padmasana shrine has been established the baby statue Brahma Lelare symbolizing that everything should be started with a small part,” said hamlet chief of Belah Tanah. (BTN)

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This year, the position of Indonesia’s economy is still hampered by macroeconomic conditions such as the increasingly tight global trade.

Indonesia’s economic growth hindered by global trade Bali Post

DENPASAR - This year, the position of Indonesia’s economy is still hampered by macroeconomic conditions such as the increasingly tight global trade. It is also coupled with the development of worsening world economic turmoil, both in the United States, Europe, Asia as well as Australia.

A lecturer from the Udayana University, Prof. Dr. Ketut Rahyuda, said the macroeconomic impact would require an extra work in securing the progressively declining economic growth due to inflation and exchange rate disturbances hitting the importers and exporters based on imported raw materials.

“Such condition is one of the indicators that weakens or strengthens the national economic stability. This phenomenon can be known from the perspective or development of capacity and qual-

ity of the exported and imported goods and services nationwide,” said Prof. Rahyuda in Denpasar.

According to him, sustainable economic stability of this nation was desperately needed. Though the economic growth of Indonesia in 2012 had been quite encouraging about 6.5 percent, with the Act on the amended state budget for fiscal year 2012 it probably decreased in 2013 due to multifactor disruptions, causing the economy of Indonesian to be laden with gradations.

“There is no guarantee on the

competitiveness though the economic growth next year will be increasingly higher. However, the competitiveness will highly depend on the strength of the macro and micro economic condition being capable of maintaining the sustainable economic stability in the long term,” he explained.

He explained the essence of long-term economic stability was how the nation could create efficiency and competitiveness of the production factors as a whole in various aspects of the business sector. Through the effort of creating the labor market efficiency and exploring the factors of sustainable production, it was expected to realize the economic stability of Indonesia.

Meanwhile, due to the global economic slowdown and domestic inflation, Bank Indonesia of Re-

gion III for Bali-Nusra estimated the economic growth would be lower than the year before. However, the Representative Head of Bank Indonesia of Region III for Bali-Nusra, Dwi Pranoto, previously said the slowing economic growth of Bali was mostly caused by inflationary pressures.

He mentioned the inflation of Bali in August reached 8.3 percent (yoy) or higher than the same period in the previous year only reaching 4 percent more. As a result, the economic growth of Bali later this year would experience a slight contraction.

“We estimate the economy of Bali will only grow in the range of 6.2 percent and 6.7 percent this year. Last year, the economy of Bali grew in the range of 6.7 percent and 7.1 percent,” he said. (kmb27)

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Passengers in emergency landing leave AK airport Associated Press Writer

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FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House on the initial rollout of the health care overhaul, in Washington.

Obama claims ‘full responsibility’ for website Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has claimed “full responsibility” for repairing his administration’s health insurance website as a new concern emerged: a government memo pointing to security worries, written shortly before the site’s Oct. 1 launch. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius apologized Wednesday to frustrated people trying to sign up for health coverage, telling a congressional committee she is accountable for the failures.

The website sign-up problems will be fixed by Nov. 30, she said.

Both Obama and Sebelius defended the historic health care overhaul, which seeks to provide millions of Americans with government-mandated health insurance. The United States had been the largest developed nation without a national health care system.

Obama told an audience in Boston, “We are going to see this through.”

But he underscored his administration’s unhappiness with the problems so far: “There’s no excuse for it,” he said.”

The website HealthCare.gov was still experiencing outages as Sebelius faced questions from the House Energy and Commerce Committee about a security memo from her department.

The memo, obtained by The Associated Press, said incomplete testing created uncertainties that posed a potentially high security risk for the website. It called for a six-month “mitigation” program, including ongoing monitoring and testing. It revealed that the troubled website was granted a temporary security

certificate on Sept. 27, just four days before it went live.

Republicans argue the troubled website’ glitches are proof the government is incapable of managing the complex health care program.

“You accepted a risk on behalf of every user ... that put their personal financial information at risk,” Rep. Mike Rogers told Sebelius, citing the memo. “Amazon would never do this. ... This is completely an unacceptable level of security.”

Sebelius countered that the system is secure. Added spokeswoman Joanne Peters: “When consumers fill out their online...applications, they can trust that the information they’re providing is protected by stringent security standards and that the technology underlying the application process has been tested and is secure.”

Republicans opposed to Obama’s health care law are calling for Sebelius to resign.

HealthCare.gov was intended to be the online gateway to coverage for millions of uninsured Americans, as

well those who already purchase their policies individually. Many people in the latter group will have to get new insurance next year because their policies do not meet the standards of the new law.

Starting Jan. 1, most Americans will be required to carry health insurance or face fines. At the same time, insurance companies will no longer be able to turn away people in poor health. The law provides subsidized private insurance for middle-class people who don’t get health care on the job. Low-income people can access an expanded version of Medicaid in states that agree to expand that safety net program.

Lawmakers wanted to know how many people have enrolled in plans through the health insurance marketplaces. Sebelius stuck with the administration response, promising to release the data in mid-November.

Obama’s White House legacy depends heavily on whether his massive overhaul of the U.S. health care system will succeed.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A San Francisco-bound Delta Air Lines plane departed from a remote Alaska community near the Aleutian Islands Wednesday afternoon, 10 hours after its passengers’ original jet made an emergency landing there.

Delta sent the replacement plane to Cold Bay after a Boeing 767 landed safely at about 6 a.m. Wednesday with 167 passengers and 11 crew members on board.The unscheduled landing came after crew members received an engine warning message in the cockpit, Delta spokesman Michael Thomas said. No injuries were reported aboard the plane that had departed from Tokyo.

“Because of that warning indication, out of an abundance of caution and safety they elected to divert to Cold Bay,” he said. “But at no point was the engine shut down in flight.”

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said the Delta crew declared an emergency and headed to Cold Bay, a treeless, wind-swept community of about 60 people. Delta then sent maintenance crews and the replacement plane to the town 625 miles (1,005 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage.

The replacement plane departed from Cold Bay shortly before 4 p.m., according to Jill Reese, a spokeswoman for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.

While the passengers waited to depart, they were initially required to stay on the plane other than a few who were allowed to get out and stretch their legs, said Mary Martin, owner of the Cold Bay Lodge, where crew members who might remain overnight could stay. The airport has no customs or Transportation Security Administration presence to handle an international flight, Martin said.

TSA and customs representatives flew to Cold Bay to process the passengers, Reese said.

Passengers got off the plane early Wednesday afternoon and were taken to a few locations, including the community center, to wait for the arrival of the replacement aircraft, said Dawn Lyons, the city clerk and administrator.

Cold Bay — on the Alaska Peninsula 40 miles from the start of the Aleutian Islands — was built up as a key World War II staging area and once had a military population of 30,000. The state continues to maintain its 10,000-foot runway, Alaska’s third largest.

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From page 1 He added how Balinese people could believe if the Benoa Bay reclamation had been ended if the easy task to revoke the Decree No.1727 was not made by the governor. “It is not difficult to revoke the Decree No.1727 because on August 16 the governor had revoked the Decree No.2138 and then issued a new one (Decree No.1727),” he said while affirming that ForBali would continue to rally for urging the decree revocation. “The governor is indeed selfish, but our movement and action will continue to run as long as all the decrees related to the reclamation plan are not legally revoked,” he concluded.

Similar criticism was delivered by Chairman of FPBD, Gede Bangun Nusantara. He asked the governor to be a knight and keep his promise on what he had told before the feasibility study results were issued by the Udayana University where he would be willing to revoke the decree No.1727 if the results of feasibility study by Udayana University declared unfit. “Now, the results of the feasibility study by the Udayana University have been issued as well as received and read by governor. So, it’s the obligation as a leader to meet what he has presented in mass media and in many occasions stating to revoke all the permits associated with the reclamation if the results of feasibility study by the Udayana University declared the reclamation unfit. Then, what is being awaited by the governor?” he asked.

Bangun hoped that Governor Pastika would never attempt to deceive Balinese people, never continued to disturb the atmosphere and hurt the heart of Balinese people and caused so many problems and polemics triggered by his controversial attitudes and policies. “We are tired of controversial policies and polemics triggered by the attitude of the governor. We are also tired of being constantly deceived and swindled. A good leader is he who could keep his promise. One’s word and deed must be consistent. When promising to revoke, it should be revoked,” said Bangun.

For a legal certainty both for the people of Bali and investors, he added, the Decree No.1727 should be revoked. “If the promise of revoking the decree is denied and neglected as such, who can guarantee and be responsible if the decree will be secretly used by investors? The governor may not hesitant and give opportunity to investors,” concluded Bangun. (kmb29)

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INDONESIA Mass strike over wage hike demands begin Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Workers across Indonesia begin a two-day strike Thursday to demand higher salaries, the latest industrial action in Southeast Asia’s top economy as people push for a greater share of the profits from stellar growth.

Calls have been growing in recent months for a hike in the minimum wage as the cost of living skyrockets due to high inflation.

Unions estimate that almost three million workers will take part in the action, although the numbers have come in lower than such forecasts in previous nationwide strikes.“Living costs are going up,” Said Iqbal, chairman of the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union (KSPI), told AFP. “Many workers who could not afford their rents have had to move out of their homes and live under bridges and in sewers. They are eating instant noodles instead of rice.”

Workers say they have been particularly hard-hit by a rise in the price of subsidised fuel in June, with petrol going up by 44 percent and diesel by 22 percent.

They are demanding “just a decent pay raise to compensate for inflation”, said Iqbal, adding: “We labourers have contributed so much to the economy, why are we trampled upon?”.

Unions said employees from industries ranging from textiles to mining in around 20 of the country’s 34 provinces will participate in the action.

Around 300,000 workers will strike in the capital Jakarta while some 400,000 will walk out in the neighbouring industrial hub of Bekasi, the KSPI predicted.Strikes and protests by Indonesian workers have been on the rise as they demand higher wages in line with a booming economy which has clocked up an average annual growth of above six percent in recent years.

While growth has slowed in the last few months and the economy has been hit by fears the US may reduce its

stimulus programme, Indonesia is still expanding faster than most developed economies.Workers in Jakarta this year received a 44 percent increase in the minimum wage to 2.2 million rupiah ($200) a month, and others across the country also got hefty hikes.

Iqbal said the KSPI was calling for the minimum wage in Jakarta to be raised to 3.7 million rupiah.Workers are piling pressure on local governments as they prepare to decide on wage increases for next year in the coming weeks.

However employers have expressed concerns that huge salary hikes are denting profits and could lead foreign investors to take their business to neighbouring Asian countries.

Nevertheless, Indonesian factory workers remain some of the lowestpaid in Asia, often earning less than their counterparts in China or India.

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the Hotel Indonesia (HI) traffic circle.

Industrial workers in Jakarta have been holding rallies since Monday, prior to their national strike scheduled for Thursday and Friday.

According to the chairman of the Confederation of the Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPI), Said Iqbal, the national strikes will involve three million workers in 15 provinces and 50 districts.

KSPI demands that workers wages be increased by 50 percent, which in Jakarta reach Rp3.7 million.The KSPI, along with other workers associations, promised to conduct peaceful rallies.

Therefore, it asked the police to help guard their rallies so that the demonstrations proceed peacefully, as well.

Iqbal’s colleague, Muchtar Guntur, who chairs the National Trade Unions Confederation (KSN), said the planned strikes in 150 districts and municipalities were expected to paralyze 40 industrial zones across the country.

According to Muchtar Guntur, this year’s workers rallies were larger

than in 2012, and he promised that workers would stage orderly rallies.

Police should guard the rallies and large crowds so that incidents do not occur, since the demonstrations are officially held.

“We call on police across the country to guard us in accordance with standing procedures, because we have notified them based on the provisions regulated in Law No. 9/ 1998.”

Muchtar said.

Rallies are planned in Pulo Gadung, Tanjung Priok, Marunda, Cilincing, Cakung, Bekasi and other industrial zones.Indonesian Metal Workers Union in Batam, Riau, for example, will send at least 25,000 workers to support the national strike.

“We believe that at least 25,000 workers will take part in the national strike in Batam,” Mustofa, deputy chairman of Batam’s Federation of Metal Workers Unions (FSPMI), said.Apart from 22,000 members of FSPMI, about 1,500 workers grouped in the National Trade Union of Batam (SPN) will also take part, he added.

Over 20,000 police, soldiers to guard Jakarta strike

JAKARTA - More than 20,000 security personnel will be deployed to maintain peace in Jakarta in the face of the industrial workers’ national strikes planned for Thursday and Friday.

Jakarta Police Spokesman Senior Commissioner Rikwanto said on Wednesday that the Jakarta Police will field 17,276 police officers who will be assisted by 3,800 military personnel and 819 public order officials.

