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Finance Minister Agus D.W. Martowardojo (right) talks with Secretariat General Deputy of Organisation For Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Richard Boucher during the opening session of Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance at Nusa Dua, Bali.

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By maintaining the security stability and complying with the practices of corporate governance in accordance with the applicable international standards, Indonesia is believed not to be affected by the debt crisis happening in the European countries. It was revealed in the 2011 Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance (ARCG) organized in Nusa Dua, Monday (Oct 3). This event involved 34 countries and was supported by 2,500 staff.

Finance Minister of the RI Agus Martowardojo after the opening speech of the conference said that Indonesia should be able to maintain the security stability and the economic stability. By doing so, the impact of crisis in Europe would not spread up to Indonesia.

“On that account, the good corporate governance would not be affected by the debt crisis engulfing the European countries today,” he said.

The crisis occurred in Europe, according to Martowardojo, was a result of inadvertent debt and fiscal management causing the quality deterioration in the financial system and the crisis of confidence. Therefore, it was required the good corporate governance.

“Over the past 10 years we have built corporate

governance, not only in private but also in government sector. I have great confidence if we will not be affected because our trading partners lead to the market of Japan, China, Korea and India and no longer to Europe and the United States,” he said.

Alluding to the ARCG event first held in 1999, he said it denoted a regional forum to share experiences and develop the practice of corporate management by introducing the use of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

“Here we promote policies that can improve the economic conditions and social welfare all over the world. Similarly, it is also to realize the strong, clean and fair world’s economy,” he explained.

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At least 65 dead in Mogadishu blast Reuters

MOGADISHU - An explosion outside government buildings in Mogadishu Tuesday killed at least 65 people and wounded 50, the coordinator of the capital’s ambulance service said.

“We have carried 65 dead bodies and 50 injured people,” Ali Muse told Reuters. “Some are still lying there.

Most of the people have burns.”

He said students, soldiers and civilians were among the dead.

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Bali News Landslide at Tirtagangga

AmlapuraSingaraja route jammed four hours Amlapura (Bali Post) –

The gorge on the north of Tirtagangga, Abang, Karangasem last Monday (3/10) around 6 am local time collapsed covering a road causing Amlapura-Singaraja route closed for four hours. Luckily no casualties LQ WKLV LQFLGHQW DV WKDW PRUQLQJ WKH WUDIÂżF ZDV VWLOO TXLHW \HW ORFDOV ZHUH IXULRXV 7UDIÂżF 2IÂżFHU OHG E\ $U\D ' WKHQ GLYHUWHG WUDIÂżF WKURXJK Padangkerta to the west towards Ababi or through Pandan route that goes through Ababi.

Workers then brought a vehicle that removes stones and soils from the East gorge to the border of a rice field, managed to end by 10 am local time. This area is known to have five sensitive landslides point especially

The Green Zone violation which happen in Denpasar area.

Green Zone violation reached 50 percent

DW %HULQD 7LVWD 9LOODJH PRUHRYHU fractured roads could threaten safety with the coming rainy season. Last year a landslide also happened in a rainy day with huge rocks ca using roads covered. (013)

Weak agriculture organisations ignored Denpasar (Bali Post) –

As agriculture has been positioned in VXSSRUWLQJ %DOLÂśV WRXULVP LW FDXVHG WKHP squashed. Udayana University agriculture expert, Alit Susanta, when contacted by %DOL 3RVW ODVW 0RQGD\ VWDWHG WKHUH should be government, private and public DWWHQWLRQ DV FRQVXPHUV RQ %DOLÂśV DJULFXOWXUH What’s more to maximise so, Supriadi’s knowing that agriculture lands in cities day Denpasar (Bali Post) – The violation has gone too far in Denpasar in party fraction, PDI-P, hoped that DTRP will add by day gone one by one due to changing NHHSLQJ ]HUR SHUFHQW EXLOGLQJ EDVH FRHIÂżFLHQW more to who supervises from four to 20 people. function such as housing causing high At least 50 percent have been not kept as a green With that at least for each sub district there are price lands. Farms that have been managed ]RQH +HDG RI &RPPLVVLRQ % RI 'HQSDVDU +RXVH ÂżYH ZRUNHUV RQ GXW\ LQ VXSHUYLVLQJ Âł)RU VXUH traditionally can’t keep up with the high of Representatives, Eko Supriadi, when met last government has to be clear and brave in taking land tax applied. “All this time the price 0RQGD\ DW KLV RIÂżFH VWDWHG WKHUH VKRXOG action to these violations,â€? another Commission of farm land tax on tourism areas are the same with villas taxes. At least when they be a clear action from the government in saving % PHPEHU $U\D 6DSXWUD VWDWHG In other hand, Head of DTRP Denpasar, Ir. are trying to limit selling its managed land, what’s left. Moreover Denpasar Housing and Spatial Planning (DTRP) Agency should form , 0DGH .XVXPD 'LSXWUD 0 7 FRQÂżUPHG WKH there should be a compensation or award a supervision team to prevent another violation situation yet he admitted have taken action many to them such as 0 percent tax and help happening. “What happened so far, if there’s a time on the public to those who violate. He sated them in selling their products with suitable YLRODWLRQ D ÂżUVW WR WKLUG ZDUQLQJ OHWWHU ZDV JLYHQ that this can’t be done by only his agency and prices. We can’t push them in selling their and then it was handover to Peace and Order needs others to involve as well. For the sugges- lands yet its best to give something when Agency to take action. This is too much and tions, he agreed well and will apply it in the hope they managed to save their land moreover SURWHFWLQJ %DOL IRRGVÂś QHHGV ´ $OLW VWDWHG violation will decrease. (kmb12) should be cut,â€? Supriadi stated.

Changing function should be regulated under awig-awig (traditional laws) and regional ones which could be a step in SURWHFWLQJ %DOLœV IRRG QHHGV UHPHPEHULQJ many tourists don’t go to hotels and made villas instead. Over imported rice also cause worry. One step that could be right for now is creating an agriculture organisation which has the facility and information that are needed for the farmers which hoped will help them especially in selling their products straight to Dolog instead of suppliers.

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Makeshift transport policy

It’s time for Bali to think of subway Denpasar (Bali Post)—

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Any measure would always be in short term and did not side with the public. “Based on comparison to a number of major cities in the world along with an analytical attitude and Bali visionary perspective on the prosperous Bali in 25 to 50 years to come, then there is no alternative but the policy makersof Bali shoulddaretotakeadrasticdecisionbut side with the public namely by building D 0DVV 5DSLG 7UDQVLW 6XEZD\ 0576

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IRU 6RXWKHUQ %DOL LQFOXGLQJ 'HQSDVDU Badung,Tabanan, Gianyar and Klungkung,� he said.

IftherehadbeensubwayinBali,he said, people would choose the mode of subway transit to depart and go home form location of activities. To that end, the use of cars and motorcycles on asphalt would not increase, but would HYHQ UHGXFH +H DI¿UPHG WKH VXEZD\ SRVHG DQ H[SHQVLYH VWUDWHJLF SURMHFW EXW it should become a top priority because LW VLGHG ZLWK WKH SHRSOH DW ODUJH 6XEZD\ FRXOG KHOS PHHW WKH QHHGV RI ZRUNHU factory workers, students, young professionalsandmiddletolowerpeopleto leave and come home from workplace or study in a location or the nearest VWDWLRQ IURP WKHLU UHVLGHQFH ³6XEZD\ is the infrastructure favoring to people and a long term solution. It is not for the sake of people driving a car or upper middle strata,� he said.

