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Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs’ pictures are displayed on computer screens in an Apple store in Jakarta, Indonesia,Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. In tech-crazy Indonesia, a predominantly Muslim nation of 240 million, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter were almost totally taken over by tributes and offers of condolences to Jobs who died Wednesday.

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SAN FRANCISCO - Steve Jobs, the transcendent Silicon Valley entrepreneur who reinvented the world’s computing, music and mobile phone industries and changed the daily habits of millions around the globe, died on Wednesday at the age of 56.

His death after a years-long battle with pancreatic cancer sparked an immediate outpouring of tributes as world leaders, business rivals and fans alike lamented the tragedy of his premature passing and celebrated his monumental achievements. “The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented,� President Barack Obama said in a statement.

Fans paid homage to Jobs

outside Apple stores around the world, from Los Angeles to Sydney. Outside one store in New York City, mourners laid candles, bouquets of flowers, an apple and an iPod Touch in a makeshift memorial. In San Francisco, they held up black-and-white portraits of Jobs on their iPads.

Many websites, including Apple’s own, were transformed into online memorials, a testament to the digital creativity that Jobs inspired. “For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it’s been an insanely great honor,� said

Microsoft’s Bill Gates, who once triumphed over Jobs but has seen his legendary status overtaken by the Apple co-founder in recent years.

Jobs was surrounded by his wife and immediate family when he died in Palo Alto, California, Apple said late on Wednesday.

Other details were not immediately available.

Jobs stepped down as CEO in August and handed the reins to longtime operations chief Tim Cook.

With a passion for minimalist design and a genius for marketing, Jobs laid the groundwork for the company to continue to ourish after his death, most analysts and investors say.

But Apple still faces challenges in the absence of the man who was its chief product designer, marketing guru and salesman nonpareil.

Phones running Google’s Android software are gaining share in the

smartphone market, and there are questions over what the next big thing is in Apple’s product line.

A college drop-out and the son of adoptive parents, Jobs changed the technology world in the late 1970s, when the Apple II became the first personal computer to gain a wide following. He did it again in 1984 with the Macintosh, which built on the breakthrough technologies developed at Xerox Parc and elsewhere to create the personal computing experience as we know it today.

The rebel streak that’s central to his persona got him tossed out of the company in 1985, but he returned in 1997 and after a few years began the rollout of a troika of products -- the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad -- that again upended the established order in major industries.

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Bali News Balawan:

Loneliness Bamboo 0XVLF (YHQW ARCHIPELAGIC Bamboo event needs the support of all parties as it poses a medium for musicians featuring traditional themes to show off. “Most people still consider that gamelan musical instruments are primitive and tend to be underdeveloped,� said the artist who is also a guitarist, Balawan, on the sidelines of his appearance in the World Music Festival: Archipelagic Bamboo V at Sasana Budaya Ganesha (Sabuga) Bandung, recently.

On that occasion, Balawan who made presentation through collaboration with Gamelan Maestro Project bringing in directly from %DOL SOD\HG ÂżYH VRQJV 7KLV JXLWDUist being famous for his competence to combine the modern and ethnic music showed off his best performance on the pinnacle night of the Archipelagic Bamboo V. According to Balawan, so far the majority of people still considered that gamelan musical instruments were primitive and tended to be underdeveloped. “We raise the gamelans and play them well,â€? he said.

His appearance at the evening together with the Gamelan Maestro Project was an introduction of the

supporting personnel to the public because the gamelan players were entirely coming from an art studio. “As planned, after this performance we would like to make a recording with the Gamelan Maestro Project.

Here we can prove that traditional music players can be paralleled to modern music players,� he said.

Five songs presented by Balawan consisted of the Funkbe, Learning to Dance, What Left in Bali, Kotekan and Jayaprana taken from Balinese romance folklore.

From the rows of the audience, there were a number of foreigners who deliberately come to witness the appearance of Balawan. Hedrik, for instance, a resident from the Netherland, admitted to get

impressed with the performance of Balawan. “I really enjoy his music, a perfect blend of ethnic and modern music. I know Balawan he is an incredible guitarist,� he said.

Other than Balawan, the twoday Archipelagic Bamboo event also featured the musicians like Dwiki Dharmawan who made collaboration with Ozeng Percussion of STSI Bandung and independent musician from Bandung who was currently favored by many young people, namely Sarasvati.

The Archipelagic Bamboo V organized for two days (Oct 1-2) posed an annual event that in every event always highlighted the theme of bamboo as a medium of musical instruments and other arts. (Nikson)

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AS a matter of fact, Bali potentially has the ability to overcome the poverty issues provided there is willingness to alleviate them hand in hand. Likewise, Balinese community potentially has the ability not to fall into poverty. Evidently, the urbanites can economically exist. On that account, to help the poor is required some strategic measures to develop their potential. “A measure that must be well designed is how to kindle their spirit of togetherness in the community to develop themselves so that they will be getting more empowered,� said a lecturer of the Hindu University of Indonesia, Denpasar, Dr. I Wayan Budi Utama.

According to Budi Utama, the required measures were to optimize the social capital, cultural capital and symbolic capital synergistically through facilitation of government. The assistance provided to customary villages should be directed to

develop entrepreneurship. Intrinsic values should also be established so that people could better compete and exist in the midst of changing times such as building the spirit of entrepreneurship, investing in education and so forth.

In early stage, the assistance of government in the form of economic capital was indeed important. However, to empower people was required some strategic measures, so they would not fall into the abyss of poverty. “Assistance in the form of’ economic capital is indeed necessary.

But, it is far more important to make the economic capital develop so that later on it can empower the people,� said Budi Utama.

Meanwhile, a professor from the Hindu University of Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Putu Gelgel, said the spirit of ‘embarrassed’ needed to be revitalized and the sense of pride needed to be removed to make peo-

ple exist in the economic domain. Skill of the poor community should be improved other than giving them an economic assistance. By having the skills, the people were expected to be more independent. “Entrepreneurship training should also EH LQWHQVLÂżHG VR WKH FRPPXQLW\ ZLOO EH more resilient to undertake the economic enterprises,â€? he said.

Capability of human resources of farmers was also important to be improved so they had more capability in managing their agriculture. With the ability and broad insight, farmers would be more empowered. Then, with the capabilities at hand, a narrow land could produce maximum results like through the manDJHPHQW RI DJULFXOWXUDO LQWHQVLÂżFDWLRQ “The ability of farmers in marketing their agricultural products is also important to be improved,â€? he added. (08)The poor family live in Bali.

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Clinton says U.N. Security Council failed Syria Reuters

SANTO DOMINGO - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that the U.N. Security Council failed its duty by not passing a resolution on Syria and said Russia and China would have to explain their vetoes to the Syrian people.

“We believe the Security Council abrogated its responsibility yesterday,” Clinton told reporters, saying the measure vetoed by Russia and China represented the “bare minimum” of what the international community should do in response to the bloody crackdown by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

“The countries that chose to veto the resolution will have to offer their own explanations to the Syrian people, and to all others who are fighting for freedom and human rights around the world,” Clinton said in the Dominican Republic, where she was on an official visit.

Russia and China, which with the United States are veto-

wielding permanent members of the Security Council, on Monday blocked a European-drafted resolution urging Syria to halt its six-month crackdown on prodemocracy protesters.