Thousands of Jakarta workers have held rallies since Monday, demanding wages be increased by 50 percent from Rp2.2 million to Rp3.7 million per month, the end of outsourcing and an increase in the decent living cost (KHL) from Rp1.9 million to Rp2.7 million.Rikwanto said that the number of security personnel was not increased from that deployed since Monday in the face of the national strike, yet these personnel would be distributed to certain sensitive spots.

Strict security will also be in place at vital locations, such as the State Palace, the Parliamentary complex and

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Kids are pimping out kids for sex Associated Press

BANDUNG — Chimoy flicks a lighter and draws a long drag until her cheeks collapse on the skinny Dunhill Mild, exhaling a column of smoke.

Her no-nonsense, tough-girl attitude projects the confidence of a woman in her 30s, yet she’s only 17. Colorful angel and butterfly tattoos cover her skin, and she wears a black T-shirt emblazoned with a huge skull.

Chimoy — by her own account and those of other girls and social workers — is a pimp.

She got into the business when she was 14. A boyfriend’s sister asked her to sell herself for sex, but she recruited a friend for the job instead.

Then she established a pimping operation that grew to include a car, a house and some 30 working girls earning her up to $3,000 a month — a small fortune in a poor country.

“The money was too strong to resist,” she says. “I was really proud to make money on my own.”

Two years ago in Indonesia, there were zero reports of child pimps like Chimoy who work as the boss with no adults behind the scenes. But the National Commission for Child Protection says 21 girls between 14 and 16 have been caught working as “mamis” so far this year, and there are likely far more.

It’s easier than ever. Kids can use text messages and social media to book clients and make transactions without ever standing on a dark corner in a miniskirt and heels.

“The sickening thing is you see 11-year-olds, 12-year-olds, getting into these practices,” says Leonarda Kling, Jakarta-based regional representative for Terre des Hommes Netherlands, a nonprofit working on trafficking issues. “You think: ‘The whole future of this child is just going to waste.’”

Chimoy, who has occasionally worked as a prostitute, and other teens in the sex industry interviewed for this story are identified by their nicknames. The Associated Press does not typically identify children who have been sexually abused.

Recently, in the eastern city of Surabaya, a 15-year-old was busted after escorting three other teens to meet clients at a hotel. Police spokeswoman Maj. Suparti says the girl employed 10 prostitutes — including classmates, Facebook friends and even her older sister — and collected up to a quarter of the $50 to $150 received for each call.

She conducted business over the popular BlackBerry Messenger service, earning up to $400 a month, says Suparti, who uses one name like many Indonesians. The girl also met potential clients in malls or restaurants first to size them up.

“She was running her pimp action like a professional,” Suparti says.

Human trafficking and sex tourism have long been big business in this vast archipelago of 240 million, thanks to rampant corruption, weak law enforcement and a lack of reporting largely due to family embarrassment or little faith in the system.

The U.N. International Labor Organization estimates 40,000 to 70,000 children become victims of sexual exploitation in Indonesia annually.

Much of this abuse is driven by adults, but poverty and consumerism play a role. Indonesia’s have-nots rub up against a growing middle class obsessed with the latest gadgets and the ultra-wealthy flaunting their designer clothes and luxury cars.

It was a smartphone that drove soft-spoken Daus into prostitution at age 14. The son of a factory worker and a street food vendor, the lanky boy says he was soon making $400 to $500 a month for having sex regularly with three women in their 30s and 40s.

“I didn’t want to do it, but I had to have the BlackBerry,” he says.

Indonesia is a social-media crazed country that ranks as one of the world’s top Facebook and Twitter users. “If we don’t have a BlackBerry, we feel we are nothing, and we are ignored by our friends.”

But the biggest issue is not money. It’s problems at home, including neglect and abuse, says Faisal Cakrabuana, project manager of Yayasan Bahtera, a nonprofit in the West Java capital of Bandung that helps sexually victimized children.

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Hawes, Carter-Williams help 76ers stun Heat Associated Press Writer

PHILADELPHIA — Michael Carter-Williams had an NBA debut to remember, notching 22 points, 12 assists and nine steals to lead the Philadelphia 76ers past the reigning champion Miami Heat 114-110 on Wednesday night.

Baha Village IBP

The population here is dominated by workers and the traditional farming community, who own wide rice fields, and by the “Subak” organization that mainly functions to regulate water distribution for irrigation. The uniformity of the typical entrance gates of the family compounds combines with the traditional housing structure present a charming appearance for the village.

Baha Village is located about 4 km east of Taman Ayun Temple. The workers and the traditional farmers are the major population in Baha.

The uniqueness of this traditional village is the uniformity of the entrance gates of the family compounds combines with the traditional housing structure, which portrays a fascinating appearance for the village.

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Philadelphia 76ers’ Michael Carter-Williams, right, drives past Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh to shoot during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, in Philadelphia. The 76ers won 114-110.

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The rookie out of Syracuse nearly upstaged Allen Iverson on a night Philly celebrated the retired star’s spectacular career. “You see what he can bring on a big stage,” 76ers rookie head coach Brett Brown said.

In the fourth quarter, Carter-Williams picked up two steals, harassed LeBron James in the lane and sealed the win from the free-throw line.

“Everything was clicking tonight,” Carter-Williams said. “If we can consistently play together, then we can be a good team.”

The 76ers-Heat match was one of 14 in the NBA on Wednesday.

Some of the highlights: Dwight Howard had 17 points and a careerhigh-equaling 26 rebounds in his Houston debut as the Rockets beat the Bobcats 96-83; Tony Parker had 13 points and nine assists to help San Antonio get off to a strong start after last season’s disappointing loss in the NBA Finals with a 101-94 win over Memphis; and the Timberwolves beat the Magic 120-115, with Kevin Love scoring 31 points, taking 17 rebounds and hitting the game-leveling 3-pointer with 10.2 seconds left to force overtime.

At Philadelphia, Spencer Hawes

scored 24 points for the Sixers, who defied expectations to start their season. As the NBA season tipped off, the over-under out of Las Vegas for total wins for the 76ers this year is 16.5, the lowest of any team in the league.

Against the two-time defending champion Heat, that didn’t seem to be bothering anyone in Philly.

Miami guard Dwyane Wade sat out to rest his sore knees. Coach Erik Spoelstra says he wanted to give Wade an extra day to recover with the Heat playing on consecutive nights.

Wade scored 13 points for the Heat in their 107-95 win over Chicago on Tuesday.

James missed five of six shots in the fourth quarter, losing the ball on one drive down the middle, then blowing a 6-footer on the next possession. Shane Battier missed all seven 3-pointers in the game and the Heat missed 10 straight shots in the fourth — after scoring a whopping 45 points in the third. CarterWilliams, meanwhile, set an NBA record for a debut game with nine steals. “I couldn’t think of a better way to start your NBA career,” James said of his rival.

Federer seals record-tying 12th Tour Finals spot Reuters

PARIS - Roger Federer booked his place in the ATP World Tour Finals for a record-tying 12th consecutive year when he dismissed South African Kevin Anderson 6-4 6-4 to reach the third round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday.

The win meant former world number one Federer, who started the week seventh in the ATP Race to London, made sure of finishing in the top nine. That is enough to earn him a spot in the Finals as Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is out with a back problem.

Top seed Rafa Nadal also progressed to the third round in the French capital with a 7-5 7-5 triumph over fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers. By qualifying for the event every year since 2002, Federer equalled Ivan Lendl’s mark for the most successive appearances at the season-ending event.

“It’s one of the highlights for all the players, all the top 10, top 20 talk about that from the beginning of the year or during the off-season,” the Swiss told a news conference. “Being among the very best is very enjoyable. Also it’s one of the tournaments where I haven’t had the greatest success.”

Two more places are still available for next

week’s showdown in London and Federer’s compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka stayed on course to snatch one of them by beating Spain’s Feliciano Lopez 6-3 3-6 6-3.

Wawrinka, Frenchman Richard Gasquet and Canadian Milos Raonic, who beat Dutchman Robin Haase 6-3 6-4, are the last three candidates for a spot at the Finals. Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer, Juan Martin Del Potro and Tomas Berdych have already qualified for the eight-man event.

Wawrinka’s victory meant Spaniard Nicolas Almagro was ruled out of the race.

German Tommy Haas, beaten 6-2 6-2 by fellow German Philipp Kohlschreiber, also dropped out. Federer barely broke sweat against Anderson, breaking serve in the first game and never looking back as the South African made a series of unforced errors.

Nadal, aiming to bag one of the three Masters titles he has never won, broke serve in the 11th game of each set against compatriot Granollers to set up a meeting with last year’s runner-up Jerzy Janowicz of Poland.

“There is no easy opponent on a surface like this one, in a tough tournament like this one,” said the eight-times French Open champion. “But hopefully for my opponents I’m not going to be good news either.”

REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after defeating Kevin Anderson of South Africa at the Paris Masters men’s singles tennis tournament at the Palais Omnisports of Bercy in Paris, October 30, 2013.

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Qatar benches World Cup ‘headbutt’ statue AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

Real’s Gareth Bale celebrates after scoring during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday Oct. 30, 2013.

Bale makes Madrid mark, but upstaged by Ronaldo

DOHA, Qatar — The future hosts of the World Cup in Qatar have decided a statue depicting one of the tournament’s most talked-about moments is not worthy of public display.

Officials in Doha ordered the removal of a five-meter (16foot) bronze statue of French footballer Zinedine Zidane’s infamous headbutt of Italy’s Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup. So, cranes were brought in this week and on Thursday, the statue’s site along Doha’s waterfront was empty.

Officials have not commented on the reason for its removal, but the artwork had stirred complaints from Muslim conservatives saying it promoted idolatry. Others argued it’s wrong to honor Zidane’s unsportsmanlike act in striking Materazzi after an insult from the Italian.

The statue, created by Algerian-born French artist Adel Abdessemed, was unveiled in Doha in early October.

Ronaldo displayed uncharacteristic selflessness on the field by allowing Bale to take a 27th-minute free kick, and the Wales forward saw his shot deflect off the defensive wall and beat goalkeeper Beto to make it 2-0.

Despite playing a full 90 minutes for the first time this season, Bale said he still wasn’t 100 percent.

“It was a crazy game to be involved in but the most important thing for us is to get the three points,” Bale said. “We let in a few goals we were disappointed about, but we bounced back and got the win.”

Ronaldo stepped up to slot home a 32nd-minute penalty after Fernando Navarro barged into Isco. The former world player of the year celebrated with a military salute, an apparent reference to Blatter’s recent mocking of him — when the FIFA president portrayed the Portugal forward as an army commander.

Referee Teixeira Vitienes then awarded Sevilla a questionable penalty as Sergio Ramos tussled with Figueiras inside the area, and Rakitic stepped up to score from the spot.

Bacca made it 3-2 before halftime, but Benzema soon began extending Madrid’s lead after the break. The France striker showed his class by gath-

ering Bale’s cross in the 53rd minute and coolly slotting low into the net.

Bale turned provider again seven minutes later as Ronaldo steered his centering pass past Beto.

Sevilla wasn’t finished as Rakitic curled a left-footed shot across the area into the top corner in the 63rd for his seventh goal of the season. Xabi Alonso made his first appearance of the season for Madrid before Ronaldo surpassed Puskas in the 72nd when his shot deflected over Beto.

Ronaldo, who is the league’s joint top scorer with Diego Costa on 11 goals, became the first player in league history to score a hat-trick against the same team in four consecutive seasons.

The Portugal forward had little time to savor the feat before his tackle on Figueiras led to Rakitic’s 73rd-minute penalty. But he celebrated after the Croatia playmaker shot high into the crowd.

Benzema headed home a Marcelo cross in the 80th minute, moments after Sevilla’s Stephane Mbia was sent off after a second booking. “Bale played well, he looked really good scoring goals and showing a good understanding with Cristiano,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said. “In no time we’ll be a good, compact team.”

AP Photo/Massimo Pinca

Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Catania at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013.

Napoli and Juventus win to keep pressure on Roma Associated Press Writer

MADRID — Gareth Bale finally made his mark at Real Madrid on Wednesday, only for Cristiano Ronaldo to upstage his two-goal performance with a hat-trick in a 7-3 victory over Sevilla.

The Welshman celebrated his first league start at the Santiago Bernabeu by scoring twice and setting up two more.

But it was Ronaldo who responded to FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s mocking of the Portugal forward with a celebration slight of his own as he passed Ferenc Puskas with his 157th league goal for Madrid, the fifth-best in the club’s history.

Karim Benzema capped the 10-goal thriller with his second goal, while Ivan Rakitic scored twice for Sevilla but sent a penalty — the third of the match — into the stands with a hat-trick beckoning. Carlos Bacca also scored for the visitors.

