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Massa takes issue with Hamilton, again

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SUZUKA - Ferrari’s Felipe Massa called on Formula One’s governing body to get tough with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton after the pair clashed yet again on track at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday. The pair, who have collided already this season in Monaco and Singapore, had a coming together at the chicane early in the title-decider while challenging for fourth place.

The front wing endplate on the Ferrari was dislodged in the impact and left in the middle of the track, with the safety car then deployed to allow marshals to recover that debris and bits from another collision elsewhere.

Stewards reviewed the incident and decided no further action was required.

“I was much quicker, so I went to the left-hand side and I braked there. I stayed on my line. He moved his car and touched my car. There’s nothing more to say,” Massa told reporters after finishing seventh. “For what he says, I don’t care. I care about what the federation says and what the FIA does. They have penalised people for much less this year and this time they didn’t do it.

“It’s the second time in a row after the problem in qualifying as well in the last race,” added the Brazilian.

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SUZUKA, Japan - Sebastian Vettel became Formula One’s youngest double world champion at Suzuka on Sunday but Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has already pinpointed two areas where the German could improve next season. “He still needs to work on some of his English jokes and some of his haircuts have been a little bit strange this year,” he smiled.

Apart from that, the 24-year-old has been simply phenomenal -- a word that Horner used eight times in the space of a six-minute conversation with reporters in the team motorhome. Vettel clinched the title after finishing third in Japan behind winner Jenson Button of McLaren and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.

He has won nine of 15 races, been on pole position 12 times, finished on the podium on 14 occasions and, with four races to spare, is not finished yet. That sort of supremacy has not been seen since Michael Schumacher was at his peak for Ferrari, and Vettel is only in his fourth full season.

It is hard to see how he could be much more dominant next season but he still has plenty of room for improvement nonetheless. “He will improve altogether,” said Helmut Marko, a former driver and close consultant to Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz.

“Maybe he doesn’t crash cars in first practice, that would help also, but it’s only happened three times (this year),” the Austrian told Reuters. “He will be more mature (next season) and he will be better on the technical side. His speed has a little bit to gain still. I’m sure he is not on his zenith, at the top of his performance. For sure he isn’t there yet.”

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A protester stands near a line of fire during a demonstration in Cairo October 9, 2011. Twenty Three people were killed in Cairo on Sunday when Christians, some carrying crosses and pictures of Jesus, clashed with military police, medical and security sources said, in the latest sectarian flare-up in a country in political turmoil.

Reuters CAIRO - Twenty three people were killed in Cairo on Sunday, the health ministry said, when Christians, some carrying crosses and pictures of Jesus, clashed with military police in the latest sectarian flare-up in a country in political turmoil. Christians protesting against an attack on a church say they were marching peacefully when thugs attacked them, drawing in military police who used what activists described as unnecessary force.

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More than four vehicles were set ablaze and television footage showed army personnel carriers driving full speed towards crowds of protesters.Pictures and videos of smashed faces and dead bodies of what activists said were people run over by military vehicles circulated online, prompting angry comments comparing the violence used by the military to that of ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s police during the uprising that toppled him this year.

“What happened today is unprecedented. Seventeen corpses were crushed by military trucks,” human

rights activist Hossam Bahgat said from the hospital where the bodies were taken.

Protesters threw rocks and petrol bombs and set cars on fire, as thick smoke wafted through the streets in some of the most violent scenes since the uprising that ousted Mubarak.

Hundreds fought with sticks on a Cairo bridge and protests later spread to Tahrir Square, the focal point of the February uprising, as Muslims joined the rally out of solidarity. Smoke from tear gas swirled over the square as thousands of protesters chanted “The people demand the fall of

Two Bangli residents die

Positively suffer from bird flu Denpasar (Bali Post)

the field marshal”, referring to Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt’s army council which now rules the country.\A Reuters witness said the army had moved in to contain the unrest, beating some protesters with batons. State television announced a curfew from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m to apply to Tahrir and downtown Cairo, as well as any roads leading to the square. State TV said at least 150 people were injured on Sunday, without saying how many of them were protesters. It had earlier said three of those killed were soldiers.

Two patients from Bangli Regency which were intensively treated in Bird Flu intensice care unit in Sanglah Hospital died on Sunday, October 9, 2011. The first one who died was the younger one with goes by the initial KRA. The 5 years old girl passed away on 8 pm local time followed by her brother who was 10 years old for hours later.

The Head of Operational Unit of Sanglah Hospital, dr. Elzarita Arbain, M.Kes , accompanied by the Secretary of Bird Flu Handling, dr. Ken Wirasandhi, MARS, during the press conference on Monday, October 10,2011, stated that the patients were positive to suffer from bird flu based on the result of the test.

Furthermore, Elza stated that when they first arrived, both patients were already in shock and the virus had attacked the lungs. The treatment done by the doctors in the hospital cannot save them. The brother and sister passed away after two days being treated in Sanglah Hospital.

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Banyuasri Market sellers leave their spaces

Singaraja (Bali Post) –

The situation at Banyuasri, Singaraja, seemed clashing again due to the expensive renting fee and the tumpah market taking terminal space hasn’t finished its problem either.

Now, sellers who did rent seemed to have left hteir spaces on Banyuasri and joined the tumpah market as it is more crowded than Banyuasri itself. As seen last Sunday (9/10), at least ten sellers moved to the terminal areal when actually the items sold here and in the kiosks are the same. “When the tumpah market is closed then we open here so buyers are more likely to have gone to tumpah market to buy their items,” a seller stated.

Other seller, Ketut Supradi, explained this is an unhealthy competition. It is not confusing those at Banyuasri left it and moved to tumpah as profit is better here. To him, the Director of Buleleng Market Management should think over of a solution to this tumpah market by placing them in Banyuasri as many spaces are still empty. “If not then more and more will sell at tumpah and all those in Banyuasri will also join in the terminal,” Supradi concluded.

Meanwhile, First Director of Buleleng Market Management, Putu Gede Satwikayadnya, admitted there have been sellers that should be in Banyuasri moved to tumpah which they are selling vegetables, herbs and other commodities. “We have observed and the number who left kiosks from Banyuasri is not many. When tumpah market is closed they go back to Banyuasri market and so no kiosks is left since the tumpah market existed,” Gede explained.

To Gede the profit at tumpah and Banyuasri is almost the same yet the commodity item prices in tumpah market are cheaper than those in Banyuasri causing it could be more profit on tumpah market.

With sellers hope to relocate tumpah sellers to Banyuasri, is hard to fulfil as kiosks and los will not fit them.

A new market is also difficult as it needs high investment and a new legal land. For that Gede stated it will be discussed to the government, representatives and sellers for a better solution. (kmb/kmb15)

Bird Flu is back at Dangin Tukadaya Negara (Bali Post) –

Danging Tukadaya Village, Jembrana which at 2007 got attacked by bird flu, now got attacked again where Livestock Section of Agriculture, Livestock, Sea and Forestry Agency last Sunday (9/10) destroyed chickens affected by avian influenza (AI). Since a few months ago, at least five villages noted has its chickens affected positive bird ful. Head of the Village, I Gusti Putu Suarma stated the chickens owned at Yeh Mekecir since a week ago have died reaching 30 chickens where its started with 15 out of 20 chickens

owned by I Gusti Edi Artawam followed by 15 owned by Gusti Putu Suarsana then five out of eight owned by Nengah Darwata. “We report it straight away to be destroyed and sprayed,” Suarma stated.

In this village, the first case of bird flu in Bali at 2007 took place causing one person dead.

Head of the Livestock Section, Drh. Nyoman Suastika, admitted the situation which was proved from rapid tests taken. Workers have destroyed the chickens by burning or burying while around location of Yeh Mekencir, cages

have been sprayed disinfectant.

Suastika added in the past two months the five villages infected were at Dusun of Pangkung Buluh, Kaliakah (Negara), Tibu Tanggang, Penyaringan (Mendoyo) and Satria, Oendem, Menega, Dauhwaru, and Dangin Tukadaya (Jembrana). “We have sent letters to all sub districts to keep attention and aware of the flu while those positive is not allowed to take out or sell their birds to anticipate any spreading. For Dangin Tukadaya, three litres of disinfectant have been given for now,” Suastika clarified. (kmb26)

To prevent flooding

Residents recommended creating biopore Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Entering this October, the area of Denpasar and surroundings are predicted to be showered by downpour.

In response to the matter, the public are reminded not to throw garbage haphazardly that can potentially clog the drainage channels. To prevent the flood disaster, people are also encouraged as soon as possible to make biopore (hole to absorb water—Ed) so the overflowing rain water can be absorbed more quickly into the ground. The acting North Denpasar Subdistrict Head, Nyoman Lodra, told Bali Post on Sunday (Oct 9).

According to Lodra, his party began to be aware of the coming of rainy season so his territory could be away from the disaster. Such anticipation was made by encouraging people to make biopore holes functioning to absorb the rain water. “We have anticipated it. As per the results of meeting with the village heads across the North Denpasar, we have agreed to make biopore holes,” he said.

Lodra added the making biopore hole would be started at the location of the North Denpasar Subdistrict Head’s office. Furthermore, every village and even every household were also encouraged to make the facility as quickly as possible. He said the biopore hole with a depth of about 1 meter and diameter of some 20 centimeters aimed to absorb the water and it was effective enough to minimize the floods. “I expect all the villages to make biopore holes and further disseminate this information to every household,” he said.

Meanwhile, the territory of West Denpasar has a number of points becoming the frequent onject of flooding such as Jalan Buluh Indah, Jalan Pura

Demak and many other places. To that end, the Head of West Denpasar Subdistrict, I.B. Alit Wiradana, asked the people not to litter. “Rubbish clogging the flow of water has been one of the main causes of flooding. It is triggered by bad habit of residents disposing trash into the gutter. On entering this rainy season, we also have mapped the areas prone to flooding like Monang-Maning, Banjar Tenten or Pemecutan Kelod, Tukad Teba and Padang Sambian,” he said.

Aside from instructing the people not to litter, he said, his party also made coordination with the Denpasar Public Works and the Denpasar Agency for Regional Disaster Management (BPBD). Additionally, he expected the active role of village officials to coordinate with relevant parties. “For instance, if there are signs of flooding, please immediately notify the relevant authorities,” he suggested.

Previously, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BBMKG) of Denpasar estimated that Denpasar would undergo the rainy season in October. Endro Cahjono serving as the Head of Data and Information of the BBMKG Region III, including the Bali region, said that based on data of BBMKG, Denpasar area would get rain in the mid of the month. “By and large, Bali region will be entering the rainy season in October,” he said recently.

For most areas in Bali, the early rainy season would occur in Tabanan, Gianyar, Badung, central Bangli and then northwestern Bangli. In the second phase, it would happen in Denpasar, namely in October until mid-November. “However, it will heavily depend on the circumstances and conditions,” he said. (kmb13)

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In the middle of the many constructions program there are still families in poverty like Komang Sudarna (39) family at Banjar Riang Tengah, Riang Gede Village, Penebel, still has its house unwell with rooftops almost collapsing and leaking during rainy season.

The situation faced by Sudarna and his wife Ni Wayan Dresti (40)

has been going on so long. Sudarna did not finish Elementary so he couldn’t get a suitable job with only being an uncertain labour.

For his wife, to keep on living she would make offereings (canang) and sold at the market with income IDR 300,000 a month when they have to fulfil their daughter’s fee who’s at elementary year 2, Ni Wayan Yudiastini (9) studying

at SDN 1 Riang. “This is the situation. A house 35 years old and almost collapsed,” Sudarna who can’t speak Indonesian language fluently stated last Sunday (9/10).

With his uncertain job, he always tries to fulfil a month’s need.

Sometimes he goes fishing for extra money, but it’s never maximal.

He is willing to have a livestock

yet he doesn’t have any budget.

His wife’s income is enough for eating and most of the time not enough as they have to buy new study books for their daughter.

With this condition, the family can only give up and wait for government’s or anyone’s attention for them. Sudarna hopes an attention for their house, as for now many parts have collapsed and with

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BEIJING - Third seed Tomas Berdych ended his long title drought with a clinical, 3-6 6-4 6-1 victory over Croatian Marin Cilic on a smoggy final day at the China Open tennis on Sunday. Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska took her third title of the year when she beat ninth seed Andrea Petkovic 7-5 0-6 6-4 in a rally-loaded women’s final.

German Petkovic, seeded ninth, survived a knee injury scare in the first set and surged back to whitewash her opponent in the second. The 22-yearold Radwanska, who won last weekend’s Tokyo Pan Pacific and August’s Carlsbad titles, used her powerful return against the German in the deciding set to clinch the trophy and the $775,500 prize.

“This is my biggest title of my career,” said Radwanska. “It’s always hard to come back, especially when you lose the set 6-0. She was just killing the ball and she killed me in the second set. It was very, very tough.”

Czech Berdych, who last won a title in Munich in May 2009, staged a secondset revival against the 25th-ranked Cilic and blazed through the decider.

“I was really hanging in there. When I lost the first set, I knew I needed to start to play a little more aggressively or change something,” said the world number 10. Cilic, facing his first seeded player in this year’s competition, set the tempo by breaking Berdych’s serve in the second game.

KEY MOMENT

Berdych’s errors played a part in the first set which Cilic, who also lost the final two years ago, finished off with an ace. Berdych, playing in his first final since his 2010 Wimbledon centre court loss to Rafael Nadal, fought back, and took the match to a third set.

“When I lost my serve and I was two breaks down, I was still positive,” he said. “I think the key moment was a break at 5-4. Marin was serving and I made a set point and won the second set. From that moment I started to feel great; I had more energy for the third set.” Cilic admitted nerves had got the better of him as the Czech made his comeback.

“I had two advantages at 4-4 in the second set and maybe I (suffered) from a little bit of tension,” he said. “He started to play better and I wasn’t finding the right solutions.”

Both players dripped sweat in the unseasonably humid Beijing autumn weather and the problems were compounded by a pall of smog enveloping the National Tennis Centre.

The air quality monitor at the United States Embassy in Beijing recorded “hazardous” levels throughout the final day of competition.

Czech Tomas Berdych poses with his trophy after defeating Croatian Marin Cilic, unseen in the men’s singles final of the China Open tennis tournament at the National Stadium in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Berdych battled back to defeat Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

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many of the rooms not good to use, they all sleep together.

Meanwhile, Head of Social Agency of Tabanan, Komang Arya Sanjaya, stated the number of population in poverty at Tabanan reached 11,643 people and only 3,825 got attention due to the minim budget of Tabanan’s. “Our budget is so minim we can only depend on central’s help,” Arya stated. (udi)

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Families in poverty at Riang Gede

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Derek Fisher, president of the NBA players’ association, talks with reporters after leaving a meeting between NBA players and owners, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, in New York.

NEW YORK — Derek Fisher emerged from a meeting with NBA officials and, as he as all summer, reported no breakthrough on a new labor deal. Do that again Monday, and the start of the season is expected to be called off. Negotiators for owners and players will meet again Monday, the deadline Commissioner David Stern set for when there must be a deal to avoid canceling the first two weeks of the regular season, scheduled to begin Nov. 1.

The two sides met for more than five hours Sunday, but didn’t even touch perhaps the biggest issue dividing them. “We’re not necessarily any closer than we were going in tonight, but we’ll be back at it tomorrow and we’ll keep putting time in,” said Fisher, the union president.

Neither side offered any specifics, but a person with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press

that they did not discuss the split of revenues. The person was granted anonymity because the details were supposed to remain private.

When they last met on Tuesday, league officials asked the union if they would consider a 50-50 split of basketball-related revenues. The players, guaranteed 57 percent under the previous collective bargaining agreement, rejected that and said they were not prepared to go below 53 percent.

The salary cap system is the other big issue remaining. Numerous other items remain untouched because the negotiators have spent so much time seeking compromise on the main two.

Fisher also said the union would postpone a regional meeting scheduled for Monday in Los Angeles so he and other officials could remain in New York for more talks. He and executive director Billy Hunter had been

scheduled to fly out in the morning, and he had sent a letter to players encouraging them to attend for an update on the negotiations.

“We feel like our time, and our guys would want our time, to be used in meeting and try to get closer to getting a deal done,” he said. “So instead of going forward with that meeting, we’re going to put it off and then we’ll reschedule it accordingly depending on what happens tomorrow and into the week if we continue to meet.”

No further talks had been expected this weekend. On Friday, a person close to the union toldAP that players had been seeking a session before the deadline, but were told it came with a precondition of agreeing to the 50-50 revenue split. The NBA later confirmed it wasn’t prepared to move above a 50-50 split but still was open to discussing other issues, but that the union had declined.

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Rooney’s England place in jeopardy after red card

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Portugal’s Luis ‘Nani’ Cunha, front celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Iceland during a Euro 2012 Group H qualifying soccer match at the Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal, Friday Oct. 7, 2011.

Final Euro qualifiers promise rare drama

LONDON - Fabio Capello has warned Wayne Rooney that he will not be automatically recalled to the England team after serving his suspension at the European championship next year. Capello told British media he did not plan to start Rooney in any of the warm-up games before the tournament following the striker’s red card in Montenegro on Friday.

UEFA will announce later on Monday when Rooney’s case will be heard by their disciplinary committee, but coach Capello stressed that whether he received a one- or two-match ban, he would not necessarily walk back into the side after serving it. “I need to find the solution for the first game, or two games, that Rooney will not play,” Capello told reporters. “And if we find that solution, he needs to work to return to the first 11.

“You know me. Sometimes I make mistakes but I try to select the best players, in the best moment of form. There were two I did not select for this game who are doing really well. “I saw the game that Jermain Defoe played against Arsenal. He did really well. He ran a lot and pressed a lot.