The vote came after months of disagreement between the United States and European council members on the one hand and Russia, China, Brazil, India and South Africa on the other about how to deal with Syria, where the United Nations estimates that at least 2,700 civilians have died since the crackdown began in March.

“The United States and our European allies have made very clear where we stand on this issue,” Clinton said, adding what appeared to be a veiled reference to past Russian and Chinese weapons sales to the Assad government.

“Those countries that continue to send weapons to the Assad regime that are turned against innocent men, women and even children, should look hard at what they are doing,” Clinton said.

AP Photo/John Raoux

Patsy Gilbert of Orlando, Fla., entertains Republican delegates by impersonating former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at the Florida Republican Party Presidency 5 Convention before a straw poll Saturday, Sept.

24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla.

Palin rules out presidential bid in 2012 Agence France Presse

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin ruled out Wednesday running for the US presidency in 2012, telling supporters that she could help the Republican cause more by working to elect others.

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, talks to Secretary General of the Organization of American States José Miguel Insulza during a ministerial-level meeting of Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas, in Santo Domingo, Wednesday Oct. 5, 2011.

“After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States,” Palin said in a letter posted on her website.

“I believe that at this time I can be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to office -- from the nation’s governors to congressional seats and the presidency,” she wrote.

“In the coming weeks I will help coordinate strategies to assist in replacing the president, re-taking the

Senate, and maintaining the House.”

Palin, a darling of the ultraconservative Tea Party movement who was Senator John McCain’s surprise running mate in 2008, had tantalized supporters for months, launching a bus tour with stops in crucial early-voting states.

But her showing in the opinion polls never really lived up to the media hype and independent observers didn’t believe she could make a credible run and unseat President Barack Obama in next year’s November elections.

Her decision came the day after

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie also disappointed those wanting a shake-up of the Republican field and leaves an expected two-way battle for the nomination between former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Texas Governor Rick Perry.

With Obama seen as vulnerable due to the faltering economy and stubbornly high unemployment, Republicans are desperate to find a candidate who can rally the conservative base but who also doesn’t turn off independents.

Many in the party have lingering doubts about Romney, the current front-runner. Some US Christians view his Mormon faith as odd, a cult or even a heresy and others see him as an inauthentic conservative.

Japan political strongman Ozawa faces trial Agence France Presse

One of Japan’s most influential political powerbrokers, ruling party ex-leader Ichiro Ozawa, who has long faced graft allegations, goes on trial Thursday over a political funding scandal.

Three of Ozawa’s aides have already been convicted on charges they falsified reports about money handled by his political fund management body, but he is expected to plead not guilty to related accusations.

Ozawa, 69, heads the biggest faction in the ruling Democratic

Party of Japan (DPJ) and is a veteran backroom operator who narrowly failed to oust Naoto Kan in a leadership battle a year ago.

Kan announced his resignation in August this year after being criticised for his response to the March 11 quake-tsunami-nuclear disaster.

Ozawa’s trial, which has gripped Japanese public attention, comes after an official panel of citizen judicial reviewers overturned a decision by prosecutors to drop the case due to a lack of evidence.

It is the first time in Japan that such a panel has forced an indictment by court-appointed lawyers,

sidelining prosecutors.

Japan’s mainstream media has long been critical of Ozawa’s strong political influence, which is based on his vast wealth and allegedly lucrative connections.

Because of Ozawa’s power, Japanese media often gauge senior ruling party members by strength of their relationships with him.

In this courtroom sketch, Democratic Party of Japan’s veteran Ichiro Ozawa insits on his innocence at Tokyo District Court in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011.

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Aston Denpasar offers “Culinary Journey” IBP

DENPASAR - At Jempiring Restaurant - Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center, their trained chefs take pleasure in creating scrumptious meals for welcoming the delighting month of October. Aston delighted to take you had a culinary journey at Jempiring Restaurant.

At this October, Jempiring restaurant offered the special menu with the Chef’s special recipe. For special food, kitchen team has prepared a mouthwatering western appetizer Beef Ball Soup, Delicious Clear Beef Ball Soup served with Tofu.

Continuing with the tempting east main course Spare Rib Caramel, mouth watering Oxtail in Caramelized Sauce served with Steam Rice. Then sweetened with the sugary dessert Strawberry Caramel , awesome Caramel Pudding with Strawberry Cake.

The delicious food promotions will also accompanied with the freshen two options of beverages to relieving thirst, from mocktail collection Aston offers B&S Colada, Fresh Mixed of Fresh Banana And Strawberry Fruit, Coconut Syrup, Pineapple Juice, Fresh Milk. Experience also our healthy drink collection entitled with Apple Soda Jahe, Mixed of Apple Fruit with Apple Juice, Ginger and Soda Water on Top.

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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A Cambodian boy rows a container through ďŹ&#x201A;oodwaters in a village in Kandal province on October 3, 2011. More than 100 Cambodians, nearly half of them children, have died in the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst ďŹ&#x201A;ooding in a decade, a disaster ofďŹ cial said

Floods drown Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rice bowl Agence France Presse

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About 1.5 million hectares PLOOLRQ DFUHV RI SDGG\ fields in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos have been damaged or are at risk from the worst floods to hit the region in years, officials say.

In Thailand, the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bigJHVW ULFH H[SRUWHU ZKHUH people have died in the floods, about one million hectares of paddy -- roughly 10 percent of the total -- have been damaged, they say.

Heavy rains in Laos and Cambodia have also led to big losses in recent weeks, and experts say flood waters have now drained into Vietnamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mekong Delta, a key global rice producer, making it the latest to be inundated.

Further west, flooding of rice and other farmland in Pakistanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arable belt has cost that country

nearly $2 billion in losses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole region will now suffer from rising food prices as potential harvests have now been devastated. The damage is very serious this year and it will be some time before people can resume normal lives,â&#x20AC;? Margareta Wahlstrom, the United Nations chief of disaster reduction, said in a statement.

The flood damage comes on top of worries about the impact on global rice prices of a new scheme by the Thai government to boost the minimum price farmers receive for their crop.

Vietnam meanwhile is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number-two rice exporter and the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam accounts for half the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The upstream waters have begun to drop slightly but here

they are rising three to five centimetres (1.2 to two inches) daily,â&#x20AC;? said Duong Nghia Quoc, director of the agriculture department in Dong Thap province.

Dong Thap and neighbouring An Giang, which abut Cambodia, have been the worst affected in the delta.

The UN, citing government sources, says 11 people have died, more than 20,000 homes are flooded and 99,000 hectares of rice are at risk in Vietnam. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agricultural production is seriously affected this year by the floods that were, in fact, worse than our forecasts,â&#x20AC;? said Vuong Huu Tien, of the flood and storm control department in An Giang, where thousands of soldiers have been mobilised to reinforce dykes and help residents reach safer ground.

A diagnosis of a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004 initially cast only a mild shadow over Jobs and Apple, with the CEO asserting that the disease was treatable. But his health deteriorated rapidly over the past several years, and after two temporary leaves of absence he stepped down as chief executive and became Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chairman in August.

Jobsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; death came just one day after Cook presented a new iPhone at the kind of gala event that became Jobsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; trademark.

Perhaps coincidentally, the new device got lukewarm reviews, with many saying that it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a big enough improvement over the existing version of one of the most successful consumer products in history.