Bale, the world’s most expensive footballer, helped Madrid rebound from Saturday’s 2-1 loss at league leader Barcelona to stay within six points of its rival. “I showed what I was capable of tonight,” Bale told Canal Plus.Earlier, Almeria rallied from a goal down to beat Valencia 2-1 and record its first win of the season. Also, Real Sociedad goalkeeper Claudio Bravo saved Patrick Ebert’s stoppage time penalty to preserve a 2-2 draw at Valladolid, and Osasuna beat up Rayo Vallecano 3-1.

Madrid got off to a flying start thanks to Bale, who was picked out

by Benzema inside the area for a rising shot into the top left corner in the 13th minute.

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AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File

FILE - In this Wednesday Sept. 26, 2012 file photo, a couple walk past a sculpture by French artist Adel Abdessemed in front of Paris’ Centre Pompidou modern art museum in France.

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MILAN — Victories for Napoli and Juventus kept the pressure on Serie A leader Roma on Wednesday, while Kaka scored his first goal since returning to AC Milan in a 1-1 draw against Lazio.

Jose Maria Callejon and Dries Mertens scored to help Napoli to a controversial 2-1 win at Fiorentina. U.S.-born forward Giuseppe Rossi had leveled from the penalty spot with his ninth goal in 10 games.

Napoli’s Christian Maggio was sent off after receiving his second yellow card 10 minutes from time while Fiorentina’s Juan Cuadrado was also dismissed in stoppage time after being booked a second time for diving.

“I don’t want to talk about the referee but only about the game,” Napoli coach Rafa Benitez said. “We won by making the most of the space behind the defense, we held the ball well and tried to get the most we could at a difficult ground.”

Fiorentina protested furiously and replays seemed to indicate that Cuadrado had been tripped in the penalty area by Gokhan Inler. “I have to analyze the performance of the team without being influenced by refeering decisions, even when those are decisive,” Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Montella said. “Fiorentina had a great game. We created a lot, we didn’t deserve to lose.”

Juventus beat Catania 4-0 with goals from Arturo Vidal, Andrea Pirlo, Carlos Tevez and Leonardo Bonucci.

Napoli and Juventus are two points behind Roma, which has won all nine of its opening matches and hosts last-place Chievo Verona on Thursday.

Fiorentina was aiming for a fourth straight win in all competitions but was still without Mario Gomez, Massimo Ambrosini, Mati Fernandez and Josip Ilicic. Napoli decided to rest Marek Hamsik in favor of Goran Pandev.

The hosts dominated the early stages but it was Napoli which took the lead when Gonzalo Higuain put in a delightful cross for fellow summer signing Callejon to volley into the bottom left corner.

Fiorentina equalized after Federico Fernandez was adjudged to have pushed over Stefan Savic in the area. Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina, who had recently become the first person to save a Mario Balotelli penalty, was unable to prevent Rossi’s spot kick from going into the bottom left corner.

Napoli restored its lead nine minutes from halftime, when Mertens won the ball and raced into the area before firing into the bottom right corner.

AC Milan was desperate for victory after slipping to 10th following two defeats in three matches, while Lazio had not won at San Siro since 1989.

LONDON - The title credentials of leaders Arsenal and third-placed Liverpool will come under scrutiny when they meet in a heavyweight Premier League clash on Saturday. Arsenal, top of the table with 22 points, have only lost one league match this season, on the opening day against Aston Villa, but have been beaten by Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League and Chelsea in the League Cup in the past week.

The visit of Liverpool (1730GMT), on 20 points, is only the second time they have met a team with realistic top-four ambitions following a win over local rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Manager Arsene Wenger fielded a weakened side against Chelsea and he said it was important not to read too much into recent results.

“Let’s not jump too quickly to conclusions because if you take the points we have made since the first of January, we have made more than anyone else,” he told reporters after the 2-0 home loss to Chelsea.

“I believe that a longer distance reveals more about the quality of a team than the last few games. It is difficult to swallow that happened to us in the last week, but the mistakes are not so big that it cannot be corrected.”

He acknowledged, however, that it was vital to get back on track against Liverpool, for whom Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge scored all the goals in last week’s 4-1 thrashing of West Brom, especially with tough games against champions Manchester United and surprise packages Southampton to follow.

“It’s a difficult (run), but that’s part of the season. We know the games,” Wenger said.

“We have to respond well against Liverpool. We are in a strong position in the league and have a good opportunity at home, and we have to turn this round.

Away from home we are very solid, but at home you know it’s important and vital to win the big games.”

top five since 2008-09. “They’re all tough games in the Premier League and Arsenal have been flying of late,” he told the club’s website (www.liverpoolfc.com) “But so have we, so I think it will be a good game to watch and hopefully we can get a good result. “It would send out a message to the rest of the teams that we’re here and we mean business.

But I think the main focus is going there and playing like we have been.”

Under-pressure Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew’s side have picked up one Premier League win in the last five matches, and he believes Saturday’s match against Chelsea (1245) and the following one against Spurs will define their season.

“We are coming into some

games which are really what our season is all about. We have lost two games to teams in and around us and we have to try to make up those two against the top teams.”

Champions Manchester United, languishing eighth after a poor start to the season, head to Fulham (1500), for whom Hugo Rodallega is doubtful with a groin injury after scoring two goals in the League Cup defeat by second-tier Leicester City.

Manchester City host Norwich City who have injury question marks over Robert Snodgrass and Nathan Redmond.

Stoke City host Southampton, West Brom play struggling Crystal Palace, Sunderland travel to Hull City and West Ham United play Aston Villa on Saturday.

SENDING MESSAGE Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson said his team were determined to send a message that they were genuine contenders this season having not finished in the

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Chelsea’s manager Jose Mourinho, left watches as Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil takes a throw in during their English League Cup soccer match between Arsenal and Chelsea at the Emirates stadium in London Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013.

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Qatar benches World Cup ‘headbutt’ statue AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

Real’s Gareth Bale celebrates after scoring during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday Oct. 30, 2013.

Bale makes Madrid mark, but upstaged by Ronaldo

DOHA, Qatar — The future hosts of the World Cup in Qatar have decided a statue depicting one of the tournament’s most talked-about moments is not worthy of public display.

Officials in Doha ordered the removal of a five-meter (16foot) bronze statue of French footballer Zinedine Zidane’s infamous headbutt of Italy’s Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup. So, cranes were brought in this week and on Thursday, the statue’s site along Doha’s waterfront was empty.

Officials have not commented on the reason for its removal, but the artwork had stirred complaints from Muslim conservatives saying it promoted idolatry. Others argued it’s wrong to honor Zidane’s unsportsmanlike act in striking Materazzi after an insult from the Italian.

The statue, created by Algerian-born French artist Adel Abdessemed, was unveiled in Doha in early October.

Ronaldo displayed uncharacteristic selflessness on the field by allowing Bale to take a 27th-minute free kick, and the Wales forward saw his shot deflect off the defensive wall and beat goalkeeper Beto to make it 2-0.

Despite playing a full 90 minutes for the first time this season, Bale said he still wasn’t 100 percent.

“It was a crazy game to be involved in but the most important thing for us is to get the three points,” Bale said. “We let in a few goals we were disappointed about, but we bounced back and got the win.”

Ronaldo stepped up to slot home a 32nd-minute penalty after Fernando Navarro barged into Isco. The former world player of the year celebrated with a military salute, an apparent reference to Blatter’s recent mocking of him — when the FIFA president portrayed the Portugal forward as an army commander.

Referee Teixeira Vitienes then awarded Sevilla a questionable penalty as Sergio Ramos tussled with Figueiras inside the area, and Rakitic stepped up to score from the spot.

Bacca made it 3-2 before halftime, but Benzema soon began extending Madrid’s lead after the break. The France striker showed his class by gath-

ering Bale’s cross in the 53rd minute and coolly slotting low into the net.

Bale turned provider again seven minutes later as Ronaldo steered his centering pass past Beto.

Sevilla wasn’t finished as Rakitic curled a left-footed shot across the area into the top corner in the 63rd for his seventh goal of the season. Xabi Alonso made his first appearance of the season for Madrid before Ronaldo surpassed Puskas in the 72nd when his shot deflected over Beto.

Ronaldo, who is the league’s joint top scorer with Diego Costa on 11 goals, became the first player in league history to score a hat-trick against the same team in four consecutive seasons.

The Portugal forward had little time to savor the feat before his tackle on Figueiras led to Rakitic’s 73rd-minute penalty. But he celebrated after the Croatia playmaker shot high into the crowd.

Benzema headed home a Marcelo cross in the 80th minute, moments after Sevilla’s Stephane Mbia was sent off after a second booking. “Bale played well, he looked really good scoring goals and showing a good understanding with Cristiano,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said. “In no time we’ll be a good, compact team.”

AP Photo/Massimo Pinca

Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Catania at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013.

Napoli and Juventus win to keep pressure on Roma Associated Press Writer

MADRID — Gareth Bale finally made his mark at Real Madrid on Wednesday, only for Cristiano Ronaldo to upstage his two-goal performance with a hat-trick in a 7-3 victory over Sevilla.

The Welshman celebrated his first league start at the Santiago Bernabeu by scoring twice and setting up two more.

But it was Ronaldo who responded to FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s mocking of the Portugal forward with a celebration slight of his own as he passed Ferenc Puskas with his 157th league goal for Madrid, the fifth-best in the club’s history.

Karim Benzema capped the 10-goal thriller with his second goal, while Ivan Rakitic scored twice for Sevilla but sent a penalty — the third of the match — into the stands with a hat-trick beckoning. Carlos Bacca also scored for the visitors.

Bale, the world’s most expensive footballer, helped Madrid rebound from Saturday’s 2-1 loss at league leader Barcelona to stay within six points of its rival. “I showed what I was capable of tonight,” Bale told Canal Plus.Earlier, Almeria rallied from a goal down to beat Valencia 2-1 and record its first win of the season. Also, Real Sociedad goalkeeper Claudio Bravo saved Patrick Ebert’s stoppage time penalty to preserve a 2-2 draw at Valladolid, and Osasuna beat up Rayo Vallecano 3-1.

Madrid got off to a flying start thanks to Bale, who was picked out

by Benzema inside the area for a rising shot into the top left corner in the 13th minute.

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Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File

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MILAN — Victories for Napoli and Juventus kept the pressure on Serie A leader Roma on Wednesday, while Kaka scored his first goal since returning to AC Milan in a 1-1 draw against Lazio.

Jose Maria Callejon and Dries Mertens scored to help Napoli to a controversial 2-1 win at Fiorentina. U.S.-born forward Giuseppe Rossi had leveled from the penalty spot with his ninth goal in 10 games.

Napoli’s Christian Maggio was sent off after receiving his second yellow card 10 minutes from time while Fiorentina’s Juan Cuadrado was also dismissed in stoppage time after being booked a second time for diving.

“I don’t want to talk about the referee but only about the game,” Napoli coach Rafa Benitez said. “We won by making the most of the space behind the defense, we held the ball well and tried to get the most we could at a difficult ground.”

Fiorentina protested furiously and replays seemed to indicate that Cuadrado had been tripped in the penalty area by Gokhan Inler. “I have to analyze the performance of the team without being influenced by refeering decisions, even when those are decisive,” Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Montella said. “Fiorentina had a great game. We created a lot, we didn’t deserve to lose.”

Juventus beat Catania 4-0 with goals from Arturo Vidal, Andrea Pirlo, Carlos Tevez and Leonardo Bonucci.

Napoli and Juventus are two points behind Roma, which has won all nine of its opening matches and hosts last-place Chievo Verona on Thursday.

Fiorentina was aiming for a fourth straight win in all competitions but was still without Mario Gomez, Massimo Ambrosini, Mati Fernandez and Josip Ilicic. Napoli decided to rest Marek Hamsik in favor of Goran Pandev.

The hosts dominated the early stages but it was Napoli which took the lead when Gonzalo Higuain put in a delightful cross for fellow summer signing Callejon to volley into the bottom left corner.

Fiorentina equalized after Federico Fernandez was adjudged to have pushed over Stefan Savic in the area. Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina, who had recently become the first person to save a Mario Balotelli penalty, was unable to prevent Rossi’s spot kick from going into the bottom left corner.

Napoli restored its lead nine minutes from halftime, when Mertens won the ball and raced into the area before firing into the bottom right corner.

AC Milan was desperate for victory after slipping to 10th following two defeats in three matches, while Lazio had not won at San Siro since 1989.

LONDON - The title credentials of leaders Arsenal and third-placed Liverpool will come under scrutiny when they meet in a heavyweight Premier League clash on Saturday. Arsenal, top of the table with 22 points, have only lost one league match this season, on the opening day against Aston Villa, but have been beaten by Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League and Chelsea in the League Cup in the past week.