tions based on a rigorous business FDOFXODWLRQ IRU WKH QH[W \HDUV The project could be realized in the form of working contract with the Bali Government and supported by the people of Bali represented by the Bali House. “If there is possibility to get soft loan, the subway construction should be an option that must be prioritized,â€? he said. $V IRU 7UDQV 6DUEDJLWD WUDQVSRUWDtion mode launched by Bali GovernPHQW QRW ORQJ DJR 3XWUD $VWDPDQ affirmed the solution to parse the WUDIÂżF FRQJHVWLRQ DOVR SRVHG D VKRUW term solution. Adding the bus would automatically increase the number of vehicles jostling for space on the road. Moreover, if the increasing rate of vehicle in Bali could not be VXSSUHVVHG WKHQ WKH 7UDQV 6DUEDJLWD ZRXOG DOVR SRWHQWLDOO\ H[DFHUEDWH WKH WUDIILF FRQJHVWLRQ 8OWLPDWHO\ Balinese community would be ‘persecuted’ because most of their time Short term 3XWUD $VWDPDQ GLG QRW UHMHFW WKDW ZDV ZDVWHG RQ WKH URDG GXH WR WUDIÂżF VXFK H[SHQVLYH VXEZD\ FRQVWUXFWLRQ congestion. As consequence, the fuel would probably not get priority in consumption turned lavish and it was the state budget and there was no potential to result in stress. “It is time capability for the regional budget to for Bali to think of subway as the best fund. Nevertheless, this transporta- VROXWLRQ 6XEZD\ LV LQGHHG H[SHQVLYH tion infrastructure was very likely to However, it can be realized if there is be funded by private parties trusted political will from the leaders of Bali to E\ WKH ZRUOG FODVV ÂżQDQFLDO LQVWLWX- realize the idea,â€? he said. (kmb13)

6HSWHPEHU LQâ€ŤŰŒâ€ŹDWLRQ LQ 'HQSDVDU UHDFKHV SHUFHQW Denpasar (Bali Post)—

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RI %DOL UHFRUGHG WKDW LQĂ€DWLRQ LQ 'HQSDVDU LQ 6HSWHPEHU UHDFKHG SHUFHQW ZKLFK ZDV still largely contributed by the price hike of rice. +HDG RI %36 %DOL , *GH 6Xarsa, said in Denpasar on Monday 2FW WKH JUHDWHVW LQĂ€DWLRQ ZDV LQĂ€XHQFHG E\ ULFH DPRXQWLQJ WR 0.2505 percent of the rise in food JURXS LQGH[ LQ 6HSWHPEHU FRPLQJ to 158.58. “Increase in the rice price poses the triggering factor RI LQĂ€DWLRQ LQ 6HSWHPEHU ZKHUH the results of monitoring at a number of traditional markets like at Badung and Kereneng Market VKRZHG WKDW ,5 3XWUL 6HMDWL

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health (0.02 percent), and education, sports and recreation (0.04 percent). Meanwhile, the groups XQGHUJRLQJ LQGH[ GHFOLQH ZHUH foodstuff (0.54 percent) as well as transportation, communicaWLRQV DQG ÂżQDQFLDO VHUYLFHV percent). )XUWKHUPRUH 6XDUVD GHVFULEHG that other than rice, the rate of LQĂ€DWLRQ ZDV DOVR LQĂ€XHQFHG E\ the price hike of a number of RWKHU FRPPRGLWLHV GXULQJ 6HStember such as the cooking oil, red snapper, red chili, water spinach,

spinach, sweet bread, cigarettes, air transportation and gold. MeanZKLOH WKH FRPPRGLWLHV H[SHULHQFing decline in price were chicken meat, eggs, garlic, onion, small chili, intra-city transportation service and cell phones. “Other WKDQ UDWH RI LQĂ€DWLRQ UHDFKLQJ SHUFHQW WKH LQĂ€DWLRQ UDWH IURP -DQXDU\ WR 6HSWHPEHU ZDV SHUFHQW DQG \HDU RQ \HDU LQĂ€DWLRQ rate was 4.40 percent,â€? he said. If VRUWHG IURP WKH KLJKHVW LQĂ€DWLRQ then Denpasar ranked 44th of 45 FLWLHV H[SHULHQFLQJ WKH LQĂ€DWLRQ %DVHG RQ WKH &RQVXPHU 3ULFH ,QGH[ &3, DPRQJ WKH FLWLHV WKH KLJKHVW LQĂ€DWLRQ RFFXUUHG LQ 6LQJNDZDQJ SHUFHQW DQG the lowest occurred in Bogor (0.01 percent). In the meantime, WKH KLJKHVW GHĂ€DWLRQ ZDV LQ 3DOX SHUFHQW DQG WKH ORZHVW LQ 6XPHQHS SHUFHQW (bit)

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The dried dam is seen at Banyubiru, Jembrana

Three dams at Banyubiru have dried up 7KUHH GDPV RI %DQ\XELUX ORFDWHG LQ 1HJDUD 6XEGLVWULFW KDYH dried up since last June. The water discharge usually above 200 centimeters has now been almost zero and cannot irrigate tens of subak territories at Banyubiru, Baluk and Tegal Badeng Village.

2EVHUYDWLRQ PDGH RQ 0RQGD\ 2FW DW WKH %DQ\XELUX 'DP II at the frontier of Baluk Village, the height of water only inGLFDWHG FHQWLPHWHUV ,Q QRUPDO VLWXDWLRQ LW XVXDOO\ UHDFKHG 100-150 centimeters. In addition, the iron sluice on the right and left side had already broken as it had rusted. When the river was flooding the water level could reach 250 centimeters. According to the guard officer of Banyubiru Dam II, Made Riasa, the condition had taken place since last June or five months. Water LQ WKH GDP ZDV XVHG WR LUULJDWH WKH ULFH ILHOGV DW 6XEDN .HPEDU covering 42 hectares, but since last May it had no longer grown rice because there was no water. ³/DVW \HDU WKH GDP GULHG XS XQWLO VL[ PRQWKV DQG HYHQ ZLWKout water at all. Today is still somewhat better though the water GLVFKDUJH LV RQO\ D IHZ ´ H[SODLQHG 5LDVD ,Q DGGLWLRQ WKH FXUUHQW channel was under repair because the revetment was previously broken. When it flooded the water overflowed onto the land and settlements on the edge of Banyubiru Dam II. Meanwhile, the broken sluice would be repaired in the near future.

According to him, at the area of Banyubiru, Kaliakah and %DOXN 1HJDUD 6XEGLVWULFW WKHUH ZHUH WKUHH GDPV QDPHO\ %DQ\XELUX , WR ,,, $OO GDPV H[SHULHQFHG GURXJKW WKLV \HDU EHFDXVH of dry season. As a result, farmers chose not to grow rice, but a few of them were desperate to take advantage of water from artesian well.

6LPLODU FRQGLWLRQ ZDV DOVR VHHQ DW WKH %DQ\XELUX 'DP ,,, The water discharge originating from Banyubiru River had also EHHQ H[SHULHQFLQJ GURXJKW VLQFH ODVW -XQH ³7KH GUDLQV KHUH KDYH no springs. We just get water from the rain-fed rivers. When the water overflowed, it could reach 220 centimeters, but now less WKDQ FHQWLPHWHUV ´ H[SODLQHG WKH JXDUG RI %DQ\XELUX 'DP III, Nyoman Budi Ardika. He added that in May the water was still abundant but it was intentionally discarded because many IDUPHUV H[SHULHQFHG FURS IDLOXUH 7KHUHIRUH KHFWDUHV RI ULFH ILHOG DW 6XEDN 7HJDO %DGHQJ ZDV WHPSRUDULO\ XQDEOH WR JHW ZDWHU because the dam was dry.

Actually the floodgates on the dam had been damaged due to age, but a few weeks ago had been replaced. “The floodgates here were replaced coinciding with the revetment construction project of the Banyubiru Dam II,� said Budi Ardika. In -HPEUDQD 5HJHQF\ WKHUH ZHUH PRUH WKDQ GDPV VFDWWHUHG LQ ILYH VXEGLVWULFWV 7KH ODUJH GDP VXFK DV 3DODVDUL %HQHO DQG some others faced drought following the dry season this year.

However, some dams having the water source such as Jero 3HQJHQWXK 'DP DW %DWXDJXQJ 9LOODJH UHPDLQHG WR KDYH QRUPDO water discharge. (kmb26)

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Russia’s Putin says wants to build “Eurasian Union” Reuters

MOSCOW - Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he wants to bring ex-Soviet states into a “Eurasian Union” in an article which outlined his first foreign policy initiative as he prepares to return to the Kremlin as the country’s next president.

Putin said the new union would build on an existing Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan which from next year will remove all barriers to trade, capital and labor movement between the three countries.

“We are not going to stop there and are setting an ambitious goal -- to achieve an even higher integration level in the Eurasian Union,” Putin wrote in an article which will be published in Izvestia newspaper on October 4.