Apple on Wednesday paid homage to its visionary leader by changing its website to a big black-and-white photograph of him with the caption â&#x20AC;&#x153;Steve Jobs: 1955-2011.â&#x20AC;?

The flags outside the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop flew at half mast. Employees left flowers on a bench and a mourner played music on bagpipes in an impromptu tribute.

Cook said in a statement that Apple planned to hold a celebration of Jobsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; life for employees â&#x20AC;&#x153;soonâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Steveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives.

The world is immeasurably better because of Steve,â&#x20AC;? Apple said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family.

Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.â&#x20AC;?

The announcement of Jobsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; death came after almost all trading in U.S. stocks had finished for the day. Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stock was ODVW TXRWHG DW D WDG ORZHU WKDQ LWV 1DVGDT FORVH RI

Outside Jobsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; house in Palo Alto, neighbors and friends left flowers and drew messages with markers on the sidewalk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thanks for changing the world,â&#x20AC;? read one.

A low fence surrounded a lawn filled with apple trees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was special for the area, like part of the family,â&#x20AC;? said Robert Blum, who brought flowers with his eight-year-old son, Daniel.

Jobs, in his trademark uniform of black mock-turtleneck and blue jeans, was deemed the heart and soul of a company that rivals Exxon Mobil as the most valuable in America. )RUEHV HVWLPDWHV -REVÂś QHW ZRUWK DW ELOOLRQ ,W ZDV QRW LPmediately known how his estate would be handled.

His health had been a controversial topic for years and a deep concern to Apple fans and investors. Even board members have in past years confided to friends their concern that Jobs, in his quest for privacy, was not being forthcoming enough with directors about the true condition of his health.

Born in San Francisco, the Buddhist and son of adoptive parents started Apple Computer with friend Steve Wozniak in his SDUHQWÂśV JDUDJH Six years ago, Jobs had talked about how a sense of his mortality was a major driver behind that vision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Remembering that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be dead soon is the most important tool Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life,â&#x20AC;?

Jobs said during a Stanford commencement ceremony in 2005. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure -- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.â&#x20AC;?

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South Korean actor received RI honorary marine brevet Antara

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South Korean actor Hyun Bin, left, receives a beret from Indonesian Marine commander Maj. Gen. Alfan Burhanudin during his visit to the Marine base in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011.

JAKARTA - A South Korean actor who is also a navy member, Hyun Bin, received 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 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 arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday (Oct 4). During his stay in Indonesia, Hyun who has named South Korea`s defense industry ambassador, 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.

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Put Indonesia President on the spot Reuters

JAKARTA - The multimillion-dollar project in Indonesia’s remote West Papua province had noble ambitions: resettle migrant workers so they can forge a better life in one of the world’s most populous countries.

But after thousands of dollars in bribes were found stuffed in a fruit box at the Manpower Ministry, the project has become a symbol of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s struggle to deliver the “shock therapy” he promised in 2004 to rid Southeast Asia’s biggest economy of endemic graft.

It now threatens to bring down members of his cabinet and could damage his own Democrat Party. With a population of 238 million and swelling investment, Indonesia is set to become one of the world’s biggest economies.

Marble-walled shopping malls are sprouting from traffic-choked streets, selling Louis Vuitton and Prada handbags. Growth, projected at about 6.6 percent this year, is among the best in the G20 club of leading economies.

Yet corruption remains pervasive, sowing doubt over whether Yudhoyono can make good on other reforms aimed at sustaining Indonesia as one of the world’s hottest developing markets.

“When foreign investors see unethical behavior and corruption, they appreciate it when there’s an immediate and clear response,” said Shubham Chaudhuri, the World Bank’s senior economist in Jakarta.

In the capital’s gritty streets, graft is a popular subject -- and a growing source of resentment.

“If this country wants to move

forward, we need an iron-fist leader who is brave enough to stand up against corruption,” said Zulkifli, a 34-year-old office worker who like many Indonesians uses one name.

In the West Papua case, the manpower and finance ministries and a powerful parliamentary budget committee are being investigated over alleged kickbacks from PT Alam Jaya Papua, which won a tender for the project. Investigators are examining whether a total 500 billion rupiah ($56 million) in projects is tainted.

The company has acknowledged giving money to Manpower Ministry officials. The scandals are taking their toll. Concerns over his handling of corruption is blamed in part for the 40 point tumble to 51 percent in Yudhoyono’s approval rating since his re-election to a second and final five-year term in 2009, an Indo Barometer poll showed last month.

Executives surveyed in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2011-12 said corruption remained “the most problematic factor for doing business” in Indonesia despite a halfdecade campaign to stamp it out.

Graft allegations against Indonesian politicians, including those in Yudhoyono’s Democrat Party, have sidelined many of his legislative priorities.

As scandals grab headlines and lead nightly news broadcasts, specula-

tion is growing of an imminent cabinet reshuffle in Yudhoyono’s coalition before he finishes the second year of his current term on October 20.

The West Papua scandal bears striking similarities to other cases tackled by a six-year-old Corruption Eradication Commission. Known as KPK, it spares few, targeting judges, millionaires and members of parliament, even a Yudhoyono inlaw.

An account manager at an Indonesian company, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the subject, told Reuters he came to a parliamentary office a few weeks ago to deliver a bribe hidden in a box of KFC, a practice that he described as relatively common.

“I came to parliament to meet a member of a budget team and bring 35 million rupiah ($3,900) in two boxes of KFC in order to get him to approve one of my clients,” he said.

In 2010 alone, the corruption commission investigated more than 170 cases involving legislators and officials who siphoned an estimated 2.5 trillion rupiah ($280 million) from state revenue. About 190 billion rupiah ($21 million) was returned, according to KPK data.

But its successes have drawn unrelenting opposition, and it is unclear how far it can go.

For the past two weeks, leaders in parliament have sharply criticized the commission for what they see as an attempt to meddle in the assembly’s work. Last week, lawmakers refused to meet commission investigators, holding up deliberations over the 2012 budget unless they backed off.

Smuggled pig-nosed turtles returned to Indonesia Associated Press

JAKARTA — Hundreds of threatened pig-nosed turtles smuggled from Indonesia as part of the illegal pet trade have been returned home.

Forestry Ministry spokesman Masyhud says the 609 baby turtles were among more than 800 seized by authorities in Hong Kong earlier this year.

They arrived at Jakarta’s international airport on Wednesday and will be sent on to their native

habitat in easternmost Papua province. The Carettochelys insculpta turtles got their nickname from the two large nostrils at the tips of their long, fleshy snouts.

They can found in the freshwater streams, lagoons and rivers of Australia and Papua New Guinea.

The biggest threats they face come from the illegal animal trade, commercial fishing and egg and meat hunters.sent on to their native habitat in easternmost Papua province.

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Indonesian journalist surround plastic containers with pig-nosed turtles in after arrival at Sukarno Hatta airport on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Hundreds of the threatened pig-nosed turtles smuggled from Indonesia as part of the illegal pet trade returned home on Wednesday and will be

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Bali Today Bali Budget 2012 allocated nearly IDR 3 trillion predominated by personnel expenditure was considered by the Dean of Faculty of Economics, Udayana University, Prof.