The visit of Liverpool (1730GMT), on 20 points, is only the second time they have met a team with realistic top-four ambitions following a win over local rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Manager Arsene Wenger fielded a weakened side against Chelsea and he said it was important not to read too much into recent results.

“Let’s not jump too quickly to conclusions because if you take the points we have made since the first of January, we have made more than anyone else,” he told reporters after the 2-0 home loss to Chelsea.

“I believe that a longer distance reveals more about the quality of a team than the last few games. It is difficult to swallow that happened to us in the last week, but the mistakes are not so big that it cannot be corrected.”

He acknowledged, however, that it was vital to get back on track against Liverpool, for whom Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge scored all the goals in last week’s 4-1 thrashing of West Brom, especially with tough games against champions Manchester United and surprise packages Southampton to follow.

“It’s a difficult (run), but that’s part of the season. We know the games,” Wenger said.

“We have to respond well against Liverpool. We are in a strong position in the league and have a good opportunity at home, and we have to turn this round.

Away from home we are very solid, but at home you know it’s important and vital to win the big games.”

top five since 2008-09. “They’re all tough games in the Premier League and Arsenal have been flying of late,” he told the club’s website (www.liverpoolfc.com) “But so have we, so I think it will be a good game to watch and hopefully we can get a good result. “It would send out a message to the rest of the teams that we’re here and we mean business.

But I think the main focus is going there and playing like we have been.”

Under-pressure Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew’s side have picked up one Premier League win in the last five matches, and he believes Saturday’s match against Chelsea (1245) and the following one against Spurs will define their season.

“We are coming into some

games which are really what our season is all about. We have lost two games to teams in and around us and we have to try to make up those two against the top teams.”

Champions Manchester United, languishing eighth after a poor start to the season, head to Fulham (1500), for whom Hugo Rodallega is doubtful with a groin injury after scoring two goals in the League Cup defeat by second-tier Leicester City.

Manchester City host Norwich City who have injury question marks over Robert Snodgrass and Nathan Redmond.

Stoke City host Southampton, West Brom play struggling Crystal Palace, Sunderland travel to Hull City and West Ham United play Aston Villa on Saturday.

SENDING MESSAGE Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson said his team were determined to send a message that they were genuine contenders this season having not finished in the

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Chelsea’s manager Jose Mourinho, left watches as Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil takes a throw in during their English League Cup soccer match between Arsenal and Chelsea at the Emirates stadium in London Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013.

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Hawes, Carter-Williams help 76ers stun Heat Associated Press Writer

PHILADELPHIA — Michael Carter-Williams had an NBA debut to remember, notching 22 points, 12 assists and nine steals to lead the Philadelphia 76ers past the reigning champion Miami Heat 114-110 on Wednesday night.

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The population here is dominated by workers and the traditional farming community, who own wide rice fields, and by the “Subak” organization that mainly functions to regulate water distribution for irrigation. The uniformity of the typical entrance gates of the family compounds combines with the traditional housing structure present a charming appearance for the village.

Baha Village is located about 4 km east of Taman Ayun Temple. The workers and the traditional farmers are the major population in Baha.

The uniqueness of this traditional village is the uniformity of the entrance gates of the family compounds combines with the traditional housing structure, which portrays a fascinating appearance for the village.

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Philadelphia 76ers’ Michael Carter-Williams, right, drives past Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh to shoot during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, in Philadelphia. The 76ers won 114-110.

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The rookie out of Syracuse nearly upstaged Allen Iverson on a night Philly celebrated the retired star’s spectacular career. “You see what he can bring on a big stage,” 76ers rookie head coach Brett Brown said.

In the fourth quarter, Carter-Williams picked up two steals, harassed LeBron James in the lane and sealed the win from the free-throw line.

“Everything was clicking tonight,” Carter-Williams said. “If we can consistently play together, then we can be a good team.”

The 76ers-Heat match was one of 14 in the NBA on Wednesday.

Some of the highlights: Dwight Howard had 17 points and a careerhigh-equaling 26 rebounds in his Houston debut as the Rockets beat the Bobcats 96-83; Tony Parker had 13 points and nine assists to help San Antonio get off to a strong start after last season’s disappointing loss in the NBA Finals with a 101-94 win over Memphis; and the Timberwolves beat the Magic 120-115, with Kevin Love scoring 31 points, taking 17 rebounds and hitting the game-leveling 3-pointer with 10.2 seconds left to force overtime.

At Philadelphia, Spencer Hawes

scored 24 points for the Sixers, who defied expectations to start their season. As the NBA season tipped off, the over-under out of Las Vegas for total wins for the 76ers this year is 16.5, the lowest of any team in the league.

Against the two-time defending champion Heat, that didn’t seem to be bothering anyone in Philly.

Miami guard Dwyane Wade sat out to rest his sore knees. Coach Erik Spoelstra says he wanted to give Wade an extra day to recover with the Heat playing on consecutive nights.

Wade scored 13 points for the Heat in their 107-95 win over Chicago on Tuesday.

James missed five of six shots in the fourth quarter, losing the ball on one drive down the middle, then blowing a 6-footer on the next possession. Shane Battier missed all seven 3-pointers in the game and the Heat missed 10 straight shots in the fourth — after scoring a whopping 45 points in the third. CarterWilliams, meanwhile, set an NBA record for a debut game with nine steals. “I couldn’t think of a better way to start your NBA career,” James said of his rival.

Federer seals record-tying 12th Tour Finals spot Reuters

PARIS - Roger Federer booked his place in the ATP World Tour Finals for a record-tying 12th consecutive year when he dismissed South African Kevin Anderson 6-4 6-4 to reach the third round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday.

The win meant former world number one Federer, who started the week seventh in the ATP Race to London, made sure of finishing in the top nine. That is enough to earn him a spot in the Finals as Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is out with a back problem.

Top seed Rafa Nadal also progressed to the third round in the French capital with a 7-5 7-5 triumph over fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers. By qualifying for the event every year since 2002, Federer equalled Ivan Lendl’s mark for the most successive appearances at the season-ending event.

“It’s one of the highlights for all the players, all the top 10, top 20 talk about that from the beginning of the year or during the off-season,” the Swiss told a news conference. “Being among the very best is very enjoyable. Also it’s one of the tournaments where I haven’t had the greatest success.”

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week’s showdown in London and Federer’s compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka stayed on course to snatch one of them by beating Spain’s Feliciano Lopez 6-3 3-6 6-3.

Wawrinka, Frenchman Richard Gasquet and Canadian Milos Raonic, who beat Dutchman Robin Haase 6-3 6-4, are the last three candidates for a spot at the Finals. Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer, Juan Martin Del Potro and Tomas Berdych have already qualified for the eight-man event.

Wawrinka’s victory meant Spaniard Nicolas Almagro was ruled out of the race.

German Tommy Haas, beaten 6-2 6-2 by fellow German Philipp Kohlschreiber, also dropped out. Federer barely broke sweat against Anderson, breaking serve in the first game and never looking back as the South African made a series of unforced errors.

Nadal, aiming to bag one of the three Masters titles he has never won, broke serve in the 11th game of each set against compatriot Granollers to set up a meeting with last year’s runner-up Jerzy Janowicz of Poland.

“There is no easy opponent on a surface like this one, in a tough tournament like this one,” said the eight-times French Open champion. “But hopefully for my opponents I’m not going to be good news either.”

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Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after defeating Kevin Anderson of South Africa at the Paris Masters men’s singles tennis tournament at the Palais Omnisports of Bercy in Paris, October 30, 2013.

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Passengers in emergency landing leave AK airport Associated Press Writer

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FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House on the initial rollout of the health care overhaul, in Washington.

Obama claims ‘full responsibility’ for website Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has claimed “full responsibility” for repairing his administration’s health insurance website as a new concern emerged: a government memo pointing to security worries, written shortly before the site’s Oct. 1 launch. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius apologized Wednesday to frustrated people trying to sign up for health coverage, telling a congressional committee she is accountable for the failures.

The website sign-up problems will be fixed by Nov. 30, she said.

Both Obama and Sebelius defended the historic health care overhaul, which seeks to provide millions of Americans with government-mandated health insurance. The United States had been the largest developed nation without a national health care system.

Obama told an audience in Boston, “We are going to see this through.”

But he underscored his administration’s unhappiness with the problems so far: “There’s no excuse for it,” he said.”

The website HealthCare.gov was still experiencing outages as Sebelius faced questions from the House Energy and Commerce Committee about a security memo from her department.

The memo, obtained by The Associated Press, said incomplete testing created uncertainties that posed a potentially high security risk for the website. It called for a six-month “mitigation” program, including ongoing monitoring and testing. It revealed that the troubled website was granted a temporary security

certificate on Sept. 27, just four days before it went live.

Republicans argue the troubled website’ glitches are proof the government is incapable of managing the complex health care program.

“You accepted a risk on behalf of every user ... that put their personal financial information at risk,” Rep. Mike Rogers told Sebelius, citing the memo. “Amazon would never do this. ... This is completely an unacceptable level of security.”

Sebelius countered that the system is secure. Added spokeswoman Joanne Peters: “When consumers fill out their online...applications, they can trust that the information they’re providing is protected by stringent security standards and that the technology underlying the application process has been tested and is secure.”

Republicans opposed to Obama’s health care law are calling for Sebelius to resign.

HealthCare.gov was intended to be the online gateway to coverage for millions of uninsured Americans, as

well those who already purchase their policies individually. Many people in the latter group will have to get new insurance next year because their policies do not meet the standards of the new law.

Starting Jan. 1, most Americans will be required to carry health insurance or face fines. At the same time, insurance companies will no longer be able to turn away people in poor health. The law provides subsidized private insurance for middle-class people who don’t get health care on the job. Low-income people can access an expanded version of Medicaid in states that agree to expand that safety net program.

Lawmakers wanted to know how many people have enrolled in plans through the health insurance marketplaces. Sebelius stuck with the administration response, promising to release the data in mid-November.

Obama’s White House legacy depends heavily on whether his massive overhaul of the U.S. health care system will succeed.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A San Francisco-bound Delta Air Lines plane departed from a remote Alaska community near the Aleutian Islands Wednesday afternoon, 10 hours after its passengers’ original jet made an emergency landing there.

Delta sent the replacement plane to Cold Bay after a Boeing 767 landed safely at about 6 a.m. Wednesday with 167 passengers and 11 crew members on board.The unscheduled landing came after crew members received an engine warning message in the cockpit, Delta spokesman Michael Thomas said. No injuries were reported aboard the plane that had departed from Tokyo.

“Because of that warning indication, out of an abundance of caution and safety they elected to divert to Cold Bay,” he said. “But at no point was the engine shut down in flight.”

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said the Delta crew declared an emergency and headed to Cold Bay, a treeless, wind-swept community of about 60 people. Delta then sent maintenance crews and the replacement plane to the town 625 miles (1,005 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage.

The replacement plane departed from Cold Bay shortly before 4 p.m., according to Jill Reese, a spokeswoman for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.

While the passengers waited to depart, they were initially required to stay on the plane other than a few who were allowed to get out and stretch their legs, said Mary Martin, owner of the Cold Bay Lodge, where crew members who might remain overnight could stay. The airport has no customs or Transportation Security Administration presence to handle an international flight, Martin said.

TSA and customs representatives flew to Cold Bay to process the passengers, Reese said.

Passengers got off the plane early Wednesday afternoon and were taken to a few locations, including the community center, to wait for the arrival of the replacement aircraft, said Dawn Lyons, the city clerk and administrator.

Cold Bay — on the Alaska Peninsula 40 miles from the start of the Aleutian Islands — was built up as a key World War II staging area and once had a military population of 30,000. The state continues to maintain its 10,000-foot runway, Alaska’s third largest.

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From page 1 He added how Balinese people could believe if the Benoa Bay reclamation had been ended if the easy task to revoke the Decree No.1727 was not made by the governor. “It is not difficult to revoke the Decree No.1727 because on August 16 the governor had revoked the Decree No.2138 and then issued a new one (Decree No.1727),” he said while affirming that ForBali would continue to rally for urging the decree revocation. “The governor is indeed selfish, but our movement and action will continue to run as long as all the decrees related to the reclamation plan are not legally revoked,” he concluded.

Similar criticism was delivered by Chairman of FPBD, Gede Bangun Nusantara. He asked the governor to be a knight and keep his promise on what he had told before the feasibility study results were issued by the Udayana University where he would be willing to revoke the decree No.1727 if the results of feasibility study by Udayana University declared unfit. “Now, the results of the feasibility study by the Udayana University have been issued as well as received and read by governor. So, it’s the obligation as a leader to meet what he has presented in mass media and in many occasions stating to revoke all the permits associated with the reclamation if the results of feasibility study by the Udayana University declared the reclamation unfit. Then, what is being awaited by the governor?” he asked.