Putin said last month he would run in the March 2012 presidential election and his current public approval ratings show that he is set to win.

Putin’s initiative comes as Rus-

sia nears the end of its 18-year-old negotiations to join the World Trade Organization. In the article Putin made no secret of his skepticism about the global trade watchdog.

“The process of finding new post-crisis global development models is moving forward with difficulty. For example, the Doha round (of international trade talks) has practically stopped. There are objective difficulties inside the WTO,” he wrote.

In 2009, Putin threw Russia’s bid to join the WTO into disarray, saying Russia would instead form the Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan. The new initiative will have to be explained to WTO members.

AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Pool

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Upper House Speaker Valentina Matviyenko in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011.

In this file photo, villagers are seen unloading goods from a barge in Nukunonu atoll, Tokelau. Tokelau, a New Zealandadministered territory of about 1,400 people, has less than a week’s drinking water after a long drought blamed on a La Nina weather pattern, according to N.Z. Foreign Minister Murray McCully IBP/afp

6HFRQG 3DFL‫ۋ‬F FRPPXQLW\ in drought emergency Agence France Presse

South Pacific islands face a drought set to create food shortages in the region, officials in Wellington warned after a second community declared a state of emergency due to lack of water.

Tokelau, a New Zealand-administered territory of about 1,400 people, had less than a week’s drinking water after a long drought blamed on a La Nina weather pattern, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said on Tuesday.

McCully said Tokelau declared a state of emergency late Monday, following a similar move in neighbouring Tuvalu, where a New Zealand air force plane landed on Monday carrying containers of water and desalination units.

“There’s been a state of emergency

declared in Tokelau as well, where there are three islands, (they are) New Zealand citizens and they’re down to less than a week’s drinking water there too,” he told Radio New Zealand.

McCully said other islands in the South Pacific were also reporting water shortages and New Zealand was carrying out a regional assessment amid fears the drought could lead to crop failures and food shortages.

“We’re now doing an assessment, not just in Tuvalu but also in other areas of the Pacific that are affected by the shortage of rainfall, making sure we deal with the drinking water issue most urgently,” he said.

“There are going to be some flow-on effects here, clearly this is having a severe impact on crops, so there’s likely to be a food shortage as well.”

Cheney says Obama should apologize to Bush administration Associated Press Writer

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says that following the killing of Anwar alAwlaki, President Obama owes the George W. Bush administration an apology.

Cheney, speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, offered support for the targeted killing by drone strike last week of the Yemeni-American radical cleric al-Awlaki, but he said that Obama now needs to reverse his past criticism of how the Bush administration interrogated suspected terrorists.

The Obama administration “in effect had said that we had walked away from our ideals or taken policy contrary to our ideals when we had enhanced interrogation techniques,” the former vice president said. Al-Awlaki’s death indicates that members of the Obama administration “clearly have moved in the direction of taking robust action when they feel it’s justified,” Cheney said.

“You’d like an apology, it sounds like?” host Candy Crowley asked the former vice president.

“Well I would,” Cheney responded, “I think that would be a--not for me--but I think for the Bush administration.”

Watch the video below: “I think it was a very good strike. I think it was justified,” Cheney added regarding the strike against al-Awlaki, CNN reports. But Cheney added, “I’m waiting for the administration to go back and correct something they said two years ago when they criticized us for ‘overreacting’ to the events of 9/11.”

The Obama administration has been

criticized by civil liberties groups and others, including Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, for authorizing the killing of al-Awlaki. These critics argue that, as an American, al-Awlaki had a right to due process.

The Justice Department reportedly issued approval for the CIA to kill al-Awlaki by concluding in a memo that he was not entitled to due process because he was a war combatant.

AP Photo/David McNew

Former Vice President Dick Cheney shows his heart pump while discussing his newly published book, “In My Time-a Personal and Political Memoir” on Tuesday Sept. 20, 2011 in Simi Valley, California.

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Personalized massage oils and perfume with Ayana IBP

JIMBARAN – Have you ever wanted to create your own perfume and massage oil that reflects your unique personality traits? Ayana’s Thermes Marins Bali Spa has partnered with L’Atelier Parfums & Creations studio to offer guests the memorable experience of not only creating their own massage oil to be used for their Aromatic Body Massage, but having it bottled as a perfume to take home with them. Now that’s what we call immersing yourself in the fragrance of Bali!

The two hour L’Atelier Perfume Spa package combines a 45-minute perfume-making workshop at the L’Atelier studio located within the grounds of Ayana, with a 75-minute Aromatic Body Massage using your special blend of essences – the same blend that will be used to create your own perfume.

Your experience begins at the perfumemaking studio, the only one of its kind in Indonesia and which follows traditional French processes to create perfumes suited to individual personality types. There are

some 45 different essences, fragrances and raw materials with which to create your own blend, including frangipani, lavender, jasmine, citronella, coffee, cempaka, vanilla, clove, wood and even civet, the cat-like creature whose droppings make the world’s most gourmet coffee, Kopi Luwak, which is also served at Ayana.

A short questionnaire will determine your personality traits: Different/Eccentric, Sensual, Romantic, Vivifying, Dynamic, Mysterious, Exotic, Masculine or Discreet.

The perfume consultant will suggest fragrances matching your survey and give you three small ‘test’ vials in which to mix different blends. You then select your favorite blend, a portion of which will be sent to the spa to be mixed with almond and grapeseed oils for your Aromatic Body Massage.

While you are enjoying your massage – a unique blend of Swedish, Hawaiian lomi-lomi and Balinese long strokes – the perfumer will create your perfume. The 30mL bottle will be presented at the spa after your treatment, as a unique souvenir of your time in Bali.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for August 31 through October 5, 2011 31 Aug Buda Umanis Tambir Sari Bankar Titih Temple Kapal 12 Sep Purnama Ketiga Gunung Sari Temple Lombok Pauman Bhujangga Tonja Denpasar Kawitan Arya Gajah Para Tianyar Karangasem Pedarman Arya Telabah Besakih Bukit Mentik Temple Gunung Lebah Batur Kintamani 14 Sep Buda Keliwon Matal Village Temple Sukawati Merajan Agung Batuyang - batubulan Pasek Gelgel Bebetin Temple Sawan - buleleng Maspahit Temple Sesetan - Denpasar Selatan Pasek Bendesa Manik Mas Dukuh Kendran - Tegalalang Panti Pasek Gaduh Temple Sesetan Merajan Pasek Kubayan Wangaya Gede Pedarman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih 24 Sep Tumpek Kandang Puseh Temple Gianyar Luhur Dalem Sagening Kediri - Tabanan Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tegal Gede Badung 27 Sep Tilem Ketiga Ulun Kulkul Temple Ulun Kulkul Besakih 28 Sep Buda Wage Menail Tarukan Temple Cemenggaon Sukawati Mr. Pasek Dangke Bambang - Bangli Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja - Gianyar Puseh Menakaji Temple Peninjoan - Bangli Merajan Agung Temple Blangsinga - Blahbatuh Kawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh Gianyar Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal Mengwi

4 Ock Anggar Kasih Perangbakat Bukit Buluh Temple Gunaksa - Klungkung Tirta Sudamala Temple Bebalang - Bangli Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sangsit - sawan - Buleleng Pasek Gelgel Temple Pangi Dawan - Klungkung Gunung Tengsong Lombok Dalem Benawah Temple Benawah - Gianyar Dalem Temple Bitra - Gianyar Dalem Temple Banyuning Timur - Buleleng Dalem Pauman Batan Getas Pauman Batan Getas Titih Denpasar Tengah Padang Tegalalang Merajan Pasek Gelgel Desa Sande - Pupuan Tabanan Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Adat Pagan Denpasar Hyangaluh/Jenggala Besakih Merajan Pasek Lurah Tutuan Gunaksa Mr. Pasek Gelgel Selulung Merajan Pasek Subrata Medahan Merajan Pasek Munggu Munggu Tengkulak Temple Tulikup - Gianyar Penataran Badung Ogang Sidemen 5 Ock Buda Umanis Perangbakat Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak Siring Rambut Siwi Temple Jembrana Batu Bolong Temple Canggu - Kuta Pasek Marga Klaci Temple Tabanan Agung Pasek Temple Dauh Waru Jembrana Ratu Pasek Temple Sangsit Sawan - Buleleng Pasek Tangkas Darma R. Tabanan Village Temple Banyuning Buleleng Srijon Temple Tabanan Mr. Pasek Gelgel Lebah Pangkung Merajan Pasek Gelgel Patemon Tirta Anom Padang Sigi Sading - Tampak Siring Dadi Agung Pasek Bendesa Dukuh Manuaba Tegalalang Pedarmaan Batursari Ngilis Jegu Penebel Tabanan Puncak Mundi Nusa Penida

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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Many Tibetans in China are angry about what they view as increasing domination by the country’s majority Han ethnic group.