Dr. Wayan Ramantha, to have not touched the public interests.

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DENPASAR - Bali Budget 2012 allocated nearly IDR 3 trillion predominated by personnel expenditure was considered by the Dean of Faculty of Economics, Udayana University, Prof.

Dr. Wayan Ramantha, to have not touched the public interests. Government should prioritize the poverty alleviation and unemployment reduction rather than indirect expenditures such as salaries and allowances for civil servants, including salaries and allowances for the regional head and deputy head as well as the representation money of the Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chairman and members.

Ramantha said that government should design it in such a way that development spending could absorb labor, and the poverty alleviation could be further enhanced.

Meanwhile, in easing the poverty, the creativity and productivity of poor people should get more portions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Government should be propeople and proportional in designing the budget because the very dominant personnel expenditure will result in restrictedness in dealing with unemployment and poverty,â&#x20AC;? said Ramantha in Denpasar.

According to the Regional Chief Economist of BNI, the policy of government spending should be focused on three aspects namely the Pro-Growth, Pro-Job, and Pro-Poor. The economic development was not only limited to talk about equity and economic stability, but also referred to the economic development target of Bali, namely employment absorption and poverty alleviation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eradicating poverty is not only enough by house refurbish-

ment program because by owning a home they will not be certainly relieved from poverty. On that account, it requires the strengthening of human resources. This becomes the task of government,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Ramantha advised the government to continuously increase the sources of income, whether sourcing from regionally generated revenue (PAD) and other sources. This would be achieved by implementing the good public governance in the management and collection of the regional revenue sources such as the online vehicle tax and other governance so the leakage would not happen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If regional revenue increases and followed by constant portion of low employee expenditure, it means the allocation for percentage of alleviating poverty and unemployment problems being faced by Bali could be improved,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Nevertheless, Ramantha admitted that the budget mostly siphoned to indirect personnel expenditure could not be stopped. However, to

make the portion was persistently unlike that, government should think about long-term moratorium on the recruitment of civil servants in the regency/municipality in the HIIRUW WR PDNH HIÂżFLHQF\ DQG WR optimize the performance of civil servants.

Based on the data of Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Bali as generator of the national tourism sector could absorb 65,604 employees until February 2011 where they were mostly high school and vocational school graduates. The number of workers in Bali during this period reached 2,229,970 people. The ÂżJXUH LQFUHDVHG DV PXFK DV people compared to August 2010 namely reaching 2,177,358 people or with the increase of 188,633 people in February 2010 compared to the achievement of 2,041,337 people.

Meanwhile, in 2010 the population categorized to be in the poverty line in Bali reached 222,868 people living in urban areas and 188,071 people in UXUDO DUHDV 7KHVH ÂżJXUHV VKRZHG DQ increase compared to the year 2000 consisting of 95,826 urbanites and 82,413 villagers. (par)

Balinese women:

In devotional services through the arts Beauty can stop everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes flickering. Beauty of the kid song can lullaby a baby.

Similarly, beauty also can toss the imagination, soothe the mind and draw people to get near. Bali has many sources of that beauty offering the charm of nature, culture or adventure.

By maintaining traditions inspired by Hinduism, Balinese people go on running in harmony with the time. In other words, they do not feel inferior because of inheriting those traditions. Beauty in the form of various dance movements has been introduced since early ages. On seeing a dance staged, a toddler may watch it attentively or its fingers move and move as if imitating the movement of the dance.

Virtually all customary villages in Bali have gamelan troupe. This troupe plays important role in expressing their entertainment arts and accompanying every ritual activity.

This existence gives opportunity to villagers from child to adult to express their artistic talent especially in dance, drama and gamelan arts. Young girls under twelve or elementary school age have a chance to participate in performing Rejang Dance.

By wearing white and yellow FRVWXPHV DQG Ă&#x20AC;RUDO GHFRUDWLRQ on head, they dance beautifully accompanied by gamelan music.

Rejang Dance is one of the sacred dances performed in relation to the organization of temple anniversary or odalan. Other than putting a basic love to their tradition, they also show devotional service or ngatur ayah through the arts.

When they grow older, right on entering secondary school, they join customary village youth club or Sekaa Taruna. Here, with their male friends and their brothers and sisters start to learn about organization. Many things can be learned through this orgaQL]DWLRQ 6LQFH LW KDV DIÂżOLDWLRQ to customary village, they can learn about the making of some simple oblation under guidance of senior oblation maker and various traditional arts. In Bali, this youth club actually play important role in preparing young

generation to maintain their valuable cultural heritages or to prepare themselves for inheriting customary responsibility.

With their male counterpart, here the young girls also learn to play drama or more complex traditional arts. Popular genres of performance showed are pure entertainment and the one in combination with sacred dance. The latter usually features Calonarang. This magical drama involves a combination of male and female players. In essence, this Calonarang drama highlights the endless ÂżJKW EHWZHHQ WUXWK DQG XQWUXWK V\PEROL]LQJ E\ VDQFWLÂżHG HIÂżgies or tapakan like Rangda and Barong. By and large, it is also associated with ritual events at local temple.

In the following stage, when woman gets married she will enter the new organization, namely customary village. Having learned much about ritual works, it is now the time to practice them in wider social life. They should attend some socio-religious activities when the events engage the members of customary village. At this stage, household mother can remain to show her devotional service through the arts other than social works. Through the arts, they may join the drama or individual psalmodic singing or pasantian.

How is about their private life?

It is normal as others. They also have opportunity to build career in their profession. In modern life with heterogeneous professions as today, woman also works as men do. Traditions do not impede them to reach outstanding achievement in self-employee or RIÂżFH MRE ,I WKH\ ZRUN DW GD\time, some social works will be held at the evening.

Tradition is not something obsolete. Even, it retains abundant inspirations to create something new and creative that is advantageous for modern life. However, traditions should also be reviewed and adjust to the current condition without leaving behind its core. Tradition does not hinder women to get their career achievement. Even, it stays to give them a channel to express their spiritual sense through devotional services.

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Balinese Culture Dried Shrimp Chili Sauce

Look trendy with stylish bark bag In many instances, bark is considered as useless material. However, the bark can be transformed into an attractive bag craft. Craft bag made of bark sold in the art markets attracts many local and foreign consumers.

Bags made of bark are widely sold in the traditional art markets like in Sukawati Art Market. Traders claimed to bring in a variety of unique crafts from the region of Jogjakarta and some were in production in Bali. They sold this kind of bag at IDR 60,000 to IDR 75,000 per piece. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The price is quite affordable for local and foreign consumers,â&#x20AC;? said Sarianti, one of the souvenir traders on the ground floor of the market.

Aside from using the bark mateULDOV WKH EDJV ZHUH DOVR EHDXWLÂżHG ZLWK DOJDO ÂżEHU YLQ\O RU OHDWKHU IRU the inner part and handgrip. Similarly, it was also added with some other materials to make them sturdier. Though not colored, the trader dared to guarantee if the bark bag product was fungi resistant. Special coating material added would make the bag resistant to fungi and termite.

Sarianti added that the bark materials were brought in from Kalimantan.