Bangun hoped that Governor Pastika would never attempt to deceive Balinese people, never continued to disturb the atmosphere and hurt the heart of Balinese people and caused so many problems and polemics triggered by his controversial attitudes and policies. “We are tired of controversial policies and polemics triggered by the attitude of the governor. We are also tired of being constantly deceived and swindled. A good leader is he who could keep his promise. One’s word and deed must be consistent. When promising to revoke, it should be revoked,” said Bangun.

For a legal certainty both for the people of Bali and investors, he added, the Decree No.1727 should be revoked. “If the promise of revoking the decree is denied and neglected as such, who can guarantee and be responsible if the decree will be secretly used by investors? The governor may not hesitant and give opportunity to investors,” concluded Bangun. (kmb29)

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INDONESIA Mass strike over wage hike demands begin Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Workers across Indonesia begin a two-day strike Thursday to demand higher salaries, the latest industrial action in Southeast Asia’s top economy as people push for a greater share of the profits from stellar growth.

Calls have been growing in recent months for a hike in the minimum wage as the cost of living skyrockets due to high inflation.

Unions estimate that almost three million workers will take part in the action, although the numbers have come in lower than such forecasts in previous nationwide strikes.“Living costs are going up,” Said Iqbal, chairman of the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union (KSPI), told AFP. “Many workers who could not afford their rents have had to move out of their homes and live under bridges and in sewers. They are eating instant noodles instead of rice.”

Workers say they have been particularly hard-hit by a rise in the price of subsidised fuel in June, with petrol going up by 44 percent and diesel by 22 percent.

They are demanding “just a decent pay raise to compensate for inflation”, said Iqbal, adding: “We labourers have contributed so much to the economy, why are we trampled upon?”.

Unions said employees from industries ranging from textiles to mining in around 20 of the country’s 34 provinces will participate in the action.

Around 300,000 workers will strike in the capital Jakarta while some 400,000 will walk out in the neighbouring industrial hub of Bekasi, the KSPI predicted.Strikes and protests by Indonesian workers have been on the rise as they demand higher wages in line with a booming economy which has clocked up an average annual growth of above six percent in recent years.

While growth has slowed in the last few months and the economy has been hit by fears the US may reduce its

stimulus programme, Indonesia is still expanding faster than most developed economies.Workers in Jakarta this year received a 44 percent increase in the minimum wage to 2.2 million rupiah ($200) a month, and others across the country also got hefty hikes.

Iqbal said the KSPI was calling for the minimum wage in Jakarta to be raised to 3.7 million rupiah.Workers are piling pressure on local governments as they prepare to decide on wage increases for next year in the coming weeks.

However employers have expressed concerns that huge salary hikes are denting profits and could lead foreign investors to take their business to neighbouring Asian countries.

Nevertheless, Indonesian factory workers remain some of the lowestpaid in Asia, often earning less than their counterparts in China or India.

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the Hotel Indonesia (HI) traffic circle.

Industrial workers in Jakarta have been holding rallies since Monday, prior to their national strike scheduled for Thursday and Friday.

According to the chairman of the Confederation of the Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPI), Said Iqbal, the national strikes will involve three million workers in 15 provinces and 50 districts.

KSPI demands that workers wages be increased by 50 percent, which in Jakarta reach Rp3.7 million.The KSPI, along with other workers associations, promised to conduct peaceful rallies.

Therefore, it asked the police to help guard their rallies so that the demonstrations proceed peacefully, as well.

Iqbal’s colleague, Muchtar Guntur, who chairs the National Trade Unions Confederation (KSN), said the planned strikes in 150 districts and municipalities were expected to paralyze 40 industrial zones across the country.

According to Muchtar Guntur, this year’s workers rallies were larger

than in 2012, and he promised that workers would stage orderly rallies.

Police should guard the rallies and large crowds so that incidents do not occur, since the demonstrations are officially held.

“We call on police across the country to guard us in accordance with standing procedures, because we have notified them based on the provisions regulated in Law No. 9/ 1998.”

Muchtar said.

Rallies are planned in Pulo Gadung, Tanjung Priok, Marunda, Cilincing, Cakung, Bekasi and other industrial zones.Indonesian Metal Workers Union in Batam, Riau, for example, will send at least 25,000 workers to support the national strike.

“We believe that at least 25,000 workers will take part in the national strike in Batam,” Mustofa, deputy chairman of Batam’s Federation of Metal Workers Unions (FSPMI), said.Apart from 22,000 members of FSPMI, about 1,500 workers grouped in the National Trade Union of Batam (SPN) will also take part, he added.

Over 20,000 police, soldiers to guard Jakarta strike

JAKARTA - More than 20,000 security personnel will be deployed to maintain peace in Jakarta in the face of the industrial workers’ national strikes planned for Thursday and Friday.

Jakarta Police Spokesman Senior Commissioner Rikwanto said on Wednesday that the Jakarta Police will field 17,276 police officers who will be assisted by 3,800 military personnel and 819 public order officials.

Thousands of Jakarta workers have held rallies since Monday, demanding wages be increased by 50 percent from Rp2.2 million to Rp3.7 million per month, the end of outsourcing and an increase in the decent living cost (KHL) from Rp1.9 million to Rp2.7 million.Rikwanto said that the number of security personnel was not increased from that deployed since Monday in the face of the national strike, yet these personnel would be distributed to certain sensitive spots.

Strict security will also be in place at vital locations, such as the State Palace, the Parliamentary complex and

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Kids are pimping out kids for sex Associated Press

BANDUNG — Chimoy flicks a lighter and draws a long drag until her cheeks collapse on the skinny Dunhill Mild, exhaling a column of smoke.

Her no-nonsense, tough-girl attitude projects the confidence of a woman in her 30s, yet she’s only 17. Colorful angel and butterfly tattoos cover her skin, and she wears a black T-shirt emblazoned with a huge skull.

Chimoy — by her own account and those of other girls and social workers — is a pimp.

She got into the business when she was 14. A boyfriend’s sister asked her to sell herself for sex, but she recruited a friend for the job instead.

Then she established a pimping operation that grew to include a car, a house and some 30 working girls earning her up to $3,000 a month — a small fortune in a poor country.

“The money was too strong to resist,” she says. “I was really proud to make money on my own.”

Two years ago in Indonesia, there were zero reports of child pimps like Chimoy who work as the boss with no adults behind the scenes. But the National Commission for Child Protection says 21 girls between 14 and 16 have been caught working as “mamis” so far this year, and there are likely far more.

It’s easier than ever. Kids can use text messages and social media to book clients and make transactions without ever standing on a dark corner in a miniskirt and heels.

“The sickening thing is you see 11-year-olds, 12-year-olds, getting into these practices,” says Leonarda Kling, Jakarta-based regional representative for Terre des Hommes Netherlands, a nonprofit working on trafficking issues. “You think: ‘The whole future of this child is just going to waste.’”

Chimoy, who has occasionally worked as a prostitute, and other teens in the sex industry interviewed for this story are identified by their nicknames. The Associated Press does not typically identify children who have been sexually abused.

Recently, in the eastern city of Surabaya, a 15-year-old was busted after escorting three other teens to meet clients at a hotel. Police spokeswoman Maj. Suparti says the girl employed 10 prostitutes — including classmates, Facebook friends and even her older sister — and collected up to a quarter of the $50 to $150 received for each call.

She conducted business over the popular BlackBerry Messenger service, earning up to $400 a month, says Suparti, who uses one name like many Indonesians. The girl also met potential clients in malls or restaurants first to size them up.

“She was running her pimp action like a professional,” Suparti says.

Human trafficking and sex tourism have long been big business in this vast archipelago of 240 million, thanks to rampant corruption, weak law enforcement and a lack of reporting largely due to family embarrassment or little faith in the system.

The U.N. International Labor Organization estimates 40,000 to 70,000 children become victims of sexual exploitation in Indonesia annually.

Much of this abuse is driven by adults, but poverty and consumerism play a role. Indonesia’s have-nots rub up against a growing middle class obsessed with the latest gadgets and the ultra-wealthy flaunting their designer clothes and luxury cars.

It was a smartphone that drove soft-spoken Daus into prostitution at age 14. The son of a factory worker and a street food vendor, the lanky boy says he was soon making $400 to $500 a month for having sex regularly with three women in their 30s and 40s.

“I didn’t want to do it, but I had to have the BlackBerry,” he says.

Indonesia is a social-media crazed country that ranks as one of the world’s top Facebook and Twitter users. “If we don’t have a BlackBerry, we feel we are nothing, and we are ignored by our friends.”

But the biggest issue is not money. It’s problems at home, including neglect and abuse, says Faisal Cakrabuana, project manager of Yayasan Bahtera, a nonprofit in the West Java capital of Bandung that helps sexually victimized children.

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US 2013 deficit falls to half of 2009 peak

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - The US budget deficit plunged 37.5 percent in fiscal 2013 to less than half its level four years ago on sharp spending cuts and surging revenues, the Treasury said Wednesday.

The shortfall for the year ended September 30 was $680 billion, down from $1.1 trillion last year and from more than $1.4 trillion in 2009, when the government spent heavily to battle recession.

Receipts rose 13.3 percent, to $2.77 trillion, helped more by personal income taxes while the corporate tax take lagged forecasts, the Treasury said.

Meanwhile, spending fell 2.4 percent to $3.45 trillion.

The $84 billion decrease was close to the amount required by the tough sequester spending cuts implemented in March.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew used the final data to call on Congress to restrain the next sequester cuts and allow a more expansive budget for the current year, to enhance economic growth, which remains sluggish.

“Under President (Barack) Obama, the nation’s deficit has fallen for the past four years, the fastest pace of decline over a sustained period since World War

II,” Lew said in a statement.

“Congress must build on this progress by crafting a projobs and pro-growth budget agreement that strengthens the economy while maintaining fiscal discipline.”

The US piled up huge deficits during and after the crisis, pumping money into teetering financial firms and US auto makers to keep a deep recession from becoming worse.

The figures “show that we are continuing to make significant progress in reducing the deficit,” said the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

“As a percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the deficit fell to 4.1 percent, representing a reduction of more than half from the deficit that the administration inherited when the president took office in 2009.”

The figures came out as Democrats and Republicans in Congress began talks on the next stage of funding the government

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In this Jan. 8, 2013 photo, a ship is loaded with cargo in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The US budget deficit plunged 37.5 percent in fiscal 2013 to less than half its level four years ago on sharp spending cuts and surging revenues, the Treasury said Wednesday.

for the current fiscal 2014, after a three-month stopgap budget was passed earlier this month.

Republicans are seeking more spending cuts, without added tax income, while the White House

argues that the sequester, slated to expand in the coming year, is too harsh and damages growth.

“Building on the $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction already locked in, the president’s plan

would replace the economically damaging sequester while achieving additional deficit reduction to put federal debt on a downward path as a share of the economy,” the OMB said.

Qantas, Japan Airlines up stakes in Jetstar Japan Agence France-Presse

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A Japan Airlines plane flies over the precision approach lighting system on its way to landing at Tokyo International Airport as fishing boats float in the water in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. Australian flag carrier Qantas and Japan Airlines on Thursday boosted their stakes in Jetstar Japan by injecting a combined Aus$120 million (US$113.6 million) into the budget carrier.

SYDNEY - Australian flag carrier Qantas and Japan Airlines on Thursday boosted their stakes in Jetstar Japan by injecting a combined Aus$120 million (US$113.6 million) into the budget carrier.

Since it began flying in July last year, Jetstar Japan has become the country’s largest budget airline and the money will help it expand further.

“The equity injection will support Jetstar Japan’s future fleet and infrastructure growth, enabling the carrier to capitalise on the significant potential of the low-cost carrier market in the world’s third largest economy,” Qantas said in a statement to the Australian stock exchange.

The combined equity injection, in the form of non-voting shares, will see Qantas’s and Japan Airlines’ stakes in the carrier increase from 41.7 percent each to 45.7 percent.

Mitsubishi Corporation and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation’s holdings decrease from 8.3 percent each to 4.3 percent.

Jetstar Japan started operations in July last year and now operates a fleet of 18 aircraft to nine domestic destinations. It expects to grow the fleet to 24 planes.

If you happen to travel to Ubud village through Batuan village, you will surely pass the intersection of Belah Tanah hamlet, Batuan Kaler village, Sukawati subdistrict, Gianyar.

Right in the midst of the intersection is established a statue of a giant baby. At the edges grows a large blackboard tree considered a sacred tree and commonly used to make sanctified barong mask.