Daniel Sturridge is the same.”

Capello continued: “I could leave Rooney out. If the others are good they will play. In my life as a manager I have put on the bench a lot of good players.” Capello defended the 25-year-old Manchester United striker after the match and has said that he would remain part of the squad, but there is no doubting his anger at what was a senseless kick on Miodrag Dzudovic 17 minutes from the end.

England, needing just a point to seal their place at next year’s finals, were leading 2-1 at the time before being pegged back to 2-2 in the final minute.

Capello told the media that Rooney, who has now been sent off twice for England, would also miss their friendly with world champions Spain at Wembley next month. “Rooney will not play against Spain. I want to test new players, a new style and different movement,” added Capello.

“Sometimes he will come on at half-time. But not from the start. We need to prepare the first 11 who will start in the Euros.

“I have got a lot of forwards at this moment, really good forwards, and I need to find the best solution.” “I select the player, not the name,” said Capello.

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BERNE - The largely predictable Euro 2012 qualifying tournament could throw up real late drama on Tuesday with France and Portugal involved in make-or-break matches. France host Bosnia in a game which will send one of the teams to Poland and Ukraine and condemn the other to trying their luck in a two-legged playoff next month.

Denmark and Portugal will be playing for a direct spot at next year’s tournament when they meet in Copenhagen, with the visitors at risk of missing out altogether if they lose. There have been precious few such matches in the marathon nine-group qualifying competition, which has consisted largely of embarrassingly easy wins for the top teams.

Germany, Italy, England, Spain and Netherlands have all qualified, joining co-hosts Poland and Ukraine, without losing a match between them. UEFA president Michel Platini has expressed concern for the future of international football although he does not see the Euro qualifying tournament as the problem, saying the small nations have a right to meet the top sides.

However, he will take little comfort for Tuesday’s programme where 27 of the 44 teams in action have nothing to play for apart from pride and nine of the 22 matches are effectively dead

rubbers. The Moldova v San Marino, Switzerland v Montenegro, Hungary v Finland, Kazakhstan v Austria and Macedonia v Slovakia games, all featuring teams whose fate is sealed one way or the other, are hardly likely to set pulses racing.

Five more teams -- the final four group winners and the best runners-up -- will ensure their places on Tuesday while the other eight second-placed sides will go into the playoffs to decide the last four qualifiers. The most attractive fixture pits Denmark and Portugal, level on 16 points at the top of Group H. One point would be enough for Portugal, who have won their last five games in the group, thanks to their better headto-head record.

PORTUGAL RISK

However, while Denmark are assured of a top-two finish, defeat for Portugal could lead to them being overtaken by Norway, who

face Cyprus and are three points behind, and missing out on the playoffs as well. “I don’t plan draws or wins,” said coach Paulo Bento after Friday’s 5-3 win over Iceland. “One or three points will give us top spot and we’re going to Denmark to win.”

France, one point ahead of Bosnia at the top of Group D, need a draw in Paris to qualify but can take nothing for granted against a team who earlier this year were on the point of being kicked out of the competition due to a political dispute in the federation.

Since losing 3-0 in Romania in June, Bosnia have bounced back with four wins in a row and no goals conceded. The team who miss out will have the consolation of finishing second and a playoff spot.

Russia face what should be a formality to qualify, needing a point at home to Andorra to top Group B, and are leaving Ireland and Armenia to fight for second spot in Dublin.

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Colorful boats take part in ‘’Tulamben Jukung Race 2011’’

The Tulamben Jukung Race (TJR) 2011 was very entertaining and exciting. Great number of contestants participated in the event using colorful boats with many decorations. The boats were placed on the black sandy beach. The visitors were the local in the area and also the tourists who wanted to watch the event.

This year’s TJR was the forth event proposed by Thomas T. Inoue, the owner of Emerald Tulamben Resort & Spa and fully supported

by Okamoto Shintaro, the owner of Equal. Co. Limited Japan. One hundred participants took part in the race and most of them were coming from two districts which are Bang and Kubu.

The race was officially opened by the Vice Regent of Karangasem, Made Sukerana and the participants started the race from Batudawe Beach on Sunday, October 9, 2011.

The boats were racing towards the eats and the sailors were trying their best to make their boats go faster.

In a few minutes, the boats looked like a beautiful and colorful lines in the middle of the ocean.

The race went to the east toward Amed Beach and then went back to Batudawe which was about 5 kilometers. The spectators were

waiting anxiously for the boats to return to Amed.

Around 2.5 hours later, the participants returned to the finish line.

Many of them gave their best skill in sailing so they can finish ahead of the others. The one who finished first was I Made Kadek followed by I Made Kologan and I Kadek Sugita as the second and third winner.

The next winner were Ketut Raki, Made Lanus, Nengah Mitra, Nyoman Dana, Komang Arjana, Nengah Lantir and Made Mertayasa. The first winner received 5 million rupiah, the second got 3 million rupiah while the third got 2 million.

The next winner received from 1,500,000 rupiah through 150,000 rupiah while for those who didn’t win still received 100,000 rupiah.

The Head of the Committee for the race, Nengah Mukra Widnyana, said that the event was held to promote

the Tulamben Beach which has beautiful underwater view.

It also gives the opportunity to the local fishermen in the area to take part in developing tourism.

“Most of the participants are the fishermen who usually take the tourists to dive in the middle of the ocean,” he said.

TJR was first held in 2000 then followed in 2011 and 2009. The main sponsor of this year’s TJR is Okamoto Shintaro from Japan.

He is a furniture businessman who utilizes the material from the broken boats.

“He is amazed with the effort of the fishermen so he fully funded the event. Next year, he is planning to make it even bigger,” Mukra said.

Shintaro also donated 30 boats to the local fishermen in the area.

The event was also supported by Karangasem Government through Tourism and Cultural Department

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The winner of the Tulamben Kadek, receieved the prize October 9, 2011 and also Karangasem Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI).

Thomas T. Inoue who was representing Okamoto Shintaro, stated that many of the tourists don’t know about Tulamben yet. As matter of fact, the underwater view of Tulamben is very beautiful. “Hopefully,

Jukung Race 2011, I Made after teh race on Sunday, the similar event can be held next year so more tourists will come and visit the beach,” he added.

The Vice Regent stated that everyone must preserve Tulamben and keep promoting it so the tourism in the area can be developed. (BTN/015)

Pasut Beach besieged Anticipating muddy flood in rainy season Roads in Celukan Bawang elevated by junk rubbish Tabanan (Bali Post)—

England’s Wayne Rooney receives a red card during their group G Euro 2012 qualifying soccer match in Podgorica, Montenegro, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011.

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The allurement of Pasut Beach, Tibubiu Village, Kerambitan, was disturbed. Since the past few days, the piles of rubbish scattered around the southern coast of Tabanan.

Aside from disturbing the scenery, the presence of junk rubbish also raised stench, so it was harmful to health whereas the coast was always visited by the tourists almost every day.

More ironically, the piles of rubbish were situated near a villa protruding to the beach.

Sieges of the junk rubbish were allegedly taken by the river flow after the rain a few days ago. Most of the rubbish comprised the junk wood and damaged household appliances.

“It is a commonplace. After raining, the rubbish will always be piling up on the beach,” said Eka, one of the visitors on Pasut Beach met on Sunday (Oct 9). Having been besieged by the rubbish, the beautiful beach having white waves could not be enjoyed. More seriously, it generated sharp stench, too.

Nevertheless, some visitors were still desperate to go down the beach, especially at late afternoon. Some of them usually enjoyed the crashing waves while cycling around and some others were desperate to bathe. The local beach was also taken advantage to park fishing boat by a number of fishermen. Since the rubbish was too much, fishermen could not do anything. They just expected the waves could sweep and clean up the rubbish. Fortunately, some visitors were willing to clean up the junk rubbish. Afterward, they burned it while grilling fish obtained from fishing in the vicinity.

If not cleaned up immediately, the rubbish would hinder the river water to the sea because its position was exactly in the middle of confluence of the river and coastal verge. In terms of its kind, the rubbish was swept away by the river water from the upstream when it rained. Almost all the rubbish consisted of wood twigs, while the remaining was large root of trees. (udi)

Singaraja (Bali Post)—

To anticipate the muddy flood on Jalan Raya Singaraja-Gilimanuk, exactly in front of the Celukan Bawang Harbor, Gerokgak Subdistrict, the road section in the area is now being elevated or raised for several meters. In addition, the existing sewer lines on both sides of the road are also addressed by improving the revetment and deepening the bed of gutter.

Observation made on Sunday (Oct 9), a number of workers were making sewer line on either sides of the road. In the rainy season, the gutter water usually overflowed so the runoff mixed with mud spilled onto the street. On that account, the gutter becoming the vulnerable point to muddy flooding in the rainy season

was given revetment whose elevation exceeded the road surface.

According to one of the workers, the road body would also be elevated for several meters. This measure was taken so the diameter of existing culverts under the road could be enlarged. In the future, the overflowing water could spill smoothly through the culverts. “It is said the road surface will be elevated.

Therefore, the culverts are widened,” said the worker while mentioning the project was worked on by the Bali Public Works.

As has been known, the highway in front of the Celukan Bawang Harbor is always hit by muddy flood every year. It happens because the culvert is unable to

accommodate the flow of water coming from the upstream areas during the rainy season. Likewise, the irrigation channels cannot function properly. When the muddy flood occurs, it triggers completely traffic jam.

Every time the officials making a visit to the location of flood, they reveal a discourse to make a culvert or new water channel on the top or southern side of the road. It is intended to make the water flowing from the top would not go directly onto the street. To realize the culvert, it has been planned to release the land of approximately 46 ares with culvert along some 100 meters towards the east. However, the land release seemed to have not been accomplished yet. (kmb15)

until the end of 2011 so all hamlets can have been reached by the connection (electricity—Ed),” said the East Bali Area Manager of PLN, Made Sukarya, Sunday (Oct 9).

Sukarya said the attempt to connect power to the entire hamlets in Nusa Penida was undertaken through rural electricity program. At the moment, his party targeted 14 hamlets consisting of some 300 families had been put in waiting list for the completion of electrical connections at those hamlets.

However, he did not mention which hamlets had not acquired the electricity. “Due to geographical condition as in Nusa Penida islands, the development of power infrastructure can only be carried out gradually. The terrain is quite difficult,” he said. Moreover, so far his party still operated a diesel engine so the power generated stayed to fluctuate. His party had designed a submarine cable connection to make the electrical service in Nusa Penida more reliable. (kmb20)

Dozens of hamlets in Nusa Penida not electrified

Semarapura (Bali Post)—

Though this country has achieved the independent for 66 years and entered the modern era, in fact not all people can enjoy the modernization. Nusa Penida, for instance, is not only a dry and barren land, but also has a dozen hamlets remaining dark or having not been reached by electricity. Such dozen of hamlets are inhabited by at least 300 families. “Indeed some hamlets have not got electrical connection.

But, we are attempting to realize it

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Yemeni opposition doubts Saleh pledge to quit soon

Reuters

SANAA - Yemeni officials rowed back from President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s statement that he would step down within “the coming days”, and opponents dismissed the offer on Sunday as yet another delaying tactic to try and stay in power. Saleh, 69, has defied protests all year against his three-decade rule, reversing repeated pledges to quit. The United States and Saudi Arabia worry that unrest risks tipping the dirt-poor nation into civil war and economic collapse.

In a speech late on Saturday, Saleh said: “I reject power and I will continue to reject it, and I will be leaving power in the coming days.”

But Deputy Information Minister Abdu al-Janadi told Reuters Saleh’s departure still depends on reaching an agreement, which had yet to be signed.

“He said this to show his commitment to this plan, but there is no plan for a resignation or transfer of powers before we have agreed and signed a deal. That would just plunge the country into chaos or even war,” he said. “He is ready to leave power in days, yes, but whether this happens in the coming days or months will depend on the success of negotiations for a deal.”

Protests against Saleh’s rule have paralyzed Yemen, weakening government control over swathes of the country and fanning fears al Qaeda’s regional wing may use the upheaval to expand its foothold near Red Sea oil-shipping routes.

Samsung delays new Android model release after Jobs’s death

WARSAW - Donald Tusk will be the first Polish prime minister since the fall of communism in 1989 to rule for two successive terms after his center-right Civic Platform trounced its rivals in a parliamentary election.

SEOUL - Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it had delayed the launch of a new smartphone based on Google’s latest version of Android operating system while the world paid tribute following the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

An exit poll showed Tusk’s pro-business party had won nearly 40 percent of votes in Sunday’s election, short of an absolute majority but far ahead of Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s nationalist-conservative Law and Justice party on just over 30 percent.

Financial markets will welcome Tusk’s victory, which points to four more years of relative political and economic stability in the European Union’s largest eastern member state at a time of deepening crisis in the euro zone.

Final official results are not expected until Tuesday evening, but a jubilant Tusk swiftly claimed victory and Kaczynski conceded defeat.

Projections based on the exit poll, conducted by TNS OBOP for national television, showed that PO and its preferred coalition partner, the Peasants’ Party (PSL), would together have enough seats to win a majority in the Sejm lower house.

The leader of the rural-based PSL, Waldemar Pawlak, signaled he was ready to forge a new coalition with Tusk.

“The ruling party and coalition for the first time in Poland’s post-communist history has been re-elected and that shows the consolidation of democracy in Poland,” said Jacek Raciborski, a political scientist at Warsaw University.

“Only the low turnout is worrying,” he added.

About one in two eligible voters took part in the election, in which a return to power by Kaczynski which would have threatened relations with Germany and

Aussie PM talks by phone to boy in Indonesian cell

Associated Press Writer

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister has spoken by telephone with a 14-year-old Australian boy held in an Indonesian police cell for alleged drug possession and assured him she is working to bring him home.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s office said in a statement Monday that the Australian ambassador had handed his cell phone to the boy and his father so that Gillard could talk to them both on Sunday at police headquarters on the tourist island of Bali.

The statement said “the prime minister reassured

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Polish PM scores historic election win Reuters

Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh (C) shakes hands with the ruling party official Sultan al-Barakani as Saleh’s deputy Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi stands in Sanaa, in this handout photo taken October 8, 2011.

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them the government was doing everything it could.”

The boy, who cannot be identified under Indonesian law, has been held in a police cell since Oct. 4 when he allegedly bought a quarter of an ounce (7 grams) of marijuana.

He faces up to six years imprisonment.

Reuters

The delay also comes as intensifying legal battle between Apple and Samsung is set to reach the most crucial moment this week, with the two technology giants set to meet in courtrooms in the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea and Japan.

Samsung had planned to introduce the new product based on the Ice Cream Sandwich system, which will unite the Android software used in tablets and smartphones, at its Mobile Unpack event in San Diego on Tuesday. “We decided it was not the right time to announce a new product while the world was expressing tribute to Steve Jobs’s passing,” a Samsung spokesman said.

Samsung has yet to decide on a new date for the release, the spokesman said. Jobs died on Wednesday following a years-long battle with pancreatic cancer, and tributes from world leaders, business rivals and fans have poured in since.

Samsung and Apple are suing each other in 10 countries over 20 cases since April, but few of them holding as much significance as the California court ruling on Thursday, since it could affect Samsung’s mobile device

sales in the United States, one of its biggest markets.

Samsung said it has no plan to delay scheduled hearing dates due to Jobs’s death. Less than a day before his death on Wednesday, Samsung widened its patent-infringement cases with the U.S. firm to ban the sale of Apple’s new iPhone in France and Italy after a series of setbacks in Australia and Europe.

Apple says Samsung’s Galaxy line of mobile phones and tablets “slavishly” copied its iPhone and iPad. Samsung rejects the claims and argue the U.S. firm infringed on its mobile patents. Samsung is the most credible challenger to Apple. It said on Friday its quarterly profit should top the most bullish market forecasts, with smartphones becoming its main profit engine despite intense competition from bigger rival Apple.

Apple unveiled its latest iPhone last week, leaving investors and fans wishing for more than a souped-up version of last year’s device at a time of heightened competition from rival smartphone makers. But U.S. mobile carrier AT&T said on Friday it has seen “extraordinary demand” for the new iPhone with over 200,000 preorders in the first 12 hours.

Joysticks transform US warfare in Afghanistan Associated Press Writer AP Photo/Alik Keplicz

Prime Minister Donald Tusk celebrates with his wife Malgorzata, left, as the first exit poll is published during the election party of Tusk’s Civic Platform, a centrist and pro-EU party, in Warsaw Sundey, Oct. 9, 2011.

Russia and worried investors.

The PAP state news agency quoted a senior PO politician as saying Tusk and Pawlak might yet fall short of a majority and that Civic Platform might also try to lure members of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) into a new coalition.

The SLD, heir to the oncemighty Communist Party, won a surprisingly poor 7.7 percent, according to the exit poll, while Pawlak’s PSL secured 8.2 percent.

The outgoing coalition has presided over four years of strong economic growth, steering Poland smoothly through the 2008-

09 global financial crisis without dipping into recession.

Its victory ends a string of defeats for ruling parties in elections in EU member states this year, including in Portugal, Latvia, Denmark and Ireland.

PO has pledged more cautious reforms aimed at reining in the public debt and budget deficit, expected to reach 53.8 percent and 5.6 percent respectively this year.

It also wants to continue a privatisation programme set to net 15 billion zlotys ($4 billion) for state coffers in 2011 and to pursue closer ties with Poland’s EU partners.

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In battle they take out Taliban fighters with joystick-controlled weapons, while back at base American soldiers hook up their Xboxes and kill their way through video games. In Afghanistan, on and off-duty activities have become strikingly similar for US troops, as 21-year-old Specialist Tyler Sandusky can attest.