Except for Sarianti, there was also Komang Astapa, another trader who also sold bag products made from bark raw materials. Other than IBP/Net Craft bag made of bark sold in the art markets attracts many local consumers, the bags were also purchased by foreign tourists who local and foreign consumers. visited their shop. (BTN/kmb)

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Ingredients 15 red chilies, sliced and seeded 2 Tbs. dried shrimp paste 2 medium-sized tomato, chopped 2 small shallots, peeled and sliced 2 cloves garlic, peeled and bruised 2 Tbs. oil 1 tsp. sugar 1 Tbs. salt 1 Tbs. lime juice Instructions +HDW RLO RYHU PHGLXP KHDW DQG VDXWp WKH ÂżUVW ÂżYH LQJUHGLHQWV for approximately 2-3 minutes.

With a mortar and a pestle, grind the sautĂŠd ingredients along with the rest of the ingredients.

Peanut Sauce (Sambal Kacang) Ingredients 3 cups deep-fried peanuts 4 cloves garlic, peeled and bruised 12 birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye chilies, sliced 3 inches kencur (like galangal), peeled and choped NDIÂżU OLPH OHDYHV ½ cup sweet soy sauce 2 tsp. salt 6 cups water 1 Tbs. lime juice Instructions *ULQG RU EOHQG WKH ÂżUVW IRXU LQJUHGLHQWV XQWLO FRDUVH RU ÂżQH GHSHQGLQJ ZKHWKHU \RX OLNH LW FRDUVHG RU ÂżQH Put all ingredients in a pan except the lime juice.

Simmer over very low heat for approximately 1 hour, stirring to prevent sticking.

Stir in lime juice just before use.

Note: Peanut sauce is used for variety of Indonesian Meat Dishes, such as Mixed Vegetables with Peanut Sauce (GadoGado), Fresh Salad with Peanut Sauce (Keredok), Chicken Satay (Sate Ayam), etc.

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The Blanco museum is a place where you can savor Balinese life in motion, with a visit to the family temple or stroll through the gardens. Everywhere there are touches of Antonio Blancoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life.

The artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studio remains undisturbed, the unfinished painting still on the sunken easel.

Women wander through the yard, in traditional Balinese dress carrying offerings. The visitor can see the delicate ďŹ&#x201A;ower and palm leaf offerings being made in the courtyard. The Blanco family provides a personal tour of the museum and grounds.

Antonio Blanco was born on September 15, 1911, in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

Both of his parents were Spanish, a fact that Blanco believed linked him geographically and spiritually to Miro and Salvador Dali. His father settled in Manila during the Spanish - American

War, where he attained prominence as a physician. Blanco was educated at the American Central School in Manila. During his high school years he loved the arts, literature and language classes but struggled in scientiďŹ c subjects. It is no wonder that he spoke six languages - Spanish, French, English, Tagalog, Indonesian and a bit of Balinese. After completing high school in Manila, Blanco studied at the National Academy of Art in New York under Sidney Dickinson. During those early formative years, Blanco concentrated on the human form, fascinated by the female body more than any other subject matter. To further his studies and ignite his traveling spirit, he traveled extensively throughout the world before he ďŹ nally landed in Bali in 1952.The King of Ubud gave Blanco a piece of land to set up his home and studio in Campuan, Ubud, at the confluence of two sacred rivers. Blanco and his Balinese wife, the celebrated

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dancer Ni Ronji, lived in their mountain retreat, barely leaving it for the world outside. Following a brief trip to the United States, where Blanco acquired many new collectors, the couple never left their fantasy home again.

Living in serene surroundings with his four children, Tjempaka, Mario, Orchid and Maha Devi, Bali became Blancoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s center.

He was fascinated by the island and completely captivated by its charm.

Blanco lived and worked in his magical hilltop home until his death in 1999, feverishly creating his fantasy portraits of beautiful women. Surrounded by lush gardens, rice ďŹ elds and with a Banyan tree standing over his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s temple, Antonio Blanco proceeded to create a new reality for himself. His artistic outpourings of this isolated world became much sought after by eager art lovers, collectors and promoters. Within a few years, Blanco became the most famous foreign artist to make Bali his home. He was recognized in both Indonesia and abroad, receiving numerous Blanco Awards and commanding huge prizes at international auctions.

By the end of his life, Blanco had begun building his museum at his studio in Campuan. Dramatically, he died just before its inauguration. His funeral was marked by a very important Blanco Cremation in Ubud. It was Blancoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream to turn his studio-mansion into a museum. His son, Mario, fulďŹ lled this dream by following his path to become a painter. The Blanco Renaissance Museum is now open to the public, exposing both the maestroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Marioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art works.

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BUSINESS World stocks climb on Europe debt action hopes Associated Press

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In early European trading, Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FTSE 100 rose 1.2 percent to 5,161.65 and Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DAX DGGHG SHUFHQW WR Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CAC 40 advanced 2.2 SHUFHQW WR :DOO 6WUHHW was set to gain with Dow futures XS SHUFHQW DW In Asia, Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nikkei index URVH SHUFHQW WR and South Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kospi index MXPSHG SHUFHQW WR Hong Kongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hang Seng index VXUJHG SHUFHQW WR Benchmarks in Taiwan, Singapore and Australia also rose.

Markets in mainland China were closed for a holiday.

Global stock markets are recouping some of their losses after a rough start to the week prompted by procrastination and confusion among European leaders as they tried to get a handle on the continentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debt crisis.

Those worries were eased after

reports Wednesday indicating that policymakers were working to coordinate and bolster action.

The International Monetary Fund called again on European leaders to quickly steel banks against worsening market panic. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would support a Europe-wide plan to recapitalize banks if it was deemed necessary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good news coming out of Europe,â&#x20AC;? said Jackson Wong, a vice president at Tanrich Securities in Hong Kong, although he warned that markets would likely remain choppy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today everything seems fine, however the overall problems are still out there. Nothing has been resolvedâ&#x20AC;? with Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debt crisis, he said.

Investors are looking to a U.S. government report on employment due Friday following some positive economic indicators on Wednesday that buoyed Wall Street.

A service sector survey in-

dicated that economic growth might improve, while another report by a payroll processing company beat expectations with news that that private companies added slightly more jobs in September than the month before.

Many are hoping it foreshadows similar good news for Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broader report.

In New York on Wednesday, Wall Street added to gains from the day before. The Dow Jones LQGXVWULDO DYHUDJH ILQLVKHG SHUFHQW KLJKHU DW DQG the broader Standard & Poorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 500 index rose 1.2 percent to

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Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s booming growth is generating record trade in July 2011.

But its strength is causing pain in the Australian ÂżJXUHV IRU UHVRXUFH ULFK $XVWUDOLD VWUHQJWKHQLQJ LWV dollar and spurring strong employment growth in manufacturing sector as its goods become more expensive for overseas buyers, aggravating the the mining and construction industries, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This record strong terms of trade is making sure two-speed economy that has put the government that the Australian dollar is strong too,â&#x20AC;? she told a under political pressure.

That pressure is unlikely to ease as long as the jobs creation forum, as Australia faces a two-speed economy where mining is booming while manufac- resources and mining sector is growing strongly, powered by Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic boom that is underpinturing and retail suffer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are in a zone of strength for the Australian ning Australian trade, Gillard warned. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That strong Australian dollar means that we dollar now that is likely to be sustained for the are putting strain on some sections of the economy, foreseeable future,â&#x20AC;? Gillard says.