China, however, says that Tibetan living standards have improved with billions in Chinese investment.

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Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, left, and Labor and Social Welfare Minister Aung Kyi smile during a press conference after their meeting at Seinlekhanthar government guest house Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 in Yangon, Myanmar.

South Africa drags feet in democracy struggle: Suu Kyi Agence France Presse

Myanmar s democracy icon Aun an uu Kyi on Monday criticised outh A rica or stallin RQ DZDUGLQJ D YLVD WR WKH 'DODL /DPD DQG IRU ODFNLQJ ÂłHQWKXVLDVP´ LQ ÂżJKWLQJ IRU GHPRFUDF\ else here “ ometimes we get the feeling perhaps that outh Africa, or rather I must be frank and say perhaps outh African authorities, do not support the struggle for democracy and human rights as enthusiastically as, for e ample, individuals like archbishop Desmond Tutu,â€? uu Kyi said in a video link interview at the niversity of Johannesburg. outh Africa has dithered on deciding whether to allow the e iled Tibetan spiritual leader to visit the country for anti-apartheid luminary Tutu’s 80th birthday this week.

The Dalai Lama has paid three visits to outh Africa, but in 200 he was denied a visa, with the government saying it did not want to alienate its biggest trade partner China.

uu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) looked on outh Africans “as soulmates, our brothers and sisters who went through the same kind of struggles that we are going through now.� “But it would be so good if those who have successfully overcome their problems were to remember those who are still struggling to overcome theirs,� she added.

The university will award uu Kyi an honorary doctorate in absentia on Tuesday for her prodemocracy fight.

Her NLD party won a 1 0 election but was never allowed to take power by the then-ruling military junta.

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Tibetan exiles with their bodies painted raise pro-Tibet slogans at the end of a cycle rally in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. The cycle rally commemorated the September 1987 pro-Tibet uprising in Lhasa by monks of the Drepung Monastary.

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He said that in 200 the forum participants had agreed an action plan to improve the corporate governance. ince then, various working plan and initiatives had been prepared, including the review of e isting regulations, adoption of international accounting standards and other initiatives. “The meeting at this time is also discussing about the future action plan which typically will include a variety of challenges in corporate governance practices in Asia,� he added. (par)

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South Korean actor to receive RI honorary marine brevet Antara

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Indonesian workers handle steel rods at the construction site of a bridge in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011.

JAKARTA - A South Korean actor who is also a navy member, Hyun Bin, is to receive an Honorary Marine Brevet from the Indonesian Navy for his services, an Indonesian Marine Corps official said.

Major General M Alfan Baharudin, commander of the Indonesian Marine Corps, said here on Monday the awarding of the honorary brevet to Hyun Bin was a symbol of the strong and good relations between the navies of the two countries.

Hyun Bin is scheduled to arrive in Indonesia on Tuesday (Oct 4).

During his stay in Indonesia, Hyun who has named South Korea`s defense industry ambassador, would join a training program at the

Marine Corps Headquarters in Cilandak, South Jakarta.

“The training will include operating the LVT amphibious tank, diving in an artificial lake, shooting and rapid attack techniques,” Alfan said.

Indonesia and South Korea have developed good relations in the defense sector over the past few years. This year, both countries will begin cooperation in developing jet fighters in a program called the Korean-Indonesia Fighter experiment project.

Indonesia and South Korea are also holding talks to make aircraft purchase and sale deals. Indonesia wants to buy South Korean T-50 Golden Eagle trainers and offering to sell CN-235 cargo planes.

Jakarta, ASEAN secretariat agree to boost cooperation Antara

JAKARTA - Jakarta Governor Dr Fauzi Bowo and Deputy SecretaryGeneral of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs Bagas Hapsoro in a meeting recently agreed to boost activities that would benefit for both the Secretariat and the Office of the Jakarta Governor.

Governor Fauzi acknowledged the ASEAN Secretariat`s contribution as a valued partner of Jakarta and underscored the importance of the Secretariat`s strategic position in connecting between ASEAN Member States and Dialogue Partners and Jakarta as gateway of Indonesia, the Jakarta-based ASEAN Secretariat said in a press statement

here on Tuesday.

Bagas reminded his counterpart, Dr Fauzi, who also attended the ASEAN Lecture on the inspiring remarks made by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in August. On 8 August this year, during the ASEAN Day celebrations, the President noted that over the years, ASEAN Secretariat has been a major factor

in evolution of ASEAN. ASEC has been one of the most successful organizations in the world.

Earlier in January, the Governor had stated that “in chairing ASEAN, Indonesia is also giving huge leverage for Jakarta to foster its image as center of diplomacy”. He added that “we will do anything within our power to prove ourselves as an extraordinary host”.

He pointed out how the presence of international organisations, had brought about significant economic and political benefits to their host country.

“We should take a fresh look on how we can accommodate both

ASEAN and non-ASEAN citizens who work to sustain the centrality of ASEAN”, said Bagas, who further pointed out how the economy of Brussels is strongly benefiting from the European Union, while New York, Nairobi and Bangkok have drawn on the presence of the United Nations.

He added that to support the Indonesian Government`s mission to make Jakarta “the diplomatic capital city of the region”, there is an urgent need to expand the size of the ASEAN Secretariat`s premises.

Dr Fauzi responded that his office is still intensively discussing

Jakarta to build huge dike WR RYHUFRPH ‫ی‬RRGLQJ SUREOHP Antara

JAKARTA - The Jakarta city administration plans to build a huge dike to overcome flood problem that the city always faces every year, a city administration official said here on Monday.

Achmad Harjadi, the city administration`s deputy for environment and spatial management, said the feasibility study on the Jakarta Coastal Defense Strategy (JCDS) to overcome floods that includes the dike project had already been finished.

He said it takes eight months to finish the study with assistance from the Dutch government that has allocated four million euro worth of grant for it.

The complete master plan is now being made and the Dutch government has also pledged to help the reconstruction, he said. He said members of the JCDS team who had been assigned to conduct the feasibility study were from the consortium of Dutch consultants, experts from the public works ministry and the Bandung Institute of Technology.

Floods have always happened in the city due to land subsidence and the hike in sea water level.

A number of options have been offered to overcome the problem such as strengthening and raising the dike at coast line locations, and extending “blue space” as a retention pond which has now become part of the plan.

The second option is integrating the sea dike with development of reclaimed areas while retaining the main river flows such as from Cengkareng Drain and West and East Flood Control Canals to the sea.

The third option meanwhile is building a dam to receive all water that comes from all rivers passing through the city for pumping out into the sea.

He said the city administration tends to choose the third option with an addition of Option 1 and 2 modifications.

He said the flood control dike would be designed also for a toll road. The multi-purpose dike will also function as a toll road or a railway to help overcome traffic problems in the city, he added.

with other Indonesian line agencies, on the utilisation of the former South Jakarta mayor`s office for the ASEAN Secretariat.

Both officials were in agreement that the establishment of the ASEAN Community in 2015 requires a strengthened Secretariat, with better facilities to support its mission.

Bagas also conveyed an invitation letter from the SecretaryGeneral of ASEAN, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, to Dr Fauzi to officially launch the ASEAN Rickshaw Run on 16 October. The organisers had held similar events in London over the past three years.

Indonesia tells tourists to stay clear of volcano Associated Press

JAKARTA — Authorities are warning tourists and fishermen to stay more than a mile (two kilometers) from a smoking Indonesian volcano known as “Child of Krakatoa.”