Out on missions in the rugged northeastern province of Kunar, Sandusky locates distant targets -- day or night -- with remarkable clarity on a video screen within a giant armoured truck.

“It’s pretty fun watching people. They’re so far away and they don’t know you’re watching,” he told AFP as he demonstrated a system known as the CROWS (Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station).

“It does feel like a game when you’re driving along.” Perched atop the vehicle is a .50 calibre machine gun with a firing range of more than 6.7 kilometres (four miles), which Sandusky operates through his screen and a joystick trigger to the right of his seat.

“You see a red mist and then you know they’re down,” he said.

Back at Combat Outpost Monti, troops drew parallels between the CROWS system and one of their favourite pastimes.

“A lot of guys compare it to Call of Duty,” said Sergeant John Henington, referring to the graphic video game franchise set in various battle zones. “We play that game most of the day when we’re not doing anything.” Aside from weaponry, technology has changed the lives of American soldiers immeasurably since the Vietnam War.

REUTERS/Truth Leem

Models pose with Samsung Electronics’ new smartphone Galaxy S II at the company’s headquarters in Seoul April 28, 2011.

New prostate cancer test advice overturns dogma Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Men finally may be getting a clearer message about undergoing PSA screening for prostate cancer: Don’t do it. They may not listen. After all, the vast majority of men over 50 already get tested.

The idea that finding cancer early can harm instead of help is a hard one to understand.

But it’s at the heart of a government panel’s draft recommendation that those PSA blood tests should no longer be part of routine screening for healthy men.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force examined all the

evidence and found little if any reduction in deaths from routine PSA screening. But it did conclude that too many men are diagnosed with tumors that never would have killed them and suffer serious side effects from resulting treatment.

That recommendation isn’t final — it’s a draft open for public comment. But it goes a step further than several major cancer groups including the American Cancer Society, which urges that men be told the pros and cons and decide for themselves. The new advice is sure to be hugely controversial. Already some doctors are rejecting it.

“We all agree that we’ve got

to do a better job of figuring out who would benefit from PSA screening. But a blanket statement of just doing away with it altogether ... seems over-aggressive and irresponsible,” said Dr. Scott Eggener, a prostate cancer specialist at the University of Chicago. In the exam room, explaining the flaws in PSA testing has long been difficult.

“Men have been confused about this for a very long time, not just men patients but men doctors,” said Dr. Yul Ejnes, a Cranston, R.I., internal medicine specialist who chairs the American College of Physicians’ board of regents.

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Robots take title as ‘Real Steel’ earns $27.3M

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Boxing robots are the undisputed champions at the weekend box office. Hugh Jackman’s “Real Steel,” set in a near-future when robot fighters have replaced humans in the ring, debuted at No. 1 with $27.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

A DreamWorks release distributed by Disney, “Real Steel” added $22.1 million in 19 overseas markets for a worldwide total of $49.4 million. The movie casts Jackman as a former boxer reluctantly thrown together with his young son as they turn a junkyard robot into a world-class contender.

George Clooney’s political saga “The Ides of March” was the runner-up, opening at No. 2 with $10.4 million. The Sony release stars Ryan Gosling as an aide to a presidential candidate (Clooney) caught up in scandal.

Clooney also directed. The previous No. 1 movie, the Warner Bros. family film “Dolphin Tale,” slipped to No. 3 with $9.2 million, raising its domestic total to $49.1 million.

Males accounted for twothirds of the audience for “Real Steel,” though Jackman’s sex appeal and a romantic subplot in-

volving co-star Evangeline Lilly was a draw for women, said Dave Hollis, Disney’s head of distribution. The movie brought in a solid mix of couples and parents with children, he said.

“The men might have been more attracted to this idea of boxing robots and the Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em part of it. For women, it was more Hugh and the Hugh and Evangeline angle,” Holis said. “For families, it’s this father-son story and the somewhat redemptive rise to glory toward the end.”

“The Ides of March” presents an acting dream team, with Academy Award winners Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Marisa Tomei in great form opposite Oscar nominees Gosling and Paul Giamatti. “It’s one thing to have a great cast of actors like we have in this film, but it’s really cool watching them chew it up,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribu-

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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! 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: D i ff e r e n t / E c c e n t r i c , S e n s u a l , Romantic, Vivifying, Dynamic, Mysterious, Exotic, Masculine or Discreet. The perfume consultant will suggest fragrances matching

mer movie, and I think that appealed to family audiences,” said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “If you release a summer-style movie in the fall, you can still grab a pretty good audience.”

Paul McCartney weds in nostalgia-filled ceremony Associated Press Writer

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Former Beatle Paul McCartney and American heiress Nancy Shevell exit Marylebone Town Hall in central London following their wedding Sunday Oct 9 2011.

LONDON — A hint of autumnal Beatlemania was in the air Sunday as Paul McCartney, for the second time in his improbable life, climbed the steps of venerable Old Marylebone Town Hall to take himself a bride.

Tr u e , t h o u s a n d s o f heartbroken female fans c row d e d t h e c o l u m n e d building in 1969 when he married Linda Eastman, and only a few hundred showed up Sunday as he wed another American, Nancy Shevell, at the very same registry office.

But the feeling this time was not regret at the loss of a bachelor heartthrob.

Instead there was joy that McCartney, regarded as

a national treasure and revered the world over, seemed happy again.

The 69-year-old former Beatle appeared proud, content and eager to share his joy with the crowd, raising his bride’s hand in triumph as he walked down the steps after they became man and wife in a simple civil ceremony attended by close family and friends, including drummer Ringo Starr and Barbara Walters, a second cousin of the bride.

“I feel absolutely wonderful,” McCartney told fans as he arrived at his home after the ceremony.

He was expected to sing a new song he had composed for his bride at the reception.

Gone was the memory of

McCartney’s terribly unhappy marriage to Heather Mills, which ended in 2008 in an ugly public divorce.

Remembered was his marriage to Eastman, a serene union that lasted nearly three decades until her life was cut short by breast cancer, leaving McCartney alone and adrift despite his fame and wealth.

The ceremony Sunday afternoon was everything his wedding to Mills was not: simple, understated, almost matter of fact. By contrast, McCartney and Mills married in an overthe-top lavish spectacle at a remote Irish castle that was disrupted several times by news helicopters flying overhead, hoping for a glimpse of the A-list guests.

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.

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AP Photo/Disney/DreamWorks II, File

FILE - This file image provided by Disney/DreamWorks II shows Hugh Jackman, left, and Dakota Goyo in a scene from “Real Steel.” The film is set in the near-future when robot fighters have replaced humans in the ring.

tic revenues totaled $94 million, virtually identical to the same weekend a year ago, when “The Social Network” led with $15.5 million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com. “’Real Steel’ felt like a sum-

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Your experience begins at the perfume-making 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

tion for Sony.

Other than the sizable opening for “Real Steel,” it was a typically quiet fall weekend at theaters, a lull before big holiday movies start arriving in late October and early November. Overall domes-

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Calendar Event for October 11 through October 29, 2011 11 Ock Purnama Kapat n Bhatara Tiga Sakti (Padmasana) Penataran Agung Besakih n Meru Cakra Lombok n Lempuyang Madya Karangasem n Penerejon Temple Kintamani n Pulaki Temple Buleleng n Tirta Emupul Tampak Siring n Puseh, Village T, Penataran, Luhuring Akasa, n Bhatara Hyang Basukih Cemenggoan Sukawati n Tirta Temple Negari Singapadu n Puseh-Pr. Desa. Penataran Tangsub Sukawati n Penataran Agung Tegalalangm n Desa Denjalan Batubulan n Puseh Temple Singakerta Ubud n Nataran Sanding Tampaksiring n Bakung Temple Ceningan Nusa Penida n Pasek Getas Kawan Kedewatan Ubud n Agung Dukuh Sakti Pangku/Subamia Braban n Pasek Gelgel Carik Selemadeg Tabanan n Pasek Gelgel Klating Dukuh Kerambitan n Pasek Bendesa Mas Gadungan Selemadeng n Agung Pasek Temple Tohjiwa Wanasari Selemadeg n Pr. Penataran Pasek Kayu Putih Bandem Karangsem n Puseh Werdi Agung emoga Bolang Mangondow Sulut n Dukuh Segening Wangsiang Karangasem n Dalem Kahyangan Arya Gajahpare Sukaluwih Tejakula Buleleng n Pasraman Suci Temple Renon Denpasar n Penaratan Agung Kertabumi T. M. I. I. Jakarta Timur n Puru Luwur Waisnawa, Asah Badung-Sepang Buleleng n Ulun Danu Batur Songan Kintamani n Agung Surya Bhuwana Skyline JayaPapua n Dalem Bengkel Temple Ubung Denpasar n Merajan Suci Geriya Penataran Gemeh Denpasar n Pejenggali Temple Tegalalang n Pasek Bendesa Gadungan Selemadeg Tabanan n Panti Pasek Gelgel Meliling Kerambitan n Pajenengan Dukuh Ogan Sangkan Gunung Rendang Karangasem n Dadia Dukuh Segening Lampung Tengah

n Dukuh Sakti Blatung Kuruh Kerambitan n Gumang (bukit Juru) Bugbug Karangasem n Kawitan Arya Samping Banjar Langon Kapal n Pejenengan Pulasari Desa Dukuh Sidemen Karangasem n Segara Penimbangan Bakti Segara Buleleng n Puseh Yeh Ulakan Suana Nusa Penida n Pr. Mentik Ring Gunung Lebah Batur Kintamani n Pasek Tangkas Kori Agung Kuruh Kerambitan n Pr. Penataran Ubud n Luhur Giri Kusuma Daun Peken Blahkiuh Abiansemal n Pemerajan Agung Jambe Guwang Busungbiu Buleleng n Dalem Puri Temple Batuan Sukawati n Dalem Temple Kediri Silakarang Singapadu n Dalem Temple Sukawati n Dalem Temple Singakerta Ubud 19 Ock Buda Keliwon Ugu n Dalem Tarukan Temple Peninjoan Tembuku - Bangli n Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba-kaba - Tabanan n Pemayun Temple Banyuning Tengah - Buleleng n Desa Kayangan Tiga Bubunan Seririt - Buleleng n Agung Gunung Raung Taro Kaja Taro - Tegalalang n Merajan Pasek Dangka Bungbungan 29 Ock Tumpek Wayang n Majapahit Temple Jembrana n Odalan Betara ratu Gede Celuk Sukawati n Odalan Betara Ratu Wedyadari Camenggaon Sukawati n Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Denpasar n Betara Ratu Alit dan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta Ubud n Pedarmaan Dalem Sukawati Besakih n Pedarmaan Mengwi Besakih n Pedarmaan Kaba-kaba Besakih n Pedarmaan dalem Bakas Besakih n Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Pegatepan Gelgel Klungkung n Merajan Pasek Bendesa Kori Agung Pengatepan n Pedarmaan Dinasti dalem sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan n Temple Besakih (Dalem Klungkung) n Penataran Giri Purwa & Pesraman n Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyuangi n Pemrajan Agung Temple Sulang Kec Dawan Klungkung

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 woman holds her baby as they are evacuated from a hospital in flooded area of Thailand’s Ayutthaya province October 9, 2011.

Deadly Thai floods close factories, threaten Bangkok Reuters

BANGKOK - Nearly 200 factories, including one run by Japanese car maker Honda Motor Co Ltd, closed in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya because of flooding, which could threaten Bangkok this week, officials said on Sunday.

About 261 people have died since late July in flood-related incidents, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said. Some 2.3 million people have been affected in the worst flooding to hit parts of Thailand in 50 years, mainly in the center, north and northeast.

The Rojana estate in Ayutthaya province, run by Rojana Industrial Park Pcl, was flooded after a wall of sandbags failed to hold back water overnight.

“All 198 factories at Rojana have to be closed because the water is about 5.1 meters high,” Industry

Minister Wannarat Channukul told Reuters.

A Honda spokeswoman said it had moved about 3,000 assembled cars from the estate to other areas.

Hana Microelectronics Pcl has also had to close its plant in Ayutthaya.

On Thursday the Center for Economic and Business Forecasting, part of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, cut its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year to 3.6 percent from 4.4 percent because of the floods.

It put the impact of the flooding at between 1.0 and 1.3 percentage

points of GDP and said its new growth forecast would have been lower but for recent strength in exports.

The commerce ministry said on Friday it had slashed its forecast for the main rice crop, which farmers are just starting to bring in, to 21 million tones from 25 million because of the flooding.

Thailand is the world’s biggest rice exporter. The crop damage will add to the pressure on export prices, already being forced up by the high buying price set under a government intervention scheme aimed at helping poor farmers.

Associated Press Writer

rainbow flags and wore lavish Carnival costumes as loud music blasted from more than 15 sound trucks in Sunday’s festivities.

Gay men, lesbians and crossdressers danced and cheered to demands that Brazil enact more laws against homophobia in Latin

America’s biggest nation.

Organizers had hoped for nearly 1.5 million people at the 16th annual parade, but Rio de Janeiro police tell the newspaper the O Globo and other local media that about 700,000 were present.

Nearly 700,000 attend gay pride parade in Rio RIO DE JANEIRO — Authorities in Brazil say nearly 700,000 people have celebrated in a gay pride parade at Copacabana beach Many participants waved

BEIJING — Twelve Chinese crew members on two boats plying the Mekong River were killed by suspected drug traffickers who hijacked their ships to smuggle speed pills, news reports said Monday.

The China Daily newspaper said that the boats were hijacked last Wednesday and that the bodies were found near Chiang Rai in northern Thailand on Friday and Saturday. Most of the victims had been bound and blindfolded with adhesive tape and shot, the paper said. One crew member remains missing, it said.

The paper said the crew included two female cooks. The Bangkok Post reported Monday that local authorities had seized both boats after a gun battle with the hijackers and found cargo including speed pills worth 100 million baht ($3.22 million), garlic, apples and fuel.

The Post cited Thai army officials as saying a gang run by suspected ethnic Shan drug trafficker Nor Kham was believed to be behind the attacks. It said the gang demands protection money from ships it hijacks on the Mekong and kills crew members who refuse to cooperate. The boats are used to smuggle drugs from Myanmar to Thailand, it said.

China’s Foreign Ministry said in an online statement Sunday that Chinese diplomats had asked for the Thai government’s help in investigating last week’s incident. The ministry said 11 crew were killed and two remained missing.

The Golden Triangle region, where the borders of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand meet, is notorious for the production and trafficking of heroin and other illicit drugs.

In April, three Chinese boats and 34 crew members were taken hostage by pirates along the Mekong in Myanmar but were safely rescued within days.

Bangli residents die...

From page 1 Meanwhile, Ken said that the tamiflu which is the common medication for those who suffer from bird flu symptoms can help but only for patients who suffer from fever for a day. Both patients were coming after 12 days suffering from fever.

Meanwhile, the body of WA and KRA is still placed in Sanglah Hospital. “Because there is a ceremony in their village, the body will be taken next week by their family,” Elza explained.(san)

Egypt clash...

From page 1 Tensions between Christians and Muslims have increased since the uprising. The latest violence comes just weeks before a parliamentary election on Nov. 28, the first such vote since Mubarak was ousted. The government has appealed for calm and denied that the violence was sectarian in nature. Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said he had contacted security and church authorities to contain the situation.

“The only beneficiary of these events and acts of violence are the enemies of the January revolution and the enemies of the Egyptian people, both Muslim and Christian,” he said on his Facebook page.

“What happened is not sectarian strife. We should be aware of this. This is a conspiracy to delay the elections,” Sharaf told state television late on Sunday.

“We will apply the law with all strictness against anyone who seeks to set fire to this nation.” Tantawi called on the Prime Minister to hold an emergency meeting. The cabinet also said in a statement that it would not allow Sunday’s events to undermine the country’s transition.

Christians, who make up 10 percent of Egypt’s roughly 80 million people, took to the streets after blaming Muslim radicals for partially demolishing a church in Aswan province last week. They also demanded the sacking of the province’s governor for failing to protect the building.

Cabinet spokesman Mohamed Hegazy told Reuters the cabinet would hold a special session on Monday to discuss the events.

“The most important thing is to contain the situation, see the way forward and the necessary measures to avoid any ramifications,” Mohamed Hegazy said, adding that a committee which includes prominent figures from the church and the influential al-Azhar mosque, would also meet on Monday.

Presidential candidate Amr Moussa and other political groups said they would hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss the violence.

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GM recalls Chevy Corvettes over rear hatch issue Reuters

General Motors Co said it was recalling about 6,000 Chevrolet Corvette Coupes over a concern they may fail to meet a federal safety standard covering rear hinges.

GM said the condition could allow the rear hatch to separate from the vehicle in a crash.

The recall involves the 2011-2012 model years. Of the affected vehicles, the majority were sold in the United States as well as some in Canada.

GM said the issue was discovered in testing and that it knows of no crashes, injuries or customer complaints related to the issue.

Dealers will replace both rear hatch hinges free of charge, according to the company.

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German chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy talk to the media after a meeting on the financial crisis in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. The two leaders of the eurozone’s two biggest economies, say they have reached agreement on strengthening Europe’s shaky banking sector.

Germany, France reach agreement on Europe’s banks Associated Press Writer

BERLIN — The leaders of Germany and France, the eurozone’s two biggest economies, said Sunday they have reached an agreement about how to strengthen Europe’s shaky banking sector amid the region’s debt crisis. “We are determined to do the necessary to ensure the recapitalization of Europe’s banks,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel following talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Berlin.

A “comprehensive response” to the eurozone’s debt crisis will be finalized by month’s end, including a detailed plan on recapitalizing the banks, Sarkozy said at Berlin’s chancellery.