According to Hindu community in Bali, the intersection is made sacred so that it is bordered with a fence. When people pass through the area, they will certainly pause to deliver an offering. Aside from being done by local community, such a practice is also carried out by other people wishing to travel to Gianyar, Bangli and Ubud.

Standing at this intersection will make you perceive different vibration. Its magical aura is strong. Based on stories of local people, bizarre incidents frequently happened at the location. Residents living around the baby statue believe that it will cry at mid-night on full moon.

A crying baby is often heard by non-native residents.

In addition, saying rude and behaving arrogant are not allowed at the location. Otherwise, undesired incident will occur to the violator. In the past, someone from Klungkung took his son to pass through the intersection leading to Denpasar. When arriving at the site, the old man said if his son was the same as the statue. As an impact, his son kept crying until he arrived home. Ultimately, the man then apologized to the statue by delivering an oblation. According to local people, before the statue establishment, several accidents occurred around the intersection.

However, after establishing and consecrating the statue, the accident diminished. According to a medium, the highway was formerly traversed by holy men, so that it was prone to be passed through specifically by people having bad intention. Meanwhile, some people said if the baby statue had something to do with the Hayang Tibha Temple located in the west of the statue.

Divine ray of Lord Hayang Tibha lay in the statue. It was confirmed by the testimony of local temple priest that always paid devotional works at the statue area. “Having established and made regular ritual, the hazards of accident can be avoided. Right in the Padmasana shrine has been established the baby statue Brahma Lelare symbolizing that everything should be started with a small part,” said hamlet chief of Belah Tanah. (BTN)

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This year, the position of Indonesia’s economy is still hampered by macroeconomic conditions such as the increasingly tight global trade.

Indonesia’s economic growth hindered by global trade Bali Post

DENPASAR - This year, the position of Indonesia’s economy is still hampered by macroeconomic conditions such as the increasingly tight global trade. It is also coupled with the development of worsening world economic turmoil, both in the United States, Europe, Asia as well as Australia.

A lecturer from the Udayana University, Prof. Dr. Ketut Rahyuda, said the macroeconomic impact would require an extra work in securing the progressively declining economic growth due to inflation and exchange rate disturbances hitting the importers and exporters based on imported raw materials.

“Such condition is one of the indicators that weakens or strengthens the national economic stability. This phenomenon can be known from the perspective or development of capacity and qual-

ity of the exported and imported goods and services nationwide,” said Prof. Rahyuda in Denpasar.

According to him, sustainable economic stability of this nation was desperately needed. Though the economic growth of Indonesia in 2012 had been quite encouraging about 6.5 percent, with the Act on the amended state budget for fiscal year 2012 it probably decreased in 2013 due to multifactor disruptions, causing the economy of Indonesian to be laden with gradations.

“There is no guarantee on the

competitiveness though the economic growth next year will be increasingly higher. However, the competitiveness will highly depend on the strength of the macro and micro economic condition being capable of maintaining the sustainable economic stability in the long term,” he explained.

He explained the essence of long-term economic stability was how the nation could create efficiency and competitiveness of the production factors as a whole in various aspects of the business sector. Through the effort of creating the labor market efficiency and exploring the factors of sustainable production, it was expected to realize the economic stability of Indonesia.

Meanwhile, due to the global economic slowdown and domestic inflation, Bank Indonesia of Re-

gion III for Bali-Nusra estimated the economic growth would be lower than the year before. However, the Representative Head of Bank Indonesia of Region III for Bali-Nusra, Dwi Pranoto, previously said the slowing economic growth of Bali was mostly caused by inflationary pressures.

He mentioned the inflation of Bali in August reached 8.3 percent (yoy) or higher than the same period in the previous year only reaching 4 percent more. As a result, the economic growth of Bali later this year would experience a slight contraction.

“We estimate the economy of Bali will only grow in the range of 6.2 percent and 6.7 percent this year. Last year, the economy of Bali grew in the range of 6.7 percent and 7.1 percent,” he said. (kmb27)

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Two days ago, two wheelie bins filled with garbage were placed at the exit door of Karangasem Hospital from the morning until the afternoon.

Meanwhile, from the observation on Wednesday (Oct 30), a wheelie bin was still left until the afternoon by garbage collector.

Apparently, the officers of the Karangasem Sanitation and Landscaping Agency were quite overwhelmed to bring the garbage to Butus landfill (TPA) at Bebandem.

It was the only landfill owned by Karangasem. The landfill had been overloaded since a few years ago.

However, since there was no other landfill, the Head of Karangasem Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), Made Suama, said in Karangasem that his party had attempted to move the garbage having become compost. The compost was given to the public. “Many people are asking the garbage or compost to be used in their field or to backfill the former quarry,” he said.

However, added Suama from Kubu, the community who wished to ask for the compost should take by themselves to location of the landfill.

Suama admitted the officers were quite overwhelmed and so were

the garbage trucks of Karangasem.

Actually, the waste production in Karangasem had increased. In the past, the daily waste production reached 150 cubic meters. Lately, it had increased to approximately 160 cubic meters.

The garbage truck available was limited and so was the officer hauling the garbage. Meanwhile, added Suama, the garbage truck owned by his party was only four units, some had been old. On the other hand, other than serving three villages in town, villages outside the town also asked to be served for the garbage transportation whose volume kept on increasing. As a result, the officers were overwhelmed. “As a result, we transport the garbage late and please do apologize and be patient. We are not keeping silent but attempting to deploy the officers to work in three shifts a day,” he said.

He said that to cope with the overflowing or mounting garbage at Butus landfill, Bebandem, his party had proposed to request financial assistance to central government for the establishment of integrated waste treatment (TPST) at village.

Afterward, the assistance had been obtained for two villages. A unit was completed at Culik village.

Meanwhile, another was under construction at Tulamben village.

Suama, the former Spokesperson of Karangasem government, said the construction was deliberately proposed for the two villages because they belonged to tourist area. Many hotels existed in the area and their waste production was also quite high. Hotels provided contribution for their garbage collection, while so far the hotel hired people. Unluckily, the garbage transported by private collector was then disposed haphazardly at illegal landfill such as in the gutter, ravine on the river bank like at Batang river bank as well as a number of river banks in Kubu subdistrict.

“With the two landfills, hopefully there would be no more private garbage truck disposing garbage into the ravine or watershed that is ultimately drifting into the sea,” said Suama. (bud)

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Two Japanese tecnicians wait inside a train for the inauguration of the tunnel called the Marmaray in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013.

Istanbul’s new rail tunnel links Europe and Asia Associated Press Writer

The garbage is placed nest to the hospital entrance in Karangasem.

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Pergung residents worry to be toppled over by tower Negara (Bali Post)—

Cellular tower located near Pergung Square, Mendoyo, reaped a protest. It happened because the tower having been erected in 1996 was always coupled with transmitter attached to the tower. Adjacent residents worried if the transmitters in the tower would fell down. Even, some time ago people prevented the technicians who were about to install new equipment in the tower.

They requested the tower management to bring down the device.

Ketut Suwetra, one of the adjacent residents to the tower claimed that his party was never asked for any approval. Moreover, the dozen of years-old-tower was always added with communication devices.

Previously, only one device was attached, but later on it continued to be added so residents worried if the devices would fall down.

They worried if the tower would collapse and topple over their homes due to heavy burden. Moreover, the tower has long been established.

Suwentra claimed his roof tiles often broke due to falling object from the tower. As exasperated with the addition of device to the tower, not long ago people stopped the installation.

Even, a tension once occurred between the adjacent residents and the workers. Such incident could finally be mediated by a legislator of Jembrana House, I Putu Kamawijaya, who happened to be around

the location. They requested to stop the device addition before reaching an agreement with the adjacent residents. According to the plan, the meeting was held last Monday (Oct 28). However, so far the meeting had not been held. “Until now, there has been no meeting,” said Suwetra.

On the other hand, the management of the tower, Putu Gede Sulantara, said his party wanted the issue would not drag on. His party scheduled a meeting with local residents on Monday (Oct 28) but the residents did not come. Thus, the meeting was postponed until next Wednesday. He wanted the problem could be resolved quickly and well. (kmb26)

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Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge defendants deny charges Associated Press Writer

WASTE production increasingly soars. The Regent of Karangasem, I Wayan Geredeg, some time ago had to speak loudly. It happened because the waste management had been started by customary village in Karangasem. In contrast, no one cared about the waste at tourist attractions as he saw in one of the locations at Candidasa. Plastic waste overflowed and huddled in a banana garden even it was situated in front of and next to a hotel.

From observation, the plastic waste indeed overflowed. Lately, the location of garbage disposal looked to be installed with a banner containing the prohibition of littering.

However, the garbage had not been cleared and was still piling up.

Garbage disposed beyond the proper location could also be seen at the edge of main road section in the area of Kubu and Abang subdistrict.

At Culik village, there were two locations of illegal waste disposal under bamboo clusters in the north of local market as well as at Batang riverbank. Village authority had posted a notice banning residents from disposing garbage at both locations.

However, garbage still looked to spill there. At the edge of main road in Kubu, garbage was disposed into the ravine by the river, precisely near or in front of the existing school.

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ISTANBUL — Turkey has opened an underwater railway tunnel linking Europe and Asia, and the two sides of Istanbul, realizing a plan initially proposed by an Ottoman sultan about 150 years ago. The Marmaray tunnel runs under the Bosporus, the strait that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and divides Istanbul between Asia and Europe. The tunnel is 13.6 kilometers (8.5 miles) long, including an underwater stretch of 1.4 kilometers (4,593 feet).

It is among a number of large infrastructure projects under the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that have helped boost the economy but also have provoked a backlash of public protest. “I wish from God that the Marmaray that we are inaugurating will be a benefit to our Istanbul, to our country, to all of humanity,” Erdogan said at the opening ceremony.

Officials hope that with up to 1.5 million passengers a day, the tunnel will ease some of Istanbul’s chronic traffic, particularly over the two bridges linking the two sides of the city. A more distant dream is that the tunnel may become part of a new train route for rail travel between Western Europe and China.

The underwater portion of

the tunnel wasn’t dug, but was dropped in sections to the sea bottom — the immersed-tube method used around the world.

Turkish officials say that at more than 55 meters (180 feet) deep, it is the world’s deepest railway tunnel of its type. Started in 2005 and scheduled to be completed in four years, the project was delayed by important archaeological finds, including a 4th century Byzantine port, as builders began digging under the city.

Rejecting any fears that the tunnel could be vulnerable to earthquakes in a region of high seismic activity, Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim said that it is designed to withstand a massive 9.0 magnitude quake. He calls it “the safest place in Istanbul.” The tube sections are joined by flexible

joints that can withstand shocks.

Ottoman Sultan Abdulmejid is said to have proposed the idea of a tunnel under the Bosporus about a century and a half ago. One of his successors, Abdulhamid, had architects submit proposals in 1891, but the plans were not carried out.

The tunnel is just one of Erdogan’s large-scale plans. They include a separate tunnel being built under the Bosporus for passenger cars, a third bridge over the strait, the world’s biggest airport, and a massive canal that would bypass the Bosporus.

The projects have provoked charges that the government is plunging ahead with citychanging plans without sufficient public consultation. The concern fueled protests that swept Turkey in June.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The last two surviving leaders of Cambodia’s radical Khmer Rouge regime still on trial for genocide and other war crimes issued their final defense Thursday, distancing themselves from the deaths of more than 1.7 million people who died during their rule.

Former head of state Khieu Samphan, 87, and 82-year-old Nuon Chea, the Khmer Rouge’s chief ideologist and No. 2 leader, both made lengthy closing statements at the U.N.-backed tribunal in the capital, Phnom Penh.

A verdict is not expected in the AP Photo/Extraordinary Chambers in the case until the first half of next year, Courts of Cambodia, Mark Peters more than two years after the trial Khieu Samphan. began.

Shortly after seizing Phnom Penh in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge forced an estimated 1 million people — even hospital patients — out of the capital, herding them en masse into the countryside in an effort to create a communist agrarian utopia.

By the time the bizarre experiment ended in 1979 with a Vietnamese invasion, close to 2 million people were dead, most from starvation, medical neglect, slave-like working conditions and execution. Their bodies were dumped in shallow mass graves that still dot the country today.

“It is easy to say that I should have known everything, I should have understood everything, and thus I could have intervened or rectified the situation at the time,” Khieu Samphan defiantly told the court. “Do you really think that that was what I wanted to happen to my people?” “The reality was that I did not have any power,” he said.

Nuon Chea also defended his actions, saying he never ordered Khmer Rouge cadres “to mistreat or kill people to deprive them of food or commit any genocide.” Unlike Khieu Samphan, however, Nuon Chea accepted “moral responsibility” for the deaths, repeating previous efforts to distance himself from actual crimes.