The volcano in the Sunda Strait, 80 miles (130 kilometers) west of the capital, Jakarta, was created by the same tectonic forces that led to the 1883 Krakatoa eruption that killed tens of thousands of people.

Its “child,” growing five yards (meters) a year, is now 1,320 feet (400 meters) tall and popular among hikers.

Gede Suantika of the Center for Volcanology says the mountain’s alert level was raised to the second-highest level last week after the number of volcanic tremors soared from 200 a day to 7,200.

Suantika said Tuesday that he worries a powerful burst could shoot incandescent rocks down its slopes and far into the ocean.

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Bali Today Indonesia needs 6,000 Veterinarians more Antara

EN A AR - The a riculture ministry s irector eneral o Livestock and Animal ealth rabo o Res atio Caturroso said Indonesia is still short o 6, veterinarians, re orts Antara ne s a ency “On the thousands of islands in Indonesia, we e pect one island has at least one veterinarian. But the fact is that many remote islands in the country don’t have a veterinarian at all,” said rabowo in Denpasar, Wednesday.

He made the statement on World Rabies Day at Ksirarnawa Building, Cultural ark, Denpasar. rabowo said the presence of a veterinarian on each island is very important to prevent the

spread of animal diseases.

“We are afraid that if each of the islands is not protected by a security system of animal health, animal diseases could occur and spread easily in the islands,” He said.

He said Indonesia has only 2 2 animal health clinics, while in fact every sub-district should have one veterinarian clinic.

“But many animal health clinics nowadays are not functioning well because the veterinarians had left, especially in remote regions due to the lack of facilities and infrastructure,” said rabowo.

He added, Indonesia only has 6,000 veterinarians from the

least ideally above 20 thousand or even 60 thousand veterinarians.

“The 6,000 veterinarians can at least be used to meet the needs of the islands,” He said. rabowo said fresh graduates of veterinary faculties seem to prefer working in the private sector instead of with the government.

“In the future, we plan to give an incentive to veterinarians in the regions to support them,” he said.

World junior professional surfers compete in Bali

In this photo provided by the Association of Surfing Professionals, Quincy Davis, of Montauk, N.Y., competes in the Oakley World Pro Juniors surfing competition in Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.

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CANGG - ome 66 professional junior surfers from several countries will vie for the world championship at the Oakley World ro Junior 2011 which takes place at a Bali beach from

October through 14, 2011.

“We are proud to become part of the world class professional junior surfing evolution by again conducting the world junior surfing competition as a series of the World Junior rofessional urfing Association,”

Oakley ports Marketing Manager Ronny Nelson said before the opening of the competition at Bali provincial arerenan Beach, Canggu, Badung district on Monday.

The participants of the junior surfing competition comprising

48 male junior surfers and 18 female ones under 20 years of age from the nited tates, Europe, Africa, Hawaii and Japan.

In addition, nine Wildcard holding surfers will also take part in the competition, Nelson said, adding that two of the nine

wildcard holders namely Darma utra Tunjung and IB amarai are hailing from Bali.

According to Nelson, in last year s junior surfing championship two Australians namely Jack Freestone and Tyker Wrigth became champions.

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Balinese Culture Ngelawar:

Bukakak Ritual to Invoke Safety of Plants Bali Post

INGARAJA - Bali has a variety of distinctive rituals to invoke safety of the farmer-owned plants.

In the Badung and Tabanan region, local farmers often organize Nangluk Merana or pest prevention and mouse Ngaben cremation. Meanwhile, at the Giri Mas Customary Village, awan ubdistrict, people also hold a unique and matchless ritual in the so-called Ngusaba ma or better known as the Bukakak procession.

Thousands of residents, ranging from farmers to employees and officials organized the Bukakak ritual procession along the village and subak road. Most residents consisted of supporting devotees of ubak Temple and Giri Mas Dangin Yeh customary villagers, awan ubdistrict. The procession drew e tensive attention of residents in Buleleng so that many residents from outside the Giri Mas Customary Village were also present to enliven the festive ceremony.

From the morning, thousands of people had come down to the streets of the village. They were preparing themselves to carry the ritual paraphernalia called Bukakak. The procession of parading the Bukakak was really awaited by citizens, both those getting involved in the procession and those who only watched the procession. Bukakak was made from materials such as

bamboo and young palm leaves.

The Bukakak paraphernalia contained oblation and roasted suckling pig. The ingredients themselves were then carried hilariously by local youth and followed by other citizens. Before carrying the ritual paraphernalia, teenagers and other villagers attended a purificatory ritual in order they could run the biennial procession successfully.

Bukakak procession is indeed a tradition celebrated in a solemnity and delight through generations.

It is conducted as a form of devotional offerings to Goddess ri for the safety handed down to subak members and customary villagers of Mas Giri. As an agrarian society, the ceremony is certainly aimed at pleading for crops especially the rice plant that supports the life of local residents and those of other village could survive from the attack of pests and diseases. “We believe, by organizing this offering our rice and other crops can survive from the dangers of disease,” said Jero Mangku ubrata.

To hold the ceremony, supporting devotees estimated to reach more than a thousand families paid a donation. reparation of the ceremony had been made since last week. As other ceremonies, the Bukakak ritual was also preceded by a Melasti procession and then resumed with Ngusaba ma, ngembang and picking up the deities. After the procession, it was held the Ngusaba Dalem egara

and peak of the ritual right on the full moon in the tenth month of Balinese calendar and the procession ended with the implementation of Bukakak procession on unday. rocession of the ritual was preceded by fetching the deities abiding in Gunung ekar Temple.

It is about 100 meters to the east of the ubak Temple. All paraphernalia including the Bukakak were paraded from the ubak Temple to Gunung ekar Temple. From the Gunung ekar the paraphernalia were then paraded back to a number of temples in the awan subdistrict such angsit Village Temple, Beji Temple and Beten Bekul Temple.

In the meantime, the local resiGHQWV KDG FRQ¿GHQFH WKDW WKHLU SODQWV would survive from plant disease as their regions had been passed through by the Bukakak procession.

“Local villagers here believe that crops in the areas traversed by the procession would be fertile, so that many residents requested in order their plants could be trampled by the youth carrying the Bukakak,” said Jro Mangku ubrata.

As the end of the series of Ngusaba ma ritual, it was resumed with the closing ceremony on unday (Mar 20) evening. In the closing ritual, residents danced while delivering plaus oblation as an e pression of devotion because they had successfully implemented the whole series of ceremony. (BTN kmb)

From Togetherness with Love to Flavor E a c h r e g i o n i n I n d o n e s i a h a s d i f fe r e n t delicacy pursuant to surrounding e nv i r o n m e n t p r ov i d i n g t h e i n g r e d i e n t s a n d t r a d i t i o n m a i n t a i n e d . B a l i , fo r i n s t a n c e, h a s l awa r. I t h a s b e e n r e n ow n e d a n d t a s t e d by t h e t o n g u e o f fo r e i g n t o u r i s t s. H o t s p i c e s s u p p o r t e d by a va r i e t y o f t u b e r s a n d t h i n l y c h o p p e d ve g e t a bl e s l i ke t h e yo u n g c o c o n u t s h e l l , s t r i n g b e a n , g r a t e d c o c o n u t o r yo u n g p a p aya w i l l k i n d l e t h e a p p e t i t e f r o m t h e beginning until the end. Then, chopped meat s u c h a s p o r k , b e e f, c h i cke n , d u ck o r o t h e r s are used as the main ingredient, and it g i ve s t h e n a m e o f t h e l awa r i t s e l f. T h i s l awa r d e l i c a c y i s ove r a n d ove r a g a i n i n t r o d u c e d i n eve r y o c c a s i o n o f t r a d i t i o n a l c u l i n a r y eve n t .

A t v i l l a g e s, t h e n g e l awa r ( p r e p a r a t i o n o f l awa r ) t r a d i t i o n i s b e g u n by t o g e t h e r n e s s.

Villagers usually slaughter a pig or the l i ke a n d p r e p a r e t h e d i s h e s c o l l e c t i ve l y fo r s p e c i a l o c c a s i o n s s u c h a s p e r s o n a l l i fe c y c l e r i t u a l s o r t e m p l e a n n i ve r s a r y. Fr o m e a r l y i n t h e m o r n i n g , t h ey h ave b e e n r e a d y t o g o by b r i n g i n g a l o n g w i t h a s h a r p k n i fe.