“The economy needs secure financing to ensure growth. There is no prospering economy without stable banks,” he said. “That is what is at stake.”

However, both leaders declined to name a price tag for the new measures or elaborate further, saying the proposal must first be discussed with other European leaders.

Analysts have urged the eurozone to identify all the banks in the region that need to replenish their capital reserves, then decide whether to compel them to raise that money on the open markets and to provide government financing to the ones that can’t.

Many experts say the capital cushions of many European banks

must be strengthened in order to withstand a possible government bond default by Greece. Some analysts fear that a Greek default could cause a severe credit squeeze that would even threaten banks not exposed directly to Greece’s debt because banks could be afraid to lend to each other.

The credit freeze following the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008 choked off lending to the wider economy and caused a deep recession.

Merkel did not provide details Sunday about how the recapitalization would work, saying only that all banks across the eurozone would be measured by the same criteria in coordination with, among others, the European Banking Authority and the International Monetary Fund.

Any solution must be “sustainable,” Merkel added. Sarkozy said

the French-German accord on the proposal “is total.” Germany and France will now submit their proposal to shore up Europe’s shaky banking sector to other European Union governments ahead of an Oct. 17-18 summit of the bloc’s 27 leaders in Brussels, they said.

Both leaders expressed confidence that a comprehensive European response to the crisis will be finalized before a summit of the G-20 most developed nations in France Nov. 3-4.

“The global economy needs this summit to become a success, and the European Union will do its part” to ensure a positive outcome, Merkel said.

The IMF has said banks across the continent might need up to euro200 billion ($267 billion) in new capital.

The EU disputes the IMF’s estimate, but has warned that lending between banks and from banks to businesses is threatening to freeze up.

Banks to be forced to bolster liquid assets: FT Reuters

LONDON - Global banking regulators will press ahead with the first worldwide effort to force banks to hold more liquid assets, the chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said in an interview with the Financial Times on Monday.

Stefan Ingves, who also heads the Swedish central bank, said the Basel group plans to put uniform implementation of the Basel III reforms at the top of its agenda.

The measures, which will also force banks to cut back on short-term funding, have come under scrutiny from some of the 27 member countries who say the rule changes could damage the broader economy.

The reforms, which were agreed to by the member states, will force banks to hold more top-quality capital against unexpected losses, but there are rising concerns that some countries will not stick to the agreement.

“It is going to be all about implementation in as uniform a way as possible. Balkanisation of the rules over the long term is not in anyone’s interest,” Ingves said.

The FT reported that the committee plans to publish “heat maps” that show which countries are in compliance with the measures. The committee will also send out teams of experts to look at whether each country’s implementation laws and regulations are in accordance with the agreement.

The Basel group is still hammering out the details on two liquidity rules: the liquidity coverage ratio, which would require banks to hold enough liquid assets to survive a 30-day crisis; and the net stable funding ratio, which would force financial institutions to use more long-term funding.

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Stefan Ingves, the head of Sweden’s Central Bank, speaks to Reuters reporters during an interview in Stockholm June 16, 2011.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Sangeh

Destinations

Sangeh is the village whose northern part covers about 14 hectares of a holy homogen forest of “Pala” trees with hundred of monkey inhabitants. The trees cannot be found on any other part of Bali and their existence in this village remains a mystery. Look for a lovely mossy temple, which is hidden amongst the tall and gracious Pala trees. sangeh monkey forest baliThe Sangeh Monkey Forest is located about 30 minutes car drive above Denpasar and just to the east of

Ubud. Monkeys have always had a sacred place in the Hindu religion, which is one of the reasons for the number of monkey forests on the

island of Bali. Although they make great tourist attractions a monkeys are without doubt some of the most fascinating, incredible and most enjoyable animals to watch.

Sangeh Monkey Forest as with all monkey forests are always located in a holy area where here are many surrounding temples and shrines. Not only this is a cheap and fun day out for all of the family or any groups of travelers but your small admission fee contributes to the running and upkeep of the conservational areas where baby monkeys are bred and protected in

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The temple of was built in the middle of the 17th century by local priests and it was not long before the rest followed. There are many statutes of figures including demons and spirits around the temple and the forest area to ward evil spirits away from the Sangeh Monkey Forest and the temple is large with excellent use of the Hindu colors orange, red and yellow in cloths and fabrics. The temple is usually closed off to the public but you can see its grandeur

from the gates. monkey forest sangehWhen walking around the monkey park it is possible to walk down to the streamside and where there are rapids and mini water flows and in this area where the ancient trees still tower above your heads with huge thick trunks and entangled in vines and other life. This mix of real rain forest, the monkeys presence and the Balinese cultural importance and presence of the temples and shines make the Sangeh Monkey Forest an unforgettable and totally Balinese experience.

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President welcomes slovakian counterpart

Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was scheduled to receive his Slovakian counterpart Ivan Gasparovic who is making a four-day official visit to Indonesia.

The official welcoming cer- Gasparovic is expected to visit the emony would be held at the silverware centers in Jogjakarta Merdeka Palace terrace, here on and attend a dinner to be hosted Monday, at 10.00 am, and would by the King of Yogjakarta, Sultan be followed by bilateral meetings Hamengkubuwono X, at the Sulbetween delegations of Slovakia tanate Palace. and Indonesia.

The 70-year-old Slovak PresiPresident Yudhoyono and Presi- dent plans to visit Mount Merapi dent Gasparovic would hold a joint which was erupted in November press conference followed by a state 2011, and the Borobudur temple luncheon afterward. During his stay in Magelang, Central Java. in Indonesia, President Gasparovic Slovakian Economic Minister will meet with House Speaker Mar- Juraj Miskov and several lawmakzuki Alie, and attend the fifth Slova- ers are among members of the kian-Indonesia business forum. president`s entourage during the Besides, Gasparovic was also visit to Indonesia. scheduled to visit the Indonesian NaPresident Ivan Gasparovic and tional Museum and the Heroes Cem- his entourage will leave Indonesia etery in Kalibata, South Jakarta. on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, On Tuesday, October 11, 2011 for the Philippines.

Boeing 747-400 makes first landing on SIM airport

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Banda Aceh - Hundreds of people from many parts of Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, flocked to Sulatan Iskandar Muda (SIM) airport at Blang Bintang village to witness the first landing of Boeing 747-400 jetliner on Sunday.

Syahrul, a resident of Banda Aceh, said he intentionally came with his family members to the airport just to watch the wide-body Boeing 747-400 jetliner made maiden landing on Sultan Iskandar Muda airport, located some 15 km from city center.

Now serving several national airlines such as Garuda Indonesia, Lion, Adam Air, Sriwijaya, Mandala and now Air Asia for direct flights to Kuala Lumpur, Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport is the only airport in Aceh which has been renovated after it was heavily damaged by a devastating tsunami on December 26, 2004.

“It is a historic moment for most of the people of Aceh, and for the Sultan Iskandar Muda airport to be first to be touched down by a Boeing 747-400 strato-cruiser,” Syahrul said.

He noted that following the successful landing and taking off of the Boeing 747-400, it proved that the airport, which was renovated

by Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Board (BRR), could be transit aerodrome for international airline companies.

“We hear that before the Boeing jetliner makes its first landing, transportation officials checked the runway of SIM airport to make sure it is ready to be landed by the wide-body aircraft.

The arrival of Boeing 747-400 aircraft which was contracted by Garuda Indonesia was also customarily greeted by officials at the provincial levels of government, among others provincial legislative assembly deputy chairman Sulaiman Abda, Aceh Besar district head Bukhari Daud, and Banda Aceh deputy mayor Illiza Sa`aduddin Djamal.

Piloted by Captain Yose Carmona and co-pilot Raul Baregon of Spain, the Boeing 747-400 landed at Sultan Iskandar Muda airport at 6.30 local time on Sunday morning and then took of 8.45 with 455 prospective hajj pilgrims from Aceh province to Saudi Arabia.

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Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, talks with Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic, left, during a meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.

HIV/AIDS sufferers in Sukabumi reach 470 Antara

Sukabumi, W.Java - The number of people infected with HIVAIDS in Sukabumi city, West Java province had increased significant and there were now 470 , head of Sukabumi Health Office, Ritanenny Edlien Silyena Mrah said here Saturday.

“The number of the patients according to our data and those of the AIDS Eradication Commission (KPAD) of Sukabumi had reached such a high number, m . With this high number of patients, Sukabumi rank in the

list of HIV-AIDS in West Java increased from level fourth to third, she explained.

According to her, the increasing number of HIV-AIDS is caused by the high mobilization of the population to Sukabumi city which are mostly drug users.

The number of HIV-AIDS sufferers is the are those detected by the office and KPAD. “Of particular concern to us is that those who are not detected has been injected with special drugs,” she added.

Meanwhile, the head of disease control and environmental division,

health office of Sukabumi, Rita Fitrianingsih said that of the 470 people with HIV-AIDS, about 70 percent had consumed narcotics and infected their spouses and partners.

She said the office together w i t h S u k a bu m i ` s H I V- A I D S Eradication Commission (KPAD) continued to socialize and disseminate at schools and the community about the dangerous disease.

“From our previous data, the number of HIV-AIDS sufferers are 400 people. But currently their number reached 470,” Rita noted.

Indonesia needs innovative leader Antara

Balikpapan, E Kalimantan - Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla has said Indonesia was in need of innovative leaders to attain national progress, justice, and prosperity.

Speaking at a national dialog of Indonesian Muslim Students Big Family Association at Grand Senyiur Hotel here on Sunday, Jufus Kalla said the

national progress, justice, and prosperity could be achieved by innovative leaders and high spirit business players.

“Leaders and business players with high spirit and innovation can create an progress, justice, and prosperous nation,” the former vice president said before 600 participants of the dialog.

According to him, the national leaders and business players should work together to create progress,

to uphold justice, and to realize national prosperity.

But the vice president admitted that the economy had not been developed optimally, and the number of successful Muslim business maker was still small. Kalla asserted that this fact should make all Muslims from various walks of life to work together to reach their goal.

“One of the factor to reach this is through innovative leadership,” Kalla said.

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Bali Today Bali Police deploy 579 personnel Denpasar (Bali Post)—

The ranks of Bali Police have made mature preparation related to the security of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC) event. The international event taking place on October 10-12, 2011 in the Grand Hyatt Bali, Nusa Dua, will be secured by hundreds of police officers. It is recorded that Bali Police will deploy 579 personnel to secure the meeting attended by thousands of delegates. the meeting attended by thousands of delegates. “It is a biannual meeting, and now it’s time for Indonesia to host it,” she explained.

The purpose of the meeting, said the officer from Bangli, was to improve the police performance in terms of security because the most important aspect in the advancement of the country was security. Aside from thousands of delegates, the meeting would also be attended by trading businesspeople. “At the same occasion, the event will be coupled with exhibition, international forum and presentation,” she told reporters. (kmb21)

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The police officers are inspecting the car entering one of the hotel in Nusa Dua area.Bali Police deploy 579 personnel to secure the AMMTC.

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

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Secure Bali ahead of international conference Gianyar (Bali Post)—

Within few days to come, Bali will become the highlight of the world. A number of international events will be organized on the Island of Gods. To that end, all components in Bali are expected to jointly maintain the situation ahead of those international conferences.

Other than terrorist threat, social and customary conflict should also get attention from all components of Balinese community. It was revealed

by Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, in Peliatan, Ubud, when attending the meeting of Bali Royal Palace Association, Sunday (Oct 9). Governor of Bali expected there

would be no more clashes among the local hamlets in Bali coinciding with the implementation of such international events. Bali community was appealed to maintain the security hand in hand. So far, Bali known with the nickname the Island of Peace should not be changed into the Island of Riots. On that account, the entire community should participate in maintaining the security of their territory.

Next November, Bali is going to host some international meetings such as the 19th ASEAN Summit taking place on November 17 in Nusa Dua, Badung Regency.

Apart from the summit meeting,

the event will also be resumed with the ASEAN +3 Summit, namely the ASEAN countries plus Japan, China and South Korea.

Meanwhile, on November 19 it will be held the East Asia Summit (EAS). Other than attended by representatives of the ten member countries of ASEAN, the EAS event will also be attended by the heads of government of Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

Considering the importance of those events, the Bali’s former police chief warned the people of Bali not to take any actions that could disturb the security in Bali. (kmb16)

Beautiful Sokasi Basket in Batik Style

Apprehensive, environmental quality has degraded

A man is fishing on a dirty river.

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Balinese Culture

To secure AMMTC

Spokesperson of Bali Police, Sri Harmiti, Sunday (Oct 9), explained that her party was ready to implement the security strategy.

Even, the ranks of Bali Police getting involved in the security was currently undertaking an intense preparation for the ASEAN police meeting. “They are practicing for the preparation to organize the ceremony,” she said.

Sri Harmiti also added that such an event would take place over three days. The meeting would discuss the ways to prevent and combat the transnational crimes, primarily in the ASEAN region.

Later on, it would be discussed in

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Quality of Bali’s environment in general is now very apprehensive. If not handled properly, the larger threats will be avoidable.

On that account, all stakeholders in the region should work hand in hand to improve the quality of the degrading environment.

This matter was revealed by the Head of Environmental Graduate Program, University of Udayana, Prof. I Made Sudiana Mahendra, PhD., when met at the sidelines of workshop held in the Udayana University on Friday (Oct 7).

Sudiana Mahendra said the recent condition of Bali’s environment was quite alarming.

From the regular observations made with a number of students, the Bali’s environment in general had been degraded. This condition

occurred in all areas in terms of physical, geological and sociocultural aspects.

He also highlighted the environmental pollution caused by other hazardous materials. Such condition made the air and water quality poor. Not only that, he also observed the waste in Bali had not been handled properly.

Moreover, the unstoppable land conversion and the absence of the comprehensive handling by government had aggravated the environmental problems.

Asked about the causes, Sudiana Mahendra generally acknowledged that people’s ecounfriendly behavior had been the major cause of the environmental degradation in Bali. It was then exacerbated by government’s commitment that had not been

fully able to prevent the causes of such environmental degradation.

Conceptually, he considered the clean and green program launched

by Bali Government was good enough. However, the challenges faced to realize the program was not a few. “The concept is good, but the challenge is tremendous,” he said.

As a way out of the threats, he did hope all stakeholders to get involved in improving the quality of the environment. It could be started from the smallest neighborhood, in the household and then propagated through a larger institution, such as customary village and further supported by government. “The apprehensive issues are the matter of hazardous and toxic waste,” said Sudiana Mahendra. (kmb12)

[Beautiful Sokasi Basket in Batik Style] Handicraft products of Balinese community like sokasi or bamboo basket for offerings usually upheld by Balinese women to temple designed in batik motive has its own charms.

Of course, it also attracts the interest of many foreign tourists.

Indeed, the Sokasi in batik motive is different from several existing batik motives. Therefore, it is not only hunted by the Hindus in Bali, but also by foreign tourists spending holidays in Bali. “It is not only purchased by local residents, but foreign tourists are also interested to collect it, especially tourists from Japan and Europe such as Italy,” said Kamiyanti, a trader of sokasi of batik style on the second floor of Badung Market.

According to this woman, foreign tourists were also interested to collect the handicraft product because of the uniqueness and it was not second to none. “The shape was unlike the plaited sokasi in general. The difference lies in the finishing process of the batik,” said Kamiyanti.

Similar opinion was also given

by Pujiantini, another trader of ritual paraphernalia at the same location.

According to Pujiantini, the making process of sokasi in batik style was decorated by means of small dipper as in the making of batik clothes. To beautify the result of batik, sokasi basket was then dyeing into natural dyes. According to the trader, the sokasi basket in batik style was brought in

from handicraft center in Bangli. High demand of local markets and foreign tourists made her to order every week up to tens of pieces.

Pujiantini said that domestic tourists from outside Bali who happened to spend holiday in Bali also purchased sokasi basket of batik style as a display in the living room or family room and even some purchased it for resale after arriving at home.

She admitted to have encountered many sokasi products in some regions in Bali other than in Bangli such as in Gianyar Regency and Denpasar. However, it did not matter because each had its own market share. The price for a piece of this sokasi basket varied ranging from IDR 45,000 to IDR 80,000. (BTN/kmb)

BE SAMPI MESITSIT (Dry Spiced Beef)

OVERVIEW: Don’t be misled by the rather uninteresting appearance and name of this beef dish. It is wonderfully flavored and generally so popular that it’s worth making a large amount.

Cook as directed below, then if you have leftovers after a meal, deep fry the beef until very crisp. Drain thoroughly and store in an airtight container. This crisp beef is excellent as a finger food with cocktails, and also makes a tasty accompaniment to rice-based meals.

INGREDIENTS: 1 kg beef topside, cut in 4 steaks 250g each 8 cloves garlic, peeled 2 tsp coriander seeds, crushed 1 tbsp chopped palm sugar 2 large red chilies, seeded 2 tbsp laos peeled and sliced 2 tsp dried shrimp paste 2 cloves ground 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black peppercorns, coarsely ground 2 tbsp oil 2 tsp freshly squeezed limejuice PREPARATION: Bring 5 liters (20 cups) of lightly salted water to the boil in stockpot. Add beef and boil for approximately 1 hour, until very tender. Remove from stock. Meat must be so tender that its fibers separate very easily. Keep stock. Pound meat until flat and shred by hand into fine fibers.

Place garlic, coriander, palm sugar, red chilies, Laos, dried shrimp paste, cloves, salt and peppercorns in food processor and puree coarsely, or grind in a stone mortar. Heat oil heavy saucepan and sauté the marinade for 2 minutes over medium heat.

Add shredded beef, mix well and sauté until dry. Season with limejuice.

Remove from heat and allow cooling. Serve at room temperature with steamed rice.