The Australian dollar was trading at 96.54 US consequently leading to what I refer to as the patchcents, up from 95.50 on Wednesday, after it dropped work economy,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Without Jobs, Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gap with rivals could narrow Reuters

SEOUL - The death of Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inspirational leader is likely to have a deep impact on the maker of the iPod, iPhone and iPad, giving major rivals a greater chance to catch up with the technology giant.

Steve Jobsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; creative spirit was so closely tied to the fortunes of Apple that his death at 56 raises questions about the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to keep its pipeline of transformational products running at such a fast pace. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a technology analyst, I am sorry for his death. It was Jobsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Apple, not Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jobs,â&#x20AC;? said Kim Young-chan, an analyst at Shinhan Investment in Seoul.

The CEOs of rivals including Samsung Electronics, Amazon, Google and Sony mourned the death of Jobs, a sign of the respect they held for the Silicon Valley legend.

Investors had known about Jobsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; long battle with pancreatic cancer. In August, the man known for minimalist design and marketing genius handed the reins to long-time operations chief Tim Cook. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Apple no longer has someone as creative and ambitious as Jobs WKDW WKH\ FDQ UHO\ RQ ´ VDLG 6LPRQ /LX GHSXW\ LQYHVWPHQW RIÂżFHU RI Polaris Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fund unit.

In Asia, the fortunes of Samsung are most closely tied to Apple.

Analysts have said the South Korean conglomerate is one of the best placed companies to deliver something fresh and exciting to rival Apple. Samsung produces the closest competitor to Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iPad tablet computer.

The two companies are scrapping for top spot in the smartphone market, having overtaken Nokia, the market leader for the past decade, in the second quarter.

Apple is also Samsungâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest customer through the sale of mobile chips and display screens.

The relationship and rivalry has helped Samsung become a top global brand over the past decade with a stock market value RI ELOOLRQ VWLOO PRGHVW FRPSDUHG ZLWK $SSOHÂśV ELOlion.

But the relationship has also produced tensions as Samsung emerged as a credible challenger to Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mobile devices. The two companies have sued each other in 10 countries involving more than 20 cases since April.

Samsungâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Galaxy range of smartphones and tablet computers running on Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Android operating system are seen as the main competitor to Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game-changing iPhones and iPads.

The competition was â&#x20AC;&#x153;flummoxedâ&#x20AC;? by the iPad, Jobs declared in March when he took the stage to unveil Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest tablet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They went back to the drawing boards. They tore up their designs because they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t competitive,â&#x20AC;? Jobs said.

Lee Seung-woo, technology analyst at Shinyoung Securities, said Apple had transformed the industry, but its influence would wane without Jobs at the helm of the company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under Jobs, Apple consolidated segmented IT sectors into one big consumer market and claimed so many victims,â&#x20AC;? Lee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without Jobs, Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rivals now have some time to step up and majors such as Google, Samsung, Microsoft and Facebook will try to fill the gap.â&#x20AC;?

Jan Dawson, chief telecoms analyst at research consultancy Ovum, said Apple would do well in the short term as the company would roll out products Jobs had a hand in.

7KH L3KRQH LQWURGXFHG LQ ZLWK WKH WRXFKVFUHHQ WHPSODWH now adopted by its rivals -- is the gold standard in the booming smartphone market, and its sales have dealt a blow to ambitious plans of many competitors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The question is whether it can continue to launch iconic and successful products without him (in the longer term)... In the longer term, Apple risks becoming a more ordinary company without him.â&#x20AC;?

Jobsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; influence was underlined by the outpouring of tributes from executives of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest companies.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wolfenstein.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Doom.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Quake.â&#x20AC;? Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all landmark titles in the history of video games, and they deďŹ ned an entire genre: the ďŹ rst-person shooter.

The studio that created them, Dallas-based id Software, has been relatively quiet since 2004â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doom 3.â&#x20AC;? But id has ďŹ nally returned with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rageâ&#x20AC;? (Bethesda, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, $59.99), and fans will be delighted to discover it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lost its touch for triggerhappy mayhem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rageâ&#x20AC;? takes place in the sort of post-disaster wasteland that has become a bit of a cliche. In 2029, the hero was put into suspended animation before an asteroid struck Earth. When he awakens centuries later, the surface has been overrun by bandits, mutants, cannibals and other miscreants.

In an earlier id game, your goal would be simple: Kill â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;em all. Indeed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rageâ&#x20AC;? doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t skimp on opportunities to fill your enemies with lead. You can run screaming into a ďŹ reďŹ ght, ďŹ&#x201A;inging grenades and automatic weapons ďŹ re every which way. Or you can take a more cautious approach, taking out foes one-by-one with well-placed sniper bullets.

While the weapons donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get too

exotic, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re well differentiated.

A shotgun has a beefy kick to it, while a rapid-ďŹ re machine gun is more difďŹ cult to control. You can also build turrets and sentry robots, which become valuable sidekicks when foes become too much for your lone gunman.

There are only a few enemy types, but they come after you in many ways. Some kill from afar.

Some heavily armored guards march relentlessly toward you. And the most agile mutants jump you en masse. The animation and artiďŹ cial intelligence are terriďŹ c, making all your antagonists seem like living (and dying) creatures with their own unpredictable attack patterns.

At its core, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rageâ&#x20AC;? is a series of environments â&#x20AC;&#x201D; caverns, a factory, a prison â&#x20AC;&#x201D; filled with things to shoot. There are a few short detours, but the paths are almost entirely linear. Still, other activities prevent the game from feeling like one long trudge toward the inevitable.

You get access early on to a dune buggy equipped with guns

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In this video game image released by Bethesda, a mutant roams the surface of post-apocalypse Earth in a scene from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rage.â&#x20AC;?

and homing rockets, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a kick to chase bandit vehicles around the wasteland. At two locations you can sign up for competitive races; a few

5RZDQ $WNLQVRQ EDFN as spoof spy Johnny English Reuters

LONDON - Rowan Atkinson is back as bumbling spy Johnny English in the sequel to his 2003 hit, but despite work on comic classics â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not the Nine Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Clock Newsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blackadder,â&#x20AC;? the comedian does not ďŹ nd ďŹ lming much fun. The 56-yearold, whose television series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr.

Beanâ&#x20AC;? also made it to the big screen, was on the red carpet in London at the weekend to promote spy spoof â&#x20AC;&#x153;Johnny English Reborn,â&#x20AC;? which hits British theatres on Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never ďŹ nd ďŹ lming particularly fun to be honest,â&#x20AC;? he told Reuters at the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a tremendous amount of laughter going on when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ďŹ lming because I tend to take

REUTERS/Olivia

Actor Rowan Atkinson poses for a photograph with models as he arrives for the UK premiere of Johnny English Reborn, at the Empire Leicester Square in central London, October 2, 2011.

it all far too seriously.â&#x20AC;? In Johnny English Reborn, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the improbable secret agentâ&#x20AC;? is called back into action when his superiors learn the Chinese premierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life is in danger.

Director Oliver Parker said that hit spy series like the Bourne thrillers and the arrival of Daniel Craig as the new James Bond in 2006 had provided more source material for the English character. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had several years of Bourne and the new Bond, so that was a little more meat for us to feed on really,â&#x20AC;?