Few m o m e n t s l a t e r, t h e c h o p p i n g b o a r d s t u r n c r ow d e d s o u n d i n g t e k . . . t e k … t e k … tek and goes on. Some prepare spices and ve g e t a bl e s, w h i l e t h e o t h e r s s l i c e t h i n l y t h e m e a t i n u s e. I n e s s e n c e, t h e p e b a t o r k i t c h e n d e p a r t m e n t i s ve r y bu s y.

M e a n w h i l e, w h e n c e l e b r a t i n g t h e G a l u n g a n a n d Ku n i n g a n fe s t i v i t y, B a l i n e s e p e o p l e ( H i n d u ) m ay j o i n t h e c o l l e c t i ve s l a u g h t e r k n ow n a s m e p a t u n g w h i l e fo o d p r e p a r a t i o n i s u n d e r t a ke n i n d i v i d u a l l y. T h i s h a s s o m e t h i n g t o d o w i t h s l i g h t l y d i f fe r e n t t a s t e s a n d i n t e r e s t s. T h e fo o d i s p r e p a r e d fo r f i l l i n g s o m e o bl a t i o n s o t h e r t h a n fo r c o n s u m p t i o n .

T h e i r fo o d h a b i t u a l l y c o n s i s t o f l awa r, s a t ay, ko m o h ( c l e a r s o u p ) , u r u t a n ( s a u s a g e ) , s k i n c r a cke r s, t u m ( c h o p p e d m e a t m i x w i t h s p i c e s a n d t h e n s t e a m e d ) a n d s o fo r t h .

Other tradition remains to be maintained i s n g e j o t o r p r e s e n t i n g fo o d g i f t t o n e i g h b o r a n d r e l a t i ve s. T h o u g h t h ey e q u a l l y h ave t h e s a m e d e l i c a c y, i t i s i n t e n d e d t o m a i n t a i n s o c i a l r e l a t i o n s h i p a n d ex c h a n g e t h e fo o d a s t h e i r s m ay h ave d i f fe r e n t t a s t e s. S i m i l a r l y, fa m i l y m e m b e r s w i l l a l s o v i s i t r e l a t i ve s where parent or grandparent comes from.

To s h a r e t h e h a p p i n e s s w i t h t h e a n c e s t r a l s o u l s, a t l e a s t fa m i l y w i l l a l s o b r i n g a l o n g s a g i o f fe r i n g a n d b e p r e s e n t e d t o t h e m i n t h e h o m e p l a t fo r m s h r i n e a t b a l e d a n g i n o r e a s t e r n p av i l i o n .

To d ay, p r o b a bl y m a ny p e o p l e a r e ve r y bu s y a s t h ey m u s t b e i n c h a r g e t o w o r k . H ow eve r, t h e r e a r e a l way s p e o p l e o f fe r i n g t h e i r s e r v i c e s by p r ov i d i n g r e a d y - t o - s e r ve l awa r.

I t i s va r i e d l y p a cke d i n n i c e b a m b o o b a s ke t c o n t a i n i n g p a r t i c u l a r n u m b e r o f s a t ay, l awa r and serapah (grated coconut with meat).

O n t h a t a c c o u n t , p e o p l e w i l l n o t b e bu s y t o p r e p a r e i t i n c a s e o f o r g a n i z i n g a n eve n t o r s o c i o - r e l i g i o u s a c t i v i t y.

When making a visit to Bali, it also a good o p p o r t u n i t y fo r yo u t r y t h e s e d e l i c a c i e s. A t l e a s t , t r y t h e l awa r a s i t h a s b e e n i d e n t i c a l t o B a l i n e s e c u i s i n e. S e e m i n g l y, yo u r v i s i t t o Bali would be incomplete without ‘pampering’ yo u r t o n g u e by t h i s d e l i c a c y. O f c o u r s e, i t w i l l e n r i c h yo u r c u l i n a r y a d ve n t u r e, t o o !

(BTN/punia)

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Yeh Pulu Relief:

Description of Life in Bali Ancient Kingdom IBP

Bali is a bijou island, but the content of traditional values, arts, history and culture is not as small as the area. Artistic heritage, history and culture almost spread throughout the nine regencies and city existing on the Island of the

Gods. The search on the heritage, arts and cultural relics of this time is to Yeh Pulu Relief.

Relief of the ancient rock stone is located at the Bedulu (Bedahulu) Village, Blahbatuh Subdistrict, Gianyar Regency. Location to Tampaksiring and Kintamani is only about 40 minutes drive from

Denpasar City. The entrance to the tourist attraction of holy water is not far from the main road east of Goa Gajah Temple, to the right, into the village street. Visitors should be careful because there are many road junctions without a clue heading for the object of Yeh Pulu Relief, or ask the way to local residents.

The monument in the form of relief becoming the main attraction to tourists, especially foreign tourists, was discovered in 1925 by a courtier or Ubud Royal family. The name was taken from the barrel (or container of rice in the past) located at the central axis of purified water nestling in the west of the relief. The word yeh in Balinese language means water and pulu means a barrel.

The appeal of this monument is not only because of the uniqueness of relief sculpture immortalized on the rock stone wall of the hill, but also due to the spread of rice field view along the two-hundred-

meters and the sound of clinking water on the left-right path to location is always neatly trimmed and maintained sustainably, emanating a natural beauty.

With such a natural atmosphere, the clear and the sharpness of splashing water are always flowing along the trench making the ambience around this object really peaceful and enchanting. On that account, it is not mistaken if the niches (caves) in southern relief suspected as the hermitage of the last Balinese ancient King before the collapse of Bali to Majapahit administration in 1343.

Relief with magical nuance and meaningful is 25 meters long and 2 meters high. Many researches conducted by experts from home and overseas to recognize the implicit meaning behind the wall relief of the rock cliffs on the hills. As consequence, it drove many commentaries and analysis to uncover

the mystery behind the veil of the true meaning of the relief. Overall, the theme of this story recounts the life in the forest atmosphere and daily life in the ancient kingdom of Bali. In addition to the Balinese classical carvings, this monument also has niches of Bedahulu Royal Hermitage before his death against the army of the Majapahit kingdom in 1343 AD. Yeh Pulu Relief poses one of the many historical classical monuments of Bali originating in ancient Bali (14th century AD) retaining full knowledge of art, which until now is still sustainable and be cared by the members of Subak, as one of the classical organizations that in particular organizes farmers and manage all aspects of rice field cultivation. For tourists who would like to visit this object first should purchase admission ticket of the object, at IDR 6,000 for adult and IDR 3,000 for child.

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Asian countries are also increasing trade with each other, moving further awayfromthe nited tatesandEurope, just as those economies look to them to power recovery. “Development of trade relations mean (Asian) countries rely less on the . . and Europe than three years ago.

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Nearly 54 percent of vehicles Detroit automakers will probably sold were trucks and Vs, the offer discounts on trucks because highest percentage this year. That’s of high inventories, he said. “It’ll probably be a pretty good good news for automakers, which PDNH PXFK ELJJHU SURÂżWV RQ WUXFNV time to buy a vehicle,â€? he said. and Vs. Truck sales at General “Consumers have proved they Motors Co., Chrysler Group LLC will respond selectively when and Ford Motor Co. grew in the prodded.â€?

Automakers don’t e pect the double digits, outpacing cars. Even Honda Motor Co., which normally pace of sales to slow for the rest of gets the bulk of its sales from cars, the year. GM stuck with its forecast forfull-yearsalesofaround12.8milsold ,000 more trucks than cars.

A shortage of cars is another lion cars and trucks, which would be reason truck and V sales were up 10 percent from last year.

But some analysts say epstrong.Analysts had e pected more Japanese cars to fill showrooms tember’s boost will be short-lived after months of shortages related to because economic worries could still dampen sales. Edmunds.com March’s earthquake and tsunami.

But Honda andToyota continued last week reduced its full-year sales to struggle with product shortages. forecast from 12. million vehicles Toyota’s eptember sales were to 12.6 million vehicles.

GM’s eptember sales rose 20 down 1 .5 percent, while Honda’s percent, led by a 4 percent rise fell 8 percent.