Helpful hint: Do not tempted to use a food processor to shred the meat; you will obtain the correct texture only by shredding the meat with your fingers or a fork.

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International

Bali Today Bali Police deploy 579 personnel Denpasar (Bali Post)—

The ranks of Bali Police have made mature preparation related to the security of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC) event. The international event taking place on October 10-12, 2011 in the Grand Hyatt Bali, Nusa Dua, will be secured by hundreds of police officers. It is recorded that Bali Police will deploy 579 personnel to secure the meeting attended by thousands of delegates. the meeting attended by thousands of delegates. “It is a biannual meeting, and now it’s time for Indonesia to host it,” she explained.

The purpose of the meeting, said the officer from Bangli, was to improve the police performance in terms of security because the most important aspect in the advancement of the country was security. Aside from thousands of delegates, the meeting would also be attended by trading businesspeople. “At the same occasion, the event will be coupled with exhibition, international forum and presentation,” she told reporters. (kmb21)

IBP/file

The police officers are inspecting the car entering one of the hotel in Nusa Dua area.Bali Police deploy 579 personnel to secure the AMMTC.

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

IBP/File

Secure Bali ahead of international conference Gianyar (Bali Post)—

Within few days to come, Bali will become the highlight of the world. A number of international events will be organized on the Island of Gods. To that end, all components in Bali are expected to jointly maintain the situation ahead of those international conferences.

Other than terrorist threat, social and customary conflict should also get attention from all components of Balinese community. It was revealed

by Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, in Peliatan, Ubud, when attending the meeting of Bali Royal Palace Association, Sunday (Oct 9). Governor of Bali expected there

would be no more clashes among the local hamlets in Bali coinciding with the implementation of such international events. Bali community was appealed to maintain the security hand in hand. So far, Bali known with the nickname the Island of Peace should not be changed into the Island of Riots. On that account, the entire community should participate in maintaining the security of their territory.

Next November, Bali is going to host some international meetings such as the 19th ASEAN Summit taking place on November 17 in Nusa Dua, Badung Regency.

Apart from the summit meeting,

the event will also be resumed with the ASEAN +3 Summit, namely the ASEAN countries plus Japan, China and South Korea.

Meanwhile, on November 19 it will be held the East Asia Summit (EAS). Other than attended by representatives of the ten member countries of ASEAN, the EAS event will also be attended by the heads of government of Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

Considering the importance of those events, the Bali’s former police chief warned the people of Bali not to take any actions that could disturb the security in Bali. (kmb16)

Beautiful Sokasi Basket in Batik Style

Apprehensive, environmental quality has degraded

A man is fishing on a dirty river.

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Balinese Culture

To secure AMMTC

Spokesperson of Bali Police, Sri Harmiti, Sunday (Oct 9), explained that her party was ready to implement the security strategy.

Even, the ranks of Bali Police getting involved in the security was currently undertaking an intense preparation for the ASEAN police meeting. “They are practicing for the preparation to organize the ceremony,” she said.

Sri Harmiti also added that such an event would take place over three days. The meeting would discuss the ways to prevent and combat the transnational crimes, primarily in the ASEAN region.

Later on, it would be discussed in

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Quality of Bali’s environment in general is now very apprehensive. If not handled properly, the larger threats will be avoidable.

On that account, all stakeholders in the region should work hand in hand to improve the quality of the degrading environment.

This matter was revealed by the Head of Environmental Graduate Program, University of Udayana, Prof. I Made Sudiana Mahendra, PhD., when met at the sidelines of workshop held in the Udayana University on Friday (Oct 7).

Sudiana Mahendra said the recent condition of Bali’s environment was quite alarming.

From the regular observations made with a number of students, the Bali’s environment in general had been degraded. This condition

occurred in all areas in terms of physical, geological and sociocultural aspects.

He also highlighted the environmental pollution caused by other hazardous materials. Such condition made the air and water quality poor. Not only that, he also observed the waste in Bali had not been handled properly.

Moreover, the unstoppable land conversion and the absence of the comprehensive handling by government had aggravated the environmental problems.

Asked about the causes, Sudiana Mahendra generally acknowledged that people’s ecounfriendly behavior had been the major cause of the environmental degradation in Bali. It was then exacerbated by government’s commitment that had not been

fully able to prevent the causes of such environmental degradation.

Conceptually, he considered the clean and green program launched

by Bali Government was good enough. However, the challenges faced to realize the program was not a few. “The concept is good, but the challenge is tremendous,” he said.

As a way out of the threats, he did hope all stakeholders to get involved in improving the quality of the environment. It could be started from the smallest neighborhood, in the household and then propagated through a larger institution, such as customary village and further supported by government. “The apprehensive issues are the matter of hazardous and toxic waste,” said Sudiana Mahendra. (kmb12)

[Beautiful Sokasi Basket in Batik Style] Handicraft products of Balinese community like sokasi or bamboo basket for offerings usually upheld by Balinese women to temple designed in batik motive has its own charms.

Of course, it also attracts the interest of many foreign tourists.

Indeed, the Sokasi in batik motive is different from several existing batik motives. Therefore, it is not only hunted by the Hindus in Bali, but also by foreign tourists spending holidays in Bali. “It is not only purchased by local residents, but foreign tourists are also interested to collect it, especially tourists from Japan and Europe such as Italy,” said Kamiyanti, a trader of sokasi of batik style on the second floor of Badung Market.

According to this woman, foreign tourists were also interested to collect the handicraft product because of the uniqueness and it was not second to none. “The shape was unlike the plaited sokasi in general. The difference lies in the finishing process of the batik,” said Kamiyanti.

Similar opinion was also given

by Pujiantini, another trader of ritual paraphernalia at the same location.

According to Pujiantini, the making process of sokasi in batik style was decorated by means of small dipper as in the making of batik clothes. To beautify the result of batik, sokasi basket was then dyeing into natural dyes. According to the trader, the sokasi basket in batik style was brought in

from handicraft center in Bangli. High demand of local markets and foreign tourists made her to order every week up to tens of pieces.

Pujiantini said that domestic tourists from outside Bali who happened to spend holiday in Bali also purchased sokasi basket of batik style as a display in the living room or family room and even some purchased it for resale after arriving at home.

She admitted to have encountered many sokasi products in some regions in Bali other than in Bangli such as in Gianyar Regency and Denpasar. However, it did not matter because each had its own market share. The price for a piece of this sokasi basket varied ranging from IDR 45,000 to IDR 80,000. (BTN/kmb)

BE SAMPI MESITSIT (Dry Spiced Beef)

OVERVIEW: Don’t be misled by the rather uninteresting appearance and name of this beef dish. It is wonderfully flavored and generally so popular that it’s worth making a large amount.

Cook as directed below, then if you have leftovers after a meal, deep fry the beef until very crisp. Drain thoroughly and store in an airtight container. This crisp beef is excellent as a finger food with cocktails, and also makes a tasty accompaniment to rice-based meals.

INGREDIENTS: 1 kg beef topside, cut in 4 steaks 250g each 8 cloves garlic, peeled 2 tsp coriander seeds, crushed 1 tbsp chopped palm sugar 2 large red chilies, seeded 2 tbsp laos peeled and sliced 2 tsp dried shrimp paste 2 cloves ground 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black peppercorns, coarsely ground 2 tbsp oil 2 tsp freshly squeezed limejuice PREPARATION: Bring 5 liters (20 cups) of lightly salted water to the boil in stockpot. Add beef and boil for approximately 1 hour, until very tender. Remove from stock. Meat must be so tender that its fibers separate very easily. Keep stock. Pound meat until flat and shred by hand into fine fibers.

Place garlic, coriander, palm sugar, red chilies, Laos, dried shrimp paste, cloves, salt and peppercorns in food processor and puree coarsely, or grind in a stone mortar. Heat oil heavy saucepan and sauté the marinade for 2 minutes over medium heat.

Add shredded beef, mix well and sauté until dry. Season with limejuice.

Remove from heat and allow cooling. Serve at room temperature with steamed rice.

Helpful hint: Do not tempted to use a food processor to shred the meat; you will obtain the correct texture only by shredding the meat with your fingers or a fork.

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Sangeh is the village whose northern part covers about 14 hectares of a holy homogen forest of “Pala” trees with hundred of monkey inhabitants. The trees cannot be found on any other part of Bali and their existence in this village remains a mystery. Look for a lovely mossy temple, which is hidden amongst the tall and gracious Pala trees. sangeh monkey forest baliThe Sangeh Monkey Forest is located about 30 minutes car drive above Denpasar and just to the east of

Ubud. Monkeys have always had a sacred place in the Hindu religion, which is one of the reasons for the number of monkey forests on the

island of Bali. Although they make great tourist attractions a monkeys are without doubt some of the most fascinating, incredible and most enjoyable animals to watch.

Sangeh Monkey Forest as with all monkey forests are always located in a holy area where here are many surrounding temples and shrines. Not only this is a cheap and fun day out for all of the family or any groups of travelers but your small admission fee contributes to the running and upkeep of the conservational areas where baby monkeys are bred and protected in

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The temple of was built in the middle of the 17th century by local priests and it was not long before the rest followed. There are many statutes of figures including demons and spirits around the temple and the forest area to ward evil spirits away from the Sangeh Monkey Forest and the temple is large with excellent use of the Hindu colors orange, red and yellow in cloths and fabrics. The temple is usually closed off to the public but you can see its grandeur

from the gates. monkey forest sangehWhen walking around the monkey park it is possible to walk down to the streamside and where there are rapids and mini water flows and in this area where the ancient trees still tower above your heads with huge thick trunks and entangled in vines and other life. This mix of real rain forest, the monkeys presence and the Balinese cultural importance and presence of the temples and shines make the Sangeh Monkey Forest an unforgettable and totally Balinese experience.

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President welcomes slovakian counterpart

Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was scheduled to receive his Slovakian counterpart Ivan Gasparovic who is making a four-day official visit to Indonesia.

The official welcoming cer- Gasparovic is expected to visit the emony would be held at the silverware centers in Jogjakarta Merdeka Palace terrace, here on and attend a dinner to be hosted Monday, at 10.00 am, and would by the King of Yogjakarta, Sultan be followed by bilateral meetings Hamengkubuwono X, at the Sulbetween delegations of Slovakia tanate Palace. and Indonesia.

The 70-year-old Slovak PresiPresident Yudhoyono and Presi- dent plans to visit Mount Merapi dent Gasparovic would hold a joint which was erupted in November press conference followed by a state 2011, and the Borobudur temple luncheon afterward. During his stay in Magelang, Central Java. in Indonesia, President Gasparovic Slovakian Economic Minister will meet with House Speaker Mar- Juraj Miskov and several lawmakzuki Alie, and attend the fifth Slova- ers are among members of the kian-Indonesia business forum. president`s entourage during the Besides, Gasparovic was also visit to Indonesia. scheduled to visit the Indonesian NaPresident Ivan Gasparovic and tional Museum and the Heroes Cem- his entourage will leave Indonesia etery in Kalibata, South Jakarta. on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, On Tuesday, October 11, 2011 for the Philippines.

Boeing 747-400 makes first landing on SIM airport

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Banda Aceh - Hundreds of people from many parts of Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, flocked to Sulatan Iskandar Muda (SIM) airport at Blang Bintang village to witness the first landing of Boeing 747-400 jetliner on Sunday.

Syahrul, a resident of Banda Aceh, said he intentionally came with his family members to the airport just to watch the wide-body Boeing 747-400 jetliner made maiden landing on Sultan Iskandar Muda airport, located some 15 km from city center.

Now serving several national airlines such as Garuda Indonesia, Lion, Adam Air, Sriwijaya, Mandala and now Air Asia for direct flights to Kuala Lumpur, Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport is the only airport in Aceh which has been renovated after it was heavily damaged by a devastating tsunami on December 26, 2004.

“It is a historic moment for most of the people of Aceh, and for the Sultan Iskandar Muda airport to be first to be touched down by a Boeing 747-400 strato-cruiser,” Syahrul said.

He noted that following the successful landing and taking off of the Boeing 747-400, it proved that the airport, which was renovated

by Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Board (BRR), could be transit aerodrome for international airline companies.

“We hear that before the Boeing jetliner makes its first landing, transportation officials checked the runway of SIM airport to make sure it is ready to be landed by the wide-body aircraft.

The arrival of Boeing 747-400 aircraft which was contracted by Garuda Indonesia was also customarily greeted by officials at the provincial levels of government, among others provincial legislative assembly deputy chairman Sulaiman Abda, Aceh Besar district head Bukhari Daud, and Banda Aceh deputy mayor Illiza Sa`aduddin Djamal.

Piloted by Captain Yose Carmona and co-pilot Raul Baregon of Spain, the Boeing 747-400 landed at Sultan Iskandar Muda airport at 6.30 local time on Sunday morning and then took of 8.45 with 455 prospective hajj pilgrims from Aceh province to Saudi Arabia.

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Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, talks with Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic, left, during a meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.

HIV/AIDS sufferers in Sukabumi reach 470 Antara

Sukabumi, W.Java - The number of people infected with HIVAIDS in Sukabumi city, West Java province had increased significant and there were now 470 , head of Sukabumi Health Office, Ritanenny Edlien Silyena Mrah said here Saturday.

“The number of the patients according to our data and those of the AIDS Eradication Commission (KPAD) of Sukabumi had reached such a high number, m . With this high number of patients, Sukabumi rank in the

list of HIV-AIDS in West Java increased from level fourth to third, she explained.

According to her, the increasing number of HIV-AIDS is caused by the high mobilization of the population to Sukabumi city which are mostly drug users.

The number of HIV-AIDS sufferers is the are those detected by the office and KPAD. “Of particular concern to us is that those who are not detected has been injected with special drugs,” she added.

Meanwhile, the head of disease control and environmental division,

health office of Sukabumi, Rita Fitrianingsih said that of the 470 people with HIV-AIDS, about 70 percent had consumed narcotics and infected their spouses and partners.

She said the office together w i t h S u k a bu m i ` s H I V- A I D S Eradication Commission (KPAD) continued to socialize and disseminate at schools and the community about the dangerous disease.

“From our previous data, the number of HIV-AIDS sufferers are 400 people. But currently their number reached 470,” Rita noted.

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Balikpapan, E Kalimantan - Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla has said Indonesia was in need of innovative leaders to attain national progress, justice, and prosperity.

Speaking at a national dialog of Indonesian Muslim Students Big Family Association at Grand Senyiur Hotel here on Sunday, Jufus Kalla said the

national progress, justice, and prosperity could be achieved by innovative leaders and high spirit business players.

“Leaders and business players with high spirit and innovation can create an progress, justice, and prosperous nation,” the former vice president said before 600 participants of the dialog.

According to him, the national leaders and business players should work together to create progress,

to uphold justice, and to realize national prosperity.

But the vice president admitted that the economy had not been developed optimally, and the number of successful Muslim business maker was still small. Kalla asserted that this fact should make all Muslims from various walks of life to work together to reach their goal.

“One of the factor to reach this is through innovative leadership,” Kalla said.

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A woman holds her baby as they are evacuated from a hospital in flooded area of Thailand’s Ayutthaya province October 9, 2011.

Deadly Thai floods close factories, threaten Bangkok Reuters

BANGKOK - Nearly 200 factories, including one run by Japanese car maker Honda Motor Co Ltd, closed in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya because of flooding, which could threaten Bangkok this week, officials said on Sunday.

About 261 people have died since late July in flood-related incidents, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said. Some 2.3 million people have been affected in the worst flooding to hit parts of Thailand in 50 years, mainly in the center, north and northeast.

The Rojana estate in Ayutthaya province, run by Rojana Industrial Park Pcl, was flooded after a wall of sandbags failed to hold back water overnight.

“All 198 factories at Rojana have to be closed because the water is about 5.1 meters high,” Industry

Minister Wannarat Channukul told Reuters.

A Honda spokeswoman said it had moved about 3,000 assembled cars from the estate to other areas.

Hana Microelectronics Pcl has also had to close its plant in Ayutthaya.

On Thursday the Center for Economic and Business Forecasting, part of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, cut its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year to 3.6 percent from 4.4 percent because of the floods.

It put the impact of the flooding at between 1.0 and 1.3 percentage

points of GDP and said its new growth forecast would have been lower but for recent strength in exports.

The commerce ministry said on Friday it had slashed its forecast for the main rice crop, which farmers are just starting to bring in, to 21 million tones from 25 million because of the flooding.

Thailand is the world’s biggest rice exporter. The crop damage will add to the pressure on export prices, already being forced up by the high buying price set under a government intervention scheme aimed at helping poor farmers.

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rainbow flags and wore lavish Carnival costumes as loud music blasted from more than 15 sound trucks in Sunday’s festivities.

Gay men, lesbians and crossdressers danced and cheered to demands that Brazil enact more laws against homophobia in Latin

America’s biggest nation.

Organizers had hoped for nearly 1.5 million people at the 16th annual parade, but Rio de Janeiro police tell the newspaper the O Globo and other local media that about 700,000 were present.

Nearly 700,000 attend gay pride parade in Rio RIO DE JANEIRO — Authorities in Brazil say nearly 700,000 people have celebrated in a gay pride parade at Copacabana beach Many participants waved

BEIJING — Twelve Chinese crew members on two boats plying the Mekong River were killed by suspected drug traffickers who hijacked their ships to smuggle speed pills, news reports said Monday.

The China Daily newspaper said that the boats were hijacked last Wednesday and that the bodies were found near Chiang Rai in northern Thailand on Friday and Saturday. Most of the victims had been bound and blindfolded with adhesive tape and shot, the paper said. One crew member remains missing, it said.