Bodies of 87 migrants found in Niger desert

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Niamey - Rescuers have found the decomposed bodies of 87 people stranded in the harsh Niger desert, most of them children and some eaten by jackals, in the world’s latest African migrant tragedy.

The victims, nearly all of them women and children, had been trying to reach neighbouring Algeria but are believed to have died of thirst when their trucks broke down, according to a senior security source in Niger.

Almoustapha Alhacen, from local aid organisation Aghir In’man, gave a graphic account of the grim discovery on Wednesday about a dozen kilometres (miles) from the Algerian border. “The corpses were decomposed; it was horrible,” he said.

“We found them in different locations in a 20-kilometre (12-mile) radius and in small groups, often under trees, or under the sun. Sometimes a mother and children, but some lone children too.”

Among the 87 bodies were 48 children, 32 women and seven men, the security official said, adding to the bodies of five women and young children found earlier. Some of the bodies were “devoured by jackals or other wild beasts,” said Alhacen. The discovery comes just weeks after a shipwreck disaster off the Italian island of Lampedusa on October 3, which saw 366 Africans perish when their boat caught fire and capsized.

All the Niger victims died in early October after a failed attempt to reach Algeria across the inhospitable Sahara desert that covers about 80 percent of the country, one of the world’s poorest.

The bodies were buried according to Muslim rites as and when they were found, added Alhacen. Nigerien officials had said on Monday that dozens of migrants, most of them women and children, had died of thirst in the desert.

Migrants stranded after vehicles broke down

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and morbid fascination with black culture, said Eric Lott, a visiting American studies professor at City University of New York’s graduate center. Among the most prominent examples: Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor.

“It’s constantly a form of entertainment that backs itself into all kinds of trouble, whether political trouble around slavery or a kind of mental trouble having to do with fantasizing about black people,” said Lott, who wrote the 1993 book “Love & Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy & the American Working Class.”

As for Hough, he said: “It’s just a stupid thing to do. It’s a racist thing to do. What blackface does is give the white people privilege of representing black people, of taking black images and treating them as a thing owned.”

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This 1920s image shows comedian Eddie Cantor wearing blackface while performing “If You Knew Susie.” Historically, blackface emerged in the mid-19th century, representing a combination of put-down, fear and morbid fascination with black culture.

Olympic Team USA uniforms get Made in USA label Associated Press Writer

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This product image provided

by Ralph Lauren shows an American flag sweater, part of the official gear of the U.S. Olympic team.

NEW YORK — Team USA will now wear the Made in the USA label. Every article of clothing made by Ralph Lauren for the U.S. Winter Olympic athletes in Sochi, including their opening and closing ceremony uniforms and their Olympic Village gear, has been made by domestic craftsman and manufacturers.

During the 2012 games in London, it was a flashpoint in the media and among Washington politicians that much of the U.S. apparel was made overseas, especially in China.

Ralph Lauren Corp., which has been making most of the athletes’ clothes since 2008 when it took over from Canadian clothier Roots, got the message.

“We have worked incredibly hard as a company to go across America to find the best partners to help us produce the Olympic uniforms at the highest quality for the best athletes in the world,” said David Lauren, the company’s executive vice president of advertising, marketing and corporate communications.

They used more than 40 vendors, from ranchers in the rural West to yarn spinners in Pennsylvania to sewers in New York’s Garment District for the closing ceremony outfits unveiled Tuesday. The ensemble includes a navy peacoat with a red stripe, a classic ski

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NEW YORK — Is donning blackface to dress up as a favorite TV character ever OK for Halloween? How about a bloody hoodie and blackface for a costume riff on the slain teen Trayvon Martin, or full-on minstrel at a splashy Africa-themed party for the fashion elite in Milan? or demeaning to anyone in any way. I realize my costume hurt and offended people and I truly apologize.”

There’s a fine line between mockery and tribute — and it’s a line that blackface has the power to obliterate, said Marita Sturken, professor of media, culture and communication at New York University.

“It’s never something very simple, and if you’re going to don a costume and put on a black face there’s no possibility of nuance there,” she said. “It doesn’t matter that it was a character from a TV show. That doesn’t get her off the hook. If she’s going to put some substance on her face, that constitutes blackface and this incredibly complicated history gets evoked.”

Historically, blackface emerged in the mid-19th century, representing a combination of put-down, fear

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Brunei, Timor Leste leaders confirm participation on BDF

Blackface costumes revive controversy at Halloween Each of those costumes made headlines this Halloween season.

And the answer to each, African studies and culture experts said, is never.

“The painful history of minstrelsy is not that long ago for us to think that now, somehow, we can do it differently or do it better,” said Yaba Blay, co-director of Africana Studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Julianne Hough found that out the hard way. She apologized on Twitter over the weekend amid criticism for darkening her skin for a costume as Crazy Eyes from “Orange is the New Black” at a Hollywood bash.

Hough explained on Twitter: “I am a huge fan of the show Orange is the New black, actress Uzo Aduba, and the character she has created. It certainly was never my intention to be disrespectful

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sweater with a reindeer motif and a hand-sewn American flag, and a tasseled chunky-knit hat.

(Individual clothes for competition are made by different, mostly athletic-gear brands, depending on the sport, technical aspects and sponsorship deals. Those outfits didn’t seem part of the earlier overseas outcry, but some companies, such as The North Face, which is making the freeskiing uniforms, have committed to U.S. manufacturing, too.)

Figure skater Evan Lysacek, who won gold in Vancouver in 2010, said the ceremonial uniforms make the athletes stand a little prouder.

“As an athlete, the clothing means even more than you’d think. The training, the sacrifices, the lifestyle, which is not glamorous and can be grueling and trying at times, all seem to come together in the moment when you realize you are part of the Olympic team,” he said. “The moment you put on those first pieces of the American team clothes, you feel like it’s real.”

Moving production to the U.S., though, was a lesson in the state of American manufacturing. It was hard to come by facilities that could create the quantity and quality needed for the Olympic uniforms and the versions that will be sold to the public, David Lauren said. As a result, there are fewer pieces in the collection for 2014.

KUTA - Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Hassanal Bolkiah and Timor Leste’s President Taur Matan Ruak have confirmed their participation in the Sixth Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) to be held in Nusa Dua, Bali, on November 7-8, 2013.

The two neighboring countries’ leaders and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono are scheduled to land at Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, on November 6, the airport’s operational head, Major Eko Adi Nugroho, said Wednesday.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to officially open the Forum.

This year, the theme of the Forum is “Consolidating Democracy in Pluralistic Society”.

The BDF sessions will include a general debate and interactive sessions presenting two ministers as the panelists to discuss two sub-themes of BDF VI, namely “Conducting Free and Fair Elections” and “Building and Strengthening Democratic Institutions”.

BDF aims to develop and intensify dialogs on democracy for improving mutual understanding and appreciation among various nations.

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Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Hassanal Bolkiah during APEC Summit dinner on Island of Bali early October 2013. Bolkiah and Timor Leste’s President Taur Matan Ruak have confirmed their participation in the Sixth Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) to be held in Nusa Dua, Bali, on November 7-8, 2013.

Investment must not be directed to tourism Bali Post

DENPASAR - Unavoidably tourism still becomes a reliable investment prospect in Bali, but the potential in the agricultural, horticultural and maritime

sector are also worth becoming a mainstay. A number of economists and agricultural experts judge that it will be very nice if the future investments are directed to combine the tourism,

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Tourists enjoying ricefield scenery while riding bike in Bali Island. Unavoidably tourism still becomes a reliable investment prospect in Bali, but the potential in the agricultural, horticultural and maritime sector are also worth becoming a mainstay.

agricultural, plantation and maritime sector through a synergy.

An economic observer, Viraguna Bagoes Oka, for example, when contacted said that Bali had been transformed into one of the world’s icons or main destinations of various foreign industries (businesses). It was no longer just for tourism, but it had rapidly expanded into the world of fantastic investment destination in line with the free market currently becoming the ‘tourism and beyond’ in the field of MICE, entertainment, automotive, airlines, education, brokerage, financial derivative, senior citizen wellness, property, super/mini market and restaurant within the past 3 to 4 years.

He recognized it was reflected in some indicators such as the number of foreign tourist arrival reaching 4.5 to 6 million in 2010 to 2012, domestic travelers at the average of 8 million and sharp population increase reaching up to 4 million in 2012.

“In line with that, the investment coming into Bali is increasingly unstoppable emerging in several purposes such as business-based investment (long term), speculation-based

investment (short-term), suspicious transaction-based investment or money laundering and old age destinationbased investment,” he explained.

To make Bali remain with the holistic branding, local wisdom and peace according to Tri Hita Karana concept and not due to the elements of greed and violation against the values to save Bali, it was required to do several things including the strategic and tactical commitment of the authorized parties over the policy, mandate holders and decision makers concretely based on vision, values and courage. “The leader is expected to be an example or role model who is qualified for the wider community leading to the real sustainable Bali, not just in the discourse seeking for power in the political situation,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the economic analyst from Udayana University, Dr. I Gusti Wayan Murjana Yasa, said that so far the development of investment in Bali seemed without control, especially in the three most populous regions such as Denpasar, Badung and Gianyar.

Seeing the condition of Bali starting to be invaded by investors, he considered the future investment should

be directed to develop the agriculture in broader sense to support the tourism development so that it could result in a mutually reinforcing synergy between the agriculture and tourism.

“However, it must be noted, the agricultural products in this qualification must meet international standards.

The agricultural products that can be worked on by foreign investors in Bali are such as orange, snakefruit, grape, durian, mango, mangosteen and strawberries,” he said.

Their investment could be directed to the increase of cultivation and marketing. It could be an advantage if the investors were building a fruit processing company because the fruit production would be abundant during harvest season. In addition to fruits, the agricultural investment in vegetable sector was also quite prospective.

“Strengthening the investment in the agriculture and plantation will create a strong foundation for the economy of Bali,” he said. Thus, if there was something undesirable happened to Bali tourism, the economy of Bali could rely on the sectors other than tourism. (kmb28)

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Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan must be arranged more seriously Singaraja (Bali Post)—

As a conservation area as well as the area frequented by tourists, the arrangement of Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan must be done more seriously. This was revealed when the Regent of Buleleng Putu Agus Suradnyana and leadership of the regional working units (SKPD) in Buleleng County conducted a joint visit to the two lakes, Wednesday (Oct 30).

In the joint visit, the regent and leadership of the regional working units had a closer look at the two lakes located side by side. Condition of the two lakes was still not organized properly in terms of environmental sanitation and facilities. For example, ubiquitous plastic waste was found at Lake Tamblingan. A number of trees formerly submerged in the lake water when it overflowed had been died and cut by local residents.

At Lake Buyan was also found some garbage and the resort area had not been nicely arranged. Moreover, at the edge of the lake was found a lot of dried mosses and water hyacinths that had not been cleaned up.

The Regent of Buleleng Putu

Agus Suradnyana said his party should indeed organize the area of Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan more seriously. Moreover, an imbalance currently occurred between the tourism at Lake Tamblingan and Lake Buyan in Buleleng County compared to Lake Beratan in Tabanan County whereas the three lakes were located in the same tourism line.

To excite the arrangement of the two lakes, his party planned to organize a Lake Buyan Festival in May 2014. It would be filled with various activities like trekking, tourism, agribusiness, arts and culture as well as nature and environmental conservation. (kmb15)

4 Oct Tilem Sasih Ketiga Odalan Ida Ratu Geng Penataran Agung Besakih Odalan Ida Ratu Raja Puraus di Merajan Seloding Besakih Pura Ulun Kulkuk Besakih

A fisherman is looking for fish in Lake Buyan

Mangupura (Bali Post)—

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In November, Mangupura as the capital of Badung County will enter the fourth year. But until now, the ‘look’ of Mangupura itself remains unclear. Infrastructure including the icon of the capital with the highest revenue in Bali remains very minimal.

“How the Mangupura Town looks like is not clear. There are no special features or icon indicating that we are entering the town area,” said Putu Parwata, a legislator in the Badung House.

This Secretary of Commission C admitted to appreciate the seriousness of the Badung government to arrange the territory, both in the construction of roads, sidewalks and arrangement of tourist attraction. Similar effort was also made to boost the economic growth of

the Badung community such as by raising investment, trade and other services, as well as the agricultural development in the broadest sense.

But according to him, arrangement of the Mangupura Town should also become the focus of Badung government. In this regard, the executive was requested to arrange the look of Mangupura in more details consisting of nine villages in Mengwi subdistrict. According to Parwata, an urban area should ideally have supporting facilities such as town parks, commercial centers, public areas for recreation and vacation as well as residential areas.

“This matter must be studied seriously.