Truckloads of new Honda ve- in sales of full-size pickups and Vs. Chrysler’s sales rose 2 hicles arrived at dealerships last week, and Toyota Motor Corp.’s percent, while Ford’s were up new Camry sedan recently went percent.

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Review: Jackman’s ‘Real Steel’ is scrap metal Associated Press Writer

“Real Steel” dresses up a bad idea — robots boxing — with all the computer effects and heavy-metal action that Hollywood can buy. But that doesn’t cover up the fact that it’s a bad idea. Really bad. And “Real Steel” is a really bad movie, with some embarrassingly awful moments for Hugh Jackman, whose silly Wolverine whiskers in the “X-Men” flicks seem quite distinguished compared to the outlandish trappings here.

A horribly predictable mash-up of “Rocky,” ‘’The Champ” and Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, “Real Steel” puts director Shawn Levy (the “Night at the Museum” movies) in contention with fellow robot handler Michael Bay for the title of worst blockbuster filmmaker in show business.

With a team of executive producers that includes Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, Levy has all the resources a director could ever want. It all goes toward punishing noise and machine mayhem, the fight scenes stitched together by the humdrum drama of an annoying deadbeat dad connecting with his annoying young son.

Jackman’s Charlie Kenton is an ex-boxer scraping by in the near future as a promoter of brawling robots, which have taken over the sport from human fighters. Charlie’s on the seedy side of boxing, his secondhand ‘bots trading punches at fairgrounds and other unsanctioned

venues while the big boys duke it out in televised league fights at huge arenas.

A sleazebag who’s built a life on skipping out on his debts and responsibilities, Charlie suddenly finds himself on the road with his 11year-old son, Max (Dakota Goyo), after the boy’s mother dies.

Short on cash and needing a new robot, Charlie heads to the junkyard to pilfer parts so he can piece together a new fighter. There, Max stumbles on Atom, an outdated sparring robot that turns out to be a diamond in the rough, a scrappy machine that becomes a sensation on the fight circuit.

From there, the drama as developed by screenwriter John Gatins and two others who share story credit goes just where you expect it to, without a ripple of surprise or originality. Father and son squawk and fight, find common ground and gradually make their way toward becoming a family, while Atom gets

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In this image released by Disney/DreamWorks II, Hugh Jackman, left, and Dakota Goyo are shown in a scene from “Real Steel”

an underdog shot against the world champion.

It’s pretty nauseating, though not as nauseating as some of the images of Jackman shadow boxing outside the ring during the climactic match. He looks quite the fool doing

it, capping an uneven performance in which Jackman generally is outacted by the robots. Jackman is overly eager at the start to show how slimy Charlie is, and that makes the guy’s abrupt transformation into father-of-the-year material all the

more unconvincing.

Goyo overdoes it, too, his earnestness growing tiresome and eventually cloying by the time Max becomes a ringside idol himself for his dance routines alongside Atom.

Spock attends his last T.I., Taylor Swift perform surprise duet in Ga. ‘Star Trek’ convention Associated Press Writer

Associated Press Writer

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Leonard Nimoy has attended his final “Star Trek” convention. The 80-year-old actor, best-known for playing Mr. Spock in the original TV series that began in September 1966, formed four fingers into a V for Vulcan sign and intoned to fans Spock’s most famous phrase: “Live long and prosper.”

Nimoy has said the convention in suburban Chicago celebrating the 45th anniversary of “Star Trek” would be his last.

He spoke for an hour about his life and career, and thanked fans for their support over the years. Some held signs saying: “We love you Leonard! Live long & prosper.”

Creation Entertainment organizes the “Star Trek” conventions. Company CEO Adam Malin says the company has toured and collaborated with Nimoy for nearly three decades and that Nimoy “will be missed.”

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FILE - In this April 30, 2009 file photo, Leonard Nimoy arrives at the premiere of “Star Trek” in Los Angeles.

ATLANTA — Rapper T.I. has joined country star Taylor Swift in a surprise duet at her concert in Atlanta.

Toward the end of Swift’s set on Sunday night, she introduced T.I. by singing the opening chorus of his hit

song “Live Your Life.” The packed house at Philips Arena screamed once he stepped onstage for the unannounced appearance and started to rap.

The two Grammy winners stood side-by-side as he rapped and she sang a vocal part originally handled

by Rihanna. Swift has featured guests

ranging from Justin Bieber to Nicki Minaj onstage during her tour. The Sunday show was a makeup performance for a postponed July show.

T.I. has made several appearances since his release from a halfway house last month following 10 months in federal prison on a probation violation.

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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2011 photo, Rapper T.I. performs during the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta.

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Iran, Iraq pay $1.2 bn to battle sandstorms

Undated handout image of Canadian Ralph Steinman from Rockefeller University in New York.

Steinman, Bruce Beutler of the US, Jules Hoffmann of Luxembourg won the Nobel Medicine Prize for work on the immune system, but in a surprising twist the jury learned that Steinman had died just days before.

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Scientists win Nobel Prize for immune system studies Agence France Presse

Three scientists won the Nobel Medicine Prize for work on the immune system, but in a surprising twist the jury learned that one of the winners of the award had died just days before. The new laureates were Bruce Beutler of the United States, Luxembourg-born Frenchman Jules Hoffmann, and Ralph Steinman of Canada, who it was discovered Monday had died on September 30.

“This year’s Nobel laureates have revolutionised our understanding of the immune system by discovering key principles for its activation,” the jury said in a statement. The three were lauded for their work on the body’s complex defence system in which signalling molecules unleash antibodies and killer cells to respond to invading microbes.

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Understanding this throws open the door to new drugs and also tackling immune disorders, such as asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease, in which the body mysteriously attacks itself. “Their work has opened up new avenues for the development of prevention and therapy against infections, cancer and inflammatory diseases,” the jury said.

The Nobel jury was caught off guard though when it discovered hours after announcing the prize that Steinman had died of pancreatic cancer on Friday the age of 68.

Prize regulations stipulate the award cannot be given posthumously.

However the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute that awards the prize held a meeting late Monday to discuss how to handle the situation, deciding ultimately that Steinman would remain a Nobel laureate given the “unique” situation. “We just got the information.

What we can do now is only to regret that he could not experience the joy,” he head of the Nobel Assembly, Goeran Hansson told Swedish news agency TT.

A top Iranian environment official said on Monday Tehran and Baghdad will jointly pay $1.2 billion in a project to reduce the number of sand dunes in a bid to cut the number of sandstorms from Iraq.

“In order to reduce gravel levels we have signed an agreement with a foreign company worth $1.2 billion to cover a million hectares (2.47 million acres) of Iraqi soil in the next five years,” the official IRNA news agency quoted the head of Iran’s Environmental Protection Organisation as saying.

The name of the foreign firm was not given. “This initiative began with 500 hectares and in our negotiations (with Iraq) it was decided to either use fossil materials (petroleum products) or biological ones to stabilise the dunes,” Mohammad Javad

Mohammadi-Zadeh added.

Media and some local officials have blamed sandstorms on countries west of the Islamic republic, particularly Iraq which has been hit by desertification and deforestation because of dam construction and declining agriculture.

In mid-April, 20 of Iran’s 31 provinces had to close schools and government offices, and flights to and from some western cities were cancelled because of sandstorms mostly originating in neighbouring Iraq.

The problem of sandstorms from Iraq has been blamed on two decades of on-off wars, with officials there saying the number of palm trees has fallen by two thirds from around 36 million to just 12 million.

In September 2010, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Qatar and Turkey signed an accord in Tehran aimed at tackling the sandstorms problem over the next five years.

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Iranians cross a street as a heavy sand storm hits the city of Ahvaz in April 2011.

New iPhone expected from Apple on Tuesday Associated Press Writer

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In this Aug. 25, 2011 photo, customers stand outside the Apple flagship store on Fifth Ave., in New York.

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. is unveiling a new, more powerful version of its wildly popular smartphone — more than a year after it launched the iPhone 4.

Last week, Apple Inc. e-mailed invitations to a media event at its headquarters in Cupertino on Tuesday morning. The invite says “let’s talk iPhone,” implying the secretive company intends to show off the latest version of the device.

The first iPhone came out in 2007, and the phone’s signature slick looks, high-resolution screen and intuitive software has gained millions of fans over the years.