The paper said the crew included two female cooks. The Bangkok Post reported Monday that local authorities had seized both boats after a gun battle with the hijackers and found cargo including speed pills worth 100 million baht ($3.22 million), garlic, apples and fuel.

The Post cited Thai army officials as saying a gang run by suspected ethnic Shan drug trafficker Nor Kham was believed to be behind the attacks. It said the gang demands protection money from ships it hijacks on the Mekong and kills crew members who refuse to cooperate. The boats are used to smuggle drugs from Myanmar to Thailand, it said.

China’s Foreign Ministry said in an online statement Sunday that Chinese diplomats had asked for the Thai government’s help in investigating last week’s incident. The ministry said 11 crew were killed and two remained missing.

The Golden Triangle region, where the borders of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand meet, is notorious for the production and trafficking of heroin and other illicit drugs.

In April, three Chinese boats and 34 crew members were taken hostage by pirates along the Mekong in Myanmar but were safely rescued within days.

Bangli residents die...

From page 1 Meanwhile, Ken said that the tamiflu which is the common medication for those who suffer from bird flu symptoms can help but only for patients who suffer from fever for a day. Both patients were coming after 12 days suffering from fever.

Meanwhile, the body of WA and KRA is still placed in Sanglah Hospital. “Because there is a ceremony in their village, the body will be taken next week by their family,” Elza explained.(san)

Egypt clash...

From page 1 Tensions between Christians and Muslims have increased since the uprising. The latest violence comes just weeks before a parliamentary election on Nov. 28, the first such vote since Mubarak was ousted. The government has appealed for calm and denied that the violence was sectarian in nature. Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said he had contacted security and church authorities to contain the situation.

“The only beneficiary of these events and acts of violence are the enemies of the January revolution and the enemies of the Egyptian people, both Muslim and Christian,” he said on his Facebook page.

“What happened is not sectarian strife. We should be aware of this. This is a conspiracy to delay the elections,” Sharaf told state television late on Sunday.

“We will apply the law with all strictness against anyone who seeks to set fire to this nation.” Tantawi called on the Prime Minister to hold an emergency meeting. The cabinet also said in a statement that it would not allow Sunday’s events to undermine the country’s transition.

Christians, who make up 10 percent of Egypt’s roughly 80 million people, took to the streets after blaming Muslim radicals for partially demolishing a church in Aswan province last week. They also demanded the sacking of the province’s governor for failing to protect the building.

Cabinet spokesman Mohamed Hegazy told Reuters the cabinet would hold a special session on Monday to discuss the events.

“The most important thing is to contain the situation, see the way forward and the necessary measures to avoid any ramifications,” Mohamed Hegazy said, adding that a committee which includes prominent figures from the church and the influential al-Azhar mosque, would also meet on Monday.

Presidential candidate Amr Moussa and other political groups said they would hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss the violence.

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GM recalls Chevy Corvettes over rear hatch issue Reuters

General Motors Co said it was recalling about 6,000 Chevrolet Corvette Coupes over a concern they may fail to meet a federal safety standard covering rear hinges.

GM said the condition could allow the rear hatch to separate from the vehicle in a crash.

The recall involves the 2011-2012 model years. Of the affected vehicles, the majority were sold in the United States as well as some in Canada.

GM said the issue was discovered in testing and that it knows of no crashes, injuries or customer complaints related to the issue.

Dealers will replace both rear hatch hinges free of charge, according to the company.

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German chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy talk to the media after a meeting on the financial crisis in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. The two leaders of the eurozone’s two biggest economies, say they have reached agreement on strengthening Europe’s shaky banking sector.

Germany, France reach agreement on Europe’s banks Associated Press Writer

BERLIN — The leaders of Germany and France, the eurozone’s two biggest economies, said Sunday they have reached an agreement about how to strengthen Europe’s shaky banking sector amid the region’s debt crisis. “We are determined to do the necessary to ensure the recapitalization of Europe’s banks,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel following talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Berlin.

A “comprehensive response” to the eurozone’s debt crisis will be finalized by month’s end, including a detailed plan on recapitalizing the banks, Sarkozy said at Berlin’s chancellery.

“The economy needs secure financing to ensure growth. There is no prospering economy without stable banks,” he said. “That is what is at stake.”

However, both leaders declined to name a price tag for the new measures or elaborate further, saying the proposal must first be discussed with other European leaders.

Analysts have urged the eurozone to identify all the banks in the region that need to replenish their capital reserves, then decide whether to compel them to raise that money on the open markets and to provide government financing to the ones that can’t.

Many experts say the capital cushions of many European banks

must be strengthened in order to withstand a possible government bond default by Greece. Some analysts fear that a Greek default could cause a severe credit squeeze that would even threaten banks not exposed directly to Greece’s debt because banks could be afraid to lend to each other.

The credit freeze following the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008 choked off lending to the wider economy and caused a deep recession.

Merkel did not provide details Sunday about how the recapitalization would work, saying only that all banks across the eurozone would be measured by the same criteria in coordination with, among others, the European Banking Authority and the International Monetary Fund.

Any solution must be “sustainable,” Merkel added. Sarkozy said

the French-German accord on the proposal “is total.” Germany and France will now submit their proposal to shore up Europe’s shaky banking sector to other European Union governments ahead of an Oct. 17-18 summit of the bloc’s 27 leaders in Brussels, they said.

Both leaders expressed confidence that a comprehensive European response to the crisis will be finalized before a summit of the G-20 most developed nations in France Nov. 3-4.

“The global economy needs this summit to become a success, and the European Union will do its part” to ensure a positive outcome, Merkel said.

The IMF has said banks across the continent might need up to euro200 billion ($267 billion) in new capital.

The EU disputes the IMF’s estimate, but has warned that lending between banks and from banks to businesses is threatening to freeze up.

Banks to be forced to bolster liquid assets: FT Reuters

LONDON - Global banking regulators will press ahead with the first worldwide effort to force banks to hold more liquid assets, the chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said in an interview with the Financial Times on Monday.

Stefan Ingves, who also heads the Swedish central bank, said the Basel group plans to put uniform implementation of the Basel III reforms at the top of its agenda.

The measures, which will also force banks to cut back on short-term funding, have come under scrutiny from some of the 27 member countries who say the rule changes could damage the broader economy.

The reforms, which were agreed to by the member states, will force banks to hold more top-quality capital against unexpected losses, but there are rising concerns that some countries will not stick to the agreement.

“It is going to be all about implementation in as uniform a way as possible. Balkanisation of the rules over the long term is not in anyone’s interest,” Ingves said.

The FT reported that the committee plans to publish “heat maps” that show which countries are in compliance with the measures. The committee will also send out teams of experts to look at whether each country’s implementation laws and regulations are in accordance with the agreement.

The Basel group is still hammering out the details on two liquidity rules: the liquidity coverage ratio, which would require banks to hold enough liquid assets to survive a 30-day crisis; and the net stable funding ratio, which would force financial institutions to use more long-term funding.

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Stefan Ingves, the head of Sweden’s Central Bank, speaks to Reuters reporters during an interview in Stockholm June 16, 2011.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

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Robots take title as ‘Real Steel’ earns $27.3M

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Boxing robots are the undisputed champions at the weekend box office. Hugh Jackman’s “Real Steel,” set in a near-future when robot fighters have replaced humans in the ring, debuted at No. 1 with $27.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

A DreamWorks release distributed by Disney, “Real Steel” added $22.1 million in 19 overseas markets for a worldwide total of $49.4 million. The movie casts Jackman as a former boxer reluctantly thrown together with his young son as they turn a junkyard robot into a world-class contender.

George Clooney’s political saga “The Ides of March” was the runner-up, opening at No. 2 with $10.4 million. The Sony release stars Ryan Gosling as an aide to a presidential candidate (Clooney) caught up in scandal.

Clooney also directed. The previous No. 1 movie, the Warner Bros. family film “Dolphin Tale,” slipped to No. 3 with $9.2 million, raising its domestic total to $49.1 million.

Males accounted for twothirds of the audience for “Real Steel,” though Jackman’s sex appeal and a romantic subplot in-

volving co-star Evangeline Lilly was a draw for women, said Dave Hollis, Disney’s head of distribution. The movie brought in a solid mix of couples and parents with children, he said.

“The men might have been more attracted to this idea of boxing robots and the Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em part of it. For women, it was more Hugh and the Hugh and Evangeline angle,” Holis said. “For families, it’s this father-son story and the somewhat redemptive rise to glory toward the end.”

“The Ides of March” presents an acting dream team, with Academy Award winners Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Marisa Tomei in great form opposite Oscar nominees Gosling and Paul Giamatti. “It’s one thing to have a great cast of actors like we have in this film, but it’s really cool watching them chew it up,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribu-

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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! 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: D i ff e r e n t / E c c e n t r i c , S e n s u a l , Romantic, Vivifying, Dynamic, Mysterious, Exotic, Masculine or Discreet. The perfume consultant will suggest fragrances matching

mer movie, and I think that appealed to family audiences,” said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “If you release a summer-style movie in the fall, you can still grab a pretty good audience.”

Paul McCartney weds in nostalgia-filled ceremony Associated Press Writer

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Former Beatle Paul McCartney and American heiress Nancy Shevell exit Marylebone Town Hall in central London following their wedding Sunday Oct 9 2011.

LONDON — A hint of autumnal Beatlemania was in the air Sunday as Paul McCartney, for the second time in his improbable life, climbed the steps of venerable Old Marylebone Town Hall to take himself a bride.

Tr u e , t h o u s a n d s o f heartbroken female fans c row d e d t h e c o l u m n e d building in 1969 when he married Linda Eastman, and only a few hundred showed up Sunday as he wed another American, Nancy Shevell, at the very same registry office.

But the feeling this time was not regret at the loss of a bachelor heartthrob.

Instead there was joy that McCartney, regarded as

a national treasure and revered the world over, seemed happy again.

The 69-year-old former Beatle appeared proud, content and eager to share his joy with the crowd, raising his bride’s hand in triumph as he walked down the steps after they became man and wife in a simple civil ceremony attended by close family and friends, including drummer Ringo Starr and Barbara Walters, a second cousin of the bride.

“I feel absolutely wonderful,” McCartney told fans as he arrived at his home after the ceremony.

He was expected to sing a new song he had composed for his bride at the reception.

Gone was the memory of

McCartney’s terribly unhappy marriage to Heather Mills, which ended in 2008 in an ugly public divorce.

Remembered was his marriage to Eastman, a serene union that lasted nearly three decades until her life was cut short by breast cancer, leaving McCartney alone and adrift despite his fame and wealth.

The ceremony Sunday afternoon was everything his wedding to Mills was not: simple, understated, almost matter of fact. By contrast, McCartney and Mills married in an overthe-top lavish spectacle at a remote Irish castle that was disrupted several times by news helicopters flying overhead, hoping for a glimpse of the A-list guests.

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.

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FILE - This file image provided by Disney/DreamWorks II shows Hugh Jackman, left, and Dakota Goyo in a scene from “Real Steel.” The film is set in the near-future when robot fighters have replaced humans in the ring.

tic revenues totaled $94 million, virtually identical to the same weekend a year ago, when “The Social Network” led with $15.5 million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com. “’Real Steel’ felt like a sum-

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Personalized massage oils and perfume with Ayana’s L’Atelier perfume spa package 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 perfume-making 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

tion for Sony.

Other than the sizable opening for “Real Steel,” it was a typically quiet fall weekend at theaters, a lull before big holiday movies start arriving in late October and early November. Overall domes-

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Calendar Event for October 11 through October 29, 2011 11 Ock Purnama Kapat n Bhatara Tiga Sakti (Padmasana) Penataran Agung Besakih n Meru Cakra Lombok n Lempuyang Madya Karangasem n Penerejon Temple Kintamani n Pulaki Temple Buleleng n Tirta Emupul Tampak Siring n Puseh, Village T, Penataran, Luhuring Akasa, n Bhatara Hyang Basukih Cemenggoan Sukawati n Tirta Temple Negari Singapadu n Puseh-Pr. Desa. Penataran Tangsub Sukawati n Penataran Agung Tegalalangm n Desa Denjalan Batubulan n Puseh Temple Singakerta Ubud n Nataran Sanding Tampaksiring n Bakung Temple Ceningan Nusa Penida n Pasek Getas Kawan Kedewatan Ubud n Agung Dukuh Sakti Pangku/Subamia Braban n Pasek Gelgel Carik Selemadeg Tabanan n Pasek Gelgel Klating Dukuh Kerambitan n Pasek Bendesa Mas Gadungan Selemadeng n Agung Pasek Temple Tohjiwa Wanasari Selemadeg n Pr. Penataran Pasek Kayu Putih Bandem Karangsem n Puseh Werdi Agung emoga Bolang Mangondow Sulut n Dukuh Segening Wangsiang Karangasem n Dalem Kahyangan Arya Gajahpare Sukaluwih Tejakula Buleleng n Pasraman Suci Temple Renon Denpasar n Penaratan Agung Kertabumi T. M. I. I. Jakarta Timur n Puru Luwur Waisnawa, Asah Badung-Sepang Buleleng n Ulun Danu Batur Songan Kintamani n Agung Surya Bhuwana Skyline JayaPapua n Dalem Bengkel Temple Ubung Denpasar n Merajan Suci Geriya Penataran Gemeh Denpasar n Pejenggali Temple Tegalalang n Pasek Bendesa Gadungan Selemadeg Tabanan n Panti Pasek Gelgel Meliling Kerambitan n Pajenengan Dukuh Ogan Sangkan Gunung Rendang Karangasem n Dadia Dukuh Segening Lampung Tengah

n Dukuh Sakti Blatung Kuruh Kerambitan n Gumang (bukit Juru) Bugbug Karangasem n Kawitan Arya Samping Banjar Langon Kapal n Pejenengan Pulasari Desa Dukuh Sidemen Karangasem n Segara Penimbangan Bakti Segara Buleleng n Puseh Yeh Ulakan Suana Nusa Penida n Pr. Mentik Ring Gunung Lebah Batur Kintamani n Pasek Tangkas Kori Agung Kuruh Kerambitan n Pr. Penataran Ubud n Luhur Giri Kusuma Daun Peken Blahkiuh Abiansemal n Pemerajan Agung Jambe Guwang Busungbiu Buleleng n Dalem Puri Temple Batuan Sukawati n Dalem Temple Kediri Silakarang Singapadu n Dalem Temple Sukawati n Dalem Temple Singakerta Ubud 19 Ock Buda Keliwon Ugu n Dalem Tarukan Temple Peninjoan Tembuku - Bangli n Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba-kaba - Tabanan n Pemayun Temple Banyuning Tengah - Buleleng n Desa Kayangan Tiga Bubunan Seririt - Buleleng n Agung Gunung Raung Taro Kaja Taro - Tegalalang n Merajan Pasek Dangka Bungbungan 29 Ock Tumpek Wayang n Majapahit Temple Jembrana n Odalan Betara ratu Gede Celuk Sukawati n Odalan Betara Ratu Wedyadari Camenggaon Sukawati n Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Denpasar n Betara Ratu Alit dan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta Ubud n Pedarmaan Dalem Sukawati Besakih n Pedarmaan Mengwi Besakih n Pedarmaan Kaba-kaba Besakih n Pedarmaan dalem Bakas Besakih n Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Pegatepan Gelgel Klungkung n Merajan Pasek Bendesa Kori Agung Pengatepan n Pedarmaan Dinasti dalem sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan n Temple Besakih (Dalem Klungkung) n Penataran Giri Purwa & Pesraman n Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyuangi n Pemrajan Agung Temple Sulang Kec Dawan Klungkung

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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Yemeni opposition doubts Saleh pledge to quit soon

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SANAA - Yemeni officials rowed back from President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s statement that he would step down within “the coming days”, and opponents dismissed the offer on Sunday as yet another delaying tactic to try and stay in power. Saleh, 69, has defied protests all year against his three-decade rule, reversing repeated pledges to quit. The United States and Saudi Arabia worry that unrest risks tipping the dirt-poor nation into civil war and economic collapse.

In a speech late on Saturday, Saleh said: “I reject power and I will continue to reject it, and I will be leaving power in the coming days.”

But Deputy Information Minister Abdu al-Janadi told Reuters Saleh’s departure still depends on reaching an agreement, which had yet to be signed.

“He said this to show his commitment to this plan, but there is no plan for a resignation or transfer of powers before we have agreed and signed a deal. That would just plunge the country into chaos or even war,” he said. “He is ready to leave power in days, yes, but whether this happens in the coming days or months will depend on the success of negotiations for a deal.”

Protests against Saleh’s rule have paralyzed Yemen, weakening government control over swathes of the country and fanning fears al Qaeda’s regional wing may use the upheaval to expand its foothold near Red Sea oil-shipping routes.

Samsung delays new Android model release after Jobs’s death

WARSAW - Donald Tusk will be the first Polish prime minister since the fall of communism in 1989 to rule for two successive terms after his center-right Civic Platform trounced its rivals in a parliamentary election.

SEOUL - Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it had delayed the launch of a new smartphone based on Google’s latest version of Android operating system while the world paid tribute following the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

An exit poll showed Tusk’s pro-business party had won nearly 40 percent of votes in Sunday’s election, short of an absolute majority but far ahead of Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s nationalist-conservative Law and Justice party on just over 30 percent.

Financial markets will welcome Tusk’s victory, which points to four more years of relative political and economic stability in the European Union’s largest eastern member state at a time of deepening crisis in the euro zone.

Final official results are not expected until Tuesday evening, but a jubilant Tusk swiftly claimed victory and Kaczynski conceded defeat.

Projections based on the exit poll, conducted by TNS OBOP for national television, showed that PO and its preferred coalition partner, the Peasants’ Party (PSL), would together have enough seats to win a majority in the Sejm lower house.