The look of Mangupura Town should be studied carefully so that later on it has a city icon and people can really feel the urban atmosphere,” he said. (kmb25)

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Bali Dynasty Resort will hold their annual temple ceremony (known as “Odalan” on the 17th November 2013 with an elaborate religious ceremony. It is being held in accordance to the Balinese lunar calendar on the day of the full moon, which is considered an auspicious time for any type of ceremonial blessing or purification rite. The ceremony will be a lively occasion featuring offerings of fruit and flowers as well as colourful decorations. A Hindu priest will lead the proceedings with sacred chants, smoky wafts of incense and splashes of holy water. Participating staff members, dressed in their finest traditional attire, will partake in a session of communal prayers seeking peaceful times ahead and ongoing success for the Bali Dynasty Resort all about maintaining a harmonious balance between all of the forces of the physical, spiritual and unseen worlds. Therefore, offerings and prayers are an essential part of any Balinese ceremonial ritual.

Calendar Event for October 4 through 28 , 2013

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A temple anniversary is a religious festival that not only commemorates the founding date of a new shrine but also appeases the Gods and the other elements that influence the very existence of mankind. Hinduism is

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6 Oct Saniscara Pon Julungwangi Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Kayuputih Buleleng 8 Oct Anggarkasih Julungwangi Pura Tirtaharum Tegalwangi Bangli Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit Buleleng Pura Dalem Waturenggong Taro Tegalalang Pura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanasari Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup Pura manik Bingin Sidemen 9 Oct Buda Umanis Julungwangi Pura Penetaran Gana Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande Bangli Pura Puncaksari Pdi Sangeh Abiansemal Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi Sidan Gianyar Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Jakatebel Merajan Pasek Prateka Batusesa Merajan Jeroan Dauh Cemenggon Cemenggon Pura Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan Singaraja.

Merajan Pasek Subadra Kramas-Gianyar Pura Dalem Maya Blahbatuh Gianyar Linggih Bhatara Kayu Selem Besakih 17 Oct Wraspati Wage Sungsang Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Pura Siang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Petemon Merajan Pasek Gelgel Melinggih Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih 19 Oct Purnama Sasih Kapat Bathara Tiga Sakti Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Meru Cakra Lombok Pura Lempuyang Madya Karangasem Pura Penerejon Kintamani Pura Pulaki Buleleng Pura Tirta Empul Tampak Siring Pura Puseh, Pura Desa, Pura Penataran, Pura

Luhuring Akasa, Bhatara Hyang Basukih Desa Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Tirta Negari Singapadu Pura Puseh, Desa, Penataran Tangsub Sukawati Pura Penataran Agung Tegallalang Pura Desa Denjalan, Tegaltamu, Tegehe, Batu Yang lan Batuaji Batubulan Pura Puseh Singakerta Ubud Pura Nataran Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Bakuang Ceningan Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Getas Kawan Kedewataan Ubud Pura Agung Dukuh Sakti Pangku Subami Braban Pura Pasek Gelgel Carik Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Klanting Dukuh Krambitan Pura Pasek Bendesa Mas Gadungan Selemadeg Pura Agung Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Selemadeg Pura Penataran Pasek Kayu Putih Bandem Karangasem Pura Puseh Werdi Agung Bolang Mangondow Sulut Pura Dukuh Segening Wangsiang Karangasem Pura Dalem Khayangan Arya Gajahpara Sukaluwih Tejakula Buleleng Pura Pasraman Suci Renon Denpasar Pura Penataran Agung Kertabumi Taman Mini Indonesia Indah Jakarta Pura Luhur Waisnawa Asah Badung Sepang Buleleng Pura Ulun Danu Batur Songan Kintamani Pura Agung Bhuwana Skyline Jayapura Papua Pura Dalem Bengkel Banjar Benoh Ubung Denpasar Merajan Suci Geriya Penataran Banjar Gemeh Denpasar Pura Pejengaji Tegalalang Pura Panti PasekGelgel Desa Meliling Kerambitan Pura Pejenengan Dukuh Ogan Desa Sangkan Gunung Rendang Karangasem Pura Dadia Dukuh Segening Desa Swastika Buana Saputih Banyak Lampung Tengah Pura Dukuh Sakti Belatung Kukuh Kerambitan Pura Gumang (Bukit Juru) Desa Bugbug Karangasem Pura Kawitan Arya Samping Banjar Langon Kapal Pura Pejenengan Pule Sari Desa Dukuh Sidemen Karangasem Pura Segara Penimbangan Banjar Galiran Desa Bakti Seraga Buleleng Pura Puseh Yeh Ulakan Desa Suana Nusa Penida Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah Desa Batur Kintamani

Pura Pasek Tangkas Kori Agung Kukuh kerambitan Pura Penataran Ubud Pura Luhur Giri Kusuma Dauh Peken Blahbatuh Pemerajan Agung Jambe Guwang Sukawati Pura Taman Sari Busungbiu Busungbiu Buleleng Pura Giri Jagat Nata Ketewel Sukawati Pura Dang Khayangan Penataran Agung BaturningMambal Abiansemal 22 Oct Penampahan Galungan

23 Oct Hari Raya Galungan Pura Wakika Kupang, NTT Pura Agung Girinatha Sumbawa Besar NTB Pura Dukuh Sakti Dukuh Kediri-Tabanan Pura Atambuananta Kutamba NTT Pura Webananta Kupang, NTT Pura Giripati Mulawarman Pontianak Pura Mustika Dharma Cijantung I Jakarta Timur Pura Mustika Dharma Kompleks Kopassus Cijantung Jakarta Timur.

24 Oct Wraspati Umanis Dungulan Pura Watukaru Tabanan Pura Lempuyang Luhur Karangasem Pura Kentel Gumi Klungkung Pura Pasek Gaduh Umadesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Kubayan Wangaya Gede Penebel Tabanan Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Tiyingan Merajan Pasek Gaduh Umadesa.

25 Oct Sukra Paing Dungulan Pura Ulun Suwi Jimbaran, Badung Pura Luhur Cemenggon, Sukawati Pura Pasek Ubung Denpasar 26 Oct Saniscara Pon Dungulan Pura Segara Jembrana Pura Dalem Gede Losan Klungkung 27 Oct Redite Paing Kuningan Pura Dalem Tegal Tamu Sekar Mukti Batubulan Pura Kubayan Umagunung Sempidi Badung 28 Oct Soma Kliwon Kuningan Pura Desa Gelgel Klungkung Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Sawah Selemadeg Pura Pemerajan Agung Benawah Kangin Gianyar Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Pelapuan Busungbiu Pura Kahyangan Tulus Desa Apuan

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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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LOS ANGELES — Every year about this time, millions of turkeys are fattened up so American households can chow them down. But in “Free Birds,” two brave turkeys make it their mission to travel back in time and get their breed off the Thanksgiving menu.

In this amusing but occasionally distasteful animated feature from visual effects studio Reel FX, turkeys Reggie (Owen Wilson) and Jake (Woody Harrelson) strive for heroism and bank some notably kooky buddy comedy along the way.

We’re introduced to Reggie, a rather astute turkey living on a farm with his lackadaisical flock. With Thanksgiving on the way, he attempts to warn the other birds, with whom he desperately wants to fit in, that they’ll soon be dinner if they don’t wise up. As a result, his flock deems him the “anti-corn.”

However, they soon discover Reggie is right, then toss him out of the coop to be slaughtered. To his luck, he is scooped up by a peppy little redhead who convinces her father, the president of the United States (who sounds a lot like a Bill Clinton), that Reggie will be the year’s “pardoned turkey.”

Off in a helicopter to Camp David, Reggie begins to settle into his new life filled with channel surfing and pizza when he’s abruptly snatched by a fellow turkey, the

buff and buoyant Jake. Jake believes it’s their destiny to find a time machine for a trip back to the first Thanksgiving to ensure turkeys don’t become the main dish.

Their dynamic is instantly amusing: Jake lacks the brains, but is equipped with the brawn, while the quick-witted Reggie approaches things logically. Still, Jake manages to coax Reggie into a large, egg-shaped time machine. But before they travel back through time, Jake leads Reggie in a victory dance and the two lock feathers. The groove is a bit homoerotic, which prompts Reggie to crassly brand Jake “weird.”

Once in the time machine, appropriately voiced by “Star Trek” vet George Takei, they’re off to Plymouth Colony, November 1621, where they are welcomed by guntoting colonists looking to feast.

The two escape just in time, saved by Jenny (Amy Poehler), a pretty young female turkey and the sassy daughter of the head of the local flock. The groundwork is thus laid for Reggie and Jenny’s love story, with Jenny set up as a strong female charac-

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This image released by Relativity Media shows Reggie, voiced by Owen Wilson in a scene from the animated film “Free Birds.” ter for the little ladies in the audience.

After presenting their best arguments to rile up the local flock and change the course of history, Reggie and Jake successfully destroy the colonists’ weapons. During the battle that follows, we are taken on another journey through time, which results in a big cheer-raising climax.

‘Zombies’ swarm Tokyo Tower in Halloween stunt

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TOKYO — A zombie swarm in Tokyo? Why not, it’s Halloween. Led by a former sumo grand champion, about 1,000 beauty schools students and Halloween fun-seekers descended on Tokyo Tower — the Japanese capital’s most iconic landmark — on Thursday in a “zombie attack” organized by Fox International Channels, Japan, to mark the beginning in the country of Season 4 of the popular TV show “The Walking Dead.”

Replete with black eyes, bloodsoaked clothes and enough open wounds to fill several emergency rooms, the “zombies” covered the grounds of the tower in central Tokyo after making their way across town on buses and trains — much to the surprise of unsuspecting onlookers.

Halloween is popular in Japan, and Tokyo’s subways are often crowded with partygoers in full costume on Halloween night.

“Our only concern is that somebody might see all these zombies and have a heart attack,” said Dan Smith, a Fox producer who thought up the stunt.

Leading the zombie charge was Chad Rowan, who is famous in Japan under his sumo name, Akebono.

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DENPASAR - Statement of the Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, that the Decree No.1727 (the Decree on reclamation of volume 2) was automatically superseded and was unnecessary to be revoked after the issuance of the feasibility study result by the Udayana University declaring the reclamation in Benoa Bay unfit drew criticism of the Forum of Balinese People Rejecting Reclamation (ForBali) and Bali Dwipa Care Forum (FPBD). Governor was accused of breaking his promise and maneuvering again to deceive Balinese people by stating if the reclamation issue had been over but he did not want to revoke the Decree No.1727 as considered to automatically void.

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Former sumo grand champion Akebono, far left, and other participants wearing zombie makeups, perform during a Halloween event at Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013.

Rowan, who is now a pro wrestler, is the first foreigner to reach sumo’s highest rank and stands 203 centimeters tall (6-foot-8).

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kyo,” said Rowan, who was dressed in black and had his face made up to look like he had two large gashes on his forehead. “It’s so unusual to be able to do something like this here.”

“The governor may not break his promise and there should be no longer maneuver to deceive Balinese people by stating if the reclamation has been ended but he does not want to revoke the Decree No.1727 with the pretext it has automatically voided,” said ForBali Coordinator Wayan ‘Gendo’ Suardana and Chief of FPBD Gede Bangun Nusantara in Denpasar.

ForBali asked for the promise of Pastika to revoke all the permits associated with the Benoa Bay reclamation when the results of the feasibility study by the Udayana University stated that it was not worth reclaiming. “If the decree is not

revoked means the governor has no goodwill to end the Benoa Bay reclamation plan although he has said to have ended after results of the feasibility study by the Udayana University was issued. Even, he requested there must be no longer rejection and demonstration. We in the ForBali do not want to be deceived to the umpteenth time,” Gendo said.

Similarly, his party did not want any maneuvers made by Governor Pastika either the maneuver of issues or maneuver of policy giving impression as if the reclamation was over whereas the Decree No.1727 had not been revoked. “What

happening today is maneuver of issues, there is a reversal issue as if the governor is willing to discontinue the reclamation process so he hoped there would be no more demonstrations on the rejection.

Legally, there is no written evidence if the reclamation has been really closed. As long as the Decree No.1727 has not been revoked, it means the reclamation plan can still continue. We do no longer want to be ridiculed like the revocation of the Decree No.2138 but it was then issued a new decree (Decree No.1727) which gives the same opportunity to reclamation,” he said.

According to Gendo, when Governor Pastika said to stop the reclamation process but there was no revocation to the Decree No.1727 it was far more hazardous. Since the decree lasted for two years, and during which it was not revoked, it meant the decree remained in force.

“The governor could not say if the decree was automatically voided and did not need to be revoked. When he insisted on saying if the decree was automatically voided, it could be true. However, there should be the material in the form of revocation in legal manner. Otherwise, the decree is still formally valid for two years,” he concluded.

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