There were 39 million iPhones

sold just between January and the end of June.

Beyond the iPhone itself, the Tuesday event is anticipated as Apple’s first major product unveiling in years that won’t be led by Steve Jobs, who resigned from the CEO post in August after being out on indefinite medical leave since January. The Apple co-founder is now its executive chairman. And though Jobs did emerge from medical leave twice this year to present Apple’s innovations — most recently in June to show off its new mobile software and iCloud content storage service — his successor, Tim Cook, is expected to take the lead this time.

Though not nearly as recog-

nizable as Jobs, Cook, formerly Apple’s chief operating officer, has been running Apple since January.

For years, he has been in charge of Apple’s day-to-day operations, and he has long been seen as the natural successor. He also served as Apple’s leader for two months in 2004 while Jobs battled cancer and again for five-and-a-half months in 2009 when Jobs received a liver transplant.

Perhaps more important to Apple fans than who is presenting is what the company will reveal on Tuesday.

A new iPhone is expected to have a number of changes, the biggest of which will likely be under the hood: the inclusion of Apple’s latest iOS mobile software, iOS 5, which has been slated for release this fall.

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Italy not scared of Serbia trip, says Prandelli Reuters

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Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema from France, left, scores during the Spanish La Liga soccer match against Rayo Vallecano at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011.

France’s Benzema, Ribery and Matuidi ruled out Reuters

CLAIREFONTAINE - France trio Karim Benzema, Franck Ribery and Blaise Matuidi have EHHQ UXOHG RXW RI )ULGD\ÂśV (XUR TXDOLÂżHU DW KRPH WR $OEDQLD DQG QH[W ZHHNÂśV ÂżQDO JURXS JDPH ZLWK %RVQLD EHFDXVH RI LQMXULHV WKH )UHQFK )RRWEDOO )HGHUDWLRQ VDLG RQ 0RQGD\ The three were part of the 24-man squad named by coach Laurent Blanc last week but fresh injuries while on club duty mean France will be stretched as they WU\ WR ZUDS XS TXDOLÂżFDWLRQ IRU -XQHÂśV ÂżQDOV LQ 8NUDLQH DQG 3Rland. “MRI scans...have shown that all three are unable to play in the matches,â€? a federation statement said.

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Italy’s Mario Balotelli controls the ball during their Euro 2012 qualifying soccer match against Slovenia at the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence September 6, 2011.

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NBA Commissioner David Stern, center, speaks to reporters after a meeting between the NBA Players Association and owners to discuss a new labor deal and possibly avert a lockout, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in New York.

NBA negotiations break, with ‘very huge day’ ahead

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Roddick told a tense post-match news conference.

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Associated Press Writer

NE ORK A ter a lockout that has lasted more than three months, hether the NBA season starts on time could come do n to one very hu e day in labor talks Owners and players will be back Tuesday for a full bargaining session, knowing if they fail to produce results, there may not be enough time left to avoid canceling regular-season games. “A lot of signs point to tomorrow being a very huge day,� players’ association president Derek Fisher of the Lakers said. “There will be a lot of pressure on all of us in the room, and we’ll accept that responsibility and go in and see what we can get worked out.�

The sides met in small groups Monday for about five hours, a session that Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said was mainly about “setting the table� for Tuesday.

While careful not to put too much pressure on Tuesday’s talks, he and Commissioner David Stern made clear there had to be signs of compromise. “Each side understands exactly what’s at stake and where potentially there is movement in order to try to get a deal done,� Silver said. “I mean, we can only say we’re running out of time so many times. “We both understand that if we don’t make our best offers in the next few days, we’re going to be at the point where we’re going to be causing damage to the game, to ourselves, and they’re going to be out paychecks,� he added.

The regular season is scheduled

to open Nov. 1. Players would have reported to training camps Monday, but those were postponed and 43 preseason games scheduled for Oct. 9-15 were canceled last month. “We still are in the same position that we all wish we were starting training camp today and we know a lot of our fans in respective markets feel the same way,� Fisher said. “So we’re going to continue to work at this until we can either figure it out in a way that will spare us all a lot of collateral damage and games missed, or not, but we’re going to put the effort and the time in as we have been doing and see if we can come to a resolution.�

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United States’ Andy Roddick reacts after losing a point to South Africa’s Kevin Anderson during their singles match of the China Open tennis tournament at the National Stadium court in Beijing, China, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. Anderson defeated Roddick, 6-4, 7-5.

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Ferrari denies malice in radio message Ferrari says there was no malicious intent in Rob Smedley’s comments to Felipe Massa at the Singapore Grand Prix, where the race engineer told the Brazilian to “destroy” Lewis Hamilton’s race. The two drivers made contact at the Marina Bay race, and the controversy was fuelled further when the official highlights video posted on Formula 1’s official website included Smedley’s radio message to Massa.

“Hold Hamilton as much as we can. Destroy his race as much as we can. Come on, boy...,” Smedley told Massa.

But Ferrari, speaking through its ‘Horse Whisperer’ column, said on Tuesday that Smedley’s message had been simply blown out of proportion.

The Italian squad admitted the comments were not the “most politically correct”, but insisted they had absolutely nothing to do with the collision that took place between the drivers moments later.

“Words, words, words...Reading some of the English daily papers, it seems the Horse Whisperer is not alone in having his thoughts turn to William Shakespeare when he stumbled across the polemical mountain made out of the molehill that was the phrase delivered by Rob Smedley during the Singapore Grand Prix,” wrote the The Horse Whisperer on Ferrari’s website.

“It’s true that Felipe Massa’s race engineer was caught up in the heat of the moment and chose to use the verb “destroy” at some point. “It might not have been the most politically correct choice of word, but it definitely carried no malicious intent, especially when you take into account that Rob is a Middlesbrough lad, born and bred!

“It is also true that this exhortation to Felipe came at the exit to Turn 5 on lap 11 of the race, at the end of which both the Ferrari man and Hamilton were due to come in to the pits together. In other words, it had nothing to do with the

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McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain (bottom) takes a curve as Red Bull Formula One driver Mark Webber of Australia crashes with Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil during the Italian F1 Grand Prix at the Monza circuit September 11, 2011. collision between Felipe and Lewis that happened on the following lap. “It would not have taken much to avoid this misunderstanding, but that’s what happens in the frenetic world of Formula 1. When all is said done, as the Bard of Avon himself might have put it, it was all much ado about nothing.”

Leading MotoGP riders content about Motegi race JAPANESE Grand Prix winner Dani Pedrosa says the MotoGP riders had no qualms about the Motegi race going ahead, though others still hinted at concerns over radiation. There were fears in the MotoGP paddock that it would be unsafe to race at Motegi this year following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March, causing major damage to the Fukashima nuclear power plant.

Some leading riders threatened to boycott the race, but the whole field attended in the end after various indepedent studies underlined that the radiation hazard was not an issue. “Before coming here, everybody was a bit scared and asking about this and that, ‘how is it here’, about the food and all that,” said Pedrosa.

“Once you’re here, I was quite surprised. Everything went quite well and I think it

was the right thing to do.” But world champion Jorge Lorenzo, who was one of the most vocal in his concerns about Japan, said he felt the effects of any radiation present would only be seen in the future.

“We are alright at this moment. Let’s see how we are in some years...” he said. “But at this moment we are okay and the situation seems okay - no radiation, everything is good.”

He underlined that he had no issues with the country or its people.

“My view about Japan has always been very, very good,” said Lorenzo. “I love Japan, I love the food, I love the fans.

They are always really respectful with the riders and very, very happy. “I don’t have any problem with Japan - the opposite, I always like to be here and that’s it.”

Current points leader Casey Stoner defended the riders’ worries, saying the evidence

about the radiation risk was still uncertain when the boycott was first mooted.

“In my opinion, the riders all got a lot of pressure many months ago when the situation still wasn’t clear,” he said. “We all got our own opinions from people we trust, and the more time that passed the more clear

things became and the easier it was for us to make the decision.

“We can see that everyone seems okay and seems normal.

But you don’t see these things, it’s not easy to spot. “But for sure, our trip here has been like normal, like in the past, and next year will be even more clear.”

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Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso heads out of the pits during the qualifying for Sunday’s MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011.