The leader of the rural-based PSL, Waldemar Pawlak, signaled he was ready to forge a new coalition with Tusk.

“The ruling party and coalition for the first time in Poland’s post-communist history has been re-elected and that shows the consolidation of democracy in Poland,” said Jacek Raciborski, a political scientist at Warsaw University.

“Only the low turnout is worrying,” he added.

About one in two eligible voters took part in the election, in which a return to power by Kaczynski which would have threatened relations with Germany and

Aussie PM talks by phone to boy in Indonesian cell

Associated Press Writer

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister has spoken by telephone with a 14-year-old Australian boy held in an Indonesian police cell for alleged drug possession and assured him she is working to bring him home.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s office said in a statement Monday that the Australian ambassador had handed his cell phone to the boy and his father so that Gillard could talk to them both on Sunday at police headquarters on the tourist island of Bali.

The statement said “the prime minister reassured

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Polish PM scores historic election win Reuters

Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh (C) shakes hands with the ruling party official Sultan al-Barakani as Saleh’s deputy Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi stands in Sanaa, in this handout photo taken October 8, 2011.

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them the government was doing everything it could.”

The boy, who cannot be identified under Indonesian law, has been held in a police cell since Oct. 4 when he allegedly bought a quarter of an ounce (7 grams) of marijuana.

He faces up to six years imprisonment.

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The delay also comes as intensifying legal battle between Apple and Samsung is set to reach the most crucial moment this week, with the two technology giants set to meet in courtrooms in the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea and Japan.

Samsung had planned to introduce the new product based on the Ice Cream Sandwich system, which will unite the Android software used in tablets and smartphones, at its Mobile Unpack event in San Diego on Tuesday. “We decided it was not the right time to announce a new product while the world was expressing tribute to Steve Jobs’s passing,” a Samsung spokesman said.

Samsung has yet to decide on a new date for the release, the spokesman said. Jobs died on Wednesday following a years-long battle with pancreatic cancer, and tributes from world leaders, business rivals and fans have poured in since.

Samsung and Apple are suing each other in 10 countries over 20 cases since April, but few of them holding as much significance as the California court ruling on Thursday, since it could affect Samsung’s mobile device

sales in the United States, one of its biggest markets.

Samsung said it has no plan to delay scheduled hearing dates due to Jobs’s death. Less than a day before his death on Wednesday, Samsung widened its patent-infringement cases with the U.S. firm to ban the sale of Apple’s new iPhone in France and Italy after a series of setbacks in Australia and Europe.

Apple says Samsung’s Galaxy line of mobile phones and tablets “slavishly” copied its iPhone and iPad. Samsung rejects the claims and argue the U.S. firm infringed on its mobile patents. Samsung is the most credible challenger to Apple. It said on Friday its quarterly profit should top the most bullish market forecasts, with smartphones becoming its main profit engine despite intense competition from bigger rival Apple.

Apple unveiled its latest iPhone last week, leaving investors and fans wishing for more than a souped-up version of last year’s device at a time of heightened competition from rival smartphone makers. But U.S. mobile carrier AT&T said on Friday it has seen “extraordinary demand” for the new iPhone with over 200,000 preorders in the first 12 hours.

Joysticks transform US warfare in Afghanistan Associated Press Writer AP Photo/Alik Keplicz

Prime Minister Donald Tusk celebrates with his wife Malgorzata, left, as the first exit poll is published during the election party of Tusk’s Civic Platform, a centrist and pro-EU party, in Warsaw Sundey, Oct. 9, 2011.

Russia and worried investors.

The PAP state news agency quoted a senior PO politician as saying Tusk and Pawlak might yet fall short of a majority and that Civic Platform might also try to lure members of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) into a new coalition.

The SLD, heir to the oncemighty Communist Party, won a surprisingly poor 7.7 percent, according to the exit poll, while Pawlak’s PSL secured 8.2 percent.

The outgoing coalition has presided over four years of strong economic growth, steering Poland smoothly through the 2008-

09 global financial crisis without dipping into recession.

Its victory ends a string of defeats for ruling parties in elections in EU member states this year, including in Portugal, Latvia, Denmark and Ireland.

PO has pledged more cautious reforms aimed at reining in the public debt and budget deficit, expected to reach 53.8 percent and 5.6 percent respectively this year.

It also wants to continue a privatisation programme set to net 15 billion zlotys ($4 billion) for state coffers in 2011 and to pursue closer ties with Poland’s EU partners.

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In battle they take out Taliban fighters with joystick-controlled weapons, while back at base American soldiers hook up their Xboxes and kill their way through video games. In Afghanistan, on and off-duty activities have become strikingly similar for US troops, as 21-year-old Specialist Tyler Sandusky can attest.

Out on missions in the rugged northeastern province of Kunar, Sandusky locates distant targets -- day or night -- with remarkable clarity on a video screen within a giant armoured truck.

“It’s pretty fun watching people. They’re so far away and they don’t know you’re watching,” he told AFP as he demonstrated a system known as the CROWS (Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station).

“It does feel like a game when you’re driving along.” Perched atop the vehicle is a .50 calibre machine gun with a firing range of more than 6.7 kilometres (four miles), which Sandusky operates through his screen and a joystick trigger to the right of his seat.

“You see a red mist and then you know they’re down,” he said.

Back at Combat Outpost Monti, troops drew parallels between the CROWS system and one of their favourite pastimes.

“A lot of guys compare it to Call of Duty,” said Sergeant John Henington, referring to the graphic video game franchise set in various battle zones. “We play that game most of the day when we’re not doing anything.” Aside from weaponry, technology has changed the lives of American soldiers immeasurably since the Vietnam War.

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Models pose with Samsung Electronics’ new smartphone Galaxy S II at the company’s headquarters in Seoul April 28, 2011.

New prostate cancer test advice overturns dogma Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Men finally may be getting a clearer message about undergoing PSA screening for prostate cancer: Don’t do it. They may not listen. After all, the vast majority of men over 50 already get tested.

The idea that finding cancer early can harm instead of help is a hard one to understand.

But it’s at the heart of a government panel’s draft recommendation that those PSA blood tests should no longer be part of routine screening for healthy men.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force examined all the

evidence and found little if any reduction in deaths from routine PSA screening. But it did conclude that too many men are diagnosed with tumors that never would have killed them and suffer serious side effects from resulting treatment.

That recommendation isn’t final — it’s a draft open for public comment. But it goes a step further than several major cancer groups including the American Cancer Society, which urges that men be told the pros and cons and decide for themselves. The new advice is sure to be hugely controversial. Already some doctors are rejecting it.

“We all agree that we’ve got

to do a better job of figuring out who would benefit from PSA screening. But a blanket statement of just doing away with it altogether ... seems over-aggressive and irresponsible,” said Dr. Scott Eggener, a prostate cancer specialist at the University of Chicago. In the exam room, explaining the flaws in PSA testing has long been difficult.

“Men have been confused about this for a very long time, not just men patients but men doctors,” said Dr. Yul Ejnes, a Cranston, R.I., internal medicine specialist who chairs the American College of Physicians’ board of regents.

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Rooney’s England place in jeopardy after red card

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Portugal’s Luis ‘Nani’ Cunha, front celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Iceland during a Euro 2012 Group H qualifying soccer match at the Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal, Friday Oct. 7, 2011.

Final Euro qualifiers promise rare drama

LONDON - Fabio Capello has warned Wayne Rooney that he will not be automatically recalled to the England team after serving his suspension at the European championship next year. Capello told British media he did not plan to start Rooney in any of the warm-up games before the tournament following the striker’s red card in Montenegro on Friday.

UEFA will announce later on Monday when Rooney’s case will be heard by their disciplinary committee, but coach Capello stressed that whether he received a one- or two-match ban, he would not necessarily walk back into the side after serving it. “I need to find the solution for the first game, or two games, that Rooney will not play,” Capello told reporters. “And if we find that solution, he needs to work to return to the first 11.

“You know me. Sometimes I make mistakes but I try to select the best players, in the best moment of form. There were two I did not select for this game who are doing really well. “I saw the game that Jermain Defoe played against Arsenal. He did really well. He ran a lot and pressed a lot.

Daniel Sturridge is the same.”

Capello continued: “I could leave Rooney out. If the others are good they will play. In my life as a manager I have put on the bench a lot of good players.” Capello defended the 25-year-old Manchester United striker after the match and has said that he would remain part of the squad, but there is no doubting his anger at what was a senseless kick on Miodrag Dzudovic 17 minutes from the end.

England, needing just a point to seal their place at next year’s finals, were leading 2-1 at the time before being pegged back to 2-2 in the final minute.

Capello told the media that Rooney, who has now been sent off twice for England, would also miss their friendly with world champions Spain at Wembley next month. “Rooney will not play against Spain. I want to test new players, a new style and different movement,” added Capello.

“Sometimes he will come on at half-time. But not from the start. We need to prepare the first 11 who will start in the Euros.

“I have got a lot of forwards at this moment, really good forwards, and I need to find the best solution.” “I select the player, not the name,” said Capello.

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BERNE - The largely predictable Euro 2012 qualifying tournament could throw up real late drama on Tuesday with France and Portugal involved in make-or-break matches. France host Bosnia in a game which will send one of the teams to Poland and Ukraine and condemn the other to trying their luck in a two-legged playoff next month.

Denmark and Portugal will be playing for a direct spot at next year’s tournament when they meet in Copenhagen, with the visitors at risk of missing out altogether if they lose. There have been precious few such matches in the marathon nine-group qualifying competition, which has consisted largely of embarrassingly easy wins for the top teams.

Germany, Italy, England, Spain and Netherlands have all qualified, joining co-hosts Poland and Ukraine, without losing a match between them. UEFA president Michel Platini has expressed concern for the future of international football although he does not see the Euro qualifying tournament as the problem, saying the small nations have a right to meet the top sides.

However, he will take little comfort for Tuesday’s programme where 27 of the 44 teams in action have nothing to play for apart from pride and nine of the 22 matches are effectively dead

rubbers. The Moldova v San Marino, Switzerland v Montenegro, Hungary v Finland, Kazakhstan v Austria and Macedonia v Slovakia games, all featuring teams whose fate is sealed one way or the other, are hardly likely to set pulses racing.

Five more teams -- the final four group winners and the best runners-up -- will ensure their places on Tuesday while the other eight second-placed sides will go into the playoffs to decide the last four qualifiers. The most attractive fixture pits Denmark and Portugal, level on 16 points at the top of Group H. One point would be enough for Portugal, who have won their last five games in the group, thanks to their better headto-head record.

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However, while Denmark are assured of a top-two finish, defeat for Portugal could lead to them being overtaken by Norway, who

face Cyprus and are three points behind, and missing out on the playoffs as well. “I don’t plan draws or wins,” said coach Paulo Bento after Friday’s 5-3 win over Iceland. “One or three points will give us top spot and we’re going to Denmark to win.”

France, one point ahead of Bosnia at the top of Group D, need a draw in Paris to qualify but can take nothing for granted against a team who earlier this year were on the point of being kicked out of the competition due to a political dispute in the federation.

Since losing 3-0 in Romania in June, Bosnia have bounced back with four wins in a row and no goals conceded. The team who miss out will have the consolation of finishing second and a playoff spot.

Russia face what should be a formality to qualify, needing a point at home to Andorra to top Group B, and are leaving Ireland and Armenia to fight for second spot in Dublin.

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Colorful boats take part in ‘’Tulamben Jukung Race 2011’’

The Tulamben Jukung Race (TJR) 2011 was very entertaining and exciting. Great number of contestants participated in the event using colorful boats with many decorations. The boats were placed on the black sandy beach. The visitors were the local in the area and also the tourists who wanted to watch the event.

This year’s TJR was the forth event proposed by Thomas T. Inoue, the owner of Emerald Tulamben Resort & Spa and fully supported

by Okamoto Shintaro, the owner of Equal. Co. Limited Japan. One hundred participants took part in the race and most of them were coming from two districts which are Bang and Kubu.

The race was officially opened by the Vice Regent of Karangasem, Made Sukerana and the participants started the race from Batudawe Beach on Sunday, October 9, 2011.

The boats were racing towards the eats and the sailors were trying their best to make their boats go faster.

In a few minutes, the boats looked like a beautiful and colorful lines in the middle of the ocean.

The race went to the east toward Amed Beach and then went back to Batudawe which was about 5 kilometers. The spectators were

waiting anxiously for the boats to return to Amed.

Around 2.5 hours later, the participants returned to the finish line.

Many of them gave their best skill in sailing so they can finish ahead of the others. The one who finished first was I Made Kadek followed by I Made Kologan and I Kadek Sugita as the second and third winner.

The next winner were Ketut Raki, Made Lanus, Nengah Mitra, Nyoman Dana, Komang Arjana, Nengah Lantir and Made Mertayasa. The first winner received 5 million rupiah, the second got 3 million rupiah while the third got 2 million.

The next winner received from 1,500,000 rupiah through 150,000 rupiah while for those who didn’t win still received 100,000 rupiah.

The Head of the Committee for the race, Nengah Mukra Widnyana, said that the event was held to promote

the Tulamben Beach which has beautiful underwater view.

It also gives the opportunity to the local fishermen in the area to take part in developing tourism.

“Most of the participants are the fishermen who usually take the tourists to dive in the middle of the ocean,” he said.

TJR was first held in 2000 then followed in 2011 and 2009. The main sponsor of this year’s TJR is Okamoto Shintaro from Japan.

He is a furniture businessman who utilizes the material from the broken boats.

“He is amazed with the effort of the fishermen so he fully funded the event. Next year, he is planning to make it even bigger,” Mukra said.

Shintaro also donated 30 boats to the local fishermen in the area.

The event was also supported by Karangasem Government through Tourism and Cultural Department

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The winner of the Tulamben Kadek, receieved the prize October 9, 2011 and also Karangasem Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI).

Thomas T. Inoue who was representing Okamoto Shintaro, stated that many of the tourists don’t know about Tulamben yet. As matter of fact, the underwater view of Tulamben is very beautiful. “Hopefully,

Jukung Race 2011, I Made after teh race on Sunday, the similar event can be held next year so more tourists will come and visit the beach,” he added.

The Vice Regent stated that everyone must preserve Tulamben and keep promoting it so the tourism in the area can be developed. (BTN/015)

Pasut Beach besieged Anticipating muddy flood in rainy season Roads in Celukan Bawang elevated by junk rubbish Tabanan (Bali Post)—

England’s Wayne Rooney receives a red card during their group G Euro 2012 qualifying soccer match in Podgorica, Montenegro, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011.

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The allurement of Pasut Beach, Tibubiu Village, Kerambitan, was disturbed. Since the past few days, the piles of rubbish scattered around the southern coast of Tabanan.

Aside from disturbing the scenery, the presence of junk rubbish also raised stench, so it was harmful to health whereas the coast was always visited by the tourists almost every day.

More ironically, the piles of rubbish were situated near a villa protruding to the beach.

Sieges of the junk rubbish were allegedly taken by the river flow after the rain a few days ago. Most of the rubbish comprised the junk wood and damaged household appliances.

“It is a commonplace. After raining, the rubbish will always be piling up on the beach,” said Eka, one of the visitors on Pasut Beach met on Sunday (Oct 9). Having been besieged by the rubbish, the beautiful beach having white waves could not be enjoyed. More seriously, it generated sharp stench, too.

Nevertheless, some visitors were still desperate to go down the beach, especially at late afternoon. Some of them usually enjoyed the crashing waves while cycling around and some others were desperate to bathe. The local beach was also taken advantage to park fishing boat by a number of fishermen. Since the rubbish was too much, fishermen could not do anything. They just expected the waves could sweep and clean up the rubbish. Fortunately, some visitors were willing to clean up the junk rubbish. Afterward, they burned it while grilling fish obtained from fishing in the vicinity.

If not cleaned up immediately, the rubbish would hinder the river water to the sea because its position was exactly in the middle of confluence of the river and coastal verge. In terms of its kind, the rubbish was swept away by the river water from the upstream when it rained. Almost all the rubbish consisted of wood twigs, while the remaining was large root of trees. (udi)

Singaraja (Bali Post)—

To anticipate the muddy flood on Jalan Raya Singaraja-Gilimanuk, exactly in front of the Celukan Bawang Harbor, Gerokgak Subdistrict, the road section in the area is now being elevated or raised for several meters. In addition, the existing sewer lines on both sides of the road are also addressed by improving the revetment and deepening the bed of gutter.

Observation made on Sunday (Oct 9), a number of workers were making sewer line on either sides of the road. In the rainy season, the gutter water usually overflowed so the runoff mixed with mud spilled onto the street. On that account, the gutter becoming the vulnerable point to muddy flooding in the rainy season

was given revetment whose elevation exceeded the road surface.

According to one of the workers, the road body would also be elevated for several meters. This measure was taken so the diameter of existing culverts under the road could be enlarged. In the future, the overflowing water could spill smoothly through the culverts. “It is said the road surface will be elevated.

Therefore, the culverts are widened,” said the worker while mentioning the project was worked on by the Bali Public Works.

As has been known, the highway in front of the Celukan Bawang Harbor is always hit by muddy flood every year. It happens because the culvert is unable to

accommodate the flow of water coming from the upstream areas during the rainy season. Likewise, the irrigation channels cannot function properly. When the muddy flood occurs, it triggers completely traffic jam.

Every time the officials making a visit to the location of flood, they reveal a discourse to make a culvert or new water channel on the top or southern side of the road. It is intended to make the water flowing from the top would not go directly onto the street. To realize the culvert, it has been planned to release the land of approximately 46 ares with culvert along some 100 meters towards the east. However, the land release seemed to have not been accomplished yet. (kmb15)

until the end of 2011 so all hamlets can have been reached by the connection (electricity—Ed),” said the East Bali Area Manager of PLN, Made Sukarya, Sunday (Oct 9).