Parker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ďŹ rst movie I suppose was reflecting much more on Roger, (former Bond actor) Roger Moore, and here we have those two new spies, and it gave us a lot more to play with I think.â&#x20AC;? Parker and his cast, including Gillian Anderson as Pamela Head and Dominic West as Simon Ambrose, will be hoping for a repeat of the commercial success of the ďŹ rst movie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Johnny English,â&#x20AC;? released in 2003, earned $160 million in global ticket sales, according to movie tracking website boxofficemojo. com, on a budget estimated at $40 million. Early reviews have been mixed to poor, according to critic tracker rottentomatoes.com.

are straightforward, but most turn into demolition derbies.

There are also side jobs that you can take on for cash. And there are

several gambling events, including an addictive collectible card game and the ever delightful â&#x20AC;&#x153;ďŹ ve-ďŹ nger ďŹ llet.â&#x20AC;?

'HQ]HO :DVKLQJWRQ donates $2.25 million to Fordham Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Denzel Washington has donated $2.25 million to Fordham University, his alma mater.

The university said Monday that

Washington has given $2 million to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre, and another $250,000 to establish a scholarship for a minority undergraduate student studying theater at Fordham.

Phylicia Rashad, who played Clair Huxtable on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Cosby Show,â&#x20AC;? has joined the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faculty as the ďŹ rst Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre.

Washington cited the late Bob Stone, who was a theater professor at Fordham, for inspiring him.

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3 win Nobel for showing universe is speeding up Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/Kin Cheung

A boy looks at a figure of Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs where flowers are laid in his tribute at an Apple retail store in Hong Kong Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc. and father of the iPhone, has died at age 56.

iSad: Digital titans, gadget junkies mourn Jobs Associated Press Writer

BANGKOK — From the titans of high technology to teenagers armed with iPads, millions of people around the world mourned digital-gadget genius Steve Jobs as a man whose wizardry transformed their lives in big ways and small.

Google, Sony, Samsung, Microsoft — corporate giants that have all been bruised in dustups with Jobs’ baby, the technology prodigy Apple — put their rivalries aside Thursday to remember the man behind the iconic products that define his generation: the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad. “Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world,” Facebook founder Mark Zucker-

berg wrote. Fans for whom the Apple brand became a near-religion grasped for comparisons to history’s great innovators, as well as its celebrities, to honor the man they credit with putting 1,000 songs and the Internet in their pockets.

“I was so saddened. For me it was like Michael Jackson or Princess Diana — that magnitude,” Stephen Jarjoura, 43, said at the flagship

Apple store in Australia’s biggest city, Sydney. He said Jobs’ legacy would surpass that of even Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison.

“The digital age has lost its leading light, but Steve’s innovation and creativity will inspire dreamers and thinkers for generations,” Sony Corp. President and Chief Executive Howard Stringer said in a statement.

Few companies felt Apple’s rise more than Japan’s Sony, whose iconic Walkman transformed the music listening experience in the 1980s but which proved no match for Apple’s iPod after it launched in 2001.

NEW YORK — Three U.S.born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discovering that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace, a stunning revelation that suggests the cosmos could be headed for a colder, bleaker future, nearly devoid of light.

In 1998, Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess presented findings that overturned the conventional idea that the expansion was slowing 13.7 billion years after the big bang. Their discovery raised a question: What is pushing the universe apart? Scientists have labeled it “dark energy,” but nobody knows what it is.

It’s “an enigma, perhaps the greatest in physics today,” the Nobel committee said. Perlmutter, 52, of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, will receive half the $1.5 million prize. The other half will go to Schmidt, 44, at the Australian National University in Weston Creek, Australia, and Riess, 41, an astronomy professor at Johns Hopkins University and Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.

Working in two teams, with

Perlmutter heading one, they had raced to measure the universe’s expansion by analyzing light from dozens of exploding stars called supernovas. They found the light was weaker than expected, signaling that the expansion of the universe was accelerating.

It was “one of the truly great discoveries in the history of science, and one whose implications are not fully understood,” said Paul Steinhardt, a physics professor at Princeton University.

One consequence of the finding is that in a trillion years, galaxies will be spread apart from each other by more than the current size of the universe, he said. And the ever-greater expansion rate means the light from one galaxy will no longer be visible from another as it is today, he said.

“It’s like changing from New York City to suddenly where everyone is spread out across some huge desert and there’s nothing around to view,” Steinhardt said.

The rapid expansion also implies that the universe will get increasingly colder as matter spreads across ever-vaster distances in space, said Lars Bergstrom, secretary of the Nobel physics committee.

AP Photo/Paul Sakuma

Saul Perlmutter, winner of the Nobel Prize for physics, poses with his daughter’s telescope at his home in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 after hearing he had won.

‘DES daughters’ prone to cancer, fertility woes Agence France Presse

A pregnant woman poses in March 2011 in Ygos-Saint-Saturnin, south western France.

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Women whose mothers took a synthetic estrogen called DES before it was discontinued in 1971 have been found to suffer from a variety of fertility problems and cancers, according to a major new study.

The study appearing in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine examines the daughters of females exposed in the womb to diethylstilbestrol (DES), which was prescribed in the mistaken belief it could reduce

certain complications of pregnancy.

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute and several other medical centers followed some 6,500 women, including 4,600 exposed to DES. They concluded that the daughters with exposure to DES in the womb had an increased risk of 12 medical conditions, including a twofold higher risk of infertility and a fivefold increased risk of having a preterm delivery.

The women also had 40 times the

risk of developing a rare cancer of the vagina among young women, called clear cell adenocarcinoma -- although the number of cases remains around one in 1,000, the researchers said.

The follow-up of a 1992 study aimed to get better information on the health risks of DES, which was first prescribed in 1940 in the United States. Between five million and 10 million pregnant women and babies had been exposed to the drug in various forms, including pills, creams and vaginal suppositories.

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Mourinho suspended for two matches for eye poke Agence France Presse

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England will attack in Montenegro - Capello Reuters

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Fabio Capelloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unbeaten side need only avoid defeat to join the 2012 party in Ukraine and Poland but an untimely slip-up in the tiny Balkan state would leave England relying on help from Switzerland next week.

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Probable teams: Montenegro: Mladen Bozovic, Savo Pavicevic, Milan Jovanovic, Stefan Savic, Elsad Zverotic, Simon Vukcevic, Milorad Pekovic, Nikola Drincic, Stevan Jovetic, Radomir Djalovic, Mirko Vucinic England: Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Gary Cahill, John Terry, Ashley Cole; James Milner, Gareth Barry, Frank Lampard, Ashley Young, Darren Bent, Wayne Rooney.

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Nadal gives Raonic runaround in Tokyo Reuters

TOKYO - Top seed Rafa Nadal ran hard-serving Canadian Milos Raonic ragged in a 7-5 6-3 victory to secure a SODFH LQ WKH TXDUWHU ÂżQDOV RI the Japan Open on Thursday.

Defending Tokyo champion Nadal will face Santiago Giraldo next after the Colombian beat Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dmitry Tursunov 6-4 7-6 to reach the last eight of the $1.34 million hardcourt event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not fun if you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t touch the ball,â&#x20AC;? Nadal told reporters after dashing off to the practice court IROORZLQJ KLV PDWFK Âł+LV ÂżUVW WZR service games I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win a point. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantastic mental practice to try to stay focused on your serve and to wait for your chances on the return. Today I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have one break point on my serve, which is a very positive thing.â&#x20AC;?