Sukarya said the attempt to connect power to the entire hamlets in Nusa Penida was undertaken through rural electricity program. At the moment, his party targeted 14 hamlets consisting of some 300 families had been put in waiting list for the completion of electrical connections at those hamlets.

However, he did not mention which hamlets had not acquired the electricity. “Due to geographical condition as in Nusa Penida islands, the development of power infrastructure can only be carried out gradually. The terrain is quite difficult,” he said. Moreover, so far his party still operated a diesel engine so the power generated stayed to fluctuate. His party had designed a submarine cable connection to make the electrical service in Nusa Penida more reliable. (kmb20)

Dozens of hamlets in Nusa Penida not electrified

Semarapura (Bali Post)—

Though this country has achieved the independent for 66 years and entered the modern era, in fact not all people can enjoy the modernization. Nusa Penida, for instance, is not only a dry and barren land, but also has a dozen hamlets remaining dark or having not been reached by electricity. Such dozen of hamlets are inhabited by at least 300 families. “Indeed some hamlets have not got electrical connection.

But, we are attempting to realize it

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Banyuasri Market sellers leave their spaces

Singaraja (Bali Post) –

The situation at Banyuasri, Singaraja, seemed clashing again due to the expensive renting fee and the tumpah market taking terminal space hasn’t finished its problem either.

Now, sellers who did rent seemed to have left hteir spaces on Banyuasri and joined the tumpah market as it is more crowded than Banyuasri itself. As seen last Sunday (9/10), at least ten sellers moved to the terminal areal when actually the items sold here and in the kiosks are the same. “When the tumpah market is closed then we open here so buyers are more likely to have gone to tumpah market to buy their items,” a seller stated.

Other seller, Ketut Supradi, explained this is an unhealthy competition. It is not confusing those at Banyuasri left it and moved to tumpah as profit is better here. To him, the Director of Buleleng Market Management should think over of a solution to this tumpah market by placing them in Banyuasri as many spaces are still empty. “If not then more and more will sell at tumpah and all those in Banyuasri will also join in the terminal,” Supradi concluded.

Meanwhile, First Director of Buleleng Market Management, Putu Gede Satwikayadnya, admitted there have been sellers that should be in Banyuasri moved to tumpah which they are selling vegetables, herbs and other commodities. “We have observed and the number who left kiosks from Banyuasri is not many. When tumpah market is closed they go back to Banyuasri market and so no kiosks is left since the tumpah market existed,” Gede explained.

To Gede the profit at tumpah and Banyuasri is almost the same yet the commodity item prices in tumpah market are cheaper than those in Banyuasri causing it could be more profit on tumpah market.

With sellers hope to relocate tumpah sellers to Banyuasri, is hard to fulfil as kiosks and los will not fit them.

A new market is also difficult as it needs high investment and a new legal land. For that Gede stated it will be discussed to the government, representatives and sellers for a better solution. (kmb/kmb15)

Bird Flu is back at Dangin Tukadaya Negara (Bali Post) –

Danging Tukadaya Village, Jembrana which at 2007 got attacked by bird flu, now got attacked again where Livestock Section of Agriculture, Livestock, Sea and Forestry Agency last Sunday (9/10) destroyed chickens affected by avian influenza (AI). Since a few months ago, at least five villages noted has its chickens affected positive bird ful. Head of the Village, I Gusti Putu Suarma stated the chickens owned at Yeh Mekecir since a week ago have died reaching 30 chickens where its started with 15 out of 20 chickens

owned by I Gusti Edi Artawam followed by 15 owned by Gusti Putu Suarsana then five out of eight owned by Nengah Darwata. “We report it straight away to be destroyed and sprayed,” Suarma stated.

In this village, the first case of bird flu in Bali at 2007 took place causing one person dead.

Head of the Livestock Section, Drh. Nyoman Suastika, admitted the situation which was proved from rapid tests taken. Workers have destroyed the chickens by burning or burying while around location of Yeh Mekencir, cages

have been sprayed disinfectant.

Suastika added in the past two months the five villages infected were at Dusun of Pangkung Buluh, Kaliakah (Negara), Tibu Tanggang, Penyaringan (Mendoyo) and Satria, Oendem, Menega, Dauhwaru, and Dangin Tukadaya (Jembrana). “We have sent letters to all sub districts to keep attention and aware of the flu while those positive is not allowed to take out or sell their birds to anticipate any spreading. For Dangin Tukadaya, three litres of disinfectant have been given for now,” Suastika clarified. (kmb26)

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Entering this October, the area of Denpasar and surroundings are predicted to be showered by downpour.

In response to the matter, the public are reminded not to throw garbage haphazardly that can potentially clog the drainage channels. To prevent the flood disaster, people are also encouraged as soon as possible to make biopore (hole to absorb water—Ed) so the overflowing rain water can be absorbed more quickly into the ground. The acting North Denpasar Subdistrict Head, Nyoman Lodra, told Bali Post on Sunday (Oct 9).

According to Lodra, his party began to be aware of the coming of rainy season so his territory could be away from the disaster. Such anticipation was made by encouraging people to make biopore holes functioning to absorb the rain water. “We have anticipated it. As per the results of meeting with the village heads across the North Denpasar, we have agreed to make biopore holes,” he said.

Lodra added the making biopore hole would be started at the location of the North Denpasar Subdistrict Head’s office. Furthermore, every village and even every household were also encouraged to make the facility as quickly as possible. He said the biopore hole with a depth of about 1 meter and diameter of some 20 centimeters aimed to absorb the water and it was effective enough to minimize the floods. “I expect all the villages to make biopore holes and further disseminate this information to every household,” he said.

Meanwhile, the territory of West Denpasar has a number of points becoming the frequent onject of flooding such as Jalan Buluh Indah, Jalan Pura

Demak and many other places. To that end, the Head of West Denpasar Subdistrict, I.B. Alit Wiradana, asked the people not to litter. “Rubbish clogging the flow of water has been one of the main causes of flooding. It is triggered by bad habit of residents disposing trash into the gutter. On entering this rainy season, we also have mapped the areas prone to flooding like Monang-Maning, Banjar Tenten or Pemecutan Kelod, Tukad Teba and Padang Sambian,” he said.

Aside from instructing the people not to litter, he said, his party also made coordination with the Denpasar Public Works and the Denpasar Agency for Regional Disaster Management (BPBD). Additionally, he expected the active role of village officials to coordinate with relevant parties. “For instance, if there are signs of flooding, please immediately notify the relevant authorities,” he suggested.

Previously, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BBMKG) of Denpasar estimated that Denpasar would undergo the rainy season in October. Endro Cahjono serving as the Head of Data and Information of the BBMKG Region III, including the Bali region, said that based on data of BBMKG, Denpasar area would get rain in the mid of the month. “By and large, Bali region will be entering the rainy season in October,” he said recently.

For most areas in Bali, the early rainy season would occur in Tabanan, Gianyar, Badung, central Bangli and then northwestern Bangli. In the second phase, it would happen in Denpasar, namely in October until mid-November. “However, it will heavily depend on the circumstances and conditions,” he said. (kmb13)

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In the middle of the many constructions program there are still families in poverty like Komang Sudarna (39) family at Banjar Riang Tengah, Riang Gede Village, Penebel, still has its house unwell with rooftops almost collapsing and leaking during rainy season.

The situation faced by Sudarna and his wife Ni Wayan Dresti (40)

has been going on so long. Sudarna did not finish Elementary so he couldn’t get a suitable job with only being an uncertain labour.

For his wife, to keep on living she would make offereings (canang) and sold at the market with income IDR 300,000 a month when they have to fulfil their daughter’s fee who’s at elementary year 2, Ni Wayan Yudiastini (9) studying

at SDN 1 Riang. “This is the situation. A house 35 years old and almost collapsed,” Sudarna who can’t speak Indonesian language fluently stated last Sunday (9/10).

With his uncertain job, he always tries to fulfil a month’s need.

Sometimes he goes fishing for extra money, but it’s never maximal.

He is willing to have a livestock

yet he doesn’t have any budget.

His wife’s income is enough for eating and most of the time not enough as they have to buy new study books for their daughter.

With this condition, the family can only give up and wait for government’s or anyone’s attention for them. Sudarna hopes an attention for their house, as for now many parts have collapsed and with

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BEIJING - Third seed Tomas Berdych ended his long title drought with a clinical, 3-6 6-4 6-1 victory over Croatian Marin Cilic on a smoggy final day at the China Open tennis on Sunday. Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska took her third title of the year when she beat ninth seed Andrea Petkovic 7-5 0-6 6-4 in a rally-loaded women’s final.

German Petkovic, seeded ninth, survived a knee injury scare in the first set and surged back to whitewash her opponent in the second. The 22-yearold Radwanska, who won last weekend’s Tokyo Pan Pacific and August’s Carlsbad titles, used her powerful return against the German in the deciding set to clinch the trophy and the $775,500 prize.

“This is my biggest title of my career,” said Radwanska. “It’s always hard to come back, especially when you lose the set 6-0. She was just killing the ball and she killed me in the second set. It was very, very tough.”

Czech Berdych, who last won a title in Munich in May 2009, staged a secondset revival against the 25th-ranked Cilic and blazed through the decider.

“I was really hanging in there. When I lost the first set, I knew I needed to start to play a little more aggressively or change something,” said the world number 10. Cilic, facing his first seeded player in this year’s competition, set the tempo by breaking Berdych’s serve in the second game.

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Berdych’s errors played a part in the first set which Cilic, who also lost the final two years ago, finished off with an ace. Berdych, playing in his first final since his 2010 Wimbledon centre court loss to Rafael Nadal, fought back, and took the match to a third set.

“When I lost my serve and I was two breaks down, I was still positive,” he said. “I think the key moment was a break at 5-4. Marin was serving and I made a set point and won the second set. From that moment I started to feel great; I had more energy for the third set.” Cilic admitted nerves had got the better of him as the Czech made his comeback.

“I had two advantages at 4-4 in the second set and maybe I (suffered) from a little bit of tension,” he said. “He started to play better and I wasn’t finding the right solutions.”

Both players dripped sweat in the unseasonably humid Beijing autumn weather and the problems were compounded by a pall of smog enveloping the National Tennis Centre.

The air quality monitor at the United States Embassy in Beijing recorded “hazardous” levels throughout the final day of competition.

Czech Tomas Berdych poses with his trophy after defeating Croatian Marin Cilic, unseen in the men’s singles final of the China Open tennis tournament at the National Stadium in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Berdych battled back to defeat Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

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many of the rooms not good to use, they all sleep together.

Meanwhile, Head of Social Agency of Tabanan, Komang Arya Sanjaya, stated the number of population in poverty at Tabanan reached 11,643 people and only 3,825 got attention due to the minim budget of Tabanan’s. “Our budget is so minim we can only depend on central’s help,” Arya stated. (udi)

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Derek Fisher, president of the NBA players’ association, talks with reporters after leaving a meeting between NBA players and owners, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, in New York.

NEW YORK — Derek Fisher emerged from a meeting with NBA officials and, as he as all summer, reported no breakthrough on a new labor deal. Do that again Monday, and the start of the season is expected to be called off. Negotiators for owners and players will meet again Monday, the deadline Commissioner David Stern set for when there must be a deal to avoid canceling the first two weeks of the regular season, scheduled to begin Nov. 1.

The two sides met for more than five hours Sunday, but didn’t even touch perhaps the biggest issue dividing them. “We’re not necessarily any closer than we were going in tonight, but we’ll be back at it tomorrow and we’ll keep putting time in,” said Fisher, the union president.

Neither side offered any specifics, but a person with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press

that they did not discuss the split of revenues. The person was granted anonymity because the details were supposed to remain private.

When they last met on Tuesday, league officials asked the union if they would consider a 50-50 split of basketball-related revenues. The players, guaranteed 57 percent under the previous collective bargaining agreement, rejected that and said they were not prepared to go below 53 percent.

The salary cap system is the other big issue remaining. Numerous other items remain untouched because the negotiators have spent so much time seeking compromise on the main two.

Fisher also said the union would postpone a regional meeting scheduled for Monday in Los Angeles so he and other officials could remain in New York for more talks. He and executive director Billy Hunter had been

scheduled to fly out in the morning, and he had sent a letter to players encouraging them to attend for an update on the negotiations.

“We feel like our time, and our guys would want our time, to be used in meeting and try to get closer to getting a deal done,” he said. “So instead of going forward with that meeting, we’re going to put it off and then we’ll reschedule it accordingly depending on what happens tomorrow and into the week if we continue to meet.”

No further talks had been expected this weekend. On Friday, a person close to the union toldAP that players had been seeking a session before the deadline, but were told it came with a precondition of agreeing to the 50-50 revenue split. The NBA later confirmed it wasn’t prepared to move above a 50-50 split but still was open to discussing other issues, but that the union had declined.

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SUZUKA - Ferrari’s Felipe Massa called on Formula One’s governing body to get tough with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton after the pair clashed yet again on track at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday. The pair, who have collided already this season in Monaco and Singapore, had a coming together at the chicane early in the title-decider while challenging for fourth place.

The front wing endplate on the Ferrari was dislodged in the impact and left in the middle of the track, with the safety car then deployed to allow marshals to recover that debris and bits from another collision elsewhere.

Stewards reviewed the incident and decided no further action was required.

“I was much quicker, so I went to the left-hand side and I braked there. I stayed on my line. He moved his car and touched my car. There’s nothing more to say,” Massa told reporters after finishing seventh. “For what he says, I don’t care. I care about what the federation says and what the FIA does. They have penalised people for much less this year and this time they didn’t do it.

“It’s the second time in a row after the problem in qualifying as well in the last race,” added the Brazilian.

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SUZUKA, Japan - Sebastian Vettel became Formula One’s youngest double world champion at Suzuka on Sunday but Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has already pinpointed two areas where the German could improve next season. “He still needs to work on some of his English jokes and some of his haircuts have been a little bit strange this year,” he smiled.

Apart from that, the 24-year-old has been simply phenomenal -- a word that Horner used eight times in the space of a six-minute conversation with reporters in the team motorhome. Vettel clinched the title after finishing third in Japan behind winner Jenson Button of McLaren and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.

He has won nine of 15 races, been on pole position 12 times, finished on the podium on 14 occasions and, with four races to spare, is not finished yet. That sort of supremacy has not been seen since Michael Schumacher was at his peak for Ferrari, and Vettel is only in his fourth full season.

It is hard to see how he could be much more dominant next season but he still has plenty of room for improvement nonetheless. “He will improve altogether,” said Helmut Marko, a former driver and close consultant to Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz.

“Maybe he doesn’t crash cars in first practice, that would help also, but it’s only happened three times (this year),” the Austrian told Reuters. “He will be more mature (next season) and he will be better on the technical side. His speed has a little bit to gain still. I’m sure he is not on his zenith, at the top of his performance. For sure he isn’t there yet.”

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A protester stands near a line of fire during a demonstration in Cairo October 9, 2011. Twenty Three people were killed in Cairo on Sunday when Christians, some carrying crosses and pictures of Jesus, clashed with military police, medical and security sources said, in the latest sectarian flare-up in a country in political turmoil.

Reuters CAIRO - Twenty three people were killed in Cairo on Sunday, the health ministry said, when Christians, some carrying crosses and pictures of Jesus, clashed with military police in the latest sectarian flare-up in a country in political turmoil. Christians protesting against an attack on a church say they were marching peacefully when thugs attacked them, drawing in military police who used what activists described as unnecessary force.

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More than four vehicles were set ablaze and television footage showed army personnel carriers driving full speed towards crowds of protesters.Pictures and videos of smashed faces and dead bodies of what activists said were people run over by military vehicles circulated online, prompting angry comments comparing the violence used by the military to that of ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s police during the uprising that toppled him this year.

“What happened today is unprecedented. Seventeen corpses were crushed by military trucks,” human

rights activist Hossam Bahgat said from the hospital where the bodies were taken.

Protesters threw rocks and petrol bombs and set cars on fire, as thick smoke wafted through the streets in some of the most violent scenes since the uprising that ousted Mubarak.

Hundreds fought with sticks on a Cairo bridge and protests later spread to Tahrir Square, the focal point of the February uprising, as Muslims joined the rally out of solidarity. Smoke from tear gas swirled over the square as thousands of protesters chanted “The people demand the fall of

Two Bangli residents die

Positively suffer from bird flu Denpasar (Bali Post)

the field marshal”, referring to Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt’s army council which now rules the country.\A Reuters witness said the army had moved in to contain the unrest, beating some protesters with batons. State television announced a curfew from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m to apply to Tahrir and downtown Cairo, as well as any roads leading to the square. State TV said at least 150 people were injured on Sunday, without saying how many of them were protesters. It had earlier said three of those killed were soldiers.

Two patients from Bangli Regency which were intensively treated in Bird Flu intensice care unit in Sanglah Hospital died on Sunday, October 9, 2011. The first one who died was the younger one with goes by the initial KRA. The 5 years old girl passed away on 8 pm local time followed by her brother who was 10 years old for hours later.

The Head of Operational Unit of Sanglah Hospital, dr. Elzarita Arbain, M.Kes , accompanied by the Secretary of Bird Flu Handling, dr. Ken Wirasandhi, MARS, during the press conference on Monday, October 10,2011, stated that the patients were positive to suffer from bird flu based on the result of the test.

Furthermore, Elza stated that when they first arrived, both patients were already in shock and the virus had attacked the lungs. The treatment done by the doctors in the hospital cannot save them. The brother and sister passed away after two days being treated in Sanglah Hospital.

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