In the next match on Centre Court, Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Andy Murray joined Nadal in the last eight by crushing American Alex Bogomolov 6-1 6-2, relishing the warmer conditions a day after playing under a closed roof. Nadal took a tight first set when Raonicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest weapon let him down, the 20-yearold double-faulting before slicing a volley long on an aggressive charge

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Rafael Nadal of Spain returns the ball to Milos Raonic of Canada during their second round of the Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. to the net.

Raonic, making his return to the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tour after hip surgery following Wimbledon, appeared sapped of strength in the second set as the afternoon shadows crept across centre court.

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With Nadal pulling the strings in almost every rally, Raonic gifted the Spaniard a break for

4-2 with a shanked forehand which flew into the crowd. Nadal, playing his first tournament since helping Spain reach the Davis Cup final last month, quickly moved in for the kill, ripping a forehand into the corner to finish the job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The match was difficult but not very hard physically,â&#x20AC;? the 10-times grand slam tournament champion said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had a lot of

free points on his serve so I was still felt fresh. I had a day off yesterday so we decided I could get some practice.â&#x20AC;?

Nadalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spanish team mate David Ferrer made hard work of reaching the last eight, the third seed grinding out a 4-6 6-2 6-2 win over Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden. Ferrer, Japan Open winner in 2007, will play seventh seed Radek Stepanek of

the Czech Republic next.

Second seed Murray, fresh off winning his third title of the year in Bangkok at the weekend, needed just 60 minutes to brush aside Bogomolov with a clinical performance.

Murray will play the winner of Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s late match between Argentine David Nalbandian and Ivan Dodig of Croatia in the quarter-finals.

1%$¡V ODERU â&#x20AC;ŤŰ&#x2039;â&#x20AC;ŹJKW DSSURDFKHV LWV ELJJHVW GHDGOLQH and Green Bay. The problem, they said, was a system that guarNEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NBA owners, losing hundreds of antees players 57 percent of all basketball-related income, which includes gate receipts, broadcast millions of dollars a year, wanted an overhaul of the ÂżQDQFLDO V\VWHP WR HQVXUH WKHPVHOYHV D FKDQFH WR SURÂżW revenue, in-arena sales of novelties and concessions, Players, believing they were the driving force behind arena signage revenue, game parking and sponsorrecord TV ratings and revenues, wanted to keep what ship dollars.

Another problem is a salary cap structure that althey felt they deserved.

Now, negotiations that have lasted nearly two years lows teams to go well beyond it if they were willing need to end in the next few days. Commissioner David to pay a luxury tax, which the big spenders in big 6WHUQ VDLG KH ZLOO FDQFHO WKH ÂżUVW WZR ZHHNV RI WKH UHJX- markets such as Los Angeles and New York could lar season if there is no agreement on a new deal by easily afford.

The sides are still divided over the revenue split Monday, costing both sides money and driving away and the cap, and players insist they would rather sit some basketball fans who might never come back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is an extraordinary hit coming to the own- out games than take a deal that would eliminate gains ers and to the players,â&#x20AC;? Stern said. Not to mention they fought for years ago. Âł7KH\ÂśUH JRLQJ WR VDFULÂżFH ² LI WKH\ ORVH JDPHV the people who work in the game and the businesses they miss money and all that. They feel they have to that depend on it.

Stern has repeatedly said owners had two goals take a stand the same way players took a stand for in the talks: a way to escape losses and a system them before they were here. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually quite inspirwhere all teams could compete equally, noting that ing to listen to them articulate that,â&#x20AC;? said playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;attorthe NBAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s small-market clubs arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t nearly as suc- ney Jeffrey Kessler, who also represented NFL players cessful as Super Bowl champions like Indianapolis during their four-month lockout this summer.

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Derek Fisher, left, president of the NBA playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; association, and Boston Celticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Paul Pierce, center, listen as Billy Hunter, right, executive directors of the association, speak at a news conference following labor talks between NBA players and owners on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in New York.

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Friday, October 7, 2011

Hamilton says he is not GZHOOLQJ RQ SRRU VHDVRQ Lewis Hamilton believes the most important thing for him right now is finding a way to bounce back from his current trials in Formula 1, rather than wasting time trying to explain why his 2011 season has been the most difficult of his career. On the back of fresh scrutiny about his approach to F1 this year, following his clash with Felipe Massa in Singapore, Hamilton reckons there is no single reason to explain why he has struggled to maintain strong form throughout the campaign.

But he says there is little point wasting time dwelling on the reasons for what has happened. Instead, he thinks the key factor for him is ensuring he takes the steps he needs to get back to the front.

When asked by AUTOSPORT whether his current difficulties were just part and parcel of a normal sportsman’s career, or evidence that he needed to change his approach, Hamilton said: “I don’t have an answer for it. I don’t see anyone else having the problems I am having, and also I don’t see many people who have achieved what I have achieved.

“Up until 2008 I’ve won a championship every second year of my career since I was eight years old, so I’ve done pretty well until now. But I’ve had a couple of tough years and they are the most trying years - and this has probably been the most trying year, the most testing year, of my career so far.

“It is not about how or what I’ve done this year, it is about how I rise out of it, and how I rise above it, and how I come out on top at some stage.” He added: “I am not doing anything wrong. It is not

my management like everyone is talking about. I am very, very happy with my management. It is one of the best decisions I’ve made.

“And, I think I have just been unfortunate, I’ve made some mistakes, and that is it. Jenson has done a good job, but people forget that I am only 17 points away from second, people also forget that all the people behind Sebastian are 100 plus points behind.”

The focus on Hamilton’s management came after comments from his father Anthony suggesting that XIX Management could be more supportive of his son.

When asked about his father’s belief, he said: “I honestly don’t know what the situation was. When I spoke to my dad he just said he wanted me to be happy, so I told him I am happy - and he said as long as you are happy I am happy. I think he is just a concerned father, which is normal.”

Talking about the negative press around him, Hamilton said: “I don’t read any criticisms, but I know everyone here and around the rest of the world is writ-

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McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain shakes hands with a spectator during the autograph session on the Suzuka Circuit at the Japan Formula One Grand Prix in Suzuka, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. ing stories, or I hear about them... I just live my life. I am happy. I’ve got great people in my life, I have great management, I have great family and friends, and people that I enjoy being around.

/LWWOH ‫ۋ‬QJHU LQMXU\ IRU 5RVVL VALENTINO Rossi’s presence in the Australian Grand Prix is not in doubt despite his Ducati team revealing he injured a finger in his crash at Motegi. The Italian rider crashed out of the race at Turn 2 on the opening lap after making contact with Yamaha’s

Jorge Lorenzo.

Although an initial examination suggested otherwise, the Italian underwent additional X-rays on Tuesday - as he had pain and swelling in his left hand - and it revealed a hairline fracture at the arthrodesis of the first and

Italy’s Valentino Rossi falls off his Ducati on the first lap at MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011.

second phalanx of the little finger.

Ducati said that Rossi will nonetheless race at the Australian Grand Prix on 16 October. The Italian, however, will not be present in today’s test at Jerez, where team-mate Nicky Hayden will be working with the 2012 bike.

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